Online:The Lover (quest)

Quick Walkthrough
# Talk to Julien Rissiel.
# Find out how to win Guendeline's heart.
# Help Julien win Guendeline's heart or make him fail.

Detailed Walkthrough
To find out more about Guendeline, you can speak to his brother Deputy Ascenge, a Redguard called Ernele, or Jerall Finstock, the local blacksmith.

Deputy Ascenge will make clear that he does not like Julien, saying that he would prefer Guendeline marry anyone but Julien. You now have the option to either lie or tell him the truth that you are helping Julien. If you lie, Deputy Ascenge will tell you that Guendeline does not like flowers, because they make her sneeze. He instead suggests you give Guendeline some jewelry. If you, however, tell the truth, Deputy Ascenge instead encourages you to give Guendeline flowers (likely in hope that the courting will fail).

Ernele does not know much about Guendeline, but says he has noticed that she likes good poetry, and that she always shows up at the inn whenever there is a minstrel in town.

Jerall Finstock does not like Guendeline, meaning that she only cares about money. He says that Guendeline probably is just waiting for somebody who can afford to buy her fancy jewelry.

With these options laid out, it is time to head back to Julien and decide what to do to win Guendeline's heart.

The flowers
Should you decide to give Guendeline flowers, Julien suggests you pick some dunlain daisies. They can be found near an old tower north of town. You will encounter a big troll named Garden-Gulp near the flowers and will need to kill it before you can pick any daisies.

Giving Guendeline the flowers will, however, not end well. She begs you to take the flowers away as quickly as possible, because she is allergic to them. Your courting plans have thus failed.

The poem
Deciding to proceed with a poem gives you three options. First, however, you need to speak to some of the townsfolk to get some ideas as to what kind of a poem Julien should recite to Guendeline.

Lia Korine, the cattle herder, loves poetry when it "comes from the heart", and suggests that Julien write his own poetry.

Mort the Merry proclaims to be well acquainted with good poetry, and tells you that he knows all Orc poetry ever written by heart. All twelve poems, in fact. He gives you an Orcish poem written by himself, and the best love poem ever, according to his words.

Lastly, Adrone Larocque is a struggling poet who seems to be almost have given up his hopes of making a living from his poems. Having not succeeded to sell his latest poetry book to anyone, he is pleasantly surprised if you offer to buy it. Note that choosing this option will cost Gold.

When you have weighed all the three options, it is time to help Julien decide which poem to recite. The first two options will result in Guendeline feeling embarrassed. A self-made poem will make Julien look stupid in front of her. The orcish poem will offend her. The third option, a poem written by the struggling poet, turns however out to be one of Guendeline's favorites. She is notably touched by listening to the poem and will tell Julien that she loves him and will wait for him.

The jewelry
Should you advise Julien to give Guendeline the jewelry, he instantly agrees to this, and says he has some idea about where to get the gems for making it. You need to kill some Bitterhand Bandits and collect gems from them. The bandits have a camp near the town.

When you have collected the gems, bring them to Khalisah, the blacksmith's apprentice. From here on, things get complicated. When Khalisah provides you with a necklace, she also admits that she is, in fact, in love with Julien. Returning to Julien will leave you with the options to either tell him the truth about Khalisah, or lie. If you tell him the truth, he becomes concerned and unsure of what to do. You have then three options - either to proceed with the original plan and give the necklace to Guendoline, to convince Julien to give necklace back to Khalisah and court her instead, or to tell Julien that maybe he needs more time to think.

Notes
Julien will enlist in any case, with or without a broken heart.
When you said Julien to have some time to think about, during The Crown of Shornhelm, Julien tells he found a new true love during training, Shuga.
 

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