Oblivion:Rowley Eardwulf

Rowley Eardwulf (RefID: xx003288) (lore page)
Added by	Vile Lair
Location	Wawnet Inn
Race	Breton	Gender	Male
Level	10	Class	Trader
RefID	xx003288	BaseID	xx003286
Services
Available	12am-12pm, 2pm-8pm every day
Training	Sneak, Basic (50)
Merchant
Gold	2000	Mercantile	Apprentice (44)
Sells	Weapons, Armor, Deepscorn Hollow upgrades
Buys	Armor Clothing Weapons Books Misc. Items Magic Items
Other Information
Health	84	Magicka	220
Responsibility	65	Aggression	5
Essential	Until all upgrades have been purchased
Faction(s)	IC Citizens

Rowley Eardwulf

Rowley Eardwulf is a Breton merchant at the Wawnet Inn. He only appears after you buy the Vile Lair official download and will sell you all Deepscorn Hollow upgrades. He has 2000 available gold and sells weapons, enchanted armor, and upgrades for Deepscorn Hollow. He also provides training in Sneak up to level 50.

According to Greywyn's Journal, Rowley was a former member of the Dark Brotherhood who aided Greywyn in his dark plan to destroy the Black Hand with an army of vampires known as the Crimson Scars. He escaped the Brotherhood's wrath when they massacred most of the Crimson Scars, and is the group's only known surviving member.

Rowley never sleeps; instead, he spends all night sitting on the stairs in the Wawnet Inn, where he will offer training and barter. At midday he will dine on mutton for two hours at one of the downstairs tables. At 2pm he will return to sitting on the stairs, and will stay there until 8pm when he has a three-hour dinner, again eating mutton. At midnight he will once again return to his seat on the stairs, keeping vigil throughout the night.

He wears a plaid shirt, light brown linens and a pair of quilted shoes. He is armed with a leveled dagger and always carries some mutton.

Related Quests

• Deepscorn Hollow: Deepscorn Hollow is an asylum for the wicked, a refuge from the persecution of the virtuous.

Dialogue

When you approach him, he will whisper:

"Psst! Hey you! Yeah, you! Come here! I got what you need..."

If you speak to him he will say:

"You need something... special? Check out my wares. You won't find this stuff at your local general store, that's for damn sure."

When exiting conversation he will send you off with:

"Walk always in the Shadow of Sithis."

Notes

• Several internal references refer to Rowley as Taris, implying that both his name and race might have been different originally.
  • Notably, the name Taris Rendil is featured heavily in another download, the Wizard's Tower.
• All of Rowley's dialogue is reused from elsewhere. He shares his greeting dialogue lines with Shady Sam. His goodbye line is instead taken from the radiant Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary dialogue system. Vicente Valtieri used this line originally.
• Despite all members of the Crimson Scars being described as vampires, Rowley himself isn't afflicted with the condition.
• When you achieve Expert level in Mercantile you can invest in his shop. This makes Rowley the merchant with the most gold available in the game, along with Nilphas Omellian and Aurelinwae.

Bugs

• Rowley would not have the Deepscorn Hollow upgrades available to buy if you entered Deepscorn Hollow the first time without triggering a quest advancement.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches, version 7, fixes this bug.
• Rowley's hello when you are near and greeting when you talk to him are misleadingly used all the time, even when he is not buying or selling anything. He will only trade when sitting on the stairs at the inn, or when he's eating on the ground floor.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches, version 7, fixes this bug.
• Rowley's merchant chest is not owned by him, as a result, innkeeper Nerussa can offer his unique items to you as well.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches, version 17, fixes this bug.