Oblivion:Broken Vows

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Detailed Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Journal Entries

Deep within the well of Skingrad Castle Courtyard, the next Drop matches killer against killer. ^edit

Quest Giver: Dead Drop at Skingrad Castle Courtyard
Location(s): Skingrad, Bruma
Prerequisite Quest: Next of Kin
Next Quest: Final Justice
Reward: 500 gold
Fame/Infamy: Infamy +1
ID: Dark12Harem

J'Ghasta training in his secret basement.

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Retrieve the next contract from inside the Skingrad Castle Courtyard well.
Locate J'Ghasta and eliminate him.
Move to the next contract at the Old Bridge landmark.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] Target

Your target is J'Ghasta, a Khajiit boxer in the city of Bruma.

The dead drop note describes J'Ghasta as a very skilled boxer, and also states that he is expecting you and has bribed the guards, so that if the fight were to spill out onto the streets they would ignore it.

J'Ghasta can be found in the secret training room in his basement. The entrance is a hatch hidden with several rolls of cloth. If you're having trouble finding it, use the local map, which will show you the door's location.

[edit] Make the Kill

Simply kill J'Ghasta. He's a good fighter and, depending on your character, it may not be possible to kill him with one blow. His unarmed style of fighting will deplete your fatigue, and if you're not careful, you will spend more time being knocked down than attacking. A few methods of killing him are:

In His Sleep: Wait until midnight, when he will go to sleep in the training room. A stealthy blow with a magical weapon may be enough to kill him before he wakes.

From Afar: Use ranged weapons or magic to get his attention, then run out into the streets. Run to the left and then back to the right on the stone ledge, and jump over the obstacle there. You should get some easy shots off on him, but if it takes a while he may get bored and walk back to the house. You might also try heading to the higher levels of the city, and jumping across from near the braziers to one of the flat sections of roof.

Guards: The guards have been paid not to intervene but they can still be made to attack him: strike him once, then go outside and summon a creature. Make sure he strikes the creature at least once and any nearby guards will come to your aid.

Guards, Again: If you break into the house during the day a guard will follow you and attempt to arrest you. If you resist arrest and run into the Secret Training Room, J'Ghasta will attack the guard, and you can let the guard kill him. This will earn you a small bounty, however.

Outside the City: Provoke him and run out of the city. The guards patrolling the city perimeter will attack him even if their colleagues inside the city will not, as the only guards "affected" by J'Ghasta's bribery are those inside the city walls. If Shadowmere is your current horse, she can help you kill him too.

Fighters Guild: Lead him to the Bruma Fighters Guild. If he enters, the other members will assist you in attacking him. This proves to be one of the more efficient ways to dispatch J'Ghasta when all the members are in the house.

Poisoned Apple: Leave a poisoned apple downstairs, clear the area of any other food, and wait for him to eat it.

[edit] Next Drop

When he is dead, go to the Old Bridge south of the Imperial City. The next dead drop is waiting for you below it, along with your payment.

[edit] Notes

There is an opportunity during this quest to obtain a Black Hand robe. Look for a "locked keg" on the ground floor of J'Ghasta's House.

Once you gain entrance to the house it doesn't appear that anyone is home. There is a trap door on the ground floor covered with folded cloths. That door leads to J'Ghasta and his Secret Training Room.

J'Ghasta's house contains two Hand to Hand skill books:
- On a desk in the basement training room is the book Ahzirr Traajijazeri.
- On the upper floor, on the bottom shelf of the bookcase, is is the book Immortal Blood.

[edit] Journal Entries

Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
Broken Vows (Dark12Harem)
10		I have picked up my next contract from the dead drop in the Castle Skingrad well. I have been ordered to kill the Khajiit J'Ghasta, who can be found at his house in Bruma. J'Ghasta is a master of unarmed combat, and will prove a challenging opponent. I should also be aware that J'Ghasta is expecting trouble, and has paid off the guards to look the other way if our fight spills out into the city streets.
20		J'Ghasta is dead. I must pick up my reward and next contract at the dead drop located in the rotten box under the Old Bridge, just south of the Imperial City.
100	0	I have picked up my reward and received my next contract.

Notes

Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage quest stage. Where quest is the internal name of the quest, and stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.