Oh yeah, sure. Heard ya the f-f-first time.

Wha?

The old king, Athyn Llethan, is dead. Long live King Hlaalu Helseth. Things are pretty grim here in the City of Light since the troubles with Dagoth Ur. Mournhold is Almalexia's city, and she's become more of a Warrior Queen than a Lady of Mercy. And there's always been hostility between the Temple and the Imperial administration, but since Helseth's accession, the tension between Imperial-leaning Dunmer and Almalexia's supporters is much worse.

I've heard there's a new, strange disease going around. Nerile Andaren -- one of our healers in the Temple -- seems to think it has to do with rats. You don't look like someone who'd be afraid of rats. Maybe you could talk to her, and offer your help.

Whatever you do, don't play cards with Galms Seles. He's a hustler just moved here from Vvardenfell. He thinks he can out-distance his reputation, but a friend in Sadrith Mora tipped me off. I wish he would leave. He's put a damper on the action.

Have you heard? A terribly powerful and evil wizard -- 'something-or-other Velas'. I think they said -- has taken up residence nearby? At the bar the other night, they were talking of the strange lights and sinister laughter late at night. I'd be on my toes if I were you. I'd bet this wizard will try to make a display of his power soon.

Who cares. Go away.

Would you believe it? Even after the trouble in the Plaza, 'The Horror of Castle Xyr' is still going on. It's playing in the west of Godsreach, near the Palace. It's the right thing to do, though. Life must go on.

I think everyone's stilll in shock. I've heard they came from the old Dwemer ruins. Perhaps there're ancient DWemer guard machines, come to life somehow, or under control of some unknown enemy. We're all worried. Suppose they come back?

Everything seems to be under control. People are at their best in emergencies like this. But I hope someone can find out what those things are, and where they came from, and what they're doing here.

The situation in Plaza Brindisi Dorom is under control. But -- you were there, I guess. I've heard it was pretty terrible.

Ten-Tongues does business with many adventurers -- hes and shes that run about the ruins down below. Now and then they find something nice, and they bring it to Ten-Tongues. Maybe you are this kind of person? If so, you see people down there, look like poor helpless people with no home? Maybe they are, and maybe they aren't. Maybe they are the Black Dart Gang, and they surprise you, kill you dead *snap* like that with one poison dart, take your stuff, and goodbye to you forever.

You killed the Black Dart Gang? I didn't think it was possible! I've heard their darts can fetch a king's ransom in gold. You didn't happen to grab them, did you? Ah, I must be going now....

What's the most dangerous thing in Mournhold? Apart from Helseth's Royal Guards and the Hands of Almalexia -- which you've got no business fooling with anyway -- I'd say the Black Dart Gang. I've had no experience with them, personally, but from what I hear, they are really bad news.

If you're thinking of going down the sewers to explore Old Mournhold, watch out for the Black Dart Gang. They look like helpless paupers, but they are deadly. They prey on adventurers coming out of the ruins loaded with treasure. They call them the Black Dart Gang on account of the poisoned black darts they use -- deadly poison -- one is enough to kill you.

Whatever you do, don't play cards with Galms Seles. He's a hustler just moved here from Vvardenfell. He thinks he can out-distance his reputation, but a friend in Sadrith Mora tipped me off. I wish he would leave. He's put a damper on the action.

I heard about your encounters with the Velas wizards. What is it about wizards, anyway? So many of them turn to evil. Do you suppose that the study of power ultimately corrupts the student?

I heard about your fight with that Velas wizard, %PCName. Tough talk, but not much bite there, eh? Doesn't make much sense, does it? There is a Velas Manor here in Mournhold, but I've never heard of any Velas living here.

With all the troubles on Vvardenfell, any decent mercenaries demand fancy wages there, and get them, no questions asked. Doesn't leave much choice around here for hiring. That Imperial fellow, Calvus Horatius, is the only one I know about. He's new to Mournhold -- no reputation, no references -- but he looks like a veteran, and has an honest face.

Someone brought a big piece of adamantium ore out of the ruins again. You'd think they'd have been worked clean by now. But, then again, they say they're still parts of the old city left unexplored after all these centuries. It's partly a matter of engineering -- most passages of the old city collapsed ages ago. But it's also a matter of what's down in those sealed passages. Some says those passages were sealed for a reason.

One of the Hands of Almalexia is wandering around Godsreach, muttering and acting strange.

Venasa Sarano said she heard some strange noises from the Robot Arena.

Whatever you do, don't play cards with Galms Seles. The word is that he's a hustler just moved here from Vvardenfell.

Have you seen 'The Horror of Castle Xyr' yet? It's playing in the west of Godsreach, near the Palace, shows continuous daily. It's quite an honor to have Tarvus Beleth is in the starring role -- he's one of the best known actors in the East.

I'd like to step into the Winged Guar for a mazte, but after all the trouble they've been having there, I'm afraid to get caught in some brawl. Hession needs to get a bouncer who can handle that crowd.

Deldrise Andoren has no idea what's going on behind her back. And I'm sure not going to tell her.

I picked up a couple of Intervention scrolls from 'Ten-Tongues' Weeraht for a song. Even from a pawnbroker, they were ridiculously cheap. Wonder where he gets them?

Haven't been any shows at the Robot Arena lately. Has Ignatius Flaccus been having problems with his Dwemer centurions again?

Packrats. Really. You think I'm kidding. But Rerlas Mon is selling them in the Great Bazaar. You'd be surprised how well-trained they are, and how much they can carry. Cheap, too. And in a tight spot, they're pretty good for stew.

Did you hear the guards caught and killed the thief who stole the Bipolar Blade from the Museum of Artifacts? Those artifacts are so valuable that as soon as Torasa Aram reported the theft, immediate kill-on-sight orders went out to the guards. I don't know why anyone would be so stupid as to steal from the Museum. I mean... where could you fence a priceless item like that?

Detritus Caria at the Craftsmen's Hall? He's not a craftsmen at all -- just a collector. Collects the strangest things -- spoons, candlesticks, plates. Says it's hard to come by complete sets of some things, and people will pay good money for them. Takes all kinds to make a world.

That play Meryn Othralas has going in the Great Bazaar -- The Horror of Castle Xyr? I hear it's pretty good. No! If you've seen it already, don't tell me... I hear it has a surprise ending.

I don't like the looks of that Dovor Oren character. He's always so nice and friendly -- it isn't natural. He's around here all the time, asking questions and acting nosy -- and then suddenly you don't see him anymore. Like he disappeared or something. I don't like seeing him, but NOT seeing him makes me nervous.

I thought Widow Thendas was going to have an estate sale to sell off some of that loot her late husband collected. She said she was going sell off some things a while back, but I keep asking about it, and she says she's still got a lot to do.

