Oblivion talk:Scheduled for Execution

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Thanks for this guide.

There is a captain in the area where you first enter the dungeon area. He has two keys, one to the cell with the prisoner and one other general key. If you're good at sneaking you can pick-pocket him.

Invisibility and/or a few chameleon enchanted items is recommended if you feel constant reloading destroys realism.

Small corrections: The magicka required to cast the invisibility spell is dependent on your Illusion skill. The spell lasts for 35 seconds.

However, it's worth noting that this spell costs a good bit less than a 35 second Invisibility spell would otherwise cost if you made it at the spell altar. See M'raaj-Dar's page for details. --TheRealLurlock 10:05, 16 August 2006 (EDT)

Contents 1 Thank Bethesda 2 Murdered him already? 3 Strange guards 4 Valen's Body 5 Glitch? 6 What does he say when you talk to him and mention the Night Mother? 7 Alternative Strategy

[edit] Thank Bethesda

I so feared that Dreth would go the way of Morrowind's Jiub and never be seen again. Thank you Bethesda for giving me the oppurtunity to kill this bastard.

P.S You really should create a character of every race just to hear the variety of Valen's insults.--OGRastamon 14:48, 20 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Murdered him already?

Using the console on the PC version, I "broke" out of my cell and into Valen Dreth's, murdering him for talking about my wife in ways I did not appreciate (I am dark elf). Will this affect the availability of the quest? -Saint 10:36, 18 January 2007 (EST)

There are actually two different Valen Dreths ("ValenDreth" and "ValenDrethDark04") in the construction set, so I suspect that when you start this quest Valen will be magically resurrected. --Nephele 13:25, 18 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Strange guards

Is it worth mentioning that the areas that you go through to reach Valen Dreth contain the only non-Imperial guards in the game? Examples are an Altmer guard, a Redguard guard, a Nord guard, and Captain Gepard Montrose himself is a Breton... It could also be noted that after the quest, the guards in the section leading to Dreth act very strangely. When attacked, they will instantly attack you, and not bring up the Stop! You have violated the law! dialogue. Also, when wearing the Gray cowl of Nocturnal, they will act hostile towards you, but will not actually attack. It's strange that the Empire would post only non-Imperial guards in the sewers... --Merco 14:13, 28 August 2007 (EDT)

There are plenty of other cities draw upon their guards from different ethnicities. Bruma, Skingrad, Leyawiin, Kvatch and Anvil all have guard populations comprised of multiple races, rather than just Imperials. --Saruuk 17:38, 28 August 2007 (EDT)

Ive personaly noticed while trying to finnish this quest with the everscamps from the "whom gods annoy" quest that the guards will attack the scamps irrelevent of if they see you(i have 95% chamo + sneaking). After the scamps are killed the guards will often turn on each other, (making you loose the bonus apon their deaths)^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.87.166.216 (talk • contribs).}

Of course, they'll attack the scamps they are controlled (sort of) by you, and you don't belong there, but I don't know how this would lead to the guards to attack each other. Maybe the developers never considered the possibility of a player bringing the staff down there. Michaeldsuarez (talk· contribs· email) 23:17, 16 March 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Valen's Body

Any one mark on a map where his body gets washed up at??? I can't find it anywhere! - Ranger King 09:27, 15 September 2007 (EDT)

I'd never noticed that before. The information was added anonymously a few months ago ([1]) and was never challenged. I've never seen it myself, I have to say. --Rpeh^Talk 08:43, 15 September 2007 (EDT)

I've never seen his body in the lake either. if it is actually true then I suppose it should be added to the Easter Eggs page.--Willyhead 08:47, 15 September 2007 (EDT)

Doesn't matter, instead i found a pile of stuff from when i started the game, including wrist irons! Thanks anyway though -Ranger King 09:27, 15 September 2007 (EDT)

I can't see any scripts either that would cause his body to be moved or otherwise make his corpse appear. So I've moved the entire passage from the article here. --Nephele^Talk 01:28, 20 September 2007 (EDT)

Shortly after completing this quest, head along the banks of Lake Rumare. Valen taunts you at the beginning of the game, quipping at how you will be thrown into the lake when you die. Ironically, this is precisely what happens to him, and you can find his body along the banks of the lake. His inventory contains the same items in the lake as it would if looted straight after assasination. If nothing is taken from his corpse after the assassination, he is found wearing what you begin the game wearing, aside from the wrist irons, which are absent from his inventory.

[edit] Glitch?

I really screwed up at every leg of this mission, and had to run out of the sewers followed by every guard in the whole area after one of them saw me. But as I swam across the lake to get away, I got the notification that Valen Dreth was killed and I could pick up my reward.--Vanwaer 12:09, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

I would see two likely possibilities here: a) you got him hostile towards you, and when you swam away, he ended up drowning accidentally, or b) you managed to get someone else like the guards hostile towards him, and they killed him. Those are both guesses, of course, and there's no way to be certain exactly what happened that I can think of. --Robin Hood (Talk • E-mail • Contribs) 16:53, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] What does he say when you talk to him and mention the Night Mother?

As the above says, I wonder what he says when you mention through the bars the Night Mother. I wonder simply because I don't want to create a new character just yet, nor do I want to do the Dark Brotherhood with my current one - The Zodeh Lady,( 216.108.4.71) 8:51PM, July 21

Hmm... it was a while ago but i believe he says something along the line of; "The Night Mother... The Night Mother! Guards! Guards! There's an Assassin in here! Guards!

I don't know the exact words, but that is the gist of his response.-Puddle ^{Talk•Contribs.} 23:00, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Alternative Strategy

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If you haven't acquired a bounty by the time you reach your old cell, you can simply walk up to the guard and he won't attack you, you can then talk to Valen Dreth, say nothing and he will become aggressive, once this happens just open his cell and the guard will kill him for you.

I moved this because... I don't know what it means. Why do you need to talk to the guard? Is "say nothing" a dialogue option? More details required, and is it even necessary anyway? –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 03:22, 20 August 2008 (EDT)