Skyrim:Watches-The-Roots

Watches-The-Roots is the ghost of an Argonian warrior who met his doom in Avanchnzel. He can be found exploring the ruin with his ethereal companions, Drennen, Breya, and From-Deepest-Fathoms. 

His body is located in Avanchnzel Boilery at the bottom of a slope after the spinning blade trap. On his corpse are a set of clothes and boots, an iron dagger, and a selection of common loot and gold.

 
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Unfathomable Depths
As you first enter Avanchnzel you will see the ghost of Watches-The-Roots speaking to the other ghosts:
:Drennen: ''"I don't like this place. It feels like we're being... watched."
:Breya: "It's a simple job, Drennen. We get in, we steal the Lexicon, we leave. Don't get jumpy."
:From-Deepest-Fathoms: "If you two cannot handle this, we can find others to hire."
:Watches-The-Roots: "Enough. Their services will be more than adequate. Let us continue."

Further in the ruins you will see him having a conversation with Drennen:
:Drennen: "This place is unbelievable."
:Watches-The-Roots: "Indeed. Avanchnzel is as much a library as it is a city. Built to hold the vast memories of the Dwemer."

Just before the doors to Avanchnzel Animoncultory:
:Breya: "Why are all these...things...ignoring us?"
:Watches-The-Roots: "Avanchnzel is waiting."
:Breya: "Waiting for what?"
:Watches-The-Roots: "No one seems to know. Perhaps the return of the Dwemer. Perhaps the ending of the world."
:Breya: "Best get rid of the ones we see. Just in case."

In Avanchnzel Animoncultory at the campsite:
:Drennen: "This place is huge."
:Watches-The-Roots: "It is large, indeed. I did not anticipate Avanchnzel's size or the time needed to uncover the entrance. A few hours sleep and we should be ready to continue through."
:Drennen: "Maybe we should turn back. I don't want to sleep here."
:Watches-The-Roots: "Drennen, you do understand that the Lexicon at the bottom of this place holds the accumulated memories of centuries of Dwemer."
:Breya: "Not to mention our pay."
:Drennen: "So?"
:From-Deepest-Fathoms: "So we're not turning back, you fool."
:Breya: "Besides, you're not afraid of a few sleeping metal men. Are you, Drennen?"

Further in the Animoncultory in a storage room:
:Breya: "I thought you said these things were "sleeping"?"
:Watches-The-Roots: "You said they were sleeping. I said they were waiting. It seems a few of them were "waiting" for someone to try and take the Lexicon."
:Breya: "Great."

Just before the doors to the Avanchnzel Boilery:
:Drennen: "I can't do this. We shouldn't be here. I'm sorry."
:Breya: "Drennen!"
:From-Deepest-Fathoms: "Let the field mouse run. Your pay will be double."
:Breya: "My pay will be nothing if we die in here!"
:Watches-The-Roots: "Calm yourself, Breya. We are closing in on the Lexicon. I can feel it calling. We'll continue without Drennen."

As you enter the Boilery:
:Watches-The-Roots: "We are close now. Can you feel the Lexicon calling out?"
:From-Deepest-Fathoms: "Sure."
:Breya: "So we get it and get out, right?"
:Watches-The-Roots: "Once we have the Lexicon, we'll need to take it to its podium. I know what to do from there. Soon the Lexicon's knowledge will be mine."
:From-Deepest-Fathoms: "Ours. Soon the Lexicon's knowledge will be ours."
:Watches-The-Roots: "Of course."''

Just before the trapped room where you find Watches-The-Roots' body:
:Watches-The-Roots: ''"We're almost there. I can hear the Lexicon. Come on, quickly!"
:Breya: "Something doesn't feel right. Wait!"''