Sleeping in someone else's house didn't seem to be a problem. I guess some merchants don't get much time for bed. I snuck out in the morning and took a Silt Strider back to Balmora, but not before a local told me about a strange man nearby. I might investigate if I return there again. Eydis rewarded me for my trouble in Suran, and told me about a bounty on an Orc in the city named Dura gra-Bol. I asked around to find her house, went it, and asked her if she was indeed my target. After she confirmed it, I slew her and collected my reward. No need to trifle about. Eydis said she didn't have any more work for me at my current rank, so I decided to head over to Vivec and see what was available there. On the way there, I came across a clearing filled with Netch.
Some herders lived there, and told me about their trade. It was quite a sight. Shortly after, I came upon the massive city of Vivec. It's constructed of several gargantuan temple-like buildings called cantons, placed upon the water and connected by bridges and tunnels. The first one I saw, and the one I was looking for, housed the foreign quarter.
After getting used to the layout a bit, I found the Fighters Guild and met Lorbumol gro-Aglakh, an Orc with some guild work. He asked me to retrieve a ring from another Orc named Nar, who had failed to deliver it properly. I found him in the Hlaalu Canton, and he was willing to give me the ring after I greased the hinges a bit. I returned it to Lorbumol, and was disappointed to find my reward was as much as I spent on the bribe. Money hasn't been a problem for me though, and doing this task was enough to make me a Protector, so I didn't mind. Lorbumol gave me another task, to silence Tongue-Toad, an Argonian currently in Ald'ruhn. It was night time when I left Vivec by Silt Strider and morning when I arrived in Balmora. I didn't get much sleep, and decided to keep going. I met back up with Eydis, who gave me a new job, to deal with some Orcs bothering a man named Alof who lived near Pelagiad. I trekked north towards Ald'ruhn. On the way, I was asked by a Redguard named Pemenie to escort her to Gnaar Mok. It wasn't too far off my current path, so I agreed. Eventually the path spit, and I went west, shortly coming upon Gnaar Mok, another coastal village.
Pemenie and thanked me with a pair of magic boots. They made me incredibly fast, but also completely blind while wearing them, unfortunately. Quite a cruel trick. They might be useful in some situations, though. I backtracked to the fork in the road and headed North. On the way, I met another person in need, an Argonian named Rasha who asked me to deliver some goods to Ald'ruhn, where I would be paid for the effort. I agreed since that's where I was headed, and soon came upon a town that looked unlike any I'd seen in this land before.
I decided to take care of the shipment first, and found a Clothier which turned out to be the wrong one. The owner Bevene told me about some work though; a local named Ienas had failed to fully pay for a purchase. I told her I would do what I could, and found Bivale's shop, which was the one I was looking for. To my surprise, she also told me about a debt that Ienas had failed to pay her. After delivering the supplies, I went around and asked other shop owners, and sure enough, three others were owed money by Ienas. I confronted him, but he did not respond to threats of violence, which are my specialty, and didn't seem receptive to a bribe either. I went back to one of the merchants, an Enchanter named Llether, and bought a magic scroll to charm Ienas. It seemed to do the trick, and a little more money convinced him to give me back the goods so I could return them to the shopkeepers. They paid me about as much as I spent on the scroll and bribe, but at least the town was a better place. I found Tongue-Toad at the pub, and he talked me into letting him leave instead of killing him. I wasn't looking forward to a fight anyway, since it appeared that several in the bar had his back. I took a Silt Strider back to Balmora, and am now in the Fighters Guild, about to go to sleep.
