Online:The Tree-Minder's Fate

Quick Walkthrough
# Examine the Tree-Minder.
# Search for the lost items.
# Reach the Tree-Minder's hut.
# Subdue the Argonian spirits.
# Reach the Hist tree and talk to Tree-Minder Deyapa.
# Destroy the Hist sap containers.
# Return to Deyapa at the base of the Hist.
# Defend the Hist tree.

Detailed Walkthrough
Upon approaching any entrance to Forsaken Hamlet, you'll find a slain Argonian tree-minder. Inspect the body to begin the quest. Near her corpse lies three objects: an ancient book cover, the headpiece of a staff, and a broken key-ring. You decide to find the missing pieces of the objects and investigate the village.

Head through the tunnel. The village's Hist is in poor shape; its branches are devoid of leaves and it's shriveling up. In the hut immediately to the southeast, you'll find the ancient book sitting on a table. Inspect it.
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The broken staff haft is in a hut to the north, wedged into a campfire. Examine it.
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Finally, you'll find the broken key in a hut to the west, inside of a small bag.
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After you've picked up all three items, Tree-Minder Deyapa's spirit will appear and accost you. Speak to her. She thinks you're a scavenger that's come to loot the abandoned village. She doesn't believe you when you tell her you're trying to figure out what happened. However, she still tells you about how the Aldmeri Dominion came by to tap the Hist tree. When the villagers refused to allow the Dominion to take their Hist's sap, the Dominion slaughtered everyone and drained the tree anyways. The Tree-Minder explains that because the Hist has been drained, her people have nowhere to go in death. She and the people of the Forsaken Hamlet are trapped on the mortal plane. She tells you to meet her in her hut if you truly wish to help.

The spirit will vanish in a flash of light, and hostile Histshades will appear outside. Fight through them, or sneak around them, and get to Deyapa's hut near the center of the hamlet. Speak to her. She tells you that the spirits outside are the result of the Dominion's meddling. The villagers' current undead state of existence is unnatural, and the Tree-Minder would like your help remedying it. She has a small amount of power left, and you have her staff. She needs you to charge the staff by subduing some of the spirits outside and absorbing their energy. She might be able to restore the Hist this way.

Head outside and engage Histshades in combat. When a Histshade is knocked down to about 75% health, you'll get an activation prompt to "Use Tree-Minder's Staff." Do so for six Histshades, and then meet Deyapa at the Hist tree and speak to her.

Tree-Minder Deyapa will attempt to return the hamlet's spirits to the tree. However, she is interrupted. She screams in agony and bursts into flames. Speak with her. She says that the tree is in pain; the Dominion is burning its sap at their camp north of the village. Her people's souls are bound to the Hist. She describes their souls as made from the Hist Sap. Because the Hist is in pain, so are her people. The spirits will go mad if nothing is done.
thumb|right|Destroy the containers of stolen Hist Sap
The Dominion has stored the stolen Hist Sap in four containers at their outpost to the north. Interact with each container to burn it. Then, return to Tree-Minder Deyapa and speak to her. Note that other players may involve themselves in what comes next, leaving Deyapa non-interactable; you'll have to wait for their attempts to complete the quest to finish, and for Deyapa and any other spirits present to reset.

In any case, speak to her when you can. With the sap containers destroyed, the Tree-Minder can call upon her fallen kin to help her restore the Hist. This ritual must be done quickly, as their spirits won't remain for long. Tree-Minder Deyapa speculates that the Dominion will be back. When they razed the village and stole the Hist's sap, they came from the direction of their camp to the north. The Tree-Minder suspects that if the Dominion tries to interfere with the ritual, that's where they'll be coming from. She asks that you protect the spirits and hold off the Dominion soldiers if any of them do come by.

When the ritual begins, hostile Dominion forces will enter the hamlet from the north and attempt to attack the tree and spirits. They will attempt to attack the now-passive Histshades. Kill the invaders before they kill all Histshades, or the invaders will depart and you will need to speak to Deyapa and try again. Once the ritual is complete, spirits will begin to approach the tree and fade out of view. Speak to Deyapa to complete the quest.
   
 

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