The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Thieves Guild Guide by Ben "Wroth" DuPree
Copyright (c) 2002 Ben "Wroth" DuPree
[email protected]
Final Version

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Sections:

I.      Abstract
II.     About the Thieves Guild
III.    Balmora Jobs
IV.     Ald-Ruhn Jobs
V.      Sadrith Mora Jobs
VI.     Vivec Jobs
VII.    The Bal Molagmar
VIII.   Update History
IX.     Miscellany

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Section One: Abstract
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I have not written a guide in a long time due to my constant work in
both school and life. However, when I picked up Morrowind, I decided
that I should do a favor to those who also have this game and write a
guide or two on it. Morrowind is everything that I expected it to be
and then some; it contains a rich, engrossing world, constant action,
and an utter inundation of detail. Never before has a game taken detail
where Morrowind does; Morrowind allows the player to explore-and
participate in-a vast world that contains virtually anything that one
could desire. More likely than not you will be able to find some aspect
of Morrowind that will send you into rapture and not let you get back.

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Section Two: About the Thieves Guild
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The Thieves Guild in Morrowind, unlike in past Elder Scrolls games, is
a figurative enfant; it only has existed in Morrowind for a few short
ages. The Camora Tong, an old, established sect, controls a good
majority of the illegal trafficking in Morrowind. The Thieves guide, of
late, has encroached onto the Camora Tong's business, causing much
friction to be generated between the two groups. However, for our
purposes, the Camora Tong is useless: they do not accept outlanders-
those who are not from Morrowind-into their guild. If you, an aspiring
thief, desires to make a living in the night, you will have you join
the Thieves Guild. The Thieves Guild members generally treat outlanders
with respect and courtesy if they do their jobs; if you get on their
bad side, however, things could turn out quite ugly-but enough about
the guild itself... let us thieve!

Or not. Before one dashes headfirst into thieving, there are a few
other things that the prospective thief should know about the guild. To
advance in the guild, two requirements must be met: one must put his or
her head on the line for the guild while doing certain "jobs" that the
guild needs doing and one must train accordingly in thievery-related
skills. Only after training a certain amount will one be able to
achieve advancement. I had considered listing exactly what the
requirements are for advancing into each respective position in the
thieves guild, but I decided against it for one reason: in thieving, do
you have the clairvoyance and prior-knowledge to be able to determine
how exactly the events of your robbery will play out? That's right: you
don't. A robbery could go smoothly and you could walk away with the
diamond that your local guild boss asked for... or you could be spotted
in the process of the robbery and end up a dark smear on the end of a
guard's mace-anything is possible. That's why I leave it to you, my
friends. If you get really desperate, then go cry about it-see if I
care.

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Section Three: Balmora Jobs
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Balmora, located in the southwest corner of Morrowind, is the first
major town that you, our aspiring thief, will set up shop in. However,
as is necessitated by a surreptitious career and a powerful enemy, the
thieves do not openly prance around in the street shouting out "join
the guild!" Instead, you will have to seek them out and prove your
worth. Located in the eastern portion of Balmora, the Thieves Guild
hideout comes cleverly disguised as a simple corner-club tavern-who
would have supposed that a tavern with numerous questionable characters
loafing around it at odd hours would be a Thieves Guild hideout?
Certainly not I. Make your way to the South Wall corner club and,
instead of seeking out the owner (who himself is a member-but not the
local boss-of the Thieves guild), look for Sugar-Lips Habasi, an
intimidating, furry, female Khajiit. Upon finding her in the South Wall
(she's difficult to miss), you may ask her about joining the Thieves
Guild. If you possess the proper skill-in stealth, security, and other
surreptitious, underhanded skills-she will let you join. Although you
may not yet be a master thief or a famous footpad, Sugar-Lips Habasi,
after you join, will begin to offer you certain "jobs" which will aid
in your advancement. The following section chronicles the jobs for
Balmora and details what must be done to complete the jobs successfully
without getting your weak, little thief body viciously fustigated by a
guard.

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Balmora One: The Diamond
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Since you are still wet behind the ears and quite inexperienced to the
nuances of thievery, Sugar-Lips Habasi relegates a simple job to you
for starters: you must steal a diamond. Although it may sound rather
simple, for a boy just off of the turnip farm and never having
committed felony breaking and entering before, stealing a small, non-
descript diamond may prove quite a challenge yet. Located in Nalcarya
of White Haven's Alchemy shop in Balmora, the diamond will be yours for
the taking with the use of two of the most basic thievery skills:
security and stealth. Nalcarya's shop resides on the west side of the
river that splits Balmora in twain; it sits just south of the temple.
However, you cannot simple bust headfirst into Nalcarya's shop and
demand the diamond; a guard, who seems to have taken up permanent
residence with the voluptuous beauty that runs the Alchemy shop, awaits
inside, ready to thwart any attempted robbery.
If you had taken a moment to notice, Nalcarya's shop has two entrances:
an unlocked one on the ground level and a locked one (Lock Level: 35)
on the upper portion of her shop, just up the stairs. Go up the stairs
and use any lock pick (don't have one? -go back to the Thieves guild
and buy one) to open the door. When inside, try and determine where
Nalcarya hides her precious diamond; it is neither under the bed nor in
the books on the shelf... but... ah; yes. Nalcarya hides her diamond in a
locked chest above her bed. Pick the lock as you just did with the
door, retrieve the diamond, and return it to Sugar-Lips. That wasn't so
hard, now was it?

