Vazshara ' s Journal Content . Vazshara has only been a Doubting Monk for a week , and already she is regretting her decision . No one talks about what happened here before the Two Kingdoms set their roots , but it is on everyone ' s mind all the time . It ' s like there is a great big senche - tiger eating our dinner , but we ' re forbidden to slap its nose . We all know that some Moon Bishop stirred up the Darks here and let the dro - m ' Athra into Nirn i . But why ? How ? No one will say . Vazshara has heard all the rumors of course — the paddy - tales ja ' khajiit laugh over when they think no one is listening . Most Khajiit laugh along , but this one knows that silly stories often hide darker truths . This one has to find out what really happened here . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Vazshara claws are cramped from writing ! This one has spoken to many , many monks and committed their stories to paper . Vazshara has to admit , these tales are much darker than the ones she learned as ja ' khajiit . The players are always the same : crazy monks and a Moon Bishop called the " Stone - Tapper . " Apparently , this bishop carried a magic stick that spoke secrets when he tapped it on the floor . No one knows where this magic stick came from , or where it went after the Moon Bishop died , so it might be Senche dung . But one mystery at a time , yes ? Day and night , this Moon Bishop tapped the floor , learning all of Nirni ' s secrets . But eventually the magic stick ran out of Nirni - secrets , so it started telling darker secrets . Namiira - secrets . The Tapper listened and listened , growing old and crazy . The monks of the temple went crazy too , because the tapping never stopped . It was a loud and steady sound — tap - tap , tap - tap , tap - tap . Like a heartbeat , yes ? Eventually , the monks hatched a plot to kill the Stone - Tapper . They lured him into the High Lunarium and stabbed him with their curved knives until he died . All the blood and secrets drained out of the Tapper ' s body and broke open the temple , revealing the Maw of Lorkhaj , and the Darks beyond . This is where the tale starts to fray . In some versions of the story , The Tapper wakes up after his blood is drained and kills all the monks with lightning . In others , a great winged beast bursts out of Lorkhaj ' s throat and rips the monks apart with claws and fangs . But this makes no sense . The seals scattered throughout the temple clearly show the Moon Bishop flanked by monks and summoning bent spirits . And this one has seen what looks like a door in the High Lunarium . So he must have survived , and he must have pushed at least some of the monks into the Bent Dance , right ? Bah . This one thinks it might be a guilty conscience . The Doubting Monks have a sour reputation . Many Khajiit think the order played a role in freeing the dro - m ' Athra . This one is starting to think they may be right . Vazshara should have listened to her papa and become a fisherman . Var var var . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Ziss on this place ! Abbot Kulan - dro summoned Vazshara to the High Lunarium today and gave her the worst tongue - lashing of her life . " No more loose talk ! No more questions ! " Bah ! As if anything in this place was loose . This temple is a tomb . No one laughs , or sings , or dances . It ' s nothing but chanting , and whispers , and tail - tucked prayer . This alone would be enough to make Vazshara run away , but there is more . There was something in the Abbot ' s eyes . It wasn ' t rage — no , it wasn ' t that . It was like . . . nothing . Like a dull black nothing . Like a dead cat ' s eyes . It made this one ' s tail knot up . Vazshara has had enough . This one makes for the sea at first light . Moons curse this place , and its Abbot !