Oblivion:Palonirya

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Palonirya (RefID: 0001D207)
Home City	Imperial City
Store	Divine Elegance
Race	Altmer	Gender	Female
Level	10	Class	Clothier
RefID	0001D207	BaseID	00015EA8
Services
Available	8am-8pm every day
Training	Mercantile, Master
Merchant
Gold	1200	Mercantile	Expert (80)
Sells	Clothes Quicksilver Boots
Buys	Clothing
Other Information
Health	83	Magicka	250
Respons.	50	Aggress.	5
Faction(s)	IC Citizens

Palonirya

Palonirya is an Altmer clothier and proprietor of the fashionable clothing store Divine Elegance in the Imperial City's Market District. Palonirya sells clothes and provides master training in Mercantile. Her store is also the only place you can acquire the unique Quicksilver Boots.

She's well known as a brilliant clothing designer as well as a tough negotiator, and her designs are so popular even the counts and countesses around Cyrodiil wear them. Despite this, Palonirya keeps a relatively quiet existence, living the hard life of a merchant with much work and little spare time. She sleeps in the private quarters above the shop and wakes up every morning at 6am. She starts out with a two-hour breakfast in the main trading room before she unlocks the door for costumers at 8am. After offering her services for twelve full hours, she finally closes up shop at 8pm and leaves. On Morndas, Middas and Fredas, she heads to the Merchants Inn and takes her dinner with the other merchants and traders. On Tirdas, Turdas and Loredas, she leaves the Market District and takes a stroll around the Arboretum. On Sundas, she heads to the Green Emperor Way to secretly spend time with her love interest Sergius Verus. She always heads back to the shop and her bed at midnight.

Not surprisingly, her choice in clothing shows class: a red velvet outfit along with gold trimmed shoes. She carries around the shop key and a large amount of gold.

The first time you visit her in her shop, she will greet you: "You've come to Divine Elegance because you care about what you wear. And Palonirya has want you want... or no one has." When asked about the Imperial City, she will go into details: "Anyone can wear clothes. But the RIGHT clothes? That is not so easy. Go to any castle. They wear Palonirya's designs or they’re nobody."

When you have gathered the necessary prerequisites to approach her about training, she will give you the following philosophy and task you: "Training? Well, my dear, good business sense is just something that comes naturally to me. You've got to have the know-how, or else I can’t teach you anything at all. Do you have what it takes? Do you even know what it takes? Gold, that's what! Septims, and lots of them! Show me that you’ve got the starting capital, at least ten thousand in liquid assets." and "Show me that you can raise at least ten thousand gold for a business venturem and I’ll help you learn how to put it to good use." When you have found the amount of gold she requested, she will say: "Well, will you look at that. Quite a bit of gold you have there... so beautiful, isn't it? Perhaps you are capable of being a decent trader one day. Well, with that kind of money, anyone can be, after all. I shall be happy to impart you the knowledge I've gained over the years... for a price, of course. I wouldn't have it any other way."

The people of the Imperial City all have big respect for their resident clothier, even though the respect is more based on her bartering skills than her clothing:

• Wow. Palonirya is a tough negotiator. Hard to get her prices down.
• I don’t know that anyone in Cyrodiil drives a harder bargain than Palonirya at Divine Elegance.

The two advanced trainers in Mercantile also have nice things to say about Palonirya. In Leyawiin, Margarte will tell you the following: "If you’re looking to be the best in business, you need to learn from the best. Palanirya is one of the best, so you might try asking her. She has a very successful shop in the Market District of the Imperial City." In Chorrol, Seed-Neeus agrees: "Palanirya is one of the wealthiest traders in Cyrodiil. Her shop in the Imperial City is so succesful. If anyone can teach you more, she can."

[edit] Mercantile Master Training

The two advanced trainers who can give you the master training reference necessary to start this quest are Margarte and Seed-Neeus.

Palonirya only has one requirement before she will train you in Mercantile: you must possess over 10,000 gold. You only need to have the gold before she trains you for the first time. Even if you then spend all the gold, she will continue to provide training (as long as you have enough gold to pay for the training session)

[edit] Notes

• Palonirya is one of the characters affected by a well-known audio glitch.

[edit] Quest Stages

Mercantile Training (TrainingMercantile)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		I need to speak with Palonirya in the Imperial City if I want her help training my Mercantile skill.
20		I need to prove to Palonirya that I have what it takes to succeed in business by showing her at least ten thousand gold.
100	0	Palonirya has agreed to train me.
200	0	Palonirya is dead. I cannot be taught any more to improve my Mercantile skill

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 quest stage. Where quest is the internal name of the quest, and 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.