Cutthroat Bureaucracy

Quick Walkthrough
# Talk to   at the   in  .
# Steal the trade records from the   in   and deliver them to Drelegor.
# Return to Roa Dyr and push   off a bridge.
# Wait five days before entering the Tollmen's Hall to speak with Drelegor and receive your reward.

Detailed Walkthrough
Tax Record Acquisition
In  , if you speak to   of the   tavern about "latest rumors", you will be directed upstairs to a Dunmer named  , up through the first trapdoor and next to the room for rent on the second floor. When approached, he will offer you a job to steal this month's tax records from a   tollmer in  . Drelegor has been attempting to become a tollmer, but there have been no openings for months. He therefore plans to get the tollmer   fired so that he can replace him. If pressed, Drelegor will admit that he comes from a once-powerful family who lost their wealth and importance after the destruction of   during the  .

You can refuse to accept this job if you wish. If you agree, Drelegor will give you a Standard Potion of Shadow and you'll have to head to the settlement of Roa Dyr just to the northeast of Almas Thirr. It can quickly be reached by ascending to the upper level of Almas Thirr's ziggurat and crossing the bridge to get onto the main road. Your destination is the  , located at the docks in Roa Dyr. Enter the building and take a right until you find the stairs; Feril Gothari's desk is at the end of the upstairs hallway. As Drelegor advised, the slave clerks will pay no attention to any thefts, so you do not need to worry about the Bosmer slave   standing right next to Feril's desk. You do need to worry about  , who will attack and alert the guards if she sees you take the tax records. There are several scrolls laid out on the desk, but the one you are looking for is '' '', sitting next to the candle on the top shelf of the desk.

Return to Drelegor will the scroll and he will reward you with 100 gold. However, he has a second job for you.

An Opening Position
Despite your best efforts, Drelegor soon realizes that the tax records are a month old; the loss of last month's records will not be enough to ensure Feril loses his position as tollmer. He surmises that the current month's records must be kept on Feril's person at all times. Drelegor will ask you to kill him instead. Again, you can refuse to accept this job, or you can tell Drelegor that you will turn him in to the guards, resulting in a disposition drop. There is an Ordinator right outside the Limping Scrib who you can report to, although choosing this option will end the quest immediately with no further reward and Drelegor's disappearance from the tavern being the only outcome.

If you instead agree to carry out the assassination, Drelegor will advise you to push Feril off a bridge while he goes on one of his walks through the gardens of Roa Dyr. At this point, Feril will spawn on a bridge just up the steps from the Tollmen's Hall in Roa Dyr. You can choose to kill him however you wish, although doing so may attract a bounty and will result in a lesser reward from Drelegor of only 200 gold. If you instead choose to approach Feril and push him off the bridge, it will be made to look like an accidental fall.

As instructed, you will need to wait five days before returning to the Tollmen's Hall to speak with Drelegor, who has become a tollmer. He can be found on the upper floor next to Gindrala Mels and will give you your reward. If you chose to push Feril off the bridge, you will be given 200 gold and an Amulet of Slowfalling, as well as '' '' explaining the reduced reward from what was promised.

Quest Stages