The Four Suitors of Benitah Content . The Four Suitor of Benitahby Jole Yolivess Up until he was ten years old , Oin Parnafacasis was in an elite group of the very best families of Gnisis . They went to the very best tailors , shared the same tutors , played in the same exclusive company . When his mother died , and his father discovered that the money they had been living on was based on a thief ' s salary , he suddenly found himself on a very different kind of society , one that he had been ill - equipped to deal with . They were poor . Oin eventually learned to make a living at the only skill he seemed to be well - suited for : gardening . In time , he had grown an impressive garden of willow anther , gold kanet , chokeweed , white bloatroot , and trama shrubs . He had also grown himself into a remarkably uninteresting man — aside from his gardening , he had little to say for himself . Unlearned , uncharismatic , unathletic , uncoordinated . And yet he yearned . Specifically , he yearned for a girl he had known before all his trouble , a sweet thing with curly locks and a joyous laugh named Benitah Gorgoth . Once when at play he had pushed a bully away who was trying to hurt her , and the look of appreciation she gave him was enough to make all his days since then worth their while . As he tended his garden one springtide , not very many years ago , he heard some people talking through the thick tall trama shrubs about the marriage of Sedura Indoril Pavflek Mamoona , one of the wealthiest and most respected nobles in Gnisis , and Serjo Benitah Gorgoth . His heart fell . She had found another , a mere nine years since she had given him that look while at play . As spring turned into summer and summer into fall , Oin began to sell his herbs , including some to Kena Yakin Bael , a prominent healer in town . He had been a tutor to both Benitah and Oin , and told the young man that the lady ' s husband was not very well . Oin held back his happiness and continued on his errands . Not long afterwards , Sedura Indoril Pavflek Mamoona fell ill and died , despite all the skills of the great healers , including Yakin Bael . When Oin came to deliver the herbs that day , he said , " If you are still in communication with Benitah , please give her my sympathies . " " ' Nchow , " said Yakin . " If I could get a word in with all her counselors . They are trying to find her a new husband , and she has made it clear that she will only marry the strongest man in Morrowind . " " Who is that ? " asked Oin . " Horath the Strong , " replied Yakin . " It is said that he can lift a wagon with but his forefinger and thumb . " " You can teach me a spell that will fortify my own strength , " said Oin . " I beg you to teach it to me now . " " Very well , " replied Yakin . " But in return , I want your next season ' s worth of trama root , all to myself . " Oin agreed , and Yakin taught him the spell to fortify his strength . It took him some time to master it , visualizing magicka streaming through his body , pumping through the very fibers of his muscles for a time , giving him strength far beyond the puny power nature had intended . When Oin met Horath on the street of Gnisis , he cast the spell and challenged him to a duel of strength . " I am Horath the Strong , " said Horath the Strong , predictably , " Witness as I lift this wagon with but my thumb and forefinger . " And he did so . " I am Nimlom the Mighty , " said Oin , taking some artistic liberty . " Witness as I lift the stable that houses your wagon with but my forefinger . " And he too did so . The word went out quickly throughout Morrowind : the strongest man alive was in the province . Oin went to visit his friend , Yakin Bael . " Her lady Benitah has heard of the strength of Nimlom the Mighty , and has said that she was mistaken . She was not looking for a man of strength to marry , but a man of intelligence , a great scholar . The greatest in all Morrowind . " " Who is that ? " asked Oin . " Kena Warfel Tomasin , " replied Yakin . " It is said that he can best any man or woman in a battle of wits . " " You can teach me a spell that will fortify my own intelligence , " said Oin . " I beg you to teach it to me now . " " Very well , " replied Yakin . " But in return , I want your next season ' s worth of white bloatroot , all to myself . " Oin agreed and for the next couple of weeks , Yakin taught him the spell and trained him in its use . He taught him how to entrench his mind for the sudden assault of awareness and aptitude that would assail it , how to give himself to the sudden thoughts and theorems that would invade his consciousness . When he met Warfel Tomasin in the Mages Guild of Gnisis , he cast his spell and gave the challenge . " I am Kena Warfel Tomasin , and I can prove that Akatosh , Nirn , and Oblivion are one , " said Warfel , writing out the