Oblivion:The Siren's Deception

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Contents 1 Quick Walkthrough 2 Detailed Walkthrough 2.1 Gang Problems 2.2 Approach the Gang 2.3 The Jig Is Up 2.4 Reward 3 Notes 4 Bugs 5 Journal Entries

An all-female gang of thieves is preying on married men in the town. edit Quest Giver: Maelona or Gogan at Anvil Location(s): Anvil, Gweden Farm Prerequisite Quest: None Next Quest: None Reward: Level-dependent amount of gold. Fame/Infamy: Fame +1; Infamy +1 for premature death of a Siren ID: MS04

Gweden Farm, the den of the Sirens

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

1. Learn from Anvil residents about gang problems.
2. Head to the Flowing Bowl to wait for the Imperial and Nord.
3. When the women tell you to meet them, go to the Gweden Farm.
4. Confront the gang about their activities, and kill them all.
5. Receive your reward from Gogan.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

Faustina Cartia

Signy Home-Wrecker

Tsarrina

[edit] Gang Problems

You may hear from residents in Anvil about an all-female gang of thieves who pick only on married men. They lure them in with their charms, then rob them. You will be pointed in the direction of Gogan, who lives in Gogan's House at the south end of Anvil.

At his house you will find both Gogan and his wife, Maelona, who tell you that Gogan was tricked by the thieves and that they stole his wife's ring, which was a family heirloom. They will both ask you to help them, and suggest that you start at The Flowing Bowl, which is where Gogan was approached.

[edit] Approach the Gang

Head off to the Flowing Bowl down by the docks and wait around. Two women (Signy Home-Wrecker and Faustina Cartia) enter the Flowing Bowl and approach you. If your character is male, they seductively invite you to have a "Night of Fun" at their farmhouse just outside of town; if your character is female, they invite you to join their gang. You are told to meet them after 11 pm at Gweden Farm, which is now marked on your map.

When you arrive at the farm Faustina will be inside. Do not immediately attack her; you must first talk to her. She asks you either to take off all your clothes and weapons if you're male or, if you're female, to confirm that you want to join their gang. Refuse to do so and tell her that you know what she's up to.

[edit] The Jig Is Up

After you say this, Signy and Tsarrina appear. Normally all three attack you, and force you to kill them. If you have previously increased Signy's or Faustina's Disposition towards you, however, they may not attack. In this case, you still need to kill them to complete the quest, but initiating combat will cause their deaths to be counted as murder. (On PC, you can also use the kill console command.)

After you kill your attackers, Gogan and Maelona come in through the door, dressed in City Watch armor. They explain to you that they work for the City Watch and that they needed a stranger like you to help foil the thieves. They thank you and reward you with a level-dependent amount of gold (see chart below).

Before leaving the farmhouse, be sure to search and loot the sirens' corpses (after you leave the main room of the farmhouse, their corpses will all disappear). On Faustina's corpse you will find the Witsplinter, a leveled enchanted dagger, and the Gweden Basement Key. The key provides access to the basement, where you will find a stash of all the things they stole from the married men in town. It is not possible to return these items to their original owners, so you are free to keep the items for your own use.

After you have left the farmhouse, the front door is permanently locked, so be sure to take everything you want with you before leaving.

[edit] Reward

Level	Reward
1-4	100 Gold
5-9	200 Gold
10-14	300 Gold
15-19	400 Gold
20-24	500 Gold
25+	600 Gold

[edit] Notes

• If you are on the PC, do not use Console commands such as coc to exit the Flowing Bowl after talking to Faustina and Signy. You must exit the Flowing Bowl using the front door in order to trigger the subsequent quest update.
• After you complete this quest, a special edition of the Black Horse Courier is published: "Anvil Tarts Thwarted!".
• If you kill Gogan and Maelona after completing the quest (while they are still in the farm house) then you will not get a bounty.
• It is possible for a Siren to be killed in the Flowing Bowl: if a Mythic Dawn member happens to be in the room after you complete "Dagon Shrine" in the Main Quest, and thus attacks you on sight, then everyone in the bar will start to attack them, and then the Sirens. The only way to stop this is to reload.
• Several of the items found in the Gweden Farm basement are rare zero-weight items: Ernest's Fancy Pants, Heinrich's Pants, and Heinrich's Shirt.

