Quaking Dread.lua (131,968 bytes)
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-69250 No, but some battlemages hired us to investigate the Dread Cellar."] =
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-69271 Where can I find the last guardian's matrix?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-69817 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] =
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-2-69815 What is the Purgator?"] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["204987124-1-69250 What were you saying about the arcane matrices when I arrived? I missed it."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["204987124-0-69264 I'll try to find the other inactive matrices."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["204987124-0-69256 Who are you?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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["55049764-3-13860 With the last arcane matrix restored, you just need to connect it to the remaining guardian stone. We're so close."] =
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["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."] =
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["204987124-0-69261 Spiritual escapees?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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["204987124-3-69258 What is the Undertaker?"] = "",
["204987124-4-69258 What is the Grim Warden?"] = "",
["204987124-0-69258 Why are these defenses shutdown?"] = "",
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["55049764-12-13860 Thank the Eight, I thought I'd be trapped down here for all eternity. Did the Spire send you?"] =
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["228103012-0-69250 No, but some battlemages hired us to investigate the Dread Cellar."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["204987124-0-69274 That's not near as frightening as the other two."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["228103012-0-69263 How can I do that?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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[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.",
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["228103012-0-68255 What makes you want to subject yourself to that?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-68242 Who are you two?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-1-69088 Who are you two?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68244 I'm accustomed to danger."] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68243 Your informant?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68811 What is the Battlespire?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-1-69087 I know Lyranth. She's cagey, but reliable enough."] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68242 Can you tell me more about your order?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68812 If you survive?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-68243 What can you tell me about our mission?"] =
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["204987124-1-68813 What can you tell me about our mission?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68255 You think becoming a Battlemage is the best way to achieve peace?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["204987124-0-68255 You think becoming a Battlemage is the best way to achieve peace?"] = "",
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["228103012-0-68255 What makes you want to subject yourself to that?"] = "",
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["204987124-1-69087 I know Lyranth. She's cagey, but reliable enough."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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[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.",
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[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?",
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[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.",
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["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."] = "",
},
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["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."] = "",
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["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?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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."] =
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["228103012-0-68543 What makes you say that?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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[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.",
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["228103012-0-69091 You know the way ahead?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] =
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["228103012-0-69091 You know the way ahead?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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[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.",
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["204987124-0-68296 Can you trust him enough to continue the mission?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-68296 How would knowing his past have made a difference in your mission?"] =
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["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?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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["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?"] =
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["204987124-0-68296 Can you trust him enough to continue the mission?"] = "",
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["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."] =
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["228103012-0-68296 How would knowing his past have made a difference in your mission?"] = "",
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[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.",
},
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["204987124-0-69095 What's your history with the Dread Cellar?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-69094 He didn't return to the Battlespire?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["204987124-0-68826 Do you regret your time here?"] =
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["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?"] = "",
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["204987124-0-68295 Dangerous how?"] =
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["204987124-0-68824 And what did you do to them?"] = "",
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[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.",
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["204987124-0-68352 He doesn't seem so concerned about that."] =
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["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."] = "",
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["228103012-0-68352 You two were close before this?"] =
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["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."] = "",
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["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."] = "",
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["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?"] =
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["228103012-0-68261 Your guess is as good as mine."] = "",
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["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!"] =
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["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."] =
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[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.",
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[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",
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[1] =
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["text"] = "149328292-1-14014 Good work! Back to the frontline!",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius",
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[1] =
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["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",
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[4] =
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["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.",
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["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",
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["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",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-42790 It would also help you clear out these invaders more easily.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius",
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["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.",
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["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",
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["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",
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[2] =
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["text"] = "115740052-0-42351 You've subdued it! Excellent. I can reattune this one to recognize you now.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius",
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[1] =
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["text"] = "149328292-0-14024 I'll be honest, you're doing better than I expected.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-42795 Go ahead and restore the power to that blue stone and we can continue.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius",
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[2] =
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["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",
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["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",
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[2] =
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["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",
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["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",
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["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",
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["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",
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["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",
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["text"] = "149328292-1-14026 Ignore the moaning, it's for psychological effect.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104654 Vitellia Laenius",
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[1] =
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["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",
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[4] =
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41544 Consider that a lesson in keeping on guard.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103589 Martus Tullius",
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[1] =
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41533 Burn for Dagon!",
["name"] = "8290981-0-104629 Wywoływacz Przebudzonego Płomienia",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41542 Martus, we aren't prepared for this!",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41543 If a few cultists are too much for you, best give up on the Spire.",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41545 This place is enormous, Martus. Where do we even begin to search?",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41546 Focus, Lucilla. You can feel the aberrant energies if you just focus.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103591 Martus Tullius",
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41547 This debris. I feel it. Gods, I wish I couldn't.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia",
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[4] =
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["text"] = "115740052-0-41548 It's tying my gut in knots.",
["name"] = "8290981-0-103597 Lucilla Caprenia",
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["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.",
},
},
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{
["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.",
},
},
},
},
},
}
