- "Want to buy a carpet? How about three? They aren't good for much else."
- ―Cinder-Tail[src]
Cinder-Tail is a Khajiit first encountered at the Laughing Moons Plantation, where he trains senche-tigers in order to keep the plantation free of vermin.
He is later seen again at the Redfur Trading Post. He unknowingly bought stolen goods from the Hollow Moon, a gang of thieves established there. He was later detained by the guard when he got caught stealing moon-sugar.
Background[]
Cinder-Tail has trained his five senche-tigers—Afeh, Gobani, Marapa, Radusha, and Sayya-daro—to keep the plantation free of pests, but recently, they have not done so. This is due to the rats that have infested Laughing Moons Plantation eating Moon Sugar. Now, the tigers are too tired to do anything, despite Cinder-Tail's attempts.
Personality[]
Cinder-Tail appears to share a bond with his tigers, even when they aren't cooperating. He likes to talk to them and call them out when they are lazy, as shown by his remarks when approaching him for the first time. He appears to be quite playful, for in addition to talking to his animals, he requests some Thunderbug eggs because accosting them is tiresome. He is a skilled trainer, as he was able to train five senche-tigers to guard the plantation rather than act on their own.
Interactions[]
A Pinch of Sugar[]
Juranda-ra guides the Vestige to Cinder-Tail, who tells them that the senche-tigers ingested moon sugar and are now incapacitated, thus being unable exterminate the rats. He will suggest retrieving Thunderbug eggs and throwing them on the rat nests, which will destroy them.
Flipping the Coin[]
Cinder-Tail was caught stealing moon sugar.
Dialogue[]
- A Pinch of Sugar
"Want to buy a carpet? How about three? They aren't good for much else. Yes, Afeh, even you!"
- What's wrong with your senche-tigers? "Do not eat the rats," this one says. Do they listen? No! Stupid senche. Lazy senche!"
- Why can't they eat the rats? "They already did. That's the problem! Moon sugar makes you sleepy if you eat too much. Rats eat moon sugar, senche eat rats, and then? Lazy senche! Especially you, Gobani."
- Can you get them moving again? "Not with sugarbellies. These useless senche could only kill a rat if they fell upon it. From a great height."
- If the senche won't move, what will you do about the Thalmor inspectors? "Go inside, lock the doors, wait until they leave? No, let this one think. Without senche hunters, what could.... Thunderbugs... heh. No, it would never work."
- What about thunderbugs? "Thunderbugs nest nearby. They defend their delicious eggs from anyone who'd make a meal of them, yes? If you grabbed an armload of eggs...."
- Won't they try to protect their eggs? "Undoubtedly! But they'd hesitate to harm the eggs, once you possess them. Smash an egg into each rat nest, and the thunderbug's electric frenzy kills the rats before the inspectors arrive. You're sturdy, yes? A little shock won't stop you!"
- All right. I'll see if it works. "Wonderful! Save some eggs for Cinder-Tail, yes? They are so very tasty!"
- Won't they try to protect their eggs? "Undoubtedly! But they'd hesitate to harm the eggs, once you possess them. Smash an egg into each rat nest, and the thunderbug's electric frenzy kills the rats before the inspectors arrive. You're sturdy, yes? A little shock won't stop you!"
- What about thunderbugs? "Thunderbugs nest nearby. They defend their delicious eggs from anyone who'd make a meal of them, yes? If you grabbed an armload of eggs...."
- If the senche won't move, what will you do about the Thalmor inspectors? "Go inside, lock the doors, wait until they leave? No, let this one think. Without senche hunters, what could.... Thunderbugs... heh. No, it would never work."
- Can you get them moving again? "Not with sugarbellies. These useless senche could only kill a rat if they fell upon it. From a great height."
- It doesn't matter why. Juranda-ra said you need to get them moving. [?]
- Why can't they eat the rats? "They already did. That's the problem! Moon sugar makes you sleepy if you eat too much. Rats eat moon sugar, senche eat rats, and then? Lazy senche! Especially you, Gobani."
After destroying the rat nests:
"The stench of friend rats heralds your arrival! Are there any eggs left? Motivating tigers is hungry work."
- No, the thunderbug eggs are all gone. "A pity. Someday you must show me your technique for egg acquisition, yes? It would be good to have alternatives the next time these lazy muskarses go on a sugar binge. Even you, Marapa!"
- Flipping the Coin
At the start of the quest:
"Thank the moons! As I was just explaining, that thief nearly ran us over. You chased after him. Please, tell this fine keeper of the peace what you saw. I'm still sore from the last night I spent in the stocks!"
- What's going on here? "This honorable and—if I may say so—very sleek guard has mistaken me for a common sugar-thief! Please, help me clear up this misunderstanding. Hush, Gobani, if you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything."
After telling Tulira the truth:
"Well, that was surprising. At least she is gone now—right, Gobani? That was a clever approach, telling that guard the truth. She wasn't expecting that, was she?"
- Did you really steal the moon-sugar? "Steal? I guess that's one way of looking at it. Let's say I circumvented the market—I found the price the merchant was charging unacceptable, so I set my own."
- I don't think the merchant would see it that way. "What does the merchant have to complain about? His belly is full. If they are not fed, Gobani and her sisters become most unruly … aheh. Were it not for the Hollow Moon, they would have eaten me whole when I arrived in Redfur!"
- The Hollow Moon? "Some call them thieves, but that's such an impolite term. The Hollow Moon's work is charitable by nature. They procure things for people who can't afford them, yes? Here, take this token to the ruined temple, and see for yourself."
- What will you do now? "Gobani and I know when we have outstayed our welcome, yes? A night in the stocks might not be as bad as losing a paw, but all the same."
- The Hollow Moon? "Some call them thieves, but that's such an impolite term. The Hollow Moon's work is charitable by nature. They procure things for people who can't afford them, yes? Here, take this token to the ruined temple, and see for yourself."
- I don't think the merchant would see it that way. "What does the merchant have to complain about? His belly is full. If they are not fed, Gobani and her sisters become most unruly … aheh. Were it not for the Hollow Moon, they would have eaten me whole when I arrived in Redfur!"
Quotes[]
- "Ferocious killers? Hah! Unclawed blankets, more like!"
- "Look at you, Afeh! lazing around like some sun-drunk serpent. To think you were once our greatest hunter!"
- "You let rats get the better of you? And you call yourself warriors!"
- "Cinder-Tail knows you'll succeed. You hear that, lazy senche? This one could replace the lot of you with thunderbugs!"
Trivia[]
- Due to its close proximity to Cinder-Tail and three of his senche, it can be assumed that he used the book Sugarbelly to train his tigers. The book also supports his statements that the senche-tigers don't want to do anything once they've eaten moon-sugar.