Beyond Skyrim:Cyrodiil/Against the Cutters

Eliminate the toughest criminal gang in County Bruma. Quest Giver: Adius Vilius Location(s): Bruma, Cutpurse Hideout Prerequisite Quest: A Delicate Situation Next Quest: Service Rewarded Reward: None ID: CYRBrumaMS09

Thorina's lair

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Adius Vilius.
2. Meet Adius in the Jerall View Inn.
3. Kill Thorina in Cutpurse Hideout.
4. Return to Adius.

Detailed Walkthrough

A Drink with an Old Friend

One day after completing A Delicate Situation, you will hear that captain Adius Vilius wants to speak to you. Track him down and he will invite you for a drink at the Jerall View Inn between 4pm and midnight. Show up at the designated time and he will sit you down and thank you for all the help you've given him thus far. He confides that he feels like he's just been going through the motions as guard captain and that it all started when he made a terrible mistake. He painfully recounts how, during a raid against some bandits, he made some wrong calls and a fellow guardswoman was killed as a result. He still blames himself for her death. The bandits in question are the infamous Thorina's Cutters, and he asks for your help in tracking down their leader, Thorina, at her base in Cutpurse Hideout and eliminating her.

Thorina's Realm

Thorina's headquarters, nicknamed Fort Cutpurse, lie to the south of Bruma. From the east gate, head to the Eastern Watchtower and then take the road south until Toadstool Hollow. Turn southwest onto the Chorrol road and then immediately northwest onto a track leading to a shrine of Akatosh. From here continue west across country until you arrive at the cave. The main zone of the cave is actually a large underground fort with a dozen Cutters patrolling and sharpshooters on towers and bridges. For a full walkthrough see the place page.

Once you arrive at the stables, battle your way through the central section, past the fall rock traps. Instead of climbing the western stairs, head north to a small campsite and enter the Ruined Jail. There are three Cutters here who will attack you immediately; among them is the Cutter Lieutenant carrying the key to the Fort door. Return to the western stairs and move clockwise towards the fort's southern corner and then head west to the door to the Fort.

The Cutter's Sanctum

Upon entering the Fort, you will find the door to the east is locked; head south instead into a large room on two levels. Climb the stairs and either enter the palisade directly through the wooden gate or make your way around it through a passage to the south. Once you have dispatched the four Cutters here, loot the tower key from them and head back to the start. Unlock the door and fight your way up the tower: at the top are Thorina's living quarters, where you will find Thorina herself alongside Enchanter Brecius and Snipes-Many-Innocents. Be prepared for a very tough fight: Thorina wields a unique enchanted warhammer and with her formidable set of Two-handed perks, she is quite capable of one-shotting you if you're not careful. Brecius and Snipes will meanwhile gang up on you with spells and missile attacks.

Notes

• It seems the quest was intended to involve you and Adius springing a trap on Thorina's Cutters at Greenwood, as there is plenty of dialogue written for this.

Bugs

• Sometimes Adius will not head to the Jerall View Inn as he should. Waiting 24 hours to reset his schedule solves this issue. ^?

Quest Stages

Against the Cutters (CYRBrumaMS09)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Adius has mentioned the issue of Thorina's Cutters to me and I'm now discussing it with him. I should see where this conversation leads. Objective 10: Discuss the issue of Thorina's Cutters with Adius
20		After drinks in the Jerall View, Adius requested that I kill the leader of Thorina's Cutters, a bandit clan that has been growing bolder and bolder in its activities stealing from the residents of County Bruma. I should head to their base, Fort Cutpurse, and ready myself for battle. Objective 20: Kill the leader of Thorina's Cutters
30		Objective 15: Obtain the key to the Sanctum
40		Objective 16: Obtain the key to the Tower
100		After asking me to meet him for drinks at the Jerall View, Adius roped me into aiding the Bruma Guard once again - this time, in dealing with Thorina's Cutters, a well-armed and well-financed bandit ring operating throughout County Bruma I stormed Fort Cutpurse and slew Thorina - time to return to Bruma for the reward Adius promised.
160	Finishes quest

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 31, 41.

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 CYRBrumaMS09 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 CYRBrumaMS09.

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