Oblivion:Hauls-Ropes-Faster

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Hauls-Ropes-Faster (RefID: 000976C8)
Home City	Anvil
Location	The Serpent's Wake
Race	Argonian	Gender	Male
Level	10	Class	Pirate
RefID	000976C8	BaseID	0000A297
Services
Available	Never (due to glitch) 12am-1am (If in The Fo'c's'le, 4am-6am)
Training	Athletics, Advanced
Other Information
Health	102	Magicka	54
Responsibility	50	Aggression	5
Faction(s)	Anvil - The Serpent's Wake; Anvil - Fo'c's'le; Anvil Citizen; AltVoiceFaction

RemasteredOblivion

Hauls-Ropes-Faster in The Flowing Bowl

Hauls-Ropes-Faster in The Flowing Bowl

Hauls-Ropes-Faster is an Argonian pirate in the crew of The Serpent's Wake, which is currently docked in Anvil for refitting. Like the other crew from the ship, he spends his nights at The Fo'c's'le. He is supposed to be an advanced trainer in Athletics, but only offers a referral to the master trainer with skill of 70 or above. In Oblivion Remastered, he offers training as originally intended.

A true pirate in every sense of the word, Hauls-Ropes-Faster spends his nights partying and drinking and practically never sees the light of day. He sleeps the entire day away and doesn't get out of bed before 6pm, where he immediately enters The Flowing Bowl to eat and drink for six hours. When the clock strikes 12am he will either return to The Fo'c's'le or take a midnight stroll along the dockside. At 1am, he engages in a fist fight with fellow pirate Thurindil in front of the Harborside Warehouse. He keeps on fighting until 4am, when he will once again enter The Fo'c's'le for 2 hours of wandering around, before finally going to bed at 6am for a whopping 12 hours of sleep.

He is armed with an iron dagger and carries the key to Fo'c's'le as well as a small amount of gold. His attire consists of typical lower class clothing: an olive vest, a pair of oiled linen shoes and belted braies.

Quest-related Events

Athletics Training

Hauls-Ropes-Faster only offers Athletics training in Oblivion Remastered; in the original version, he is bugged and offers no services. In both versions, however, if your Athletics skill level is over 70, he will refer you to Rusia Bradus for further training:

Training

"I can't teach you anything you don't already know. But there is someone who might be able to... You'd never know it by looking at her, but Rusia Bradus did a lot of traveling in her younger days. She must have been in pretty good shape."

If you ask him about training again, he will simply remind you:

Training

"You should track down Rusia Bradus in Anvil, and see if she can teach you anything more."

Dialogue

When you meet him for the first time, he will introduce himself;

"They call me 'Hauls-Ropes-Faster'. I don't care. They can't pronounce my Black Marsh name, anyway."

When asked about Anvil, he will imply that he offers training;

Anvil

"You are stupid if you come to chatter. If you want to train, and you pay me, then that is not so stupid."

He shares the other residents' opinion of Thurindil;

Thurindil

"Touched by the gods. He hears things. Who knows? He's happy... let him be."

RemasteredOblivion

Thurindil fights Hauls-Ropes-Faster while Krognak gro-Brok looks on

Thurindil fights Hauls-Ropes-Faster while Krognak gro-Brok looks on

Rumors

The other residents of Anvil can sometimes be heard talking about his athletic ability:

"For someone who drinks so much, Hauls-Ropes-Faster is in peak physical condition. You could learn a lot from him."

"Hauls-Ropes-Faster can run faster than anyone I've ever seen. Of course, he can't often walk a straight line."

"He's an odd one. Drinks like a fish, but runs like a rabbit."

"He's in great shape, that's for sure. Maybe he could teach me something about his training regimen."

Bugs

• He is defined as an advanced trainer but none of his AI packages allow him to offer services.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch, version 1.0.0, fixes this bug.
  • This bug is fixed in Oblivion Remastered.