Tamriel Rebuilt:A Spy in Firewatch

Get rid of Vaneris Theneria, the Telvanni spy. Quest Giver: Joslin Stoinles in Bal Oyra Location(s): Firewatch Prerequisite Quest: Killing the Messenger Next Quest: To Catch a Spy Reward: 20-100 gold Disposition: Possible +5 (Vaneris Theneria) ID: TR_m1_wil_KtM_2b

Zeroing in on the spy

Deprecated Content

• This quest was removed on the 22.11 release of the mod in late 2022, and cannot be encountered in that release or later.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Ask Joslin Stoinles about Vaneris Theneria.
2. Travel to Firewatch and deal with Vaneria.
3. Return to Bal Oyra for your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough

The Encrypted Message you found in the previous quest fingered Vaneris Theneria in the Firewatch chapter of the Mages Guild as a traitor. If you ask Joslin Stoinles, in The Black Ogre Tavern, Bal Oyra, about her, she will tell you that Theneria must be removed one way or another.

The fastest route to Firewatch is through the Guild Guide, found in the keep's basement. You then have two ways of dealing with Theneria. The obvious way is to kill her, which can be tricky as several other guild members are nearby. The alternative is to talk to her and persuade her to leave town. If you take the latter approach, Theneria will give you 50 gold as a thank you and disappear next time you leave the guild. If you kill her then talk to Gindaman, the head of the local guild, he expresses skepticism that she was a spy, and tells you that House Telvanni had tried to kill her on several occasions.

However she is removed, return to Joslin and talk to her again. If you killed Theneria, or lie to Joslin about having done so, she will reward you with 50 gold. If you let her escape and admit this to Joslin, she will be disappointed that you would disobey her but still reward you with 20 gold.

Notes

• If you let Theneria go, admit this to Stoine, and are ranked Warlock or higher, you receive no gold reward, although she will praise your wisdom rather than expressing disappointment. The same applies if you are a Wizard or higher and take one of the other options.

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.

A Spy in Firewatch (TR_m1_wil_KtM_2b)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Joslin Stoinles has told me that Vaneris Theneria is a Telvanni spy in Firewatch. She has asked that I dispose of the spy by any means necessary.
20		I have been told that Vaneris Theneria can be found in the Mages Guild.
100		I have told Vaneris Theneria that she has been fingered as a Telvanni spy. Furthermore I have allowed her to escape in exchange for 50 Septims.
101		I have killed Vaneris Theneria; I should report my success to Joslin Stoinles in Bal Oyra.
150		I have informed Gindaman, the ranking Mages Guild member in Firewatch, that I killed Vaneris Theneria because she was a spy. He expressed some doubt as to her involvement with House Telvanni.
200	Finishes quest	I have told Joslin Stoinles about the demise of the Telvanni agent in Firewatch, but she was quite disappointed, as she is no longer sure Vaneris Theneria was a Telvanni agent. She suggests that there is another task I can aid her with to clear up this matter.
201	Finishes quest	When I told Joslin Stoinles about the demise of the Telvanni agent in Firewatch she was quite disappointed, as she no longer believes that Vaneris Theneria is a spy. I decided to hide the fact that I allowed Vaneris Theneria escape. Joslin Stoinles would like to enlist my aid for another task.
202	Finishes quest	I told Joslin Stoinles the truth about letting Vaneris Theneria escape. Joslin Stoinles was glad that she is still alive because she no longer believes Vaneris Theneria is a spy. She was, however, very disappointed that I would behave so rashly as to disobey her command. Even so she wants me to continue helping her.

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