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Synopsis:

Postmaster Danzo Arkwright asks the player to find missing letters and will offer a reward on delivery. Reading the letters first will allow the player to blackmail the postmaster.

How to trigger:

Teleport to S_WYR_Post_Postmaster and speak to the Postmaster.

2.
Danzo Arkwright
: Deliveries are on hold while we sort out some, er, logistical issues. My apologies.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster = False, WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased
End
27.
Danzo Arkwright
: Go on, bugger off. I've a business to run, in case you hadn't noticed.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Displeased
End
37.
Danzo Arkwright
: Clear off. I've business to attend to.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Scared
End
62.
Danzo Arkwright
: Welcome... again... to Sword Coast Couriers - to Send and to Serve. Delivery not guaranteed.WYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster, WYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_RefusedToFindLetters = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster = False
- 75. [Jump] Jump to Node 98 (2)
67.
Danzo Arkwright
: Clear off. We're closed.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster = False, WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Scared
End
70.
Danzo Arkwright
: If you happen to stumble across those letters, do bring them by. There'd be a tip in it for you.WYR_Posthouse_State_RefusedToFindLetters
- 87. [Jump] Jump to Node 110 (2)
98.
Danzo Arkwright
: Welcome to Sword Coast Couriers - to Send and to Serve. Delivery not guaranteed.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster = FalseWYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster
- 107. Player: I'm sorry to tell you - I found the body of one of your couriers. He carried this letter.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasCourierLetterWYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveCourierLetterToPostmaster
  - 147.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Gomwick... that's a real shame. Fine courier, he was.^devnote
    
    58.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Stumped how I'll replace him - most want to get into the city these days, not leave it. We've had to cut our courier services completely.
    
    29.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I'll tell you, it's left me in a right pickle. I've sent what I can by pigeon, but now something's attacking them and all!WYR_Posthouse_Knows_LettersAreMissing
    
    131.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : 'Become a postmaster, Danzo. It'll be easy.' Nobody mentions having to spend your evenings hunting for pigeon carcasses, do they?
    
    24. Player: [PassiveRoll] WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_PassiveInsightAttempted = FalseWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_PassiveInsightAttemptedRoll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 15 (0)
    
    53. [RollResult] True
    
    39.
    Narrator
    : *You sense there's more to his anxiety than a few missing letters.*ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_InsightSuccess
    
    13. [Jump] Jump to Node 120 (1)
    
    85. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
    
    113. Player: You must be particularly keen to retrieve the Zhentarim letters about the Iron Flask.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasReadMissingLetters, WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasOpenedMissingLetters
    
    90. [Jump] Jump to Node 18 (1)
    
    99. Player: Level with me. What's really going on here?ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_InsightSuccess
    
    78.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Oh, well, er, one of the missing letters is my own correspondence.
    
    115.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : A personal matter. Nothing serious. But you can understand, if people think I can't even deliver my own letters, I'd be finished!
    
    42. Player: Especially if they discovered you were meddling in Guild business on the Zhentarim's behalf.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasReadMissingLetters, WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasOpenedMissingLetters
    
    18.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You - you read it? Technically that's interfering with someone else's property. I should report you to the nearest manip.^devnote
    
    34.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Tell you what - give it here and we'll say no more about it.^devnote
    
    137.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I'll give you a nice little bonus as well. A finder's fee. What do you say?^devnote
    
    142. Player: I've got another buyer lined up. I'd make it a very generous fee.Roll (Charisma, Deception) vs 18 (0)
    
    25. [RollResult] True
    
    148.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Fine. Just give me the letter.^devnote['Karlach 1', 'Astarion 1', 'Minthara 1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Shadowheart 1']
    
    69.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Forget you saw anything. This never happened.WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Displeased, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveOpenedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesLargeReward
    End
    
    0. [RollResult] False
    
    130.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : If you'd shown that letter to anyone but the Zhent, you'd already be dead.
    
    Link to Node 91
    
    73. Player: Give me everything the Zhentarim paid you, or this letter is the least of your worries.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 18 (0)
    
    22. [RollResult] True
    
    15. [Jump] Jump to Node 148 (1)
    
    104. [RollResult] False
    
    93.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You really think I'm intimidated by the likes of you?
    
    91.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : That letter's not leaving this room. Neither are you.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesNoReward, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
    End
    
    10. Player: It'd be a shame if anyone told the Zhentarim you lost this. A real shame...Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 18 (0)
    
    3. [RollResult] True
    
    92. [Jump] Jump to Node 148 (1)
    
    41. [RollResult] False
    
    11. [Jump] Jump to Node 93 (1)
    
    5. Player: I graciously accept.
    
    140.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Much obliged, much obliged. ^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveOpenedMissingLettersToPostmaster
    
    82.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Here's your fee. Our little secret, all right?WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesSmallReward
    End
    
    83. Player: No, thanks. I'm keeping the letter.
    
    71.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You bloody arse rat. Fine - keep it. Much good it'll do you.^devnote
    
    97.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Go on, get out of my post house. We're closed.WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Scared, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesNoReward
    End
    
    119. Player: Is this the letter you were looking for?WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasReadMissingLetters = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasOpenedMissingLettersWYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster
    
    17.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Ah. You've opened it, I see.^devnote
    
    109.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Well, let's cut to the chase. Go on. Tell me how much your silence is going to cost me.^devnote
    
    121. Player: Erm, give me all of your gold. Or I start breaking fingers.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 20 (0)
    
    146. [RollResult] True
    
    35.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Fine. Take it all, and keep your trap shut.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Displeased, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesLargeReward['Karlach 1', 'Astarion 1', 'Minthara 1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Shadowheart 1']
    End
    
    36. [RollResult] False
    
    64. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 93
    
    12. [Alias] WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Displeased
    End
    
    Alias to Node 97
    
    103. Player: Everything you have. It will take a lot of gold to make me forget that horrible letter I definitely read.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 20 (0)
    
    48. [RollResult] True
    
    106. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (1)
    
    123. [RollResult] False
    
    66.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You... you didn't read it, did you?^devnote
    
    Link to Node 12
    
    112. Player: I didn't read it. I'm not here to blackmail you.
    
    136.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You aren't? Right. Well, er, here's a little something anyway. A gift.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesSmallReward
    
    57.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Let's not mention this to anyone else. Our little secret, all right?WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased
    End
    
    120. Player: Is this the letter you were looking for?WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasMissingLettersWYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster
    
    52.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Thank the gods! Unopened as well. Oh, what a relief. My customers will be most pleased.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased
    
    43.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Here's your fee, as promised.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLettersWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesSmallReward
    End
    128.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Please, take this. You've earned it ten times over.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesSmallReward
    End
    
    101. Player: Any idea where the birds went missing?
    
    63. [Alias] ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers
    
    Alias to Node 56
    
    102. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 116
    
    61. Player: Do you want me to track down your letter?
    
    80.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You'd do that? Well, if it's not too much bother I - yes, I'd appreciate the help.^devnote
    
    54.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Bring me the letter - unopened, of course - and I'll happily compensate you for your troubles.ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffersWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    81. [Alias] ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers = FalseWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    Alias to Node 54
    
    139. [Jump] Jump to Node 49 (1)
    
    16. Player: I can track this letter down. But I'll need my expenses paid up front.Roll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 18 (0)
    
    72. [RollResult] True
    
    129.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I suppose there's no harm in you taking a look. Here's something to get you started.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesMoneyUpfront
    
    145. [Alias] ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffersWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    Alias to Node 88
    
    88.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Bring me the letter - unopened - and you'll get the rest.ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers = FalseWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    96. [RollResult] False
    
    45. [Alias] ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffersWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    Alias to Node 14
    
    14.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I'll pay when that letter's on my counter, unopened. Not one moment before.^devnoteffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers = FalseWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    86. Player: Any idea where the birds went missing?
    
    56.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Not the foggiest. Normally they fly true as an elven arrow.ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers
    
    116.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Something nearby is snatching them, I can tell you that much.
    
    143. Player: I could find the pigeons for you. My fees are very reasonable.
    
    Link to Node 108
    
    7. Player: I'd be happy to take a look.
    
    108.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Well, er, if it's not too much trouble, I'd be much obliged.
    