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Balmora Two: Key to Nerano Manor
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Sugar-Lips Habasi, after realizing that you do indeed have talent,
assigns you a slightly more challenging task: retrieve the key to
Nerano Manor-the house of a local elite family-which the thieves guild
will then use to ransack the house. However, procuring said key will
prove no walk in the park; you must use your stealthy talent to lift
the aforementioned key off of one of two people: either Sovor Trandel,
the servant of Ondres Nerano, or Ondres Nerano himself. Both prove
rather difficult, but I recommend that you go after Ondres Nerano as
his servant, Sovor Trandel, works for the Camora Tong; and as much as
you would like to do battle with your hated enemies and Sovor, he has
powerful friends and you remain quite weak. Ondres Nerano, on the other
hand, is a minor noble with a short sword in tote. You-or your
grandmother, for that matter-could take his skinny, jewelry wearing
behind.

The Nerano Manor sits just south Nalcarya's Alchemy shop in Balmora.
Don't worry: it isn't locked. Those foolish Neranos have absolutely no
idea what is about to turn their world upside down: you! Enter the
manor and, directly in front of you, Ondres Nerano will be waiting. He
isn't planning on ambushing you; don't fear, as you will have the
opportunity to strike first. Slowly sneak your way around Ondres until
you are behind him and, when you think that he doesn't notice a person
who just entered his house with him watching standing directly behind
him, attempt to pickpocket his key. It might fail, it might not-it
matters not, either way. If Ondres Nerano begins to attack, simply
fight back, kill him, and take his key. Oh, and don't forget to take
anything else in the house that you might wish to sell. Especially
check the upstairs, where many valuables reside. With your pockets full
of loot, return to Sugar-Lips with a second job well done.

Alternatively, if you aren't as violent as I am, you could use your
coin to whet the appetite of Sovor Trandel. If you offer him enough
septims in the form of bribes, he will be willing to give you his key
to the Nerano Manor with no fuss and no mess.

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Balmora Three: Fat Leg's Drop-Off
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After the Nerano Manor mysteriously loses all of its valuables, Sugar-
Lips Habasi decides to send you away for the first time on a quest that
takes you from the secure confines of Balmora and drops you in the
middle of the wilderness-quite possibly for the first time in
Morrowind. Sugar-Lips asks you to retrieve numerous Dwemer Artifacts
from a man who had promised to give them to the guild and, for one
reason or another, reneged on the deal. This Khajiit, Ra'Zhid, lives in
Hla Oad, a fishing village to the southwest of Balmora. To reach Hla
Oad, one must follow the river southwest and cross the Odai Plateau.
Hla Oad rests just beyond the plateau and next to the ocean. Don't
believe that just because you are a thief that you are prepared to face
the harsh wilderness alone; you are far from ready to face things that
could kill you in ways that you probably cannot even begin to fathom.
Take a stroll over to your local, well-stocked general store or
outfitter and buy a few items that will aid in your voyage to Hla Oad:
a torch or two, some food, and armor if you have yet to purchase any.
With those items in tote and a strong sense of daring, you just might
be ready to trek along the river and over the plateau to complete your
third job.

After a nice, long walk, you will reach Hla Oad. At first glance, Hla
Oad does not appear to be too formidable: only a few guards, a few
shanty-homes, and a boat or two comprise the entire town. After a quick
check around two, it becomes quite obvious where our missing Khajiit
and his Dwemer Artifacts are hiding: Fat Leg's Drop-Off, as states the
name of this job. Once inside Fat Leg's Drop-Off, the cramped quarters
will prove a mite difficult for thievery. Thus, in the spur of the
moment and in partial desperation, I developed a method to procure the
artifacts with minimal threat from both the guards and Ra'Zhid's
magician friend by the fire: kill Ra'Zhid. Although it seems that we
have acted more as a murderer than a thief to this point, good thieves
know how to improvise on the job. If improvisation includes blood on
the knife, then so be it.

Do not draw your weapon just yet. If you attack Ra'Zhid outright, his
mage friend will come to his aid-as will the guards-and you will be in
a world of hurt rather quickly. Instead, pick up your lock pick and
attempt to pick the chest that lies near Ra'Zhid's feet. Any assault on
the chest will bring the Khajiit to arms and, without having to start
the fight, you may battle with-and kill-your enemy both without
generating a huge fine that comes with murder and without involving the
mage sitting at the fire. Kill Ra'Zhid, take the key from off of his
body, and use it to acquire the Dwemer Artifacts from the
aforementioned chest. Take the artifacts back to Sugar-Lips and your
job will be complete.

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Balmora Four: Brown, Brown Brandy
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Unlike the previous quest that forced you into a brief sojourn to Hla
Oad, the fourth Balmora job relegated to you by Sugar-Lips Habasi
proves to be like the first diamond job; it is extremely simple and
short. Sugar-Lips Habasi asks you to bring to her a decanter of vintage
brandy from the home of Ralen Hlaalo (Hlaalo Manor), a recently
deceased noble of Balmora. To his wife, he left behind numerous bottles
of fine brandy that Sugar-Lips, obviously having lips for more than
just sugar, desires. Stealing it proves hardly a challenge for a thief
of your growing cunning and skill.

Acquiring the Brandy of Ralen Hlaalo, in the end, proves about as
difficult as looting his dead body would be (you can loot his body if
you are inclined to do as such; it is resting squarely in the middle of
the common room floor of the Hlaalo Manor for some strange reason. Make
your way into the Hlaalo Manor, which sits next to the Nerano Manor,
and make your way upstairs. Although Ralen's wife may be around and
attempt to distract you with stories or other inane chatter, ignore it
and obtain the brandy from a chest in one of the manor's bedrooms.
Return the brandy to Sugar-Lips for a nice reward.

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Balmora Five: New-Shoes Bragor
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And you thought that Thieves Guild quests would get easier from this
point with the brandy securely in the hands of Sugar-Lips; you thought
wrong. Once again Sugar-Lips Habasi doles to you a quest of colossal
proportions that, upon completion, will have taken you to a town
farther away from Balmora than Hla Oad is. A fellow Thieves Guild
member, New-Shoes Bragor, has been imprisoned by the guards at Fort
Pelegiad for assorted crimes. They refuse to release him and plan to
either let him rot in prison or execute him for his crimes. Sugar-Lips
wants you, her trustworthy <insert rank of your character here>, to
secure the release of New-Shoes. Sugar-Lips believes that a guard at
Fort Pelegiad has been dealing illegally with Mebestien Ence, a trader,
in Dwemer Artifacts. Does the word blackmail mean anything to you? Of
course it does; use it.

