I need help with the first thief's guild quest. I've gone to the 'false' thief's guild as Renal Bloodscalp asked me. There the main man told me to get a statuette from the temple of Lathander. With great expectations, I went to the temple. There I snooped a bit with Yoshimo until I came to a chest that was locked. So I checked for traps, not finding any I picked the lock and opened the chest. The statuette was there, the only problem was the alarm that went of, alarming all the gaurds to my pressence.
Since I don't want to kill all the priests and gaurds, I tried again, and no matter how many times I try I trigger the alarm.
I checked on a whole lot of walkthroughs for any clues, but every walkthrough I tried talks about nabbing some amulet from Talos instead of my quest.
Does anybody else have this quest, and if so how do I solve it.

Thun Longbeard.

You must be evil, that's the reason why. If so why are you so afraid to kill people? *sigh* If you feel this compelling need to save lives, then buy a potion of invisibility and drink it after you grab the statuette. You should be able to sneak out without shedding blood.

Ummm, I'm not evil. I'm a chaotic good stalker(ranger). Maybe a bug. Oh and it's not just the character inside the temple who gets attacked, it's also those outside the temple.

T.L.

Have you tried the potion of master thievery? That may help you?
I don't know tho.. I haven't had that quest yet.

Good luck!

Contrary to popular belief, the quest you get from Mae'Var is random. It's not too hard, though it requires a lot of patience. You have to wait until the two guards near the safe are off duty; at that time, there will be a priest patrolling the area. Wait until he goes over to the other side of the temple, so that there's no NPCs on-screen. If you open the safe and swipe the statuette when there's nobody around, the alarm won't get sounded.