Oblivion:Varon Vamori

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Varon Vamori (RefID: 0002F082)
Home City	Bravil
House	Varon Vamori's House
Race	Dunmer	Gender	Male
Level	10	Class	Bard
RefID	0002F082	BaseID	0002991C
Services
Available	6am-8am, 9pm-12am every day
Training	Speechcraft, Advanced
Other Information
Health	89	Magicka	157
Respons.	40	Aggress.	10
Essential	Until Bravil Recommendation is completed
Faction(s)	Bravil; Thieves Guild (PickpocketPickpocket )

Varon Vamori in the Bravil Mages Guild Hall

Varon Vamori is a Dunmer bard living in Bravil. He's a member of the Thieves Guild, and quite the wordsmith. He offers advanced training in Speechcraft. His frustration over the lack of communication with his beloved Ardaline results in him stealing her Staff and selling it to his friends. During the related Recommendation quest, you'll have to sort things out

Varon has a secret crush on the shy Ardaline at the Mages Guild, but even though he's quite good with words, he just can't get through to her. He doesn't give up, though, and everyday at 8am, he spends two hours in the Guild, trying to tell her how he feels about her. After being rejected once again, he goes to the Silverhome on the Water, where he spends most of his day, wandering around and talking to the other regulars. He takes a break at 4pm, for an hour of praying to Dibella in the Great Chapel of Mara. After that, he spends yet another four hours at the Silverhome, before heading home at 9pm, wandering around his house until he goes to bed at midnight. He wakes up at 6am and spend the next two hours in the house, before going to the Guild and give Ardaline yet another go. He will only offer training when he spends time in his house.

He wields a fine steel shortsword and wears a burgundy linen shirt, a pair of matching linens and thick cowhide shoes. He also carries around his house key and and a considerable amount of gold.

His house is located right across the street from the Great Chapel of Mara and contains the usual random clutter and ingredients. As to be expected from a wordsmith, a considerable amount of books can be found, as well as a few bottles of Tamika's and Surilies' red wine. On the second floor, on a table near the stairs, he keeps a spare weapon; a rusty iron war axe.

The very first time you meet him he will greet by saying: "Yes. I am Varon Vamori. Wit and Wordsmith. Bravil's foremost bard and Advanced Trainer in Speechcraft." If you ask him about Bravil, he will recite one of his own poems, showing what he can do with words: "Old, worn and wicked. Wet, wounded, and wild. Empty as the eastern horizon, dusk on the Niben. Solemn and bitter as the grave." The citizens of Bravil are equally impressed with his speechcraft skills: "Varon Vamori really has a silver tongue." Even though they will admit he can be a bit strange: "Varon Vamori can be really charming. Of course, there’s something a bit odd about him as well."

His love, and frustration, towards Ardaline is quite obvious: "All I want is for her to care about me, to feel the same way as I do about her. But she doesn’t. I try and I try, and it just doesn’t matter. It makes me furious sometimes!", "I never laid a hand on her. Either in anger or…I’ve never hurt her, okay?" and "I was trying to tell her how I feel…again…and she wouldn’t even stop to talk to me. I just got so angry!" make it clear about his feelings. The townsfolk have also noticed his hopeless crush: "Seems to me that Ardaline has an admirer in Varon Vamori." and "Something strange is going on with Ardaline and Varon Vamori. I always see him hanging around her."

Being an advanced trainer, Varon can provide you with the necessary reference for the Speechcraft Master Training quest. Once your Speechcraft skill level reaches 70, speak to him and choose the "training" option, which will trigger the quest and this dialogue: "Have you ever heard one of Tandilwe's sermons at the Temple of the One? Goodness, that woman knows how to orate. You should consult her. I'm sure she can give you more training."

[edit] Related Quests

• Bravil Recommendation: Recover a fellow mage's staff to obtain a recommendation from Bravil.
• Speechcraft Training: Cyrodiil's master orator wants you to comfort the unfortunate to prove yourself worthy of her training.

[edit] Bugs

• Varon Vamori doesn't own his own bedroom door, so may sometimes be found locked inside his bedroom, trying to get out.