Online:Rideza

Rideza the Rogue is a Khajiit lieutenant of the Ruddy Fangs who leads their smuggling operations in and around Riverhold. She shows up to discourage Mizzik Thunderboots's investigation into Ishu's missing daughter.
 

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She first appears in the Banished Regrets inn after investigating The Sleeping Badger:
:Rideza: "You and I need to speak. Now."

:''"I must admit, you and Thunderboots make quite the charming pair. And watching you both play at being investigator? Why, it's been sleek entertainment, truly. But now... now you tread upon sands that are best left undisturbed."
:Is that a threat?
:"Take it as a friendly warning. I hear that you seek Ishu's daughter, yes? I find that very funny. After all, everyone in Riverhold knows that she left town many years ago."
:Years? Ishu said it was only a few days past.
:"Then Ishu has become senile in his old age. I speak truthfully. He had one daughter, and she is gone. Has been gone for many years. Tell this to your partner. And drop your investigation. Now."
She will then disappear with the use of a smoke bomb.

Rideza will return after you investigate the nearby smuggling caches and have spoken with Ishu again. She can be found threatening Mizzik on the second floor of the inn.
:Rideza: "I warned you Thunderboots."
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:Rideza: "And so the other thorn in my paw arrives."

:"I told you, did I not? First time was a warning. Now, it is a threat. You both leave town. No more investigations, no more sticking your snouts where they don't belong. Collect your things and leave."
:Not before we find Ishu's daughter.
:"That again? I told you, Ishu's daughter left Riverhold years ago! He's just a delusional old Khajiit caught up in a fantasy. And for this, you try to ruin my little operation? Of all the things."
:So you're the leader of the smugglers?
:"Who I am does not matter. What I can do to you, on the other hand, should be of immediate concern. You either leave Riverhold on your own, or you leave in pieces. Your choice."
:Understood.

After you find her lair and track her through the tunnels, she will run, leaving behind three bodyguards: Mad Minurrun, Dhanril the Dangerous, and Chirrdazi the Chopper.
:Rideza: "I warned you! Now the claws come out!"
:Rideza: "Kill this muskarse!"''

Once you have defeated them, you can run up the scaffolding to confront her. However, her escape will be stopped by Guard Captain Kahiri who has been waiting at the exit of the Smuggler's Lair. Ishu and Mizzak will arive soon after.
:Rideza: "Curse your meddling!"
:Guard Captain Kahiri: "Rideza the Rogue, caught at last."
:Ishu: "Did you find my daughter? Where is she?"
:Rideza: "Here! Your daughter is right here, you old fool!"
:Ishu: ''"Rideza? You're the one who stole Zinthia? Oh, this one's poor ja'khajiit."
:Guard Captain Kahiri: "Ha! Feeling a little jealous? To go so far as to steal your father's pet."

You can speak with her once she is bound.
:"You think that Rideza the Rogue is finished? It's only a matter time before I'm back on the streets. And when that happens, you best watch your back."
:Why did you abduct Zinthia?
:"When I came back to Riverhold, I went to see my fool of a father. It's been years since Mother and I left, and I was feeling … sentimental, I suppose. Stupidly sentimental. He didn't even recognize me."
:So you were jealous of Zinthia.
:"Of the cat? No, I just wanted to make him suffer! He's always been obsessed with his damn pets. That's why Mother left him, you know. He's so caught up in his little family that he didn't have time for us. For me."
:That sounds pretty jealous.
:"Maybe you're right. Just another delinquent with papa problems. Heh. Isn't that just the way."

Notes
She is mentioned in The Ruddy Fangs''.