Scoundrel’s Folly

Scoundrel's Folly: track down Gulum-Ei in Solitude, follow him to Brinewater Grotto and learn who has been working against the Thieves Guild.

Objectives

  1. Speak to Mercer Frey
  2. Speak to Brynjolf (optional)
  3. Speak to Gulum-Ei
  4. Shadow Gulum-Ei
  5. Confront Gulum-Ei
  6. Return to Mercer Frey

In Scoundrel’s Folly, Mercer Frey wants to know who’s behind the guild’s troubles. The trail leads to Gulum-Ei, an Argonian smuggler working the East Empire Company docks in Solitude.

Walkthrough

Find Gulum-Ei at the Winking Skeever and try to get him talking – he won’t say much. Shadow him instead, through the East Empire Company Warehouse to Brinewater Grotto. Confront him there and he finally reveals the name of the person behind it all. Report back to Mercer, who doesn’t like what he hears.

Rewards

Soul gems and upgraded Thieves Guild armor from Tonilia.

Characters

MCharacterMercer FreyBreton Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild and the main antagonist of its questline.

Factions

TFactionThieves GuildSkyrim's down-on-its-luck guild of thieves, hidden in the Ratway beneath Riften – home of the Nightingales.

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