[edit] Bugs

• You do not have a key to the front door, so don't leave during the fight or before raiding the basement. The only way back into the house after leaving is to use the console.
  • Part of this bug was fixed with the 1.1 Patch. Leaving during the fight will not lock you out anymore, but once the fight is over and the guards arrive, the door will lock behind you when you leave.
  • On the PC, this can be fixed using Console commands: select the front door at type unlock, or use the command coc GwedenFarmInterior.
• There is a glitch that can occur, the sirens will start attacking you before you can communicate with them, you must then either kill them, or run outside and let the guards take care of them. Both result in you ending the quest early, and not gaining a reward or fame points.
  • Going to jail will usually make Signy reappear outside the jail when you are released. You can then continue the quest like normal, except they will not show up in the farmhouse, they will wait for you in the Flowing Bowl. After you killed them then you can go to the farmhouse and wait until 11 pm and go in there you will meet the 3rd member of the gang and she will attack you on sight. After you killed her the guards will show up and take care of the rest for you. If you instead go inside the house anyway, without first killing the two in the Inn, you will permanently be locked in.
• Another glitch renders the quest unbeatable. Essentially, when you talk to Faustina, there will be no options for you to take other than to cancel the conversation, and even then, if you kill her, you can't exit the farmhouse so you will be trapped there forever.
  • If you have not yet joined the Dark Brotherhood, you can kill Faustina while she is sleeping. When Lucien Lachance appears and invites you to join the Dark Brotherhood, go to the basement (using Faustina´s key) and take some items. When you return to the ground floor, Lucien Lachance will have left the farmhouse, leaving the door open for you.
  • On the PC, you can exit the farmhouse using the console command player.coc GwedenFarmExterior.
  • On the PC, you can work around this bug using the console command sexchange if you are a male, and use it again to return to your original sex after/during the fight.

[edit] Journal Entries

The Siren's Deception (MS04)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
5		I've heard an all female gang of thieves is preying on the men folk of Anvil. While I didn't get all the details, I was pointed in the direction of Gogan and Maelona, two local Anvil residents. Somehow, Gogan is "intimately" involved whatever that means.
10		I've spoken to Maelona, a Reguard commoner who lives in Anvil. It seems that a gang of female thieves has taken up residence somewhere nearby. They're luring men out to their farmhouse by seducing them, and then in actuality, robbing them of all their goods when they arrive. The men are so embarrassed about this that they won't report it to the authorities. Maelona's husband is one of the "victims".
20		Upon further questioning, I've discovered that Maelona's husband, Gogan, was carrying a family heirloom when the all-female gang robbed him. She's desperate to get the ring back, and is offering 100 gold for its return.
30		Maelona told me that the men are usually approached at the local watering hole, The Flowing Bowl. That's where I should make contact with the gang. I should speak to Gogan, as he may be able to add some more useful information.
35		After speaking to Gogan, I've learned that there are at least two gang members, an Imperial and a Nord. They lure men to a remote location, trick them into removing their clothes and equipment, and then ambush them while they are defenseless. I think at this point I have enough information to pay a visit to The Flowing Bowl.
40		Signy Home-Wrecker has met me at The Flowing Bowl, accompanied by Faustina Cartia. She enticed me to meet them at their farmhouse around 11 this evening, "for a night of fun I won't soon forget". I have decided to take them up on their temping offer, as this will point me in the direction of their hideout. The farmhouse seems to be just outside of Anvil in the settlement named Gweden. (If the player is male) or Faustina Cartia approached me after I arrived at The Flowing Bowl. She said that I had what it took to join their gang, and if I was interested, to meet her in the farmhouse at a small settlement outside of Anvil called Gweden around 11 tonight. This was the break I was looking for, so I'll follow my map to that location. (If the player is female)
50		I've arrived at Gweden. I should enter the main farmhouse and find out what Faustina and Signy have in store for me. (If the time is between 11pm and 6am) or I've arrived at Gweden. I'll need to wait until around 11 in the evening to go inside and find out what Faustina and Signy have in store for me. (If the time is between 6am and 11pm)
55		(Player removes weapons and armor)
60		After entering the farmhouse, I encountered Faustina who tried to entice me to remove my weapons, armor and clothing and place them aside. Knowing this was a ruse, I refused. She yelled out and the rest of the gang entered the room fully armed and ready for battle. I had no choice but to kill them. (If the player is male and refused to remove his weapons and armor) or After entering the farmhouse, I encountered Faustina who enticed me to remove my weapons, armor and clothing and place them aside. Once I did so, she yelled out and the rest of the gang entered the room fully armed and ready for battle. I had no choice but to kill them. (If the player is male and did remove his weapons and armor) or After entering the farmhouse, I encountered Faustina who tried to convince me to join in on their scheme. When I told her no, she yelled out and the rest of the gang entered the room fully armed and ready for battle. I had no choice but to kill them. (If the player is female)
100	0	Maelona and Gogan entered the farmhouse in Anvil City Guard armor. It turns out that they have been undercover as a married couple for some time trying to put a stop to the gang. She says I was spotted heading to Gweden so she went back for reinforcements and headed here. She said she would take care of the bodies, and paid me my gold as promised.
110	0	Maelona and Gogan entered the farmhouse in Anvil City Guard armor. It turns out that they have been undercover as a married couple for some time trying to put a stop to the gang. She says I was spotted heading to Gweden so she went back for reinforcements and headed here. She has taken Faustina into custody and paid me the gold she promised.
150	0	I fear I've slain one of the gang members prematurely. Although this puts a stop to the crimes, a better way may have been available had I followed through with the undercover operation.

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.