Quite a shame. He was a good man, and a loyal servant to the Emperor.

Quite a shame. He was a good man, and a loyal servant to the Emperor.

I heard you had been asking around about his murder. I'm glad to see this matter brought to its completion. Here's your reward, %PCName. Good to see there are still some citizens who understand their loyalty to our Emperor.

Hope you'll bring that murderer to justice soon.

Don't come back until you've recovered the Emperor's gold.

Good to see you were able to recover the Emperor's coin. I appreciate that kind of honesty. Since you've proven trustworthy, here's something you might be interested in. I'd like to see the murderer of Processus punished. Killing an Emperor's tax collector is punishable by death. Find his murderer, bring him to justice, and the Census and Excise office will pay you 500 septims.

You did? How odd that he was murdered but not robbed. Your honesty is appreciated, I can tell you that. I won't forget this, %PCName. In fact, if you're looking for some money for yourself, I'd like to see the murderer of Processus punished. Killing an Emperor's tax collector is punishable by death. Find his murderer, bring him to justice, and the Census and Excise Office will pay you 500 septims.

No? It figures, I suppose. Well, thank you for letting me know what had happened.

You've already spent it? That's not good to hear. That was Imperial tax money, after all. You'd do well to get that money back and return it to me.

Murdered? What a waste. Processus was a good man. I had been wondering why we hadn't heard from him in a few days. Still, these are dangerous times we live in, and these sorts of things will happen. Did you happen to find the tax money he'd collected? I hate to be so callous, but I do have a job to do.

Murdered? What a waste. Processus was a good man. I had been wondering why we hadn't heard from him in a few days. Still, these are dangerous times we live in, and these sorts of things will happen. Did you happen to find the tax money he'd collected? I hate to be so callous, but I do have a job to do.

Murdered you say? He has been missing for a while. I'll need proof of that before I begin an official inquiry, though.

I still can't believe he's gone.

Processus, murdered! No! Tell me it's not so. He was the gentlest man I've ever met. He and I had become so close in the past few months...I don't know what I will do without him. I've only seen him get angry once or twice; and never raised a hand to anyone. This is so sad.

You're one of them, huh? Come to kill me? Well, give it your best shot, %PCRace. I've no problem spilling more of the blood of the Emperor's lackeys!

Well, it's the truth. They've all been gouging us for years. The whole office is corrupt, I tell you. Once of these days, they'll get exposed, I swear it! Here, though. This was his ring. Looks like his woman gave it to him. She should probably have it. She wasn't to blame in all this.

That fetcher? You're damn right I did him in, and a good thing, too. He was skimming a load of money from all of us honest people; overcharging us on our taxes and keeping the difference for himself. He was always flaunting his money around, showing off his new clothes and jewels. So, I killed the bastard, and left his body out there to rot, with all his ill-begotten gold still on him.

We heard. He was a good man, and his murder should be avenged.

Someone finally got him, huh? Well, it's no surprise, I suppose. No one likes a tax collector, especially one who flaunts his wealth while taking our hard-earned cash. Only one who could stomach him at all was Thavere over in the lighthouse. The two of them spent some time together. Shame, really. She seemed like a nice woman.

Found his body, huh? Well, it's up to you what to do with that information. I suppose that Socucius Ergalla in the Census and Excise Office would be the one to tell, if that's your inclination.