It’s one of the side quests offered by The Bards College.
You have to explore Dead Men’s Respite for find King Olaf’s Verse.
It’s a vast and complex dungeon which is full of draugrs and spiders.
Head inside and wait for the headmaster -Viarmo- to approach you.
Confirm the will of joining the College and you will receive a mission of retrieving King Olaf’s Verse.
It’s located south ofSolitude, but it’s possible for you to get there faster by beginning atMorthalorRorikstead.
It’s best to approach it from the south-east.
Find the crypt entrance and head inside.
Defeating them shouldn’t be difficult, especially that they will be of weaker kinds.
Afterwards use the newly unlocked northern passage, avoiding a pressure plate that would activate a spiked trap.
Avoid another trap by the stairs, this time activating flames.
Jump own, landing in water.
Swim to the surface and continue exploring the ruins by choosing the partially flooded eastern corridor.
Afterwards examine the southern part of the room, finding stairs leading onto the upper balconies.
Upstairs, fire up the northern gate and stop by the trap with swinging blades (screen above).
Head onto the upper level and you will reach a big gate.
Turn west and ignore the sealed door as you will return to them later on.
Instead, prepare to fight the nearbyDraugr Deathlord(screen above).
After the fight, search its body and follow the corridor leading north.
After exploring this part of the crypt, secure your game and head into the western room.
Note that the passage has closed behind you.
Be ready to fight moreDraugrsthat will run out of the side rooms (screen above).
Try eliminating the undead enemies fast, so that they can’t surround you.
Go down and follow the only possible corridor.
Interact with the left lever to unlock the room withKing Olaf’s Verse(screen above).
Once again ignore the ghost of Svaknir the bard and collect the document from the ground.
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