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Baurus
(RefID: 00032A17)
Location Cloud Ruler Temple
Race Redguard Gender Male
Level 40 Class Knight
RefID 00032A17 BaseID 00023F2A
Other Information
Health 1000 Magicka 75
Responsibility 80 Aggression 5
Essential Until The Path of Dawn Stage 79
Follower Light the Dragonfires
Faction(s) Character gen Blades; Emperor faction, for Uriel and Martin
Baurus
Baurus fighting the Emperor's assassin
Baurus checking the Emperor's body

Baurus is a Redguard member of the Blades who starts the game as a bodyguard to Emperor Uriel Septim. As you quickly learn, however, Baurus is unable to save the Emperor from the assassination plot. As the only Blades member to have survived the assassination attempt, Baurus takes the failure somewhat personally, and proceeds to spend his time searching for the assassins. Baurus wears a full set of Blades armor and wields his Akaviri katana in combat. While sleeping or undercover, he wears leather boots, leather bracers, belted braies and a green wool shirt. He also carries a moderate amount of gold.

During the quest The Path of Dawn, you are tasked to meet up with Baurus and help his investigations; at this time you can usually find him at Luther Broad's Boarding House in the Imperial City Elven Gardens District. Although up until that quest, Baurus has been an essential NPC (i.e., unkillable), during this quest he can be killed.

If he survives, he will then relocate to Cloud Ruler Temple for the remainder of the game, here he will also have a full set of Blades armor you can remove from his body if he dies. If you talk to him at Cloud Ruler Temple, he will give you free skill boosts in Blade (+1), Block (+1), and Heavy Armor (+1). While Martin is still alive Baurus will watch him night and day. Also, he will fight by Martin's side in subsequent battles, such as the Defense of Bruma, and Light the Dragonfires.

If Baurus dies at any point and you talk to Jauffre about him while holding Baurus's Akaviri Katana, Jauffre will say, "He will not be forgotten. He goes to Aetherius to join the other fallen heroes of the Blades. I thank you for recovering his sword. I will set it in a place of honor in the Great Hall of Cloud Ruler Temple.", then he will take it from you and do what he says by adding it to the wall above the fireplace in Cloud Ruler Temple next to the swords of Glenroy and Captain Renault (if you retrieved them). If you ask about Baurus again, or if you simply haven't got his sword, he will say, "He served with honor. No Blade could ask for higher praise."

Related QuestsEdit

Quest-Related EventsEdit

TutorialEdit

When Baurus appears with the Emperor and the other Blades during the opening quest he is occupied with keeping the Emperor safe with an order to lock the doors:

Renault: "Baurus! Lock that door behind us!"
Baurus: "Yessir."
Uriel Septim: "My sons... they're dead, aren't they?"
Renault: "We don't know that, Sire. The messenger only said they were attacked."
Uriel Septim: "No, they're dead. I know it."
Renault: "My job right now is to get you to safety."
Uriel Septim: "I know this place ... The prison?"
Renault: "Yes, your Majesty. Beneath the Legion Compound. We're headed for a secret passage known only to the Blades. No one can follow us through here."

Once the gates are open:

Baurus: "No sign of pursuit, sir."
Renault: "Good. Let's go. We're not out of this yet."
Glenroy: "Stay put, prisoner."

After speaking to the Emperor:

Baurus: "Looks like this is your lucky day. Just stay out of our way."

After (?):

"You may as well make yourself useful. Here, carry this torch and stick close."
The Blades
"We're the Emperor's bodyguards. Our job is to get him out of situations like this. Although I admit, things are not going according to plan."
Uriel Septim
"My job is to make sure the Emperor gets out of here alive, and I intend to do it."

When exiting conversation:

"Stick close and let us do our job, and you'll be all right."

After the death of the Emperor:

"No... Talos save us..."

