Online:Witchmother Taerma

Witchmother Taerma is a witch who can be found beside the Impresario and inside Olyve's Brewery during the Witches Festival.
 

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Quest-Related Events
She can be found beside The Impresario, as well as inside Olyve's Brewery. 


You may then ask her for more information.


Once you have collected 50 feathers you can find her inside Olyve's Brewery. You can talk to her:

If you haven't crafted the effigy yet:
:''"Once you have enough cursed feathers, you must fashion them into an effigy in the likeness of a Wraith-of-Crows. It should be close enough to the Crowborne Horror to work. You can do this at any of the workbenches in Olyve's Brewery."
:How do I craft the effigy?
:"At one of the work areas nearby, use string to bundle the feathers together into the likeness of the Crowborne Horror.  Once you douse the effigy in a brazier, it will imbue it with energy from the Evergloam and lure the creature to us."
:How does dousing the effigy in a brazier imbue it with energy from the Evergloam?
:"You ask too many questions! These braziers are blessed by Nocturnal, ruler of the Evergloam. The flames are fueled by her power. So, once you thrust the effigy into the fire, it will absorb the energy of the Evergloam that writhes within. Simple."
:Why can't you just do this yourself?
:"The effigy must be wrought by your own hands! You would make a frail old woman fight such a being? Pah! Run now to my bench! Pray your work is good enough to pass muster!"

Once you crafted the effigy:


If spoken to again before dousing the effigy in the fire:
:"Yes, good. A fine enough effigy you have made. It must be imbued with the Evergloam fires created by the crowmothers. Take it to a brazier here in the brewery and douse if in the flames. That will give it the power to attract the Crowborne Horror."

After imbuing effigy with the power of the Evergloam:
:"Excellent. The effigy now radiates with the call of Evergloam.  Hurry, place the effigy at a shrine. It will pull the Evergloam closer to our realm and the Crowborne Horror with it. Once the rift opens, enter it and defeat the creature."
:You said something about a pocket realm?
:"Indeed, child.  While we would not want to draw the Crowborne Horror here directly, using the effigy will allow me to control a small area of Evergloam for our purposes. Once the beast is lured in, it will have nowhere to turn."
:And you're sure that's safe?
:"Certainly not! But if we do not do this, the Crowborne Horror's destruction will be inevitable. This path may pose some risk, but it's better than the alternative.  It must be drawn close enough to be accosted."

After opening the portal to the Garden of Shadows:
:"Go, go! The Crowborne Horror must be defeated, child!  We have taken a great risk by pulling it closer to our realm! If you don't enter the portal and defeat the creature soon, we will all suffer the consequences."

After you defeat the Crowborne Horror:
:"The Crowborne Horror ebbs back. The darkness slinks away like a shadow scorned by the sun. You were successful. I suppose congratulations are in order."
:I defeated the Crowborne Horror.
:"Yes, yes, well done and all that drivel. Sadly, the Crowborne Horror is a creature of habit. Given its nature, it will likely return at some point. I will continue scrying for its presence in case we need to draw it out again. For now, take this."''

Dialogue
After completing Plucking the Crow, you may talk to her inside Olyve's Brewery:
:"You saved Nirn from a most horrid fate. At least for the moment.  Driving the Crowborne Horror farther back into the Evergloam will at least stave its ambition for now. But if it encroaches upon our realm again, I will call on you."
:What is the Witchmother coven?
::"We are the seers. The sources of answers, the crafters of questions. We scry for disturbances in the Evergloam and serve as caretakes in the time of Harvest."
::How many of you are there?
::"That is ever-changing, my child. Unknown and unfathomable. Who can truly say? If that answer does not satisfy you, you will not find me sympathetic."
:How did you know about all this to begin with?
::"Those of my coven are always peering into the cauldron, scrying for signs of weal or woe. It is our way. We sensed the encroachment of this entity as we listened to the whispers of the Evergloam. But we have yet to determine how it was summoned"
::Summoned?
::''"Yes. Creatures such as this are usually content to reside in the Evergloam, never turning their sights on Nirn. And it can be no coincidence that Nocturnal's Summoning Day has just passed …."'
::'''What's Nocturnal's Summoning Day?
::"You don't know? It is Nocturnal's holy day, the 3rd of Hearth Fire. It is the day we are able to summon her to Nirn. Perhaps something else was brought along with the Night Mistress."'