The Elder Scrolls Online Murkmire DLC is the next upcoming DLC for Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls MMORPG. Following Wolfhunter, both of which were unveiled at E3 earlier this year, Murkmire will take players into the land of Black Marsh. Although not quite as large as the Summerset DLC, Murkmire will nonetheless introduce a new region, new faction, and a lot of extra content besides.
Famia Mercus’ role in The Elder Scrolls Online Murkmire DLC
In a new character spotlight, published on the Elder Scrolls Online’s official website, Bethesda gave fans a look at one of Murkmire’s upcoming NPCs. In fact, this character, whose name is Famia Mercus, appears to be one of the researchers whom players may work alongside; “Murkmire is filled to the brim with countless weird and wonderful creatures, places, and people,” says the update; “but could the strangest one of all be an outsider?”
The character spotlight appears as a conversation between two argonians; Talen-Nakal, Bright Throat Storyteller, and an argonian hatchling. Talen-Nakal is asked what the strangest creature in Murkmire is, and proceeds to explain why it is, in fact, Famia Mercus; “‘Have you never stepped inside Lilmoth’s old-time house?’ I said. She had, of course. Everyone knows this place and its piles of useless things. ‘Have you not met the soft-skin who lives there?’; ‘Famia?’ she snorted – as if the very idea was a wasp in her nose. ‘But she is just a smiling, crazy person.’ I shook my head. ‘Not crazy, little-heart, but strange all the same.'”
How the Argonians View Archaeologists Like Famia Mercus
Bethesda has previously said that the new faction, which is a museum which seeks to find and preserve argonian artefacts, will receive little to no support from the native argonians. Certainly, the locals do not care about the past, and this is clear from the argonians’ attitude to Famia Mercus; “‘Famia sees with a chameleon’s eyes, little-heart. One gazes down the dry-path. It seeks musty ruins, and old xanmeer vaults. Always examining, preserving, and cataloguing. Never seeing. […] The other eye stares ever downriver. It sees the truth of our people, it looks upon our works, and songs, and traditions glorious and beautiful. It yearns to know the will of the Hist, as we do.”
“‘And despite all of this, […] despite her forked soul and unbalanced eyes, Famia lives joyfully. She dances on life’s shore with one foot in the water and the other in the sand. A child of neither, and a child of both.”