However, one potential problem already comes to mind: where the hell is
Pelegiad? Located southeast of Balmora, Pelegiad is a considerable
walking distance from our hometown. You must pass through the
mountains, over plains, and through short grassland to reach Pelegiad,
its fort, and your imprisoned comrade. Since you already procured
numerous supplies for your aforementioned trip to Hla Oad, stocking up
for your voyage into the unknown-and to Pelegiad-is not necessary.
Follow the trail as marked by a path and signs-be careful that you do
not get lost-and, eventually, you will reach the shire village of
Pelegiad and the stone fort attached to it. You have partial business
in the town; you must deal with the merchant Ence and his illegal
Dwemer Artifacts. The shop of Mebestien Ence rests on the southern-edge
of town and his artifacts sit in a trunk on the second floor of his
establishment. You should have no trouble unlocking the chest and
pilfering the goodies inside.

Holding the Dwemer Artifacts on your person, venture into the fort and
seek out the guard with the name that Sugar-Lips gave you. He should be
standing relatively out in the open, and a great deal of searching
should not be required. Once you do meet him, use your wit to trick him
into admitting that he indeed knows of the business that goes on with
Ence and that he is involved. Realizing that his facade will not play
against you, he will then negotiate the freedom of New-Shoes Bragor for
your silence. Accept that offer and return to Sugar-Lips.

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Balmora Six: South Wall Security
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The final job offered to you by Sugar-Lips Habasi appears relatively
simple in comparison to the tedious footwork necessitated by the
distances to Hla Oad and Pelegiad. The Camora Tong, the eternal enemy
of the Thieves Guild, has recently been plotting to attack the guild's
South Wall hideout in Balmora. Sugar-Lips Habasi needs to reinforce the
hideout's security system but lacks the mastery of locks and traps to
accomplish such a feat. She requires you to find her an Altmer, a
master of traps and locks, to help reinforce the South Wall. She claims
that a person of such skill exists in Balmora, but is unsure of the
true identity of the Altmer. Giving you a list of people who she
believes might be able to assist the guild and sends you on your merry
way.

Cutting the middleman and searching out, the person who can help you
goes by the name of Hecerinde. She lives in a house on the eastern side
of the river. All that is required for this job's completion is for you
to approach Hecerinde and demand her assistance.

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At this point, Sugar-Lips Habasi will have no further jobs for you. How
she has run out of things for you to do is beyond me, but I suppose
that even thief bosses run out of things to say and do. Directing you
to two of her friends-Aengoth the Jeweler and Big Helende-she believes
that your career will be best furthered through helped them. The former
lives in Ald-Ruhn while the latter resides in Sadrith Mora. Since the
quests from Aengoth are easier, we will venture to Ald-Ruhn first.

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Section Four: Ald-Ruhn Jobs
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Unlike Balmora, which exists in a rather temperate environment, Ald-
Ruhn is the armpit of Satan. Laying north of Balmora in the depleted
wastes and deserts of the middle planes of Morrowind, Ald-Ruhn acts as
Mos Eisley did to Star Wars: Ald-Ruhn is home to scoundrels, beggars,
and Morrowind's scum alike while being a town with few redeeming
qualities in a harsh wasteland. However horrid the environment may be,
the ambitious thief must endure the conditions and those amongst the
dunes if he wants to succeed; our next Thieves Guild Boss, Aengoth the
Jeweler, calls Ald-Ruhn home.

After disembarking from the Silt Strider that took you here, take a
look around and soak in the view-that is if you can see farther than
five feet ahead of you. Ald-Ruhn, more like than not, will be blanketed
by a violent sandstorm upon your arrival, as it was when I first
arrived. One must ignore the conditions and keep their eyes on the
prize: advancement in the guild. Make your way from the Silt Strider to
the southeastern portion of Ald-Ruhn where, amongst numerous sand-caked
homes and desert dunes, a small tavern resides. The Rat in the Pot,
akin to the South Wall cornerclub in that they both house the Thieves
Guild, is your destination. Upon entering the tavern, make your way up
the main stairs to the upper deck. From there, fellow members of the
guild will direct you down a small flight of stairs to the area
directly beneath the platform where Aengoth awaits. He, like Sugar-Lips
Habasi before him, has numerous jobs to offer you in this desolate
wasteland.

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Ald-Ruhn One: Plunder the Mages Guild
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Sounds like fun, doesn't it? The first job that Aengoth offers to you,
while seeming a death trap waiting to ensnare an unintelligent thief,
turns out to be rather simple. Aengoth, to assuage your obvious fears
over an assault-by you-on the Mages Guild, alerts you to the fact that
the Mages Guild will be completely empty when you make your sojourn
into it. In your little trip, Aengoth desires that you bring him a
Devil Tanto that the Mages Guild has stored somewhere inside their
establishment. Although he does not know where the tanto exactly is
inside of the Mages Guild, the offer of being able to take anything
else you want while inside seems too good for any "honest" thief to
pass up.

The Mages Guild sits directly across from the Rat in the Pot tavern,
making its location no trouble at all. However, Aengoth was wrong in
one thing: the Mages Guild is not empty. A lone magic using and knife-
wielding guard waits on the inside of the guild in the entrance foyer.
He should not prove too much of a challenge for your battle-tested
self; dispatch him quickly and move on. Your ultimate goal-the Devil
Tanto-sits in a locked and trapped chest in the large, open area in the
eastern end of the Mages Guild. Acquire it-and anything else worth
stealing-and retreat back to the Rat in the Pot so Aengoth may have his
Tanto. He will reward you well for it.

