ConversationsQQ_SavedVariables_v15 = { ["subtitles"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27938 I dare say, help! Help!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28309 The spiders, they call to me!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28310 I will join the dance!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27941 Ah, good. You found Stibbons. Probably just got turned around in the ruins again.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27942 I beg m'lady's pardon. I really thought I could solve the case of the missing mages.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27943 Whatever gave you that idea? You can barely manage not to lose my collection of combs and brushes every time you pack them!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27944 But … but … Investigator Vale …. I mean, would m'lady like her tea now?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27945 And some of those sweet biscuits I like. Let's return to camp so you can start cooking!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27946 Of course, m'lady. Right away.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27947 And Stibbons, I want my book back. I must find out what happens when Investigator Vale meets the innkeeper's daughter in the wine cellar. I'm sure it will be scandalous!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27950 Ahh! A spider!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27951 I'm … still conscious?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27952 My tea worked! Head for the ruins and find the spider that talked to you, Stibbons!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27953 As you command, m'lady.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27954 Another spider! And it's talking to me!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27955 Follow my man-servant!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28508 Ah, you brought friends to the dance! Come in, come in! There's room for you all!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-77962 Szalony Griskild", }, }, [7] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27975 Stibbons, I have something I'd like you to read.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27976 What's this? The newest Investigator Vale mystery?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27977 Just read it out loud and tell me what it says.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27978 A read-aloud? What fun!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27979 Just enunciate, Stibbons. And speak loudly.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27980 Any time now, Stibbons.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [7] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27981 This isn't the newest Investigator Vale mystery ….", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [8] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27982 Read the scroll, Stibbons!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [9] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27983 Something, something … Mad God flows and ebbs. Something, something … call forth the tangled webs …. Oh no, that doesn't sound good ….", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [10] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27984 Really, Stibbons? You do manage to complicate the simplest tasks.", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-1272 Bal Fell"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28316 Follow me, brave assistant!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27986 I was right! It is some kind of Daedric ritual, led by a hulking Nord priest!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27987 Brave assistant, do something!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27988 Stibbons! You look ridiculous! Stop dancing this instant!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27990 Ahaha! Come to join our dance?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76842 Szalony Griskild", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27991 Dance! Shake your nethers for the Mad God!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76842 Szalony Griskild", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27992 No! The dance must not be interrupted!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76842 Szalony Griskild", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-27989 Why do my feet hurt? Oh, never mind. Run!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28317 Naturally, we will be reducing your compensation accordingly!", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-28315 Well, what do we have here?", ["name"] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, }, }, }, ["quest"] = { ["162658389-0-849 Vvardenfell"] = { ["52420949-0-5964 Sieć kłopotów"] = { ["steps"] = { [1] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54979 Find the Missing Mages", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44086 Lady Laurent asked me to see if I could locate her missing research assistants. While I search the vicinity of the ruins, she also asked me to keep an eye out for her man-servant, Stibbons.", }, [2] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54984 Find the Start of Stibbons's Trail", }, ["hidden"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55639 Talk to Mage", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44082 I found one of Lady Laurent's missing assistants. He rambled on about spiders and dancing. He said that Lady Laurent's man-servant, Stibbons, dropped a pouch nearby. Perhaps that's the start of a trail I can follow.", }, [3] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54985 Find the Next Dropped Item", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44605 Stibbons must have dropped items as he fled. If I follow the trail of items, I should find Stibbons.", }, [4] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54986 Find the Last Dropped Item", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44606 Stibbons must have dropped items as he fled. If I follow the trail of items, I should find Stibbons.", }, [5] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55032 Porozmawiaj ze Stibbonsem", }, ["hidden"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55638 Find Stibbons", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44085 I found Stibbons in the ruins of Bal Fell. I should talk to him and see if he's all right.", }, [6] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55623 Porozmawiaj z: 8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44607 Another of the mages hired by Lady Laurent is with Stibbons. I should talk to this mage and try to learn more about what's happening at these ruins.", }, [7] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55625 Podążaj za: 8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44608 The mage ranted about spiders and ran off. I should follow her and see where she's going.", }, [8] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55619 Signal Lady Laurent", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44609 The mage entered the ruins, but there appears to be a magical barrier that I can't pass through. I should return to Stibbons and use the signal wand to summon Lady Laurent.", }, [9] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55033 Porozmawiaj z lady Laurent", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44090 Lady Laurent arrived in response to my use of the signal wand. I should talk to her and let her know what I've discovered so far.", }, [10] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54987 Przejmij: 267697733-0-6229 Umysłowy pająk", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44092 Lady Laurent will brew a potent tea so that Stibbons can follow the spider's voices and open the way into the ruins. Meanwhile, she asked me to capture a tiny spider we can use to test if her tea is potent enough to keep him from fainting.", }, [11] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55633 Return to Lady Laurent's Camp", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44160 I captured one of the strange spiders from the ruins. I should return to Lady Laurent's camp so we can test the potency of her tea.", }, [12] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55634 Release Spider at Camp", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44095 The captured spider is in my backpack. I should release it to see if Stibbons faints or if Lady Laurent's tea is potent enough for him to retain his senses.", }, [13] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "256430276-0-44096 Follow Stibbons", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44096 We need to follow Stibbons to the ruins and hope the tea is strong enough to keep him awake long enough for us to get through the barrier.", }, [14] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54993 Wejdź do Bal Fell", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44097 Stibbons heard the spiders and the tea prevented him from fainting. When he passed through the barrier, the path was opened and Lady Laurent followed him inside. I should enter the ruins to help them.", }, [15] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-55637 Porozmawiaj z lady Laurent", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44619 Lady Laurent appears to have found something. I should talk to her to learn more.", }, [16] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54994 Zatrzymaj rytuał", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44098 Lady Laurent wants me to interrupt the ritual and make Stibbons and the others stop dancing. I assume that will