Orthus Endario is an Imperial who runs the East Empire Company office down at the Windhelm Docks. He was told Windhelm would be an easy posting – nobody warned him about Ulfric’s rebellion or pirates. The Company has stopped docking ships there, his office is falling apart, and he spends a lot of time apologizing for the mess.
Where to find them
He starts his day at 7 am with breakfast, then wanders or sweeps inside the office. From 1 pm to 6 pm he works out on the docks, then returns to the office for dinner. The office has no beds, so he stays awake through the night instead of sleeping.
Quests
Rise in the East: pirates calling themselves the Blood Horkers are raiding Company ships, and Orthus suspects the rival shipping family, the Shatter-Shields, are in on it. He asks you to get hold of the logbook kept by their meticulous overseer, Suvaris Atheron. That trail leads to Dawnstar, a pirate captain and eventually the Blood Horkers’ fortress and its battlemage, Haldyn. His boss, Adelaisa Vendicci, is not impressed with his progress.
Diplomatic Immunity: if you’ve finished Rise in the East, Orthus is among the guests at Elenwen‘s party at the Thalmor Embassy. He would rather be back in Windhelm with his paperwork, but he’ll happily cause a scene to distract the guards – embarrassing himself, he says, comes naturally.
Hunting the Monster (Dawnguard): he can be one of the people you question while tracking a vampire’s lair.
Personality & relationships
Orthus is a well-meaning, slightly put-upon company man. Vittoria Vici pities him for being stuck in Windhelm and promises to try getting him reassigned to Solitude; he insists he relishes the challenge.
Also in Windhelm
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