Tamriel Rebuilt:Mette Black-Briar

Mette Black-Briar (TR_m3_Mette Black-Briar)
Home City	Old Ebonheart
Location	East Empire Company: Basement
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Level	4	Class	Merchant
Other Information
Health	65	Magicka	90
Alarm	100	Fight	30
Faction(s)	East Empire Company 0(Underling)

Mette Black-Briar, a misleading seller of mines

Mette Black-Briar is a Nord merchant with an office in the East Empire Company hall in Old Ebonheart. She can be found in her office in the basement there, and has a tangential role during the events of the East Empire Company quest, Empty Mines, Empty Coffers, as you attempt to address a complaint by Great House Redoran that the company sold them an 'ebony' mine without mentioning the apparent lack of ebony. Mette seems to have had some foreknowledge of this:

"Oh, that mine. I could have told you that didn't have any ebony left in it; why do you think it was for sale? To let some Vvardenfell Dunmer pretend to be prospectors and waste their time digging while we do actual important work."

Indeed, it becomes clear that Mette's role is to offload mines that the Company does not find profitable enough to run by itself. During Iron and Blood, she will attempt to sell you the iron mine of Anbarsud, which - as it transpires - is filled with vampires. Additional dialogue references a mine in Sundered Scar which she wishes to sell, although no quest has yet been implemented for this:

"Wonderful! Let's get you set up with a beautiful new mine somewhere in the Sundered Scar region. I'm not too keen on the name "Sundered Scar" either, but that's what the locals call it. Now, the property is called Maesabun. I don't have much in my notes but according to this it should have a slight potential to maybe have a slim chance at having some iron ore. Just remember that the EEC owns all mineral rights in perpetuity and all sales must be done through our brokers."

Related Quests

East Empire Company

• Empty Mines, Empty Coffers: House Redoran demands a refund for an already depleted ebony mine they bought.

Orlukh Clan

• Iron and Blood: What's yours is mine.
• More Blood Than Iron: Eliminate the unwelcome tenants of Anbarsud.