Blowing Smoke
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Blowing Smoke
- Quest giver
- Erenville
- Location
- Shaaloani (X:9.7, Y:20.2)
- Quest line
Dawntrail Main Scenario Quests- Level
- 95
- Required items
1 Foul-smelling Attractant- Experience
1,061,760- Gil
1,031- Previous quest
Braced for Trouble- Next quest
- Law of the Land
- Patch
- 7.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Main Scenario Progress: 909 / 987 (92.1%)
Dawntrail Progress: 56 / 134 (41.8%)
Erenville's gaze is fixed on the bandits' hideout.
— In-game description
Steps
- Use the pouch of foul-smelling attractant at the designated location.
- Speak with Erenville.
- Speak with Zekowa.
Journal
- Erenville's gaze is fixed on the bandits' hideout.
Dialogue
A fair number appear to be gathered inside. Now's our chance.
I will keep watch from here. The attractant I leave to you.
Toss it into the bonfire near the middle of town. The yeheheceyaa will come soon after.
Cutscene 1
What's that smell?
Ugh, that reeks!
What did you put in the fire!?
Wasn't me, I swear!
Ugh, did something die?
Someone wanna explain that ungodly stench to me?
B-Boss...? O-Over there...
Huh?
Wh-What in the world!?
Aaahhhhhh!
Run for your lives!
Hmph, so the smoke's what drew them here? I swear, when I find out who did this...
I'd say our friends have stirred up enough trouble. Time to retrieve the bracelet.
Hey! What's going on out there!?
I'm still in here in case you've forgotten!
Sit tight. We'll be back for you.
What!? You gotta get me out of here now! They're gonna kill me!
I'm beggin' you! Please!
Shhh! They'll hear you!
Shit. Who was that?
Hey! Are you going to help me or what!?
<sigh> The bracelet must wait. Let's break him out and withdraw for now.
Optional dialogue
Thanks, I owe you one. For a moment there I thought you might actually leave me behind.
All that effort, and naught to show for it...
Sorry about that... But damn, I didn't think anyone would have the balls to take on the Vulture!
No need to apologize. We were planning to save you. Eventually.
Really? And I don't even know who you are. You secret admirers of mine or something?
Hehe, I'm just havin' fun with you. But I do appreciate the help.
This man they call the Vulture. I've seen his face before.
Was he not the officer you confronted in town?
The one and the same. When he's not masquerading as a gang leader, he serves as deputy chief of the Dustwatch.
That would explain why the bandits are so confident they can avoid capture.
You're trying to get back something the Vulture stole, right? Let me help. It's the least I can do after you bailed me out back there.
I have an idea where he's hid his cache. Reckon he's headed there now, too.
We can go together. I've got a score to settle with him myself.
I don't doubt that you do, but we need to know what it is first. Will you tell us?
Right, so. Those bandits at Tonatenyawi? They're called the Daybreakers, and it was me and my friends that founded the group...
B-But it wasn't a gang of cutthroats! Not back then...
We just wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. Kids being harassed by bullies, workers being exploited by the mining concerns─folks who needed help to even the odds.
That was three years ago. And whenever we found someone scheming in the shadows, we settled matters the best way we knew how.
With a duel!
I see. By the old laws, anyone who loses in a duel must be held to account for
their crimes, even those in positions of authority.
And we made damn sure they did, every time. Before we knew it, our small band of friends commanded a force to be reckoned with.
Then, about a year ago, the Vulture and his thugs showed up. They got the better of us and took over the Daybreakers.
Everyone was afraid of him, so they did his bidding without question. But when he showed them how they could make a fortune, easily─that was when he really won them over.
Now the Daybreakers is nothing but a bunch of bandits and cutthroats who prey on the people it was created to protect.
I talked it over with my friends, Kwikana and Liwine, and we all agreed the only way to stop him was to challenge him to a duel.
And he accepted. I still remember how he gloated that he'd win...
But when the day came, he showed up with the Dustwatch and had my friends arrested on charges of robbery.
As if that wasn't enough, he set their bail at a price no one could ever hope to pay.
With them locked away, there was no one left to help me. None of my old friends from the Daybreakers, and certainly not the Dustwatch...
And that's why you were ready to challenge him in the middle of town.
I was, until that guy with the spear stopped me.
No sooner had I stepped out of town than the Vulture's minions caught me by surprise. They took me prisoner, then...well, you know the rest.
You said the Dustwatch would be of no help. Are they all working for the Vulture, then?
No, not all of them.
The sheriff, Kemakka─he's as honest as they come, a staunch keeper of the peace. Problem is, he's a little too trusting and doesn't suspect a thing.
If it were my word against the deputy chief's, who do you think he'd believe?
Well, if he knows where this Vulture keeps his spoils, perhaps he can help us recover Namikka's bracelet. What do you think?
For what it's worth, I have a plan. But I can't do it alone.
A plan?
All I ask is that you hear me out─but not here. I'll be waiting for you at Sheshenewezi Springs.
I guess we can decide what to do after he gives us the pitch.
Optional dialogue
I'm grateful he could take us to the deputy chief, but it will all be for naught if we're seen.
Good, you're here.
This is where he hides his loot. I expect he'll show up soon.