Unauthorized Absence

Unauthorized Absence is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Dark Brotherhood
Membership	Member
Requirements	Rank 1+
Summary	Track a runaway through his cousin to a vampire's dungeon and settle the debt.

Objectives

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

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Ask your contact, the target's cousin, at the quest building in the named town where the target went	No
2	Find the target in the quest dungeon and do the accounting	No
3	Return to your quest giver in the named town	No

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 target was no deserter but a vampire, and is at rest now. See a temple before you join the family.	100%	Yes
The target's absence went unaccounted.	No added payment	No

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.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Vampire	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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