Skyrim:Ghorza gra-Bagol

Ghorza gra-Bagol (RefID: 00019906)
Home City	Markarth
Location	Understone Keep
Store	Blacksmith's workshop north of The Hag's Cure
Race	Orc	Gender	Female
Level	6	Class	Blacksmith
RefID	00019906	BaseID	0001339A
Services
Training
Merchant ‡
Gold	1000 (+500 Investor; +1000 Master Trader)
Sells	See Standard Merchandise
Buys	Blacksmith (Animal Hides, Armor, Arrows, Ore/Ingots, Tools, Weapons)
Other Information
Health	50	Magicka	50
Stamina	50
Class Details	TrainerSmithingJourneyman
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Unaggressive
Marry	Yes
Voice Type	FemaleOrc
Faction(s)	CrimeFactionReach; During sieges, staff and family hide.; MarkarthCastleBlacksmithFaction; MarkarthGhorzaFaction; MarkarthKeepFaction; PotentialMarriageFaction; ServicesMarkarthBlacksmith; Skill Trainer; Smithing Trainer; TownMarkarthFaction

Ghorza gra-Bagol

Ghorza gra-Bagol is an Orc blacksmith in Markarth. Her brother is Moth gro-Bagol. She can be found during the day at the blacksmith's workshop near the Hag's Cure. If anything happens to her, her apprentice Tacitus Sallustius will take over her workshop.

If you retrieve a book about smithing for her, she will give you a free lesson in Smithing and become a potential candidate for marriage. She will also make you Blood-Kin to the Orcs, granting you access to all Orc strongholds, if you don't already have such access.

She wakes up at 8am and goes straight to the workshop with Tacitus. They work there until 8pm, when they return to Understone Keep for a four-hour dinner. Ghorza then sleeps there at midnight in a room she shares with her brother.

Ghorza wears a blacksmith's apron and a pair of shoes. She is equipped with an iron dagger and carries a selection of common items and gold.

Related Quests

• The Bonds of Matrimony: Find someone in Skyrim to marry.
• Skilled Apprenticeship: Retrieve a skill book for Ghorza gra-Bagol.

• This NPC is one of many potential quest givers or quest targets for one or more of the Radiant quests.

Dialogue

Her greetings:

"Need a new blade?"

"Got an axe here. Good for cleaving up Forsworn."

"How about some armor?"

"You'll want some thick armor if you're traveling the Reach alone."'

"Don't bother with Tacitus. Useless."

"You'd think an apprentice could forge a few hinges. Not Tacitus."

When spoken to:

Where'd you learn to smith?

"Grew up in a stronghold. Every Orc girl tended the forge at some point. But a girl has to grow up, and life in the stronghold asked for a lot in return, so I joined the Legion. Mastered my trade there."

You grew up in a stronghold?

"That's right. An Orc stronghold. Kept to ourselves. Lived as our ancestors would have wanted. Wasn't enough for me, though. I left. Didn't want to end up as the third wife of some lowly chieftain."

I need training in Smithing.

"It's an honorable craft. I'll show you what I can."

Upon ending conversation with her:

"Let me know if you need something forged."

"Back to making weapons."

Conversations

During your first visit to Markarth, you may hear her chiding Tacitus:

Ghorza: "Tacitus? What is this?"
Tacitus: "Uh, a nail?"
Ghorza: "Is that what you call it? In the Legion we would have called it 'useless.' Look how brittle the metal is!"
Tacitus: "I... I'm sorry. I just, well, the forge gets so hot and I thought...."
Ghorza: "You thought what? You would skip a step? Not heat the metal all the way through? Useless! Now do it again."

Sometimes she can be found instructing Tacitus:

Tacitus: "When will I learn how to forge weapons and armor? Isn't that my job?"
Ghorza: "Your job is to do what I say. And I say you have many nails and fittings to make before you even touch a blade. Now get to work."

Ghorza: "You strike your metal like a new mother giving her babe a light slap. Hit it harder."
Tacitus: "I'm sorry, Ghorza. I just... flinch, and uh...."
Ghorza: "If you can't pound the dusk out of your iron, it'll break when it's finished. Hit. It. Harder."

Quest-Related Dialogue

Skilled Apprenticeship

What's wrong with your apprentice?

"Tacitus? Boy's an Imperial. I keep showing him how to treat the iron, but he never gets it. In the Legion, the Imperial smiths used to read books when they couldn't set their hammers straight. Wisdom of the old, I guess. If you find a book called 'The Last Scabbard of Akrash,' could you bring it to me? Tacitus sure isn't learning by example."

I don't have time. Sorry.

"Fair enough."

I'll bring one if I find it.

"Thanks."

Once you've found the book she requested, you can give it to her:

Here's the book you wanted.

"Books. Don't know why the Imperials like these so much. This should help the boy, though, Malacath willing. Here, let me show you how an Orc learns to smith."

She will then give you a free training lesson in Smithing.

Unused Dialogue

An earlier iteration of Ghorza's quest reward dialogue can be found in the game's DialogueViews files. It notably uses Mauloch instead of Malacath. Mauloch is an alternate name for the Daedric Prince that's not commonly used:

"Books. Don't know why the Imperials like these so much. This should help the boy, though, Mauloch willing. Here, let me show you how an Orc learns to smith."

Standard Merchandise

This is the merchandise found in Ghorza's merchant chest. These items are only available if purchased from the merchant; they cannot be pickpocketed or stolen. They are restocked every two days.

Count	Item	Details
1	Complete leveled set of heavy armor (unmatched, unenchanted; Ebony is best possible)
1	Complete leveled set of light armor (unmatched, unenchanted; Glass is best possible)
1	Complete leveled set of weapons (one of each type incl. bow except dagger; unenchanted; Ebony is best possible)
50	Iron Arrows
10	Iron Ingots
10	Leathers
10	Leather Strips
~2	Leveled Armor (unenchanted)	Max 3 (3@75%)
~4	Leveled Arrows (batches of 15)	Max 5 (5@75%)
~0	Leveled Daggers (enchanted)	Max 2 (2@15%)
~3	Leveled Enchanted Armor	Max 4 (1@75% + 1@75% + 1@100% + 1@75%)
~2	Leveled Enchanted Jewelry	Max 2 (2@75%)
~3	Leveled Enchanted Weapons	Max 4 (1@75% + 1@75% + 1@100% + 1@75%)
~10	Leveled Ingots	Max 13 (13@75%)
~8	Leveled Ores/Charcoal	Max 10 (10@75%)
~2	Leveled Weapons (unenchanted)	Max 3 (3@75%)
1	Pickaxe
~1	Special items (armor or weapons; 33% chance of being enchanted)	Max 4 (1@100% + 3@10%)
~19	Leather or Leather Strips	Max 25 (25@75%)

Bugs

• When you talk to her, there may be an option to invest. When you select it, the only available option is to cancel the investment.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.1, fixes this bug.
  • You can kill Ghorza to get the investment option through Tacitus instead.
• Investing with Ghorza also grants you an extra 500 septims with Moth gro-Bagol, who cannot be invested in the normal way.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch, version 3.0.1, addresses this issue. Investing in Ghorza's shop will no longer add to Moth's investment pool in addition to her own.
• Sometimes, Ghorza will not serve as a Smithing trainer.