A Lovely Letter A Lovely Letter is a quest available in . The quest involves Faendal and Sven trying to win over Camilla Valerius through somewhat underhanded means . Walkthrough . Riverwood . This quest can be started either by speaking to Faendal , the Bosmer archer located at Riverwood ' s lumbermill , or by speaking to Sven , the Nord bard found in the town ' s Sleeping Giant Inn . Both men will ask the Dragonborn to deliver a false letter , supposedly written by the other ' s rival , to Camilla who lives in the Riverwood Trader . Depending on whether you speak to Sven or Faendal first , there will be several options to help either of the two men win over Camilla ' s affection , with each path having 3 possible solutions : Helping Faendal . " 1st Solution " : Talking to Faendal before speaking with Sven will cause Faendal to give you a false letter , supposedly written by Sven , and he will request the Dragonborn to deliver this fake letter to Camilla . At this point , you lie to Camilla by saying the letter indeed came from Sven , which will cause her to become angry and ask the Dragonborn to go tell Sven never to speak to her again . Upon returning to Faendal , either at his house or near the lumbermill , he will reward the Dragonborn with 25 . " 2nd Solution " : If you spoke to Sven first , he will be the one giving you the false letter , one supposedly written by Faendal this time instead . The second choice thus is to tell Camilla the truth that the letter was from Sven and not Faendal . She will be shocked and will ask the Dragonborn to speak to Faendal and tell him what just happened . By doing so , Faendal will reward the Dragonborn with 25 . " 3rd Solution " : Lying about Faendal ' s letter that belittles Sven . The Dragonborn will receive the same reward . Helping Sven . The same pattern as above applies here as well . " 1st Solution " : Lie to Camilla by telling her that the letter came from Faendal . Sven will reward the Dragonborn with 25 . " 2nd Solution " : Start the same way as Solution 1 under " Helping Faendal " , but give Camilla the second letter . Since she doesn ' t know about the first letter , she will believe that Faendal is at fault . The outcome is the same as above . " 3rd Solution " : Tell Camilla the truth about Faendal ' s false letter and him trying to incriminate Sven . The Dragonborn will receive the same reward . Helping yourself . Both Faendal and Sven can be pickpocket ed for the letters , and both can be given to Camilla either via lying that each is from the other , or by telling the truth . She will offer no unique dialogue in either case . If lied to , she will now hate both men , and if told the truth about the letters , she will simply ask the Dragonborn to go talk to both men for defending their honors . Either way , the player will now be tasked with returning to both men . The man spoken to first can still be told that Camilla will not be spending time with the other , and receive his services as a reward . The second man will remain angry with the Dragonborn . Afterward . Whichever man that was helped becomes available as a follower , offering assistance . Faendal also doubles as a level 50 Archery trainer . With him as a follower , the Dragonborn will be able to trade back any spent on training . If the Dragonborn kills either Faendal or Sven after completing the quest , the one still alive will have a letter delivered by courier citing he knows " what you did " and that he will not tell anyone . Additionally , if Camilla is married to the Dragonborn after the quest is completed and the Dragonborn then kills either Faendal or Sven , a courier may deliver a letter from Camilla indicating that she knows what you did and is happy he is gone .