Background Information

Questor Offer

You're [your name], yes? The one who was shipwrecked?

Refuse Quest

That's funny. You look just like [your name]. Oh, well.

Accept Quest

I thought so. That storm that destroyed your boat was no natural winter squall, but I guess you suspected as much. I will gladly tell you what I know about it, if you will find a particular rare scroll for me. This is not the type of job I could give to the Fighters Guild, for the scroll is protected by some powerful daedric spirits and has the power to summon creatures from the plane of Oblivion. Go to [the dungeon], find the scroll, and bring it back to me before [quest time] days have passed and I will tell you what I know about the tempest that nearly destroyed you.

Quest Complete

Ah, the Bothdorjii Scroll. Very good. Now, let me tell you about the storm. You sailed an unmarked ship from the Imperial City, but your identity, your mission, and your patron are known to the perceptive. An unknown agent convinced the Mad Witch of the Wrothgarian Mountains, the grandmother of the present king of Daggerfall, that your ship carried the murderer of her son, the late King Lysandus. That is all that I can tell you.

Rumors During Quest

I got a boil the other day ... but it healed.

I just had a three hour conversation about the weather.

The weather is pretty usual for this time of year.

It seems a trifle coolish in [this place] for this time of year.

It sure is a lot warmer today than this time last year.

My great aunt is going to a specialist across the Bay.

It's always funny what time it gets dark around here.

We should erect a war statue around here.

The kids these days with their magic. [an oath], I don't know.

I had the weirdest dream last night.

I heard a great joke. [a joke]

[a joke] Actually, that's a joke.

[a joke] Can you explain that to me?

The legal system in [the region] has its good points and bad ones.

Rumors Postfailure

I got a boil the other day ... but it healed.

I just had a three hour conversation about the weather.

The weather is pretty usual for this time of year.

It seems a trifle coolish in [this place] for this time of year.

It sure is a lot warmer today than this time last year.

My great aunt is going to a specialist across the Bay.

It's always funny what time it gets dark around here.

We should erect a war statue around here.

The kids these days with their magic. [an oath], I don't know.

I had the weirdest dream last night.

I heard a great joke. [a joke]

[a joke] Actually, that's a joke.

[a joke] Can you explain that to me?

The legal system in [the region] has its good points and bad ones.

Rumors Postsuccess

The daedric stars burned bright and cold last evening.

Dire portents of daedra in Mundus have I seen.

Questor Postsuccess

You brought me the Bothdorjii Scroll, [your first name]. How could I forget you for that?

Questor Postfailure

I don't see why I should talk to you at all, [your first name]. You didn't bring me the Bothdorjii Scroll.

Quest Log Entry

[the quest date]: [quest giver] of [quest giver's town], [quest giver's place], has offered to tell me the truth about the storm that shipwrecked me when I first came to the Iliac Bay. In return, [he/she] wants me to find a scroll hidden in [the dungeon] and bring it back in [quest time] days or less. The scroll is most likely guarded by a daedra of some kind.

Message 1011

The Bothdorjii Scroll Breathe candent smoke on the veil of Oblivion And force the line dispelled Awaken the sleepless, unquiet Princes And bid Their standing servants rise It is the night when frost will burn When flame will freeze the lamplit lake When clouds of bats devour clouds of birds When boils and sores afflict the rich When a boy with wings doth curse the land If knowing lies fester on my tongue And such whens are but whispers in the night These words form a sentence of death But if the Day of Oblivion is indeed at hand Servants of the Dark, obey me

Message 1012

You have found the scroll [quest giver] wants.

Message 1013

You smell a brief puff of rancid smoke and realize that the scroll that [quest giver] wanted has disappeared.

Message 1014

You summoned me, [your first name]. And now you reject my embrace?

Message 1015

A burst of fire flies from the scroll, creating a burning creature. -- Symbols used in the QRC file: -- -- [this place] occurs 2 times. -- [he/she] occurs 1 time. -- [a joke] occurs 6 times. -- [an oath] occurs 10 times. -- [your first name] occurs 6 times. -- [your name] occurs 3 times. -- [the quest date] occurs 1 time. -- [the region] occurs 4 times. -- [quest time] occurs 2 times. -- [the dungeon] occurs 2 times. -- [quest giver's place] occurs 5 times.