Oblivion:Hirtel

Hirtel (RefID: 0005D2C4)
Home City	Kvatch
Location	Kvatch, later found at the Flowing Bowl
Race	High Elf	Gender	Male
Level	10	Class	Commoner
RefID	0005D2C4	BaseID	0002D6FF
Other Information
Health	86	Magicka	187
Responsibility	100	Aggression	5
Faction(s)	Kvatch citizens

Hirtel

Hirtel is a High Elf commoner and a refugee from Kvatch. He is the first person you will encounter at the Kvatch refugee camp. He will inform you of the Daedra's attack, before promptly fleeing in wild panic.

He wears a set of middle-class clothing: a brown shirt, a pair of light brown linens, and pigskin shoes. As he left his former home in a hurry, he carries nothing except a small amount of gold.

After speaking to you he will then take off at a running pace down the Gold Road and run all the way to the Anvil dockside, where he will book himself in permanently at the Flowing Bowl. Once there, he will live a relaxed existence while waiting for the crisis to blow over. He will sleep in the upstairs area, in the second room on the left, between 2am and 6am and then just hang out all day long while chatting with the regulars and pirates that might stop by. He will eat a two hour lunch at midday and a two hour dinner at 6pm.

Quest-Related Events

When you arrive at the refugee camp south of Kvatch for the first time, Hirtel will actively seek you out and engage in conversation:

"Come on! Run while there's still time! The Guard still holds the road, but it's only a matter of time before they're overwhelmed!"

Run? From what?

"Gods' blood, you don't know, do you? Daedra overran Kvatch last night! There were glowing portals outside the walls! Gates to Oblivion itself! There was a huge creature... something out of a nightmare... came right over the walls... blasting fire. They swarmed around it... killing..."

The whole city can't be destroyed.

"Go and see for yourself! Kvatch is a smoking ruin! We're all that's left, do you understand me? Everyone else is dead!"

How did you escape?

"It was Savlian Matius... some of the other guards... helped some of us escape... they cut their way out, right through the city gates. Savlian says they can hold the road. No... no, I don't believe him. Nothing can stop them. If you'd seen it, you'd know... I'm getting out of here before it's too late! They'll be here any minute, I'm telling you. Run while you can!"

If you manage to approach him again, he will add:

"There's nothing left here for me. I'm getting out as soon as I can."

Should you ask him about Brother Martin, he will reply: "I knew a priest named Martin once. I'm sure he's dead, just like the rest of them. They're all dead, don't you understand?" If you approach him after he arrives in Anvil but before the Kvatch gate is closed, he will say: "You can say what you like, but I'm never going back to Kvatch." After you have closed the gate, he will be a bit more optimistic: "You closed the gate? How did you do it? We can't thank you enough."