Online:Orthus Pontanian

Orthus Pontanian
Home City	Leyawiin
Location	Fighters Guild
Race	Imperial	Gender	Male
Health	39,959
Reaction	Friendly
Other Information
Faction(s)	Fighters Guild

Orthus Pontanian

Orthus Pontanian is an Imperial researcher and member of the Fighters Guild who can be found in their guild hall in Leyawiin. He is the lover of the late Vinnus Reburrus, a fellow guildmate.

Related Quests

• Vinnus's Research: Deliver the last words of a Fighters Guild member lost in the Deadlands.

Quest-Related Events

Before starting the quest, he will say:

"Researchers shouldn't take their responsibilities so seriously. I'm getting a headache from deciphering all these codes."

After you have found Vinnus's Note in the Deadlands, you can bring it and the stone to Orthus:

"Out with it, I'm too busy for pleasantries and dribble at the moment."

I found Vinnus in the Deadlands. He left you a note.

"Vinnus, h-he's dead? How?
No, he wouldn't want me to mourn when there is still work to be done. This letter mentions a stone. Hand it to me. Carefully!"

Is it dangerous?

"You found it alongside the … body of one of the best researchers the guild has ever seen. Vinnus was a very tenacious man. If this thing killed him, it's definitely dangerous."

The note said that the stone could be an instrument of Mehrunes Dagon.

"If Vinnus says the stone was linked to the Prince of Change, I believe him. He was always right, it was incredibly annoying. I'm going to miss that.
Thank you. As terrible as the news is, I can't imagine what not knowing would have done to me."

If you exit out of the conversation before turning in the quest, Orthus will alternatively say:

"I can't believe Vinnus is gone. He was my everything."

Vinnus' note said that the stone belongs to Mehrunes Dagon.

Once you have completed the quest, you can ask him some questions:

"I'll look into this strange stone immediately. It'll give me something to focus on with everything that's just … happened."

Why did Vinnus go into the portal if it was so dangerous?

"When reports of the portals and the cultists started coming in, Vinnus packed his bags. He couldn't sit idly by and wait for more news, even after I asked him to.
This is the first I've heard from him since he left."

Do you have any more information about the portals?

"Unfortunately not. Or at least, we don't yet. More researchers have gone through the portals, maybe they'll be luckier than my Vinnus was.
Between their findings and this stone, we will be able to uncover what Dagon is planning. We have to."

Do you have a theory about Mehrunes Dagon's plan?

"What I know is that I lost someone today, someone who died trying to get this device into my hands. I might have theories later but for now, I need to figure out what Vinnus died for without the influence of my own theories. I owe him that."