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How do I find Mae'Var?
  • 1 of 8: Big surprise -- find a traitor!
  • 2 of 8: Go to the Thieves' Guild and talk to Renar, who's upstairs and in the back room.
  • 3 of 8: He tells you to go and find proof that Mae'Var is a traitor.
  • 4 of 8: He says to ask the shopkeepers in Mae'Var's guild to let you in.
  • 5 of 8: Go talk to the fat shopkeeper in Mae'Var's guildhall.  He lets you in.
  • 6 of 8: Mae'Var is downstairs.  Can't find him?
  • 7 of 8: That's because he's behind the secret door on the north wall.
  • 8 of 8: Find and open the door, then talk to Mae'Var.