The Elven Maiden
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[edit] Overview
Faction: Thieves Guild
Prerequisites: 100
fenced
Quest Giver: Armand Christophe
Reward: 100, advance to Bandit rank, 2 infamy
[edit] Background
Armand wants you to steal a bust from the chapel undercroft in Cheydinhal. However, what seems like a straight smash-and-grab job turns into something much more complicated.
[edit] Walkthrough
This quest requires you to steal the bust of Llathasa Indarys from Cheydinhal. Travel to Cheydinhal and speak with the beggars marked on your map(make sure your disposition is good). He/She will tell you to look in the chapel.
Head to the Cheydinhal chapel and enter the chapel Undercroft. Be cautious; there is a guard posted so you'll have to be sneaky. Steal the "bust" (follow the map indicators). The best way to do this would be to let the guard make two runs in her route, then when she walks away, grab the bust and run out. If you are noticed by the guard, she will attack you. If you run out and leave, the guards will attack the chapel guard, so it's best to grab the bust and run. The undercroft guard is wearing some decent armor, so you can come back later and kill her if you wish.
Avoid looting the chest of Llathasa Indarys, as her ghost will come out and attack you. Travel back to the Imperial City Waterfront where you'll discover that the guards have overrun the place and have issued a warrant for Armand's arrest.
Hang around the waterfront and wait for Methredhel to find you. She will tell you that the entire operation you just did was simply a mole hunt to catch the informant within the Thieves Guild. She will also tell you that the mole is a Dark Elf named Myvryna Arano. Methredhel wants you to frame her for the crime by placing the bust in a cupboard at her house. Be careful that the guards don't see you break into her house. Once you place the bust in the cupboard, talk to Hieronymus Lex (with a high disposition of 71 or more) and tell him that Myvryna Arano stole it. Go back to her house, watch the short cutscene, and you're done.
If you had read the waterfront tax records that you stole in the quest Untaxing the Poor you'll see that Myvryna Arano was "exempted" which gives a clue for this quest.
- Note that there are two cupboards, the one to the right of her bed is the correct one!
[edit] Journal Entries
Upon receiving this quest:
- Armand of the Thieves Guild has asked me to steal the bust of Llathasa Indarys from Cheydinhal. They will pay 100 gold coins.
After talking to a Cheydinhal beggar about the bust:
- I learned that the bust of Llathasa Indarys is in her tomb. She is buried in the chapel undercroft of the Temple of Arkay in Cheydinhal.
After grabbing the bust:
- I have the bust. Now to get back to Armand.
When you return to the Waterfront:
- The Waterfront is crawling with Imperial Watch. They are all looking for Armand Christophe. I'm sure he won't show at midnight. Dareloth's Garden is too hot. I'll need to find out where he is hiding. Maybe one of the other Thieves Guild members knows. I'll have to start asking around for them.
After Methredhel approaches you:
- Methredhel contacted me. She says that this whole job was just a setup to flush out the informant, a Dark Elf named Myvryna Arano. They didn't see fit to let me in on the plan though. She has specific instructions from Armand to plant the bust in Myvryna's cupboard. Then I have to find Hieronymus Lex and snitch on her.
After placing the bust in Myvyrna's cupboard:
- The bust is in Myvryna's cupboard. Now to tell that windbag Lex where to find it.
After successfully framing Myvryna:
- Hieronymus Lex found the bust I planted. Now all I have to do is report to Armand. Unfortunately I'll have to wait until the next midnight for him to return to the Garden of Dareloth.
After meeting with Armand:
- Armand thanked me for my help in exposing Myvryna Arano as the informant. He promoted me to Bandit in the Thieves Guild.
[edit] Bugs
At the point where Lex confronts Myvryna Arano, there is a bug where he goes in, check the cupboard, starts talking, and then walks out. You are stuck because it's meant to be a cutscene but it doesn't have an ending, so you have no choice but to reload. Always save before doing this part. On the PC version of the game, you can open the console (~ or `) and type in "enableplayercontrols" (without quotation marks) to re-enable your movement. Armond might not show sometims. It is not found how to fix this.
[edit] Tip
The Thieves guild is adamant about their 'no killing on the job' policy. They say that monsters can be killed if necessary. The guard in this quest may or may-not have a chameleon spell on himself. On my file it did and I mistook it for a ghost. Naturally I pulled out the good old silver sword and gave it a whacking. But after stealing the bust and returning it to Armand to my dismay I found I had been kicked out of the thieves guild! DO NOT kill the guard. If absolutely necessary just run out into the street after you have the bust a wham! The city guards kill it.
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