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A Beastmaster's Path

2026-10-31T04:52:57Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = A Beastmaster's Path
| description = J'yhuh Tia smiles fondly.
| image = a beastmaster's path1.png
| quest-giver = J'yhuh Tia
| related-npcs =
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Central Shroud
| location-x = 22.9
| location-y = 19.1
| type = feature
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Beastmaster Quests
| sortkey = 17
| organization =
| class =
| job = beastmaster
| category =
| level = 50
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 714
| reward1 = 1 Beastmaster's Hand Axe
| reward2 = 1 Beastmaster's Hoplon
| reward3 = 1 Beastmaster's Coffer (IL 90)
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = cru Third Board of the Unbroken
| prev-quest = Sin of Blood
| next-quest = Bonds Unbroken
| patch = 7.56
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71034
}}
==Walkthrough==
The job gear rewarded by this quest provides bonuses within the {{i|Crucible of the Unbroken}}. Players should use it within, even if they have IL 130 gear from Poetics or the Final Coil of Bahamut.

The {{i|Third Board of the Unbroken}} is noticeably more challenging than the previous two boards. Players who are struggling should ensure their familiars are sufficiently leveled. They can also exchange {{i|Faded Remnant of Resilience|alt=Faded Remnants of Resilience}} (from previous boards) with the [[Kornago Merchant]] for {{i|Bright Remnant of Resilience|alt=Bright Remnants of Resilience}} to further upgrade their gear.

==Steps==
* Complete an infinitive combo on the dummy.
* Speak with J'yhuh Tia.
* Speak with J'yhuh Tia again.
* Speak with Lauda.
==Journal==
* J'yhuh Tia smiles fondly.

* J'yhuh Tia's final lesson for you is the strongest technique of Kornago beastmasters. It demands an understanding of the universality of life, and the ability to harness the shift of all that is inevitable. With no little pressure upon your shoulders, you approach the striking dummy.

* It takes time and no little hard work, but finally you bring to bear the wisdom of the Kornago. Looking round to J'yhuh Tia, you have never seen a teacher quite so proud.

* Despite your significant strength, your Cu Sith whines its unease. Hardly surprising, Lauda supplies, given the fate of its previous master. Again, she has arrived, this time her hair dark and gaze steady. She shares the story of her encounter with the Cu Sith's former guardian, Philkin. Upon learning of her plight, Philkin offered to transfer Guttler's soul into the depths of the Crucible, removing most of his control over Lauda's physical body. His generosity proved his undoing, however, for Guttler awoke as he worked. In a race against time, Philkin finished the transfer just before Lauda struck him down with Guttler's axe. The dying beastmaster spent his final breath urging his Cu Sith to flee.

* With Philkin's fate heavy in your heart, you set off for Bentbranch Meadows. It is time to put an end to the misery that vengeance has wrought.

* Lauda warns you that Guttler may assume her form upon the third board, but says to spare him no mercy as he will offer none in return. While she will be helpless to assist you in battle, she is prepared to face Guttler upon his defeat and prays you emerge triumphant for the sake of all trapped in this endless curse of bloodshed. ※The next beastmaster quest will be available from Lauda upon clearing the Third Board of the Unbroken.
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
J'yhuh Tia: ...Heh. Look how far you've come. You do me proud, [Forename].
J'yhuh Tia: The final lesson I can offer is the deepest wisdom of our ancestors.
J'yhuh Tia: When we stride beneath the sun, we carry the moon in our hearts. When we stalk the moon, the sun within burns ever bright. By marrying our opposites, man and beast may come to understand the totality of nature. A universality, if you will.
J'yhuh Tia: Does that make sense?

Question: What will you say?

> Completely.
J'yhuh Tia: That's my star pupil. Now all that's left is to put those teachings into practice.
> ...Give me a moment.
J'yhuh Tia: Haha, take as much time as you need. While an abstract concept, it may be better understood through practice.
> Not at all.
J'yhuh Tia: ...Then we're two of a kind, because I felt just as clueless once. Meditate upon what you've learned thus far, and you'll discover the answer soon enough.
---

J'yhuh Tia: Hold universality in your heart and focus it upon a striking dummy. Lead the sun to the moon, and the moon to the sun. Bring to bear the fundamental truth of existence.

System: By chaining the opposing instinctual affinities {{colorize|``Sunstrider``}} and {{colorize|``Moonstalker``}}, you will complete the infinitive combo {{colorize|``Universality``}}.
System: Learn more about infinitive combos via the [?] icon in the '''duty list'''.

-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Complete an infinitive combo on the dummy.===
-optional start
J'yhuh Tia: Combining opposites creates a strength without equal. Like the turning of day to night, and night to day—harnessing inevitability is the key.

System: By chaining the opposing instinctual affinities {{colorize|``Sunstrider``}} and {{colorize|``Moonstalker``}}, you will complete the infinitive combo {{colorize|``Universality``}}.
System: Learn more about infinitive combos via the [?] icon in the '''duty list'''.
-optional end

===Speak with J'yhuh Tia.===
J'yhuh Tia: Phenomenal. You're a true Kornago beastmaster, [Forename]. Let us take a moment to reflect.

-cutscene start
J'yhuh Tia: Your partner has grown strong, little one.

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghhhrrrlll...

J'yhuh Tia: ...But it has known a strong guardian before. It worries for your safety.

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghhhnnn...

Lauda: 'Tis little wonder. It watched its former master die.
Lauda: ...I debated when to reveal this, but you deserve to know.

''Start of flashback.''

Philkin: Our client should be nearby. Won't it be nice to meet a kindred soul?

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghrul!♪

Philkin: Perhaps...?
Philkin: Pardon me! Are you the one in search of beastmasters?

Lauda: Stay back!
Lauda: Come any closer, and I might... I may kill you.

Philkin: Then let us speak at this distance. My name is Philkin. Who are you?

Lauda: A beastmaster. Of the Lhu. The axe before me has sealed within it the soul of a forest guardian. He possesses my body, and I...I cannot escape him...

Philkin: ...By the sound of it, I believe transferring Guttler's soul from the axe to those training grounds you described may offer recourse.
Philkin: That way, his presence will be confined within the Crucible. At the very least, his hold upon your physical body will become extremely difficult to maintain.
Philkin: Such a mighty soul would be difficult to disperse, but I should be capable of sealing it.

Lauda: 'Twould be generosity I could not begin to repay...

Philkin: Helping a fellow beastmaster hardly warrants payment. Though, I'll not refuse a pint if offered.

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Gauh!

''Lauda is possessed by Guttler.''

Philkin: Come out to play, has he? I knew he would be strong, but this...
Philkin: Take cover, little one!
Philkin: Either I fetter you, or you slay me. Let's make this quick.

''Philkin begins transferring Guttler's soul into the Crucible, turning Lauda into a monster form.''

Guttler (NPC)@Guttler: Beastmaster... Plague upon the wilds... Thy soul is forfeit!

''Guttler strikes down Philkin.''

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Grah!?

Philkin: It is...finished... Run, little one...

''Guttler absorbs Philkin's soul. Guttler is absorbed into the Crucible.''

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh!

''End of flashback.''

J'yhuh Tia: So Philkin sealed Guttler as deep within the Crucible as he could. To ease his hold upon you.

Question: What will you say?

> Let's finish this. For Philkin.
> You are not alone. You never will be.
---

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghhhrrrlll!

Lauda: Your bond is true.
Lauda: ...As is mine. I will not shy from what awaits.

-cutscene end

===Speak with J'yhuh Tia again.===
-optional start
Lauda: Philkin's murder was unforgivable. But no longer will I flee from the truth or resign myself to despondency. ...I am prepared.
-optional end
J'yhuh Tia: ...You're ready, [Forename]. None can deny that.
J'yhuh Tia: But I won't hasten you. We await your arrival at Bentbranch Meadows.

===Speak with Lauda.===
-optional start
J'yhuh Tia: I believe in you, [Forename]. And so do your familiars.
-optional end

-cutscene start
Lauda: [Forename]. Welcome.

J'yhuh Tia: {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} has come to challenge the third board, and to defeat Guttler.

Lauda: And so {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} shall. However, be advised that Guttler may assume my likeness during battle.
Lauda: Control over me yields him great satisfaction. Making clear who the master is between us.
Lauda: He means to compound our suffering with illusions, but you must not grant any quarter to the shade he fashions. Guttler is within, and he will offer no mercy.
Lauda: I can offer little myself...
Lauda: ...but I will pray for your victory. And I will face him.
Lauda: As a member of the Lhu, I will accept Guttler's anger and grief. I will flee from the truth no longer.
Lauda: ...That is my path as a beastmaster.

Question: What will you say?

> I stand with you.
> We won't lose.
---

Lauda: ...Let us both do our utmost.

J'yhuh Tia: Knock some sense into him, [Forename]. Off you go.

Lauda: Then allow me to open the third board.

-quest complete

System: The Third Board of the Unbroken has been unlocked. To challenge it, speak with Lauda in Bentbranch Meadows.
System: Furthermore, new wares are now available from the Kornago merchant.
-cutscene end

-optional start
''Before clearing the board''
J'yhuh Tia: Go and have Guttler take a short nap, eh? We await your safe return.

Lauda: Guttler will assume my form when he fights you on the third board. Though I cannot assist in battle, I know you are capable of victory.

''After clearing the board''
J'yhuh Tia: The champion of the Crucible! Well done, [Forename].

Lauda: You did it, [Forename]... Thank you...Well done.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
[[Category:Has datamined dialogue]]
==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=uMnxxWqZ3vc}}

Coming to Ishgard

2026-10-29T01:33:55Z

MegaMegaLobo: /* Dialogue */

{{Quest infobox
| title = Coming to Ishgard
| image = Coming to Ishgard Image.png
| description = The time for action has come, and [[Alphinaud]] knows what he must do.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs =
| location = Intercessory
| location-x = 6.0
| location-y = 6.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 1
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 46800
| gil = 799
| unlocks = lc Ishgard, aet Foundation
| prev-quest = Before the Dawn
| next-quest = Taking in the Sights, A Dark Spectacle, So You Want to Be a Machinist, What's Your Sign, The Way of the Dodo
| patch = 3.0
| release = Heavensward
| id-edb = da4fd01f849
| id-gt = 67116
| msq-index = 242
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[intercessory]], where players accept the quest, can be entered by talking to the [[House Fortemps Guard|House Fortemps guard]] in [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] at {{coords|26, 17}}.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Haurchefant]].
*Speak with the [[Temple Knight Gateguard|Temple Knight gateguard]] at the [[Gates of Judgement]].
*Speak with the [[House Fortemps Manservant|House Fortemps manservant]].
*Speak with Haurchefant outside [[Fortemps Manor]] in [[the Pillars]].

==Journal==
* The time for action has come, and [[Alphinaud]] knows what he must do.

* [[The Scions of the Seventh Dawn]], once proclaimed the saviors of [[Eorzea]], are now condemned as murderers─betrayed by the [[Crystal Braves]] and forced to flee the banquet held to celebrate the very victory they helped to bring about. One by one, your comrades remained behind in a bid to aid your escape, until you alone emerged from the tunnels beneath [[Ul'dah]] to be reunited with Alphinaud and seek refuge in [[Coerthas]]. But will you ever find sanctuary behind the walls of [[Ishgard]]? Having bided your time in [[Camp Dragonhead]] for what feels like an age, you finally have your answer: yes. As wards of [[House Fortemps]], you will be granted admission to the city proper. [[Haurchefant]] will tell you more.

* In the end, it is as simple as speaking with a sentry at the [[Gates of Judgement]]. All has been arranged, and none will deny you passage.

* Eyeing you warily, the sentry motions for you to enter. [[The Steps of Faith]] await─and beyond, Ishgard.

* As you arrive in [[Foundation]], you find that the destruction wrought by the [[wyvern]]s is still fresh. Nearby, a well-dressed man beckons to you─presumably the manservant of whom Lord Haurchefant spoke.

* The [[House Fortemps Manservant|House Fortemps manservant]] welcomes you to Ishgard, and bids you follow him to the family manor in [[the Pillars]] above, where Haurchefant awaits.

* At the manor, Haurchefant presents you to [[Count Edmont de Fortemps]], who invites you to treat his home as your own. When Alphinaud expresses concern over the possible repercussions of harboring foreign fugitives, [[Edmont]] reassures you that your reputation does not concern him, and expresses confidence that his fellow Ishgardians will come to accept your presence given time.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Tataru:''' No matter how long it takes, I have faith we will find the other! With Lady Yugiri's shinobi, Urianger's intelligence, and my...versatility, there's nothing we cannot do!
Haurchefant: Do not hesitate to call upon me, regardless of the hour. My home is your home, and I would see you afforded all comforts and courtesies.
Haurchefant: Rest and regain your strength, Forename. You shall have your redemption and your reckoning in due time─and when that day comes, I shall stand at your side.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' The dawn's light will shine again...
'''Alphinaud:''' So long as we have these specious accusations hanging over us, we will struggle to achieve anything.
'''Alphinaud:''' You must go to Ishgard, as Tataru proposed. I will return to Ul'dah and set things right.

'''Haurchefant:''' Pray do not be so hasty, Master Alphinaud.

'''Alphinaud:''' Lord Haurchefant?

'''Haurchefant:''' Full well do I understand your desire to clear your names.
'''Haurchefant:''' But now is not the time for drastic action. You yet have allies upon whom you can rely. There is no need to act alone.

'''Alphinaud:''' Yes...yes, of course. Pray forgive my impatience.

'''Haurchefant:''' I bring tidings. Count Edmont has decreed that the three of you be taken in as wards of House Fortemps. Under our patronage, you shall be granted access to the city proper.
'''Haurchefant:''' Pray consider our manor your new headquarters, from which you may gather information and plan how best to proceed.
'''Haurchefant:''' Needless to say, should any of your missing allies be found─as I am certain they shall─they will of course be welcome to join you there.

'''Alphinaud:''' You are more than generous, my friend. On behalf of my fellows, I humbly accept your offer of hospitality.

'''Haurchefant:''' The count is a good man and just. He will treat you with the kindness and respect that a hero─and dear friend─deserves.

'''Alphinaud:''' To Ishgard, then─together.
'''Alphinaud:''' There we shall carry on the Scions' legacy. There we shall begin anew.

'''Tataru:''' Hear, hear!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Not at all the circumstances under which I had hoped to visit Ishgard for the first time, but so be it.

'''Tataru:''' They say the winds can be rather fierce on the Steps of Faith. Be sure to wrap up before we go!
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with Haurchefant===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''Haurchefant:''' I must go on ahead and speak with the count. Fear not, however, for everything has been arranged.
'''Haurchefant:''' The sentries at the Gates of Judgement have been informed of our decision. You need but state your names, and they will allow you to pass.
'''Haurchefant:''' My manservant shall be waiting for you at the city gates, ready to escort you to our manor, where we shall meet again. Until then!
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with the Temple Knight gateguard at the Gates of Judgement.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Marcelain: Greetings and welcome, my friend. I am pleased to hear that you have been granted entry to the Holy See. I know no adventurer more worthy of the privilege. Now then, is there something you require?
-optional end
'''Temple Knight Gateguard:''' Wards of House Fortemps? Ah, yes... You may pass.

Question: Proceed to Ishgard? (Yes/No)

-voiced cutscene start
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' And so they came, at a friend's behest.
Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration): Heroes once celebrated as saviors of Eorzea, brought low through treachery, their names blackened with royal blood...
Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration): With memories of the lost and dreams of redemption, with hope yet in their hearts, they came...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' To Ishgard, shining city on the mount, overlooking the dominion of Coerthas...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' A great and proud nation devoted to Halone, the Fury, ruled by Thordan VII, Archbishop of the Ishgardian Orthodox Church...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' The last bastion of the Faith, her walls ever bristling with the sworn swords and spears of her four High Houses...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' A land that after a thousand years of war had forgotten what it was to be at peace.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' Through gates long closed the Warrior of Light and her companions passed, entering at last a city whose history was written in blood.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' In the midst of the Dragonsong War they came—three weary travelers whose arrival would set in motion great change...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' Though none knew then how great...
System: From the memoirs of Count Edmont de Fortemps
System: ''Heavensward''

x@Banner Text: '''HEAVENSWARD'''
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' From afar, the spires did not seem so tall...

'''Tataru:''' Gods... I feel like a child in a giant's castle!
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with the House Fortemps manservant.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=Mistress|m=Master}} [Surname]. On behalf of House Fortemps, I bid you welcome to Ishgard.
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' My lord humbly requests your presence at his residence in the Pillars.
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' If you all would come with me...

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' To look upon the splendor of these heights, one would little suspect the ruin wrought by the wyverns below...

'''Tataru:''' Is it just me, or is the air up here different? You can almost ''smell'' the wealth and power! Gods, it's making me feel faint...

'''House Fortemps Guard:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=miss|m=sir}}, and welcome to Fortemps Manor.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

===Speak with Haurchefant outside Fortemps Manor in the Pillars.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''Haurchefant:''' The Warrior of Light and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} brave companions, walking the streets of Ishgard at last! What a glorious sight!
'''Haurchefant:''' I cannot tell you how long I have waited for this day. Allow me to present to you my family home: Fortemps Manor!
'''Haurchefant:''' I should like nothing more than to show you around, but everyone is gathered to receive you.
'''Haurchefant:''' Come, my friends! Introductions must be made!

-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' My lord, I have returned with the Scions.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' I hope your journey was not too taxing.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' I, Count Edmont de Fortemps, do bid you welcome.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' As wards of House Fortemps, you shall be afforded every courtesy. My home is your home.

'''Alphinaud:''' My companions and I are deeply honored, Count Fortemps.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' The honor is mine, Master Alphinaud. Consider it an expression of our gratitude for your service to Ishgard.

'''Alphinaud:''' Forgive me, my lord, but...are you not concerned? To accept foreign guests at such a juncture─especially ones with our...reputation...

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Do not worry yourself on my account. 'Tis true that Ishgard's first thought has ever been the war effort, hence the closing of our borders...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' ...Yet it is in troubled times most of all that men should seek allies, don't you think?
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Granted, my decision will have raised eyebrows in the Vault and in the halls of the other High Houses.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' But so long as you continue with your altruistic endeavors, I doubt my honored peers will feel moved to voice their concerns.

'''Alphinaud:''' Then there is naught to fear. Though our numbers are much reduced, we are no less determined to carry on our work.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Full glad am I to hear it. Ah, but before you return to your labors, why not take a tour of the city?
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' You would do well, I think, to acquaint yourselves with your new surroundings. After all, you may be here for some time.
-cutscene end
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=_lHkP1wHvX4}}

Coming to Ishgard

2026-10-29T01:33:01Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Coming to Ishgard
| image = Coming to Ishgard Image.png
| description = The time for action has come, and [[Alphinaud]] knows what he must do.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs =
| location = Intercessory
| location-x = 6.0
| location-y = 6.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 1
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 46800
| gil = 799
| unlocks = lc Ishgard, aet Foundation
| prev-quest = Before the Dawn
| next-quest = Taking in the Sights, A Dark Spectacle, So You Want to Be a Machinist, What's Your Sign, The Way of the Dodo
| patch = 3.0
| release = Heavensward
| id-edb = da4fd01f849
| id-gt = 67116
| msq-index = 242
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[intercessory]], where players accept the quest, can be entered by talking to the [[House Fortemps Guard|House Fortemps guard]] in [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] at {{coords|26, 17}}.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Haurchefant]].
*Speak with the [[Temple Knight Gateguard|Temple Knight gateguard]] at the [[Gates of Judgement]].
*Speak with the [[House Fortemps Manservant|House Fortemps manservant]].
*Speak with Haurchefant outside [[Fortemps Manor]] in [[the Pillars]].

==Journal==
* The time for action has come, and [[Alphinaud]] knows what he must do.

* [[The Scions of the Seventh Dawn]], once proclaimed the saviors of [[Eorzea]], are now condemned as murderers─betrayed by the [[Crystal Braves]] and forced to flee the banquet held to celebrate the very victory they helped to bring about. One by one, your comrades remained behind in a bid to aid your escape, until you alone emerged from the tunnels beneath [[Ul'dah]] to be reunited with Alphinaud and seek refuge in [[Coerthas]]. But will you ever find sanctuary behind the walls of [[Ishgard]]? Having bided your time in [[Camp Dragonhead]] for what feels like an age, you finally have your answer: yes. As wards of [[House Fortemps]], you will be granted admission to the city proper. [[Haurchefant]] will tell you more.

* In the end, it is as simple as speaking with a sentry at the [[Gates of Judgement]]. All has been arranged, and none will deny you passage.

* Eyeing you warily, the sentry motions for you to enter. [[The Steps of Faith]] await─and beyond, Ishgard.

* As you arrive in [[Foundation]], you find that the destruction wrought by the [[wyvern]]s is still fresh. Nearby, a well-dressed man beckons to you─presumably the manservant of whom Lord Haurchefant spoke.

* The [[House Fortemps Manservant|House Fortemps manservant]] welcomes you to Ishgard, and bids you follow him to the family manor in [[the Pillars]] above, where Haurchefant awaits.

* At the manor, Haurchefant presents you to [[Count Edmont de Fortemps]], who invites you to treat his home as your own. When Alphinaud expresses concern over the possible repercussions of harboring foreign fugitives, [[Edmont]] reassures you that your reputation does not concern him, and expresses confidence that his fellow Ishgardians will come to accept your presence given time.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Tataru:''' No matter how long it takes, I have faith we will find the other! With Lady Yugiri's shinobi, Urianger's intelligence, and my...versatility, there's nothing we cannot do!
Haurchefant: Do not hesitate to call upon me, regardless of the hour. My home is your home, and I would see you afforded all comforts and courtesies.
Haurchefant: Rest and regain your strength, Mega. You shall have your redemption and your reckoning in due time─and when that day comes, I shall stand at your side.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' The dawn's light will shine again...
'''Alphinaud:''' So long as we have these specious accusations hanging over us, we will struggle to achieve anything.
'''Alphinaud:''' You must go to Ishgard, as Tataru proposed. I will return to Ul'dah and set things right.

'''Haurchefant:''' Pray do not be so hasty, Master Alphinaud.

'''Alphinaud:''' Lord Haurchefant?

'''Haurchefant:''' Full well do I understand your desire to clear your names.
'''Haurchefant:''' But now is not the time for drastic action. You yet have allies upon whom you can rely. There is no need to act alone.

'''Alphinaud:''' Yes...yes, of course. Pray forgive my impatience.

'''Haurchefant:''' I bring tidings. Count Edmont has decreed that the three of you be taken in as wards of House Fortemps. Under our patronage, you shall be granted access to the city proper.
'''Haurchefant:''' Pray consider our manor your new headquarters, from which you may gather information and plan how best to proceed.
'''Haurchefant:''' Needless to say, should any of your missing allies be found─as I am certain they shall─they will of course be welcome to join you there.

'''Alphinaud:''' You are more than generous, my friend. On behalf of my fellows, I humbly accept your offer of hospitality.

'''Haurchefant:''' The count is a good man and just. He will treat you with the kindness and respect that a hero─and dear friend─deserves.

'''Alphinaud:''' To Ishgard, then─together.
'''Alphinaud:''' There we shall carry on the Scions' legacy. There we shall begin anew.

'''Tataru:''' Hear, hear!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Not at all the circumstances under which I had hoped to visit Ishgard for the first time, but so be it.

'''Tataru:''' They say the winds can be rather fierce on the Steps of Faith. Be sure to wrap up before we go!
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with Haurchefant===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''Haurchefant:''' I must go on ahead and speak with the count. Fear not, however, for everything has been arranged.
'''Haurchefant:''' The sentries at the Gates of Judgement have been informed of our decision. You need but state your names, and they will allow you to pass.
'''Haurchefant:''' My manservant shall be waiting for you at the city gates, ready to escort you to our manor, where we shall meet again. Until then!
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with the Temple Knight gateguard at the Gates of Judgement.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Marcelain: Greetings and welcome, my friend. I am pleased to hear that you have been granted entry to the Holy See. I know no adventurer more worthy of the privilege. Now then, is there something you require?
-optional end
'''Temple Knight Gateguard:''' Wards of House Fortemps? Ah, yes... You may pass.

Question: Proceed to Ishgard? (Yes/No)

-voiced cutscene start
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' And so they came, at a friend's behest.
Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration): Heroes once celebrated as saviors of Eorzea, brought low through treachery, their names blackened with royal blood...
Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration): With memories of the lost and dreams of redemption, with hope yet in their hearts, they came...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' To Ishgard, shining city on the mount, overlooking the dominion of Coerthas...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' A great and proud nation devoted to Halone, the Fury, ruled by Thordan VII, Archbishop of the Ishgardian Orthodox Church...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' The last bastion of the Faith, her walls ever bristling with the sworn swords and spears of her four High Houses...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' A land that after a thousand years of war had forgotten what it was to be at peace.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' Through gates long closed the Warrior of Light and her companions passed, entering at last a city whose history was written in blood.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' In the midst of the Dragonsong War they came—three weary travelers whose arrival would set in motion great change...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps@Count Edmont de Fortemps (Narration):''' Though none knew then how great...
System: From the memoirs of Count Edmont de Fortemps
System: ''Heavensward''

x@Banner Text: '''HEAVENSWARD'''
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' From afar, the spires did not seem so tall...

'''Tataru:''' Gods... I feel like a child in a giant's castle!
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
===Speak with the House Fortemps manservant.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=Mistress|m=Master}} [Surname]. On behalf of House Fortemps, I bid you welcome to Ishgard.
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' My lord humbly requests your presence at his residence in the Pillars.
'''House Fortemps Manservant:''' If you all would come with me...

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' To look upon the splendor of these heights, one would little suspect the ruin wrought by the wyverns below...

'''Tataru:''' Is it just me, or is the air up here different? You can almost ''smell'' the wealth and power! Gods, it's making me feel faint...

'''House Fortemps Guard:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=miss|m=sir}}, and welcome to Fortemps Manor.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

===Speak with Haurchefant outside Fortemps Manor in the Pillars.===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
'''Haurchefant:''' The Warrior of Light and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} brave companions, walking the streets of Ishgard at last! What a glorious sight!
'''Haurchefant:''' I cannot tell you how long I have waited for this day. Allow me to present to you my family home: Fortemps Manor!
'''Haurchefant:''' I should like nothing more than to show you around, but everyone is gathered to receive you.
'''Haurchefant:''' Come, my friends! Introductions must be made!

-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' My lord, I have returned with the Scions.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' I hope your journey was not too taxing.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' I, Count Edmont de Fortemps, do bid you welcome.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' As wards of House Fortemps, you shall be afforded every courtesy. My home is your home.

'''Alphinaud:''' My companions and I are deeply honored, Count Fortemps.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' The honor is mine, Master Alphinaud. Consider it an expression of our gratitude for your service to Ishgard.

'''Alphinaud:''' Forgive me, my lord, but...are you not concerned? To accept foreign guests at such a juncture─especially ones with our...reputation...

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Do not worry yourself on my account. 'Tis true that Ishgard's first thought has ever been the war effort, hence the closing of our borders...
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' ...Yet it is in troubled times most of all that men should seek allies, don't you think?
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Granted, my decision will have raised eyebrows in the Vault and in the halls of the other High Houses.
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' But so long as you continue with your altruistic endeavors, I doubt my honored peers will feel moved to voice their concerns.

'''Alphinaud:''' Then there is naught to fear. Though our numbers are much reduced, we are no less determined to carry on our work.

'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' Full glad am I to hear it. Ah, but before you return to your labors, why not take a tour of the city?
'''Count Edmont de Fortemps:''' You would do well, I think, to acquaint yourselves with your new surroundings. After all, you may be here for some time.
-cutscene end
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=_lHkP1wHvX4}}

Savior of Skysteel

2026-10-29T01:27:42Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Stephanivien]] awaits your introduction with undisguised enthusiasm.
| image = Machinist HW quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Stephanivien
| related-npcs =
| location = Foundation
| location-x = 8.1
| location-y = 10.1
| type = job
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = Before the Dawn
| requirements = Any [[Disciple of War]] or [[Disciple of Magic|Magic]] Lv. 50
| exp = 23400
| gil = 0
| reward1 = 1 Soul of the Machinist
| reward2 = 1 Steel-barreled Carbine
| reward3 = 1 Toadskin Jacket
| reward4 = 1 Toadskin Brais
| unlocks = ot Machinist, ap Machinist (Simple) Adventurer Plate
| prev-quest = So You Want to Be a Machinist
| next-quest = Master of Marksmanship
| patch = 3.0
| release = heavensward
| id-edb = 8b4a18330a8
| id-gt = 67232
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Machinist Quests
| sortkey = 1
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Stephanivien]].
*Speak with Stephanivien at [[Camp Overlook]].
*Inquire after the [[Rostnsthal|retired instructor]]. 0/3
*Speak with Stephanivien.

==Journal==
* [[Stephanivien]] awaits your introduction with undisguised enthusiasm.

* Stephanivien once more welcomes you to the [[Skysteel Manufactory]], and offers to introduce you to the wonders of [[machinist]]ry. Speak with the enthusiastic inventor to indicate your readiness to undertake your first lesson.

* You inform Stephanivien of your desire to learn about [[firearms]], much to the inventor's delight. It would appear, however, that the manufactory's master of marksmanship has resigned his post at the worst possible timing. Join Stephanivien at [[Camp Overlook]] in [[outer La Noscea]], and aid him and [[Joye]] in their quest to win back the workshop's reluctant employee.

* You rendezvous with Stephanivien and Joye in outer La Noscea, and agree to assist them with their inquiries. Speak with the soldiers of Camp Overlook, and ask after the retired instructor.

* The inhabitants you speak with at Camp Overlook seem less than welcoming towards the man you seek. Return to Stephanivien, and share the information you have learned.

* You rejoin Stephanivien and Joye just outside the camp, and explain where the master of marksmanship might be found. Head towards the lift, and speak with Stephanivien once more.

* You arrive at the infirmary to find Stephanivien entreating the master of marksmanship─a [[Roegadyn]] by the name of [[Rostnsthal]]─to return to the manufactory. After a tense confrontation wherein Joye displays her uncanny skill with a firearm, Rostnsthal reluctantly agrees to test your potential with a trial lesson. Take up the weapon you received from Stephanivien, and convince the instructor of the seriousness of your intentions.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Stephanivien: [Forename], is it? Well, [Forename], allow me to welcome you once more to the Skysteel Manufactory!
Stephanivien: As I mentioned before, 'tis our charge to develop and manufacture weapons designed for slaying dragon invaders. ...But pray forget about those tired old inventions.
Stephanivien: The future lies in machinistry—a technology that weds the genius of Master Garlond's magitek with traditional aetherology. Every single one of my latest creations employs the principles of this unique discipline.
Stephanivien: And in the steady hands of trained machinists, my new inventions are going to alter the very face of warfare!
Stephanivien: Though I would dearly love to expand upon my revolutionary theories, we should begin by familiarizing you with the tools of the trade, so to speak. Have you time now for a brief lesson...?
-quest accepted

===Speak with Stephanivien===
-cutscene start
Stephanivien: Splendid! Now, the first thing you must learn is the proper technique for handling a fire—
Stephanivien: Hmmm. Where in the hells is our master of marksmanship? I swear the man is never about when I need him most.
Stephanivien: How dreadfully embarrassing. Here I've mercilessly piqued your interest, and now I must ask you to call again at a later convenience.
Stephanivien: Mayhap the next time you visit, our instructor will deign to put in an appearance. Then we can outfit you with the equipment necessary to learn basic marksmanship, and I might explain to you the particulars of the machinist's profession.
Joye@Anxious Voice: I-I'm afraid he's gone for good this time, me lordship! ...Left a letter of resignation on your workbench, and all.
Stephanivien: Confound the man! We cannot afford to lose such a pivotal employee at this crucial juncture in our growth!
Stephanivien: Joye! Prepare mine accoutrements! I shall drag that scoundrel back by the lapels if need be!
Joye: B-But, me lordship! We ain't even sure of where to start lookin'...
Stephanivien: ...You make a salient point, my dear. Hmmm. My prospectometer points to the lands of La Noscea. Ah, yes, I should've realized that he would return to his homeland.
Joye: L-La Noscea, me lordship? Are you sure you want to go there? I hear it's a nasty place, where folk'll clout you across the face as soon as look at you.
Stephanivien: Aye, well, I must admit to little familiarity with its environs. ...Hark, Joye! The prospectometer chirps again!
Stephanivien: Of course! Our aspiring machinist! We shall have the worldly [Forename] here act as our guide!
Stephanivien: For an explorer who has braved the harshest corners of Eorzea, the wilds of La Noscea must be akin to a garden path! Is that not so?
Question: Is that not so?
> Aye, 'tis but a garden path!
Stephanivien: You see, Joye? My prospectometer never steers me awry. You will consent to guide us, then, [Forename]?
> Er, I wouldn't go ''that'' far...
Stephanivien: Now, now—no false modesty! Whatever knowledge you have of the place must far exceed ours, no matter your protestations. You will consent to guide us, will you not?
---
Stephanivien: Then 'tis settled!
Stephanivien: Joye here, in addition to her loyal service to House Haillenarte, is the finest shot in the manufactory. As a novice machinist, I suggest you mark her technique well during our little jaunt to La Noscea.
Stephanivien: ...Speaking of which, we must needs decide upon a somewhat less vague destination. Ah, I seem to recall our absent instructor mentioning companions from a “Camp Overlook.” Let that be our first port of call!
-cutscene end

===Speak with Stephanivien at Camp Overlook===
-optional start
Stephanivien: We must have our master of marksmanship back...
Joye: House Haillenarte gave me work as a maid, but his lordship insisted I try me hand at bein' a machinist...
Joye: Ugh, what a stench! I think I'm going to be sick...
-optional end
Stephanivien: So, this is Camp Overlook. Indeed, its inhabitants do seem the type to clout a man in the face in place of a “how do you do?”
Stephanivien: Shall we make some inquiries after our prematurely retired instructor? Let us rendezvous at this spot once we've gathered what intelligence we may.

===Inquire after the retired instructor===
Grinning Private: A bloke late o' Ishgard? Aye, there was a stranger come about, askin' after one of our lads. Told 'im the sorry sod 'e was lookin' for was in the cabin by the lift, restin' up from an axe wound.
Scowling Private: ...Aye, I've seen 'im, alright. Got 'imself a cold reception, too. Ye can't come apologizin' for a deed a decade old, an' just expect to be forgiven...
Scrutinizing Private: Hm? Ye mean that big Roegadyn bastard? Ye'll find 'im pacin' the boards in front o' the infirmary. Some o' the lads seem to know the bloke, but no bugger seems eager to say 'ow...
-optional start
Grinning Private: A bloke late o' Ishgard? Aye, there was a stranger come about, askin' after one of ours. Told 'im the sorry sod 'e was lookin' for was in the cabin by the lift, restin' up from an axe wound.
Scrutinizing Pirate: Hm? Ye mean that big Roegadyn bastard? Ye'll find 'im pacin' the boards in front o' the infirmary. Some o' the lads seem to know the bloke, but none of 'em is eager to say 'ow...
Scowling Private: ...Aye, I've seen 'im, alright. Got 'imself a cold reception, too. Ye can't come apologizin' for a deed a decade old, an' just expect to be forgiven...
-optional end

===Speak with Stephanivien===
Stephanivien: How fared your interrogations? 'Twould seem our man came here but to visit an old acquaintance.
Stephanivien: ...In the vicinity of the winch, you say? Let us investigate this infirmary, then!

===Speak with Stephanivien===
-cutscene start
Stephanivien: Were the conditions of your employment not satisfactory? Return with us to the manufactory, and we can discuss more favorable terms!
Stephanivien: I understand that Ishgardians presently accord machinists rather less than the respect they deserve, but I promise you, our worth shall shine through in due time! People will clamor to learn our profession!
Stephanivien: You cannot abandon us now, Rostnsthal! Think of the future!
Rostnsthal: Leave me be! One more step, an' I'll blow yer yappin' jaw off!
Stephanivien: Joye! If you please!
Joye: You shite-eatin' bastard! Next time I'll aim for the shaft 'twixt your thighs!
Stephanivien: Are you not proud? 'Twas you who taught Joye everything she knows about shooting...and spitting colorful profanity, besides.
Rostnsthal: Aye, the lass's learned me lessons well. Well enough to be yer new master o' marksmanship, I'd wager.
Stephanivien: Do you think so!? Oh, but no, Joye is far too busy with her duties at the manor house.
Stephanivien: And besides! We have this budding machinist who is simply ''dying'' to learn from the great Rostnsthal!
Rostnsthal: Buffalo shite. Any scrag who's known me would rather I did the dyin'.
Stephanivien: Oooh, just look at you—the epitome of a roguish swashbuckler! Whyever did you cease brandishing your weapon in that fashion?
Rostnsthal: 'Cause only pirate scum 'old a firearm like this. An' I ain't gonna teach the machinist way to no 'opeless, sausage-fingered 'venturer what ye dragged in off the street.
Stephanivien: Then...you are saying that if our sausage-fingered adventurer shows a glimmer of hope, you will consent to instruct {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}!?
Stephanivien: Did you hear that, [Forename]!? This is your chance to display your aptitude for marksmanship!
Stephanivien: Here—I took the liberty of packing some extra tools of the trade. Convince our reluctant instructor that you are serious in your intentions!
> If player is a Legacy character
Rostnsthal: Ye know, {{alternatives|f=lass|m=lad}}, ye strike me as ''mighty'' familiar... Could swear ye was around when... Bah, ye know what? Forget it.
> If player's starting city was Limsa Lominsa
Rostnsthal: Hmph. Ye've the look of a Lominsan 'venturer about ye.
> If player's starting city wasn't Limsa Lominsa
Rostnsthal: ...Not from around these parts, are ye?
---
Rostnsthal: Fine, Stephanivien. I'll give yer whelp one bloody chance—one lesson to see what {{alternatives|f=she's|m='e's}} made of.
Stephanivien: The fate of the Skysteel Manufactory—nay, the very future of machinistry—is in your sausage-fingered hands! Take up your weapon, and aim for the stars!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=Dafl8slBuc8}}

Swift

2026-10-27T01:01:16Z

MegaMegaLobo: NPC Dialogue

{{Otheruses|the NPC in Ul'dah|the [[Role Actions (PvP)|PvP Role Action]]|Swift (PvP)}}
{{NPC infobox
| name = Swift
| full-name = Swift Ryder
| description = We Immortal Flames fight to protect Ul'Dah from all who would threaten her. Ever do we swear to uphold our oath: for coin and country!
| image = swift.jpg
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| coordinates = 8.4, 8.9
| title = Flame Commander
| gender = Male
| age = 28
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| class =
| job =
| profession = Triple Triad Player
| birthplace =
| relatives = [[Jakys Ryder|Jakys]] (Older Brother)
| organization = Ul'dah, The Immortal Flames
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.0
}}
{{quests started}}
{{quests involved}}

==[[Triple Triad NPC]]==
{{Triple Triad NPC
| difficulty = 1
| rules = Chaos
| cost = 30
| req-other = One of the following quests: {{i|Wood's Will Be Done}}, {{i|Till Sea Swallows All}}, or {{i|For Coin and Country}}
| deck = +Raubahn Aldynn, +Momodi Modi, +Ultros & Typhon, Alphinaud & Alisaie, Thancred, Ifrit, Biggs & Wedge, Tataru Taru
| win = 53
| draw = 21
| lose = 7
| card-rewards = Ifrit, Alphinaud & Alisaie, Raubahn Aldynn, Pipin Tarupin
}}

==Additional Information==
===Lore===
The second son of a [[Midlander]] merchant family, Swift Ryder wanted for nothing as a child. Indeed, his passion for [[Chocobo]] racing stems from his affluent youth. Nonetheless, he chose to become an adventurer, and follow in the footsteps of his older brother [[Jakys Ryder|Jakys]]. The two had both learned how to defend themselves with a sword as boys, and these skills lent themselves well to success. Swift distinguished himself against the [[Amalj'aa]], and soon stood above others of the same profession. He joined the [[Immortal Flames]] at his brother's behest. When Jakys perished at the [[Battle of Carteneau]], Swift was wrought with grief, for the two had rarely been parted. Eventually, he recovered, and has sworn two oaths that he holds close to his heart even at the age of twenty eight: one to serve as commander of the [[Adventurer|Free Brigade]], and another to avenge his brother's death.
<ref>Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 131</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
Swift fullbody.jpg
</gallery>

== Dialogue ==
Swift: Once again, allow me to express my thanks, Mega. Were it not for your efforts, the violence might have continued unabated for some time. Swift: The situation is far from resolved, but I have faith that one day these events will be but a distant memory.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Quest NPCs]] [[Category: Triple Triad NPCs]] [[Category:Patch 2.0 NPCs]]

Rokka

2026-10-27T00:58:31Z

MegaMegaLobo: NPC Dialogue

{{NPC infobox
| name = Rokka
| full-name = Rokka Iteya
| description =
| image = Rokka1.jpg
| location = Mor Dhona
| coordinates = 20.3, 8.5
| title =
| gender = Female
| age = 11
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| class = Conjurer
| job =
| profession =
| birthplace = [[Doma]]
| organization = The Doman Adventurers' Guild
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.2
| release = a realm reborn
}}{{TOC limit|3}}

{{quests started}}

{{quests involved}}
==Locations==
{{NPC location table header}}
{{NPC location info|Mor Dhona|20.3, 8.5|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|3.5, 9.4|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|4.8, 9.6|-}}
{{NPC location info|Western Thanalan|13.3, 14.7|-}}
|}

==Lore==
{{quotation|[[Encyclopædia Eorzea]], p. 197|''"A [[Doma]]n adventurer is always prepared!"''

A level-headed [[Hyur]]an girl, '''Rokka''' adds a degree of composure to [[the Doman Adventurers' Guild]]. She has recently seen her eleventh summer, and is at an age when she loathes being treated as a child. Rokka has always enjoyed reading, and learned the [[Eorzea]]n letters quickly upon her arrival in the west. It is said she has set out to read the entire library of [[the Rising Stones]]. Her particular interest appears to be magic, and she has started her study of the arcane using a number of fundamental tomes borrowed from [[Y'shtola]]'s private collection. Rokka's perseverance has begun to bear fruit, as now she can cast simple [[cure]] spells—practicing whenever she has a free moment.

Rokka has a love of sweets, but as with most children of eleven years, she is far better at eating than making them. This has not stopped her, however, from attempting to replicate the candymaker's magic in her own kitchens...despite the fact that most of these attempts end in failure. Rokka, it seems, is far too logical a thinker for her own good, and lacks the certain whimsical nature necessary to be a true confectioner.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
Rokka.jog
Rokka fullbody.jpg
</gallery>

==Dialogue==
===Small Talk===
Rokka: I'm buying herbs to make into poultices. People are always getting hurt around here, you see, and you can never have enough medicine. A Doman Brave is always prepared!

====After completion of all [[Doman Reconstruction Quests]]====
'''Rokka:''' I want to help [[Yozan]] and [[Koharu]] when they get in trouble. If I read lots of books, I can give them good advice!

==={{i|Yugiri's Game}}===
'''Hiding Child:''' Um... Are you playing? Ahhh! No fair! Yozan didn't say anything about adults!
'''Hiding Child:''' Huh? We get to ride a [[Chocobo|horsebird]] carriage? I don't know... It sounds scary. But if Yozan says it's safe, I'll go.

==={{i|Guardian of Eorzea}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' If I were as big as a mountain and strong as a bear like Mister [[Hoary Boulder|Boulder]] is, maybe I would like fighting more...

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Is sparring...dangerous? I don't think I want to see anyone else being hurt...

'''Rokka:''' Mister Boulder won't lose, will he?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I like the way Mister [[Coultenet]] fought─no swords or fists. I wonder, if I studied hard, would I be able to cast spells like that too?

==={{i|Toll Booty}}===
'''Rokka:''' I was helping treat hurt adventurers.

'''Rokka:''' Did ''you'' find anything, Yozan? I'll bet you didn't!

'''Rokka:''' <sigh> You're hopeless.

'''Rokka:''' I was so sad when I thought I lost these earrings! I brought them all the way from [[Doma]], you know. Thank you, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Rokka:''' Once Yozan's made up his mind, nothing can unmake it─welcome to the guild, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Rokka:''' Are you sure this is where [[Revenant's Toll]] used to be?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Adults are always saying that adventuring's not all fun and games, but why? It ''looks'' like a fun game!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I wonder if a monster ate the treasure. But then, do we have to open a monster's belly to get it?

'''Rokka:''' But this might not be junk, Yozan. Isn't really old wine valuable?

'''Rokka:''' There's older wine than that bottle you found, right? So...someone could still drink it?

==={{i|Li'l Rascals}}===
'''Rokka:''' Hey, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], could you tell Miss [[Rhesh Polaali|Rhesh]] to be careful, please? She was badly hurt, and she shouldn't push herself too hard.

'''Rokka:''' It's true we didn't find gold or silver. But none of us got eaten, either.

'''Rokka:''' I thought I'd hear something interesting here. But I was wrong. They're all just so sad...
'''Rokka:''' Of course we didn't steal anything! Someone else is to blame─someone else small like us. But who? We have to talk this over!

'''Rokka:''' But that's just it─there are plenty of others smaller than us who aren't children!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Yozan's got a good plan─I can see it in his eyes.

==={{i|Short Arms of the Law}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I don't know why Koharu thinks this is fun. We're supposed to be clearing our names, aren't we?

'''Rokka:''' The other two might have it as well. Or maybe...we've got the wrong people.

'''Rokka:''' Have you heard about [[Rowena]]'s [[Rowena's House of Splendors|store]]? They're saying someone stole a grimoire from it!

'''Rokka:''' Why? Because it's got the location of the treasure─

'''Rokka:''' Well, not without the grimoire, anyway. So why not just give up while you're ahead?

'''Rokka:''' And if the other two are anything like that duo, we shouldn't have any trouble catching them.

'''Rokka:''' Watching Koharu and Yozan work together is exciting, isn't it?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' It's all very well waiting around for our criminals, but what do we do once they're here?

'''Rokka:''' I'll heal you if you get hurt, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]! Later. When I have a potion.

'''Rokka:''' Hey! There they go. Faster than they look, aren't they?

'''Rokka:''' They're much better at talking about fighting than actually fighting...

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I wonder how those four are related...

==={{i|A Thousand and One Farewells}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' We don't have to leave yet, do we? We still have time?

'''Rokka:''' Um... {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], Miss [[F'lhaminn]], thank you for the caps. We'll take good care of them!

'''Rokka:''' ...So are we going to move the crates, or what?

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Ihase}}===
===={{gil|150000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' When we were taking breaks from training, she would give us snacks and tell us old stories.

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Minazuki}}===
===={{gil|160000}} donated====
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I love [[Rissai-juku|school]]! Can we still come here when we're older?

'''Rokka:''' So that's where our school got its name...

===={{gil|165000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' [[Araragi|He]] gave me a pinwheel, as well.

===={{gil|185000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' We asked some of the grown-ups to frame it and hang it on the wall. You like it too, don't you, [[Minazuki|Miss]]?

==Additional Information==
*'''Rokka''' is initially identified as ''Hiding Child''.

Koharu

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{{NPC infobox
| name = Koharu
| description = I'll get to the bottom of this!
| image = Koharu1.jpg
| location = Mor Dhona
| coordinates = 21.9,5.8
| title =
| gender = Female
| age = 12
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| class =
| job =
| profession =
| birthplace = [[Doma]]
| organization = The Doman Adventurers' Guild
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.2
| release =
}}

{{quests started}}
{{quests involved}}

==Additional Information==
Friends with Yozan since birth, Koharu is a full two seasons older than the boy and enjoys reminding him of it, much to his chagrin. The Hyuran girl takes pride in her endurance—her nigh-endless stamina most likely attributed to the long hours spent training in the arts of the ninja. Her ability to outpace both Yozan and Shiun—boys she fancies—in footraces is an attestation to this vim and vigor. 
F'lhaminn endeavors to teach Koharu dance, but the girl lacks a sense of rhythm, and must endure Yozan's endless japes because of this rare shortcoming. Though braver than most grown men, Koharu's sole fear is ghosts—her inability to strike back at the immaterial being the cause of her unease.
<ref>Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 197</ref>

== Dialogue ==
Koharu: La-la-lah! La-di-dah-di-dah!♪ A child's joy will always brighten your day!♪ I'll show you a smile if you're happy to pay!♪ Koharu: Did that sound right? Tataru has been teaching me traditional Ul'dahn rhyming songs. The children of Ul'dah seem to spend an awful lot of time thinking about money...

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
Koharu.jpg
Koharu fullbody.jpg
</gallery>

==References==

Shiun

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{{NPC infobox
| name = Shiun
| description = We learned how to wait silently and unseen in Doma.
| image = Shiun1.jpg
| location = Mor Dhona
| coordinates = 22.5,6.2
| title =
| gender = Male
| age = 11
| race = Hyur
| clan =
| class =
| job =
| profession =
| birthplace = [[Doma]]
| organization = The Doman Adventurers' Guild
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.2
}}

{{quests started}}
{{quests involved}}

== Dialogue ==
Shiun: I like going to visit Rowena─she always has lots of interesting things in her store. Sometimes, though, I wonder why she needs to stock so much junk. ...Well, that's what it looks like to me, anyway!

==Additional Information==
Another member of the Doman Adventurers' Guild, Shiun is calm and logical, and often assists in his best friend Yozan's plans. He is skilled with his hands, and is said to have built, unassisted, a working clockwork puppet at the age of five. Now eleven, the Hyuran boy's dexterity serves him well in his training, as he can master complex new techniques with relative ease. However, it seems that he has less vital energy to draw upon than others, and once almost collapsed upon pushing himself too hard during one of these training sessions. Shiun eventually exhibited a full recovery from the incident, with rest and a healthy diet of his favorite pickled foods believed to have sped the healing. 
Shiun exhibits some talent in the art of archery—skill developed over the course of testing a bow he himself built.
<ref>Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 197</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
Shiun.jpg
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</gallery>

==References==

Yozan

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{{NPC infobox
| name = Yozan
| full-name = Yozan Nagae
| description =
| image =
| location = Mor Dhona
| coordinates = 22.5, 6.2
| title =
| gender = Male
| age = 12
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| class =
| job =
| profession =
| birthplace = [[Doma]]
| organization = The Doman Adventurers' Guild
| relatives = [[Hozan]] (father) [[Homei]] (grandfather)
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.2
}} He is the founder of [[the Doman Adventurers' Guild]].

{{TOC limit|3}}

{{quests started}}
{{quests involved}}
==Locations==
{{NPC location table header}}
{{NPC location info|Mor Dhona|22.5, 6.2|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|3.7, 9.3|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|4.8, 9.5|-}}
{{NPC location info|Western Thanalan|13.8, 14.5|-}}
|}

==Lore==
{{quotation|[[Encyclopædia Eorzea]], p. 197|''"To be a better adventurer, you need to go adventuring!"''

'''Yozan''' is the founder of [[the Doman Adventurers' Guild]], and the organization's "swordfighter." From his training in [[Doma]]—and the aid of his father, [[Hozan]]—Yozan is very light on his feet, and can climb to great heights with ease. With his natural energy and balance, the [[Hyur]]an youth will likely prove a great warrior one day. At present, though, he can manage little more than mock swordplay, even with all he has learned from [[Hoary Boulder]].

Yozan remains in many ways a boy of twelve years. He despises foods with overpowering flavors, and reputedly scampers away, yelling "no" when asked by [[Thancred]] if he has any romantic interests.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
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</gallery>

==Dialogue==
===Small Talk===
Yozan: I keep telling the grown-ups that we're adventurers now, but they still won't let us out to explore. They say it's “too dangerous.” Yozan: We'll just have to show them what the Doman Braves are capable of...

====After completion of all [[Doman Reconstruction Quests]]====
'''Yozan:''' Where should I go on my first adventure? Maybe I can go to see Mister [[Hoary Boulder|Boulder]]!

==={{i|Yugiri's Game}}===
'''Yozan:''' Oh, hello there! I'm Yozan, son of [[Hozan]]. Will you be coming with us to [[Ul'dah]]? I hear we're traveling by [[Chocobo|horsebird]]-drawn carriage!
'''Yozan:''' But...don't you think they're ''queer''? Giant birds that people ride like horses? I still want to try riding one, but─
'''Yozan:''' What's that? You're looking for the others? Don't worry. I already told them to get ready for the carriages.
'''Yozan:''' I'll need your help, though. We were just finishing a game of hide-and-seek. Three players are still in hiding, and since Lady [[Yugiri]] told us to take it really seriously, they won't move until they're found. But [[Vesper Bay]] isn't that big, so I bet you can find them in no time!

==={{i|Guardian of Eorzea}}===
'''Yozan:''' Look! It's {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]! {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}}'s back from {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} adventures!
'''Yozan:''' We heard you were off fighting "[[primals]]," and that they're some of the strongest enemies you could ever face! I wish I could've seen you in battle...
'''Yozan:''' Anyway, we all want to be heroes, too─so we finally formed our very own [[The Doman Adventurers' Guild|Doman Adventurers' Guild]] to protect all the [[Doma]]ns!
'''Yozan:''' Oh! Do you think you could train us today, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]? Maybe you could show us how you fought the primals!

'''Yozan:''' Mister Boulder and Mister [[Coultenet]]! Did you know that {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] is back!?

'''Yozan:''' Ugh, I ''told'' you, Mister Boulder: we are not ''younglings'' anymore─we are ''adventurers''!
'''Yozan:''' And we were just asking {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] if {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} could give us some special training. I think we're ready to hunt monsters alongside {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}, don't you?

'''Yozan:''' Hurrah! We're to have a tournament! Come on, everyone─we must prepare our gear for an outing!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] is here! Let the battle begin!

'''Yozan:''' Well, our teacher won't be beaten so easily! He's a master swordsman!

'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] is so strong... But you can't give up, Mister Boulder!

'''Yozan:''' <gasp> ...
'''Yozan:''' ...That was incredible! {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} beat them both at the same time!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Yozan:''' Mister Boulder fought well, but he was no match for you, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!
'''Yozan:''' Just you wait! One day I'll be good enough to knock you from the top of your mountain!

==={{i|Toll Booty}}===
'''Yozan:''' I hereby call this meeting of the Doman Adventurers' Guild to order! Old business first─[[Koharu]], we'll start with you.

'''Yozan:''' No, no, that's not right! Those are all just chores─I want to go on a proper adventure! Didn't any of you find something exciting or scary or mysterious we could explore?

'''Yozan:''' I did too! We've got a big wide world to explore, and I was looking into ways to do it. Which is more than can be said for any of you.

'''Yozan:''' [[Shiun]], you little snitch! I told you that in secret!

'''Yozan:''' That's perfect! We could be the first to find out what's hidden there! Now, we've just got to figure out how to leave town without being caught.
'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]? What are you doing here?

'''Yozan:''' Hold on a moment!
'''Yozan:''' I've got an important announcement! The Doman Adventurers' Guild needs experience in the field actually adventuring. No one's going to let us, though, because they think it's too dangerous.
'''Yozan:''' But {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] is a good friend of the guild, and he is an incredible adventurer, too. So, I say we invite him to join us in this quest!

'''Yozan:''' Now, come on! We've got to find out what's hidden at [[Camp Revenant's Toll]]!

'''Yozan:''' We won't know anything unless we poke around a bit. Spread out, and see what you can find─and be careful of monsters.
'''Yozan:''' Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]─we've given up on being the Doman Braves. It just didn't seem right, after everything that happened.

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Yozan:''' There's something fishy about this tent... No, I mean, it smells like rotten fish. It's making my eyes water...

'''Yozan:''' Nothing, nothing, and more nothing! Did you find anything?
'''Yozan:''' Even {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename] only found this junk. <sigh> Treasure's not easy to come by, I guess.

'''Yozan:''' Mmmmmm... Maybe we shouldn't. I think he'll just be angry that we have the wine at all.
'''Yozan:''' Oh, but he wouldn't scold you, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]. Could you ask him for us?
'''Yozan:''' Great! We'll go back to [[Revenant's Toll]]. Tell us what you find out!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Yozan:''' Hurry up, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]! We're all waiting for you to go and ask Mister [[Slafborn]] about the wine!

'''Yozan:''' What did Mister Slafborn say about the wine?
'''Yozan:''' Oh... So there never really was a treasure of Revenant's Toll.
'''Yozan:''' Bother. I was hoping for buried gold, or an ancient demon, or something.
'''Yozan:''' ...But I guess it wasn't so bad after all. We did get to go outside the town, and explore with {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

==={{i|Li'l Rascals}}===
'''Yozan:''' Hello, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]. Have you found us another quest?
'''Yozan:''' Oh. I was hoping... Well, no matter─we Doman adventurers can find our own!
'''Yozan:''' Everyone, go and see what the travelers are talking about. Any rumors of more treasure we could hunt, or giant demons we could slay, or whatever!
'''Yozan:''' We just need to find something good. Then, we'll head off on another quest with our trusty advisor in tow!

'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]? Does this mean you've found us a quest?
'''Yozan:''' What? Of course we didn't steal anything! We're adventurers, not thieves! I'd better call the guild together, and quickly!

'''Yozan:''' We're being accused of something we didn't do! Before this can go any further, we have to tell Mister Slafborn!
'''Yozan:''' ...Well, we can't just say we're innocent, though. We have to clear our names, by finding that grimoire and learning who took it!
'''Yozan:''' We may be young, but we can show everyone we're proper adventurers─by protecting our friends and punishing the wicked!

'''Yozan:''' ...[[Lalafell]]s!

'''Yozan:''' I ''thought'' they were Lalafells. Now we can begin the real investigation─by looking into them!

==={{i|Short Arms of the Law}}===
'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], Koharu's found our suspects!
'''Yozan:''' They've parked their cart around the southeast gate. Come on, let's go investigate. But be quiet─we don't want them to know we're onto them yet.

'''Yozan:''' I think I've an idea of how to find out. Rokka, can you play along?

'''Yozan:''' That's old news! I think they've even given up hunting for the criminals. <sigh> It's too bad, though. I wanted that grimoire for myself.

'''Yozan:''' Shhh! Do you want ''everyone'' to know about all the buried gold and jewels!? And what about the weapons, hm?
'''Yozan:''' They say those are stronger than the [[Garlean Empire|Empire]]'s! I spent so much time learning that the treasure's in Camp Revenant's Toll, but I'll ''never'' find it now...

'''Yozan:''' We just have to beat them to Camp Revenant's Toll now. From the way they took the bait, I don't think we have much time. We'd better hurry!
'''Yozan:'''Koharu, are you sure that's them?

'''Yozan:''' I hope they'll come quietly. But if they don't, you'll have to take care of them, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename].

'''Yozan:''' We're not children─we're the Doman Adventurers' Guild! We're here to arrest you for stealing the grimoire from [[Rowena's House of Splendors|Rowena's]]!

'''Yozan:''' Just do like you did with Mister Boulder, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Yozan:''' Damn it, they got away!

'''Yozan:''' That was a queer bunch, make no mistake! But they forgot one thing─the grimoire!
'''Yozan:''' Come on, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]─get them!

'''Yozan:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], get the grimoire.

'''Yozan:''' Hah! Now that we've got the grimoire, all we need to do is show it to Mister Slafborn and explain what happened! Come on, what are we waiting for?

'''Yozan:''' Mister Slafborn, we are ''not'' younglings!
'''Yozan:''' We are the Doman Adventurers' Guild! All the world will soon know our name, and one day, we'll even be more famous than {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

==={{i|A Thousand and One Farewells}}===
'''Yozan:''' Oh, hey there, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]... You're not here to say good-bye, are you?
'''Yozan:''' It's not fair! Why do they get to decide it's time to go back? I mean, I miss Doma too, but they should've asked us first!
'''Yozan:''' Huh? Miss [[F'lhaminn]] wants us to come to the café!? Whatever it is she thinks we did, we─ ...Oh, it's not like that? Well, all right then...
'''Yozan:''' With me, guild members! Miss F'lhaminn needs us! You too, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Yozan:''' All members of the Doman Adventurers' Guild, reporting for duty! So what's the adventure? Monster hunting? [[Garlean]] gold!?

'''Yozan:''' A r-reward!? Really!?

'''Yozan:''' Wow, look at these!

'''Yozan:''' We'll make them the official uniform of the Doman Adventurers' Guild!

'''Yozan:''' Mister Boulder and Mister Coultenet! I thought you were away on important [[The Scions of the Seventh Dawn|Scion]] business!

'''Yozan:''' You'll see! We'll become the most famous adventurers in [[Yanxia]]! And then we'll return to [[Eorzea]] and become famous here too!
'''Yozan:''' Everyone may know [[the Scions of the Seventh Dawn]] and the [[Warrior of Light]], but just you wait! Years from now, they'll all be talking about the Doman Adventurers' Guild!

'''Yozan:''' Right! We mustn't neglect our training! Find the heaviest crates and carry them to the horsebird carriages!

'''Yozan:''' And while we're on the ship, we'll have plenty of time to train!

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Ihase}}===
===={{gil|150000}} donated====
'''Yozan:''' Hey, everyone! [[Mitsuba]] brought food! Come on, let's eat!

'''Yozan:''' Say, what brings you all the way here, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]? Have you come to visit us?
'''Yozan:''' You're helping with the [[The Doman Enclave|enclave]]? Wow! You're the best!
'''Yozan:''' Since we got back here, the Doman Adventurers' Guild has been busier than ever.

'''Yozan:''' Last one clean is a rotten egg!

'''Yozan:''' You mean Miss [[Minazuki]] will be the teacher? That's great news!

'''Yozan:''' Yes, we'd love to!
'''Yozan:''' The [[Rissai-juku|school]] can be our new headquarters! Come on─let's take a look!

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Minazuki}}===
===={{gil|160000}} donated====
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Yozan:''' I heard you've been making lots of donations! That's what Miss Minazuki says anyway.

'''Yozan:''' Really? Then why don't you join our lesson?

'''Yozan:''' We'll never give in to those [[Garlean Empire|dogs]]! Doma forever!

===={{gil|165000}} donated====
'''Yozan:''' [[Tsuranuki]] gave us some soot to make ink!

'''Yozan:''' What!? Why didn't I get one!?

===={{gil|185000}} donated====
'''Yozan:''' Look! Up on the wall!
'''Yozan:''' Miss F'lhaminn gave it to us when we left Revenant's Toll. It's so we don't forget Eorzea, and all the adventures we had there.

'''Yozan:''' Hey, Miss─do you see the big desert on the map? That's where Ul'dah is, and Revenant's Toll is next to it!
'''Yozan:''' Maybe one day, we could travel to lots of new places, like {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]. We can explore the lands under those white clouds!

Rokka

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{{NPC infobox
| name = Rokka
| full-name = Rokka Iteya
| description =
| image = Rokka1.jpg
| location = Mor Dhona
| coordinates = 20.3, 8.5
| title =
| gender = Female
| age = 11
| race = Hyur
| clan = Midlander
| class = Conjurer
| job =
| profession =
| birthplace = [[Doma]]
| organization = The Doman Adventurers' Guild
| level =
| aggression =
| service = quest
| goal =
| patch = 2.2
| release = a realm reborn
}}{{TOC limit|3}}

{{quests started}}

{{quests involved}}
==Locations==
{{NPC location table header}}
{{NPC location info|Mor Dhona|20.3, 8.5|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|3.5, 9.4|-}}
{{NPC location info|The Doman Enclave|4.8, 9.6|-}}
{{NPC location info|Western Thanalan|13.3, 14.7|-}}
|}

==Lore==
{{quotation|[[Encyclopædia Eorzea]], p. 197|''"A [[Doma]]n adventurer is always prepared!"''

A level-headed [[Hyur]]an girl, '''Rokka''' adds a degree of composure to [[the Doman Adventurers' Guild]]. She has recently seen her eleventh summer, and is at an age when she loathes being treated as a child. Rokka has always enjoyed reading, and learned the [[Eorzea]]n letters quickly upon her arrival in the west. It is said she has set out to read the entire library of [[the Rising Stones]]. Her particular interest appears to be magic, and she has started her study of the arcane using a number of fundamental tomes borrowed from [[Y'shtola]]'s private collection. Rokka's perseverance has begun to bear fruit, as now she can cast simple [[cure]] spells—practicing whenever she has a free moment.

Rokka has a love of sweets, but as with most children of eleven years, she is far better at eating than making them. This has not stopped her, however, from attempting to replicate the candymaker's magic in her own kitchens...despite the fact that most of these attempts end in failure. Rokka, it seems, is far too logical a thinker for her own good, and lacks the certain whimsical nature necessary to be a true confectioner.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
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</gallery>

==Dialogue==
===Small Talk===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rokka: I'm buying herbs to make into poultices. People are always getting hurt around here, you see, and you can never have enough medicine. A Doman Brave is always prepared!
|}

====After completion of all [[Doman Reconstruction Quests]]====
'''Rokka:''' I want to help [[Yozan]] and [[Koharu]] when they get in trouble. If I read lots of books, I can give them good advice!

==={{i|Yugiri's Game}}===
'''Hiding Child:''' Um... Are you playing? Ahhh! No fair! Yozan didn't say anything about adults!
'''Hiding Child:''' Huh? We get to ride a [[Chocobo|horsebird]] carriage? I don't know... It sounds scary. But if Yozan says it's safe, I'll go.

==={{i|Guardian of Eorzea}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' If I were as big as a mountain and strong as a bear like Mister [[Hoary Boulder|Boulder]] is, maybe I would like fighting more...

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Is sparring...dangerous? I don't think I want to see anyone else being hurt...

'''Rokka:''' Mister Boulder won't lose, will he?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I like the way Mister [[Coultenet]] fought─no swords or fists. I wonder, if I studied hard, would I be able to cast spells like that too?

==={{i|Toll Booty}}===
'''Rokka:''' I was helping treat hurt adventurers.

'''Rokka:''' Did ''you'' find anything, Yozan? I'll bet you didn't!

'''Rokka:''' <sigh> You're hopeless.

'''Rokka:''' I was so sad when I thought I lost these earrings! I brought them all the way from [[Doma]], you know. Thank you, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Rokka:''' Once Yozan's made up his mind, nothing can unmake it─welcome to the guild, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]!

'''Rokka:''' Are you sure this is where [[Revenant's Toll]] used to be?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Adults are always saying that adventuring's not all fun and games, but why? It ''looks'' like a fun game!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I wonder if a monster ate the treasure. But then, do we have to open a monster's belly to get it?

'''Rokka:''' But this might not be junk, Yozan. Isn't really old wine valuable?

'''Rokka:''' There's older wine than that bottle you found, right? So...someone could still drink it?

==={{i|Li'l Rascals}}===
'''Rokka:''' Hey, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], could you tell Miss [[Rhesh Polaali|Rhesh]] to be careful, please? She was badly hurt, and she shouldn't push herself too hard.

'''Rokka:''' It's true we didn't find gold or silver. But none of us got eaten, either.

'''Rokka:''' I thought I'd hear something interesting here. But I was wrong. They're all just so sad...
'''Rokka:''' Of course we didn't steal anything! Someone else is to blame─someone else small like us. But who? We have to talk this over!

'''Rokka:''' But that's just it─there are plenty of others smaller than us who aren't children!

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' Yozan's got a good plan─I can see it in his eyes.

==={{i|Short Arms of the Law}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I don't know why Koharu thinks this is fun. We're supposed to be clearing our names, aren't we?

'''Rokka:''' The other two might have it as well. Or maybe...we've got the wrong people.

'''Rokka:''' Have you heard about [[Rowena]]'s [[Rowena's House of Splendors|store]]? They're saying someone stole a grimoire from it!

'''Rokka:''' Why? Because it's got the location of the treasure─

'''Rokka:''' Well, not without the grimoire, anyway. So why not just give up while you're ahead?

'''Rokka:''' And if the other two are anything like that duo, we shouldn't have any trouble catching them.

'''Rokka:''' Watching Koharu and Yozan work together is exciting, isn't it?

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' It's all very well waiting around for our criminals, but what do we do once they're here?

'''Rokka:''' I'll heal you if you get hurt, {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename]! Later. When I have a potion.

'''Rokka:''' Hey! There they go. Faster than they look, aren't they?

'''Rokka:''' They're much better at talking about fighting than actually fighting...

'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I wonder how those four are related...

==={{i|A Thousand and One Farewells}}===
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' We don't have to leave yet, do we? We still have time?

'''Rokka:''' Um... {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Mister}} [Forename], Miss [[F'lhaminn]], thank you for the caps. We'll take good care of them!

'''Rokka:''' ...So are we going to move the crates, or what?

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Ihase}}===
===={{gil|150000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' When we were taking breaks from training, she would give us snacks and tell us old stories.

==={{i|Doman Reconstruction: Minazuki}}===
===={{gil|160000}} donated====
'''''(Optional)'''''
'''Rokka:''' I love [[Rissai-juku|school]]! Can we still come here when we're older?

'''Rokka:''' So that's where our school got its name...

===={{gil|165000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' [[Araragi|He]] gave me a pinwheel, as well.

===={{gil|185000}} donated====
'''Rokka:''' We asked some of the grown-ups to frame it and hang it on the wall. You like it too, don't you, [[Minazuki|Miss]]?

==Additional Information==
*'''Rokka''' is initially identified as ''Hiding Child''.

When the Cold Sets In

2026-10-27T00:41:47Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = When the Cold Sets In
| image = When the Cold Sets In Image.png
| description = Lord [[Haurchefant]] awaits confirmation of the reason for your visit to [[Camp Dragonhead]].
| quest-giver = Haurchefant
| related-npcs =
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Coerthas Central Highlands
| location-x = 26.7
| location-y = 17.4
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 56
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 827
| reward-opt1 = 1 Noct Circlet
| reward-opt2 = 1 Astrum Helm
| reward-opt3 = 1 Gloam Coif
| reward-opt4 = 2 Allagan Silver Piece
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Heretical Harassment
| next-quest = Brave New Companions
| patch = 2.3
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = f4a60def066
| id-gt = 66995
| msq-index = 198
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Drillemont]] at [[Whitebrim Front]].
*Speak with the [[Mistreated Merchant|mistreated merchant]].
*Search the wilds of [[Snowcloak]] and defeat any heretics you encounter.
*Speak with the [[House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)|House Durendaire knight]].
*Speak once more with the House Durendaire knight.
*Speak with Drillemont.
*Speak with [[Haurchefant]].
*Report to [[Slafborn]] at [[Revenant's Toll]].

==Journal==
* Lord [[Haurchefant]] awaits confirmation of the reason for your visit to [[Camp Dragonhead]].

* A staunch supporter of the frontier effort in [[Mor Dhona]], Lord Haurchefant eagerly shares with you what little information he has regarding the heretics and their mysterious leader, the [[Ysayle|Lady Iceheart]]. Reasoning that your best chance to track down the supply thieves lies in [[Whitebrim]] and its heretic-infested environs, the garrison commander suggests you bring the matter before Lord [[Drillemont]]. Make your way west to [[Whitebrim Front]], and speak with the head of [[House Durendaire]].

* Upon explaining your mission to Lord Drillemont, he responds with an ominous description of the heretics' heightened fanaticism and rigid discipline. As fate would have it, it appears a recent victim of a heretic attack is presently resting within the outpost's infirmary. Visit the [[Mistreated Merchant|injured merchant]] and listen to his tale.

* You listen to the merchant's matter-of-fact account of the heretics' brutal robbery, and learn where his attackers were likely headed with their haul. Travel into the wilds near [[Snowcloak]], and defeat any heretics you come across.

* You have slain the heretic ambushers. Head towards the frozen wall of Snowcloak and speak with the [[House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)|knight of House Durendaire]].

* As the knight tells you of his patrol's travails, you spy a woman gazing down from near the top of the cliff. Though she quickly disappears from sight, you have some suspicions as to the figure's identity. Speak with the knight of House Durendaire once more.

* The knight appears shaken by your glimpse of whom he assumes to be Iceheart herself, and wonders what terrible dangers lie hidden behind the frozen facade of Snowcloak. Take the young gallant's advice and return with your discoveries to Lord Drillemont.

* Perturbed by the defeat of his elite soldiers, Lord Drillemont cautions you against rushing into what may well be a veritable den of heretics for the sake of a few provisions. Return to Camp Dragonhead and report this turn of events to Lord Haurchefant.

* After hearing your tale of what transpired at Snowcloak, the head of [[House Fortemps]] insists that the matter be turned over to the authority of [[the Temple Knights]]. Before sending you on your way, however, Lord Haurchefant promises that another shipment of supplies will be sent to [[Revenant's Toll]]. Travel back to Mor Dhona and report to [[Slafborn]].

