Online:Bantering with Bandits

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Help rescue Tableau from the clutches of bandits. Zone: Summerset Quest Giver: Manacar Location(s): Oleander Coast Winery Prerequisite Quest: The Hulkynd's Heart Reward: Hulkynd's Sullied Sabatons Average Leveled Gold XP Gain: Standard

Bantering with Bandits

Tableau is debuting as an artist. Manacar fears that she may be in danger. He's asked me to help things run smoothly.

Quick Walkthrough

1. This quest is a sequel to The Hulkynd's Heart, which must therefore be completed before this one can begin.
2. Encounter Manacar outside the Oleander Coast Winery, just north of Alinor (it is the unmarked building between Alinor and Cey-Tarn Keep).
3. Check in with Tableau's patron, Lilawen, and go in search of Tableau.
4. Discover that she has been kidnapped, and a conspicuous ransom note names the gang as the Blackbirds, with a contact named Ghrum.
5. Manacar knows of Ghrum, and will accompany you to visit him in the Alinor Outlaws Refuge. He will reluctantly point to where the gang may be.
6. Enter King's Haven Pass from its western entrance in search of the gang. Manacar will wait outside the eastern entrance.
7. All you'll find is a locket (belonging to Tableau) and a broken cart. Take these to Manacar.
8. Manacar gives his dog, Cur, a sniff of the locket. Follow Cur to find the Blackbirds.
9. After discovering that the Blackbirds are not as they seem and that Tableau has faked her kidnapping, decide whether to suggest that Tableau and Manacar stay together or split up, then collect your reward.

Notes

• The note "To the Villainous Manacar" won't exist in Tableau's studio before reaching the related quest.
• Ghrum won't exist in the Alinor Outlaws Refuge before starting the quest.
  • Despite being described as a fence in the quest journal objective description, he doesn't actually provide this service.

Bugs

• Ghrum's lip-syncing appears broken when speaking to him after Manacar departs, due to his mouth animating him still eating while he is also talking. ^?
• Unlike in the quest "The Hulkynd's Heart", where Cur stops if she is too far ahead of you, Cur will not stop during this quest to let you keep up. ^?
  • Thankfully, the location where Tableau is held is designated with a circled area on the map the moment you get the objective so you don't have to rely on Cur to find her.

Quest Stages

Bantering with Bandits
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	Manacar asked me to check in on Tableau at her debut gallery showing in the Oleander Coast Winery. I should speak to her patron, Lilawen, to find out where she is. Objective: Talk to Lilawen
	Lilawen is concerned that Tableau hasn't come out of her studio to present herself at the showing. I should check on her upstairs. Objective: Enter Tableau's Studio
	I've entered Tableau's studio, but she's nowhere to be found. There's a conspicuous note. I should read it and see what happened. Objective: Read the Note
	A group of bandits called the Blackbirds kidnapped Tableau and are holding her for ransom. I should return to Manacar and tell him what has happened. Objective: Talk to Manacar
	The ransom note mentioned a fence named Ghrum, who Manacar knows. I should go to the Alinor Outlaw's Refuge and ask the Orc about the Blackbirds. Objective: Talk to Ghrum
	Ghrum told us that we could find the Blackbirds in King's Haven Pass. I should chase down the Blackbirds while Manacar sets up an ambush at the far end of the pass. Objective: Chase Down the Blackbirds
	I found a broken cart in King's Haven Pass. I should search the cart for any clues as to what happened here. Objective: Investigate the Wrecked Cart
	I found a broken cart in King's Haven Pass with a locket nearby it. There are no bodies or signs of survivors. I should meet up with Manacar and see if Tableau and the Blackbirds escaped. Objective: Talk to Manacar
	Using Tableau's locket, Cur was able to pick up a scent. I should follow Cur to Tableau. Objective: Follow Cur
	Manacar and I confronted the Blackbirds, only to have Tableau jump up and apologize as the Blackbirds ran off. I should speak with her and see what's going on. Objective: Talk to Tableau
	Tableau used her former troupe members to fake her kidnapping so that she could reconnect with Manacar. I should speak with them and resolve this dispute. Complete one: Convince Tableau to Go Back or Convince Manacar to Let Tableau Stay
Finishes quest	(Depending on your choice one of these lines will appear in journal) I convinced Manacar that Tableau has a right to choose what makes her happiest, regardless of what Manacar thinks is best. Objective: Talk to Manacar
Finishes quest	I convinced Tableau that Manacar wants her to succeed as an artist, and thus he cannot be her friend. Objective: Talk to Tableau

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game 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.

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