The pilgrims vanish along the shore. Mehrunes descends beneath the broken basin with the employer and the smuggler captain, while his disarmed crew remains above, guarding nothing but their fear.
The blue-lit stair narrows beneath them. Salt-black tablets line the walls, their carved names blurring as blood trickles down and gathers in the grooves.
the employer
Captain, identify these markings. Every name erased here belongs to someone your ledgers failed to protect.
the smuggler captain
They are not ledgers. They are offerings, carved before the shrine took them. The oldest names belong to those who built this place.
Below, the stair opens into a cramped chamber. A sealed archive door occupies the far wall, its stone face bound by pale metal bands etched with the same fading names.
the smuggler captain
There. The archive. We never opened it. The blood reaches that door, and then something on the other side begins to answer.
the employer
Then you will tell us what answer you heard, and you will do so before another name disappears.
✓ Quest Accepted
Open the sealed archive
“Mehrunes' patience was waning faster than the tides. She didnt stop to listen to his words, or her employer, already moving to the daoor woith silver eyes glowing with vengeful iritation. "Its behind the door, right? Then we kill it and bring its body back to the capital."”
Mehrunes crosses the cramped chamber without slowing. Her silver eyes ignite with vengeful light as she advances toward the archive door, while blood threads vanish beneath its metal bands.
Mehrunes Daegon
It is behind the door, right? Then we kill it and bring its body back to the capital.
the smuggler captain
Yes. Behind it. But I never saw the whole thing, only its shadow moving through the archive.
The employer reaches for Mehrunes, then stops herself. The pale bands loosen with a low chime, releasing the sealed door at her approach.
the employer
If it is responsible for those names, bring back proof. The capital must know what this shrine concealed.
The stone door swings inward onto a chamber of blue radiance. At its center rests a massive bound shape, motionless beneath layers of salt-white cloth and iron chains.
The answering presence falls silent. Only the fading clink of loosened bands remains as the archive opens fully before Mehrunes.
Defeat the force consuming the pilgrim records
Quest Complete
Open the sealed archive