A Watery Grave A Watery Grave is a quest in . Vicente Valtieri gives the Hero the task to eliminate a Breton sea captain named Gaston Tussaud in the cabin of his pirate ship , the Marie Elena . Location . The ship can be found in the Imperial City Waterfront District . There are two ships in the Waterfront , the Marie Elena being the western - most one with pirates patrolling near it , guarding it against any trespassers who stray too close to the captain ' s quarters . Walkthrough . Head over to the Waterfront District in the Imperial City and locate the Marie Elena . Either walk onto the ship and fight with the pirates onboard or sneak past them until reaching the Captain ' s cabin , or use other methods to get on board . Alternative methods to enter . One method of entrance is to get on the stone path west of the ship where there are a bunch of crates lined up . The pirates are loading all of these boxes onto the ship . Walk up to the northernmost crate and the player will be asked if they want to hide in the crate . Do so and they will be loaded inside the ship . The second method of entrance to the captain ' s cabin is to jump from the dock onto the balcony of the ship and pick the lock , which could prove difficult for a low level Hero lacking in a high security score , as the lock is fixed at the very hard level . If the Hero is able to pick the lock , the best way to fight the captain is to run out the rear door once he begins to fight them and swim to shore . The captain will just pace back and forth on the rear deck and the Hero can shoot arrows with impunity . A third way of entrance is to hide inside the crate , then go up a level . Wait for the pirates to finish their conversation . When they finish , go quickly back to where the Hero entered the ship and go as far back as possible ( a detect life spell helps here ) and wait for the pirates to pass . Go down the hall where they were talking , and to the left is a small alcove with a ladder . Take this ladder up directly to the captain ' s cabin . Either wait until around 10pm when the captain goes to sleep and sneak attack him , or enter and attack him . A fourth method is to provoke the pirates on the deck by taking items from the crates , or simply walking / jumping onto the ship . Eventually , they will attack but the city guards will dispatch them with ease . Then , wait to enter the captain ' s cabin at night or early morning . The Hero can pickpocket the sleeping captain , take his key and desired gold , loot his chest , and kill him . A fifth method is to buy a poisoned apple from M ' raaj - Dar in the sanctuary . Leap on to the balcony on the back end of the ship and unlock the door . If this is done at night the captain will be asleep . Take all food in the room , including from containers , then reverse pickpocket the captain and place the apple in his inventory . Once the captain wakes up and eats the apple it , will kill him without alerting anyone . Captain Murder . When the captain has been eliminated , two pirates will come down to check on the captain . The Hero may either kill the pirates or hide from them until they leave . If the Hero immediately leaves the room when the pirates knock on the door , the pirates can be avoided altogether . After they ' re dead or gone , search the captain ' s body for the key to his chest . In his chest there are some gems and . When confronted by the pirates , if the Hero runs out on deck and onto the waterfront , the city guards will assist in killing the pirates . If it is not desirable to fight the crew members , hide at the opposite side of the trapdoor that leads to the outside of the cabin ( the two pirates that enter will face towards the trapdoor ) thus once they enter , quickly leave and there will be no need to battle . Another method is to use the captain ' s key to unlock the exit door to the bow and jump into the waters . Exit the Marie Elena and travel back to Vicente Valtieri to report the success and to receive the reward , the Black Band .