So i now have gotten stuck in three quests and cannot seem to find a solution to my problem here are the quests and where i am stuck at.

1) the forgemasters fingrs: I get all the way through Ansilvund( i think thats the spelling) to where they have those pillars wiht the bird whale and snake i cant find a combo on the wall and have not found any working combo nor a solution to the combo on a forum yet.

2) the siege on forelhost: there is a gate that i can not unlock to get to where i need to be. I talked to the empiral guy and gave him the journal but he has not given me a key to get in there nor have i found a key anywhere in there.

3) focus the ocular: I cannot seem to get the lights to move using the proper spells and when i press the buttons the rows move but never line up with the lights

Anyone who has any answers to help would be great I have a lvl 35 nord i mainly focus on fighting so i know the mages college quests are kinda of off character but i would like to hear the storry line. but the other two quests i would really like to finish particularly the forgemasters fingers because the percs from them would be great since the character is a lvl100 smithing.

Any help would be greatly apreciated

1) Does not sound like a glitch - try reading the book "Of Fjori and Holgeir." There was a copy right near the entrance and should be another right next to the puzzle. If the book got knocked away during combat and you can't find it, I can post the combo for you. Just reading it from the book is fast enough though since its really obvious in the text and its only like 2-3 pages long.

2) I don't think you've encountered a glitch here either. The journal wasn't intended to give you a literal "key" but a "key" as in solution on getting past some blockage. Now there's two locked gates/gratings you could mean. The first is the well - the key is at the end of the crypt tunnels to the right of where you come across it. You can either find that key or pick the lock. The second is in the crypts area - don't think this one can be picked but not a big deal because the tunnels to the left of the locked gate come up behind it eventually. You can bypass it; you don't need to unlock it.

3) It can be a little tricky but keep playing with it (you might have to heat or cool more than you'd think in one direction). Look at this for an idea of what solving it looks like:

http://youtu.be/BqWw1M74tUE?t=9m15s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LptkQxb7k98Three casts of frostbite should work for the occulori just use the buttons till they line up after the casts, here's a link for the puzzle,no idea about the fort that sounds like a glitch though.

Its not a fort and no its not a glitch - the character isn't supposed to give you a key.

thank you all for the help one of the reasons elder scrolls is a great game is that the support online is excellent from other gamers