He will then enter conversation with you:

"We've failed. I've failed ... The Blades are sworn to protect the Emperor, and now he and all his heirs are dead.
The Amulet, where's the Amulet of Kings? It wasn't on the Emperor's body."
The Emperor gave it to me.
"Strange. He saw something in you. Trusted you.
They say it's the Dragon Blood, that flows through the veins of every Septim. They see more than lesser men.
The Amulet of Kings is a sacred symbol of the Empire. Most people think of the Red Dragon Crown, but that's just jewelry.
The Amulet has power. Only a true heir of the Blood can wear it, they say.
He must have given it to you for a reason. Did he say why?"
I must take it to Jauffre.
"Jauffre? He said that? Why?"
There is another heir.
"Nothing I ever heard about. But Jauffre would be the one to know. He's the Grandmaster of my Order.
Although you may not think so to meet him. He lives quietly as a monk at Weynon Priory, near the city of Chorrol."
How do I get there?
"First you need to get out of here. Through that door must be the entrance to the sewers, past the locked gate. That's where we were heading.
It's a secret way out of the Imperial City. Or it was supposed to be secret.
Here. You'll need this key for the last door into the sewers."
The sewers?"
"There are rats and goblins down there... but from what I've seen of you, I'm guessing you are an experienced [character class]. Am I right?"

Baurus attempts to guess your character class based on the type of skills you used and leveled during your trip through the dungeon. His guess may be any of the twenty-one standard character classes, except Spellsword. At this point, the conversation will pause to allow you to select a character class. Once you have done so, Baurus will continue depending on how closely your chosen class matches his guess.

If your class matches his guess:

"I thought so. A few rats and goblins won't give you any trouble."

If your class is similar to his guess:

"I wasn't far off. In any case, rats and goblins won't give you any trouble."

If your class is completely different from his guess:

"Really? I would never have guessed. Still, I don't think you'll have any trouble with rats and goblins."

Regardless of his response, the conversation will continue:

After the sewers, then what?
"You must get the Amulet to Jauffre. Take no chances, but proceed to Weynon Priory immediately. Got it?"
Yes, I understand.
"Good. The Emperor's trust was well-placed."
No. Please explain more.
"Take it easy. You'll be fine. I know this is a lot to take in all at once.
No one's more surprised than me that I'm sending an escaped prisoner off with the Amulet of Kings!
But the Emperor trusted you for a reason, and I trust the Emperor.
The Amulet of Kings must get to Jauffre at Weynon Priory. He'll know what to do with it.
Jauffre should know how to find the heir that the Emperor spoke of. The Amulet must reach Emperor Uriel's heir so a new emperor can be crowned!"
What about you? What will you do?
"I'll stay here to guard the Emperor's body, and make sure no one follows you. You'd better get moving. May Talos guide you."

If you have either Captain Renault's or Glenroy's katana, or both, in your inventory, Baurus will add one of the following lines:

"By the way, thanks for recovering Captain Renault's sword. I'll see that it is given a place of honor in the halls of the Blades."
"By the way, thanks for recovering Glenroy's sword. I'll see that it is given a place of honor in the halls of the Blades."
"By the way, thanks for recovering my comrades' swords. I'll see that they are given a place of honor in the halls of the Blades."

This ends the conversation and you are free to go on your way. You may also ask Baurus about various different topics at this point if you wish, although he will urge you to get moving:

"You need to get out of here. There's no telling who will come first, the Blades or more assassins."
Amulet of Kings
"The sacred symbol of the Empire. Only those of Septim blood can wear it, they say."
The Blades
"My order is dedicated to the service of the Septim Emperors. We have failed in our duty to protect him."
Jauffre
"He's the Grandmaster of the Blades. As the eyes and ears of the Emperor, the Blades don't advertise themselves.
We of the Imperial Bodyguard are the public face of the Blades, but most of my brothers serve the Emperor quietly, behind the scenes.
You'll find Grandmaster Jauffre at Weynon Priory, living as a simple monk."
Uriel Septim
"May Talos guide his soul to Aetherius. Rest in peace, my Lord."
Weynon Priory
"A chapterhouse of the Order of Talos, a monastic order connected to the Blades. It's located on the Black Road just outside of Chorrol."

Upon exiting conversation, Baurus will give one of his generic goodbye responses.

Unique DialogueEdit

Almost all Baurus' dialogue is unique to him, but most poignant are his words when asked about Martin at the end of the main quest:

The scholars and priests can debate what happened to Martin in the end.
What I know is that he sacrificed himself to save us all. As a Blade, I'm proud to have served such a master, if only for a short while.

NotesEdit

  • As with numerous other NPCs, Baurus doesn't employ the principles needed to participate in the Speechcraft minigame.
  • Baurus also appears in the Jaws of Oblivion card expansion for Legends, as the card Emperor's Attendant.
  • Baurus has a dialogue failsafe in place for if the game somehow messes up when predicting your class during the Tutorial. If possible to be heard, Baurus would've said, "There are rats and goblins down there, but from what I've seen of you, I'm guessing you're experienced enough to handle them. Am I right?"