Tribunal:Speak to the People

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Learn of the local rumors surrounding the recent death of the previous king. Quest Giver: Tienius Delitian at the Royal Palace Location(s): Royal Palace, Great Bazaar, Godsreach Prerequisite Quest: Hunt the Dark Brotherhood Next Quest: A Temple Informant Reward: None Disposition: +10 (Tienius Delitian) ID: TR05_People (also: TR05_People_Ravani) Difficulty: Low

Tienius is worried about what people think...

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak with Tienius Delitian in the Royal Palace Throne Room after you kill the Dark Brotherhood leader.
2. Agree to help find out the source of the rumors about the death of King Llethan.
3. Talk to people and Guards in Mournhold until you receive the information related to Helseth's poisonings.
4. Return to Tienius with the information.
5. Retrieve a copy of The Common Tongue (there's one on the ground in the Great Bazaar).
6. Return to Tienius with the paper.

Detailed Walkthrough

Tienius Delitian

Speak with Tienius Delitian in the Royal Palace Throne Room upstairs from the Royal Palace Reception area. He'll ask you to help find out the recent rumors about the death of King Llethan. You are to gain their trust, as he puts it, and see what they speak about (you may need as high as a 100 disposition in order to find out).

Find Some Rumors

Talk to people in Mournhold about King Llethan's Death. Among a number of things you'll hear one related to King Helseth poisoning the former King. You should receive a journal entry telling you to report back to Tienius.

Return to Tienius Delitian

Returning to Tienius, he takes the information you have about the possible poisoning and wants more info. In particular, he wants you to find a copy of The Common Tongue, a publication that recently has been circulating critical articles about the new King. (Due to a bug, the quest finishes at this point; you aren't actually required to go find a copy of The Common Tongue and return it to him.)

The Common Tongue

There are several copies of The Common Tongue. You can find one lying on the ground next to a merchant stall in the Great Bazaar, just northwest from the exit from the Plaza. Two other copies can be found at The Winged Guar, the tavern in Godsreach. One is inside, on the counter, and the other one is outside, on the second floor balcony. There are also many other copies in shops and houses throughout Mournhold.

An issue of The Common Tongue

Tienius Again

Return the paper to Tienius who will thank you and ask you for further assistance.

Notes

• If you try to talk to him before you have finished the Hunt the Dark Brotherhood quest, Tienieus will just laugh at you.
• You can skip this series of quests by talking to Fedris Hler in the Temple and performing Almalexia's quests instead. When you complete An Attack on Mournhold any of the quests A Temple Informant, Disloyalty Among the Guards, Evidence of Conspiracy, Muckraking Journalist or Queen Barenziah that you have not already completed will be forever inaccessible, as you will be directed to King Hlaalu Helseth who will start the An Assassination Attempt quest.
• The new King is pretty nonchalant about killing the opposition and using poison in particular. See A Game at Dinner for an interesting story.

Bugs

• This quest will finish early, after you tell Tienius about The Common Tongue the first time (stage 100). He will still ask you to go find a copy of it and bring it back, but when you speak with him again, he will start talking about the next quest (A Temple Informant), whether or not you have actually brought him a copy of The Common Tongue.
  • After bringing back a copy of The Common Tongue, if you speak to Tienius about official matters, the topic King Helsing's Death will come back up. Asking about that topic will close the quest properly.
  • If that does not work, you can use the console command Journal TR05_People 110 to mark this quest as complete and remove it from the active quest list in your journal.

Quest Stages

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Speak to the People (TR05_People)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
1		Tienius Delitian, Helseth's Captain of the Guards, wants to know the source of rumors about King Llethan's death. I will have to speak to people, and earn their trust, then see how they speak about King Llethan's death.
50		Someone told me of reading in a broadside sheet called "The Common Tongue" that Helseth poisoned many people in the West. The suggestion seems to be that Helseth has poisoned Athyn Llethan. I should report this to Tienius Delitian.
100		I told Tienius Delitian that a possible source of rumors about King Llethan's death was a broadside sheet called "The Common Tongue".
110	Finishes quest	I gave Tienius Delitian a copy of "The Common Tongue", a possible source of rumors about King Llethan's death. Tienius Delitian seemed pleased with my work. He will mention my loyal services and exceptional qualities to King Helseth, and he says he might find further employment for me.
Speak to the People (TR05_People_Ravani)
1		Ravani Llethan, King Llethan's widow, told me she read in a broadside sheet called 'The Common Tongue' that Helseth poisoned many people in the West. From this the suggestion is that Helseth has poisoned her husband, Athyn Llethan.

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