The Argonian Native Language

[Deeza]

That's basically what the Eye is going to be.

The idea is, when you first get it, the thing is inactive. You have to do some pretty nasty quests in the deep marsh to turn it on. There are four Codices in it that come alive when you've met all the criteria, for each of the four Hist races. So for each mission you get to talk to Native Argonians, Paatru, Naga or Sarpa. (The Paatru croak, Naga hiss and the Sarpa make screeching noises).

Perhaps there will also be a fifth one that lets you communicate with the Hist, but that would probably only be involved in the main quest.

I was thinking of tying this in with an idea of mine I had a while back - there are 5 Stations of the Eye scattered around Black Marsh, which the Argonian Priest-Kings used to have to go on a pilgrimage to before they could be crowned. The only one in the beta region is that glowing geode that KP just finished.

(The others are going to be a deep well in a Lilmothlit crypt below Blackrose city, a mountain filled with a maze of tunnels called Shatterstone just outside Lilmoth city, the central shrine of a Dunmer monastery in Arnesia, and Helstrom itself).

The plan is, you take the Eye to each location, a portal opens up to the Hist dimension, where you have to perform a task. Completing each one gives you the ability to understand one Hist Race.