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A Return To Your Roots begins immediately upon the collection of a single Crimson Nirnroot sample. It can be found in Blackreach inside of Alfland. You will come upon this quest as you do Discerning the Transmundane.

Walkthrough

The quest begins upon the collection of a Crimson Nirnroot sample in Blackreach. You will be required to find out the significance of this plant, and in order to do so you should head inside Sinderion's Field Laboratory, which is located right across the gates back to Alftand Cathedral. Inside you can find Sinderion's remains, still clutching his field journal. After reading the journal, the quest will update, and you will be required to collect 30 Crimson Nirnroot samples across Blackreach - a difficult but rewarding task (there are more than 30 Crimson Nirnroots in Blackreach).

Crimson Nirnroot, unlike the more common garden variety, does not solely grow near bodies of water. Many samples can be found by patches of mushrooms, Dwemer pipes or along the sides of the cavern. There are also several plants located inside different buildings in Blackreach, specifically:

1.Sinderion's Field Laboratory - inside a pot.

2.Derelict Pumphouse - underwater, requires you to use crank and open the gate first.

3.Silent Ruin - inside a pot.

4.Hall of Rumination - actually not inside building itself, but on platform above it. Enter through Hall of Rumination and fight your way to a door leading upstairs. Plant is in a pot, behind entrance.

After collecting required number of plants, the quest will update again and you will be asked to deliver them to Avrusa Sarethi, Sinderion's former colleague. She is currently residing at Sarethi Farm, between Riften and Ivarstead.

Give Avrusa 30 Crimson Nirnroot samples to complete the quest and receive The Nirnoot Missive. You will also be provided with Sinderion's Serendipity, an ability which provides a 25% chance to mix two potions instead of one.

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