ConversationsQQ_SavedVariables_v15 = { ["npc"] = { ["267200725-0-1887 Czarny Las"] = { ["267200725-0-2028 The Dread Cellar"] = { ["8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-69228 What is the Purgator?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69250 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69816 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69815 Who are you?"] = { }, ["204987124-4-69258 What is the Grim Warden?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69276 Good luck, Vitellia."] = { ["200879108-0-69277 To you as well. I hope the guardians help you kick those Daedra and their bootlicks all the way back to Oblivion. Painfully."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69275 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { }, ["204987124-2-69228 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69264 I'll try to find the other inactive matrices."] = { }, ["228103012-0-69274 What is the Grim Warden?"] = { ["200879108-0-69274 Originally, it guarded the tomb of a Ra Gada prince before being claimed as a trophy by Emperor Reman. Eventually, it was re-installed to serve as a guardian here. Once a tomb guardian, always a tomb guardian, I suppose."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69260 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = { ["200879108-0-69815 All of them, if the entire arcane defense matrix is to be restored, which it has to be if I'm going to free myself.\n\nLook, I know I'm asking a lot here, but you're my only hope. If you defeat the guardian, I'll make it so you can summon it yourself."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69260 Who are you?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-69815 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69816 What happened to you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69817 Those Waking Flame cultists and their Daedra happened to me. I managed to kill a few score of them, but they were too many and too willing to suicide charge through my destruction spells for me to fend off. So, here we are."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69269 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-69815 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69259 But there's still security keeping you trapped here, right?"] = { ["200879108-0-69261 Yes, some of the enchantments meant to contain any spiritual escapees are in place. I saw no harm in letting the enchantments run their course when I was still breathing. I'd prefer not waiting a hundred years for that to happen now that I'm not."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69250 No, but some battlemages hired us to investigate the Dread Cellar."] = { ["200879108-0-69250 Great, the Spire must have assumed I was killed. Well, I was killed, but that's not the point. I'm trapped here. The spiritual enchantments of the prison's defenses are preventing my soul from leaving the Dread Cellar and lack of body isn't helping."] = "", }, ["204987124-3-69260 What is the Undertaker?"] = { ["200879108-0-69267 At one time, a necromancer who abandoned their mortality as a lich. It was stubbornly difficult to keep dead, so it was brought here for imprisonment. Initially it was bound to serve as a sort of penance, but there's nothing left of its mortal soul."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69268 What are its duties?"] = { ["200879108-0-69270 This prison had a propensity for hauntings, so the Undertaker helped shuffle deceased inmates to their final resting place. Though it was dangerous enough to act as a weapon against living threats as well."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69261 Spiritual escapees?"] = { ["200879108-0-69260 I … really shouldn't get into the details, but prisoners who died in custody or who thought death might be an escape needed to be contained. At least until we could ensure they couldn't cause any harm."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69228 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69257 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69275 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69257 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["204987124-2-69260 What is the Purgator?"] = { }, ["204987124-2-69258 What is the Purgator?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-69228 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-69250 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] = { }, ["204987124-3-69258 What is the Undertaker?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-69276 What will you do once you're free?"] = { ["200879108-0-69276 Well, assuming I'm not just whisked away to whatever afterlife the Divines intended, I suppose I'll have to find my way back to the Battlespire. Or, perhaps, just to a priest of Arkay who can help a freshly lost soul."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69258 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { ["200879108-0-69259 There was no need to sustain them with all the prisoners gone. Wouldn't have made sense to expend all the resources keeping an empty prison running a high alert."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69256 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69816 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69257 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69257 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69269 Who are you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69257 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69274 That's not near as frightening as the other two."] = { ["200879108-0-69275 Ancient Yokudan eternal guardians too mundane for you? Don't let any prior encounters color your opinion. This one was restored and empowered by some of the Battlespire's best mages. Underestimate it at your own peril."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69271 I'll search for the last matrix."] = { }, ["204987124-0-69254 What do you need me to do?"] = { ["200879108-0-69256 You've already begun the process just getting here. Light the braziers by the orange guardian stone and you'll have reactivated its arcane matrix. Once you've done that, I can revise the spell, but we'll get to that matter in a moment."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69258 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-69271 Where can I find the last guardian's matrix?"] = { ["200879108-0-69271 Down in the Pit of Despair, but that's where the Waking Flame has done most of their construction. We'll just have to hope that they haven't damaged anything."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69263 Where can I find these other matrices?"] = { ["200879108-0-69264 Well, who knows what the Waking Flame's done to the place since they've been here—I've heard them undertaking some enormous construction project. There will be one in the dungeons and another down in the pit. Keep an eye out for familiar signs."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69267 Meaning what?"] = { ["200879108-0-69268 Meaning it's merely the echo of a being who is long gone. It's driven only by instinct and the direction of the summoning spell to carry out its duties.\n\nYou won't be harming anyone by destroying it. Not that it ever deserved your mercy."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69817 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] = { ["200879108-0-69254 I was trying to figure out how to restore the prison's arcane defense matrices. It should recognize me—or my soul rather—and allow me to make the adjustments needed to escape. It would also help you clear out these invaders more easily."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69259 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-69257 What happened to you?"] = { ["200879108-0-69258 Those Waking Flame cultists and their Daedra happened to me. I managed to kill a few score of them, but they were too many and too willing to suicide charge through my destruction spells for me to fend off. So, here we are."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69270 Couldn't it help you out of here?"] = { ["200879108-0-69269 I'd sooner haunt this room the rest of my days than entrust my fate to that thing. That's not a way for a Divine fearing soul to go."] = "", }, ["204987124-2-69815 What is the Purgator?"] = { ["200879108-0-69228 A construct of fire and iron. An instrument of terror and intimidation to pacify any unrest that threatened to compromise the Dread Cellar's security. The idea was its presence would be enough to instill obedience, but it's far more than a scarecrow."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69263 How can I do that?"] = { ["200879108-0-69263 The process will be the same as what you've done so far. Find deactivated arcane matrices and restore them. Doing so will open another entrance to this nexus and you can attempt to subdue another guardian."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69267 What is the Undertaker?"] = { }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-69259 There was no need to sustain them with all the prisoners gone. Wouldn't have made sense to expend all the resources keeping an empty prison running a high alert."] = { ["204987124-0-69259 But there's still security keeping you trapped here, right?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69276 Well, assuming I'm not just whisked away to whatever afterlife the Divines intended, I suppose I'll have to find my way back to the Battlespire. Or, perhaps, just to a priest of Arkay who can help a freshly lost soul."] = { ["204987124-0-69276 Good luck, Vitellia."] = "", }, ["55049764-5-13860 That thing has always given me the creepy-crawlies. I don't envy you having to fight the Undertaker, but it's my only hope."] = { ["228103012-0-69257 Who are you?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69259 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69267 What is the Undertaker?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69270 This prison had a propensity for hauntings, so the Undertaker helped shuffle deceased inmates to their final resting place. Though it was dangerous enough to act as a weapon against living threats as well."] = { ["204987124-0-69270 Couldn't it help you out of here?"] = "", }, ["55049764-0-13860 You've done it! Once I've reset the Grim Warden's matrix you'll be able to call upon it yourself, and—more importantly—I'll be able to disable the spiritual wards and leave this miserable place.\n\nYou have my eternal gratitude."] = { ["228103012-0-69276 What will you do once you're free?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69267 At one time, a necromancer who abandoned their mortality as a lich. It was stubbornly difficult to keep dead, so it was brought here for imprisonment. Initially it was bound to serve as a sort of penance, but there's nothing left of its mortal soul."] = { ["204987124-0-69267 Meaning what?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-13860 The Grim Warden is the last guardian that's preventing me from leaving this prison. Don't fail me now, for both our sakes."] = { ["228103012-0-69257 Who are you?