Beyond Skyrim:Cyrodiil/Svenja Strong-Arm

Svenja Strong-Arm (RefID: xx065063)
Location	Bruma Fighters Guild
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Level	PC×1.3 (range=24-60)	Class	Warrior
RefID	xx065063	BaseID	xx003A22
Services
Training
Other Information
Health	50×?	Magicka	50×?
Stamina	50×?
Primary Skills	Archery, Light Armor, One-handed, Sneak, Speech
Perks	Archery: Overdraw 2, Power Shot, Ranger, Overdraw 2, Overdraw 2 Light Armor: Range of Movement
Class Details	TrainerTwoHandedExpert
Morality	No Crime	Aggression	Unaggressive
Faction(s)	CYRCrimeFactionBruma; CYRFightersGuildFaction; CYRJobTrainerFaction; CYRJobTrainerTwoHandedFaction; CYRTownBrumaFaction

Svenja Strong-Arm

Svenja Strong-Arm, a Nord warrior, is the head of the Bruma Fighters Guild and an expert-level trainer in Two-handed. During the related quest, she will ask you for help in putting up recruitment posters for the guild.

After waking up at 8am, Svenja will eat a quick breakfast in the common room, before heading upstairs to her office to work on her papers for an hour. On weekends, she instead makes a quick trip to Ice-Wind Traders to buy supplies. From 10am to 3pm she joins Ionalla Dark-Heart and Eranir on the training ground, smashing dummies with her axe, before heading back to her desk for more paperwork. She eats a quick dinner at 6pm and returns to training until 10pm. After lounging in the common room for two hours, at midnight she heads to bed downstairs in the basement.

Svenja wears a full suit of chainmail armor: cuirass, helmet, gauntlets and boots. She is armed with a steel battleaxe and carries a solution of vigor, potion of plentiful healing, two philters of the berserker, the key to the guildhall and a random selection of gold, lockpicks, gems, jewelry, food and drink.

Related Quests

• Fighter's Guild Advertising: Raise the Fighters Guild's profile by putting up posters all over Bruma.

Dialogue

When greeting you she will say:

"I'm Svenja Strong-Arm, head of the local Fighters Guild."

Can I join the Fighters Guild?

"Sorry, but we're not looking for new members right now. The Nibenese Branch is currently undergoing strict internal reforms. Check back soon, though."

Strict internal reforms?

"It's not something I can discuss with someone outside of the guild."

There's no chance for me to join at all?

"I'm afraid not."

Unlike cynical Eranir and glory-hunting Ionalla, Svenja truly believes the guild's mission is helping Cyrodiil's citizens:

What does it mean to be in the Fighters Guild?

"That's a good question, one I don't hear often enough from the other members in our hall. The Fighters Guild is here to serve those who need our help. If their coin is good enough, their fights become our fights, and we'll take our steel to their enemies. But it's more than that. I don't think I can explain it to you unless you see it for yourself. It's that look in a husband's eyes when you bring his wife back into his arms. Being able to help the people of Cyrodiil, to change their lives for the better, is what this is all about."

What if their coin isn't good enough?

"Well... then we don't help them. It's not a flawless system. Nothing is without its faults, but... I just wish there was something more I could do."

That's too bad.

"Aye, it is. I suppose that's life, right? At least we can help some of them. It's just a shame those who need our help the most probably can't afford it."

There must be something you can do.

"I try to do what I can aside of guild affairs but it's a tender topic with the city guard."

It's good you're so passionate.

"I just wish my underlings shared that passion."

Thank you for sharing that with me.

"Oh, think nothing of it. It's nice to have someone take an interest in the true heart of the guild from time to time."

You can also ask her more about the guild:

Why is this called a "Nibenese branch"?

"Because this guild hall belongs to the Nibenese Fighters Guild. The Colovian halls have been part of a separate branch since just after the Great War."

What happened after the Great War?

"That's a lot of bad blood that I'd rather not get into. Let's just say it's a dark chapter of the guild's history and there was a large divide in philosophy."

And that's what caused the divide?

"Just like an axe cutting into wood."

Let's change the topic, then.

"Thank you for your tact."

Thank you for the information.

"No problem."

What do you do around here?

"I lead this hall. It's my task to make sure it's up to the standards set by Master Coltinius and Champion Cyrus. It's also my responsibility to try and control Eranir and Ionalla - a monumental calling, believe me."

Do those two not get along?

"Oh, they get along like a log cabin set ablaze! The only problem is the result is just as devastating..."

How so?

"They can be quite the handful, let's say. Especially when they're intoxicated."

I can relate to that.

"Then you know what I wrestle with most of my time."

Why not just knock their heads together?

"I might be strong but I don't know about taking them both on at once. If only problems could be solved so easily..."

What about in your free time?

"I like to train myself and others in the use of two handed weaponry. I find conditioning my body to be therapeutic. I must be strong for the time when my skills are needed the most."

When leaving conversation, she will ruefully say:

"Back to saving innocents, I guess."

Quest-Related Dialogue

Asking Svenja is there is anything you can do to help will allow you to start the Fighter's Guild Advertising quest:

Any work available?

"We're trying to increase public awareness, make sure people know who to come to if they want their contracts completed. But we'll need to step up our presence if that's to happen. Here, take these posters. Put them up in prominent positions around Bruma. Once you've put them all up, return to me, and I'll have some coin waiting for you."

She will then hand you five recruitment posters for you to hang up all over Bruma. Once you're done, she will give you payment as promised:

I put up the posters.

"Excellent. Not exactly usual Fighters Guild work, but critical if we're to grow our services. Unfortunately, the posters probably won't last long. Rough weather. Oh, well. Here's your coin."

Bugs

• Svenja's line "I try to do what I can aside of guild affairs but it's a tender topic with the city guard." does not have a voice file. ^?