Vander (Redguard)

Vander is a Redguard member of the Restless League, a group of pirates and freedom fighters intent on restoring the Crown monarchy to Hammerfell and ridding Stros M'Kai of Imperial influence. He serves as the right-hand man to their leader, Basil.
==Background==
During the events of 2E 864, he confronts the swashbuckling mercenary Cyrus on two separate occasions - as head of a corsair attempting to board Brennan’s vessel and again when Cyrus meets with Basil at the Restless League's hideout. Both times he is defeated but ultimately the two become comrades in arms against the Empire and restoring Prince A'Tor to the throne. He is last seen participating in the Second Battle of Hunding Bay, securing the docks against the Imperial fleet while Cyrus made his way to the palace to kill the provisional governor Lord Amiel Richton.Events of the quest "Arriving on Stros M'kai"Events of the quest "Meeting the Restless League"Events of the quest "Attack on the Palace"
==Interactions==
===Arriving on Stros M'kai===
Vander's pirates attempt to raid Brennan's Ship before its arrival at Stros M'kai.
===Meeting the Restless League===
Vander meets Cyrus again when he comes to the Restless League hideout to confront Basil.
==Dialogue==
;Meeting the Restless League
"You are wounded. Take this bandage." Thank you.
"For your good will. And my spared life."
If approached again:
"Come to boast of your triumph?" Let's end it. For my sister's sake?
"And what of my men? What of their sake?" Those men gave me no choice.
"We were attacking that ship for its known Imperial allegiance, which--" That's your war and I'll not be drawn in.
"Even if you add to its casualties." You're still standing.... Forget it, then.
"Cyrus. I... want to find Iszara, too."
==Conversations==
Show: Meeting the Restless League
The following conversation occurs in a cutscene after reading Iszara's Journal:
Cyrus: "Where is she?"
Basil: "I don't know. I was hoping this would tell me."
Cyrus: "What do you know then?"
Basil: "When Iszara joined the League she changed its face. She gained us the attention of Prince A'Tor. Before Iszara, we were a wild pack of nationalists with sharp swords and enthusiastic schemes. Our wanting reputation kept A'Tor from announcing an open affiliation, but we worked for him in secret. Removing Forebear traitors on the mainland and killing Imperial Emissaries too long lingering at our borders."
Cyrus: "And then the war came all the way to Stros M'kai."
Basil: "Where A'Tor should've won. He had Hunding's fire with him that day. He would turn back Tiber Septim from Hammerfell forever. The League wasn't invited to join in the battle for discretion's sake. And we were forced to watch from afar and at that battle, we saw the face of the new Empire. They sent a dragon, and no man could stand against it."
Cyrus: "It killed Prince A'Tor?"
Basil: "A'Tor challenged the beast, but he never reached it. A poisoned arrow from Richton's henchman felled the Prince just as he rushed headlong to meet the dragon."
Cyrus: "What does this have to do with Iszara?"
Basil: "As A'Tor lay dying his wizard, the Archmage Voa, tried desperately to save his life. The dragon was upon them and there was little time. Voa gathered A'Tor's lifeforce into a soulgem just as the fire rained down. The Battle of Stros M'kai ended then, and Iszara's trouble began."
Cyrus: "Get to it."
Basil: "In another story altogether, the League got its hands on the soulgem, reservoir of the Prince's power, and the narrative of wishful thinking began. The Restless League now had the means to bring back the Prince. We could restore Prince A'Tor from the soulgem, and under his banner fight the Battle of Stros M'kai again. This time rightly at his side and then that little witch took it."
Cyrus: "Iszara took the soulgem?"
Basil: "And with it the fate of Stros M'kai. The Prince's spirit within that gem was the spark to ignite a revolution. When Iszara stole the soulgem she stole from us that fire."
Cyrus: "Where would she have gone with it?"
Basil: "If we knew that, you wouldn't be here right now. The only reason we let you in the hideout was to find out what you know... ...Or what this could tell us. We both seem to still be looking for our answers yet."
Cyrus: "I'll be back if you're lying. And I'll spare no one then."
(Cyrus heads for Yaeli's ship)
Basil: "Find the soulgem and you'll find Iszara."
Cyrus: "Take me back to Stros M'kai."
Basil: "This is bigger than your sister, Redguard. Remember that. This is about the kingdom this is about Hammerfell now. Damn fool."
Vander: "Maybe just the damn fool we need to find Iszara and the soulgem."
Basil: "Maybe so...."
Show: Saving Iszara
Iszara: "Where am I?"
Cyrus: "You are safe, Iszara."
Iszara: "Is it you?"
Cyrus: "I'm afraid so."
Iszara: "Where is N'Gasta? Is he dead? Where is the soulgem?"
Cyrus: "Iszara, I"
Iszara: "I,I have to get back to the League."
Cyrus: "But"
Iszara: "What have I done?"
Cyrus: "Iszara"
Iszara: "Are you coming or not?"
Aboard Yaeli's ship:
Yaeli: "Caught up already, have you?"
Cyrus: "Shut up."
Cyrus moves to Iszara:
Cyrus: "Iszara...."
Iszara: "Do you plan to stay this time?"
Cyrus: "Yes."
Iszara: "Because you could run again."
Cyrus: "Yes."
Iszara: "It wasn't your war then."