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69259 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69274 What is the Grim Warden?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69260 I … really shouldn't get into the details, but prisoners who died in custody or who thought death might be an escape needed to be contained. At least until we could ensure they couldn't cause any harm."] = { ["204987124-1-69260 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69260 Who are you?"] = "", ["204987124-2-69260 What is the Purgator?"] = "", ["204987124-3-69260 What is the Undertaker?"] = "", }, ["55049764-4-13860 With that unpleasant business out of the way, I can authorize you to use the Undertaker's stones for yourself.\n\nThere is, of course, one more guardian that needs to be restored and reset before I can get out of here though."] = { ["228103012-0-69271 Where can I find the last guardian's matrix?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69816 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = { ["204987124-0-69816 What happened to you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69254 I was trying to figure out how to restore the prison's arcane defense matrices. It should recognize me—or my soul rather—and allow me to make the adjustments needed to escape. It would also help you clear out these invaders more easily."] = { ["204987124-0-69254 What do you need me to do?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69277 To you as well. I hope the guardians help you kick those Daedra and their bootlicks all the way back to Oblivion. Painfully."] = { }, ["200879108-0-69250 Great, the Spire must have assumed I was killed. Well, I was killed, but that's not the point. I'm trapped here. The spiritual enchantments of the prison's defenses are preventing my soul from leaving the Dread Cellar and lack of body isn't helping."] = { ["204987124-0-69250 Who are you?"] = "", ["204987124-1-69250 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69269 I'd sooner haunt this room the rest of my days than entrust my fate to that thing. That's not a way for a Divine fearing soul to go."] = { ["204987124-1-69269 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69269 Who are you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69815 All of them, if the entire arcane defense matrix is to be restored, which it has to be if I'm going to free myself.\n\nLook, I know I'm asking a lot here, but you're my only hope. If you defeat the guardian, I'll make it so you can summon it yourself."] = { ["204987124-2-69815 What is the Purgator?"] = "", ["204987124-1-69815 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69815 Who are you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69257 No sense standing on ceremony under the circumstances. You can call me Vitellia. I was the caretaker for the Dread Cellar. The prison's been abandoned for quite some time, so I was assigned to try to keep it from completely falling apart."] = { ["204987124-0-69257 What happened to you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69264 Well, who knows what the Waking Flame's done to the place since they've been here—I've heard them undertaking some enormous construction project. There will be one in the dungeons and another down in the pit. Keep an eye out for familiar signs."] = { ["204987124-0-69264 I'll try to find the other inactive matrices."] = "", }, ["55049764-7-13860 With the Undertaker's arcane matrix restored we'll be able to summon it as well. Go ahead and restore the power to that blue stone and we can continue."] = { }, ["200879108-0-69263 The process will be the same as what you've done so far. Find deactivated arcane matrices and restore them. Doing so will open another entrance to this nexus and you can attempt to subdue another guardian."] = { ["204987124-0-69263 Where can I find these other matrices?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69256 You've already begun the process just getting here. Light the braziers by the orange guardian stone and you'll have reactivated its arcane matrix. Once you've done that, I can revise the spell, but we'll get to that matter in a moment."] = { ["204987124-0-69256 Who are you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69817 Those Waking Flame cultists and their Daedra happened to me. I managed to kill a few score of them, but they were too many and too willing to suicide charge through my destruction spells for me to fend off. So, here we are."] = { ["204987124-0-69817 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69271 Down in the Pit of Despair, but that's where the Waking Flame has done most of their construction. We'll just have to hope that they haven't damaged anything."] = { ["204987124-0-69271 I'll search for the last matrix."] = "", }, ["55049764-3-13860 With the last arcane matrix restored, you just need to connect it to the remaining guardian stone. We're so close."] = { }, ["200879108-0-69261 Yes, some of the enchantments meant to contain any spiritual escapees are in place. I saw no harm in letting the enchantments run their course when I was still breathing. I'd prefer not waiting a hundred years for that to happen now that I'm not."] = { ["204987124-0-69261 Spiritual escapees?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69258 Those Waking Flame cultists and their Daedra happened to me. I managed to kill a few score of them, but they were too many and too willing to suicide charge through my destruction spells for me to fend off. So, here we are."] = { ["204987124-1-69258 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = "", ["204987124-3-69258 What is the Undertaker?"] = "", ["204987124-4-69258 What is the Grim Warden?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69258 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["204987124-2-69258 What is the Purgator?"] = "", }, ["55049764-12-13860 Thank the Eight, I thought I'd be trapped down here for all eternity. Did the Spire send you?"] = { ["228103012-0-69250 No, but some battlemages hired us to investigate the Dread Cellar."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69274 Originally, it guarded the tomb of a Ra Gada prince before being claimed as a trophy by Emperor Reman. Eventually, it was re-installed to serve as a guardian here. Once a tomb guardian, always a tomb guardian, I suppose."] = { ["204987124-0-69274 That's not near as frightening as the other two."] = "", }, ["55049764-9-13860 The Purgator won't hesitate to destroy you once it's detected you. I recommend destroying it first unless you wish to join me here."] = { ["228103012-0-69257 Who are you?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69228 What is the Purgator?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69259 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69815 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69268 Meaning it's merely the echo of a being who is long gone. It's driven only by instinct and the direction of the summoning spell to carry out its duties.\n\nYou won't be harming anyone by destroying it. Not that it ever deserved your mercy."] = { ["204987124-0-69268 What are its duties?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69275 Ancient Yokudan eternal guardians too mundane for you? Don't let any prior encounters color your opinion. This one was restored and empowered by some of the Battlespire's best mages. Underestimate it at your own peril."] = { ["204987124-0-69275 Who are you?"] = "", ["204987124-1-69275 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", }, ["55049764-8-13860 I'll have the Purgator's summoning spell updated shortly. You'll be able to call upon it at similar stones placed strategically throughout the prison.\n\nWe can do the same with the other guardians once you restore their magical matrices."] = { ["228103012-0-69263 How can I do that?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69228 A construct of fire and iron. An instrument of terror and intimidation to pacify any unrest that threatened to compromise the Dread Cellar's security. The idea was its presence would be enough to instill obedience, but it's far more than a scarecrow."] = { ["204987124-0-69228 Who are you?"] = "", ["204987124-2-69228 Do I have to fight one of the prison guardians?"] = "", ["204987124-1-69228 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-12-13860 Thank the Eight, I thought I'd be trapped down here for all eternity. Did the Spire send you?", [2] = "55049764-9-13860 The Purgator won't hesitate to destroy you once it's detected you. I recommend destroying it first unless you wish to join me here.", [3] = "55049764-8-13860 I'll have the Purgator's summoning spell updated shortly. You'll be able to call upon it at similar stones placed strategically throughout the prison.\n\nWe can do the same with the other guardians once you restore their magical matrices.", [4] = "55049764-7-13860 With the Undertaker's arcane matrix restored we'll be able to summon it as well. Go ahead and restore the power to that blue stone and we can continue.", [5] = "55049764-5-13860 That thing has always given me the creepy-crawlies. I don't envy you having to fight the Undertaker, but it's my only hope.", [6] = "55049764-4-13860 With that unpleasant business out of the way, I can authorize you to use the Undertaker's stones for yourself.\n\nThere is, of course, one more guardian that needs to be restored and reset before I can get out of here though.", [7] = "55049764-3-13860 With the last arcane matrix restored, you just need to connect it to the remaining guardian stone. We're so close.", [8] = "55049764-1-13860 The Grim Warden is the last guardian that's preventing me from leaving this prison. Don't fail me now, for both our sakes.", [9] = "55049764-0-13860 You've done it! Once I've reset the Grim Warden's matrix you'll be able to call upon it yourself, and—more importantly—I'll be able to disable the spiritual wards and leave this miserable place.\n\nYou have my eternal gratitude.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2023 The Dread Cellar"] = { ["8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-68255 What makes you want to subject yourself to that?"] = { ["200879108-0-68255 I have a talent. That's not just some excuse to brag. I was selected because I have the potential to make a difference in this crazy world. It's my duty to use it to restore the stability of the Empire. A return to peace."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68242 Who are you two?"] = { ["200879108-0-68242 I'm Lucilla. That's Martus, my commanding officer. You probably could have guessed from our uniforms, but we are Imperial Battlemages. Well, he is. I am still a potential, in training."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69088 Who are you two?"] = { ["200879108-0-68242 I'm Lucilla. That's Martus, my commanding officer. You probably could have guessed from our uniforms, but we are Imperial Battlemages. Well, he is. I am still a potential, in training."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68244 I'm accustomed to danger."] = { ["200879108-0-68810 I hope your confidence is merited, for all our sakes. Martus is a veteran battlemage, and I'm far from helpless. But even with your help, storming this prison seems like a suicide mission.\n\nIf you decide at any point to turn back, I'll support you."