- "So I had this little affair going on while I was betrothed to a beautiful girl named Svidi. Well, she finds out and she tells her brother, Wulfur. Then her brother attacks me with a knife... I mean, I had to defend myself!"
- ―Sibbi Black-Briar[src]
The Lover's Requital is a quest available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in which the Dragonborn must locate Svidi for Sibbi Black-Briar after Svidi ran away from their wedding.
Objectives[]
- Discover Svidi's whereabouts
- Tell Sibbi Black-Briar about Lynly or lie to Sibbi Black-Briar about Lynly
Walkthrough[]
Either bribe or persuade the guard at the door in the jail in order to see Sibbi if not already done so. In the Riften jail, speak to Sibbi Black-Briar.
Sibbi will say that he wants Svidi dead. When pressed for details, he will explain that he was due to marry her but was romantic with another woman at the same time. Once Svidi found out, she confronted Sibbi, he then threatened to kill her, out of fear she sent her brother to confront Sibbi, who then killed her brother. Either agree to help him or refuse.
Svidi is the bard in Vilemyr Inn, Ivarstead where she is working under the name of Lynly Star-Sung. Speak to her and say, "Your real name is Svidi, isn't it?" Then, either intimidate or persuade her to tell the truth depending on the Dragonborn's level of skill in Speech. She will say that Sibbi is lying and that her brother did not have a weapon. She will say that she is afraid that the Dragonborn will tell Sibbi of her whereabouts. Go back to Riften jail and either tell Sibbi about her or lie to him. Whichever way the Dragonborn completes the quest, Sibbi will provide a key to a chest at the foot of the stairs to the basement of the Black-Briar Meadery that can only be unlocked with this key.
Journal[]
| The Lover's Requital – FreeformRiften02 | |
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| ID | Journal Entry |
| 20 |
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| 30 |
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| 200 |
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Bugs[]
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This section contains bugs related to The Lover's Requital. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:
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- PC PS3 After talking to Lynly Star-Sung, Sibbi Black-Briar might be found in the cell next to his original cell. Waiting a few hours (4) seems to fix this.
- After you wait some hours when he is at the wrong cell and he will be back he might not be able to speak to you. Go to the last autosave and unlock the door. If you are with the guild you can clear your bounty and if you aren't you will be taken to outside the jail. But when you come in again the door is open, then go talk to Sibbi.
- PC PS3 After talking to Lynly Star-Sung, Sibbi Black-Briar is sometimes sitting in the chair on the left-hand side of the cell bars, or sleeping, and the player might not be able to highlight and speak to him. This can be fixed by waiting outside the jail until Sibbi is walking around or by picking the lock of the cell door to enter the cell and talk to him.
- After talking to Lynly Star-Sung and arriving at the Riften Jail at night, Sibbi may be found sleeping. However, if you "wait" in front of his cell until morning he may have, ironically, got out of bed on the wrong side and be stuck inside the wall behind the hanging flag.