30 of Last Seed
I didn't sleep much, a combination of paranoia about sleeping in easy reach of the Cammona Tong and the light but steady rain through the night. I left very early, and the drizzle cleared up with the sunrise. I picked the first road sign I saw: Ald'ruhn.
In the mid-afternoon, I met a jumpy argonian on the road, with the sigil of Zenithar glowing on his brow. He asked me if I were heading to Ald'ruhn, I said yes; he asked me if I could finish a delivery of shirts for him to a clothier named Teneran (to be paid upon delivery), I said yes, and the sigil of Zenithar
jumped onto my brow. It felt like metal despite being of pale blue glowing magicka, and smelled like iron.
The road gradually gained elevation into more and more ashy, volcanic environs and I eventually left the coastal scrub behind. I encountered a plant akin to Kreshweed - larger, with serrated leaves and a purple-grey hue at the edges of its leaves, only the centers of the leaves toward the base are green. Perhaps pseudo-parasitic? I have seen them only growing near or among Trama Root thorn scrubs.
I met a panicked, shouting dunmer on the road who begged me for help: