Ding Dong, bates is dead.

Oh, dear. Mister Bates had an unfortunate accident with my sword.

But now, how do I find the black mountain clan? Aiie.

 

**Shrug** But if you want and if you have the coin, you can buy his house, go to the guy standing infront of the Zoological Society and he will fill you in. What really bites is that you dont get any of the guards.

 

come on. you can buy that place.
so if you expose him for the fraud he is and he runs away crying like a big baby, can you buy it then. and do you get to meet him later. i want to kill him for slowing my journey down with those half ass excuse for assassins he sends out to kill you.

 

Go into Bates room on the second floor of the mansion. Picklock/Cantrip/Bash open his safe and read his journal. This should advance the storyline.

 

In the late Mr Bates bedroom you can find than book that have the infro you need.