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The Caged Broker (questline step)

The Caged Broker is a step of The Burning Doors.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Questline	The Burning Doors
Previous step	Through the Burning Door
Wait after previous step	At least one game hour
Minimum level	10+
Play mode	Online
Account	Registered account required
Offered by	Ysolde Marnhel, Master Conjurer of the Mages Guild of Wayrest Map

Objectives

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

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Meet Ysolde Marnhel at the quest hall in the named town	No
2	Tell Ysolde where the embers you carried out of the breaches should go	No

Choices

Decision	Choice
Where should the embers you carried out of Dagon's doors go?	To the Mages Guild, for study
Where should the embers you carried out of Dagon's doors go?	To the Order of the Hour, Akatosh's own
Where should the embers you carried out of Dagon's doors go?	To the Sigil Broker, who pays best

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 embers went to the Mages Guild for study, and Ysolde Marnhel will write how a door is shut for good.	100%	Yes
The embers went to the Order of the Hour, to lie quiet in the vaults of Akatosh's priests.	100%	Yes
The embers went to the Sigil Broker, who pays best. The Mages Guild will hear of it.	125%	Yes; one reward tier higher
Ysolde Marnhel left the quest hall without her answer.	No added payment	No

Outcome	Change type	Target	Change
The embers went to the Mages Guild for study, and Ysolde Marnhel will write how a door is shut for good.	Faction reputation	The Mages Guild	+5
The embers went to the Order of the Hour, to lie quiet in the vaults of Akatosh's priests.	Faction reputation	The Order of the Hour	+5
The embers went to the Sigil Broker, who pays best. The Mages Guild will hear of it.	Faction reputation	The Mages Guild	-2

Named gear

Outcome	Item	Base item
The embers went to the Mages Guild for study, and Ysolde Marnhel will write how a door is shut for good.	Ysolde's Ember-Rod	Staff
The embers went to the Order of the Hour, to lie quiet in the vaults of Akatosh's priests.	Seal of the Hour	Ring
The embers went to the Sigil Broker, who pays best. The Mages Guild will hear of it.	Broker's Dusk-Wing Mantle	Left Pauldron

A named reward uses its listed base only if your class can equip it; otherwise the fitted reward has a different base and no special name.

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.

Previous step: Through the Burning Door.

Online, a failed outcome does not apply its faction-reputation penalties. Legal-standing changes and choices made during the quest are separate.

Scripted gold

Payment	Base amount (gold)
Gold payment	300–600

These are the script’s unscaled payment ranges, before the outcome multiplier and any party split. A payment still requires its quest objective or branch; the listed payments are not automatically awarded together.

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