I always thought it was funny that shops just know what’s stolen and won’t buy it, but when it comes to what is essentially grave robbing they are cool with it.
Who is your favorite NPC from Skyrim? And why it has to be Belethor?
YOU: "What brings a Breton to Skyrim?"
BELETHOR: "Isn't it obvious? Why, the wonderful weather and hospitable people, of course! Not to mention my great fondness for dragons and petty political power struggles. Ah, but without a doubt, the most compelling feature of this frozen wasteland is the volley of inane questions leveled at me on a regular basis."
YOU: "The siege must have been hard on the city's merchants."
BELETHOR: "Oh no, not at all. I simply locked the doors, hid beneath my counter and prayed to the Divines that my life would be spared and my shop wouldn't burn to the ground. But other than that, everything was business as usual. Now, do you have any other painfully obvious things to say?"
ok i need to share this too bc im going insane . woe, my wips be upon ye
Cycle of the Serpent, chapter 12
"Belethor, is it?" Emeros asked.
"Wow, you can read a sign," Belethor breathed in a mock-surprise, Athenath stifling a guffaw from behind a shelf. "Yes, I'm Belethor, as in the Belethor, of Belethor's General Goods Store."
"Fascinating," Emeros breathed, matching the other's attitudes as Wyndrelis awkwardly tugged another book from the shelf, turning it over in his palms. "I'd like to inquire about any potions you may have in stock. I'm an alchemist, it'd be of great use to me-"
"Oh, if it's potions you want, I've got'em a'plenty," Belethor reached into a lower shelf of his counter, retrieving some bottles and phials that clinked against one another in his strong hands, "it'll cost you, but I've got'em."
"Ah, yes, I do believe that's how shops work," Emeros tutted, and the Breton snickered in return, the styling and cut of his facial hair giving him a wolfish appearance.