Skyrim:Bullying Braith

Convince Braith to stop bullying Lars. Quest Giver: Lars Battle-Born Location(s): Whiterun Reward: 2 gold pieces, access to the House of Clan Battle-Born, permission to take low-level items from the house Disposition: =3 (Lars) ID: FreeformWhiterunQuest01

Braith bullying Lars

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Lars Battle-Born and agree to help him.
2. Talk to Braith and get her to stop bullying Lars.

Detailed Walkthrough

Lars is confronted by his grandmother

Wander around Whiterun and you may hear Lars Battle-Born being picked on by Braith. Speak to Lars and he'll explain that he's being bullied. He'll also offer you his life savings to deal with the problem: "Yes. Braith bullies me all the time. All the elders think I'm a milk drinker 'cause I can't fight. Nobody understands. If you can get Braith to leave me alone, I'll be your best friend... forever! I'll pay you, too! My whole life's savings - two septims!"

Beat Senseless... By a Girl, no Less!

Others will take notice of the boy's distress, and try to speak to Lars, who will be unforthcoming, including Bergritte, who suggests her grandson go play outside:

Bergritte: "Lars, dear, why don't you go outside and play? It's a beautiful day."
Lars: "That's all right, grandmother. I like staying home with you."
Bergritte: "It's that Braith girl again, isn't it? Has she been bothering you again? I've a mind to speak with her mother."
Lars: "No! Please, grandmother, don't do that. I'm fine. Really. Can we just... not talk about this anymore?"
Bergritte: "All right, dear."

Lars' no-nonsense mother, Alfhild Battle-Born, will take a much harder tone, saying: "My boy Lars has been getting beat senseless, and by a girl, no less!"

Bratty Braith

It seems that these aren't exaggerations - Braith is a child with a serious chip on her shoulder, as illustrated by her treatment of her unfortunate target:

Speaker	Conversation 1		Conversation 2		Conversation 3
Lars	"Braith. I.... I've come to tell you that I'm not afraid of you anymore."		(none)		(none)
Braith	"Don't make me laugh, baby Battle-Born. You'll be afraid of me till the day I kill you."		"Battle-Born! Give me your money!"		"Oh look, it's little baby Battle-Born."
Lars	"You... You're wrong! You can't hurt me anymore..."		"I... I don't have any money."		"Leave me alone, Braith..."
Braith	"Oh no? So you're gonna fight back if I punch you? Huh? You're gonna hit a girl?"		"You'd better give me five septims, right now, or I'm going to bloody your nose..."		"What are you gonna do if I don't? Huh? Gonna cry to your papa?"
Lars	"Well, no... I... I mean..."		"No! Please! I really don't have any money, Braith! I'll give you ten septims tomorrow. Just don't hit me."		"Just go away!"
Braith	"That's what I thought. Now get out of my way, baby. I got things to do."		"Ten septims tomorrow, baby Battle-Born. Or I'm gonna bloody your nose and your lip."		(none)

A Love/Hate Relationship

At Lars' request, you can approach Braith and tell her to stop her bullying ways. In order to persuade her, you can tell her:

• "I'm Lars' bodyguard. Mess with him and you mess with me!"
• "He has a disease. It's very contagious."
• "You want to be shipped off to the Honorhall Orphanage?"

As harsh as the last choice may seem, all three options lead to the same response. It turns out Braith has liked Lars for quite some time now, and only wanted a kiss. If he had obliged, she wouldn't have had to bully him. Although this may seem like an odd way to treat the boy she wants a kiss from, the blame for this warped behavior does not entirely lie with Braith herself, as she can often be heard asking her parents for advice, to little or no avail:

Braith: "Papa, I want to talk to you..."
Amren: "Hmm? What about?"
Braith: "Well, there's this boy, and..."
Amren: "Listen, Braith... Why don't you talk to your mother about this, okay? There's a good girl."

Saffir is too busy to talk

Braith: "Mother? Can I talk to you?"
Saffir: "Not now, Braith."
Braith: "But..."
Saffir: "Not now, Braith!"

Braith: "Mother?"
Saffir: "What?"
Braith: "I wanted to ask you something. It's about a boy..."
Saffir: "Not now, Braith. Go... go ask your father."

After the quest conclusion, you'll notice that Braith no longer bullies Lars, and in fact keeps her distance from him. Lars will thank you for your help, and Braith will tell you that she has stopped bullying him.

Notes

• You can only speak with Lars Battle-Born between 8am and 8pm.
• After completing this quest, even if she continues with her same abrasive dialogue, Braith becomes friendly to you and will occasionally give you a gift or invite you to play.
• You do not have to complete this quest to receive your reward (2 gold pieces).
• After completing this quest, you can freely enter and take low-value items from the Battle-Born house. This can be useful for the Missing In Action quest.

Bugs

• Braith will sometimes go into Carlotta Valentia's house and stay there, no longer patrolling Whiterun or returning to Amren's house. If this has happened, your quest marker may point to Carlotta's house after you talk to Lars. ^?
  • If you can pick the lock on Carlotta's house without being detected, you can still have the quest dialogue with Braith inside the house. When you leave, she will follow you out, and resume her normal schedule.

Quest Stages

Bullying Braith (FreeformWhiterunQuest01)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
10		Objective 10: Convince Braith to stop bullying Lars
200	Finishes quest
300	Fails quest

• The following empty quest stages were omitted from the table: 0, 255.

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage FreeformWhiterunQuest01 stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest FreeformWhiterunQuest01.