Oblivion:Jiv Hiriel

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Jiv Hiriel (RefID: 000280DA)
Home City	Hackdirt
House	Jiv Hiriel's House
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC-2	Class	Bard
RefID	000280DA	BaseID	000280CA
Other Information
Health	40 + (4+1.4)x(PC-3), PC=7-45	Magicka	113 + 3.5x(PC-3) (max=250)
Respons.	80	Aggress.	0
Faction(s)	Hackdirt Brethren

Jiv Hiriel is an Imperial bard who lives in Hackdirt. Jiv is having second thoughts about the local cult's methods, and is willing to help you in the quest A Shadow Over Hackdirt.

When first encountered and asked about Dar-Ma, Jiv will nervously tell you "Shh. We can't talk here. They'll get suspicious. The girl is in danger. Meet me tonight after dark in my house. I'll leave the door unlocked. Don't be late." If you ask him the same thing later on, he will greet you by saying "You came. Good. I don't have much time. I have to get to the Gathering before I'm missed" but still has time to answer questions on several topics.

When you meet him later, he goes into much more detail: "You have to believe me, I didn't know what they were planning. They want to bring back the Deep Ones. I thought I did, too, but ... she's so innocent. They've got her down in the caverns. They're going to sacrifice her, you understand? You've got to save her! Here, take this key. It'll open any of the trapdoors down to the caves. Every house in town has one. The one in Moslin's Inn is your best bet. Nearest where she's being held. The middle of the night, when everyone's at the Gathering. Good luck. You will save her won't you? I gotta go now."

Asking about Hackdirt will gain you information about the town's bloody background: "I was only a boy when the soldiers came. We hid, vowed revenge. But the Deep Ones never came back. Etira, she's the one that found them old books. Learned the runes, how to speak to them again. But they want blood, she says, or they'll not help us."

He will then tell you more about the mysterious "Deep Ones": "I don't know much. Never seen them myself. Our grandfathers first found them, I think, digging in the mines. They helped us. Made us rich. But there was a terrible price. Blood -- and worse." and also about the caverns: "Caves run all beneath the town. Some natural, some dug over the years since we found the Deep Ones. Every house has an entrance now."

Asked about the Brethren, Jiv issues a warning: "Those of us who've changed the most, we call The Brethren. Live down in the caves, to be nearer the Deep Ones. They don't like the sunlight much. Dangerous, too. You'll want to avoid them if you can help it."

[edit] Related Quests

• A Shadow Over Hackdirt: Seed-Neeus's daughter Dar-Ma has gone missing.