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Investigate Alva's house.
1 of 6: Go over to the east side of town to find Alva's house, which is always locked.
2 of 6: Once in the house, go down the stairs and enter the cellar to find Alva's coffin.
3 of 6: If it's daytime, Alva will be asleep in the coffin, but she'll wake up if you attack her or unsuccessfully try to sneak around.
4 of 6: You need to get the journal that's inside the coffin. That'll be easy if Alva is already dead, or if she's in the coffin and you use the Muffle spell to keep from waking her up.
5 of 6: Note that if she wakes up, you can grab the journal and run, but she'll follow you outside, and no one will help you kill her. (Lazy town guards!) Also note that if you sneakily steal the journal without her detecting you, she'll flee to Movarth's Lair.
6 of 6: Whether you kill Alva or not, getting her journal will get you the next objective.
