Recovering Cloudcleaver

Summary

 * Quest Giver: Hlormar Wine-Sot
 * Prerequisite Quest: None
 * Required Rank: None
 * Next Quest: None
 * Location: Roadside northwest of Caldera
 * Characters Involved: Hlormar Wine-Sot, Sosia Caristiana
 * Creatures: None
 * Reward:
 * Cloudcleaver or
 * Exclusive Restore Health
 * Quality Restore Fatigue
 * Quality Fortify Health
 * Disposition Increase: Strength +2

Quick Walkthrough

 * Find unclothed Hlormar standing on roadside northwest of Caldera.
 * Listen to his plight.
 * Agree to find the "witch" who stole Hlormar's Cloudcleaver and clothes.
 * Upon encountering Sosia Caristiana, listen to her story.
 * Decide whom to believe and what action to take.

The Barbarian
While traveling northwest from Caldera, the player encounters a barbarian clothed only in a loincloth. He explains to the player how he was drugged and robbed of his precious Cloudcleaver and most of his clothes by a witch he was trying to help. He asks if the player could help find the witch to retrieve his weapon and clothes. He indicates that her camp is somewhat northwest of his present location.

The Witch
As the player escorts the barbarian northwest on the road and follows the north path at the first intersection, the witch is located. She, of course, has a different story to tell than the one the barbarian told. She says she hired Hlormar as an escort for safety. After he became "too friendly," she taught him a lesson by casting a sleep spell on him and taking his possessions. She also says that he has not calmed down enough for her to return his possessions yet, but after three days she will meet him at the Caldera Mages Guild and return them then. He, of course, turns down that offer, so it is up to the player to decide whose side to take in this conflict.

Scenario One — Take Sosia's side

 * Hlormar will attack the player, and the player will be forced to kill him. Even though Hlormar is a bare-handed fighter, most any player carrying a weapon can take him down easily.
 * Sosia rewards the player.

Scenario Two — Take Hlormar's side

 * Hlormar will attack Sosia. The player may choose whether or not to help kill her.
 * Loot Sosia's corpse for the Cloudcleaver and return it to Hlormar.

Scenario One

 * Exclusive Restore Health
 * Quality Restore Fatigue
 * Quality Fortify Health

Scenario Two

 * Exclusive Restore Health
 * Quality Restore Fatigue
 * Quality Fortify Health
 * Disposition Increase: Strength +2 (taught by Hlormar)
 * Sosia's Steel Staff of Chastening
 * The Cloudcleaver (if the player also kills Hlormar)

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind