Online:Keeper Uxith-Ei

Keeper Uxith-Ei
Location	Hatching Pools
Race	Argonian	Gender	Male
Reaction	Friendly
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Faction(s)	Keepers of the Shell

Keeper Uxith-Ei

Keeper Uxith-Ei is an Argonian keeper who is responsible for tending to the eggs found at the Hatching Pools.

Related Quests

• Children of the Hist: Hurry to the Hatching Pools to save the Argonian hatchlings.
•  Keepers of the Shell: Save a generation of Argonians from the Dominion.

Quest-Related Events

Children of the Hist

After being sent by Haj-Meht to the Hatching Pools, you find the Keeper and Assistant Ahaht-Ei tending to an egg:

"If you're another Dominion retainer come to mock our hatching ritual, we won't stop you. Not that we have a choice."

Haj-Meht sent me to help you.

"Keeper Uxith-Ei? Long has it been since he crawled from the pool.
Sithis looks upon us with a hungry eye, but we yet draw breath. This time for stillness has not come."

Keepers of the Shell

If you haven't started the quest, he will say:

"Little time remains. The hatching ritual must be completed regardless of the Dominion presence."

He seems frustrated with the Dominion presence at the Pools. Continuing on from the completion of Children of the Hist, you will need to learn the plans of the Dominion before the hatching ritual starts:

"Thank you for coming. It was a foolish thing to do, but we are grateful for your presence."

What's happening here?

"The Dominion took the Hatching Pools. They've killed any who attempt to leave but have given little cause for their presence.
We must learn their plans before the hatching ritual begins."

How can I help?

"The braziers atop the Xanmeers of First Light and Setting Sun? Light them as part of hatching ritual, and listen as you walk among the Dominion. See if they mean us harm.
Also, if she still lives, send Assistant Telixith to me. I'll need her for the ritual."

I'll uncover the Dominion's plans.

If you were sent by Vicecanon Servyna and wearing the ceremonial garb, you will offer your help with dealing with the measures to ensure a successful hatching ritual:

"Assistant, you know better than to….
Yes, I think I see. What brings you to me, "Assistant?""

Vicecanon Servyna sent me to learn the Dominion's plans.

"The Dominion tells us nothing. Those who left, they killed. Those who stayed, they let live.
We don't know why. We continue to prepare for the hatching. They haven't stopped us from that, yet."

What can I do to help?

"As we speak, the eggs grow moist. Before we begin the hatching, I wish to know the Dominion's intentions. But endangering yourself on our behalf isn't something I can ask."

I can handle the Dominion.

"Then go, light the braziers in the Xanmeers of First Light and Setting Sun. As you walk amongst the Dominion, listen with care. We must know if they mean us harm.
And look for Assistant Telixith. If she … still lives, inform her I'll need her assistance."

You can ask him about the task at hand after accepting the quest: If you were wearing the ceremonial garb, he will warn of the senche-tigers:

"Your clothes may fool the Dominion, but the egg-scent doesn't cling to your body as it does ours. Stay way from their tigers."

If you weren't wearing the ceremonial garb, he will offer you to blend in:

"If you wish to help, you should wear the clothing from that chest. The Dominon will see another assistant and leave you be.
But you haven't spent much time around the Hatching Pools, so their tigers may pick out your scent. Do what you can to avoid them."

In Ten-Maur-Wolk, I was shown a vision of the Mnemic Egg. What is it?

"Everything.
Now leave me, I really must prepare the ritual."

[Intimidate]If you don't tell me what the Mnemic Egg is, you're putting all our lives at risk.

"Very well. When we die, our memories return to the Hist. When one of the Hist dies, it gives seed to a Mnemic Egg.
Everything it witnessed—everything we witnessed—is contained within that Egg."

And if something were to happen to it ...?

"Those memories would be lost and the Hist would suffer. We would suffer."

I want to know more about the Mnemic Egg.

"I'm sorry, but we do not have time. Ask me later, when this is over."

Returning to him after you lit the braziers and got Telixith to assist with the ritual, you will inform him that the Dominion intend to kill all the hatchlings, which he implores you to protect the keepers and hatchlings:

"The braziers burn atop the Xanmeers' pinnacles. Tell me, what have you learned of the Dominion's plans?"

After the hatching, they'll kill everyone in the Hatching Pools.

"There must be more to it than massacre. What can they achieve by waiting before slaughter? They could kill us now and have done with this place.
Something sinister is at work, but we have no time. The hatching will soon begin."

Vicecanon Servyna will arrive soon with reinforcements.

"Then there is hope.
As the hatching approaches, the Dominion will likely observe the ritual. Would you stand with us, despite the danger?"

I'll stand with you.

"Then we should begin."

The Keepers of the Shell begin the hatching ritual, but something goes wrong with the ritual:

Keeper Uxith Ei: "The time of hatching has come. We gather by the boughs of the Hist ...."

Keeper Uxith Ei: "What have they ... no, this cannot be!"

Keeper Uxith Ei: "Bark and birth! What have they done?"

Assistant Ahaht-Ei dies on the spot:

Assistant Telixith: "Ahaht-Ei! No!"

Keeper Uxith Ei: "The Dominion .... They'll doom us all!"

He will realize the keepers cannot link with the Hist, which puts the eggs at risk. He will sacrifice himself to Sithis to hold the void while you protect the eggs:

"The Hist ... our link is gone!"

What happened?

"I cannot feel the Hist. This must be why the Dominion waited. To see if the hatching would fail."

What do you mean?

"Without the Hist, the eggs can't hatch. Now there is only void! I feel it, forming around the tree.
You saw what it did to Ahaht-Ei. The same will happen to our unhatched eggs!"

What can I do to help?

"I'll offer myself to Sithis, in exchange for holding back the void. It must be done. Save the unhatched eggs!"

I'll save the eggs.

"Keep the eggs from the void. Protect our future!"

He sacrifices his life to Sithis to turn into a energy orb to hold off the void:

Keeper Uxith Ei: "Sithis, I implore you! Shield our unhatched eggs from the void!"

Keeper Uxith Ei: "Sithis, exchange my life for the void! Ahhh!"

As the eggs continue to die, he will lose strength to hold off the void:

Keeper Uxith Ei: "There's no time. Run!"

Keeper Uxith Ei: "I can't hold back the void for much longer!"

Keeper Uxith Ei: "Return to the void. Return. Return ...."

Cut Content

Someone mentions Uxith-Ei in cut dialogue from Update 1's text file.

"I can't forgive Uxith-Ei his treachery.
I hope the keeper — the new one — will take better care of her charges."

"Since the first egg cracked, the memories of the Hist have shown us our sacred role as keepers. Uxith-Ei is eldest amongst us, and his wisdom will lead us through the Dominion menace. It must."

"We lost many eggs today, yet some remain to bask in the light. May the sun warm you, wherever you go."

Uxith-Ei apparently had cut dialogue, too.

"Don't presume to lecture me. My only duty is to the hatchlings.
If I must damn myself to save them, I'll gladly do so."