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The Talking Rakghoul

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Talking Rakghoul (SW_Gar).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Gar
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries6
Completion branches2
Starts bySpeak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities.
Key locationsNar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities
Key charactersSW_Gar — Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities, H.T. Parnell

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities#

Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities.

Expected journal update — index 5: I have met a talking Rakghoul inside of H.T. Parnell’s Oddity Museum who seems to know numerous facts about hyper travel, the Rakghoul disease, and the museum.

2. Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul#

Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have spoken to the Rakghoul about the disease and he slipped up after I caught him in a mistake. He confessed he was a fraud, his real name is Gar, and that he is a slave owned by H.T. Parnell that has been surgically modified to look like a Rakghoul.

3. Speak with H.T. Parnell in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul — Finished#

Speak with H.T. Parnell in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul.

Expected journal update — index 15: After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Ray, I blackmailed him for 5,000 credits and I will keep his secret.

Known item transfer: 5000 × Credits (gold_001).

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

4. Speak with H.T. Parnell in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul#

Speak with H.T. Parnell in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul.

Expected journal update — index 20: After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Gar and has released him to be free in exchange for me keeping his secret. I should speak to Gar about this.

5. Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul — Finished#

Speak with the relevant character in Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities and ask about rakghoul.

Expected journal update — index 25: Gar was overly excited about the news, but is afraid he has no place in the world anymore, he has offered his services to me in my travels as a butler and bodyguard. If I refuse his service he will stay in the museum.

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has 2 explicit finished entries. Treat them as branch coverage targets during playtesting:

  • Index 15: After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Ray, I blackmailed him for 5,000 credits and I will keep his secret.
  • Index 25: Gar was overly excited about the news, but is afraid he has no place in the world anymore, he has offered his services to me in my travels as a butler and bodyguard. If I refuse his service he will stay in the museum.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 5000 × Credits (gold_001)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • SW_Gar — Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities (``)
  • H.T. Parnell (SW_zParnell) — Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell’s Oddities
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_Gar Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I have met a talking Rakghoul inside of H.T. Parnell’s Oddity Museum who seems to know numerous facts about hyper travel, the Rakghoul disease, and the museum.1
10—I have spoken to the Rakghoul about the disease and he slipped up after I caught him in a mistake. He confessed he was a fraud, his real name is Gar, and that he is a slave owned by H.T. Parnell that has been surgically modified to look like a Rakghoul.1
15FinishedAfter confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Ray, I blackmailed him for 5,000 credits and I will keep his secret.1
20—After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Gar and has released him to be free in exchange for me keeping his secret. I should speak to Gar about this.1
25FinishedGar was overly excited about the news, but is afraid he has no place in the world anymore, he has offered his services to me in my travels as a butler and bodyguard. If I refuse his service he will stay in the museum.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I have met a talking Rakghoul inside of H.T. Parnell’s Oddity Museum who seems to know numerous facts about hyper travel, the Rakghoul disease, and the museum.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2415214091683917963 under topic Greeting 7; speaker SW_Gar. locations: Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities. conditions: Journal SW_Gar Equal 0. response: “Hello, do not be alarmed, I’m sure you have never seen a talking Rakghoul before. Do not fear me, I am not primal like others in my state. I am here to answer your questions. What would you like to know about, I can tell you about hyper travel, the Rakghoul disease, or about the oddity museum.”.
Journal SW_Gar 5
StopSound "GarAlarm1"
StopSound "GarAlarm2"

Stage 10

I have spoken to the Rakghoul about the disease and he slipped up after I caught him in a mistake. He confessed he was a fraud, his real name is Gar, and that he is a slave owned by H.T. Parnell that has been surgically modified to look like a Rakghoul.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 15883102742205914948 under topic rakghoul; speaker SW_Gar. locations: Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities. conditions: Journal SW_Gar Less 10; Function/Choice Equal 3. response: “I - uh.. Look, you caught me, I can’t keep doing this. My name is Gar, I’m a slave owned by H.T. Parnell, I have been my entire life. A few years ago he had me surgically modified to look like a Rakghoul, and I’ve been doing this performance ever since. But, what else am I to do now? Look at me…”.
Journal SW_Gar 10
StopSound "GarAlarm1"
StopSound "GarAlarm2"

Stage 15 — Finished

After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Ray, I blackmailed him for 5,000 credits and I will keep his secret.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 6957163173377391 under topic rakghoul; speaker H.T. Parnell (SW_zParnell). locations: Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities. conditions: Journal SW_Gar Equal 10; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “Hey now, hey now, calm down. 5,000 credits? I think I can spare that, as long as this little secret stay between you and me. I can deal with Gar, just don’t tell anyone, all right?”.
Journal SW_Gar 15
player->additem "gold_001", 5000

Stage 20

After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Gar and has released him to be free in exchange for me keeping his secret. I should speak to Gar about this.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 291612121957565265 under topic rakghoul; speaker H.T. Parnell (SW_zParnell). locations: Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities. conditions: Journal SW_Gar Equal 10; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “Alright, alright! This museum is everything I have, I can let one exhibit go. But if I do you can’t tell anybody about my exhibits, understand? You can tell him yourself, he’s free, but don’t let that disgusting excuse for a life speak to me on the way out.”.
Journal SW_Gar 20

Stage 25 — Finished

Gar was overly excited about the news, but is afraid he has no place in the world anymore, he has offered his services to me in my travels as a butler and bodyguard. If I refuse his service he will stay in the museum.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2693922428283086665 under topic rakghoul; speaker SW_Gar. locations: Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities. conditions: Journal SW_Gar Equal 20. response: “You did what? I’m free? Well that’s incredible. But, what will I do? I’m a monster now! I know, why don’t I join you? I could be your butler, your bodyguard, both! If not I may as well just stay here, I can’t very well go out on the street looking like this by myself now can I? Gar, at your service, Master. I will follow you whenever you wish.”.
Journal SW_Gar 25
moddisposition 100
AddTopic "follow"

Dialogue speakers:

  • SW_Gar — Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities
  • H.T. Parnell (SW_zParnell) — Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)

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

  • Nar Shaddaa, H.T. Parnell's Oddities

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I have met a talking Rakghoul inside of H.T. Parnell’s Oddity Museum who seems to know numerous facts about hy…
  • Reach index 10: I have spoken to the Rakghoul about the disease and he slipped up after I caught him in a mistake. He confesse…
  • Reach index 15 (Finished): After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Ray, I blackmailed him for 5,000 credits and I will keep…
  • Reach index 20: After confronting H.T. Parnell he has confessed about Gar and has released him to be free in exchange for me k…
  • Reach index 25 (Finished): Gar was overly excited about the news, but is afraid he has no place in the world anymore, he has offered his …
  • Branch coverage: this journal has 2 different Finished entries; test each reachable completion branch.
  • 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_Gar. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.