The Murkmire DLC is the next upcoming DLC release for The Elder Scrolls: Online. The expansion recently launched on the game’s PTS servers, suggesting that its full release is soon to come. The last DLC, Wolfhunter, launched on PTS just a few weeks prior to its full release. Bethesda continues to build hype for the upcoming release. The studio has now released a second character profile teasing important NPCs who will feature in the game. This second profile focuses on Jaxsik Orrn, a hero of the Argonian Nagas.
Jaxsik Orrn in the Upcoming Murkmire DLC
The first character profile released by Bethesda was for Famia Mercus; a scholar and historian living in the Murkmire region. In a similar fashion to that profile, this second one is written as an account about the character. In this case, the profile is supposedly written by Tsojei, a Reel-Ka Warrior of the Dead-Water Tribe.
“There we stood, calf-deep in ooze and blood,” says Tsojei, setting the scene; “I looked left to see Kuseem drowning in voriplasm. He died well, but could not utter his final death-curse. He just made a gurgling sound, like a guar with its throat cut. His face, once sharp and covered in bright red war-paint, sloughed off his skull like a wet rag. All in one piece. Dissolving in a pool of green slime, right before my eyes.”
Voriplasms, mentioned in Tsojei’s account, are one of the new enemies featuring in Murkmire. These bizarre, ooze-like creatures have a unique physiology, and are unlike almost any other enemy in The Elder Scrolls Online.
“As I prepared to charge headlong into the Dread-Father’s arms one last time,” continues Tsojei; “I heard a hiss and a roar behind me. It was Jaxsik-Orrn. In that moment, I knew we would survive. She set upon the voriplasms with such rage and strength that even I, her egg-brother, felt a hatchling’s fear well up in my throat-sac. Grave-stakes that the dead-not-dead wielded like clubs crashed against her armor, shattering in a spray of splinters and blood. Voriplasms lashed at her legs, leaving ragged wounds on her calves and thighs. But no injury, large or small, slowed Jaxsik-Orrn’s assault. In those days, Jaxsik-Orrn was just a hunter like us. But as we stood there, covered in blood, we saw her true heart–the heart of a war-captain. A hero. And one day, a legend.”
It’s currently unknown exactly what role Jaxsik Orrn will play in the Murkmire DLC. However, it sounds like she could well be a major NPC.