Oblivion:Audens Avidius

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Audens Avidius
(RefID: 00026D9E)
Home City Imperial City
House Imperial Legion Watchtower NE
Race Imperial Gender Male
Level PC+8 Class Guard
RefID 00026D9E BaseID 00026D9A
Other Information
Health 45 + (6+2.2)x(PC+7), PC=1-17
Magicka 100 + 1.5x(PC+7) (max=250)
Responsibility 50 Aggression 10
Faction(s) IC Citizens; Imperial Watch Captain(Captain); Imperial Legion; Eight Cities Couriers Customers; Prisoners
Audens Avidius
Avidius after escaping prison

Audens Avidius is a corrupt Imperial Watch captain. Recently, he has been fining citizens and shopkeepers in the Imperial City for various "thefts". You get to learn first-hand about his crimes during the quest Imperial Corruption. Other people are also apparently aware of problems: the candidate list during Taking Care of Lex states that Audens has "questionable morals" and is not a recommended candidate for captain of the Anvil Guard.

Before the related quest, Audens' daily routine is that of a typical guard. He wakes up at 6am every morning and eats breakfast until 8am in his room, the Northeast Watch Captain's Quarters. He then heads off to do his morning rounds, walking around the Market District starting with the eastern gate area around 8am, the gate to the city isle around 9am, the west gate around 10am, and finally the gate to Green Emperor Way around 11am. He then takes lunch at the Feed Bag from midday until 2pm, before returning to do rounds of the Arena District in the afternoon. He starts with the north gate at 2pm, followed by behind the Arena at 3pm and finally the south gate at 4pm. Due to a bug, he does not cover the west gate as he should at 5pm, but rather heads back to the ground floor of Northeast Watch Tower to wander for an hour. At 6pm he eats there for two hours, and then wanders around until he heads upstairs and finds his bed at 10pm. He was also intended to play a part in the unfinished Imperial Express quest; if Mariana Ancharia is still alive, he will head to the Black Horse Courier at midday on the 8th of every month, stay there for a brief moment, then return to his duties.

Before the related quest, Audens walks around in a full set of Imperial Watch armor, specifically the boots, cuirass, gauntlets and greaves. He wields a silver warhammer, and carries a blue & green outfit with pigskin shoes, both of which he will slip into when he goes to bed. Additionally, he carries a spare pair of light brown linens. He has both the Imperial Watch Key and the NE Watch Tower Key. He also carries a small amount of gold. His quarters are on the top floor of the Northeast Watch Tower. Nothing of note or value can be found here, although the dinner table is set with cheap food, such as carrots, apples, cheese and bread. On the side is a bottle of cheap wine and another bottle can be found on top of a food cupboard at the foot of the bed.

Dialogue[edit]

Before the related quest, Audens will say:

"I'm Watch Captain Audens Avidius. Don't forget it. I like this city quiet as a mouse. Raise a fuss, and you'll be sorry."
Imperial City
"When the city is quiet, everybody is happy. Right? If you like noise, maybe you're in the wrong place."

Related Quests[edit]

Quest-Related Events[edit]

You may hear citizens complaining about Audens when in the capital:

"Did you hear what happened to Ruslan and Luronk? One of the Watchmen fleeced them for all their coin!"
"Ruslan and Luronk are going around saying that some of the Imperial Watch are corrupt."

Alternatively, you may hear about Audens directly for either of the two victims:

"Hey stranger, can you spare a few coins? I've just been shaken down by that bastard watchman and he took my last septim."
Corrupt Imperial Watchman
"The bastard took every coin I had with me. I don't know his name, but I know his face. Luronk/Ruslan and I were shopping at Jensine's when he accused us of stealing. We turned out our pockets to prove we were innocent, but he didn't care. We had to pay the "fine" or he was going to march us off to jail."
Why didn't Jensine report him?
"He's shaken down most of the shopkeepers in the Market District. They're all too afraid of him to do anything. Jensine wouldn't even talk about it. Someone ought to do something about him."

If you speak to Jensine and raise her disposition to above 70, she will confirm the story:

Corrupt Imperial Watchman
"I guess I can trust you. It's that bastard Audens Avidius. He's in here every month taking my wares without paying for them. What can I do? He's a Captain of the Imperial Watch. Only another Watch Captain can arrest him. Fat chance of that happening."

However, she will still refuse to take the stand against him:

Testify against Audens Avidius
"You want me to publically accuse Audens Avidius of corruption? I'd sooner swim naked in a pool filled with slaughterfish and mudcrabs!"

Before Luronk gro-Glurzog and Ruslan agree to testify against him, if you ask Audens about Corrupt Imperial Watchman he will respond with:

"You must be stupid to accuse me of corruption to my face. In fact, I'm pretty sure you just attacked me. I think I need to arrest you for assaulting a member of the Imperial Watch."

He will then give you a bounty of 1000 gold and receive a disposition hit of 25 points.

After some cajoling and raising of disposition, you can convince Luronk and Ruslan to testify against Audens, which will prompt them to say:

Luronk: "This may be the stupidest thing I've ever done, but I'll testify against Audens Avidius. I suppose someone has to stand up to him."
Ruslan: "You've convinced me. If I don't stand up to him, who will? I just hope I'm not committing suicide."

Once both Luronk and Ruslan have agreed to testify against him, he starts to see some changes. He leaves the Imperial Legion faction, the Imperial Watch faction, and the Eight Cities Couriers Customers faction. His class is changed to warrior, and his level is changed to zero. Once Itius Hayn arrests Audens, his two keys are removed along with all of his armor and his warhammer. Itius and Audens share a unique conversation at this point:

Itius: "Audens Avidius, you are under arrest for extortion and petty theft. Surrender peacefully and keep what little dignity you have left."
Audens: "I'm surprised Itius. I didn't think even you would stoop to arresting a fellow Captain."
Itius:"Only those who break the law."
Audens: "I'll take my chances in prison rather than fight you. Someday I'll get out and the weasel that turned me in will pay!"

If you try to talk to Audens on his way to jail, he will say to you

"I've just been arrested for corruption, so I'm not in the mood to talk."

Carmalo Truiand will replace him as the watch captain based in the Northeast Watch Tower.

If you approach Ruslan after this, he will say:

"Luronk and I have both testified against the Watch Captain, Hayn. Thank you for helping us find the courage to stand up for ourselves. I hear that Audens Avidius is going to jail. Let's hope its [sic] a long sentence."

When he is put in jail, the rest of Audens' items are removed, and he is given pants and a shirt to wear. He is then removed from the IC Citizens faction and added to the Prisoners faction. The now former captain will be placed in the cell opposite Claudius Arcadia and will wander around 24 hours a day, without ever eating or sleeping. If you manage to talk to him while he is in jail, he will say:

"Someday I'll get out of here and take my revenge on everyone that put me in prison."

Audens will spend 10 days in jail minimum, however, he will not escape from jail until you are at least level 5. Once he does, people will say:

"Audens Avidius escaped from prison!"
"The Imperial Watch is asking around for anyone that might have seen Audens Avidius. He's escaped from prison!"

When Audens escapes from jail, added to his inventory are an iron dagger and the Ramblings of Audens Avidius, his aggression changes to 25, his disposition towards you is set to -100, his responsibility goes down to 5, and he is placed at the gate to the Prison District from the outside. He will then track you down in order to gain his revenge, running the entire way. When he finds you, he will say:

"First I'll kill you. Then I'll get Ruslan and Luronk. You'll all pay for what you did to me."

You will then be forced to kill him in self defense, which shouldn't prove too difficult as he will have no armor and be armed only with the iron dagger. Since he is an escaped prisoner the local Imperial Guard will attack him on sight, making no attempt to arrest him again, so if you don't want to fight Audens you can let the Imperial Guard take care of him. The note found on his body suggests that he took the same route out of the prison as you did during your own escape, despite being put in a different cell.

Notes[edit]

  • It is possible to charm Audens enough to be able to yield to him after he breaks free from prison. This may lead to some unexpected topics depending on where you yield to him, such as him giving directions as a normal city guard. He also seems to have forgotten that Hieronymus Lex was one of his colleagues, responding with the following when asked about him: "Yeah. I've heard of him. Isn't he a soldier or guardsman in the Imperial City?" Note, however, that he will be stuck in place for the rest of the game, and will still try to arrest you when you have a bounty on your head or sometimes he can spawn outside any prison of any city you travel to, and give directions as any other random city guard.
  • If you attack him while he is in his cell, but don't kill him with one hit, he will still act like a guard and try to arrest you, giving you the normal three choices, go to jail, resist arrest and pay gold.

Bugs[edit]

  • Audens was supposed to patrol near the western gate in the Arena District at 5pm. He will, however, return to the Northeast Watch Tower instead.
  • Audens was supposed to greet people by saying "I'm Watch Captain Audens Avidius. Don't forget it. I like this city quiet as a mouse. Raise a fuss, and you'll be sorry." but as he is a guard, all the standard guard greetings take precedence and it is never used. (listen)
  • After being imprisoned, Audens can still arrest you if you have a bounty. It appears that the relevant scripts do not get removed from him.
  • When Audens finds you after escaping prison, he may walk up and talk to you like a normal guard. He won't attack after exiting dialogue, but will simply stand there forever. Attacking him incurs a bounty. ?
    • Killing him will still update the quest.
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