Silver-Paws

"Greetings. Normally I would take pride in telling you that I am the most worldly Baandari merchant in all Tamriel. I would present you with a lavish display of the amazing variety of goods I have to offer, but I cannot do that today."

Have the Imperials taken your supplies as well? "Not everything, but they did seize some of our goods in the last raid. Me and the other Baandari were busy helping the knights defend the barricades. We didn't see the Imperials slip into our tents and steal our most valuable possessions."

What about poultices? The knights need poultices to heal their wounded. "Do they? Did Knight Commander Cheryline send you over to ask this of me? Can she not even show Silver-Paws the respect of asking herself? Of course not! Either way, we can spare no further supplies. We've given the knights everything we can."

[Persuade] I understand your frustration, but lives are at stake. "I wonder what the Knights of Saint Pelin would do if the scales were tipped the other way? Would they give up their supplies for a group of Baandari merchants? I won't have these knights' blood on my hands though. I will take the high road."

I appreciate that. So you'll give me the poultices? "Hmm. Well, there is a thing about the poultices. We do not have them just yet. The good news is that I had foreseen the need for them, so I sent our herbalists out to gather what they needed. But … they haven't returned yet."

Why didn't you tell me this before? "I didn't want to concern you! I thought the herbalists would be back any minute now. But now that I think about it, they have been gone a long time. I hope nothing unfortunate has befallen them."

Do you know where they went? "They went up to the water. They needed a special algae from the lake. Don't tell anyone, but that's one of the key ingredients in the Baandari poultices. If something happened to them at the lake, though ... I don't know."

I'll look for the Baandari herbalists by the lake.

I'll pay for the poultices if I have to. [Gold] "Ah … now you speak the language of the Baandari. You must understand, everything we sell, we either buy somewhere else, or we pay for the materials we use to craft it. We cannot to simply give things away."

All right. You have the payment. I'll take the poultices.

You have no poultices you can spare? "Not for free. What would the Knights of Saint Pelin do if the scales were tipped the other way? Would they give up their supplies for a group of Baandari merchants? No. If the Knight Commander wants the poultices, she'll have to trade for them."

What do you want in trade? "Hm. Let's see. I noticed that the knights have some very well-made bows stashed away in their weapons cache over there. Tell the Knight Commander I'll give her all the poultices she needs in exchange for those bows."

I'll go ask if she'll agree to your proposition.

You convinced Knight Commander Cheryline to give up the bows? If I had asked her, she wouldn't even have spared me a wooden dagger. She must really like you!"

Actually, she's just concerned with healing her wounded. "Hm. Thank you! Well, she will not be disappointed. We Baandari make amazing poultices—some of the most potent in all of Tamriel. Her knights will be healed in no time."

All right. I'll take the poultices to the knights then.