Beyond Skyrim:Cyrodiil/Garceus Avoci

Garceus Avoci (RefID: xx06D95F)
Location	Bruma Western Watchtower
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	PC×1.25 (range=35-75)	Class	Guard
RefID	xx06D95F	BaseID	xx06D95E
Other Information
Health	50+(PC)×?	Magicka	50
Stamina	50+(PC)×?
Primary Skills	Block, Heavy Armor, Light Armor, One-handed, Sneak
Class Details	GuardImperial
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Aggressive
Faction(s)	CrimeFactionImperial; CYRBrumaCastleFaction; CYRCrimeFactionBruma; CYRGuardDialogueFaction; CYRGuardFactionBruma; CYRTownBrumaFaction; IsGuardFaction

Garceus Avoci

Garceus Avoci, an Imperial guard, is the ranking officer at the Bruma Western Watchtower. A veteran of the Great War, he takes pride in his job and isn't too interested in career advancement, unlike his rival eastern counterpart Ereia Snow-Fist.

During the related quest, he will ask you to retrieve the sword of a local bandit leader, to help improve morale at the tower. If Adius Vilius is deposed as guard captain during Service Rewarded and you either helped Garceus recover the blade, kept it for yourself or did not yet make a decision, he technically takes control of the Bruma Guard, though bugs restrict this in practice.

When meeting him, he will first mutter: "Ereia been talking herself up to impossible heights as usual? Don't let her get to you." If you ask him about his rival he'll snap: "She's a brash, chest-pounding fool, that's what. Guard commander over at the Eastern Watchtower. She thinks she's better than us. I'm a veteran. I've been doing this for a long time, and Bruma hasn't fallen yet. I was here during the Great War, I'm still here now. And I'm not going anywhere."

Ereia also has no time for Garceus: "Garceus been filling your head full of goblin dung? Don't listen to him. We're the best and brightest out here." and "He's one of those people who thinks that because he's been doing it for the longest, he must be the best. He thinks he's the one - he and his guards - who protect Bruma the most vigorously from the gravest threats. But he couldn't be more wrong. Obviously. He may have been out here longer, but we're just better."

If you ask him about life at the tower, he will explain with pride: "Not much happens out here, truth be told. But we still fulfill an important duty. Villagers from Applewatch use these roads every day, so they need to be kept safe. Traders, merchants, travelers, they all need these roads too, since we're so close to Bruma and Cyrodiil's so bustling. So it's a shame that threats keep cropping up constantly."

Garceus spends most of his day, from 8am till midnight, patrolling the watchtower, only breaking off at 7pm for an hour-long dinner. At midnight he heads to bed on the middle section of the tower and sleeps until 7am, when he has a quick breakfast before starting his guard duties. If he becomes guard captain, after his breakfast he will instead head over to Bruma to occupy Adius's old spot at the foot of the stairs leading to the castle. The trip takes him about an hour, and he will spend the entire day there before heading home at midnight and immediately going to bed.

Garceus is armed with an Imperial sword, a steel dagger and an Imperial bow with 12 steel arrows. He is equipped with a full set of Bruma guard armor: cuirass, helmet, gloves, boots and shield.

Related Quests

• Blade of the Cutpurse: Help Ereia Snow-Fist or Garceus Avoci deal with a bandit gang.
• Dartaqto misc task: Help a poor cat burglar clear his name.

Bugs

• Even if Garceus technically becomes the new guard captain after Service Rewarded via your actions in Blade of the Cutpurse, this only extends to his schedule changing so that he spends his days on duty in Adius's old spot just down the steps from the Castle. However, there are a number of issues:
  • If you start Convince Cerendil to drop the charges against Bentior, you will be pointed in the direction of "guard captain Ereia" instead of Garceus. The quest will then run without issue.
  • Garceus will still be able to give you the Dartaqto misc task quest, however there are no voice files for those lines. In addition, the quest stages and dialogue still mention Adius being the captain, and Garceus has no further relevant dialogue, meaning that you cannot finish the quest.
  • Finally, Garceus has no specific dialogue referencing his new position, nor do any other Bruma citizens. ^?
• In the event that Adius Vilius is taken by the Thalmor during Service Rewarded, if you have not started Blade of the Cutpurse then Ereia becomes the new guard captain by default and the Dar'taqto and Cerendil quests will run through her. However, it will actually still be Garceus who takes up Adius's old spot near the castle during the day. ^?