Tamriel Rebuilt:Cleaning Up

Remove a blackmailer for the Duke of Narsis District.

Quest Giver:	Ereven Baryl
Location(s):	Narsis, Foreign Quarter, Heron Hall
Reward:	600 gold, Duke's Guard Silver Cuirass
Disposition:	+5 (Duke Fethas Hlaalu)
Reputation Gain:	+10 (Imperial Legion)
ID:	TR_m7_Ns_IL_6
Required Rank:	Any
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Fethas Hlaalu, in his home of Riverkeep, south-southwest of Narsis

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Ereven Baryl about Orders and Fethas Hlaalu.
2. Speak with Duke Fethas Hlaalu at Riverkeep about Vaniken Drath.
   • Either:
     1. Talk to Vaniken Drath at the Fortuna in the Narsis Waterfront and give him 2,000 gold.
     2. Return to Fethas Hlaalu.
   • Or:
     1. Report the Duke's wishes to Ereven Baryl.
     2. Speak to Horatia Statilius at the Fortuna about Vaniken Drath, then follow her.
     3. Hear out Horatia's report.
     4. Search the alley behind the Hlaalu Council Company Warehouse in the Market Quarter.
     5. Take the chest contents and read Vaniken Drath's Notebook.
     6. Either:
        • Confront Vaniken and give him 1137 gold and the notebook.
        • Inform Camonna Tong members in the Fortuna about Vaniken's activities.
     7. Return to Fethas Hlaalu.

Detailed Walkthrough

Vaniken Drath's Chest sits in the corner, hidden

On talking to Ereven Baryl for Rabble-Rousing, you probably also acquired this quest as well at the same time, however they deal with entirely different issues and people. You'll have to head to Riverkeep to speak with Duke Fethas Hlaalu, south-southwest of Narsis. Riverkeep is visible from Heron Hall's backdoor port area, turning to the right from behind the building if you're facing the river.

Heading into Riverkeep and speaking with Duke Fethas Hlaalu, he mentions one name: Vaniken Drath. Upon speaking with him further, he expands upon the name, letting you know he knows a little too much, and wants him gone. He works as a dealer at the Fortuna casino on the Waterfront.

From here, it should be noted the quest can be cut extremely short. You can go straight to Vaniken Drath in the Fortuna, on the third floor (entrance is up the stairs on the outside of the building) and tell him the Duke wants him gone. He'll ask for 2,000 gold. If you give it to him, he's gone, and you can turn in the quest at Duke Fethas Hlaalu for 600 gold and a Duke's Guard Silver Cuirass, and move onto Rabble-Rousing if you haven't done that quest already prior to this one.

Head back to Heron Hall after this and speak to Commander Baryl about Vaniken Drath.

He'll tell you that one of the Legion's agents came to Narsis trailing him actually, Horatia Statilius. He says she hangs out there quite often, keeping an eye on Vaniken Drath.

Heading to the casino (Head straight out of Heron Hall, up the two large staircases in front of Heron Hall, straight through the plaza through the double arches, and the building in front of you is the Fortuna) and up the stairs on the outside, you'll need to locate Drath's table on this floor. Once you do, you'll also locate Horatia acting like a customer for Drath's card game. When you speak to her about Vaniken Dren, she'll comment on his horrible card skills and walk away a little. Speak to her again about Vaniken Dren and she'll tell you what she knows:

You're looking into him for the Legion? I've been on his trail since he swindled some tourists out of their jewels in Old Ebonheart -- allegedly. I've only just caught up with him, but if he's pulling a grift here it's too subtle for my talents. All I've learned is that he sometimes leaves the Fortuna and goes to a back alley behind the Hlaalu Council Company warehouse in the Market Quarter. You might want to investigate that place.

Head over to that specific warehouse. From the casino, head over to that staircase everything seems to gravitate around, between the Trade Quarter and the St. Veloth Quarter, near the Grand Bazaar and the sewer entrance to the St. Veloth Sewers. The warehouse is north of the Grand Bazaar, the literal building just north of the Grand Bazaar building.

Circle around the warehouse until you can get behind it, and tucked away in a little nook is a small chest. (Key location unknown, has 50 level lock + trap.) Pick the lock on the chest and disarm the trap, and open the chest. There's a notebook and 1137 gold inside. Take the notebook, labeled 'Vaniken Drath's Notebook', and read it. Your journal will be updated.

Heading back to the Fortuna and speaking with Horatia, she says that Drath will be killed extremely quickly if he is found out, since he is stealing from the Casino itself. She tells you to convince him to leave the casino.

Speaking with Vaniken Drath with the ledger in your inventory gives you the option to tell him you found his ledger, and threaten him with it, telling him to leave town or you'll tell his employers. After selecting that option, he asks you for the 1137 gold that was inside of the chest, and the ledger. If you give it to him, you can head back to Fethas Hlaalu for quest completion.

However if you tell him No to giving him the money and the ledger, he tells you his bosses are the Camonna Tong. Head downstairs to the ground floor, and talk to the guy next to the Private Rooms door. You can tell him that you have evidence Drath is stealing from the Fortuna. The guy will take the ledger from you, but not the 1137 gold. You can then go back to Fethas and complete the quest. He will give you 600 gold and a Duke's Guard Silver Cuirass, and move onto Rabble-Rousing if you haven't done that quest already prior to this one.

Quest Stages

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Cleaning Up (TR_m7_Ns_IL_6)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Ereven Baryl instructed me to speak to Fethas Hlaalu for further orders.
20		Fethas Hlaalu, Duke of Narsis, ordered me to 'get rid of' Vaniken Drath, a dealer at the Fortuna. He doesn't want Drath arrested, for fear of Drath's story getting out when he's in prison.
25		According to Fethas Hlaalu, Vaniken Drath has been blackmailing him with some information that connects him to the people who assassinated the last Proconsul. He also let slip that Vaniken Drath was a card sharp.
30		%Name shared with me a rumor that Vaniken Drath has been stealing from the Fortuna, though there is no evidence of this, and Drath himself denies it.
35		Commander Baryl told me that an agent of the Imperial Legion, Horatia Statilius, has been on Vaniken Drath's tail for a while now. I can find both her and Drath at the Fortuna.
40		I met Horatia Statilius at the Fortuna. She told me that Vaniken Drath sometimes goes to a back alley behind the Hlaalu Council Company warehouse in the Market Quarter.
60		I found a chest hidden in a Narsis back alley. It held a large amount of gold and a notebook, which appears to be some kind of ledger belonging to Vaniken Drath.
70		I gave Vaniken Drath's ledger to the Camonna Tong.
80		I convinced Vaniken Drath to leave town.
100	Finishes quest	Fethas Hlaalu rewarded me for taking care of Vaniken Drath.

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