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68243 Your informant?"] = { ["200879108-0-69087 A Dremora, if you can believe it. Called herself Lyranth. Most people wouldn't trust the word of a Daedra, and they'd be wise not to, but at the Battlespire we deal with the inhabitants of Oblivion more than most.\n\nMartus believed she was truthful."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68811 What is the Battlespire?"] = { ["200879108-0-68812 The fortress of all fortresses. Where the strongest mages in the Empire reside and train. It intersects with several planes of Oblivion, or so I'm told. My initiation trial will send me on a journey through them. If I survive, I'll be inducted."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69088 What about your injury?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-69087 I know Lyranth. She's cagey, but reliable enough."] = { ["200879108-0-69088 Pardon me if I don't find that reassuring. It's a little convenient that one of Lyranth's associates shows up to help right after our escort was wiped out.\n\nNot that we can afford to refuse your help. Just … try not to justify my paranoia."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68242 Can you tell me more about your order?"] = { ["200879108-0-68811 Has the Battlespire been forgotten already? There really won't be anything left of the Empire by the time the Three Banners War ends. We are, or were, the elite war mages of the Imperial Legions. I didn't join for the glory, but that's disappointing."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68812 If you survive?"] = { ["200879108-0-68813 Many don't, but fewer still are even granted the right to attempt the trial. I'll have to prove myself capable many times over before I'm given my opportunity. If I can't pass the trial by the time I can take it, I didn't adequately prepare."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68243 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-68813 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = { ["200879108-0-68243 Very little. Martus said our orders are simply to investigate the source of the magical disturbance that our informant spoke of. Anything else about this place is a state secret, apparently."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-68810 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-68244 How is your injury?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-68255 You think becoming a Battlemage is the best way to achieve peace?"] = { ["200879108-0-68255 I have a talent. That's not just some excuse to brag. I was selected because I have the potential to make a difference in this crazy world. It's my duty to use it to restore the stability of the Empire. A return to peace."] = "", ["200879108-0-68814 I know it's the power of the Empire that kept the provinces from this all-out war. The Battlespire, the Legions, all of it held Tamriel together. The Three Banners are just going to continue killing each other until that kind of might returns."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68810 Who are you two?"] = { ["200879108-0-68242 I'm Lucilla. That's Martus, my commanding officer. You probably could have guessed from our uniforms, but we are Imperial Battlemages. Well, he is. I am still a potential, in training."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68813 How is your injury?"] = { ["200879108-0-68244 Hurts, but nothing a little magic won't patch up. I wish our retinue had fared as well. That ambush cut them down before they even knew what hit them.\n\nYou're ready to face the sort of enemy that can kill trained soldiers like that?"] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-68814 I know it's the power of the Empire that kept the provinces from this all-out war. The Battlespire, the Legions, all of it held Tamriel together. The Three Banners are just going to continue killing each other until that kind of might returns."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68244 Hurts, but nothing a little magic won't patch up. I wish our retinue had fared as well. That ambush cut them down before they even knew what hit them.\n\nYou're ready to face the sort of enemy that can kill trained soldiers like that?"] = { ["204987124-0-68244 I'm accustomed to danger."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68243 Very little. Martus said our orders are simply to investigate the source of the magical disturbance that our informant spoke of. Anything else about this place is a state secret, apparently."] = { ["204987124-0-68243 Your informant?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68811 Has the Battlespire been forgotten already? There really won't be anything left of the Empire by the time the Three Banners War ends. We are, or were, the elite war mages of the Imperial Legions. I didn't join for the glory, but that's disappointing."] = { ["204987124-0-68811 What is the Battlespire?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69088 Pardon me if I don't find that reassuring. It's a little convenient that one of Lyranth's associates shows up to help right after our escort was wiped out.\n\nNot that we can afford to refuse your help. Just … try not to justify my paranoia."] = { ["204987124-1-69088 Who are you two?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69088 What about your injury?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68255 I have a talent. That's not just some excuse to brag. I was selected because I have the potential to make a difference in this crazy world. It's my duty to use it to restore the stability of the Empire. A return to peace."] = { ["204987124-0-68255 You think becoming a Battlemage is the best way to achieve peace?"] = "", }, ["55049764-10-13744 Is this what Oblivion feels like? It's how I imagine everything antithetical to our world would feel. I suppose I'll have to get used to it, if I'm to have any hope of surviving there."] = { ["228103012-0-68255 What makes you want to subject yourself to that?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69087 A Dremora, if you can believe it. Called herself Lyranth. Most people wouldn't trust the word of a Daedra, and they'd be wise not to, but at the Battlespire we deal with the inhabitants of Oblivion more than most.\n\nMartus believed she was truthful."] = { ["204987124-1-69087 I know Lyranth. She's cagey, but reliable enough."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68813 Many don't, but fewer still are even granted the right to attempt the trial. I'll have to prove myself capable many times over before I'm given my opportunity. If I can't pass the trial by the time I can take it, I didn't adequately prepare."] = { ["204987124-1-68813 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = "", ["204987124-0-68813 How is your injury?"] = "", }, ["55049764-13-13744 I—I'm all right, traveler. Nothing I can't tend to. I wish I could say the same for our retinue.\n\nI'm sure you have questions, but Martus is the one in charge. Speak to him."] = { ["228103012-0-68244 How is your injury?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68243 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68242 Who are you two?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68810 I hope your confidence is merited, for all our sakes. Martus is a veteran battlemage, and I'm far from helpless. But even with your help, storming this prison seems like a suicide mission.\n\nIf you decide at any point to turn back, I'll support you."] = { ["204987124-0-68810 Who are you two?"] = "", ["204987124-1-68810 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68812 The fortress of all fortresses. Where the strongest mages in the Empire reside and train. It intersects with several planes of Oblivion, or so I'm told. My initiation trial will send me on a journey through them. If I survive, I'll be inducted."] = { ["204987124-0-68812 If you survive?"] = "", }, ["55049764-11-13744 Whatever this used to be, it was magically active until recently. I can feel residual energies, like Martus said. It doesn't so much make my skin crawl as make it want to peel off and run screaming away from here."] = { }, ["55049764-12-13744 You're going to be our new escort? After seeing what happened to our retinue? You must have a confidence I don't share. We should head back. Get reinforcements. An actual attack force."] = { ["228103012-0-68244 How is your injury?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68243 What can you tell me about our mission?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68242 Who are you two?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68242 I'm Lucilla. That's Martus, my commanding officer. You probably could have guessed from our uniforms, but we are Imperial Battlemages. Well, he is. I am still a potential, in training."] = { ["204987124-0-68242 Can you tell me more about your order?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [4] = "55049764-10-13744 Is this what Oblivion feels like? It's how I imagine everything antithetical to our world would feel. I suppose I'll have to get used to it, if I'm to have any hope of surviving there.", [1] = "55049764-13-13744 I—I'm all right, traveler. Nothing I can't tend to. I wish I could say the same for our retinue.\n\nI'm sure you have questions, but Martus is the one in charge. Speak to him.", [2] = "55049764-12-13744 You're going to be our new escort? After seeing what happened to our retinue? You must have a confidence I don't share. We should head back. Get reinforcements. An actual attack force.", [3] = "55049764-11-13744 Whatever this used to be, it was magically active until recently. I can feel residual energies, like Martus said. It doesn't so much make my skin crawl as make it want to peel off and run screaming away from here.", }, }, ["8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-68253 What makes you say that?"] = { ["200879108-0-68815 You could call it a hunch. I would call it experience. Daedra don't just arrive on the mortal realm by coincidence and they aren't here to just live off the land. They are doing this for a greater purpose. We just need to discover what and thwart it."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68253 The monster was siphoning energy from them before I killed it."] = { ["200879108-0-68253 Hmm. The obvious explanation would be that the creature feeds on these energy reserves, harvesting them as a honey bee might. I don't like obvious answers.\n\nAll these Daedra didn't come here to rear these things like cattle. There's a bigger picture."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68251 Any idea why it's broken?"] = { ["200879108-0-68251 It could have simply been defective, or releasing the energy might have required it—like a child's clay bank—or it might have become overfull and burst. I've never seen anything quite like it. But I can feel more of this energy farther in."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-9-13718 We're on the right trail. This wreckage is saturated with lingering sorcery. Whatever this used to be, it held enormous power when it was intact."] = { ["228103012-0-68251 Any idea why it's broken?