Daggerfall:Business with Orcs

The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995

Contents 1 Quick Walkthrough 2 Detailed Walkthrough 2.1 Quest Offer 2.2 Quest Acceptance 2.3 Quest Decline 2.4 Quest Object 2.5 Quest End 2.6 Reputation Gain/Loss 2.6.1 Additional Reputation 2.7 Enemies 3 Note

Deliver an orcish item stolen from Orsinium to a noble's contact. edit Location(s): Any Noble Reward: A Ruby Reputation Gain: see Reputation Gain/Loss ID: r0c20y22 Required Reputation: 20 reputation or more Difficulty: Easy/Medium

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to a noble.
2. Kill the first orc sergeant you encounter.
3. Choose whether you want to travel to the orcs' contact:
4. Travel to the town where the orcs' contact can be found or travel to the town where the noble's contact is waiting.
5. Meet either of the contacts and hand over the orcs' jewelry.
6. Collect your reward, if you gave the orcs' item to the noble's contact.
7. Be sure to follow the time limit.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Quest Offer

Ah, (player's first name), I am glad you're here. If you are available for hire, I am looking for someone to purvey a special (orcs' jewelry) to an acquaintance of mine. The reward, I think, you will find to be extremely liberal, to compensate for the danger of the mission. Are you interested?

[edit] Quest Acceptance

The noble goes on:

Excellent. Here's the (orcs' jewelry). Now, (contact's name) needs to have it in (town) in (time limit) days. That ought to be plenty of time, I hope. (contact's name) will be easy to find -- just look for a (contact's description) at (building). By the way, you may encounter some orcs who do not want this shipment made. I trust you know how to deal with their kind. Good luck.

[edit] Quest Decline

Noble answers:

Really? Too busy, perhaps. That is a shame.

[edit] Quest Object

As soon as you leave town, orc warriors will be on your heels. After killing the first orc sergeant, the following message pops up:

As the orc crumples to the ground, it gasps in a barely comprehensible accent, "(orcs' contact) ... go ... (orcs' contact) ..."

As soon as you have shaken off the orcs choose whether or not you want to meet the orcs' contact. If you want to do so, ask around until you know the town where she can be found. Travel to that town and ask around in town until you have her location. Meet her and talk to her.

When you talk to her, she will say:

I'm glad you sought me out, (player's name). You should know that the (orcs' jewelry) you are carrying was stolen from Orsinium, the ancient capital of the orcs. (noble's name), like most people, treats orcs as beneath contempt, hence they are forced to resort to violence to recover their stolen property. However, I hope that you are more enlightened than your employer. If you give me the (orcs' jewelry), I will see that it is returned to its rightful owners.

Choose whether or not you want to give her the jewelry. If you don't want to hand it over, travel to the town where the noble's contact is waiting; the orcs will continue to pursue you. Meet the noble's contact and hand over the orcs' jewelry. Collect your reward, which will be a ruby.

[edit] Quest End

When you give the orcs' jewelry to the noble's contact he/she will say:

Ah, good to see you (player's first name). And the (orcs' jewelry) too. Excellent. Here's a little trinket for your trouble. I hope you like red. Take care of yourself.

[edit] Reputation Gain/Loss

If you give the jewelry to the noble's contact the quest will be a success.

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

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Noble you got the quest from	+5
Noble's associated factions	+2

If you don't deliver the orcs' jewelry in time to the noble's contact, you will lose reputation as shown in the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Noble you got the quest from	-22
Noble's associated factions	-11
Oblivion and all associated Daedra Princes	+1
Sheogorath	-1
The Night Mother	+1
The Dark Brotherhood and its associated factions	+1
Ebonarm	-1
The Order of Arkay and its associated factions	-1
The Benevolence of Mara and its associated factions	-1
The Akatosh Chantry and its associated factions	-1
The School of Julianos and its associated factions	+1
The House of Dibella and its associated factions	-1
The Temple of Stendarr and its associated factions	+1
The Mages Guild and its associated factions	-1
The Thieves Guild and its associated factions	+1
Random Ruler	-1
Daggerfall and its associated factions	-1
Sentinel and its associated factions	-1
Wayrest and its associated factions	-1
The King of Worms and The Necromancers	-1
The Underking and his Agents	-1
Orsinium and its associated factions	-1
The Glenmoril Witches	-1
The Dust Witches	+1
The Daughters of Wroth	+1
The Witches of the Marsh	+1
The Beldama	+1
The Tide Witches	+1
The Merchants	-1
The Bards	-1
The Prostitutes	-1
Wrothgarian Mountains and its associated factions	+1

(Allies/Enemies affiliations for listed factions are not considered)

[edit] Additional Reputation

If you give the jewelry to the orcs' contact:

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Orsinium	+30
Orsinium's associated factions	+15

However, since you will no longer be able to successfully complete the quest, the -1 Reputation loss to Orsinium and its associated factions from failing the quest must also be taken into account.

If you refuse the orcs' contact's offer:

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Orsinium	-10
Orsinium's associated factions	-5

[edit] Enemies

• 12x Three Orcs every five in-game minutes (35% chance) until the jewelry is brought to the orcs' contact
• 12x One Orc Sergeant every ten in-game minutes (35% chance) until the jewelry is brought to the orcs' contact

[edit] Note

• If you keep the orcs' jewelry, it will remain in your inventory and won't vanish once the quest is over, unlike most quest items.