Oblivion:Knights of the White Stallion (quest)

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Contents 1 Quick Walkthrough 2 Detailed Walkthrough 2.1 The Target 2.2 The Black Bow Bandits 2.3 Become a Knight 3 Notes 4 Bugs 5 Journal Entries

Count Marius Caro offers to bestow the rank of Knight-Errant in the Knights of the White Stallion upon you and Mazoga if you kill Black Brugo.  edit Quest Giver: Count Marius Caro at Castle Leyawiin Location(s): Castle Leyawiin, Telepe Prerequisite Quest: Mazoga the Orc Next Quest: Black Bow Bandits (freeform quest, not in journal) Reward: Become a Knight-Errant of the Knights of the White Stallion, a Leyawiin guard's shield, and the keys to the White Stallion Lodge ID: MS92

Entrance of Telepe (beware of sentries).

[edit] Quick Walkthrough

1. Learn from the Count that there is a dangerous bandit he wants you to take care of. Speak with Mazoga for more information.
2. After speaking to Mazoga, you receive information about Brugo's hiding place in Telepe. Mazoga will wait in the Castle Hall until you ask her to follow you.
3. Travel to Telepe, and kill all the bandits. Lead Mazoga out of the ruins, and then she'll start back to the castle.
4. Report to Marius, and you'll become a Knight Errant of the Knights of the White Stallion. You also receive a shield and keys to the lodge.
5. Marius also promises a bounty of 100 gold for every Black Bow delivered to him.

[edit] Detailed Walkthrough

[edit] The Target

Speak to Count Marius Caro after completing Mazoga the Orc's quest to begin this quest. The Count wants you to kill an Orc outlaw named Black Brugo, chieftain of the Black Bow Bandits. He'll suggest speaking with Mazoga, who may have contacts with outlaws, due to her shadowy past.

Speak with Mazoga and you'll learn that she knows Brugo, that his hideout is an Ayleid ruin west of Leyawiin called Telepe, and that he visits there between midnight and 6:00 am (see Notes). Keep in mind, he may arrive early; sometimes shortly after 8:00 pm. Mazoga will wait in the Castle Hall until you ask her to follow you.

[edit] The Black Bow Bandits

Travel to Telepe (northwest of Leyawiin and a short distance southwest of the White Stallion Lodge) and kill Black Brugo and his gang. The ruins are quite small and contain two of Brugo's henchmen. Brugo and his friends Alonzo and Roxy Aric are located nearby after you enter, so the action begins quickly. They will enter the ruin, however. After killing him, be sure to take the key he carries. It unlocks an Ayleid Coffer in Telepe containing 300 gold and a quest-related note which you would otherwise have to pick open.

After the battle, Mazoga is quite excited that she'll soon be a real knight, even though she apparently does not know how to be one or even what a knight-errant is, and says she'll meet you in the Castle Hall. Note that before she starts travelling on her own, you will first have to lead her outside and away from the ruins.

[edit] Become a Knight

Report to Marius to become a Knight-Errant of the Knights of the White Stallion, receive a Leyawiin guard's shield and the key to White Stallion Lodge. He also promises a bounty of 100 gold for every Black Bow you deliver to him.

If you speak to Mazoga after this, she will tell you that she will be at the White Stallion Lodge, after which she leaves the Castle Hall and then Leyawiin itself.

After the quest, Mazoga will say "I'm gonna go get me some black bows. Tag along if you like." This initiates the freeform quest Black Bow Bandits.