Have you seen that mage Dilborn around lately? You know... the little guy who travels around with the big barbarian brute. They look so cute together. Dilborn is quite the charmer, and his big friend, Thrud, is pleasant enough if you keep to words of one syllable. But Dilborn has an unfortunate gambling problem. He loses... and keeps borrowing and losing some more. I hope he hasn't gotten himself in big trouble....

Have you heard anyone talking about 'plague' or anything? I thought I overheard a pair of priests talking quietly about something like 'red plague' or something... but they shut right up when I tried to get closer to them.

Beggars are really becoming a problem in Mournhold. They just won't take 'no' for an answer. Sure, this is Almalexia's City of Love and Charity. But sometimes I want to smack those whining pests.

There've been a lot of thefts lately -- high-class stuff, not just petty burglary and pickpocketing. I think there's someone new in town. Someone ambitious. Someone really good.

We used to feel the love and concern of the Tribunal -- here in Mournhold most especially, since it is the home of the Lady of Mercy, Almalexia, and her temple. But now we feel more like... I don't know exactly... confusion... fear... uneasiness... something missing... something wrong.

Why have people strayed from the Tribunal Temple? Actually, the wonder is that they've stayed in the Temple at all. It is true that the Tribunal have protected us from Dagoth Ur, and that is a big job -- a critical job. But as gods, they've become almost like Western gods -- absent and silent. What made them special was that they were Living Gods, among the people, a personal presence. Now the Mournhold Temple and the Ordinators are more oppressive than protective.

Almalexia is the Lady of Mercy, Mother of us all, healer and protector. But Almalexia has been more concerned with Dagoth Ur and his threats for years. Mournhold doesn't feel much like the City of Love any more, but hard times demand hard gods.

The sick, the needy, and the poor don't get the same attention they used to get when Almalexia walked among the people herself. The Temple still tries to help these people, but it's not the same.

None of the Tribunal have been seen in public in years. I know the strain of the war with Dagoth Ur has kept them busy. But what good is it having Living Gods if you never see them?

There seems to be a new, strange disease going around. Nerile Andaren -- the healer over at the Temple -- has been asking around for anyone who knows anything about all the rats we've been seeing.

The wild rats have been a real problem in Mournhold lately.

Rumors? Are you mad? There's no time for such nonsense!

Have you seen it? The raven? It's been spotted at the Altar of Thrond. It's huge, and black as midnight. Some say it's a sign that witches have come to Solstheim.

Have you seen it? The raven? It's been spotted at the Altar of Thrond. It's huge, and black as midnight. Some say it's a sign that witches have come to Solstheim.

My son was recently shipped up to Fort Frostmoth on the island of Solstheim. I don't know what he did to deserve that, but it couldn't have been good.

I've been told that the Empire has granted a new charter to do some mining on the island of Solstheim. Why anyone would want to go there is beyond me.

I heard there has been some trouble up at Fort Frostmoth. Never heard of it? It's on an island called Solstheim north of Vvardenfell.

Don't worry about reavers around here. Our northern patrols run into them now and then, but they stay away from defended settlements and forts like this one.

There are diseased wolves and bears out there. A few cure potions wouldn't be a bad idea.

Smuggler camps can be found all over the island. We'll clean them out one of these days. One at a time.

Ever been to Brodir Grove? Those stones used to be men, before some nasty wizard got to 'em. That's what the legend says, anyway

Heard the stories about a flying ship? They say it was headed north of here into a thick blizzard. Can't imagine it survived that storm.

Locals say berserkers aren't normal, they've gone wild and roam among the animals on the island.

Watch yourself at Thirsk. Nothing but a bunch of drunken barbarians, I tell you.

Wolves are fine creatures but some can be diseased, and they become a danger to us all.

You didn't hear this from me, but Kjolver is looking to hire someone for some kind of job...someone who's not afraid to get blood on their gauntlets, if you know what I mean.

Did you hear? Sigvatr the Strong killed Gustav Two-Teeth in cold blood! Gustav's widow Kolfinna is seeking retribution. She deserves it, if you ask me.

Our ancestral barrows can be found all over the island. I wouldn't go into them, if I were you.

I'm telling you, I saw a ship flying in the sky! It was headed west into the Moesring Mountains. I lost sight of it when a blizzard hit.

Finally, a boat to Fort Frostmoth. I often see you coming and going. You should check it out. It's on the shore just south of us.

Locals say berserkers aren't normal, they've gone wild and roam among the animals on the island.

Have you heard what the natives say about reavers? I've heard Fort Frostmoth patrols encounter them up north.

I've heard there's a spot just to the south of us that always seems to have smugglers come ashore. There are other spots around the island that smugglers like to use as camps.

I'm telling you, I saw a ship flying in the sky! It was headed north into the Moesring Mountains. I lost sight of it when a blizzard hit.

Ever been to Brodir Grove? Those stones used to be men, before some nasty wizard got to 'em. That's what the legend says, anyway

They say there is buried treasure somewhere on Solstheim. Problem is, nobody has ever found the map.

Be careful out there. Seems like everywhere you turn, there's a wolf or bear waiting to maul you.

Ever been to Brodir Grove? Those stones used to be men, before some nasty wizard got to 'em. That's what the legend says, anyway

Locals say berserkers aren't normal, they've gone wild and roam among the animals on the island.

I've heard there's a spot just to the south of us that always seems to have smugglers come ashore. There are other spots around the island that smugglers like to use as camps.

I'm telling you, I saw a ship flying in the sky! It was headed north into the Moesring Mountains. I lost sight of it when a blizzard hit.

They say there is buried treasure somewhere on Solstheim. Problem is, nobody has ever found the map.

Be careful out there. Seems like everywhere you turn, there's a wolf or bear waiting to maul you.

Have you heard what the natives say about reavers? I've heard Fort Frostmoth patrols encounter them up north.

The skies are clear all over Morrowind? Even on Red Mountain? I cannot believe it.

So. You are Nerevarine. When will you go to Red Mountain to face the Devil Dagoth Ur?

The ways of the world are mysterious. How strange. The Nerevarine, an outlander.

You are the prophesied one? Strange times. When will you go to Red Mountain to face the Devil Dagoth Ur? When you go, you go with our blessing.

Ghosts and Ancestors! We have heard how you went to Kogoruhn, and what you found there. It is terrible. And we have heard of Azura's cave, and the great ring. Will you show this ring to me? Please? Truly. It is a marvel.

We are living in strange times, outlander. The voices that speak in dreams say the Sleeper awakes. Dagoth Ur stirs beneath Red Mountain, and all his hosts shall spill forth and spoil the land.

Everyone is very curious about this outlander who claims to be the Nerevarine.

We know of the Nerevarine prophecies. We have also heard that an outlander comes to fulfill these prophecies. Perhaps you are that outlander. Perhaps not.

They call them 'corprus beasts.' They come from Red Mountain. Once they were men. Then blight storms come. They walk in the storms. They get sick, grow fat and stupid. Now they wander like mad beasts, killing and eating. Very bad, very bad.

