Tamriel Rebuilt:Slaves in Zarathil

Return some escaped Hlaalu slaves.

Quest Giver:	Antonius Rato at Tiger Hall
Location(s):	Hlerynhul
Reward:	None
ID:	TR_m7_IL_HL_Q3
Required Rank:	Any
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Zarathil

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Antonius Rato about orders.
2. Head to Zarathil, near Othmura. Meet with Mathas Irathyn, the slavecatcher House Hlaalu sent to assist with returning the slaves after you clear the cave of smugglers.
3. Kill all the smugglers inside of Zarathil, acquire the key to the slave pen from the bandit Banor Neris's corpse after you kill him at the end of the cave.
4. Open the slave pen. From here you can either:
   1. Go back to the slavecatcher and tell him the cave is clear for him. He will give you 100 gold as a bonus for helping him.
   2. Kill the slavecatcher outside and free the slaves in the cave.
5. No matter what you decide, the outcome with Antonius Rato is the same, you will get 200 gold as a reward and the same response either way.

Detailed Walkthrough

Returning to Hlerynhul, to Tiger Hall for new orders, Antonius Rato will tell you that your new orders are to track down some escaped slaves. Apparently they were hiding out in a cave called Zarathil, which is located near the city of Othmura. However, some smugglers moved into the cave and are now ransoming the slaves back to the Hlaalu. Your orders are specifically, facilitate the release of the slaves by dealing with the smugglers. House Hlaalu has dispatched a slavecatcher to the area. He will handle the return of the slaves.

Head over to Zarathil. Othmura is north of Hlerynhul, past Ald Iuval, on the coast of the river. You can follow the road from Hlerynhul straight to Othmura. When you walk through the front gate, you can walk into Muck-Raker's Hangout to the left of the front gate, and speak to Muck-Raker in front of you as soon as you enter the building, who you can ask about the location of Zarathil. He says:

Swim east to the opposite shore and follow it south a short distance. If you reach the plantation, you've gone too far. He mentions that there's been some weird activity around the cave lately, and he recommends steering clear of the cave.

Head straight over to Zarathil from Muck-Raker's Hangout. From Muck-Raker's Hangout, go straight east through the town, off the dock where a boat is parked, through some mushroom trees until you get to a road. Turn right and follow the road all the way to the plantation where the road ends. To the right of the plantation, off the road, is a small palisade of wood/small wooden fence, inside of that fence is Zarathil. The slavecatcher, Mathas Irathyn, will be standing outside it, so you'll know you're in the right place.

On speaking to Mathas, he says that you can kill or arrest them, it makes no difference to House Hlaalu. They just want the slaves back. Head inside of Zarathil.

On heading inside and down the natural stone formation into the cave, you'll run into several smugglers/bandits in the cave, just kill them all. At the end of the cave you'll find two bandits, Banor Nerus, who has the key to the slave pen, and Gaallus Macer who does not have a key.

Take the key from Banor Nerus and open up the slave pen. You can ask the slaves about escaped Hlaalu slaves. To complete your orders, you can just walk out of the cave and talk to the slavecatcher outside, who will give you a bonus 100 gold for being helpful, and then go back to Antonius Rato to complete the quest. Antonius will tell you:

I appreciate you handling this situation professionally. Our duty is to enforce the law. If you remember that, I can see you going far in the Legion. Now, something else has come up. I have new orders for you.

However, you can also set the slaves free after killing the Hlaalu slavecatcher. On returning to Antonius Rato for quest completion, he will state:

I appreciate you handling this situation professionally. Our duty is to enforce the law. If you remember that, I can see you going far in the Legion. Now, something else has come up. I have new orders for you.

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.

Slaves in Zarathil (TR_m7_IL_HL_Q3)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I have been ordered to assist with the return of some escaped Hlaalu slaves. They are being held ransom by smugglers in Zarathil. A Hlaalu slavecatcher will meet me there.
20		Mathas Irathyn, the Hlaalu slavecatcher sent to Zarathil, told me he would handle returning the slaves once I get rid of the smugglers.
30		The smugglers in Zarathil are dead.
33		I reported the deaths of the smugglers to Mathas Irathyn.
100	Finishes quest	I've reported back to Antonius Rato after having killed the smugglers in Zarathil. He did not inquire on the state of the escaped Hlaalu slaves.
110	Finishes quest	Antonius Rato gave me the reward for returning the escaped Hlaalu slaves. Since the smugglers were already dead he saw no reason to send me to Zarathil.

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