Skyrim:Erik the Slayer (quest)

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Help Erik to become an adventurer. Quest Giver: Erik ID: RoriksteadFreeform

Erik lamenting over his situation

Quick Walkthrough

1. Convince Mralki to allow Erik to become an adventurer.

Detailed Walkthrough

Erik can be found propositioning visitors of the Frostfruit Inn in the town of Rorikstead. Should the nature of his request be inquired, he will say that he wants to become an adventurer. Furthermore, Erik adds that his father is not willing to allow it and would like him to be persuaded to change his mind.

Mralki, Erik's father, is the innkeep of Frostfruit Inn and as such can often be found tending to the counter. A conversation with Mralki reveals that he can't afford to buy his son armor. An offering of gold to pay for armor to outfit Erik or some stern words is enough to change his mind. If your Speech isn't that high but your Pickpocketing is, you can pickpocket the gold back from him after offering to pay for Erik's armor.

Once Erik is informed of Mralki's new disposition he will say that perhaps one day stories of adventure can be swapped over a mug of ale. When you later visit him again, he will now be clad in armor and will be calling himself Erik the Slayer.

Notes

• If Erik isn't found inside of the inn, he may be farming nearby.
• This quest is a prerequisite to use Erik as a follower.
• Giving gold for the armor counts as a bribe towards the "Snake Tongue" achievement.

Quest Stages

Erik the Slayer (RoriksteadFreeform)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		(Objective is assigned): Talk to Mralki about Erik
20		(Objective is assigned): Return to Erik
30

• The following empty stages were omitted from the table: 0, 5 and 200

 

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• 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 any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• 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 RoriksteadFreeform 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, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest RoriksteadFreeform.