Morrowind:Manwe's Dues

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Quest Giver: Ranis Athrys at Balmora
Location(s): Punabi
Prerequisite Quest: None
Next Quest: Unsanctioned Training
Concurrent Quest: Recruit or Kill Llarar Bereloth
Reward: 1,000 gold
Disposition: +15 Disposition
Reputation Gain: +5 Mages Guild Faction Reputation
ID: MG_PayDues
Required Rank: Journeyman

Punabi, the home of Manwe

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Talk to Ranis Athrys in the Balmora Mages Guild for duties.
Travel to Punabi, and find Manwe.
Collect Manwe's dues or kill her.
Return to Balmora.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Duties

This is one of the first quests offered by Ranis Athrys in the Balmora Mages Guild once you reach the rank of Journeyman. This and the quest Recruit or Kill Llarar Bereloth are offered at the same time, but are considered separate and will each raise your standing within the Guild.

Ranis will ask you to collect a debt from Manwe, who has failed to pay her dues for several years, and now owes over 2000 septims. Allegedly she is researching something in Punabi, near Llarar Bereloth in Sulipund. If you can convince Manwe to pay the dues, Ranis will split them with you. Otherwise, kill her.

[edit] Traveling to Punabi

Ranis tells you that Punabi is north of the Dunmer stronghold Marandus, and she marks Marandus on the map. This still leaves you with the decision on how to get to Marandus. The overland route doesn't really have a clear path due to Mountains that complicate travel. Without levitation, the trip can be difficult and is a far distance away. The other option is to take a Silt Strider to Suran, and then swim up the river that runs beside the town to Lake Nabia. Besides the occasional Slaughterfish, there shouldn't be that much of a problem with creatures. Once you arrive at the lake, just get out on the shore and you'll be very close to Marandus. Now just follow Ranis' directions to get to Punabi.

[edit] Manwe

Once you get to Punabi, briefly follow the cave until you find Manwe. Use either Speechcraft or bribes to get her Disposition up to 60, and she will fork over 2000 gold, the required sum (half of which is kept as a reward). If you kill her, you do not get such a large monetary reward, as she has far less money on her corpse. However, if you get her to give you the 2000 gold, THEN kill her, you can keep all 2000 gold for yourself, as Ranis assumes Manwe did not give you the money. A final alternative is just to pay Ranis yourself, and avoid traveling to Punabi in the first place. This isn't generally the best course of action though, as it takes away a net 1000 gold, and you're already going quite close to Punabi during the concurrent quest.

[edit] Quest Stages

These Codes can be used along with the Journal Console Command and Quest ID given within the chart to update the quest to a certain point.

Manwe's Dues (MG_PayDues)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Manwe, a Guild member in Punabi, has not paid any Guild dues in three months. Ranis asked me to find Manwe and collect the dues from her. To get to Punabi, I should go south from Balmora and take the road east past Fort Moonmoth. I should cross the bridge northeast of the Fort and continue east until I reach the lake. The old Dunmer stronghold of Marandas is just south of the lake. Punabi is on the trail that leads northeast from the lake.
30		Manwe says that she is no longer a member of the Mages Guild and refuses to pay the dues.
40		Manwe suggested that I pay the gold myself.
50		Manwe finally agreed to pay the 2000 gold she owes. I need to deliver this gold to Ranis Athrys in Balmora.
100		I gave Manwe's Guild Dues to Ranis Athrys.