Skyrim:Garthar

Garthar (RefID: 000B4084)
Home City	Riften
Location	The Ragged Flagon - Cistern
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Level	PC×1 (range=10-25)	Class	Thief
RefID	000B4084	BaseID	000B03A3
Other Information
Health	50+(PC-1)×8.3
Magicka	50
Stamina	50+(PC-1)×6.7
Primary Skills	Light Armor, Sneak, Archery, One-handed
Class Details	CombatThief
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Unaggressive
Protected	Yes
Voice Type	MaleBrute
Faction(s)	CrimeFactionThievesGuild; FavorExcludedFaction; Riften Thieves Guild Headquarters Faction; ThievesGuildFaction 0(Agent); TownRiftenFaction

Garthar

Garthar is a cocky Nord thief who joins the Thieves Guild after at least three special reputation quests have been completed. He was picked up by Vex after a roadside encounter with some wolves and it appears he has feelings for her.

Once he arrives in the Cistern, he will be found wandering around and chatting to fellow guild members until 6am, when he takes a four-hour break to get some sleep in the bed to the left of the alchemy lab. His only other activity is training with his dagger in the training room between 2pm and 6pm.

He wears the standard Thieves Guild armor, gauntlets, and boots. He is equipped with a leveled dagger (up to elven quality), a hunting bow, and twelve steel arrows. He also carries two lockpicks and up to 18 gold.

Related Quests

• The Pursuit: Break into Mercer Frey's house and search for clues.
• Under New Management: Become the Guild Master of the Thieves Guild.

Quest-Related Events

The Pursuit

Before you've cleared Karliah's name, he'll warn you:

"They're waiting for you in the cistern. No tricks.".

After you've exposed Mercer, he'll angrily tell you:

"If I find Mercer first, I'm going to crush his skull with my bare hands!"

Under New Management

Before speaking to Brynjolf:

"Brynjolf tells me you'll make an excellent Guild Master. Oh, he's looking for you, by the way."

If spoken to during the ceremony:

"We can get better acquainted once the ceremony's ended."

Dialogue

When first met, he'll greet you with:

"We haven't met."

"Name's Garthar. Remember it, because you're going to hear a lot about me."

Afterwards, he might say:

"Still learning the ropes, but I'll get the hang of it."

"Been doing a few jobs for Vex... how about you?"

"Did you want something?"

When you're done talking to him he'll cheerfully say:

"Good luck on your next job."

"Off for some wine, eh? Drink one for me."

If you question him about how he got into the Guild, he'll gladly recount:

So how did someone like you join the Guild?

"It's kind of an amusing tale. I was making my way down the road from Ivarstead towards Riften, and I saw Vex fighting off a couple of wolves. "

She needed help with some wolves?

"Well, there were eight of them and she'd already killed three by the time I joined the fight. Together, we made short work of them and the last one limped away licking its wounds."

Is that when she asked you to join?

"Actually, that's when she politely asked me to hand over my coin purse. Can you imagine? We scuffled for a while, broke each other's weapons, and finally fell to the ground exhausted."

A stalemate?

"Indeed. After a few minutes, she looked me dead in the eye and asked me if I wanted to join the Guild. Just like that, no apologies."

That was big of you to accept.

"Something told me I wouldn't regret it. I had heard the Guild was back on its feet again and most of Skyrim under its belt. I'll tell you, I wouldn't want to cross blades with Vex again, but I certainly wouldn't mind a bit of a scuffle..."

Once you've become Guild Master, he'll be encouraging:

"Glad to see they picked the right person for the job."

If you get expelled from the Guild, he'll refuse to talk to you:

"Don't want to know what you did and I don't care. Just keep away from me."

Notes

• In the Prima Official Game Guide, the summary for him reads "Appearing in the Guild with an attitude problem but ready to help out and make a bit of money, Garthar considers himself a problem-solver. When something needs to get done and heads need to be knocked together, he's the person others call upon. Even though he has a large frame and looks like quite the brute, Garthar is actually rather smart and is quite adept at stealth, lockpicking, and pickpocketing; he is quite a unique asset for the Thieves Guild."