* Slafborn appears relieved to hear of Lord Haurchefant's generosity. He warns, however, that the growing prosperity of Revenant's Toll will require that everyone─[[Alphinaud]]'s new recruits included─remain vigilant against the schemes of the unscrupulous.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' The incident with the new frontier hands? No, no, you need not elaborate─I have been following their progress with no small amount of interest.
'''Haurchefant:''' Brave men and women all... They do our nation a great service. The existence of a fortified outpost in Mor Dhona will do much to dissuade the Empire from trespassing on Coerthan soil.
'''Haurchefant:''' Right glad am I that you have chosen to lend your support to this endeavor. Never let it be said that House Fortemps does not acknowledge the efforts of her allies...or her debts.
'''Haurchefant:''' 'Twas in the spirit of gratitude that I arranged for sundry supplies to be delivered to Revenant's Toll. That the shipment should chance to be waylaid by heretics is poor fortune, indeed.
'''Haurchefant:''' Poor fortune, I say...yet not without precedent. If you would know the truth of it, these incorrigible villains grow more organized with each passing day.
'''Haurchefant:''' This new unity of purpose we attribute to their leader─the Lady “Iceheart.” But though I have devoted significant resources to the task of identifying this woman, we have yet to learn so much as her birthname.
'''Haurchefant:''' What we ''do'' know is that the heretics speak of Iceheart in reverent tones, and would gladly embrace death rather than betray her. Such loyalty is rare indeed, and I fear to imagine what so committed a collective might achieve.
'''Haurchefant:''' The brigands have not yet been so brazen as to risk direct confrontation here in Dragonhead. Some few of their number have, however, been sighted not far to the west of here...and with ever-increasing regularity.
'''Haurchefant:''' A visit to Whitebrim Front may bring you the answers you seek. Will you brave the snows knowing what implacable foes may lie in wait?
'''Haurchefant:''' Halone's blessings be upon you! Though I take no pride in the admission, many of mine own countrymen are not so well suited as you adventurers to dealing with such foes. Were they dragons, it might be otherwise!
'''Haurchefant:''' But truly, I could not wish for a finer ally. You have done much for my house in the past, and I have no doubt but that I shall have cause to celebrate your deeds again ere long.
'''Haurchefant:''' Should you learn aught of value, pray return to me forthwith. A warm hearth and a warmer welcome shall be waiting for you.
-cutscene end
-quest accepted
-optional start
'''Haurchefant:''' Furtive bands of men have been spied by patrols out of Whitebrim Front. Mayhaps Lord Drillemont will know more of the brazen heretics we seek.
-optional end

===Speaking with Drillemont at Whitebrim Front===
> If the player has completed {{i|Blood for Stone}}
'''Drillemont:''' [Forename], welcome, welcome. You'll be pleased to know that the repairs to Stone Vigil proceed apace. We shall rebuild sure and strong, that the Dravanians might batter themselves senseless against our shield in the west. ...I would venture, however, that matters of masonry are not what brought you to Whitebrim.
> Otherwise
'''Drillemont:''' [Forename], is there aught you would ask of me? Pray speak plainly─I am a man of action and need no honeyed words.
---
'''Drillemont:''' ...On the trail of a band of thieving heretics, you say? By the Fury, but you do seem destined to cross paths with those villains.
'''Drillemont:''' I must confess, then, 'tis a sad truth that the wilds hereabouts have indeed grown thick with their number. They strike swiftly, without warning, and are canny enough to evade our most able trackers.
'''Drillemont:''' But 'tis not merely their newfound organization that confounds us: the heretics themselves seem somehow ''changed''.
'''Drillemont:''' I know not what manner of influence this Iceheart wields, but the men we face seem utterly lost in the grip of righteous fervor. 'Tis an unsettling and unnatural zeal.
'''Drillemont:''' Mayhaps you would care to question one of their recent victims? As fate would have it, your arrival came moments after a trader was waylaid on the road.
'''Drillemont:''' A patrol found the unfortunate fellow lying senseless in the snow, and carried him to our infirmary. Assuming he has regained the use of his faculties, the merchant might recall some small detail that could aid you in your task.

-optional start
'''Drillemont:''' Will you speak with the merchant in our infirmary? The account of his unpleasant experience may aid you in chasing down your quarry.
-optional end

===Speaking with the mistreated merchant===
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' Tell you what happened? Why, yes, of course! I am quite recovered enough for that! Anything to help catch those cowardly blackhearts!
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' I was traveling my usual route to Whitebrim Front when a sudden blow sent me reeling...
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' The next thing I knew I was on the ground, and several heretics were rifling through my cargo─arms, armor, crystals...they were taking everything.
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' 'Twas then that one of them noticed my bleary gaze, and stalked over to better acquaint my head with his mace. Before darkness claimed me, however, I distinctly heard the words, “return to Snowcloak.”
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' I daresay that is where they were hauling my goods, but you'll not catch me rushing off in pursuit! They tell me 'twas a miracle I survived at all, and I'll not trust my thick skull to save me a second time!

-optional start
'''Mistreated Merchant:''' 'Tis likely they've taken my cargo to Snowcloak─hardly the most hospitable of places at the best of times. No, I believe I'll cut my losses rather than risk meeting with those bloodless fiends again!
-optional end

===Searching for heretics===
System: The snow crunches under the tread of heavy boots...

Loyal Heretic@Loyal Heretic (chat bubble): Surrender the crystals...
Loyal Heretic (Thaumaturge)@Loyal Heretic (chat bubble): Your end is come...
Loyal Heretic@Loyal Heretic (chat bubble): My life belongs to the Lady...
Loyal Heretic (Thaumaturge)@Loyal Heretic(chat bubble): The cold salves my pain...

===Speaking with the House Durendaire knight===
-optional start
'''Lancefer:''' Thank the Fury you've come! I saw them, the heretics! They were just over yonder. Please, you must help our knights in their hunt!

'''Ourdilic:''' Shhh! Hold your tongue! Would you bring the heretics down upon us!?
-optional end

'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' Gah! Draw your weapon, foul─ Wait, I recognize you, adventurer. You are come seeking heretics?
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' Then we share a common purpose. We were on patrol when we chanced across one of their raiding parties, and pursued them here.
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' By rights, we should have had them cornered in this ravine...and yet, they are gone. Vanished, like icy wraiths.

-voiced cutscene start
'''Iceheart@???:''' Hmph...
-cutscene end

===Speaking once more with the House Durendaire Knight===
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' You glimpsed a woman atop the cliff? Could it be Iceheart herself come to sneer at our folly!?
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' And to where did she disappear? The heretics must have discovered a passage through the frozen wall─some hidden tunnel that escaped our notice.
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' We have not the men to risk further investigation. 'Twould be best were we to return to Whitebrim Front, and lay our suspicions before Lord Drillemont.

-optional start
'''House Durendaire Knight (When the Cold Sets In)@House Durendaire Knight:''' We cannot risk rushing blindly into ambush. Lord Drillemont must be informed before we proceed any further.
-optional end

===Speaking with Drillemont===
'''Drillemont:''' [Forename], it appears I owe you my thanks once again. The surviving knights spared no detail in their report.
'''Drillemont:''' The men you found out near Snowcloak were some of my finest. That they should be bested so handily... I fear I have woefully underestimated the threat these heretics pose.
'''Drillemont:''' While I understand you might balk at the notion, I must ask that you put aside your mission and consider the stolen provisions lost to us for now. 'Twould be ill-advised to blunder unprepared into what may well be the very lair of our enemy.
'''Drillemont:''' Pray return to Dragonhead and inform Lord Haurchefant of your discoveries. He will wish to plan contingencies of his own.
'''Drillemont:''' As for Iceheart and her fanatics...the freezing heights of Snowcloak will not shield them from our justice for long!

-optional start
'''Drillemont:''' Return to Camp Dragonhead and report all you have learned to Lord Haurchefant. He must know of Snowcloak's secrets...
-optional end

===Speaking with Haurchefant===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' Your return is most timely. Of their own accord, my thoughts had turned to your task and the progress thereof. I confess, my imaginings tended toward the grim and bloody.
'''Haurchefant:''' But you are here now, and I suspect such frivolous wonderings do little justice to the reality of your travails. Tell me, what did you learn of Iceheart?

'''Haurchefant:''' ...Indeed. And this transpired at Snowcloak?
'''Haurchefant:''' Of all the highlands, that towering wall has borne the worst of the region's brutal shift in climate.
'''Haurchefant:''' So inhospitable has Snowcloak become that we have still to survey the area in its entirety. Could its frozen heights conceal the heretics' hideaway? Mayhap a more robust reconnaissance effort is in order.
'''Haurchefant:''' Putting such considerations aside for the moment, we still know far too little of this Iceheart. That she is capable of commanding such a band of fanatics bespeaks natural authority, and no small measure of charisma.
'''Haurchefant:''' As much as I would like to fathom this mystery with you, the situation has grown beyond my personal purview. I am bound by duty to inform the Temple Knights and request that they bring this matter to its conclusion.
'''Haurchefant:''' Given the glowing reports their new commander has garnered thus far, I am certain that they can be relied upon to take appropriate action.
'''Haurchefant:''' Though Iceheart's true identity yet eludes us, you have provided us with a point from which to begin. Sometimes it takes but a single stone to prompt an avalanche.
'''Haurchefant:''' On the matter of the stolen provisions, I have already made arrangements for a second shipment to be sent to Revenant's Toll. I could not well allow such an honorable venture to be undermined by one miserable setback!
-cutscene end
-optional start
'''Haurchefant:''' Pray tell the frontier hands to fret not over stolen supplies. 'Tis but a pittance compared to the rewards we shall reap for having a solid stronghold in Mor Dhona.
-optional end

===Reporting to Slafborn===
'''Slafborn:''' [Forename]! 'Tis good to see you return to the Toll! How fared you in the frozen wastes of Coerthas?
'''Slafborn:''' ...House Fortemps is to send us a second shipment? I must send thanks to Lord Haurchefant for his continued generosity.
'''Slafborn:''' Yet even as our town grows in prosperity, I fear it will attract ever greater numbers of those who would do us harm in the name of greed or power. All of us, Alphinaud's new recruits included, must remain vigilant against such threats.
-quest complete
-optional start
Slafborn: To think that I'd see the day when Revenant's Toll became a bustling hub for adventurers. Almost warrants giving the place a new name, wouldn't you say?
Slafborn: That said, the influx of visitors doesn't come without problems─for Tataru most of all, and those of us who have to give an ear to her griping.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=7iPDzYdz1iU}}

Build on the Stone

2026-10-26T06:04:31Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Build on the Stone
| image = Build on the Stone Image.png
| description = [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] has a final favor to ask of you.
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs =
| location = The Waking Sands
| location-x = 6.9
| location-y = 6.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 19
| level = 50
| req-items = 1 Warburton's Journal
| exp = 2340
| gil = 7000
| unlocks = lc The Rising Stones, ach A Realm Awoken
| prev-quest = The Gifted
| next-quest = Still Waters
| patch = 2.1
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = defec516ba9
| id-gt = 69414
| msq-index = 171
}}
==Walkthrough==
Minfilia is in [[The Solar]].

==Steps==
*Give [[Warburton's Journal|Warburton's journal]] to [[Urianger]].
*Speak with [[Tataru]] in [[Revenant's Toll]].
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] in the [[Rising Stones]].

==Journal==
*[[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] has a final favor to ask of you.

*Minfilia's father, Warburton, was a [[Garlean]] spy whose true loyalties lay with the [[Ala Mhigan Resistance]]. Before his untimely death some fifteen years ago, he stole a wealth of imperial research on the [[primal]]s, and compiled the findings in his [[Warburton's Journal|private journal]]. Though this journal has served to guide Minfilia ever since, she has resolved—after no small amount of soul-searching—to entrust it to [[Urianger]], in the hope that he may succeed in unraveling its remaining mysteries. Present Warburton's journal to Urianger on Minfilia's behalf.

*By curious coincidence, Minfilia contacts you via linkpearl immediately after you deliver the journal to Urianger. She has departed for [[Revenant's Toll]], and bids you follow as soon as you are able. Travel to [[Mor Dhona]], and speak with [[Tataru]] inside the [[The Seventh Heaven|Seventh Heaven]] to gain entrance to the [[Rising Stones]].

*Tataru welcomes you as warmly as always, and assures you that the [[Scions]]' new headquarters will more than meet with your expectations. Take a moment to explore the Rising Stones, and speak with Minfilia when you are satisfied that you know your way around.

*Even as the Scions of the Seventh Dawn celebrate the inauguration of their new headquarters, Urianger arrives unannounced, bearing troubling news. The distant yet dependable [[The Students of Baldesion|Students of Baldesion]] are no longer responding to his messages. Fearing the worst, Minfilia bids Urianger do everything he can to determine the cause of their uncharacteristic silence. For the time being, however, the Scions have no choice but to continue their work without the aid of one of their closest allies.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Let us set aside the matter of this Ascian until after we have completed our move to the Rising Stones. There is but one final favor I would ask of you before I depart.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I believe I mentioned before that my father was a member of the Ala Mhigan Resistance. The truth, however, is more complicated than that.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' As far as the Empire knew, he was their spy. He maintained the deception for nigh on half a decade, furnishing the Resistance with vital imperial secrets while feeding his paymasters subtly conceived misinformation.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' When he died some fifteen years ago, my father left behind his journal, which I have closely guarded ever since. It contains every shred of information he and his agents could steal on what they believed to be the single greatest threat to Eorzea: the primals.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Its wisdom has guided me through the years, though there is much within I still do not understand...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' It is my hope that Urianger will fare better.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Tell him to treat it with care. It is all I have left of my father.
-quest accepted
-optional start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Please, before I reconsider, give my father's journal to Urianger.
-optional end

===Giving Warburton's journal to Urianger===
'''Urianger:''' I thought thee departed. To what end dost thou linger?

''The player hands over {{i|Warburton's Journal}}.''

'''Urianger:''' The father's final bequest...the daughter's lifelong labor.
'''Urianger:''' It is no small thing to surrender such a cherished memento. Well can I imagine the Antecedent's pain. Upon mine honor, I swear to spare no effort in the study of these materials, lest my lady's sacrifice be in vain.

-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' [Forename], this is Minfilia.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Forgive me, but I could wait no longer─I have departed for the Rising Stones.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' If...if you have yet to...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...Once you have given the journal to Urianger, I bid you come to the Seventh Heaven in Revenant's Toll. Tataru will be there to show you inside our new headquarters.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Assuming you have already attuned to it, you may wish to make use of our new aetheryte in Revenant's Toll. After all, it is right on our doorstep!
-cutscene end

===Speaking with Tataru in Revenant's Toll===
-optional start
'''Urianger:''' Thou hast been summoned to the Rising Stones, yes? Then keep not thy fellows waiting.

'''Slafborn:''' Ah, there you are. Your friends are waiting for you inside.
-optional end

-cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' Oh, [Forename]! You're here! Good, good. We were all wondering when you'd show up!

'''Slafborn:''' As I was just telling your restive receptionist here, I'm pleased to inform you that all the documents have been prepared and all signatures signed. The Rising Stones is officially yours!

'''Tataru:''' Splendid! From this day forward, I will spare no effort in seeing that it is as welcoming and comfortable a home for us as the Waking Sands ever was!
'''Tataru:''' That said, this is all somewhat intimidating, is it not? So many unfamiliar places, and unfamiliar faces...

> If the player has completed {{i|The Light of Hope}}
'''Slafborn:''' Most of the men and women you see around you here in Revenant's Toll are adventurers who come and go as they wish. I daresay that should make it easier for you to go about your business here.
Slafborn: And it shouldn't hurt that [Forename] here has already made something of a name for {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}} here. Isn't that so, [Forename]?

> Otherwise, if the player has started {{i|Legacy of Allag}} but not completed {{i|The Light of Hope}}
'''Slafborn:''' Revenant's Toll is populated mostly by adventurers, which means─as you might expect─that there's quite a bit of coming and going.
'''Slafborn:''' Emphasis on the ''coming''─at least of late, what with the investigation of the Crystal Tower hitting full stride. I've lost track of how many fortune-seekers and scholars have shown up in the past few days alone, hoping to unearth ancient secrets.
'''Slafborn:''' I don't suppose the tower's piqued your interest as well?
'''Slafborn:''' You've already offered your aid to the effort, you say? You certainly move quickly, my friend.
'''Slafborn:''' If I weren't otherwise occupied with my duties here, I'd have half a mind to join you. Alas, I'll have to settle for hearing the tales of all you've seen upon your return. Be safe in there, yes?

> Otherwise, if the player has not started {{i|Legacy of Allag}}
'''Tataru:''' Take that odd-looking fellow over there, for example. He's been eyeing us most suspiciously ever since we arrived. I cannot help but wonder if we are truly safe here...

'''Slafborn:''' Ah, that man. I can't say I've spoken to him myself, but rumor has it he's come to hunt for ancient treasures in the Crystal Tower.
'''Slafborn:''' You've seen the structure I speak of, no? It'd be hard to miss it. That massive pillar of shining crystal that looms high over the land just to the southeast of here.
'''Slafborn:''' If the tales are to be believed, it's a remnant of some ancient civilization. The details remain a mystery, and that's no doubt why it's drawn adventurers and scholars from all over looking to unearth its secrets.
'''Slafborn:''' The man over there is no exception─and if my instincts are true, he knows more than most. If you're curious about the tower yourself, you could do worse than to talk to him and see what he knows.
'''Slafborn:''' Why, if I weren't otherwise occupied with my duties here, I'd have half a mind to join you. I mean, just look at it! I can scarce begin to imagine what wonders lie inside...
---

'''Tataru:''' Why, that's wonderful to hear! Rest assured that this receptionist will work just as hard to see that our efforts do not skip a beat despite the relocation.
'''Tataru:''' And with that, [Forename], I do believe it's time you officially announced your presence to everyone inside.
'''Tataru:''' The Antecedent and the others will surely be overjoyed to see you.

> If the player has started {{i|Legacy of Allag}} but not completed {{i|The Light of Hope}}
'''System:''' In order to progress in the main scenario, you must first complete certain quests in the Crystal Tower series.
'''System:''' While you are granted a respite from your duties as a Scion, use your time to probe the depths of the Crystal Tower and see what ancient secrets may be gleaned!

> Otherwise, if the player has not started {{i|Legacy of Allag}}
'''System:''' The Crystal Tower quest series is now available from the outlandish man.
'''System:''' In order to progress in the main scenario, you must first complete certain quests in the Crystal Tower series.
'''System:''' While you are granted a respite from your duties as a Scion, use your time to probe the depths of the Crystal Tower and see what ancient secrets may be gleaned!
---
-cutscene end
===Speaking with Minfilia in the Rising Stones===
-optional start
'''Tataru:''' Welcome to our new home─the Rising Stones! Isn't it lovely?
'''Tataru:''' But why are you standing around here talking to me? Everyone's waiting for you inside!

'''Y'shtola:''' As you can see, our Sharlayan allies have furnished us with a wealth of new tomes. 'Twould be prudent for you to broaden your knowledge as well.

'''Coultenet:''' I did not realize the Scions had moved until I arrived in Vesper Bay. Thankfully, Urianger was kind enough to direct me here.
'''Coultenet:''' I know I've only just joined, but if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.

'''Thancred:''' As ravishing as ever. Perhaps, for old times' sake, she would—
'''Thancred:''' Gods, [Forename]! Don't sneak up on me like that. We bards are an easily startled lot.

'''F'lhaminn:''' Oh? You wish to help? That's very kind of you, but I can manage on my own. Besides, you should be our having grand adventures, not withering away here with me.

'''Papalymo:''' So here we are. Completely independent and unquestionable neutral—or at least more so than before. Truth be told, I cannot say it feels ''that'' different. Of course, Yda begs to differ.

'''Yda:''' I love the smell of victory in the morning! It smells like sweat—No, no... Mun-Tuy sauce! Noooo... ''Victory''! Yeah, victory!

'''Hoary Boulder:''' <cough> <wheeze> The horror... The horror...

'''Alphinaud:''' Is it not wonderful, [Forename]? Nary a single presumptuous merchant has darkened our door.
'''Alphinaud:''' I know full well they will come in time, but for now let us enjoy the respite.

Adventurers' Guild Emissary: As for the remainder of the shipment...
Adventurers' Guild Assistant: I shall see to it forthwith, sir.

-optional end

-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Well, it is certainly spacious.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Today marks a new beginning for the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, for today we declare our independence.

'''Alphinaud:''' We shall henceforth be beholden to no nation, but serve all of Eorzea's people, proudly and openly.
'''Alphinaud:''' But this does not mean that we will sever our ties to the Eorzean Alliance. On the contrary, the Antecedent and I shall endeavor to strengthen them. Rest assured, however, that we shall not permit political considerations to influence our decisions.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Our identity remains unchanged, as does our cause. We are the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, and our single purpose is to safeguard the future of Eorzea.

'''x@Scions of the Seventh Dawn:''' For Eorzea!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' A moment of your time, [Forename]. I would speak of Elidibus─

'''Urianger:''' Pardon the intrusion, my lady, but the matter which bringeth me will admit no delay. Mine every attempt to contact the Students of Baldesion hath been met with silence.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' No one will respond?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' How odd. Allow me to try.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...No response. Surely they would not ignore us?

'''Urianger:''' They have never yet, my lady. I fear we must assume the worst.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' No. No, I will not believe it. An outpost, perhaps, but not their headquarters.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Their wards are beyond circumvention. Had they come under attack, they would most certainly have raised the alarm. None could penetrate their sanctum unnoticed─
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' But for those who lack the gift and the knowledge both. Oh no...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Contact their agents in the field at once. If aught has befallen the Students of Baldesion, they may know of it.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...Though the thought of it pains me, until such time as we have evidence to the contrary, we can but assume the worst. Accordingly, we must needs seek another source of information on Elidibus.

'''Urianger:''' 'Tis possible that others in the homeland are possessed of such knowledge. Be fairly warned, however: they are unlike to yield it unconditionally.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Do what you must.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Yet another unforeseen and unwelcome development...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' What could be next, I wonder? A visit from a crimson-clad Ascian, perhaps? Or ocher? Or puce? And which of our allies will then fall silent...?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...For a time, I thought we had gained the upper hand.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' When you shattered the Crystal of Darkness and cast out Lahabrea, I dared to hope that we had found a way to rid ourselves of the Ascian menace.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' But I was wrong. He endures, and may yet return. Upon that point, I have no doubt that Elidibus spoke true.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Yet there ''must'' be a way to destroy them utterly─a way to spare this world their unholy machinations!
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I dare not consider the alternative...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' There are forces at work we do not understand, [Forename].
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I discern them all around─in disturbances too great and too numerous to be dismissed as mere coincidence. Doubtless the Paragons are involved, but how and to what end is far from clear.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I know not what will come, but I ''do'' know that we will rise and meet it as one.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Ah, my stalwart hero... Your face is a picture of resolve.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I know that you will be ready when the time comes. With luck, however, that will not be for a while yet. Pray return to your private affairs with my blessing. Should anything arise, you will be informed.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Krile...where are you?
-cutscene end

-cutscene start
'''Nabriales:''' Your intercession was not foretold.

'''Elidibus:''' You object?

'''Nabriales:''' We question. Our plans are in motion, your intentions unclear.

'''Elidibus:''' They survived the Seventh Ardor and are stronger now in the gift. Does that not intrigue you?

'''Nabriales:''' ...No, it does not.

'''Elidibus:''' Serve as you will. So too shall I. We labor not at cross purposes.
'''Elidibus:''' The wisdom of His plan shall become apparent in time, when the veil is lifted from their eyes...
'''Elidibus:''' And, at long last, they see.
-cutscene end
-quest complete
-optional start
Slafborn: The Toll owes much to the generous contributions of the Elder Seedseer and the Antecedent.
Slafborn: Heh heh, I know you were involved too, Mega. Gave the Mogglesguard and their king what for, eh? Well done.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=4BZqvWfTGWk}}

The Man in Black

2026-10-26T05:45:07Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Limited Time Event Ended
| startdate = September 24, 2026
| enddate = October 14, 2026
| description1 = ''See also'': [[A Nocturne for Heroes]]}}{{Quest infobox
| title = The Man in Black
| description = [[Kipih Jakkya]] has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = The Man in Black.png
| quest-giver = Kipih Jakkya
| related-npcs =
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| location-x = 8.5
| location-y = 9.7
| type = side
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Special Quests
| journal-genre = Collaboration Quests
| event = A Nocturne for Heroes
| sortkey = 130
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 1080
| reward1 = 1 Lucian Prince's Fingerless Glove
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = In the Dark of Night
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.56
| id-gt = 68694
| id-edb = 5b27936eff0
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[FATE]] {{i|Like Clockwork}} is located at {{coords|20.1, 22.0, 0.2}}. Speak to Noctis to initiate it.

==Steps==
*Investigate the designated area in [[central Thanalan]].
*Participate in [[Like Clockwork|the FATE]] at [[the Unholy Heir]].
*Wait at the designated location.
*Speak with [[Cid]].
*Speak with [[Kipih Jakkya]] in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Kipih Jakkya has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down.
**※This quest is available for a limited time only.

*Kipih Jakkya, reporter for The Raven, tells you about a rumor that has been making its rounds of late. Apparently, an unusual black vehicle has been sighted in Thanalan along with peculiar mechanical soldiers, and there is growing concern that they may be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Kipih petitions your assistance to pen her story, and in case you should be amenable, she directs you to the vicinity of Black Brush, where the black vehicle was most recently sighted.
**※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

*At Black Brush, you come upon the black vehicle and its owner, a young man by the name of Noctis, who appears to be very far from home. His vehicle, the Regalia, has broken down, and he is relieved to learn that you know people who might be able to repair it. Soon after, you are joined by a crew from Garlond Ironworks and Cid himself, who promises to do his best with the Regalia. It then transpires that not only is Noctis acquainted with the mechanical soldiers, which he calls magitek troopers, but that both he and his automated adversaries hail from a world entirely different from your own. At Cid's suggestion, Noctis goes off to search for the magitek troopers in hopes of finding a way to return home. Follow Noctis and help him to defeat the magitek troopers by participating in the FATE “Like Clockwork” at the Clutch in central Thanalan.

*You and Noctis encounter a squad of magitek troopers and promptly vanquish them, along with a towering warmachina that had somehow managed to escape notice till now. The task thus concluded, Noctis turns his steps towards Black Brush, and you follow on his heels.

*On the road, Noctis laments that while the enemies indeed came from his world, they offered no clues as to how he might make his way back. For now, the two of you decide to return to the Regalia before seeking further help.

*After hearing about your battle with the magitek troopers, Cid expresses his interest in examining their technology, and bids you salvage their parts from future encounters. These parts may be delivered to one of the Ironworks hands posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states. Just as Cid is explaining that he had moved the Regalia to keep it away from prying eyes, Kipih Jakkya arrives on the scene and begins bombarding Noctis with questions. In exchange for receiving help to find his way home, Noctis agrees to an exclusive interview, and he sets out for Ul'dah with Kipih.

*Arriving in Ul'dah at the interview's conclusion, you learn that Noctis had been traveling with his comrades on his way to meet his beloved fiancée. Satisfied with her harvest, Kipih reiterates her promise to help Noctis find the answers he seeks. At that moment, she receives a call from one of her colleagues, and turning back to you excitedly, she bids you and Noctis make ready for a journey on the trail of a hopeful lead.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>

>If the player has encountered Kipih Jakkya before (by completing {{i|A Golden Opportunity}}, {{i|Rising Calm}}, {{i|Siblings Rising}}, {{i|The Knight's Passage}}, or if repeating the quest)
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer! It's been a while. ...Hm? Do not tell me you've forgotten about Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven''?
>>If the player has completed {{i|The Knight's Passage}}
Kipih Jakkya: You kindly helped me pen my feature article on the mysterious lady–knight, Lightning, and I'm hoping that I can rely on you once more.
---

>If the player has not encountered Kipih Jakkya before
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer. I'm Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', Gridania's leading tabloid. I'm hoping that I can rely on your kind assistance.
---

Kipih Jakkya: You see, a certain rumor has been making its rounds of late.
Kipih Jakkya: No few travelers passing through Thanalan report seeing an unusual black vehicle along with peculiar mechanical soldiers. Do you happen to know anything about them?
Kipih Jakkya: No? Let me tell you, then, that there is growing concern that they might be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Why, even the good people of Garlond Ironworks have been called upon to investigate.
Kipih Jakkya: This promises to be a most compelling story, and I intend to be the first reporter to tell it. But in order to do that, I require the contribution of good folk such as yourself.
Kipih Jakkya: Lest you wonder, the black vehicle was most recently sighted near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!

-quest accepted

-optional start
Kipih Jakkya: The most recent sightings of the black vehicle took place near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!
-optional end

===Investigate the designated area in central Thanalan===
-cutscene start
Noctis@Young Man's Voice: Gah! Why won't you move, damn it?
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, do you know if there's a garage nearby?
Noctis@Man in Black: <sigh> Just my luck to have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere... What is this place, anyway?
Noctis@Man in Black: Thanalan? Eorzea? That's on no map I've ever seen.
Noctis@Man in Black: I'm not sure how I got here, and I've got no idea where I need to go...but I'm going nowhere at this rate. Isn't there anyone around here who can fix cars?

Question: What will you say?
> Garlond Ironworks might be able to handle it.
Noctis@Man in Black: Seriously!? Man, what a relief...

> If anyone can get you moving, it'll be Cid.
Noctis@Man in Black: Wait, what? Cid is here too!? What in the world's going on...?
---

Noctis@Man in Black: Anyway, might as well keep pushing her along.
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, mind giving me a hand? She's heavier than she looks.
Noctis@Man in Black: What's your name, by the way?

Noctis: Appreciate the help, [Forename]. My name's Noctis, but you can call me Noct.
Noctis: And now that we're introduced, let's put our backs into it. <sigh> Talk about deja vu... Un. Believable.

-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Oho, if it isn't {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename]!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: B-By the gods, she's magnificent! Such elegance, such refinement!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ah, as you may have heard, we were tasked by the Alliance with investigating the mystery vehicle.
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Master Cid himself should be close. If you'll excuse me a moment, I will direct him hither.

Cid: [Forename]! Why am I not surprised that you're here already?
Cid: So this is the machine... At a glance, it doesn't appear to be of Garlean make.
Cid: The young fellow there─I take it he's the owner?
Cid: And Noctis doesn't seem to know anything about Eorzea, you say? Peculiar...
Cid: Might he have lost his memories like I did?

Noctis: Hey, I'm right here, you know? Now, if you're done talking about me─you're Cid, right?
Noctis: Not quite the Cid I was expecting, but if you can fix the Regalia, then it's all good.

Cid: I will be honest with you: this is technology I am unfamiliar with. I can't make any promises, but I will try my best.

Noctis: Appreciate it. There's...er, just one little problem. I don't have any money.

Cid: Never you mind that. To be able to work on a unique machine such as this is its own reward.

Noctis: Seriously? You're a lifesaver!

Cid: Oh, and [Forename]. I trust you also heard about the mechanical soldiers.
Cid: We're tasked with investigating them as well. By all accounts, they appear to be simply men, albeit armored head to toe and bearing advanced firearms. What betrays them is the unnatural efficiency with which they move.

Noctis: Sounds like MTs to me.

Cid: Em-tees?

Noctis: Magitek troopers. Robotic soldiers created by the Niflheim Empire.
Noctis: Come to think of it, the last thing I remember is being at a Niff base. It's kinda hazy...but there was a strange machine. And before I knew it, I was here, in this place you call Eorzea.

Cid: That's quite an unusual tale, but then again I'm in the presence of unusual technology. I have no reason to doubt your words. You may have inadvertently activated a teleportation device and been sent to our world.

Cid: At any rate, you seem to be acquainted with these mechanical soldiers. Perhaps you could investigate in our stead? They were most recently sighted near the Unholy Heir, not far to the east of here.

Noctis: Hmmm... If they really are MTs, they might hold some clue on how to return home...
Noctis: Alright, leave them to me.

Cid: W-Wait!
Cid: It wouldn't do to leave our visitor to wander a strange land alone. Could you accompany him, [Forename]? Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Cid: Go on and follow Noctis, my friend. Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-optional end

===Participate in the FATE at the Unholy Heir===
Noctis: This oughta be the right place.
Noctis: Where are those scrapheaps?

====Talking to Noctis====
Noctis: Oh, hey. Curious about the MTs too, are you?

Question: Lie in wait with Noctis? (yes/no)
>No
Noctis: Huh, then what're you doin' here?
---

Noctis: C'mon, then.
Noctis: Let's find us some MT's
Noctis: There they are!

====FATE dialogue====

''Various combat quotes''
Noctis: Come get me!
Noctis: Yah!
Noctis: You're going down!
Noctis: Hah!
Noctis: It's over!

When the MA-X boss spawns
Noctis: They brought the big guns too!? Gimme a break...

When Noctis inflicts Down for the Count onto the MA-X
Noctis: Try this!

====Post-FATE dialogue====
Noctis: That's all she wrote.
Noctis: Hmmm, no clues here... Guess I'll keep looking.

===Wait at the designated location===
-cutscene start
Noctis: MTs, just as I thought. And a magitek armor to boot. They must have crossed over when I did.
Noctis: But I couldn't find any clues on how I might cross back. Gah, what am I supposed to do now?

Question: What will you say?
>Let's consult Cid.
Noctis: That old geezer? Well, he did seem to know his stuff.

>Let's consult Kipih.
Noctis: A reporter? That's...actually not a bad idea. She's bound to have loads of connections.
---

Noctis: You're coming along, right? Let's go check in on the Regalia.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Cid===
-cutscene start
Cid: So, how fared you? Were you able to find the mechanical soldiers?
Cid: You ''fought'' them!? So the rumors were true...
Cid: That being the case, I would very much like to examine the technology with my own eyes.
Cid: I have a favor to ask, [Forename]. The next time you encounter these soldiers, could you salvage their parts?

Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ahem! {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename], may I ask that you bring said parts to either myself or my colleagues in the three city-states?
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: We will pass them along to the chief─''after'' he has completed his long list of outstanding tasks!

Cid: Don't worry, she's in a safe place. A reporter came sniffing about while you were away, so I decided to move her to the Dispatch Yard that we might carry out the repairs undisturbed.
Cid: I'm pleased to say I was able to identify the problem, and I believe it can be fixed. However, it may take some time to fashion the replacement part.

Noctis: I see. That's good to know.

Kipih Jakkya@Woman's Voice: <gasp> You must be the mystery man!
Kipih Jakkya: Ooh, I'm no fashion correspondent, but I like your look! A simple silhouette with an emphasis on the details!

Noctis: What's the deal with you?

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, where are my manners? Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', at your service!
Kipih Jakkya: You ''are'' the owner of the mysterious black vehicle, yes?

Noctis: What, you mean the Regalia?

Kipih Jakkya: The Rega... I beg your pardon?

Noctis: Re-ga-lia.

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, so that's what she's called! A stately name!
Kipih Jakkya: She's like nothing anyone has ever seen in Eorzea. May I ask where you hail from and how you came to be here?

Noctis: I'm from...far away. I was on a journey. We were fighting. Then suddenly I was here.
Noctis: I really need to find my way back. There's so much I have to do...

Kipih Jakkya: A mysterious young man, come from another world, desperately seeking a way home... A promising premise! Now then, may I ask what manner of journey you were on?

Noctis: Well, I was traveling with my friends. We were on our way to meet...someone important to me.

Kipih Jakkya: Someone ''important'' to you? Could you please elaborate on the nature of your relationship with this individual?

Noctis: H-Hold on just a second. You're not the only one with questions, you know. I've got loads of my own.

Kipih Jakkya: Well, sir, ''The Raven'' has many eyes and ears, and I would be happy to call upon them all for the answers you seek─if you'll agree to grant me an exclusive interview!

Noctis: Yeah, sure, whatever.

Kipih Jakkya: Then it's settled! If you would accompany me to Ul'dah, we may continue our conversation while I put my connections to work.

-cutscene end

-optional start

Cid: I'll begin working on the replacement part for the Regalia, but it will take a while. Feel free to go about your own business in the meantime.

Noctis: Whew... That wasn't an interview─it was an ''interrogation''.

Ironworks Hand: The mechanical soldiers of rumor─some people say they're a new type of imperial weaponry. Well, there's only one way to confirm this: we take one apart! For science!

-optional end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya in Ul'dah===
Kipih Jakkya: Noctis was very cooperative, and I have lots of juicy morsels for my feature article. Lest you wonder, he was on his way to meet his beloved fiancée.
Kipih Jakkya: Will the two sweethearts be reunited? With such a timeless tale of romance, the next edition of The Raven is certain to fly off the stands!
Kipih Jakkya: C-Come now, don't look at me so. It's been so long since I last graced the front page. And as promised, I will help Noctis find the answers he seeks.
Kipih Jakkya: I've already put the word out to my colleagues, and I expect to hear back from them any moment now.

''Kipih Jakkya receives a call on her linkpearl.''

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, speak of the devil! ...Yes, Kipih here. What do you have for me?
Kipih Jakkya: ...Truly!? Thank you so much!
Kipih Jakkya: See, what did I tell you? We have a hopeful lead!
Kipih Jakkya: We'll need to take a little trip together, the three of us. See to your preparations and let me know when you're ready to depart!
-quest complete
-optional start
Ironworks Vendor: Under the auspices of the Gold Saucer, Garlond Ironworks will soon be offering guests a selection of special prizes. Do not miss this rare opportunity!
-optional end

System: The FATE “Like Clockwork” will appear at the Clutch in central Thanalan over the course of the seasonal event.
System: Completing this FATE will reward players with pieces of unidentified magitek.
System: These items may be exchanged for various goods by speaking with an Ironworks hand.
System: Ironworks hands are posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states.

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=CPWvmjsBX6c}}

Sanding It Down

2026-10-26T05:35:49Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Sanding It Down
| description = [[Rammbroes]] wishes to proceed with the shaping of the flawless crystals.
| image =
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs =
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 2
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items = 1 Bulging Gil Pouch, 1 Fire-kissed Aethersand, 1 Earth-cradled Aethersand
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 1220
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt1 = 1 Heavens' Eye Materia IV
| reward-opt2 = 1 Savage Aim Materia IV
| reward-opt3 = 1 Savage Might Materia IV
| reward-opt4 = 1 Allagan Silver Piece
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Legacy of Allag
| next-quest = A Performance for the Ages
| patch = 2.1
| release =
| id-edb = 8291860f8d9
| id-gt = 66736
}}

==Walkthrough==
The use of [[Aetherial Reduction|aethersand]] as [[Key Item|key items]] in this quest foreshadowed its introduction as an actual game mechanic ''[[Heavensward]]''.

==Steps==
*Deliver [[Bulging Gil Pouch|payment for the aethersand]] to [[Serendipity]] in the [[Goldsmiths' Guild]] in [[Ul'dah]].
*Speak with [[Biggs]].
*Speak with the [[Experienced Adventurer|experienced adventurer]] in [[Bluefog]].
*Rescue [[Wedge]] from the [[Abandoned Amajina Mythril Mine|abandoned Amajina mythril mine]].
*Find the [[Earth-cradled Aethersand|earth-cradled aethersand]].
*Return the earth-cradled aethersand to Wedge.
*Deliver the aethersand to [[Rammbroes]] at [[Saint Coinach's Find]].

==Journal==
* [[Rammbroes]] wishes to proceed with the shaping of the flawless crystals.

* Rammbroes explains that four varieties of an extremely rare abrasive known as aethersand are required to polish the flawless crystals. Take [[Bulging Gil Pouch|the purse given to you by the dig supervisor]] and deliver it to [[Serendipity]], the master of the [[Goldsmiths' Guild]] in [[Ul'dah]]. It is Rammbroes's hope that the presence of a celebrated [[adventurer]] will prompt the [[goldsmith]]s to redouble their efforts to procure the required materials.

* Upon arriving at the Goldsmiths' Guild, you encounter an old friend: [[Biggs]]. By some strange coincidence, it appears that the [[Roegadyn]] engineer is also intent on purchasing what little aethersand there is to be had. After a somewhat one-sided negotiation, he relinquishes his questionable claim on the only available batch in exchange for a role in the forthcoming expedition. The [[Fire-kissed Aethersand|fire-aspected aethersand]] thus secured, inquire as to whether Biggs might know where to obtain the three remaining varieties.

* Biggs reveals that his partner, [[Wedge]], has traveled to [[northern Thanalan]] to meet with a merchant rumored to be in possession of a quantity of [[Earth-cradled Aethersand|earth-aspected aethersand]]. Make for [[Bluefog]] and seek the [[Lalafell]], who should be accompanied by a hired adventurer bodyguard.

* According to the adventurer hired to guard Wedge, she last saw her employer during a bungled attempt to retrieve some aethersand which had been stolen by bandits. Betraying scarcely a hint of shame, the bumbling bodyguard speculates that Wedge may still be trapped inside the [[Abandoned Amajina Mythril Mine|abandoned Amajina mythril mine]] which the bandits call home. Make haste to the site and rescue Biggs's stricken friend before it is too late.

* To your great relief, Wedge bears no scars from his recent ordeal. Unfortunately, he also bears no aethersand, having dropped it whilst fleeing from his pursuers. Search the mine and retrieve the precious mineral before the bandits stumble upon it.

* You have succeeded in retrieving the lost aethersand. Return to Wedge and inform him of your success.

* Wedge is plainly overjoyed to have the aethersand back, but when he hears of your impending expedition, he decides to surrender the precious mineral to you, reasoning that your need is greater. It is time to head back to [[Saint Coinach's Find]], and deliver the fire- and earth-aspected aethersand to Rammbroes.

* After delivering the two samples of aethersand, you regale [[Cid]] with tales of his indefatigable employees' most recent misadventures. When thoughts subsequently turn to the two outstanding varieties of aethersand, Rammbroes declares that he has made “arrangements” to procure them. Quite what form these arrangements may take is unclear, but his expression betrays no small amount of apprehension...

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Rammbroes:Greetings, and what might I do for you this day? Do you come as a summoner? Or does some other purpose compel your visit? Either way, I will be pleased to satiate your hunger for knowledge.
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Rammbroes: If the flawless crystals you procured for us are to retain their elemental purity during the shaping process, a very specific set of abrasive substances will be required.
Rammbroes: Well, I say “substances,” but one might just as well call them one substance—namely “aethersand”—which has four elementally aspected varieties. Alas, aethersand is neither common nor cheap. Indeed, it is not unusual for the abrasive to exceed the value of the precious stones it is used to polish.
Rammbroes: Given the rarity of the materials in question, the Goldsmiths' Guild in Ul'dah seemed the likeliest place to purchase the quantity we require. When I contacted the guildmaster, however, I was informed that no aethersand was currently available. Though I requested that word be sent as soon as new stock came in, I have yet to receive aught but apologies. I should mention at this point that I placed the order some time before you procured the flawless crystals...
Rammbroes: I am well aware that acquiring aethersand is no small feat, of course, and I am not an impatient man—but I fear the more we delay our investigation, the greater the risk that the tower's secrets may fall into the hands of other...less savory parties.
Rammbroes: That is why I wish to entrust you with the payment for our purchase, and send you to speak directly with Guildmaster Serendipity. Mayhap the presence of such a distinguished personage will spur the guild into action. In any event, it is my hope that when next we meet, you will have found at least ''one'' of the four varieties of aethersand we require!
-quest accepted

===Deliver payment for the aethersand to Serendipity in the Goldsmiths' Guild in Ul'dah===
Serendipity: Ah, {{alternatives|Mistress|Master}} [Surname]! Welcome, welcome! What brings you here, if I may ask?

''The player hands over the {{i|Bulging Gil Pouch}}.''

-cutscene start
Serendipity: You're here on behalf of the Sons of Saint Coinach? What fortunate timing—I was just about to contact Master Rammbroes with the news that we've finally managed to acquire a quantity of fire-aspected aethersand.
Serendipity: I'm afraid it may be some time before we can supply the other three varieties, but you are welcome to settle accounts for that which we have now. Pray speak with Jemime over th—
Serendipity: Ah. I do beg your pardon. It seems she's assisting another customer.
Biggs: Come on, there must be ''something'' you can do! Without that sand, we'll have to rethink our whole design!
Jemime: I sympathize with your plight, sir, but as I explained the aethersand in question is already spoken for. If you'd like to reserve the next shipment, then I would be happy to accept the funds you've offered as partial payment...
Biggs: ''Partial''!? Are you saying it's not enough!? I'm already stretching our research budget as it is! <sigh> ...I suppose a man can do without a midday meal for a year or two...
Biggs: [Forename]! It's been too long! What brings you here, then? Got your eye on something expensive, have you?
Jemime: Well, now...that is quite a money pouch. The sound of so many gil clinking together is strangely satisfying, is it not? Calming...and yet invigorating at the same time...
Biggs: Oh no... You're here for the blooming ''aethersand'', aren't you?
Biggs: Well, I can't deny the Allagan civilization's a subject worth researching. The chief said he was looking into something big, but we never thought to ask him what.
Biggs: Wedge and I have been too busy tinkering with a new airship design to think of much else, see. Well, I say “tinkering”...''wrestling'' would be more like it. Still, after much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, we've managed to put together a prototype crystal-powered propulsion system.
Biggs: We got the idea for it when we heard how you lot had used a corrupted crystal on board the ''Enterprise'', as a matter of fact. Anyway, to cut a long story short, our design calls for all four varieties of aethersand.
Biggs: And that's why I can't just relinquish my claim on this batch here—even for you, {{alternatives|f=lass|m=lad}}. How're we meant to usher in a brave new age of technological innovation if not by technologically innovating, eh!?
Jemime: Ahem. While I hesitate to interrupt such an ''impassioned'' speech, duty compels me to point out that this {{alternatives|f=lady|m=gentleman}} is a representative of the organization that reserved the aethersand in question—to mention nothing of the fact that {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} purse is ''considerably'' larger than yours.
Biggs: ...Oh, it's like that, is it? <sigh>
Biggs: All right, all right...this batch is yours. I'll let you have it. But if you're going to take my sand, it's only fair that you grant me a role in this project of yours.
Biggs: I'll take that as a yes. Ahhh, it's not every day you get a chance to experiment with the wonders of the ancients. With any luck, they'll inspire me to think up another technological innovation or two!
-cutscene end

===Speak with Biggs===
Biggs: Now then, from what you've told me, I'm guessing you'll be needing the other three varieties of elementally aspected aethersand as well, right?
Biggs: Then rather than sitting on your rump waiting for a shipment that may never come, I reckon your time would be better spent looking for the stuff yourself. And it just so happens that I know of a good place to start...
Biggs: There is said to be a peddler in northern Thanalan who—very occasionally—handles the earth-aspected variety of aethersand. Wedge is in the process of confirming the rumor as we speak.
Biggs: I know what you're thinking: when did my timid little friend decide he didn't need me to hold his hand anymore? The answer being: just the other day! Seems he's been inspired by a certain adventurer's heroic example. I thought he was joking when he volunteered to go to Thanalan without me. I just hope he manages to stay out of trouble...
Biggs: Head out to Bluefog and you should find him poking about with his new bodyguard. Oh, did I not mention her? Aye, Wedge thought it might be wise to hire an adventurer to accompany him—just in case your heroic example turned out to be less inspiring than he first thought. Heh heh!

===Speak with the experienced adventurer in Bluefog===
-optional start
Biggs: If you mean to go looking for the aethersand yourself, you'd best catch up with Wedge over in Bluefog. As for me, I plan to set out for Mor Dhona, just as soon as I've finished locking up the workshop.
-optional end
Experienced Adventurer: Save your greetings. If you're looking for a hired blade, then you'll have to look elsewhere. After the day I've had, the only company I crave is the squat, silent type—the type that has a handle and holds no less than a pint of ale.
Experienced Adventurer: ...Hm? You wish to hear my tale? I warn you, 'tis no stirring epic—but as you asked... My employer—a Lalafellin lad—wished to pay a visit to a peddler who deals in some manner of special sand. I forget what it was called but 'tis apparently worth a small fortune. Anyway, when we arrived, the man claimed his stock had been stolen by bandits.
Experienced Adventurer: Determined not to return empty-handed, we crept into the bandits' stronghold and set about locating the stolen goods. Long story short, alarums were raised, rogues were awoken, and we fled in a blind panic. I was separated from my employer in the confusion and I've not seen him since. Hm? Oh. A friend of yours, is he?
Experienced Adventurer: Then you'd best be prepared for the worst. 'Tis just possible the poor sod may yet be lost in the old Amajina mythril mine...but I fear the bandits will have caught up with him by now.
Experienced Adventurer: If he's still alive, your Lalafellin friend will probably be hiding somewhere inside the abandoned Amajina mythril mine where the bandits make their lair. You'll not catch me going anywhere near the place, though—I barely escaped with my life as it was!

===Rescue Wedge from the abandoned Amajina mythril mine===
-cutscene start
Wedge: How could I be so ''stupid''? Sneaking into a bandit's lair... It's...it's just...not the sort of thing I do! And now I'm going to ''die'' for it!
Wedge: No. No, I-I just need to calm down. I can do this. I ''can'' be brave. I'm going to stand up, and I'm going to walk out of here. Here we go!
Wedge: YEEEAAARGH! I'm-sorry-I'm-sorry-I'm-sorry! ''Please'' don't kill me! I promise I'll leave and never come...back?
Wedge: ''Forename''!? Is it really you!? B-But how did you find me? Can you...''smell fear''?
Wedge: A-Actually, ignore that smell. Ahem! I expect you're wondering why I'm here? Well, I was just in the process of retrieving some stolen aethersand which Biggs and I need for our research, as it happens. It was, I concede, perhaps a touch foolish—and very nearly fatal—but I ''did'' succeed in snatching the stuff before my bodyguard ran away and several dozen bandits came piling after me with knives and axes and what looked very much like a plank with a rusty nail in it.
Wedge: A-Anyway, the important thing is that the stolen aethersand is right here in my po— In my— Oh. Oh dear. It must have fallen out when I was, um...taking evasive maneuvers. It seems I won't be leaving this infernal place for a while yet...
Wedge: ...You'll find the aethersand in my stead?
Wedge: Oh, thank the gods! You're a true friend, [Forename]! I hope the search doesn't prove too troublesome—the bandits don't seem to care much for visitors...
-cutscene end

===Find the earth-cradled aethersand===
-optional start
Wedge: The aethersand must have slipped out of my pocket while I was busy evading the bandits. I'm sure it's somewhere around here...
-optional end
Wedge: [Forename]! Have you had any luck locating the aethersand?

''The player hands over the {{i|Earth-cradled Aethersand}}.''

Wedge: Yes, that's it! I must return to the workshop at once and tell Biggs the wonderful news!
Wedge: What's that? You're also on a mission to collect aethersand? And you're working with the chief? A “treasure trove of Allagan knowledge,” you say? ...I see.
Wedge: Then you should really be the one to have this. Biggs and I are far from exhausting all possible avenues of airship innovation, but it sounds as if your problem can't be solved by any other means.
Wedge: This expedition of yours sounds jolly interesting, I must say... I'm half-inclined to join you. In fact—I think I will! Any venture worth the chief's time must be worth a look!
Wedge: Right! I'm more than ready to leave this awful place behind! And you should return to Mor Dhona with that aethersand before there are any more, um...little mishaps. Be sure to keep a close eye on your pockets, [Forename]!

===Deliver the aethersand to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
Rammbroes: Ah, [Forename], you have returned. I take from your presence that you were successful in procuring us some aethersand. Tell me, which variety did you find?

''The player hands over the {{i|Fire-kissed Aethersand}} and {{i|Earth-cradled Aethersand}}.''

-cutscene start
Rammbroes: ...I see! Two varieties. Well, that is two more than could reasonably be expected—and two less than I had hoped you would say. Forgive my flippancy. You have done well, truly. If all goes to plan, we need no longer fear death by fire or earth.
Rammbroes: Master Garlond—if you would be so kind as to prepare the relevant crystals.
Cid: I shall set to work immediately. Truth be told, I've been looking forward to this. One does not encounter materials like these every day.
Cid: Speaking of which, how in the seven hells did you find them? Mistake me not, old friend—I know only too well how capable you are, but aethersand isn't something you simply find gathering dust at the back of a merchant's rare gem cabinet.
Cid: ...You had help from Biggs and Wedge?
Cid: Hmph! Trust them to design a revolutionary new engine the moment I turn my back. How's a genius meant to rest on his laurels when his employees are so damnably ''inventive'', eh? And now they're determined to join us, are they? Typical!
Cid: I jest, of course. It will be good to have them around. Still, as a matter of professional pride, let's endeavor to procure the two remaining varieties of aethersand before they arrive, shall we? Tell me, Rammbroes—have we any information on where the water- and wind-aspected types might be hiding?
Rammbroes: Naught as of yet, but...I have made certain arrangements. We shall soon see if my efforts have borne fruit.
Cid: Forgive me for observing, but you seem less than enthusiastic about that prospect. If there's a complication, I'd rather we discuss it now than risk jeopardizing the expedition.
Rammbroes: <sigh> Mayhap an explanation is in order. But first, let us savor the preliminary victory that [Forename] has won for our cause, if only for a moment.
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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The Parting Glass

2026-10-26T05:20:12Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Parting Glass
| image = The Parting Glass Image.png
| description = Judging by [[Momodi]]'s grin, your star could not rise any higher.
| quest-giver = Momodi
| related-npcs =
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| location-x = 11.6
| location-y = 9.6
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 99
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 1502
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Come, but Not Gone
| next-quest = Before the Dawn
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 7be5b6453e1
| id-gt = 65963
| msq-index = 240
}}
==Walkthrough==
* Several cutscenes will play in sequence after talking to the [[Lady-in-waiting|lady-in-waiting]] and entering the [[Nanamo Ul Namo|sultana]]'s bedchamber. Make sure to set aside sufficient time (approximately 45 minutes to an hour) to view these scenes in their entirety.
* Upon completing this quest, access to [[The Rising Stones]] will be restricted. Furthermore, Crystal Braves will be placed in Mor Dhona and in various places around Ul'dah, although access to either of these places will not be affected. This will remain the state of affairs until completing the level 54 MSQ {{i|A Brave Resolution}}.

==Steps==
*Speak with the [[lady-in-waiting]] on [[the Royal Promenade]].
*Speak with [[Pipin]].
*Speak with [[Haurchefant]] at [[Camp Dragonhead]].

==Journal==
* Judging by [[Momodi]]'s grin, your star could not rise any higher.

* Before you make your entrance at the banquet, you must answer the summons of Her Royal Majesty [[Nanamo Ul Namo]]. Speak with [[Lady-in-waiting|her handmaiden]] on [[the Royal Promenade]] when you are ready to meet the monarch.

* In private, [[Nanamo|the sultana]] reveals to you her intent to abdicate the throne and establish a fair and equitable republic. However, she is not so naive as to think that the transition will be without difficulty, which is why she asks that you support [[Raubahn]] however you can in the days ahead. You agree, and see relief wash over Nanamo's face...only to be replaced with confusion and terror as her body is racked by convulsions. Time seems to slow down as she falls to the floor and lies motionless, and as you rise to your feet to aid her, [[Teledji Adeledji]] and a contingent of [[The Brass Blades|Brass Blades]] burst into the room. The scene thus set, [[Teledji]] proclaims to all and sundry that Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo has been murdered with poison─and that you, the [[Warrior of Light]], are the {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} responsible.

:Captain [[Ilberd]] of the [[Crystal Braves]] delivers you bound into [[the Fragrant Chamber]] and declares that you stand accused of regicide. Your bewildered allies vehemently deny Teledji's claims, but [[the Syndicate]] member counters their protestations with accusations that they too had a hand in the assassination. Ludicrous as it sounds, you see fear and doubt spreading across every face in the room─save for that of [[Raubahn Aldynn]], a man foundering in a sea of disbelief and despair. Yet it is not words of comfort which serve to bring him back to shore, but Teledji Adeledji's unconcealed glee at ridding himself of the sultana once and for all. Unable to resist, he goads the Bull of Ala Mhigo into action, and is cleft in twain for his troubles, never to mock Nanamo again.

:Lost to fury, Raubahn then advances upon [[Lolorito]]─only to be taken unawares by Ilberd, who severs his arm with a single practiced stroke. His true colors thus revealed, he delights in tormenting his rival in Teledji's stead, going so far as to claim credit for Nanamo's murder. His rage rekindled, the General rises to his feet, and in the ensuing struggle succeeds in freeing you from your bonds. As he and Ilberd eye each other from across the room, Raubahn bids you and [[the Scions]] escape─to clear your names and see justice done─before preparing to cross swords with the man he once called brother.

:Bereft of allies and branded fugitives, you and your fellow [[Scions]] flee the scene, with a legion of Braves and Blades in hot pursuit. But it soon becomes plain that they are not to be outrun. One by one, your comrades choose to remain and hold back the tide of pursuers, until at last, when you emerge from [[Sil'dih Excavation Site|the Sil'dihn ruins]], you find yourself alone. For a mercy, you are soon reunited with [[Alphinaud]], at least, as well as an unexpected friend: [[Bremondt]]/[[Brendt]]/[[Brennan]], the peddler whom you met when traveling to [[Gridania]]/[[Ul'dah]]/[[Limsa Lominsa|Limsa]] long ago. Together with [[Pipin Tarupin]]─Vice Marshal of [[the Immortal Flames]], and Raubahn's adopted son─you flee to [[Black Brush]], where Bremondt/Brendt/Brennan asks you to wait until help arrives.

* Your promised help turns out to be none other than [[Cid Garlond]], who is prepared to spirit you away from [[Thanalan]] aboard the ''Enterprise''. But where will you go? Somewhere beyond the reach of [[the Monetarists]] and the Crystal Braves both, [[Pipin]] offers, prompting Alphinaud to conclude that [[Coerthas]] is your best choice. And so you part ways with the young vice marshal, who swears to do what he can to clear your names, and climb aboard the ''Enterprise''. After what seems a short journey, you disembark near [[Camp Dragonhead]], where a downcast Alphinaud proposes you seek Lord [[Haurchefant]]'s counsel.

* You receive a customarily warm welcome from Lord Haurchefant, who has already had the particulars of your tale from Alphinaud. Though plainly sympathetic to your plight, it would seem that he has a tale of his own to tell...

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Momodi: Would you believe that, while you were away, another message arrived for you? Well, one did.
Momodi: One delivered by the sultana's handmaiden, no less. Seems Her Grace desires a private audience.
Momodi: Her handmaiden will meet you on the Royal Promenade and escort you to the sultana's chambers. ...So what are you waitin' for? Go on, then! Go!
-quest accepted

-voiced cutscene start
Nanamo Ul Namo: You needn't trouble yourself so.

Lady-in-waiting: Your Grace is most kind, but is no trouble to me, rather an honor.
Lady-in-waiting: If Your Grace is ready, I shall summon the Warrior of Light.

Nanamo Ul Namo: I am.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Everyone looks to be in high spirits.

Alphinaud: With good cause.

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: A common victory may serve to unite even the most unlikely of allies.
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: You've brought us one step closer to a united Eorzea.

Alphinaud: Your modesty knows no bounds, Antecedent.
Alphinaud: Were it not for your efforts, Ser Aymeric would never have become such a steadfast ally.
Alphinaud: When he convinces his countrymen to rejoin the Alliance, we shall all reap the benefits—military ''and'' economic.
Alphinaud: I tell you, we are on the cusp of a new era of unity and prosperity.
Alphinaud: Territorial disputes are all that divide us now.
Alphinaud: But I have faith that we will find an amicable solution in time.
Alphinaud: And failing that, I'll have my trusty Warrior of Light box the ears of all concerned. Speaking of whom...?

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} will be joining us shortly. A matter at the Quicksand required {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} attention, but it did not sound serious.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Momodi: I don't know about you, but if the sultana summoned ''me'' for a private meetin', I'd be practicin' my curtsy on the Royal Promenade by now! ''OUT''!

Bartholomew: Greetings, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. The banquet began mere moments ago, and I would be honored to show you in—but I believe that the sultana's handmaiden has an urgent matter to discuss with you. My apologies, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}.
-optional end

===Speaking with the lady-in-waiting on the Royal Promenade===
Lady-in-waiting: Thank you for coming, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. Her Grace is most eager to speak with you.
Lady-in-waiting: If you require a moment to compose yourself before your audience, you may have it. Or, if you are ready, it would be my honor to escort you to Her Grace's chambers forthwith.

System: Upon proceeding to the sultana's bedchamber, several cutscenes will play in sequence.
System: It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.
Question: Proceed to the sultana's bedchamber? (Yes/No)

-voiced cutscene start
Nanamo Ul Namo: Enter.

Lady-in-waiting: Your Grace. Your guest has arrived.

Nanamo Ul Namo: Pray come in, and take your ease.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Merlwyb: 'Tis well that the Steps of Faith held against the Horde.

Kan-E-Senna: And what of the city proper?

Aymeric: We sustained some few losses, but the heart of our nation yet beats with vigor. I am not certain I could say the same had we not received your most generous aid.

Raubahn: An attack on Ishgard is an attack on the realm. We stand together or fall divided.

Alphinaud: Such noble words...after the fact.

Aymeric: I had hoped to speak in the presence of Her Grace, but it seems she has been delayed... That being the case, now would seem as good a time as any...
Aymeric: Honored friends! Pray allow me to convey Ishgard's warmest gratitude for your part in the defense of our lands.
Aymeric: 'Tis upon the success of this very alliance that my recommendation to throw open the Gates of Judgement shall be founded. With the blessing of the archbishop, it is my hope that Ishgard will soon be reunited with her long-estranged sister nations—and that Eorzea shall once more be as one!

Alphinaud: Very well.

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Is aught amiss?

Alphinaud: Nothing to worry about. I shall return anon.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Alphinaud: You wished a word, Yuyuhase?
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Nanamo Ul Namo: You may go.

Lady-in-waiting: Your Grace.

Nanamo Ul Namo: You must be curious as to the reason for this private audience. The matter I would discuss, however, will soon make apparent the need for discretion.
Nanamo Ul Namo: I intend to abdicate the throne and dissolve the monarchy.
Nanamo Ul Namo: You have seen for yourself the storm of turmoil that howls through our streets. The government fails in its responsibilities, and my subjects suffer the consequences of our incompetence.
Nanamo Ul Namo: But I will see them suffer no longer. The victory feast shall provide the stage on which I declare the dissolution of the sultanate.
Nanamo Ul Namo: 'Tis mine intent that the ruling class of our golden city should take its place beside the common man in a fair and equitable republic. No more shall this nation bow to the whims of a privileged few.
Nanamo Ul Namo: Yet that which I propose will entail the tearing up of this city's very foundations. And even Raubahn with all his strength and influence will be hard-pressed to keep his footing on such treacherous ground.
Nanamo Ul Namo: Thus would I ask you to lend him a steadying hand.
Nanamo Ul Namo: You who have endured the wrath of innumerable foes are the one hero in whom I can place my trust. Will you do this thing for me?
Nanamo Ul Namo: I am truly grateful. More grateful than I can well express.
> If player's starting city was Ul'dah
Nanamo Ul Namo: How much we have both changed since that day we met beneath the Sultantree... And the days ahead promise to change us further still. I hope that we will recognize ourselves when all of this is over...
> If player's starting city wasn't Ul'dah
Nanamo Ul Namo: Much of my dread for the coming days has been quieted...
---
''[Nanamo drinks the wine and collapses.]''
Teledji Adeledji: Your Grace!?
Teledji Adeledji: Her Grace... The sultana is dead.
Teledji Adeledji: Poison in her wine...?
Teledji Adeledji: You! You did this!
Teledji Adeledji: Spare us your denials! I see no other suspects, and the room has but the one entrance!
Teledji Adeledji: I hereby accuse you of regicide! Men—arrest this viper!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''[A Crystal Brave draws a sword against Alphinaud's neck.]''
Alphinaud: <gasp>

x@Crystal Brave: Sir. Barring a few exceptions, we have detained all those with allegiance to the Scions. The Rising Stones is also under our control.

Alphinaud: And what do you hope to achieve with this mutiny?

Yuyuhase: Why, that which we have striven for all along, Commander: the salvation of Eorzea.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Raubahn: What is the meaning of this?

Aymeric: Knights from the homeland? This cannot bode well...

Teledji Adeledji: Lord Commander. We have received an urgent message from the Holy See.
Teledji Adeledji: I am grieved to report that your serpentine foes have resumed their assault. Needless to say, your presence is urgently required. These knights have come to bear you swiftly home to Ishgard.

Aymeric: ...A surprise attack?

Lucia: We've had no such word from our men. And the timing is most fortuitous to catch us away from the city...

Aymeric: Most fortuitous indeed...

Ishgardian Knight: Lord Commander, we must away!

Aymeric: You have been a most gracious host. I hope that I might one day return the favor.
Aymeric: Come, Lucia.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Thancred: Whatever is going on in there...?
Thancred: Ah, the ever-dutiful Brass Blades. I must apologize, but my dance card is rather full. Another time, perhaps?

x@Brass Blade: Thancred of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. You stand accused of committing acts of espionage in service to the Garlean Empire.

Thancred: Espionage? What in the seven hells are you talking about?
Thancred: Ah. If you're referring to that business with the Ultima Weapon, then you must understand—I-I wasn't myself...

Brass Blade: Under interrogation, an imperial prisoner revealed your involvement in numerous dealings with the enemy. We've also been investigating reports that you are a practitioner of forbidden arts.
Brass Blade: You'd best come along with us.

Thancred: You invite me to your party and now you want me to leave? I do so detest receiving mixed signals.
Thancred: Come, then. I believe I've lost my appetite for this farce of a celebration!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Raubahn: You go too far, Lord Adeledji! By what right do you march armed soldiers into a royal banquet and eject state visitors without Her Grace's consent!?
Raubahn: You treat the Brass Blades as your personal army, and show contempt for the throne with your every act. Leave us. Now.

Teledji Adeledji: Is that an order, General? Mayhap you have mistaken me for one of your Flames? You will find I am not so slavishly obedient. And you lecture me on personal armies!
Teledji Adeledji: As for your ''outrageous'' claim that ''I'' have shown contempt for the throne, let all here observe that it was not I who feasted while an assassin removed its occupant!
Teledji Adeledji: I expect this is your idea of defending the nation, is it? This and diluting our forces through these distractions in Carteneau and Coerthas!
Teledji Adeledji: I do begin to see how the ranks of the Immortal Flames came to be riddled with Garlean sympathizers! You are plainly unfit for command!

Raubahn: Wait... Wait, gods damn you! Your words make no sense. What assassin?

Teledji Adeledji: You mean to say you don't know!? We caught the vaunted champion of the Scions in Her Grace's private chambers not moments after the deed was done!

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: No— No, this cannot be!

Teledji Adeledji: Save your breath. You will need it to plead your case. You and your entire order are to be tried for this atrocity.
Teledji Adeledji: Bring in the prisoner!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''[Ilberd throws the arrested Warrior of Light on the floor.]''
Ilberd: This {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} stands accused of poisoning Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo. And as suspected accessories to the crime, all members of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn will be detained for questioning!

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: This is madness!

Ilberd: What a pity... Who'd have thought your tale would end like this?

Teledji Adeledji: Should you demand further proof, a vial with traces of the substance used to poison Her Grace was found upon the assassin's person.

Y'shtola: How very convenient.

Teledji Adeledji: You would speak of convenience?
Teledji Adeledji: Who persuaded Her Grace to host this celebration? A diversion which presented you and your confederates ample opportunity to commit the crime, and a crowd within which to fade from view! A more “convenient” occasion I could scarcely imagine!

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: How dare you! After all we have done for Ul'dah!

Teledji Adeledji: Hold your tongue, witch! I'll not be ensorcelled! I know all about the dark gift that you and your disciples wield!
Teledji Adeledji: Oh, yes...I've observed how you worked upon the minds of the Alliance leaders, bending them to your will!
Teledji Adeledji: And what of your ''cordial'' relationship with Ser Aymeric? For years, Ishgard abjured all contact with the outside world, and now the lord commander of the Temple Knights treats you with the familiarity of a childhood friend!
Teledji Adeledji: I'll tell you what I think—I think this desperate defense of Ishgard was but a ruse to deceive us into dividing our forces.
Teledji Adeledji: Your next move will be to charm your Coerthan allies into invading our lands!

Papalymo: Now that is truly ridiculous.

Yda: How do you even think of this stuff!?

Raubahn: She... She cannot be dead...
Raubahn: Stand aside, Ilberd! I want to see the sultana!

Ilberd: Spare yourself the pain, brother. I saw her with my own eyes.
Ilberd: For a mercy, the poison took her swiftly—her handmaiden can attest to that.

Raubahn: This cannot be...
Raubahn: Nanamo... Nanamo... NOOOOOO!!!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Teledji Adeledji: Plainly, the Royalists can no longer be relied upon to keep our nation safe. And so it falls to the Monetarists of the Syndicate to govern Ul'dah. But should you wish to help us, General, we would be more than happy to entrust the task of planning Her Grace's funeral to you.
Teledji Adeledji: It seems only right that you should bury your precious sultana, and we will be glad to be rid of that burden.

Raubahn: I'll bet you will. You more than any man.

Teledji Adeledji: ...Whatever do you mean?

Raubahn: I mean you had her killed, you black-hearted bastard!

Teledji Adeledji: What rot! ...Though I did have sufficient motive, 'tis true. That young lady caused me no end of grief.
Teledji Adeledji: She always was a most unwilling puppet. I daresay Her Grace was grateful that someone thought to cut her strings.

Raubahn: You would mock her? THEN MOCK HER FROM HELL!

''[Raubahn executes Teledji.]''

Lolorito: Have you lost your mind, General!? It is forbidden to draw steel in the royal chambers, much less slaughter our fellow Syndicate members!
Lolorito: ...You're one of them! You've been in league with the Scions all along!

Raubahn: YOU! You're next, you scheming bastard!

''[Raubahn attempts to kill Lolorito but is intercepted by Ilberd who cuts off his arm.]''

Kan-E-Senna: Raubahn!

Merlwyb: Seven hells!

x@Maelstrom Soldier: Admiral, we must leave!

Merlwyb: Rrrgh!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Ilberd: How unlike you, old friend. I did not expect to take your arm so easily.

Lolorito: Take the Scions into custody! They have conspired to commit regicide!
Lolorito: And arrest this traitor as well!

Raubahn: Ilberd! I hope you choke on their coin!

Ilberd: 'Tis better than the dirt I've supped on these long years. We can't all abandon Ala Mhigo and become great war heroes as you have.
Ilberd: You are not the man you once were, Raubahn. Since that girl strapped the yoke around your neck, you've become docile.
Ilberd: She took the mad bull and cut off his balls. And a bull that cannot rut is fit for naught but slaughter.
Ilberd: Shall I tell you who really killed your precious sultana?
Ilberd: ...It was me.

Raubahn: You...You'll die!

''[Raubahn clashes with Ilberd.]''

Raubahn: I never doubted you. Not for a moment. But there is more to this than I yet understand.
Raubahn: Flee this place. Clear your names.
Raubahn: Find out who is behind this plot! It is the only way! Now go!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Thancred: Ah, there you are!

Y'shtola: Thancred! Where have you been?

Thancred: Avoiding the fumbling advances of some very persistent admirers.
Thancred: When I realized the celebrations had turned sour, it seemed prudent to slip away and take stock of the situation.
Thancred: 'Twould appear that much of the city is already under tight guard. It occurs to me that expanding the Brass Blades' authority may not have been such a wonderful idea after all...

Papalymo: The success of this plan was contingent upon those thugs having the run of the place. Just how long has this scheme been in motion?

Y'shtola: The careful preparations, the maneuvering of forces... I am inclined to agree with the General's insistence that a deeper plot exists here.

Yda: So...would I be right in thinking we now have an excuse to pummel as many Brass Blades as we like?

Papalymo: Unless you plan on pummeling them all, I'm not sure that will greatly aid our cause.

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: The sultana's assassination was but one part of the scheme. We too were its targets. And though we did not share poor Nanamo's fate, we are yet hobbled by the charges laid at our door. Where now might we seek refuge?

Papalymo: Where indeed. We may safely assume that our foe has thought to have the Rising Stones watched.

Thancred: Forgive me for stating the obvious, but our choice of destination will matter little if we cannot secure an escape route out of Ul'dah.
Thancred: Happily, I believe I can provide one. Papashan once told me about the passages hidden in the walls of the palace. If I recall correctly, the fireplace in Nanamo's chambers conceals the entrance to a tunnel.
Thancred: It should lead outside the city, and allow us to avoid any messy confrontations.

Yda: The rest of you go on ahead. I'll handle this lot!

Papalymo: By yourself!?
Papalymo: ...I suppose I shall just have to join you.

Yda: Crystal Braves, too, huh? Now ''this'' should be interesting!

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Yda! Papalymo!

Papalymo: We will hold our pursuers here. Hurry, now! Find this tunnel of Thancred's!

Thancred: Minfilia! We cannot linger!
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
''[A short scene plays of Lolorito meeting with Nanamo's lady-in-waiting.]''
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Yda: Ow! Now look what you've done!

Papalymo: Yda, are you all right!? There are just too many of them...

Yda: I'm fine! I could do this all day! How about you?

Papalymo: ...Nearing the end of my tether.

Yda: This is so ''stupid''! We're the Scions of the Seventh Dawn! The ones who stand between this realm and the evil that's trying to destroy it!

Papalymo: And if you think we'll leave the stewardship of Eorzea to the likes of your masters, then you're sorely mistaken!

Yda: Sorry I dragged you into this, Papalymo...

Papalymo: Hah, 'tis hardly the first time. And I'll be damned if it will be the last.

Papalymo: Let them have it, Yda!

Yda: I was hoping you'd say that!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: I never knew such a watercourse existed beneath Ul'dah.

Y'shtola: The architecture is of the Sil'dihn style, if I am not mistaken. The ancients plainly foresaw the need for a ready means of escape.

x@???: This way!

Thancred: Well, that didn't take long. It seems these tunnels were not as secret as I had hoped.

Y'shtola: You two go on ahead. Thancred and I will deal with this.

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Wh-What do you mean to do!?

Y'shtola: Only that which is required to ensure that the dawn's light survive to brighten the morrow.

Thancred: Fear not, Antecedent. You haven't seen the last of these fair features.

Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: My friends...

Y'shtola: Leave us!

Thancred: What is the plan, milady? Shall I take the dozen on the left, and you the dozen on the right? The odds are not exactly stacked in our favor...

Y'shtola: Numbers will count for little when I bring the tunnel down upon their heads. Though I cannot say I relish the thought of being entombed with you for all eternity.

Thancred: You wound me! I will have you know that many a maid would ''kill'' for the chance to spend forever at my side! Now, may I have the last dance?

Thancred: Well, this is going splendidly... Now would be a good time, milady!

Y'shtola: 'Tis done!
Y'shtola: Forgive me, Mhitra...

Thancred: Farewell, Minfilia...

''[Y'shtola summons a large ball of light that envelops her and Thancred.]''
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Hydaelyn... She speaks to me.
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: No!
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: I must remain behind...but you cannot stay with me.
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: Please, you must go on! You are the Warrior of Light! You are ''hope''—for the Scions, and for all the realm!
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: As long as your flame continues to burn, the light of the dawn may ever be relit!
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: You must escape, and save Eorzea from those who would plunge it into darkness!
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: 'Tis the only way...
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Alphinaud: I am glad to see you safe, my friend! What of the others?
Alphinaud: Damn that man!
Alphinaud: Teledji played me for a fool! I thought the Crystal Braves mine till the very moment I felt the blade at my back...

Pipin@???: There will be ample time for soul-searching later. For now, we must put some malms between us and Ul'dah.

x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Well, would you look who it is! Need a ride? I doubt it'll be half as excitin' as the last trip we took—not if I have anythin' to say about it, anyway!
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Let's not dawdle, eh? All aboard!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: I was stockin' up on supplies over in Vesper Bay, you see, when your sister come up an' begged a favor. Said her brother was havin' some trouble down in Ul'dah, an' likely needed a helpin' hand gettin' away.
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Thinkin' them ruins would make a fine hidin' place, I decided to try there first...an' lo an' behold, there you were.
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Aye, an' judgin' by them soldiers as were pourin' out of the city, I arrived not a moment too soon...
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Must've been fate that we happened to find ''you'' there though, eh?

Alphinaud: I had thought to look out for Alisaie, but 'twould appear she was the one watching over me. I've made such a mess of things...

x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: An' who might you be, young sir?

Pipin: Pipin Tarupin, Vice Marshal of the Immortal Flames.
Pipin: I had been on the Ala Mhigan front these past few moons, but an urgent communication called me back to Ul'dah.
Pipin: Scarce had my boots touched the cobbles, though, when the streets erupted with cries of assassination. I immediately went in search of answers, and came across Master Alphinaud here. Needless to say, I did not think his imprisonment justified.
Pipin: The blame plainly lies with the Monetarists. Their greed and corruption are well known to me, but for them to take advantage of the situation with such alacrity...

x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: ...Was that “Pipin,” you said? Ain't that the name of General Aldynn's lad?

Pipin: Yes, I am his son. Adopted, of course. 'Twas only as we were leaving Ul'dah that I learned of Father's fate.
Pipin: Once I have seen you a safe distance away, I mean to return to the city and extricate him from this madness.

x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Then you needn't travel no further than Black Brush—our fugitives have a friend waitin' for 'em there.

Alphinaud: I dreamed of bringing about Eorzea's salvation, but in the end...
Alphinaud: 'Twas I who needed saving.
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: Them soldiers'll keep searchin' for a while yet. Reckon we'll take the carriage back towards Ul'dah an' get the lay of the land—maybe provide a distraction if need be.
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: You three wait here. Help'll be along shortly. Stay strong, friends—the real fight's to come!
x@Brennan/Bremondt/Brendt: All right, let's go!
-cutscene end

-optional start
Alphinaud: How could I have been so blind...
-optional end

===Speaking with Pipin===
-cutscene start
Pipin: The most unassuming folk can prove to be our greatest allies. That fellow was but a passing merchant, yet he lent us aid without a moment's hesitation—or any hint of concern for his own safety.
Pipin: Though I can well imagine how a man could feel inspired to risk all in ''your'' presence.
Pipin: Father spoke often of you, [Forename], and long have I looked forward to our first meeting. Needless to say...this is not at all how I envisioned it.
Pipin: Master Alphinaud, you must not give in to despair. That would only play into our enemies' hands! So long as you and [Forename] are free, we may still set things right.

Alphinaud: Forgive me, Marshal Tarupin, but I—

Cid@???: Alphinaud, my boy—sorry to keep you waiting!

Alphinaud: Cid? What are you doing here?

Cid: Pulling you out of the fire, as usual! Your merchant friend told me everything.

Pipin: Truly? Then he is no merchant but an angel in peddlers' clothing... But tell us—how do you intend to bear our friends to safety?

Cid: I hid the ''Enterprise'' but a short distance away. All I need is a destination.

Pipin: We must find a place beyond the reach of both the Monetarists and the Crystal Braves...

Alphinaud: ...Coerthas. Ishgard will not suffer the intrusion of foreign forces in their territory.

Cid: That settles it. With me, everyone!

Pipin: Not I, I fear. I must remain here. I dare not abandon Ul'dah to the Monetarists and their cronies.
Pipin: You may be certain that they will seek to defame you, both here and in the other city-states. But know that I shall do my utmost to thwart their every effort.
Pipin: Frankly, I do not expect it to be much of a challenge. The smallfolk will not turn so easily on the Warrior of Light and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} allies, no matter what the Monetarists claim.

Alphinaud: Marshal Tarupin, I...I know not what to say.

Pipin: Hah! Now ''that'' Father would labor to believe! But enough talk—you must go, Master Alphinaud. Your airship awaits!

Cid: Up, up! There's no rest for the righteous!

Alphinaud: We should make for Camp Dragonhead and speak with Lord Haurchefant. Mayhap...mayhap he will know what to do.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Alphinaud: Lord Haurchefant has agreed to grant us succor. He says that we will be safe here...

Yaelle: You are among friends here. Pray take your ease and turn your thoughts to better days.
-optional end

===Speaking with Haurchefant at Camp Dragonhead===
Haurchefant: Master Alphinaud told me your tale, [Forename]. It warms my heart that you should turn to me before all others—and I shall endeavor to deserve your trust.
Haurchefant: Alas...the situation here has grown more complicated in your absence. 'Twould be best if I explained in full.
-quest complete
-optional start
Yaelle: Like the unicorns which adorn our shields, we knights of House Fortemps aspire to nobility in the face of adversity.
Yaelle: A knight pays no heed to the lies of lesser men. She carries herself with pride and dignity, secure in the knowledge that her deeds will be her vindication.
-optional end

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==Video Archive==
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Before the Dawn

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MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues from the NPCs (Uldah, Revenants Toll, The Waking Sands)

{{Quest infobox
| title = Before the Dawn
| image = Before the Dawn Image.png
| description = In times of trouble, there are few things more precious than unconditional support.
| quest-giver = Haurchefant
| related-npcs =
| location = Coerthas Central Highlands
| location-x = 26.7
| location-y = 17.4
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 10000
| unlocks = ach My Left Arm, ngp A Realm Reborn - Part 6
| prev-quest = The Parting Glass
| next-quest = Coming to Ishgard, Lance of a Lifetime, Forging Northwards, The Breaking of Blanstyr, Form to the Formless, Turndown Service, The Social Knitwork, Without a Trace, Wait on Me, Breaking New Ground, Call from the Clouds, Plenty More Fish in the Sea, An Exemplary Example, The Legend Continues, Better Axe Around, Sky's the Limit, On the Road Again, Strangers in a Strange Land, Taint Misbehaving, Black Books, A Fitting Tomestone, The Green Death
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = da70f8b966d
| id-gt = 65964
| msq-index = 241
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 100
}}
==Walkthrough==
This quest ''must'' be completed before accessing the ''[[Heavensward]]'' [[Main Scenario Quests]] and areas. 
Several cutscenes and the credits for ''[[A Realm Reborn]]'' will play in sequence after entering the [[intercessory]]. Make sure to set aside sufficient time (approximately 20 minutes) to view these scenes in their entirety.

==Steps==
*Speak with the [[House Fortemps Guard|House Fortemps guard]].

==Journal==
* In times of trouble, there are few things more precious than unconditional support.

* You learn that the [[Dravanian]]s renewed their assault on [[Ishgard]] in your absence, and that several [[wyvern]]s broke free into the city proper. The beasts were duly slain, though not before wreaking considerable havoc, and so it comes as little surprise that your petition for asylum will not be heard until the threat to Ishgard has diminished. For the time being, Lord [[Haurchefant]] invites you and [[Alphinaud]] to join your companions in the [[intercessory]]. Speak with [[House Fortemps Guard|the knight stationed outside]] to gain entry, and find out who awaits you within.

* To your surprise, you find [[Tataru]] and [[Yugiri]] waiting for you in the intercessory, the refugee leader having rescued the young receptionist from [[Crystal Braves]] in [[Limsa Lominsa]]. Together, you learn, they traveled to [[the Waking Sands]], where [[Urianger]] cast a powerful [[glamour]] to mask the presence of those taking refuge within. This small blessing is soon tempered by the realization that, aside from you and Alphinaud, every other [[Scion]] who attended the banquet remains unaccounted for. Succumbing to a fit of melancholy, Alphinaud curses himself for being blind to the traitors in his midst, and foolishly believing that he could save the world single-handedly. Seeing this, Lord Haurchefant and Tataru remind him that all is not lost─that they still have allies to whom they can turn. With these words ringing in their ears, the remnants of [[the Scions of the Seventh Dawn]] resolve to resume their journey, and seek their redemption...one step at a time.
** ※The next main scenario quest will be available from Alphinaud once you have completed the main scenario quest “Before the Dawn.”
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' There has been word from the capital. Ishgard has weathered another assault, and 'tis said several wyverns broke through into the city proper.
'''Haurchefant:''' The Temple Knights succeeded in slaying the beasts, but the intrusion prompted orders to further strengthen the guard and to place the city under a perpetual state of alert.
'''Haurchefant:''' How keenly we feel the loss of our wards at the Gates of Judgement...
'''Haurchefant:''' Yet we must not bemoan our misfortune. Ser Aymeric is safely returned from Ul'dah and once more leads the defense of Ishgard.
'''Haurchefant:''' As for the matter of your asylum, I am afraid no progress will be made until the threat to our nation has diminished.
'''Haurchefant:''' But do not despair! You are not without allies.
'''Haurchefant:''' You are more than welcome to shelter here for as long as you wish. Pray think of it as a new headquarters of sorts─the “Falling Snows” or some such!
'''Haurchefant:''' All frivolity aside, any who come here in search of you will receive no aid from House Fortemps. For once, the Ishgardian reputation for inhospitality shall work in our favor.
'''Haurchefant:''' Agents of Ul'dah will find their every inquiry dismissed, and their every request for entry rebuffed, until such time as their masters have acknowledged your innocence.
'''Haurchefant:''' You once fought to preserve the honor of my dear friend─'tis a blessing that I may now repay that debt in kind.
'''Haurchefant:''' But let us dwell no more on this. Pray join the rest of your companions.
'''Haurchefant:''' 'Tis bitterly cold this day. I suspect there are those who might welcome the warmth your presence brings.
-cutscene end
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Who managed to escape? And what of those who did not?

'''Haurchefant:''' The intercessory awaits, [Forename]. Pray do not keep your companions in suspense. I am certain their hearts will soar at the sight of you!
-optional end

===Speaking with the House Fortemps Guard===
'''House Fortemps Guard:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. Shall I show you inside?

'''System:''' Upon proceeding to the intercessory, several cutscenes will play in sequence.
'''System:''' It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.

Question: Proceed to the intercessory? (Yes/No)

-quest complete

-cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' Alphinaud!? [Forename]!? Is it really you?
'''Tataru:''' I...I'm so happy that...that you are... <sniffle> <sob>
'''Tataru:''' I tried contacting Minfilia and the others, but no one would respond...
'''Tataru:''' And then Crystal Braves─our own people!─turned on us in the marketplace.
'''Tataru:''' F'lhaminn told me to run, and so I did. I ran and I ran until my lungs burned and my feet ached... But I lost my way...and then...

'''Yugiri@???:''' Fortunately, I had observed some of the Braves behaving suspiciously beforehand.
'''Yugiri:''' Hm? Ah, yes, my mask─it was lost in the struggle.

'''Tataru:''' Pretty, isn't she!?
'''Tataru:''' Anyway, after Yugiri found me, we traveled to Vesper Bay and met up with Urianger. When we told him what had happened, he used his magicks to weave a glamour around the Waking Sands. From the outside, our old headquarters now looks like an abandoned storehouse!
'''Tataru:''' The transformation didn't take long, either. Apparently, Urianger started making preparations after the imperial attack, just in case the Empire ever chose to pay us another visit. Good thinking, eh!?
'''Tataru:''' Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, so we waited there at the Waking Sands, hoping others would come...but no one else did.

'''Yugiri:''' My people are searching for the other Scions even as we speak, but we have met with no success as yet. I had hoped that you might be able to suggest further places to look. Ah, but you should know, the Rising Stones did not share the Waking Sands' good fortune. Only Crystal Braves await you there.
'''Yugiri:''' Be that as it may, we yet have cause to hope, do we not? If the two of you escaped, it is not impossible that the others could have done so as well.
'''Yugiri:''' You may have been forsaken by men and women believed true, but rest assured that the people of Doma yet stand with you. We welcome this opportunity to repay our debts, and shall continue our efforts to locate the others and see the Scions restored to their rightful place of honor.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis all my doing...
'''Alphinaud:''' I believed myself the only one who truly understood Eorzea's woes. And look what that arrogance has wrought.
'''Alphinaud:''' I gave commands, influenced governments with my certainty...
'''Alphinaud:''' I treated the Crystal Braves, and even the Scions themselves, as pawns in my great scheme to save the realm.
'''Alphinaud:''' But in my headlong rush unto imagined glory, I paid no heed to the ground upon which I trod!
'''Alphinaud:''' The salvation of Eorzea... What was it that I hoped to achieve?
'''Alphinaud:''' Did I believe that I could rid the realm of every danger and difficulty? That I could defeat the Empire and the Ascians, and find homes for every refugee?
'''Alphinaud:''' Oh yes, I was so very clever. “Become a guardian of Eorzea,” I implored, and sat back to watch my perfect army cleanse the land of chaos.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twas all but a means to feed my own vanity.
'''Alphinaud:''' Only when all is lost do I finally realize the truth.

'''Tataru:''' Oh, Alphinaud...

'''Haurchefant:''' So, Master Alphinaud, are you content to remain a broken blade? Is there no flame hot enough to reforge you?
'''Haurchefant:''' What of the fine companions who yet stand at your side? I daresay the fires of their determination will soon have you slicing the air again with your customary wit!

'''Alphinaud:''' I hardly deserve such friendship. And besides, where are we to go...?

'''Tataru:''' Alphinaud? If I may...?
'''Tataru:''' Should this place not serve our purpose, then...then we shall go to Ishgard!
'''Tataru:''' Minfilia told me many times: as long as we stand fast against despair, the beacon of hope will never be lost to sight.
'''Tataru:''' Be it in the snow or in the clouds, we few will see that the dawn's light shines again!

'''Alphinaud:''' You are right, Tataru, thank you. And thank you for your kind words, Lord Haurchefant.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis true that Eorzea yet has her guardians.
'''Alphinaud:''' The Scions have achieved much, and 'twould be remiss of me to discard it all in a fit of self-pity.
'''Alphinaud:''' Let us then resume our journey, together...one step at a time.
-cutscene end
''[Final credits for A Realm Reborn play.]''
-voiced cutscene start
'''Lady-in-waiting:''' All has been arranged as you desired, my lord.
'''Lolorito@Lolorito (non-subtitled):''' <sigh>
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
''[A short scene plays of Raubahn in a prison cell.]''
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
'''Elidibus:''' Nabriales is no more.

'''Lahabrea:''' The Ardor was not his to invoke. His demise was of his own making.
'''Lahabrea:''' Nevertheless, it concerns me. They have...extinguished that which should rightly be eternal.

'''Elidibus:''' Mayhap he was not wholly mistaken. Greater haste may be warranted.

'''Lahabrea:''' We are of one mind.

'''Elidibus:''' The northern lands, then?

'''Lahabrea:''' The earth is fertile, and the seeds well sown. By my will, they shall reap salvation unlike any the world has known.

'''Elidibus:''' By ''His'' will.

'''Lahabrea:''' ...By His will.

'''Urianger:''' I have answered thy summons, Emissary. Speak and make thine intent known.

'''Elidibus:''' I would speak of fate, Archon. Yours, mine─the fate of this very star.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''[The player stands at the gates of Ishgard.]''
'''Midgardsormr:''' Heh heh heh. Thou thinkest sanctuary lieth beyond?
'''Midgardsormr:''' Delusion. Despair. Death. Thou shalt find naught else here.

x@Banner Text: TO PRESERVE THE DAWN'S LIGHT, THE HEROES JOURNEYED NORTH
x@Banner Text: THEIR HEARTS FILLED WITH HOPE AND EYES FIXED HEAVENSWARD
-cutscene end

-optional start
NPC From The Waking Sands, Ul'dah and Revenant's Toll
Brass Blade: You... Easy now, friend─I'll not raise the alarm. I'm not fool enough to believe the rumors. That said, I cannot well let you pass. Orders are orders.

Alys: You look as though you've been through the seventh hell itself, and I'd love to offer you our hospitality, but 'twould be unwise for you to linger. There's no telling who may be watching.

Slafborn: You're safe, thank the gods! I heard about what took place in Ul'dah─of the terrible things they say you did. Well, it goes without saying that I don't believe a word of it.
Slafborn: I promise to do all I can to track down your fellow Scions. Knowing that you managed to escape unscathed, I'm hopeful of the others' survival.

Crystal Brave: Y-You! You have some n-nerve showing your face here, traitor! I ought to h-haul you in for your crimes, and I would...except you'd d-doubtless put up a fight...and I've been, er, ordered not to bring conflict into town.
Crystal Brave: Our p-priority is to protect the people, and we c-can't risk innocent bystanders getting hurt. If I were to f-find you anywhere else, though, you'll not find me so lenient! C-Consider yourself warned!

Rowena: Aye, I've heard the rumors. Don't you worry your little head off, though─I'll keep on doin' business with you. Rumors are words and words are wind. But coin is coin, and yours is as good as the next man's.

Rand: We've received some peculiar orders of late: we're to report any sightings of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
Rand: I...I don't understand. Aren't they the ones who oppose the Empire and fight the primals? Aren't they on our side?

Garrulous Gossipmonger: Oi, did ye hear? Some adventurer─an' a bleedin' famous one at that─went on a rampage durin' the victory feast. Fair tore down the Fragrant Chamber, 'tis said. Rumor has it he's an imperial spy sent to do for the sultana.

Momodi: Twelve be praised, you're still alive and well! When I started hearin' rumors about what happened at the feast, I didn't know what to think.
Momodi: I tried gettin' answers, but the Brass Blades've made their rounds. Folk around here're carryin' on as though naught's changed.
Momodi: But deep down, they know it's a lie. It's only a matter of time before the questions come, and Lord Lolorito better have some good answers by then...

Muttering Merchant: Since the victory feast, one consortium after another has been going under, and with nary any warning. Only the Syndicate has the power to do such a thing, but to what end? Could the rumors of revolution be true?

Landebert: When a nation shakes, lowly folk like us are the first to feel it. Mark my words: something bad's happened in Ul'dah.
Landebert: The high lords and ladies are being tight-lipped about it, but that only serves to reveal how dire the situation is. I don't know what's afoot right now, but it'll lead to no good end.

Mimishu: This is the Gate of the Sultana. It was erected to commemorate the ascension of Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo to the throne.
Mimishu: ...Speaking of the sultana, I am informed that she has taken ill. Let us pray for her swift recovery!

Crystal Brave: <gasp> You shouldn't be here! If they find you, they'll arrest you like they did the others!
Crystal Brave: Look, I didn't see you, alright? If you know what's good for you, you'll put a hundred malms between yourself and Ul'dah.

Glaumunt: Thank Rhalgr, you're safe! I was watchin' when they stormed the Risin' Stones. The way your comrades were bein' manhandled, you would've thought they were criminals o' the worst order.
Glaumunt: That ain't no way to treat the heroes what saved the realm! What in the hells is goin' on...?

Sark Malark: I'm glad to see you safe, adventurer. None quite knew what was happening when they sealed off the Rising Stones, but 'twas plain that something was amiss.
Sark Malark: I'm not privy to the particulars, and perhaps it is for the best that I remain ignorant. Whatever trouble is afoot, I pray for its swift resolution and your continued preservation.

Slafswys: The world's gone mad indeed when its saviors're branded criminals. Me dear sister would be turnin' in her grave...

Radolf: It will take more than this to end the Scions! Warrior of Light─promise me you'll stand with us to the bitter end!

Arenvald: No matter how hopeless things seem, I will keep my chin up and press on. 'Tis the least I can do to honor the memory of my fallen comrades.

Wigstan: We all of us here believe in you. Come what may, we will keep our chins up and forge on─for the sake of the realm.

Urianger: Within these walls thou shalt find sanctuary, for my glamours have hidden the Waking Sands from all who would do us harm.
Urianger: Never again will our brethren suffer at the hands of our enemies─this I swore to myself after the Garlean raid.
Urianger: ...Yet mayhap it were destined to come to pass. Mayhap this too is the will of Hydaelyn.

Swift: Marshal Tarupin bade me relay this message to you. All knowledge of the incident is being withheld from the public, and things shall remain as they were in Ul'dah...at least on the surface.
Swift: You doubtless burn to act─to see justice served. So do we all. However, we must bide our time, for a single misstep could trigger a civil war, and Ul'dah would tear itself apart.

Nervous Nanny: Is it just me, or are there more soldiers on the streets of late? Everywhere I go, I feel as though I'm being watched. It's downright unsettling, I tell you.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Before the Dawn

2026-10-26T04:36:59Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues from the NPCs (Uldah, Revenants Toll, The Waking Sands)

{{Quest infobox
| title = Before the Dawn
| image = Before the Dawn Image.png
| description = In times of trouble, there are few things more precious than unconditional support.
| quest-giver = Haurchefant
| related-npcs =
| location = Coerthas Central Highlands
| location-x = 26.7
| location-y = 17.4
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 10000
| unlocks = ach My Left Arm, ngp A Realm Reborn - Part 6
| prev-quest = The Parting Glass
| next-quest = Coming to Ishgard, Lance of a Lifetime, Forging Northwards, The Breaking of Blanstyr, Form to the Formless, Turndown Service, The Social Knitwork, Without a Trace, Wait on Me, Breaking New Ground, Call from the Clouds, Plenty More Fish in the Sea, An Exemplary Example, The Legend Continues, Better Axe Around, Sky's the Limit, On the Road Again, Strangers in a Strange Land, Taint Misbehaving, Black Books, A Fitting Tomestone, The Green Death
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = da70f8b966d
| id-gt = 65964
| msq-index = 241
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 100
}}
==Walkthrough==
This quest ''must'' be completed before accessing the ''[[Heavensward]]'' [[Main Scenario Quests]] and areas. 
Several cutscenes and the credits for ''[[A Realm Reborn]]'' will play in sequence after entering the [[intercessory]]. Make sure to set aside sufficient time (approximately 20 minutes) to view these scenes in their entirety.

==Steps==
*Speak with the [[House Fortemps Guard|House Fortemps guard]].

==Journal==
* In times of trouble, there are few things more precious than unconditional support.

* You learn that the [[Dravanian]]s renewed their assault on [[Ishgard]] in your absence, and that several [[wyvern]]s broke free into the city proper. The beasts were duly slain, though not before wreaking considerable havoc, and so it comes as little surprise that your petition for asylum will not be heard until the threat to Ishgard has diminished. For the time being, Lord [[Haurchefant]] invites you and [[Alphinaud]] to join your companions in the [[intercessory]]. Speak with [[House Fortemps Guard|the knight stationed outside]] to gain entry, and find out who awaits you within.

* To your surprise, you find [[Tataru]] and [[Yugiri]] waiting for you in the intercessory, the refugee leader having rescued the young receptionist from [[Crystal Braves]] in [[Limsa Lominsa]]. Together, you learn, they traveled to [[the Waking Sands]], where [[Urianger]] cast a powerful [[glamour]] to mask the presence of those taking refuge within. This small blessing is soon tempered by the realization that, aside from you and Alphinaud, every other [[Scion]] who attended the banquet remains unaccounted for. Succumbing to a fit of melancholy, Alphinaud curses himself for being blind to the traitors in his midst, and foolishly believing that he could save the world single-handedly. Seeing this, Lord Haurchefant and Tataru remind him that all is not lost─that they still have allies to whom they can turn. With these words ringing in their ears, the remnants of [[the Scions of the Seventh Dawn]] resolve to resume their journey, and seek their redemption...one step at a time.
** ※The next main scenario quest will be available from Alphinaud once you have completed the main scenario quest “Before the Dawn.”
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Haurchefant:''' There has been word from the capital. Ishgard has weathered another assault, and 'tis said several wyverns broke through into the city proper.
'''Haurchefant:''' The Temple Knights succeeded in slaying the beasts, but the intrusion prompted orders to further strengthen the guard and to place the city under a perpetual state of alert.
'''Haurchefant:''' How keenly we feel the loss of our wards at the Gates of Judgement...
'''Haurchefant:''' Yet we must not bemoan our misfortune. Ser Aymeric is safely returned from Ul'dah and once more leads the defense of Ishgard.
'''Haurchefant:''' As for the matter of your asylum, I am afraid no progress will be made until the threat to our nation has diminished.
'''Haurchefant:''' But do not despair! You are not without allies.
'''Haurchefant:''' You are more than welcome to shelter here for as long as you wish. Pray think of it as a new headquarters of sorts─the “Falling Snows” or some such!
'''Haurchefant:''' All frivolity aside, any who come here in search of you will receive no aid from House Fortemps. For once, the Ishgardian reputation for inhospitality shall work in our favor.
'''Haurchefant:''' Agents of Ul'dah will find their every inquiry dismissed, and their every request for entry rebuffed, until such time as their masters have acknowledged your innocence.
'''Haurchefant:''' You once fought to preserve the honor of my dear friend─'tis a blessing that I may now repay that debt in kind.
'''Haurchefant:''' But let us dwell no more on this. Pray join the rest of your companions.
'''Haurchefant:''' 'Tis bitterly cold this day. I suspect there are those who might welcome the warmth your presence brings.
-cutscene end
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Who managed to escape? And what of those who did not?

'''Haurchefant:''' The intercessory awaits, [Forename]. Pray do not keep your companions in suspense. I am certain their hearts will soar at the sight of you!
-optional end

===Speaking with the House Fortemps Guard===
'''House Fortemps Guard:''' Greetings, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. Shall I show you inside?

'''System:''' Upon proceeding to the intercessory, several cutscenes will play in sequence.
'''System:''' It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.

Question: Proceed to the intercessory? (Yes/No)

-quest complete

-cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' Alphinaud!? [Forename]!? Is it really you?
'''Tataru:''' I...I'm so happy that...that you are... <sniffle> <sob>
'''Tataru:''' I tried contacting Minfilia and the others, but no one would respond...
'''Tataru:''' And then Crystal Braves─our own people!─turned on us in the marketplace.
'''Tataru:''' F'lhaminn told me to run, and so I did. I ran and I ran until my lungs burned and my feet ached... But I lost my way...and then...

'''Yugiri@???:''' Fortunately, I had observed some of the Braves behaving suspiciously beforehand.
'''Yugiri:''' Hm? Ah, yes, my mask─it was lost in the struggle.

'''Tataru:''' Pretty, isn't she!?
'''Tataru:''' Anyway, after Yugiri found me, we traveled to Vesper Bay and met up with Urianger. When we told him what had happened, he used his magicks to weave a glamour around the Waking Sands. From the outside, our old headquarters now looks like an abandoned storehouse!
'''Tataru:''' The transformation didn't take long, either. Apparently, Urianger started making preparations after the imperial attack, just in case the Empire ever chose to pay us another visit. Good thinking, eh!?
'''Tataru:''' Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, so we waited there at the Waking Sands, hoping others would come...but no one else did.

'''Yugiri:''' My people are searching for the other Scions even as we speak, but we have met with no success as yet. I had hoped that you might be able to suggest further places to look. Ah, but you should know, the Rising Stones did not share the Waking Sands' good fortune. Only Crystal Braves await you there.
'''Yugiri:''' Be that as it may, we yet have cause to hope, do we not? If the two of you escaped, it is not impossible that the others could have done so as well.
'''Yugiri:''' You may have been forsaken by men and women believed true, but rest assured that the people of Doma yet stand with you. We welcome this opportunity to repay our debts, and shall continue our efforts to locate the others and see the Scions restored to their rightful place of honor.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis all my doing...
'''Alphinaud:''' I believed myself the only one who truly understood Eorzea's woes. And look what that arrogance has wrought.
'''Alphinaud:''' I gave commands, influenced governments with my certainty...
'''Alphinaud:''' I treated the Crystal Braves, and even the Scions themselves, as pawns in my great scheme to save the realm.
'''Alphinaud:''' But in my headlong rush unto imagined glory, I paid no heed to the ground upon which I trod!
'''Alphinaud:''' The salvation of Eorzea... What was it that I hoped to achieve?
'''Alphinaud:''' Did I believe that I could rid the realm of every danger and difficulty? That I could defeat the Empire and the Ascians, and find homes for every refugee?
'''Alphinaud:''' Oh yes, I was so very clever. “Become a guardian of Eorzea,” I implored, and sat back to watch my perfect army cleanse the land of chaos.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twas all but a means to feed my own vanity.
'''Alphinaud:''' Only when all is lost do I finally realize the truth.

'''Tataru:''' Oh, Alphinaud...

'''Haurchefant:''' So, Master Alphinaud, are you content to remain a broken blade? Is there no flame hot enough to reforge you?
'''Haurchefant:''' What of the fine companions who yet stand at your side? I daresay the fires of their determination will soon have you slicing the air again with your customary wit!

'''Alphinaud:''' I hardly deserve such friendship. And besides, where are we to go...?

'''Tataru:''' Alphinaud? If I may...?
'''Tataru:''' Should this place not serve our purpose, then...then we shall go to Ishgard!
'''Tataru:''' Minfilia told me many times: as long as we stand fast against despair, the beacon of hope will never be lost to sight.
'''Tataru:''' Be it in the snow or in the clouds, we few will see that the dawn's light shines again!

'''Alphinaud:''' You are right, Tataru, thank you. And thank you for your kind words, Lord Haurchefant.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis true that Eorzea yet has her guardians.
'''Alphinaud:''' The Scions have achieved much, and 'twould be remiss of me to discard it all in a fit of self-pity.
'''Alphinaud:''' Let us then resume our journey, together...one step at a time.
-cutscene end
''[Final credits for A Realm Reborn play.]''
-voiced cutscene start
'''Lady-in-waiting:''' All has been arranged as you desired, my lord.
'''Lolorito@Lolorito (non-subtitled):''' <sigh>
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
''[A short scene plays of Raubahn in a prison cell.]''
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
'''Elidibus:''' Nabriales is no more.

'''Lahabrea:''' The Ardor was not his to invoke. His demise was of his own making.
'''Lahabrea:''' Nevertheless, it concerns me. They have...extinguished that which should rightly be eternal.

'''Elidibus:''' Mayhap he was not wholly mistaken. Greater haste may be warranted.

'''Lahabrea:''' We are of one mind.

'''Elidibus:''' The northern lands, then?

'''Lahabrea:''' The earth is fertile, and the seeds well sown. By my will, they shall reap salvation unlike any the world has known.

'''Elidibus:''' By ''His'' will.

'''Lahabrea:''' ...By His will.

'''Urianger:''' I have answered thy summons, Emissary. Speak and make thine intent known.

'''Elidibus:''' I would speak of fate, Archon. Yours, mine─the fate of this very star.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''[The player stands at the gates of Ishgard.]''
'''Midgardsormr:''' Heh heh heh. Thou thinkest sanctuary lieth beyond?
'''Midgardsormr:''' Delusion. Despair. Death. Thou shalt find naught else here.

x@Banner Text: TO PRESERVE THE DAWN'S LIGHT, THE HEROES JOURNEYED NORTH
x@Banner Text: THEIR HEARTS FILLED WITH HOPE AND EYES FIXED HEAVENSWARD
-cutscene end
-optional start
Brass Blade: You... Easy now, friend─I'll not raise the alarm. I'm not fool enough to believe the rumors. That said, I cannot well let you pass. Orders are orders.

Alys: You look as though you've been through the seventh hell itself, and I'd love to offer you our hospitality, but 'twould be unwise for you to linger. There's no telling who may be watching.

Slafborn: You're safe, thank the gods! I heard about what took place in Ul'dah─of the terrible things they say you did. Well, it goes without saying that I don't believe a word of it.
Slafborn: I promise to do all I can to track down your fellow Scions. Knowing that you managed to escape unscathed, I'm hopeful of the others' survival.

Crystal Brave: Y-You! You have some n-nerve showing your face here, traitor! I ought to h-haul you in for your crimes, and I would...except you'd d-doubtless put up a fight...and I've been, er, ordered not to bring conflict into town.
Crystal Brave: Our p-priority is to protect the people, and we c-can't risk innocent bystanders getting hurt. If I were to f-find you anywhere else, though, you'll not find me so lenient! C-Consider yourself warned!

Rowena: Aye, I've heard the rumors. Don't you worry your little head off, though─I'll keep on doin' business with you. Rumors are words and words are wind. But coin is coin, and yours is as good as the next man's.

Rand: We've received some peculiar orders of late: we're to report any sightings of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
Rand: I...I don't understand. Aren't they the ones who oppose the Empire and fight the primals? Aren't they on our side?

Garrulous Gossipmonger: Oi, did ye hear? Some adventurer─an' a bleedin' famous one at that─went on a rampage durin' the victory feast. Fair tore down the Fragrant Chamber, 'tis said. Rumor has it he's an imperial spy sent to do for the sultana.

Momodi: Twelve be praised, you're still alive and well! When I started hearin' rumors about what happened at the feast, I didn't know what to think.
Momodi: I tried gettin' answers, but the Brass Blades've made their rounds. Folk around here're carryin' on as though naught's changed.
Momodi: But deep down, they know it's a lie. It's only a matter of time before the questions come, and Lord Lolorito better have some good answers by then...

Muttering Merchant: Since the victory feast, one consortium after another has been going under, and with nary any warning. Only the Syndicate has the power to do such a thing, but to what end? Could the rumors of revolution be true?

Landebert: When a nation shakes, lowly folk like us are the first to feel it. Mark my words: something bad's happened in Ul'dah.
Landebert: The high lords and ladies are being tight-lipped about it, but that only serves to reveal how dire the situation is. I don't know what's afoot right now, but it'll lead to no good end.

Mimishu: This is the Gate of the Sultana. It was erected to commemorate the ascension of Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo to the throne.
Mimishu: ...Speaking of the sultana, I am informed that she has taken ill. Let us pray for her swift recovery!

Crystal Brave: <gasp> You shouldn't be here! If they find you, they'll arrest you like they did the others!
Crystal Brave: Look, I didn't see you, alright? If you know what's good for you, you'll put a hundred malms between yourself and Ul'dah.

Glaumunt: Thank Rhalgr, you're safe! I was watchin' when they stormed the Risin' Stones. The way your comrades were bein' manhandled, you would've thought they were criminals o' the worst order.
Glaumunt: That ain't no way to treat the heroes what saved the realm! What in the hells is goin' on...?

Sark Malark: I'm glad to see you safe, adventurer. None quite knew what was happening when they sealed off the Rising Stones, but 'twas plain that something was amiss.
Sark Malark: I'm not privy to the particulars, and perhaps it is for the best that I remain ignorant. Whatever trouble is afoot, I pray for its swift resolution and your continued preservation.

Slafswys: The world's gone mad indeed when its saviors're branded criminals. Me dear sister would be turnin' in her grave...

Radolf: It will take more than this to end the Scions! Warrior of Light─promise me you'll stand with us to the bitter end!

Arenvald: No matter how hopeless things seem, I will keep my chin up and press on. 'Tis the least I can do to honor the memory of my fallen comrades.

Wigstan: We all of us here believe in you. Come what may, we will keep our chins up and forge on─for the sake of the realm.

Urianger: Within these walls thou shalt find sanctuary, for my glamours have hidden the Waking Sands from all who would do us harm.
Urianger: Never again will our brethren suffer at the hands of our enemies─this I swore to myself after the Garlean raid.
Urianger: ...Yet mayhap it were destined to come to pass. Mayhap this too is the will of Hydaelyn.

Swift: Marshal Tarupin bade me relay this message to you. All knowledge of the incident is being withheld from the public, and things shall remain as they were in Ul'dah...at least on the surface.
Swift: You doubtless burn to act─to see justice served. So do we all. However, we must bide our time, for a single misstep could trigger a civil war, and Ul'dah would tear itself apart.

Nervous Nanny: Is it just me, or are there more soldiers on the streets of late? Everywhere I go, I feel as though I'm being watched. It's downright unsettling, I tell you.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Grim and Grisly Games

2026-10-26T04:31:38Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Grim and Grisly Games
| description = Pattin's excitement is palpable behind his beady bear eyes. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = grim and grisly games1.png
| quest-giver = Pattin
| related-npcs =
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Old Gridania
| location-x = 10.2
| location-y = 9.5
| type = quest
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Seasonal Events Quests
| journal-genre = All Saints' Wake Events
| event = All Saints' Wake (2026)
| sortkey = 230
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| category =
| level = 15
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items = 1 All-seeing Gourd
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 353
| reward1 = 1 Grisly Bear Head
| reward2 = 1 Grisly Bear Suit
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = ach Dire, Dire Deepcroft, lc The Dire Deepcroft
| prev-quest = We Scare Bears
| next-quest =
| patch = 7.55
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71004
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with the grave guide.
* Speak with Bea.
* Use an all-seeing gourd on the real Pattin.
* Use an all-seeing gourd on the correct curious costumes.
* Speak with Dodd.
* Speak with Pattin.
==Journal==
* Pattin's excitement is palpable behind his beady bear eyes. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.

* With their plans for an enchanted hide-and-seek finalized, the voidsent children are eager to put their vanishing act to the test against you. The pumpkin-headed apparition directs you to the grave guide, and suggests you make for her haunted venue to let the games begin. ※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

* As you enter the grounds, you find the children putting the finishing touches on their magicks for the game. Bea is poised to begin, but awaits your approval before the hiding and seeking start in earnest. ※In the event that you leave the area, you may return by speaking with the grave guide at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.

* After expressing your readiness to begin, the children reiterate the rules, and you are deemed to be “it”—tasked with determining which of the costumed creatures are genuine, and revealing them with all-seeing gourds. While they fine-tune the necessary magicks for the illusions, the children give you a starting round to practice with Pattin.

* With your training complete, Pattin dashes off into the darkened corridors, and the real game begins. You must use your powers of observation to find the five players, who may be striking unique poses to differentiate themselves from the illusions.

* Your deft observation skills see you successfully through the round, and all five players have been found. Dodd awaits you by the entrance, ready to play once more.

* In his excitement to go another round, Pattin volunteers himself to be “it” in the next game, and though you are without a costume, you rush through the halls and nestle into the shadows, making yourself unseen. After hiding in the silence for a time, you are found by who you assume to be Pattin, and plan to make for Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre to meet with the others.

* Upon your return to Gridania, the children and adventurers are oddly relieved at your return, and you discover that Pattin was, in fact, unable to find you... The pumpkin-headed apparition suggests a wandering spirit may have taken his form, but assures you that such specters should not pose a threat to you or the others. With that matter settled, the children present you with a tattered bear costume to match theirs—a token of their gratitude. The pumpkin-headed apparition encourages you to make the most of the season and her venues, and eagerly awaits your next meeting.
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}
==Dialogue==
{{section-stub|quest|reason=Conditional dialogue needs review}}
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Pattin and the children have finalized their plan. Hear them out, won't you?
Bea: Y'know how adventurers like parties? Well, Dodd and Pattin and I decided we'd do somethin' similar and take on, um...what's the word? Roles? Roles! That way, we get the work done faster. I'm the one that casts lots of scary magicks!
Dodd: Oooh, I can hardly wait!
Grave Guide: Greetings... I am here to—well, perhaps it would be prudent to keep my role a secret for the time being.
-optional end
Pattin: Listen up, everyone! It's time we put our game to the test!
Pattin: Since this'll be our very first one, we'll let you be “it,” adventurer! We three are better at hiding, anyway.

Dodd: Huzzah! We ought to get a head start and make for the haunting grounds, then.

Bea: Pattin tidied up some costumes for the other mortals, so he's gonna dress 'em up while Dodd and I start workin' our magic. We'll see you there!

Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Heh heh... So the game is afoot.
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Once you have made ready, my grave guide shall lead you to the venue. We will ensure the other participants arrive safely there as well.
-quest accepted
===Speak with the grave guide===
-optional start
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: My grave guide shall see you safely to the Dire Deepcroft. Go now, and may your games garner a suitable fright...
-optional end
Grave Guide: Greetings... 'Tis my solemn duty to escort our guests to the Dire Deepcroft.
Grave Guide: Should you choose to join me, however, know that all manner of otherworldly phenomena may befall you in that accursed place... Do have care, adventurer.

System: Travel to the Dire Deepcroft?
===Speak with Bea===
-optional start
Dodd: Let's see... Illusory magicks, all ready and accounted for! You won't believe your eyes when the games begin!
-optional end
Bea: There you are, adventurer! We're nearly ready, in case you were wonderin'.
Bea: But what's takin' the other mortals so long? I know we have no choice, but I don't ''want'' to wait anymore...
-cutscene start
Pattin: Ta-daaa! Our new friends are ready!

Ebullient Adventurer: This suit's surprisingly comfortable...easy enough to run and hide in, at least. Our uncostumed friend here will be seeking us out, yes?

Bea: {{alternatives|She|He}} sure will! Once {{alternatives|she|he}} starts countin', it means we all have to find a place to hide, and fast!

Dodd: What Bea said! Now, since you're “it,” you'll need some all-seeing gourds. If you think you've found someone—and not one of our illusions—lob one right at them!
Dodd: If your hunch was right, the gourd will react! If your target was just an illusion...well, you'll have to try again. But at least you'll have less fake ones to worry about.

Adamant Adventurer: Hold on a moment. If your illusions are no less similar to the genuine folk in costume, how will {{alternatives|she|he}} be able to see through your ruse?

Pattin: Oh. Right... I forgot that you mortals can't see through illusory magicks the way we can. The illusions don't talk, and if you squint hard enough, you can probably spot the difference, but... Hmmm, what other oddities could we add to them?

Ebullient Adventurer: What's all this about “you mortals”? All men are mortal—yourselves included...I hope.
Ebullient Adventurer: In any event, for those of us who are ''not'' crafted from illusory magicks, I suggest we strike unique poses, that we might be easier to seek out.

Pattin: Oh! Oh, yes! That's an excellent idea. You heard him, everyone: once you're set in your hiding spots, pose away!
Pattin: While the others adjust the magicks, let's kill some time with a practice round, adventurer!
Pattin: Remember to throw an all-seeing gourd if you think you've found the real me. If you succeed, we can all play for real!
Pattin: Now, go on and count to ten, and I'll hide while you do!
-cutscene end
===Use an all-seeing gourd on the real Pattin.===
Approaching a Curious Costume with a Namazu hat at {{coords|11.5|10.1}}
x@Curious Costume: ...
System: This costume doesn't quite match the ones worn by Pattin and the others...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume with an Elephant hat at {{coords|12.1|9.7}}
System: Pattin wasn't wearing a costume like this...was he?
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like Pattin at {{coords|12.8|9.9}}
Pattin@Curious Costume: Oh! D-Don't mind me! I'm just an illusion! Oooh, so scary...
Pattin: Awww! You found me...
Pattin: But that's all right! Now you know how to properly use your gourds.
Pattin: Let's move on to the main event, shall we? Everyone else had plenty of time to hide deeper in by now.
Pattin: When you've found us all, meet us back where we started. I'll let you count to ten again while I hide—happy hunting!

System: Your voice echoes and bounds across the dismal stone corridors as you commence your count. Slowly, you open your eyes upon reaching ten, and prepare to seek out the five costumed participants hidden within these halls.
===Use an all-seeing gourd on the correct curious costumes 0/5===

Approaching a Curious Costume with a Tonberry hat at {{coords|11.7|10.3}}
x@Curious Costume: ...
System: This costumed creature doesn't resemble the bears you're looking for...though you concede that it is a remarkably good dancer.
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like Pattin at {{coords|11.4|11.1}}
Pattin@Curious Costume: (Don't...make...a sound...)
System: Though barely audible, a whisper wanders through the eerie silence.
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
Pattin: Awww, you got me! I'll go back to the entrance like I promised.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like the Adamant Adventurer at {{coords|11.9|11.9}}
System: The silhouette lingering before you has surprisingly excellent posture...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
Adamant Adventurer: You've a sharp eye, friend. I'll go ahead and make my way back.

Approaching a Curious Costume with a Moogle hat at {{coords|11.1|11.8}}
x@Curious Costume: ...
System: This costume appears lifeless.
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume with a green Pumpkin hat at {{coords|11.7|12.4}}
x@Curious Costume: ...
System: No response. It appears to be an illusion...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like Dodd at {{coords|12.0|13.0}}
System: This costume is clinging to the shadows in a desperate attempt to remain hidden there...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
Dodd: You did it! You found me! Back to the entrance I go.

Approaching a Curious Costume with webbed feet at {{coords|11.7|12.4}}
x@Curious Costume: ...
System: Those webbed feet don't match the children's costumes one bit...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like the Ebullient Adventurer at {{coords|8.5|13.5}}
Ebullient Adventurer@Curious Costume: ...
System: Although it remains silent, it dances without a care in the world.
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
Ebullient Adventurer: Oho! Saw right through my dance, did you? Back to the entrance for me, then...

Approaching a Curious Costume with a Chocobo hat at {{coords|10.6|11.2}}
System: This tiny costumed creature sways in the silence.
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
System: The costumed creature vanishes without a trace. The others must be elsewhere.

Approaching a Curious Costume that looks like the Bea at {{coords|10.6|11.0}}
Bea@Curious Costume: Heh heh... {{alternatives|She'll|He'll}} never find me here—oh.
System: A hushed voice reaches your ears...
''After using the {{i|All-seeing Gourd}}''
Bea: Aw, no! You found me fair and square... I'll see you at the entrance!

===Speak with Dodd===
-optional start
Pattin: Phew...! That...was so much ''fun''!

Bea: Hullo again! Pattin was so excited that he started dashin' all over the place before you got here!

Adamant Adventurer: As I suspected, running and hiding in such heavy equipment came with its own challenges... I ought to train like this more often.

Ebullient Adventurer: Welcome back! Exhilarating game, wasn't it?
-optional end
>If the player found only the correct Curious Costumes
Dodd: That was amaaazing! You were the best “it” we ever could've asked for, adventurer!
>If the player also interacted with other Curious Costumes
Dodd: That was lots of fun! When I saw you readying those gourds, I thought my heart was gonna jump out of my chest!
---
Ebullient Adventurer: Indeed. That was a grand old time! I could go another round, in fact.

Pattin: That would be delightful! If I had my way, I'd want to play with you all for another fifty years, at least!

Bea: Hahaha! Say, if we're gonna play again, there's one more thing we mustn't forget!
-cutscene start
Pattin: Oh, that's right! Before we go another round, we need someone else to be “it.” I piiick...me!
Pattin: One... Two... Three...

''The player attempts to hide and they see Pattin walking away. Suddenly, someone that looks like Pattin appears behind them, upside down.''

Pattin@Pattin?: There you are, [Forename]!
Pattin@Pattin?: Hee hee... I'm so glad I found you. This was so much fun!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Pattin===
-optional start
Bea: There you are! You hid so well, we thought we'd have to tear the whole place up!

Dodd: You're incredible, adventurer! I'm surprised you could hide better than we can...

Adamant Adventurer: You are talented indeed... Seeing your skills inspires me to keep honing my own.

Ebullient Adventurer: Good to see you returned. That you didn't even need a costume to blend in is a testament to your skills!

Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Heh heh... You are returned. I take it you enjoyed the games?

Grave Guide: 'Tis a relief to see you unharmed...
Genial Guiser: Preparations for the marvelous masquerade are presently underway, but do come back soon!
Unusual Usher: I am dreadfully sorry, but you must first speak with my master before I can escort you.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Pattin: Where in the world were you hiding, adventurer!? We looked everywhere for you, but you were nowhere to be found... We even started yelling for you and everything before we came back!

Question: What will you say?

> You still managed to find me, though!
> What do you mean? You found me, didn't you, Pattin?
---
Pattin: H-Huh!?

Pattin: We searched and searched, but we couldn't find you at all!

Adamant Adventurer: Wherever you hid, you evaded us entirely, even when we pooled our collective efforts. We attempted to call out to you when we took our leave, as well. Mayhap our voices did not reach as far as we envisioned...?

Ebullient Adventurer: I will say, though, turning the tables on us and making us all search was a sly move! Do let me know if you play again—I could do this for days, had I the chance.

Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Heh heh... Rumor has it the Dire Deepcroft is home to the spirits of the dead. 'Tis possible that someone ''else'' wanted to join in your game and took the form of young Pattin so as not to startle you.
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: You needn't worry overmuch. I suspect the spirit involved harbored no ill will—just a desire to play.
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: I took the liberty of sealing off the more dangerous areas before you all entered, so your mortal companions should be safe. The children have learned much from the three of you today.

Bea: Guess what!? Those adventurers gave us candy! “As thanks for the game,” they said!

Dodd: What Bea said! Mortal gratitude really ''is'' as sweet as they say. Now that we have something safe to play, we ought to try inviting the adventurers ourselves next time!

Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Speaking of gratitude, don't you all have something to say to your new friend?

Pattin: Oh! Yes, we do! Give me just a moment, and...
Pattin: Thank you so very much, adventurer! We made a scary suit for you, too, so now you can match us. We hope you like it!

Pumpkin-headed Apparition: The Dire Deepcroft shall remain open to you, if you wish to return for any reason... May your revels there bring you frights and delights alike.
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: And of course, I shall leave the gates to Sneaky Hollow open, as well. If it's a masquerade you desire, you need only speak to our usher, and he shall lead the way.
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Everyone deserves to carouse as they wish during this season, after all—mortal and voidsent, the living and the dead...
Pumpkin-headed Apparition: Heh heh... Of course, 'tis our duty to ensure the creatures of the void do not overstay their welcome. I hope I can count on your assistance again when next the seasons turn.
-quest complete
System: You now have access to Sneaky Hollow, the Haunted Manor, and the Dire Deepcroft. Speak with the grave guide to be escorted back to the Dire Deepcroft.
System: To attend the ongoing masquerades at Sneaky Hollow and the Haunted Manor, speak with the unusual usher or genial guiser at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Gallery==
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File:Grim and Grisly Games 1.png
File:Grim and Grisly Games 2.png
File:Grim and Grisly Games 3.png
File:Grim and Grisly Games 4.png
File:Grim and Grisly Games 5.png
</gallery>
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
Curious Costume (Namazu).jpg|Curious Costume with a Namazu hat
Curious Costume (Namazu) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with a Namazu hat
Curious Costume (Namazu) portrait.jpg|Curious Costume with a Namazu hat
Curious Costume (Elephant) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with an Elephant hat
Curious Costume (Elephant) portrait.jpg|Curious Costume with an Elephant hat
Curious Costume (Tonberry) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with a Tonberry hat
Curious Costume (Tonberry) portrait.jpg|Curious Costume with a Tonberry hat
Curious Costume (Moogle).jpg|Curious Costume with a Moogle hat
Curious Costume (Moogle) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with a Moogle hat
Curious Costume (Moogle) portrait.jpg|Curious Costume with a Moogle hat
Curious Costume (Pumpkin) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with a Pumpkin hat
Curious Costume (Pumpkin) portrait.jpg|Curious Costume with a Pumpkin hat
Curious Costume (Webbed Feet).jpg|Curious Costume with webbed feet
Curious Costume (Chocobo) fullbody.jpg|Curious Costume with a Chocobo hat
Curious Costume (Chocobo).jpg|Curious Costume with a Chocobo hat
</gallery>
[[Category:Has datamined dialogue]]

Gobsmacked

2026-10-06T06:39:39Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Gobsmacked
| description = J'yhuh Tia seems pleased with your progress.
| image = gobsmacked1.png
| quest-giver = J'yhuh Tia
| related-npcs =
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Central Shroud
| location-x = 22.9
| location-y = 19.1
| type = feature
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Beastmaster Quests
| sortkey = 15
| organization =
| class =
| job = beastmaster
| category =
| level = 40
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 5390
| gil = 492
| reward1 = 1 Beastwarden's Hand Axe
| reward2 = 1 Beastwarden's Buckler
| reward3 = 1 Beastwarden's Coffer (IL 40)
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = cru Second Board of the Unbroken
| prev-quest = Wit as Weaponry
| next-quest = Sin of Blood
| patch = 7.56
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71032
}}
==Steps==
* Summon your Cu Sith and speak with J'yhuh Tia.
* Befriend twenty unique beasts and speak with J'yhuh Tia.
* Speak with Lauda.
==Journal==
* J'yhuh Tia seems pleased with your progress.

* J'yhuh Tia smiles to see you return hale, hearty, and perhaps tougher for your time away. That said, he is also keen to check on your Cu Sith, and asks you to summon your first familiar for his assessment.

* Your Cu Sith appears well, and despite J'yhuh Tia's reservations, eager to challenge the Crucible once more. His inspection is cut short by an unexpected visitor, this time not a gaunt maiden but an excited adventurer—the very one with whom you spoke in the Carline Canopy so long ago. He introduces himself as Sylmond and brightly recounts his journey to find your Cu Sith. With amazement, he kneels before it and asks permission to feed it. Considering how hard you have been training, J'yhuh Tia calls for a moment of respite. Having marveled over your Cu Sith, Sylmond reluctantly departs for other business, leaving you, J'yhuh Tia, and the strangely taciturn Loosefrox alone. When questioned on her silence, Loosefrox suddenly announces her intention to challenge the Crucible of the Unbroken. She is determined to prove her prowess as your senior, brooking no argument as she dashes off to challenge the first board. Your teacher worries not for your safety—both you and Loosefrox are skilled beastmasters in your own right—but there is no denying that her bestiary is larger. Thus are you instructed to commit at least twenty entries to your own before challenging the second board.

* Upon searching near and far, you return with twenty trusty familiars. All is in readiness to challenge the second board, so you and J'yhuh Tia venture off to visit Lauda in Bentbranch Meadows.

* You arrive to find a triumphant Loosefrox waiting for you. She has swept through the first board and is prepared to meet you upon the second. According to Lauda, the Crucible encourages competition with its ability to pit rivals against each other during the final battle. Everything upon the board is smoke and mirrors, however, so you will combat the shade of Loosefrox during your trial, while she will independently challenge a shade of you. J'yhuh Tia promises to rescue you should anything go awry, but otherwise encourages you both to try your best—may the cleverest beastmaster win. ※The next beastmaster quest will be available from Lauda upon clearing the Second Board of the Unbroken.
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... Of the Unbroken, eh?

Lauda: Were the Lhu misguided...?
Lauda: ...A query that matters little. For in the end, I know my place.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
J'yhuh Tia: Coming along nicely. Won't be long before the student becomes the master, heh.
J'yhuh Tia: By the by, how's your Cu Sith? I'm keen to have a look at it.

-quest accepted

===Summon your Cu Sith and speak with J'yhuh Tia.===
-optional start
J'yhuh Tia: Remember, your first pact will always be your strongest. Summon your Cu Sith so we can say hello.
-optional end

-cutscene start
J'yhuh Tia: Healthy and in good spirits...though I sense apprehension. Perhaps in regards to the Crucible?

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghraaah!

J'yhuh Tia: Or not, haha! A stalwart soul for a stalwart beastmaster. You two are quite the team.

Sylmond@???: Ah! That's it—the very creature!
Sylmond: And the very {{alternatives|f=lady|m=gentleman}} who heard my tale. We spoke at the Carline Canopy, remember? The name's Sylmond. It's a delight to properly make your acquaintance.

J'yhuh Tia: Friend of yours? ...Strangers all look the same to me.

Sylmond: I've been desperate to find that beast since last we spoke! I poked around Sorrel Haven to no avail—well, to some avail, because I was apprehended by a Wood Wailer for suspicious behavior. But upon further inquiry, I heard that beastmasters had been practicing at the Bannock!
Sylmond: My, what a marvelous creature you are. How glad I am to see you well!

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghhhrl...♪

Sylmond: May I feed it? I brought some raw meat with me, in anticipation of such an opportunity.
Sylmond: It isn't spoiled, I assure you! I can even consume some if that might put your mind at ease.

Question: What will you say?

> Worry not. I trust you.
Sylmond: You honor me, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. Thank you... Thank you!
> Thanks, but, er...keep your meat.
Sylmond: I understand... Strange meat should not be trusted.
J'yhuh Tia: Then use some of mine. The Cu Sith looks peckish, and I can vouch for my cuts.
---

J'yhuh Tia: You've been hard at work anyway, [Forename]. Let's have a break.

Sylmond: What a joy this has been... Alas, my duties call. May we meet again, brave beastmasters!

J'yhuh Tia: ...Bit of an odd chap. But he brought with him a valuable reminder.
J'yhuh Tia: Lauda mentioned you can feed and tend to your charges within the Crucible. The detail to which the Lhu crafted their simulacrum continues to amaze... But what resources it offers, you must use. Overlook no chance to secure safety and gain advantage.
J'yhuh Tia: As for you, chief pupil of mine—what troubles you? Your tongueflaps are scarce.

Loosefrox: Wiseteach... I'm going to challenge the Crucible.
Loosefrox: As your senior, I won't stillstand while you take all the winfame. I'll prove to you that I'm just as strong—no, ''stronger''!
Loosefrox: I'll see you on the second board, [Forename]. For now, I'm off to sweepclear the first!

J'yhuh Tia: ...That's quite the change of heart. Any insight?
J'yhuh Tia: Loosefrox is no fool. And since you safely cleared the first board, she should be more than capable. ...Stirred by competition though she is.
J'yhuh Tia: But unless you're keen to become “peoplepulp” beneath her heel, you'll need to catch up. Return with at least twenty entries in your bestiary. Nothing less will do against Loosefrox.
-cutscene end

===Befriend twenty unique beasts and speak with J'yhuh Tia.===
-optional start
Lauda: Loosefrox has agreed to challenge the Crucible as well. The more beastmasters, the merrier.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... I'll see you on the second board!

J'yhuh Tia: If ever the two of you are in danger, I will fly to your side. But a good teacher knows when to let his pupils fight their own battles. Twenty familiars, [Forename]. I'll be waiting.
-optional end

J'yhuh Tia: Well done, [Forename]. With this many allies, there's little you'll find difficult to overcome.
J'yhuh Tia: Time for the second board. Let us be off.

===Speak with Lauda.===
-optional start
Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... First board? ''Easy''.

J'yhuh Tia: Should anything go awry, I will come and get you. The ''both'' of you.

Sylmond: Oh, hello again! I was just finishing my business when I spotted this kind merchant here. Thought we might have a bit of a chat...
-optional end

Lauda: Your comrade Loosefrox gave an amazing performance upon the first board. Am I given to understand that you both will be challenging the second?

J'yhuh Tia: How does that work? When more than one person enters.

Lauda: The Crucible encourages growth through contention. Each challenger will navigate an individual board, at the end of which awaits their rival.
Lauda: For Loosefrox, the shade of [Forename] will appear. For [Forename], the shade of Loosefrox.

J'yhuh Tia: The two of you are evenly matched in my eyes. If the shades replicate you truly, your wits alone will determine the victor.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Then call me a winner, Wiseteach. I'll show you that [Forename] is no match for me and Chewchum Popoto!

-quest complete

System: The Second Board of the Unbroken has been unlocked. To challenge it, speak with Lauda in Bentbranch Meadows.
System: Furthermore, new wares are now available from the Kornago merchant.

-optional start
Sylmond: You beastmasters are a fascinating lot! Your merchant friend has kindly indulged my queries, but I'm afraid my curiosity remains unsated.
Sylmond: What must it be like, dedicating one's life to the ways of the wild? Hmm...

''Before clearing the board''
J'yhuh Tia: The Crucible encourages contention, eh? Why am I not surprised... Keep a cool head, and you'll be fine.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... I won't shamefail against any shade! Yours or any other!

Lauda: A shade of Loosefrox awaits you at the end of the second board, as your own shade awaits her. Pray, destroy all who oppose you within the Crucible and return with strength enough to face my master.

''After clearing''
J'yhuh Tia: Done settling your differences? Heh! Well done, the both of you.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... We...we scrapewon...!

Lauda: Further congratulations are in order. To defeat your senior so soundly is impressive, indeed.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
[[Category:Has datamined dialogue]]
==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=zuw2P9rnnyU}}

Come, but Not Gone

2026-10-06T06:11:32Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Come, but Not Gone
| description = A hero must go where'er she/he is needed, and according to [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]], you are needed elsewhere.
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs =
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 11.1
| location-y = 11.6
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 98
| level = 50
| req-items = 1 Clouded Vial
| exp = 2340
| gil = 869
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = A Time to Every Purpose
| next-quest = The Parting Glass
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 92b8d8a4494
| id-gt = 65962
| msq-index = 239
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Momodi]] at [[the Quicksand]].
*Rendezvous with [[Alianne]] in [[central Thanalan]].
*Continue waiting for Alianne.
*Pick up the [[Clouded Vial|clouded vial]].
*Show the clouded vial to Momodi.

==Journal==
* A hero must go where'er {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} is needed, and according to [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]], you are needed elsewhere.

* It would seem that a matter at [[the Quicksand]] requires your immediate attention. Minfilia asks that you make your way to [[Ul'dah - Steps of Nald|the Steps of Nald]] and speak with [[Momodi]], before joining her and the other [[Scions]] in [[the Fragrant Chamber]].

* By way of Momodi, [[Alianne]] of the 4th has requested a private meeting so that she might show you something of importance. According to the proprietress' account, the lieutenant appeared to be deeply troubled... Journey to the station west of [[the Coffer & Coffin]] and await her arrival as instructed.

* You stand in plain view and patiently wait for Alianne to appear. As the minutes roll by, however, you begin to wonder at her whereabouts.

* After a further indeterminate period of waiting, you come to doubt that Alianne will ever arrive. No sooner has the thought entered your mind than you chance to catch sight of [[Clouded Vial|a vial]] at your feet. Though it may be no more than discarded refuse, it does not appear to have lain there for long...

* As you puzzle over the significance of the vial, a familiar voice reaches your ears. [[Laurentius]], another man you personally recruited to the [[Crystal Braves]], is surprised to see you out in the field so soon before the royal banquet. He tells you that he has seen no sign of Alianne on his patrol, but reassures you that if he does happen to meet with her, he will tell her that you waited. Time is growing short, yet something about the vial troubles you. Perhaps Momodi will know what to make of it.

* Momodi can offer little insight into the vial, save that it resembles those used by [[alchemist]]s. Like Laurentius, she implores you not to worry about Alianne, and to turn your thoughts to more pressing matters.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Yda: Food then dancing...or dancing then food? Or food then dancing then more food? Hmm...
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Minfilia Warde@Minfilia: We will go on ahead, [Forename]. Pray join us once matters at the Quicksand are resolved.

'''Thancred:''' Give my regards to Momodi, and let her know that I will call upon her anon.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speaking with Momodi at the Quicksand===
'''Momodi:''' I appreciate you droppin' in on such short notice, [Forename]. I know you've got places to be, so I won't waste your time.
'''Momodi:''' You're friends with a Crystal Brave by the name of Alianne, aren't you? Former adventurer? Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure you recruited her yourself.
'''Momodi:''' Well anyway, she came 'round for a meal not long ago, and before she left, she asked me to give you a message. Said if the others ended up draggin' you to the feast, I was to see you got it before you made your grand entrance.
'''Momodi:''' “Meet me at the station west of the Coffer & Coffin. There's something I must show you.”

> If the player is male
'''Momodi:''' A short message, I'll grant you, but she thought long and hard before pickin' those words. Barely touched her food, too. Under other circumstances, I'd've thought those signs of a troubled heart, but somethin' tells me she ain't plannin' to confess her undyin' love.

> If the player is female
'''Momodi:''' A short message, I'll grant you, but she thought long and hard before pickin' those words. Barely touched her food, too. Under other circumstances, I'd've thought those signs of a troubled heart, but somethin' tells me she ain't plannin' to ask your thoughts on a gentleman caller.
---

-optional start
'''Momodi:''' Best not keep Alianne waitin'─or your friends at the feast, for that matter.
-optional end

===Rendezvousing with Alianne in central Thanalan===
'''System:''' As you stand upon the platform, your thoughts begin to wander...and all too soon, the ghosts of comrades lost and enemies slain begin to file by your mind's eye in solemn procession... Clearing your head, you scan the horizon, but see no sign of Alianne.

===Continuing waiting for Alianne===
'''System:''' Straining your ears to listen, you hear the chatter of Qiqirn and the buzzing of syrphids, but no approaching footfall. Sighing, you bow your head...only to notice the vial lying at your feet.

===Picking up the clouded vial===
-cutscene start
'''Laurentius:''' [Forename], is that you? What brings you out this way?
'''Laurentius:''' Lieutenant Alianne? Why no, I haven't seen her about...
'''Laurentius:''' Had she come this way, I guarantee we would have crossed paths. I must have passed this spot a dozen times.
'''Laurentius:''' We're to patrol the city's environs, on account of the royal banquet. Captain's orders, you understand. Speaking of which─isn't it about to begin?
'''Laurentius:''' You should be with the other honored guests, enjoying your well-deserved respite. Aye, pray return to Ul'dah, [Forename]. If I chance to meet the lieutenant, I will tell her you were here.
'''Laurentius:''' Gods, I envy you. All that food and wine... But I cannot think of a {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} more deserving. Enjoy the feast, [Forename]─you've earned it.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Nanamo Ul Namo:''' O Sultantree, hallowed spirit of my line...
'''Nanamo Ul Namo:''' Through my weakness, the glorious House of Ul has all but disappeared beneath the sands. For want of the strength to raise it up again, it were better that it fall.
'''Nanamo Ul Namo:''' Forgive me, but I know not what else to do...
-cutscene end

===Showing the clouded vial to Momodi===
'''Momodi:''' I reckoned you'd head straight to the feast after meetin' with Alianne. What's the matter? No appetite?
[The player hands over the clouded vial.]
'''Momodi:''' ...So she wasn't there, but ''this'' was, eh? Let's see...
'''Momodi:''' Hmmm...looks to me like an alchemist's vial, but beyond that, I can't say. Might be best if you hold on to it for safekeepin', though.
'''Momodi:''' Anyroad, no use worryin' about Alianne. I'm sure she'll turn up before too long, and when she does, we'll soon find out what this was all in aid of. Besides─you've got more important things to think about.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=yQcWYCM6Sy4}}

Gobsmacked

2026-10-03T04:39:22Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Gobsmacked
| description = J'yhuh Tia seems pleased with your progress.
| image = gobsmacked1.png
| quest-giver = J'yhuh Tia
| related-npcs = Cu Sith (NPC); Lauda; Loosefrox; Sylmond
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Central Shroud
| location-x = 22.9
| location-y = 19.1
| type = feature
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Beastmaster Quests
| sortkey = 15
| organization =
| class =
| job = beastmaster
| category =
| level = 40
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 5390
| gil = 492
| reward1 = 1 Beastwarden's Hand Axe
| reward2 = 1 Beastwarden's Buckler
| reward3 = 1 Beastwarden's Coffer (IL 40)
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = cru Second Board of the Unbroken
| prev-quest = Wit as Weaponry
| next-quest = Sin of Blood
| patch = 7.56
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71032
}}
==Steps==
* Summon your Cu Sith and speak with J'yhuh Tia.
* Befriend twenty unique beasts and speak with J'yhuh Tia.
* Speak with Lauda.
==Journal==
* J'yhuh Tia seems pleased with your progress.

* J'yhuh Tia smiles to see you return hale, hearty, and perhaps tougher for your time away. That said, he is also keen to check on your Cu Sith, and asks you to summon your first familiar for his assessment.

* Your Cu Sith appears well, and despite J'yhuh Tia's reservations, eager to challenge the Crucible once more. His inspection is cut short by an unexpected visitor, this time not a gaunt maiden but an excited adventurer—the very one with whom you spoke in the Carline Canopy so long ago. He introduces himself as Sylmond and brightly recounts his journey to find your Cu Sith. With amazement, he kneels before it and asks permission to feed it. Considering how hard you have been training, J'yhuh Tia calls for a moment of respite. Having marveled over your Cu Sith, Sylmond reluctantly departs for other business, leaving you, J'yhuh Tia, and the strangely taciturn Loosefrox alone. When questioned on her silence, Loosefrox suddenly announces her intention to challenge the Crucible of the Unbroken. She is determined to prove her prowess as your senior, brooking no argument as she dashes off to challenge the first board. Your teacher worries not for your safety—both you and Loosefrox are skilled beastmasters in your own right—but there is no denying that her bestiary is larger. Thus are you instructed to commit at least twenty entries to your own before challenging the second board.

* Upon searching near and far, you return with twenty trusty familiars. All is in readiness to challenge the second board, so you and J'yhuh Tia venture off to visit Lauda in Bentbranch Meadows.

* You arrive to find a triumphant Loosefrox waiting for you. She has swept through the first board and is prepared to meet you upon the second. According to Lauda, the Crucible encourages competition with its ability to pit rivals against each other during the final battle. Everything upon the board is smoke and mirrors, however, so you will combat the shade of Loosefrox during your trial, while she will independently challenge a shade of you. J'yhuh Tia promises to rescue you should anything go awry, but otherwise encourages you both to try your best—may the cleverest beastmaster win. ※The next beastmaster quest will be available from Lauda upon clearing the Second Board of the Unbroken.
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... Of the Unbroken, eh?

Lauda: Were the Lhu misguided...?
Lauda: ...A query that matters little. For in the end, I know my place.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
J'yhuh Tia: Coming along nicely. Won't be long before the student becomes the master, heh.
J'yhuh Tia: By the by, how's your Cu Sith? I'm keen to have a look at it.

-quest accepted

===Summon your Cu Sith and speak with J'yhuh Tia.===
-optional start
J'yhuh Tia: Remember, your first pact will always be your strongest. Summon your Cu Sith so we can say hello.
-optional end

-cutscene start
J'yhuh Tia: Healthy and in good spirits...though I sense apprehension. Perhaps in regards to the Crucible?

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghraaah!

J'yhuh Tia: Or not, haha! A stalwart soul for a stalwart beastmaster. You two are quite the team.

Sylmond@???: Ah! That's it—the very creature!
Sylmond: And the very {{alternatives|f=lady|m=gentleman}} who heard my tale. We spoke at the Carline Canopy, remember? The name's Sylmond. It's a delight to properly make your acquaintance.

J'yhuh Tia: Friend of yours? ...Strangers all look the same to me.

Sylmond: I've been desperate to find that beast since last we spoke! I poked around Sorrel Haven to no avail—well, to some avail, because I was apprehended by a Wood Wailer for suspicious behavior. But upon further inquiry, I heard that beastmasters had been practicing at the Bannock!
Sylmond: My, what a marvelous creature you are. How glad I am to see you well!

Cu Sith (NPC)@Cu Sith: Ghhhrl...♪

Sylmond: May I feed it? I brought some raw meat with me, in anticipation of such an opportunity.
Sylmond: It isn't spoiled, I assure you! I can even consume some if that might put your mind at ease.

Question: What will you say?

> Worry not. I trust you.
Sylmond: You honor me, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. Thank you... Thank you!
> Thanks, but, er...keep your meat.
Sylmond: I understand... Strange meat should not be trusted.
J'yhuh Tia: Then use some of mine. The Cu Sith looks peckish, and I can vouch for my cuts.
---

J'yhuh Tia: You've been hard at work anyway, [Forename]. Let's have a break.

Sylmond: What a joy this has been... Alas, my duties call. May we meet again, brave beastmasters!

J'yhuh Tia: ...Bit of an odd chap. But he brought with him a valuable reminder.
J'yhuh Tia: Lauda mentioned you can feed and tend to your charges within the Crucible. The detail to which the Lhu crafted their simulacrum continues to amaze... But what resources it offers, you must use. Overlook no chance to secure safety and gain advantage.
J'yhuh Tia: As for you, chief pupil of mine—what troubles you? Your tongueflaps are scarce.

Loosefrox: Wiseteach... I'm going to challenge the Crucible.
Loosefrox: As your senior, I won't stillstand while you take all the winfame. I'll prove to you that I'm just as strong—no, ''stronger''!
Loosefrox: I'll see you on the second board, [Forename]. For now, I'm off to sweepclear the first!

J'yhuh Tia: ...That's quite the change of heart. Any insight?
J'yhuh Tia: Loosefrox is no fool. And since you safely cleared the first board, she should be more than capable. ...Stirred by competition though she is.
J'yhuh Tia: But unless you're keen to become “peoplepulp” beneath her heel, you'll need to catch up. Return with at least twenty entries in your bestiary. Nothing less will do against Loosefrox.
-cutscene end

===Befriend twenty unique beasts and speak with J'yhuh Tia.===
-optional start
Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... I'll see you on the second board!

J'yhuh Tia: If ever the two of you are in danger, I will fly to your side. But a good teacher knows when to let his pupils fight their own battles. Twenty familiars, [Forename]. I'll be waiting.
-optional end

J'yhuh Tia: Well done, [Forename]. With this many allies, there's little you'll find difficult to overcome.
J'yhuh Tia: Time for the second board. Let us be off.

===Speak with Lauda.===
-optional start
Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... First board? ''Easy''.

J'yhuh Tia: Should anything go awry, I will come and get you. The ''both'' of you.

Sylmond: Oh, hello again! I was just finishing my business when I spotted this kind merchant here. Thought we might have a bit of a chat...
-optional end

Lauda: Your comrade Loosefrox gave an amazing performance upon the first board. Am I given to understand that you both will be challenging the second?

J'yhuh Tia: How does that work? When more than one person enters.

Lauda: The Crucible encourages growth through contention. Each challenger will navigate an individual board, at the end of which awaits their rival.
Lauda: For Loosefrox, the shade of [Forename] will appear. For [Forename], the shade of Loosefrox.

J'yhuh Tia: The two of you are evenly matched in my eyes. If the shades replicate you truly, your wits alone will determine the victor.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Then call me a winner, Wiseteach. I'll show you that [Forename] is no match for me and Chewchum Popoto!

-quest complete

System: The Second Board of the Unbroken has been unlocked. To challenge it, speak with Lauda in Bentbranch Meadows.
System: Furthermore, new wares are now available from the Kornago merchant.

-optional start
Sylmond: You beastmasters are a fascinating lot! Your merchant friend has kindly indulged my queries, but I'm afraid my curiosity remains unsated.
Sylmond: What must it be like, dedicating one's life to the ways of the wild? Hmm...

''Before clearing the board''
J'yhuh Tia: The Crucible encourages contention, eh? Why am I not surprised... Keep a cool head, and you'll be fine.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... I won't shamefail against any shade! Yours or any other!

Lauda: A shade of Loosefrox awaits you at the end of the second board, as your own shade awaits her. Pray, destroy all who oppose you within the Crucible and return with strength enough to face my master.

''After clearing''
J'yhuh Tia: Done settling your differences? Heh! Well done, the both of you.

Loosefrox: Pshhh... Shkohhh... We...we scrapewon...!

Lauda: Further congratulations are in order. To defeat your senior so soundly is impressive, indeed.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}
[[Category:Has datamined dialogue]]
==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=zuw2P9rnnyU}}

The Light of Hope

2026-10-03T04:37:43Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Light of Hope
| description = With a look of finality upon him, [[Rammbroes]] seems intent upon sealing the [[Crystal Tower]] once and for all.
| image = The Light of Hope.png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; G'raha Tia; Nero; Son of Saint Coinach; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30
| location-y = 12
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 8
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 658
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Allagan Catalyst
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ach Out of the Dark, ngp The Crystal Tower (New Game+)
| prev-quest = The World of Darkness (Quest)
| next-quest =
| patch = 2.5
| release =
| id-gt = 66031
| id-edb = abeb33d0875
}}
==Walkthrough==
This is the end of the [[MSQ]] requirement. Prior to [[Patch 6.3]], there were [[But I Hardly Noah|two]] [[The Gift of the Archmagus|additional]] quests in this chain, but they were removed when [[Koh Rabntah|their NPC]] was given a new purpose.

==Steps==
*Speak with the [[son of Saint Coinach]].
*Report to [[Rammbroes]].

==Journal==
*With a look of finality upon him, Rammbroes seems intent upon sealing the Crystal Tower once and for all.

*You tell Cid and Rammbroes of what occurred in the World of Darkness. Suddenly, a researcher dashes up, and tells you in panicked tones that G'raha Tia is ordering researchers out of the Crystal Tower. Hasten back to the Eight Sentinels, and speak with the son of Saint Coinach to discover what is happening.

*You rush to the Crystal Tower. Before you can enter the Crystal Tower to discover what is afoot, G'raha bids you stop. It seems he has a mind to seal the gates with himself inside. He reveals that the survivors of the Fourth Umbral Calamity prayed the tower would become a beacon of hope in the future. To make that a reality, Princess Salina-the only remaining royal Allagan- gave her blood and memories to her most trusted advisor. That man was G'raha's ancestor. Now, to ensure the wish of the ancients comes true, the historian has decided to put the Crystal Tower once again into a long slumber. He leaves you with a task: build a bright future. His farewells fade with the closing of the Crystal Tower. It would be best to return to Rammbroes and discuss all that has transpired.

*Though the tower is silent and Cid has left to pursue new ventures, Rammbroes vows that NOAH will not disband. He promises to continue onwards-in honor of the wish passed down from ancient Allag, in honor of Unei and Doga's sacrifice, and in honor of G'raha's future. Now, a new dawn has come to Eorzea.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Rammbroes: I trust you have rested, my friend. Good. I wish to seal the tower now...but there is something we must do first.
Rammbroes: Let me summon the others, and hear in full what happened beyond the rift.
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: ...So the Allagan Eye that runs in G'raha's line ''does'' mean that royal blood flows in his veins.
Rammbroes: I suppose it is not so odd to think his forebears gained it via ancient technology. But who imbued his family with the blood, and for what purpose?
Rammbroes: Mayhap all this was fate, from discovering the tower to G'raha gaining Unei and Doga's blood.
Biggs: Has G'raha said anything? For that matter, where ''is'' G'raha? And what of Nero?
Cid: I'm not sure about our resident historian, but Nero left the tower with me. Where he's vanished to since, I cannot say.
Cid: But knowing him as I do, I don't believe he'll scheme against us for the time being. ...Though he ''is'' still Nero.
Rammbroes: [Forename], you say G'raha stayed behind at the Crystal Tower. I wonder if he even now prepares to seal the place off.
Son of Saint Coinach: Master Rammbroes! Master Rammbroes!
Son of Saint Coinach: 'Tis G'raha Tia, sir! He came into the Crystal Tower, and began ordering researchers out!
Rammbroes: What? Why would he do such a thing?
Son of Saint Coinach: I do not know, sir, but he was quite insistent. He all but bodily forced me out of the gates.
Son of Saint Coinach: I suppose it's possible he told one of the others, but I wasted no time in finding out. I thought it best to hasten here and ask your guidance.
Rammbroes: Very well. Let us go and speak with these researchers, and get to the bottom of this queer business.
Rammbroes: Master Garlond, [Forename], please come with me. No doubt G'raha means to seal off the Crystal Tower, but it worries me that he did not breathe a word of his plan to us.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with the son of Saint Coinach===
Son of Saint Coinach: What in the world was G'raha Tia thinking, demanding we leave the tower?
Son of Saint Coinach: No doubt you want to know why. I wish I knew that myself!
Son of Saint Coinach: Of course, he would tell me nothing. But he will be honest with you, {{alternatives|f=miss|sir}}—I am certain of it!
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia@???: Go no further, my friends! The doors will close ere long.
Rammbroes: So you ''are'' of a mind to seal the tower, G'raha.
Rammbroes: I know time is of the essence, but all I ask is a hint of your plan. Please, come here so we can discuss this.
G'raha Tia: ...No. My apologies, but I cannot.
Rammbroes: Come, man, what is this nonsense!? If aught is amiss, surely we can help!
G'raha Tia: Not this time, my friend. Just as Unei and Doga fulfilled their destiny, so too must I fulfill mine. My blood has awakened me to this fact.
G'raha Tia: As my father told me, the truth has always lain with Allag. Or, rather, 'twas there the wish I must grant was born.
G'raha Tia: You see, not all the world perished in Xande's calamity. Survivors stood amidst the ruins of Allag, looking to the Crystal Tower. But it was nowhere to be seen.
G'raha Tia: Yet they hoped its spires would again dominate the land, and prayed that the Crystal Tower would be a beacon of hope to people everywhere.
G'raha Tia: Word of this soon reached the only member of Allag's royalty to outlive the empire: the princess Salina.
G'raha Tia: Salina was moved by the people's dearest wish. She used the very best of Allag's technology to give her blood and memories to he whom she trusted most. That man was my forebearer.
G'raha Tia: For millennia, we waited. Allag's art and ingenuity faded. Our royal blood grew thin. But before the last drop could vanish from the realm, the memory of all this returned to me.
G'raha Tia: And now, I must fulfill the wish of the ancients. The tower ''will'' shine forth as a new beacon of hope.
Cid: G'raha, the Crystal Tower's strength poses too great a threat to Eorzea now.
Cid: We would need technology as advanced as Allag's to use it correctly. As things stand, we barely understand the tower's workings. Hells, we may ''never'' fully comprehend them.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis as you say, Cid. We could wait for someone, someday, to reach the same heights as Allag, but by then we will have lost the royal blood ''and'' the means to control the tower.
G'raha Tia: But what if I do as Amon did, and put the tower into a deep sleep?
Cid: What!? You cannot mean that!
G'raha Tia: I am deadly serious, Cid. The tower may only be used once men rival the Allagans in knowledge. I will slumber within Syrcus Tower until then, to greet those with the means to open the gates.
G'raha Tia: Then, I will guide them. And thus will the tower shine forth as the beacon of hope it was meant to be. 'Tis the only way to make the wishes of the ancients come true.
G'raha Tia: The future is where my destiny awaits.
G'raha Tia: But yours lies outside of these doors. Go. Create a future where hope reigns, and the tragedies of the past are but memories. No one but you can accomplish such things.
Cid: Nothing we say will make you change your mind, will it?
Cid: Onwards to a brighter future... It won't be easy, of course. But that's exactly why we'll do it!
Wedge: W-We'll catch up with Allag, just you wait! We'll cover all that lost ground before you even know it!
Biggs: Well said, Wedge! It'll only be a few years before we come knocking, G'raha. Then you're in for a rude awakening!
Rammbroes: You shall be witness to NOAH's accomplishments. Pray keep alive our successes, and forgive us our failures. And may we meet again, my friend.
G'raha Tia: The Twelve keep you till then, Rammbroes. I look forward to learning of your exploits. And you, [Forename]—I know history will remember you. No doubt your heroism will be the star by which I chart my course when I awake.
G'raha Tia: Well, now I must rest. Recalling so much has put me in the mood for sleep.
G'raha Tia: Farewell, my friends. I eagerly await a future born of your courage and the ancients' wish.
Nero tol Scaeva: The Crystal Tower slumbers again, then. 'Tis too quiet for my taste.
Nero tol Scaeva: Good-bye, Cid. I must put all this at my back. Possibility beckons, and I am bound to follow.
Nero tol Scaeva: A new dawn has come for me.
-cutscene end

===Report to Rammbroes===
Rammbroes: You have just missed Cid, [Forename]. There is much that needs his attention if he is to fulfill G'raha's wishes, it seems.
Rammbroes: But this is not the end of NOAH, no matter how lonely Saint Coinach's Find has become for our friends' departure.
Rammbroes: We must all walk in different directions now. Remember that we labor for a brighter future, lit by G'raha's beacon. Sealing the Crystal Tower was but the first step.
Rammbroes: Farewell, my friend. May our paths cross again.
-quest complete
> If player has not completed the quests {{i|Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants}} and {{i|The Least among Us}}
System: You have completed the Crystal Tower quest series. Rest well, champion, for the main scenario and many other adventures await you!
> If player has completed the quests {{i|Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants}} and {{i|The Least among Us}}
System: You have completed the Crystal Tower quest series. The next main scenario quest can be accepted by speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones.
---

-optional start
Rammbroes: Greetings, my friend! I have the complete records of NOAH's investigation of the Crystal Tower. I shall be happy to produce them should you wish to recount our journey together.
>NOAH Report: The World of Darkness.
Rammbroes: Let me see what I can find...
NOAH Report: The World of Darkness is an otherworld thought to lie adjacent to our physical realm─in other words, what we often call “the void.”
NOAH Report: The fellowship of NOAH came upon the World of Darkness several times, but only once did it venture inside. The future of the very realm was in jeopardy, and thus was a band of adventurers dispatched to rescue three comrades imprisoned amongst the shadows.
NOAH Report: How are such things possible, when wise men hold that the world is the world, the void is the void, and never the twain shall meet? It would seem abnormal events can weaken the veil between worlds, and tear them asunder. When such rifts appear, men can walk between realms.
NOAH Report: The mages of Allag could create rifts at will. Dubbing them “voidgates,” they used them not only to enter the void, but also to harness the dark powers therein─the voidsent.
NOAH Report: The voidsent, however, make ill allies. The fiends have a depraved appetite, and seek this world merely to sup upon the aether it contains. Were they ever to enter our realm in force, destruction beyond imagining would follow.
NOAH Report: Therefore, any and all dealings with the voidsent are now seen as forbidden. Even the Thaumaturges' Guild, devoted to studying the void, conduct research on a limited scale under strictly enforced regulations.

>NOAH Report: The Cloud of Darkness.
Rammbroes: I thought I had a few pages devoted to the Cloud of Darkness... Ah, here they are.
NOAH Report: Within the void, chaos reigns supreme. Strength is the sole measure of order amongst the voidsent; he who rules is he who claws his way upwards, and tramples all beneath.
NOAH Report: Scholars who study the voidsent have long striven to categorize the fiends by brawn rather than species. The result is popularly known as the twelve-tiered voidsent hierarchy.
NOAH Report: The voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness is doubtless in the highest tier of this hierarchy─hence why Emperor Xande entered into a dark covenant with it.
NOAH Report: In both strength and size, the Cloud is unmatched. A voidgate of monumental proportions would be necessary for it to enter our realm. Opening such a rift would, in turn, require a power as massive. Enter, then, the Crystal Tower, and the energy it could produce.
NOAH Report: Were the Cloud of Darkness to break loose, it would devour all aether and extinguish all light. The world would become as the void.
NOAH Report: Indeed, all would have been lost were it not for the actions of valiant adventurers, and the sacrifice of two Allagan clones, who annulled Xande's dark covenant.

>NOAH Report: The Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: Now, where were the passages pertaining to...? Ah, here we are.
NOAH Report: G'raha Tia, NOAH's historian, gained the right to control the Crystal Tower thanks to a gift of royal Allagan blood from Unei and Doga.
NOAH Report: To ensure the tower would become a beacon of hope in the future, G'raha wielded his power to put the tower's inhabitants─he himself included─into a deep sleep. Thus was Allag's lost glory, and the threat it posed the realm, sealed again.
NOAH Report: What was the reasoning behind G'raha Tia's choice? To comprehend this requires knowledge of forgotten Allagan history.
NOAH Report: Although the Crystal Tower fell on the day of the Fourth Umbral Calamity, many Allagans survived the destruction. To them, the place had been a shining beacon. They thus prayed that one day, in the far future, it could bring light and joy to the commonfolk.
NOAH Report: Their heartfelt pleas reached the last remaining princess of Allag. She took it upon herself to see their prayers realized, and entrusted her blood to her most trusted aide.
NOAH Report: Ages passed, and time consumed all living memory of these events. The blood grew thin, and all the tears of that age were forgotten. Yet belief in a greater destiny was passed down the bloodline of the princess's aide.
NOAH Report: So it was that the hopes and dreams of myriad Allagans did survive and find new life in this age.
NOAH Report: This concludes NOAH's investigation of the Crystal Tower for the present. However, we have vowed to carry the wishes of the ancients with us, and build a brighter future for the sake of our own descendants.
---
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=vA7vBa9LwHk}}

The Light of Hope

2026-10-03T04:36:32Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Light of Hope
| description = With a look of finality upon him, [[Rammbroes]] seems intent upon sealing the [[Crystal Tower]] once and for all.
| image = The Light of Hope.png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; G'raha Tia; Nero; Son of Saint Coinach; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30
| location-y = 12
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 8
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 658
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Allagan Catalyst
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ach Out of the Dark, ngp The Crystal Tower (New Game+)
| prev-quest = The World of Darkness (Quest)
| next-quest =
| patch = 2.5
| release =
| id-gt = 66031
| id-edb = abeb33d0875
}}
==Walkthrough==
This is the end of the [[MSQ]] requirement. Prior to [[Patch 6.3]], there were [[But I Hardly Noah|two]] [[The Gift of the Archmagus|additional]] quests in this chain, but they were removed when [[Koh Rabntah|their NPC]] was given a new purpose.

==Steps==
*Speak with the [[son of Saint Coinach]].
*Report to [[Rammbroes]].

==Journal==
*With a look of finality upon him, Rammbroes seems intent upon sealing the Crystal Tower once and for all.

*You tell Cid and Rammbroes of what occurred in the World of Darkness. Suddenly, a researcher dashes up, and tells you in panicked tones that G'raha Tia is ordering researchers out of the Crystal Tower. Hasten back to the Eight Sentinels, and speak with the son of Saint Coinach to discover what is happening.

*You rush to the Crystal Tower. Before you can enter the Crystal Tower to discover what is afoot, G'raha bids you stop. It seems he has a mind to seal the gates with himself inside. He reveals that the survivors of the Fourth Umbral Calamity prayed the tower would become a beacon of hope in the future. To make that a reality, Princess Salina-the only remaining royal Allagan- gave her blood and memories to her most trusted advisor. That man was G'raha's ancestor. Now, to ensure the wish of the ancients comes true, the historian has decided to put the Crystal Tower once again into a long slumber. He leaves you with a task: build a bright future. His farewells fade with the closing of the Crystal Tower. It would be best to return to Rammbroes and discuss all that has transpired.

*Though the tower is silent and Cid has left to pursue new ventures, Rammbroes vows that NOAH will not disband. He promises to continue onwards-in honor of the wish passed down from ancient Allag, in honor of Unei and Doga's sacrifice, and in honor of G'raha's future. Now, a new dawn has come to Eorzea.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Rammbroes: I trust you have rested, my friend. Good. I wish to seal the tower now...but there is something we must do first.
Rammbroes: Let me summon the others, and hear in full what happened beyond the rift.
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: ...So the Allagan Eye that runs in G'raha's line ''does'' mean that royal blood flows in his veins.
Rammbroes: I suppose it is not so odd to think his forebears gained it via ancient technology. But who imbued his family with the blood, and for what purpose?
Rammbroes: Mayhap all this was fate, from discovering the tower to G'raha gaining Unei and Doga's blood.
Biggs: Has G'raha said anything? For that matter, where ''is'' G'raha? And what of Nero?
Cid: I'm not sure about our resident historian, but Nero left the tower with me. Where he's vanished to since, I cannot say.
Cid: But knowing him as I do, I don't believe he'll scheme against us for the time being. ...Though he ''is'' still Nero.
Rammbroes: [Forename], you say G'raha stayed behind at the Crystal Tower. I wonder if he even now prepares to seal the place off.
Son of Saint Coinach: Master Rammbroes! Master Rammbroes!
Son of Saint Coinach: 'Tis G'raha Tia, sir! He came into the Crystal Tower, and began ordering researchers out!
Rammbroes: What? Why would he do such a thing?
Son of Saint Coinach: I do not know, sir, but he was quite insistent. He all but bodily forced me out of the gates.
Son of Saint Coinach: I suppose it's possible he told one of the others, but I wasted no time in finding out. I thought it best to hasten here and ask your guidance.
Rammbroes: Very well. Let us go and speak with these researchers, and get to the bottom of this queer business.
Rammbroes: Master Garlond, [Forename], please come with me. No doubt G'raha means to seal off the Crystal Tower, but it worries me that he did not breathe a word of his plan to us.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with the son of Saint Coinach===
Son of Saint Coinach: What in the world was G'raha Tia thinking, demanding we leave the tower?
Son of Saint Coinach: No doubt you want to know why. I wish I knew that myself!
Son of Saint Coinach: Of course, he would tell me nothing. But he will be honest with you, {{alternatives|f=miss|sir}}—I am certain of it!
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia@???: Go no further, my friends! The doors will close ere long.
Rammbroes: So you ''are'' of a mind to seal the tower, G'raha.
Rammbroes: I know time is of the essence, but all I ask is a hint of your plan. Please, come here so we can discuss this.
G'raha Tia: ...No. My apologies, but I cannot.
Rammbroes: Come, man, what is this nonsense!? If aught is amiss, surely we can help!
G'raha Tia: Not this time, my friend. Just as Unei and Doga fulfilled their destiny, so too must I fulfill mine. My blood has awakened me to this fact.
G'raha Tia: As my father told me, the truth has always lain with Allag. Or, rather, 'twas there the wish I must grant was born.
G'raha Tia: You see, not all the world perished in Xande's calamity. Survivors stood amidst the ruins of Allag, looking to the Crystal Tower. But it was nowhere to be seen.
G'raha Tia: Yet they hoped its spires would again dominate the land, and prayed that the Crystal Tower would be a beacon of hope to people everywhere.
G'raha Tia: Word of this soon reached the only member of Allag's royalty to outlive the empire: the princess Salina.
G'raha Tia: Salina was moved by the people's dearest wish. She used the very best of Allag's technology to give her blood and memories to he whom she trusted most. That man was my forebearer.
G'raha Tia: For millennia, we waited. Allag's art and ingenuity faded. Our royal blood grew thin. But before the last drop could vanish from the realm, the memory of all this returned to me.
G'raha Tia: And now, I must fulfill the wish of the ancients. The tower ''will'' shine forth as a new beacon of hope.
Cid: G'raha, the Crystal Tower's strength poses too great a threat to Eorzea now.
Cid: We would need technology as advanced as Allag's to use it correctly. As things stand, we barely understand the tower's workings. Hells, we may ''never'' fully comprehend them.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis as you say, Cid. We could wait for someone, someday, to reach the same heights as Allag, but by then we will have lost the royal blood ''and'' the means to control the tower.
G'raha Tia: But what if I do as Amon did, and put the tower into a deep sleep?
Cid: What!? You cannot mean that!
G'raha Tia: I am deadly serious, Cid. The tower may only be used once men rival the Allagans in knowledge. I will slumber within Syrcus Tower until then, to greet those with the means to open the gates.
G'raha Tia: Then, I will guide them. And thus will the tower shine forth as the beacon of hope it was meant to be. 'Tis the only way to make the wishes of the ancients come true.
G'raha Tia: The future is where my destiny awaits.
G'raha Tia: But yours lies outside of these doors. Go. Create a future where hope reigns, and the tragedies of the past are but memories. No one but you can accomplish such things.
Cid: Nothing we say will make you change your mind, will it?
Cid: Onwards to a brighter future... It won't be easy, of course. But that's exactly why we'll do it!
Wedge: W-We'll catch up with Allag, just you wait! We'll cover all that lost ground before you even know it!
Biggs: Well said, Wedge! It'll only be a few years before we come knocking, G'raha. Then you're in for a rude awakening!
Rammbroes: You shall be witness to NOAH's accomplishments. Pray keep alive our successes, and forgive us our failures. And may we meet again, my friend.
G'raha Tia: The Twelve keep you till then, Rammbroes. I look forward to learning of your exploits. And you, [Forename]—I know history will remember you. No doubt your heroism will be the star by which I chart my course when I awake.
G'raha Tia: Well, now I must rest. Recalling so much has put me in the mood for sleep.
G'raha Tia: Farewell, my friends. I eagerly await a future born of your courage and the ancients' wish.
Nero tol Scaeva: The Crystal Tower slumbers again, then. 'Tis too quiet for my taste.
Nero tol Scaeva: Good-bye, Cid. I must put all this at my back. Possibility beckons, and I am bound to follow.
Nero tol Scaeva: A new dawn has come for me.
-cutscene end

===Report to Rammbroes===
Rammbroes: You have just missed Cid, [Forename]. There is much that needs his attention if he is to fulfill G'raha's wishes, it seems.
Rammbroes: But this is not the end of NOAH, no matter how lonely Saint Coinach's Find has become for our friends' departure.
Rammbroes: We must all walk in different directions now. Remember that we labor for a brighter future, lit by G'raha's beacon. Sealing the Crystal Tower was but the first step.
Rammbroes: Farewell, my friend. May our paths cross again.
-quest complete
> If player has not completed the quests {{i|Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants}} and {{i|The Least among Us}}
System: You have completed the Crystal Tower quest series. Rest well, champion, for the main scenario and many other adventures await you!
> If player has completed the quests {{i|Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants}} and {{i|The Least among Us}}
System: You have completed the Crystal Tower quest series. The next main scenario quest can be accepted by speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones.

-optional start
Rammbroes: Greetings, my friend! I have the complete records of NOAH's investigation of the Crystal Tower. I shall be happy to produce them should you wish to recount our journey together.
>NOAH Report: The World of Darkness.
Rammbroes: Let me see what I can find...
NOAH Report: The World of Darkness is an otherworld thought to lie adjacent to our physical realm─in other words, what we often call “the void.”
NOAH Report: The fellowship of NOAH came upon the World of Darkness several times, but only once did it venture inside. The future of the very realm was in jeopardy, and thus was a band of adventurers dispatched to rescue three comrades imprisoned amongst the shadows.
NOAH Report: How are such things possible, when wise men hold that the world is the world, the void is the void, and never the twain shall meet? It would seem abnormal events can weaken the veil between worlds, and tear them asunder. When such rifts appear, men can walk between realms.
NOAH Report: The mages of Allag could create rifts at will. Dubbing them “voidgates,” they used them not only to enter the void, but also to harness the dark powers therein─the voidsent.
NOAH Report: The voidsent, however, make ill allies. The fiends have a depraved appetite, and seek this world merely to sup upon the aether it contains. Were they ever to enter our realm in force, destruction beyond imagining would follow.
NOAH Report: Therefore, any and all dealings with the voidsent are now seen as forbidden. Even the Thaumaturges' Guild, devoted to studying the void, conduct research on a limited scale under strictly enforced regulations.

>NOAH Report: The Cloud of Darkness.
Rammbroes: I thought I had a few pages devoted to the Cloud of Darkness... Ah, here they are.
NOAH Report: Within the void, chaos reigns supreme. Strength is the sole measure of order amongst the voidsent; he who rules is he who claws his way upwards, and tramples all beneath.
NOAH Report: Scholars who study the voidsent have long striven to categorize the fiends by brawn rather than species. The result is popularly known as the twelve-tiered voidsent hierarchy.
NOAH Report: The voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness is doubtless in the highest tier of this hierarchy─hence why Emperor Xande entered into a dark covenant with it.
NOAH Report: In both strength and size, the Cloud is unmatched. A voidgate of monumental proportions would be necessary for it to enter our realm. Opening such a rift would, in turn, require a power as massive. Enter, then, the Crystal Tower, and the energy it could produce.
NOAH Report: Were the Cloud of Darkness to break loose, it would devour all aether and extinguish all light. The world would become as the void.
NOAH Report: Indeed, all would have been lost were it not for the actions of valiant adventurers, and the sacrifice of two Allagan clones, who annulled Xande's dark covenant.

>NOAH Report: The Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: Now, where were the passages pertaining to...? Ah, here we are.
NOAH Report: G'raha Tia, NOAH's historian, gained the right to control the Crystal Tower thanks to a gift of royal Allagan blood from Unei and Doga.
NOAH Report: To ensure the tower would become a beacon of hope in the future, G'raha wielded his power to put the tower's inhabitants─he himself included─into a deep sleep. Thus was Allag's lost glory, and the threat it posed the realm, sealed again.
NOAH Report: What was the reasoning behind G'raha Tia's choice? To comprehend this requires knowledge of forgotten Allagan history.
NOAH Report: Although the Crystal Tower fell on the day of the Fourth Umbral Calamity, many Allagans survived the destruction. To them, the place had been a shining beacon. They thus prayed that one day, in the far future, it could bring light and joy to the commonfolk.
NOAH Report: Their heartfelt pleas reached the last remaining princess of Allag. She took it upon herself to see their prayers realized, and entrusted her blood to her most trusted aide.
NOAH Report: Ages passed, and time consumed all living memory of these events. The blood grew thin, and all the tears of that age were forgotten. Yet belief in a greater destiny was passed down the bloodline of the princess's aide.
NOAH Report: So it was that the hopes and dreams of myriad Allagans did survive and find new life in this age.
NOAH Report: This concludes NOAH's investigation of the Crystal Tower for the present. However, we have vowed to carry the wishes of the ancients with us, and build a brighter future for the sake of our own descendants.
---
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=vA7vBa9LwHk}}

The World of Darkness (Quest)

2026-10-03T02:26:03Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{otheruses|the [[Feature Quests|Feature Quest]]|the level 50 [[Alliance Raid]]|The World of Darkness}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = The World of Darkness
| description = [[Rammbroes]] has a furrowed brow and the look of one with ill tidings.
| image = The World of Darkness (Quest).png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Cloud of Darkness; Doga; G'raha Tia; Nero; Unei; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 7
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3752
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra The World of Darkness
| prev-quest = Syrcus Tower (Quest)
| next-quest = The Light of Hope
| patch = 2.5
| release =
| id-edb = c95217ea0fd
| id-gt = 66030
}}

==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Wedge]] at [[the Eight Sentinels]].
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]].
*Enter [[the World of Darkness]].
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]] at [[Saint Coinach's Find]].

==Journal==
*Rammbroes has a furrowed brow and the look of one with ill tidings.

*Rammbroes and G'raha have been hard at work finding a way to rescue Unei, Doga, and Nero from the World of Darkness. However, their research has revealed a more pressing problem: Emperor Xande's covenant with the voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness remains in effect, and his orders still control the Crystal Tower. Thus, the Allagan structure continues amassing energy to open a Voidgate, and unleash the Cloud upon Eorzea. Should this come to pass, all that is will be destroyed. However, even amidst such dire circumstance, there is a sliver of hope. If NOAH can retrieve Unei and Doga from the dark realm, then the tower can be halted and the covenant broken. Garlond Ironworks has labored to make a machine able to open a small rift, through which a brave band of adventurers can enter the World of Darkness. Cid arrives to inform you the preparations are nearly complete, and bids you speak with Wedge at the Eight Sentinels.

*Wedge ushers you to the throne room of Syrcus Tower. In the moments before opening the rift, G'raha Tia falls into a strange mood, and tells you of a band of heroes in ancient Allag who sought to dethrone Xande. Ultimately, though, they did not succeed in stopping the emperor. History aside, Cid receives word that the Ironworks' machine is ready. With a devilish glint in his eye, the engineer orders the Voidgate opened. Lights flash and power hums, and before your very eyes a rift appears. Rammbroes now lays the burden of rescuing your friends from the World of Darkness upon you. As you turn to go, G'raha Tia asks for a moment of your time. Speak with him at the Eight Sentinels to discover what is on his mind.

*G'raha Tia reveals his inner struggle. Though he has learned the hue of his eye marks him as close to Allag, he does not know why. However, he feels instinctively that he must accompany you beyond the rift. You gladly accept his offer of company, and ready yourself to pass through the Voidgate to rescue your three lost comrades.

*The World of Darkness can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*After vanquishing the Cloud of Darkness, you find your lost companions safe. You discover that Unei and Doga's royal blood offers them protection from the shadowy realm, and learn of their will: The Cloud of Darkness suddenly rears up around you, harrowing you. G'raha is hit... and mysteriously unharmed. Astounded, Unei proclaims that the royal blood of Allag flows in G'raha-- though only through some tremendous technological feat. The two clones then tell the historian he can control the Crystal Tower, and bid you all hasten back to Eorzea. Concealing a deep sadness at the loss of friends, G'raha begins the race homewards. You and Nero follow.

*You have spoken with Rammbroes, who thanks you for your service to both NOAH and the realm. He concludes that the saga of the Crystal Tower is nearly finished, and that it will be but a short time before Allag's sad history may be laid to rest.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
G'raha Tia: Being born with one red eye, I did not have the most pleasant of childhoods. You know what they say: children can be cruel. The end result being that I grew up determined to uncover the truth of the trait.
G'raha Tia: Much and more yet remains beyond my knowing, but one thing is certain: the nearer I draw to the heart of the Crystal Tower, the more I am convinced that an important memory eludes me.

Cid: Even without Dalamud in the heavens, the Crystal Tower is capable of generating vast amounts of energy. It's only a matter of time before the voidgate is thrown open fully.
Cid: Knowing this, Nero used us in order to secure safe passage to the tower's apex. Though I doubt that any of us fell for his ruse, we let the scoundrel do as he pleased nonetheless. Deep down, we all want to believe that a man can change for the better...
Wedge: This is just my humble opinion, but a man like Emperor Xande wouldn't leave anything to chance. Before we arrived at the tower's apex, he would've completed his preparations to open the voidgate.

Wedge: That's why the gate manifested so soon after you defeated him, and poor Unei and Doga were sucked in. Thoroughness and the lust for nihility make for a dreadful combination...

Biggs: Voidgates and the like are a thaumaturge's domain. Engineers like me and Wedge are out of our depth.
Biggs: Having said that, we're not entirely useless here. The workings of the Crystal Tower itself are a language we understand. If there's something to decipher, we mean to decipher it.

Rammbroes: I have added your observations and findings to the Crystal Tower survey log. The information contained therein will be available to you at all times. Should you have any questions, you need only ask.
>NOAH Report: Unei and Doga.
Rammbroes: Ah, yes, our noble comrades Unei and Doga. Let us review the events surrounding their appearance.
NOAH Report: Having secured a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients, the fellowship of NOAH next sought to explore Syrcus Tower. However, their progress was frustrated by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refused to open.
NOAH Report: Impervious to all damage, the imposing gate was sealed by a mechanism whose workings confounded even the fellowship's brightest minds. As they struggled in vain to solve the puzzle, two mysterious strangers, a man and a woman richly garbed in Allagan fashion, arrived to offer their aid.
NOAH Report: Doga and Unei were their names, and they later revealed themselves to be “clones”─identical copies of people, created thousands of years ago as part of an experiment to resurrect Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire.
NOAH Report: The individuals from whom they derived their existence were of Xande's lineage. Likewise named Doga and Unei, the pair were said to share myriad distinct traits with their revered forebear. Among these traits were eyes of sanguine, known as the Royal Eye.
NOAH Report: In addition to being royalty, they were skilled mages in their own right. Doga could wield powerful spells both extant and lost, while Unei possessed the rare ability to manipulate dreams.
NOAH Report: When Emperor Xande returned from the grave, they initially supported his second ascension. However, it soon came to light that the emperor was consorting with darkness. Fearing what might befall the world, they sought to put an end to his madness. In the event that they should fail, they left the key by which future generations may carry on their mission.
NOAH Report: That key is none other than the two clones who came to NOAH, in whom they imbued their will. By virtue of the royal blood that courses through their veins, they were able to open the gate that had barred the fellowship's entry into Syrcus Tower.

>NOAH Report: Syrcus Tower.
Rammbroes: You wish to learn more about Syrcus Tower? Very well, let us review such data as we have on hand.
NOAH Report: The Crystal Tower is comprised of a multitude of spires. Rising high above them all is Syrcus Tower, the heart of the majestic structure.
NOAH Report: It must be noted that the name Crystal Tower originated as a sobriquet. Ordinary Allagans coined the term, which over time came to refer to the collective structure.
NOAH Report: Although the tower is referenced in various ancient scriptures, up until the end of the Sixth Astral Era, the scholarly community largely doubted its existence. Aside from Professor Erik, it had scant few proponents.
NOAH Report: How is it possible that such a colossal structure could be kept hidden from mankind, and for so long? The answer was to be found amidst the ruins of the Fourth Umbral Calamity, which took the form of a great earthquake.
NOAH Report: During the final years of the Allagan Empire, the lesser moon Dalamud harvested the sun's energy, which it then transferred to Syrcus Tower below. However, that energy proved too much for the tower to contain. It escaped into the land, causing the earth to collapse into itself.
NOAH Report: In mere moments, the Allagan Empire was laid to waste. Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking, Emperor Xande's most trusted aide, the technologist Amon, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time within the structure. The tower and its denizens fell into a deep slumber.
NOAH Report: Three eras later, when Dalamud began its descent, the Crystal Tower stirred to wakefulness. Shortly thereafter, the cataclysmic arrival of the Seventh Umbral Era saw the tower returned to the surface.
NOAH Report: The fellowship of NOAH ventured into the Crystal Tower, its first visitors in millennia. Awaiting them at the apex was Emperor Xande, the legendary founder of the Allagan Empire, who had awakened alongside his minions.

>NOAH Report: Emperor Xande.
Rammbroes: Let us turn to the pages which speak of Emperor Xande.
NOAH Report: No account of Allagan history may be considered complete without mention of its founding father and first emperor, Xande.
NOAH Report: Ancient records that have survived paint the man as a great ruler. By his hand the Allagan Empire was born, and for more than a thousand years it flourished.
NOAH Report: However, the empire's star eventually began to wane. The selfsame prosperity that made the Allagans great gave rise to decadence. The citizens grew content in their complacency, and technological advance ground to a halt. In a matter of generations, the civilization became a pale shadow of its former self.
NOAH Report: Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, the technologist Amon sought to restore Allag to greatness via an unprecedented method: the resurrection of Emperor Xande.
NOAH Report: Amon exhumed Xande's body from his tomb, situated in what is now known as Mor Dhona, and proceeded to conduct numerous experiments. With equal parts perseverance and ingenuity, he succeeded in bringing the emperor back to life.
NOAH Report: So began Emperor Xande's second reign, a thousand years removed from his first. Through masterful leadership, he swiftly brought his ailing empire back to the path of greatness. Even the southern land of Meracydia, which had long defied Allag, was finally brought to heel.
NOAH Report: Xande was a great emperor, it cannot be denied, and ancient records rightly speak of him in reverent tones. However, those selfsame records are silent on the subject of the man's inner workings.
NOAH Report: It has recently been revealed that, ever since returning from the grave, Emperor Xande was constantly tormented by the memories of his death.
NOAH Report: Driven by reasoning that no mind but his own may comprehend, he sought to return all to nothingness. Whatever may have compelled it, Xande made his choice, and its consequences have been passed down through the annals of history.
NOAH Report: A lust for power which grew into a desire for nihility─such was the dark seed that brought about the Fourth Umbral Calamity. By Xande's hand the Allagan Empire was built, and by his own hand it was destroyed.
---
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Ah, [Forename], it is good you are come. I have news you must be made aware of.
Rammbroes: Alas, none of it bodes well for us, nor for Unei, Doga, and Nero imprisoned in the dark realm.
G'raha Tia: Think back upon our last foray into Syrcus Tower, if you will. The Calamity stirred the place from its long slumber and awoke Emperor Xande. But you, [Forename], you ensured he was laid to rest permanently.
G'raha Tia: Yet the emperor had sealed a binding covenant with the terrible voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness. Even as Doga and Unei labored to annul this contract, the entity reached through a rift and dragged the pair of them—and Nero—out of our realm.
Rammbroes: Since that day, NOAH has devoted itself to rescuing Unei, Doga, and Nero from beyond the rift. Our research, however, has exposed a far more dire problem.
Rammbroes: The Crystal Tower still acts upon Emperor Xande's orders, and collects energy to open another voidgate even as we speak. Indeed, the place nigh hums with energy.
Rammbroes: We have done all we can to stop the imperial edict, but to no avail. Just as the gate would open only for Unei and Doga, so too will the tower heed only those with the royal blood of Allag.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis a most galling design. Granted, this was not always so vexatious, according to the Allagan tomestone Nero presented us.
G'raha Tia: During the golden age of Allag, the royalty had some means of bestowing their blood upon others. If they hadn't such a technology, Amon and his underlings could never have controlled the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: But we do not have either this art or any with royal blood. Every moment we wait, a vast rift through which the Cloud of Darkness can enter our realm threatens to open.
Rammbroes: Such a disaster cannot be allowed to come to pass. We ''must'' seal the Crystal Tower, and annul Xande's covenant with the dark realm.
Rammbroes: If only breaking the latter would suffice... But then what of the energy building in the Crystal Tower? Without suppression, that power could discharge and cause a calamity like to the one that destroyed Allag.
Rammbroes: In truth, we have more than just three lost compatriots to worry about. If we do not act, our very world will fall before the might of this threat.
G'raha Tia: We know but one way out of this predicament: rescue those who can control the tower from beyond the dark realm, and seal the rift shut after them. And mercifully, not all our news is quite so bleak.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis true we cannot stop the voidgate from manifesting within the tower, but this can be to our benefit.
G'raha Tia: We can use Syrcus's power for our own purposes, and create a portal to carry us into the dark realm!
Rammbroes: We have heard this is possible from a man of the Thaumaturges' Guild well versed in otherworldly matters. And with Master Garlond working to create said portal, the final preparations are well underway. Ah, and here comes the man himself.
Cid: [Forename]! Just the {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} we need!
Rammbroes: Yes, our fellowship is indeed complete, and all parties privy to our strategy. And you, Master Garlond, how fare your endeavors?
Cid: Quite well! The device is nearly ready—though attaching the damnable thing to Syrcus Tower took every onze of ingenuity the Ironworks has got. But it should produce the energy we need.
Cid: With just a little more fine-tuning, we can open a rift. I'm here to request your presence at the tower.
Cid: I'll leave Biggs and Wedge at the Eight Sentinels as guides. And do hurry, [Forename]. I'm sure you wouldn't miss another chance to save the world, would you?
G'raha Tia: Well, Cid certainly seems to have a firm hand on the helm. Shall we make our way to the Crystal Tower?
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with Wedge at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: Time is of the essence, my friend. We must go to the Eight Sentinels.
Biggs: Has the chief filled you in on the plan, [Forename]? Opening up that voidgate will be a real feat for the Ironworks.
Biggs: But I'm worried about what comes afterwards. I've never heard of anyone going through a rift, let alone coming back. I don't relish the idea of getting stuck there ourselves...
-optional end
Wedge: [Forename]! I'll bet you're here to watch us pry open a rift between worlds, eh?
Wedge: We're almost ready. Syrcus Tower is full of engineers scurrying around and making adjustments. We're dealing with a lot of power, and if a single coupling's off... Well, ''boom''!
Wedge: B-But it should be fine. Really! Anyway, you'd best wait at the top. The chief's there overseeing the whole operation.
-cutscene start
Cid: My friends, you've arrived. I'm just waiting for my engineers to give the signal. Then, we'll see if we can't open a gateway to another world!
Cid: Hm? Is there something amiss, G'raha?
Cid: ...Ahhh, Emperor Xande's throne—how the mighty have fallen, eh? Once, it stood as a symbol of Allag's art and power. Now, it's nothing more than an empty chair.
Cid: Just imagine if Allagan civilization had lived on, and a just emperor still sat on that throne. How different would our history be, how much further would we have advanced? <sigh> Unfortunately, there was no stopping Xande and his ambition.
G'raha Tia: There...there were those who tried.
G'raha Tia: Xande's war of dominion left no one unscathed. Unable to abide the horrors inflicted upon the people, warriors young and brave took up the sword against Allag.
G'raha Tia: These men and women became as beacons of hope to those who had suffered—not unlike the Warriors of Light in our age.
G'raha Tia: But all this merely hastened the destruction. Just as they moved towards Allag's heart for the kill, Xande lashed out in anger and frustration...as trapped beasts are wont to do.
G'raha Tia: In his desperation, Xande desired that a great rift be opened to hasten the Cloud of Darkness's coming. To this end, he commanded the sun's power held within Dalamud be emptied into Syrcus Tower at once.
G'raha Tia: The act bore terrible consequences. The tower only withstood the blast by flooding the land below with energy. Syrcus was swallowed by the very earth upon which it once stood.
Cid: The Fourth Umbral Calamity... I'd learned of its cause from Unei and Doga. I had no idea that rebellion incited Xande to rashness, though.
Cid: Your knowledge of Allagan history is astounding, G'raha. Why, a man could study for two lifetimes and only learn half of what you know.
G'raha Tia: Mayhap... 'Tis strange, though—I cannot seem to remember where I learned such things...
Cid: Yes? Ah, Biggs, are you ready?
Biggs: Ready and raring to open up that voidgate, Chief!
Biggs: We reckon when this machine's up and running, she'll be able to float five airships the size of the ''Agrius''. So just give us the word, and we'll start channeling energy into the tower.
Cid: Good! Then let's get started!
Cid: Our preparations are complete. Everyone, step away from the throne.
Cid: All right, let's see what this machine can do. Now, Biggs!
Rammbroes: Ahhh, a rift to the World of Darkness, as Unei called it. Splendid work, Master Garlond!
Cid: We can't break out the mead just yet. The tough part's still ahead. We've broken into the dark realm, but the gate's not all that stable: it won't stay open forever, and only a few can use it.
Cid: I, for one, will remain here to ensure the voidgate stays open.
Rammbroes: As will the Sons of Saint Coinach. This rift is our sole path to salvation—if it closes, we are all truly lost.
Rammbroes: Which leaves...[Forename]. My friend, 'tis a heavy burden I must task you with, but there are none more able. Pray lead the adventurers beyond the rift.
Rammbroes: I do not know what awaits you, save the Cloud of Darkness and our three comrades. But you must go, for the fate of our world now rests upon your shoulders.
Rammbroes: This is our only gambit, but I have every faith you will succeed.
Rammbroes: It will be no small feat to return after you have passed beyond the rift. Make certain you are prepared before leaving.
G'raha Tia: ...Might I have a moment of your time, [Forename]? There is a matter of import we must needs discuss ere you leave.
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels===
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: [Forename], I wished to speak to you about my eye. As you are no doubt aware, 'tis a trait seen only amongst Allagan royalty.
G'raha Tia: Long I have pondered why such is my inheritance. The sanguine hue must have some bearing upon my destiny—this much Doga himself admitted. But what?
G'raha Tia: In truth, the more I learn of the Crystal Tower, the less I am myself. Somehow, meeting those two clones has wrought great change in me.
G'raha Tia: I am consumed with remembering...something. Something ancient, but ever so important.
G'raha Tia: And my father's words echo in my mind, the selfsame ones his father told him: the truth of our eye rests with Allag.
G'raha Tia: Mayhap what I wish to remember and these words are related. Mayhap not. But I know I must learn the truth that history hides from me. I would see this journey—''our'' journey—through to the very end with mine own two eyes.
G'raha Tia: So I implore you: allow me to join you beyond the rift!
G'raha Tia: You have my thanks, my friend. Now, let us venture into the World of Darkness, to save our comrades and our realm!
-cutscene end

===Enter the World of Darkness===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: If you have prepared yourself, let us waste no time in rescuing our comrades from the darkness.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: Where in the seven hells are they!? Without them to stem the energy in the tower, our defeat of the Cloud aids our cause little.
G'raha Tia: Doga! Unei! Can you hear me? Nero!
Nero@???: ''Must'' you be so infernally loud!? Are you so keen to attract more voidsent?
Nero: ...Though I don't blame you for missing my company.
G'raha Tia: Thank the Twelve! Are you all right?
Nero: As all right as can be expected. Unei has simply passed out.
G'raha Tia: Nero, by the gods... What's happened to you?
Doga: Alas, his wounds were too deep, and allowed this foul place entry to his body. Now, the darkness claws at the aether of his very form. Would that we could have protected him...
Doga: The Cloud of Darkness was bound by Xande's unholy covenant to bring prosperity to Allagan royalty. The same blood that sealed this contract gives us a measure of protection.
Doga: I say “a measure,” for this vow does not protect us from other voidsent. The Cloud imprisoned us here precisely to unleash fiends upon us. We would be dead had Nero not defended us so valiantly.
Nero: Mistake not my actions for kindness. I have use for you yet in Eorzea, and simply couldn't let harm befall you here.
Unei: Wh-Where...?
Doga: Unei! You are safe—our friends have come for us.
Unei: H-Have they? Then perhaps, Doga, there is yet hope we may fulfill our purpose.
Cloud of Darkness: Mortals! You have dared to challenge me, and now must feel my wrath!
Cloud of Darkness: Did you think to destroy me in ''my'' realm? Here, I am eternal! I will smother your light and entomb your bones amongst my shadows!
G'raha Tia: A-Are we truly so powerless here?
Doga: As long as we fight the Cloud in this realm, I fear so.
Doga: And yet...though we may not be able to destroy it, this may be our chance to stop it. If we strike now whilst the Cloud can barely hold her form, mayhap we can sever Xande's covenant!
Unei: Yes, and raze the bridge between the Crystal Tower and this foul place once and for all! [Forename], G'raha—you must flee!
G'raha Tia: You...you and Doga mean to ''stay'' here!?
G'raha Tia: 'Tis madness! You must return with us! No one but you can save the world from the threat of the Crystal Tower!
Cloud of Darkness: What is this trickery? ...Your blood! You too gain protection from Xande's blood!
Unei: G'raha Tia... You ''are'' possessed of royal blood! That is why the Royal Eye runs in your line!
Unei: 'Tis a gift you have inherited. G'raha—''you'' have been granted authority over the Crystal Tower!
Doga: ...I had thought time would consume all of Allag that was. That a man should still live with his forebears' blood in this age can be no coincidence.
Doga: Some person must have planted this gift in your line, and used the highest of Allagan technology to do so.
Doga: True, the Crystal Tower is not like to recognize you as Allagan, not as you are now. But your Royal Eye bespeaks a simple truth: within you dwells one feeble glitter that will illuminate all, the light of hope!
G'raha Tia: But...how should I use this light? Pray, tell me!
Unei: You must gain control of the Crystal Tower. We will share our blood with you, G'raha. Though its effects will be but ephemeral, it will bolster the Allagan presence within you.
Doga: This is our gift to you, that you may fulfill your destiny. All with the Royal Eye are bound by fate to Allag. Our part in this journey is to bury Xande's dark ambitions in the past. This was the true Unei and Doga's purpose, one we have carried into the future.
Doga: Know that as long as this light of hope survives in you, our souls will still remain—even if our bodies are lost.
Doga: You must leave us as well, Nero. I am sorry we could not live up to your expectations.
Unei: I must return to you what is yours, though. You dropped it whilst defending us.
Unei: What you seek by this instrument may not be possible, Nero. But do not give up. There are many other paths that await you.
Nero: ...Of ''course'' they do.
G'raha Tia: Doga, Unei, I... Thank you. We shall never forget you. Now, [Forename], Nero, let us quit this place.
Cloud of Darkness: You shall not escape me, impudent children of light!
Unei: No, ''you'' shall not escape ''us''. Here, Xande's bloodstained dreams of glory end.
G'raha Tia: There! The glint of light!
G'raha Tia: It...it grows faint! Then the bridge between realms grows fragile by the covenant's annulment!
G'raha Tia: If that light dies, we are stranded here! Hurry!
G'raha Tia: Nero, no! You must move!
Nero: Leave me!
Nero: I don't need you! If I die here, it'll be because I bloody well decided to!
Nero: I failed to master darkness. I'll not suffer watching a green boy master the tower.
Nero: Do what you will with it. But remember me, ''son of Allag''!
Nero: I am Nero tol Scaeva, the man who'll yet outdo Allag ''and'' Garlond!
G'raha Tia: ''That'' was what you hoped to—
Nero: Go, damn you!
Nero: <cough> Must move onwards... Th-This is ''not'' where I come to rest!
Nero: But how did...? ...So those damn clones did it, after all.
Nero: Now, onwards!
Nero: Aaaaaaaaah!
Cid: You owe me, Nero.
Nero: The hells I do!
Rammbroes: You are returned unharmed, thank the gods!
Wedge: When that voidgate started to close... I had never felt so powerless in all my life!
Biggs: We were running about like madmen, trying to keep the gate open—and then the chief actually went and dived in! But if you're all sa— Hm?
Wedge: Wh-Where are Unei and Doga? They're not...?
Rammbroes: ...I see. I will miss the two of them dearly, but I am happy they fulfilled their purpose.
Rammbroes: We who live on must still attend to the Crystal Tower...though we now have no one able to seal it.
G'raha Tia: That is not true, my friend. Unei and Doga have entrusted me with their blood. I can now control the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: G'raha... Yes, I can see it in your eyes. Good. Then let us put an end to this, and seal away the tower.
G'raha Tia: I understand your instinct, Rammbroes, but please, give us a moment to rest. I am weary to the bone, and Nero and [Forename] are both emerged from long battle.
Rammbroes: Of course, of course, you have the right of it. Come, we shall leave this place for a spell, and repair to Saint Coinach's Find.
G'raha Tia: No one but you could have succeeded in the World of Darkness, [Forename].
G'raha Tia: Would that I could have been of more use beyond the rift. As it stands, I was but a vessel for Doga and Unei's blood...
G'raha Tia: Hm? Have I remembered what I wished to?
G'raha Tia: ...Yes, something has come back to me. Gaining royal blood and witnessing true bravery has reminded me of my forebears' dearest wish.
G'raha Tia: But we need not speak of these things now. It was not my place to keep you. Pray go on ahead of me; there is something small I would do before I return.
G'raha Tia: I could not have asked for a better comrade. If only I could have been a part of your adventures for longer, [Forename]... Alas, fate dictates I have a different role to play.
G'raha Tia: A wish hidden for millennia, and brought to light by the good people of NOAH...
G'raha Tia: Now, finally, 'tis my time to see it realized.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
-optional start
Cid: Nero never would've made it back without you, [Forename], and for that you have my thanks. I doubt he will hatch any more dastardly schemes for the present. He owes me his life, after all.
Biggs: I'll tell you, that rift started closing up ''fast''. Waiting for you three to pop out was the tensest few moments of my life!
Wedge: No matter how many other clones are still out there, our Unei and Doga were special. I'm going to miss them...
-optional end
Rammbroes: I cannot express how glad I am you returned safely, [Forename]—and with the means to dispel the threat of the Crystal Tower for good!
Rammbroes: Rest if you will, and then let us free ourselves from the specter of the Allagans!
-quest complete
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==Video Archive==
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The World of Darkness (Quest)

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MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{otheruses|the [[Feature Quests|Feature Quest]]|the level 50 [[Alliance Raid]]|The World of Darkness}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = The World of Darkness
| description = [[Rammbroes]] has a furrowed brow and the look of one with ill tidings.
| image = The World of Darkness (Quest).png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Cloud of Darkness; Doga; G'raha Tia; Nero; Unei; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 7
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3752
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra The World of Darkness
| prev-quest = Syrcus Tower (Quest)
| next-quest = The Light of Hope
| patch = 2.5
| release =
| id-edb = c95217ea0fd
| id-gt = 66030
}}

==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Wedge]] at [[the Eight Sentinels]].
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]].
*Enter [[the World of Darkness]].
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]] at [[Saint Coinach's Find]].

==Journal==
*Rammbroes has a furrowed brow and the look of one with ill tidings.

*Rammbroes and G'raha have been hard at work finding a way to rescue Unei, Doga, and Nero from the World of Darkness. However, their research has revealed a more pressing problem: Emperor Xande's covenant with the voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness remains in effect, and his orders still control the Crystal Tower. Thus, the Allagan structure continues amassing energy to open a Voidgate, and unleash the Cloud upon Eorzea. Should this come to pass, all that is will be destroyed. However, even amidst such dire circumstance, there is a sliver of hope. If NOAH can retrieve Unei and Doga from the dark realm, then the tower can be halted and the covenant broken. Garlond Ironworks has labored to make a machine able to open a small rift, through which a brave band of adventurers can enter the World of Darkness. Cid arrives to inform you the preparations are nearly complete, and bids you speak with Wedge at the Eight Sentinels.

*Wedge ushers you to the throne room of Syrcus Tower. In the moments before opening the rift, G'raha Tia falls into a strange mood, and tells you of a band of heroes in ancient Allag who sought to dethrone Xande. Ultimately, though, they did not succeed in stopping the emperor. History aside, Cid receives word that the Ironworks' machine is ready. With a devilish glint in his eye, the engineer orders the Voidgate opened. Lights flash and power hums, and before your very eyes a rift appears. Rammbroes now lays the burden of rescuing your friends from the World of Darkness upon you. As you turn to go, G'raha Tia asks for a moment of your time. Speak with him at the Eight Sentinels to discover what is on his mind.

*G'raha Tia reveals his inner struggle. Though he has learned the hue of his eye marks him as close to Allag, he does not know why. However, he feels instinctively that he must accompany you beyond the rift. You gladly accept his offer of company, and ready yourself to pass through the Voidgate to rescue your three lost comrades.

*The World of Darkness can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*After vanquishing the Cloud of Darkness, you find your lost companions safe. You discover that Unei and Doga's royal blood offers them protection from the shadowy realm, and learn of their will: The Cloud of Darkness suddenly rears up around you, harrowing you. G'raha is hit... and mysteriously unharmed. Astounded, Unei proclaims that the royal blood of Allag flows in G'raha-- though only through some tremendous technological feat. The two clones then tell the historian he can control the Crystal Tower, and bid you all hasten back to Eorzea. Concealing a deep sadness at the loss of friends, G'raha begins the race homewards. You and Nero follow.

*You have spoken with Rammbroes, who thanks you for your service to both NOAH and the realm. He concludes that the saga of the Crystal Tower is nearly finished, and that it will be but a short time before Allag's sad history may be laid to rest.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
G'raha Tia: Being born with one red eye, I did not have the most pleasant of childhoods. You know what they say: children can be cruel. The end result being that I grew up determined to uncover the truth of the trait.
G'raha Tia: Much and more yet remains beyond my knowing, but one thing is certain: the nearer I draw to the heart of the Crystal Tower, the more I am convinced that an important memory eludes me.

Cid: Even without Dalamud in the heavens, the Crystal Tower is capable of generating vast amounts of energy. It's only a matter of time before the voidgate is thrown open fully.
Cid: Knowing this, Nero used us in order to secure safe passage to the tower's apex. Though I doubt that any of us fell for his ruse, we let the scoundrel do as he pleased nonetheless. Deep down, we all want to believe that a man can change for the better...
Wedge: This is just my humble opinion, but a man like Emperor Xande wouldn't leave anything to chance. Before we arrived at the tower's apex, he would've completed his preparations to open the voidgate.

Wedge: That's why the gate manifested so soon after you defeated him, and poor Unei and Doga were sucked in. Thoroughness and the lust for nihility make for a dreadful combination...

Biggs: Voidgates and the like are a thaumaturge's domain. Engineers like me and Wedge are out of our depth.
Biggs: Having said that, we're not entirely useless here. The workings of the Crystal Tower itself are a language we understand. If there's something to decipher, we mean to decipher it.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Ah, [Forename], it is good you are come. I have news you must be made aware of.
Rammbroes: Alas, none of it bodes well for us, nor for Unei, Doga, and Nero imprisoned in the dark realm.
G'raha Tia: Think back upon our last foray into Syrcus Tower, if you will. The Calamity stirred the place from its long slumber and awoke Emperor Xande. But you, [Forename], you ensured he was laid to rest permanently.
G'raha Tia: Yet the emperor had sealed a binding covenant with the terrible voidsent known as the Cloud of Darkness. Even as Doga and Unei labored to annul this contract, the entity reached through a rift and dragged the pair of them—and Nero—out of our realm.
Rammbroes: Since that day, NOAH has devoted itself to rescuing Unei, Doga, and Nero from beyond the rift. Our research, however, has exposed a far more dire problem.
Rammbroes: The Crystal Tower still acts upon Emperor Xande's orders, and collects energy to open another voidgate even as we speak. Indeed, the place nigh hums with energy.
Rammbroes: We have done all we can to stop the imperial edict, but to no avail. Just as the gate would open only for Unei and Doga, so too will the tower heed only those with the royal blood of Allag.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis a most galling design. Granted, this was not always so vexatious, according to the Allagan tomestone Nero presented us.
G'raha Tia: During the golden age of Allag, the royalty had some means of bestowing their blood upon others. If they hadn't such a technology, Amon and his underlings could never have controlled the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: But we do not have either this art or any with royal blood. Every moment we wait, a vast rift through which the Cloud of Darkness can enter our realm threatens to open.
Rammbroes: Such a disaster cannot be allowed to come to pass. We ''must'' seal the Crystal Tower, and annul Xande's covenant with the dark realm.
Rammbroes: If only breaking the latter would suffice... But then what of the energy building in the Crystal Tower? Without suppression, that power could discharge and cause a calamity like to the one that destroyed Allag.
Rammbroes: In truth, we have more than just three lost compatriots to worry about. If we do not act, our very world will fall before the might of this threat.
G'raha Tia: We know but one way out of this predicament: rescue those who can control the tower from beyond the dark realm, and seal the rift shut after them. And mercifully, not all our news is quite so bleak.
G'raha Tia: 'Tis true we cannot stop the voidgate from manifesting within the tower, but this can be to our benefit.
G'raha Tia: We can use Syrcus's power for our own purposes, and create a portal to carry us into the dark realm!
Rammbroes: We have heard this is possible from a man of the Thaumaturges' Guild well versed in otherworldly matters. And with Master Garlond working to create said portal, the final preparations are well underway. Ah, and here comes the man himself.
Cid: [Forename]! Just the {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} we need!
Rammbroes: Yes, our fellowship is indeed complete, and all parties privy to our strategy. And you, Master Garlond, how fare your endeavors?
Cid: Quite well! The device is nearly ready—though attaching the damnable thing to Syrcus Tower took every onze of ingenuity the Ironworks has got. But it should produce the energy we need.
Cid: With just a little more fine-tuning, we can open a rift. I'm here to request your presence at the tower.
Cid: I'll leave Biggs and Wedge at the Eight Sentinels as guides. And do hurry, [Forename]. I'm sure you wouldn't miss another chance to save the world, would you?
G'raha Tia: Well, Cid certainly seems to have a firm hand on the helm. Shall we make our way to the Crystal Tower?
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with Wedge at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: Time is of the essence, my friend. We must go to the Eight Sentinels.
Biggs: Has the chief filled you in on the plan, [Forename]? Opening up that voidgate will be a real feat for the Ironworks.
Biggs: But I'm worried about what comes afterwards. I've never heard of anyone going through a rift, let alone coming back. I don't relish the idea of getting stuck there ourselves...
-optional end
Wedge: [Forename]! I'll bet you're here to watch us pry open a rift between worlds, eh?
Wedge: We're almost ready. Syrcus Tower is full of engineers scurrying around and making adjustments. We're dealing with a lot of power, and if a single coupling's off... Well, ''boom''!
Wedge: B-But it should be fine. Really! Anyway, you'd best wait at the top. The chief's there overseeing the whole operation.
-cutscene start
Cid: My friends, you've arrived. I'm just waiting for my engineers to give the signal. Then, we'll see if we can't open a gateway to another world!
Cid: Hm? Is there something amiss, G'raha?
Cid: ...Ahhh, Emperor Xande's throne—how the mighty have fallen, eh? Once, it stood as a symbol of Allag's art and power. Now, it's nothing more than an empty chair.
Cid: Just imagine if Allagan civilization had lived on, and a just emperor still sat on that throne. How different would our history be, how much further would we have advanced? <sigh> Unfortunately, there was no stopping Xande and his ambition.
G'raha Tia: There...there were those who tried.
G'raha Tia: Xande's war of dominion left no one unscathed. Unable to abide the horrors inflicted upon the people, warriors young and brave took up the sword against Allag.
G'raha Tia: These men and women became as beacons of hope to those who had suffered—not unlike the Warriors of Light in our age.
G'raha Tia: But all this merely hastened the destruction. Just as they moved towards Allag's heart for the kill, Xande lashed out in anger and frustration...as trapped beasts are wont to do.
G'raha Tia: In his desperation, Xande desired that a great rift be opened to hasten the Cloud of Darkness's coming. To this end, he commanded the sun's power held within Dalamud be emptied into Syrcus Tower at once.
G'raha Tia: The act bore terrible consequences. The tower only withstood the blast by flooding the land below with energy. Syrcus was swallowed by the very earth upon which it once stood.
Cid: The Fourth Umbral Calamity... I'd learned of its cause from Unei and Doga. I had no idea that rebellion incited Xande to rashness, though.
Cid: Your knowledge of Allagan history is astounding, G'raha. Why, a man could study for two lifetimes and only learn half of what you know.
G'raha Tia: Mayhap... 'Tis strange, though—I cannot seem to remember where I learned such things...
Cid: Yes? Ah, Biggs, are you ready?
Biggs: Ready and raring to open up that voidgate, Chief!
Biggs: We reckon when this machine's up and running, she'll be able to float five airships the size of the ''Agrius''. So just give us the word, and we'll start channeling energy into the tower.
Cid: Good! Then let's get started!
Cid: Our preparations are complete. Everyone, step away from the throne.
Cid: All right, let's see what this machine can do. Now, Biggs!
Rammbroes: Ahhh, a rift to the World of Darkness, as Unei called it. Splendid work, Master Garlond!
Cid: We can't break out the mead just yet. The tough part's still ahead. We've broken into the dark realm, but the gate's not all that stable: it won't stay open forever, and only a few can use it.
Cid: I, for one, will remain here to ensure the voidgate stays open.
Rammbroes: As will the Sons of Saint Coinach. This rift is our sole path to salvation—if it closes, we are all truly lost.
Rammbroes: Which leaves...[Forename]. My friend, 'tis a heavy burden I must task you with, but there are none more able. Pray lead the adventurers beyond the rift.
Rammbroes: I do not know what awaits you, save the Cloud of Darkness and our three comrades. But you must go, for the fate of our world now rests upon your shoulders.
Rammbroes: This is our only gambit, but I have every faith you will succeed.
Rammbroes: It will be no small feat to return after you have passed beyond the rift. Make certain you are prepared before leaving.
G'raha Tia: ...Might I have a moment of your time, [Forename]? There is a matter of import we must needs discuss ere you leave.
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels===
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: [Forename], I wished to speak to you about my eye. As you are no doubt aware, 'tis a trait seen only amongst Allagan royalty.
G'raha Tia: Long I have pondered why such is my inheritance. The sanguine hue must have some bearing upon my destiny—this much Doga himself admitted. But what?
G'raha Tia: In truth, the more I learn of the Crystal Tower, the less I am myself. Somehow, meeting those two clones has wrought great change in me.
G'raha Tia: I am consumed with remembering...something. Something ancient, but ever so important.
G'raha Tia: And my father's words echo in my mind, the selfsame ones his father told him: the truth of our eye rests with Allag.
G'raha Tia: Mayhap what I wish to remember and these words are related. Mayhap not. But I know I must learn the truth that history hides from me. I would see this journey—''our'' journey—through to the very end with mine own two eyes.
G'raha Tia: So I implore you: allow me to join you beyond the rift!
G'raha Tia: You have my thanks, my friend. Now, let us venture into the World of Darkness, to save our comrades and our realm!
-cutscene end

===Enter the World of Darkness===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: If you have prepared yourself, let us waste no time in rescuing our comrades from the darkness.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: Where in the seven hells are they!? Without them to stem the energy in the tower, our defeat of the Cloud aids our cause little.
G'raha Tia: Doga! Unei! Can you hear me? Nero!
Nero@???: ''Must'' you be so infernally loud!? Are you so keen to attract more voidsent?
Nero: ...Though I don't blame you for missing my company.
G'raha Tia: Thank the Twelve! Are you all right?
Nero: As all right as can be expected. Unei has simply passed out.
G'raha Tia: Nero, by the gods... What's happened to you?
Doga: Alas, his wounds were too deep, and allowed this foul place entry to his body. Now, the darkness claws at the aether of his very form. Would that we could have protected him...
Doga: The Cloud of Darkness was bound by Xande's unholy covenant to bring prosperity to Allagan royalty. The same blood that sealed this contract gives us a measure of protection.
Doga: I say “a measure,” for this vow does not protect us from other voidsent. The Cloud imprisoned us here precisely to unleash fiends upon us. We would be dead had Nero not defended us so valiantly.
Nero: Mistake not my actions for kindness. I have use for you yet in Eorzea, and simply couldn't let harm befall you here.
Unei: Wh-Where...?
Doga: Unei! You are safe—our friends have come for us.
Unei: H-Have they? Then perhaps, Doga, there is yet hope we may fulfill our purpose.
Cloud of Darkness: Mortals! You have dared to challenge me, and now must feel my wrath!
Cloud of Darkness: Did you think to destroy me in ''my'' realm? Here, I am eternal! I will smother your light and entomb your bones amongst my shadows!
G'raha Tia: A-Are we truly so powerless here?
Doga: As long as we fight the Cloud in this realm, I fear so.
Doga: And yet...though we may not be able to destroy it, this may be our chance to stop it. If we strike now whilst the Cloud can barely hold her form, mayhap we can sever Xande's covenant!
Unei: Yes, and raze the bridge between the Crystal Tower and this foul place once and for all! [Forename], G'raha—you must flee!
G'raha Tia: You...you and Doga mean to ''stay'' here!?
G'raha Tia: 'Tis madness! You must return with us! No one but you can save the world from the threat of the Crystal Tower!
Cloud of Darkness: What is this trickery? ...Your blood! You too gain protection from Xande's blood!
Unei: G'raha Tia... You ''are'' possessed of royal blood! That is why the Royal Eye runs in your line!
Unei: 'Tis a gift you have inherited. G'raha—''you'' have been granted authority over the Crystal Tower!
Doga: ...I had thought time would consume all of Allag that was. That a man should still live with his forebears' blood in this age can be no coincidence.
Doga: Some person must have planted this gift in your line, and used the highest of Allagan technology to do so.
Doga: True, the Crystal Tower is not like to recognize you as Allagan, not as you are now. But your Royal Eye bespeaks a simple truth: within you dwells one feeble glitter that will illuminate all, the light of hope!
G'raha Tia: But...how should I use this light? Pray, tell me!
Unei: You must gain control of the Crystal Tower. We will share our blood with you, G'raha. Though its effects will be but ephemeral, it will bolster the Allagan presence within you.
Doga: This is our gift to you, that you may fulfill your destiny. All with the Royal Eye are bound by fate to Allag. Our part in this journey is to bury Xande's dark ambitions in the past. This was the true Unei and Doga's purpose, one we have carried into the future.
Doga: Know that as long as this light of hope survives in you, our souls will still remain—even if our bodies are lost.
Doga: You must leave us as well, Nero. I am sorry we could not live up to your expectations.
Unei: I must return to you what is yours, though. You dropped it whilst defending us.
Unei: What you seek by this instrument may not be possible, Nero. But do not give up. There are many other paths that await you.
Nero: ...Of ''course'' they do.
G'raha Tia: Doga, Unei, I... Thank you. We shall never forget you. Now, [Forename], Nero, let us quit this place.
Cloud of Darkness: You shall not escape me, impudent children of light!
Unei: No, ''you'' shall not escape ''us''. Here, Xande's bloodstained dreams of glory end.
G'raha Tia: There! The glint of light!
G'raha Tia: It...it grows faint! Then the bridge between realms grows fragile by the covenant's annulment!
G'raha Tia: If that light dies, we are stranded here! Hurry!
G'raha Tia: Nero, no! You must move!
Nero: Leave me!
Nero: I don't need you! If I die here, it'll be because I bloody well decided to!
Nero: I failed to master darkness. I'll not suffer watching a green boy master the tower.
Nero: Do what you will with it. But remember me, ''son of Allag''!
Nero: I am Nero tol Scaeva, the man who'll yet outdo Allag ''and'' Garlond!
G'raha Tia: ''That'' was what you hoped to—
Nero: Go, damn you!
Nero: <cough> Must move onwards... Th-This is ''not'' where I come to rest!
Nero: But how did...? ...So those damn clones did it, after all.
Nero: Now, onwards!
Nero: Aaaaaaaaah!
Cid: You owe me, Nero.
Nero: The hells I do!
Rammbroes: You are returned unharmed, thank the gods!
Wedge: When that voidgate started to close... I had never felt so powerless in all my life!
Biggs: We were running about like madmen, trying to keep the gate open—and then the chief actually went and dived in! But if you're all sa— Hm?
Wedge: Wh-Where are Unei and Doga? They're not...?
Rammbroes: ...I see. I will miss the two of them dearly, but I am happy they fulfilled their purpose.
Rammbroes: We who live on must still attend to the Crystal Tower...though we now have no one able to seal it.
G'raha Tia: That is not true, my friend. Unei and Doga have entrusted me with their blood. I can now control the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: G'raha... Yes, I can see it in your eyes. Good. Then let us put an end to this, and seal away the tower.
G'raha Tia: I understand your instinct, Rammbroes, but please, give us a moment to rest. I am weary to the bone, and Nero and [Forename] are both emerged from long battle.
Rammbroes: Of course, of course, you have the right of it. Come, we shall leave this place for a spell, and repair to Saint Coinach's Find.
G'raha Tia: No one but you could have succeeded in the World of Darkness, [Forename].
G'raha Tia: Would that I could have been of more use beyond the rift. As it stands, I was but a vessel for Doga and Unei's blood...
G'raha Tia: Hm? Have I remembered what I wished to?
G'raha Tia: ...Yes, something has come back to me. Gaining royal blood and witnessing true bravery has reminded me of my forebears' dearest wish.
G'raha Tia: But we need not speak of these things now. It was not my place to keep you. Pray go on ahead of me; there is something small I would do before I return.
G'raha Tia: I could not have asked for a better comrade. If only I could have been a part of your adventures for longer, [Forename]... Alas, fate dictates I have a different role to play.
G'raha Tia: A wish hidden for millennia, and brought to light by the good people of NOAH...
G'raha Tia: Now, finally, 'tis my time to see it realized.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
-optional start
Cid: Nero never would've made it back without you, [Forename], and for that you have my thanks. I doubt he will hatch any more dastardly schemes for the present. He owes me his life, after all.
Biggs: I'll tell you, that rift started closing up ''fast''. Waiting for you three to pop out was the tensest few moments of my life!
Wedge: No matter how many other clones are still out there, our Unei and Doga were special. I'm going to miss them...
-optional end
Rammbroes: I cannot express how glad I am you returned safely, [Forename]—and with the means to dispel the threat of the Crystal Tower for good!
Rammbroes: Rest if you will, and then let us free ourselves from the specter of the Allagans!
-quest complete
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==Video Archive==
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Syrcus Tower (Quest)

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MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{otheruses|the [[Feature Quests|Feature Quest]]|the level 50 [[Alliance Raid]]|Syrcus Tower|the [[furniture]] item|Syrcus Tower (Furniture)|the [[landmark]] in [[The Crystarium]]|Syrcus Tower (Landmark)}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = Syrcus Tower
| description = [[Rammbroes]] is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the [[Crystal Tower]].
| image = Syrcus Tower (Quest).png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Cloud of Darkness; Doga; G'raha Tia; Nero; Unei; Wedge; Amon; Xande
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 6
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3752
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra Syrcus Tower
| prev-quest = For Prosperity
| next-quest = The World of Darkness (Quest)
| patch = 2.3
| release =
| id-edb = 4adf2560fdd
| id-gt = 67010
}}

==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Biggs]] at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to [[Syrcus Tower]].
*Speak with [[Doga]] at the Eight Sentinels.
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]] at the Eight Sentinels.
*Enter Syrcus Tower.
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]].

