Florentius Baenius

"I once killed thirty vampires with my bare hands"

- Florentius

 is an Imperial and a priest of Arkay. He also serves as a master level trainer in Restoration and an apothecary merchant to members of the Dawnguard.

Personality
Florentius Baenius is quite outspoken and loud in his interactions with others. Despite being a priest, he is no stranger to making wild claims about his prowess in combat.

Supposedly, the god of burials and funeral rites, Arkay converses with him regularly.

Bolstering The Ranks
Florentius Baenius is rescued from imprisonment in Ruunvald in the quest Bolstering The Ranks. He then agrees to return to Fort Dawnguard and aid the cause, which here is the first the Dragonborn witnesses Arkay and Florentius interacting.

Lost Relic
Florentius asks the Dragonborn to retrieve an ancient relic that once belonged to the Dawnguard of old. The artifact must be retrieved from a radiant location. This quest if offered a maximum of three times to obtain three different items.

When asked about the old Dawnguard, he gives quite a negative stance and remarks that they were not the noble defenders that people make them out to be. He believes they were no strangers to looting and pillaging homes and were even said to have hidden caches that bore their sigil. Suposedly, these caches can be opened using Sun Fire. Although these ancient caches don't exist, the modern day Dawnguard employ a similar method of hiding supply caches to members out in the field.

Wares
In addition to typical alchemic wares, Florentius also sell two rare spell tomes:
 * Stendarr's Aura
 * Vampire's Bane

Quests

 * Bolstering The Ranks
 * Lost Relic
 * Rescue

Trivia

 * If Florentius sees the Dragonborn change into the Beast Form in Ruunvald during the quest Bolstering the Ranks, he will become hostile and attack.
 * Various members of the Dawngaurd don't know if he really does speak to Arkay or not "I've never heard of a Divine directly speaking to someone before..." "...Maybe were just all a bit crazy to be here".

Bugs

 * After completing the main quest and going around asking everyone Dawnguard member if there is anything you can do to help, they will all say, "speak with Florentius, he has something for you." When you speak with him the dialogue option is not open to help. Often, this can be the result of already having a quest given by Florentius. The same bug can happen with Gunmar.

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard