Tamriel Rebuilt:Astien Lothaire

Astien Lothaire (TR_m3_q_Astien_Lothaire)
Added by	Tamriel Rebuilt
Home City	Old Ebonheart
Location	Sewers: Eastern Well (post-quest) Guild of Mages
Race	Breton	Gender	Male
Level	5	Class	Mage
Other Information
Health	50	Magicka	134
Alarm	0	Fight	30
Faction(s)	Mages Guild 1(Apprentice)

Astien Lothaire

Astien Lothaire is a Breton mage, the self-described "prodigy of Wayrest", and an over-confident apprentice of the Old Ebonheart Mages Guild. He is a heavy drinker, and a talented, if unconventional spellcaster, and two traits seem to combine in disastrous fashion. The quest concerning him involves tidying up after his numerous calamities. He only appears after starting the Mages Guild quest 'A Watery Fate', where he can be found stuck in the eastern well. If you help him out of his predicament, he returns to the mess hall of the Mages Guild.

He wears a uniquely-named robe and a pair of common shoes.

Aside from his natural bonus and resistance to magicka, and his ability to shield himself for short periods, he knows the following spells: Absorb Willpower, Alad's Caliginy, Blood Gift, Crushing Burden Touch, Dispel, Far Silence, First Barrier, Frost Shield, Great Burden of Sin, Great Resist Common Disease, Great Resist Fire, Great Resist Frost, Great Resist Magicka, Great Resist Shock, Greater Resist Poison, Heavy Burden, Hide, Invisibility, Iron Will, Magickguard, Poet's Whim, Powerwell, Rapid Regenerate, Reflect, Shadow Weave, Spell Absorption, Stamina, Strong Levitate, Tinur's Hoptoad, Weak Spelldrinker, and Weakness to Corprus Disease.

Related Quests

Mages Guild

• A Watery Fate: Track down a drunken mage.

Dialogue

• Greeting:

"Yes? Hello?"

Mages Guild: A Watery Fate

• Greetings:

"Hello, is there someone up there? Please help!"

• Hello?:

"Can you hear me? My name is Astien Lothaire, and I fell in here the other night. What? It's a long story! It was a stupid conjuration accident. Who knows how much time I've been sloshing around here in this cold water?"

• Continue:

"Hurry, and help me get out! I have been trying not to fall asleep and drown, but I don't think I can hold out much longer."

• [Say nothing.]:

"Hello?... probably just the wind, and maybe I'm still a little drunk. By Julianos, if I can't remember a useful spell soon, I'm going to die in here!" Goodbye

(After you have helped him out of the well):

"Hello there, %PCName! I've gotten out of the well, as you can see, and all thanks to you! I'll be naming my children after you! Someday. When I have them. Until then, maybe I can name a potion after you? That would be nice, right? I've got this potion that makes chairs fly that I think you'd love, and I--wait, where are you going? Don't you want to hear about the time I made the chairs fly in The Moth and Tiger...? It was quite the adventure--!" Goodbye

• conjuration accident:

"A foolish mishap. The other night, after a couple of drinks, I came to the well for some cool, refreshing water, but the crank proved too heavy for me. I am not a barbarian, after all, but a mage's apprentice, and not just any apprentice at that! I am Astien Lothaire, prodigy of Wayrest! At your service."

• Get on with it already!:

"So hasty! Fine. I am reluctant to admit as much, but I am stuck down here. Will you help me out?"

• I will get you out of there.:

"You will? Thank you, stranger! What do you suggest we do?"

• I will bring you a potion.:

"I don't mean to be rude, but I don't know who you are. As far as I know, you could be one of Delagia's thugs or, worse, another competing apprentice jealous of my talents. So no, I'm not drinking anything you drop down here!" (See other spell/magical item/nothing choices below)

• I will teach you a spell.:

"Ah ha! That must mean you are a superior rank mage. Is this a test? I'm ready for it. You will see I'm the best apprentice in Old Ebonheart!"

(If your Alteration ≥ 25):

• I will teach you a water breathing spell.:

"Yes, just like a slaughterfish, I'll ride the deep water tunnels under the well until I reach an exit. Water is just really thick air to a fish!"

• Continue:

(If your Alteration ≥ 40):

"It worked! Thank you, %PCRank! Don't worry about me, I'll just follow these waterways until I come out in the harbor. Go tell Arquebald Vene I'm okay!" Goodbye (He returns to the Mages Guild)

(If your Alteration < 40):

"Well, that was interesting! Maybe we invented a new kind of spell, but it definitely didn't help me breathe water. Let's try something else." (See other spell choices below)

• [Lie] I will teach you a water breathing spell. [Teach him a burden spell.]:

(If your Speechcraft ≥ 40):

"That makes sense, I guess. I'll just have to trust you on this one. I mean, you couldn't have gotten to %PCRank without knowing something, right? Let's see now..." Goodbye (He dies)

(If your Speechcraft < 40):

"Are you sure about this? I don't remember Arquebald EVER teaching us that way. No, I think we should try something else."

