Online:Murk-Watcher

Murk-Watcher is a former Argonian adventurer found at her friend Dro-Dara's plantation. She is a shaman but her old adventuring party referred to her as a cleric. All her life she has felt she is a crocodile in the wrong form.
 

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Once she is rescued:
:Murk-Watcher:"Thanks to you, young one. I will find my own escape now."

She'll head to a spot out in the flooded fields among the crocodiles.  If you speak to her there, she'll say:
:"I am safe here. The bandits fear the crocodiles—and wisely so."

A Predator's Heart
Murk-Watcher can be found in the drenched fields during '''A Predator's Heart.

:"Many drowned when the levees were broken. Others were eaten by the crocodiles.
:''It's not the beasts' fault, though. It is their nature to hunt. Their spirits sing a song my heart hears. It is the song of the crocodile."
:Knarstygg and Dro-Dara are leaving.
::"I know. It is natural for them to now return to a life a adventure, but no so for me. I must follow another path.
::All my life, I have harbored a secret. It drove me to leave home and seek adventure, but now I must face my inner truth"
::What is this inner truth? / What truth you must face?
:::"That I am not an Argonian. I am a crocodile.
:::This lifetime, I have borrowed the form of another, but my true form is calling me home. I must return to the river."
:::Are you feeling all right?
:::"No. I am not. I never have. My entire life, I have felt like a crocodile out of water. Literally.
:::I am old now, and this body is dying. If I become a crocodile, I can start anew. Live the life I was meant to live."
:::How could you become a crocodile?
:::"There is a way. An incantation—the crocodile song. I was never taught it, but I have known it my whole life.
:::One song must end for another to begin. There is an old crocodile here. Ripplestrike. With his heart, I can sing the song."
:::I will get you this heart.
:::"Thank you. The river has truly guided you here for this purpose.
:::''Take this charm. Place it near Ripplestrike's nest. He will not be able to resist the call. He will come out, and then you can kill him."
::I think you should leave with the others. / I still think you should leave with the others.
:::"I could not, even if I wanted to. I am older than they. I would not survive more than a few days out there.
:::I have seen the future in the waters, and I must remain here. Here, at the end of my life, I must face the truth for the first time."
:The song of the crocodile?
::''"They sing of nature's cycles. Every new life has its song, taken from an old one that is no more. Properly embodying the life of a creature often requires its death.
::The song of the crocodile is loud and powerful. I know its melody."

After agreeing to help Murk-Watcher with her final wish.

:"I am safe here. The bandits fear the crocodiles—and wisely so."

Once Ripplestrike has been killed:

thumb|right|Murk-Watcher, transformed
:"Ripplestrike no longer sings. Have you taken his heart?
:Hurry. We must move quickly if we are to renew the song."
:Yes, I have his heart.
:"Here then, I will begin the incantation."
:I would ask you to help me in this one last thing before I return to the river."
:What would you ask?
:"Join me in vengeance. These bandits have destroyed what's left of my home.
:I would begin my next life by avenging my previous one, but I will need you to guide me. I wish to kill their leader."
:Why do you need me to guide you?
:"When I become a crocodile, I will forget this life. If I fight beside you, I can keep my focus, at least for a little while.
:I have made the preparations. Eating the heart is the last step. Fight with me, before I am gone forever. Are you ready?"
:I'm ready. What's next.
:"Though my mind may not recall the favor yo have done for me, my spirit will. And the river...the river never forgets.
:This charm will keep me close. If we are parted, use it and I will come. When our task is done, tell Dro-Dara of my fate."
:I will. Good luck to you, Murk-Watcher.