Tamriel Rebuilt:Buying Time

Recent shipping delays require some savvy negotiation.

Quest Giver:	Cano
Location(s):	Old Ebonheart, East Empire Company: Offices
Reward:	Between -400 and +1,000 gold If 1,000 gold, also rewards Limeware Platter
Disposition:	+5 or +10 or +15 (Cano)
Reputation Gain:	+5 (East Empire Company) OR +10 (East Empire Company) and +1 (general) OR +10 (East Empire Company) and +2 (general)
ID:	TR_m3_EEC_Cano3, TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_a, TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_b, TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_c
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Old Ebonheart's merchants are losing business

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak to Cano in the Old Ebonheart East Empire Company: Offices about assignment and shipping delays.
2. (Optional) Speak to Quilmaro and Zenurie Mondette for advice.
3. (Optional) Speak to other EEC employees for hints.
4. In any order:
   • Find Jodald at The Salty Futtocks in Old Ebonheart, and either:
     • Offer 600 drakes in compensation.
     • Offer 400 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
     • Offer 200 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
     • If you have been cleared to offload scrib jerky valued at 500 drakes, you may offer to sell this for...:
       • free.
       • 200 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
       • 400 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
   • Find Yaguz gro-Dhaluk at his clothier store, and either:
     • Offer 1,000 drakes in compensation.
     • Offer 700 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
     • Offer 600 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
     • If you have spoken to Zenurie Mondette about Yaguz gro-Dhaluk, you may offer a shipment of jewelry valued at 800 drakes for...:
       • free.
       • 400 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
       • 700 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
   • Find Wayrian Eulorius at his Mystical Emporium, and either:
     • Offer 800 drakes in compensation.
     • Offer 500 drakes in compensation (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
     • Offer 400 drakes in compensation (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
     • If you have heard of the Fighter's Guild's soul gem problem...
       1. Buy soul gems valued at 800 drakes from Sharnoga gra-Mal at the Guild of Fighters for 200 drakes.
       2. Offer this new crate to Wayrian for...
          • free.
          • 200 drakes (requires 40+ disposition and 15+ Mercantile).
          • 400 drakes (requires 80+ disposition and 45+ Mercantile).
5. Return to Cano to report your expenditure.
6. If you spent more than 2,000 in compensation, pay Cano the difference.

Detailed Walkthrough

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Notes

• You have a 2,000 drake budget for compensation in this quest - any excessive expenditure will be reclaimed from your own pocket.
• You will receive half of any savings you make on that 2,000 budget as a reward.
• Making the full 2,000 savings gains you 2 general reputation points, while making any savings at all gains you 1.
• Lorindil, or any East Empire Company basement worker will discuss the scrib jerky topic if asked with 40+ disposition.
• While Nyshu gro-Nasdakh is named by one EEC guard as a likely source of intel, he does not have any more information than others in the basement.
• Any Fighters Guild member in the East Empire Company building can tip you off as to the soul gems available in their guild building.
• Jodald will always reject the crate of flin option proposed by Zenurie Mondette, as it's unpopular with his clientele.

Quest Stages

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Cano has asked me to inform three merchants in Old Ebonheart about shipping delays: Yaguz gro-Dhaluk, Wayrian Eulorius, and Jodald. The Company has set aside 2000 drakes for me to cover these merchants' losses; I can keep half of whatever's left as a reward. Cano suggested I ask around the office for advice before proceeding.
20		Quilmaro recommended that I try and pay the merchants in goods, not gold, to cover their losses on the Company's shipping delays. He suggested I ask Zenurie Mondette if we have any goods these merchants want.
30		Zenurie Mondette said I could offer Jodald a 200-drake shipment of flin.
190		As I spent a total of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldDelays drakes, meaning %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward over my original budget, Cano wants me to cover the difference out of my own pocket.
200	Finishes quest	With the shipping delays handled, Cano let me keep %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward drakes as a reward.
210	Finishes quest	I paid Cano his %TR_m3_EEC_GoldReward drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_a)
100		Zenurie Mondette suggested that instead of gold, I offer Yaguz gro-Dhaluk an incoming shipment of Cyrodilic jewelry worth 800 drakes.
200		To compensate Yaguz gro-Dhaluk for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldYaguz drakes.
205		To compensate Yaguz gro-Dhaluk for our shipping delays, I gave him our Cyrodilic jewelry at a loss of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldYaguz drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_b)
20		A mercenary at the Company hall mentioned that the Fighters Guild was looking to offload some excess soul gems.
30		Sharnoga gra-Mal says the Fighters Guild has a surplus of quality soul gems worth 800 drakes. Just to get rid of them, she's willing to sell to the Company at 200 drakes.
100		On the East Empire Company's behalf, I bought the Fighters Guild's soul gems for 200 drakes.
200		To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldWayrian drakes.
205		To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him the Fighters Guild soul gems for free.
210		To compensate Wayrian Eulorius for our shipping delays, I gave him the Fighters Guild soul gems for %TR_m3_EEC_GoldWayrian drakes.
Buying Time (TR_m3_EEC_Cano3_c)
10		The Company basement smells like scrib jerky. I've been asked to get permission from Mette Black-Briar or Quilmaro to sell it off.
100		Instead of gold, %Name said I could give Jodald our surplus of scrib jerky, which is worth 500 drakes.
200		To compensate Jodald for our shipping delays, I gave him %TR_m3_EEC_GoldJodald drakes.
205		To compensate Jodald for our shipping delays, I gave him our scrib jerky surplus at a loss of %TR_m3_EEC_GoldJodald drakes.

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