Skyrim:Minette Vinius

Minette Vinius (RefID: 000198A4)
Home City	Solitude
House	The Winking Skeever
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Level	1	Class	Child
RefID	000198A4	BaseID	0001329B
Other Information
Health	50	Magicka	0
Stamina	50
Race Details	Child
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Unaggressive
AdoptHF	Yes, if orphaned
Voice Type	FemaleChild
Faction(s)	CrimeFactionHaafingar; SolitudeWinkingSkeeverFaction; TownSolitudeFaction

Minette Vinius at The Winking Skeever

Minette Vinius is a Nord child who lives in Solitude in The Winking Skeever. She is the daughter of the inn's owner, Corpulus Vinius, and the sister of Sorex Vinius.

Minette wears blue colored child's clothes and a pair of shoes, and is equipped with a simple iron dagger. She carries a key to her father's inn, a selection of food and toys, and a small amount of gold. She spends her days playing outside with her friends Svari and Kayd.

Related Quests

• Hide and Seek: Play a round of Hide and Seek with some children in town. (radiant)
• Tag, you're it!: Play a round of Tag with the children of a city. (radiant)

Dialogue

When approached:

"Hey! Wanna play tag?"

"What's your name? Are you visiting? What do you do?"

"Papa says I won't see Roggvir any more, but he wouldn't tell me why not."

"My papa says I'm greg-gare-ree-yus, just like him! He says it means "smart," but my brother says he's wrong." (If Corpulus is alive)

"Papa used to say I was greg-gare-ree-yus, just like him. I miss him..." (If Corpulus is dead)

Conversations

If her father shares his thoughts about retirement with Sorex, Minette jumps right in and suggests she could run the inn, since Corpulus calls her "greg-gare-ree-yus", which according to him means "smart".

Corpulus Vinius: "It's been a good week, my boy! Loud customers mean good cheer, and good cheer means a full till! You know, I ought to retire and leave you to run the Skeever, son!"

Sorex Vinius: "I don't know, father... There's a whole world out there I want to see." / "You'd just spend your time here, bossing me around and yelling for more drinks. You're practically retired already..."

Minette Vinius: "I could run the Skeever! You even said I'm almost as smart as you!" / "Why not let me run the Skeever? I already know lots about it!"

Corpulus Vinius: "Don't be a silly girl! Running a bar's no job for a young lady." / "Hah! A girl running a bar? Don't be ridiculous, Minette!"

Minette Vinius: "What about 'Auntie Faida' in Dragon Bridge? She runs a bar, and you said she's one of your favorite girls!" / "But you always say you want more girls in the bar to begin with!"

Sorex Vinius: "Oh, brother..." / "Hah!"

Corpulus Vinius: "That's it! I'm not retiring, ever! End of discussion!" / "Well, you see, that's a little complicated, and... you know what? Never mind. Guess I'm not retiring anytime soon."

The following conversation can only happen between 5pm and 9pm:

Corpulus Vinius "Bring up some more mead, my boy. This cask's nearly tapped!"

Sorex Vinius "Yes, father. Which cask should we open?"

Corpulus Vinius: "Just bring any of them, lad! Can't risk thirsty customers without mead to drink, even for a second!" / "Any of them! Just hurry up! No time for a debate when customers are thirsty!"

Minette Vinius: "Bring the Blackbriar 195 Berry-Blend. It should be at its peak right now, and if it doesn't get served soon, it'll only go bad." / "We just got a cask of Old Gold 200 that has a crack in it. Better serve it now before it goes bad." / "Fat Toad 190 is always a crowd-pleaser. Father could probably charge extra."

Sorex Vinius: "Good idea, sis. Maybe you ought to be in charge!"

Corpulus Vinius: "Yes, yes, fine. Just hurry! Mustn't keep the customers thirsty!"

Notes

• Even though her father and brother are Imperials, she is a Nord, and she has a Breton name. However, her father's cousin is also a Nord.

Bugs

• She may claim to be orphaned and have the dialogue prompting the player to adopt her, even when her father is still alive.