Daggerfall:To Assist the Fate

Make sure a cheating lover gets what she deserves. Location(s): Any Merchant or Innkeeper Reward: Random Gold Reputation Gain: see Reputation Gain/Loss ID: k0c01y00 Required Reputation: One or more reputation Difficulty: Hard

A sapphire: the ransom

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to a Merchant or an Innkeeper.
2. Travel to the specified dungeon.
3. (Optional) Wait for a letter from the Thieves Guild.
4. Choose whether to retrieve the gem, kill the cousin, or kill the former lover.
5. Travel back to your employer and collect your reward.
6. Be sure to follow the time limit.

Detailed Walkthrough

Quest Offer

This quest is one of several in the random pool of Merchants/Innkeepers quests.

Merchant/Innkeeper:

Imagine the purity of my delight when my sniveling, cheating lover of the past two years was abducted and presumably killed. Then imagine my despair when I discovered that the (lover's name) was still among the living. Next, imagine my amusement when (his/her) kidnappers demanded a ransom. Finally, please imagine my annoyance when (his/her) cousin actually agreed to pay the ransom. This cannot be. I need someone to make certain that the ransoming fails. Will you help me?

Quest Acceptance

The merchant/innkeeper goes on:

(exclamation), (exclamation), and (exclamation). The way I see it, there are three ways to stop this ransoming. One is to make sure that dear (lover's name) accidentally dies before the ransom date in (time limit) days. Of course, I don't know where (he/she) is, so that's a difficult one. The next option is to see to (his/her) cousin's accidental death within the same time frame. Now, (cousin's name), that's the cousin, lives in (dungeon), which is a well-fended fortress. So there's a difficulty there. Finally, you could remove the (gem) from (dungeon) that (cousin's name) plans to use for the ransom. Whatever way you do it, be back here with the news in (time limit) days or sooner, and you'll be (random gold) gold richer. Good luck, old (player's race).

Quest Decline

The merchant/innkeeper answers:

(exclamation), what an attitude. Your selfish morality will get you in trouble some day.

Quest Object

If your reputation with the Thieves Guild is greater than ten, the guild will send you a letter. The letter should reach you about twelve hours after you accept the quest. It will reveal the random dungeon which is the location of the lover's prison,. Travel there and find her within. Upon seeing you, she will be so frightened that she commits sucide. Return to your employer once she is dead to collect your reward.

If you didn't get the letter, or don't want to follow its suggestion, you should instead travel to the dungeon mentioned by your employer. Either find the gem and bring it back, or find and kill the cousin. The gem and the cousin will be at the same location within the dungeon. Afterwards, return to your employer and collect your reward. However, you cannot keep the gem if you successfully complete the quest.

Quest End

When you come back after accomplishing the task, your employer will greet you, by saying:

So, poor (lover's name) won't be coming home? Well done, my friend. Here's the (random gold) gold pieces I promised. Best money I ever spent.

Reputation Gain/Loss

A successfully completed quest results in a reputation gain according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Questgiver's faction	+5
Questgiver's associated factions	+2

A failed quest (time limit expired) results in a reputation loss according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Questgiver's faction	-2
Questgiver's associated factions	-1

Enemies

• Random dungeon monsters
• Quest Target:One Knight

Notes

• The gem and the cousin will be at the same quest location within the dungeon. But you will not get any additional reputation or reward if you get both the gem and kill the cousin.
• As long as you don't return back to your employer after you have found the gem, it will remain in your inventory and won't vanish once the quest is over, unlike most quest items.