Project Tamriel:Skyrim/The Baker and the Bread Thief

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Retrieve some stolen bread for a baker.
Quest Giver: Alek
Location(s): Dragonstar West, Alek: Baker
Reward: 40 gold
Disposition: +25 (Alek)
ID: Sky_qRe_DSW4_Journal
   

Quick Walkthrough[edit]

  1. Talk to Alek in his bakery in Dragonstar West.
  2. Find Rhalan in the To-Nagri Cave Dwelling in Dragonstar West. The bread is in a sack near him.
  3. Decide what to do with Rhalan. You can bring him to the prison for an additional reward.
  4. Return the bread to Alek.

Detailed Walkthrough[edit]

Quest Stages[edit]

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 Baker and the Bread Thief (Sky_qRe_DSW4_Journal)
Index Finishes Quest Journal Entry
5Finishes quest☑Alek, a baker in Dragonstar West, asked me to catch a thief who ran away from his shop with stolen bread.
10Finishes quest☑I declined to help the baker Alek recover his stolen bread from a thief. He told me to come back if I change my mind.
15Restarts questI agreed to help Alek in Dragonstar West recover his stolen bread. The thief ran away from the bakery to the southeast, towards the refugees' tunnels.
17I found Alek's stolen bread and the thief who took it--a poor refugee named Rhalan hiding the refugee tunnels in Dragonstar West.
20I decided to escort Rhalan to the prison to be arrested.
23While en route to the prison in Dragonstar West, I decided to let Rhalan go free.
27I brought Rhalan to the prison in Dragonstar West.
30I turned Rhalan in for a reward at the prison in Dragonstar West.
40I decided to take Rhalan's stolen bread and return it to Alek.
50Rhalan let me keep the stolen bread after I threatened to call the guards.
60I let Rhalan keep some stolen bread.
70Rhalan, the bread thief, is dead.
80Finishes quest☑I paid Alek for his stolen bread instead of trying to find the thief.
90Finishes quest☑I returned Alek's stolen bread and told him that Rhalan was nowhere to be found.
100Finishes quest☑I returned Alek's stolen bread to him.
101I told Alek that I couldn't find his stolen bread.
110Finishes quest☑I informed Alek that Rhalan was hiding in the refugees' caves in Dragonstar West.
120Finishes quest☑I proposed a solution to everyone's problems: I'd pay Alek the value of his stolen bread and, moving forward, he would give away his unsold goods to the refugees. Alek accepted the proposal.
130Finishes quest☑I told Alek that I found Rhalan, but let him go.
140Finishes quest☑I told Alek that I could neither find the thief nor the stolen bread.
150Finishes quest☑I returned Alek's stolen bread and told him that I had Rhalan arrested.
160Finishes quest☑I told Alek that I had Rhalan arrested, but couldn't find the stolen bread.
170Finishes quest☑I returned Alek's stolen bread and told him that I killed Rhalan.
180Finishes quest☑I told Alek that I killed Rhalan, but couldn't find the stolen bread.
190Finishes quest☑Alek called me a thief for eating his bread and reported me.
200Finishes quest☑Alek is dead.