==Journal==
*[[Rammbroes]] is frustrated over [[NOAH]]'s lack of progress on the Crystal Tower.

*Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as [[Cid]] and [[G'raha Tia]] rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as [[Doga]] and [[Unei]], scholars of ancient [[Allag]] sent by [[the Students of Baldesion]]. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with [[Biggs]] to be shown to the gate.

*Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible.

*Doga and Unei reveal that they are "clones"-- copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their death. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia.

*You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande.

*Syrcus Tower can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. [[Nero]] attempts to save them for his owns reasons, only to end up sharing their fate.

*With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to [[Saint Coinach's Find]], and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back.

*Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a Voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
G'raha Tia: 'Tis my most fervent belief that the fellowship of NOAH will─piece by piece─lay bare the long-buried secrets of ancient Allag's history. But the doing of it will require all of your skill and more!
G'raha Tia: Mayhap I can convince Master Garlond to allow me to accompany you, that I might see some of these horrific guardians in the flesh. I am quite proficient with the bow, you know!

Rammbroes: I have added my own notes to G'raha's preliminary expedition report, and begun compiling a Crystal Tower survey log. The information contained therein will be available to you at all times. Should you have any questions, you need only ask.
>NOAH Report: The Eight Sentinels.
Rammbroes: Ah, allow me to find the relevant page...
NOAH Report: The Allagan Empire has left behind many a mysterious legacy, but perhaps none so impressive as the glittering spire of the Crystal Tower. With equal parts excitement and trepidation, the survey party dubbed the “fellowship of NOAH” set forth to pry loose the daunting structure's well-guarded secrets.
NOAH Report: Once past the massive Crystal Gate, the members of the team beheld four pairs of grim stone statues flanking a broad forecourt─a lethal complement of elementally powered defenses known as the Eight Sentinels.
NOAH Report: Each pair of silent sentries promised a different method of obliteration to any foolish enough to attempt trespass. Should intruders somehow survive passing through the first barrier of incinerating flames, they would then face death by rending winds, crushing waves, or grinding rocks.
NOAH Report: These unforgiving guardians were, without a doubt, a product of the unique blend of magic and technology pioneered by the great inventors of Allag.
NOAH Report: To think that these constructs of arcane masonry yet functioned after millennia of dormancy is simply staggering─a testament to the genius of their creators.
NOAH Report: But we would not be deterred from our objectives. Using four reflective “fangs” shaped from flawless crystals, we triumphed in turning the power of the elemental defenses against themselves. With the way thus cleared, the expedition stood poised to enter the inner reaches of the tower grounds.

>NOAH Report: Labyrinth of the Ancients.
Rammbroes: One moment while I locate the passages in question...
NOAH Report: A stalwart band of adventurers led by the indomitable Forename was tasked with conquering the perils of the Labyrinth of the Ancients.
NOAH Report: The base of the Crystal Tower is nestled within this deadly maze, the entire structure designed to confound entrance to the spire proper.
NOAH Report: As we had feared, the halls of the labyrinth were further protected by fantastical foes. Our adventurers faced nightmarish opponents, the king behemoth and the voidsent Thanatos among them.
NOAH Report: Through our research we have learned that the ancients were most skilled at the binding of void-born entities─occult servants that were compelled to serve alongside augmented beasts and chimerical monstrosities.
NOAH Report: After battling such fiends, none could argue that the approach to the tower was a simple one. And though the labyrinth's hazards have been overcome, one cannot help but imagine what devilish enemies await within those unbreached crystalline walls...

>NOAH Report: Phlegethon
Rammbroes: You wish to learn more of Phlegethon? Certainly. His story is quite compelling...
NOAH Report: Phlegethon was the scimitar-wielding colossus who served as the final bastion of the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and until recently, was oft mistaken for a similar guardian known as Acheron. In Phlegethon's day, he was but a mortal man who sought to bring revolution to the Allagan Empire.
NOAH Report: The empire lasted more than a thousand years, but that is not to say its reign was entirely peaceful. It was especially during the later days of its supremacy that imperial rule found itself under constant challenge.
NOAH Report: Famous even among these endless conflicts was the rebellion led by the mighty general Phlegethon. Imperial annals paint him as a murderous villain, but the writings of the commonfolk reveal Phlegethon's status as a hero of the people.
NOAH Report: Adored though he was, the revolutionary leader was eventually captured by agents of the empire. Scholarly records give a chilling account of how his body was forcibly altered through sorcery and science, his mind broken and conditioned to obey.
NOAH Report: An example was made of Phlegethon, a hideous warning of the fate that awaited those who refused to kneel. When forename gazed upon the general's unnatural form so many centuries later, he was afforded a glimpse into the darkness of which the empire was capable.
---
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report.
Rammbroes: The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it.
G'raha Tia: You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially.
G'raha Tia: In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire—Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it—is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own.
G'raha Tia: Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss.
Rammbroes: It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There ''must'' be a way in.
Rammbroes: ...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand.
Doga@???: Perhaps we can be of assistance.
G'raha Tia: And you are?
Unei@???: Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal.
Unei: I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor.
Rammbroes: Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress.
> If player has completed the quest {{i|Through the Maelstrom}}
Rammbroes: You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns.
> If player has not completed the quest {{i|Through the Maelstrom}}
Rammbroes: You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful.
---
Doga: We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help.
Rammbroes: What is it, G'raha?
G'raha Tia: Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided.
Unei: Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours.
G'raha Tia: The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well?
G'raha Tia: This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his.
G'raha Tia: Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me!
Doga: My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag.
Doga: As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth.
G'raha Tia: It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you?
Rammbroes: If that is your wish, then so be it.
Rammbroes: Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections.
Rammbroes: Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance.
Doga: I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision.
Rammbroes: [Forename], I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way.
Rammbroes: Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation.
G'raha Tia: I shall join you, [Forename]. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with Biggs at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to Syrcus Tower===
-optional start
Wedge: We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower. ...Can you tell we're getting desperate?
-optional end
Biggs: Well, if it isn't [Forename]! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam.
Biggs: ...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going—or rather, ''no'' going—for the chief. He'll appreciate the help.
Biggs: If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him.
-cutscene start
Cid: Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides.
G'raha Tia: Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation.
Doga: We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance.
Cid: If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed.
Cid: To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower.
Cid: The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door—the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us.
Cid: Having had no success via more ''orthodox'' methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it.
Cid: For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity.
G'raha Tia: The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment.
G'raha Tia: Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative.
Cid: If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use—just ask the calluses on my hands.
Unei: Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength.
Doga: Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord?
G'raha Tia: I...I don't think any of us expected ''that'' to happen...
Cid: Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what ''are'' you?
Nero tol Scaeva@???: ''Piercing the heavens and gathering the light, a symbol of mankind's glory and might.''
Nero tol Scaeva@???: ''Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable, only to those of royal blood answerable.'' ...Exactly as passed down through legend, I am delighted to see.
Nero tol Scaeva: Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable ''playthings'' you have acquired.
Cid: N-Nero!? You're still alive!?
Nero tol Scaeva: Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary.
Nero tol Scaeva: But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant.
Nero tol Scaeva: In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you.
Cid: After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible?
Nero tol Scaeva: If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with ''these'' two odd characters.
Nero tol Scaeva: As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals.
Nero tol Scaeva: According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys.
G'raha Tia: You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!?
Nero tol Scaeva: Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous.
Nero tol Scaeva: To put it plain, they are ''imitations'' of royalty—living keys born of Allagan ingenuity.
Nero tol Scaeva: “Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so?
Doga: 'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past.
Doga: Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims.
Unei: If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell.
G'raha Tia: Very well.
Cid: Seven hells, do you ''seriously'' mean to follow us around?
Nero tol Scaeva: Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps?
Nero tol Scaeva: An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it.
Nero tol Scaeva: I look forward to working together, old friend.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Doga at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
Unei: You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose.
G'raha Tia: Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards.
Cid: It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times.
Nero tol Scaeva: We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light?
Biggs: The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite.
Biggs: I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again.
Wedge: To think the Allagans could make copies of ''people''... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp>
-optional end
Doga: If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all.
Doga: As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present.
-cutscene start
Doga: Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you.
Doga: As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”—copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology.
Rammbroes: This is rather a lot to take in...
Rammbroes: If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do?
Doga: Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us.
Unei: The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being.
Unei: In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire.
Doga: That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership.
Doga: In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness.
Unei: Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness.
Unei: Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect.
G'raha Tia: The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!?
Unei: None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment—copies of Unei and Doga.
Rammbroes: Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande.
Rammbroes: It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same...
Unei: Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that...
Doga: In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion—an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed.
Doga: Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility.
Cid: Darkness...''again''? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power?
Cid: Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all.
Doga: Would that you were right, Master Garlond.
Doga: Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse.
Doga: Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy—energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below.
Doga: However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence—the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era.
Doga: In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste.
Doga: Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time.
Doga: Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken.
Unei: Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged.
Unei: At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened.
Unei: In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized.
Unei: 'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes—the true Unei and Doga.
Unei: Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail.
Doga: When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over.
Doga: 'Tis no ordinary {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, [Forename] [Surname], we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all.
Cid: Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things—you were observing our investigation the whole time.
Cid: So, what will we do, [Forename]? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it.
Doga: You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest.
Rammbroes: It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril?
Rammbroes: Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga—living, breathing Allagans.
Rammbroes: And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day.
Rammbroes: [Forename], as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself.
Rammbroes: Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then!
G'raha Tia: Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...?
Doga: You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern.
Doga: The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood.
Doga: I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence.
Doga: Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time.
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
Unei: Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else.
Unei: When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership.
Unei: When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will.
Doga: Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance.
Doga: Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders.
Doga: Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand.
Cid: Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself.
Biggs: ...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake.
Wedge: While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth—make certain that no funny business is going on inside.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on.
G'raha Tia: But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us!
G'raha Tia: Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength!
-cutscene end

===Enter Syrcus Tower===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: [Forename]!
G'raha Tia: You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande!
Doga: Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, [Forename] [Surname].
Doga: With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone.
Cid: What are you playing at now, Nero?
Nero: In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution?
Nero: At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do.
Unei: There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy.
Unei: The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task.
G'raha Tia: That distortion... What is it?
Unei: The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void—the World of Darkness, our people called it.
Unei: And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent.
Doga: Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours.
Doga: In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world.
Doga: The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it.
Doga: By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone.
Doga: It is time.
Unei: Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose.
Nero: Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA!
Nero: Oh, be still my beating heart!
Nero: For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this!
Cid: What are you going on about!?
???: The covenant...is everlasting...
Xande: And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule.
Xande: And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid—an endless void, bereft of light and warmth.
Xande: Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace.
Xande: Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My fear.
Xande: What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss.
Xande: So let there ''be'' nothing.
Xande: Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness.
G'raha Tia: [Forename]! Pull yourself together!
G'raha Tia: Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!?
G'raha Tia: Argh! Not now, damn it!
Cid: Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too?
Nero: Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones!
Nero: Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that.
Unei: Doga!
Nero: Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness!
Nero: That power...is mine!
Cid: Nero!
???: The covenant shall be honored.
Cloud of Darkness: I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void.
Cid: Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now?
Cid: As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Rammbroes===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is...
Cid: Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay.
Biggs: Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me?
Wedge: Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve...
Rammbroes: The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain.
Rammbroes: There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through.
Rammbroes: 'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions—one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world.
Rammbroes: Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of.
Cid: However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them?
Rammbroes: I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak.
Rammbroes: Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live.
Cid: Damn it... I feel so helpless...
G'raha Tia: No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei.
G'raha Tia: We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me.
G'raha Tia: Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission—a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides...
G'raha Tia: We cannot leave matters as they are.
G'raha Tia: So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass.
Rammbroes: G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye?
G'raha Tia: I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall.
G'raha Tia: As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I ''will'' find it.
Cid: I am with G'raha.
Cid: However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief.
Rammbroes: You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them.
Rammbroes: I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned.
Rammbroes: Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough.
Rammbroes: My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength.
Cid: We'll save them yet, [Forename]! Mark my words!
-quest complete
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==Video Archive==
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Syrcus Tower (Quest)

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MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

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| title = Syrcus Tower
| description = [[Rammbroes]] is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the [[Crystal Tower]].
| image = Syrcus Tower (Quest).png
| quest-giver = Rammbroes
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Cloud of Darkness; Doga; G'raha Tia; Nero; Unei; Wedge; Amon; Xande
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 6
| organization =
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| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3752
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra Syrcus Tower
| prev-quest = For Prosperity
| next-quest = The World of Darkness (Quest)
| patch = 2.3
| release =
| id-edb = 4adf2560fdd
| id-gt = 67010
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==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Biggs]] at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to [[Syrcus Tower]].
*Speak with [[Doga]] at the Eight Sentinels.
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]] at the Eight Sentinels.
*Enter Syrcus Tower.
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]].

==Journal==
*[[Rammbroes]] is frustrated over [[NOAH]]'s lack of progress on the Crystal Tower.

*Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as [[Cid]] and [[G'raha Tia]] rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as [[Doga]] and [[Unei]], scholars of ancient [[Allag]] sent by [[the Students of Baldesion]]. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with [[Biggs]] to be shown to the gate.

*Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible.

*Doga and Unei reveal that they are "clones"-- copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their death. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia.

*You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande.

*Syrcus Tower can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. [[Nero]] attempts to save them for his owns reasons, only to end up sharing their fate.

*With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to [[Saint Coinach's Find]], and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back.

*Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a Voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
G'raha Tia: 'Tis my most fervent belief that the fellowship of NOAH will─piece by piece─lay bare the long-buried secrets of ancient Allag's history. But the doing of it will require all of your skill and more!
G'raha Tia: Mayhap I can convince Master Garlond to allow me to accompany you, that I might see some of these horrific guardians in the flesh. I am quite proficient with the bow, you know!

Rammbroes: I have added my own notes to G'raha's preliminary expedition report, and begun compiling a Crystal Tower survey log. The information contained therein will be available to you at all times. Should you have any questions, you need only ask.
>NOAH Report: The Eight Sentinels.
Rammbroes: Ah, allow me to find the relevant page...
NOAH Report: The Allagan Empire has left behind many a mysterious legacy, but perhaps none so impressive as the glittering spire of the Crystal Tower. With equal parts excitement and trepidation, the survey party dubbed the “fellowship of NOAH” set forth to pry loose the daunting structure's well-guarded secrets.
NOAH Report: Once past the massive Crystal Gate, the members of the team beheld four pairs of grim stone statues flanking a broad forecourt─a lethal complement of elementally powered defenses known as the Eight Sentinels.
NOAH Report: Each pair of silent sentries promised a different method of obliteration to any foolish enough to attempt trespass. Should intruders somehow survive passing through the first barrier of incinerating flames, they would then face death by rending winds, crushing waves, or grinding rocks.
NOAH Report: These unforgiving guardians were, without a doubt, a product of the unique blend of magic and technology pioneered by the great inventors of Allag.
NOAH Report: To think that these constructs of arcane masonry yet functioned after millennia of dormancy is simply staggering─a testament to the genius of their creators.
NOAH Report: But we would not be deterred from our objectives. Using four reflective “fangs” shaped from flawless crystals, we triumphed in turning the power of the elemental defenses against themselves. With the way thus cleared, the expedition stood poised to enter the inner reaches of the tower grounds.

>NOAH Report: Labyrinth of the Ancients.
Rammbroes: One moment while I locate the passages in question...
NOAH Report: A stalwart band of adventurers led by the indomitable Forename was tasked with conquering the perils of the Labyrinth of the Ancients.
NOAH Report: The base of the Crystal Tower is nestled within this deadly maze, the entire structure designed to confound entrance to the spire proper.
NOAH Report: As we had feared, the halls of the labyrinth were further protected by fantastical foes. Our adventurers faced nightmarish opponents, the king behemoth and the voidsent Thanatos among them.
NOAH Report: Through our research we have learned that the ancients were most skilled at the binding of void-born entities─occult servants that were compelled to serve alongside augmented beasts and chimerical monstrosities.
NOAH Report: After battling such fiends, none could argue that the approach to the tower was a simple one. And though the labyrinth's hazards have been overcome, one cannot help but imagine what devilish enemies await within those unbreached crystalline walls...

>NOAH Report: Phlegethon
Rammbroes: You wish to learn more of Phlegethon? Certainly. His story is quite compelling...
NOAH Report: Phlegethon was the scimitar-wielding colossus who served as the final bastion of the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and until recently, was oft mistaken for a similar guardian known as Acheron. In Phlegethon's day, he was but a mortal man who sought to bring revolution to the Allagan Empire.
NOAH Report: The empire lasted more than a thousand years, but that is not to say its reign was entirely peaceful. It was especially during the later days of its supremacy that imperial rule found itself under constant challenge.
NOAH Report: Famous even among these endless conflicts was the rebellion led by the mighty general Phlegethon. Imperial annals paint him as a murderous villain, but the writings of the commonfolk reveal Phlegethon's status as a hero of the people.
NOAH Report: Adored though he was, the revolutionary leader was eventually captured by agents of the empire. Scholarly records give a chilling account of how his body was forcibly altered through sorcery and science, his mind broken and conditioned to obey.
NOAH Report: An example was made of Phlegethon, a hideous warning of the fate that awaited those who refused to kneel. When forename gazed upon the general's unnatural form so many centuries later, he was afforded a glimpse into the darkness of which the empire was capable.
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===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower.
Rammbroes: Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report.
Rammbroes: The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it.
G'raha Tia: You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially.
G'raha Tia: In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire—Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it—is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own.
G'raha Tia: Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss.
Rammbroes: It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There ''must'' be a way in.
Rammbroes: ...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand.
Doga@???: Perhaps we can be of assistance.
G'raha Tia: And you are?
Unei@???: Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal.
Unei: I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor.
Rammbroes: Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress.
> If player has completed the quest {{i|Through the Maelstrom}}
Rammbroes: You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns.
> If player has not completed the quest {{i|Through the Maelstrom}}
Rammbroes: You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful.
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Doga: We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help.
Rammbroes: What is it, G'raha?
G'raha Tia: Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided.
Unei: Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours.
G'raha Tia: The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well?
G'raha Tia: This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his.
G'raha Tia: Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me!
Doga: My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag.
Doga: As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth.
G'raha Tia: It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you?
Rammbroes: If that is your wish, then so be it.
Rammbroes: Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections.
Rammbroes: Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance.
Doga: I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision.
Rammbroes: [Forename], I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way.
Rammbroes: Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation.
G'raha Tia: I shall join you, [Forename]. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with Biggs at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to Syrcus Tower===
-optional start
Wedge: We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower. ...Can you tell we're getting desperate?
-optional end
Biggs: Well, if it isn't [Forename]! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam.
Biggs: ...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going—or rather, ''no'' going—for the chief. He'll appreciate the help.
Biggs: If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him.
-cutscene start
Cid: Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides.
G'raha Tia: Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation.
Doga: We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance.
Cid: If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed.
Cid: To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower.
Cid: The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door—the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us.
Cid: Having had no success via more ''orthodox'' methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it.
Cid: For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity.
G'raha Tia: The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment.
G'raha Tia: Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative.
Cid: If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use—just ask the calluses on my hands.
Unei: Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength.
Doga: Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord?
G'raha Tia: I...I don't think any of us expected ''that'' to happen...
Cid: Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what ''are'' you?
Nero tol Scaeva@???: ''Piercing the heavens and gathering the light, a symbol of mankind's glory and might.''
Nero tol Scaeva@???: ''Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable, only to those of royal blood answerable.'' ...Exactly as passed down through legend, I am delighted to see.
Nero tol Scaeva: Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable ''playthings'' you have acquired.
Cid: N-Nero!? You're still alive!?
Nero tol Scaeva: Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary.
Nero tol Scaeva: But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant.
Nero tol Scaeva: In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you.
Cid: After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible?
Nero tol Scaeva: If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with ''these'' two odd characters.
Nero tol Scaeva: As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals.
Nero tol Scaeva: According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys.
G'raha Tia: You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!?
Nero tol Scaeva: Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous.
Nero tol Scaeva: To put it plain, they are ''imitations'' of royalty—living keys born of Allagan ingenuity.
Nero tol Scaeva: “Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so?
Doga: 'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past.
Doga: Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims.
Unei: If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell.
G'raha Tia: Very well.
Cid: Seven hells, do you ''seriously'' mean to follow us around?
Nero tol Scaeva: Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps?
Nero tol Scaeva: An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it.
Nero tol Scaeva: I look forward to working together, old friend.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Doga at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
Unei: You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose.
G'raha Tia: Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards.
Cid: It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times.
Nero tol Scaeva: We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light?
Biggs: The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite.
Biggs: I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again.
Wedge: To think the Allagans could make copies of ''people''... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp>
-optional end
Doga: If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all.
Doga: As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present.
-cutscene start
Doga: Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you.
Doga: As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”—copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology.
Rammbroes: This is rather a lot to take in...
Rammbroes: If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do?
Doga: Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us.
Unei: The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being.
Unei: In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire.
Doga: That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership.
Doga: In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness.
Unei: Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness.
Unei: Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect.
G'raha Tia: The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!?
Unei: None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment—copies of Unei and Doga.
Rammbroes: Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande.
Rammbroes: It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same...
Unei: Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that...
Doga: In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion—an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed.
Doga: Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility.
Cid: Darkness...''again''? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power?
Cid: Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all.
Doga: Would that you were right, Master Garlond.
Doga: Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse.
Doga: Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy—energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below.
Doga: However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence—the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era.
Doga: In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste.
Doga: Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time.
Doga: Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken.
Unei: Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged.
Unei: At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened.
Unei: In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized.
Unei: 'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes—the true Unei and Doga.
Unei: Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail.
Doga: When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over.
Doga: 'Tis no ordinary {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, [Forename] [Surname], we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all.
Cid: Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things—you were observing our investigation the whole time.
Cid: So, what will we do, [Forename]? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it.
Doga: You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest.
Rammbroes: It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril?
Rammbroes: Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga—living, breathing Allagans.
Rammbroes: And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day.
Rammbroes: [Forename], as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself.
Rammbroes: Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then!
G'raha Tia: Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...?
Doga: You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern.
Doga: The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood.
Doga: I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence.
Doga: Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time.
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels===
-optional start
Unei: Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else.
Unei: When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership.
Unei: When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will.
Doga: Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance.
Doga: Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders.
Doga: Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand.
Cid: Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself.
Biggs: ...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake.
Wedge: While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth—make certain that no funny business is going on inside.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on.
G'raha Tia: But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us!
G'raha Tia: Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength!
-cutscene end

===Enter Syrcus Tower===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted.
-optional end
-cutscene start
G'raha Tia: [Forename]!
G'raha Tia: You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande!
Doga: Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, [Forename] [Surname].
Doga: With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone.
Cid: What are you playing at now, Nero?
Nero: In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution?
Nero: At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do.
Unei: There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy.
Unei: The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task.
G'raha Tia: That distortion... What is it?
Unei: The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void—the World of Darkness, our people called it.
Unei: And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent.
Doga: Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours.
Doga: In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world.
Doga: The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it.
Doga: By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone.
Doga: It is time.
Unei: Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose.
Nero: Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA!
Nero: Oh, be still my beating heart!
Nero: For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this!
Cid: What are you going on about!?
???: The covenant...is everlasting...
Xande: And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule.
Xande: And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid—an endless void, bereft of light and warmth.
Xande: Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace.
Xande: Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My fear.
Xande: What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss.
Xande: So let there ''be'' nothing.
Xande: Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness.
G'raha Tia: [Forename]! Pull yourself together!
G'raha Tia: Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!?
G'raha Tia: Argh! Not now, damn it!
Cid: Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too?
Nero: Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones!
Nero: Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that.
Unei: Doga!
Nero: Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness!
Nero: That power...is mine!
Cid: Nero!
???: The covenant shall be honored.
Cloud of Darkness: I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void.
Cid: Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now?
Cid: As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Rammbroes===
-optional start
G'raha Tia: I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is...
Cid: Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay.
Biggs: Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me?
Wedge: Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve...
Rammbroes: The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain.
Rammbroes: There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through.
Rammbroes: 'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions—one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world.
Rammbroes: Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of.
Cid: However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them?
Rammbroes: I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak.
Rammbroes: Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live.
Cid: Damn it... I feel so helpless...
G'raha Tia: No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei.
G'raha Tia: We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me.
G'raha Tia: Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission—a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides...
G'raha Tia: We cannot leave matters as they are.
G'raha Tia: So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass.
Rammbroes: G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye?
G'raha Tia: I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall.
G'raha Tia: As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I ''will'' find it.
Cid: I am with G'raha.
Cid: However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief.
Rammbroes: You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them.
Rammbroes: I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned.
Rammbroes: Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough.
Rammbroes: My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength.
Cid: We'll save them yet, [Forename]! Mark my words!
-quest complete
-cutscene end
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Labyrinth of the Ancients

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{{otheruses|the [[Feature Quests|Feature Quest]]|the level 50 [[Alliance Raid]]|The Labyrinth of the Ancients}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = Labyrinth of the Ancients
| description = [[G'raha Tia]] is eager to begin the expedition to the [[Crystal Tower]].
| image = Labyrinth of the Ancients (Quest).png
| quest-giver = G'raha Tia
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
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| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra The Labyrinth of the Ancients
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| next-quest = For Prosperity
| patch = 2.1
| release =
| id-edb = c8031463e5b
| id-gt = 66738
}}

==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Make your way to the gate located to the southeast of [[Saint Coinach's Find]].
*Enter [[the Labyrinth of the Ancients]].
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]] at Saint Coinach's Find.

==Journal==
* [[G'raha Tia]] is eager to begin the expedition to the [[Crystal Tower]].

* Assuming the role of expedition leader, G'raha Tia issues instructions to the assembled fellowship of NOAH, detailing how the operation will proceed. Make your way to the large gate located to the southeast of [[Saint Coinach's Find]], and await the arrival of the rest of the survey team.

* To the great relief of all concerned, the crystal “fangs” make short work of the tower's lethal outer defenses. Reasoning that the structure's inner reaches are like to contain further hazards, [[Cid]] volunteers you for the task of securing [[the Labyrinth of the Ancients]]. Rid the maze of anything which might pose a threat to the survey team.
** ※The Labyrinth of the Ancients can be accessed via the [[Duty Finder]].

* Along with your steadfast adventuring companions, you have succeeded in ridding the labyrinth of its deadly protectors. Cid and G'raha Tia praise your invaluable contribution to the expedition, and together you gaze upon the shimmering spire that rises from the center of the maze.

* Though your labors in the labyrinth have secured a route to the tower, much remains to be discussed before the expedition can proceed. Return to Saint Coinach's Find and speak with G'raha Tia.

* Back at the excavation site, G'raha Tia invites you to take a moment to collect your thoughts before debating how best to proceed.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
G'raha Tia: {{alternatives|f=Esteemed colleagues|m=Gentlemen}}! The secrets of ancient Allag beckon!
G'raha Tia: Let's not keep them waiting any longer! Adventurer—you and I will join the engineers at the Crystal Tower's main gateway, where we will endeavor to neutralize the structure's outer defenses.
G'raha Tia: Rammbroes, meanwhile, will remain here and oversee the operation. Given my knowledge of Allagan history, it seems logical that I should lead the expedition itself...though I admit the role does not exactly befit my status as an observer.
G'raha Tia: Still, we can but make use of the resources at hand. Assuming all are in agreement, let us proceed forthwith to the large, lopsided gate found to the southeast.
-quest accepted

-optional start
Wedge: You just leave the business of sorting out the aftermath to us! Focus on clearing out the nasties, and we'll move in to survey what's left!
Biggs: The Allagan civilization thrived within the borders of a vast empire, producing marvels the likes of which this world has never seen again.
Biggs: It's said that its technology was so advanced, the magitek of Garlemald appears crude and childlike in comparison. When I first laid eyes on the Crystal Tower, I finally realized the truth of that claim...
G'raha Tia: I have studied the legacy of the Allagan Empire for long years. Now that this expedition is at last underway, the very core of my historical infatuation lies within my grasp.
G'raha Tia: It falls to us─to the fellowship of NOAH─to crack open the tomb of a fallen civilization, and bring the wealth of its history out of the shadows and into the light!
Rammbroes: Your decision to join our expedition to the Crystal Tower was a most welcome development. Should you have any questions for me, you need only ask.
-optional end

===Make your way to the gate located to the southeast of Saint Coinach's Find===
-cutscene start
Cid: The Crystal Tower lies beyond this portal. Now comes the interesting part...
G'raha Tia: Cid, you are the only one of our number who has ever crossed this threshold. I ask that you take the lead for the present.
G'raha Tia: I say... The energy radiating from these statues is...palpable.
Cid: Lucky for us that it is. One might otherwise stroll past them... Feast your eyes on the elemental defenses which prompted our lengthy preparations. These sentinels prevent would-be intruders from advancing to within twenty yalms of the tower's inner reaches.
G'raha Tia: ...No matter how swift they may be.
Cid: Happily, the crystal fangs we took such pains to craft should spare us the inconvenience of instantaneous annihilation. Here, allow me to demonstrate.
Biggs: Ch-Chief!? It's too—
Cid: Dangerous to allow anyone else to risk his life testing one? Quite right. I made the damn things—it's my job to see that they work.
Cid: ...Success!
G'raha Tia: I for one am convinced! Friends—ready your fangs!
Cid: This last one is yours, old friend. It seemed only right...
Wedge: Haha! We did it! So much for the outer defenses!
G'raha Tia: Indeed. The entrance to the tower is near at hand. My blood fairly sings with anticipation!
Cid: Speaking of blood—I have a proposal for the next stage of the expedition.
Cid: I suggest we wait here while [Forename] and a handpicked party of {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} adventuring companions enter the tower.
G'raha Tia: What!? Without us? I thought we came here to survey the entire structure!
Cid: We did—and we will. But our investigations must proceed at a more measured pace.
Cid: If the outside of the place is this well defended, can you imagine what awaits us on the ''inside''? Only a true hero could reasonably hope to brave the hazards ahead and live to tell the tale.
Cid: [Forename] here fits that description better than anyone I know.
Cid: And it is not as if we shall be idle in {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} absence. While [Forename] and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} companions are risking life and limb to beat us a path to the tower, we can set about analyzing this rubble for evidence of how its technologies function.
Cid: Your knowledge of ancient lore will be invaluable in that endeavor, Historian G'raha Tia.
G'raha Tia: Bah! Do you ever tire of being right, old man!?
G'raha Tia: Ahem. [Forename]—as it seems I won't be accompanying you, allow me at least to provide some instruction. The maze that surrounds the base of the tower is known as the “Labyrinth of the Ancients.” During this initial foray, I suggest you concentrate on ridding the place of hostile elements.
G'raha Tia: When you are reasonably certain the maze is secure, contact me via linkshell and we shall join you posthaste—no matter what Master Garlond says!
G'raha Tia: Though we would prefer it if any relics you encounter remained intact, you have leave to do whatever is necessary to secure ingress to the upper levels of the tower. Fortune go with you, [Forename].
-cutscene end

===Enter the Labyrinth of the Ancients===
-cutscene start
Cid: Ho there, [Forename]!
G'raha Tia: Very impressive, I must say! Your name shall be writ large in the volumes that are sure to be penned on this historic expedition.
Cid: The scale of this structure defies comprehension... Someone plainly thought bigger was better.
G'raha Tia: According to the findings of my Baldesion colleagues, the Crystal Tower was constructed to collect and store the endless energies of the sun. A characteristically ambitious undertaking.
G'raha Tia: Now, what of the tower's inner defenses? Judging by your haggard expression, clearing out the labyrinth was no small feat.
G'raha Tia: ...A giant of a man wielding a shimmering scimitar, you say? Yes, that will have been Phlegethon. Not Acheron. Phlegethon. He was a hero of the Allagan revolution.
Cid: And you gleaned that from what exactly? His choice of weapon?
G'raha Tia: Well, I ''am'' a historian. And I have a certain, shall we say, “affinity” for the lore of the Allagan Empire.
G'raha Tia: It is, of course, all knowledge gleaned from musty scrolls and tomes. The ancient texts claim that the Crystal Tower is defended by the champions of eld, resurrected and augmented through the Allagans' extraordinary technology.
Biggs: Chief, you need to see this!
Cid: Well, well, there it is...the foot of the tower. What surprises do ''you'' have in store for us, I wonder...?
Cid: I can't tell you how glad I am to have you with us on this little jaunt, old friend. Had you not beaten a path through that maze, I very much doubt we'd be standing here now...
G'raha Tia: Well! We have much to discuss and digest. Let us retire to Saint Coinach's Find for the present and there plan our next step. Lest there be any doubt, our expedition has some way to go yet!
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at Saint Coinach's Find===
G'raha Tia: So good of you to join us, [Forename]! Our meeting would be dull indeed without a full account of your experiences in the labyrinth.
G'raha Tia: Take a moment to collect yourself, and when you are ready, we shall debate how best to proceed.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=YCxTyqAqbAg}}

Labyrinth of the Ancients

2026-10-01T21:39:56Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{otheruses|the [[Feature Quests|Feature Quest]]|the level 50 [[Alliance Raid]]|The Labyrinth of the Ancients}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = Labyrinth of the Ancients
| description = [[G'raha Tia]] is eager to begin the expedition to the [[Crystal Tower]].
| image = Labyrinth of the Ancients (Quest).png
| quest-giver = G'raha Tia
| related-npcs = Biggs; Cid; Wedge
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 30.4
| location-y = 12.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 4
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest =
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| requirements =
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| gil = 3752
| mettle =
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| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ra The Labyrinth of the Ancients
| prev-quest = A Performance for the Ages
| next-quest = For Prosperity
| patch = 2.1
| release =
| id-edb = c8031463e5b
| id-gt = 66738
}}

==Walkthrough==
These [[alliance raid]]s are not difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. [[Tank]]s will have the longest queue times as only 3 of the 24 players in [[Alliance Raid]]s are tanks. If you are going blind as tank please know that all tanks are expected to [[Enmity|run stance]] and there are no off-tanks in alliance raids, as the [[Party#Full_Party|full party]] composition is different. The different parties in an alliance are occasionally forced to split up and take separate routes or otherwise handle groups of enemies separately.

==Steps==
*Make your way to the gate located to the southeast of [[Saint Coinach's Find]].
*Enter [[the Labyrinth of the Ancients]].
*Speak with [[G'raha Tia]] at Saint Coinach's Find.

==Journal==
* [[G'raha Tia]] is eager to begin the expedition to the [[Crystal Tower]].

* Assuming the role of expedition leader, G'raha Tia issues instructions to the assembled fellowship of NOAH, detailing how the operation will proceed. Make your way to the large gate located to the southeast of [[Saint Coinach's Find]], and await the arrival of the rest of the survey team.

* To the great relief of all concerned, the crystal “fangs” make short work of the tower's lethal outer defenses. Reasoning that the structure's inner reaches are like to contain further hazards, [[Cid]] volunteers you for the task of securing [[the Labyrinth of the Ancients]]. Rid the maze of anything which might pose a threat to the survey team.
** ※The Labyrinth of the Ancients can be accessed via the [[Duty Finder]].

* Along with your steadfast adventuring companions, you have succeeded in ridding the labyrinth of its deadly protectors. Cid and G'raha Tia praise your invaluable contribution to the expedition, and together you gaze upon the shimmering spire that rises from the center of the maze.

* Though your labors in the labyrinth have secured a route to the tower, much remains to be discussed before the expedition can proceed. Return to Saint Coinach's Find and speak with G'raha Tia.

* Back at the excavation site, G'raha Tia invites you to take a moment to collect your thoughts before debating how best to proceed.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
G'raha Tia: {{alternatives|f=Esteemed colleagues|m=Gentlemen}}! The secrets of ancient Allag beckon!
G'raha Tia: Let's not keep them waiting any longer! Adventurer—you and I will join the engineers at the Crystal Tower's main gateway, where we will endeavor to neutralize the structure's outer defenses.
G'raha Tia: Rammbroes, meanwhile, will remain here and oversee the operation. Given my knowledge of Allagan history, it seems logical that I should lead the expedition itself...though I admit the role does not exactly befit my status as an observer.
G'raha Tia: Still, we can but make use of the resources at hand. Assuming all are in agreement, let us proceed forthwith to the large, lopsided gate found to the southeast.
-quest accepted

-optional start
Wedge: You just leave the business of sorting out the aftermath to us! Focus on clearing out the nasties, and we'll move in to survey what's left!
Biggs: The Allagan civilization thrived within the borders of a vast empire, producing marvels the likes of which this world has never seen again.
Biggs: It's said that its technology was so advanced, the magitek of Garlemald appears crude and childlike in comparison. When I first laid eyes on the Crystal Tower, I finally realized the truth of that claim...
G'raha Tia: I have studied the legacy of the Allagan Empire for long years. Now that this expedition is at last underway, the very core of my historical infatuation lies within my grasp.
G'raha Tia: It falls to us─to the fellowship of NOAH─to crack open the tomb of a fallen civilization, and bring the wealth of its history out of the shadows and into the light!
-optional end

===Make your way to the gate located to the southeast of Saint Coinach's Find===
-cutscene start
Cid: The Crystal Tower lies beyond this portal. Now comes the interesting part...
G'raha Tia: Cid, you are the only one of our number who has ever crossed this threshold. I ask that you take the lead for the present.
G'raha Tia: I say... The energy radiating from these statues is...palpable.
Cid: Lucky for us that it is. One might otherwise stroll past them... Feast your eyes on the elemental defenses which prompted our lengthy preparations. These sentinels prevent would-be intruders from advancing to within twenty yalms of the tower's inner reaches.
G'raha Tia: ...No matter how swift they may be.
Cid: Happily, the crystal fangs we took such pains to craft should spare us the inconvenience of instantaneous annihilation. Here, allow me to demonstrate.
Biggs: Ch-Chief!? It's too—
Cid: Dangerous to allow anyone else to risk his life testing one? Quite right. I made the damn things—it's my job to see that they work.
Cid: ...Success!
G'raha Tia: I for one am convinced! Friends—ready your fangs!
Cid: This last one is yours, old friend. It seemed only right...
Wedge: Haha! We did it! So much for the outer defenses!
G'raha Tia: Indeed. The entrance to the tower is near at hand. My blood fairly sings with anticipation!
Cid: Speaking of blood—I have a proposal for the next stage of the expedition.
Cid: I suggest we wait here while [Forename] and a handpicked party of {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} adventuring companions enter the tower.
G'raha Tia: What!? Without us? I thought we came here to survey the entire structure!
Cid: We did—and we will. But our investigations must proceed at a more measured pace.
Cid: If the outside of the place is this well defended, can you imagine what awaits us on the ''inside''? Only a true hero could reasonably hope to brave the hazards ahead and live to tell the tale.
Cid: [Forename] here fits that description better than anyone I know.
Cid: And it is not as if we shall be idle in {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} absence. While [Forename] and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} companions are risking life and limb to beat us a path to the tower, we can set about analyzing this rubble for evidence of how its technologies function.
Cid: Your knowledge of ancient lore will be invaluable in that endeavor, Historian G'raha Tia.
G'raha Tia: Bah! Do you ever tire of being right, old man!?
G'raha Tia: Ahem. [Forename]—as it seems I won't be accompanying you, allow me at least to provide some instruction. The maze that surrounds the base of the tower is known as the “Labyrinth of the Ancients.” During this initial foray, I suggest you concentrate on ridding the place of hostile elements.
G'raha Tia: When you are reasonably certain the maze is secure, contact me via linkshell and we shall join you posthaste—no matter what Master Garlond says!
G'raha Tia: Though we would prefer it if any relics you encounter remained intact, you have leave to do whatever is necessary to secure ingress to the upper levels of the tower. Fortune go with you, [Forename].
-cutscene end

===Enter the Labyrinth of the Ancients===
-cutscene start
Cid: Ho there, [Forename]!
G'raha Tia: Very impressive, I must say! Your name shall be writ large in the volumes that are sure to be penned on this historic expedition.
Cid: The scale of this structure defies comprehension... Someone plainly thought bigger was better.
G'raha Tia: According to the findings of my Baldesion colleagues, the Crystal Tower was constructed to collect and store the endless energies of the sun. A characteristically ambitious undertaking.
G'raha Tia: Now, what of the tower's inner defenses? Judging by your haggard expression, clearing out the labyrinth was no small feat.
G'raha Tia: ...A giant of a man wielding a shimmering scimitar, you say? Yes, that will have been Phlegethon. Not Acheron. Phlegethon. He was a hero of the Allagan revolution.
Cid: And you gleaned that from what exactly? His choice of weapon?
G'raha Tia: Well, I ''am'' a historian. And I have a certain, shall we say, “affinity” for the lore of the Allagan Empire.
G'raha Tia: It is, of course, all knowledge gleaned from musty scrolls and tomes. The ancient texts claim that the Crystal Tower is defended by the champions of eld, resurrected and augmented through the Allagans' extraordinary technology.
Biggs: Chief, you need to see this!
Cid: Well, well, there it is...the foot of the tower. What surprises do ''you'' have in store for us, I wonder...?
Cid: I can't tell you how glad I am to have you with us on this little jaunt, old friend. Had you not beaten a path through that maze, I very much doubt we'd be standing here now...
G'raha Tia: Well! We have much to discuss and digest. Let us retire to Saint Coinach's Find for the present and there plan our next step. Lest there be any doubt, our expedition has some way to go yet!
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia at Saint Coinach's Find===
G'raha Tia: So good of you to join us, [Forename]! Our meeting would be dull indeed without a full account of your experiences in the labyrinth.
G'raha Tia: Take a moment to collect yourself, and when you are ready, we shall debate how best to proceed.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=YCxTyqAqbAg}}

Legacy of Allag

2026-09-30T05:26:56Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Legacy of Allag
| description = An [[Outlandish Man|oddly garbed man]] visiting [[Revenant's Toll]] has some information which might be of interest to an experienced adventurer.
| image = Legacy of Allag.png
| quest-giver = Outlandish Man
| related-npcs = Cid; Nero; Rammbroes
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 21.8
| location-y = 8.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 1
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items = 1 Flawless Earth Crystal, 1 Flawless Water Crystal, 1 Flawless Fire Crystal, 1 Flawless Wind Crystal
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 1220
| mettle =
| reward1 = 3 Grade 5 Dark Matter
| overridereward(1-10) =
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| unlocks =
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| next-quest = Sanding It Down
| patch = 2.1
| release =
| id-edb = a2873d209ec
| id-gt = 67245
}}

==Walkthrough==
[[Patch 4.4]] altered the way the quest items are gathered. Players formerly had to complete four [[FATEs]]: {{i|The Storm Caller}}, {{i|He's a Firestarter}}, {{i|Making Waves}}, and {{i|Stopping the Shakes}}.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]].
*Speak with Rammbroes once more.
*Survey the designated location in [[U'Ghamaro Mines]] and slay the kobold sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Earth Crystal|flawless earth crystal]].
*Survey the designated location in the [[Sapsa Spawning Grounds]] and slay the Sahagin sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Water Crystal|flawless water crystal]].
*Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at [[Saint Coinach's Find]].
*Survey the designated location in [[Zahar'ak]] and slay the Amalj'aa sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Fire Crystal|flawless fire crystal]].
*Survey the designated location in [[Natalan]] and slay the Ixali sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Wind Crystal|flawless wind crystal]].
*Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find.

==Journal==
* An oddly garbed man visiting Revenant's Toll has some information which might be of interest to an experienced adventurer.

* At Revenant's Toll, an oddly garbed visitor informs you of a rare opportunity to uncover the wisdom of the ancients. Make your way to Saint Coinach's Find and speak with the site's chief supervisor, Rammbroes, who the stranger believes would welcome the services of a storied champion such as yourself.

* Upon arriving at your destination, you find the Sons of Saint Coinach making preparations for an expedition into the forbidding Crystal Tower─aided by your old friend Cid Garlond. Speak with Rammbroes when you are ready to assist in the Sons' mission to understand and preserve the potent technology of the fallen Allagan Empire.

* According to Rammbroes, the entrance to the Crystal Tower is guarded by potent elemental defenses which will need to be circumvented before any expedition into the structure can be attempted. Cid's research suggests that the wrath of the elements can theoretically be reflected by crystals of sufficient clarity. Unfortunately, such flawless specimens are most likely to be found in the midst of the various beast tribe strongholds, and will not be had without a fight. It falls to you to obtain a flawless earth crystal from U'Ghamaro Mines in outer La Noscea, and a flawless water crystal from the Sapsa Spawning Grounds in western La Noscea.

* You have wrested the flawless crystals from the clutches of the kobolds and the Sahagin. Deliver your prizes to Rammbroes where he awaits you at Saint Coinach's Find.

* After taking receipt of the two flawless crystals you acquired in La Noscea, Rammbroes asks that you seize the equivalent fire- and wind-aspected specimens held by the Amalj'aa and the Ixal. To that end, you set out to obtain a flawless fire crystal from Zahar'ak in southern Thanalan, and a flawless wind crystal from Natalan in the Coerthas central highlands.

* You succeed in infiltrating the strongholds of the Amalj'aa and the Ixal, and escape with the beastmen's flawless fire and wind crystals. Deliver them both to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find.

* Thanks to your daring forays into the beastmen's strongholds, the Sons of Saint Coinach now possess flawless crystals of each of the four elements. If they are to be relied upon to reflect the wrath of the tower's sentinels, however, the crystals must be cut and polished to exacting specifications. According to Rammbroes, this process calls for certain extraordinary materials. Clearly, much work remains to be done.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Outlandish Man: Do I know you? ...Ah! Unless I am very much mistaken, you are the famed adventurer who bested the Garlean Empire's general, are you not? The great [Forename] [0Surname] {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}}! ''Amazing''—and more than a little serendipitous. One might even call it fate. I but recently received word of a truly ''unique'' opportunity, you see—an opportunity the like of which none but one of your proven worth could take advantage.
Outlandish Man: The reward? Naught less than the accumulated knowledge of a fallen civilization. The risk? A single misstep could cost you your life. But what is a little danger to a storied hero such as you?
Outlandish Man: A {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} with absolute confidence in {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} own abilities stands to profit handsomely from this venture. No, no, I crave no recompense for my part in bringing this opportunity to your attention—the historic discoveries you shall make will be reward enough, I assure you.
Outlandish Man: If my words have fanned the flames of your curiosity, then I bid you seek a man by the name of Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find. It is he who stands at the doorway to untold marvels, awaiting the arrival of a champion bold enough to march across the threshold.
-quest accepted

===Speak with Rammbroes===
-optional start
Outlandish Man: It is Saint Coinach's Find to which you must travel. Seek out the man known as Rammbroes, and learn what treasures—and dangers—await you.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Why, if it isn't [Forename] [Surname] {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}}! I was not expecting such a celebrated guest. To what do I owe the honor of this visit?
Rammbroes: You were directed here, you say? By a man clad in foreign garb? Well, the opportunity he spoke of must surely refer to our latest anthropogeographical endeavor. Quite how he came to know of it is another matter. All knowledge of this project was supposed to be restricted to my organization...
Rammbroes: ...But that is something for me to ponder in private. You are here now, and your services will, I am certain, prove invaluable. I must warn you, however, that the venture we have in mind is no simple excavation—an unprepared or incautious adventurer could very well find {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}} on an unplanned and unpleasant journey to Thal's solemn halls. Knowing this, do you still wish to lend us your cooperation?
Rammbroes: I rather thought you would say that. Your courage is scarcely a secret.
Rammbroes: Now, the first—
???@Cid: [Forename]!? I ''thought'' it was you!
Cid: What brings you to Saint Coinach's? Don't tell me—the Alliance has sent you on another realm-shaking, history-making mission to lay low an apparently insuperable foe, yes? ''No''?
Rammbroes: Ah, I see you two are already acquainted. That is well. Master Garlond, our intrepid hero here caught wind of the forthcoming expedition, and has kindly pledged to assist us.
Cid: {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} has, has {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}}? Glad to have you aboard, [Forename]! You...don't have the faintest idea what you've volunteered for, do you? Very well, let us begin at the beginning.
Cid: The Sons of Saint Coinach are tasked with unearthing the secrets of the long-fallen Allagan Empire, and this present endeavor aims to delve more deeply into the civilization's mysteries than ever before.
Cid: ...Ah, but I know that look. In the event that you feel ill equipped to contribute much on the subject of Allagan archaeology, I invite you to recall your encounter with the Ultima Weapon.
Cid: That mechanical monstrosity represented a feat of engineering far beyond aught Garlemald can presently achieve—Nero tol Scaeva simply awoke it. I mention this by way of a reminder that you have had what one might term...''extensive firsthand experience'' with a notable Allagan relic. In short, you're practically an archaeologist.
Cid: Now, to the core of the matter: here in Mor Dhona, there stands an entire Allagan structure which we have yet to investigate. I speak, of course, of the Crystal Tower.
Cid: After witnessing the destructive capabilities of the Ultima Weapon, and the lesser moon, Dalamud, before it, it seems wise to treat any remnants from that era with the utmost caution. They must be analyzed, monitored, and—above all—kept from falling into the wrong hands.
Cid: To put it plain: I have no wish to see another megalomaniacal legatus wield one of those weapons. It was this thought which first moved me to contact the Sons and propose that the tower be explored.
Cid: For several millennia, the Crystal Tower remained hidden, buried deep underground. But, like so many other things that were better left undisturbed, the structure was freed from its stony prison by the great upheaval which accompanied the coming of the Seventh Umbral Era. It now stands revealed in all its splendor, a gleaming spear of crystal, pointed at the bosom of the heavens.
Cid: We believe the tower to be the repository of much of the ancients' wisdom. Unfortunately, its entrance is guarded by formidable defenses, and we cannot so much as peep through the keyhole, much less set foot inside.
Cid: These defenses take the form of statues, carved into the likeness of giant swordsmen. “The Eight Sentinels,” as the Sons are wont to call them, is the first barrier we must overcome.
Cid: Why not simply fly over them in an airship, you ask? It's been tried before: any vessel that ventures too close to the tower is blasted out of the air. We either destroy those statues, or the front door is forever beyond our reach.
Rammbroes: My colleagues and I are ill-suited to negotiating such deadly hazards. Thus, if we are to gain access to the tower's secrets, we must needs employ the services of an experienced adventurer.
Rammbroes: It will be difficult and dangerous, [Forename], but I can think of no finer {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} for the task.
Cid: If I didn't know better, I'd say you had a taste for these deadly escapades! I look forward to working with you again.
Rammbroes: There is much and more to be done before we can begin the expedition proper. Take some time to prepare yourself, and I shall explain the challenges that lie ahead...
-cutscene end

-optional start
Cid: Technology should never be allowed to imprison people. That's a hard lesson I learned from watching Gaius...and my father.
Cid: If the secrets of the Crystal Tower are as dangerous as we expect, then I mean to keep them under lock and key. The terrible mistakes of history need not be repeated.
-optional end

===Speak with Rammbroes once more===
Rammbroes: Our first objective is to reach the entrance to the Crystal Tower. As I previously mentioned, however, that will prove no easy task.
Rammbroes: The entrance is guarded by powerful defense mechanisms, each utilizing one of the four elements of fire, water, wind, or earth. Anyone attempting to simply stroll past these unsleeping sentinels invites swift obliteration.
Rammbroes: Based on Master Garlond's analyses, however, we are reasonably certain that the attacks of these lethal contraptions can be reflected using a crystal of the corresponding element.
Rammbroes: Naturally, these crystals must be of surpassing clarity, free of the slightest impurities—much like the flawless specimens used by the beastmen in their primal-summoning rituals.
Rammbroes: Ahem. Mayhap I should have said “exactly like” the specimens they use... <sigh> Were there any other way, we would not ask this of you, but we need someone to enter the beast tribe strongholds and “liberate” their perfect crystals.
Rammbroes: For the moment, I would have you focus on obtaining two of the four crystals we require. Pray make for La Noscea, where both the Sapsa Spawning Grounds and U'Ghamaro Mines are located.
Rammbroes: You may be certain that the materials used in the beastmen's sacred rituals will be well defended. Whether you choose to venture there alone or with companions, I shall leave to your discretion. But whatever you do, please be careful!

Kobold Rocksplitter: A trespasser─invader, infiltrator, trespasser!

Sahagin Waverider: Begone, shorewalker!

===Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
Rammbroes: How progress your efforts in infiltrating the beastman strongholds?

''The player hands over the {{i|Flawless Earth Crystal}} and the {{i|Flawless Water Crystal}}.''

Rammbroes: So these are the famed flawless crystals of the beast tribes... I have seen countless specimens from I know not how many excavations, but nothing to compare to these. Their purity is...astounding.
Rammbroes: You have done well, [Forename]. With these in our possession, we lack only the crystals of fire and wind. The former lies in Zahar'ak, the war camp of the Amalj'aa in Thanalan; the latter, in Natalan, the roost of the Ixal in the hills of Coerthas.
Rammbroes: You can expect them to be as closely guarded as the first two, if not more so. Still, I look forward to receiving word of your resounding success!

Amalj'aa Flame-eater: Who dares trespass in Zahar'ak?

Ixali Skycaller: Caw, caw! Ours, these crystals are!

===Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
Rammbroes: [Forename]! It is good to see you. Tell me, were you able to obtain the remaining crystals from the beastmen?

''The player hands over the {{i|Flawless Fire Crystal}} and the {{i|Flawless Wind Crystal}}.''

Rammbroes: Wonderful! With all four crystals in hand, we are now ready to proceed to the next stage of our preparations.
Rammbroes: Ah. I hope I did not give the impression that we would be embarking on our journey to the Crystal Tower just yet. Alas, there is another step which must be completed ere we come to that. While the crystals you acquired are indeed flawless, they are of little use to us in their present form. If they are to reflect the elemental forces of the tower's defenses, they must needs be cut and polished.
Rammbroes: ...A process which calls for a very ''particular'' set of materials. Procuring them will be a challenge in itself, I fear. Needless to say, we will be requiring your services once again...
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=mOmT0aJt5s4}}

Legacy of Allag

2026-09-30T05:18:46Z

MegaMegaLobo: NPC Dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Legacy of Allag
| description = An [[Outlandish Man|oddly garbed man]] visiting [[Revenant's Toll]] has some information which might be of interest to an experienced adventurer.
| image = Legacy of Allag.png
| quest-giver = Outlandish Man
| related-npcs = Cid; Nero; Rammbroes
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 21.8
| location-y = 8.1
| type = feature
| quest-line = Crystal Tower
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = The Crystal Tower Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 1
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items = 1 Flawless Earth Crystal, 1 Flawless Water Crystal, 1 Flawless Fire Crystal, 1 Flawless Wind Crystal
| requirements =
| exp = 0
| gil = 1220
| mettle =
| reward1 = 3 Grade 5 Dark Matter
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = Sanding It Down
| patch = 2.1
| release =
| id-edb = a2873d209ec
| id-gt = 67245
}}

==Walkthrough==
[[Patch 4.4]] altered the way the quest items are gathered. Players formerly had to complete four [[FATEs]]: {{i|The Storm Caller}}, {{i|He's a Firestarter}}, {{i|Making Waves}}, and {{i|Stopping the Shakes}}.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Rammbroes]].
*Speak with Rammbroes once more.
*Survey the designated location in [[U'Ghamaro Mines]] and slay the kobold sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Earth Crystal|flawless earth crystal]].
*Survey the designated location in the [[Sapsa Spawning Grounds]] and slay the Sahagin sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Water Crystal|flawless water crystal]].
*Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at [[Saint Coinach's Find]].
*Survey the designated location in [[Zahar'ak]] and slay the Amalj'aa sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Fire Crystal|flawless fire crystal]].
*Survey the designated location in [[Natalan]] and slay the Ixali sentry to obtain a [[Flawless Wind Crystal|flawless wind crystal]].
*Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find.

==Journal==
* An oddly garbed man visiting Revenant's Toll has some information which might be of interest to an experienced adventurer.

* At Revenant's Toll, an oddly garbed visitor informs you of a rare opportunity to uncover the wisdom of the ancients. Make your way to Saint Coinach's Find and speak with the site's chief supervisor, Rammbroes, who the stranger believes would welcome the services of a storied champion such as yourself.

* Upon arriving at your destination, you find the Sons of Saint Coinach making preparations for an expedition into the forbidding Crystal Tower─aided by your old friend Cid Garlond. Speak with Rammbroes when you are ready to assist in the Sons' mission to understand and preserve the potent technology of the fallen Allagan Empire.

* According to Rammbroes, the entrance to the Crystal Tower is guarded by potent elemental defenses which will need to be circumvented before any expedition into the structure can be attempted. Cid's research suggests that the wrath of the elements can theoretically be reflected by crystals of sufficient clarity. Unfortunately, such flawless specimens are most likely to be found in the midst of the various beast tribe strongholds, and will not be had without a fight. It falls to you to obtain a flawless earth crystal from U'Ghamaro Mines in outer La Noscea, and a flawless water crystal from the Sapsa Spawning Grounds in western La Noscea.

* You have wrested the flawless crystals from the clutches of the kobolds and the Sahagin. Deliver your prizes to Rammbroes where he awaits you at Saint Coinach's Find.

* After taking receipt of the two flawless crystals you acquired in La Noscea, Rammbroes asks that you seize the equivalent fire- and wind-aspected specimens held by the Amalj'aa and the Ixal. To that end, you set out to obtain a flawless fire crystal from Zahar'ak in southern Thanalan, and a flawless wind crystal from Natalan in the Coerthas central highlands.

* You succeed in infiltrating the strongholds of the Amalj'aa and the Ixal, and escape with the beastmen's flawless fire and wind crystals. Deliver them both to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find.

* Thanks to your daring forays into the beastmen's strongholds, the Sons of Saint Coinach now possess flawless crystals of each of the four elements. If they are to be relied upon to reflect the wrath of the tower's sentinels, however, the crystals must be cut and polished to exacting specifications. According to Rammbroes, this process calls for certain extraordinary materials. Clearly, much work remains to be done.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Outlandish Man: Do I know you? ...Ah! Unless I am very much mistaken, you are the famed adventurer who bested the Garlean Empire's general, are you not? The great [Forename] [0Surname] {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}}! ''Amazing''—and more than a little serendipitous. One might even call it fate. I but recently received word of a truly ''unique'' opportunity, you see—an opportunity the like of which none but one of your proven worth could take advantage.
Outlandish Man: The reward? Naught less than the accumulated knowledge of a fallen civilization. The risk? A single misstep could cost you your life. But what is a little danger to a storied hero such as you?
Outlandish Man: A {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} with absolute confidence in {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} own abilities stands to profit handsomely from this venture. No, no, I crave no recompense for my part in bringing this opportunity to your attention—the historic discoveries you shall make will be reward enough, I assure you.
Outlandish Man: If my words have fanned the flames of your curiosity, then I bid you seek a man by the name of Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find. It is he who stands at the doorway to untold marvels, awaiting the arrival of a champion bold enough to march across the threshold.
-quest accepted

===Speak with Rammbroes===
-optional start
Outlandish Man: It is Saint Coinach's Find to which you must travel. Seek out the man known as Rammbroes, and learn what treasures—and dangers—await you.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Rammbroes: Why, if it isn't [Forename] [Surname] {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}}! I was not expecting such a celebrated guest. To what do I owe the honor of this visit?
Rammbroes: You were directed here, you say? By a man clad in foreign garb? Well, the opportunity he spoke of must surely refer to our latest anthropogeographical endeavor. Quite how he came to know of it is another matter. All knowledge of this project was supposed to be restricted to my organization...
Rammbroes: ...But that is something for me to ponder in private. You are here now, and your services will, I am certain, prove invaluable. I must warn you, however, that the venture we have in mind is no simple excavation—an unprepared or incautious adventurer could very well find {{alternatives|f=herself|m=himself}} on an unplanned and unpleasant journey to Thal's solemn halls. Knowing this, do you still wish to lend us your cooperation?
Rammbroes: I rather thought you would say that. Your courage is scarcely a secret.
Rammbroes: Now, the first—
???@Cid: [Forename]!? I ''thought'' it was you!
Cid: What brings you to Saint Coinach's? Don't tell me—the Alliance has sent you on another realm-shaking, history-making mission to lay low an apparently insuperable foe, yes? ''No''?
Rammbroes: Ah, I see you two are already acquainted. That is well. Master Garlond, our intrepid hero here caught wind of the forthcoming expedition, and has kindly pledged to assist us.
Cid: {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} has, has {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}}? Glad to have you aboard, [Forename]! You...don't have the faintest idea what you've volunteered for, do you? Very well, let us begin at the beginning.
Cid: The Sons of Saint Coinach are tasked with unearthing the secrets of the long-fallen Allagan Empire, and this present endeavor aims to delve more deeply into the civilization's mysteries than ever before.
Cid: ...Ah, but I know that look. In the event that you feel ill equipped to contribute much on the subject of Allagan archaeology, I invite you to recall your encounter with the Ultima Weapon.
Cid: That mechanical monstrosity represented a feat of engineering far beyond aught Garlemald can presently achieve—Nero tol Scaeva simply awoke it. I mention this by way of a reminder that you have had what one might term...''extensive firsthand experience'' with a notable Allagan relic. In short, you're practically an archaeologist.
Cid: Now, to the core of the matter: here in Mor Dhona, there stands an entire Allagan structure which we have yet to investigate. I speak, of course, of the Crystal Tower.
Cid: After witnessing the destructive capabilities of the Ultima Weapon, and the lesser moon, Dalamud, before it, it seems wise to treat any remnants from that era with the utmost caution. They must be analyzed, monitored, and—above all—kept from falling into the wrong hands.
Cid: To put it plain: I have no wish to see another megalomaniacal legatus wield one of those weapons. It was this thought which first moved me to contact the Sons and propose that the tower be explored.
Cid: For several millennia, the Crystal Tower remained hidden, buried deep underground. But, like so many other things that were better left undisturbed, the structure was freed from its stony prison by the great upheaval which accompanied the coming of the Seventh Umbral Era. It now stands revealed in all its splendor, a gleaming spear of crystal, pointed at the bosom of the heavens.
Cid: We believe the tower to be the repository of much of the ancients' wisdom. Unfortunately, its entrance is guarded by formidable defenses, and we cannot so much as peep through the keyhole, much less set foot inside.
Cid: These defenses take the form of statues, carved into the likeness of giant swordsmen. “The Eight Sentinels,” as the Sons are wont to call them, is the first barrier we must overcome.
Cid: Why not simply fly over them in an airship, you ask? It's been tried before: any vessel that ventures too close to the tower is blasted out of the air. We either destroy those statues, or the front door is forever beyond our reach.
Rammbroes: My colleagues and I are ill-suited to negotiating such deadly hazards. Thus, if we are to gain access to the tower's secrets, we must needs employ the services of an experienced adventurer.
Rammbroes: It will be difficult and dangerous, [Forename], but I can think of no finer {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} for the task.
Cid: If I didn't know better, I'd say you had a taste for these deadly escapades! I look forward to working with you again.
Rammbroes: There is much and more to be done before we can begin the expedition proper. Take some time to prepare yourself, and I shall explain the challenges that lie ahead...
-cutscene end

===Speak with Rammbroes once more===
Rammbroes: Our first objective is to reach the entrance to the Crystal Tower. As I previously mentioned, however, that will prove no easy task.
Rammbroes: The entrance is guarded by powerful defense mechanisms, each utilizing one of the four elements of fire, water, wind, or earth. Anyone attempting to simply stroll past these unsleeping sentinels invites swift obliteration.
Rammbroes: Based on Master Garlond's analyses, however, we are reasonably certain that the attacks of these lethal contraptions can be reflected using a crystal of the corresponding element.
Rammbroes: Naturally, these crystals must be of surpassing clarity, free of the slightest impurities—much like the flawless specimens used by the beastmen in their primal-summoning rituals.
Rammbroes: Ahem. Mayhap I should have said “exactly like” the specimens they use... <sigh> Were there any other way, we would not ask this of you, but we need someone to enter the beast tribe strongholds and “liberate” their perfect crystals.
Rammbroes: For the moment, I would have you focus on obtaining two of the four crystals we require. Pray make for La Noscea, where both the Sapsa Spawning Grounds and U'Ghamaro Mines are located.
Rammbroes: You may be certain that the materials used in the beastmen's sacred rituals will be well defended. Whether you choose to venture there alone or with companions, I shall leave to your discretion. But whatever you do, please be careful!

Kobold Rocksplitter: A trespasser─invader, infiltrator, trespasser!

Sahagin Waverider: Begone, shorewalker!

===Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
Rammbroes: How progress your efforts in infiltrating the beastman strongholds?

''The player hands over the {{i|Flawless Earth Crystal}} and the {{i|Flawless Water Crystal}}.''

Rammbroes: So these are the famed flawless crystals of the beast tribes... I have seen countless specimens from I know not how many excavations, but nothing to compare to these. Their purity is...astounding.
Rammbroes: You have done well, [Forename]. With these in our possession, we lack only the crystals of fire and wind. The former lies in Zahar'ak, the war camp of the Amalj'aa in Thanalan; the latter, in Natalan, the roost of the Ixal in the hills of Coerthas.
Rammbroes: You can expect them to be as closely guarded as the first two, if not more so. Still, I look forward to receiving word of your resounding success!

Amalj'aa Flame-eater: Who dares trespass in Zahar'ak?

Ixali Skycaller: Caw, caw! Ours, these crystals are!

===Deliver the flawless crystals to Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find===
Rammbroes: [Forename]! It is good to see you. Tell me, were you able to obtain the remaining crystals from the beastmen?

''The player hands over the {{i|Flawless Fire Crystal}} and the {{i|Flawless Wind Crystal}}.''

Rammbroes: Wonderful! With all four crystals in hand, we are now ready to proceed to the next stage of our preparations.
Rammbroes: Ah. I hope I did not give the impression that we would be embarking on our journey to the Crystal Tower just yet. Alas, there is another step which must be completed ere we come to that. While the crystals you acquired are indeed flawless, they are of little use to us in their present form. If they are to reflect the elemental forces of the tower's defenses, they must needs be cut and polished.
Rammbroes: ...A process which calls for a very ''particular'' set of materials. Procuring them will be a challenge in itself, I fear. Needless to say, we will be requiring your services once again...
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=mOmT0aJt5s4}}

File:Unsettled Scholar.png

2026-09-29T04:23:56Z

MegaMegaLobo: Unsettled Scholar

== Summary ==
Unsettled Scholar
== Licensing ==
{{Square Enix image|ff}}

Messenger of the Winds

2026-09-29T03:56:19Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Messenger of the Winds
| description = Noctis feels the need to unwind. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = Messenger of the Winds.png
| quest-giver = Noctis
| related-npcs = Cid; Kipih Jakkya
| location = New Gridania
| location-x = 11.5
| location-y = 11.3
| type = side
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Special Quests
| journal-genre = Collaboration Quests
| event = A Nocturne for Heroes
| sortkey = 132
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 1755
| reward1 = 1 Lucian Prince's Jacket
| reward2 = 1 Lucian Prince's Boots
| unlocks = ach Brother from Another Mothercrystal
| prev-quest = In the Dark of Night
| next-quest =
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.56
| id-gt = 68696
| id-edb = 6e56c270c7c
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Noctis]] in the [[Central Shroud]].

*Speak with [[Kipih Jakkya]] in [[Gridania]].

*Speak with Kipih Jakkya.

*Defeat [[Garuda]].

*Speak with Kipih Jakkya.

==Journal==
*Noctis feels the need to unwind.
**※This quest is available for a limited time only.

*Wishing to make the most of his time in Eorzea, Noctis declares that he will go fishing. He asks you to join him before heading off in the direction of the Jadeite Thick in the Central Shroud.
**※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

*To the tranquil susurration of the forest, Noctis reveals to you his worry that he may never find his way home. Brief though it was, the fishing session helps to lift his spirits, and he finds his determination anew. You then turn your steps back to Gridania to rejoin Kipih, but not before taking something called a “photo” together as a memento.

*You and Noctis return to the city to find Kipih in a flustered state. Apparently, magitek troopers have also appeared in Ixali territory, their presence alarming the beastmen and spurring them to summon forth their goddess, Garuda. Upon hearing the name, Noctis reveals that he vanquished a being by the same name back in his world, and is confident that the feat can be repeated here. While Kipih sets out to secure a loan of Cid's airship to bear you to the Howling Eye, Noct bestows upon you his power─the ability to warp. Once your preparations are in order, you may proceed to the Carline Canopy, where Kipih will be waiting.

*Arriving at the Howling Eye, you come face-to-face not with the Lady of the Vortex, but a creature bearing an uncanny resemblance to her. Recognizing Noctis as the Chosen King, the Garuda-like being proceeds to make trial of him─together with you as his comrade.

*At the end of a turbulent struggle, you and Noctis emerge triumphant and are declared worthy. The divinity then opens a portal through which Noctis may return home, but not before Cid and Kipih make their entry with the newly repaired Regalia. Saying his farewells, Noctis climbs into his vehicle and prepares to speed off. In that instant, amidst the blinding light of the portal, you catch a glimpse of a mysterious woman dressed all in white. And then Noctis is gone.

*Kipih wonders if the woman in the light was Noctis's fiancée, but the truth may never be known. Thanking you for your assistance, she sets off to pen her story, leaving you and Cid to wish Noctis well in your hearts, wheresoever the long road may lead him...

==Walkthrough==
[[Noctis]] is located at {{coords|20.6, 16.8, 0.4}} in [[Central Shroud]].

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Noctis: After all that, I still don't have any idea how I'm supposed to get home...
Noctis: For now, it looks like there's nothing I can do except wait for Kipih to dig up clues.
Noctis: So I was thinking, I've come all this way to this beautiful place. I might as well try to see what I can of it, so I've got something to tell my friends.
Noctis: ...It may not look like it, but I'm kinda crazy about fishing. I go whenever I have time, and I've got time now, so I'm gonna hit up a place nearby. You should come too.

-quest accepted

===Speak with Noctis in the Central Shroud===
-cutscene start
Noctis: What took you so long? I've already reeled in a dozen.
Noctis: To be honest with you, I'm worried. I keep thinking, what if I never found my way back? And it gets me down.
Noctis: But being here in this tranquil forest and casting the line... It calms me. Helps me focus.
Noctis: I have to get back. People are counting on me.
Noctis: And I'm counting on you.
Noctis: Oh hey, let's take a photo together. That massive waterwheel over there would make for a great backdrop.

Question: What will you say?

> Sure!
Noctis: Great.

> Take a pho-what?
Noctis: Huh, guess you don't have cameras here. So, a photo is a... Actually, let me just show you.

---

Noctis: You ready? Here we go!
Noctis: Nice! I can practically hear Prompto say “Love the lighting!” Can't wait to show this to the fellas when I get back.
Noctis: You're right, we should be getting back ourselves. Come on, let's go.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya in Gridania===
-cutscene start
Kipih Jakkya: [Forename], Noctis! Thank the gods you're back!

Noctis: What's the matter?

Kipih Jakkya: I've just learned from a colleague that the mechanical soldiers have also appeared in Ixali territory.
Kipih Jakkya: That in itself wouldn't be a cause for concern, but the beastmen responded with alarm to the trespassers and have summoned forth Garuda!

Noctis: That bird lady? Pretty sure we already took care of her. Back in my world, anyway.

Kipih Jakkya: What!? You mean to say you are a primal-slayer like [Forename]!?

Noctis: Primal? Is that like an Astral or a Messenger?
Noctis: Well, whatever it is, we'll take care of it one way or another. So, where's Garuda supposed to have appeared exactly?

Kipih Jakkya: At the Howling Eye, her domain to the north. But it's nigh impossible to venture near, for Garuda shrouds her sanctuary with violent winds.
Kipih Jakkya: If you are determined to face her, however, I will contact the Ironworks and request a loan of an airship.
Kipih Jakkya: Very well, then. While you see to your preparations, I will secure your transportation.
Kipih Jakkya: When you are ready, come and meet me in front of the Carline Canopy.

