I have read about this quest in the UESP and have seen a topic on here about it. BUT what I need to know is which is the MOST useful? http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Aetherial_Shield, http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Aetherial_Crown, or http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Aetherial_Staff. I DO not want to just hang the item up (from what I have read you only get one item out of this quest???

I am playing on an Xbox 360 not PC sigh I wish I could play on my laptop with this game. graphics just will not do it

thanks a bunch

PS my guy is a light armor sneak thief/mage

The Crown allows a character two Standing Stones Powers at the same time, like The Lord and The Steed. Some People have used the Crown and The Ritual to create an army of Undead Minions.

thanks that helps alot

Another vote for the Crown, even though none of my characters have ever bothered to use it. The Shield makes your enemies invulnerable, why would you want that? The staff is just another summon minion staff, and there are a lot of alternative ones that might provide a more appropriate match to the character. The Crown at least opens up new ways to play the game, with the combo of powers it makes possible.

Another vote for the Crown. I'll only use it though if my character uses any form of necromancy though. Like bradleyh said, there is a trick when using the Ritual Stone which will literally give you a huge army of undead.

If my character is not using necromancy, then I'll just make the shield and hang it up in my house as I have no use for any shield.

The staff to me is worthless.

Go for the crown, sounds well suited to your playstyle, ive definatly used it.

I'd get the crown too. It's the only one that's somewhat useful imo.