Oblivion:Amantius Allectus

Amantius Allectus (RefID: 000153AA)
Home City	Imperial City, Temple District
House	Amantius Allectus' House
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Level	4	Class	Commoner
RefID	000153AA	BaseID	000097A5
Other Information
Health	53	Magicka	110
Responsibility	40	Aggression	10
Faction(s)	Amantius Allectus Door Owners; Eight Cities Couriers Customers; IC Citizens; Amantius Allectus House

Amantius Allectus

Amantius Allectus is an Imperial commoner residing in the southeast corner of the Imperial City Temple District with his wife, Caula Allectus. Amantius is the target of a Thieves Guild quest, May the Best Thief Win. He is the author of a diary that details his somewhat macabre experiments on plants.

Amantius leads an easy-going life. He wakes up every day early at 6am, and eats on the main floor of his house for two hours. He then spends four hours walking around his home speaking to his wife until midday, at which point he heads out on weekdays to eat at the Feed Bag. Once his lunch is over at 2pm, he heads to the Main Ingredient to think about different supplies he may need for his experiments. At 6pm he leaves and heads to the Arboretum, where he wanders until his bed time at midnight. On weekends, he doesn't even make it out of his house until 8pm, when he goes to the Green Emperor Way to wander until midnight.

His schedule is seldom interrupted. Like the other Imperial City residents, he is subject to martial law during the Light the Dragonfires quest. Also, while you are trying to steal his diary during the May the Best Thief Win quest, he will conveniently be asleep upstairs in his house until the journal has left the premises. One last disturbance is that as long as Mog gra-Mogakh has not died, he will go to the Black Horse Courier at midday on the 9th of each month, and will hang around for a brief amount of time before resuming his normal schedule.

Amantius wears typical upper class apparel: a red velvet garment, a red velvet blouse, and blue suede shoes. He also carries with him at all times his house key and a small amount of gold.

Dialogue

Before his diary is stolen, whenever you speak to Amantius he will greet you with:

"I think someone is watching me. I see figures in the shadows all the time. I know it's all in my head. I'm spending too much time on my latest project. But enough about me. What can I do for you?"

Imperial City

"I'm here in the city for access to the Temple libraries, and for the bookstores... especially the First Edition in the Market District."

If you happen to steal his diary before ever speaking to him, then the first time you speak to him (and 20% of the time thereafter) he will say:

"I'm Amantius Allectus, the writer. I'm working on a new edition of 'Lives of the Saints'."

Related Quests

• May the Best Thief Win: You want to join, but are you a good enough thief?

Quest-related Events

May the Best Thief Win

Once you're in the Garden of Dareloth in the Waterfront District at midnight, Armand Christophe will set out the challenge you must accomplish if you want to join the Thieves Guild:

"Whoever brings me the the [sic] diary of Amantius Allectus, without killing him, will be invited into the guild. It's somewhere in the Imperial City. The beggars will help you locate it, for a price."

Sure enough, if you ask one of the city's beggars with a Disposition below 70, they will say:

Amantius Allectus

"I've heard of him. What's it worth to ya?"

Here's five coins.

"You are most generous! He lives in the Temple district on the far east side. He's an early riser, usually up by sunrise."

Um...I'm short of coins.

"Amantius Allectus? I thought you said Amantus Leckis. Sorry. Never heard of him."

Alternatively, if they're better disposed towards you they will immediately spill the beans:

Amantius Allectus

"Anything for you! He lives in the Temple district on the far east side."

After you have completed the quest, citizens of the Imperial City can be heard saying:

"Amantius Allectus was killed during a burglary. They say the house was ransacked." (see Bugs section)

"Amantius Allectus is complaining about crime in the city. Someone actually broke into his house and stole his diary."

Rumors

His wife will remark on his absentmindedness when greeting and discussing the city:

"I'm Caula Allectus. My job is making sure my husband Amantius doesn't go out with his clothes on backwards. It's cute, really. Such a genius, and can't find his own socks. It's a full-time job keeping him in matching outfits."

Imperial City

"I find things to do. I manage the house, make sure Amantius doesn't starve or run out of ink."

Notes

• Amantius claims to be working on a second edition of Lives of the Saints. Despite the identical title, this book is most probably not the same as the Lives of the Saints published by the Tribunal Temple.

Bugs

• Denizens of the Imperial City would make reference to Amantius having been murdered during May the Best Thief Win even when this wasn't the case.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch, version 1.1.0, fixes this bug.
• In some cases, when you select "rumors" while talking to Amantius, he will speak to you about his death during the ransacking of his own house as if he were someone else.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch fixes this bug.