Tamriel Rebuilt:Academic Contraband

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Enforce the Company's monopoly on Dwemer goods. Quest Giver: Lora Avis Location(s): Firewatch, East Empire Company Prerequisite Quest: The Messenger Reward: 150 gold OR 200 gold ID: TR_m1_EEC_Lora2

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Lora Avis in the Firewatch company hall about academic contraband.
2. Either:
3. Search Odunia Hare's house for evidence.
4. Speak to Professor Hare in her College of Firewatch lecture room about buy a Dwemer artifact with 75+ disposition.
5. Confront Odunia Hare with your evidence.
6. (Optional) Demand 80 gold in travel expenses from Odunia Hare.
7. (Optional) Check the evidence with Barra'tho in Helnim's Imperial Archaeological Society building.
8. Return to Lora Avis for 150 gold, or 200 gold if you checked the evidence.

Detailed Walkthrough

Lora Avis has a task concerning the enforcement of the East Empire Company's monopoly on the trade in Dwemer goods. It appears that a professor at the College of Firewatch is in breach of that monopoly, having been selling Dwemer artifacts without authorization. Lora requests that you investigate the professor - one Odunia Hare. She suggests either searching the professor's home or by getting her to incriminate herself in her lecture room in the college building. You do not need to take both approaches - either works.

Odunia Hare's house is next to Firewatch's southern gate, and you'll have to breach the lock somehow. The evidence you need is in one of the crates on the first floor - Professor Hare's Coherer. Once you have it, speak to Odunia Hare in the college and accuse Odunia Hare.

Alternatively, you can approach Odunia Hare in her lecture room and ask to buy a Dwemer artifact, in your best not-a-cop voice. With 75+ disposition, she will agree to sell you one for 80 gold. You'll need to pay this to unlock the topic accuse Odunia Hare.

Either way, once you accuse her, Odunia will panic, and claim that the artifacts she's been selling are cheap replicas made by a pawnbroker rather than the real deal. You can insist on reporting her activities to the East Empire Company, or ask How can I be sure these are fakes? to obtain the location of an academic who can verify that what she has sold you is fake. If you pick this latter option, you can additionally insist that Odunia cover your travel costs to this location for 80 gold from the impoverished academic.

You can now return to Lora Avis to complete the quest - if you wish. Claiming that the artifacts she has been selling without evidence are forgeries will net you 150 gold, although Lora is skeptical. 150 gold also comes your way if you claim that the artifacts being sold were real, and Odunia Hare is additionally placed in jail.

If, however, you obtained a method of verifying the authenticity of Hare's artifacts from Hare, you can instead travel to Helnim to investigate. Find Barra'tho in the Imperial Archaelogical Society building and ask him about academic contraband. He'll confirm that the artifact is a fake - a shoddy one. You can return now to Lora Avis to relay this information, and receive 200 gold for your efforts.

Quest Stages

Academic Contraband (TR_m1_EEC_Lora2)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Lora Avis told me of rumors that she's been hearing about Professor Odunia Hare. The professor may be selling Dwemer artifacts without the permission of the East Empire Company, which demands investigation. I was asked to begin my search by speaking with Professor Hare at the college, or by investigating her home.
12		I spoke to Professor Hare, but she denied selling Dwemer artifacts.
20		Professor Hare offered to sell me Dwemer artifacts.
21		I've purchased a Dwemer artifact from Professor Hare.
22		I found a Dwemer coherer in Professor Hare's house.
25		I confronted Professor Hare about the Dwemer artifacts. She claims that they're fake, which isn't a crime. She asked me to take the artifact to an expert at the Imperial Archaeological Society offices in Helnim for confirmation.
27		I've agreed to go to Helnim to see if these Dwemer artifacts as fakes as Professor Hare claims.
28		The IAS people in Helnim said I should get the artifacts checked by a Khajiit named Barra'tho.
29		Barra'tho looked at Hare's artifact and confirmed that it is a forgery.
30	Finishes quest	I returned to Lora and told her that Professor Hare has been trying to pass of forgeries as legitimate Dwemer artifacts. The professor will be fined for this.
35	Finishes quest	I returned to Lora and told her that Professor Hare has been illegally selling artifacts. The professor will be arrested for this.

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