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68815 You could call it a hunch. I would call it experience. Daedra don't just arrive on the mortal realm by coincidence and they aren't here to just live off the land. They are doing this for a greater purpose. We just need to discover what and thwart it."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68253 Hmm. The obvious explanation would be that the creature feeds on these energy reserves, harvesting them as a honey bee might. I don't like obvious answers.\n\nAll these Daedra didn't come here to rear these things like cattle. There's a bigger picture."] = { ["204987124-0-68253 What makes you say that?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68251 It could have simply been defective, or releasing the energy might have required it—like a child's clay bank—or it might have become overfull and burst. I've never seen anything quite like it. But I can feel more of this energy farther in."] = { }, ["55049764-8-13718 That's a Daedra the likes of which I've never seen, or even heard of, in my time at the Battlespire. Its corpse still pulses with the same energy as within these stones. They are connected."] = { ["228103012-0-68253 The monster was siphoning energy from them before I killed it."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [2] = "55049764-8-13718 That's a Daedra the likes of which I've never seen, or even heard of, in my time at the Battlespire. Its corpse still pulses with the same energy as within these stones. They are connected.", [1] = "55049764-9-13718 We're on the right trail. This wreckage is saturated with lingering sorcery. Whatever this used to be, it held enormous power when it was intact.", }, }, ["8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["249936564-0-8233 What are you proposing?"] = { ["3952276-0-8233 We have come from the Battlespire to investigate the magical energies radiating from the Dread Cellar. This installation should be abandoned, but as you can see it isn't entirely empty.\n\nI'll turn a blind eye to any scavenging, if you assist us."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69085 What is the Battlespire?"] = { ["200879108-0-68239 The principal stronghold of the Imperial Battlemages. The Spire's council continues to train and dispatch battlemages to preserve what remains of the Empire where we can.\n\nLucilla is a battlemage-in-training herself. This mission will be a good test."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-69085 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-68238 What is the Battlespire?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-68237 Tell me about what brought you out here."] = { }, ["20958740-1-8233 I'll assist your investigation then."] = { }, ["20958740-0-8233 Assist you how?"] = { ["3952276-1-8233 If this ambush was any indication, we're going to face a fair amount of resistance searching these ruins. Help us clear out the prison and discover the source of the magical activity here and we'll compensate you for your service."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-68804 Tell me about what brought you out here."] = { ["200879108-0-68237 We were tipped off that the Dread Cellar had become the source of intense magical activity from an unusual source: A Dremora named Lyranth. She warned that a group called the Waking Flame is at work here. That much has proven to be true."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68239 You've already taken casualties. A trainee might not survive this."] = { ["200879108-0-68804 This will be nothing compared to her trial within the Battlespire to attain the rank of Battlemage. She will be expected to survive traversing the planes of Oblivion. Killing the invading Daedra here is the perfect practice."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68237 What do you know about the Waking Flame?"] = { ["200879108-0-69085 They are a Dagonic cult of some reach and influence. Troublesome, but usually too busy squabbling within for power to pose a true threat.\n\nLyranth believes they are being driven by a more unified purpose these days. Not something to take lightly."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68239 What is the Battlespire?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-68238 Tell me what brought you out here."] = { ["200879108-0-68237 We were tipped off that the Dread Cellar had become the source of intense magical activity from an unusual source: A Dremora named Lyranth. She warned that a group called the Waking Flame is at work here. That much has proven to be true."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68238 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = { ["200879108-0-68238 The Dread Cellar was a prison for the worst enemies of the Empire. It was a highly protected secret until the Empire collapsed. It was abandoned not long after. There isn't much more I can say than that."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68804 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = { }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-68237 We were tipped off that the Dread Cellar had become the source of intense magical activity from an unusual source: A Dremora named Lyranth. She warned that a group called the Waking Flame is at work here. That much has proven to be true."] = { ["204987124-0-68237 What do you know about the Waking Flame?"] = "", }, ["55049764-10-13718 Then your first orders are to act as vanguard and secure the entry to the Dread Cellar. Consider anything or anyone you encounter inside a threat. We'll catch up to you once I've tended to Lucilla's wounds."] = { ["228103012-0-68239 What is the Battlespire?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68238 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68237 Tell me about what brought you out here."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68804 This will be nothing compared to her trial within the Battlespire to attain the rank of Battlemage. She will be expected to survive traversing the planes of Oblivion. Killing the invading Daedra here is the perfect practice."] = { ["204987124-0-68804 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = "", ["204987124-1-68804 Tell me about what brought you out here."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68239 The principal stronghold of the Imperial Battlemages. The Spire's council continues to train and dispatch battlemages to preserve what remains of the Empire where we can.\n\nLucilla is a battlemage-in-training herself. This mission will be a good test."] = { ["204987124-0-68239 You've already taken casualties. A trainee might not survive this."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68238 The Dread Cellar was a prison for the worst enemies of the Empire. It was a highly protected secret until the Empire collapsed. It was abandoned not long after. There isn't much more I can say than that."] = { ["204987124-0-68238 Tell me what brought you out here."] = "", ["204987124-1-68238 What is the Battlespire?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69085 They are a Dagonic cult of some reach and influence. Troublesome, but usually too busy squabbling within for power to pose a true threat.\n\nLyranth believes they are being driven by a more unified purpose these days. Not something to take lightly."] = { ["204987124-1-69085 What can you tell me about the Dread Cellar?"] = "", ["204987124-0-69085 What is the Battlespire?"] = "", }, ["3952276-1-8233 If this ambush was any indication, we're going to face a fair amount of resistance searching these ruins. Help us clear out the prison and discover the source of the magical activity here and we'll compensate you for your service."] = { ["20958740-1-8233 I'll assist your investigation then."] = "", }, ["3952276-0-8233 We have come from the Battlespire to investigate the magical energies radiating from the Dread Cellar. This installation should be abandoned, but as you can see it isn't entirely empty.\n\nI'll turn a blind eye to any scavenging, if you assist us."] = { ["20958740-0-8233 Assist you how?"] = "", }, ["55049764-11-13718 This area is off limits. Only those with the highest authority are permitted here. Though there's no one left aside from these cultists and Daedra to enforce such restrictions.\n\nIf you're here to explore, perhaps we can come to an arrangement?"] = { ["249936564-0-8233 What are you proposing?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [2] = "55049764-10-13718 Then your first orders are to act as vanguard and secure the entry to the Dread Cellar. Consider anything or anyone you encounter inside a threat. We'll catch up to you once I've tended to Lucilla's wounds.", [1] = "55049764-11-13718 This area is off limits. Only those with the highest authority are permitted here. Though there's no one left aside from these cultists and Daedra to enforce such restrictions.\n\nIf you're here to explore, perhaps we can come to an arrangement?", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2024 The Dread Cellar"] = { ["8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-68621 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = { ["200879108-0-68621 I don't know. It resembled a type of Daedra native to the Deadlands, but whatever this diabolical machine did to it made it unlike any Daedra I've ever seen.\n\nI have to wonder if it turned out as intended given the condition of this contraption now."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-68623 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-68623 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = { ["200879108-0-68622 That will be up to the mages of the Spire Council. We don't have the resources to guard this place from further incursions. They may devise a means of cleansing the lingering energies here, or simply decide to blast it into dust. It won't be missed."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68918 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = { ["200879108-0-68622 That will be up to the mages of the Spire Council. We don't have the resources to guard this place from further incursions. They may devise a means of cleansing the lingering energies here, or simply decide to blast it into dust. It won't be missed."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69092 For the Cataclyst?"] = { ["200879108-0-69093 That seems like a safe assumption. Those creatures might just lead us to that infernal device."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68351 Do you feel any responsibility for this?"] = { ["200879108-0-68351 I may be made to account for my role in this prison someday, but I won't bear the guilt of whatever madness Cyronin was party to long after I left.\n\nI will stop it, not because of misplaced guilt, but because that's my duty."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68622 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = { ["200879108-0-68623 That will be up to her. I don't harbor any ill will toward her—or you—for any feelings you may have about my past. I don't expect either of you to understand. It's not something you can truly weigh against your conscience until you experience it."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68917 Any idea who could really behind this?"] = { ["200879108-0-68918 No, but I suspect our Dremora informant may have more to say about that. I'll be sure to coax it out of her when she and I speak about what we uncovered here."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69092 Agonymium Stones?"] = { ["200879108-0-69092 That is how the cult refers to them and it's just as we believed. They are Daedric relics fashioned to soak up the residual negativity saturating this place.\n\nWhy they have those creatures feeding on that energy? I'm still not sure, but I can guess."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-68622 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = { ["200879108-0-68621 I don't know. It resembled a type of Daedra native to the Deadlands, but whatever this diabolical machine did to it made it unlike any Daedra I've ever seen.\n\nI have to wonder if it turned out as intended given the condition of this contraption now."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68621 Do you think that other battlemage was behind all this?"] = { ["200879108-0-68917 Doubtful. Cyronin was an imaginative torturer, but not smart enough to contrive this whole scheme. He likely helped the Waking Flame tap into the torturous energy soaked into this prison, but conceiving of this machine would be beyond him."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68267 To power that machine?"] = { ["200879108-0-69090 That's my guess as well, though we haven't discovered evidence of that just yet. If the Cataclyst requires feeding off so much mortal suffering, its purpose must be truly frightening."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68623 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = { ["200879108-0-68623 That will be up to her. I don't harbor any ill will toward her—or you—for any feelings you may have about my past. I don't expect either of you to understand. It's not something you can truly weigh against your conscience until you experience it."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-68918 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-68622 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-68267 Its misery?"] = { ["200879108-0-68267 The closest I can compare it to is the way necromancy can harness connections between a soul and the intense emotions that can stir the undead. They are harvesting the residue of such emotions here. In disturbingly great quantities."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68351 Are you concerned about Lucilla telling your Spire Council about all this?"] = { ["200879108-0-68827 She can say whatever she likes in our debriefing. It will be a rude awakening for her though. Neither my history nor that of this prison is a mystery to our superiors. I was chosen for this mission for my knowledge and discretion. Sadly, she was not."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-68622 That will be up to the mages of the Spire Council. We don't have the resources to guard this place from further incursions. They may devise a means of cleansing the lingering energies here, or simply decide to blast it into dust. It won't be missed."] = { ["204987124-0-68622 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = "", ["204987124-1-68622 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68918 No, but I suspect our Dremora informant may have more to say about that. I'll be sure to coax it out of her when she and I speak about what we uncovered here."] = { ["204987124-1-68918 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = "", ["204987124-0-68918 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68917 Doubtful. Cyronin was an imaginative torturer, but not smart enough to contrive this whole scheme. He likely helped the Waking Flame tap into the torturous energy soaked into this prison, but conceiving of this machine would be beyond him."] = { ["204987124-0-68917 Any idea who could really behind this?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68827 She can say whatever she likes in our debriefing. It will be a rude awakening for her though. Neither my history nor that of this prison is a mystery to our superiors. I was chosen for this mission for my knowledge and discretion. Sadly, she was not."] = { }, ["200879108-0-69093 That seems like a safe assumption. Those creatures might just lead us to that infernal device."] = { }, ["55049764-1-13718 Argh, my age is showing. Don't worry, I'll live. It'll take some effort to mend though.\n\nI'm glad that abomination didn't leave you too much worse for wear."] = { ["228103012-0-68621 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68622 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = "", }, ["55049764-2-13718 We are drawing close to something of immense power. I have no doubt it's this Cataclyst we've learned about. Now isn't the time or place for squabbling. We need to focus on finishing the mission and getting out of here alive."] = { ["228103012-0-68351 Do you feel any responsibility for this?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68267 The closest I can compare it to is the way necromancy can harness connections between a soul and the intense emotions that can stir the undead. They are harvesting the residue of such emotions here. In disturbingly great quantities."] = { ["204987124-0-68267 To power that machine?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69092 That is how the cult refers to them and it's just as we believed. They are Daedric relics fashioned to soak up the residual negativity saturating this place.\n\nWhy they have those creatures feeding on that energy? I'm still not sure, but I can guess."] = { ["204987124-0-69092 For the Cataclyst?"] = "", }, ["55049764-6-13718 I've read theories suggesting that Daedra feed off mortal emotions. Fear, desire, hatred. Some more compelling than others. This is the first time I've seen it manifested so literally.\n\nThese vessels are soaking up all the Dread Cellar's misery."] = { ["228103012-0-68267 Its misery?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68623 That will be up to her. I don't harbor any ill will toward her—or you—for any feelings you may have about my past. I don't expect either of you to understand. It's not something you can truly weigh against your conscience until you experience it."] = { ["204987124-0-68623 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = "", ["204987124-1-68623 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69090 That's my guess as well, though we haven't discovered evidence of that just yet. If the Cataclyst requires feeding off so much mortal suffering, its purpose must be truly frightening."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68621 I don't know. It resembled a type of Daedra native to the Deadlands, but whatever this diabolical machine did to it made it unlike any Daedra I've ever seen.\n\nI have to wonder if it turned out as intended given the condition of this contraption now."] = { ["204987124-0-68621 Do you think that other battlemage was behind all this?"] = "", }, ["55049764-4-13718 That creature had the sense to flee. Did it value its life, or was it protecting the power it had siphoned away from this vessel?\n\nEither way, if we continue to destroy these Agonymium Stones it'll reduce the threat they pose."] = { ["228103012-0-69092 Agonymium Stones?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68351 I may be made to account for my role in this prison someday, but I won't bear the guilt of whatever madness Cyronin was party to long after I left.\n\nI will stop it, not because of misplaced guilt, but because that's my duty."] = { ["204987124-0-68351 Are you concerned about Lucilla telling your Spire Council about all this?"] = "", }, ["55049764-0-13718 I admire Lucilla's convictions, even if they're going to get her killed one day. Deserting the legion would be insane if the Empire wasn't in shambles.\n\nThe best I can do for Lucilla is report her as presumed killed in action."] = { ["228103012-0-68621 Do you know what the abomination was?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68622 What happens to the Dread Cellar now?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68623 Do you think you and Lucilla will reconcile?"] = "", }, ["55049764-7-13718 Another piece of the puzzle. The question is where it fits in.\n\nWe'll gather what we can carry and be right behind you."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-7-13718 Another piece of the puzzle. The question is where it fits in.\n\nWe'll gather what we can carry and be right behind you.", [2] = "55049764-6-13718 I've read theories suggesting that Daedra feed off mortal emotions. Fear, desire, hatred. Some more compelling than others. This is the first time I've seen it manifested so literally.\n\nThese vessels are soaking up all the Dread Cellar's misery.", [3] = "55049764-4-13718 That creature had the sense to flee. Did it value its life, or was it protecting the power it had siphoned away from this vessel?\n\nEither way, if we continue to destroy these Agonymium Stones it'll reduce the threat they pose.", [4] = "55049764-2-13718 We are drawing close to something of immense power. I have no doubt it's this Cataclyst we've learned about. Now isn't the time or place for squabbling. We need to focus on finishing the mission and getting out of here alive.", [5] = "55049764-1-13718 Argh, my age is showing. Don't worry, I'll live. It'll take some effort to mend though.\n\nI'm glad that abomination didn't leave you too much worse for wear.", [6] = "55049764-0-13718 I admire Lucilla's convictions, even if they're going to get her killed one day. Deserting the legion would be insane if the Empire wasn't in shambles.\n\nThe best I can do for Lucilla is report her as presumed killed in action.", }, }, ["8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-1-68901 Martus deserves punishment. I won't stand in your way."] = { }, ["232026500-0-15058 Keep your own hands clean at least."] = { ["116521668-0-15058 You're right. I shouldn't let his misdeeds stain my honor anymore than they already have.\n\nHere, take this as a payment for your assistance. You should go before Martus drags you into anything else."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68625 Will you ever forgive Martus?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-68624 Will you ever forgive Martus?"] = { ["200879108-0-68625 I'm not the one he needs forgiveness from. If the Divines see fit to show him mercy, that's their prerogative. I intend to forget him."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68624 What will you do next?"] = { ["200879108-0-68624 Disappear for awhile. I'm sure the Spire won't appreciate my desertion, but I can't imagine they'll spend much effort looking for me. After that, find a cause worth fighting for. Something that will allow me to do real good."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68625 What will you do next?"] = { ["200879108-0-68624 Disappear for awhile. I'm sure the Spire won't appreciate my desertion, but I can't imagine they'll spend much effort looking for me. After that, find a cause worth fighting for. Something that will allow me to do real good."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68901 I won't stop you from leaving, but you shouldn't kill Martus."] = { ["116521668-0-15058 You're right. I shouldn't let his misdeeds stain my honor anymore than they already have.