Holier than Thou

Holier than Thou

Quest giver

Wandering Breeze

Location

Mor Dhona (X:30.4, Y:12.6)

Level

45

Experience

 5,940

Gil

 1,782

Previous quest

Straight Outta Abalathia

Patch

2.0

“

Wandering Breeze has a recurring Gigas problem he would like you to solve.

— In-game description

Steps

• Collect the jagged crystal from the gigas.

• Give the crystal to Wandering Breeze.

• Place the likeness of the Crystal Tower in a likely spot.

• Give the document to Wandering Breeze.

Journal

• Wandering Breeze has a recurring Gigas problem he would like you to solve.

• According to Wandering Breeze, the gigas who recently met their end at your hands may not have been quite the mindless brutes you took them for. Like a good historian-- or a tactician-- Wandering Breeze wants to study the threat. Slay four gigas and search their remains for items of interest.

• You find a jagged piece of crystal on one of the gigas, the only thing that seems out of place among their effects. The crystal shows traces of carving, here and there-- or is it just your imagination? Let Wandering Breeze be the judge.

• Wandering Breeze theorizes that the gigas consider the Crystal Tower a holy place, and seek to claim it for themselves. Place the carved likeness of the Tower on the chosen spot, and see what happens.

• Being a mite fuzzy on what a scientific observation entails, you slay the gigas who comes to retrieve the crystal. The dead giant carries with him a detailed sketch of the Crystal Tower. Curious indeed. Hand it to Wandering Breeze and see what he says.

• The document turns out to be from the documents stolen from the Sons of Saint Coinach. Do these fell creatures also burn to discover the secret of the Crystal Tower? If so, they may be an even greater threat than was supposed...

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Wandering Breeze: It would seem our trouble with the gigas outlives the troublemakers themselves. The creatures stole some research documents, of all things.
Wandering Breeze: We may have underestimated them. Why would they steal such a thing? What hidden aspects do they have? We must know more of their ways.
Wandering Breeze: Since observation is out of the question, we must collect artifacts. Thaliak's Razor dictates that we go straight to the source: gigas. Your task is to slay four of them and collect anything of interest upon their persons.

Giving the crystals to Wandering Breeze

Wandering Breeze: You return, and I see you have not been idle. Did you find anything of note?
<Hand Over Jagged Crystal>
Wandering Breeze: What's this? Pieces of crystal? I don't understand why you would—Oh...they are all carved to some degree. Interesting. They each have a certain statuesque quality to them.
Wandering Breeze: ...This one, in particular, is recognizable. It is crude, but this likeness is of the Crystal Tower. I cannot see a gigas taking the time to shape such a thing solely for amusement.
Wandering Breeze: Ah! I had almost forgotten, but there was a report two moons ago from another party molested by gigas. They, too, encountered such a crystal. And from their studies of it, they made out two words: "holy place."
Wandering Breeze: The gigas may venerate the Crystal Tower. This may explain their migration following the Calamity, as well...
Wandering Breeze: [Forename], will you observe the gigas from a place well hid, after placing this likeness in plain sight? We naturalists lack the necessary training to risk such an observation, but I have every confidence you will remain undetected.

Giving the document to Wandering Breeze

Wandering Breeze: You observed them? What I would not give to have been there! What manner of things did you see?
<Hand Over Stolen Documents>
Wandering Breeze: This is from the documents reported lost to the gigas. We had thought it had been carried off pell-mell, but you say one who looked the chief among them had it?
Wandering Breeze: He tore a sketch of the Crystal Tower from the records, and kept it as a precious thing. We must conclude that the Tower is indeed holy to them.
Wandering Breeze: Gigas have been known to lead other giantkind, for they have the cleverness for it.
Wandering Breeze: If they can lead, they can create an army. If they can worship, they can start a crusade...or so history tells us. These are matters we must be mindful of. Thank you, [Forename], for risking much for this knowledge.