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Ald-Ruhn Two: The Redoran Master Helm
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In Ald-Ruhn, beyond the dunes, mud-brick houses, and scorching sun
exists a giant dome. This dome, which rests on the northern side of
town, is the manor district. All of the wealthy elites, in order to
avoid the conditions and riff-raff of the town, have constructed their
homes in this giant dome. For the next few quests, we will be venturing
into that dome and stealing numerous items contained within. Firstly,
we must steal a Redoran Master Helm.

Aengoth, after you bring him back the tanto, desires a Redoran Master
Helm-a piece of armor worth a great deal of money. However, the only
place that he knows of that holds a Redoran Master Helm is the giant
dome and an elite manor that resides underneath its cover. In the
Arobar Manor, the lord Arobar has in his possession a Redoran Master
Helm; you must penetrate the Arobar Manor and steal from them their
helm.

Enter the manor district dome and find the Arobar Manor (it is not too
hard to find, as there are only so many places underneath the dome).
Once inside, look around the private quarter of the Lords and Ladies
Arobar for the helm. It should not be too hard to find-simply check all
chests and rooms. After the helm enters your possession, return with it
to Aengoth and, once again, he will pay you handsomely for your effort.

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Ald-Ruhn Three: Boethiah's Pillow Book
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Weren't we just in the Arobar Manor? -Oh well, here we go again! Inside
the Arobar Manor exists another prize that Aengoth demands be quietly
lifted from Arobar possession and deposited into his waiting hands.
With this in mind, he commissions you to return to the Arobar Manor in
the manor district of Ald-Ruhn and obtain for him a tome titled
"Boethiah's Pillow Book." It seems that the owner, Boethiah one might
presume, records her thoughts on this and that in her "pillow book"
and, like any good scoundrel, Aengoth desires to pick her brain through
the contents of the pillow book. You know what you must do: obtain the
book at all costs for Aengoth!

Make your way back into the Arobar Manor as you did the first time and
search around the private quarters some more. In one of the rooms,
resting appropriately on a bed will be the pillow book that you seek.
Grab it and return it to Aengoth for a nice profit.

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Ald-Ruhn Four: Withershins
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Aengoth must appreciate books of all sorts, as his next job also
involves a book. Once you return to him with the pillow book of
Boethiah, Aengoth will send you back out into the desert sun and back
under the dome that is the manor district in order to find the book
"Withershins." I never bothered to read the book in-game, so I have
absolutely no idea what the contents are. However, Aengoth seems to
want the book quite badly and, since he is the boss, you must go get it
with the utmost urgency. Although it might prove interesting to know
what Aengoth does with these books-perhaps he plans to blackmail the
elite families of Ald-Ruhn with the information contained within? -Who
knows?

Withershins is contained within the Maar Gan Tradehouse in Balmora.
However, you don't need to go nearly that far; I never went back to
Balmora for it as I found a copy of it in the manor district of Ald-
Ruhn. I believe that it was located within the Lltheri Manor, but I may
be mistaken. If location of Withershins in the manor district becomes
impossible, you can, as aforementioned, return to Balmora to pick it up
at the Maar Gan Tradehouse. Either way, when you obtain the book,
return to Ald-Ruhn and hand it to your boss, Aengoth. Happy to have the
book under his control, Aengoth pays you and offers you more work.

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Ald-Ruhn Five: Centurion Scrap Metal
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In all of his previous jobs, Aengoth only sent you around Ald-Ruhn to
procure either books or armament for him. While these might have seemed
like a challenge at the time, and they most certainly might have been,
the next task offered to you by Aengoth will prove to be the most
arduous and time-consuming job that any boss in the Thieves Guild has
offered you yet. While completing this fifth Ald-Ruhn job, you will be
forced to go out and about in search of items that are hard to find and
you might even have to do a little bit of dungeon crawling in order to
meet your objectives. I will present scenarios for both situations so
those of you who fear dungeons-and rightly so; they prove exceedingly
difficult in Morrowind-will have alternatives.

After handing him Withershins, Aengoth offers you the task of
collecting four pieces of Centurion Scrap Metal so the Thieves Guild
can construct Centurion defenders to protect itself with. These pieces
of scrap metal, constructed from Dwemer metal, are difficult to come by
in the world of Morrowind and either must be obtained from a specialty
shop-which are rare at best-or off of the body of a Centurion in a
Dwemer ruin. Either option is tedious and painstakingly difficult, but
we shall proceed if we want to advance.

If you do not wish to engage a Dwemer ruin at this time, you must
travel to the slaver town of Suran in pursuit of scrap metal. Check
each of the shops there and, if you are lucky, one will be selling
scrap metal. However, it will not be enough to satisfy the quota set by
Aengoth. To fulfill the requirement, possibly consider plundering
ships, armories, and other establishments whose primary trade is metal.
In time-and with a little luck-the scrap metal pieces will come to you.
If you refuse to wait, then consider searching for the scrap metal in a
Dwemer ruin.

Dwemer ruins are a pain, though: they contain monsters and one could
meet their doom inside. Instead of searching for your lovely little
bits of metal in a Dwemer ruin, instead consider purchasing them at one
of my newly discovered locations. For example, in the manor district of
Ald-Ruhn rests an Alchemist's store. The alchemist who owns the
aforementioned establishment has various pieces of scrap metal for
sale; there should be enough to suit your needs. However, if you like
ruins, consider enduring a sojourn into one.

To the southwest of Balmora lie a bridge and a Dwemer ruin. If you
follow the path southeast of Balmora past Fort Moonmouth and over a
bridge, a Dwemer ruin can be found. On a rock just across the large
bridge rests a crank. If you turn it, an opening in a rock nearby will
reveal the entrance to the ruin. Inside many enemies reside, so exert
caution and save often. Eventually, you will run into Centurions who,
upon defeat, will generally leave behind scrap metal. Obtain enough to
satisfy your quota and head back to Aengoth. Since the scrap metal is
difficult to obtain, he will pay you well and-in greater importance-you
will earn his respect.


