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Help Retainer Balver brew a tincture for his superior Llaro Ralas. Zone: Telvanni Peninsula Quest Giver: Retainer Balver Location(s): Telvanni Peninsula Reward: Seeker's Almalexia Deck Fragment Average Leveled Gold XP Gain: Standard XP

Help Retainer Balver brew a tincture for Llaro Ralas.

Balver Bemis, a retainer of House Telvanni, asked me to collect some gristly ingredients from across the Telvanni Peninsula to help him brew a tincture for his superior, Llaro Ralas.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Retainer Balver.
2. Collect ingredients.
3. Meet with Balver.
4. Deliver Tincture to Llaro Ralas.

Detailed Walkthrough

Retainer Balver can first be encountered along the roads of the peninsula, where he will call out to you:

Retainer Balver: "You there! You look like a capable forager! I need some help. Can we talk?"

Speak with him to see what he wants:

"Thank the ancestors you stopped!
Right. Well. I'm in a bit of a predicament here. I need to collect ingredients for a medicinal tincture, and I simply don't have time. I need someone to help."

A medicinal tincture?

"Ah yes! I am Balver Bemis, retainer to Oathman Llaro Ralas of House Telvanni.
Llaro suffers from beastly headaches, and I'm making a tincture to address his malady. I need some hard-to-attain ingredients. If you aid me, I'll pay you well."

What are these ingredients?

"I need the musk gland of a bull netch—I spotted some netch remains around Kemel-Ze. Also, a plant called the volcanic stinkhorn, from near Sailenmora. And lastly, fungal blooms from a dead shroom beetle. The best ones skitter around Tel Dreloth."

All right I'll get those ingredients.

After you agree to collect the reagents, you can ask Balver some more questions:

"Once you collect the ingredients, I'll make the necessary preparations at my work station in Ald Isra. You know, getting the viscosity right and all that."

Tell me about these ingredients.

"Well, they're vital to the recipe. I don't want to bore you with the details, but the stinkhorn provides a binding catalyst, while the bull netch musk gland balances the humors. They're very important. Yes, definitely."

And the fungal blooms from the beetles?

"They provide a nutty, hay-like flavor. Covers up the bitterness of the brew, you see."

Tell me about Oathman Llaro.

"He's a very … demanding individual, even at the best of times. Commands with an iron fist, you know? And when these headaches strike, he is positively tyrannical."

And this tincture will cure those headaches?

"Yes, yes. I think it will address his malady fully. I mean, I hope so. He's terrible when he's like this."

Once you have collected the three ingredients, you can head to Ald Isra where Balver will be waiting for you at the outdoor alchemical lab.

Retainer Balver: "Ah, welcome! You returned at just the right moment. I assume you brought the ingredients?"

Speak with him to hand them over:

"Ah, excellent! Yes, I see you've found the remaining ingredients. Knew you could do it. Knew you could! Give them to me, if you please. Everything else is prepared."

Here you go.

"Well done. Hmm. Yes, just needs a bit of finessing. Brilliant. Should be all ready now to give to Oathman Llaro.
May I ask one more favor? Could you give it to him in my stead? Last I saw him, he was meeting with Spellwright Varsva."

What will you be doing in the meantime?

"Oh, you know. The usual. Cleaning this, tossing that. Busy, busy!
I also, uh … I need to avoid the mushrooms. Yes, that's it—the mushrooms. All those spores in that area are murder on the sinuses!"

[Alchemy] You know, I'm familiar with these ingredients. They're toxic.

"What? In large doses perhaps, but ….
Oh, all right. It's poison. But understand, Llaro is dreadful! A violent bully, totally unfit for his station! You'd be doing a favor to all House Telvanni. It is up to you, but please, deliver the tincture."

What happens if I tell him?

"You wouldn't! Would you? No, please. If you did it would be very dire for me. And maybe you too. I wouldn't recommend that option. In fact, perish the thought of it all together!"

Right …. So, what is it you do for Oathman Llaro, exactly? / So what do you do for Oathman Llaro exactly?

"To be honest, I try to keep a good distance from Oathman Llaro. I do some apothecary work for him and gather any ingredients he needs for his own work. But best not to get underfoot. He's a yeller, you know."

Do you talk to him about how he treats you?

"B'vek, never! I could never …. He would strike me dead for speaking out of turn. With spells and such!
I mostly keep my head down and stay out of his way whenever possible. That's why you should deliver the tincture, not me."

You can now deliver the tincture to Llaro or complete the optional step Talk to Edril Athren

Edril Athren: "Saw you talking with Retainer Balver. He's up to something. Perhaps old Edril can help you find out, eh? For the proper price."

Who are you?

Edril Athren: "Edril Athren. I serve Retainer Balver. But that's not important. Like I said, Balver is up to something. Stinks. Maybe some coin will help me remember what it was."

If you choose to intimidate Edril she'll say:

Edril Athren: "Fine, fine! Balver is always up late writing. His journal will have the answers. It is in the basement of the Retainer's Billet. Now, leave me be!"

If you break into the Retainer's Billet to read the journal and then tell Balver you know that he's trying to poison Llaro, he will promise to take the blame if you're caught while making excuses that Llaro is a bully with bad taste in clothes and begging you to deliver the poison without telling Llaro.

If you return to Balver after getting him to admit the truth about the tincture:

"You're not going to, ehm- tell him about this, are you?"

You can then head across Ald Isra to deliver the tincture, and you have the option of telling the truth about it if you are aware. This will affect how things ago.

In the case that you warn Oathman Llaro beforehand, he will have Spellwright Varsva summon Retainer Balver before them:

Oathman Llaro: "Hah! Well, Spellwright. If you will, do the honors and bring the accused poisoner to us!"

Spellwright Varsva: "I take no orders from you, Oathman. But my duty to House Telvanni demands I summon the offender to us."

<Spellwright Varsva casts a spell and in a flash of red light, Retainer Balver is suspended in the air with chains.>

Retainer Balver: "What? How? No. This is some sort of mistake!"

Oathman Llaro: "Not even the courage to deliver the poison yourself! Balver Bemis, you are a cretin to the last breath!"

Speaking with him after this:

"Why would you? You know what this means, right?"

If you then speak with Oathman Llaro, he will say

Oathman Llaro: "I suppose some gesture of appreciation is in order. Here, have some coin. I hope that will cover the costs of dealing with this fool, even if you did help him in his scheme."

Glad I could help

Oathman Llaro: "Right. Just another day of service to House Telvanni. These attempts aren't uncommon, so I must always be on my guard. I just need to make an example of those who try to kill me. And fail."

After completing the quest and receiving your reward he'll continue:

Oathman Llaro: "Well, I suppose I should start searching for a new retainer. Someone who won't try to poison me, for instance. Especially not in front of a spellwright."

So what happens now?

Oathman Llaro: "Now? Now, I deal with this poltroon and get back to business. Being an Oathman is such a headache."

On the other hand, if you don't say anything about the tincture and hand it over, the following happens:

<Oathman Llaro snatches the tincture from you and guzzles it down, immediately after he falls down dead. Spellwright Varsva kneels beside the body.>

Spellwright Varsva: "Careless fool. Didn't even take a whiff before guzzling down a vial from a stranger. Well, I suppose his seat is empty now. I wonder who will claim it?"

<Retainer Balver approaches quickly.>

Retainer Balver: "It worked? It worked! Is he …? Oh, he is quite dead. Good! Ah ha! I did it! Ahem. I mean we did it! Thank you so much!"

Talk to Balver to complete the quest:

"It feels as though a great weight has been lifted from my chest."

Looks like your poison worked.

"I can't thank you enough for playing your part. You did wonderfully and I am freed from my terrible predicament now!
I don't know how to repay you. Or wait, I do. Here's the coin I promised."

With the quest completed, Spellwright Varsva will speak to Balver:

Spellwright Varsva: "Well, we need a replacement. By the power granted me by House Telvanni, I bestow upon you, Balver Bemis, the rank of Oathman. Now begone, before someone poisons you."

Retainer Balver: "Oathman! Well, if you say so, Spellwright! I promise to bring pride and glory to House Telvanni!"

Speaking with him after completing the quest:

"Oathman Balver Bemis. I like the sound of that, don't you? You were instrumental in my ascent to my new station. If you need any favors from House Telvanni, well, ask Spellwright Varsva. But I can guarantee you, I'll put in a good word for you."

So what do you plan to do now?

"You know, I hadn't thought about it. Frankly, I didn't expect to get this far. I'll have to think about my next moves.
Yes, I'll be making moves. I feel a change coming. A big one!"

How did you know you could trust me to give him the poison?

"I didn't. I just hoped you wouldn't do it and it seems as though I was right. I shudder to think what might have happened had you sold me out."

Quest Stages

Llaro's Headache
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	Balver says that I will find the bull netch musk gland near Kemel-Ze, fungal blooms from a shroom beetle around Tel Dreloth, and a plant called the volcanic stinkhorn east of Sailenmora. Objective: Gather Musk Gland Objective: Gather Fungal Blooms Objective: Gather Volcanic Stinkhorn
	I gathered the ingredients. I should deliver them to Retainer Balver in Ald Isra. Objective: Talk to Balver
	Balver asked me to deliver the tincture personally to Oathman Llaro. Objective: Give Llaro the Tincture Optional Step: Talk to Edril Athren Optional Step: Read Retainer Balver's Journal Optional Step: Confront Retainer Balver Optional Step: Warn Oathman Llaro of the Poison
Finishes quest	(If you choose to warn Llaro) The tincture was poison, of course. I warned Oathman Llaro not to drink it. He said he would deal with Retainer Balver appropriately. Objective: Talk to Oathman Llaro
Finishes quest	(If you choose to give Llaro the poison) Even though I knew the tincture was in fact a poison, I gave it to Oathman Llaro, killing him the moment he drank it. Objective: Talk to Retainer Balver

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game 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.