involve dealing with the Daedric priest.", }, [17] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54995 Return to Lady Laurent's Camp", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44099 I stopped the ritual and broke the spell that was making Stibbons and the others dance. Now I need to return to Lady Laurent's camp.", }, [18] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-54996 Porozmawiaj z lady Laurent", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44100 I made it back to the camp. I should talk to Lady Laurent and make sure everyone is all right.", }, [19] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "121487972-0-12504 Porozmawiaj z lady Laurent", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-44101 I saved Lady Laurent's apprentices and man-servant from the clutches of a Daedric priest. She found some scrolls in the ruins, however, and wants Stibbons to read them. I don't know if that's wise, but I should talk to her and collect my reward.", }, }, ["info"] = { ["items"] = { [1] = "267697733-0-6262 Różdżka sygnalizacyjna lady Laurent", [2] = "267697733-0-6223 Sakiewka z przyprawami Stibbonsa", [3] = "267697733-0-6224 Śledcza Vale i Świątynia Stendarra", [4] = "267697733-0-6225 Serwisowa misa Stibbonsa", [5] = "267697733-0-6229 Umysłowy pająk", [6] = "267697733-0-6263 Umysłowy pająk", }, ["starter"] = { [1] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, ["involved"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-76775 Mehdbeq", [2] = "8290981-0-76791 Stibbons", [3] = "8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven", [4] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, ["description"] = { [1] = "265851556-0-5964 Lady Clarisse Laurent and her man-servant Stibbons, along with a number of research assistants on loan from the Mages Guild, have been studying the ruins of Bal Fell. Now, everyone but Lady Laurent has disappeared.", }, ["finisher"] = { [1] = "191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent", }, }, }, }, }, ["books"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { [3955] = "51188213-0-3955 Śledcza Vale w Vvardenfell", }, }, }, ["npc"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { ["267200725-0-1060 Vvardenfell"] = { ["8290981-0-76791 Stibbons"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-48041 Don't leave yet. Let me talk to this mage, first."] = { }, ["204987124-0-48042 Dark? So the spider attacked you?"] = { ["200879108-0-48041 I, um, no. This is embarrassing. It started … talking to me. Then I swooned and passed out. Spiders have that effect on me.\n\nOh, I must return to Lady Laurent. It's well past her tea time and she's going to be extremely displeased with me."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-48040 What creature are you talking about?"] = { ["200879108-0-48040 That horrific spider! I was using several of the inquisitive techniques employed by Investigator Vale in her fabulous stories when the largest, most terrifying spider I ever laid eyes upon sprang at me with evil intent.\n\nEven spooked the mage!"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48040 That's one of the mages working for Lady Laurent?"] = { ["200879108-0-48042 It is, though she's not making much sense. Perhaps you could talk to her?\n\nLady Laurent believed the mages absconded with her hard-earned gold. So I followed them to these ruins and—well, I encountered the spider and then everything went dark."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-48042 It is, though she's not making much sense. Perhaps you could talk to her?\n\nLady Laurent believed the mages absconded with her hard-earned gold. So I followed them to these ruins and—well, I encountered the spider and then everything went dark."] = { ["204987124-0-48042 Dark? So the spider attacked you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48041 I, um, no. This is embarrassing. It started … talking to me. Then I swooned and passed out. Spiders have that effect on me.\n\nOh, I must return to Lady Laurent. It's well past her tea time and she's going to be extremely displeased with me."] = { ["204987124-0-48041 Don't leave yet. Let me talk to this mage, first."] = "", }, ["55049764-5-10387 Please, do get on with it. I'm afraid Lady Laurent will be dreadfully cross at my tardiness."] = { }, ["55049764-8-10387 Merciful Stendarr! That creature was positively terrifying! But at least I found one of my lady's hirelings …."] = { ["228103012-0-48040 What creature are you talking about?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-10387 How dreadful! Spiders are bad enough, but that melody … Daedra have no ability to follow a sheet of music!"] = { }, ["55049764-6-10387 Should we follow her? Oh dear. What would Investigator Vale do in this situation?