Harsh Lesson

Harsh Lesson is a quest available in . Baham is upset when first met and feels that the College is trying to suppress the Bosmer and Khajiit cultures. The headmaster, Tanion, thinks that the war justifies any tactics the College uses. The Bosmer are being forced to renounce the Green Pact every day. The Khajiit have to tuck in their tails, or they are thrown in the cave.
==Background==
I arrived at a place called the College of Aldmeri Propriety. One of the students claims this Thalmor training ground heaps hardship and abuse upon the Wood Elf and Khajiit students. She's asked me to investigate.
==Objectives==
#Talk to Tanion
#Observe Khajiit and Bosmer classrooms
#Spar with Proctors (4)
#Talk to Tanion
#Talk to Baham
#Give medical supplies to students (2)
#Talk to Baham
#Meet with Zaban
#Talk to Baham
#Go to Saltspray Cave
#Defeat Tanion
#Talk to Ilara
#Return to the College
#Talk to Baham
==Walkthrough==
When approaching the College of Aldmeri Propriety, you will run into a woman called Baham. She will tell you what kind of college you have stumbled upon; that the Bosmer and Khajiit here are being forced to forget their culture and assimilate into Altmer society. When she hears that you are with Queen Ayrenn, she will request that you go speak to the headmaster about the goings-on here. 
Head across the bridge and toward the big building you see there. You will find the headmaster Tanion being threatened by a Khajiit named Zaban. Speak with the headmaster and he will insist that no abuse is going on here; the lessons are supposedly tough but fair. He will allow you to inspect the classrooms and speak with the teachers. 
Head into the building. The classroom for the Bosmer students will be just ahead; you will hear them reciting a pledge to renounce the green pact and accept the Altmer as their superiors. If you talk to the student named Borchon, he will tell you that they are forced to renounce the green pact every day as part of their indoctrination. After this, head to the Khajiiti classroom on the second floor. There, you will find that a student is being forced to tuck in her tail, or else be thrown in the cave as punishment. Speak with the student and she will tell you that students are often thrown into Saltspray Cave up north, as punishment for not acting the way the instructors want. 
Now that you have inspected both classrooms, the next part of your inspection of this facility involves heading outside and sparring with the proctors. Beat four of them up, then return to Tanion. You can either lie to him that you were impressed, or express your disgust at how the students are being treated. If you chose the former, . If you chose the latter, he will tell you that these methods are necessary because these students are undisciplined and there is a war going on. Either way, head back to Baham and talk to her; she will be standing by the bridge. 
Baham will ask you to help out in distributing healing supplies she got from the Baandari to the students who received serious beatings today. You can get the supplies from Nurad, who is across the bridge, in the dorm directly opposite from the bridge. Once you get the supplies from him, bring them to Brinthir and Thalorel, who are in the dorms to your right as you exit this one. After you have healed both of them, head back to Baham, who will be just outside. 
Baham will tell you that her friend Ilara has been taken to the Cave. She thinks it is time to take up action and rebel against the instructors; she will ask you to go speak to the Baandari leader Zaban to get them some weapons. Zaban will be northeast of the college. When you arrive at the Baandari camp however, you will find that an agent of the Veiled Heritance has murdered all the cats there; there will be a letter by Zaban's body indicating that Zaban was one of the Eyes of the Queen and that Tanion works for the Veiled Queen. 
Baham and her allies will arrive shortly after; talk to her about what you found out. She will ask you to head into the Cave and save Ilara while she and her allies grab weapons from the camp and confront their teachers. Saltspray Cave is west of your current location; head in and fight your way through to the end, defeating all the Veiled Heritance agents along the way. Head through to the inner cave and you will find Tanion beating up Ilara. Kill him, then go speak with Ilara. Reassure her that it is all over and Tanion is dead, then head outside with her. Speak with Baham outside the caves to finish the quest; she will reassure you that they have taken over the school and that the place will now actually be a place of learning.
==Journal==
==Rewards==
*Thalmor Helm
==Updates==
*Update 1: From Update 1 onwards, you can now use the door in Saltspray Cave without finishing the quest.Update 1 Patch Notes
*Update 1: Update 1 also saw an increase in the gold reward, and the experience reward.
==References==
fr:Leçon de vie ou de mort
Category:Online: Auridon Quests
Category:Online: Aldmeri Dominion Quests
Category:Online: Side Quests
Category:Online: Auridon Side Quests