\n\nHere, take this as a payment for your assistance. You should go before Martus drags you into anything else."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68543 What makes you say that?"] = { ["200879108-0-68543 He's confident my complaints to the Spire Council will amount to nothing. If he's to be believed, the Dread Cellar is something they're well aware of, if not responsible for themselves. Martus won't face justice for what he's done at the Battlespire."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68543 So what are you going to do?"] = { ["200879108-0-68901 I can't call a man like him comrade and I can't go back to an institution that would support all this. I can desert—he's injured, he can't stop me—but then he'd never answer for his crimes. If—if I judged him myself, would you stand in my way?"] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-3-13744 The thought that Martus will just get away with all he's done doesn't sit right with me, but taking his life wouldn't make me any better."] = { ["232026500-0-15058 Keep your own hands clean at least."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68624 Disappear for awhile. I'm sure the Spire won't appreciate my desertion, but I can't imagine they'll spend much effort looking for me. After that, find a cause worth fighting for. Something that will allow me to do real good."] = { ["204987124-0-68624 Will you ever forgive Martus?"] = "", }, ["55049764-4-13744 What a mess. Martus would have gotten us all killed if not for you, unleashed that monstrous thing on the world and left the stain of this place to fester.\n\nHe can't get away with his part in this, but I'm worried that he will."] = { ["228103012-0-68543 What makes you say that?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68901 I can't call a man like him comrade and I can't go back to an institution that would support all this. I can desert—he's injured, he can't stop me—but then he'd never answer for his crimes. If—if I judged him myself, would you stand in my way?"] = { ["204987124-1-68901 Martus deserves punishment. I won't stand in your way."] = "", ["204987124-0-68901 I won't stop you from leaving, but you shouldn't kill Martus."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68625 I'm not the one he needs forgiveness from. If the Divines see fit to show him mercy, that's their prerogative. I intend to forget him."] = { ["204987124-0-68625 What will you do next?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68543 He's confident my complaints to the Spire Council will amount to nothing. If he's to be believed, the Dread Cellar is something they're well aware of, if not responsible for themselves. Martus won't face justice for what he's done at the Battlespire."] = { ["204987124-0-68543 So what are you going to do?"] = "", }, ["55049764-1-13744 I don't like that look of pity he's giving me, but at least Martus doesn't look like he'll stand in my way.\n\nI hope you and I cross paths again someday. Him, not so much."] = { ["228103012-0-68624 What will you do next?"] = "", ["228103012-0-68625 Will you ever forgive Martus?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-4-13744 What a mess. Martus would have gotten us all killed if not for you, unleashed that monstrous thing on the world and left the stain of this place to fester.\n\nHe can't get away with his part in this, but I'm worried that he will.", [2] = "55049764-3-13744 The thought that Martus will just get away with all he's done doesn't sit right with me, but taking his life wouldn't make me any better.", [3] = "55049764-1-13744 I don't like that look of pity he's giving me, but at least Martus doesn't look like he'll stand in my way.\n\nI hope you and I cross paths again someday. Him, not so much.", }, }, ["8290981-0-104805 Martus Tullius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-69091 You know the way ahead?"] = { ["200879108-0-69091 I'm familiar with the layout of this prison. I came prepared to assault it after all.\n\nOnce Lucilla and I have looked over this Cataclyst research we'll catch up with you."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-5-13718 I doubt the Waking Flame expected us to get this far, but they're beginning to realize the threat we pose. Keep up the attack while they're still unprepared.\n\nThese corridors should rejoin beyond the room ahead."] = { ["228103012-0-69091 You know the way ahead?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69091 I'm familiar with the layout of this prison. I came prepared to assault it after all.\n\nOnce Lucilla and I have looked over this Cataclyst research we'll catch up with you."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-5-13718 I doubt the Waking Flame expected us to get this far, but they're beginning to realize the threat we pose. Keep up the attack while they're still unprepared.\n\nThese corridors should rejoin beyond the room ahead.", }, }, ["8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-68296 Can you trust him enough to continue the mission?"] = { ["200879108-0-68823 I'll go on with the mission, because those are my orders. Trusting him has nothing to do with it. I'm just not going to assume my welfare is his concern and neither should you."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68296 How would knowing his past have made a difference in your mission?"] = { ["200879108-0-68296 We trusted him to lead us and his priority has been to protect his secrets! Our escort might still be alive if we'd infiltrated using his knowledge instead of marching up the front gate!\n\nBut what's more blood on the hands of someone who worked here?"] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-68823 I'll go on with the mission, because those are my orders. Trusting him has nothing to do with it. I'm just not going to assume my welfare is his concern and neither should you."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68296 We trusted him to lead us and his priority has been to protect his secrets! Our escort might still be alive if we'd infiltrated using his knowledge instead of marching up the front gate!\n\nBut what's more blood on the hands of someone who worked here?"] = { ["204987124-0-68296 Can you trust him enough to continue the mission?"] = "", }, ["55049764-6-13744 Martus was tight lipped from the start. He claimed it was for our mission's secrecy, but he just wanted to hide his involvement in all this. What else has Martus neglected to mention? He's put us all in danger."] = { ["228103012-0-68296 How would knowing his past have made a difference in your mission?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-6-13744 Martus was tight lipped from the start. He claimed it was for our mission's secrecy, but he just wanted to hide his involvement in all this. What else has Martus neglected to mention? He's put us all in danger.", }, }, ["8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-69095 What's your history with the Dread Cellar?"] = { ["200879108-0-68295 I was an interrogator here. Like Cyronin. Though I didn't enjoy the work the way he did. It was a necessary evil. The captives held here all posed existential threats to the Empire. Dangers to be contained. Intelligence to be extracted."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-69094 He didn't return to the Battlespire?"] = { ["200879108-0-69095 That's what should have happened, though becoming entangled with a Daedra cult was a natural fit. He wouldn't have been able to continue indulging his dark impulses at the Spire.\n\nI'm only surprised he didn't wind up in service to Molag Bal."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68825 Who was Cyronin?"] = { ["200879108-0-69094 An interrogator for the Dread Cellar, though that's a charitable descriptor. Torturer would be closer to the truth.\n\nI never knew what became of him after this place was abandoned. I tried my best to forget him."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-69094 Who was Cyronin?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-68295 What's your history with the Dread Cellar?"] = { ["200879108-0-68295 I was an interrogator here. Like Cyronin. Though I didn't enjoy the work the way he did. It was a necessary evil. The captives held here all posed existential threats to the Empire. Dangers to be contained. Intelligence to be extracted."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68826 Do you regret your time here?"] = { ["200879108-0-68825 I regret that I lacked the resolve for it. Had I still been an interrogator here, I might have uncovered something that would have prevented all this senseless slaughter. Or maybe I just would have become like Cyronin. Who's to know?"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68824 And what did you do to them?"] = { ["200879108-0-68826 I extracted knowledge from them. Coercing cooperation however I could. Sometimes subterfuge was enough, usually it was not. Our methods were better left to the imagination. It left scars on them and I both. Eventually, I sought reassignment."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-68295 Dangerous how?"] = { ["200879108-0-68824 An Elder Councilor's aid secretly spying on their correspondence. A guildmaster propping up a puppet governor. A Dibellan high priest who covertly commanded a cult of Mephala. A vampire who held an entire island in her thrall. Just to name a few."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-68826 I extracted knowledge from them. Coercing cooperation however I could. Sometimes subterfuge was enough, usually it was not. Our methods were better left to the imagination. It left scars on them and I both. Eventually, I sought reassignment."] = { ["204987124-0-68826 Do you regret your time here?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69094 An interrogator for the Dread Cellar, though that's a charitable descriptor. Torturer would be closer to the truth.\n\nI never knew what became of him after this place was abandoned. I tried my best to forget him."] = { ["204987124-0-69094 He didn't return to the Battlespire?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68295 I was an interrogator here. Like Cyronin. Though I didn't enjoy the work the way he did. It was a necessary evil. The captives held here all posed existential threats to the Empire. Dangers to be contained. Intelligence to be extracted."] = { ["204987124-0-68295 Dangerous how?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-69095 That's what should have happened, though becoming entangled with a Daedra cult was a natural fit. He wouldn't have been able to continue indulging his dark impulses at the Spire.\n\nI'm only surprised he didn't wind up in service to Molag Bal."] = { ["204987124-0-69095 What's your history with the Dread Cellar?"] = "", }, ["55049764-3-13718 Despite what Lucilla might think, I had no foreknowledge of what—or who—we'd find here. The Dread Cellar was abandoned a long time ago, and I left it behind long before that."] = { ["228103012-0-68295 What's your history with the Dread Cellar?"] = "", ["228103012-0-69094 Who was Cyronin?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68825 I regret that I lacked the resolve for it. Had I still been an interrogator here, I might have uncovered something that would have prevented all this senseless slaughter. Or maybe I just would have become like Cyronin. Who's to know?"] = { ["204987124-0-68825 Who was Cyronin?