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Ald-Ruhn Six: Darts of Judgement
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For his final job, Aengoth presents you with a cakewalk as partial
reward for your trials and tribulations in the previous job. Aengoth
asks you to return to the manor district a final time to retrieve the
"Darts of Judgement." These darts, a deadly tool in the right hands,
would benefit the Thieves guild as they could sell them to the highest
bidder and, in the process, generate a tremendous profit. That's why
stealing the darts is important for the Thieves Guild.

The darts, located in the Llethri Manor in the manor district, are
quite easy to find. While in the Llethri Manor, go to the guard's
quarters and, on one of the guard's beds, rest the darts. Simply grab
them and give them to Aengoth, who, out of kindness for all of your
servitude, will cut you a huge profit of 2,000 gold per dart (there are
three in total).

Aengoth, at this, prompts you with the fact that all of his jobs for
you have been exhausted. He strongly suggests that you voyage to
Sadrith Mora and search out Big Helende, the Thieves Guild boss there.
She will be able to train you further and show you some nuances of the
Thieves Guild that neither he nor Sugar-Lips Habasi could.

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Section Five: Sadrith Mora Jobs
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Our third migration, after some exploration, proves to be the most
difficult to-date. Sadrith Mora, a seaside community adjoining the
Imperial Legion fort of Wolverine Hall, seems as if it was constructed
by someone who likes exercise: the city is spread over a large area and
provides a challenge to both navigate and travel. Luckily, the Thieves
Guild hideout and our local boss, Big Helende, reside in the cozy
confines of the inn located just off of Wolverine Hall-which saves time
for everyone considering how spread out the town is. To get to Sadrith
Mora, you should either take a boat from towns that offer boat
transportation or (and this is the easier of the two methods) you could
ask the Mages Guild to transport you to the Sadrith Mora Mages Guild,
which is located inside Wolverine Hall and is quite close to the
Thieves Guild's hideout. Big Helende, a tall, dark woman who possesses
an intimidating figure, waits for you on the second floor of the
Thieves Guild inn. Her jobs, while proving rather difficult and which
force you to travel to towns that you previously might not have
visited, are not impossible and, unlike her fellow operatives, she only
has five jobs to offer you.

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Sadrith Mora One: The Dispel Potion
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Upon greeting her, Big Helende decides that the best thing for every
party involved would be for her to test your mettle by giving you a
test that does not send you too far but that also tests your basic
skills as a thief; she decides to let you retrieve a scroll containing
the recipe for a Dispel Potion from a local merchant's alchemy shop.
The merchant in question, Anis Seloth, owns a shop in the greater
Sadrith Mora area. To reach her shop, wander from the inn into the town
area. If you initially have a difficult time maneuvering around Sadrith
Mora, begin to think of the town as a spiral that radiates outward from
the central market. In the middle of town rests an open-air market
where three merchants gather next to a slave station to sell their
wares; that location is pretty much the dead center of town. Anis
Seloth's alchemy shop lies slightly to the north of the central, open-
air market; it's rather hard to miss. Wander into the shop and the rest
becomes gravy for an experienced thief such as you. Steal her recipe
for a dispel potion and take it back to Big Helende, who will reward
you upon the successful completion of your mission and who will, at the
same time, enthusiastically give you another quest.

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Sadrith Mora Two: The Grandmaster's Retort
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For your second job, Big Helende hands you a difficult task: she asks
you to steal the grandmaster's retort from an alchemy shop in distant
Tel Mora. Tel Mora, an isolated, dark community (literally: the
community lacks sufficient lighting at night) that, from Sadrith Mora,
is only accessible by boat, is like Sadrith Mora in that the layout is
rather convoluted. However, our target, Berwen the Trader, owns a shop
right next to the boat dock. The central problem in this theft is that
the mark-the grandmaster's retort-is next-to-impossible to cleanly
thieve.

When you first enter the shop of Berwen, it becomes increasingly
obvious that something is deathly wrong inside. Instead of a quiet,
homely shop, a screeching, little shop of horrors greets you. On the
second floor of her shops resides a monstrosity of a sort that you have
yet to face: an undead corpse-thingy. If I knew the actual name of the
creature, I would tell you, but it is sufficient to say that a single
blow from said corpse-thingy will cause you much undo pain and
suffering-and disease-and might result in your death. Thus it is
considerably safer to engage the creature from afar with a form of
ranged weapon: bow, crossbow, or what have you. Once the creature drops
and Berwen emphatically thanks you for your selfless, heroic efforts,
the time comes to make ourselves a tad less heroic in her gilded eyes;
we must now steal her beloved grandmaster's retort.

The steal, like others, is a tad sticky in the sense that she stands
right in from of the retort. Great: you have to either pilfer it out
from under her nose or risk detection and impoundment by the law. Do
not attempt to kill her for it; she knows magic and will waste you. The
best that I can offer is either buy it from her (for the wimp) or use a
potion of invisibility or shadow with master thieving and sneak skills
to smoothly lift it from the shelf. The choice is yours, but either way
you face a hit: either in the pocketbook or from her while you run from
the shop with the stolen retort. Take your prize back to Big Helende
for your reward.

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Sadrith Mora Three: Protect the Guild, Part Two
===============================================

Once again your guild has called upon you to protect it from intruders
and others who would wish hard upon it. Will you, a mere thief, be able
to respond to the challenge and protect your guild? Sure you will; they
only are asking you to hire help-not take on a dozen rabid monkeys
disguised in Camora Tong outfits with magical weapons of doom. However,
unlike the first assignment, you must complete a task for the Mages
Guild-Big Helende's protector of choice-before they meander over to the
hideout. This task, though, is not difficult at all.