Noctis: You've proven yourself a friend. If we're gonna face Garuda together, I'll lend you the power of kings.
Noctis: It's a special power that I have, but I can share it with others.
Noctis: With it, you can quickly warp around, like you've seen me do. Might take some getting used to, but I'm sure you've got what it takes.
Noctis: Garuda's causing trouble because of the MTs, and I feel responsible for bringing them here. Let's go make things right!
-cutscene end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya===
-optional start
Noctis: Ready when you are!
-optional end

Kipih Jakkya: The airship is ready to bear you and Noctis into battle! Are your preparations in order?
Kipih Jakkya: Without further ado, then!

-cutscene start
Fleet-footed Ixal: Squawwwkkk! Run! Run for your lives!

Flustered Ixal: Like our goddess, it is...yet our goddess, it is not!

Frightened Ixal: Nay, something else, that thing is! Flee this place, we must!

Garuda@Garuda-like Being: Clamorous creatures... Why have they summoned me? And what strange land is this?
Garuda@Garuda-like Being: Ahhh, the Chosen King, Noctis. So that is the way of it.
Garuda@Garuda-like Being: Yours was the presence that drew me hither.
Garuda@Garuda-like Being: Very well. Take up your weapon, Chosen King, and face me. We shall see if you are worthy of my power.
-cutscene end

===Solo Duty===
Noctis: Alright, [Forename], it's time to put your new power to use.
Noctis: You'll get the hang of it in no time. We'll warp circles around Garuda!
Noctis: Get ready, [Forename]! We warp in to strike together!
Noctis: Now!

>If the player strikes at the same time as Noctis
Noctis: Yeah, that's what I call teamwork! Keep it up!

>If the player fails
Noctis: No good─we gotta strike at the same time. Follow my lead!
---

Noctis: Something big's comin'! Quick, get clear!
Noctis: Nailed it!
Noctis: Running's too slow! Warp to the pillar!
Noctis: How's that!?
Noctis: Nice!

Noctis: Son of a─! Hang on, [Forename]!

Noctis: I'll take it from here!

>Duty Fail
Noctis: Of all the places...
---

===Post-Duty Cutscene===
-cutscene start

Noctis: You pack a serious punch, [Forename]. I'm impressed.

Garuda: The Crystal has chosen well indeed. I acknowledge your strength, Noctis. Yours and your companion's both.

Noctis: Man, what is it with gods and trials? Do you always have to be so skeptical?

Garuda: So it is decreed. At the world's peril do we grant our power unto the untested.

''Cid arrives riding in the repaired Regalia.''

Cid: Apologies for the delay!
Cid: She's unlike anything I've seen before, so it took me a while to get acquainted, but the Regalia is as good as new.

Noctis: Seriously? I owe you big time!

Garuda: Noctis. There is much you have left undone on Eos.
Garuda: Your presence here is an anchor, allowing me to link the two worlds. For you, I shall open the way.
Garuda: Tarry not, for the gate cannot remain for long.

Noctis: Got it. Thanks.
Noctis: Divinities... One minute they're trying to kill you, the next they're helping you. I'll never understand them.
Noctis: Thanks for the company, [Forename]. It was nice going around with you.

Question: What will you say?

> I had fun! Let's do it again sometime!
Noctis: Yeah, definitely. We gotta hang out again.

> Take care of business back home!
Noctis: You bet I will. And when everything's sorted, maybe we can hang out again.
---

Noctis: Well, I better get moving. I've got a promise to keep, after all. Take care, now!

-cutscene end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya===
-cutscene start

Kipih Jakkya: Before Noctis went into the portal, I could've sworn I saw a woman amidst the light. An ethereal beauty dressed all in white.

Cid: I saw her too. It seemed to me she was waiting for Noctis. Guiding him. I can only assume they share a deep bond.

Kipih Jakkya: Oh! Then perhaps that was his fiancée!

Cid: Perhaps so...and perhaps not. The sole person who could've enlightened us has vanished into the light.

Kipih Jakkya: Well, whoever and wherever Noctis's fiancée may be, I do hope they are reunited.
Kipih Jakkya: Right! While events are still fresh in my mind, I shall return to my office and put pen to parchment. Master Cid, many thanks for your cooperation!
Kipih Jakkya: But the most thanks of all, I reserve for you, my dear adventurer. In no small part due to your help, Noctis managed to find his way home, and my article can reach a climactic conclusion. See that you do not miss it!

Cid: A strangely charismatic young man, was Noctis... In the end, we never learned the circumstances of his coming here.
Cid: But if he has things he must do back home, as that Garuda-like Being said, perhaps this was a trial that he had to overcome along his journey.
Cid: At any rate, old friend, I believe our work here is done. Wherever the long road may lead him, may Noctis ever ride in the light of the Crystal.

-quest complete

System: You can now exchange MGP for special items by speaking with the Ironworks vendor at the Gold Saucer. ※Available for a limited time only.

-cutscene end

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=CPWvmjsBX6c}}

[[Category:Has_datamined_dialogue]]

The Man in Black

2026-09-29T03:51:57Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Man in Black
| description = [[Kipih Jakkya]] has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = The Man in Black.png
| quest-giver = Kipih Jakkya
| related-npcs = Cid; Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes); Noctis
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| location-x = 8.5
| location-y = 9.7
| type = side
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Special Quests
| journal-genre = Collaboration Quests
| event = A Nocturne for Heroes
| sortkey = 130
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 1080
| reward1 = 1 Lucian Prince's Fingerless Glove
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = In the Dark of Night
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.56
| id-gt = 68694
| id-edb = 5b27936eff0
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[FATE]] {{i|Like Clockwork}} is located at {{coords|20.1, 22.0, 0.2}}. Speak to Noctis to initiate it.

==Steps==
*Investigate the designated area in [[central Thanalan]].
*Participate in [[Like Clockwork|the FATE]] at [[the Unholy Heir]].
*Wait at the designated location.
*Speak with [[Cid]].
*Speak with [[Kipih Jakkya]] in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Kipih Jakkya has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down.
**※This quest is available for a limited time only.

*Kipih Jakkya, reporter for The Raven, tells you about a rumor that has been making its rounds of late. Apparently, an unusual black vehicle has been sighted in Thanalan along with peculiar mechanical soldiers, and there is growing concern that they may be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Kipih petitions your assistance to pen her story, and in case you should be amenable, she directs you to the vicinity of Black Brush, where the black vehicle was most recently sighted.
**※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

*At Black Brush, you come upon the black vehicle and its owner, a young man by the name of Noctis, who appears to be very far from home. His vehicle, the Regalia, has broken down, and he is relieved to learn that you know people who might be able to repair it. Soon after, you are joined by a crew from Garlond Ironworks and Cid himself, who promises to do his best with the Regalia. It then transpires that not only is Noctis acquainted with the mechanical soldiers, which he calls magitek troopers, but that both he and his automated adversaries hail from a world entirely different from your own. At Cid's suggestion, Noctis goes off to search for the magitek troopers in hopes of finding a way to return home. Follow Noctis and help him to defeat the magitek troopers by participating in the FATE “Like Clockwork” at the Clutch in central Thanalan.

*You and Noctis encounter a squad of magitek troopers and promptly vanquish them, along with a towering warmachina that had somehow managed to escape notice till now. The task thus concluded, Noctis turns his steps towards Black Brush, and you follow on his heels.

*On the road, Noctis laments that while the enemies indeed came from his world, they offered no clues as to how he might make his way back. For now, the two of you decide to return to the Regalia before seeking further help.

*After hearing about your battle with the magitek troopers, Cid expresses his interest in examining their technology, and bids you salvage their parts from future encounters. These parts may be delivered to one of the Ironworks hands posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states. Just as Cid is explaining that he had moved the Regalia to keep it away from prying eyes, Kipih Jakkya arrives on the scene and begins bombarding Noctis with questions. In exchange for receiving help to find his way home, Noctis agrees to an exclusive interview, and he sets out for Ul'dah with Kipih.

*Arriving in Ul'dah at the interview's conclusion, you learn that Noctis had been traveling with his comrades on his way to meet his beloved fiancée. Satisfied with her harvest, Kipih reiterates her promise to help Noctis find the answers he seeks. At that moment, she receives a call from one of her colleagues, and turning back to you excitedly, she bids you and Noctis make ready for a journey on the trail of a hopeful lead.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>

>If the player has encountered Kipih Jakkya before (by completing {{i|A Golden Opportunity}}, {{i|Rising Calm}}, {{i|Siblings Rising}}, {{i|The Knight's Passage}}, or if repeating the quest)
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer! It's been a while. ...Hm? Do not tell me you've forgotten about Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven''?
>>If the player has completed {{i|The Knight's Passage}}
Kipih Jakkya: You kindly helped me pen my feature article on the mysterious lady–knight, Lightning, and I'm hoping that I can rely on you once more.
---

>If the player has not encountered Kipih Jakkya before
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer. I'm Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', Gridania's leading tabloid. I'm hoping that I can rely on your kind assistance.
---

Kipih Jakkya: You see, a certain rumor has been making its rounds of late.
Kipih Jakkya: No few travelers passing through Thanalan report seeing an unusual black vehicle along with peculiar mechanical soldiers. Do you happen to know anything about them?
Kipih Jakkya: No? Let me tell you, then, that there is growing concern that they might be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Why, even the good people of Garlond Ironworks have been called upon to investigate.
Kipih Jakkya: This promises to be a most compelling story, and I intend to be the first reporter to tell it. But in order to do that, I require the contribution of good folk such as yourself.
Kipih Jakkya: Lest you wonder, the black vehicle was most recently sighted near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!

-quest accepted

-optional start
Kipih Jakkya: The most recent sightings of the black vehicle took place near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!
-optional end

===Investigate the designated area in central Thanalan===
-cutscene start
Noctis@Young Man's Voice: Gah! Why won't you move, damn it?
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, do you know if there's a garage nearby?
Noctis@Man in Black: <sigh> Just my luck to have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere... What is this place, anyway?
Noctis@Man in Black: Thanalan? Eorzea? That's on no map I've ever seen.
Noctis@Man in Black: I'm not sure how I got here, and I've got no idea where I need to go...but I'm going nowhere at this rate. Isn't there anyone around here who can fix cars?

Question: What will you say?
> Garlond Ironworks might be able to handle it.
Noctis@Man in Black: Seriously!? Man, what a relief...

> If anyone can get you moving, it'll be Cid.
Noctis@Man in Black: Wait, what? Cid is here too!? What in the world's going on...?
---

Noctis@Man in Black: Anyway, might as well keep pushing her along.
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, mind giving me a hand? She's heavier than she looks.
Noctis@Man in Black: What's your name, by the way?

Noctis: Appreciate the help, [Forename]. My name's Noctis, but you can call me Noct.
Noctis: And now that we're introduced, let's put our backs into it. <sigh> Talk about deja vu... Un. Believable.

-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Oho, if it isn't {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename]!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: B-By the gods, she's magnificent! Such elegance, such refinement!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ah, as you may have heard, we were tasked by the Alliance with investigating the mystery vehicle.
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Master Cid himself should be close. If you'll excuse me a moment, I will direct him hither.

Cid: [Forename]! Why am I not surprised that you're here already?
Cid: So this is the machine... At a glance, it doesn't appear to be of Garlean make.
Cid: The young fellow there─I take it he's the owner?
Cid: And Noctis doesn't seem to know anything about Eorzea, you say? Peculiar...
Cid: Might he have lost his memories like I did?

Noctis: Hey, I'm right here, you know? Now, if you're done talking about me─you're Cid, right?
Noctis: Not quite the Cid I was expecting, but if you can fix the Regalia, then it's all good.

Cid: I will be honest with you: this is technology I am unfamiliar with. I can't make any promises, but I will try my best.

Noctis: Appreciate it. There's...er, just one little problem. I don't have any money.

Cid: Never you mind that. To be able to work on a unique machine such as this is its own reward.

Noctis: Seriously? You're a lifesaver!

Cid: Oh, and [Forename]. I trust you also heard about the mechanical soldiers.
Cid: We're tasked with investigating them as well. By all accounts, they appear to be simply men, albeit armored head to toe and bearing advanced firearms. What betrays them is the unnatural efficiency with which they move.

Noctis: Sounds like MTs to me.

Cid: Em-tees?

Noctis: Magitek troopers. Robotic soldiers created by the Niflheim Empire.
Noctis: Come to think of it, the last thing I remember is being at a Niff base. It's kinda hazy...but there was a strange machine. And before I knew it, I was here, in this place you call Eorzea.

Cid: That's quite an unusual tale, but then again I'm in the presence of unusual technology. I have no reason to doubt your words. You may have inadvertently activated a teleportation device and been sent to our world.

Cid: At any rate, you seem to be acquainted with these mechanical soldiers. Perhaps you could investigate in our stead? They were most recently sighted near the Unholy Heir, not far to the east of here.

Noctis: Hmmm... If they really are MTs, they might hold some clue on how to return home...
Noctis: Alright, leave them to me.

Cid: W-Wait!
Cid: It wouldn't do to leave our visitor to wander a strange land alone. Could you accompany him, [Forename]? Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Cid: Go on and follow Noctis, my friend. Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-optional end

===Participate in the FATE at the Unholy Heir===
Noctis: This oughta be the right place.
Noctis: Where are those scrapheaps?

====Talking to Noctis====
Noctis: Oh, hey. Curious about the MTs too, are you?

Question: Lie in wait with Noctis? (yes/no)
>No
Noctis: Huh, then what're you doin' here?
---

Noctis: C'mon, then.
Noctis: Let's find us some MT's
Noctis: There they are!

====FATE dialogue====

''Various combat quotes''
Noctis: Come get me!
Noctis: Yah!
Noctis: You're going down!

When the MA-X boss spawns
Noctis: They brought the big guns too!? Gimme a break...

When Noctis inflicts Down for the Count onto the MA-X
Noctis: Try this!

====Post-FATE dialogue====
Noctis: That's all she wrote.
Noctis: Hmmm, no clues here... Guess I'll keep looking.

===Wait at the designated location===
-cutscene start
Noctis: MTs, just as I thought. And a magitek armor to boot. They must have crossed over when I did.
Noctis: But I couldn't find any clues on how I might cross back. Gah, what am I supposed to do now?

Question: What will you say?
>Let's consult Cid.
Noctis: That old geezer? Well, he did seem to know his stuff.

>Let's consult Kipih.
Noctis: A reporter? That's...actually not a bad idea. She's bound to have loads of connections.
---

Noctis: You're coming along, right? Let's go check in on the Regalia.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Cid===
-cutscene start
Cid: So, how fared you? Were you able to find the mechanical soldiers?
Cid: You ''fought'' them!? So the rumors were true...
Cid: That being the case, I would very much like to examine the technology with my own eyes.
Cid: I have a favor to ask, [Forename]. The next time you encounter these soldiers, could you salvage their parts?

Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ahem! {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename], may I ask that you bring said parts to either myself or my colleagues in the three city-states?
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: We will pass them along to the chief─''after'' he has completed his long list of outstanding tasks!

Cid: Don't worry, she's in a safe place. A reporter came sniffing about while you were away, so I decided to move her to the Dispatch Yard that we might carry out the repairs undisturbed.
Cid: I'm pleased to say I was able to identify the problem, and I believe it can be fixed. However, it may take some time to fashion the replacement part.

Noctis: I see. That's good to know.

Kipih Jakkya@Woman's Voice: <gasp> You must be the mystery man!
Kipih Jakkya: Ooh, I'm no fashion correspondent, but I like your look! A simple silhouette with an emphasis on the details!

Noctis: What's the deal with you?

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, where are my manners? Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', at your service!
Kipih Jakkya: You ''are'' the owner of the mysterious black vehicle, yes?

Noctis: What, you mean the Regalia?

Kipih Jakkya: The Rega... I beg your pardon?

Noctis: Re-ga-lia.

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, so that's what she's called! A stately name!
Kipih Jakkya: She's like nothing anyone has ever seen in Eorzea. May I ask where you hail from and how you came to be here?

Noctis: I'm from...far away. I was on a journey. We were fighting. Then suddenly I was here.
Noctis: I really need to find my way back. There's so much I have to do...

Kipih Jakkya: A mysterious young man, come from another world, desperately seeking a way home... A promising premise! Now then, may I ask what manner of journey you were on?

Noctis: Well, I was traveling with my friends. We were on our way to meet...someone important to me.

Kipih Jakkya: Someone ''important'' to you? Could you please elaborate on the nature of your relationship with this individual?

Noctis: H-Hold on just a second. You're not the only one with questions, you know. I've got loads of my own.

Kipih Jakkya: Well, sir, ''The Raven'' has many eyes and ears, and I would be happy to call upon them all for the answers you seek─if you'll agree to grant me an exclusive interview!

Noctis: Yeah, sure, whatever.

Kipih Jakkya: Then it's settled! If you would accompany me to Ul'dah, we may continue our conversation while I put my connections to work.

-cutscene end

-optional start

Cid: I'll begin working on the replacement part for the Regalia, but it will take a while. Feel free to go about your own business in the meantime.

Noctis: Whew... That wasn't an interview─it was an ''interrogation''.

Ironworks Hand: The mechanical soldiers of rumor─some people say they're a new type of imperial weaponry. Well, there's only one way to confirm this: we take one apart! For science!

-optional end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya in Ul'dah===
Kipih Jakkya: Noctis was very cooperative, and I have lots of juicy morsels for my feature article. Lest you wonder, he was on his way to meet his beloved fiancée.
Kipih Jakkya: Will the two sweethearts be reunited? With such a timeless tale of romance, the next edition of The Raven is certain to fly off the stands!
Kipih Jakkya: C-Come now, don't look at me so. It's been so long since I last graced the front page. And as promised, I will help Noctis find the answers he seeks.
Kipih Jakkya: I've already put the word out to my colleagues, and I expect to hear back from them any moment now.

''Kipih Jakkya receives a call on her linkpearl.''

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, speak of the devil! ...Yes, Kipih here. What do you have for me?
Kipih Jakkya: ...Truly!? Thank you so much!
Kipih Jakkya: See, what did I tell you? We have a hopeful lead!
Kipih Jakkya: We'll need to take a little trip together, the three of us. See to your preparations and let me know when you're ready to depart!
-quest complete

System: The FATE “Like Clockwork” will appear at the Clutch in central Thanalan over the course of the seasonal event.
System: Completing this FATE will reward players with pieces of unidentified magitek.
System: These items may be exchanged for various goods by speaking with an Ironworks hand.
System: Ironworks hands are posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states.

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=CPWvmjsBX6c}}

The Man in Black

2026-09-29T03:49:55Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Man in Black
| description = [[Kipih Jakkya]] has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = The Man in Black.png
| quest-giver = Kipih Jakkya
| related-npcs = Cid; Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes); Noctis
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| location-x = 8.5
| location-y = 9.7
| type = side
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Special Quests
| journal-genre = Collaboration Quests
| event = A Nocturne for Heroes
| sortkey = 130
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 1080
| reward1 = 1 Lucian Prince's Fingerless Glove
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = In the Dark of Night
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.56
| id-gt = 68694
| id-edb = 5b27936eff0
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[FATE]] {{i|Like Clockwork}} is located at {{coords|20.1, 22.0, 0.2}}. Speak to Noctis to initiate it.

==Steps==
*Investigate the designated area in [[central Thanalan]].
*Participate in [[Like Clockwork|the FATE]] at [[the Unholy Heir]].
*Wait at the designated location.
*Speak with [[Cid]].
*Speak with [[Kipih Jakkya]] in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Kipih Jakkya has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down.
**※This quest is available for a limited time only.

*Kipih Jakkya, reporter for The Raven, tells you about a rumor that has been making its rounds of late. Apparently, an unusual black vehicle has been sighted in Thanalan along with peculiar mechanical soldiers, and there is growing concern that they may be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Kipih petitions your assistance to pen her story, and in case you should be amenable, she directs you to the vicinity of Black Brush, where the black vehicle was most recently sighted.
**※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

*At Black Brush, you come upon the black vehicle and its owner, a young man by the name of Noctis, who appears to be very far from home. His vehicle, the Regalia, has broken down, and he is relieved to learn that you know people who might be able to repair it. Soon after, you are joined by a crew from Garlond Ironworks and Cid himself, who promises to do his best with the Regalia. It then transpires that not only is Noctis acquainted with the mechanical soldiers, which he calls magitek troopers, but that both he and his automated adversaries hail from a world entirely different from your own. At Cid's suggestion, Noctis goes off to search for the magitek troopers in hopes of finding a way to return home. Follow Noctis and help him to defeat the magitek troopers by participating in the FATE “Like Clockwork” at the Clutch in central Thanalan.

*You and Noctis encounter a squad of magitek troopers and promptly vanquish them, along with a towering warmachina that had somehow managed to escape notice till now. The task thus concluded, Noctis turns his steps towards Black Brush, and you follow on his heels.

*On the road, Noctis laments that while the enemies indeed came from his world, they offered no clues as to how he might make his way back. For now, the two of you decide to return to the Regalia before seeking further help.

*After hearing about your battle with the magitek troopers, Cid expresses his interest in examining their technology, and bids you salvage their parts from future encounters. These parts may be delivered to one of the Ironworks hands posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states. Just as Cid is explaining that he had moved the Regalia to keep it away from prying eyes, Kipih Jakkya arrives on the scene and begins bombarding Noctis with questions. In exchange for receiving help to find his way home, Noctis agrees to an exclusive interview, and he sets out for Ul'dah with Kipih.

*Arriving in Ul'dah at the interview's conclusion, you learn that Noctis had been traveling with his comrades on his way to meet his beloved fiancée. Satisfied with her harvest, Kipih reiterates her promise to help Noctis find the answers he seeks. At that moment, she receives a call from one of her colleagues, and turning back to you excitedly, she bids you and Noctis make ready for a journey on the trail of a hopeful lead.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>

>If the player has encountered Kipih Jakkya before (by completing {{i|A Golden Opportunity}}, {{i|Rising Calm}}, {{i|Siblings Rising}}, {{i|The Knight's Passage}}, or if repeating the quest)
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer! It's been a while. ...Hm? Do not tell me you've forgotten about Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven''?
>>If the player has completed {{i|The Knight's Passage}}
Kipih Jakkya: You kindly helped me pen my feature article on the mysterious lady–knight, Lightning, and I'm hoping that I can rely on you once more.
---

>If the player has not encountered Kipih Jakkya before
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer. I'm Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', Gridania's leading tabloid. I'm hoping that I can rely on your kind assistance.
---

Kipih Jakkya: You see, a certain rumor has been making its rounds of late.
Kipih Jakkya: No few travelers passing through Thanalan report seeing an unusual black vehicle along with peculiar mechanical soldiers. Do you happen to know anything about them?
Kipih Jakkya: No? Let me tell you, then, that there is growing concern that they might be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Why, even the good people of Garlond Ironworks have been called upon to investigate.
Kipih Jakkya: This promises to be a most compelling story, and I intend to be the first reporter to tell it. But in order to do that, I require the contribution of good folk such as yourself.
Kipih Jakkya: Lest you wonder, the black vehicle was most recently sighted near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!

-quest accepted

-optional start
Kipih Jakkya: The most recent sightings of the black vehicle took place near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!
-optional end

===Investigate the designated area in central Thanalan===
-cutscene start
Noctis@Young Man's Voice: Gah! Why won't you move, damn it?
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, do you know if there's a garage nearby?
Noctis@Man in Black: <sigh> Just my luck to have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere... What is this place, anyway?
Noctis@Man in Black: Thanalan? Eorzea? That's on no map I've ever seen.
Noctis@Man in Black: I'm not sure how I got here, and I've got no idea where I need to go...but I'm going nowhere at this rate. Isn't there anyone around here who can fix cars?

Question: What will you say?
> Garlond Ironworks might be able to handle it.
Noctis@Man in Black: Seriously!? Man, what a relief...

> If anyone can get you moving, it'll be Cid.
Noctis@Man in Black: Wait, what? Cid is here too!? What in the world's going on...?
---

Noctis@Man in Black: Anyway, might as well keep pushing her along.
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, mind giving me a hand? She's heavier than she looks.
Noctis@Man in Black: What's your name, by the way?

Noctis: Appreciate the help, [Forename]. My name's Noctis, but you can call me Noct.
Noctis: And now that we're introduced, let's put our backs into it. <sigh> Talk about deja vu... Un. Believable.

-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Oho, if it isn't {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename]!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: B-By the gods, she's magnificent! Such elegance, such refinement!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ah, as you may have heard, we were tasked by the Alliance with investigating the mystery vehicle.
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Master Cid himself should be close. If you'll excuse me a moment, I will direct him hither.

Cid: [Forename]! Why am I not surprised that you're here already?
Cid: So this is the machine... At a glance, it doesn't appear to be of Garlean make.
Cid: The young fellow there─I take it he's the owner?
Cid: And Noctis doesn't seem to know anything about Eorzea, you say? Peculiar...
Cid: Might he have lost his memories like I did?

Noctis: Hey, I'm right here, you know? Now, if you're done talking about me─you're Cid, right?
Noctis: Not quite the Cid I was expecting, but if you can fix the Regalia, then it's all good.

Cid: I will be honest with you: this is technology I am unfamiliar with. I can't make any promises, but I will try my best.

Noctis: Appreciate it. There's...er, just one little problem. I don't have any money.

Cid: Never you mind that. To be able to work on a unique machine such as this is its own reward.

Noctis: Seriously? You're a lifesaver!

Cid: Oh, and [Forename]. I trust you also heard about the mechanical soldiers.
Cid: We're tasked with investigating them as well. By all accounts, they appear to be simply men, albeit armored head to toe and bearing advanced firearms. What betrays them is the unnatural efficiency with which they move.

Noctis: Sounds like MTs to me.

Cid: Em-tees?

Noctis: Magitek troopers. Robotic soldiers created by the Niflheim Empire.
Noctis: Come to think of it, the last thing I remember is being at a Niff base. It's kinda hazy...but there was a strange machine. And before I knew it, I was here, in this place you call Eorzea.

Cid: That's quite an unusual tale, but then again I'm in the presence of unusual technology. I have no reason to doubt your words. You may have inadvertently activated a teleportation device and been sent to our world.

Cid: At any rate, you seem to be acquainted with these mechanical soldiers. Perhaps you could investigate in our stead? They were most recently sighted near the Unholy Heir, not far to the east of here.

Noctis: Hmmm... If they really are MTs, they might hold some clue on how to return home...
Noctis: Alright, leave them to me.

Cid: W-Wait!
Cid: It wouldn't do to leave our visitor to wander a strange land alone. Could you accompany him, [Forename]? Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Cid: Go on and follow Noctis, my friend. Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-optional end

===Participate in the FATE at the Unholy Heir===
Noctis: This oughta be the right place.
Noctis: Where are those scrapheaps?

====Talking to Noctis====
Noctis: Oh, hey. Curious about the MTs too, are you?

Question: Lie in wait with Noctis? (yes/no)
>No
Noctis: Huh, then what're you doin' here?
---

Noctis: C'mon, then.
Noctis: Let's find us some MT's
Noctis: There they are!

====FATE dialogue====

''Various combat quotes''
Noctis: Come get me!
Noctis: Yah!
Noctis: You're going down!

When the MA-X boss spawns
Noctis: They brought the big guns too!? Gimme a break...

When Noctis inflicts Down for the Count onto the MA-X
Noctis: Try this!

====Post-FATE dialogue====
Noctis: That's all she wrote.
Noctis: Hmmm, no clues here... Guess I'll keep looking.

===Wait at the designated location===
-cutscene start
Noctis: MTs, just as I thought. And a magitek armor to boot. They must have crossed over when I did.
Noctis: But I couldn't find any clues on how I might cross back. Gah, what am I supposed to do now?

Question: What will you say?
>Let's consult Cid.
Noctis: That old geezer? Well, he did seem to know his stuff.

>Let's consult Kipih.
Noctis: A reporter? That's...actually not a bad idea. She's bound to have loads of connections.
---

Noctis: You're coming along, right? Let's go check in on the Regalia.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Cid===
-cutscene start
Cid: So, how fared you? Were you able to find the mechanical soldiers?
Cid: You ''fought'' them!? So the rumors were true...
Cid: That being the case, I would very much like to examine the technology with my own eyes.
Cid: I have a favor to ask, [Forename]. The next time you encounter these soldiers, could you salvage their parts?

Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ahem! {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename], may I ask that you bring said parts to either myself or my colleagues in the three city-states?
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: We will pass them along to the chief─''after'' he has completed his long list of outstanding tasks!

Cid: Don't worry, she's in a safe place. A reporter came sniffing about while you were away, so I decided to move her to the Dispatch Yard that we might carry out the repairs undisturbed.
Cid: I'm pleased to say I was able to identify the problem, and I believe it can be fixed. However, it may take some time to fashion the replacement part.

Noctis: I see. That's good to know.

Kipih Jakkya@Woman's Voice: <gasp> You must be the mystery man!
Kipih Jakkya: Ooh, I'm no fashion correspondent, but I like your look! A simple silhouette with an emphasis on the details!

Noctis: What's the deal with you?

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, where are my manners? Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', at your service!
Kipih Jakkya: You ''are'' the owner of the mysterious black vehicle, yes?

Noctis: What, you mean the Regalia?

Kipih Jakkya: The Rega... I beg your pardon?

Noctis: Re-ga-lia.

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, so that's what she's called! A stately name!
Kipih Jakkya: She's like nothing anyone has ever seen in Eorzea. May I ask where you hail from and how you came to be here?

Noctis: I'm from...far away. I was on a journey. We were fighting. Then suddenly I was here.
Noctis: I really need to find my way back. There's so much I have to do...

Kipih Jakkya: A mysterious young man, come from another world, desperately seeking a way home... A promising premise! Now then, may I ask what manner of journey you were on?

Noctis: Well, I was traveling with my friends. We were on our way to meet...someone important to me.

Kipih Jakkya: Someone ''important'' to you? Could you please elaborate on the nature of your relationship with this individual?

Noctis: H-Hold on just a second. You're not the only one with questions, you know. I've got loads of my own.

Kipih Jakkya: Well, sir, ''The Raven'' has many eyes and ears, and I would be happy to call upon them all for the answers you seek─if you'll agree to grant me an exclusive interview!

Noctis: Yeah, sure, whatever.

Kipih Jakkya: Then it's settled! If you would accompany me to Ul'dah, we may continue our conversation while I put my connections to work.

-cutscene end

-optional start

Cid: I'll begin working on the replacement part for the Regalia, but it will take a while. Feel free to go about your own business in the meantime.

Noctis: Whew... That wasn't an interview─it was an ''interrogation''.

-optional end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya in Ul'dah===
Kipih Jakkya: Noctis was very cooperative, and I have lots of juicy morsels for my feature article. Lest you wonder, he was on his way to meet his beloved fiancée.
Kipih Jakkya: Will the two sweethearts be reunited? With such a timeless tale of romance, the next edition of The Raven is certain to fly off the stands!
Kipih Jakkya: C-Come now, don't look at me so. It's been so long since I last graced the front page. And as promised, I will help Noctis find the answers he seeks.
Kipih Jakkya: I've already put the word out to my colleagues, and I expect to hear back from them any moment now.

''Kipih Jakkya receives a call on her linkpearl.''

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, speak of the devil! ...Yes, Kipih here. What do you have for me?
Kipih Jakkya: ...Truly!? Thank you so much!
Kipih Jakkya: See, what did I tell you? We have a hopeful lead!
Kipih Jakkya: We'll need to take a little trip together, the three of us. See to your preparations and let me know when you're ready to depart!
-quest complete

System: The FATE “Like Clockwork” will appear at the Clutch in central Thanalan over the course of the seasonal event.
System: Completing this FATE will reward players with pieces of unidentified magitek.
System: These items may be exchanged for various goods by speaking with an Ironworks hand.
System: Ironworks hands are posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states.

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=CPWvmjsBX6c}}

The Man in Black

2026-09-29T03:46:33Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Man in Black
| description = [[Kipih Jakkya]] has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = The Man in Black.png
| quest-giver = Kipih Jakkya
| related-npcs = Cid; Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes); Noctis
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Nald
| location-x = 8.5
| location-y = 9.7
| type = side
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Special Quests
| journal-genre = Collaboration Quests
| event = A Nocturne for Heroes
| sortkey = 130
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 50
| req-quest = The Ultimate Weapon
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 1080
| reward1 = 1 Lucian Prince's Fingerless Glove
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = In the Dark of Night
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.56
| id-gt = 68694
| id-edb = 5b27936eff0
}}
==Walkthrough==
The [[FATE]] {{i|Like Clockwork}} is located at {{coords|20.1, 22.0, 0.2}}. Speak to Noctis to initiate it.

==Steps==
*Investigate the designated area in [[central Thanalan]].
*Participate in [[Like Clockwork|the FATE]] at [[the Unholy Heir]].
*Wait at the designated location.
*Speak with [[Cid]].
*Speak with [[Kipih Jakkya]] in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Kipih Jakkya has caught the scent of a story and needs help chasing it down.
**※This quest is available for a limited time only.

*Kipih Jakkya, reporter for The Raven, tells you about a rumor that has been making its rounds of late. Apparently, an unusual black vehicle has been sighted in Thanalan along with peculiar mechanical soldiers, and there is growing concern that they may be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Kipih petitions your assistance to pen her story, and in case you should be amenable, she directs you to the vicinity of Black Brush, where the black vehicle was most recently sighted.
**※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

*At Black Brush, you come upon the black vehicle and its owner, a young man by the name of Noctis, who appears to be very far from home. His vehicle, the Regalia, has broken down, and he is relieved to learn that you know people who might be able to repair it. Soon after, you are joined by a crew from Garlond Ironworks and Cid himself, who promises to do his best with the Regalia. It then transpires that not only is Noctis acquainted with the mechanical soldiers, which he calls magitek troopers, but that both he and his automated adversaries hail from a world entirely different from your own. At Cid's suggestion, Noctis goes off to search for the magitek troopers in hopes of finding a way to return home. Follow Noctis and help him to defeat the magitek troopers by participating in the FATE “Like Clockwork” at the Clutch in central Thanalan.

*You and Noctis encounter a squad of magitek troopers and promptly vanquish them, along with a towering warmachina that had somehow managed to escape notice till now. The task thus concluded, Noctis turns his steps towards Black Brush, and you follow on his heels.

*On the road, Noctis laments that while the enemies indeed came from his world, they offered no clues as to how he might make his way back. For now, the two of you decide to return to the Regalia before seeking further help.

*After hearing about your battle with the magitek troopers, Cid expresses his interest in examining their technology, and bids you salvage their parts from future encounters. These parts may be delivered to one of the Ironworks hands posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states. Just as Cid is explaining that he had moved the Regalia to keep it away from prying eyes, Kipih Jakkya arrives on the scene and begins bombarding Noctis with questions. In exchange for receiving help to find his way home, Noctis agrees to an exclusive interview, and he sets out for Ul'dah with Kipih.

*Arriving in Ul'dah at the interview's conclusion, you learn that Noctis had been traveling with his comrades on his way to meet his beloved fiancée. Satisfied with her harvest, Kipih reiterates her promise to help Noctis find the answers he seeks. At that moment, she receives a call from one of her colleagues, and turning back to you excitedly, she bids you and Noctis make ready for a journey on the trail of a hopeful lead.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
===Accepting the quest===
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>

>If the player has encountered Kipih Jakkya before (by completing {{i|A Golden Opportunity}}, {{i|Rising Calm}}, {{i|Siblings Rising}}, {{i|The Knight's Passage}}, or if repeating the quest)
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer! It's been a while. ...Hm? Do not tell me you've forgotten about Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven''?
>>If the player has completed {{i|The Knight's Passage}}
Kipih Jakkya: You kindly helped me pen my feature article on the mysterious lady–knight, Lightning, and I'm hoping that I can rely on you once more.
---

>If the player has not encountered Kipih Jakkya before
Kipih Jakkya: Greetings, adventurer. I'm Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', Gridania's leading tabloid. I'm hoping that I can rely on your kind assistance.
---

Kipih Jakkya: You see, a certain rumor has been making its rounds of late.
Kipih Jakkya: No few travelers passing through Thanalan report seeing an unusual black vehicle along with peculiar mechanical soldiers. Do you happen to know anything about them?
Kipih Jakkya: No? Let me tell you, then, that there is growing concern that they might be some unknown type of Garlean weaponry. Why, even the good people of Garlond Ironworks have been called upon to investigate.
Kipih Jakkya: This promises to be a most compelling story, and I intend to be the first reporter to tell it. But in order to do that, I require the contribution of good folk such as yourself.
Kipih Jakkya: Lest you wonder, the black vehicle was most recently sighted near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!

-quest accepted

-optional start
Kipih Jakkya: The most recent sightings of the black vehicle took place near Black Brush, in central Thanalan. Should you come into any information, I ask that you bring me word without delay!
-optional end

===Investigate the designated area in central Thanalan===
-cutscene start
Noctis@Young Man's Voice: Gah! Why won't you move, damn it?
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, do you know if there's a garage nearby?
Noctis@Man in Black: <sigh> Just my luck to have a breakdown in the middle of nowhere... What is this place, anyway?
Noctis@Man in Black: Thanalan? Eorzea? That's on no map I've ever seen.
Noctis@Man in Black: I'm not sure how I got here, and I've got no idea where I need to go...but I'm going nowhere at this rate. Isn't there anyone around here who can fix cars?

Question: What will you say?
> Garlond Ironworks might be able to handle it.
Noctis@Man in Black: Seriously!? Man, what a relief...

> If anyone can get you moving, it'll be Cid.
Noctis@Man in Black: Wait, what? Cid is here too!? What in the world's going on...?
---

Noctis@Man in Black: Anyway, might as well keep pushing her along.
Noctis@Man in Black: Hey, mind giving me a hand? She's heavier than she looks.
Noctis@Man in Black: What's your name, by the way?

Noctis: Appreciate the help, [Forename]. My name's Noctis, but you can call me Noct.
Noctis: And now that we're introduced, let's put our backs into it. <sigh> Talk about deja vu... Un. Believable.

-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Oho, if it isn't {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename]!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: B-By the gods, she's magnificent! Such elegance, such refinement!
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ah, as you may have heard, we were tasked by the Alliance with investigating the mystery vehicle.
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Master Cid himself should be close. If you'll excuse me a moment, I will direct him hither.

Cid: [Forename]! Why am I not surprised that you're here already?
Cid: So this is the machine... At a glance, it doesn't appear to be of Garlean make.
Cid: The young fellow there─I take it he's the owner?
Cid: And Noctis doesn't seem to know anything about Eorzea, you say? Peculiar...
Cid: Might he have lost his memories like I did?

Noctis: Hey, I'm right here, you know? Now, if you're done talking about me─you're Cid, right?
Noctis: Not quite the Cid I was expecting, but if you can fix the Regalia, then it's all good.

Cid: I will be honest with you: this is technology I am unfamiliar with. I can't make any promises, but I will try my best.

Noctis: Appreciate it. There's...er, just one little problem. I don't have any money.

Cid: Never you mind that. To be able to work on a unique machine such as this is its own reward.

Noctis: Seriously? You're a lifesaver!

Cid: Oh, and [Forename]. I trust you also heard about the mechanical soldiers.
Cid: We're tasked with investigating them as well. By all accounts, they appear to be simply men, albeit armored head to toe and bearing advanced firearms. What betrays them is the unnatural efficiency with which they move.

Noctis: Sounds like MTs to me.

Cid: Em-tees?

Noctis: Magitek troopers. Robotic soldiers created by the Niflheim Empire.
Noctis: Come to think of it, the last thing I remember is being at a Niff base. It's kinda hazy...but there was a strange machine. And before I knew it, I was here, in this place you call Eorzea.

Cid: That's quite an unusual tale, but then again I'm in the presence of unusual technology. I have no reason to doubt your words. You may have inadvertently activated a teleportation device and been sent to our world.

Cid: At any rate, you seem to be acquainted with these mechanical soldiers. Perhaps you could investigate in our stead? They were most recently sighted near the Unholy Heir, not far to the east of here.

Noctis: Hmmm... If they really are MTs, they might hold some clue on how to return home...
Noctis: Alright, leave them to me.

Cid: W-Wait!
Cid: It wouldn't do to leave our visitor to wander a strange land alone. Could you accompany him, [Forename]? Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Cid: Go on and follow Noctis, my friend. Rest assured I'll tend to the Regalia in the meantime.
-optional end

===Participate in the FATE at the Unholy Heir===
Noctis: This oughta be the right place.
Noctis: Where are those scrapheaps?

====Talking to Noctis====
Noctis: Oh, hey. Curious about the MTs too, are you?

Question: Lie in wait with Noctis? (yes/no)

Noctis: C'mon, then.
Noctis: Let's find us some MT's
Noctis: There they are!

====FATE dialogue====

''Various combat quotes''
Noctis: Come get me!
Noctis: Yah!
Noctis: You're going down!

When the MA-X boss spawns
Noctis: They brought the big guns too!? Gimme a break...

When Noctis inflicts Down for the Count onto the MA-X
Noctis: Try this!

====Post-FATE dialogue====
Noctis: That's all she wrote.
Noctis: Hmmm, no clues here... Guess I'll keep looking.

===Wait at the designated location===
-cutscene start
Noctis: MTs, just as I thought. And a magitek armor to boot. They must have crossed over when I did.
Noctis: But I couldn't find any clues on how I might cross back. Gah, what am I supposed to do now?

Question: What will you say?
>Let's consult Cid.
Noctis: That old geezer? Well, he did seem to know his stuff.

>Let's consult Kipih.
Noctis: A reporter? That's...actually not a bad idea. She's bound to have loads of connections.
---

Noctis: You're coming along, right? Let's go check in on the Regalia.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Cid===
-cutscene start
Cid: So, how fared you? Were you able to find the mechanical soldiers?
Cid: You ''fought'' them!? So the rumors were true...
Cid: That being the case, I would very much like to examine the technology with my own eyes.
Cid: I have a favor to ask, [Forename]. The next time you encounter these soldiers, could you salvage their parts?

Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: Ahem! {{alt|m=Master|f=Mistress}} [Forename], may I ask that you bring said parts to either myself or my colleagues in the three city-states?
Ironworks Hand (A Nocturne for Heroes)@Ironworks Hand: We will pass them along to the chief─''after'' he has completed his long list of outstanding tasks!

Cid: Don't worry, she's in a safe place. A reporter came sniffing about while you were away, so I decided to move her to the Dispatch Yard that we might carry out the repairs undisturbed.
Cid: I'm pleased to say I was able to identify the problem, and I believe it can be fixed. However, it may take some time to fashion the replacement part.

Noctis: I see. That's good to know.

Kipih Jakkya@Woman's Voice: <gasp> You must be the mystery man!
Kipih Jakkya: Ooh, I'm no fashion correspondent, but I like your look! A simple silhouette with an emphasis on the details!

Noctis: What's the deal with you?

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, where are my manners? Kipih Jakkya, reporter for ''The Raven'', at your service!
Kipih Jakkya: You ''are'' the owner of the mysterious black vehicle, yes?

Noctis: What, you mean the Regalia?

Kipih Jakkya: The Rega... I beg your pardon?

Noctis: Re-ga-lia.

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, so that's what she's called! A stately name!
Kipih Jakkya: She's like nothing anyone has ever seen in Eorzea. May I ask where you hail from and how you came to be here?

Noctis: I'm from...far away. I was on a journey. We were fighting. Then suddenly I was here.
Noctis: I really need to find my way back. There's so much I have to do...

Kipih Jakkya: A mysterious young man, come from another world, desperately seeking a way home... A promising premise! Now then, may I ask what manner of journey you were on?

Noctis: Well, I was traveling with my friends. We were on our way to meet...someone important to me.

Kipih Jakkya: Someone ''important'' to you? Could you please elaborate on the nature of your relationship with this individual?

Noctis: H-Hold on just a second. You're not the only one with questions, you know. I've got loads of my own.

Kipih Jakkya: Well, sir, ''The Raven'' has many eyes and ears, and I would be happy to call upon them all for the answers you seek─if you'll agree to grant me an exclusive interview!

Noctis: Yeah, sure, whatever.

Kipih Jakkya: Then it's settled! If you would accompany me to Ul'dah, we may continue our conversation while I put my connections to work.

-cutscene end

-optional start

Cid: I'll begin working on the replacement part for the Regalia, but it will take a while. Feel free to go about your own business in the meantime.

Noctis: Whew... That wasn't an interview─it was an ''interrogation''.

-optional end

===Speak with Kipih Jakkya in Ul'dah===
Kipih Jakkya: Noctis was very cooperative, and I have lots of juicy morsels for my feature article. Lest you wonder, he was on his way to meet his beloved fiancée.
Kipih Jakkya: Will the two sweethearts be reunited? With such a timeless tale of romance, the next edition of The Raven is certain to fly off the stands!
Kipih Jakkya: C-Come now, don't look at me so. It's been so long since I last graced the front page. And as promised, I will help Noctis find the answers he seeks.
Kipih Jakkya: I've already put the word out to my colleagues, and I expect to hear back from them any moment now.

''Kipih Jakkya receives a call on her linkpearl.''

Kipih Jakkya: Ah, speak of the devil! ...Yes, Kipih here. What do you have for me?
Kipih Jakkya: ...Truly!? Thank you so much!
Kipih Jakkya: See, what did I tell you? We have a hopeful lead!
Kipih Jakkya: We'll need to take a little trip together, the three of us. See to your preparations and let me know when you're ready to depart!
-quest complete

System: The FATE “Like Clockwork” will appear at the Clutch in central Thanalan over the course of the seasonal event.
System: Completing this FATE will reward players with pieces of unidentified magitek.
System: These items may be exchanged for various goods by speaking with an Ironworks hand.
System: Ironworks hands are posted at Black Brush and in each of the three city-states.

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=CPWvmjsBX6c}}

The Steps of Faith

2026-09-22T22:14:55Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{otheruses|the updated [[A Realm Reborn]] [[Main Scenario Quest]]|the duty removed in [[Patch 6.2]]|The Steps of Faith (Duty)|the [[landmark]] in [[Coerthas Central Highlands]]|Steps of Faith|}}{{Quest infobox
| title = The Steps of Faith
| image = The Steps of Faith (Quest) Image.png
| description = Ser [[Marcelain]] wishes to prepare you for the siege of [[Ishgard]].
| quest-giver = Marcelain
| related-npcs = Alphinaud; Aymeric; Chaunollet; Loanne; Minfilia; Papalymo; Thancred; Y'shtola; Yda
| location = Coerthas Central Highlands
| location-x = 18.1
| location-y = 14.9
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 91
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 3306
| reward-opt1 = 1 Quickarm Materia IV
| reward-opt2 = 1 Quicktongue Materia IV
| unlocks = ach Broken Bridges
| prev-quest = An Allied Perspective
| next-quest = Administrative Decision
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 7c11bffcc56
| id-gt = 70127
| msq-index = 232
}}
==Walkthrough==
===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|32px|link=]] [[Vishap]]===
[[Patch 6.2]] removed {{i|The Steps of Faith (Duty)}} and converted the encounter with [[Vishap]] into a solo instanced duty. The duty is vastly different from the trial, but it's still much longer than most solo duties done at this point in the game. The fight essentially functions as a long DPS race, but now ends at the Third and last Ward. Each ward will have a '''Barrier Strength''' Gauge; when at 0, the ward will break.

===First Ward ===
When the duty begins, [[Lucia the Radiant]], [[Y'shtola]], and [[Thancred]] will be fighting at your side alongside numerous other NPCs against Vishap's horde. Approach Vishap to begin the duty, and he will summon many dragon adds. Vishap remains untargettable, so focus your attention on the adds. While you are fighting them, Vishap will cast twice '''Flame Breath''', an initially untelegraphed AoE down the middle, to weaken the First Ward. Get out of the middle or risk taking massive damage.

Soon, a '''Horde Armored Dragon''' will appear, but has no noteable abilities other than a damaging '''Dragon Stomp'''. Once it is defeated, Vishap {{status effect|stun}} '''[[Stun|stuns]]''' everyone and prepares '''Cauterize''', an extremely long line AoE that kills anyone caught in it. Once the stun wears off, follow your allies as they retreat in front of the First Ward. Once that is done, a knockback AoE appears to indicate Vishap landing and becoming targettable for the first time. The abilities he uses here are:

*'''Fireball''': A purple marker will appear on every single NPC to indicate Vishap launching fireballs on everyone. Make sure you do not overlap with anyone to minimize damage.
*'''Seismic Shriek''': Moderate unavoidable damage attack.
*'''Body Slam''': A knockback AoE that is at the same time being cast with '''Fireball''', now a bunch of AoE circles on the ground. Make sure you are not standing in front of any AoEs before the knockback occurs.
*'''Sidewise Slice''': Vishap will rear his head forward and slice it around the arena. Get underneath Vishap or huddle against the Ward to get out of range of Vishap's bashing head.

Eventually, Vishap will use '''Flame Breath''' to completely destroy the First Ward, beginning the next phase.

===Second Ward ===
When Vishap becomes untargettable and he and the Horde charge ahead, that's the cue to retreat. Vishap will be launching untelegraphed fireballs, '''Blazing Fireballs''' at the party in random locations as they retreat. Thancred and Y'shtola will stay to hold back Vishap while you and Lucia retreat to the Second Ward to protect it, where [[Yda]] and [[Papalymo]] are also helping. This add wave ends with a Horde Transcendent, which '''Yda''' will kill with a [[Limit Break]]. Vishap then returns to the arena, indicated by a knockback. Abilities in the first phase are retained, but new ones are present as well.

*'''Earth Shaker''': A frontal cone AoE. Move to the left or right walls to avoid being hit.
*'''Earthrising''': This will be the first time players will ever encounter this kind of mechanic, consisting of two Exaflares. Exaflares are red circles with yellow arrows that indicate numerous untelegraphed circle AoEs going ahead in a straight line, so don't be in front of them when they cast.
*'''Flame Breath''': Just like in the first phase, Vishap uses this to destroy the first ward, forcing Lucia to order a retreat to the next and final Ward.
===Third Ward ===
Once again, watch out for '''Blazing Fireballs''' as you retreat and let Yda and Papalymo hold back Vishap while you help [[Estinien Wyrmblood]] and the other defenders keep the Horde away from the Final Ward. Watch out for AoE circles caused by the untargettable Vishap casting '''Fireball'''. Once the adds are defeated, Vishap returns to the battlefield for the last time, beginning the party's last stand. He retains the mechanics from the previous two encounters, and severely weakens the final ward with '''Flame Breath''' before showing new mechanics.

*'''Earth Shaker''': This now spawns three cone AoEs that cover the entire arena. Go the spot where the AoE covered the ground last and stay there until the other two are cast to reveal a safe spot.
*'''Scorching Breath''': Vishap prepares a final attack to destroy the last barrier; however, Lucia and her knights form a shield and take the brunt of Vishap's relentless flames to protect the Ward. A '''Knights' Resolve''' gauge will appear to indicate how long the player has before Lucia and her knights are killed; defeat Vishap before the gauge reaches 0 and the duty will be over.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Marcelain]].
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]] at the [[Gates of Judgement]].
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] at [[the Rising Stones]].

==Journal==
* Ser [[Marcelain]] wishes to prepare you for the siege of [[Ishgard]].

* Ser Marcelain explains that the damage [[Iceheart]] inflicted on Ishgard's arcane barrier has allowed the [[dragon]]s to land directly upon [[the Steps of Faith]]─the bridge which spans [[the Sea of Clouds]] between the [[Gates of Judgement]] and the city proper. You are to take up position on the Steps of Faith, and aid the [[Temple Knights]] in defending the vital structure against the [[Dravanian Horde]].

* You have succeeded in driving the Dravanian Horde from the Steps of Faith. Return in triumph to the Gates of Judgement.

* As the remnants of the Dravanian Horde take to the skies in disarray, Ishgard's weary defenders breathe a sigh of relief. The siege is ended. Speak with [[Alphinaud]] at the Gates of Judgement and find out how your allies fared in the battle at the [[Steel Vigil]].

* Moments after greeting Alphinaud, you are joined by a grateful Ser [[Aymeric]], who humbly thanks you for your service. When the lord commander subsequently takes his leave, Alphinaud triumphantly declares that the stage has been set for Ishgard's return to the [[Eorzean Alliance]]. Make your way back to [[Revenant's Toll]], and report your success to [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]].

* Minfilia greets your return with a mixture of triumph and relief. Having snuffed out the [[Dravanian]] threat, it is time to enjoy a well-earned rest.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Marcelain:''' Ere you commit yourself to the siege, you should know what it is you are tasked with defending. Beyond the Gates of Judgement lie the Steps of Faith─a great bridge of stone that leads directly to the city of Ishgard.
'''Marcelain:''' More than simply a means to cross the Sea of Clouds, the bridge serves as a foundation for the arcane wards that form the barrier we call Daniffen's Collar.
'''Marcelain:''' Alas, in dispelling the barrier's outermost layer, that thrice-damned witch Iceheart stripped the bridge of its protection, and thus are the dragons now able to land unhindered upon the Steps of Faith.
'''Marcelain:''' Should the Dravanians succeed in destroying the remainder of the wards, the winged devils will be free to swarm within the city itself.
'''Marcelain:''' Needless to say, we cannot suffer that to happen. It shall be our task as defenders to prevent any harm from coming to those parts of the bridge wherein the wards are sealed.
'''Marcelain:''' Three yet remain, and we have dispatched our forces accordingly. I would ask you and your comrades to accompany our defenders at the outermost ward.

'''x@???:''' I should hope that includes us as well, yes?

'''Marcelain:''' The Scions of the Seventh Dawn!?

'''Y'shtola:''' We could not well stand idly by while the Horde threatens the good people of Ishgard.

'''Papalymo:''' Indeed. To do otherwise would go against all that Master Louisoix has taught us.
'''Papalymo:''' As for where we may be of most assistance, I think it prudent we divide into two groups. Yda and I will join the rearguard.

'''Yda:''' Right! If the dragons should reach us, we'll be sure to give them what for.

'''Marcelain:''' Thank you. All of you. Pray speak with me again when your preparations are complete, and together we shall stand against the Horde!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Thancred:''' I'm told the first commander of the Temple Knights, Lucia, will be leading their forces. By all accounts, it would seem we're in quite capable hands.

'''Y'shtola:''' The dragons may never again have such an opportunity to strike at the Holy See. You can be certain they will not squander it, so we must be vigilant.

'''Papalymo:''' Would that we could say with certainty that none of the wards will be breached, but our enemy is resourceful.

'''Yda:''' No matter what happens, we cannot let them cross this bridge.

Chaunollet: Let the Horde come. We shall rid ourselves of thousands of their number in one fell swoop.

Loanne: The Dravanians mass for an assault on our defenses, do they? Foolish lizards. They do not understand that to challenge the blessed light of the Holy See is to perish.
-optional end

===Speaking with Marcelain===
Marcelain: I trust you are ready, then? Good. Come, let us make for the battlefield!

===Solo Instance===
====First Ward====
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' We claim victory this day, or Ishgard falls!
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Accept the Fury into your heart, and defend this bridge with your life's blood!

'''Y'shtola:''' Steady now!

'''Seasoned Adventurer:''' We fight to protect our home! To protect Ishgard!

'''Plucky Adventurer:''' Reinforcements!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' They mean to destroy the wards of Daniffen's Collar. Let not a single dragon pass!

'''Thancred:''' Let's finish this quickly, shall we?

'''Devoted Dragoon:''' Down with you!

'''Y'shtola:''' I shall make it quick!

'''Devoted Dragoon:''' Leave the skies to us!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Have the rear guard ready the cannons! Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.

'''Devoted Dragoon:''' Do not lose heart!
'''Devoted Dragoon:''' We too can ride the wind!

System: Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' It readies to strike!

'''Y'shtola:''' 'Tis like unto an inferno.
'''Thancred:''' There'd be no walking away from a blast like that.

System: Vishap's flames have damaged the first ward of Daniffen's Collar.
System: Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.
System: Vishap's flames have severely damaged the first ward of Daniffen's Collar.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Focus your attacks on the armored dragon!

'''Thancred:''' They'll need more than thick hides to prevail over us.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Urgh!

'''Thancred:''' Argh!

'''Y'shtola:''' Such terrible strength...

System: Vishap makes ready to strike with a powerful attack...

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' What in the...?
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Everyone, fall back! Fall back ''now''!
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' On your feet!

'''Thancred:''' Fall back!

'''Temple Banneret:''' Ahhh!
'''Temple Banneret:''' Gods, please no!

'''Y'shtola:''' Back, ere we burn to ashes!
'''Plucky Adventurer:''' Run!
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Pull back the artillery! Their champion advances!

'''Temple Knight:''' What is that!?
'''Temple Knight:''' Out of the way!

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' We're no good to the Holy See dead.

'''Y'shtola:''' Aether, to me!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' We will not yield quite so easily!

'''Thancred:''' That'll leave a mark.

'''Y'shtola:''' Our foe is formidable. Have care.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Do not let it reach the barrier! Hold your ground!

'''Seasoned Adventurer:''' Remember what it is we fight for!

'''Earnest Adventurer:''' We've come too far to lose now!

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' No...

'''Temple Banneret:''' But how...

System: Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.

'''Seasoned Adventurer:''' The warding!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' By the Fury!

System: Vishap's flames have destroyed the first ward of Daniffen's Collar.

====Second Ward====
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' The first ward has been breached!
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Fall back, and regroup! The battle is not yet lost!

'''Thancred:''' We must find Papalymo and regroup!

'''Y'shtola:''' Of course it could never be so easy.

'''Plucky Adventurer:''' Bah! Damned dragons!

'''Earnest Adventurer:''' A full retreat seems unlikely...

'''Y'shtola:''' We must hold them here!

'''Thancred:''' We will see to things here, [Forename]. Fall back and help the others guard the ward.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' We are in your debt.

'''Papalymo:''' They mean to defeat us with sheer numbers, then?

'''Yda:''' Well, it's a good thing I can't count!

'''Papalymo:''' We must bring our all to bear!

'''Yda:''' No holding back!

'''Papalymo:''' Take heart, [Forename]. We will prevail!

'''Temple Banneret:''' It can't end...like this...

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' Dammit...

'''Yda:''' This one'll sting!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Brace yourselves!

'''Papalymo:''' On your guard, Yda!

'''Yda:''' I know, I know!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Let us end this here and now!

'''Papalymo:''' Now the battle begins in earnest.

'''Yda:''' We can't give up!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' We must defeat their champion at all costs!

'''Temple Knight:''' Mother...

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' Gah!

System: Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Dammit! The second ward!

'''Yda:''' Brace yourselves!

'''Papalymo:''' This bodes ill...

System: Vishap's flames have destroyed the second ward of Daniffen's Collar.

====Third Ward====
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' The second ward has fallen!
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Fall back! There's nothing left to be done here.

'''Papalymo:''' We must retreat─now!

'''Yda:''' We have to protect the last ward!

'''Carefree Adventurer:''' Dammit all!

'''Adventurous Frontier Hand:''' We mustn't lose heart!

'''Yda:''' We can't outrun them all.

'''Papalymo:''' Yda and I have matters here well in hand. [Forename], you must go and see to the final ward.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Thank you, Scions. We will not fail!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' Dragoons, to arms! Give the enemy no quarter!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' They will know the wrath of the Azure Dragoon!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Hold your ground! Should this barrier fall, Ishgard will be awash in flame!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' I will see this through to the end. Upon my lance, I swear it!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' Know your folly!

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' Is this...the end...?

'''Temple Knight:''' I...I don't want to...

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Their champion approaches! Make ready!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' If he would taste my lance again, so be it.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Hold nothing back!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' Our enemy is not without weakness! Keep it up!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' Fall!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' The true battle begins here!

System: Vishap makes ready to breathe fire.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Come what may, we must hold on!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' Stand clear!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' Look out!

'''Stalwart Adventurer:''' No...

'''Temple Knight:''' But how...

System: Vishap's flames have severely damaged the final ward of Daniffen's Collar.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' The final ward is weakened. Hurry, we must end this now!

System: Vishap prepares to unleash the full force of his fiery fury.

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' The barrier cannot suffer such an attack...
'''Lucia the Radiant:''' We are the shield that keeps the Holy See! Even if it should cost us everything, they cannot be suffered to pass!

'''Knight Dragoon:''' Let us show them the strength of Ishgard's finest!

'''Estinien Wyrmblood:''' It's now or nothing!

'''Temple Knight:''' Commander!
'''Temple Knight:''' We stand as one!
'''Temple Knight:''' Urgh!
'''Temple Knight:''' Graaaaaah!

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Damn this infernal heat!

'''Temple Knight:''' Halone, I beg you─grant us strength!

System: The knights' resolve begins to wane...

'''Lucia the Radiant:''' Ishgard will not fall. Not today!

'''Temple Knight:''' We...must not...falter...!
'''Temple Knight:''' We must hold on! We must!

====Post-duty cutscene====
-cutscene start
'''Ishgardian Knight:''' The dragons─ They are withdrawing! Victory is ours!

'''Estinien:''' One of Nidhogg's greatest champions...slain. The Horde will not soon recover from this blow.
'''Estinien:''' But what of you, Nidhogg? Why did you not join your minions and make of this battle a slaughter? Have you grown so fond of the stench of your lair?
'''Estinien:''' Mayhap you prefer to have your allies fight your battles for you... You have a girl to do your bidding now, do you not? No matter. I shall slay Iceheart, and all the rest...
'''Estinien:''' ...But I yearn to spill the blood of a great wyrm, Nidhogg, and only your death will sate my lance.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Marcelain:''' By the Fury... You have driven the Horde from the Steps of Faith! You! A stranger to our land! I confess, I did not think you capable of such a feat...
'''Marcelain:''' Yet you yielded not an ilm in the face of dragons that would turn my brother knights' blood to ice. The Fury Herself must walk at your side!

'''Chaunollet:''' Nay, I'll not deny it: without your skill and fortitude, the city would now be ash. Would that more of your adventuring brethren possessed such qualities.

'''Loanne:''' You have served us well, adventurer─the Temple Knights would have been hard-pressed indeed to turn back the Horde alone. Mayhap 'tis time I returned to the practice yard...

'''Thancred:''' It was a close victory, but a victory nonetheless. I think we have earned a brief respite.

'''Y'shtola:''' 'Tis a rare opportunity to find onself confronted with so terrible a foe. Rarer still to emerge victorious. I should hope we need not contend with more of Nidhogg's champions.

'''Papalymo:''' The famed dragoons of Ishgard commanding the skies of battle was truly a sight to behold.

'''Yda:''' Phew, that was exhausting...
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud at the Gates of Judgement===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' [Forename]! The dragons are routed! Lest you wonder, the fighting at the Steel Vigil was also fierce, but my Crystal Braves were not found wanting!

'''Aymeric:''' Commander Leveilleur, [Forename]... True to your word, you arrived to aid us in our hour of need.
'''Aymeric:''' On behalf of the Holy See and the people of Ishgard, I offer you my humble thanks.
'''Aymeric:''' Though I would stay and lavish you with well-deserved praise, I fear I must away to oversee the aftermath of the siege. Not all the dragons are fled, and there are yet wounded to be carried from the field. Pray let us meet anon that I might express my thanks with the proper courtesy.

'''Alphinaud:''' We have indeed achieved a victory of singular importance.
'''Alphinaud:''' With the Dravanian Horde thus weakened and scattered, the threat to Ishgard has been greatly diminished.
'''Alphinaud:''' And, mayhap equally significant, the Holy See must now recognize the necessity of cooperation with foreign powers.
'''Alphinaud:''' Long have they barred their gates against the outside world, but I am confident that the day will soon come when Ishgard proclaims itself a member of the Eorzean Alliance once more.
'''Alphinaud:''' Much have we sacrificed in our struggles against dragons and primals, the Ascians and the Empire. But, step by unfaltering step, we march ever nearer to our goal.
'''Alphinaud:''' And, as ever, the journey is made with you in the van.
'''Alphinaud:''' The victory you have won this day gives us greater hope for the morrow.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis a hope that shall sustain us in the days to come, and bear us past the many evils that yet seek to hinder our progress. Yes, we have done well, my friend, and I, for one, would take a moment to savor the enormity of our achievement!
'''Alphinaud:''' ...The demands of duty, however, allow me little time for levity. I must accompany Captain Ilberd back to Ul'dah, and reassign those Braves whose squads suffered heavy losses.
'''Alphinaud:''' You, my friend, have earned a rest at the Rising Stones. Pray return to Revenant's Toll, and share your tale with Minfilia in person.

'''Thancred:''' We will see to informing the other nations of what took place here. Do be sure to give our regards to Minfilia.
-cutscene end

===Speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' [Forename]! Welcome back!
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Alphinaud sent word of the siege. And, of course, of the role you played in ending it.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Your deeds never cease to amaze me, [Forename]... Thank you.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Administrative Decision

2026-09-22T22:06:30Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Administrative Decision
| description = [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] seems loath to put you to further trouble so soon after your last great exertion.
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs = F'lhaminn; Hoary Boulder; Tataru
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.1
| location-y = 5.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 92
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 517
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = The Steps of Faith
| next-quest = An Unexpected Ambition, Where We Are Needed
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = b68f158f717
| id-gt = 65956
| msq-index = 233
}}
==Walkthrough==
Minfilia is in [[The Solar]].

==Steps==
*Look for [[Tataru]] at her desk.
*Speak with [[F'lhaminn]].
*Search for Tataru in [[Revenant's Toll]].
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] at [[the Rising Stones]].

==Journal==
* [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] seems loath to put you to further trouble so soon after your last great exertion.

* Though she had hoped to grant you some respite after your exertions in [[Ishgard]], an unexpected invitation from [[Ul'dah]] compels Minfilia to beg your assistance once more. A feast is being held to celebrate Ishgard's victory, and it would seem [[the Scions]] are expected to attend. Though [[Tataru]] wastes no time making the necessary arrangements, her uncharacteristic sighs tell Minfilia that something is amiss. Look for the troubled receptionist at her desk outside [[The Solar|the solar]].

* You search for Tataru, but find her desk unattended. Mayhap [[F'lhaminn]] knows of her whereabouts.

* F'lhaminn informs you that Tataru recently left through the front door of [[the Rising Stones]], sighing as she went. Head out into [[Revenant's Toll]] and search for the receptionist.

* You find Tataru alone, grappling with a problem she feels unable to share. After drawing encouragement from your stoic presence, however, she decides to bring the issue to the Antecedent. Return to the Rising Stones and speak with Minfilia.

* Citing a need for some measure of martial prowess, Tataru requests a leave of absence to study her chosen discipline. Just as the determined [[Lalafell]] is departing, [[Hoary Boulder]] arrives to petition the Antecedent with a request of his own. It would seem that the [[adventurer]] assigned to his escort party has been seriously injured, leaving them in need of a replacement guard...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Tataru: I am faced by a merciless mountain of administrative chores! Thankfully, this is one battle I am well equipped to fight!
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' You must be weary, [Forename]. And now may very well be your only chance to─

'''Tataru:''' Antecedent!
'''Tataru:''' A messenger from Ul'dah arrived with a missive for you.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...The royal seal. Curious indeed...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...Ah. An invitation.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' “On behalf of the Council of the Eorzean Alliance, Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo invites the Scions of the Seventh Dawn to attend a feast at the Royal Palace of Ul'dah...in honor of Ishgard's recent victory.”
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' It would seem we are to be recognized for our part in lifting the siege─you, for your valiant efforts as commander of the adventurers' contingent, and the Archons for their earnest attempts to rouse the city–states.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Truly, I find it strange that the Alliance leaders should think themselves deserving of a place at such a celebration.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' All three refused to deploy their standing armies, preferring to send hastily assembled companies of sellswords, many of whom perished ere the siege began. Are they truly so brazen as to seek to share in the glory of your triumph?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Ah, but mayhap they simply seek a pretext to meet with the Ishgardians while the mood is yet jubilant... Such an occasion would present a fine opportunity to press for Ishgard's return to the Eorzean Alliance.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' <sigh> We have scarce had time to mourn Moenbryda, and I, for one, am in no mood to carouse. But I suppose we must put away our grief for the good of the realm.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Though you were promised rest, I fear I must insist that you also attend. It would be a strange celebration indeed if the victorious hero were not present. Pray content yourself with the thought that such occasions may bring about momentous change─and this without recourse to bloodshed.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Tataru, if you would do me the favor of contacting the rest of the Scions?

'''Tataru:''' Of course, Antecedent.
'''Tataru:''' And please let me know if there's anything else I can do. <sigh>

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Curious... I have never known Tataru to sigh at such requests. Could aught be amiss?
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Tataru is troubled, I am certain of it. Would you mind speaking with her? I fear any concern I show will be met with stoic denials.

'''F'lhaminn:''' Have you witnessed the scene over yonder? Such is the fate of he who would toy with women's hearts. Let us see how Thancred's silver tongue wags its way out of this one.

'''Higiri:''' In Doma, fidelity is a highly prized virtue. Perhaps it is a difference in culture, but this... situation lies outside my comprehension.

'''Y'shtola:''' <sigh> Do we not have more pressing matters to attend to?

'''Papalymo:''' A primal shackled its faithful with the bonds of eternal devotion, but I fear the power Thancred wields over his admirers is rather more fickle.
'''Papalymo:''' Especially when each realizes she is not the sole object of his affection...

'''Yda:''' <snort> Hee hee... Ahahaha! Oh gods! Make it stop! My sides are about to burst!

'''Thancred:''' Ladies, please, this is no way to—Oh, hello, [Forename]!
'''Thancred:''' I was just, er, entertaining some friends! Ahahaha. Oh gods...

'''Brunette Hyur:''' Well, ''I'm'' the one who procured the rarest of ores!
'''Blonde Hyur:''' Miqo'te manstealer!
'''Blonde Miqo'te:''' You'd best watch your tongue!
'''Brunette Elezen:''' He said that ''I'' was his favorite muse!
'''White-haired Miqo'te:''' Why don't we leave these others to their squabbling, hm?
-optional end

===Looking for Tataru at her desk===
'''System:''' Tataru is conspicuous by her absence...

===Speaking with F'lhaminn===
'''F'lhaminn:''' Tataru? I believe she just stepped outside.
'''F'lhaminn:''' Now that I think on it, she did seem rather preoccupied...

===Searching for Tataru in Revenant's Toll===
'''Tataru:''' Oh, [Forename]─it's you. I didn't mean to worry anyone. It's nothing, really...
'''Tataru:''' Well, it's not ''nothing'' exactly... But it feels like nothing compared to the towering trials you and the others face every day.
'''Tataru:''' ...And that's why I should probably talk to Minfilia before things get any worse! Ah, you always know what to say, [Forename]! I'm glad we had this little chat!

-optional start
'''Tataru:''' My mind is made up...
-optional end

===Speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones===
-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Yes, Tataru? You have my undivided attention.

'''Tataru:''' I've been hesitant to broach the subject, what with all the recent excitement, but [Forename] made me realize that there's no time like the present. ...And time is what I'm here to ask you for!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I am not sure I understand. If you wish to be excused from your duties for a time, then you have certainly earned the rest.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...But I suspect that lying abed is far from your intent.

'''Tataru:''' You know me too well, Antecedent. There is, in fact, something I've been wanting to try my hand at.
'''Tataru:''' Along with the adventurers and the Crystal Braves, the Scions are constantly being thrown into dangerous battles and deadly predicaments.
'''Tataru:''' Even Hoary Boulder and Coultenet have been promoted from guard duty to fill our need for competent warriors...
'''Tataru:''' And so it seems only right that I, too, should acquire the power to defend myself! And ''others'', more importantly! When I return, I shall be both your receptionist ''and'' your bodyguard!

'''Hoary Boulder:''' Whoa─hey!
'''Hoary Boulder:''' That's the first time I've almost been knocked to the ground by a Lalafell! I've never seen Miss Tataru so determined. Has aught befell with which I might help, Antecedent?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Ah, not at present, thank you. ...Was there something you would ask of me?

'''Hoary Boulder:''' Oh, yes! Pray excuse my distraction. An adventurer who was to join us for escort duty was injured while out on patrol.
'''Hoary Boulder:''' And I fear we cannot properly defend the scholars entrusted to our protection without the aid of at least one more guard...
'''Hoary Boulder:''' Therefore, I humbly request that another adventurer─of the capable kind, of course─be assigned to our party.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Very well. I shall consider the potential candidates and provide you with a replacement as soon as I am able.

'''Hoary Boulder:''' My thanks, Antecedent. I take my leave of you.
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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An Allied Perspective

2026-09-22T22:05:05Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = An Allied Perspective
| description = [[Tataru]] has a message for you from [[Alphinaud]].
| quest-giver = Tataru
| related-npcs = Alphinaud; Bartholomew; Marcelain
| location = Mor Dhona
| location-x = 22.1
| location-y = 8.3
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 90
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 2000
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Volunteer Dragonslayers
| next-quest = The Steps of Faith
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 2ca40442deb
| id-gt = 65954
| msq-index = 231
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]] on [[the Royal Promenade]].
*Speak with Alphinaud.
*Speak with [[Marcelain]] at the [[Gates of Judgement]].
*Defeat the [[Dravanian]] forces at [[Whitebrim]].
*Defeat the Dravanian forces at [[Providence Point]].
*Report to Marcelain.

==Journal==
* [[Tataru]] has a message for you from [[Alphinaud]].

* Tataru has received word from Alphinaud that [[Eorzean Alliance|the Alliance]] council has convened to discuss [[Ishgard]]'s plight, and that your presence has been requested at the meeting. Travel to [[Ul'dah]], and rendezvous with Alphinaud on [[the Royal Promenade]].

