Boots of Springheel Jak

This quest will open up to you once you have sold at least 800 gold worth of stolen goods to any guild fence.

There will be vampires in this quest so buy some potions of Cure Disease.

Wait for 24 hours in the Imperial City. Amusei will tell you that the Gray Fox wants to see you at Ganredhel's house in Cheydinhal.

Fast-travel to Cheydinhal's east gate and take the left path that is ahead of you. It'll be the fourth house on your left and Ganredhel will be standing out front.

He says that he needs the boots of Springheel Jak. They belonged to someone, apparently, who died and was buried with the boots on. The only living descendant is apparently a Jakben, Earl of Imbel, who lives in the Imperial City. The Gray Fox says for you to check his house for clues.

Go find any beggar in the Imperial City and bribe them to learn that he has a house in the Talos Plaza District.

Fast-travel there and walk up to the statue of Akatosh. Turn right, and on the left side of the path through there, there's a door. That's Jakben Imbel's place.

Turn left once inside and go up the stairs there. If you do this during the day, he'll probably be through the door that is directly ahead of you.

He'll give you the key and say that the entrance to the catacombs is in the basement. Huzzah!

Go down into the basement and find the wooden door. Just inside that wooden door and on your right is the door to the catacombs.

Jakben will be following you, of course, and once you get into the catacombs, you should follow him.

Go straight ahead from the entrance and make a left. About here is where you should start seeing the vampires.

Anyway, make your next available right and go straight from there. Pick the lock on the door to find the coffin of Springheel Jak. The boots aren't there, but there is a diary.

Read the diary. Shocking revelation!

Jakben has the boots. Now you just have to find him...you'll have to explore the whole catacombs which luckily isn't all that big. You should also check and be sure that in the frenzy to kill the vampires, that you didn't kill him without noticing.

Of course, he may not even be around--he may be back in the upstairs of his house, which is where I found him. You'll have to kill him, and when you do, loot the boots from him and head back to Cheydinhal to turn them in.

Your reward will be 500 gold, +2 infamy, and a promotion.