Liberation of Skyrim (continued) – A False Front

Delivering the Doctored Documents

Journey to Galmar’s newly established forward-operating base, to the west and slightly north of Morthal, on the Hold’s edge. This camp has the same benefits as the one in the Reach. Report in with Galmar, who has your orders. 
You are to deliver some false orders to the Imperial Legate in Morthal. But to make that happen, Galmar needs to get his hands on some Imperial orders to make forgeries. Fortunately, Imperial runners make frequent stops at the inns in Dragon Bridge and Rorikstead. Head to one of those places and convince the innkeeper to help you.

There are two inns at the locations Galmar mentioned: The Four Shields Tavern is in Dragon Bridge, along the main road to the west of Solitude and operated by Faida. The Frostfruit Inn is one of the prominent structures of Rorikstead and has an innkeeper named Mralki. Journey to either of these locations and speak to the innkeeper, asking whether they’ve seen any Imperial Couriers. After an evasive response, you can:

• (Persuade) Warn that the courier’s life is in danger.
• (Bribe) Offer some gold for the information.
• (Intimidate) Mention that you can get rough if you need to.
• Or wait around in the inn.

If you succeed using any of the first three options, the barkeep tells you that the courier just left and that you can probably catch him. Or you can wait in the inn for the courier to return. The courier is halfway between both the inns on the main road. Even if you’re unsuccessful, you can elect to run after or wait for the courier (the only difference is the objective won’t update). You must visit one of the inns before finding the courier.

The courier travels to and from each inn. He loiters at the inn for an hour, sleeps there for an hour, and then heads back to the other inn. He repeats this route until you intercept him, either by waiting inside the inn or finding him on the road. At this point, you have a three options:

• (Pickpocket) Pickpocket the documents while the courier is unaware.
• Speak to the courier, demanding the documents. He refuses and you must kill him.
• Simply kill the courier and loot the corpse for the documents.

• Imperial Documents

After returning to Galmar, he reads the documents, noting the Imperials know more about the Stormcloak plans than was expected. He “corrects” the documents with false information and orders you to present them to the Imperial Legate in Morthal, throwing him off the trail.

Quest Conclusion

You’ll usually find the Legate inside Highmoon Hall, the Jarl’s residence inside the Hold City of Morthal, although he sometimes walks the pathways around the city. Present some important documents to him. He reads over them, noting the troop movements (false) and rewarding you with a little gold for a drink at the Moorside Inn for your troubles. This quest now concludes.

• 5 gold pieces

Postquest Activities

Civil War Quests: Liberation of Skyrim is still ongoing. Civil War Quests: The Battle for Fort Snowhawk now begins.