Daggerfall:The Escort

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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 3 Notes

A person is in desperate need of an escort.edit Location(s): Any Merchant or Innkeeper Reward: Random Gold Reputation Gain: see Reputation Gain/Loss Required Reputation: Any Difficulty: Easy

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to a Merchant or an Innkeeper.
2. Escort your employer to the town he mentioned to you.
3. Be prepared for an ambush there.
4. Turn your employer over or defend him.
5. Escort him to the place in town he mentioned to you.
6. Collect your reward.
7. Be sure to follow the time limit.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Quest Offer

This quest is one of many others you can randomly get from the pool of Merchants/Innkeepers Quests.

Merchant/Innkeeper:

I am (questgiver's name). I am in need of an escort. Would you protect me on my journey to (town)? It's less less than (time limit) days from here.

or

My name is (questgiver's name). I have to get out of (current town) right away. I want to hire you to guard me on my journey to (town). I can pay you (random gold) gold pieces.

or

You have to help me! My name is (questgiver's name). I need to get to (town) within (time limit) days and I need an escort.

[edit] Quest Acceptance

Merchant/Innkeeper goes on:

Blessings upon you (player's name). I travel light, so I'm ready to go. I know you don't work for free. Take me to (building's name) in (town) and I'll pay you (random gold) gold when we get there.

[edit] Quest Decline

Merchant/Innkeeper answers:

I guess I'll have to find someone else to protect me on my journey.

or

Heartless oaf!

[edit] Quest Object

Escort your employer to the town he mentioned to you. When you arrive, there will be an ambush by a certain faction, that is interested to gain its hands on your employer. You can turn him over, which will rise your reputation with this faction, or you can defend him and thus lowering your reputation with the faction.

• If you turn your employer over, naturally you won't get any reward or reputation with The Merchants, but 10 reputation with the ambush faction and 5 reputation with its associated factions.
• If you don't turn your employer over, you will lose 20 reputation with the ambush faction and 10 reputation with its associated factions.

If you can bring him to the building without engaging his persecutors, your reputation with them will not be touched.

Following groups can ambush you:

• Town Guards (turning your employer over will raise your regional reputation)
• Mages Guild
• Thieves Guild
• Dark Brotherhood

When you choose to defend him, escort him into the building he mentioned to you, after you took care of the attackers.

[edit] Quest End

When you and your employer reach the place he wanted you to escort him to he says:

Ah! (building's name)! You have fulfilled your part of the bargain. Here is the gold I promised you.

[edit] Reputation Gain/Loss

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

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Questgiver's faction	+5
Questgiver's associated factions	+2

A failed quest (time limit expired) results in a reputation loss according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Questgiver's faction	-2
Questgiver's associated factions	-1

[edit] Additional Reputation

If you turn your a employer over you will gain reputation according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Persecutors' faction	+10
Persecutors' associated factions	+5
Questgiver's faction	±0

If you defend your employer you will lose reputation according to the table below.

Faction/Person	Reputation Gain
Persecutors' faction	-20
Persecutors' associated factions	-10

[edit] Notes

• Your employer will be gone forever after the quest. That means he/she can no longer be found in the building of the town you started the quest. If he/she provided a service to the player, this service is also gone forever.
  You can however revert this, by deleting the ATF file from your savegame directory, that is allocated to this specific town. The downside is that you will also lose all map information of this town.