Morrowind:Ondres Nerano's Slanders

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Defend your House honor. Quest Giver: Athyn Sarethi in Ald'ruhn Location(s): Ald'ruhn, Balmora Prerequisite Quest: Clear Varvur Sarethi's Name Next Quest: Shurinbaal Reward: None Disposition: +10 (Athyn Sarethi) Reputation Gain: +5 (Redoran) ID: HR_HonorChallenge Required Rank: Lawman

Defeat Ondres Nerano in a duel

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Athyn Sarethi about duties.
2. Travel to Balmora and enter Nerano Manor.
3. Challenge Ondres Nerano to a duel and defeat him.
4. Return to Sarethi.

Detailed Walkthrough

Duties

Athyn Sarethi in his manor in Ald'ruhn will ask you to defend the House honor by challenging Ondres Nerano to a duel. Nerano is in his manor in Balmora.

The Duel

Travel to Balmora. Enter the Nerano Manor and talk to Ondres Nerano about slander and accept his challenge to a duel. You win if you knock him out, his health drops below 50, or he dies. In the event of his death, there will be no bounty as long as Nerano issued the challenge first.

Report back to Sarethi in Ald'ruhn to complete the quest.

Notes

• You may wish to avoid killing Nerano if you are a member of the Thieves Guild and have not yet completed the quest to steal the Nerano Manor Key, as the Thieves Guild will penalize you for killing him.
  • The Morrowind Code Patch has an option to allow stealing from knocked-out NPCs, thus giving you the opportunity to take his key if you knock him out and complete both quests in a single trip.
• Each time you choose not to challenge Nerano to a duel, his disposition towards you will drop by 10.
• If you murder Nerano, you will not receive the faction reputation award, and your Disposition to Athyn Sarethi will drop by 20.

Bugs

• If Nerano is dead before the quest starts, the quest cannot be completed, as there is no script that checks whether he is still alive.
  • The console command PlaceAtPC "Ondres Nerano", 1, 120, 0 can be used to revive him.

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.

Ondres Nerano's Slanders (HR_HonorChallenge)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Athyn Sarethi told me that a Hlaalu Noble, Ondres Nerano, has been slandering House Redoran. I must find Ondres Nerano in Balmora and challenge him to withdraw his statements.
50		Ondres Nerano challenged me to a duel, and I accepted.
70		I defeated Ondres Nerano in a duel.
80		Ondres Nerano withdrew his statements.
100	Finishes quest	Athyn Sarethi thanked me for restoring the honor of House Redoran.
200	Finishes quest	Athyn Sarethi accused me of murdering Ondres Nerano.

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