\n\nI know! I'll just wait here and let you see where she's rushing off to."] = { }, ["200879108-0-48040 That horrific spider! I was using several of the inquisitive techniques employed by Investigator Vale in her fabulous stories when the largest, most terrifying spider I ever laid eyes upon sprang at me with evil intent.\n\nEven spooked the mage!"] = { ["204987124-0-48040 That's one of the mages working for Lady Laurent?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-8-10387 Merciful Stendarr! That creature was positively terrifying! But at least I found one of my lady's hirelings ….", [2] = "55049764-5-10387 Please, do get on with it. I'm afraid Lady Laurent will be dreadfully cross at my tardiness.", [3] = "55049764-6-10387 Should we follow her? Oh dear. What would Investigator Vale do in this situation?\n\nI know! I'll just wait here and let you see where she's rushing off to.", [4] = "55049764-1-10387 How dreadful! Spiders are bad enough, but that melody … Daedra have no ability to follow a sheet of music!", }, }, ["191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent"] = { ["topics"] = { ["20958740-1-7244 I'll signal you after I find Stibbons and the missing mages."] = { }, ["204987124-0-48045 There was a magical barrier. I couldn't pass through it."] = { ["200879108-0-48690 Interesting. Spiders and a barrier! Some sort of spider magic? Regardless, such occurrences suggest there's more to these ruins than I presumed. A great treasure, perhaps?\n\nBut why could the mage pass through the barrier and not you?"] = "", }, ["204987124-1-48687 Tell me about Stibbons."] = { }, ["204987124-1-48191 Tell me about Stibbons."] = { }, ["228103012-0-48005 Tell me more about these mages."] = { }, ["228103012-0-48044 Stibbons says a terrifying spider talked to him and he fainted."] = { ["200879108-0-48044 A talking spider? Ridiculous! Still, Stibbons has always been dreadfully afraid of the eight-legged pests. No excuse for shirking his responsibilities, though.\n\nAnd the mages? Did you stumble upon them while you tracked down my man-servant?"] = "", }, ["228103012-0-48004 What's so special about the Bal Fell ruins?"] = { ["200879108-0-48004 That's what we're trying to determine. Bal Fell was once a great city, built atop an ancient center of Sheogorath worship. Now only the Daedric ruins remain.\n\nOnce we find the treasure, I'll be more famous than that blowhard, Narsis Dren!"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48690 Maybe it had something to do with the spiders that were talking to her."] = { ["200879108-0-48048 She heard talking spiders? Incredible! I can brew a tea to keep Stibbons from fainting. Then he can listen to the spiders and lead us through the barrier. But we need to test its potency. Bring me a small spider from the ruins and meet us at my camp."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-48006 Tell me about Stibbons."] = { }, ["204987124-0-48196 You mentioned treasure?"] = { ["200879108-0-48190 Treasure, relic … I'm sure there's something important hidden in the ruins. According to local rumors, people disappear around Bal Fell all the time. That's what sparked my interest. Mysterious happenings often extend my fame and fortune."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48687 What's so special about the Bal Fell ruins?"] = { ["200879108-0-48004 That's what we're trying to determine. Bal Fell was once a great city, built atop an ancient center of Sheogorath worship. Now only the Daedric ruins remain.\n\nOnce we find the treasure, I'll be more famous than that blowhard, Narsis Dren!"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48044 I found two of them. One ran into the ruins ranting about spiders. I couldn't follow her, though."] = { ["200879108-0-48045 Why not? Don't tell me you're afraid of a few spiders and a dusty old ruin?"] = "", }, ["228103012-0-48064 And we stopped a Daedric priest and rescued Stibbons."] = { ["200879108-0-48064 I suppose. I still can't figure out how the priest was able to control their minds using spiders. It's a bafflement.\n\nMaybe one of these scrolls I seized on the way out will shed some light on this final mystery."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48190 Disappear? Like Stibbons and the mages?"] = { ["200879108-0-48191 Hmm. I suppose there could be a connection.\n\nOn the other hand, never attribute to ancient curses what can be explained by greed and laziness, I always say."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48066 You really want Stibbons to examine a Daedric scroll?"] = { ["116521668-0-12504 I appreciate your help and your concern, but what possible harm could glancing at a few dusty scrolls cause? Here, for your trouble. I seem to have some extra gold after adjusting my staff's compensation.\n\nOh, Stibbons, since you like to read …."] = "", }, ["232026500-0-12504 Is it really wise to let Stibbons read the Mad God's scrolls?"] = { ["116521668-0-12504 I appreciate your help and your concern, but what possible harm could glancing at a few dusty scrolls cause? Here, for your trouble. I seem to have some extra gold after adjusting my staff's compensation.