The “Debt of Blood” quest in Avowed offers a deeply moral dilemma, making you balance justice with mercy after a savage attack. In this guide, we’ll show you how to trigger this quest, the options you have when you encounter the Steel Garrote captain, and what the results of your actions will be so that you see the complete extent of this meaningful side quest.
How to Start the Debt of Blood Quest
This side quest unlocks after you finish the main quest where Fior mes Iverno is set ablaze. To start, talk to Vemas Rogera at the Abandoned Farms, located north of Fior — it’s where the surviving villagers have taken refuge. Vemas is angry and heartbroken over the Steel Garrote’s attack on his home, and though he’s briefly bitter toward you, he eventually asks for your help.
He wants you to retrieve a stolen family heirloom a ring bearing his family crest which was taken by a Steel Garrote captain. To get it back, you’ll need to track down and defeat the captain.
How to Complete the Debt of Blood Quest
Agree to help, and head to the Ranger Headquarters, southeast of the Abandoned Farms and west of Fior. When you arrive, you’ll find Captain Carnet standing by a large bonfire. As you speak with him, you’ll soon be faced with a choice on how to handle the situation.
When speaking with Captain Carnet, you’ll be given a few ways to approach the conversation:
- If you choose “You’re not going anywhere until you tell me why the Garrote is in the Living Lands”, she’ll brush it off as confidential. However, if you pull rank and mention you work for the emperor, she’ll begrudgingly reveal her orders — admitting they exploited the ongoing famine to their advantage.
- Selecting “You took a ring off a dead sentry. Last I heard, that was still theft” prompts her to explain that it’s a tradition — by their custom, the ring is now rightfully hers.
- If you go with “You killed one of Fior’s sentries. Now you’re going to answer for it”, Carnet will insist the sentry attacked first and that she showed mercy by not killing everyone.
- Lastly, choosing “I wanted to see the face of the one with Fior’s blood on their hands” will have her snap back, calling you a hypocrite.
No matter how you approach the situation, Carnet ultimately refuses to give back the ring and shuts down any further discussion about it.
Getting the Ring
If you want to resolve the confrontation with Captain Carnet peacefully and still get the ring, choose “Woedica knows you won. Or is that not enough for you?”. This will push Carnet to back down and hand over the Rogera Family Ring.
When you return to Vemas with the ring, he won’t be grateful — instead, he’ll be furious that Carnet is still alive. No matter how you try to explain your choice or calm him down, Vemas will take the ring, say he needs time to think, and end the conversation. The quest concludes here, rewarding you with 420 XP.
Not getting the Ring
Alternatively, if you select “Fine. You’ve made your case. If you want it that badly, it’s yours”, Carnet will be relieved the argument is over and dismiss you, leaving you to return to Vemas empty-handed.
If you fail to get the ring without resorting to violence, Vemas will be just as cold and dismissive as he is if you bring the ring back but let Carnet live. Either way, the outcome is tense, and Vemas’s anger remains ring or no ring.
Fighting with Carnet
If you decide to escalate the situation, you have two options:
- Selecting “You’re willing to die for a trinket? This is beneath the Garrote’s ideals” will provoke Carnet, who taunts you in response.
- Choosing “[Attack] Then it’ll be mine by right when I take it from you” immediately turns the confrontation violent.
Either choice leads to a fight against Captain Carnet and her allies — two Steel Garrote Soldiers, a Marauder, a Sorcerer, and a Battlemage. Once you defeat them all, you can loot Carnet’s body to claim the Rogera Family Ring and a unique one-handed melee weapon, Carnet’s Cutlass +3.
When you return to Vemas with the ring, you can tell him that Carnet is dead. He’ll thank you, and the quest will end, rewarding you with 300 XP.
If you decide to ask for payment instead, Vemas won’t be upset — he’ll understand it’s a fair request and give you 750 Skeyt before the quest wraps up.
