Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.9.97.24-20141101213743/@comment-45.53.227.200-20151116222707

KittyDeer wrote: People at a low level might want to start the main quest for Dragonborn early, So they probably don't wan't people getting ebony and glass items before they are of level and decided to mark him as essential. And I agree, he is a unique merchant and shouldn't be killed. They're also probably asuming thet if you're a master in the Pickpocket skill and you can pickpocket equiped items you're somewhere arounf the level of findng his armor and weopons in random chests.

At least I think... :D you may have a point about not wanting low level players to get ebony, but i made a Dunmer character and traveled to Solstheim at lvl 1 to "start the game in my home land" (worst decision i ever made, extremely hard, even on Novice). Anyway, by just chucking my companion into the room with the Draugr Deathlords during that quest where you find the Bloodskal Blade, he eventually killed them and i had an ebony war axe at lvl 1 :)