Side Quest 2: Dragonhead Jailbreak

This quest is only available after escorting the miners through the mines (Quest #3) and before starting the missing miner quest. Right after escorting the miners or completing the absent guard quest, is the recommended time to do this quest.

How To Start The Quest

You can find this quest at the dragonhead jail, this is the building just below the dragonhead guard tower that is just east of the tavern. If you visit it during the day, you will notice that the guards have jailed man. If you walk close to his cell, he will ask you for help… He will tell you that he was caught stealing food to feed his family, you can get the guards take on it as well by talking with the guard at the jail desk.

In any case you can agree to help him break out. He will mention that the guards change shifts around midnight and that it would be a good time to get him out. So you will need to wait till then or sleep to just before midnight (11pm would be a good time to stay at the inn till).

Tip: Before you head back to the jail, be sure you have lockpicks if you have the lockpicking skill or at least a weapon if you do not. This quest has two different ways of ending depending on how you break him out.

At the Jail

I recommend saving if you really want to complete this quest, once you show up for the crime, you get one shot at it if you get caught and wont get to retry this one.

Arrive to the jail shortly before midnight and wait for the guard to leave the building if you enter the jail early, he will throw you out of the building. Once he is gone; quickly enter the building, the man should talk to you for a moment and tell you to check the desk for a key to get him out. Time will be fairly tight...

If you have lockpicking skill, you can pick the desk lock by double clicking on the desk assuming you have lock picks on you, once you get it open quickly open the door to his cell and he should exit the building swiftly. Follow him. He will ask you to meet him behind the building and tell you that he is really the head of a thieves guild in a near by area and that his fellow thieves are his friends with additional back story. This will open the door later in the story for an entry point into that organization should you want to become a part of it.

If you don’t have the lock picking skill or didn’t bring picks, when you go to open the desk, he’ll tell you that you’re going to have to do it the old-fashioned way which involves beating the door down with a weapon. You need to break it down quickly before the guard gets back.

Tip: You can use the “D” hot key to attack the door once your next to it and facing it, this can save you some time clicking.

Once you get the door broken down, he will tell you to run and run out himself. Be sure to get out of the building before the guard enters or you’re toast... He also says he will pay you back at a later time, which will play in the story later. Same as if you fail this quest or didn’t do it at all.

After the break

When you exit the jail, you’ll be rewarded with experience points but you’ll have to wait for the real reward later :-)