\n\nOh, Stibbons, since you like to read …."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48064 Scrolls from a Daedric ruin? Sounds dangerous."] = { ["200879108-0-48066 No need to worry. Stibbons will examine the scrolls. He's ever more durable than he appears.\n\nI know a scribe who lives near White Ridge Barrow in Skyrim. His fascination with spiders borders on obsession, but I'm sure he'll appreciate the scrolls."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48005 Why do you think they abandoned you?"] = { ["200879108-0-48687 They already had my gold, so why stay to finish the work? Not the studious and well-mannered apprentices I expect from the Mages Guild. Besides, if truth be told, they were incompetent.\n\nI'm surprised they remained with us as long as they did."] = "", }, ["249936564-0-7244 Co wydaje się być problemem?"] = { ["3952276-0-7244 First, my assistants from the Mages Guild disappeared without so much as a by-your-leave. Then my useless man-servant, Stibbons, vanished! Said he was going to solve the mystery but now he's disappeared as well. And it's almost tea time. Intolerable!"] = "", }, ["20958740-0-7244 What are you and your assistants doing out here?"] = { ["3952276-1-7244 We were exploring the Bal Fell ruins when everyone left me. I expect such behavior from the hired help, but Stibbons? He's usually more dependable than that.\n\nLocate the mages and Stibbons, then use this signal wand so I can join you."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48048 I'll get a small spider and meet you at camp."] = { }, ["204987124-0-48004 Narsis Dren?"] = { ["200879108-0-48196 No one of note. Just a pretentious, arrogant author and adventurer with an over-inflated sense of self-importance. He's an irritating Dark Elf who loves to hear himself talk. And the topic of conversation? The greatness of Narsis Dren.\n\nThe s'wit."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48191 Tell me more about these mages."] = { ["200879108-0-48005 Oh, they were just your typical apprentices. Young, eager, hoping to make a name for themselves by working alongside a famed treasure hunter.\n\nThe six of them readily broke off promptly at sunset yesterday and abandoned the camp. They abandoned me!"] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-48044 A talking spider? Ridiculous! Still, Stibbons has always been dreadfully afraid of the eight-legged pests. No excuse for shirking his responsibilities, though.\n\nAnd the mages? Did you stumble upon them while you tracked down my man-servant?"] = { ["204987124-0-48044 I found two of them. One ran into the ruins ranting about spiders. I couldn't follow her, though."] = "", }, ["3952276-1-7244 We were exploring the Bal Fell ruins when everyone left me. I expect such behavior from the hired help, but Stibbons? He's usually more dependable than that.\n\nLocate the mages and Stibbons, then use this signal wand so I can join you."] = { ["20958740-1-7244 I'll signal you after I find Stibbons and the missing mages."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48004 That's what we're trying to determine. Bal Fell was once a great city, built atop an ancient center of Sheogorath worship. Now only the Daedric ruins remain.\n\nOnce we find the treasure, I'll be more famous than that blowhard, Narsis Dren!"] = { ["204987124-0-48004 Narsis Dren?"] = "", }, ["55049764-8-10382 It's about damn time you Buoyant Armchairs arrived! I requested assistance almost an hour ago and—oh, hello. I was just thinking about you!\n\nYou may not be a Bouncing Armiger, but you've never disappointed me before. Perchance you're here to help?"] = { ["249936564-0-7244 Co wydaje się być problemem?"] = "", }, ["55049764-7-10382 Stibbons has a way of dropping a fetcherfly into the honey. It's a gift, I suppose. Don't worry. I'll figure out how to extract him from those webs … after I enjoy another cup of tea.\n\nSafe travels, my friend."] = { }, ["200879108-0-48064 I suppose. I still can't figure out how the priest was able to control their minds using spiders. It's a bafflement.\n\nMaybe one of these scrolls I seized on the way out will shed some light on this final mystery."] = { ["204987124-0-48064 Scrolls from a Daedric ruin? Sounds dangerous."] = "", }, ["55049764-0-10382 The more I consider the implications, the more I wonder about the nature of these strange scrolls. Before I give them to the scribe of White Ridge Barrow, I really must get Stibbons to peruse them."] = { ["232026500-0-12504 Is it really wise to let Stibbons read the Mad God's scrolls?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48066 No need to worry. Stibbons will examine the scrolls. He's ever more durable than he appears.