[edit] Notes

• The black bows you retrieve from the bandits are quite good and you won't find better bows until Dwarven bows appear at level 6. If you are into archery you might want to keep one for yourself, at least until you find better equipment. Also remember that the count will pay you more for black bows (100 gold) than any merchant (base price is 70 gold).
• You can enter Telepe during hours which Brugo is not there to thin the herd and make it easier. This may be required for Mazoga to survive, depending on your character's level.
• If you do not need the help, you can speak to Mazoga and ask her to wait for you to ensure her survival. If you tell Mazoga to wait while on route to Telepe, and continue on your own, you may have trouble finding her again later unless you set a blue map marker at her location - it may be best to leave her inside the Leyawiin castle. The count will still make her a knight together with you, even though she did not really do anything.
• If Mazoga gets killed while in the ruins, it will not affect the outcome of the quest. Once you complete the quest, the messenger from Marius apparently feels happy in depositing the shield and keys on her corpse. You can go back to the cave and pick them up yourself, along with her armor.
• Provided all three bandits are alive, they will show up at Telepe every night some time after 8:00 pm. If the player is in the dungeon at midnight on Middas, Brugo will open the gate and then retrieve his gold around 2:00 am.
• You can take advantage of the AI in order to cheat a little. Clear out the cave before Black Brugo arrives and then hide in the hallway behind the door, with the door left open. When Black Brugo and his gang arrive they will go into the north room and push the button, but instead of opening the door, it will close. You can then use your arrows or spells to lay waste to the Black Brugo gang, as none of them are smart enough to pull out their bows and they cannot figure out how to get through the door.
• Another trick is to wait outside the doors of the ruin until 6:00 am then Black Brugo will come out with his two bodyguards, you can take them easily because they will come out one at a time.
• Black Bow Bandits keep respawning. So you can revisit Telepe if you would like to collect more Black Bows to cash in with Count Marius Caro. The main Black Bow Bandit base is Rockmilk Cave, where you can typically find 17 Black Bows (many of whom will be conveniently killed for you by the Marauders who are also present).
• After completing this quest, the White Stallion Lodge is a safe and free house. The chests do not respawn and your friendly Orc roommate, if she survived, only eats the food.
• As you have to visit Telepe at night you can obtain the Shield of Shezarr Greater Power from the Shezarr Heaven Stone, which is just north of Telepe.
• Mazoga will confusingly initially tell the player that Brugo will be at Telepe every night, then when asked any time afterwards, will indicate that Brugo will be there on Middas.

[edit] Bugs

• For several different reasons, Brugo will often fail to retrieve his gold and instead wander randomly around Telepe. To resolve the issue, open the gate manually if Brugo hasn't done so already, leave the dungeon, and Wait one hour or longer and he should resume his normal schedule.
• If either Roxy or Alonzo are dead, Brugo will only go to Telepe at midnight on Middas instead of every night, as he's supposed to. If this happens, look for him a bit north of Telepe. You'll find him wandering around there.

[edit] Journal Entries

Knights of the White Stallion (MS92)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Count Marius Caro of Leyawiin has offered to make Mazoga and myself Knights-Errant of the White Stallion if we find and kill the Orc named Black Brugo, chieftain of the Black Bow Bandits.
20		To locate Black Brugo, the Count suggested I should ask Mazoga, who might have contacts among outlaws.
30		Mazoga knows Black Brugo, and has a plan to ambush him. Black Brugo visits his gang's hideout to collect his share of the loot every night between midnight and six in the morning. The hideout is an Ayleid ruin west of Leyawiin called Telepe. Mazoga offered to help me find and kill Black Brugo. She will wait in the Castle Hall until I ask her to follow me.
32		(no entry; Mazoga starts MazogaFollowToTelepe)
35		Mazoga was reluctant to betray a former associate, but she says, sooner or later, Black Brugo visits a hideout west of Leyawiin called Telepe.
80		Black Brugo is dead. I must report to Marius Caro and become a Knight-Errant of the White Stallion.
100	0	The Count praised me for killing Black Brugo. He has made me Knight-Errant of the Order of the White Stallion, and has given me a guard's shield bearing the heraldry of Count Leyawiin, and the key to White Stallion Lodge on the western shores of the Niben River. The Count also asked me to find and kill any remaining members of the Black Bow Bandits, and promised a bounty of 100 gold for every Black Bow I deliver to him.
105	0	Mazoga is dead. Now I'll never know how to find Black Brugo.
110	0	The Count praised us for killing Black Brugo. He has made Mazoga and me Knights-Errant of the Order of the White Stallion, and has given us guard's shields bearing the heraldry of Count Leyawiin, and keys to White Stallion Lodge on the western shores of the Niben River. The Count also asked us to find and kill any remaining members of the Black Bow Bandits, and promised a bounty of 100 gold for every Black Bow we deliver to him.
120		(no entry; player told Mazoga she's a knight)
130		(no entry; player told Mazoga he's a knight and she gets nothing)

Notes

• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in random order.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage MS92 stage. Where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages. See SetStage for more information.

Prev:  Mazoga the Orc

Next: Black Bow Bandits (freeform quest, not in journal)