Online:Wyress Shannia

Wyress Shannia
Location	Jackdaw Cove
Race	Nord	Gender	Female
Health	39,959
Reaction	Friendly
Other Information
Faction(s)	Glenmoril Wyrd

Wyress Shannia

Wyress Shannia is a Nord wyress from the Glenmoril Wyrd who can be found at Jackdaw Cove. She will be in the ruins, trying to protect the last Spriggan from corrupting magic in the area.

Related Quests

• The Last Spriggan: Try to prevent a spriggan from becoming a lurcher.

Quest-Related Events

The Last Spriggan

Wyress Shannia, will be found tending to a small spriggan and will openly cry when she speaks of the spriggan's plight. Approaching her, she will issue a threat:

"I dare one of them come a little bit closer."

The Reachmen had corrupted the spriggans save for the last one into lurchers. She would like you to find heartwood to treat the last spriggan before it transforms:

"Of all the travesties against nature, this is the most foul. This is the last one, the last spriggan.
There used to be hundreds in Jackdaw Cove, frolicking about in the grass and the water. They were beautiful."

Did the Reachmen kill them all?

"Worse. They poisoned them, corrupted them, turned them into monstrosities—those lurchers.
This is the only spriggan left, and the Reachmen's poison already courses through her branches. She will soon transform unless I am able to treat her."

Is there some way I can help?

"My sisters would not want me to trust an outsider, but they are not here, and I cannot leave her side.
Frankly, I am surprised you share my concerns. You are sure you wish to help me?"

Yes. Just tell me what you need.

You may decide whether the last spriggan should continue its life or just pass away peacefully:

"I need heartwood. From inside the lurchers. It's the only thing that will help the little spriggan at this point.
I hesitate to ask more of an outsider, but we could do more than just ease her passing."

What more can we do?

"There is a chance we can save her life. It will require more work though.
The heartwood degrades quickly in the lurchers, but sometimes remains pure. If you take the extra time to find the find the pure heartwood, it could save the spriggan."

We should just ease her passing.

"I'll stay here and do whatever I can to keep the poison from consuming the spriggan.
If she transforms into a lurcher, we'll have no choice but to kill her."

I'll do whatever it takes to save her life.

"I'll stay here and do whatever I can to slow the poison.
If the spriggan turns into a lurcher, we'll have no choice but to kill her."

Applying the Poultice

After finding the required materials you can return to Wyress Shannia.

If you opted for normal heartwood:

If you opted for pure heartwood:

"I fear the time is running short. The poison has nearly consumed the poor little thing. If we don't do something now, she will transform at any moment. Have you brought the heartwood?" Yes. I have the heartwood. "Quickly then. Allow me to combine the heartwood shards into a poultice. She's fought so hard to resist the poison and deserves rest. I hope this works." Will it work? "I hope so. Here. Take the poultice and apply it to the poor little thing. I must be prepared to do … whatever is necessary. Pray to your gods that it works." All right. Before you apply the ordinary heartwood poultice: "She wavers in and out of consciousness. I hope we did not wait too long." After you apply the ordinary poultice the Spriggan will die.

"We shouldn't get our hopes up too much, but with the pure heartwood, there is at least a chance our little friend can be healed. Have you been able to find any?" Yes. I have the pure heartwood. "Quickly then! let me mix it into a poultice. I am grateful that you were about to find the pure heartwood." You really think this will save the spriggan? "I hope so. Here. Take the poultice and apply it to the poor thing. I must be prepared to do … whatever is necessary. I pray to all the gods to bless our efforts and bring it back. The forest would never be the same without spriggans." All right. Before you apply the pure heartwood poultice: "She wavers in and out of consciousness. I only hope returning the pure heartwood will invigorate her enough to recover." After you apply the pure heartwood poultice, the Spriggan will perk up, cheering Shannia. Wyress Shannia: "It worked! The little bugger's already thriving again! The power of nature is truly miraculous."

Avenging the Spriggans

After helping with the spriggan, Wyress Shannia will have another task for you. If the spriggan survived, she will say:

"Thank you. Now, with nature's blessing, our little friend will survive the Reachmen invasion.
But as for her sisters … the only thing left is to avenge them."

However, if the spriggan died, she will instead say:

"It is done. The last spriggan is dead. It is good that we eased her passing ….
Now, though, she must be avenged. She, and all her sisters."

Regardless, you can ask her further questions:

How do we avenge them?

"The abominations are created just across the water. A witchman has built a transformation altar there to perform his foul work.
I am not equipped for this task. Will you go destroy the altar and kill the witchman for me? For the spriggans who died?"

Yes. I will avenge them.

Speaking to her again:

"Destroy anything and anyone you find on that island.
Then make them pay for what they've done to the spriggans."

After you have destroyed the altar and slain Kaenach, you can return to Shannia. If the Spriggan lived:

"Did you destroy the altar and kill that bastard witchman?"

Yes. The spriggans are avenged.

Her response depends on your previous decision.

If you ensured survival of the Spriggan:

"Thank you. I intend to take great care of this last little spriggan.
With Hircine's blessing, I hope she might be the seed to spawn many more, and that someday, a multitude of spriggans will again frolick [sic] in the waters of Jackdaw Cover."

Otherwise:

"Thank you. You've given me much peace.
I think I'll to make it my personal crusade to repopulate the spriggans here. I'll find some in Glenumbra and Viridian Wood to bring back. So perhaps we will cross paths again."

Afterwards

After completing The Last Spriggan, Wyress Shannia will say:

"The witchmen from the Reach have never paid respect to the call of nature. They must find a way to twist nature to their will.
You've shown them that the wyresses also know brute force."