Morrowind:Master of Security

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Help Habasi find the security master in town. Quest Giver: Sugar-Lips Habasi in Balmora Location(s): Balmora Prerequisite Quest: Free New-Shoes Bragor Reward: Bounty Removed Disposition: +10 (Sugar-Lips Habasi) Reputation Gain: +5 (Thieves Guild) ID: TG_BalmoraDefenses Required Rank: None

The elusive master of security...

Quick Walkthrough

1. Chat with Sugar-Lips Habasi about jobs and Altmer.
2. Ask around town until you find the Master of Security that Habasi is seeking.
3. Convince Hecerinde to help secure the South Wall Cornerclub.
4. Return to Habasi to finish the quest.

Detailed Walkthrough

Job

Sugar-Lips Habasi in the South Wall Cornerclub in Balmora asks you to help her by locating a fellow Thieves Guild master of Security who is living in town so that he may help secure the South Wall Cornerclub. All that she knows is that he is an Altmer (High Elf), and suggests that you ask around since there are only a few Altmer living in Balmora.

Inquiries About Altmer in Town

Just about anyone in Balmora will be able to identify the six Altmer in town:

• Culumaire, at the Lucky Lockup.
• Estirdalin, at the Mages Guild.
• Imare, at the Hlaalu Council Manor.
• Nalcarya of White Haven, the Alchemist.
• Hecerinde, found in his house.
• Tyermaillin, found in his house.

It's a matter of some footwork to walk around and talk to each one, but you can eventually find out that Hecerinde is the security master.

A Chat with Hecerinde

Hecerinde is at his house in Balmora, on the east bank of the Odai River running through town, up on the north end. Chat with Hecerinde about security and South Wall and he'll admit to having neglected his duties to the Thieves Guild, agreeing to help Habasi with her request.

Return to Habasi

Return to Habasi with the news to complete the quest. If you have any bounties on your head at this time, she will reset your bounty back to zero.

At this point, she will have no further jobs for you in the Thieves Guild, and will refer you to Aengoth the Jeweler in Ald'ruhn or Big Helende in Sadrith Mora for further Thieves Guild jobs.

Notes

• Hecerinde is the master trainer in Security; he will train you if you're a member of the Thieves Guild with a ranking of Blackcap or above.
• Hecerinde's death changes the outcome of this quest, depending on when he is killed:
  • Killing Hecerinde before starting this quest skips it.
  • Killing him during stage 5 won't cause penalties. Habasi even has bit different dialogue.
  • Killing him during stage 50, before talking to him about South Wall, makes the quest impossible to finish.
  • Killing him during stage 50, after talking to him about South Wall, makes Habasi understandably upset with you. Her disposition towards you drops 20 points and you lose five points of Thieves Guild reputation.

Bugs

• If you talk to Hecerinde about 'South Wall' before joining the Thieves Guild, he will talk about being negligent towards the guild, and you will get the journal entry directing you to Sugar-Lips Habasi. Talking to her about 'South Wall' will complete this quest and prevent you from obtaining Habasi's earlier quests. This may prevent you from gaining sufficient faction reputation to advance to Master Thief.
  • The Morrowind Patch Project fixes this bug.

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.

Master of Security (TG_BalmoraDefenses)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
5		Sugar-Lips Habasi has a job for me that involves the South Wall and a master of security.
10		Sugar-Lips Habasi told me that one of the masters of locks and traps has been living here in Balmora, but has not contacted the Thieves Guild. I should find this Altmer and convince him to help secure the South Wall.
20		I was told that the only Altmer in town are Culumaire at the Lucky Lockup, Estirdalin at the Guild of Mages, Imare at the Hlaalu Council Manor, Nalcarya the Alchemist, and Hecerinde and Tyermaillin who both have residences in Balmora.
50		I convinced Hecerinde to help secure for the Thieves Guild in Balmora.
100	Finishes quest	Sugar-Lips Habasi thanked me for convincing Hecerinde to help secure the South Wall.
110	Finishes quest	Sugar-Lips Habasi was very upset that Hecerendi was dead. Habasi has no further jobs for me.

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