    4. [Alias] ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffersWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    Alias to Node 47
    
    47.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Any letters you find, bring them back to me - unopened, of course - and there's some gold in it for you.ffbbea84-1c4a-c054-814e-70d9ed8f38fd_KnowsAboutJeffers = FalseWYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
    End
    
    49. Player: Good luck with that. I've got bigger problems to solve.
    
    28.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I'm sure you do. What's a few letters gone astray at a time like this? Hardly life and death, is it?^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_State_RefusedToFindLetters
    End
    
    65. [RollResult] False
    
    89. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)
- 40. Player: Wait - delivery not guaranteed?
  - 74.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Well, we've had to change the policy. Hard to send letters by road when there's a rampaging army of fanatics bearing down on you.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 29
- 125. Player: I'm not sending anything. You can drop the sales routine.
  - 55.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : No routine here - we're the best in the city, delivering from Candlekeep to Waterdeep and beyond! ^devnote
    
    77.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : At least, normally that's the case. We've had to limit our service - hard to send letters by road when there's a rampaging army of fanatics bearing down on you.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 29
- 127. Player: It's rare to meet someone so cheerful these days. Why the good mood?^devnote
  - 144.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I'm alive and well, aren't I? Earning an honest living. Serving my community. I've plenty to be happy about.^devnote
    
    114.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Though, I will admit it's been tough recently. We've had to cut down our courier routes. Too risky with that army rampaging nearby.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 29
- 126. Player: Still need help tracking down those letters?WYR_Posthouse_Knows_LettersAreMissing
  - 31.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : I do, as a matter of fact. Would you be interested in lending a hand?
    
    44. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)
- 118. Player: Leave.
  End
110.
Danzo Arkwright
: I don't suppose you've, er, stumbled across those letters yet?WYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters, WYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster = False
- 38. Player: I found a different letter. It was on the body of one of your employees.WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveCourierLetterToPostmaster = False, WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasCourierLetterWYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveCourierLetterToPostmaster
  - 117. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 147
    
    122. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 58
- 50. [Jump] Jump to Node 120 (1)
- 132. [Jump] Jump to Node 119 (1)
- 9. Player: I found the letter intended for the Zhentarim. It made for very interesting reading.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasReadMissingLetters, WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasOpenedMissingLetters
  - 20. [Jump] Jump to Node 18 (1)
- 26. Player: I found the letter, but it was very difficult. I'm afraid my fees have gone up.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasMissingLettersRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 18 (0)
  - 79. [RollResult] True
    
    68.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Yes, fine, just give me the letters.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_State_ReturnedMissingLettersToPostmaster, WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster
    
    59.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Still sealed, thank the gods! ^devnote
    
    111.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : You've no idea the kindness you've done me. What a relief!^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased, WYR_Posthouse_Event_PostmasterGivesSmallReward
    End
  - 60. [RollResult] False
    
    134.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : And I'm afraid my offer has stayed the same. Give me the letters, please.^devnote
    
    94. Player: Fair enough. Here you go.WYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveMissingLettersToPostmaster
    
    1. [Jump] Jump to Node 52 (1)
    
    30. Player: On second thoughts, I think I'll hang on to them.
    
    95. [Jump] Jump to Node 71 (1)
- 33. Player: Nothing yet. I'll keep looking.WYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters
  - 100.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Much appreciated. They'll turn up in the last place you look, I'm sure!^devnote
    End
- 21. Player: I'll think about it.WYR_Posthouse_State_PromisePostmasterToFindLetters = False
  - 19.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : That's all I ask.
    End
- 84. Player: I'm afraid the letters have been destroyed.WYR_Posthouse_State_MissingLetterDestroyed
  - 6.
    Danzo Arkwright
    : Better than having them fall into the wrong hands, but still totally unacceptable.
    
    76. [Jump] Jump to Node 97 (1)
- 8. Player: Leave.
  End
133.
Danzo Arkwright
: Normal service resumed at last.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Pleased
End
135.
Danzo Arkwright
: Clear off. We're closed.^devnoteWYR_Posthouse_HasMet_Postmaster = False, WYR_Posthouse_Postmaster_Displeased
End
138.
Danzo Arkwright
: Welcome to Sword Coast Couriers - to Send and to Serve. Delivery guaranteed.WYR_Posthouse_State_Tressym_QuestDisabled
- 32. Player: I'm sorry to tell you - I found the body of one of your couriers. He carried this letter.WYR_Posthouse_State_PlayerHasCourierLetterWYR_Posthouse_Event_GiveCourierLetterToPostmaster
  - 46. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 147
- 124. Player: I'm not sending anything. You can drop the sales routine.
  - 51. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 55
- 23. Player: It's rare to meet someone so cheerful these days. Why the good mood?
  - 105. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 144
- 141. Player: Leave.
  End