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68824 An Elder Councilor's aid secretly spying on their correspondence. A guildmaster propping up a puppet governor. A Dibellan high priest who covertly commanded a cult of Mephala. A vampire who held an entire island in her thrall. Just to name a few."] = { ["204987124-0-68824 And what did you do to them?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-13718 Despite what Lucilla might think, I had no foreknowledge of what—or who—we'd find here. The Dread Cellar was abandoned a long time ago, and I left it behind long before that.", }, }, ["8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-68352 He doesn't seem so concerned about that."] = { ["200879108-0-68828 No, he doesn't. But that won't stop me from saying what needs to be said. Unless he thinks he can keep me quiet. And you too.\n\nIf you watch my back down here, I'll watch yours."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68352 You two were close before this?"] = { ["200879108-0-68352 He helped train me at the Battlespire. I thought he picked me for this mission because he trusted me and my ability. Clearly he didn't, but now I see I'd never want to be the kind of person he'd trust his secrets to.\n\nI won't keep quiet for him."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-68261 Your guess is as good as mine."] = { ["200879108-0-68261 A vast prison. In the middle of nowhere. Kept a highly guarded secret. Martus is right, I probably don't want to know what happened here.\n\nTo be brimming with so much of this awful power, it must have been horrific."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-8-13744 Something is not right with this place, and I'm not just talking about the Daedra. All these vile energies aren't some byproduct of their presence. The Dread Cellar is the source of them.\n\nHow did this place become so steeped in corruption?"] = { ["228103012-0-68261 Your guess is as good as mine."] = "", }, ["55049764-5-13744 Smug bastard. To think I used to look up to him as a mentor. He's more of a monster than the Daedra!"] = { ["228103012-0-68352 You two were close before this?"] = "", }, ["55049764-7-13744 It ran. Every other Daedra here has lunged right for our throats. I don't find that as reassuring as you might think. It might mean they're regrouping. Preparing for us."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68352 He helped train me at the Battlespire. I thought he picked me for this mission because he trusted me and my ability. Clearly he didn't, but now I see I'd never want to be the kind of person he'd trust his secrets to.\n\nI won't keep quiet for him."] = { ["204987124-0-68352 He doesn't seem so concerned about that."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-68828 No, he doesn't. But that won't stop me from saying what needs to be said. Unless he thinks he can keep me quiet. And you too.\n\nIf you watch my back down here, I'll watch yours."] = { }, ["55049764-9-13744 It… It seems like this Cataclyst is why the Waking Flame are here. It doesn't look like anything of mortal design. Are the Daedra building it?\n\nThis investigation is turning up more questions than answers."] = { }, ["200879108-0-68261 A vast prison. In the middle of nowhere. Kept a highly guarded secret. Martus is right, I probably don't want to know what happened here.\n\nTo be brimming with so much of this awful power, it must have been horrific."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [4] = "55049764-5-13744 Smug bastard. To think I used to look up to him as a mentor. He's more of a monster than the Daedra!", [1] = "55049764-9-13744 It… It seems like this Cataclyst is why the Waking Flame are here. It doesn't look like anything of mortal design. Are the Daedra building it?\n\nThis investigation is turning up more questions than answers.", [2] = "55049764-8-13744 Something is not right with this place, and I'm not just talking about the Daedra. All these vile energies aren't some byproduct of their presence. The Dread Cellar is the source of them.\n\nHow did this place become so steeped in corruption?", [3] = "55049764-7-13744 It ran. Every other Daedra here has lunged right for our throats. I don't find that as reassuring as you might think. It might mean they're regrouping. Preparing for us.", }, }, }, }, }, ["books"] = { ["267200725-0-1887 Czarny Las"] = { ["267200725-0-2024 The Dread Cellar"] = { [6720] = "51188213-0-6720 Ambitions Realized", [6717] = "51188213-0-6717 Leave the Crimson Oath Alone", [6718] = "51188213-0-6718 The Great Stain", [6719] = "51188213-0-6719 More Scorions", }, }, }, ["subtitles"] = { ["267200725-0-1887 Czarny Las"] = { ["267200725-0-2029 The Dread Cellar"] = { [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-14014 Good work! Back to the frontline!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-14014 You've cut that thing off from its power. Use this to get back to the Cataclyst!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2028 The Dread Cellar"] = { [1] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42791 You've already begun the process just getting here. Light the braziers by the orange guardian stone and you'll have reactivated its arcane matrix. Once you've done that, I can revise the spell, but we'll get to that matter in a moment.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42349 Drat! They've found me—oh! You're not the enemy. Come, come. We must speak.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42789 I was trying to figure out how to restore the prison's arcane defense matrices. It should recognize me—or my soul rather—and allow me to make the adjustments needed to escape.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42790 It would also help you clear out these invaders more easily.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42792 You restored the arcane matrix of that guardian stone. The good news is I can now activate the stone to revise the summoning spell. The bad news is we need to reset it first by summoning the guardian, which will try to kill you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42793 I'll prepare the guardian stone for activation. You ready some burn salves if you've got them and touch the stone to summon the Purgator.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42794 I'll be just outside the gate if you need me. Give it all you've got.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [3] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42351 You've subdued it! Excellent. I can reattune this one to recognize you now.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-14024 I'll be honest, you're doing better than I expected.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42795 Go ahead and restore the power to that blue stone and we can continue.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [5] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42797 I'll see myself out of your way once it's prepared. I'd really prefer not to be anywhere near that thing when it appears. Especially in my current state.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42796 Everything seems to be in order with the Undertaker's guardian stone. I can prepare it for you to activate whenever you're ready.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [6] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42353 I'll admit, I took a little satisfaction watching you beat that monster to dust. Now I can ensure it will recognize you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-14025 I would highly discourage letting that thing kill you. You won't like the results.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [7] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42798 With the last arcane matrix restored, you just need to connect it to the remaining guardian stone. We're so close.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [8] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42800 Just make sure you're prepared to face a tempest of blades or the Grim Warden will chop you to chowder in an instant.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42799 The Grim Warden's guardian stone is reconnected. When you're ready, I'll prepare the stone so you can summon it.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [9] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-14026 Ignore the moaning, it's for psychological effect.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, [10] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42355 That thing makes such a racket …. Well, I can make it recognize you now at least.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2023 The Dread Cellar"] = { [1] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41544 Consider that a lesson in keeping on guard.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41533 Burn for Dagon!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104629 Wywoływacz Przebudzonego Płomienia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41542 Martus, we aren't prepared for this!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41543 If a few cultists are too much for you, best give up on the Spire.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41545 This place is enormous, Martus. Where do we even begin to search?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41546 Focus, Lucilla. You can feel the aberrant energies if you just focus.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41547 This debris. I feel it. Gods, I wish I couldn't.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41548 It's tying my gut in knots.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42285 Keep clearing the path ahead. I want to evaluate this Daedric stone.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41549 Ugh, there's so much … anguish.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41550 That creature. Was it feeding on these? No, there's too much gathered here for this to be some Daedra's dinner.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41551 More likely the Dremora were using that creature to draw out this energy, but why?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41552 What even is this power, Martus? It makes me want to curl up and die.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42286 Steel yourself, Lucilla. We'll only find out by forging ahead. Escort, please take the lead.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2024 The Dread Cellar"] = { [1] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42290 Not yet.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42287 The cult has made itself at home here. To be expected.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42288 These diagrams. They don't depict anything we've seen so far.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42289 It almost looks mechanical. Cataclyst … that mean anything to you?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41554 Another vessel! But this one is drawing in energy.