Better Cities:Tragic Travels

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Deliver a letter from Alan to his wife. Quest Giver: None Location(s): Leyawiin Concurrent Quest: Blood and Wine Reward: Commemorative Amulet, +1 Leyawiin Reputation Fame/Infamy: +1 or -1 ID: BANLeyawiinTragicTravels

Quick Walkthrough

1. Find the letter on Alan's body.
2. Return to Leyawiin and talk to Lebon Dombale.
3. Deliver the letter to Milena.
4. Go to Anvil and talk to Newheim the Portly.
5. Go to the Mages Guild and talk to Carahil.
6. Gather the necessary components.
7. Talk to Milena.
8. Go to Anvil, recover the amulet, and return it to Milena.

Detailed Walkthrough

This quest starts when you find a letter on Alan's body during the quest Blood and Wine. You'll get journal entry telling you to take it to his wife, Milena. You can either go straight to her house (if you know where it is) or talk to Lebon Dombale, who can tell you. She'll be grateful for the news, but want her husband's body so she can inter him in the cemetery.

Head back to Anvil and talk to Newheim the Portly; he'll tell you the body was recovererd and sent to the Mages Guild for embalming. Carahil, the head of the local branch, will give you a laundry list of ingredients she needs: dreugh wax, daedra venin, imp gall, bonemeal, troll fat, motherwort sprig, nightshade, cairn bolete, milk thistle, and tobacco. Luckily, you only need one of each, because there's a five-day time limit on this before the body becomes too decomposed. If you fail, the quest ends and you lose 1 Fame; if you gather all the ingredients, his body will be sent on to Leyawiin and you'll have to wait a few days. When you get the next journal update, go talk to Milena; she'll tell you that the body arrived, but it's missing an amulet. So, it's back to Anvil to track down Old Tobias and get the amulet from him. Return it to Milena and come back the next day to talk to her, and she'll give you a Commemorative Amulet; this will complete the quest.

Journal Entries

Tragic Travels (BANLeyawiinTragicTravels)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
5		I need to deliver a letter from Alan to his wife Milena. Alan worked as a sales agent for Lebon Dombale and died accompanying a caravan with my order. The letter to Milena was found on Alan's body. I should find out from Lebon Dombale where Milena lives.
10		Lebon Dombale gave me the location of Milena's house. It's time to go to her and tell her the sad news.
15		Milena asked me to return Alan's body from Anvil to Leyawiin. I should speak to Newheim the Portly for help. I can find him in Anvil Bay.
20		Newheim the Portly told me that Alan's body was retrieved from the road and taken to the Anvil Mages Guild. I need to talk to Carahil about sending the body to Leyawiin.
25		Carahil at the Anvil Mages Guild agreed to help send Alan's body to Leyawiin, but before this, the body must be embalmed. I was given a list of embalming components that need to be collected and brought to the guild as soon as possible. I have only five days to collect the components.
35		Alan's body will be embalmed and sent to Leyawiin by ship. In three days, Milena will be able to bury her husband.
40		Alan's body will have arrived in Leyawiin by now. I need to go to Milena and find out if everything is in order. Maybe she needs help with the funeral.
45		Milena said that she received her husband's body and that he will soon rest in the family grave at the Leyawiin cemetery. But missing from Alan's body was an amulet dear to Milena. I need to try to return this amulet to Milena. I know who I should visit - Old Tobias back in Anvil Bay.
50		Old Tobias gave me Alan's amulet. Now I need to take the amulet to Milena.
55		I returned Alan's amulet to Milena. Tomorrow I should visit Milena at the cemetery.
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60	Finishes quest	In gratitude for my help, Milena gave me a Commemorative Amulet. Milena herself will continue her husband's business and engage in trade.
110	Finishes quest	Five days have passed, and the components for embalming Alan's body have not been assembled. Alas, the body is completely decomposed and I will no longer be able to bring it to Milena. Such a shame.

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.
• It is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage BANLeyawiinTragicTravels 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. See SetStage for more information.