When you go to the Mages Guild, a resident Battlemage with whom you
will work to defend the Thieves Guild asks you, before he goes to
defend the inn, to obtain four pieces of raw ebony for him. Although
this might sound difficult, as you have never seen any raw ebony in
Morrowind to this point, obtaining said ebony is easy. All that you
need to do is go the main boat in the Sadrith Mora docks and break into
the lower holds. One of the crates in the bottom-most hold has four
pieces of raw ebony. Bring these pieces back to the guild and the
Battlemage will then move to the Thieves Guild and begin protecting it.

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Sadrith Mora Four: Redoran Cooking Secrets
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As a precursor to the next, impossibly difficult job, Big Helende
offers up some cake-literally. Like Aengoth, Helende also has use of a
book that rests in Ald-Ruhn: Redoran Cooking Secrets. The book lies in
the Llethri Manor in the manor district of Ald-Ruhn in the private
quarters. The quest is as easy as it sounds; just walk into the manor,
grab the book, and return it to Big Helende.

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Sadrith Mora Five: The Ebony Staff
==================================

The job for the ebony staff-that Big Helende assigns you with only
slight disregard for your safety-is the most difficult job that any
boss has offered to you yet. You might die while attempting to procure
the ebony staff, so Big Helende offers you the choice of whether or not
to accept the job (at your own risk if you do, of course). Do you have
any other choice but to accept? Of course you do not.

The Ebony Staff is not any ordinary staff lying around in the road
waiting to be claimed. Instead, it belongs to a Telvanni Mage. If you
have yet to acquaint yourself with the Telvanni, all that you need to
know to pursue this quest is that they are deadly magicians and that
getting on their bad side is a bad thing. The main hive of the Telvanni
exists in Tel Branora, our final destination in our search for the
staff. One particularly deadly mage that acts as a bodyguard and
assistant to the main leader in Tel Branora owns the staff and it is
from him that we will steal our prize.

Travel to Tel Branora by boat from Sadrith Mora and, after
disembarking, work your way up the massive Telvanni Tower that sits in
the middle of the city. Enter the tower from the upper waistwork
entrance that lays some ways up the outer husk. When you enter, work
your way up to the chamber of the boss of the Telvanni of the area.
This boss possesses two chutes up from rooms adjoining her room that
lead to both her and her mage friend. Find the mage upstairs and you
will find his staff resting next to him. Use any surreptitious means to
lift it from next to him and get out of town as soon as you have done
so. You will get a great reward from Big Helende when you return the
staff (a ring of far reaching) and her utmost thanks. She also
recommends that you visit her boss-and the boss of the whole thieves
guild-Gentleman Jim Stacey in Vivec.


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Section Six: Vivec Jobs

With the menial tasks of the three aforementioned ringleaders in the
thieves guild out of the way, the moment of truth is at hand; you must
now work for the boss of the whole Thieves Guild: Gentleman Jim Stacey
of Vivec. In the past week or so, numerous people have emailed or
instant messaged me, wondering as to the whereabouts of Gentleman Jim.
If you ask around, you will soon realize that he inhabits a tiny corner
of one of the foreign quarter's bookstores. If further directions are
needed, go down into the canalworks of the foreign quarter and into the
bookseller located there. Gentleman Jim and his associate, Crazy-Legs
Aramato, are holed up in the backroom of said bookseller. See, that
wasn't too hard, now was it? Gentleman Jim's jobs, with two notable
exceptions, are no harder than the jobs of his ringleaders and
captains. The only difference is that the majority of Gentleman Jim's
jobs revolve around a center theme: the fighter's guild and how, with
the Camonna Tong, it wants to stamp the thieves guild into oblivion. We
must put a stop to the nefarious tactics of the fighter's guild at one!
But, first, some work.

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Vivec One: Yngling Half-Troll's Corruption
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To all the thieves out there who might have affiliations to the Great
House Hlaalu: be prepared to go behind the back of your house for
Gentleman Jim's first job. For your first act, Gentleman Jim wishes you
to obtain proof of the corruption of Yngling Half-Troll, a nobleman of
the house Hlaalu and an all-around grumpy guy. Proof of corruption in
Morrowind comes in one form: financial ledgers. Your task s to steal
the financial ledgers-or books, in other words-of Yngling Half-Troll
out from under his nose at his home in Vivec.

Unless you possess stealth, cunning, and security skills becoming of a
thief of your stature, stealing Yngling Half-Troll's ledgers might
prove exceedingly difficult. Upon my first attempts, I was unable to
gain access to area that houses his ledgers as the locks on his doors
were slightly too potent for me. If your security skill is not at 50
points by this time, I strongly recommend that you backtrack to a
trainer or lesser locks to bolster your abilities before tackling
Gentleman Jim's jobs. However, if you already possess such skill, then,
please, read on.

Yngling Half-Troll's Manor finds its home in the St. Olms canton of
Vivec. From the foreign quarter, walk to St. Olms and, upon your
arrival, ascend the levels until you reach the plaza. The mansion of
Yngling Half-Troll sits in the upper-left hand portion of the plaza,
and gaining entrance is relatively simple: the front door is unlocked!
Wisely, Yngling did not leave his house unguarded; the men of Hlaalu
await you inside, but we do not need to fret over a few powerful
henchman. Avoid his men and wander down the stairs to the locked door
that gave me some slight problems at first (but, for you, it'll be
fine). Open the door as only a thief knows how. Yngling's ledgers find
a home in his basement; grab them to make Gentleman Jim proud. Voila!
The reward is yours!

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Vivec Two: Nads Tharen's Key
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Nads Tharen, an operative of Gentleman Jim's, is missing. Gentleman
Jim, however, was not ready to cut ties with his henchman just yet, as
the missing Nads Tharen possesses a key that Gentleman Jim needs ever
so desperately. To obtain said key, Gentleman Jim needs you to find out
what happened to Nads Tharen, find Nads Tharen, and return the key to
him. Continuing a trend set by the mission involving Yngling Half-
Troll's ledger, obtaining the aforementioned key is not difficult.