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41555 The Daedra didn't bring this baleful energy with them, they're drawing it out of the Dread Cellar itself!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41556 What could have happened here that could produce that much vile energy?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41557 Best not to ask questions you don't want the answers to.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41558 We should destroy any more of these we find.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41559 You'll hear no argument from me.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [7] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42291 I sense more down these side corridors. We'll split up for now. Keep clearing the main halls of the enemy.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42292 Protect it! For the glory of Lord Dagon!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104800 Wywoływacz Przebudzonego Płomienia", }, }, [4] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42297 You, keep going. We'll be able to regroup with you a little farther ahead.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104805 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42294 More of the cult's designs.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104805 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42295 He said \"protect it.\" Do you think they've finished it? Their Cataclyst?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42296 Likely. Look for anything that might tell us what it is.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104805 Martus Tullius", }, }, [5] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41571 We stopped its harvesting, at least, but I feel far greater concentrations of this power ahead.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41567 Another of those monsters!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41569 Stop it from draining that vessel!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41570 Got away!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41575 Is that you, Martus? I thought you'd lost your appetite for screams.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103593 Cyronin Artellian", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41576 A battlemage? Martus, you know him?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41577 Whatever you've gotten yourself involved in, Cyronin, it ends here.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, }, [7] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13826 I'll handle the atronach! Kill that damn mage!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, [8] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-4-13824 If you listen carefully, you can still hear all their screams.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103593 Cyronin Artellian", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13967 He's gathered a massive amount of energy!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13827 Get behind me! I can block that energy!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13968 Is that malice in your eyes, Martus? Have I rekindled your passion for causing pain?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103593 Cyronin Artellian", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "149328292-3-13827 I've made a defensible position!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, }, [9] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-4-13825 Grovel and plea! I want to feast on your tears!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103593 Cyronin Artellian", }, }, [10] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41582 He was responsible for this nightmarish place. You were responsible for this place!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41583 That has no bearing on this mission.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41584 We just killed another battlemage! Someone you knew!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41585 I—I wasn't expecting to find anyone still here. This place was closed down.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41586 I guess your secret wasn't as safe as you thought. I can't believe you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103458 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42298 Our objective hasn't changed. Discover what the Waking Flame are up to and stop it. We need to keep moving.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103457 Martus Tullius", }, }, [11] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41614 The—the torturous energies are much stronger down here.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41615 Whoever could have guessed? How could you ever have participated in this wanton cruelty?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41617 No one here deserved your pity. Save it for the poor souls being butchered in Cyrodiil.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41618 You can explain it to the Spire Council, in case you neglected to inform them of what you were up to here.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41619 Lucilla. That will not go how you expect.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, [12] = { [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-42302 Let this world be shattered for the glory of Mehrunes Dagon!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41632 The Daedra are pouring their energy into that machine!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41633 There are more of them coming!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41634 Over there as well! Lucilla and I will hold them back. Stop that thing!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, }, [13] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13959 Come, you servants of Mehrunes Dagon! Fight!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, [14] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-14015 It's drawing power from another stone! Use this portal to reach it before the Daedra recovers.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-13926 More pain! More fear! More despair!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, [15] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-13959 Dance in this destruction, children of the Deadlands!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, [16] = { [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-14015 I've located the source it's tapped into. Take this portal and deal with it!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-13926 This mortal power does not sustain! I need more!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, [17] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-13959 The legions of Lord Dagon will overwhelm you!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, [18] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41821 Didn't think we were going to survive that. Nearly didn't.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41824 So long as this awful place remains, what's to say they won't try again?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41823 It looks like their contraption didn't survive producing that abomination, thank the Divines.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41825 I'll see that you're rewarded for cleaning up Martus's mess.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, [19] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41846 Martus, what you've done is unforgivable.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41847 I won't be returning to the Battlespire with you. I won't be returning at all.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41848 Lucilla, you're one of the most promising candidates in the Spire. You can take another mentor.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-41849 If this is what it means to be a part of the Spire. I want nothing to do with it.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, }, }, }, ["quest"] = { ["162658389-0-1261 Czarny Las"] = { ["52420949-0-6685 Quaking Dread"] = { ["steps"] = { [8] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-56614 Lucilla plans to leave Martus and the Battlespire behind. I should speak to her about what comes next.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "121487972-0-15058 Talk to Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, }, [1] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70410 Investigate the Dread Cellar", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56616 Martus tasked me with clearing the path ahead while he tends to Lucilla's wounds. I should forge a path through the Dread Cellar for them to follow.", }, [2] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70412 Kill the Scorion Broodlord", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56617 A large, monstrous Daedra appears to be protecting more of the unusual stones we encountered earlier. I need to kill it if we are to learn more from them.", }, [3] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70408 Investigate the Dread Cellar", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56618 Martus asked me to continue clearing a way through the Daedra while he and Lucilla study the energized stones the monster was guarding.", }, [4] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70413 Kill Cyronin Artellian", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56611 We encountered another Imperial Battlemage inside the prison who seemed to know Martus, but it wasn't a friendly reunion. We need to kill the rogue mage to proceed.", }, [5] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70409 Investigate the Dread Cellar", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56612 Martus has a history with the Dread Cellar that he hadn't disclosed and Lucilla hasn't taken the news well. Despite this, the mission remains unchanged. We need to find out what all the energy being gathered here is being used for.", }, [6] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-70415 Kill 8290981-0-103596 Magma Incarnate", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56615 We discovered a giant Daedric machine in the depths of the Dread Cellar, coursing with the terrible energy being gathered in the prison. A frightening Daedra emerged from the machine thanks to this power. Our only hope is to slay it.", }, [7] = { ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "256430276-0-56855 Talk to Lucilla Caprenia", }, }, ["description"] = "103224356-0-56855 I defeated the frightening Daedra and the machine that gave birth to it has ceased to function. Lucilla wishes to speak with me now that the mission is over.", }, }, ["info"] = { ["starter"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius", }, ["finisher"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, ["involved"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius", [2] = "8290981-0-104414 Lucilla Caprenia", }, ["description"] = { [1] = "265851556-0-6685 I met a pair of Imperial Battlemages named Martus and Lucilla outside an abandoned prison known as the Dread Cellar. Martus asked for my help investigating magical activity that caught the Battlespire's notice.", }, }, }, }, }, }