You can tell the Duke it was a pleasure doing business with him.

So kind of Muthsera Hlaalu to send along an errand runner. I do hope he gave you a fat purse to deliver, along with your message. It'd be so much easier to pack up, leave town, and forget everything I know with an extra 2000 drakes in my pocket.

So you'll cruelly leave me to my fate? To be beaten to death by these Camonna Tong thugs, or to starve to death on the road? I did not take you for a monster.

I'll be going now. Out of Narsis, out of Hlaalu Morrowind, and out of reach of the Camonna Tong.

Alright, you've made your point. I don't have a death wish. But... you may have noticed that there was a stack of gold in that chest. Exactly 1137 septims. I'm not going to get far without it. You've got a heart for telling me; will you be so generous as to give me those coins and I can be on my way? And the ledger too. I'd hate for it to fall into the wrong hands.

Suit yourself.

Heard of me, have you?

From the evidence you found, it sounds like Vaniken is stealing from the Fortuna. That means he's stealing from the casino bosses. We can't bring him in on a charge like that. If they find out, he'll be dead before he even gets a hearing. I hate to say it. but maybe you should warn him. He's pulled some risky grifts before, but this one has to be the riskiest.

From the evidence you found, it sounds like Vaniken is stealing from the Fortuna. That means he's stealing from the casino bosses. We can't bring him in on a charge like that. If they find out, he'll be dead before he even gets a hearing. I hate to say it. but maybe you should warn him. He's pulled some risky grifts before, but this one has to be the riskiest.

Try checking that back alley behind the Hlaalu Council Company warehouse in the Market Quarter. You might find some clue of what he's been up to.

You're looking into him for the Legion? I've been on his trail since he swindled some tourists out of their jewels in Old Ebonheart -- allegedly. I've only just caught up with him, but if he's pulling a grift here it's too subtle for my talents. All I've learned is that he sometimes leaves the Fortuna and goes to a back alley behind the Hlaalu Council Company warehouse in the Market Quarter. You might want to investigate that place.

For a Dark Elf famed for his sleight of hand, his play has been pretty disappointing. I'm done here.

Keep your games to the tables, n'wah.

That rat. The bosses will want to see this. Now get lost.

The dealer? What of him?

The Fortuna hired him because he was famous for his card-handling. It's an attraction for patrons, and the bosses thought that he could use his skills to weight the games in his favor. But his is one of the worst-performing tables in the casino. Some people think he's been stealing, but he insists that it's a run of bad luck, and he refuses to cheat to swindle patrons out of their money.

The Fortuna hired him because he was famous for his card-handling. It's an attraction for patrons, and the bosses thought that he could use his skills to weight the games in his favor. But his is one of the worst-performing tables in the casino. Some people think he's been stealing, but he insists that it's a run of bad luck, and he refuses to cheat to swindle patrons out of their money.

His table's just there, behind you.

He's one of the dealers here at the Fortuna. His table is on the upper mezzanine, near the bar.

He's one of the dealers here at the Fortuna. His table is on the upper mezzanine, near the bar.

You've been expelled. When you clear that up, then we can talk about this.

The Duke informed me he was pleased with how you resolved that situation.

The name is familiar. One of the Legion's agents came to Narsis recently on his trail. Apparently he's been swindling citizens up and down the Thirr out of their septims. Horatia Statilius is her name. She spends most of her time at the Fortuna, where Drath is employed, trying to catch him in his grift. I wonder what business the Duke of Narsis has with a casino dealer?

I would not have that name spoken again in my presence.

My sources report that he won't be causing problems for me any more. You have done your duty well. You may wear this cuirass as an honored member of my guard. And here is some gold as well, for your discretion.

My sources report that he won't be causing problems for me any more. You have done your duty well. You may wear this cuirass as an honored member of my guard. And here is some gold as well, for your discretion.

If you must know, he has been sending me some lurid threats and exorbitant demands. Unfortunately, the information on which he has been basing his blackmail is... verifiable. It connects me to the assassins who delivered us Galvus Pottreid. At the time I did not know of their intentions for our previous Proconsul, nor was I aware of their affiliations. I would not ordinarily concern myself with an unusually talented card sharp, but the knowledge he gleaned from me cannot be permitted to go any further.

Get rid of him. And I mean gone. I can't have a jailbird singing a tune, if you catch my drift. He's a dealer at the Fortuna. That's the casino on the Waterfront.