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An Ancient Heresy

Walkthrough and QA reference for An Ancient Heresy (SW_ExpManorJourn).

At a glance#

JournalSW_ExpManorJourn
CategoryExpansion / PlanExp
Journal entries3
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Claire Lavigne in Dantooine, Lavigne Manor and ask about manor.
Key locationsDantooine, Lavigne Manor
Key charactersClaire Lavigne

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Claire Lavigne in Dantooine, Lavigne Manor and ask about manor#

Speak with Claire Lavigne in Dantooine, Lavigne Manor and ask about manor.

Expected journal update — index 5: Claire Lavigne has been expanding her home and has run into issues in the lower levels of their manor. She has asked that I look into the issues that they are having and to report to her once all problems have been resolved.

2. Speak with Claire Lavigne in Dantooine, Lavigne Manor and ask about manor — Finished#

Speak with Claire Lavigne in Dantooine, Lavigne Manor and ask about manor.

Expected journal update — index 10: I’ve returned to Claire who thanked me for my assistance and referred me to her brother regarding the artifacts that I found.

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 10:

I’ve returned to Claire who thanked me for my assistance and referred me to her brother regarding the artifacts that I found.

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Claire Lavigne (SW_ExpLavCla) — Dantooine, Lavigne Manor

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Dantooine, Lavigne Manor
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_ExpManorJourn Generated category: Expansion / PlanExp Journal entries: 3

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—Claire Lavigne has been expanding her home and has run into issues in the lower levels of their manor. She has asked that I look into the issues that they are having and to report to her once all problems have been resolved.1
10FinishedI’ve returned to Claire who thanked me for my assistance and referred me to her brother regarding the artifacts that I found.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

Claire Lavigne has been expanding her home and has run into issues in the lower levels of their manor. She has asked that I look into the issues that they are having and to report to her once all problems have been resolved.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2779589242537019534 under topic manor; speaker Claire Lavigne (SW_ExpLavCla). locations: Dantooine, Lavigne Manor. conditions: Journal SW_ExpManorJourn Equal 0. response: “I’ll have the downstairs door unlocked if you’re willing to check it out. We were expanding the manor with a subterannean floor when we discovered some sort of ancient temple down there. I’d like to figure out what is going on before my brother finds out, or else he’ll turn the entire manor into some sort of dig site.”.
SW_ExpDownDoor2->Disable
Journal SW_ExpManorJourn 5

Stage 10 — Finished

I’ve returned to Claire who thanked me for my assistance and referred me to her brother regarding the artifacts that I found.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 28931236472075832546 under topic manor; speaker Claire Lavigne (SW_ExpLavCla). locations: Dantooine, Lavigne Manor. conditions: Journal SW_ExpManorJourn Equal 5; Item/ItemType SW_ExpSithRemains GreaterEqual 1; Item/ItemType SW_ExpSithMask GreaterEqual 1. response: “Well, those are certainly… interesting items you found down there. Hopefully removing them will solve our problems. I would take those to my brother to see if he is interested in them.”.
Journal SW_ExpManorJourn 10

Dialogue speakers:

  • Claire Lavigne (SW_ExpLavCla) — Dantooine, Lavigne Manor

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Dantooine, Lavigne Manor

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: Claire Lavigne has been expanding her home and has run into issues in the lower levels of their manor. She has…
  • Reach index 10 (Finished): I’ve returned to Claire who thanked me for my assistance and referred me to her brother regarding the artifact…
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_ExpManorJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.