Tamriel Rebuilt:Business as Usual

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Obtain a mysterious package for the Company's Factor. Quest Giver: Zaren Hammebenat Location(s): Firewatch, East Empire Company Reward: Nothing OR Cyrodiilic Brandy Disposition: No change OR -20 (Zaren Hammebenat) Reputation Gain: No change OR +2 (EEC) OR +4 (EEC) ID: TR_m1_EEC_Zaren

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Zaren Hammebenat in the Firewatch company hall about a package delivery.
2. Travel to Tel Mothrivra and speak to Hlavesa Llenim.
3. (Optional) Speak to Seris Athyon for a Cure Common Disease potion.
4. Cure Hlavesa's guar.
5. Pay 50 gold for the package, or 40 gold with 60+ Mercantile.
6. Deliver Zaren's Package to Zaren Hammebenat.

Detailed Walkthrough

The Factor of the East Empire Company in Firewatch, Zaren Hammebenat, wishes for you to collect a package for him from Tel Mothrivra, giving you 50 gold to help pay for it. Unless you walk however, this will not cover the trip's considerable travel expenses. To minimise costs, take the guild guide to Helnim and strike out directly east across the Telvanni peninsula. Tel Mothrivra lies on the eastern side of this peninsula, on the shores of Lake Boethiah. If you're flush with gold however, an example of the average convoluted fast travel route would be: Firewatch > Nivalis > Bal Oyra > Tel Ouada by boat, then Tel Ouada > Llothanis > Alt Bosara > Tel Mothrivra by river strider.

Once at Tel Mothrivra, enter The Glass Goblet and talk to Hlavesa Llenim in his room. He doesn't quite trust that you are who you say you are, and asks therefore that you do something to make the risk of passing a package on to a stranger worth it. He wants you to cure his guar. You can either supply him with a Cure Common Disease potion from your inventory immediately, or agree to speak to Seris Athyon, a local storekeeper. You can also use a spell to cure the disease on the guar outside The Glass Goblet, if you have one.

Speak to Seris about a potion for a sick guar (or just buy the cure common disease potion from the barter menu). If you tell her that your purchase is on behalf of Hlavesa, she will become indignant - you'll need to stress that this for a delivery rather than anything else, and she'll supply it for 15 gold. Return with the potion to Hlavesa. He'll now agree to discuss the package delivery, demanding 50 gold for the package. You can successfully get the price down to 40 gold with 60+ Mercantile. Otherwise, you'll need to pay full whack.

Return now to Zaren Hammebenat in Firewatch with his package - a Divine Intervention spell will take you straight from Tel Mothrivra to Helnim, so may be worth doing to cut short the return journey. You have the option of opening the package to reveal a pair of fine pants, but this will require you to lie about how it happened to Zaren Hammebenat, and is not worth the hassle - a lie that will only hold up with 65+ Speechcraft, or by blaming Hlavesa. Assuming however that the package remains unopened, or its opening is properly explained, Zaren will reward you with a bottle of Cyrodiilic Brandy.

Quest Stages

Business as Usual (TR_m1_EEC_Zaren)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Zaren Hammebenat has asked me to collect a package from Hlavesa Llenim. He gave me 50 septims that I'm to pay to Hlavesa in exchange for the package. Zaren told me that Hlavesa is staying in The Glass Goblet in Tel Mothrivra.
20		Hlavesa prefers to deliver his packages to his customers in person. He'll only make an exception for me if I cure his sick guar, which is currently standing in front of The Glass Goblet and alarming passersby. Seris Athyon, the local apothecary, may have a suitable potion.
23		Seris refused to sell potions to Hlavesa due to some rudeness on the latter's part. I explained it was holding up my delivery, and she agreed to sell a potion at a discount.
27		Seris refused to sell potions to Hlavesa due to some rudeness on the latter's part. I lied and said Hlavesa would give her a discount on anything she purchases from him. She believed me and gave me the potion I needed.
29		I obtained a discounted potion from Seris.
30		I cured Hlavesa's guar with a spell, as part of the package delivery negotiation.
40		Hlavesa's guar is taken care of. We can now negotiate the package delivery.
50		I've obtained the package for Zaren. It is sealed tightly, with no way to discern what's inside.
55		I opened Zaren's package. It contained a fine pair of pants.
60	Finishes quest	I delivered the package to Zaren. It apparently contained a pair of pants. He thanked me and gave me a bottle of Cyrodiilic brandy in return for my services.
65	Finishes quest	I delivered the pants to Zaren. He was a bit upset that the package was opened, but believed me when I told him the package had accidentally ripped open while in transit.
67	Finishes quest	I delivered the pants to Zaren. He was a bit upset that the package was opened, but believed me when I told him that it was Hlavesa's fault. He even gave me a reward.
68	Finishes quest	I delivered the pants to Zaren. He was not happy to find the package opened, but he appreciated my honesty in telling him what I'd done. He even gave me a reward.
70	Finishes quest	I delivered the pants to Zaren. He was quite upset that the package was opened, and absolutely furious when I lied about why it had been opened. As such, he's chosen not to reward me for my work.

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