She attempts to discourage anyone from venturing further into the ruin and insists on accompanying them through the ruin to the Summit.
There the Dragonborn encounters the corpse of a female Nord named Katria and finds a journal on her body that illustrates her findings regarding the Aetherium Forge and the ruins of Arkngthamz.Īfter reading the journal, the ghost of Katria appears and explains that she wishes to complete her research and find the Forge. Reading "The Aetherium Wars" will create a mapmarker at the Dwemer ruins of Arkngthamz located in The Reach near Dushnikh Yal and Valthume. The ethereal Katria aids the Dragonborn in retrieving the first of the four aetherium shards needed to unlock the Forge, and thus the quest "Lost to the Ages" begins, with the task of finding the Aetherium shards. In it, she expresses her displeasure that her former colleague, Taron Dreth (the author of The Aetherium Wars) stole her research to publish the book, but she insists that she alone has the leads for the locations of Aetherium and possibly where the Forge may be located. Katria's Journal can be found on her body. She reveals that she died during an earthquake in the Dwemer ruin.
When continuing through the ruin, the disembodied voice will be given a name - a female Nord named Katria who will reveal that she is on the quest to find the mythical Aetherium Forge. Upon arriving at Arkngthamz, the earth will quiver, followed by a disembodied voice that can be heard warning the Dragonborn to turn back.
In Arkngthamz, I met Katria, the ghost of an adventurer who perished there.