You have slain Dagoth Ur, defeated the Sixth House, and ended the Blight, Nerevarine. That's all anyone is talking about now, %PCName.

The Archcanon has announced that Lord Vivec has selected you as a champion of the Temple in the war against Dagoth Ur and the Sixth House. Now the fate of Morrowind and its people lies in your hands.

So you have been named Hortator and Nerevarine, fulfilling the Nerevarine prophecies. I would not have believed it. But my informants assure me it is true. If now you can also achieve a reconciliation with the Temple, you may be able to unite all of Morrowind's force against Dagoth Ur and Red Mountain.

The four Ashlander tribes have named you Nerevarine? Remarkable. My staff have kept me up-to-date on your adventures, of course. But uniting the squabbling Ashlander tribes under one ashkhan is a remarkable achievement. Now I hope you will lead the tribes in our war against Dagoth Ur and the Sixth House.

The Great Houses have named you Hortator? Remarkable. My staff have kept me up-to-date on your adventures, of course. But uniting the fractious Great Houses under a single war leader is a remarkable achievement. Now you must marshal the Great House forces against Dagoth Ur and the Sixth House.

I'm told you claim to be the Incarnate -- Nerevar reborn according to legend. My father used to say, 'When you hear something unbelievable, don't believe it.' From what I hear, your story is remarkable enough without relying on ancient prophecies. I suggest you stand upon your reputation, and leave superstitions to the prophets and holy men.

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Must be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

I monitor smuggling along the Bitter Coast. And the job's too big for me. They move moon sugar, skooma, raw ebony, Dwemer artifacts, you name it, through Hla Oad and Gnaar Mok. With the coast honeycombed with smuggler caves, and Camonna Tong locals carrying tiny packages overland by night, I'll never catch them. But maybe you'll have better luck.

I keep tabs on Redoran's conflicts with Hlaalu and Telvanni. It's fairly easy. The Redoran Council is public and above-board, and they openly fund and support strikes against the rogue Telvanni bases. The dispute over Caldera with Hlaalu is more subtle. Redoran feels it should jurisdiction over the ebony mines, but Hlaalu and the Caldera Mining Company out-maneuvered them. Either one of those conflicts could flare into open war. Little we can do about it, but keep the Legion informed.

I'm keeping an eye on the Caldera Mining Company. We all think something fishy is going on -- probably several somethings -- but we haven't penetrated their operation. They're probably skimming cash, or raw ebony, or both. But we're not quite sure who 'they' are. The Company has tight security. Worried about the Redoran -- who think THEY should own Caldera -- and the Twin Lamps, who want to embarrass the Company or help slaves escape.

I'm trying to update our maps of the Bitter Coast. There are no goods maps of this area. Period. Islands, mountains, swamps, lakes, rivers. It's impossible. I'm getting to know the swamps and waterways here, maybe as well as the natives. But I can't blend with the natives, and I'm useless in the West Gash or the Ashlands. And I don't see why the maps are so important. Smuggling, maybe. But I'm wondering if they're thinking about landing and moving the Legions through here. In case of trouble.

I'm just support here. I don't pay much attention to what's going on.

I'm just a courier. Delivery boy. Follow orders and get paid. I don't know nothing. And I'm perfectly happy that way.

Part of the time I keep an eye on who comes and goes here in Seyda Neen. But most of my job is learning the land. Morrowind has been a province for centuries, but we really haven't had access to Vvardenfell until the last decade or so. It's a wild place, and even the natives get lost once they get off the roads.

...so Throknolf the Craven, who is strong and tough, but not the brightest star in the sky, wanders into Shenk's Shovel and drinks enough to choke a guar. Then he tells everyone about the loads of loot stashed in their cave, and how the guards will never find it. And then he stumbles out of Shenk's Shovel and wanders west of town, not paying any attention to me following along behind, and after a while he ducks into this cave. Poor fellow. He will never learn.

A shipmaster on the Tel Mora-Dagon Fel run said he dropped a group of wizards and mercenaries off on a little island somewhere between the point near Ahemmusa camp and Dagon Fel. Unfortunately, he couldn't -- or wouldn't -- give me a more specific description. My guess is that they were rogue Telvanni planning to set up a base out there.

Madayna Sarendas tells me Kirginia had the shipmaster drop her and her mates off in the middle of nowhere, on the beach north of Rotheran on Sheogorad. So she doesn't realize this looks odd? How many times has Kirginia done hard time for smuggling? She may not be smart, but she certainly is persistent.

Bilsa Andaram said she heard a group of smugglers talking about a trans-shipment point in a cave up on the coast in the West Gash. All she could catch was that it was north of Koal Cave and the Odai River, and that it was near a natural bridge of rock that arched over the water.

A group of hard cases came through here recently. And an old druegher says he's seen people putting goods ashore from a small boat on the coast northeast of Khuul. I think someone has a smugglers operation in a cave nearby where they're stashing the stuff.

The word I hear is that a team of smugglers are working out of a cave in the hills south of Maar Gan.

A caravaner told me he delivered a bunch of pilgrims in robes and a pile of equipment to a drop site east of Lake Nabia, northwest of Mount Kand. There's nothing out there to interest a pilgrim. You want to bet that's a bunch of rogue Telvanni setting up housekeeping?

Narese Athrys said she ran into a rogue Telvanni base out in the middle of the ashlands. Unfortunately, when she used her Almsivi Intervention to escape, she failed to note her position. All she could say was that she was somewhere in the ashlands between Foyada Mamaea on the west and Foyada Ashur-Dan on the east, and north of Lake Nabia. That covers a lot of empty territory.

A caravaner told me he delivered a bunch of pilgrims in robes and a pile of equipment to a drop site east of Lake Nabia, northwest of Mount Kand. There's nothing out there to interest a pilgrim. You want to bet that's a bunch of rogue Telvanni setting up housekeeping?

A shipmaster told me he ferried a group of young Telvanni and their guard from Tel Aruhn to the mainland south of Indoranyon, the old Dunmer stronghold. When the shipmaster left, he said it looked like the Telvanni were planning to set themselves up somewhere west of Indoranyon.

A fisherman said he thinks smugglers are working out of a cave on the coast south of Tel Mora. He said he saw a small boat unloading goods on a beach. He's not sure of the exact location, but he knows it was north of Indoranyon, the old Dunmer stronghold, the best landmark on that stretch of coast.

I hear Lesley's working out of a cave on the island east of Vivec.

This is the way Herd figures it. He's got his bandit hideaway right between Ald Sotha and Bal Fell, two of the nastiest holes in Vvardenfell, but convenient by boat to both Ebonheart and Vivec. The appalling neighbors keep traffic down, but as long as he leaves the Daedra cultists alone, he feels he's safe enough.

Take care when walking the roads. There have been rumors of a bandit robbing careless travelers near Hla Oad.

There was some orc in town recently, running like a madman from the guards. I don't know what it was about, but it was funny to watch.

I've heard that some traders have been having problems with the Ashlanders. It's not wise to hunt in Ashlander territory.

Have you heard about the noble girl and her special friend, the bandit? The poets say they're deeply in love, and they have run away together. Is it not romantic?

Tsiya has a little bit of a "sweet tooth," if you know what I mean. I heard her connection hasn't arrived yet, though, and she's been acting a bit jumpy.

I heard Orvas Dren is really cracking down on escaped slaves. He's hired bounty hunters to track down any who would help them.

My cousin claimed he saw a city in the water near Gnaar Mok. He's a drunkard, though, and spends too much time in the sun.

I've heard there's a shrine to Sheogorath hidden in Vivec. Some claim to have spoken to the Daedra Prince, but they must be madmen. At least, they are now.

The Dark Brotherhood is ready to make their move on the Morag Tong. I hear the Night Mother herself has come to Vvardenfell.

Dro'Zaymar, a Khajiit in St. Delyn, can jump higher than anyone I know. I wonder what his secret is.

An Orc over at the Gateway Inn in Sadrith Mora by the name of Gluronk was bragging about how her boss gave her a "sanguine belt."

Navil and Ranes Ienith are the Camonna Tong's best enforcers. They work for Orvas Dren.

The Bemis gang has taken up in the tombs somewhere under Vivec. I hope the guards catch them soon.

The Bemis gang has taken up in the tombs somewhere under Vivec.

No one knows what happened to Brilnosu Llarys. She's a Battlemage gone bad, wanted by half the guards in Vvardenfell. No one's seen her for a long time.

Mavon Drenim heard the Morag Tong was after her. She's prepared an ambush in the Telvanni Tower in Vivec.

Sarayn Sadus fled from Vivec. I heard the Morag Tong has a writ on him.

This one overheard two cloaked characters whispering about a room underneath the Arena in Vivec.

The Dremora over at the shrine has been unusually short-tempered lately.

Elvil Vidron in Suran is claiming to be the Incarnate. So far the Temple hasn't said anything about it.

I've heard there's a cult of Daedra worshippers right here in Vivec. Somewhere in the St. Delyn Canton.

One of the Temple's priests dreamt that the Shoes of St. Rilms are in the ruins of Ald Sotha.

I've been meaning to make the pilgrimage to the Sanctus Shrine, but it's such a long way....

Someone thinks the Masque of Clavicus Vile is here on Vvardenfell. Apparently there are many copies of 'N'Gasta! Kvata! Kvakis!' here on Vvardenfell. N'Gasta was a great Sload necromancer and servant of Clavicus Vile in the Second Era, and he may have had a wizard's tower here. An agent came to me asking questions about N'Gasta. The agent would not give his name, but I have learned he was in the employ of someone named Sorkvild the Raven.

The Temple has been pressuring Mistress Dratha to allow them to put some healers in Tel Mora. Women, of course.

The last Buoyant Armiger assault against Red Mountain ended in defeat. They retreated and most survived, but I heard they had to leave an artifact behind.

I hear the head of the Thieves Guild is pretty mad about some missing artifacts.

Did you hear that high ranking Legion officers duel each other for rank?

Lately the Ordinators have been taking verbal shots at the Legion guards. The Legion brass has got a muzzle on the troops, but they don't like it one bit.

Have you heard of the Talos Cult? A secret group within the Legion. What's that about? Are they planning something?

Do you know what the Legion does with the stolen goods they take off their prisoners? They stick them in evidence chests, right there in the forts.

Did you hear? The Lord's Mail has been taken. They're trying to keep it quiet, but some heads will roll, you can be sure.

Promotions come quickly in the Legion, if you don't screw up. And they also hand out some pretty choice armor when you get promoted.

The Legion in Gnisis is Orcs, mostly, but word is that they're recruiting for anyone over there.

The ashlands are full of diseased and blighted creatures.

I have heard of a traveling mage who summons creatures, just so he can slay them and capture their souls.

Have you heard of the Chrysamere? It's a sword of legend, and held by the Legion in Ebonheart.

One hears whispers in Ebonheart of the Lord's Mail -- that it has disappeared. The best armor in all of Tamriel, it is.

Been hearing voices at night. Do you?

A friend of mine says you HAVE to visit the House of Earthly Delights in Suran!

Did you hear that some fool lost Mentor's Ring. In a tomb along the Bitter Coast, or so they say.

They say the Legion gives out good armor to their best recruits.

Ranis Athrys in the Balmora Mages Guild has something against wizards who aren't in the guild. I think it has something to do with her parents, who were murdered by the old Telvanni Archmagister, the one before Gothren.

One of the Mages over at Wolverine Hall wants to talk to an Ashlander Wise Woman. But there's not much chance of getting a wise woman to visit Sadrith Mora.

Skink-in-Tree's-Shade seems like a decent sort... for an Argonian. But he has an unhealthy interest in vampires.

Ajira made a bet with Galbedir about who would get to the rank of Journeyman first. I hope it doesn't end with more flame atronachs in the guild library like last time.

The Gnisis Eggmine wasn't closed because of the Blight. I wish I knew the real reason they're keeping the miners out of the lower levels.

Senilias Cadiusus has been digging around in Nchuleftingth for years.

Edwinna thinks she just needs a few more Dwemer artifacts before she figures out how to make her own Centurions. I just hope the Empire doesn't find out what's she's been up to or we'll all be in trouble.

There's been something strange going on in Huleen's hut. Sounds like someone's been moving furniture.

Edwinna often complains about how the Archmage of Vvardenfell, Trebonius, doesn't really care about scholarship.

Tidros Indaram had to bail out Giras again. One of these days, Giras is going to go to far and even his family name won't protect him.

You have to understand Telvanni council politics. No one LIKES Archmagister Gothren. But no one gets to vote for Telvanni archmagister, either. The Telvanni Archmagister only changes when someone kills the old archmagister. And there's no one in a position to challenge him now. Not even close.

I heard Master Aryon enchanted a pair of gloves in his youth with powerful conjuration spells.

Fast Eddie was complaining the other day about how he was overlooked for advancement in House Telvanni. Again.

Mistress Dratha has been looking for something called a "Flesh Amulet." I heard Master Neloth is keeping it from her, to try and get some concession on the Council.

Llunela Hleran said she wanted to incorporate some of the defenses she's seen in Dwemer ruins into her next stronghold.

Master Aryon has been trying to talk some of the reclusive Telvanni into joining the Council. I think he may be planning to challenge the Archmagister.

Baladas Demnevanni has studied Dwemer ruins all over Vvardenfell. I hear he's always looking for books on the Dwemer.

Mistress Therana's having trouble with her slaves again. She has more trouble with her slaves than other Telvanni.

Watch out for Mistress Therana. She's eccentric and unpredictable.

Duke Dren argued with Berel Sala again over the proper role of the Ordinators.

Dram Bero is a very secretive man. Only his closest friends know where he lives.

Odral Helvi wants to set up a netch ranch of his own in the Ascadian Isles, but none of the farmers are selling.

Odral Helvi's up to no good. He's the most corrupt fatcat in all of Caldera.

You know, you look just like that special friend of Crassius Curio that everyone was talking about. Wonder what ever happened to him? You know, come to think of it, all of Curio's companions have looked like that. If you run into Curio, I'd be careful if I was you.

I've heard that a ship called the Prelude sank somewhere around Bal Fell. It was supposed to be loaded with treasure.

Yngling Half-Troll's game rats won at the arena again. When will they learn to stop betting against him?

The Hlaalu and Telvanni have been fighting over Odirniran for years.

I heard the East Empire Company was fed up with House Hlaalu and were looking for another source of Ebony.

House Hlaalu's guar herders have had some hard times these last few years.

Everyone's still talking about the murder of Ralen Hlaalo.

House Hlaalu must have a spy in Ald'ruhn. They always seem to know what the Redoran Council is planning.

It may come as a surprise to you, but some of us don't like outlanders. And don't want to talk to them.

You were visited by Tiber Septim! We heard this -- we were told that the Oracle of the Imperial Cult in the Imperial Chapels of Ebonheart says you saw Tiber Septim. Did you see him in the flesh? Did you see his ghost? Did he come and speak to you? Is that true? Wonders never cease.

You were visited by Tiber Septim! We heard this -- we were told that the Oracle of the Imperial Cult in the Imperial Chapels of Ebonheart says you saw Tiber Septim. Did you see him in the flesh? Did you see his ghost? Did he come and speak to you? Is that true? Wonders never cease.

I heard that Hrisskar upstairs is having some financial troubles. Can't seem to win a wager these days.

Well, I don't know if anyone else has seen him, but I saw some crazy guy wandering around the hills east of here recently. He was all decked out in armor and waving his sword, mumbling about there being no one to challenge him. I'd steer clear, stranger.

Are you %PCName? I heard the strangest thing. Someone said they heard you spoke with Tiber Septim at Ghostgate. The Emperor. The one who built the Empire, and died centuries ago, and became a god. They say the Emperor gave you a lucky coin, and blessed you with good fortune. That's just a story, isn't it? It couldn't be true, could it?

I have heard that you have taken personal vengeance for the murder of Airan-Ahhe, dead husband of our trader, Kurapli. This is well done, Clanfriend. I have also heard that she gave you Spirit Spear. May it find a home in the hearts of your foes.

I have heard that you have taken personal vengeance for the murder of Airan-Ahhe, dead husband of our trader, Kurapli. This is well done, Clanfriend. I have also heard that she gave you Spirit Spear. May it find a home in the hearts of your foes.

There's been a pretty bad rat problem in the Telvanni section of Vivec. Audenian Valius the enchanter has gotten the worst of it, apparently.

Rumors? Sorry, I haven't really been paying attention to those things since my husband has gone missing.

House Redoran's in trouble. Hlaalu's got all the ebony trade, Telvanni are grabbing land right and left. I hear Bolvyn Venim is sleeping with Fathasa Llethri, and Garisa won't do anything about it. A Redoran in Vivec refused to show up for a duel the other day. House Redoran isn't what it used to be, that's for sure.

Poor Moroni Uvelas. Her husband hasn't been home in days, and she's worried about him. No telling what that no-good man is doing.

Did you hear about poor Jeanne? No one will go into her store anymore. People say it's haunted.

I've heard that Balen Andrano over in the Redoran section has had a real tough time lately. He's losing a lot of business.

Crassius Curio is quite a patron of the arts. He commissioned some artists to do a mural for him, and I heard that he has written a new play, and would like to have it performed.

I've heard that Miun-Gei the enchanter is getting really fed up with some obnoxious Breton selling wares outside his shop. Ridiculous what some people will do to earn a drake.

I've heard that Miun-Gei in the Foreign Quarter is getting really fed up with some obnoxious Breton selling wares outside his shop. Ridiculous what some people will do to earn a drake.

I've heard that there's a powerful vampire in the Drethan tomb near Ald Daedroth. She's slaughtered any mortals that have gone in the place. From what I've heard, she's killed a number of your kind as well.

I've heard rumors of a vampire hunter in the city recently, dark one. You should take care.

I have no interest in spreading rumors.

I don't know any rumors, dark one.

I've heard that the youngest Llethri runt has decided he wants to become one of your kind. Maybe you can help with that. Of course, his mother is against it, and she's got a lot of money.

I've heard there are a number of young locals who follow a vampire named Lord Irarak. They hide themselves in one of the ancestral burial tombs nearby and do whatever it is they do. Idiots, if you ask me.

It is not a rumor. It is the truth. Lord Dagoth, Dagoth Ur, Lord of the Sixth House, and Savior of the Dunmer people, has awakened. And with him shall all sleepers awaken, and Morrowind shall be cleansed of the stain of false gods and foreign rule.

Everyone's saying you've got a price on your head. Some people are going to start looking at your skin like it might be a handy way to pay off a few debts.

Well, I don't know if anyone else has seen him, but I saw some crazy guy wandering around the hills east of here recently. He was all decked out in armor and waving his sword, mumbling about there being no one to challenge him. I'd steer clear, stranger.

I hear you're in a little trouble with the law. Why don't you pay the magistrate? You know you owe it. Why don't you pay it?

Heard about the Gateway haunting? A ghost is haunting the South Turret bed chamber. Somebody drives it out? And it comes right back. The Gateway is too new to have its own haunts. Some sorcerer up to mischief is my guess. But it's ruining business at the Gateway, and Angaredhel the Prefect is NOT happy. Be good if somebody would take care of it before someone gets hurt.

That bigmouth Varro over at Moonmoth Legion Fort says he's going to stop corruption. He doesn't know what he's talking about. What he calls corruption is just the routine greasing of the wheels of commerce. These outlanders come in here and think they know how things should work. They don't understand anything about the way things work in Morrowind.

They say someone hit the Camonna Tong at the Council Club. Hard. And the guards SAY they're very concerned, and they're following all leads... But somehow they don't seem very sincere. And Larrius Varro? Champion at Fort Moonmoth? He's been quoted as saying, 'I swore an oath to stop corruption, but it seems the gods have seen fit to fulfill my oath for me.' And you know what's funny? Someone said they saw YOU talking to Larrius Varro several times recently. A coincidence? I don't think so.

Everyone knows the Balmora magistrate, Nolus Atrius, is on the take. Thieves, thugs, and murderers are getting ridiculous sentences, or paying a drake and walking free. But they'll never get Atrius. He's got fatcats and family back in the City to cover him. The Legion Champion, Larrius Varro, over at Moonmoth Legion Fort, he has sworn an oath to stop corruption. But I don't see what he can do.

