Skyrim:No News is Good News

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Find out about the fate of Angeline Morrard's daughter from Captain Aldis. Quest Giver: Angeline Morrard Location(s): Angeline's Aromatics, Castle Dour ID: SolitudeFreeform01 Difficulty: Easy

Angeline Morrand

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Angeline Morrard in Angeline's Aromatics.
2. Get some news from Captain Aldis.
3. Return to Angeline Morrard.

Detailed Walkthrough

Angeline Morrard is the shopkeeper of Angeline's Aromatics in Solitude. If you try to talk to her, she will ask you if you have been to Whiterun. She will be very excited if you tell her "yes". If you tell her that you haven't been there before, she will be understanding and you can talk to her about it later. Her daughter, Fura, was assigned to Whiterun after she joined the Imperial Army and Angeline was hoping to get some recent news about her. Although she's tried talking to Captain Aldis, she didn't get any help from him. If you are willing to help her get more information, anything you can find out would be welcome.

Captain Aldis can be found training the guards in the courtyard of Castle Dour during the day. You may tell him that Angeline sent you to ask about her daughter. He will only tell you "Generally posting information is need to know only." Several options would be available for you to continue the conversation, including persuade and intimidate. You will need a Speech skill level of at least 25 to persuade him.

Option	Dialogue				Reaction
I think Angela [sic] needs to know. (Persuade)	Passed: I... I've been trying to find the time and place to let her know. Failed: I'm sorry, I can't help you.				Passed: Return to Angeline Failed: Nothing
Well, I'm making it "need to know." (Intimidate)	Passed: If you want to know that bad then fine. Failed: I'm afraid that kind of thing doesn't work on Captains in the Imperial Army.				Passed: Return to Angeline Failed: Nothing
Fine. If that's the way you want it.	That's the way it is.				Nothing
Tell me about her daughter. That's an order, Captain.	Yes, Sir. Although I'm not sure you'll be happy to know.				Return to Angeline

Then he will give you the news. "Her daughter was sent to Whiterun, the skirmishes there have been violent. The whiterun legate, he needed to know the Stormcloak positions. He sent out a party to scout the area. They happened upon a large force... I'm told none of them made it back." Unfortunately, Private Morrard... Angeline's daughter was in that scouting party.

Return to Angeline Morrard and she is still eager to know the news. You may tell her the bad news and the old lady will be very depressed "I told her. I told her the imperial army would kill her. That this was a war of Jarls and Imperial Generals and we had no part in it. She just wouldn't hear it." She can't thank you for it, not for this, but she acknowledges that you have done her a service. You get no reward from her, but she will have a more friendly disposition towards you and allow you to freely take many low-value items in her shop.

Bugs

• If you have completed the Stormcloak missions, especially Battle for Solitude, before speaking with Aldis, this quest will be impossible to finish as it would lead you to a bare area where Aldis once stood. Because of this, it is highly recommended this quest is done before finishing the Stormcloak missions.
  • This bug is fixed by version 1.0 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
  • This can also be fixed by entering the following in the console: setstage SolitudeFreeform01 20. This will set the stage of the quest to where you have to return to Angeline, and will allow you to complete the quest.

Quest Stages

No News is Good News (SolitudeFreeform01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
0
5
10		(Objective is assigned): Ask <Alias.ShortName=Target> for information about <Alias.ShortName=Questgiver>'s daughter.
20		(Objective is assigned): Tell <Alias.ShortName=Questgiver> what <Alias.ShortName=Target> said.
30
200

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• 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 any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• 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 SolitudeFreeform01 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest SolitudeFreeform01.

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