• We'll try something else.: (See other spell choices below)

• Sorry, I can't help you right now.:

"What? You're leaving? No! How will I get out of here? I mean, of course I will get out of here! This puzzle will not evade my superior intelligence's... erm, something... something-something. Wait, are you still up there? Hello...?" Goodbye

(If you know any of the following Mysticism spells):

• I will teach you a Divine Intervention spell.:

"Ah ha! The magic of the gods! Nothing can wrong in using such holy incantations..."

• Continue:

(If your Mysticism ≥ 45):

"So you make the holy symbol, and then you say the holy word, and -- ulp!" Goodbye (He returns to the Mages Guild)

(If your Mysticism < 45):

"I think I have it! No, wait, I don't have it. In fact, I think I -- oops, sorry!" Goodbye (You are teleported to the top of Ebon Tower)

• I will teach you an Almsivi Intervention spell.:

(If your Speechcraft ≥ 30):

"The magic of the native heathens? I guess that would be okay... They don't mind if I'm not a believer, right?"

• Continue:

(If your Mysticism ≥ 45):

"So you make the holy symbol, and then you say the holy word, and -- ulp!" Goodbye (He returns to the Mages Guild)

(If your Mysticism < 45):

"I think I have it! No, wait, I don't have it. In fact, I think I -- oops, sorry!" Goodbye (You are teleported to the top of Ebon Tower)

(If your Speechcraft < 30):

"The magic of the native heathens? Oh, no, no, no! Last time I visited one of their Temples, I, er, well, let's just say I didn't know that their holy water was definitely NOT wine like it is in Dibella's temples. So, no thank you! Isn't there an Aedric version of the spell...?"

• I will teach you a Divine Intervention spell, then.: (See identical responses above)

• I will teach you a Recall spell.:

"A Recall spell? Don't I have to have cast a Mark spell first for it to work?"

• Nevermind. Let's try something else.:

"Well, hurry up! I'm not getting any younger down here, you know! Or drier..." (See other potion/spell/magical item choices)

(If your Alteration ≥ 25):

• Lie] No. [Teach him a burden spell.]: (See "That makes sense, I guess..." and "Are you sure about this?" responses above)

• Let's try something else.:

"Well, hurry up! I'm not getting any younger down here, you know! Or drier..." (See other potion/spell/magical item choices)

• I will bring you a magical item to help.:

"Yes, of course, such a simple solution. Last week I saw that Zissicheeiva back at the guild had a beautiful Buoyancy Ring on sale. Go get it, and I can just swim my way out of here!" Goodbye

(If you have Zissicheeiva's Buoyancy Ring):

"Is that Zissicheeiva's Buoyancy Ring? Yes, that will work! I'll just take that and swim out of here to the harbor."

• Continue:

"Ah, I feel better already! I'll think I'll keep this ring. Who knows when I might need it again? What? You say it is yours? Oh, piffle, there's no time for such a petty argument! You just go tell Arquebald Vene that I'm okay!" Goodbye (He returns to the Mages Guild)

• I don't know. I can't help you right now.:

"What? You're leaving? No! How will I get out of here? I mean, of course I will get out of here! This puzzle will not evade my superior intelligence's... erm, something... something-something. Wait, are you still up there? Hello...?" Goodbye

• I can't do anything for you now.:

"What? You're leaving? No! How will I get out of here? I mean, of course I will get out of here! This puzzle will not evade my superior intelligence's... erm, something... something-something. Wait, are you still up there? Hello...?" Goodbye

• What happened then?:

"So, here I was, unable to turn the rusty well crank. What could I do? My superior intelligence started working..."

• What did your superior intelligence decide?:

"Ahem. My superior intelligence started working! Cast levitation on the bucket below, perhaps? Cast a feather spell on the crank handle to make it lighter? Both spells are too hard to pull off being that drunk however, even for me."

• [Continue listening.]:

"Fortify my own strength? An inelegant solution, not worthy of a Breton's talent. Then I remembered my Conjuration lessons: a telekinesis spell on the bucket would rapidly bring it up to my hands! Clever, isn't it?"

• Maybe...:

"However, for some reason, I mistook summoning for telekinesis. They must have given me the wrong ale. Normally my head is not turned so by alcohol! I cast the spell, but when a skeleton appeared by my side, it was so sudden, his glowing red eyes so scary, that I tripped and fell down here!"

• But telekinesis is a Mysticism spell...:

"I think I would know my magical schools! You are wrong, but it doesn't matter right now. That's my story and I am sticking to it, and I AM nearly drowning in here, remember?"

• I might be able to get you out of there.: (See "You will? Thank you, stranger!..." response above)

• I can't do anything for you now.: (See "What? You're leaving?..." response above)

• [Say nothing.]:

"Well, here I am now. But not for long!... Any suggestions?" (See potion/spell/magical item choices above)

• You're wasting my time.: (See "So hasty!..." response above)

• Enough of this.: (See "So hasty!..." response above)

• I don't have time for a story.: (See "So hasty!..." response above)

(If you have left and come back again):

"I've already told you that story! Haven't I? I have! Can't you help me out...?"

• I want to hear it again.: (See "So, here I was..." response above)

• I will get you out of there.: (See "You will? Thank you, stranger!..." response above)

• I can't do anything for you now.: (See "What? You're leaving?..." response above)