Ill Met by Moonlight

Hircine is best known as the Daedric Prince of the Hunt and all things related. He is also closely associated with all those that contract "therianthropic diseases," or were-creatures, having been the one who created them in the first place. While he chooses to appear in many different aspects, his typical appearance is that of a man with the head or skull of a deer, wielding a large spear. His realm, as most realms do, reflect his title as it is mostly forests and open plains areas, perfect for a hunting ground. Hircine is one of the few Daedric Princes with more than one artifact and the only one that offers two in Skyrim. One is the Ring of Hircine, which allows werewolves to transform an unlimited number of times, as opposed to the original once per day. The other available artifact is a piece of light armor known as Savior's Hide with a fifteen percent resistance to magic and a fifty percent reduction of poison damage. Whichever one you receive is based on certain quest elements.

This quest may be started by talking to a man named Mathies in Falkreath, a farm owner whose child was killed by one of his laborers named Sinding. You will find him in his jail cell in the Falkreath hold where you will need to talk to him. He reveals that he is a werewolf and that in order to control his transformations better, he stole the Ring of Hircine. However, before he stole it, Hircine put a curse on it, making his transformations completely random and uncontrollable. He will proceed to inform you that he's been tracking a rare creature-a white stag-that he believes will win Hircine's favor if it is hunted and killed. He'll give you the ring, which is automatically equipped and cannot be removed, transforms and escapes out the top of his cell, leaving you to hunt for the stag.

To hunt for your trophy, search around Pinewatch bandit camp until it appears. After killing it, Hircine will appear in a similar form as what was just hunted and express his disapproval of Sinding's behavior. His will is that you track down the rogue werewolf to Bloated Man's Grotto and skin him. When you find him, he will ask your help to kill the group of hunters that are after him. If you choose to assist Sinding, Hircine will appear once more as the stag at the entrance of the cave and remove the curse from the ring, allowing unlimited transformations and the removal of the ring. If you choose to follow Hircine's will, he will manifest himself as a ghostly form of Sinding and turn his skinned hide into the Savior's Hide.

(Note: You can receive both artifacts by assisting Sinding first, receiving the first artifact, then returning to the area and killing Sinding to skin him.)