People don't realize how deeply the Dark Elves resent the Occupation. The real powers behind the Hlaalu council, Orvas Dren and his Camonna Tong syndicate, nurse those ancient resentments. They haven't a chance of challenging Imperial authority now, but if the stability of the Empire were threatened -- for example, if the legions were recalled because of some problem with the Septim succession -- Dren and the Tong might move openly to drive the Imperials out of Morrowind.

The Legion Champion, Larrius Varro, over at Moonmoth Legion Fort, has sworn an oath to stop corruption. He hasn't had much luck going through official channels. The syndicates have got their people covered coming and going. He'll never get anywhere working through the system. He's going to have to find someone who can get him around the system. Or through the system. Like straight and HARD through the system.

Our new mage-lord, Master Aryon, has done a lot for Tel Vos, and most of us are very happy with him. But he is still having trouble with the nearby Zainab Ashlander tribe. Part of the problem is that we settled villagers and the Ashlander nomads don't really understand each other very well. Aryon's captain, Turedus Talanian, is looking for someone who can help forge a bond with the Zainab. If you know anything about Ashlanders, you might be able to help them out.

Our new mage-lord, Master Aryon, has done a lot for Tel Vos, and most of us are very happy with him. But he is still having trouble with the nearby Zainab Ashlander tribe. Part of the problem is that we settled villagers and the Ashlander nomads don't really understand each other very well. Aryon's captain, Turedus Talanian, is looking for someone who can help forge a bond with the Zainab. If you know anything about Ashlanders, you might be able to help them out.

You know what I heard about Baram? The other day he woke up in the Temple, but couldn't remember how he got there or why he went there. He made a big joke of it, saying he must have tied one on last night, and forgot all about it.

A sailor from Soulrest says he heard the Expeditionary Force has put down the tribal uprisings in Black Marsh. He says local traders expect exports of gold and timber to resume after the plantations and mines are rebuilt.

Tanusea Veloth has the Divine Disease, but she refuses to leave the city.

I hear the same thing from everybody. Everybody's feeling tired. Wonder if something is going around.

The blight storms have been really bad this year. My friend who makes the Maar Gan pilgrimage every year got caught in a real doozy. He was in a pretty bad way until they got him back to a Temple.

Have you noticed? People staying up until all hours of the night? Walking the streets? Tradesmen open all the time? Strange. Like they can't get to sleep or something. Or don't want to go to sleep. Maybe something in their sleep is bothering them. If you follow my meaning.

You'd think she'd be more discreet, seeing as how the Duke's her father. But Ilmene Dren is a strong-willed young woman, and she hates slavery with a passion. Her family's wealth and influence means nothing to her. She's proud of living in a St. Delyn slum. And she doesn't mind being seen with known abolitionists like that bookseller, Jobasha.

I've been hearing of a lot of people with bad dreams, seeing bad omens, stuff like that. Haven't you?

The Office of the Watch says they got the one who killed the two Ordinators. They didn't say how. But I heard it was an outlander that tracked the killer down. And I also heard the outlander was a %PCRace that looked a lot like you. What a remarkable coincidence.

So Herd the Bandit has become Herd the Pirate? I guess he's decided to try his luck with sea-going banditry. How do you like the idea of Herd and his mob in a boat? I hope they've invested in water-breathing potions.

Now that they found Lesley's little hole over by Ebonheart, where do you suppose she's moved her operation? It's got to be close by, with the volume of stuff she's smuggling.

House Redoran has been sending groups of mercenaries against the rogue Telvanni bases cropping up out in Molag Amur and the Ashlands. They don't seem to be having much luck, even though these rogue Telvanni are small fry compared to the mage-lords of the Telvanni towers. Maybe the hard-headed Redorans are sticking too closely to the armored-knight charge-and-bash drill. Maybe someone with a little subtlety might do better.

I heard someone kidnapped Miner Arobar's daughter.

House Redoran has been sending groups of mercenaries against the rogue Telvanni bases cropping up out in Molag Amur and the Ashlands. They don't seem to be having much luck, even though these rogue Telvanni are small fry compared to the mage-lords of the Telvanni towers. Maybe the hard-headed Redorans are sticking too closely to the armored-knight charge-and-bash drill. Maybe someone with a little subtlety might do better.

I hear there's a secret organization called the Twin Lamps. It helps runaway slaves escape. It's against the law to aid runaway slaves. But I think slavery is wrong, and I can understand why these Abolitionists would be willing to break the law.

The guys who are making the REAL money are the tax agents and bureaucrats. They take their percentages off the top.

You've got to hand it to the little daemon-charmers. They surprised us. The Telvanni got these little groups squatting down all over the island, and we've done little to stop them. They're going to be tough to root out. It's going to cost money and lives. But we better make the investment now, before it's too late.

What could kill two Ordinators before they can draw their weapons? Slit their throats? Happened right here in Vivec. Got to be a sorcerer or vampire. The Office of the Watch in the Hall of Justice is worried about sending their own Ordinators out after this killer. The rumor is that the Office of the Watch is looking for outside help. You're an outlander. Did you know five other outlanders were killed just the same way?

Have you heard? Seven victims? Here in Vivec? All with their throats slit? When it was just a few outlanders killed, the Ordinators weren't making much fuss. But now that they've had two of their own people with slit throats, they seem very concerned at the Hall of Justice. I've heard that the Office of the Watch is quietly looking around for some special help. Anything that can kill TWO Ordinators before they can draw their weapons sounds like it will NEED special help.

Did you hear they stuck that Dissident Priests guy Malur Omayn in the Ministry of Truth? I guess the Temple Priests and Ordinators figure they can straighten him out in there. I'll bet they can.

You know, I just heard someone say they'd heard about smugglers on the coast around here. Sorry. I don't remember the details.

Wonder where those young Telvanni were headed with all that gear? Shipmaster said they had quite a load.

Narese Athrys found a rogue Telvanni base out in the middle of the ashlands, but she used Almsivi Intervention to escape, and now she doesn't know exactly where the base was.

This caravaner friend of mine says that with so many more blight storms around Red Mountain this year than last year, he's thinking about getting out of the business.

I'm telling you, it's making me worried. My neighbor was outside in the middle of the night last night, running around, talking nonsense, and in the morning, he doesn't remember a thing about it. Those scholars talk stuff about delusion diseases and such. What the hell does that mean? And why can't the priests cure it?

The blight storms have been so bad around Red Mountain this year that the crops and herds of the outlying villages are really suffering. The price of everything is got to go up.

It's strange, isn't it? Lots of people I know are having bad dreams. Seeing strange visions. Acting funny. The Tribunal Temple just goes on and on about sin and wickedness, but they're just religious fanatics. It is odd. Wonder if it has anything to do with all the blight storms this year?