Cyrus: "No."
Iszara: "And it's not your war now."
Cyrus: "No."
Iszara: "And if you expect anything more than that right now you can go to hell."
At the League hideout:
Basil: "That's just great, Iszara."
Iszara: "Don't give me that. Even if we still had the soulgem we'd be in the same place. You'd still be hiding in this cave and Richton still be in our prince's Palace."
Basil: "There's a difference between hiding from the Empire and biding, our, time."
Iszara: "We're losing time."
Basil: "You lost the soulgem what now, girl?"
Cyrus: "I know where it is."
Basil: "Yeah, huh?"
Cyrus: "Richton has the soulgen."
Basil: "You've seen him with it?"
Cyrus: "I gave it to him."
Iszara: "How could..."
Cyrus: "I didn't know what it was the necromancer had it fashioned into an amulet, a gift for the Governor. He needed someone to deliver it. I did, thinking I could somehow get to you."
Basil: "My heart just broke. Yours, too?"
Vander: "A million pieces."
Cyrus: "We'll just have to get it back."
Basil: "We'll be killed as soon as we step onto the shore."
Iszara: "Cyrus is right."
Cyrus: "What's the point of being condemned as rebels in arms if we never take up those arms against the Empire?"
Basil: "We?"
Cyrus: "I tell you, Basil, and hear me well. Whether you like it or not, I'm in this now, until the end."
Basil: "I'm not sending my men to Stros M'kai, soulgem lost or no. Hammerfell needs us alive."
Cyrus: "What good are you, Basil, if you do nothing? Are you afraid of shedding a little blood?"
Iszara: "Here it comes."
Basil: "You speak grandly of spending blood that is not your own, Cyrus. As for the League, we do what we can, even in hiding. We're pirates, man, the purest form of sedition- to thieve, snare, slit the throat unbeheld- the ever-resident thorns, keeping all sides at guard, alleviating every inertia with our own. Our raids force the Emperor to garrison Stros M'kai, and tie up ships and men here. And our piracy hits Richton where it counts... In his gold purse. If he doesn't squeeze this province for the profits the Emperor demands, his head will roll."
Cyrus: "Don't forget the dragon, Basil. Because that's the thing you relaly fear, isn't it? The Battle of Stros M'kai hung in the balance until the Governor called in his dragon, right?"
Basil: "Well, there's that, too."
Cyrus: "I'll take care of the dragon."
Basil: "Big man."
Vander: "Can I feel your muscle?"
Iszara: "Richton probably has the dragon guarding the soulgem in the Palace treasure vaults."
Cyrus: "Where are they?"
Iszara: "You can enter them through the catacombs, but you need the key."
Iszara hands Cyrus the key:
Cyrus: "Where'd you get this?"
Basil: "The prince and your sister were good friends, Cyrus. The treasure vaults were to be her jewelry chamber."
Cyrus: "I've had enough of your chatter, Basil I'm going to find the gem and then I'll find somebody who'll bring the prince back when that's done, should I tell him to expect your aid or not?"
Basil: "I expect you'll have just as much success as your sister had, Cyrus. You can hardly do any worse."
Iszara: "I'll go with you."
Cyrus: "You're too weak, still. Look, I've done well enough to this point. I can finish this. For you."
Iszara: "For Hammerfell."
Cyrus: "Fine. For Hammerfell. When I have the soulgem and somebody that can break its magic, what should I do?"
Iszara: "Send us the signal and we'll meet at the Temple. Brother Nidal has A'Tor's body hidden there."
Basil: "Redguard. When you have the prince, you have his men."
On the boatride back to Stros M'kai:
Iszara: "I should help you."
Cyrus: "You're too well known on the island. The Imperials"
Iszara: "I could handle them."
Cyrus: "And you will after the Temple. I won't fail you. Not like last time."
Iszara: "Look. Let's get this straight. You murdered my husband, and ran away. One one day you robbed me of the two people I loved and trusted most in all the world. Hakan was not much of a husband, but you were not, and are not, fit to judge him. Nor am I fit to judge you. You're guilty of gods-know how many crimes and cruelties, not the least of all what you've done to your own flesh and blood. But... whatever harm you've done to me, I forgive you. You are my blood, and younger brother, and I can do no less. But if you trifle with the affairs of the League, and with the fate of Hammerfell and her people, then run away like you did last time, I will find you. You are a charming, vain, self-absorbed child, never thinking of anyone but yourself and your own profit... But if you take up this thing, you will see it through to the end... or I will kill you."
Cyrus: "I am going to find that soulgem. And I will get your prince back. Iszara. I know what you think of me. I'm not proud of what I've been. But something... is happening here, and I...I don't really know what I'm saying, but...."
Iszara: "Then don't say anything. I'm not interested in your words, Cyrus. It's enough to have you here. I just have to believe you'll stay when I need you."
Cyrus: "I will finish this."
==Quotes==
*"Come on, now." – While fighting Cyrus
*"Iszara fought better than you do." – While fighting Cyrus
*"You're doing your best." – While fighting Cyrus
*"Go to hell!" – While fighting Cyrus
*"Stupid!" – While fighting Cyrus
==Gallery==
Vander Loading Screen.png|From loading screen.
==Appearances==
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==References==
Category:Redguard: Restless League Members