Online:Orthelos

Orthelos
Home City	Elden Root
Location	On the bridge in front of the Middens
Race	Wood Elf	Gender	Male
Health	39,959
Reaction	Friendly

Orthelos

Orthelos is a Wood Elf thief who can be found standing on the bridge in front of the Middens at Elden Root. He asks that you recover a bow a friend stole from him.

Related Quests

• Storgh's Bow: Find a bow stolen by a false friend.

Quest-Related Events

Approaching him:

"Orcs are honor and that… I wonder if he really tricked me?"

If spoken to before going to Vinedeath Cave:

I don't guess you've run into a big, lumbering, brute of an Orc in your travels? Name's Storgh. Was a friend of mine, emphasis on the "was".

I'm in a pile of trouble because of him.

What sort of trouble?

Maybe you've heard of the Right of Theft? A Wood Elf tradition. If you pull off a particularly clever theft, you can demand payment from the owner for their things.

Well, I stole this treethane's bow. And then Storgh stole the bow from me.

What's the problem?

The treethane wants his bow back. And if I can't give it to him, he's going to have me hauled in and whipped.

Last I heard, Storgh was headed toward Vinedeath Cave. The treethane won't let me leave town. Could you look for Storgh?

I'll see what I can do.

Speaking to him again:

"Storgh shouldn't be hard to track. You can smell him leagues away. But if I leave town, the treethane will send people after me, thinking I'm trying to escape with his bow.
I can't do a thing until I get that bow back."

Once you've retrieved the bow and returned to Elden Root:

"You actually got the bow? Incredible. Did Storgh give you much trouble?"

He was already dead. He met his end in Vinedeath Cave.

"Vinedeath Cave remains true to its name, then. I'm sorry to hear it. Storgh might have been a dunderheaded double-crosser, but he was still my friend.
I figure I owe you what the treethane paid me for the bow. Some thief I turned out to be, eh?"

If you got the quest from Vinedeath Cave he will have different dialogue upon the return of his bow:

"Hey! I'd recognize that bow anywhere. Where did you get that?"

I found it in a cave. The owner mentioned you in his journal. I thought it might interest you.

"Storgh's dead? Sad news, even if he did steal this bow from me.
It's a good thing you found it. I sort of owed it to a local treethane. Long story. I hope you'll accept this for a reward."

If spoken to again, he'll say:

"Thaks again. Now I can give the treethane his bow back. I'm a free Elf!
Take care of yourself out there. Grahtwood is a dangerous place, as Storgh discovered."