Project Tamriel:Cyrodiil/The Black Isle Bubble

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Conduct an interview with the Abecean Monitor to make your company's stock soar! Quest Giver: The Arenthian Location(s): Anvil, Sailor's Fluke Prerequisite Quest: The Black Isle Bounty Reward: Registration on the Trident Exchange and all bounties cleared, 40x BIC Stock Certificate, Disposition: +0, +10 or +30 (The Arenthian) Reputation Gain: +5 (Cyrodiil Thieves Guild) OR +1 (Cyrodiil Reputation), +10 (Cyrodiil Thieves Guild) OR +2 (Cyrodiil Reputation), +10 (Cyrodiil Thieves Guild) ID: PC_m1_TG_Anv7

Quick Walkthrough

1. Speak with The Arenthian in the Sailor's Fluke in Anvil about Queen's investment.
2. (Optional) Read the Black Isle Company Notes that The Arenthian supplies you with.
3. Talk to Nalen Tanicus at the Abecean Monitor building in Anvil about the Black Isle Company, and complete the interview.
4. Speak to The Arenthian after a day has passed.

Detailed Walkthrough

Your success in encouraging some of Anvil's notables to invest in your fictional company has apparently spurred the queen to make a small investment herself. The Arenthian seeks to lure in a large investment from her (and thus others) by ensuring that the Abecean Monitor - which is already intending to cover your company - rates it favorably. He sends you to undergo an interview from one of their reporters, passing on Black Isle Company Notes for you to refer to. These are helpful in working out the most favorable path through the interview, so it's worth reading them.

When ready, go to the Abecean Monitor building (it's across the canal from the Sailor's Fluke) and speak to Nalen Tanicus there.

The Interview

Nalen's first question is what the company's business model is. The best answer here is 'wholesaler for the East Empire Company'. His second question is why the company has not yet actually sold anything in Anvil. The most suitable answer is a reference to a first shipment that has not yet arrived.

His third question is what your company received its golden anvil for. Reply that it was your innovative new business model. The fourth concerns how the Black Isle Company convinced the East Empire Company to work with it. Reference previous experience working together (do not claim to have a strong network of business contacts, or a large team).

You'll receive a fifth question provided that Nalen has received at least some satisfactory answers. It concerns your expectations for the company's future - your answer to this one does not have a mechanical effect.

Interview Mechanics: Each answer that you give to the first four questions adds -1 or +1 to a tracked variable. If the interview ends with that variable at 2 or higher (three or four correct answers), you'll receive a positive article, boosting the stock price of the Black Isle Company by 60. If it ends with that variable at -1 or higher (two correct answers), you'll receive a neutral article, which doesn't affect the stock price at all. If it ends at below -1, you get a negative article, which tanks the stock price by 70. In general, the answers that add +1 to the variable are the ones that match the instructions in The Arenthian's notes.

Wrapping Up

With your interview concluded, wait a day for the article to publish, and then speak to The Arenthian. Regardless of your performance in the interview, he will register you for free on the Trident Exchange and give you 40x Black Isle Company stock certificates to sell there before the rest of society cottons on. He'll also clear your bounty. Of course, while the number of certificates you receive does not change depending on your interview performance, their value when sold very much does.

Notes

• Different Abecean Monitor articles appear depending on your interview performance. These are BLACK ISLE CO. UP SKY-HIGH (good performance), BLACK ISLE CO. UP DESPITE FLAWS (neutral performance) or BLACK ISLE CO. UP AMIDST DOUBTS (poor performance).

Quest Stages

The following Journal ID and Index codes can be used with the Journal console command to manually update the quest to a certain point.

The Black Isle Bubble (PC_m1_TG_Anv7)
Index	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		The Queen has invested a small amount of the Kingdom's money into Black Isle Company stock. The Arenthian plans to capitalize on this by getting positive coverage of the company published in the Abecean Monitor, causing the stock to rally and the Queen's investment to increase. He's arranged an interview between me and the Monitor to drive the scam home. To make sure I'm prepared for it, he gave me some notes on the company.
20		I completed the interview with the Abecean Monitor. It will take about a day for the article to be printed.
23		I told the Arenthian that I completed the interview with the Abecean Monitor. He asked me to talk to him again after the article printed.
100	Finishes quest	The Arenthian told me that as a result of the Abecean Monitor's glowing article, the Black Isle Company's stock has soared, with the Queen making a significant additional purchase. He gave me forty Black Isle Company stock certificates which I can sell at the Trident Exchange.
101	Finishes quest	The Arenthian was unimpressed with the Abecean Monitor's coverage of the Black Isle Company. The share price hasn't moved, and the Queen hasn't increased the kingdom's investment. Nevertheless, he gave me forty Black Isle Company stock certificates which I can sell at the Trident Exchange.
102	Finishes quest	The Arenthian told me that due to the Abecean Monitor's scathing coverage of the Black Isle Company, the stock has fallen dramatically. Nevertheless, he gave me forty Black Isle Company stock certificates which I can sell at the Trident Exchange.
103	Finishes quest	Enraged by the death of the journalist assigned to the Black Isle Company article, the Arenthian expelled me from the Thieves Guild.