Discerning the Transmundane

Discerning the Transmundane: collect the blood of five elven races for Septimus Signus, open the Dwemer lockbox and claim Hermaeus Mora's Oghma Infinium.

Objectives

  1. Give the Lexicon to Septimus
  2. Harvest High Elf blood
  3. Harvest Wood Elf blood
  4. Harvest Dark Elf blood
  5. Harvest Falmer blood
  6. Harvest Orc blood
  7. Bring the blood to Septimus
  8. Take the Oghma Infinium

Discerning the Transmundane is Hermaeus Mora’s Daedric quest, and it begins where Elder Knowledge ends. Mad old Septimus Signus wants to open the giant Dwemer lockbox in his outpost – and he needs your help.

How to start

Bring Septimus the Lexicon after transcribing the Elder Scroll in Blackreach. The blood-gathering part needs level 15.

Walkthrough

Septimus gives you an Essence Extractor and asks for the blood of five elven races – no Dwemer are left, so this will have to do: Altmer, Bosmer, Dunmer, Falmer and Orc. Collect it from the bodies of any of those races (enemies work fine) and bring it back. The lockbox opens – but it holds the Oghma Infinium, not the heart Septimus hoped for, and Hermaeus Mora has plans of his own for the old scholar.

Reward

The Oghma Infinium: read it once for +5 to all warrior, mage or thief skills.

Characters

Septimus SignusCharacterSeptimus SignusMad Imperial scholar of the Elder Scrolls living in an ice outpost north of Winterhold.UCharacterUrag gro-ShubStern Orc librarian of the College of Winterhold's Arcanaeum and a book merchant.

Locations

BLocationBlackreachVast glowing Dwemer cavern beneath Skyrim, full of Falmer and Dwarven machines, with the Tower of Mzark at…

Rewards: Items

OItemOghma InfiniumHermaeus Mora's book: a one-time permanent +5 to all warrior, mage or thief skills.

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