\n\nI know a scribe who lives near White Ridge Barrow in Skyrim. His fascination with spiders borders on obsession, but I'm sure he'll appreciate the scrolls."] = { ["204987124-0-48066 You really want Stibbons to examine a Daedric scroll?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48687 They already had my gold, so why stay to finish the work? Not the studious and well-mannered apprentices I expect from the Mages Guild. Besides, if truth be told, they were incompetent.\n\nI'm surprised they remained with us as long as they did."] = { ["204987124-1-48687 Tell me about Stibbons."] = "", ["204987124-0-48687 What's so special about the Bal Fell ruins?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48196 No one of note. Just a pretentious, arrogant author and adventurer with an over-inflated sense of self-importance. He's an irritating Dark Elf who loves to hear himself talk. And the topic of conversation? The greatness of Narsis Dren.\n\nThe s'wit."] = { ["204987124-0-48196 You mentioned treasure?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48190 Treasure, relic … I'm sure there's something important hidden in the ruins. According to local rumors, people disappear around Bal Fell all the time. That's what sparked my interest. Mysterious happenings often extend my fame and fortune."] = { ["204987124-0-48190 Disappear? Like Stibbons and the mages?"] = "", }, ["55049764-5-10382 So tell me. What did you discover my man-servant doing when you happened upon him? Did he provide an explanation as to why I'm still waiting for my afternoon tea?"] = { ["228103012-0-48044 Stibbons says a terrifying spider talked to him and he fainted."] = "", }, ["55049764-6-10382 I blame the Investigator Vale books I lent to Stibbons. He was never this adventurous before he became enchanted with her admittedly thrilling stories.\n\nBut what are you still doing here? I thought you were going to find Stibbons and the mages?"] = { ["228103012-0-48004 What's so special about the Bal Fell ruins?"] = "", ["228103012-0-48005 Tell me more about these mages."] = "", ["228103012-0-48006 Tell me about Stibbons."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48045 Why not? Don't tell me you're afraid of a few spiders and a dusty old ruin?"] = { ["204987124-0-48045 There was a magical barrier. I couldn't pass through it."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48191 Hmm. I suppose there could be a connection.\n\nOn the other hand, never attribute to ancient curses what can be explained by greed and laziness, I always say."] = { ["204987124-0-48191 Tell me more about these mages."] = "", ["204987124-1-48191 Tell me about Stibbons."] = "", }, ["55049764-1-10382 As much as a good run from a Daedric ruin really gets the blood pumping, I wish we had been more successful. We lost a few of the apprentices and I never did locate any relics or treasures."] = { ["228103012-0-48064 And we stopped a Daedric priest and rescued Stibbons."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48048 She heard talking spiders? Incredible! I can brew a tea to keep Stibbons from fainting. Then he can listen to the spiders and lead us through the barrier. But we need to test its potency. Bring me a small spider from the ruins and meet us at my camp."] = { ["204987124-0-48048 I'll get a small spider and meet you at camp."] = "", }, ["3952276-0-7244 First, my assistants from the Mages Guild disappeared without so much as a by-your-leave. Then my useless man-servant, Stibbons, vanished! Said he was going to solve the mystery but now he's disappeared as well. And it's almost tea time. Intolerable!"] = { ["20958740-0-7244 What are you and your assistants doing out here?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48690 Interesting. Spiders and a barrier! Some sort of spider magic? Regardless, such occurrences suggest there's more to these ruins than I presumed. A great treasure, perhaps?\n\nBut why could the mage pass through the barrier and not you?"] = { ["204987124-0-48690 Maybe it had something to do with the spiders that were talking to her."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48005 Oh, they were just your typical apprentices. Young, eager, hoping to make a name for themselves by working alongside a famed treasure hunter.\n\nThe six of them readily broke off promptly at sunset yesterday and abandoned the camp. They abandoned me!"] = { ["204987124-0-48005 Why do you think they abandoned you?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-8-10382 It's about damn time you Buoyant Armchairs arrived! I requested assistance almost an hour ago and—oh, hello. I was just thinking about you!\n\nYou may not be a Bouncing Armiger, but you've never disappointed me before. Perchance you're here to help?", [2] = "55049764-6-10382 I blame the Investigator Vale books I lent to Stibbons. He was never this adventurous before he became enchanted with her admittedly thrilling stories.