Oblivion talk:Valen Dreth

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Valen Dreth does not seem to always be a Dunmer. In my game, (as a male Imperial, if that makes any difference) Dreth is an Altmer. I have also read a guide in which the author describes Dreth as Khajit. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.192.12.146 (talk • contribs).}

Valen Dreth is listed in the construction set as a Dunmer only; normally with NPCs that can be of multiple races, each of the possibilities is listed separately in the construction set then a script or leveled list chooses between them. So I don't see how Valen could be of a different race. How do you know that Valen is an Altmer in your game? Is there any chance that he is just a light-skinned Dunmer who could be mistaken for an Altmer? --Nephele 09:48, 15 December 2006 (EST)

Is there any such thing as an NPC who appears as multiple different races? I'm quite sure I've never seen that before. It wouldn't fit into the lore in any way, first of all. Yes, if you wanted to make an NPC have 2 different races for some reason, you'd need to make separate entries in the CS. But I'm almost certain that never actually happens in the game. Also, other than maybe a little bit on the face, the skin color is never different from one member of a race to another. (The only thing that can cause a significant difference is Vampirism.) Anyhow, Dreth is quite assuredly a Dunmer, and whoever said he was Khajiit was simply mistaken. Or possibly running a mod that changes his race, though that's unlikely. (Valen Dreth is a very Dunmer-ish name, and not Khajiiti at all. If somebody did mod his race for some reason, you'd think they'd change the name as well.) Anyhow, we don't cover unofficial mods on this site so it doesn't really matter. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 01:05, 20 December 2006 (EST)

Yes, I guess that it's possible he is just light skinned. However, that doesn't seem so likely and it still doesn't explain that one person describing him as a Khajit. Though he may simply be non-credible. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.192.12.146 (talk • contribs).}

Vallen may be lightly skinned for a dunmer since he does infact hit on the player IF the player is female dunmer.

[edit] Corpse in Lake Rumare?

I've heard Valen Dreth's corpse can be found in Lake Rumare after you execute him, is this true?

There's no evidence that it's true. It seems to be one of those rumours that refuses to go away. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 01:24, 10 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Other dialogue

It should be noted somewhere how the "fetid piece of Guar dung" dialogue is triggered. 32.156.245.175 18:58, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

It is one of his responses to your counter-taunts (during the DB Scheduled for Execution quest). However, I wonder if adding that onto an NPC page is too much spoiler-wise... We'd also have to add the rest of the dialogue in that quest. Any ideas? Vesna 22:05, 5 October 2008 (EDT)