Online:Loncano

Loncano
Location	Imperial City, Arboretum
Race	High Elf	Gender	Male
Reaction	Friendly

Loncano

Loncano is a High Elf archivist found in the Arboretum of the Imperial City.

Related Quests

•  Historical Accuracy: Help an archivist preserve Imperial documents.

Dialogue

When you approach, he's lamenting the state of the Arboretum: "Gods, what a mess. What a frightful mess."

The first time you accept the quest from him:

"These brutes are destroying everything! Millennia of scrupulous record keeping—up in smoke! If I were a younger mer, well, I'd... and I'd... Ugh!"

Why are these records important?

"Do you know what happens when a prodigal heir cannot prove his lineage? Or a baron cannot produce a writ of stewardship when land is in dispute? War! War without end!
Charters, treaties and writs form the bedrock upon which all peace is built!"

All right. Where are these records then?

"When I fled, I took what I could carry and ran for the gates. Others no doubt did the same. I would search there.
But before you go looking, you must deal with those arsonists! I fear if we don't deal with them, there may be nothing left to find."

I'll deal with these Daedra and bring you what records I can find.

Accepting the quest from him after having finished it at least once:

"The records you found before were invaluable, but incomplete. Through no fault of yours, of course! Are you ... quite busy at the moment?"

You'd like me to search for more records?

"Well, to be honest, yes! Though I'm not sure how many records remain. Scores of those accursed flame-Daedra have arrived in your absence. They've ruined countless documents already!"

I'll deal with these Daedra and bring you what records I can find.

You can then ask him some questions about the documents:

"The legionaries scoff at my concern for these "scraps of paper"—what few remain anyway. Feh. I'm sure the moment they realize there's no structure for their compensation, they'll reconsider."

What did you do here before the invasion?

"I am... I was an archivist. I specialized in letters patent. Certificates of noble birth, passages of hereditary title, and so on.
I was very well respected. Eminent even. But now? With all our records scattered to the wind? I just don't know"

And losing these documents will cause wars?

"Oh yes. You can be certain of that. Without a respected institution to watch over these records, the lesser nobles will go half-mad - snatching up their neighbors fields and claiming their children as long-lost relations ... Mass hysteria."

But they'll have no records to prove it, right?

"They'll just make new ones. Laughable forgeries they "found" tucked under their dead grandmother's mattress or some such nonsense. Then there will be endless arguments about their authenticity. Mara's mercy.
I'll have my work cut out for me."

Quest Turn-in:

"I pray you were able to recover something."

Here's what I managed to find.

"Ah, well some is better than none. These are in remarkable condition, all things considered.
You've done me a great service. No—you've done all of Tamriel a great service, though they may never know it. You have my deepest thanks."

Speaking to him after quest turn-in, he will have this to say:

"This is not the most... ideal location for preserving ancient documents. A bit too much moisture and low breeding. But it's far better than the belly of a Daedroth.
I will see to it that these records are cared for until we retake the city."

Notes

• This quest giver will appear near the Alliance rally point corresponding to the Alliance of your current player character.