Nads Tharen was last seen at the Elven Nations Cornerclub in the Hlaalu
compound of Vivec. It is recommended that your search for the missing
operative commence there with an interviewing of those who knew Nads. A
quick question and answer session with those at the cornerclub reveals
that a few people present knew Nads Tharen-and where he lived. Ask
around and you will eventually learn that Nads Tharen had a home in the
St. Delyn canalworks (South-Two). Venture to the home of Tharen and,
gasp, his lifeless corpse will greet you as amicably as a corpse is
able. Nads Tharen holds the key to this puzzle-literally. On the corpse
of Tharen rests the key that Gentleman Jim desires. Grab the key and
return it to Gentleman Jim's appreciation.

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Vivec Three: Enter the Fighter's Guild
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Now that the two menial tasks of Gentleman Jim have been brushed aside
like so many before them, we now gleam the true enemies of the thieves
guild: the fighter's guild and the Camonna Tong. Gentleman Jim, after
you return Nads Tharen's key, reveals to you the nature of the threat
against the thieves guild. The fighter's guild, in connection with the
Camonna Tong, desires to obliterate all that is the Thieves Guild and
pave way for a new domination by the Camonna Tong of all things
Thievish. Since we cannot eliminate the Camonna Tong, Gentleman Jim
reasons that we must cut the fighter's guild out from under the feet of
the Camonna Tong and eliminate the strongest supporters of the Camonna
Tong from inside the fighter's guild. For starters, Gentleman Jim
desires information as to who could be turned to the side of the
thieves' guild and who must be eliminated.

Gentleman Jim knows of only one high ranking member of the fighters
guild who, at this time, would be willing to aid the thieves' guild:
Percius Mercius of Ald-Ruhn. To obtain the information that Percius
knows, travel to his fighter's guild in Ald-Ruhn, become friendly with
him, and pump him for information. With the right amount of persuasion,
you should be able to learn the names of all of the players in the
fighter's guild, where they call home, and other miscellaneous little
tidbits about them. With your information in hand, return to Gentleman
Jim, tell him what you know, and receive your next mission.

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Vivec Four: The Bitter Cup
=======================================================================

It turns out that one of the high-ranking members of the fighter's
guild who might be persuaded is a secret worshipper of Clavicus Vile,
an elder god of sorts. Although neither money nor kind sentiments will
sway Eydis Fire-Eye to our cause, perhaps an artifact of Clavicus Vile
would. With this in mind, Gentleman Jim orders you to retrieve the
Bitter Cup, an artifact of Clavicus Vile, and present it to Eydis as a
gift of persuasion towards our cause. However, retrieving the Bitter
Cup is not a simple walk in the park; it's an arduous trek into a
Dwemer ruin far away.

The journey to the ruin that holds the bitter cup, Ald Redaynia, proves
to be long, dangerous, and taxing. Stock up on any potions, scrolls,
and whatnots before you leave Vivec, as it might be quite some time and
many monsters later until you return. BRING SOMETHING OF INVISIBILITY.
Once you have loaded up, approach the Silt Strider to begin your
journey.

Take the Silt Strider from Vivec through Balmora and Ald-Ruhn to Mar
Gaan. Disembark at Mar Gaan and follow the path north until you can
turn left. From here, look at your map often and work your way
northeast along the roads. Eventually, you'll reach the Ashlands. The
Ashlands are a barren wasteland of a place that only the brave-and you-
enter. Continue working your way north after entering the Ashlands and,
when you reach the coastline, look across it. There should be an island
just north of the northwest region's coastline; Ald Redaynia is on the
island. Swim to the island's western region and find your ruin.

The ruin is small and contains three main areas: the entrance corridor,
the left room, and the right room. The bitter cup is on an altar in the
right room, but it is heavily guarded by many evil baddies. To get past
these enemies, use your invisibility and run your little tail off up
the stairs and to the altar. Grab the bitter cup and get the hell away
and back to Balmora (I'll leave getting back to you; good luck!). Eydis
resides in Balmora's fighter's guild and wants the bitter cup badly.
Give it to her and she will join your cause.

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Vivec Five: Convince Hrundi of the Fighter's Guild
=======================================================================

As an interlude between difficult quests, Gentleman Jim gives you the
task of persuading another high-ranking official of the fighter's
guild, Hrundi of Sadrith Mora, to join the cause of the thieves' guild.
To get to Hrundi, however, we must go through his woman, a Dunmer who
he loves. Hrundi's lover can be found at the inn next to the great
market in Sadrith Mora. Persuade her to join your cause and Hrundi will
fall easily. With his woman not literally under your belt, talk to
Hrundi at the fighter's guild in Wolverine Hall and, with little doubt,
he will join you. Report back to Gentleman Jim for your hardest test to
date.

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Vivec Six: Eliminate the Ienith Brothers
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Before the head of the fighter's guild can be dealt with, we must
eliminate his henchman in the Camonna Tong: the Ienith brothers. The
brothers Ienith are the deadliest duo the Camonna Tong has to offer,
and they've "donated" their services to the fighter's guild so that
they more swiftly eliminate the thieves' guild. The dynamic duo will
come at you fiercely with many attacks that will baffle, hurt, and
kill, but you, the resourceful thief that you are, should be able to
handle it-with my help.

The brothers Ienith house themselves on the Dren Plantation, a
stronghold of the Camonna Tong east of Pelegiad and north of Vivec. To
reach the Dren Plantation, either go northeast from Vivec and cross the
river to get to the plantation or, from Pelegiad, go east and then
slightly south to reach the plantation by land. Either way you'll reach
the plantation, so the route matters not. The Dren plantation is
divided up into two sections: the slave houses and the master estate.
The main manor rests in the southeast corner of the plantation. When
you enter, go forward and down the stairs to reach the rooms of the
Ienith brothers. Be wary: when you attack one, the other appears behind
you. Get both in front of you, beware the paralysis jinkblade of one of
the brothers, and kill them both. Once you have done as such, loot
their room for items galore and then report back to Gentleman Jim.

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Vivec Seven: Kill Sjoring Hard-Heart
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The final quest is simple yet difficult: kill the boss of the fighter's
guild, Sjoring Hard-Heart. There is no elaborate theft involved and no
quick fix; you must kill him. Before, however, you must realize that
he's a very powerful man (why would he be in charge of the fighter's
guild?), and proper measures must be taken to ensure your survival.
Stock up on your best potions, spells, and weapons-especially the
paralysis jinkblade that one of the Ienith Brothers carried; that
weapon will be your savior, as with it you will be able to paralyze
Sjoring Heard-Heart long enough to get some blows in with other
weapons. The strategy: paralyze him with the jinkblade, switch weapons,
pound away, and re-paralyze him as needed with the jinkblade. If you
load up on spells and are swift with your feet and weapons, you should
be able to eventually best him. To reach Sjoring Heard-Heart, find his
fighter's guild headquarters in the foreign quarter of Vivec and do
your worst.

When you return to Gentleman Jim, an interesting surprise awaits you:
your final promotion. With the fighter's guild out of the picture,
Gentleman Jim can retire and leave the thieves' guild to you to
protect. In parting, Gentleman Jim gives you a Skeleton Key-it opens
any lock regardless of difficulty in one try with 50 total uses-and his
thanks.

Congratulations, you're now a Grand Master and have completed the
thieves' guild!

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Section Seven: The Bal Molagmar
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The Bal Molagmar is what we've all dreamed about: a fairy tale, a myth,
and that little urge inside of us to aid our fellow man all rolled into
one. If you decide to take on the Bal Molagmar quests given by
Gentleman Jim Stacey, you do so independent of the thieves' guild-they
have no bearing on your rank in the guild-and of your own volition.
When you take up the Bal Molagmar gloves given to you by Gentleman Jim
Stacey, you become what every boy has dreamed at least once of: Robin
Hood. You become the one that robs from the rich and gives to the poor;
you become the thief who the law fears and who the people love; you
become an idol of all other thieves.

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Bal Molagmar One: The Hlervu Locket
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The first quest for the Bal Molagmar that Gentleman Jim sends you on is
the quest for the Hlervu locket. The Venim house as payment for taxes
has seized the locket, belonging to one Hlervu of Ald-Ruhn. Being an
heirloom of the Hlervu family, it is your job to return the locket to
its rightful owner and show the Venim family what for. The locket is
located deep within the bowels of the Venim manor, in the private
quarters. Run into the quarters, find the locket, and return it to the
Hlervu house in the outside area of Ald-Ruhn. Gentleman Jim will be
most pleased.

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Bal Molagmar Two: Indrele Pathryon's Land Deed
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Indrele Pathryon, a simple commoner of Sedya Neen, might lose her land
at the hands of a Vivec nobleman who wishes to foreclose on her land
and make it his. The job of the Bal Molagmar-and you-is to return the
land deed, formerly seized by the nobleman's henchmen, from the Library
of Vivec and return it to Indrele Pathryon. The Library of Vivec is
located in the Temple canton (the one farthest back) and the Hall of
Wisdom. Find the deed, return it to Indrele, and further the reputation
of the Bal Molagmar!

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Bal Molagmar Three: The Stolen Sword
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The third quest lined up for the Bal Molagmar is to return the
wrongfully-stolen sword of Salyn Sareth, a guard in Ghostgate. It turns
out that a thieves' guild operative wrongfully stole the sword from
Salyn-a fellow operative-when he was not supposed to. To wrong this
egregious error, we must return the sword, named Enamor, to Salyn in
Ghostgate. Like the ruins of Ald Redaynia, Ghostgate is quite a walk
from civilization and, thus, you should stock up accordingly. When
ready, embark via Silt Strider to Ald-Ruhn. At Ald-Ruhn, wander out of
the main gates and follow the signs-and your map-to Ghostgate.

When you reach Ghostgate, enter the Tower of Dusk and make your way
downstairs to the barracks. Salyn's chest is the last one on the left;
return the sword to it along with a note from the Bal Molagmar!

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Bal Molagmar Four: Brallion's Ring
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Brallion, a slave trader of Sadrith Mora, is evil, says Gentleman Jim.
We need to teach this slave trader a lesson in the name of the Bal
Molagmar. To teach Brallion a lesson in the name of the Bal Molagmar,
Gentleman Jim believes that we should acquire a ring that he took from
one of his former slaves off of him and return it to its rightful
bearer. Brallion inhabits the same inn the Hrundi's woman does in
Sadrith Mora, so finding him should not be a problem. Return to said
inn and either steal the ring from him (it might result in you killing
him, however) or purchase it from him for the hefty price of 800 gold;
the choice is yours. Once the deed is done, return the ring of Ilmani
Drenin, the former slave of Brallion who lives in the St. Delyn
canalworks (South-One) of Vivec.

And, just like that, you've returned the Bal Molagmar to prominence. Be
sure to complete these quests BEFORE you complete Gentleman Jim's
regular set, or else you will not be able to do them as Gentleman Jim
vanishes after completed the seventh and final Vivec job.

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Section Eight: Update History
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Version 0.5: Balmora, Ald-Ruhn jobs completed.

Version 0.75: Sadrith Mora jobs completed.

Version 0.80: Edited Ald-Ruhn and Balmora jobs.

Final Version: Vivec and Bal Molagmar jobs completed.

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Section Nine: Miscellany
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by me to use it, I will press action. Please do not steal this guide.

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