I tell you. This Peakstar? The Temple says she's dead. So how could she be the Nerevarine if she's dead?

The Temple forbids the worship of the four bad Daedra -- Mehrunes Dagon, Malacath, Molag Bal, and Sheogorath. But it's a big island, and there's a lot of wilderness, with lots of old Daedric ruins just waiting for a new group of worshippers. The Ordinators have their hands full with heretics and dissidents at home. They can't go out chasing Daedra lovers.

Of course, most Mages Guild wizards are pathetic clowns. But I must admit, that lizard that goes by the barbarous title of 'Skink-in-Tree's-Shade' is a very astute practitioner, almost as sage and learned as Telvanni aspirants five times his age. But I have heard he carries his anti-slavery politics a little too far, and much farther than Imperial law allows.

These outlanders won't be happy until slavery is outlawed. I don't know what I'd do without slaves. Hire some shiftless, untrustworthy, evil-smelling pauper? It's our right to have slaves, by law and custom, and it's none of their damn business.

We've been fortunate. We tested the resolve of the Duke and the other Houses when we grabbed Tel Vos. And we found out they weren't going to fight to protect the settlement charters, we sent out our deviants and malcontents to stake new claims. Some will survive, some won't. Hlaalu and Redoran have to respond. But in the end, the ones that survive will extend our power and influence here on Vvardenfell.

And how do you think it was that bloated Imperial plutocrats got the charter to exploit the Caldera ebony deposits, and not a native Great House or local colonist? Big fat bribes, I tell you. And friends in high places.

A rumor says the Emperor has repealed the War Tax. We've heard nothing official here, but it's about damn time. We haven't had a war in ten years.

It's the law of Morrowind. Slavery is legal. The Empire doesn't like it, but the Emperor signed the Armistice, and that made it legal for the Dunmer to retain their ancient laws and customs. Now, there's some Abolitionists who say, 'To hell with the law... slavery is wrong.' I'm not saying I disagree, in theory. But it's the law.

Did you hear about the pilgrims headed east of Lake Nabia, northwest of Mount Kand. That's no place for a party of pilgrims.

Tilena Thalor will never stop smuggling. It's all she knows. And if you see her here in Maar Gan, she's got something going on. But where?

Some Ashlanders nearby have been bragging about how they captured a famous noble. I wonder who it is.

It was inevitable. The local criminal organization, the Camonna Tong, wasn't going to stand by and let the Thieves Guild set up shop in their territory. It'll be bloody. And the Thieves Guild doesn't stand a chance.

Some strange men came through here not long ago. Stopped by Thongar's Tradehouse. Tight-lipped, suspicious bunch.

It's the law of Morrowind. Slavery is legal. The Empire doesn't like it, but the Emperor signed the Armistice, and that made it legal for the Dunmer to retain their ancient laws and customs. Now, there's some Abolitionists who say, 'To hell with the law... slavery is wrong.' I'm not saying I disagree, in theory. But it's the law.

Yes, I've heard what Bilsa Andaram has been saying. Of course they're smugglers on the West Gash coast. When was that ever news?

The smugglers working out of Shurinbaal lost their contact in Balmora. I hear they're working now with someone in Ald'ruhn.

It was inevitable. The local criminal organization, the Camonna Tong, wasn't going to stand by and let the Thieves Guild set up shop in their territory. It'll be bloody. And the Thieves Guild doesn't stand a chance.

With all the unrest in Cyrodiil City, a trooper told me they might have to recall the Legions to protect the Emperor.

I hear there's a secret organization called the Twin Lamps. It helps runaway slaves escape. It's against the law to aid runaway slaves. But I think slavery is wrong, and I can understand why these Abolitionists would be willing to break the law.

I hear there's a secret organization called the Twin Lamps. It helps runaway slaves escape. It's against the law to aid runaway slaves. But I think slavery is wrong, and I can understand why these Abolitionists would be willing to break the law.

Kirginia is back in Dagon Fel. And when you see Kirginia, you know there's smuggling going on.

I heard a shipmaster on the Tel Mora-Dagon Fel run dropped a group of wizards and mercenaries off on a little island somewhere. Think that was a bunch of rogue Telvanni planning to set up a base?

Odral Helvi was arrested on charges of smuggling. It seems someone he hired for a delivery of smuggled ebony turned him over to the authorities. Now Helvi's cooling his heels in some lockup on the mainland, awaiting trial.

House Redoran is really steamed up about the Caldera land grab. They say that Caldera is in their territory, and that they should have gotten the charter. Worse yet, they say that Hlaalu is skimming the top off the Imperial fatcat company that got the charter. Since it's an Imperial company, Redoran can't even get a House War contract on it. It'll come to violence, you mark my words.

Uriel Septim is sick, and wizards say his heir, Geldall Septim, and the younger Septims, Enman and Ebel, are just doppelgangers placed in the household during Jagar Tharn's tenure as Imperial Battlemage. They say the Guard charged a mob demanding destruction of the false heirs -- lots of folks were killed.

I hear there's a secret organization called the Twin Lamps. It helps runaway slaves escape. It's against the law to aid runaway slaves. But I think slavery is wrong, and I can understand why these Abolitionists would be willing to break the law.

These outlanders won't be happy until slavery is outlawed. Our plantations depend on slaves, mostly down south in Dres District, but here in the Ascadian Isles, too. It's our right to have slaves, by law and custom, and it's none of their damn business.

House Hlaalu would much rather have the Caldera charter, thank you very much, and run those ebony mines ourselves. But it hasn't worked out so badly. The Imperial Caldera Mining Company is laying out the cash and doing the work, and we're talking the cream off the top in graft and bribes. No wonder Redoran is angry. And when they're angry, they're dangerous.

I heard Bolvyn Venim was having an affair with the wife of one of the other Councilors.

You've got to hand it to the little daemon-charmers. They surprised us. The Telvanni got these little groups squatting down all over the island, and we've done little to stop them. They're going to be tough to root out. It's going to cost money and lives. But we better make the investment now, before it's too late.

Look. It's not just the crops and herds. The blight storms are making everyone sick. It's not an easy cure, even for a Temple, and all they've got in the backcountry is the odd healer and pilgrim shrine.

Well, the Temple has always said that madness is a soul sickness, and a sign of sin. But in the Empire, they say it's just another kind of disease.

Everyone knows who really runs House Hlaalu. It's not the councilors. No one sits on that council unless it suits Orvas Dren.

Yeah. Right. The Temple SAYS this Peakstar heretic is dead. But did they produce a body? I don't see no body.

Why is everybody so grouchy and tired lately? You don't suppose folks are all having bad dreams all at once? I'm not saying I'm having bad dreams. No, sera, not at all. I'm fine. But you do hear folks talking among themselves sometimes. About having bad dreams and not being able to sleep nights.

It's not bad enough with the blight storms this year, but the Ashlanders are also going crazy, jumping caravans and pilgrims, raiding villages, scrapping with the Legions. They ought to send the Legions out and teach them a lesson.

