Delem will be at #11 on the Oldsong map. He wants you to find three songbirds, a Tiam, a Shardwing, and a Cloudsinger, so that he can eat them and thereby augment his own singing abilities. It's up to you if you want to get the birds for him, or talk him out of it later on.
If you are going to find the birds for him, one of them is in Llensi's house, the entrance to which is at #13 on the Hearthsong map. A crate near the door will have the Tiam Songbird. Clicking on the crate will prompt her to start a dialogue and her demanding that you leave her bird alone. There are three ways to get the bird:
Choose the dialogue option that makes an Intellect check of 14 that increases Deceptive disposition. No reputation penalties will result.
Choose the dialogue option that makes a Resolve check of 12 that increases Cruel disposition. A moderate loss of reputation with Twin Elms will result.
Kill her by force-attacking her, and then taking the bird. Surprisingly, there will not be any reputation penalties for it.
Now return to Delem with all three birds in hand. You could let him eat them. Or you could talk him out of eating some or all of them. Each time you give him a bird, you'll have the option of letting him eat it or trying to talk him into letting it live. The dialogue options that convince him to let a bird live each involve a Perception check of 14, an Intellect check of 13, or a Resolve check of 14. You can only use each ability check once. If you make an ability check, it will not be subsequently available the next time you give him a bird. Only the ability checks you haven't made yet will be available. That means you need a Perception of at least 14, an Intellect of at least 13, and a Resolve of at least 14, to give him all three birds and convince him to not eat any of them if that's what you want.
However you do things, you'll earn a minor increase in reputation with Twin Elms, as well as the Song of Heavens (+1 Perception, +2 Shocking Damage Reduction) talent.
The alternative resolution for the quest is to persuade Denem to give up on his endeavour, but keep in mind that will require accepting a reputation loss with Twin Elms. You won't get the Song of Heavens talent either.
One way to do this is if you speak to Casfath and Onwen. They will start off at #7 in Oldsong. They'll stay there. However, they'll go to #5 in the Temple of Hylea if you killed the Sky Dragon there and informed them of your success in that respect.
You can bring up the subject of songbirds for Denem where ever you speak to them. They'll express the opinion that Delem's idea is absurd and that it won't work. If you relay that to Denem, he'll give up. You'll get your quest reward xp, but you'll also earn a minor decrease in reputation with Twin Elms.
The other is to speak to Llensi, if you're willing to explore dialogue options that don't involve taking her bird right away. She is similarly dismissive of Delem's objective.
Next is of course to go back to Delem. However, if Llensi is your source of information, you will need either the dialogue option based on you being a Chanter, or to make a Survival check of 4, to convince Delem on the futility of his plan. Likewise you will get the xp reward but also the minor decrease in reputation with Twin Elms.
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