Cyrodiil/Rielle

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Notes
As revealed during the  , Rielle was once a temple to Meridia, or Merid-Nunda, as the Ayleids called her.
Rielle also appeared in Oblivion.
This ruin is rather dark throughout, so torches  or a light spell are recommended.
This ruin contains 3   plants, 2 blue mountain flower plants and 1   plant.

Walkthrough
Exterior
Outside the ruin you will find three leveled wilderness   or  , as well as three   plants and one   plant.

Rielle
thumb|right|The throne room in Rielle
As soon as you enter the ruin, you will be greeted by two  . Dispatch them and quickly pop into the room to east, which hosts a bloodied corpse  , her   on the ruin, a bedroll and a potion of minor healing. Once you head into the western corridor, a mysterious voice will boom into ruin and the   will commence; see the quest page for further detail. Pressing on you arrive on a balcony overlooking a large room with two  . Snipe at them from here and dispatch a third skeleton on your way down, where you will also find a small, bloodied campsite with another dead Synod researcher, two bedrolls and chest.

From here, take the northern passage, looting the chest on your way. The next room is a large chamber with a collapsed stone bridge now covered by an uprooted tree, with snow and rubble littering the ground. You will find two more skeletons and two   here, as well as two chests. Head north to a corridor with a Pelinaga and another dead researcher, and head turn west into a small room containing a Pelinaga, a skeleton and an Arcane enchanter. 

Track back east and then north and you will arrive on balcony overlooking a large room with thrones with Pelinaga sat asleep on them. They will wake up once you walk down so be prepared to fight three of them in addition to a skeleton. Also in the room are the corpses of a Pelinaga, two skeletons and a Synod researcher, on whose body are some   to activate the stone stairs beyond. Track back to the western balcony and press the button there, lowering the stairs leading to the door to the Crypt.

When re-entering from the Crypt you will find yourself on a balcony overlooking the room with fallen tree. Follow the corridor along and then jump down when you reach the room with the small campsite.

Crypt of Rielle
thumb|right|The high sanctum of Merid-Nunda
Immediately you will be faced with an intersection: head first into the room to the south and loot the chest there. Turn back and loot the chest in the eastern corner of the room before taking the corridor nearby. This leads into a room with two sleeping Pelinaga on thrones, 2 chests, one stone coffin, an   and an open coffin containing an Ayleid skull and a coin purse. In the next area you will find two stone coffins in alcoves and just to the south is a throne, a skeleton corpse and two  . Take care as there is also a pressure plate which will activate a dart trap. Keep going west, picking up four more vases on the way, until you arrive in a room with a small frozen pool in the middle. Two skeletons guard two stone coffins here.

Head into the final room, illuminated by a ghostly red glow, where you will find four dead   at the foot of a central structure. From here   will descend and attack you during the related quest, and on top you will find four vases, a stone coffin and an unlootable varla stone. The lower area has two chests, two skeleton corpses, a Pelinaga corpse and four   high up on pillars. Shoot them down with arrows, although only three are lootable. Once you've defeated the former High Priest, loot the   from his corpse and press on west until you arrive at the door back to Rielle.

 

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