mathematical formula that showed it was so . " I am Kena Zombel Mokafa , and I can prove that you do not exist , " said Oin . He wrote out the mathematical formula , which proved correct , and Kena Warfel Tomasin vaporized on the spot . The word went out quickly throughout Morrowind : the most intelligent man alive was in the province . Oin went to visit his friend , Yakin Bael . " Her lady Benitah has heard of the intelligence of Kena Zombel Mokafa , and has said that she was mistaken . She was not looking for a man of intelligence to marry , but a man of endurance , a rock . The greatest in all Morrowind . " " Who is that ? " asked Oin . " I would say , Master Combova , " said Yakin . " They say he can stand in blue flames for twenty minutes . " " You can teach me a spell that will fortify my own endurance , " said Oin . " I beg you to teach it to me now . " " Very well , " replied Yakin . " But in return , I want your next season ' s worth of chokeweed , all to myself . " Oin agreed , and for the next several weeks , he learned the spell to make his endurance like that of the oldest stone . He learned how to shrug off the effects of frost , poison , fire , and charges of lightning , pulling the pain into a reservoir of magicka and expelling it . The lesson learned , he came across Master Combova at the Madach Tradehouse . " My name is Master Combova , " said the fellow , nudging the witch next to him . " Kena Leles , cast a ball of blue flame for me . " And he sat in the inferno of flame for twenty minutes before he left . " Master Combova , my name is Master Vomph , " said Oin . " Kena Leles , cast a ball of blue flames for me . " Oin sat in the inferno of blue fire for very nearly an hour before he left . The word went out quickly throughout Morrowind : the toughest man alive was in the province . Oin went to visit his friend , Yakin Bael . " Her lady Benitah has heard of the endurance of Master Vomph , " he said , not entirely approving of Oin ' s latest sobriquet , " And has said that she was mistaken . She was not looking for a man of endurance to marry , but a man of agility , a nimble acrobat . The greatest in all Morrowind . " " Who is that ? " asked Oin . " I would say , Funcrazot Priif , " said Yakin . " They say he is the greatest shield - blocker and pickpocket in Morrowind . " " You can teach me a spell that will fortify my own agility , " said Oin . " I beg you to teach it to me now . " " Very well , " replied Yakin . " But in return , I want your next season ' s worth of gold kanet , all to myself . " Oin agreed , and Yakin taught him the spell that would fire his impulses with magicka . Over several weeks , he learned how to supplant his own natural energy with the spell ' s , how to view the world at the slower pace a man with advanced agility sees . In time , Oin came upon Funcrazot in a field outside the city , doing his regular exercises . Oin cast his spell and approached the acrobat . " Ah , behold the power of the amazing Funcrazot Priif , " said the afore - mentioned , and prompted his sparring partner to attack him with his sword . He blocked the blows effortlessly with a shield for ten minutes , and then revealed afterwards that he had picketpocketed the young man ' s purse . " Very impressive , Ser Priif . Now , behold the power of the remarkable Gazouf Mough , " said Oin , and prompted Priif ' s sparring partner to attack him with his sword . After twenty minutes of blocking the man ' s blows with his shield , he revealed that he had pickpocketed Funcrazot Priif ' s purse . The word went out quickly throughout Morrowind : the most agile man alive was in the province . Oin went to visit his friend , Yakin Bael . The door was closed this time and he heard voices within . " Have you heard about the remarkable Gazouf Mough ? " Yakin Bael was asking . " He sounds like a very promising suitor . " " The truth is , kena , that I have no more interest in him that I had in Nimlom the Mighty , Kena Zombel Mokafa , or Master Vomph , " replied a feminine voice that seemed familiar to Oin . " I will have to invent a new test for suitors , while I search for my true love . " " You don ' t wish to marry the strongest , most intelligent , toughest , most agile suitors ? " asked the old Healer . " No , not at all , " said the woman . " I had to make some kind of test to rebuff the advances of so many men interested in my money and the money of my late husband . The truth is that I ' ve never forgotten the young boy who was so kind to me when I was a little girl , and so brave fighting off the bullies . His name was Oin Parnafacasis . " Oin burst into the room and was reunited with Benitah . They were married at once . A week later , he returned to Yakin Bael and learned how to fortify his personality in exchange for next season ' s worth of willow anther . Then they lived happily ever after .