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Defamation

Defamation is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Commoners
Membership	Male only
Requirements	Any level
Summary	Trace the source of vicious rumors, show a revealing letter and rescue a lover held in a dungeon.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Find out who is behind the rumors about your quest giver in the named town	No
2	Find the letter your quest giver had from the sister and show it to your quest giver	No
3	Rescue the lover from the quest dungeon	No
4	See the lover home to the quest house in the named town	No

Choices

Decision	Choice
The lover wants the letter that damns your quest giver and the sister.	Give the lover the letter
The lover wants the letter that damns your quest giver and the sister.	Keep it for the magistrate

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
The lover is home, his sword is yours, and your quest giver and the sister are his to deal with.	100%	Yes
The lover is home, and the letter that damns your quest giver and the sister went to the magistrate.	No added payment	No
The rumors about your quest giver were never put to rest.	No added payment	No

Outcome	Change type	Target	Change
The lover is home, and the letter that damns your quest giver and the sister went to the magistrate.	Legal standing	Legal standing	5

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

Scripted item payments

Item	Quantity per payment	Selection
Enchanted item (Item enchantment)	1	Random enchanted item

These are item payments made by the quest’s script. The objective or branch still determines which payment you receive. They are separate from the additional fitted gear choice and from ordinary enemy or chest loot.

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