Tax Problems

This is the first quest you will get from the Thieves Guild and it will come after you have sold 50 gold worth of stolen goods to Ongar.

Go back to meet Armand Christophe and choose the 'special jobs' option. He'll tell you about a problem that has cropped up with Hieronymus Lex. Apparently, he decided to go ahead and tax the poor on the waterfront--even though the taxes have barely covered the cost of collection!

Armand says it's your job to go and get the tax collection back.

Go find some beggar, and as usual, get his or her disposition above 70 so you can learn that Lex has a room on the top of the southern watchtower. This is in the Temple District.

So, fast-travel to the Temple District and once you are there turn to your IMMEDIATE right. There is a thin pathway there that leads to the South Watchtower.

Now, this place is full of guards practically all the time, so it's a given that it's going to be hard to get through safely, and also a given that you NEED TO SNEAK. So, here's what you do. Wait until at least midnight, and once inside--go up the ladder marked "Barracks."

Then you go up the ladder to your left. The (locked) desk to your immediate right has the tax collection in it. Pick the lock and take the money, then get the heck out of there! (Or if you're into alchemy like I am, steal the food in the room first)

Head on back to Armand Christophe to turn in the quest. He'll tell you that you can keep the gold.

Other than that, and a promotion to Footpad, you don't get anything but 2 infamy points.