Septimus Signus

Septimus Signus is a mad hermit, living in isolation at an outpost north of The College of Winterhold.

Elder Knowledge
After speaking to Paarthurnax atop the Throat of the World, the Dragonborn learns that an Elder Scroll is needed to learn Dragonrend, a powerful Thu'um created by mortals for the purpose of knocking Dragons from the sky.

Urag gro-Shub supplies the Dragonborn with reading material on the Elder Scrolls, one of which is the book authored by Septimus. Suspecting that he is the most likely to know where an Elder Scroll may be, the Dragonborn locates him north of the College of Winterhold, at an outpost.

Finding him there, he sends the Dragonborn to Alftand with a Lexicon, a device created by the Dwemer that allows one to safely transcribe the text of an Elder Scroll without going blind or insane.

Discerning the Transmundane
Septimus believes that the Heart of Lorkhan is held inside the Dwemer Oculory, but the Oghma Infinium is what is actually inside. The blood of a Dwemer is needed to open the contraption, but since there are no more Dwemer, Septimus says that the blood of every other Mer race will suffice, thus the blood of an Orc, a Falmer, a Bosmer, an Altmer and Dunmer must be collected.

Once acquiring and giving the blood samples to Septimus, he opens the contraption in his outpost and is extremely disappointed to not see the Heart of Lorkhan. He then disintegrates into a pile of ash as he approaches the Oghma Infinium. The Dragonborn can then take the Oghma Infinium.

Quests

 * Elder Knowledge
 * Discerning the Transmundane

Behind the scenes

 * The name Septimus Signus is derived from Latin. In Latin, the neuter form "septimum signum" means "the seventh sign". HIs name may be inspired by the seventh seal, also translated sign, which appears in Revelations 6:1 in the Latin Vulgate: "unum de septem signaculis." "One of the seven seals/signs".
 * Septimus may send Hired Thugs after the Dragonborn if he or she steals from him, even if Septimus is already dead.
 * Skooma can be found in his cupboard where he keeps his books.
 * Sometimes, a bug will occur where he does not disentigrate after approaching the Oghma Infinium.

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