SIRENROOT

Escape from ruins in Skyrim

- Christopher Livingston

Hey, Dragonborn! We know you love climbing mountains, exploring caves, and riding horses across the plains. But instead of blasting out dragon shouts, maybe it’s time to use your lungs for something else, like holding your breath. A mod called Sirenroot: Deluge of Deceit adds a mysterious submerged temple at the bottom of Lake Honrich. Getting into that temple is the easy part. Getting out again is something else.

This quest begins in Riften, where I head to Elgrim’s Elixirs, the town’s alchemy shop. There I meet Frissa Black-Briar, who offers me a job. It sounds pretty simple: collecting a newly discovered plant from the bottom of Lake Honrich, just outside of town. This quest is recommended for Argonians, naturally, who can breathe underwater. Unfortunately I’m a Nord, but my employer doesn’t seem like they’re going to discriminate against me just because I don’t have gills.

DEEP DIVE