\n\nBut what are you still doing here? I thought you were going to find Stibbons and the mages?", [3] = "55049764-5-10382 So tell me. What did you discover my man-servant doing when you happened upon him? Did he provide an explanation as to why I'm still waiting for my afternoon tea?", [4] = "55049764-1-10382 As much as a good run from a Daedric ruin really gets the blood pumping, I wish we had been more successful. We lost a few of the apprentices and I never did locate any relics or treasures.", [5] = "55049764-0-10382 The more I consider the implications, the more I wonder about the nature of these strange scrolls. Before I give them to the scribe of White Ridge Barrow, I really must get Stibbons to peruse them.", [6] = "55049764-7-10382 Stibbons has a way of dropping a fetcherfly into the honey. It's a gift, I suppose. Don't worry. I'll figure out how to extract him from those webs … after I enjoy another cup of tea.\n\nSafe travels, my friend.", }, }, ["8290981-0-76775 Mehdbeq"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-48015 Stay here. I'll examine Stibbons's spice pouch and see if I can pick up his trail."] = { }, ["204987124-0-48013 Do you know a man named Stibbons? Have you seen him?"] = { ["200879108-0-48015 Stibbons? He's in league with the spiders! Why else don't they force him to dance? He went to join his spider masters, but he dropped his spice pouch just over there. Oh no! Do you think it's full of spiders? \n\nWhat should I do? What should I do?"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48011 Spiders took the other mages?"] = { ["200879108-0-48013 Spiders, yes! Please, you have to rescue them! The spiders make them dance, but nobody can dance forever.\n\nI'd go back, but I can't. I don't dance, you understand? I won't dance! Why do the spiders want us to dance, anyway? It makes no sense!"] = "", }, ["228103012-0-48011 Calm down. Are you one of the mages working for Lady Laurent?"] = { ["200879108-0-48011 The overbearing Breton? She's working with the spiders, isn't she? She knew!\n\nShe knew the spiders would take my friends. She knew they would make them dance. I had to run, you see, I had to! I don't want to dance! I don't know how!"] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-48013 Spiders, yes! Please, you have to rescue them! The spiders make them dance, but nobody can dance forever.\n\nI'd go back, but I can't. I don't dance, you understand? I won't dance! Why do the spiders want us to dance, anyway? It makes no sense!"] = { ["204987124-0-48013 Do you know a man named Stibbons? Have you seen him?"] = "", }, ["55049764-0-10383 Poor Stibbons. I suppose we'll get blamed for this, too.\n\nI really hate working for that nasty Breton woman."] = { }, ["200879108-0-48015 Stibbons? He's in league with the spiders! Why else don't they force him to dance? He went to join his spider masters, but he dropped his spice pouch just over there. Oh no! Do you think it's full of spiders? \n\nWhat should I do? What should I do?"] = { ["204987124-0-48015 Stay here. I'll examine Stibbons's spice pouch and see if I can pick up his trail."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48011 The overbearing Breton? She's working with the spiders, isn't she? She knew!\n\nShe knew the spiders would take my friends. She knew they would make them dance. I had to run, you see, I had to! I don't want to dance! I don't know how!"] = { ["204987124-0-48011 Spiders took the other mages?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-10383 That was terrifying. I never want to see another spider again.\n\nPerhaps I'll take some dance lessons, though. Just in case."] = { }, ["55049764-2-10383 Keep away from me! I won't let you turn me over to the spiders! No, no, I'm not going to dance for those … things!"] = { }, ["55049764-3-10383 I don't want to go back. No, no, I can't go back. You can't make me go back!"] = { ["228103012-0-48011 Calm down. Are you one of the mages working for Lady Laurent?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-10383 I don't want to go back. No, no, I can't go back. You can't make me go back!", [2] = "55049764-2-10383 Keep away from me! I won't let you turn me over to the spiders! No, no, I'm not going to dance for those … things!", [3] = "55049764-1-10383 That was terrifying. I never want to see another spider again.\n\nPerhaps I'll take some dance lessons, though. Just in case.", [4] = "55049764-0-10383 Poor Stibbons. I suppose we'll get blamed for this, too.\n\nI really hate working for that nasty Breton woman.", }, }, ["8290981-0-76785 Dralane Elarven"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-48464 Are you hearing something?"] = { ["200879108-0-48464 The spiders. Those damned spiders. They … they talk to me. They want me to dance!\n\nMustn't … I mustn't dance for them. That would be … bad …."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48466 Go? Go where?