During the quest The Path of Dawn, you are tasked to meet up with Baurus and help his investigations; at this time you can usually find him at Luther Broad's Boarding House in the Imperial City Elven Gardens District. Although up until that quest, Baurus has been an essential NPC (i.e., unkillable), during this quest he can be killed. Baurus is one of the NPCs whose body will never disappear.

If he survives, he will then relocate to Cloud Ruler Temple for the remainder of the game. If you talk to him at Cloud Ruler Temple, he will give you free skill boosts in Blade ( 1), Block ( 1), and Heavy Armor ( 1). Also, he will fight by Martin's side in subsequent battles, such as the Defense of Bruma, and Light the Dragonfires.