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Might and Magic IX Hints

Arrest the thief.

  • 1 of 15: If you ask around at the town halls, you'll find that Sturmford City has been experiencing some petty theft recently.
  • 2 of 15: Why don't you go around and talk to everyone to see who acts suspicious?
  • 3 of 15: The man you want is Hatlati Oord.
  • 4 of 15: He's somewhere in the south half of the city, often near the temple.
  • 5 of 15: He looks just like the old man at the very beginning of the game, though I'm sure he's no relation (the programmers had to reuse lots of NPC designs).
  • 6 of 15: Talk to him to get him to confess, then say he's under arrest.
  • 7 of 15: After the conversation is over, he'll follow you around.
  • 8 of 15: Go to the town hall and put him in jail. (Talk to the guard next to the cell and say you have a criminal.)
  • 9 of 15: NOTE: If Oord doesn't follow you to the jail like he should, then just go ahead and talk to the jail cell guard, and continue on with the quest.
  • 10 of 15: Now go find the thief's poor family.
  • 11 of 15: Their house is at the north end of town, just west of Ludwig Van's place.
  • 12 of 15: Go upstairs and talk to the oldest child, Itlor.
  • 13 of 15: Tell him his father's in jail and ask him why he doesn't get a job.
  • 14 of 15: After agreeing to help him get one, go visit the magic shop (along the southern wall of the city) and talk to Injor about needing help.
  • 15 of 15: She'll agree to give Itlor the job. Go tell him that, and the quest will be done.