After today there is one less portal to Oblivion in Nirn. At least I wish this were true, but I suspect many more gates have opened to negate the closing of a single one. Still, the practise of fighting daedra can only benefit me. I did not find any bandit camps as I had hoped, but instead I found the daedric shrine to Hermaeus Mora. I was unable to communicate with the Lord, unfortunately. I have read that those who complete a task for a Daedric Lord are granted a mystical item.
After walking through the Jeralls I found myself in the Colovian Highlands near Chorrol. Dar-Ma had gone missing in Hackdirt. She was being held in the caves. I brought her back to her mother, who taught me a thing or two about bartering as a "thank you".