Morrowind:The Code Book

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Quest Stages

Retrieve a code book held by Sottilde at the South Wall Cornerclub in Balmora.^edit

Quest Giver: Eydis Fire-Eye at Balmora
Location(s): Balmora, (Ald'ruhn)
Prerequisite Quest: The Telvanni Agents
Next Quest: Desele's Debt
Reward: 50 gold
Disposition: +10 Disposition
Reputation Gain: +5 Fighters Guild Faction Reputation,
-10 Thieves Guild Faction Reputation
ID: FG_Sottilde

Sottilde has a stolen code book...

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Talk to Eydis Fire-Eye orders to receive this assignment.
Go retrieve the code book from Sottilde at the South Wall Cornerclub by whatever means you deem necessary.
Return to Eydis Fire-Eye to complete the quest and receive your reward.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] The Code Book

Eydis Fire-Eye in the Balmora Fighters Guild asks you to retrieve a code book currently held by Sottilde at the South Wall Cornerclub in Balmora. If you check with Percius Mercius he'll tell you that the mission seems okay but that you should try to avoid killing Sottilde. He calls her a "pushover" and suggests you talk her into handing it over.

[edit] Confronting Sottilde

Sottilde is just inside the Cornerclub entrance and will refuse to give you the code book right away, in fact she may deny even having it. If you aren't a member of the Thieves Guild and increase her disposition above 70, she should give you the book. If you are a member of the guild, however, she will refuse to hand it over no matter how high her disposition goes: you'll need to steal it or kill her.

Stealing the book is simply a matter of finding a spot where the other characters can't see you picking her pocket. If you choose to kill her, taunting Sottilde will allow you to complete the quest and not affect your ranking with the Thieves Guild: she will attack you, meaning you can kill her, grab the code book and get away without incurring a bounty.

[edit] Return the Book to Eydis

Once you have the book, return to Eydis for an increase in faction, and 50 drakes.

[edit] Notes

You will not receive this quest if you complete the Thieves Guild Bitter Cup quest prior to receiving this quest from Eydis. However, completing the quest includes going back to Gentleman Jim and announcing that you have completed the quest. If this quest is next up from Eydis and you give her the Bitter Cup, then ask for a new quest without first reporting to Jim, you will still get the quest.
Sottilde is a member of the Thieves Guild, so if you end up killing her, it will affect your membership.
If you're in the Thieves Guild you may have found out from Sottilde that the Camonna Tong and the Fighters Guild have certain ties...interesting.
A chat with Percius Mercius in the Ald'ruhn Fighters Guild will tell you Sottilde is a pushover, and you will be encouraged to try not to kill her, which gives a clue as to how to obtain the book: it can be pickpocketed off her if your skill is high enough (and if you can remain undetected).
If you aren't a member of the Thieves Guild, and you return the book to Eydis Fire-Eye immediately after taking it from Sottilde, then you will not be allowed to join them after performing this quest. This is because this particular quest is the first of several turning points between the Thieves Guild and the Fighters Guild, and it forces you to decide whose side you're on right then and there. Unfortunately, you cannot just simply take sides with both factions if you're already a member of both, unless you exploit a certain loophole. Join the Fighters Guild, and when you get this quest, get Sottilde to give you the book, and then talk to Sugar-Lips Habasi about membership for the Thieves Guild. Now that you're a member, they won't be so hostile towards you after turning the book over to Eydis Fire-Eye.

[edit] Quest Stages

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

FG_Sottilde
Index	Journal Entry
10	Eydis Fire-Eye asked me to get a code book from Sottilde at the South Wall in Balmora.
30	Percius Mercius suggested that I try and get the code book secretly. Otherwise I would have to kill Sottilde for the book.
50	Sottilde agreed to give me the code book.
100	Eydis Fire-Eye thanked me for returning the code book and paid me 50 gold.