* You look on in silence as Alphinaud delivers an impassioned plea for assistance to the Alliance leaders. But despite his best efforts, he is unable to persuade them to pledge more than a token force to aid in Ishgard's defense. Citing local concerns more deserving of their resources, the leaders refuse to provide meaningful assistance, and suggest instead that you assemble a contingent of elite [[adventurer]]s, similar to the company that proved so effective during [[Operation Archon]]. With that, the council is dissolved, and you are ushered out onto the Royal Promenade. Trouble Alphinaud for his thoughts on the day's proceedings.

* Alphinaud's lamentations are interrupted by a linkpearl call from Captain [[Ilberd]]. It would seem the [[Dravanians]] have begun their assault on [[Coerthas]]. Wasting no time, the [[Crystal Brave]] commander dispatches his forces, and requests that you and your fellow adventurers assemble on [[the Steps of Faith]], ready to repel [[Dravanian Horde|the Horde]]. Make your way to the [[Gates of Judgement]] in the [[Coerthas Central Highlands|Coerthas central highlands]], and report to Ser [[Marcelain]].

* Upon arriving at the Gates of Judgement, Ser Marcelain hurriedly briefs you on the skirmishes that have broken out around the central highlands. Before digging in for the main siege, you are to aid the [[Crystal Braves]] and your fellow adventurers in repelling the [[Dravanian]]s' advance forces. Head first to [[Whitebrim]], and slay the [[dragon]]s that threaten the area.

* You have defeated the Dravanian forces harrying Whitebrim. Travel next to [[Providence Point]], and slay what dragons remain.

* You have eliminated the Dravanian presence at Providence Point. Return to the Gates of Judgement and report to Ser Marcelain.

* Ser Marcelain is dismayed to learn of the fate of the recently arrived reinforcements, and calls upon you to avenge your fellows in the battle to come.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Tataru:''' Oh, I've been so caught up with recruiting that I almost forgot! There's been word from Alphinaud.
'''Tataru:''' Apparently, the Alliance leaders are convening in Ul'dah to discuss Ishgard's plight.
'''Tataru:''' And they've requested your presence! As usual.
'''Tataru:''' Anyway, you'd best make your way to Ul'dah, or you'll be late! Alphinaud said that he would meet you on the Royal Promenade.
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Tataru:''' Alphinaud asked that you join him on the Royal Promenade. Don't worry─Slafborn and I can handle the preparations here. Now, get going! It wouldn't do to keep the Alliance leaders waiting!

'''Bartholomew:''' The Alliance leaders are already in attendance, {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. I do not think the grim mood within will be lightened by further delays...
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud on the Royal Promenade===
'''Alphinaud:''' My apologies for calling you away from your tasks. I had hoped to proceed with these negotiations one leader at a time, but it seems my urgent requests for an audience have prompted a gathering of the council.
'''Alphinaud:''' Needless to say, I felt obliged to attend.
'''Alphinaud:''' The Alliance leaders are already seated within. Let us join them, shall we?

-voiced cutscene start
'''Merlwyb:''' We are well aware of Ishgard's dilemma, and we agree with your assessment.

'''Alphinaud:''' Then I trust there are no objections to the Crystal Braves' intervention?

'''Raubahn:''' Ul'dah has none.

'''Kan-E-Senna:''' Gridania does not object.

'''Merlwyb:''' The Crystal Braves are yours to command, Alphinaud. Do what you will. We shall pray for your success.

'''Alphinaud:''' It was my hope that you would offer more substantial aid than prayer. I know it is within your means.

'''Merlwyb:''' Do not presume that you have knowledge of our every concern. The Garleans and the beast tribes are but two of many.
'''Merlwyb:''' We are not in a position to contribute greatly to the defense of Ishgard─not when our own homes are still under siege.

'''Kan-E-Senna:''' We dare not leave our interests in Carteneau undefended as well. Teledji Adeledji and his ilk would seize control of the territories in our absence.

'''Alphinaud:''' The enemy is at their gates, and you would cower behind yours!?

'''Raubahn:''' No one is cowering, boy. We will offer what support we can.

'''Merlwyb:''' Aye. ''Support''. A handful of men and no more.

'''Kan-E-Senna:''' Would that we could commit more than a token force to this cause. Yet there are others to whom you might turn. The free companies ever want for work.

'''Raubahn:''' Ah, yes, the free companies... They're not like to turn you down.

'''Alphinaud:''' I beg your pardon!? You would entrust the survival of Ishgard to ''sellswords''!?
'''Alphinaud:''' Crises like these are the very reason why this alliance was formed! It is our duty to aid our fellow man!

'''Merlwyb:''' My ''duty'' is to ''my'' country and ''my'' people.
'''Merlwyb:''' If you expect us to place the welfare of a foreign power above our own, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
'''Merlwyb:''' Lest you doubt, Limsa comes first, then the Alliance, and finally─circumstances permitting─Ishgard and the rest.
'''Merlwyb:''' If you cannot understand so simple a concept, then you have no place at this table.

'''Alphinaud:''' Forgive me, Admiral. I was...careless in my choice of words.

'''Raubahn:''' I suggest you assemble a party of elite adventurers, assuming you haven't already. Your fellows served us well during Operation Archon. I daresay they will do so again.
'''Raubahn:''' If I may, Your Grace, I wish to propose a redistribution of forces.
'''Raubahn:''' If we entrust the security of Ul'dah to the Brass Blades for a time, we can dispatch a larger force to Ishgard.
'''Raubahn:''' Your Grace?

'''Nanamo Ul Namo:''' Yes, yes of course. Do what you will.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Raubahn:''' Is Her Grace not feeling well?

'''Lady-in-waiting:''' To the best of my knowledge, Her Grace is in perfect health.

'''Raubahn:''' I see. Carry on.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Bartholomew:''' It is not my place to comment on the decisions of the council... Suffice it to say that I shall pray for your victory.
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' Once again, I owe you an apology. It seems you have been conscripted into leading a contingent of adventurers on yet another mission of inestimable danger.
'''Alphinaud:''' ...But I fear we have been left with little alternative. We cannot well abandon Lord Haurchefant and Ser Aymeric to their fate.
'''Alphinaud:''' We must abide by the council's decision─as shortsighted as it is─and strive to fulfill our roles as Eorzea's guardians.
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Captain Ilberd. What news?
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Then the assault is begun? We have but this moment concluded our audience with the Alliance leaders.
'''Alphinaud:''' Move our forces into position. Your unit will join House Durendaire at the Steel Vigil.
'''Alphinaud:''' Man the cannons alongside the knights, and thin the Dravanian Horde ere they descend upon Ishgard. I will join you as soon as I am able.
'''Alphinaud:''' [Forename]─I would have you and your adventurer allies bolster the defenses at the Steps of Faith.
'''Alphinaud:''' Report first to Ser Marcelain at the Gates of Judgement, and he will direct you to where you are needed most. May the gods grant us victory!
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Seek out Ser Marcelain, the keeper of the Gates of Judgement. The Steps of Faith lie just beyond his position, and he will know where the fighting is worst.

'''Elezen:''' You've all come! Thank you...

'''Lalafell:''' How could we not? Your homeland is in peril!
-optional end

===Speaking with Marcelain at the Gates of Judgement===
'''Marcelain:''' You are the appointed captain of the sellsword contingent? Then, welcome! There is no shortage of bladework to be done!
'''Marcelain:''' As we speak, Dravanian skirmishing parties are harrying positions across the central highlands.
'''Marcelain:''' I've assigned the Crystal Braves and your fellow adventurers to contain these scattered attacks─and for the present, I would have you join them.
'''Marcelain:''' This is, of course, merely a precursor to the assault on Ishgard proper. The wily serpents seek to divide and confuse our forces, but we will not be so easily drawn out of position.
'''Marcelain:''' The Temple Knights will remain on the Steps of Faith and continue our preparations. When the Horde arrives in force, they shall face a wall of Ishgardian steel. Report back to me once their advance skirmishers are slain!

-optional start
'''Marcelain:''' I would have you assist the Crystal Braves and your fellow adventurers in slaying the Dravanians' advance skirmishers. Report back to me as soon as the threat has been eliminated.

'''House Fortemps Soldier:''' Thank the gods you're here!

'''House Fortemps Soldier:''' D-Damn dragons!

'''Hyur:''' I should not have left the Toll...

'''Trembling Temple Knight:''' W-We need not fret overmuch—there are yet several layers of arcane protection that shield the city from invasion. Mother will be fine...
-optional end

===Reporting to Marcelain===
'''Marcelain:''' What news, adventurer? ...The reinforcements? ...''Decimated'', you say? Dravanian devils! Damn their scaly hides!
'''Marcelain:''' Hold fast to your grief and fury, {{alternatives|f=my lady|m=sir}}. We will avenge the deaths of your fellows in the battle to come!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Defenders for Ishgard

2026-09-19T00:19:11Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Defenders for Ishgard
| description = [[Alphinaud]] awaits the arrival of the [[Ishgard]]ian envoy.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs = Bothered Bowman; Dyspeptic Dragoon; Haurchefant; Lucia; Minfilia; Tenterhooked Temple Knight; Trembling Temple Knight; Yaelle
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.0
| location-y = 5.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 86
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 617
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Mask of Grief
| next-quest = The Wyrm's Roar
| patch = 2.55
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = f0d8531d4d1
| id-gt = 65907
| msq-index = 227
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]] in [[Camp Dragonhead]].
*Question the knights at the [[Gates of Judgement]]. 0/4
*Speak with Alphinaud at the Gates of Judgement.

==Journal==
* [[Alphinaud]] awaits the arrival of the [[Ishgard]]ian envoy.

* The envoy from Ishgard turns out to be [[Lucia]], Ser [[Aymeric]]'s second-in-command. The knight brings grim tidings, and has come to seek the aid of the [[Crystal Braves]] and the [[Grand Companies]] in bolstering her city's defenses. She also bears a personal request from the lord commander, who wishes to speak with you. Travel to [[Camp Dragonhead]] in the [[Coerthas Central Highlands|Coerthas central highlands]], and rendezvous with Alphinaud prior to meeting with Ser Aymeric.

* You join Alphinaud in Camp Dragonhead, but it appears that Ser Aymeric has yet to arrive. As you wait together, the Crystal Braves' commander notes the unusually agitated mood in the camp─[[Dravanian]] invasion or no─and suggests that further investigation might be in order. Make your way to the [[Gates of Judgement]], and question the unsettled knights.

* You learn from the knights stationed at the Gates of Judgement that they were attacked by Lady [[Iceheart]] and her followers. Inform Alphinaud of this development.

* Shortly after apprising Alphinaud of your discovery, you are accosted by Lucia, who confirms that which you have already learned: a heretic force has broken through the outer defenses and dispelled the first layer of arcane wards protecting the city of Ishgard. Now is not the time to debate the ramifications of this event, however, as Ser Aymeric is waiting for you back in Camp Dragonhead.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' ...The envoy is here.

'''Lucia:''' I thank you for receiving me at such short notice. Time is of the essence, so I would forgo the usual pleasantries, if I may.

'''Minfilia:''' Certainly. You come with news of the Dravanians?

'''Lucia:''' Aye, the dragons have begun their attack in earnest. The first wave reached the central highlands a short while ago, and battle was joined soon thereafter.
'''Lucia:''' Ser Aymeric himself sallied forth with a contingent of Temple Knights and several companies of the noble houses' finest. Though the beasts were ultimately forced into retreat, our victory─if such it may be called─came at the cost of many of our own. Too many.
'''Lucia:''' We will not withstand a second wave should the Dravanians renew their assault.

'''Alphinaud:''' You paint a grim picture, my lady. It is reinforcements you seek, then?

'''Lucia:''' We do. Though it pricks our pride, it is plain we cannot protect Ishgard with our ranks thus thinned by the Horde. Ser Aymeric would meet with you to discuss the possibility of enlisting your aid.

'''Alphinaud:''' Very well. I shall depart for Coerthas at once.
'''Alphinaud:''' I must warn you, however, that the involvement of the Crystal Braves is by no means assured─our commitment to quelling the unrest in Ul'dah must take precedence.

'''Lucia:''' It is with such contingencies in mind that I must make another request. The Scions of the Seventh Dawn are known for sharing close ties with all three of the Grand Companies of Eorzea. Would you consent to plead our case to their leaders?

'''Minfilia:''' Hm. Though I will gladly appeal to the Grand Companies on your behalf, I dare not promise a favorable reply...

'''Lucia:''' You need say no more. Considering our past dealings with the Eorzean Alliance, I can well imagine how our plea will be received.
'''Lucia:''' But the fate of Ishgard hangs in the balance. We must explore every avenue still open to us─no matter how unpromising.

'''Minfilia:''' I see. Very well. I shall send envoys to each of the allied nations, and have them present your request directly to the heads of the Grand Companies.
'''Minfilia:''' In the event that your plea does receive a favorable answer, know that any support is certain to be conditional. Demands will be made of Ishgard...

'''Lucia:''' That is only to be expected. Rest assured that I speak with Ser Aymeric's authority in this matter, and that our actions are fully sanctioned by the Holy See.
'''Lucia:''' ...Which brings me to my final request: a personal appeal to you, Warrior of Light. The lord commander much desires to speak with you, regardless of your fellows' involvement.
'''Lucia:''' You faced Midgardsormr and survived. Anything you can share of your experience may yield us an advantage over our foe.
'''Lucia:''' Thank you. You wear the mantle of hero well.

'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twould seem the road leads us both to Camp Dragonhead. Seek me out when you arrive, [Forename].
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Iceheart:''' The sons must answer for their fathers' misdeeds. Only then will the cycle be broken...
'''Iceheart:''' Brothers and sisters of the heavens! We raise our voices and join you in the chorus!
'''Iceheart:''' The sinners' feeble magicks are undone! Come! Claim your retribution!
'''Iceheart:''' Ahahahahahah!
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Minfilia:''' We have had reports from a number of frontier settlers... 'Twould seem the dragons have come as far as Mor Dhona.

'''Hoary Boulder:''' The town has been calm through all this talk of war, but if those dragons come to Revenant's Toll there'll be panic aplenty, I'd wager.
'''Coultenent:''' Should events take a turn for the worse, we are fortunate that this settlement is such a popular crossroads for so many veteran adventurers.
'''Higiri:''' Though I have never seen on myself, it is said that dragons lair just beyond the borders of my homeland...

'''F'lhaminn:''' Considering recent history, will there be any amongst the Alliance willing to aid the Holy See? Ishgard has few friends at the bargaining table...
'''Tataru:''' If you're looking for the Scions, they've already left for the Alliance nations. I do hope Ishgard will be saved...
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud in Camp Dragonhead===
'''Alphinaud:''' It seems I was the swifter, [Forename]. You too, however, have arrived with time to spare, for our host has yet to make an appearance.
'''Alphinaud:''' The murmurings about camp tell of some manner of trouble at the Gates of Judgement...
In the lord commander's absence, I suggest we visit the place, and find out what is afoot.

-optional start
'''Haurchefant:''' My dear friend, [Forename]! Once more you arrive in our hour of need! Would that we could speak longer, but I'm afraid my duties demand my full attention...

'''Yaelle:''' We knights of House Fortemps train nigh without cease for moments such as this. Yet now that one is here, my knees threaten to buckle beneath me...

'''Alphinaud:''' Mark the nervous glances our friends share...
The dragons have attacked, yes, but something else has occurred...something unexpected. Let us question the knights here ere we proceed.

Ishgardian Knight: The soldiers are unsettled...
Ishgardian Knight: Then you must settle them!

Ishgardian Knight: What of the city!?
Ishgardian Knight: Its defenses are impenetrable!
Ishgardian Knight: Nay, we must not be overconfident...
-optional end

===Questioning the knights at the Gates of Judgement===
'''Tenterhooked Temple Knight:''' W-We need not fret overmuch─there are yet several layers of arcane protection that shield the city from invasion. Mother will be fine...

'''Trembling Temple Knight:''' When I laid eyes upon Lady Iceheart...I felt the marrow freeze within my bones.

'''Bothered Bowman:''' The Gates of Judgement are much more than mere doors─they are the outermost layer of Ishgard's magical wards. If our first line of defense can be so easily shattered...

'''Dyspeptic Dragoon:''' Heretic scum! How ''dare'' they meddle with our divine protections! I shall rid our nation of their blasphemy even if it means cutting them down one by one!

===Speaking with Alphinaud at the Gates of Judgement===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twould seem the heretics struck the first─and most telling─blow against Ishgard...

'''Lucia:''' Scions! We expected you at Camp Dragonhead!

'''Alphinaud:''' My apologies. We chanced to hear that there had been trouble at the gates, and thought it prudent to investigate the cause.

'''Lucia:''' Then you have learned of the heretics' treachery. Lady Iceheart led a force of her followers against our defenders, and came close enough to dispel the first of our wards.
'''Lucia:''' But let us speak more of this back at the camp. Ser Aymeric awaits you...
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>
}}

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In Memory of Moenbryda

2026-09-18T23:38:43Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = In Memory of Moenbryda
| image = In Memory of Moenbryda Image.png
| description = [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] wishes to gather [[the Scions]] and honor the fallen [[Moenbryda]].
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs = Moenbryda; Papalymo; Thancred; Y'shtola; Yda
| cutscene-npcs = Midgardsormr (NPC)
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.1
| location-y = 5.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 84
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 7000
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = An Uninvited Ascian
| next-quest = Mask of Grief
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 30d35561574
| id-gt = 65965
| msq-index = 225
}}
==Walkthrough==
Minfilia is in [[The Solar]].

==Steps==
*Show your respects at [[Mark of Thaliak|the mark of the Scholar]] at [[Rathefrost]].
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] at [[the Rising Stones]].

==Journal==
* [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] wishes to gather [[the Scions]] and honor the fallen [[Moenbryda]].

* Wishing to hold a simple service to honor the fallen Moenbryda, Minfilia suggests a gathering at the nearby monument─a stone sacred to [[Thaliak]], the guardian deity of [[Sharlayan]]. Travel to [[Rathefrost]] in [[Mor Dhona]], and wait at [[Mark of Thaliak|the mark of the Scholar]] for the other [[Scions]] to arrive.

* You kneel before the mark of the Scholar, and offer a prayer for Moenbryda's soul. Now, more than ever, the Scions are determined to bring an end to the [[Ascians]]' destructive crusade. Return to [[the Rising Stones]] and speak with Minfilia.

* Though her resolve threatens to crumble under the weight of yet another companion lost, Minfilia reminds herself of her duty to the fallen. She cannot surrender to her grief while [[Eorzea]] remains besieged on all sides. The Scions look to their leader for strength, and the Antecedent, in turn, confesses her reliance upon you. With the myriad perils yet menacing the realm, she will yet have need of your steadfast presence...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' As Moenbryda was a native of Sharlayan, I feel it is only fitting that we gather before the mark of the Scholar. Are you familiar with the stone?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' 'Tis a monument found at Rathefrost, and is sacred to Thaliak, guardian deity of the city of learning.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' There shall we pray for our dear friend's soul, and bid her a peaceful return to the light of the Mothercrystal.
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Yda:''' I don't want to believe she's really gone...

'''Papalymo:''' The loss of those close to you is never easy...and Yda was closer to Moenbryda than most.

'''Thancred:''' As ever, I was a step too late...

'''Y'shtola:''' Was there aught we might have done to save her? 'Tis foolish to torture oneself with such thoughts, but the heart is ofttimes deaf to quiet reason.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda showed us the way forward at the cost of her own life. What worth is her sacrifice if we do not follow where it leads?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Let us gather at Rathefrost, and show our respects for our fallen comrade. Then we shall continue with the work she began...
-optional end

===Showing your respects at Mark of the Scholar===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Forgive me, Moenbryda. Had I been quicker, or wiser...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' But I was not, and you paid the price.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' But you would not suffer us to wallow in our sorrow, would you? You would tell us to...pick ourselves up and get on with it.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' And so we shall. We shall defend this realm and her people to the last.

'''Midgardsormr:''' Life for death. A fair exchange.
'''Midgardsormr:''' Other bargains will be struck.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Yda:''' I don't feel much like talking at the moment. If you could just...give me some time.

'''Papalymo:''' I loathe to see Yda in such pain, but I have not the words to comfort her. Can you imagine it? I, Papalymo, the one who has an eloquent comment for every situation, am at a loss for words...

'''Thancred:''' We must find some means of protecting ourselves from Ascian intrusions. There must be a way...

'''Y'shtola:''' The Rising Stones feels somehow colder. Moenbryda always carried with her such an abundance of warmth and cheer.
-optional end

===Speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Though we have said our farewells, the pall of sadness has diminished but little. Forgive me: as Antecedent, 'tis my job to be the pillar of strength for all others to lean upon.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Yet I also believe the grief we feel now is precious in its own way, and not to be lightly swept aside. Do you not agree, [Forename]?
-quest complete

-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' 'Tis as if a dagger has been thrust into my breast...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' But 'tis a pain we must learn to bear if we are to forge ahead with our duty.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' The battles we have fought have taken the lives of so many. Louisoix. Moenbryda. Our fellows at the Waking Sands.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Their spirit and dedication to our cause, however, will never be lost as long as we rise to fight once more.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I hardly need remind you of this, of course. 'Tis for my own benefit that I repeat these words─a reaffirmation of mine own chosen path.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' If I do not rebuild the foundation of my resolve, I am like to collapse in a fit of weeping...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' My apologies again, [Forename]─there is no other to whom I could display such weakness.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' You are ''my'' pillar of strength, and I fear I shall have need of your steadfast presence in the days to come...

x@Banner Text: A VICTORY WON, A COMRADE LOST...
x@Banner Text: TO HONOR THE FALLEN, THE LIVING FORGE EVER ON,
x@Banner Text: TOWARDS THE LIGHT OF A NEW DAY
-cutscene end

-optional start
Urianger: I have not the tears to fill this chasm of despair and grief. My breast is rent in twain─a gaping wound that runneth crosswise the scar of Master Louisoix's loss.
Urianger: Pray leave me to mine agony, my friend. Mayhaps time's gentle passage shall easeth its jagged sting...
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=i1DDGfSXqdA}}

An Uninvited Ascian

2026-09-15T05:49:46Z

MegaMegaLobo: /* Dialogue */

{{Quest infobox
| title = An Uninvited Ascian
| image = An Uninvited Ascian Image.png
| description = Lieutenant [[Edelstein]] appears concerned for [[Moenbryda]]'s well-being.
| quest-giver = Edelstein
| related-npcs = Alys; Minfilia; Moenbryda; Papalymo; Thancred; Wandering Minstrel; Y'shtola; Yda
| cutscene-npcs = Nabriales; Urianger
| location = Northern Thanalan
| location-x = 20.8
| location-y = 22.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 83
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 2064
| reward-opt1 = 1 Heavens' Eye Materia IV
| reward-opt2 = 1 Savage Aim Materia IV
| reward-opt3 = 1 Savage Might Materia IV
| unlocks = tr The Chrysalis
| prev-quest = On the Counteroffensive
| next-quest = In Memory of Moenbryda
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 61c75a606e0
| id-gt = 65905
| msq-index = 224
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Moenbryda]].
*Return to [[the Rising Stones]].
*Confront [[Nabriales]] in [[the Chrysalis]].
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]].

==Journal==
* Lieutenant [[Edelstein]] appears concerned for [[Moenbryda]]'s well-being.

* With the battle against [[Castrum Meridianum]]'s soldiers concluded, Moenbryda is now free to conduct her experiments in the field. Find the scholar at [[Dalamud's Talons]], and see how her research progresses.

* After witnessing Moenbryda perform a successful trial upon a corrupted crystal formation, you are visited by an [[Ascian]] who introduces himself as [[Nabriales]]. The Paragon soon senses that you have lost [[Hydaelyn]]'s blessing and teleports away, seemingly intent on taking advantage of the [[Scions]]' vulnerability. Moenbryda realizes that the staff Nabriales spoke of is likely [[Tupsimati]], the relic once wielded by [[Louisoix]] himself. Hurry back to [[the Rising Stones]] and protect [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] from the Ascian's intrusion.

* You return to the Rising Stones to find Nabriales already in [[The Solar|the solar]] with Minfilia, the Antecedent clutching the shards of the broken Tupsimati. With dismissive contempt, the Ascian reveals his plans to use the power yet hidden within the staff to bring about a new [[Rejoining]]. He then tears open a dimensional rift, through which he escapes with both Minfilia and the relic she holds. Follow Nabriales into the rift, and put a stop to his nefarious plans.
** ※[[The Chrysalis]] can be accessed via the [[Duty Finder]].

* You have defeated Nabriales and rescued Minfilia. Return to the Rising Stones.

* Upon your return to the Rising Stones, you are once more visited by Nabriales, who taunts you with his immortality. Before he can flee into the void, however, Minfilia succeeds in trapping the soul of the weakened Ascian within the chunk of [[White Auracite|white auracite]]. But try though you might, without Hydaelyn's blessing, you are unable to summon enough [[aether]] to truly destroy him. As she witnesses [[Light]] struggle to triumph over [[Dark]], Moenbryda finally comes to understand her mentor Louisoix's dedication to his duty. The wounded scholar then expends her own life energy in a brilliant burst of aether, allowing your glowing blade to at last pierce Nabriales's essence.

:A step too late, the rest of the Scions enter the solar to be greeted by the tragic news of Moenbryda's sacrifice. Somewhat comforted by the knowledge that his dear friend was, at the last, liberated from doubt and confusion, [[Urianger]] departs to grieve at [[the Waking Sands]]. Speak with the Antecedent to discuss the aftermath of the battle.

* Though assailed by her own grief, Minfilia yet worries more for Urianger and the loss he must be feeling. The Antecedent then voices her intention to hold a memorial service for the Scions' fallen friend, and honor all that Moenbryda has accomplished.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Edelstein:''' You must be anxious for word of your fellows. Lieutenant Alianne has reported a sound victory over the main column, and informs me that the Scions have already turned their attention to other duties.
'''Edelstein:''' All but one, that is. The Roegadyn lady with the large axe? 'Twould appear she has chosen to remain at the site of the battle.
'''Edelstein:''' I know not what task keeps her from returning to civilization, but northern Thanalan is no place to wander alone─even for a capable sort such as her. I would certainly feel better about things if you could check in on her before you continue on your way.
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Edelstein:''' I believe the lady's name was “Moenbryda,” yes? She was last seen inspecting an outcrop of corrupted crystals at Dalamud's Talons to the east.
-optional end

===Speaking with Moenbryda===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Moenbryda:''' Hold on. I won't be a second.
'''Moenbryda:''' The beast seemed peckish, so I gave it a taste of my axe.
'''Moenbryda:''' I know, I know... As Urianger never tires of reminding me, “An axe ill becometh the hand of a scholar.” What can I say? I like axes. To hear my mother tell it, I came into this world holding one.
'''Moenbryda:''' And it's not as if it stopped me picking up a quill, is it? I often think of the man who introduced me to the joys of learning... He's one of the reasons I decided to come to Eorzea.
'''Moenbryda:''' ...Him and my excruciatingly stiff childhood friend. Considering how unalike we are, it's a wonder we ever got on. The world's a strange old place, isn't it?
'''Moenbryda:''' Aye, that ought to do it.
'''Moenbryda:''' So far, so good. At these concentrations, it shouldn't matter too much if something goes awry. Just enough aether to make it interesting.
'''Moenbryda:''' Did you see that? The way the crystal glowed?
'''Moenbryda:''' The siphon works, I'm happy to say. With a few refinements, it should satisfy our appetite for aether. Which just leaves the small matter of forging our blade.
'''Moenbryda:''' I'm not sure how to go about it just yet, but I swear to find a way. I'll put a blade in your hands if it's the last thing I do.

'''Nabriales@???:''' {{alternatives|f=She|m=He}} senses me. A useful talent.

'''Moenbryda:''' An Ascian!? Are they onto us!?

'''Nabriales:''' By your brand, I see you are an Archon of Sharlayan. Keeper of knowledge. Seeker of truth. Meddler.

'''Moenbryda:''' I don't know what the hells you're saying, but I don't much like your tone.

'''Nabriales:''' Hahaha. Your instincts serve you well. But come, be not unsettled on my account. That lovely brow was not made for frowns. Ah, but I waste my breath.
'''Nabriales:''' Let me direct my words to one who understands them. We meet at last, Warrior of Light. I am Nabriales...
'''Nabriales:''' ...And you have long been a thorn in my side. I suffered the overweening presence of Lahabrea that men might host the power of gods, only for you to undo my hard work.
'''Nabriales:''' Do settle down.
'''Nabriales:''' You must concede that I acted in self-defense.
'''Nabriales:''' But what's this? I do not sense the blessing of Light...
'''Nabriales:''' Oh dear! Could it be that frail Hydaelyn has forgotten Her champion!? This I did ''not'' foresee!
'''Nabriales:''' Shorn of Light as you are, you are no longer a threat. And better yet, the seal is broken.
'''Nabriales:''' Now is the time to claim the staff!
'''Nabriales:''' With it in my grasp, I shall rise above them all and take my place at Lord Zodiark's right hand!

'''Moenbryda:''' What did that bastard want with us?
'''Moenbryda:''' Nabriales, he calls himself? With charm like that, I'll bet he has maidens falling at his feet. Unconscious.
'''Moenbryda:''' But this staff─you say just talking about it had the bastard grinning like a brat on his nameday? Must be quite a staff.
'''Moenbryda:''' Oh, gods... He means Tupsimati, Master Louisoix's staff!
'''Moenbryda:''' Minfilia's in danger! We have to get back to the Rising Stones!
-cutscene end
-optional start
'''Moenbryda:''' If I'm right, and the Ascian is after Tupsimati, then we'd best make all haste back to the Rising Stones! Minfilia must be warned!

'''Wandering Minstrel:''' What evil is afoot that my breast should flutter so with unnamed dread?

'''Alys:''' Oh, [Forename]! I heard quite a loud bang from inside the Stones not moments ago. Is everything all right?
-optional end

===Returning to the Rising Stones===
-cutscene start
'''Moenbryda:''' You're here!
'''Moenbryda:''' Master Louisoix's staff is kept in the solar, isn't it? Quickly, now!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' You two!

'''Nabriales:''' So you were able to divine my intent. What now, Warrior of Light? Ah, but that name is no longer fitting. You have become decidedly ''dull'', and quite incapable of barring my entry.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' What do you mean!?

'''Nabriales:''' You truly do not know? Then I suppose it is only right that I ''enlighten'' you.
'''Nabriales:''' The blessing of Light kept you and your fellow meddlers safe. It was that which prevented my kind from entering your domain.
'''Nabriales:''' My kind, I say, though it had no power over the likes of Elidibus and Lahabrea. Being of this world, they could come and go as they please, while I could only look on...
'''Nabriales:''' But I need look no longer. Now that the seal is gone, I mean to act. Unlike the others, I am not given to waiting. I shall take that staff and bring about the next Rejoining.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...Rejoining? Then it was ''your'' doing! The Isle of Val, the scholars─all of it!

'''Moenbryda:''' You will not harm her!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda!

'''Nabriales:''' Why must you insist on forcing my hand? Did you learn nothing from our last meeting? Ah, but I forget─my words fall upon deaf ears.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' The staff is but a broken relic─a memorial to the departed. What possible use could you have for it?

'''Nabriales:''' What use!? You mean to say that all this time, you kept the key, never knowing what it was you possessed?
'''Nabriales:''' The staff Tupsimati─or rather, the stone tablet it bears─is host to a great power.
'''Nabriales:''' Together with the horn, it can be used to draw vast quantities of aether from its bearer's surroundings.
'''Nabriales:''' How else do you think Louisoix was able to invoke the power of the Twelve without making them an offering of crystals?
'''Nabriales:''' Summoning requires not only prayer, but a profusion of aether. Even a child knows that.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' If I did not know before, you may be certain I do now. But above all, I know that we cannot allow this staff to fall into your hands. I will die before I let you take it.

'''Nabriales:''' Insufferable woman. I would happily end your miserable life here and now... Alas, Elidibus would never let me hear the end of it.
'''Nabriales:''' Very well. If you will not part with the staff, I will take you too.

'''Moenbryda:''' After them! Quickly...before the rift closes!
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Moenbryda:''' Forget about me! Go!
-optional end

===Confronting Nabriales in the Chrysalis===
'''Nabriales:''' I shall not toy with you as does Lahabrea! Witness the terrible might of a true servant of Zodiark!

'''Nabriales:''' Writhing powers of ruination! From the deepest pits of the abyss I summon thee!

'''Nabriales:''' Insatiable hunger of the void! Devour all light and return this world to perfect darkness!

'''Nabriales:''' By Zodiark's name I command thee River of time, mire mine enemy in thy sluggish flow!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Impossible! Has he power over...time itself!?

'''Nabriales:''' You shall wither in the merciless embrace of eternity!
'''Nabriales:''' But...you are shorn of Her blessing! How do you yet resist me!?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' My thanks...

====Post-duty cutscene====
-voiced cutscene start
'''Moenbryda:''' You're safe... Thank the Twelve...

'''Nabriales:''' You may have bested me this day...but what of the next? What of all the days to come!?
'''Nabriales:''' Remember: Light no longer holds sway here. I may return whensoever I wish. Again and again and again. Eventually, you will falter and the staff will be mine. Until next time, Scions.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' There will be no next time! This is the end!

'''Nabriales:''' What!? What trickery is this!?
'''Nabriales:''' No! Nooo! You cannot! Nooooooooo!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Use Tupsimati to gather aether! Quickly, before he breaks free!
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Concentrate! Call to mind the time you struck down Lahabrea with the blade of Light!
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Why won't it work? Is it because we lack the blessing of Light?

'''Moenbryda:''' Damn it... So much aether...and it still isn't enough...

'''Nabriales:''' Fools! No mortal prison can contain me! I shall make you pay for your insolence!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Please, Mother Hydaelyn! Hearken to our plea! Lend us Your divine Light!
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Why can You not hear us? Do our words no longer reach You?

'''Moenbryda:''' If only we had...a bit more aether...

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda! What are you doing!?

'''Moenbryda:''' Master Louisoix... I understand now...the choice you made...
'''Moenbryda:''' In death...there is life... Farewell, Urianger...you daft old coot...

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda no you mustn't

'''Nabriales:''' What!? Nooo! It...it cannot end!
'''Nabriales:''' I am eternal! I am immortaaaaaal!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda... She's...she's gone...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' You did it, my friend. The Ascian is dead.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' This device is a legacy of Moenbryda's toils and sacrifice.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I shall hold on to it for safekeeping.

'''Yda:''' Minfilia! Are you all right?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I am.

'''Papalymo:''' We were surveying northern Thanalan when we received the distress call.
'''Papalymo:''' We returned as swiftly as we were able.

'''Thancred:''' It seems you have everything in hand, however.

'''Y'shtola:''' What happened here? Where is Moenbryda?

'''Thancred:''' She gave her life to temper the blade of Light? I...I have no words.

'''Y'shtola:''' Rather than await the inevitable, she took her fate into her own hands.

'''Yda:''' Does...does Urianger know...?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' My friend. There is something I must tell you.

'''Urianger:''' I heard all, my lady.
'''Urianger:''' The moon sinketh, taking her leave of the heavens. Yet her passing heraldeth the coming of a new day. ...Moenbryda hath fulfilled her destiny, hath she not?
'''Urianger:''' Long ago, far across the seas in the Sharlayan motherland, Moenbryda and I did study under the sage tutelage of Master Louisoix.
'''Urianger:''' Full oft did he impress upon us that knowledge existeth to serve the greater good. This sentiment, however, was contrary to the nation's policy of neutrality, which censured intercedence in the affairs of foreign lands.
'''Urianger:''' In spite of vehement opposition, he founded the Circle of Knowing and journeyed hither to the heart of Eorzea. Through his noble sacrifice was the realm spared its doom.
'''Urianger:''' Yet this great soul, whom all should rightly have honored, was branded a pariah in his own land. His peers did accuse him of forsaking his duty as a man of learning, and of meddling in the course of history.
'''Urianger:''' When he left Sharlayan behind, Master Louisoix gave no word to signal his intent to Moenbryda. Close as they were, as master and disciple, she was deeply wounded by the sudden exclusion from his confidence.
'''Urianger:''' Above all, however, she was confused. Try as she might, she could ill comprehend her master's motive. The slanders that were heaped upon him after his passing served only to inflame the turmoil within her.
'''Urianger:''' For years upon end, she knew not what to believe, torn as she was 'twixt the man whom she revered, and the man who forsook her and his duty both.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' The Louisoix I knew would never forsake his duty, much less one of his own.

'''Urianger:''' This I know full well, my lady. 'Twas not for want of love that Master Louisoix hid his intent. He but desired that Moenbryda discover her own path, free of the shadow of his influence.
'''Urianger:''' Long did I contemplate revealing the truth to her, and long did I hold my peace. After all, was it not Master Louisoix's wish that she come to the truth unaided? I told myself it was, and resolved to let her suffer.
'''Urianger:''' Knowingly did I deny my friend the comfort she craved. And now she hath gone to her rest with doubt still in her heart.
'''Urianger:''' Speakest thou in earnest? Did Moenbryda truly come to understand Master Louisoix's will before the end?
'''Urianger:''' The realization hath set her free. She may now find the peace which hath for so long eluded her.
'''Urianger:''' Oh, Moenbryda... My dearest... How I shall miss thee...

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Moenbryda gave her life that we might possess the means to defeat the Ascians.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Her sacrifice must not be in vain. Let us continue her work on the blade of aether and see it to completion.

'''Urianger:''' My lady. I would mourn Moenbryda in mine own way. I beg your permission to return to the Waking Sands.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Of course, my friend. Take all the time you require. We shall be here should you have need of us.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Yda:''' Oh, Moen... I miss you so much already...

'''Papalymo:''' She was counting on the theory that a soul's aether burns brightest at the moment of its passing. A scholar until the very end...

'''Thancred:''' Would we had arrived a few moments sooner...
'''Thancred:''' Just a few moments...

'''Y'shtola:''' Our list of grievances against the Ascians was already overlong. Must they continue to add to it?
-optional end

===Speaking with Minfilia===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Never have I seen Urianger so utterly defeated. No one should be made to suffer such grief...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' We shall gather in the Sharlayan manner to celebrate Moenbryda's life...and mourn her passing.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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On the Counteroffensive

2026-09-13T04:11:31Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = On the Counteroffensive
| description = Lieutenant [[Edelstein]] wishes to share a report with you concerning the [[Garlean]]s' movements.
| quest-giver = Edelstein
| related-npcs = Alianne; Ilberd; Moenbryda; Papalymo; Thancred; Wilred; Y'shtola; Yda; Yuyuhase
| location = Northern Thanalan
| location-x = 20.8
| location-y = 22.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 82
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 758
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Aether on Demand
| next-quest = An Uninvited Ascian
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 91a1fc93557
| id-gt = 65904
| msq-index = 223
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Alianne]].
*Speak with [[Yuyuhase]].
*Defeat the imperial squad.
*Defeat the next imperial squad.
*Report to Yuyuhase.
*Report to [[Edelstein]].

==Journal==
* Lieutenant [[Edelstein]] wishes to share a report with you concerning the [[Garlean]]s' movements.

* Lieutenant Edelstein informs you that imperial soldiers have been seen marching from [[Castrum Meridianum]]. The garrison leader would have you join the [[Crystal Braves]] in their efforts to repel the advancing Garleans. Speak with Lieutenant [[Alianne]] of the 4th Unit Braves, and lend your strength to her planned counteroffensive.

* Upon speaking with Alianne, you learn that another force of imperial soldiers has been spotted attempting to conceal themselves along the west approach to the processing plant. Before the lieutenant can outline her strategy, however, Captain [[Ilberd]] arrives, and drafts you into assisting the 3rd Unit Braves as they set out to engage this second threat. Speak with [[Yuyuhase]] at [[Raubahn's Push]] for further instructions.

* Yuyuhase welcomes your arrival, and explains his plan to uproot the Garlean raiders from their places of concealment. Search your assigned areas, and eliminate any imperial soldiers you encounter.

* You have discovered and defeated an imperial squad. Move on to the next location, and engage any remaining Garlean soldiers.

* You have defeated the remaining imperial troops. Return to Yuyuhase at Raubahn's Push and report your success.

* You rejoin Yuyuhase, and he speaks of similar victories in the field. The [[Lalafell]]in Brave offers to share news of the Garleans' demise with Alianne, and asks that you do the same for Lieutenant Edelstein. Return to the [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]] and make your report to the garrison leader.

* You make your report to a relieved Lieutenant Edelstein, who once more thanks you for your deeds. With the Garlean threat neutralized, it would appear the processing plant has been delivered from potential disaster.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Alianne: I've been waiting for the chance to even the score with these imperial invaders...
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Edelstein:''' We've been keeping a close eye on that Garlean garrison, and 'twould seem the imperials have finally begun to mobilize.
'''Edelstein:''' According to the reconnaissance report that just came in, the squads seen leaving the castrum are too few in number to effectively take and hold our position. They will likely mount a swift assault, and focus on the acquisition of resources.
'''Edelstein:''' I have, of course, also shared this report with the Crystal Braves─they've decided to take to the field to meet this assault head-on. I have apprised your fellow Scions of the situation, and am heartened to know that they will be joining the effort.
'''Edelstein:''' Pray report to Lieutenant Alianne, and lend your much-welcome strength to the counteroffensive.

-optional start
'''Edelstein:''' The Crystal Braves are preparing to meet the Garleans in the field. Speak with Lieutenant Alianne, and she will apprise you of your role in the coming battle.

'''Wilred:''' R-Right, then. Time to see if all this training has paid off! Rhalgr, guide my blade...

'''Papalymo:''' Considering the weapon she wields, I don't believe the lady is in need of additional protection...

'''Thancred:''' Be it a squad of soldiers or some magitek monstrosity, I shall allow no foe to harm the lovely Moenbryda.

'''Yda:''' Have you ever seen Moen swing her axe? Swipe! Slice! Cleave! There's really no stopping her!

'''Y'shtola:''' Now ''that'' is an impressive piece of steel.

'''Moenbryda:''' Isn't it a beauty? A lady merchant in Revenant's Toll simply gave it to me! Said she was “investing in the future,” or some such.
-optional end

===Speaking with Alianne===
-cutscene start
'''Alianne:''' Glad to have you with us, [Forename]. As I'm sure Lieutenant Edelstein has explained, the Garleans have deployed a small force from Castrum Meridianum.

'''Wilred:''' Their main column assembles to the north near Dalamud's Talons, but we've also spied several squads attempting to conceal themselves on the approach to the west.

'''Ilberd:''' They wish you to rush forth and commit to battle with the main column, leaving the detached force free to raid the plant and pillage supplies. Not much of a strategy, but these are desperate men.

'''Alianne:''' Captain Ilberd!

'''Ilberd:''' Greetings, Scion. I understand the commander bid you and your fellows come lend a hand to the Braves. With such mighty heroes at its disposal, the 4th should have little trouble contending with aught the Garleans might throw at them.
'''Ilberd:''' But even you cannot be everywhere at once. The 3rd was getting restless holed up in Ul'dah, so I marched them out here to fill any holes in the plant's defenses and add their numbers to your counterattack.

'''Alianne:''' The reinforcements are welcome. We've enough soldiers now to divide our own forces and safely engage the enemy far beyond the walls.

'''Ilberd:''' Aye, 'twould be best to avoid staging a battle anywhere near this much ceruleum. Let's take this fight to the Garleans.

'''Papalymo:''' A wise course, indeed. I shudder to think of the consequences should any of these storage tanks be exposed to fire...
'''Papalymo:''' If there are no objections, the Scions shall join the 4th and give battle to this main column.

'''Ilberd:''' You're with the 3rd, then, Warrior of Light. Your job will be to intercept these squads hiding out in the west and prevent them from reaching the processing plant.
'''Ilberd:''' When you're ready to proceed, report to Lieutenant Yuyuhase─his scouts should have a rough idea of where the imperials have concealed themselves by now.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Edelstein: The 3rd have been given the task of hunting down the enemy squads lurking to the west. Pray hurry to their staging point if you mean to join them.
-optional end

===Speaking with Yuyuhase===
'''Yuyuhase:''' A pleasure to be fighting at your side once more, Scion. Our operations invariably succeed when you're around, and victories are wont to pave the road to greater coin.
'''Yuyuhase:''' Now, this detached force we've been sent to eliminate has split into smaller squads─the better to conceal themselves within the terrain hereabouts, I imagine. We'll need to split ourselves up as well to cover more ground, and make sure we root out all these would-be raiders.
'''Yuyuhase:''' And seeing as you're an army unto yourself, I've assigned you your own areas to scour clean of enemy soldiers. Aye, this will be a simple search and destroy.
'''Yuyuhase:''' We'll rendezvous back here when the task is done. Happy hunting, Scion.

7th Cohort Signifer: Bah! We've been spotted!

===Reporting to Yuyuhase===
'''Yuyuhase:''' You seem grim, Scion. I'll take that to mean that, between us, more than a few Garleans won't be making it back to the castrum.
'''Yuyuhase:''' These imperials, though, they certainly made us earn our pay. I would be a happy man if I never had to tussle with another of those magitek horrors...
'''Yuyuhase:''' It is time we bid this war-torn land farewell. I will contact the 4th, and let Lieutenant Alianne know the west is now clear.
'''Yuyuhase:''' I would appreciate it if you would do the same when you report to Lieutenant Edelstein.

===Reporting to Edelstein===
'''Edelstein:''' [GC Rank] [Surname]! What news of the Garleans?
'''Edelstein:''' Their raiding parties are no more, then? Excellent.
'''Edelstein:''' The Amajina engineers will be most relieved to hear that the plant is no longer in any immediate danger. Thank you again for your assistance.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Aether on Demand

2026-09-12T05:16:59Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Aether on Demand
| image = Aether on Demand Image.png
| description = [[Alphinaud]] has a message from [[Moenbryda]] for the [[Scions]].
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs = Alianne; Coultenet; Edelstein; F'lhaminn; Higiri; Hoary Boulder; Minfilia; Moenbryda; Papalymo; Tataru; Thancred; Wilred; Y'shtola; Yda
| cutscene-npcs = Urianger
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.0
| location-y = 6.0
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 81
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 1019
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = The Rising Chorus
| next-quest = On the Counteroffensive
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = e6a28c26732
| id-gt = 69424
| msq-index = 222
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Moenbryda]].
*Speak with Moenbryda once more.
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
*Speak with [[Wilred]] at the [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]].
*Report to [[Edelstein]].

==Journal==
* [[Alphinaud]] has a message from [[Moenbryda]] for the [[Scions]].

* You speak with Alphinaud, and the young commander of [[the Crystal Braves]] mentions Moenbryda's request for the Scions to assemble in [[The Solar|the solar]]. Find Moenbryda within [[the Rising Stones]], and let her know that your business with the [[Ishgard]]ians is concluded.

* You have located the [[Roegadyn]] scholar and informed her that her requested meeting may now take place. Make your way to the solar and speak with Moenbryda once more.

* Moenbryda reveals that she has formulated a means of producing the staggering amount of [[aether]] required to destroy a captured [[Ascian]] soul─namely, by siphoning energy from the corrupted crystals found across [[Eorzea]]. It is at this point in her presentation that Alphinaud arrives and suggests that she conduct her experiments in [[northern Thanalan]], where such crystal formations are bountiful yet not too closely grouped. He soon adds, however, that the imperial forces in the area are seeking to ransack the resources of the [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]]. With a knowing smile, Alphinaud laments that Moenbryda's experiments will be nigh impossible to perform without the Scions first cooperating with the Crystal Braves to defeat the [[Garlean]] threat. Speak with Alphinaud at the Rising Stones to learn more about your role in defending the processing plant from the advancing imperial soldiers.

* Alphinaud has bid you rendezvous with the 4th in northern Thanalan while he moves to take command of the Crystal Braves stationed in [[Ul'dah]]. As you make to depart, you encounter [[Hoary Boulder]] and [[Coultenet]], who have been charged with escorting [[F'lhaminn]] during her efforts to recruit her influential Ul'dahn acquaintances to the Scions' cause. It seems that the call of duty shall once more empty the Rising Stones of Eorzea's stalwart defenders. Travel to the Ceruleum Processing Plant and report to [[Wilred]].

* Wilred welcomes your presence at the plant, as there have been reports of troubling movements among the imperial army of late. He asks that you report to Lieutenant [[Edelstein]] and inquire as to how you might best lend your talents to the operation.

* Lieutenant Edelstein appears elated at your presence, but his mood quickly turns sour as he relates to you the news of how several imperial explosive devices have been discovered within the perimeter of the plant. Though he believes that [[The Immortal Flames|the Flames]] will be able to neutralize the threat, he has received disturbing reconnaissance concerning the Garlean troops, and would once again call upon your aid.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Minfilia: When first we laid the foundations, never did I imagine that we would receive an Ishgardian envoy here at the Rising Stones. 'Tis a refreshing reminder of how the world we take for granted can shift so quickly and completely...
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
'''Alphinaud:''' Ere I forget, I believe Moenbryda has requested a gathering of the Scions. I assume there has been some progress concerning our efforts to combat the Ascians.
'''Alphinaud:''' Pray inform her that our business with the Ishgardians is concluded for the moment─I shall be along once I've completed my communications with the Crystal Braves.
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Would you be so kind as to inform Moenbryda that our Ishgardian visitor has departed? I must speak with the Crystal Braves, then I shall join you all forthwith.

'''Minfilia:''' I've summoned everyone to the solar. 'Twould seem Moenbryda has something exciting to share with us.

'''Tataru:''' As the receptionist of the Rising Stones, 'tis my job to receive all manner of guests with due courtesy! I've had to memorize the political positions and military ranks of half a dozen nations...

'''Yda:''' I'm telling you, Thancred: keep pestering Moenbryda and the only thing you'll become intimate with is her axe...

'''Papalymo:''' There have been no reports of suspicious masked men in Gridania, that is certain. Mayhaps they weave their dark plots in other lands?

'''Thancred:''' Such statuesque beauty─and possessed of a mind for research to match her belly for hard liquor! What does a woman of so many charms see in musty old Urianger...?

'''Y'shtola:''' I keep my senses strained for signs of Ascian activity, but there is little news to be had.
'''Y'shtola:''' Have their schemes reached some critical step? This silence is most disturbing...
-optional end

===Speaking with Moenbryda===
'''Moenbryda:''' All done with your talk of dragons? Wonderful, because Ascians are next on the menu! Let's head into the solar, shall we?

-optional start
'''Minfilia:''' I've summoned everyone to the solar. 'Twould seem Moenbryda has something exciting to share with us.

'''Alphinaud:''' Of all our adversaries, the Ascians could well be considered the most dangerous. I do hope Moenbryda's research has borne fruit...
-optional end

===Speaking with Moenbryda once more===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Moenbryda:''' Now that everything's calmed down a bit─relatively speaking, I mean─I thought it might be a good time to share our progress on the weapon.
'''Moenbryda:''' I believe we're on the verge of a breakthrough.

'''Minfilia:''' Well, don't keep us all in suspense.

'''Moenbryda:''' Just in case anyone's forgotten, let's start by reviewing what we already know. So! An Ascian is an immortal because its soul doesn't return to the aetherial realm when its host is defeated. Instead, it flees to the place that lies between our world and the void.
'''Moenbryda:''' Therefore, the first step to ''permanently'' defeating an Ascian is preventing its soul from making this journey. And if you recall, when we last gathered here, I had verified that white auracite has adequate capacity to entrap the beings, albeit only briefly.

'''Thancred:''' Which left the small matter of their extermination.

'''Urianger:''' Aye. To unmake an Ascian soul, one must needs smite it with a concentrated burst, or “blade,” of purest aether. However, we wanted for both the data and the means to forge such a weapon.

'''Moenbryda:''' Short of experimenting on an actual Ascian, you see, there's no way to gauge how much aether its soul is made of.
'''Moenbryda:''' As such, we don't know what aetheric density our blade needs to have in order for it to work.

'''Yda:''' So we'll just have to make the densest blade we can, and hope for the best! Though that would require a ''lot'' of aether...
'''Yda:''' Hang on a minute! Why didn't we think of this before!? White auracite can hold an absolute ''heap'' of aether, can't it!?

'''Papalymo:''' Please tell me you're joking. Gods' sakes, Yda! I feel as though I'm reliving the same scene over and over with you! How many times do you need to be told that white auracite cannot store aether for long periods?
'''Papalymo:''' Being intangible matter, aether is given to dispersion; only in its crystallized form is it a stable source of energy. I will test you later on this, so see to it you do not forget.

'''Yda:''' Ah...r-right, yes... It's all coming back to me...

'''Thancred:''' So our hopes rest on good old crystals again, do they? While they are certainly reliable, they leave something to be desired in the area of portability.

'''Y'shtola:''' Indeed. I am reminded of the quantity of corrupted crystals required to thwart Leviathan, and the extraordinary lengths to which the Lominsans went to transport them. What if it should prove that a similar quantity was needed to destroy an Ascian soul─or still ''more''...?

'''Thancred:''' I do not envy the poor sod who has to lug all of that around on the off chance that an Ascian appears.

'''Moenbryda:''' That's the very problem we set out to solve, and I reckon we've found the answer. If it isn't practical to lug around the aether we need, we'll just have to draw upon another source.
'''Moenbryda:''' And the only viable source is the land.

'''Y'shtola:''' If you mean to tap the great river of aether, know that it will entail considerable risk. Meddling with the currents may well induce a surge like to the one which despoiled Mor Dhona.

'''Moenbryda:''' Give me a bit more credit, will you? Why would we need to tap the river when there're veritable ''reservoirs'' jutting out all over the land?
'''Moenbryda:''' Aye, I speak of corrupted crystals. It might be that their aspect is out of balance, but a crystal's a crystal─it contains aether, and we can help ourselves to it.

'''Thancred:''' While corrupted crystals are indeed abundant, there is no guarantee that they will be in close proximity at a crucial moment.

'''Moenbryda:''' Ah, but what if we don't need them to be? What if we could tap their power from ''afar''? A malm away, say?
'''Moenbryda:''' If we could do that, we'd have ready access to aether aplenty in almost every corner of Eorzea.
'''Moenbryda:''' I've yet to put my theories to the proof, but I've got a good feeling about this. If no one has any objections, I'd like to see where this avenue leads.

'''Minfilia:''' If you think it worth your while, you have my blessing.
'''Minfilia:''' But tell us, what ''are'' your theories? I for one am most eager to understand the process, however vaguely.

'''Moenbryda:''' I thought you might say that. But no one wants to listen to boring old theories all day, do they? I know I don't. So, with your permission, I'd like to try something a bit more hands-on. I've already built an aetheric siphon especially for this purpose, and I've been meaning to try it out.
'''Moenbryda:''' Thing is, the profusion of corrupted crystals in Mor Dhona makes it something of a high-risk testing ground. If anything goes awry with the siphon, it would be better if it didn't happen within spitting distance of quite so much aether.
'''Moenbryda:''' Ideally, I need an isolated specimen. Does anyone know where I can find one?

'''Alphinaud:''' May I suggest northern Thanalan? There you will find corrupted crystals of middling size, standing a reasonable distance apart. Ideal for your needs, I should have thought. Oh, and if you do elect to visit the place, I should be much obliged if you would assist me in another matter while you are in the area.

'''Minfilia:''' Has something happened?

'''Alphinaud:''' Movement has been observed at Castrum Meridianum.
'''Alphinaud:''' During Operation Archon, the Alliance dealt the stronghold a heavy blow. Its facilities were extensively damaged, and its garrison reduced to a fraction of its former strength.
'''Alphinaud:''' Not long after our forces withdrew, however, their ranks were replenished by reinforcements from Castrum Centri. They now seek to rebuild, and to this end they have their sights set upon the Ceruleum Processing Plant.
'''Alphinaud:''' Having lost the Empire's support, the XIVth Legion lacks the resources to sustain itself. To them, this is a bid for survival, and they will doubtless fight like desperate men.
'''Alphinaud:''' Though I have dispatched the Crystal Braves, I fear their strength alone may not suffice to stay the imperial assault. I would request the Scions' aid in the defensive effort.

'''Moenbryda:''' If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to inveigle us into fighting your battle with the promise of shiny crystals!
'''Moenbryda:''' Well then, consider me inveigled! I won't lie, the crystals you speak of sound perfect─so the Garleans have to go!
'''Moenbryda:''' Besides, we can't afford to beat about the bush. There's no telling when the Ascians will next appear.

'''Urianger:''' Thine eagerness to hurl thyself into the jaws of danger cometh as little surprise. Exercise due caution, I prithee.

'''Minfilia:''' Though you have become a Crystal Brave, you are yet a Scion, Alphinaud. We could hardly refuse you.
'''Minfilia:''' Pray join the Crystal Braves and lend them your support. Thancred and Papalymo shall accompany you.
'''Minfilia:''' Yda and Y'shtola─in the meantime I would have you assist Moenbryda. Scout out the crystal clusters, that the testing may commence as soon as the Garlean threat has been eliminated.

'''Urianger:''' If it please you, I shall continue mine own experiments on white auracite.

'''Minfilia:''' Thank you, Urianger. Everyone, pray see to your preparations and depart as soon as you are able. Go well, and be safe.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Minfilia:''' Though I have little doubt you will prevail against the Empire's forces, I shall pray for your success nonetheless. Our very future may depend upon Moenbryda being free to pursue her experiments.

'''Tataru:''' For a small organization, we certainly chew through a prodigious amount of foodstuffs. Perhaps I should put a lock on the larder door...
'''Higiri:''' We do seem to be running low on provisions. I believe an excursion to the marketplace is in order.

'''F'lhaminn:''' I see that the Scions once more ready themselves for the road. I, too, must make preparations for an absence from the Rising Stones...
'''Hoary Boulder:''' It seems you have barely arrived before you must once more plunge into the fray. Duty is an unforgiving mistress, eh? Though the tasks we tackle are not like to be as realm-shaking, Coultenet and I must also heed her call.
'''Coultenet:''' Hoary was most eager to join you on the front lines of battle, but, as fate would have it, the Antecedent had other plans for our talents.
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud===
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twould seem that events have once more conspired to rob us of rest and recuperation. Though I would wish it otherwise, I must ask that you head straightaway to the processing plant.
'''Alphinaud:''' The 4th have already deployed to the area, and await the arrival of the Scions. Wilred will brief you on the developing situation.
'''Alphinaud:''' Meanwhile, I must rendezvous with Captain Ilberd at our headquarters in Ul'dah. I shall take command of our forces there with a lighter heart, knowing that you go to support the front lines.

-cutscene start
'''Hoary Boulder:''' Your duties take you to northern Thanalan, do they not?

'''Coultenet:''' We, too, must say our farewells to the Rising Stones for a time. F'lhaminn travels to Ul'dah, and we shall serve as her escort.

'''F'lhaminn:''' At my daughter's behest, I go to contact certain old acquaintances in the gilded city.
'''F'lhaminn:''' We are beset on all sides by civil unrest and imperial machinations, threatened by primals and troubled by dragons─we need all the allies we can muster.
'''F'lhaminn:''' Many of my friends hold positions of power, you see, and it is my hope that they can be convinced to aid the Scions' cause.
'''F'lhaminn:''' If past events have taught us anything, then we know that Eorzea must present a united front or we shall fall...
'''F'lhaminn:''' Ah, how extraordinary that my little Ascilia is involved in such far-reaching affairs.
'''F'lhaminn:''' I am proud that I might now stand at her side not only as a mother, but also as a colleague.

'''Coultenet:''' A colleague with influential connections! But I fear that Ul'dah has become a place of danger even for one so familiar with her streets.

'''Hoary Boulder:''' Bah! Woe betide the blackguard that so much as glares in your direction, milady!

'''F'lhaminn:''' Ahaha, I shall be well protected, it seems.

'''Coultenet:''' Shall we be on our way, then?
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Alianne:''' 'Tis unsettling to think that an enemy base lies but a brief stroll beyond these walls...
-optional end

===Speaking with Wilred at the Ceruleum Processing Plant===
-cutscene start
'''Wilred:''' Commander Leveilleur sent word that you'd be coming─a veteran of your talents is most welcome.
'''Wilred:''' Not that I don't think we can handle the situation, mind you! I've learned a trick or two since that disaster with the Amalj'aa.
'''Wilred:''' But returning to the task at hand...
'''Wilred:''' The Flames' reconnaissance scouts have reported imperial soldiers assembling at Raubahn's Push. Such a force is likely interested in only one thing: getting their hands on the resources found here at the processing plant.
'''Wilred:''' The Garleans could begin marching on us at any time. Pray speak with Lieutenant Edelstein, that we might coordinate our counter strategy.
'''Wilred:''' In the meantime, I will inform the others that you have arrived. No doubt it will be welcome tidings.
-cutscene end

===Reporting to Edelstein===
'''Edelstein:''' [GC Rank] [Surname]! My soldiers yet tell tales of your deeds during Operation Archon!
'''Edelstein:''' Would that we could sit a while and reminisce about old times...but I fear more pressing matters require our attention. The civilian draughtsmen, you see, have come across several highly suspicious crates within the boundaries of the processing plant.
'''Edelstein:''' I had my sappers take a closer look, and our worst fears were confirmed─these boxes contain powerful explosive devices. Devices of imperial design, no less.
'''Edelstein:''' By my order, the Flames stationed here are conducting a thorough sweep of the compound as we speak.
'''Edelstein:''' Though it troubles me that we were unable to apprehend the imperial spy behind this, I have faith that our men will be able to neutralize the threat for now.
'''Edelstein:''' In the meantime, our scouts bring troubling news on the latest movements of the imperial army. I would once again ask for your aid.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Bait and Switch

2026-09-11T01:08:58Z

MegaMegaLobo: NPC Dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Bait and Switch
| description = [[Ilberd]] is eager to bring the black marketeer and his clients to justice.
| quest-giver = Ilberd
| related-npcs = Hired Thug
| location = Eastern Thanalan
| location-x = 21.1
| location-y = 21.1
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 78
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 958
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Good Intentions
| next-quest = Best Laid Schemes
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = ce9c429d5f8
| id-gt = 65900
| msq-index = 219
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Ilberd]].
*Speak with the [[Hired Thug|hired thug]].
*Wait for Ilberd outside the tunnel entrance.
*Investigate the disturbance.

==Journal==
* [[Ilberd]] is eager to bring the black marketeer and his clients to justice.

* Ilberd states that the 1st Unit will establish a perimeter, preventing the clients' escape, while you and he seize the black marketeer and his weapons. Follow the captain to [[the Burning Wall]] and survey the area.

* Although he spies only a single sentry, Ilberd concludes that there must be others in hiding. He bids you create a distraction while he and his men slip past into the tunnels where the black marketeer and his clients are meeting. Approach the lone sentry and strike up a friendly conversation.

* The sentry is less than pleased with your presence, and he and his comrades attempt to summarily dispatch you. They do not succeed. Captain Ilberd and his men are nowhere to be seen, and so you have no choice but to wait outside the tunnel as instructed.

* A sudden scream of agony rings out from within the tunnel. Proceed inside and seek out the source of the disturbance.

* You find a flustered Ilberd standing over a man who lies motionless in a pool of his own blood. The captain explains that the black marketeer fought back with a hidden blade, and that one of his subordinates, fearing for his safety, slew the man. What is worse, a party of [[Duskwight]] sellswords believed to be the clients managed to slip past the 1st Unit, which is currently giving chase. As a final ignominy, it would seem that [[Riol]]'s information was erroneous, and that the massive shipment of weapons consists of a single wooden crate...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Ilberd:''' Now then, we should make for the Burning Wall without delay and secure those weapons.
'''Ilberd:''' The 1st Unit will ensure that the clients do not escape. With me, [Forename].

-quest accepted

===Speaking with Ilberd===
'''Ilberd:''' I spy the one man, but there are sure to be others...
'''Ilberd:''' I've a plan. While you approach the sentry and create a distraction, my men and I will slip past and catch the black marketeer unawares.
'''Ilberd:''' Once you've disposed of the thugs, wait for us outside the tunnel entrance. Any questions? Then let us be off. Good luck, my friend.

===Speaking with the Hired Thug===
'''Hired Thug:''' Who goes there!? An adventurer? Damned fool, you should have never come here!
Black Marketeer Bodyguard: Bah! Away with you!
Black Marketeer Bodyguard: Kill him and be done with it!

===Waiting for Ilberd outside the tunnel entrance===
-cutscene start
'''x@???:''' I don't understand! Wh-What's this all about!?
'''x@???:''' Graaagh!
-cutscene end

===Investigating the disturbance===
-cutscene start
'''Ilberd:''' As you can see, this is a fine mess.
'''Ilberd:''' When I tried to restrain him, he drew a hidden blade and lashed out. But before I could disarm him, one of my subordinates panicked, and this is the result.
'''Ilberd:''' How foolish of me to underestimate the bastard, and to bring an inexperienced recruit. Commander Leveilleur will be most disappointed.
'''Ilberd:''' Damn it all! A golden opportunity, wasted!
'''Ilberd:''' As for the clients...though we know not how, they slipped past our perimeter. At present, the 1st is currently tracking a party of Duskwight sellswords we suspect may be them.
'''Ilberd:''' Would that we could have enlisted the aid of the Immortal Flames or the Brass Blades. Alas, we're here to aid ''them''─they're in no position to aid us.
'''Ilberd:''' Well, at the very least, we have secured the weapons. Yet even that accomplishment is lacking, for the information we received indicated a massive shipment, and this is anything but...
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Good Intentions

2026-09-11T00:34:27Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Good Intentions
| image = Good Intentions Image.png
| description = [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] is considering which of her many responsibilities demands her utmost attention.
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs = Alphinaud; Ilberd; Riol
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.1
| location-y = 5.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 77
| level = 50
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements = {{i|The Bowl of Embers (Hard)|wrap=true}}, {{i|The Howling Eye (Hard)}}, {{i|The Navel (Hard)}}, {{i|In a Titan Spot}}
| exp = 2340
| gil = 802
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Let Us Cling Together
| next-quest = Bait and Switch
| patch = 2.5
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = a2918f390bc
| id-gt = 65899
| msq-index = 218
}}
==Walkthrough==
{{main|Primal Quests}}
'''As of [[Patch 2.5]], completion of the [[Primal Quests|Primal sidequest]] chain up through {{i|In a Titan Spot}} is required to pass this point.''' These [[trial]]s are not actually difficult and can be done blind in the [[Duty Finder]]. In Final Fantasy XIV, the (Hard) designation simply means something is a higher-leveled version of something else. It is not an indicator of difficulty like (Extreme), (Savage), or ''The Minstrel's Ballad'' are.
* {{i|The Bowl of Embers (Hard)}}
* {{i|The Howling Eye (Hard)}}
* {{i|The Navel (Hard)}}

Although the quests complete after attuning the aetherytes, you must clear the trials (as verified by [[:File:Patch 3.5 green duty checkmark.png|the green checkmark at the top right]]) before the main scenario will unlock.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Riol]].
*Speak with [[Ilberd]] at [[Highbridge]].

==Journal==
* [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] is considering which of her many responsibilities demands her utmost attention.

* As [[the Scions of the Seventh Dawn]] have grown in size and influence, so too have their responsibilities, prompting Minfilia to consider if their expansion was wise. [[Alphinaud]], however, does not harbor such concerns, having embraced his role as commander of the [[Crystal Braves]] and guardian of [[Eorzea]]. The young [[Elezen]] now wishes to aid [[the Immortal Flames]] in their ongoing efforts to bring stability to [[Ul'dah]], and he would like your assistance with this mission as well. Join him outside [[The Solar|the solar]] and listen to what [[Riol]], his subordinate, has to say.

* Riol, who has been attempting to trace the source of some weapons wielded by disgruntled refugees, has learned of a large shipment which may be intended for the same purpose. A black marketeer in [[eastern Thanalan]] is planning to resell the weapons and reap a tidy profit─unless you and [[Ilberd]] intervene before the exchange takes place. Rendezvous with the captain of the Crystal Braves at [[Highbridge]].

* Ilberd informs you that the black marketeer's clients have arrived. With luck, you may prevent the sale of illicit goods, seize the men who covet them, and learn their intent.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Riol: Lot o' new faces've come in from all over to join the Crystal Braves. We're glad for the help, o' course, but it's still a right pain in the arse trainin' 'em up.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I am most eager to address the Ascian threat. However, we dare not neglect our other pressing concerns.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' We both know full well that Saint Shiva will not be the last primal we face...and our relationship with Ishgard is still tenuous at best.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' To think that the resolution of the primal threat was once the sole priority of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. Some days I wonder if it was wise for us to take on so many other responsibilities.

'''Alphinaud:''' Lest you forget, Antecedent, the Scions need not shoulder the burden alone. Were not the Crystal Braves established for this very reason?
'''Alphinaud:''' True, we are presented with a multitude of problems. However, we have all the resources we need to address them in turn.
'''Alphinaud:''' [Forename], in particular, is ever a steadying hand, who I trust will continue to support the Braves.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' To what do we owe the pleasure? Have there been further developments regarding the situation in Ul'dah?

'''Alphinaud:''' As expected, the Immortal Flames have been struggling to cope with the revelation that one of their highest-ranking officers was a Garlean agent.
'''Alphinaud:''' Suffice it to say, Teledji Adeledji and his Monetarist ilk have wasted no time in attempting to turn the situation to their advantage. Coupled with ongoing unrest, the Flames are finding themselves hard-pressed.
'''Alphinaud:''' Plainly, General Raubahn needs our help, and I will direct the Crystal Braves to offer what support they can.
'''Alphinaud:''' If I am to stay abreast of the latest developments and issue effective orders, however, I cannot afford to waste time traveling back and forth.
'''Alphinaud:''' And so, for the foreseeable future, I think it would be for the best if I were to remain in Ul'dah─unless you have an objection?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' None whatsoever. We have matters here well in hand.

'''Alphinaud:''' Moenbryda's research is proceeding as planned?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' So she tells me, though I am not familiar with the details.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Urianger is poring over his tomes at the Waking Sands, and the others are contributing in their own ways.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Alas, the key problem─how to form an aetherial blade at will─remains unsolved. Nevertheless, it is only a matter of time.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' [Forename], while we focus on that task, mayhap you could assist Alphinaud and his Braves with theirs?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' It would do much to restore faith in the Immortal Flames if the Warrior of Light was seen working on their behalf.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Never forget that your esteemed status allows you to act in ways that those more tightly bound to organizations and nations cannot. As ever, I implore you to do so.

'''Alphinaud:''' Not that your response was ever in doubt, but I humbly thank you once more for aiding our cause.
'''Alphinaud:''' Now then, there are preparations I must attend to before my departure, such as receiving Riol's latest report.
'''Alphinaud:''' He has proven to be quite skilled at gathering information others wish kept secret, hence why I placed him under my direct command and ordered him to investigate the Ul'dahn riots.
'''Alphinaud:''' When you are finished here, join me outside. Depending on what he has to say, I may soon have a favor to ask.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' If there are any developments on our front, I shall inform you at once in the usual fashion.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' While we focus on resolving the Ascian threat, pray devote your energies to assisting Alphinaud and the Crystal Braves.

'''Alphinaud:''' Is everything in order, [Forename]? Are you ready to attend us?

'''Tataru:''' Hello, [Forename]! Are you sleeping well? You must be absolutely ''exhausted'' from saving the realm on a daily basis!

'''F'lhaminn:''' Ever since Moenbryda arrived, the Rising Stones has been buzzing with excited energy. I must admit, her enthusiasm ''is'' rather contagious.

'''Higiri:''' I am undamiliar with the dishes to the lands of the north. Perhaps once Moenbryda has concluded her current research, she might deign to share with me her culinary knowledge.

'''Papalymo:''' Moenbryda has charged us with acquiring some rather esoteric manuscripts, but I'm afraid the task is proving to be nigh impossible...
'''Y'shtola:''' When the city of learning was abandoned, a great many tomes were scattered and lost. How smoothly our research might proceed were we able to pursue the archives of yesteryear.

'''Yda:''' We needed a rare ore to modify the white auracite, and Thancred solved the problem using only his linkpearl. I mean, it's great and everything, but where's the fun in that...?
'''Thancred:''' When one is in need of precious commodities, it helps to have friends in the right places. Fortunately, I am well acquainted with the charming daughter of a successful Ul'dahn import merchant.

'''Hoary Boulder:''' We were but stripling adventurers the night we saw fire rain from the sky and a pillar of light scorch the heavens. What a sight that was, eh, Coultenet?
'''Coultenet:''' Hoary and I were is eastern Thanalan when the colossal shards of Dalamud pierced the ground. We stood witness to the subsequent explosion of aether, and watched dumbfounded as the swirling energy solidified into those twisted crystal structures that we now know so well.
'''Moenbryda:''' These two have been telling me stories about the corrupted crystal formations that appeared following the Calamity. I'll need more data before I can draw a conclusion, but I'm intrigued by the potential of their untapped energies.
-optional end

===Speaking with Riol===
-cutscene start
'''Riol:''' Pleasure as always, [Forename]. You'll be escortin' the commander to Ul'dah, I take it?

'''Alphinaud:''' Actually, I had another task in mind for {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}.
'''Alphinaud:''' If you would be so kind as to repeat your report for {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} benefit?

'''Riol:''' Right, then.
'''Riol:''' Me an' mine've been makin' inquiries into the source o' the weapons what found their ways into refugee hands a ways back.
'''Riol:''' So happens we caught wind o' somethin' promisin': a rather large purchase o' sharp an' pointy things by a black marketeer holed up near Highbridge.

'''Alphinaud:''' I doubt that this man would have secured such a quantity of weapons if he did not already have clients waiting─clients that, for whatever reason, would prefer for this transaction to remain secret.

