Preservation of Beauty - side quest walkthrough | Memovira's Courtyard Torment: Tides of Numenera Guide

How to Unlock: Talk with Dekantus in Memovira's Courtyard (M15.9).

Dekantus wants you to find three humans that are "visually attractive"

Dekantus appears in further into your stay in Memovira's Courtyard (M15.9). Wait for his arrival, as he is the starting point for the described quest. Talk to this strange being to learn about the slave trade. Dekantus will ask you to deliver him humans with "visually attractive bodies". Such people are supposed to have a prosperous and comfortable life. You are left with two possibilities:

Talk to Parsi Flint to learn that Dekantus supposedly kills every person that is delivered to him. Return to Dekantus, confront him, and order him to leave the Bloom. You'll receive 40 Experience Points.

The player can also decide to deliver certain people to Dekantus. You can choose from following characters:

1. Dekantus wants to buy Rhin. If you agree, Aligern will leave the party, while Erritis will attack and destroy the slave trader, ending the quest. However, if you've managed to sell the girl, you'll receive 450 Shins.
2. If you've bought Coty from Parsim Flint (M15.3), you can sell him to Dekantus for 360 Shins.
3. You can sell Herja, a woman found in Small Nihliesh (M19.4) provided you've helped her solve her problems and she wasn't eaten by the Maw in The Newborn Maw.
4. Dekantus will also accept The Translator, a woman found with the Murden Chief in Old Slave Block (M17.2). To release her, you'll need to kill every Murden found in the Murden Lair.
5. Talk to Bourras who can be found near the Maw in Chiurgeon Slump (M18.5).

To complete the quest, bring three people to Dekantus. The quest will yield a number of shins and 40 Experience Points.