A guard found Naryn walking around in his nightshirt near the fort. He said he didn't remember how he got there. Sounds to me like he's getting old before his time.

The guys who are making the REAL money are the tax agents and bureaucrats. They take their percentages off the top.

You won't believe what old Avus said yesterday. 'I could live in a nutshell and be consumed with infinite space were it not that I have bad dreams.' What the hell is he talking about?

And how do you think it was that bloated Imperial plutocrats got the charter to exploit the Caldera ebony deposits, and not a native Great House or local colonist? Big fat bribes, I tell you. And friends in high places.

It was inevitable. The local criminal organization, the Camonna Tong, wasn't going to stand by and let the Thieves Guild set up shop in their territory. It'll be bloody. And the Thieves Guild doesn't stand a chance.

Someone's been selling strange red statues in Ald'ruhn.

Everybody's complaining about not getting enough sleep. Maybe it's the weather.

It's not just the blight storms that're bad this year. They got all sorts of blighted beasts coming down from the mountain. It's pretty bad on the trails and in the outback villages.

It feels like everyone's working too hard, trying to live the Good Life. Seems like everyone I talk to is always tired. Just not getting enough sleep.

Madness is a sickness in the soul. It comes from a lack of faith, and a love of sin. All this talk of bad dreams and bad omens, superstition... it's just a sign that people have abandoned the Temple and fallen into greed and wickedness.

The guar herders west of Ald'ruhn were having trouble with bandits.

People seem tired lately. Everybody is talking about it, giving all sorts of excuses -- the weather, noise, over-work, worries. But you also hear some people talking quietly about having bad dreams. You know the Temple doesn't want to hear that stuff, and folks keep it to themselves. But it would explain a lot.

I know they announced it a while ago, but now the Temple Priests and Ordinators are really going after heretics, especially Dissident Priests.

Some Ashlanders near Maar Gan have been bragging about how they captured a famous noble. I wonder who it is.

There's a ban on new Great House settlements without Duke Dren's approval, but rogue Telvanni are developing sites in defiance of the Duke's orders. I hear these rogue Telvanni are just ambitious hedgewizards -- not full-blown Telvanni mage-lords -- so they might be easy pickings.

Did you hear Bolvyn Venim killed another outlander in a duel. The man was an officer in the House Guard, but Bolvyn Venim insulted his ancestors at a meal, so of course the officer had to demand satisfaction. And of course he had no chance against Venim. So it was murder, really. You're an outlander, yes? Then take warning. Be very careful in your dealings with Venim. Or, better yet, stay away from him.

Everyone says Varvur Sarethi murdered Bralen Carvaren, but I don't believe it. They were the best of friends.

These outlanders won't be happy until slavery is outlawed. Personally, I don't want slaves. No one I know has any. But it's our right to have slaves, by law and custom, and it's none of their damn business.

The other day a Redoran in Vivec refused a duel. With cowards even in House Redoran, who will protect us next time the Nords invade?

There's a ban on new Great House settlements without Duke Dren's approval, but rogue Telvanni are developing sites in defiance of the Duke's orders. I hear these rogue Telvanni are just ambitious hedgewizards -- not full-blown Telvanni mage-lords -- so they might be easy pickings.

House Redoran isn't going to let those Hlaalu take Caldera and the ebony mines without a fight. Caldera is traditionally House Redoran territory, so we are the ones who should have the charter. As soon as we have proof that the Hlaalu are cheating the Empire, we'll take Caldera back by force.

Morvayn Manor was overrun by corprus monsters. I thought they couldn't get out of the Ghostfence.

Athyn Sarethi may be the 'Hope of the Redoran,' but someone wants him dead. He's fended off three Morag Tong attacks already.

I heard Bolvyn Venim was having an affair with the wife of one of the other Councilors.

Redoran is not going to stand by and watch Telvanni setting up those bases without a charter. Ever since we let the Telvanni get away with Tel Vos, they've been sending out wizards and mercenaries to stake their claims on promising sites. And if we don't do something about it, those damn necromancers will end up on our doorsteps.

It's the law of Morrowind. Slavery is legal. The Empire doesn't like it, but the Emperor signed the Armistice, and that made it legal for the Dunmer to retain their ancient laws and customs. Now, there's some Abolitionists who say, 'To hell with the law... slavery is wrong.' I'm not saying I disagree, in theory. But it's the law.

I heard how you handled that affair with Ienas Sarandas. I hear Ienas Sarandas was found dead in his home. I don't suppose YOU had anything to do with that? Of course, there were no witnesses. But everyone knows you killed that poor fool. Don't think anyone here will forgive you for that.

I heard how you handled that affair with Ienas Sarandas. I hear Ienas Sarandas was found dead in his home. I don't suppose YOU had anything to do with that? Of course, there were no witnesses. But everyone knows you killed that poor fool. Don't think anyone here will forgive you for that.

I heard how you handled that affair with Ienas Sarandas. And a very pretty thing you did. The word is all over town. Have you heard he has given his house to the Temple and is studying to be a priest at the Ald'ruhn Temple?

I heard how you handled that affair with Ienas Sarandas. And a very pretty thing you did. The town's merchant's think the world of you. The word is all over town. Have you heard he has given his house to the Temple and is studying to be a priest at the Ald'ruhn Temple?

Have you seen Ienas Sarandas lately? What a remarkably good-looking young man he is. And so tastefully dressed. I thought I heard something about him having a little money trouble, but you'd never think it to look at him. And I hear he has become a prisoner of strong drink. That would never have happened while his devout, Temple-fearing parents were alive.

I've heard that the local tax collector, Processus Vitellius, is missing. No surprise, really. He wasn't well liked around here.

These Imperial tax collectors have really started to get on everyone's nerves. Haven't seen the local one in a while, though...not that anyone is complaining.

I must tell you, all this self-righteous Western clamor against slavery is really tiresome. Our right to own slaves is protected by law -- IMPERIAL law. People who free slaves are breaking the law. It's as simple as that.

I must tell you, all this self-righteous Western clamor against slavery is really tiresome. Our right to own slaves is protected by law -- IMPERIAL law. People who free slaves are breaking the law. It's as simple as that.

Have you noticed, for all its proclamations about protecting the rights of property and preserving law and order, the Imperial legion does little enough to capture and prosecute abolitionists? That's a bit hypocritical, don't you think?

At first, it seemed the fuss about the Nerevarine prophecy was just silly superstition. Then I learned that the Dunmer have been waiting for Lord Nerevar to come back for centuries. The 'Incarnate', they call it. Every few years an Ashlander appears, and the tribes call him the Incarnate. Then the Temple goes out, hunts him down, and reveals him as a fake. Why does the Temple worry so much about it?

The Blight is gone. Completely. Blue skies over Red Mountain. We all owe you a debt of gratitude.