'''Riol:''' Brings to mind that merchant what caught an arrow while talkin' to [Forename], don't it? Generous fellow, he was, dolin' out swords an' spears to the downtrodden an' disgruntled.
'''Riol:''' Which isn't to say that these clients have the same mischief in mind...but if ye want to be sure, might be prudent to intervene before they collect their goods, savvy?

'''Alphinaud:''' Seizing the weapons before they fall into the wrong hands would be for the best. However, if we strike at the appointed hour, we might capture the black marketeer as well as his clients. What say you, [Forename]?
'''Alphinaud:''' Then it is settled. Rendezvous with Captain Ilberd at Highbridge and intervene when the exchange takes place.
'''Alphinaud:''' Now then, if you would excuse me, I must leave for Ul'dah. I expect good tidings.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Riol:''' Don't keep Captain Ilberd waitin' for ye too long, {{alternatives|f=lass|m=mate}}. He might have to start without ye!
-optional end

===Speaking with Ilberd at Highbridge===
'''Ilberd:''' Ah, [Forename]. My scouts have been keeping a close eye on the black marketeer, and it would seem that his guests have arrived.
'''Ilberd:''' It would also seem that he has hired more than a few men to stand guard─common thugs of no consequence, but they nevertheless pose a threat.
'''Ilberd:''' Even so, I feel compelled to apologize. This is far beneath a {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} of your standing, and Commander Leveilleur needn't have dispatched you hither...
'''Ilberd:''' But powerful men ever have need of loyal, able-bodied friends. Having found one in you, 'tis only natural that he would come to rely upon you without hesitation.
-quest complete
-optional start
Urianger: Long hath the war between man and dragon raged on in the snow-swept north. The truth lieth locked in full many centuries of rime, and only beneath the unquenchable fires of inquiry shall it be laid bare once more.
Urianger: As ever, our quest to vanquish the immortal Ascians doth continue. To this end, my compeer Moenbryda hath journeyed hither from the Sharlayan motherland, that she might lend us the light of her knowledge. I have no doubt but that much fruit shall be borne of our collaboration.
Urianger: ...S-Such unseemingly imaginings are unworthy of thee. As hath already been made abundantly clear, Moenbryda is but an old friend. I had thought thee possessed of greater refinement than that blackguard Thancred.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

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The Reason Roaille

2026-09-01T04:16:43Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Reason Roaille
| description = [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] would discuss how best to proceed in light of recent developments.
| quest-giver = Minfilia Warde
| related-npcs = Alphinaud; Ilberd; Yugiri; Yuyuhase
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.1
| location-y = 5.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 75
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 2000
| reward1 = 1 Level 50 Weapon Coffer (IL 110)
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Eyes Unclouded
| next-quest = Let Us Cling Together
| patch = 2.4
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = a07ce7df7c3
| id-gt = 65624
| msq-index = 216
}}
==Walkthrough==
The {{item icon|Level 50 Weapon Coffer (IL 110)}} contains a {{rarity|tomestone}} [[rarity]] [[weapons|weapon]] from the [[Gerolt's Masterworks Weapons]] set. These weapons were originally indirectly acquired with {{tomestone|Soldiery}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery|Allagan Tomestones of Soldiery]].

Minfilia is in [[The Solar]].

===Solo Duty===
*Ignore [[Eline the Razor]], as she cannot be killed.
*Do not let [[Ilberd]] die; enemies attacking him should be your priority.
*Focus down the [[7th Cohort Death Claw]] when it appears, as it attaches to and damages Ilberd.
*Do your best to prevent the deaths of any allied NPCs, as they can keep reinforcements busy while you're taking care of other enemies.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
*Speak with [[Ilberd]] at [[Camp Bluefog]], in [[northern Thanalan]].
*Speak with Ilberd at the [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]].
*Speak with Alphinaud.

==Journal==
* [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] would discuss how best to proceed in light of recent developments.

* Minfilia has scarcely begun to tell you of her intent to study the great wyrm [[Midgardsormr]] when some manner of commotion erupts just outside [[The Solar|the solar]]. Do as the Antecedent bids and see if aught is amiss.

* A clearly agitated [[Alphinaud]] informs you that [[Eline Roaille]] has somehow managed to slip her confines and escape. He believes that the disgraced flame marshal means to flee to her imperial masters at [[Castrum Meridianum]]. Make haste to [[Camp Bluefog]] in [[northern Thanalan]], and join [[Ilberd]] and the 1st Unit in their hunt for the fugitive.

* You arrive at Camp Bluefog to the news that Eline Roaille passed through scarcely a bell before. Follow Captain Ilberd to the nearby [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]], the next notable landmark on the way to Castrum Meridianum.

* You overtake Eline Roaille at [[Raubahn's Push]], but not before she is joined by her imperial allies. Undeterred, you stand shoulder to shoulder with the [[Crystal Braves]] and the shinobi of [[Doma]], and engage the enemy, succeeding at length in overwhelming the [[Garlean]]s and recapturing the fugitive. Wholly unrepentant, [[Eline]] greets the subsequent arrival of Alphinaud with a hail of vitriol, and is lambasted by Ilberd for her shamelessness before being dragged away. Ask Alphinaud for his thoughts on the heated exchange.

* Alphinaud seems troubled. Though the sordid business of [[the Ivy]] is concluded, it has plainly left an unpleasant taste in his mouth.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' I mean to scour the annals for knowledge of Midgardsormr. Given his great age, I daresay he appears in more than a few─
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Hm? Do you hear that? The commotion outside... Would you see if aught is amiss?
-quest accepted
-optional start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' There seems to be some manner of commotion without. Pray see if aught is amiss.
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud===
'''Alphinaud:''' [Forename]! 'Tis well that you are on hand! We have a problem─Roaille has escaped!
'''Alphinaud:''' It happened shortly after the Immortal Flames took her into custody. She had been placed in a dungeon cell ahead of her coming trial, but apparently the accommodation was not to her liking.
'''Alphinaud:''' The turnkey was found slain along with two guards. 'Tis plain she received inside help.
'''Alphinaud:''' Citizens report seeing Roaille quitting the city via the Gate of Nald, with a bloodied spear in her hand.
'''Alphinaud:''' She makes for Castrum Meridianum, I am certain of it. With her fate in Eorzea as good as sealed, what recourse has she but to flee to her imperial masters?
'''Alphinaud:''' Even as we speak, Captain Ilberd and the 1st are hot upon Roaille's heels. Pray make haste to Camp Bluefog and join the hunt.

-optional start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''Eline, what have you done...?
-optional end

===Speaking with Ilberd at Camp Bluefog===
'''Ilberd:''' My thanks for coming, Scion. I have spoken with the soldiers here. They say that Roaille walked through the camp not a bell ago.
'''Ilberd:''' Aye, she ''walked'' right through─you did not mishear. We have Raubahn's decision to keep the matter secret to thank for that. Bad for morale, he said...
'''Ilberd:''' As a result, not a single Flame in the garrison made any attempt to detain her. And so here we are.
'''Ilberd:''' Roaille must not be allowed to reach Castrum Meridianum.

-optional start
'''Yuyuhase:''' <sigh> Was that really necessary? I had better be compensated for the additional exertion you caused me.
-optional end

===Speaking with Ilberd at the Ceruleum Processing Plant===
-cutscene start
'''Ilberd:''' This wretch was with Roaille. He threw himself at us that his mistress might escape.
'''Ilberd:''' She didn't blink when we cut him down─not even when he started screaming. No loyalty even to her own, the godsdamned harpy... <spit> With me, Scion─we almost have her.
-cutscene end

===Solo Duty===
'''Ilberd:''' I want Roaille ''alive''. Kill the rest! FOR EORZEA!

'''Roaille:''' Hmph! You will not take me so easily this time!

'''Ilberd:''' Enemy reinforcements! Look sharp, men!

'''Roaille:''' Show them no quarter!

'''Ilberd:''' What!? I...I can't...move!

'''Yuyuhase:''' ''More'' reinforcements? They really aren't paying me enough...

'''Roaille:''' Fools! You cannot stand against the Empire!

'''Ilberd:''' They have healers! Kill them first!

'''Yugiri:''' Forgive us our lateness!

'''Ilberd:''' We're in your debt!

'''Yugiri:''' The circle fetters those who wander within! Lure the enemy to it!

====If any allies should fall====
-optional start
'''Ilberd:''' Urgh... Gods damn it...

'''Yuyuhase:''' I've more than earned my coin already...

'''Yugiri:''' I was...careless...
-optional end

===Post-duty cutscene===
-cutscene start
'''Roaille:''' <gasp> <pant>

'''Ilberd:''' Bind her! And do it ''tight''!

'''x@Crystal Brave:''' Yes, sir!

'''Alphinaud:''' Good work, men.

'''Ilberd:''' She and her imperial cronies pushed us close, but we were better.

'''Alphinaud:''' Behold...a respected officer of the Immortal Flames. People looked up to you as one of the order's founding members─one of its ''pillars''. It saddens me to see you fallen so low.

'''Roaille:''' <snort> What would ''you'' know of low? You─a spoiled little lordling who has never known any want!

'''Alphinaud:''' I-I...

'''Roaille:''' People such as you take wealth and birth for granted! You think it your gods-given right to rule over others!
'''Roaille:''' You know naught of our plight─the injustice that we lowborn Ishgardians must endure! To the noble lords and ladies, we are not people, but resources to be consumed!
'''Roaille:''' I did what I had to do to survive─stealing, killing, even whoring myself! It is no fault of mine if fools imagined me a paragon when I joined the Flames!

'''Ilberd:''' To hear you tell it, one would think you the only person ever to have suffered.
'''Ilberd:''' In case you have forgotten, Raubahn himself was born into poverty─as was I. We lived hand-to-mouth, with little more than the shirts on our backs. Hunger was our constant companion.
'''Ilberd:''' Yet never did we bemoan our lot in life, nor did we begrudge others their fortunes. We accepted the hand that we had been dealt─and played it to the best of our ability.
'''Ilberd:''' Life was a battle, aye, but no matter what fate threw at us, we took it on the chin and came back for more. Everything we have, we fought for.

'''Roaille:''' How are we any different then!?

'''Ilberd:''' 'Tis true that we were both mercenaries of lowly birth.
'''Ilberd:''' And 'tis true that we both had our fair share of struggles.
'''Ilberd:''' But whereas I sold my sword, you, Marshal─you sold your comrades.
'''Ilberd:''' If life has taught me one thing, it is that you ''never'' betray your own. I would sooner cut off my own arm than raise a hand against a friend.
'''Ilberd:''' ...But enough talk. You will return to Ul'dah to face justice─and the people whose trust you have dragged through the gutter.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Ilberd:''' I joined the Crystal Braves that I might strike a blow against the Empire. Those who cast their lot with Garlemald should expect no better treatment.
-optional end

===Speaking with Alphinaud===
'''Alphinaud:''' Not so much as a hint of remorse... <sigh> 'Tis well that this sordid business is finally at an end.
'''Alphinaud:''' A friend's betrayal cuts deeper than steel. We must hope that we have chosen our own allies more wisely than Raubahn chose his.

-quest complete

-voiced cutscene start
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' I have heard. Truly bothersome business.
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' No, I do not foresee a problem on that front. The main concern is Raubahn─there is no telling what the brute might do.
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' Have the Blades watch him and the Flames day and night.
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' You may leave the sultana to me. I shall personally attend Her Grace.
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' Sever one of the East Aldenard trade routes. That ought to keep Lolorito occupied for a while.
'''Teledji Adeledji:''' Nanamo Ul Namo... For my sake, pray be a good little sultana to the last.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Eyes Unclouded

2026-09-01T00:03:51Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Eyes Unclouded
| image = Eyes Unclouded Image.png
| description = For one with reason to celebrate, [[Alphinaud]] looks rather grim.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs = Minfilia
| location = Coerthas Central Highlands
| location-x = 26.7
| location-y = 17.0
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 74
| level = 50
| req-items =
| exp = 2340
| gil = 760
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = The Road Less Traveled
| next-quest = The Reason Roaille
| patch = 2.4
| release = A Realm Reborn
| id-edb = 320882d550f
| id-gt = 65623
| msq-index = 215
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]] at [[the Rising Stones]].

==Journal==
* For one with reason to celebrate, [[Alphinaud]] looks rather grim.

* The implications of [[Iceheart]]'s actions are not lost on Alphinaud, who is eager to discuss them with your colleagues at [[the Rising Stones]]. Return with him to [[Mor Dhona]] and report to [[Minfilia Warde|Minfilia]].

* Was [[Shiva]] a [[primal]], or something heretofore unseen? Did Iceheart truly become her, and if so, did she retain control? Did the [[Ascians]] have a hand in her plans? Your tale raises more than a few questions which [[the Scions]] are unable to answer. Minfilia is most troubled by Iceheart's final words to you, from which she concludes that the heretics' leader is blessed with the power of [[the Echo]]. What drove the young maiden to take such drastic action remains unclear, but if she is to be believed, then the answer may lie with [[Midgardsormr]]─the great wyrm that perished at the [[Battle of Silvertear Skies]], and that [[Ishgard]]ian [[astrologian]]s fear may soon rise from the dead...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Minfilia: The events of recent days have placed a terrible strain on us all. Ever more keenly do I feel the weight of responsibility upon my breast.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Alphinaud:''' It would seem we have much to discuss with our friends at the Rising Stones.
'''Alphinaud:''' If what you say is true, Iceheart's method of summoning Shiva defies all precedent. It necessitates a complete reappraisal of the primal threat, and of our approach to combating it.
'''Alphinaud:''' Moreover, there are grave ramifications if word of this incident reaches imperial ears.
'''Alphinaud:''' The Garlean Empire believes that primals are an insufferable menace─that their mere existence is a threat to this very star. As such, they deem any action taken against the beast tribes to be justified by default.
'''Alphinaud:''' Imagine then...if it became known that it was not only the beast tribes of Eorzea that could summon primals, but her civilized peoples as well, any lingering objections to the Eorzean campaign would vanish overnight.
'''Alphinaud:''' Where before we had to contend with a ''single'' imperial legion, we could well find ourselves facing the combined might of ''all Garlemald''...
'''Alphinaud:''' But I speak unadvisedly. Come, [Forename]─it is better that we continue this conversation in Mor Dhona.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' If there is one thing that can be said for Ser Aymeric, it is that he understands how dangerous knowledge can be in the wrong hands.
'''Alphinaud:''' We are but fortunate that this incident took place in so remote a location. The truth should not be too difficult to suppress─for now, at least.
-optional end

====Optional dialogue in the Rising Stones====
-optional start
'''Tataru:''' There's little fortune and far less fame in being a receptionist. But one must be realistic!
'''Tataru:''' ...Also, it would seem that I was grossly misinformed regarding the average earnings of a street performer.

'''Y'shtola:''' True, young leaders can be more amenable to new ideas. Then again, their lack of experience and influence can hinder their ability to enact reforms.
'''Papalymo:''' I do not fault Ser Aymeric for being less than forthcoming with his beliefs. Not even the highborn are beyond the reach of the inquisition.

'''F'lhaminn:''' Ah, forgive me [Forename]... I thought I had prepared enough meals for everyone, but the others were most hungry...

'''Higiri:''' Our stocks of wine have nearly run dry. That Sharlayan scholar is drinking us out of house and home!

'''Coultenet:''' A sip before practice, a sip after practice, and all too often a sip ''during'' practice! I do believe Moenbryda is having quite the bad influence on you.
'''Hoary Boulder:''' Calm yourshelf, Coultenet! It'sh jusht a little ship after practish... Clearsh out the cobwebsh no end!

'''Thancred:''' Hey... Hey... I jus' gotta say... Yer a—hic—a pretty—hic—a...A... Yer all right.
'''Yda:''' What you two do is your own business. Don't say I didn't warn you!
'''Moenbryda:''' Trying to tumble the ''table'' now, are we? Don't give up yet, bot! Yda! Line 'em up!
-optional end

===Speaking with Minfilia at the Rising Stones===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Words cannot well express how glad I am to see you returned to us hale and whole.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Needless to say, I am most eager to hear your account of that which occurred in Coerthas─assuming you are ready to speak of it?
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Excellent. I shall summon the others at once.

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Iceheart used ''her own body'' as a vessel for a primal's soul?

'''Y'shtola:''' Master Louisoix's writings make no mention of such a possibility. Can we be certain this entity was a primal?

'''Papalymo:''' As certain as we can be that Good King Moggle Mog XII was a primal, I should think. Both were ostensibly summoned.

'''Thancred:''' Let's not quibble over definitions. Of more concern is the implication that Iceheart retained her will even after she was possessed. We are talking about a mortal wielding the power of a primal!

'''Yda:''' It can't possibly be that easy, can it? There must be some sort of sacrifice required. Or maybe she's just special?

'''Urianger:''' What qualities this woman possesseth, I know not, but full sure am I that she was groomed for this role.
'''Urianger:''' Few are privy to the secrets of summoning, and but a single party standeth to profit from their dissemination.

'''Moenbryda:''' Well, I wouldn't presume to comment on how the lass came to know about summoning, but I ''will'' say that what she summoned was a primal. The readings were the same, or near as damn it.
'''Moenbryda:''' Strange as it all sounds, it's really no different from what you've faced before.

'''Y'shtola:''' Then mayhap it is time that we reexamined our previous encounters.

'''Papalymo:''' Pack your things, Yda. We're going back to Gridania.

'''Yda:''' Yes sir!

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' About Iceheart's final words to you...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' "Hear... Feel... Think...“
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Hydaelyn speaks to ''her'' as well.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' If Iceheart is blessed with the power of the Echo, she will doubtless have used it to further her goals.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' ...Or could it be that it was a revelation granted her by the Echo which first set her on this path? She did say that the Ishgardians were blind to the truth.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Do you think she has knowledge of the origins of the Ishgardian-Dravanian war? It would do much to explain her unwavering conviction.

'''Urianger:''' Did not the Lady Iceheart implore thee to seek the Keeper of the Lake? And did she not imply that in so doing thou wouldst come to see with eyes unclouded?

'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Midgardsormr was a king amongst kings who reigned for centuries on end... But he is dead, and his wisdom lost to the ages─unless the Ishgardians' fears are well founded...
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' It would seem we have yet another reason to stand watch over the Keeper of the Lake. For a mercy, we are well positioned to do so.
'''Minfilia Warde@Minfilia:''' Iceheart, Shiva, Ascians, and Midgardsormr. I shudder to think how they are all connected...
-cutscene end
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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The Symphony of Life

2026-08-31T04:06:54Z

MegaMegaLobo: Optional dialogues

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Symphony of Life
| description = The wandering minstrel is concerned for a visitor to Vylbrand. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = the symphony of life1.png
| quest-giver = Wandering Minstrel
| related-npcs = A'nimuili; Ayoyo; Baderon; Bathu Molkoh; Dorathia; Lyngsath; Naoki Yoshida (NPC); Querying Keeper of the Moon; R'tcha; Roegadyn Merchant
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
| location-x = 11.0
| location-y = 12.9
| type = quest
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Seasonal Events Quests
| journal-genre = Rising Events
| event = The Rising (2026)
| sortkey = 602
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| category =
| level = 15
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 1440
| gil = 683
| reward1 = 1 Wind-up Wuk Lamat
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = ach Thankful Thirteen
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = Prelude's Call
| patch = 7.55
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71046
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with the querying Keeper of the Moon.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh and have her accompany you.
* Speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Speak with Ayoyo while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Survey the designated location while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh near the Fishermen's Guild.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh in Aleport.
* Speak with the wandering minstrel in Limsa Lominsa.
==Journal==
* The wandering minstrel is concerned for a visitor to Vylbrand. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.

* You are making your way through Limsa Lominsa during the Rising when you come upon the wandering minstrel. The man beseeches you to assist a visitor to Vylbrand in her search for an acquaintance, and agreeing to the task, you set forth to find the Keeper of the Moon in question at the Aftcastle. ※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

* It does not take you long to locate the visitor, who is in the midst of making a fruitless inquiry. Grateful for your offer of aid, the Miqo'te maiden introduces herself as Bathu Molkoh, a member of Orchestra Gridania, before revealing that the object of her search is a musical rival named A'nimuili. Apparently, A'nimuili suddenly gave up her craft to become an adventurer, and Bathu wishes to give her a piece of her mind for wasting her talents. While you sense that there is more to their relationship, you keep that thought to yourself as you head to the Drowning Wench in hopes of picking up a trail.

* At the Drowning Wench, you learn from Baderon that, since signing up as an adventurer, A'nimuili has mainly accepted the little tasks. The revelation comes as a surprise to Bathu, who questions why her friend would give up her life's passion to do mundane things. The barkeep then reveals that A'nimuili has been taking on various jobs for the Rising, and suggests that you have a chat with Lyngsath, one of her recent clients.

* Bathu bids you lead the way to the Bismarck to find Lyngsath. Hopefully, the man will be able to point you in A'nimuili's direction. ※You must be accompanied by Bathu Molkoh to complete this task. Speak with her again should you become separated.

* Lyngsath informs you that A'nimuili helped him set up a stall for the Rising; the festival is apparently close to her heart, and she worked like a woman possessed. While the Bismarck's head chef does not know where she is lodging, it appears she was also assisting the Yellowjackets, and so you next set off to find Ayoyo at the Coral Tower.

* According to Ayoyo, A'nimuili has been helping those who suffer in the Calamity's wake, and regularly lends a hand at Llymlaen's Shoals, an orphanage in Limsa Lominsa. The headmistress, Dorathia, is presently in the vicinity of the Aftcastle, and you go to look for her.

* Speaking with Dorathia, you learn that A'nimuili has been playing music for the orphans to comfort them. This leads Bathu to realize that A'nimuili did not in fact abandon her passion, but rather shares it, and she finally admits that she has missed and feared for her friend above all else. Seeing that Bathu is no longer bent on making A'nimuili return to Gridania, Dorathia reveals that she is presently working in Aleport in western La Noscea, and suggests that you take the ferry in front of the Fishermen's Guild.

* At the ferry docks, Bathu expresses her gratitude to you and others for opening her eyes. She now realizes that, were she to continue on her original course, she would only create a rift between her and A'nimuili. She then sets off for Aleport, but not before begging your continued presence for her long-anticipated meeting with A'nimuili.

* Shortly after you arrive in Aleport, Bathu hears a familiar voice—that of A'nimuili. So it is that the wayward friends are reunited at last, and in speaking honestly of their hopes and aspirations, they gain newfound respect and understanding for one another. With that, your part in their tale comes to an end, and you turn your steps back to Limsa Lominsa to report the happy conclusion to the wandering minstrel.

* The minstrel listens intently as you recount your experiences with Bathu. Your words prompt him to muse on the nature of our connections with our fellow man, and he proceeds to perform a new verse in your presence. No sooner does he strum the first chord than you find yourself transported to a mysterious amphitheatre, where you encounter the enigmatic Naoki Yoshida. The man expresses his heartfelt hopes for your ongoing journey together, before returning you to the Anchor Yard. There, as spectacular fireworks light up the darkening sky, the minstrel favors you with another song—a song which he dedicates to you, who contribute to the symphony of life. Wherever your journeys may lead, may your footfalls ever resound for all to hear...
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
>If the player has met the Wandering Minstrel before:
Wandering Minstrel: Well now, if it isn't my friend [Forename]. 'Tis a pleasure to see you again—and a stroke of serendipity that it should be here and now.
>If the player has '''not''' met the Wandering Minstrel before:
Wandering Minstrel: You are an adventurer, if I am not mistaken. And you are called [Forename], you say? Well met, my friend. I am a humble minstrel, and 'tis a stroke of serendipity that you should approach me here and now.
---
Wandering Minstrel: You see, just earlier, I chanced to meet a woman who was looking for an acquaintance. Being a visitor to Vylbrand, however, she struggles to make headway, and could use the assistance of a reliable adventurer.
Wandering Minstrel: If you are willing to provide your aid, I should be glad to compensate you for your troubles. I only ask that you share the details with me afterwards.
Wandering Minstrel: As a minstrel, I am ever in search of inspiration for song, and much can be had during the Rising, when we remember the past even as we look to the future. So, what say you? Will you do me this favor?
Wandering Minstrel: I am truly grateful. Without further ado, I bid you seek out the woman in question, a Keeper of the Moon garbed in red. She was making inquiries over at the Aftcastle, and is like to still be there.
Wandering Minstrel: While you attend her, I shall be nearby taking in the observance. I look forward to hearing your report at the conclusion of your task.
-quest accepted
===Speak with the querying Keeper of the Moon===
-optional start
Wandering Minstrel: The woman in question is a Keeper of the Moon garbed in red, and she should still be making inquiries over at the Aftcastle. Please help her to track down her acquaintance.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: <sigh> Still not so much as a clue... Where could she have gotten to?
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: Y-Yes? Is there something...?
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: The minstrel sent you to help me? Well now, how very thoughtful of him. I must admit, I'm at my wit's end.
Bathu Molkoh: Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Bathu Molkoh, a member of Orchestra Gridania, and as you've already heard, I'm searching for someone. Can I truly count on your aid?
Bathu Molkoh: So, the person I seek is a woman named A'nimuili. I have to find her. I simply have to.

Question: What will you say?

> Why do you want to find her so badly?
Bathu Molkoh: Why? Because she's my biggest rival, and I need to settle matters with her!
> Is she a loved one?
Bathu Molkoh: L-Loved one!? Perish the thought! She's my biggest rival, and I need to settle matters with her!
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Bathu Molkoh: Nimuili is a musician like me, and we've been battling it out in exams and competitions for years now.
Bathu Molkoh: Freakishly talented, is Nimuili. Looks carefree as you please, but no one immerses themselves in the music like her, and her expressiveness is second to none. As hard as I practice, more often than not, she'd get the better of me.
Bathu Molkoh: But then she disappeared. Just up and left, some time after the Calamity struck. Word has it she became an adventurer, but it makes no sense. She had poured her life into music. Why would she suddenly cast it aside?
Bathu Molkoh: She hasn't been seen in Gridania since then, and for a while I'd feared the worst...
Bathu Molkoh: But then an acquaintance involved in the Rising told me that she's been seen in Limsa Lominsa, and I made my way over as fast I could!
Bathu Molkoh: N-Not that I care for her or anything. I want to give her a piece of my mind, is all—tell her to return to music and not waste her talents!
Bathu Molkoh: But since arriving here, I haven't found a single clue. I'm not sure where to begin looking...

Question: What will you say?

> Drinking holes are always a good bet for information.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... In which case, we'll want to head to the tavern yonder—the Drowning something. Come on!
> The Adventurers' Guild might know something.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... In which case, we'll want to head to the tavern yonder—the Drowning something. Come on!
> There are probably surer places for making inquiries.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... Like that tavern yonder—the Drowning something. That's bound to have a good crowd. Let's try our luck there!
---
-cutscene end
===Speak with Bathu Molkoh===
Bathu Molkoh: Right, the Drowning ''Wench''—that was the name. How macabre... Anyway, let's try speaking with the barkeep first.
-cutscene start
>If the Player has '''not''' met Baderon before
Baderon: Greetin's, friends, an' welcome to the Drownin' Wench. I'd ask what yer 'avin'...but ye don't look as though yer 'ere fer food an' drink. Got business with the guild, I take it?
>If the Player has met Baderon before
Baderon: Well, if it ain't [Forename]. I'd ask what yer 'avin'...but ye don't look as though yer 'ere fer food an' drink. What can I do ye fer, then?
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Baderon: An adventurer what 'ails from Gridania, name of A'nimuili...
Baderon: Ah right, the archer lass. I remember signin' 'er up and seein' 'er runnin' around these parts.
Baderon: That bein' said, we ain't s'posed to divulge the particulars o' guild members...
Baderon: Well, I s'pose there's no 'arm in sharin' a thing or two. After the Calamity, we 'ad no shortage of inquiries fer missin' persons, an' I understand the pain o' not knowin' what's become o' yer own.
Baderon: Since signin' up with the guild, A'nimuili's mainly taken on the little tasks. Deliverin' packages, clearin' away debris, an' aye, searchin' fer people too.

Bathu Molkoh: That's rather...unexpected. I'd assumed adventurers did grander things, like exploring new lands and solving mysteries. Otherwise, why would Nimuili give up her life's passion?

Baderon: Some few adventurers embark on grand quests an' accomplish great feats, 'tis true enough.
Baderon: But most are content to make a difference in folk's everyday lives, an' A'nimuili struck me as the sort what simply enjoyed 'elpin' others.
Baderon: Ye also 'ave to remember, the Calamity turned lives upside down. I expect she 'ad 'er reasons fer choosin' a new path.
Baderon: Now then, if ye wants to track down yer friend, the quickest way would be through 'er work.
Baderon: O' late, she's taken on a bunch o' jobs fer the Risin', an' old Lyngsath was one of 'er clients. Ye could do worse'n 'ave a chat with the bloke.
Baderon: It's a fair distance to the Bismarck, an' I'd hate fer our visitor to run afoul o' Limsa's less savory elements. Make sure she gets where she needs to go safely, eh?

Bathu Molkoh: Thank you, Baderon. I'll keep your words in mind.

Baderon: Don't mention it, lass. An' whatever it is ye intend afterwards, I pray yer able to reunite with A'nimuili.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Bathu Molkoh and have her accompany you===
Bathu Molkoh: I'd wanted to tell Nimuili to give up adventuring and return to music. But now I'm not so sure...
Bathu Molkoh: What led her to make her choice? By retracing her steps, perhaps I can understand her better...
Bathu Molkoh: I must say, it's amazing how quickly we managed to pick up her trail with your help. I'm also impressed that Baderon remembers the adventurers he's met.
Bathu Molkoh: Right, let's do as suggested and seek out Master Lyngsath. Pray lead the way!

===Speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
>If the Player speaks with Bathu Molkoh:
Question: What will you do?
>> Small talk.
Bathu Molkoh: The famous Bismarck... I'd dreamed of visiting, if not quite under these circumstances.
Bathu Molkoh: Hopefully Master Lyngsath can point us in Nimuili's direction!
>> Part ways with Bathu Molkoh.
Question: Are you sure you wish to part ways with Bathu Molkoh?
>>> Yes
Bathu Molkoh: Has something urgent come up? Very well, I'll wait back at the Drowning Wench.
Speak with Bathu Molkoh again to resume quest.
Bathu Molkoh: There you are! Come, let's go and find Nimuili!
>>> No
Cancels dialogue.
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>> Nothing.
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>If the Player attempts to speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is not being escorted:
System: You must be accompanied by Bathu Molkoh and have her at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.
---
>If ???
System: Bathu Molkoh has yet to arrive. Be sure she is at your side before attempting to continue.
---
Conversation Points:
> ('''X''': 11.2, '''Y''': 8.0) ''Discuss the adventurers''.
Bathu Molkoh: There are adventurers in this apothecary too... Delivering herbs, by the sounds of it.
Bathu Molkoh: When you think about it, we rely on adventurers for many things in everyday life.
Bathu Molkoh: That being said, no matter how essential the task, surely Nimuili doesn't need to be the one to do them.
Bathu Molkoh: She has incredible talent as a musician and loved being one. What could have happened to make her abandon her path...?

Adventurer A: Are the herbs to your satisfaction?
Merchant: Aye, they're perfect. You two never let me down.
Adventurer B: We're glad to be of service!

> ('''X''': 10.3, '''Y''': 8.6) ''Discuss the Bismarck''.
Bathu Molkoh: So this is the Bismarck!
Bathu Molkoh: Did you know, [Forename]? This place is famous not only for its cuisine, but for hosting soirées with renowned musicians as well.
Bathu Molkoh: It's a great honor to be invited to perform here, and Nimuili and I used to make a big fuss about who would get the call first.
---
-optional end
Lyngsath: Well now, ye two've got questions written all over yer faces. What is it ye be needin'?
Lyngsath: Ah yes, A'nimuili. 'Elped us set up a stall fer the Risin', she did.
Lyngsath: The festival's close to 'er 'eart, apparently, an' she worked like a woman possessed. We finished in no time thanks to 'er.

Bathu Molkoh: I see... Did she mention where she was lodging, by any chance?

Lyngsath: Not to me, she didn't. She was also 'elpin' the Yellowjackets with the fireworks, though, so mayhap ye wants to talk to Ayoyo over at the Coral Tower.

Bathu Molkoh: The keepers of the peace in Limsa Lominsa? Thank you, we'll head there at once!
===Speak with Ayoyo while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
Lyngsath: The Yellowjackets're in charge o' the fireworks fer the Risin', an' A'nimuili was 'elpin' 'em with that. Might be as Ayoyo knows somethin' of 'er whereabouts.
Bathu Molkoh: It's a relief to know— I-I mean, it raises my hackles to hear how Nimuili's been gallivanting about!
Bathu Molkoh: At any rate, it's good to speak with folk who know her directly. What was Nimuili doing for the Yellowjackets, I wonder...
-optional end
>If the Player has '''not''' met Ayoyo before:
Ayoyo: Oh, 'ello there. Ye stand within the Coral Tower, 'eadquarters o' the Yellowjackets. Is there an incident ye wish to report?
>If the Player has met Ayoyo before:
Ayoyo: Oh, if it ain't our kindly 'elper [Forename]. What brings ye to the Coral Tower this fine {{alternatives|evening|morn|day}}?
---
Ayoyo: Aye, we 'ad A'nimuili procure us some ingredients fer the fireworks. Can't 'ave too much o' the flamin' colors this time o' year, as I'm sure ye can appreciate.
Ayoyo: As I understand it, she wants to aid them as suffer in the Calamity's wake, an' was keen as mustard to be involved with aught to do with the Risin'.

Bathu Molkoh: Is that so...

Ayoyo: If ye wants to know where she is, I suggest ye speak with Dorathia, the headmistress o' Llymlaen's Shoals. A'nimuili regularly lends 'er a hand at the orphanage.
Ayoyo: When I chanced upon Dorathia earlier, she was on 'er way to 'ave a cup o' tea at the Missin' Member, so she's like to be over at the Aftcastle. If ye can find 'er, might be as she can direct ye to yer friend.

Bathu Molkoh: Sh-She's a rival, not a friend... But I'll do as you suggest and look for Miss Dorathia. Thank you for the advice!

===Survey the designated location while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
Ayoyo: As I said, A'nimuili regularly lends a hand at Llymlaen's Shoals. If anyone knows where she is, it'd be Dorathia.
Ayoyo: The lassie seems quite worried fer 'er friend—ahem, ''rival''. 'Ope ye find 'er soon.
Bathu Molkoh: I'm sorry for making you run all over the place with me, but thanks to you, we're getting closer to tracking down Nimuili.
Bathu Molkoh: But what a surprise to learn what she's been doing as an adventurer. Helping those who suffer in the Calamity's wake... Hmmm...
-optional end
-cutscene start
Bathu Molkoh: Begging your pardon, but might you be Miss Dorathia of Llymlaen's Shoals?

Dorathia: That's me alright. An' who might ye be?
Bathu Molkoh and Dorathia converse.
Dorathia: So that's the way of it. Nimuili's been doin' all sorts of odd jobs fer us, from makin' repairs 'round the place to procurin' necessities. All the children adore 'er—ain't that right, R'tcha?

R'tcha: Nimuili always plays songs for us. Beautiful, soothing songs.

Bathu Molkoh: She still performs even now...?

Dorathia: Most o' the little ones at the Shoals lost their families in the Calamity. Years on, they still suffer from nightmares an' anxiety.
Dorathia: The music what Nimuilia plays comforts 'em like nothin' else. To know to do that, she 'erself must've known tragedy too.

Bathu Molkoh: So she didn't abandon her passion, but rather shares it...
Bathu Molkoh: [Forename]... At first, I thought only to convince Nimuili to return to music.
Bathu Molkoh: But now, I understand why she made her choice. What she's doing is meaningful, and it wouldn't be right to tell her to give it up.
Bathu Molkoh: So...what should I say to her when we meet? I'm at a complete loss...

R'tcha: You're Nimuili's friend, right? Do you miss her?

Bathu Molkoh: W-We're not friends, but rivals! Th-That's right, rivals!
Bathu Molkoh: <sigh> Who am I fooling?
Bathu Molkoh: To have her not only disappear, but take up a dangerous trade besides... I've missed her as well as feared for her.
Bathu Molkoh: And when I imagine that I wouldn't be able to strive beside her or hear her music anymore...
Bathu Molkoh: It's too much for me to bear!

R'tcha: Then when you find Nimuili, tell her you're glad to see her again!

Dorathia: Ye never know when a loved one'll be taken from ye, so make sure to leave naught unsaid. This is somethin' as I've learned over the years.
Dorathia: Now then, if ye'd been bent on makin' Nimuili go back, then I would've feigned ignorance. But as it stands, I see no reason to 'ide 'er whereabouts. Ye'll find 'er in Aleport, over in western La Noscea.
Dorathia: The area was 'ard 'it by the Calamity, and she went there to do 'er bit. Take the ferry in front o' the Fishermen's Guild—it sails straight to the port.

Bathu Molkoh: I will! Thank you, both of you!

R'tcha: Be seeing you!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Bathu Molkoh near the Fishermen's Guild===
-optional start
R'tcha: How did I know she was Nimuili's friend? Hehe, that's easy.
R'tcha: I once asked Nimuili why she was so good at her instrument. She said it's because she has a friend at home who tries harder than anyone. She doesn't want to be outdone, so she practices every day.
R'tcha: I knew Bathu was that friend as soon as she told us her story!

Dorathia: This little one's mother was an old friend o' mine, but she was sadly one o' the ones taken in the Calamity.
Dorathia: So when I gave that advice, I was speakin' from experience. Bein' stubborn gets yer naught but regret, believe ye me.
-optional end

Bathu Molkoh: In the course of searching for Nimuili, I've come to realize many things.
Bathu Molkoh: For one, if I tried to make her go home, she isn't like to listen. No, we'd probably end up shouting at each other and parting on bad terms.
Bathu Molkoh: That's the last thing I want, and I'm truly grateful to you and everyone for opening my eyes.
Bathu Molkoh: Now, just to confirm, but you're coming to Aleport too, yes? I'm starting to feel a little nervous and could use the support...

===Speak with Bathu Molkoh in Aleport===
Bathu Molkoh: According to Miss Dorathia, Nimuili should be working in this area...

A'nimuili@???: And we're back! So, where do you want the crate?

Bathu Molkoh: That voice! It's her!

-cutscene start
Roegadyn Merchant: My thanks, lass, you're always a great help. I'll take it from here, so you can run along and collect your reward. When you have time, come and play some songs at our village again, eh?

Bathu Molkoh: Nimuili! I've found you at last!

A'nimuili: Bathu!? Good gods, it's been so long!

Bathu Molkoh: “It's been so long”? That's all you have to say?
Bathu Molkoh: You vanished with nary a word! No one knew where you were!
Bathu Molkoh: Do you have any idea how worried I've been!?

A'nimuili: Wh-What's this all of a sudden? I feel as if I'm missing something...
A'nimuili: So you thought I'd given up music, and came all this way to drag me back... Hehe, it's flattering in a way.

Bathu Molkoh: That was the original plan anyway, before I learned that you've been dedicating yourself to those who suffered in the Calamity. That you've been using music to bring people comfort.

A'nimuili: My father fought and fell at Carteneau. And when my sickly mother died after that, it made me stop and consider what I truly wanted to achieve with the gifts I have.
A'nimuili: It didn't take long to arrive at the answer. I wanted to share the joy of music with all who strive to make their way in our Calamity-ravaged world.

Bathu Molkoh: Yes, I understand that now. Yours is a worthwhile calling, and I won't try to convince you to come back.
Bathu Molkoh: Still, I can't help but feel sad. I had assumed you'd always be there as my rival, but then you gave that up and and found another path...

A'nimuili: Gave up? Hardly! You've always pushed me forward with your relentless pursuit of perfection, and I felt that I needed to find my own sound.
A'nimuili: One day, I hope to express my experiences on this journey in song. And when I do, you had better still be there, with your skills sharp as ever!

Bathu Molkoh: Ahahaha, spoken like a true rival! All this time, I've been running around in circles!
Bathu Molkoh: It goes without saying that you can do as you please. But I want you to promise me one thing...
Bathu Molkoh: Wherever you are, stay safe. And visit me from time to time!

A'nimuili: That's ''two'' things! But all right. I can do that much.

Bathu Molkoh: [Forename]. Meeting Nimuili again has taken a weight off my heart, and I can't thank you enough for accompanying me all this way.
Bathu Molkoh: I'm truly glad that the minstrel sent you.
Bathu Molkoh: Now then, you and I have some catching up to do. I want to know everything—where you've been, what you've seen, the songs you've played...as both a friend and a rival!

System: You have seen Bathu Molkoh's quest to find her dear friend to a happy conclusion. The wandering minstrel will be eager for your report.
-cutscene end

===Speak with the wandering minstrel in Limsa Lominsa===
-optional start
Speak to Bathu Molkoh:
Bathu Molkoh: I hear the children at the orphanage are quite fond of you. What do you play for them?

A'nimuili: All sorts of songs, but the old classic ''On Windy Meadows'' is probably their favorite. Nothing warms the heart like seeing their smiles, let me tell you! You should join me for a duet next time!
Bathu Molkoh: What!?
Bathu Molkoh: I-I'm a busy person, I'll have you know... But if you insist, I suppose I can spare a moment!

Speak to A'nimuili:
A'nimuili: To think that Bathu would come looking for me...
-optional end

Wandering Minstrel: Welcome back, my friend. By your elated expression, I take it you met with success in your search.
Wandering Minstrel: So the two friends whose paths diverged after the Calamity were happily reunited during the Rising, with each gaining newfound understanding for the other... 'Tis a joyous outcome, and I am glad I entreated your aid.
Wandering Minstrel: I must say, it is quite fascinating how we define ourselves through our connections. Our endeavors may be our own, and no one else's. Yet there are often others who walk the selfsame path, and their presence can serve to guide and inspire.
Wandering Minstrel: Be it a shining beacon, a warming flame, or a consuming blaze, how those individuals are perceived may vary. But it is by virtue of their existence that we are able to see where we presently stand.
Wandering Minstrel: Yes, I believe I have the makings of a new verse, and I owe it to you. If you have time still, I should like to hear your tale in more detail. Will you not join me for the fireworks?
-cutscene start
Wandering Minstrel: We have a moment before the display begins. While we wait, will you not lend an ear to my verse? It is a song of comfort and hope, dedicated to all who forge on in the Calamity's wake...
Scene changes.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@???: Greetings, Warrior of Light.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@???: This is a world that exists outside your reality. Could it be a dream? A flight of fancy conjured by your weary mind? Perhaps...or perhaps not.
>If player has '''not''' completed a Rising quest before:
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: 'Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Naoki Yoshida, and I have beckoned you here that I might express my gratitude. Lest you wonder, an enchanting concert is to be held at this venue, and I have come to attend it.
>If player has completed a Rising quest before:
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: 'Tis a pleasure to meet you again. As I have in the past, I have beckoned you here that I might express my gratitude. Lest you wonder, an enchanting concert is to be held at this venue, and I have come to attend it.
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Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: “Music is about enjoying sound. Everyone should be able to enjoy it freely.”
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: These are the words of a comrade and composer.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Looking back, I marvel at how long we have been on this journey with you and yours.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: We have experienced good times and bad. Partaken of the sweet and the bitter both. But through it all, ever did music resound, captivating and wondrous.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Even as our journey unfolded, many events have taken place in the world beyond. Events that shape our values and way of life.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: I for one have changed with them, and I am quite certain you have as well.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: So it only follows that this world, too, must undergo change.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: A transformation driven by our hope that your journey will always be worthwhile.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: As we forge ahead, nothing would please us more than to continue having you there beside us.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Enjoying your adventures freely, to the accompaniment of marvelous music.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: ...Now, the time has come for this vision to end; time for your eyes to open from this waking dream.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: This world shall yet endure. And as we continue on our way, I pray that the notes that resound from each of us shall have occasion to rise together once more in harmony.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Till that day, I wish you safe and happy travels. Fare you well.
Scene changes back.
Wandering Minstrel: Countless souls abide in this world, and the connections we forge with one another give rise to the symphony of life. In the course of your journeys, you will have heard such music.
Wandering Minstrel: You yourself have been a performer, creating music with those around you. In recognition of this, I wish to dedicate to you another verse, that your footfalls may resound for all to hear...
Wandering Minstrel: Upon the wind they echo far, The songs of life upon our star.♪ With journeys' mark the land abounds, Beyond the morrow to resound.♪
Wandering Minstrel: Though sun may set and twilight fall, The stars a gleam on blackened pall.♪ Our songs shall e'er light the way, And guide us forth to break of day.♪
Wandering Minstrel: As we make our way in the journey of life, we choose with whom we walk. Sometimes, however, someone may appear upon the road unannounced, and we find ourselves taken in directions we had not imagined.
Wandering Minstrel: For instance, had you not lent young Bathu your aid, she and A'nimuili would not enjoy the connection they now share.
Wandering Minstrel: To thus appear before others is your destiny, I daresay, and I cannot help but wonder what you will see and hear in your journeys to come. When next we meet, I pray you will regale me with your tales once more.
-quest complete
> If the Player hasn't completed a seasonal quest before
System: You have unlocked the toy chest. Open the toy chest found in any inn room to play mini-games.
</nowiki>
---
-optional start
Bathu Molkoh: Forename! You won't believe this, but Nimuili has been far more reckless than I thought!
Bathu Molkoh: She's ventured deep into the wilds, even going to settlements that are far from friendly, simply to share music. Are all adventurers so heedless of danger?
Bathu Molkoh: ...By your expression, I take it I'm grumbling to the wrong person. <sigh> I pity whoever it is that has to wait and worry while you're off risking life and limb.
A'nimuili: Oh, it's you again. I owe you an apology─it seems you spent a good deal of time looking for me...
A'nimuili: But thanks to you, I was able to reconnect with Bathu. We've talked about all sorts of things, like what we did after the Calamity, what we intend to do now, and─of course─music!
A'nimuili: By the by, you're called Forename, right? I'd heard the name before in rumors, but you couldn't possibly be that Forename...could you?
-optional end}}

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The Symphony of Life

2026-08-31T04:04:11Z

MegaMegaLobo: /* Dialogue */

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Symphony of Life
| description = The wandering minstrel is concerned for a visitor to Vylbrand. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.
| image = the symphony of life1.png
| quest-giver = Wandering Minstrel
| related-npcs = A'nimuili; Ayoyo; Baderon; Bathu Molkoh; Dorathia; Lyngsath; Naoki Yoshida (NPC); Querying Keeper of the Moon; R'tcha; Roegadyn Merchant
| cutscene-npcs =
| location = Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
| location-x = 11.0
| location-y = 12.9
| type = quest
| journal-section = Other Quests
| journal-category = Seasonal Events Quests
| journal-genre = Rising Events
| event = The Rising (2026)
| sortkey = 602
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| category =
| level = 15
| quest-sync =
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 1440
| gil = 683
| reward1 = 1 Wind-up Wuk Lamat
| reputation-reward =
| unlocks = ach Thankful Thirteen
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = Prelude's Call
| patch = 7.55
| id-edb =
| id-gt = 71046
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with the querying Keeper of the Moon.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh and have her accompany you.
* Speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Speak with Ayoyo while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Survey the designated location while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh near the Fishermen's Guild.
* Speak with Bathu Molkoh in Aleport.
* Speak with the wandering minstrel in Limsa Lominsa.
==Journal==
* The wandering minstrel is concerned for a visitor to Vylbrand. ※This quest is available for a limited time only.

* You are making your way through Limsa Lominsa during the Rising when you come upon the wandering minstrel. The man beseeches you to assist a visitor to Vylbrand in her search for an acquaintance, and agreeing to the task, you set forth to find the Keeper of the Moon in question at the Aftcastle. ※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

* It does not take you long to locate the visitor, who is in the midst of making a fruitless inquiry. Grateful for your offer of aid, the Miqo'te maiden introduces herself as Bathu Molkoh, a member of Orchestra Gridania, before revealing that the object of her search is a musical rival named A'nimuili. Apparently, A'nimuili suddenly gave up her craft to become an adventurer, and Bathu wishes to give her a piece of her mind for wasting her talents. While you sense that there is more to their relationship, you keep that thought to yourself as you head to the Drowning Wench in hopes of picking up a trail.

* At the Drowning Wench, you learn from Baderon that, since signing up as an adventurer, A'nimuili has mainly accepted the little tasks. The revelation comes as a surprise to Bathu, who questions why her friend would give up her life's passion to do mundane things. The barkeep then reveals that A'nimuili has been taking on various jobs for the Rising, and suggests that you have a chat with Lyngsath, one of her recent clients.

* Bathu bids you lead the way to the Bismarck to find Lyngsath. Hopefully, the man will be able to point you in A'nimuili's direction. ※You must be accompanied by Bathu Molkoh to complete this task. Speak with her again should you become separated.

* Lyngsath informs you that A'nimuili helped him set up a stall for the Rising; the festival is apparently close to her heart, and she worked like a woman possessed. While the Bismarck's head chef does not know where she is lodging, it appears she was also assisting the Yellowjackets, and so you next set off to find Ayoyo at the Coral Tower.

* According to Ayoyo, A'nimuili has been helping those who suffer in the Calamity's wake, and regularly lends a hand at Llymlaen's Shoals, an orphanage in Limsa Lominsa. The headmistress, Dorathia, is presently in the vicinity of the Aftcastle, and you go to look for her.

* Speaking with Dorathia, you learn that A'nimuili has been playing music for the orphans to comfort them. This leads Bathu to realize that A'nimuili did not in fact abandon her passion, but rather shares it, and she finally admits that she has missed and feared for her friend above all else. Seeing that Bathu is no longer bent on making A'nimuili return to Gridania, Dorathia reveals that she is presently working in Aleport in western La Noscea, and suggests that you take the ferry in front of the Fishermen's Guild.

* At the ferry docks, Bathu expresses her gratitude to you and others for opening her eyes. She now realizes that, were she to continue on her original course, she would only create a rift between her and A'nimuili. She then sets off for Aleport, but not before begging your continued presence for her long-anticipated meeting with A'nimuili.

* Shortly after you arrive in Aleport, Bathu hears a familiar voice—that of A'nimuili. So it is that the wayward friends are reunited at last, and in speaking honestly of their hopes and aspirations, they gain newfound respect and understanding for one another. With that, your part in their tale comes to an end, and you turn your steps back to Limsa Lominsa to report the happy conclusion to the wandering minstrel.

* The minstrel listens intently as you recount your experiences with Bathu. Your words prompt him to muse on the nature of our connections with our fellow man, and he proceeds to perform a new verse in your presence. No sooner does he strum the first chord than you find yourself transported to a mysterious amphitheatre, where you encounter the enigmatic Naoki Yoshida. The man expresses his heartfelt hopes for your ongoing journey together, before returning you to the Anchor Yard. There, as spectacular fireworks light up the darkening sky, the minstrel favors you with another song—a song which he dedicates to you, who contribute to the symphony of life. Wherever your journeys may lead, may your footfalls ever resound for all to hear...
==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
>If the player has met the Wandering Minstrel before:
Wandering Minstrel: Well now, if it isn't my friend [Forename]. 'Tis a pleasure to see you again—and a stroke of serendipity that it should be here and now.
>If the player has '''not''' met the Wandering Minstrel before:
Wandering Minstrel: You are an adventurer, if I am not mistaken. And you are called [Forename], you say? Well met, my friend. I am a humble minstrel, and 'tis a stroke of serendipity that you should approach me here and now.
---
Wandering Minstrel: You see, just earlier, I chanced to meet a woman who was looking for an acquaintance. Being a visitor to Vylbrand, however, she struggles to make headway, and could use the assistance of a reliable adventurer.
Wandering Minstrel: If you are willing to provide your aid, I should be glad to compensate you for your troubles. I only ask that you share the details with me afterwards.
Wandering Minstrel: As a minstrel, I am ever in search of inspiration for song, and much can be had during the Rising, when we remember the past even as we look to the future. So, what say you? Will you do me this favor?
Wandering Minstrel: I am truly grateful. Without further ado, I bid you seek out the woman in question, a Keeper of the Moon garbed in red. She was making inquiries over at the Aftcastle, and is like to still be there.
Wandering Minstrel: While you attend her, I shall be nearby taking in the observance. I look forward to hearing your report at the conclusion of your task.
-quest accepted
===Speak with the querying Keeper of the Moon===
-optional start
Wandering Minstrel: The woman in question is a Keeper of the Moon garbed in red, and she should still be making inquiries over at the Aftcastle. Please help her to track down her acquaintance.
-optional end
-cutscene start
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: <sigh> Still not so much as a clue... Where could she have gotten to?
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: Y-Yes? Is there something...?
Bathu Molkoh@Querying Keeper of the Moon: The minstrel sent you to help me? Well now, how very thoughtful of him. I must admit, I'm at my wit's end.
Bathu Molkoh: Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Bathu Molkoh, a member of Orchestra Gridania, and as you've already heard, I'm searching for someone. Can I truly count on your aid?
Bathu Molkoh: So, the person I seek is a woman named A'nimuili. I have to find her. I simply have to.

Question: What will you say?

> Why do you want to find her so badly?
Bathu Molkoh: Why? Because she's my biggest rival, and I need to settle matters with her!
> Is she a loved one?
Bathu Molkoh: L-Loved one!? Perish the thought! She's my biggest rival, and I need to settle matters with her!
---
Bathu Molkoh: Nimuili is a musician like me, and we've been battling it out in exams and competitions for years now.
Bathu Molkoh: Freakishly talented, is Nimuili. Looks carefree as you please, but no one immerses themselves in the music like her, and her expressiveness is second to none. As hard as I practice, more often than not, she'd get the better of me.
Bathu Molkoh: But then she disappeared. Just up and left, some time after the Calamity struck. Word has it she became an adventurer, but it makes no sense. She had poured her life into music. Why would she suddenly cast it aside?
Bathu Molkoh: She hasn't been seen in Gridania since then, and for a while I'd feared the worst...
Bathu Molkoh: But then an acquaintance involved in the Rising told me that she's been seen in Limsa Lominsa, and I made my way over as fast I could!
Bathu Molkoh: N-Not that I care for her or anything. I want to give her a piece of my mind, is all—tell her to return to music and not waste her talents!
Bathu Molkoh: But since arriving here, I haven't found a single clue. I'm not sure where to begin looking...

Question: What will you say?

> Drinking holes are always a good bet for information.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... In which case, we'll want to head to the tavern yonder—the Drowning something. Come on!
> The Adventurers' Guild might know something.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... In which case, we'll want to head to the tavern yonder—the Drowning something. Come on!
> There are probably surer places for making inquiries.
Bathu Molkoh: Indeed... Like that tavern yonder—the Drowning something. That's bound to have a good crowd. Let's try our luck there!
---
-cutscene end
===Speak with Bathu Molkoh===
Bathu Molkoh: Right, the Drowning ''Wench''—that was the name. How macabre... Anyway, let's try speaking with the barkeep first.
-cutscene start
>If the Player has '''not''' met Baderon before
Baderon: Greetin's, friends, an' welcome to the Drownin' Wench. I'd ask what yer 'avin'...but ye don't look as though yer 'ere fer food an' drink. Got business with the guild, I take it?
>If the Player has met Baderon before
Baderon: Well, if it ain't [Forename]. I'd ask what yer 'avin'...but ye don't look as though yer 'ere fer food an' drink. What can I do ye fer, then?
---
Baderon: An adventurer what 'ails from Gridania, name of A'nimuili...
Baderon: Ah right, the archer lass. I remember signin' 'er up and seein' 'er runnin' around these parts.
Baderon: That bein' said, we ain't s'posed to divulge the particulars o' guild members...
Baderon: Well, I s'pose there's no 'arm in sharin' a thing or two. After the Calamity, we 'ad no shortage of inquiries fer missin' persons, an' I understand the pain o' not knowin' what's become o' yer own.
Baderon: Since signin' up with the guild, A'nimuili's mainly taken on the little tasks. Deliverin' packages, clearin' away debris, an' aye, searchin' fer people too.

Bathu Molkoh: That's rather...unexpected. I'd assumed adventurers did grander things, like exploring new lands and solving mysteries. Otherwise, why would Nimuili give up her life's passion?

Baderon: Some few adventurers embark on grand quests an' accomplish great feats, 'tis true enough.
Baderon: But most are content to make a difference in folk's everyday lives, an' A'nimuili struck me as the sort what simply enjoyed 'elpin' others.
Baderon: Ye also 'ave to remember, the Calamity turned lives upside down. I expect she 'ad 'er reasons fer choosin' a new path.
Baderon: Now then, if ye wants to track down yer friend, the quickest way would be through 'er work.
Baderon: O' late, she's taken on a bunch o' jobs fer the Risin', an' old Lyngsath was one of 'er clients. Ye could do worse'n 'ave a chat with the bloke.
Baderon: It's a fair distance to the Bismarck, an' I'd hate fer our visitor to run afoul o' Limsa's less savory elements. Make sure she gets where she needs to go safely, eh?

Bathu Molkoh: Thank you, Baderon. I'll keep your words in mind.

Baderon: Don't mention it, lass. An' whatever it is ye intend afterwards, I pray yer able to reunite with A'nimuili.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Bathu Molkoh and have her accompany you===
Bathu Molkoh: I'd wanted to tell Nimuili to give up adventuring and return to music. But now I'm not so sure...
Bathu Molkoh: What led her to make her choice? By retracing her steps, perhaps I can understand her better...
Bathu Molkoh: I must say, it's amazing how quickly we managed to pick up her trail with your help. I'm also impressed that Baderon remembers the adventurers he's met.
Bathu Molkoh: Right, let's do as suggested and seek out Master Lyngsath. Pray lead the way!

===Speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
>If the Player speaks with Bathu Molkoh:
Question: What will you do?
>> Small talk.
Bathu Molkoh: The famous Bismarck... I'd dreamed of visiting, if not quite under these circumstances.
Bathu Molkoh: Hopefully Master Lyngsath can point us in Nimuili's direction!
>> Part ways with Bathu Molkoh.
Question: Are you sure you wish to part ways with Bathu Molkoh?
>>> Yes
Bathu Molkoh: Has something urgent come up? Very well, I'll wait back at the Drowning Wench.
Speak with Bathu Molkoh again to resume quest.
Bathu Molkoh: There you are! Come, let's go and find Nimuili!
>>> No
Cancels dialogue.
---
>> Nothing.
---
>If the Player attempts to speak with Lyngsath while Bathu Molkoh is not being escorted:
System: You must be accompanied by Bathu Molkoh and have her at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.
---
>If ???
System: Bathu Molkoh has yet to arrive. Be sure she is at your side before attempting to continue.
---
Conversation Points:
> ('''X''': 11.2, '''Y''': 8.0) ''Discuss the adventurers''.
Bathu Molkoh: There are adventurers in this apothecary too... Delivering herbs, by the sounds of it.
Bathu Molkoh: When you think about it, we rely on adventurers for many things in everyday life.
Bathu Molkoh: That being said, no matter how essential the task, surely Nimuili doesn't need to be the one to do them.
Bathu Molkoh: She has incredible talent as a musician and loved being one. What could have happened to make her abandon her path...?

Adventurer A: Are the herbs to your satisfaction?
Merchant: Aye, they're perfect. You two never let me down.
Adventurer B: We're glad to be of service!

> ('''X''': 10.3, '''Y''': 8.6) ''Discuss the Bismarck''.
Bathu Molkoh: So this is the Bismarck!
Bathu Molkoh: Did you know, [Forename]? This place is famous not only for its cuisine, but for hosting soirées with renowned musicians as well.
Bathu Molkoh: It's a great honor to be invited to perform here, and Nimuili and I used to make a big fuss about who would get the call first.
---
-optional end
Lyngsath: Well now, ye two've got questions written all over yer faces. What is it ye be needin'?
Lyngsath: Ah yes, A'nimuili. 'Elped us set up a stall fer the Risin', she did.
Lyngsath: The festival's close to 'er 'eart, apparently, an' she worked like a woman possessed. We finished in no time thanks to 'er.

Bathu Molkoh: I see... Did she mention where she was lodging, by any chance?

Lyngsath: Not to me, she didn't. She was also 'elpin' the Yellowjackets with the fireworks, though, so mayhap ye wants to talk to Ayoyo over at the Coral Tower.

Bathu Molkoh: The keepers of the peace in Limsa Lominsa? Thank you, we'll head there at once!
===Speak with Ayoyo while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
Lyngsath: The Yellowjackets're in charge o' the fireworks fer the Risin', an' A'nimuili was 'elpin' 'em with that. Might be as Ayoyo knows somethin' of 'er whereabouts.
Bathu Molkoh: It's a relief to know— I-I mean, it raises my hackles to hear how Nimuili's been gallivanting about!
Bathu Molkoh: At any rate, it's good to speak with folk who know her directly. What was Nimuili doing for the Yellowjackets, I wonder...
-optional end
>If the Player has '''not''' met Ayoyo before:
Ayoyo: Oh, 'ello there. Ye stand within the Coral Tower, 'eadquarters o' the Yellowjackets. Is there an incident ye wish to report?
>If the Player has met Ayoyo before:
Ayoyo: Oh, if it ain't our kindly 'elper [Forename]. What brings ye to the Coral Tower this fine {{alternatives|evening|morn|day}}?
---
Ayoyo: Aye, we 'ad A'nimuili procure us some ingredients fer the fireworks. Can't 'ave too much o' the flamin' colors this time o' year, as I'm sure ye can appreciate.
Ayoyo: As I understand it, she wants to aid them as suffer in the Calamity's wake, an' was keen as mustard to be involved with aught to do with the Risin'.

Bathu Molkoh: Is that so...

Ayoyo: If ye wants to know where she is, I suggest ye speak with Dorathia, the headmistress o' Llymlaen's Shoals. A'nimuili regularly lends 'er a hand at the orphanage.
Ayoyo: When I chanced upon Dorathia earlier, she was on 'er way to 'ave a cup o' tea at the Missin' Member, so she's like to be over at the Aftcastle. If ye can find 'er, might be as she can direct ye to yer friend.

Bathu Molkoh: Sh-She's a rival, not a friend... But I'll do as you suggest and look for Miss Dorathia. Thank you for the advice!

===Survey the designated location while Bathu Molkoh is accompanying you===
-optional start
Ayoyo: As I said, A'nimuili regularly lends a hand at Llymlaen's Shoals. If anyone knows where she is, it'd be Dorathia.
Ayoyo: The lassie seems quite worried fer 'er friend—ahem, ''rival''. 'Ope ye find 'er soon.
Bathu Molkoh: I'm sorry for making you run all over the place with me, but thanks to you, we're getting closer to tracking down Nimuili.
Bathu Molkoh: But what a surprise to learn what she's been doing as an adventurer. Helping those who suffer in the Calamity's wake... Hmmm...
-optional end
-cutscene start
Bathu Molkoh: Begging your pardon, but might you be Miss Dorathia of Llymlaen's Shoals?

Dorathia: That's me alright. An' who might ye be?
Bathu Molkoh and Dorathia converse.
Dorathia: So that's the way of it. Nimuili's been doin' all sorts of odd jobs fer us, from makin' repairs 'round the place to procurin' necessities. All the children adore 'er—ain't that right, R'tcha?

R'tcha: Nimuili always plays songs for us. Beautiful, soothing songs.

Bathu Molkoh: She still performs even now...?

Dorathia: Most o' the little ones at the Shoals lost their families in the Calamity. Years on, they still suffer from nightmares an' anxiety.
Dorathia: The music what Nimuilia plays comforts 'em like nothin' else. To know to do that, she 'erself must've known tragedy too.

Bathu Molkoh: So she didn't abandon her passion, but rather shares it...
Bathu Molkoh: [Forename]... At first, I thought only to convince Nimuili to return to music.
Bathu Molkoh: But now, I understand why she made her choice. What she's doing is meaningful, and it wouldn't be right to tell her to give it up.
Bathu Molkoh: So...what should I say to her when we meet? I'm at a complete loss...

R'tcha: You're Nimuili's friend, right? Do you miss her?

Bathu Molkoh: W-We're not friends, but rivals! Th-That's right, rivals!
Bathu Molkoh: <sigh> Who am I fooling?
Bathu Molkoh: To have her not only disappear, but take up a dangerous trade besides... I've missed her as well as feared for her.
Bathu Molkoh: And when I imagine that I wouldn't be able to strive beside her or hear her music anymore...
Bathu Molkoh: It's too much for me to bear!

R'tcha: Then when you find Nimuili, tell her you're glad to see her again!

Dorathia: Ye never know when a loved one'll be taken from ye, so make sure to leave naught unsaid. This is somethin' as I've learned over the years.
Dorathia: Now then, if ye'd been bent on makin' Nimuili go back, then I would've feigned ignorance. But as it stands, I see no reason to 'ide 'er whereabouts. Ye'll find 'er in Aleport, over in western La Noscea.
Dorathia: The area was 'ard 'it by the Calamity, and she went there to do 'er bit. Take the ferry in front o' the Fishermen's Guild—it sails straight to the port.

Bathu Molkoh: I will! Thank you, both of you!

R'tcha: Be seeing you!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Bathu Molkoh near the Fishermen's Guild===
-optional start
R'tcha: How did I know she was Nimuili's friend? Hehe, that's easy.
R'tcha: I once asked Nimuili why she was so good at her instrument. She said it's because she has a friend at home who tries harder than anyone. She doesn't want to be outdone, so she practices every day.
R'tcha: I knew Bathu was that friend as soon as she told us her story!

Dorathia: This little one's mother was an old friend o' mine, but she was sadly one o' the ones taken in the Calamity.
Dorathia: So when I gave that advice, I was speakin' from experience. Bein' stubborn gets yer naught but regret, believe ye me.
-optional end

Bathu Molkoh: In the course of searching for Nimuili, I've come to realize many things.
Bathu Molkoh: For one, if I tried to make her go home, she isn't like to listen. No, we'd probably end up shouting at each other and parting on bad terms.
Bathu Molkoh: That's the last thing I want, and I'm truly grateful to you and everyone for opening my eyes.
Bathu Molkoh: Now, just to confirm, but you're coming to Aleport too, yes? I'm starting to feel a little nervous and could use the support...

===Speak with Bathu Molkoh in Aleport===
Bathu Molkoh: According to Miss Dorathia, Nimuili should be working in this area...

A'nimuili@???: And we're back! So, where do you want the crate?

Bathu Molkoh: That voice! It's her!

-cutscene start
Roegadyn Merchant: My thanks, lass, you're always a great help. I'll take it from here, so you can run along and collect your reward. When you have time, come and play some songs at our village again, eh?

Bathu Molkoh: Nimuili! I've found you at last!

A'nimuili: Bathu!? Good gods, it's been so long!

Bathu Molkoh: “It's been so long”? That's all you have to say?
Bathu Molkoh: You vanished with nary a word! No one knew where you were!
Bathu Molkoh: Do you have any idea how worried I've been!?

A'nimuili: Wh-What's this all of a sudden? I feel as if I'm missing something...
A'nimuili: So you thought I'd given up music, and came all this way to drag me back... Hehe, it's flattering in a way.

Bathu Molkoh: That was the original plan anyway, before I learned that you've been dedicating yourself to those who suffered in the Calamity. That you've been using music to bring people comfort.

A'nimuili: My father fought and fell at Carteneau. And when my sickly mother died after that, it made me stop and consider what I truly wanted to achieve with the gifts I have.
A'nimuili: It didn't take long to arrive at the answer. I wanted to share the joy of music with all who strive to make their way in our Calamity-ravaged world.

Bathu Molkoh: Yes, I understand that now. Yours is a worthwhile calling, and I won't try to convince you to come back.
Bathu Molkoh: Still, I can't help but feel sad. I had assumed you'd always be there as my rival, but then you gave that up and and found another path...

A'nimuili: Gave up? Hardly! You've always pushed me forward with your relentless pursuit of perfection, and I felt that I needed to find my own sound.
A'nimuili: One day, I hope to express my experiences on this journey in song. And when I do, you had better still be there, with your skills sharp as ever!

Bathu Molkoh: Ahahaha, spoken like a true rival! All this time, I've been running around in circles!
Bathu Molkoh: It goes without saying that you can do as you please. But I want you to promise me one thing...
Bathu Molkoh: Wherever you are, stay safe. And visit me from time to time!

A'nimuili: That's ''two'' things! But all right. I can do that much.

Bathu Molkoh: [Forename]. Meeting Nimuili again has taken a weight off my heart, and I can't thank you enough for accompanying me all this way.
Bathu Molkoh: I'm truly glad that the minstrel sent you.
Bathu Molkoh: Now then, you and I have some catching up to do. I want to know everything—where you've been, what you've seen, the songs you've played...as both a friend and a rival!

System: You have seen Bathu Molkoh's quest to find her dear friend to a happy conclusion. The wandering minstrel will be eager for your report.
-cutscene end

===Speak with the wandering minstrel in Limsa Lominsa===
-optional start
Speak to Bathu Molkoh:
Bathu Molkoh: I hear the children at the orphanage are quite fond of you. What do you play for them?

A'nimuili: All sorts of songs, but the old classic ''On Windy Meadows'' is probably their favorite. Nothing warms the heart like seeing their smiles, let me tell you! You should join me for a duet next time!
Bathu Molkoh: What!?
Bathu Molkoh: I-I'm a busy person, I'll have you know... But if you insist, I suppose I can spare a moment!

Speak to A'nimuili:
A'nimuili: To think that Bathu would come looking for me...
-optional end

Wandering Minstrel: Welcome back, my friend. By your elated expression, I take it you met with success in your search.
Wandering Minstrel: So the two friends whose paths diverged after the Calamity were happily reunited during the Rising, with each gaining newfound understanding for the other... 'Tis a joyous outcome, and I am glad I entreated your aid.
Wandering Minstrel: I must say, it is quite fascinating how we define ourselves through our connections. Our endeavors may be our own, and no one else's. Yet there are often others who walk the selfsame path, and their presence can serve to guide and inspire.
Wandering Minstrel: Be it a shining beacon, a warming flame, or a consuming blaze, how those individuals are perceived may vary. But it is by virtue of their existence that we are able to see where we presently stand.
Wandering Minstrel: Yes, I believe I have the makings of a new verse, and I owe it to you. If you have time still, I should like to hear your tale in more detail. Will you not join me for the fireworks?
-cutscene start
Wandering Minstrel: We have a moment before the display begins. While we wait, will you not lend an ear to my verse? It is a song of comfort and hope, dedicated to all who forge on in the Calamity's wake...
Scene changes.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@???: Greetings, Warrior of Light.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@???: This is a world that exists outside your reality. Could it be a dream? A flight of fancy conjured by your weary mind? Perhaps...or perhaps not.
>If player has '''not''' completed a Rising quest before:
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: 'Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Naoki Yoshida, and I have beckoned you here that I might express my gratitude. Lest you wonder, an enchanting concert is to be held at this venue, and I have come to attend it.
>If player has completed a Rising quest before:
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: 'Tis a pleasure to meet you again. As I have in the past, I have beckoned you here that I might express my gratitude. Lest you wonder, an enchanting concert is to be held at this venue, and I have come to attend it.
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Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: “Music is about enjoying sound. Everyone should be able to enjoy it freely.”
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: These are the words of a comrade and composer.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Looking back, I marvel at how long we have been on this journey with you and yours.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: We have experienced good times and bad. Partaken of the sweet and the bitter both. But through it all, ever did music resound, captivating and wondrous.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Even as our journey unfolded, many events have taken place in the world beyond. Events that shape our values and way of life.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: I for one have changed with them, and I am quite certain you have as well.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: So it only follows that this world, too, must undergo change.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: A transformation driven by our hope that your journey will always be worthwhile.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: As we forge ahead, nothing would please us more than to continue having you there beside us.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Enjoying your adventures freely, to the accompaniment of marvelous music.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: ...Now, the time has come for this vision to end; time for your eyes to open from this waking dream.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: This world shall yet endure. And as we continue on our way, I pray that the notes that resound from each of us shall have occasion to rise together once more in harmony.
Naoki Yoshida (NPC)@Naoki Yoshida: Till that day, I wish you safe and happy travels. Fare you well.
Scene changes back.
Wandering Minstrel: Countless souls abide in this world, and the connections we forge with one another give rise to the symphony of life. In the course of your journeys, you will have heard such music.
Wandering Minstrel: You yourself have been a performer, creating music with those around you. In recognition of this, I wish to dedicate to you another verse, that your footfalls may resound for all to hear...
Wandering Minstrel: Upon the wind they echo far, The songs of life upon our star.♪ With journeys' mark the land abounds, Beyond the morrow to resound.♪
Wandering Minstrel: Though sun may set and twilight fall, The stars a gleam on blackened pall.♪ Our songs shall e'er light the way, And guide us forth to break of day.♪
Wandering Minstrel: As we make our way in the journey of life, we choose with whom we walk. Sometimes, however, someone may appear upon the road unannounced, and we find ourselves taken in directions we had not imagined.
Wandering Minstrel: For instance, had you not lent young Bathu your aid, she and A'nimuili would not enjoy the connection they now share.
Wandering Minstrel: To thus appear before others is your destiny, I daresay, and I cannot help but wonder what you will see and hear in your journeys to come. When next we meet, I pray you will regale me with your tales once more.
-quest complete
> If the Player hasn't completed a seasonal quest before
System: You have unlocked the toy chest. Open the toy chest found in any inn room to play mini-games.
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