Mebantiza Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Serious question so if you dont want to talk about it properly, dont post any comment at all. Ysolda is presented in game, as a bright-eyes, enthusiastic young woman who wants to be a trader and merchant (some day). Even so far as wanting to buy the Bannered Mare from Hulda. Ok. that part is fine. Yet in game, when she is not chatting you up about her plans for the future and the Khjajitt, she is clearly a 'flower girl',(she carries a flower basket when sandboxing) which of course, is a euphemism for prostitution. However, neither the game, or any Lore really addresses this that I can find. So, what does she do for money exactly? There is her connection to the Sleeping Tree Sap, which she pays generously for. This implies she has customers in Whiterun willing to pay very well for the substance. So, at a minimum, she is into providing exotic substances. aka, a 'dealer' if you prefer. This cannot be her only source of income as she pays 150 septims per, which is not trivial and would easily exceed a skilled laborers day wages. She seems to have somewhat conflicting ambitions. One, to own the Bannered Mare, which is the go-to-tavern in Whiteun, will not be sold cheaply, and its going to take a lot more money than someone like Ysolda would ever (normally) posses. The other, is she seems to want to be a caravaneer, which is not an easy life and requires a lot of travel. Needless to say, that goal is totally at odds with owning a Tavern in a major city. Ysodla owns? her own home, so she has some money and income, but is not a member of the respected merchant class or upper class in any way. She is a commoner through and though. Perhaps her (real) story behind her dream of owning a tavern is her 'out' when she gets too old to deal in Tree Sap or work as a 'flower girl' any longer. The question of her (possible) prostitution is never directly addressed by the game, or any online resource, even though there are vague hints she likely engages in that trade as well. If even one lore source mentioned she is (likely) a prostitute even on the side, the matter would be settled but, no source even implies she could be.The game does in fact, set her to 'inherit' the Bannered Mare if anything happens to Hulda, yet Ive never had this occur in any of my games. So, she must have made some form of 'down-payment', when you meet her in game, but, again she has to be making that coin somehow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsharaMeradin Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 If Belethor is willing to sell his sister, if he had one, then Ysolda might be willing to sell other things too. Who knows what she does when the player is not around. Just because an NPC does not have an actual store front or clear cut location to work does not mean that they are not performing some job somewhere to obtain any funds that they might need. This may just be something that needs to be left up to player interpretation / imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skannerz22 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 she probably just has adhd flower girl is an easy job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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