| Watches-The-Roots (RefID: 0002BA33) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Avanchnzel Boilery | ||
| Race | Argonian | Gender | Male |
| Level | 4 | Class | Warrior |
| RefID | 0002BA33 | BaseID | 0004C735 |
| Other Information | |||
| Health | 85 | Magicka | 50 |
| Stamina | 60 | ||
| Primary Skills | Lockpicking | ||
| Race Details | Ghost | ||
| Class Details | CombatWarrior1H | ||
| Morality | No Crime | Aggression | Unaggressive |
| Voice Type | MaleArgonian | ||
| Faction(s) | Dwarven Automaton Faction; Player Ally Faction | ||
Watches-The-Roots is the ghost of an Argonian warrior who met his doom in Avanchnzel. He can be found exploring the ruin with his ethereal companions, Drennen, Breya, and From-Deepest-Fathoms.
His body is located in Avanchnzel Boilery at the bottom of a slope after the spinning blade trap. On his corpse are a set of clothes and boots, an iron dagger, and a selection of common loot and gold.
Related QuestsEdit
- Unfathomable Depths: Uncover the memories of the Dwemer.
Quest-Related EventsEdit
Unfathomable DepthsEdit
As you first enter Avanchnzel you will see the ghost of Watches-The-Roots speaking to the other ghosts:
- Drennen: "I don't like this place. It feels like we're being... watched."
- Breya: "It's a simple job, Drennen. We get in, we steal the Lexicon, we leave. Don't get jumpy."
- Fathoms: "If you two cannot handle this, we can find others to hire."
- Roots: "Enough. Their services will be more than adequate. Let us continue."
Further in the ruins you will see him having a conversation with Drennen:
- Drennen: "This place is unbelievable."
- Roots: "Indeed. Avanchnzel is as much a library as it is a city. Built to hold the vast memories of the Dwemer."
Just before the doors to Avanchnzel Animoncultory:
- Breya: "Why are all these metal... things... ignoring us?"
- Roots: "Anavchnzel [sic] is waiting."
- Breya: "Waiting for what?"
- Roots: "No one seems to know. Perhaps the return of the Dwemer. Perhaps the ending of the world."
- Breya: "Best get rid of the ones we see. Just in case."
In Avanchnzel Animoncultory at the campsite:
- Drennen: "This place is huge."
- Roots: "It is large, indeed. I did not anticipate Avanchnzel's size or the time needed to uncover the entrance. A few hours sleep and we should be ready to continue through."
- Drennen: "Maybe we should turn back. I don't want to sleep here."
- Roots: "Drennen, you do understand that the Lexicon at the bottom of this place holds the accumulated memories of centuries of Dwemer."
- Breya: "Not to mention our pay."
- Drennen: "So?"
- Fathoms: "So we're not turning back, you fool."
- Breya: "Besides, you're not afraid of a few sleeping metal men. Are you, Drennen?"
Further in the Animoncultory in a storage room:
- Breya: "I thought you said these things were "sleeping"?"
- Roots: "You said they were sleeping. I said they were waiting. It seems a few of them were "waiting" for someone to try and take the Lexicon."
- Breya: "Great."
Just before the doors to the Avanchnzel Boilery:
- Drennen: "I can't do this. We shouldn't be here. I'm sorry."
- Breya: "Drennen!"
- Fathoms: "Let the field mouse run. Your pay will be double."
- Breya: "My pay will be nothing if we die in here!"
- Roots: "Calm yourself, Breya. We are closing in on the Lexicon. I can feel it calling. We'll continue without Drennen."
As you enter the Boilery:
- Roots: "We are close now. Can you feel the Lexicon calling out?"
- Fathoms: "Sure."
- Breya: "So we get it and get out, right?"
- Roots: "Once we have the Lexicon, we'll need to take it to its podium. I know what to do from there. Soon the Lexicon's knowledge will be mine."
- Fathoms: "Ours. Soon the Lexicon's knowledge will be ours."
- Roots: "Of course."
Just before the trapped room where you find Watches-The-Roots' body:
- Roots: "We're almost there. I can hear the Lexicon. Come on, quickly!"
- Breya: "Something doesn't feel right. Wait!"
- Roots: "Aaaaaaaaaaa...."
NotesEdit
- Unused scripting in the quest would've given every member of the party a full set of Dwarven armor, although this never happens, and it's unknown what purpose this would've served.
BugsEdit
- A scene near the giant Dwemer factory may be missing, since the trigger for it is located outside of the map. ?
- Fathoms: "The Lexicon had better be worth all this trouble."
- Roots: "I assure you, it is. The knowledge contained in the Lexicon created everything you see around you. Properly controlled, it has knowledge enough to turn paupers into kings."
- Drennen: "You sure that's power we're meant to have?"
- Roots: "Absolutely."