Skyrim:Thane of the Pale

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Become Thane of the Pale. Quest Giver: Radiant Location(s): Radiant Concurrent Quest: Making Friends and Influencing People Reward: Title of Thane, Blade of the Pale Disposition: =3 (quest giver) ID: Favor256

Radiant Options

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from either of the following people.

QuestGiver	QuestGiverHome
Brina Merilis	Brina's House (Dawnstar)
Skald	The White Hall (Dawnstar)

Quick Walkthrough

1. Befriend the Jarl of the Pale.
2. Assist the people of the hold (3 actions required).
3. Return to the Jarl for your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

This is an umbrella quest for several other quests that must be completed if you wish to become Thane of the Pale.

• Bring one Night Falls on Sentinel to Rustleif: Do a favor by finding a rare item. (radiant)
• Chop Wood: Get paid to chop firewood. (radiant) (for Aeri)
• Delayed Burial: Convince an unwilling farmer to help fix a stranded jester's broken wagon wheel.
• Dungeon Delving: Do a favor by retrieving an item from a cave. (radiant) (for Frida)
• Mine Ore: Get paid to mine ore. (radiant) (for Beitild and/or Leigelf)
• Quest all Drunks Have: Make a drunk dance for joy. (radiant) (for Karl)
• Salty Sea-Dogs: Find some void salts for an inexperienced sea captain. (radiant)

The Blade of the Pale is awarded along with the title. The Blade of the Pale, is a randomly-leveled and randomly-enchanted sword. There is a 50% chance that it will be a sword, and a 50% chance it will be a greatsword.

Notes

• It appears if you initially only have two responses when speaking to the Jarl, you must first complete the quest Waking Nightmare. Once completed, you should receive a bounty from the Jarl to kill a giant. Once you are finished with assisting three different people, you should receive the offer to become a Thane.
• The potential quest givers are identified based on membership in the Favor256QuestGiverFaction faction.
• It is possible to become Thane of the Pale and receive leveled Blade of Pale twice - from Skald and then from Brina. ^{[verification needed — see talk page]}
• You need 2 favor to get the option for the Kill a Giant bounty quest personally from the Jarl. Even if you do Waking Nightmare you might be 1 favor short of getting that quest from the Jarl. A good way to get 1 more req to fulfil the 2 favor req is to go to Windpeak Inn in Dawnstar west of the Jarl's longhouse and ask the innkeeper for work to do. Usually you will get a request from the Jarl's men to kill a giant.

Quest Stages

Thane of the Pale (Favor256)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
20		(Objective is assigned): Return to <Alias.ShortName=QuestGiver>

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 10, 25, 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 Favor256 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 Favor256.