Find the Thalmor assassin

Quest

Miscellaneous / 4 steps / 1 reward

Find the Thalmor assassin is part of the Main Quest questline. You can start it by speaking with Malborn in Thalmor Embassy and progressing through Diplomatic Immunity until Recover your equipment. Rewards include 100 gold.

How to start

Talk to Malborn in Thalmor Embassy. Choose “Tell me about this Thalmor assassin that's hunting you.”
or Progress Diplomatic Immunity until: Recover your equipment.

Associated locations

Locations
Thalmor Embassy

Actors

NPCs
	Location
J'datharr	-
Malborn	-

Objectives in order

Journal entry

I met Malborn hiding out in Windhelm. He thinks there's a Thalmor assassin on his trail, a Khajiit, waiting for him outside the city. I promised I'd take care of this assassin, if there really is one.

Find the Thalmor assassin

Journal entry

I met Malborn hiding out in Windhelm. I killed the Thalmor assassin who was on his trail. I should let him know it's safe for him to leave Windhelm.

Tell Malborn the assassin is dead

Rewards

Rewards
Type	Name	Count	Location
Gold	Gold	100	-
	Level 1+	50	-
	Level 6+	100	-
	Level 11+	150	-
	Level 16+	200	-
	Level 21+	250	-

Related quests

Map

View Thalmor Embassy on the map

Technical data

Quest ID: MQ201MALBORN
Form key: skyrim.esm:0x04cece
Source plugin: Skyrim.esm
Stage indexes: 0, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 80, 100, 110, 150, 200, 300