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-48464 Why do the spiders want you to dance?"] = { ["200879108-0-48466 Why do you think? No! Don't think! That's when they get you … they crawl into your mind. Don't let them … argh!\n\nI must go now."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-3-10441 Mustn't … listen. The spiders … have to block out the spiders."] = { }, ["55049764-2-10441 No. I won't listen. I won't listen! Leave me alone, spiders!"] = { ["228103012-0-48464 Are you hearing something?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48466 Why do you think? No! Don't think! That's when they get you … they crawl into your mind. Don't let them … argh!\n\nI must go now."] = { ["204987124-0-48466 Go? Go where?"] = "", }, ["55049764-0-10441 Interesting. Stibbons summoned forth webs with nary a spider in sight. I've always found Daedric magic to be fascinating.\n\nI wonder, do you think Lady Laurent will let me examine the scrolls long enough to learn a spell or two?"] = { }, ["200879108-0-48464 The spiders. Those damned spiders. They … they talk to me. They want me to dance!\n\nMustn't … I mustn't dance for them. That would be … bad …."] = { ["204987124-0-48464 Why do the spiders want you to dance?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-10441 Well, that was certainly the oddest experience I've ever had. Not the most terrifying, of course, but certainly the oddest.\n\nIf you think this was bad, I have a word of advice. Never enter a temple of Mehrunes Dagon without a proper sacrifice."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-10441 Mustn't … listen. The spiders … have to block out the spiders.", [2] = "55049764-2-10441 No. I won't listen. I won't listen! Leave me alone, spiders!", [3] = "55049764-1-10441 Well, that was certainly the oddest experience I've ever had. Not the most terrifying, of course, but certainly the oddest.\n\nIf you think this was bad, I have a word of advice. Never enter a temple of Mehrunes Dagon without a proper sacrifice.", [4] = "55049764-0-10441 Interesting. Stibbons summoned forth webs with nary a spider in sight. I've always found Daedric magic to be fascinating.\n\nI wonder, do you think Lady Laurent will let me examine the scrolls long enough to learn a spell or two?", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-1272 Bal Fell"] = { ["191999749-0-7511 Lady Clarisse Laurent"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-48488 Sounds like a plan."] = { }, ["228103012-0-48485 A workshop? What kind of a workshop?"] = { ["200879108-0-48485 Alchemy, from the looks of it, though I see a few components related to Daedric magic.\n\nDead spiders, vials, various alchemical components … this must be how these mind spiders were created. They certainly don't appear to be natural creatures."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48485 Do you notice anything else?"] = { ["200879108-0-48486 The notes in this journal … they refer to different kinds of spiders. Mind spiders, we already know about them. It also lists \"pack spiders,\" \"light spiders,\" and \"exploding spiders.\" How exciting!\n\nSomeone is making spiders of nefarious purpose!"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-48486 What does all this have to do with Stibbons and the missing mages?"] = { ["200879108-0-48488 The journal indicates that victims controlled by the mind spiders are needed for some sort of Daedric ritual. We need to find whoever is performing this ritual and you need to make them stop. Then I can lead Stibbons and the others to safety."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-48485 Alchemy, from the looks of it, though I see a few components related to Daedric magic.\n\nDead spiders, vials, various alchemical components … this must be how these mind spiders were created. They certainly don't appear to be natural creatures."] = { ["204987124-0-48485 Do you notice anything else?"] = "", }, ["55049764-2-10382 Now this is intriguing! Someone set up a little workshop in these ruins."] = { ["228103012-0-48485 A workshop? What kind of a workshop?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48488 The journal indicates that victims controlled by the mind spiders are needed for some sort of Daedric ritual. We need to find whoever is performing this ritual and you need to make them stop. Then I can lead Stibbons and the others to safety."] = { ["204987124-0-48488 Sounds like a plan."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-48486 The notes in this journal … they refer to different kinds of spiders. Mind spiders, we already know about them. It also lists \"pack spiders,\" \"light spiders,\" and \"exploding spiders.\" How exciting!\n\nSomeone is making spiders of nefarious purpose!"] = { ["204987124-0-48486 What does all this have to do with Stibbons and the missing mages?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-2-10382 Now this is intriguing! Someone set up a little workshop in these ruins.", }, }, }, }, }, }