, one of the quest tasks in Mistress of the Lake

"Talk to Herlad Kixathi" is a quest objective/task in the quest Mistress of the Lake in The Elder Scrolls Online

Background[edit]

Followers of Hermaeus Mora have come to secure the ancient Ayleid ruins at Lake Halcyon, but they say a mysterious entity inhabiting the ruins has enslaved local villagers and is trying to subvert the laws of nature.

Quest[edit]

Mistress of the Lake

Location[edit]

Bisnensel - Bangkorai (Hammerfell)

Walkthrough[edit]

Approach and talk with Herald Kixathi. She will berate you for freeing people who have been bewitched. She will then offer you a choice for this mission. From here the mission will split. If you side with Herald Kixathi, you will start the quest: Sunken Knowledge. If you side with Apostle Marian and decide to work for the Nereid you will begin: The Water Stone.

Dialogue with Herald Kixathi[edit]

Herald Kixathi: "You ignorant half-wit! By the Golden Eye, what in Oblivion are you doing? Setting those poor, ensorcelled fools free? Don't you realize we were trying to help them?"

Vestige: "How was capturing them trying to help them?"

Herald Kixathi: "Don't you see what's going on here? I followed you before and overheard your conversation with that apostle. It's clear that this Nereid learned one of the most dangerous secrets about the nature order and now twists it to her advantage."

Vestige: "What dangerous secret is that?"

Herald Kixathi: "No point in hiding it now ... when a mortal dies, where do you think their memories go? Don't bother guessing. I'll tell you - they go into the water. They become water. All the memories of Tamriel's history are stored in its waters."

Vestige: "How do memories turn into water?"

Herald Kixathi: "The details and implications of this secret are mind-spinning and would require a lifetime of study and contemplation. The relevant fact here is that the Nereid is stealing her disciples' memories to create this water stone."

Vestige: "So that's why they can't remember anything?"

Herald Kixathi: "Exactly. And it seems they never will. Their memories are lost to them forever. The Lord of Knowledge abhors this transgression. The Nereid must not be allowed to continue this endeavor, nor can she be permitted to create a Water Stone."

Vestige: "What's so bad about the Water Stone?"

Herald Kixathi: "The secrets to creating a Water Stone are forbidden. The natural progression is for the landscape in this area to evolve into a desert. The Nereid's not fighting for nature. She's fighting for self-preservation, and at her disciples' expense."

Vestige: "So you think the Nereid should be killed?"

Herald Kixathi: "There is no other way for this to end. The Nereid has stolen forbidden secrets and committed crimes against nature and humanity. Now that you understand, will you repent for changing loyalties? Will you aid me in destroying this aberration?"

Vestige: "I will help you however I can."

Vestige: ""I'm not ready to make that decision yet."

Dialogue with Herald Kixathi if you tell her your not ready[edit]

Herald Kixathi: "What then? You would side with this water monster and her brain-washed apostle?" "Go on then. She's right across the water there. I warn you though- side with them and Hermaeus Mora will offer you no mercy." Vestige: "Goodbye."

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