Oblivion:Bittneld the Curse-Bringer

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Bittneld the Curse-Bringer (RefID: 0002BA85)
Home City	Chorrol
House	Castle Chorrol Barracks
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Level	PC+10	Class	Knight
RefID	0002BA85	BaseID	000234A7
Other Information
Health	53 + (5+2.6)x(PC+9), PC=1-5
Magicka	75 + 1.5x(PC+9) (max=250)
Responsibility	100	Aggression	5
Essential	Until Canvas the Castle is completed
Faction(s)	Chorrol Castle; Chorrol Citizen; Chorrol Guard

Bittneld the Curse-Bringer

Bittneld the Curse-Bringer is a Nord knight who is serving as Captain of the Guard in Chorrol. He has a little information for you during the Canvas the Castle quest. If you want, you can play matchmaker and fix him up with Emfrid, the publican at the Grey Mare.

After waking up at 6am he spends the next two hours wandering around the Guard Barracks, before heading over to the Great Hall at 8am. He will quickly approach Countess Arriana Valga and engage in conversation with her. Once he's finished updating her, he returns to the Barracks. At 10am, he will set off on one of his patrols through Chorrol, which usually take him about two hours. After he's finished he'll return to the Barracks for some relaxing, though he may set off again at any point before 6pm. After that he will be found wandering around the Barracks until his bedtime at midnight.

As captain of the guard, he wears chainmail greaves, chainmail boots and chainmail gauntlets along with the Chorrol cuirass. He is armed with a silver claymore and carries a quilted doublet, tan linens, doeskin shoes, a small amount of gold, a Chorrol Castle Private key and a Chorrol Dungeon key.

Dialogue

When approached for the first time, he will politely introduce himself:

"I'm Bittneld the Curse-Bringer, captain of the Chorrol Guard. What can I do for you?"

Chorrol

"There are a lot of fine-looking women in Chorrol. But they're all... kind of snooty. And not very nice."

After you've completed the Dagon Shrine quest, if the Oblivion Gate outside the city is still open he will instead say:

Chorrol

"Just between the two of us, I wish the Countess would worry a bit more about the security of the city and a bit less about her damned painting."

Related Quests

• Canvas the Castle: Someone has stolen a valuable painting from Castle Chorrol!
• Bittneld and Emfrid: Help to bring two lonely hearts together (non-journal).

Quest-related Events

Canvas the Castle

When you are gathering clues as part of your investigation, he will tell you what he knows:

Gathering Clues

"I'm sorry, I wasn't in that evening. I was making my rounds of Chorrol. The only odd occurrence lately was with Chanel. I have seen her spending a lot of time in the West Tower. When I asked her about it, she said it involved her spell research. I suppose at the time it sounded good enough for me."

Bittneld and Emfrid

If you've installed the Unofficial Oblivion Patch, after having talked to Casta Scribonia, you will be able to ask Emfrid about the captain:

Bittneld the Curse-Bringer

"Bittneld -- captain of the castle guard? -- he seems like such a nice fellow. Too bad I don't see him in here very much."

You'll also get two choices of dialogue after having asked Bittneld about Chorrol:

What about Emfrid?

"Emfrid? She owns the Grey Mare, right? Huh. I go to the Oak and Crosier. I'm a captain, you see, and the Oak and Crosier serves... a better class of people... Listen to me. I sure sound like a snob. Snooty, in fact, and not very nice. Thanks. That's a very good suggestion. I think I'll stop by the Grey Mare, and perhaps pay my respects to this Emfrid woman."

Is that so?

"Well, that's just my opinion."

If you succeeded in your match-making, Bittneld will now visit The Grey Mare every day from 6pm to 10pm. While there, he may say the following things to Emfrid:

"It's been a long day. Quite pleasant to look forward to seeing you here."

"I really must thank the one who recommended you -- and the Grey Mare. Always a splendid feast for my spirits. And the food is good, too."

"After a long day up at the castle, it's refreshing to spend a time with someone as charming and thoughtful as you."

Emfrid, in return, may say the following things to Bittneld:

"I've made you a little pumpkin bread... something to keep up your strength on those long night watches."

"I've put aside a little mead for you. I know you like it."

"The bread's hot and fresh, with a nice crust, and butter and honey, just like you like it."

Unused Dialogue

Apparently, there was even more dialogue between Bittneld and Emfrid where they thanked each other for giving compliments, and perhaps even gifts:

"Goodness. Well, I hope you don't say that to all the girls."

"Please! You'll make me blush!"

"You shouldn't have. That's very kind of you."

"Really? How thoughtful."

Notes

• Although Bittneld is captain of the Chorrol Guard, he is not a member of the Guard class. Therefore he is unable to arrest you if you commit any crimes (although his high responsibility ensures that he immediately reports any crimes he may witness).

Bugs

• Over half of the dialogue for the "matchmaker" mini-quest is present, but skipped. If the player talks to Bittneld and chooses the "Chorrol" topic he will say that women in the town are snooty, and when Emfrid is next spoken to she will thank the player for telling Bittneld about her, though this never happened. Also, Bittneld will not visit daily as Emfrid indicates that he does because his visiting AI was not set up correctly. There is also a demo quest related to this that never appears in-game with more Emfrid dialogue hiding in it, but none from Bittneld.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch, version 3.0.0, fixes this bug.