The Collector
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[edit] Overview
Prerequisites: Collect one Ayleid Statue
Faction: N/A
Quest giver: Lord Umbacano
Reward: 500 
per statue, 5,000 bonus for complete set
[edit] Background
Lord Umbacano of the Umbacano Manor in the Imperial City Talos Plaza District is a collector of rare Ayleid antiquities.
[edit] Walkthrough
As soon as you exit the Imperial Prison Sewers from the beginning of the game, there will be an Ayleid ruin directly ahead, if you explore deep enough into the ruin or another one listed below, you'll find an Ancient Ayleid Statue.
Take this to Lord Umbacano and he will ask that you find the other 9 to complete his collection. Also, you can just sell a statue to your favorite shopkeeper, and Lord Umbacano will send his butler to see you. He walks from the Talos Plaza District, so it will take that amount of time to come to you. Selling in the Imperial City Market District is therefore quickest.
Upon finding a second statue Umbacano will give you the map references for five more sites, leaving you with three other sites to find by yourself. He will then also give you the Quest Nothing You Can Possess where you must go to High Fane to collect a carving. Completing that will lead on to Secrets of the Ayleids.
You will receive double the item's price if you give it to Umbacano (500 a statue) and will receive a bonus of 5,000 for completing the set. This makes it an easy and a fun way to get 10,000 if you're playing at a lower level.
The Ayleid statues are found in the following Ayleid ruins:
[edit] Issue
This quest can be rendered incompletable. If you finish the "Nothing You Can Possess" and "Secrets of the Ayleids" quests prior to turning in all of the Ayleid statues you will no longer have a 'collector' to sell the statues to. At least if you give him the 'incorrect' crown (see "Secrets of the Ayleids" for further details). Having free reign to Lord Umbacano's estate might well be a fair trade off (referencing the keys you can loot from his corpse).
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