Skyrim:Thane of the Pale

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Gain the title of Thane of the Pale. Quest Giver: Radiant Location(s): The Pale Prerequisite Quest: Kill the Giant or The Battle for Fort Dunstad or Season Unending Concurrent Quest: Making Friends and Influencing People Reward: Title of Thane, Blade of the Pale Disposition: =3 (quest giver) ID: Favor256

Become the Thane of the Pale

Radiant Options

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from either Skald or Brina Merilis, whichever is the Jarl of the Pale. The Jarl lives in The White Hall in Dawnstar.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Befriend the Jarl of the Pale.
2. Assist three people of the Pale.
3. Return to the jarl for your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

This is an umbrella quest for several other quests that must be completed if you wish to become Thane of the Pale. In order to receive this quest you must first aid the current Jarl. If Skald is Jarl of the Pale, then normally, you must first complete Waking Nightmare and then Kill the Giant in order to befriend him. If Skald was ousted from Dawnstar during Season Unending, and then reinstated after The Battle for Fort Dunstad, that will also befriend him. If Brina is Jarl of the Pale (whether she was installed via The Battle for Fort Dunstad or Season Unending), then she is automatically friendly to you.

Once you have completed the prerequisite, speak with the jarl again and he or she will ask you to assist the people of the hold. In order to assist the people of the hold, you must befriend three people who are citizens of the Pale. Usually you do this by completing favor quests on their behalf. All of the favor quests in the Pale are for people in Dawnstar, except for Aeri, who lives at Anga's Mill. Note that you can also befriend merchants if you have the Investor perk by investing in their stores.

The Pale Favor Quests

Highlighted quests can be easily completed without any skill use. If any citizen offers multiple favor quests, only the first completed one will count towards Thaneship.

Quest Giver	Giver Location	Quest	Objective(s)
Beitild	Dawnstar, Iron-Breaker Mine	Mine Ore: Get paid to mine ore. (radiant)
Captain Wayfinder	Dawnstar, The Sea Squall	Salty Sea-Dogs: Find some void salts for an inexperienced sea captain. (radiant)	Find the Fine-Cut Void Salts for Wayfinder Bring the Fine-Cut Void Salts to Wayfinder
Frida	Dawnstar, The Mortar and Pestle	Dungeon Delving: Do a favor by retrieving an item from a cave. (radiant)	Find Ring of Pure Mixtures inside <Alias=Dungeon> Return Ring of Pure Mixtures to Frida
Karl	Dawnstar, Iron-Breaker Mine	Quest all Drunks Have: Make a drunk dance for joy. (radiant)
Leigelf	Dawnstar, Quicksilver Mine	Mine Ore: Get paid to mine ore. (radiant)
Rustleif	Dawnstar, Rustleif's House	Rare Gifts: Do a favor by finding a rare item. (radiant)	Bring one Night Falls on Sentinel to Rustleif
Aeri	Anga's Mill, Aeri's House	Delivery: Deliver an item to an associate. (radiant)	Deliver Aeri's Note to Skald
		Chop Wood: Get paid to chop firewood. (radiant)

The Pale Stores

Investing 500 gold in certain stores will count towards Thaneship if you have not befriended the store's owner by other means.

Merchant Name	Store Name	Store Location	Merchandise
Frida	Dawnstar	The Mortar and Pestle	Apothecary
Rustleif; Seren	Dawnstar	Rustleif's House	Blacksmith

Reward

After helping three inhabitants, the journal tells you to return to the jarl. The Blade of the Pale is awarded along with the title. The Blade of the Pale is a randomly-leveled and randomly-enchanted sword. There is a 50% chance that it will be a sword, and a 50% chance it will be a greatsword. If you have Hearthfire installed, then Gregor will also be assigned to you as a housecarl.

Notes

• It is possible to become Thane of the Pale and receive a leveled Blade of Pale twice. First from Skald and then from Brina.

Quest Stages

Thane of the Pale (Favor256)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
20		Objective 15: Return to <Alias.ShortName=QuestGiver>

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 10, 25, 200.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage Favor256 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest Favor256.