Oblivion:A Watery Grave

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1 Quick Walkthrough
2 Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 Bugs
5 Journal Entries

You must kill the captain of the pirate vessel "Marie Elena". ^edit

Quest Giver: Vicente Valtieri at Cheydinhal Sanctuary
Location(s): Cheydinhal, Waterfront District
Prerequisite Quest: A Knife in the Dark
Next Quest: Accidents Happen
Reward: Black Band
Fame/Infamy: Infamy +1
ID: Dark02Watery

Pirate Ship Marie: Guarded from all the wrong angles.

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

Speak with Vicente Valtieri for your first contract, you must go to the Waterfront District and leave a ship captainless.
There are various options for sneaking on the ship, including jumping directly to the Captain's balcony but requiring fairly high Acrobatics.
The longest but simplest method is to hide in a pickup crate outside the ship where you will be delivered to the hold inside.
Sneak past any crew members and make your way up to the Captain's Cabin.
It's suggested that you do any looting here while you can before taking the mark, if not possible try for haste afterwards.
Once the Captain is dead the Ship's pirates will literally come beating in the door, escape out the back balcony doorway.
Return to Vicente who will award you the ring Black Band.

[edit] Walkthrough

[edit] Welcome to the Family

The mini-quest to get the contract from Vicente Valtieri is called "Welcome to the Family". To complete it, you just need to accept the contract from Vicente. He will tell you that the target of your first contract is Gaston Tussaud, the captain of the pirate vessel Marie Elena.

[edit] The Pirates

The captain's ship is currently docked in the Imperial City Waterfront District. You now have your shrouded armor, which is very helpful for this mission. In fact, it is possible to kill only the target in this mission. First, when you arrive, you will no doubt notice the pirates loading crates into the ship, overseen by a female Dunmer. If you so much as step on the ship and they see you, they attack. So look for a smoother point of entry which there are a few different options.

[edit] Stowaway

Instead of our normal way of attacking (kill everyone and loot them), sneak down to the crates, once near, a prompt should pop up asking you if you want to hide away. Accept and you'll find yourself inside the ship. Sneak along the hallways until you hear two men speaking to one another. After they are finished with their conversation, move out of the way so they don't see you. After it's safe again resume moving forward until you arrive at a ladder leading upwards. Climb and you'll be in the captain's cabin. Kill him any way you choose.

[edit] The Balcony

Alternatively, you can wait until nightfall and jump onto the balcony at the back of the ship, though the lock is Very Hard. Your target will be sleeping in his bed, an easy kill with a sneak attack. Sneak out onto the balcony and fast travel to get away unnoticed. Teinaava hinted at this escape strategy (if you asked him about the assignment before hand). Congratulations, you just pulled off a flawless assassination.

[edit] Make the Escape

Shortly after killing the captain two pirates walk in to investigate the commotion, so hurry. They will knock on the door shortly before busting it open, so if you're into looting the place, that's your only warning. If the Captain was sleeping it is suggested that you loot him and his treasures prior to his murder since the two pirates waste no time in coming through the door. It is possible to sneak attack the two pirates if you hide in the shadowy nook next to the door where they enter, or you could escape through the rear door.

However you complete the job, when done return to Vicente for some leveled Gold and Black Band, a leveled ring that increases your Light Armor, Security, and Magic Resistance.

[edit] Other Methods

There are many ways to kill Captain Gaston Tussaud, and sneak is not required at all.

Guards: If you board the Marie Elena then the pirates will become hostile. However, they are quickly cut down by any Imperial Guards patrolling nearby. Once they are dead, you can proceed directly to the Captain's room unhindered. After you kill him, you can lead the pirates that come in to investigate outside, and the guards will take care of them as well. You can also lure the Captain to the Imperial Guards on the pier and he will be promptly slain.

The silent killer method: Purchase a poisoned apple from M'raaj-Dar in the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. Leap onto the balcony at the stern of the ship (back end for you land-lubbers) and unlock the door. If you do this at around 1:00 AM, the the captain will be asleep. Reverse pickpocket the captain and place a poisoned apple into his inventory. Remove all food from the table and any containers in the captain's stateroom. Leave. When the captain wakes up and eats, he will eat the poisoned apple - killing him. The guards aren't alerted by using this method. In fact, nobody is. You can re-enter the stateroom after he's dead and clean him out of everything if you didn't loot before when you were placing the apple.

Sniper: Another stealthy method is to sneak to the ship and shoot down the pirates and the first mate. Just so long as you have an Apprentice level sneak skill, the pirates and first mate should go down with one shot apiece. Then you can enter the Captain's cabin, preferably when he's sleeping. A single sneak attack will take him down as well. Remember, the two pirates who check on their Captain will still come, so get out of there as soon as possible. You can escape easily by stealing the Captain's Key and slipping out of the back door, onto the balcony, and off the ship.

If you approach the Captain while he is sleeping, it is possible to pickpocket his sword from him, forcing him to fight unarmed. This can be useful if you are having difficulty fighting him.

[edit] Notes

Taking items from the crates and barrels lined up by the Marie Elena will cause the pirates to accuse you of theft, although they will take no action upon you.

There is a potted Nirnroot plant on the table in the Captain's Quarters. There is also a Nirnroot plant out the back door to the left against a rock.

Doing this quest during The Elven Maiden (when the guards are looking for Armand) or Misdirection makes fighting the pirates much easier (provided you were attacked by boarding the ship).

Sneaking into the ship using the crate method takes much longer, merits no bonus, and doesn't really provide any good loot on the way. It isn't considered a crime to enter the captain's cabin directly.

After you kill Tussaud, pirates will enter the cabin from outside. Your only warning will be a hammering and the voice of a concerned pirate, so if you have trouble fighting, leave the cabin by the rear exit just after you kill Tussaud (You can loot a key from Tussaud's body to open the door or pick the very hard lock).

[edit] Bugs

There is a glitch in this quest that can cause you to permanently lose your horse. If you choose to get on board the ship by hiding inside the crate on the dock, and if you are riding a horse when you accept the "hide in crate" option, both you and your horse will be loaded into the ship's cargo hold. This dooms the horse to be trapped within the ship forever. The horse cannot be rescued using fast travel, even after you have left the ship.

If you are on the PC, you can rescue the horse with the console command movetoqt which moves you and your horse to your current quest target. Make sure beforehand to select a quest with an outdoors target; if the target is indoors then your horse will be stuck there instead. Another way of rescuing your horse is to use the console command player.coc (insert target code here). Make sure your target code is an outside location, or else you will find you and your horse stuck inside another location. A third method is to open the command console, click the horse, close console, and once outside re-open the console and type moveto player. The horse should appear at your location.
- This bug is fixed by the Unofficial Oblivion Patch.

[edit] Journal Entries

Welcome to the Family (Dark01KnifeFIN)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I must accept a contract from Vicente Valtieri.
100	0	I have accepted a contract from Vicente Valtieri.
A Watery Grave (Dark02Watery)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I must go to the Waterfront District in the Imperial City and gain access to the pirate ship Marie Elena, so I can kill Captain Gaston Tussaud. I may be able to smuggle myself onboard with the cargo, in one of the packing crates.
25		Just as expected, the crate I hid in has been transported to the ship's hold. I must now find and kill the Captain, Gaston Tussaud. He's probably in his cabin, at the rear of the ship, on a higher deck.
26		I have gained access to the Captain's cabin of the ship Marie Elena. I must now kill Gaston Tussaud.
30		Gaston Tussaud is dead. I must now return to the Sanctuary and speak with Vicente Valtieri to receive my reward.
100	0	I have spoken with Vicente Valtieri.

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.