Activate the mechanism with the Attunement Sphere which causes the floor to retract into stairs. Proceed towards the Dwarven mechanism located in the center of the room. Should the player intervene, both will assault the Dovahkiin. If either is killed, the survivor will turn and attack the Dragonborn. Proceed to the next gate where a Redguard named Umana and an Imperial named Sulla Trebatius begin to fight, after a brief exchange of words. Defeat the Centurion and take the key from its corpse. One Centurion lies on the floor inactive, however, the other will awaken when approached. Head through the main gate where two Dwarven Centurions can be found. Past a set of double doors opens into a large room patrolled by several enemies. Head past the traps and Falmer who guard this section. Eventually, the Alftand Cathedral will be reached which grants access to Blackreach. Several dead members of the failed expedition can be found here. Proceed through the ruins and fight past the various Falmer that reside here. Proceed through the caves and past two Dwarven spiders until the Alftand Animonculory is reached. His brother's journal reveals that he, along with several others, were members of a failed expedition to the ruins. Eventually, a Khajiit skooma addict, named J'darr, will attack. Enter the Alftand Glacial Ruins and progress through the tunnels of ice. The first step is to travel to the Dwemer ruin of Alftand, located in the snowy mountains southwest of Winterhold. The tower can only be accessed via Blackreach, the underground ruins of an ancient Dwemer city. He gives the Dragonborn an Attunement Sphere and a Blank Lexicon which must be inscribed with the Dwemer mechanism located within the Tower of Mzark. He explains that the Dwemer lockbox buried within the outpost holds the " heart of a god" and he wishes to access it to learn its secrets.
He can be found in Septimus Signus's Outpost, an ice cave north of Winterhold.
It can be started by speaking to Septimus Signus, a brilliant but mad scholar who has devoted his life to studying the Elder Scrolls. Please improve this article however you can and remove this notice once finished.Īlthough this quest can be started at any level, such as during the main quest "Elder Knowledge," the second part involving the harvesting of blood can only be initiated after level 15.