In Search of the Past
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In Search of the Past
- Quest giver
- G'raha Tia
- Location
- Solution Nine (X:6.2, Y:15.2)
- Quest line
Post-Dawntrail Main Scenario Quests
┗ The New Dawn Quests- Level
- 100
- Required items
- 1 Notes on a Mamool Ja Woman
1 Notes on Zoraal Ja's Devoted
1 Notes on a Battle with a Tural Vidraal - Gil
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- Among the Abandoned
- Patch
- 7.1
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Main Scenario Progress: 956 / 992 (96.4%)
Dawntrail Progress: 103 / 139 (74.1%)
G'raha Tia has an idea on how you may proceed with your investigation.
— In-game description
Rewards
- Choose one of the following options:
- Unlocks
Steps
- Gather information in the outskirts. 0/3
- Report your findings to Shale in the Backroom.
- Speak with Gulool Ja at the driftdowns.
- Enter Yuweyawata Field Station.
- Speak with Gulool Ja.
Walkthrough
Journal
- G'raha Tia has an idea on how you may proceed with your investigation.
- As neither memories nor records of Gulool Ja's mother may exist, G'raha Tia suggests splitting up to question the greatest number of people. He and the others will ask around Solution Nine, and you will gather information by speaking with the residents of the outskirts.
- While the people you question have no direct knowledge of the Mamool Ja you seek, their stories contain tidbits of Zoraal Ja's history that imply a larger picture with missing pieces. The best course of action would be to return to the Backroom and see if the others can help make the picture whole.
- The collected stories of you and your comrades reveal that nearly twenty years ago, Zoraal Ja began visiting a settlement located in a region known as Yuweyawata, where he once battled and defeated a tural vidraal, together with a cadre of Landsguard─one of whom was a female Mamool Ja. This settlement may have also been the site of clandestine research, and Shale determines its location by analyzing the history of supplies sent from Everkeep. With your next destination determined, Gulool Ja is eager to set forth and learn more of his family.
- With a glimmer of excitement in his eyes, Gulool Ja says he is ready to cross the lake. The young king will stay close behind as you cut a path through the long-forgotten facility.
- ※To enlist your companion NPCs for this duty, speak with them near the entrance or access Duty Support via the main menu. Use the Duty Finder if you wish to complete the instance alongside fellow players.
- Besting both feral beasts and inhuman abominations, you traverse the derelict facility, slowly uncovering its terrible purpose. At the end of your path, you come upon a storm raging over a deep canyon, and as you draw near the winds cease as a howl resounds in your ears. Breaking free from its prison, a tural vidraal descends from the skies to wreak havoc upon the land. Yet even such boundless fury is no match for you and your allies, and after a fierce battle, the beast lies broken and dying.
- ※In the event that you leave Yuweyawata, you may return via the driftdowns.
- As you watch the tural vidraal breathe its final breath, the Echo imparts to you a vision of its past. In it, Zoraal Ja approves Kanilokka's proposal to experiment with the transference of human souls into bestial vessels, and after the researcher departs, Zoraal Ja is joined by a Mamool Ja woman. Addressing her as Teeshal Ja, the King of Resolve commands her to aid the project, and she accepts on one condition: that should the work bear fruit, she is permitted to take what she herself desires most of all. The vision ends on this vague note, and after you share its contents with the others, it is concluded that Teeshal Ja may be the woman you have been looking for. Emboldened by this new revelation, Gulool Ja wishes to search the facility further.
- With the facility now devoid of threats, you are free to search for clues of Teeshal Ja's background. Gaining access to the upper floor of the observatory would be prudent at this juncture...
Dialogue
Optional dialogue
We might learn more about my father, too? I hadn't thought of that.
I can very much relate to his feelings. I pray Gulool Ja finds what he seeks.
If no records remain of Gulool Ja's mother, then where do we begin our search?
I understand all too well Gulool Ja's desire. For the longest time I found my own father's actions inexplicable...
If this is what Gulool Ja wants, then I'll help him however I can. After all, we're family!
Accepting the quest
Assuming neither memories nor records of Gulool Ja's mother remain, we must cast as wide a net as possible. I suggest we split into groups.
Forename─if you could make inquiries outside in the outskirts, the rest of us will do the same in Solution Nine.
Gather information in the outskirts.
Middle-aged Tonawawta
Sorry, but I've never heard of a Mamool Ja woman living in these parts, much less one connected to Zoraal Ja.
You might have better luck talking to the people over at a Tonawawtan settlement to the north of Everkeep, in a place called Yuweyawata.
The Resilient Son won their loyalty when he saved them from some crisis or another, or so the story goes. If I remember correctly, their chief's name was Kanilokka.
Your exchange with the middle-aged Tonawawta has taught you about “Zoraal Ja's devoted.”
Chatty Shetona
A Mamool Ja woman? Hmmm, their people have never been a common sight around here...
Why, the last time I saw one would have been before the dome came down over our heads.
She was among an entourage of Landsguard that was dispatched here. I assume they all returned to Tuliyollal after their mission.
But if any remained, I suppose they could've been trapped in here with the rest of us.
Your exchange with the chatty Shetona has taught you about “a Mamool Ja woman.”
Optional dialogue
I haven't seen the Mamool Ja woman or any of the other Landsguard since then, but I suppose it's possible some of them were trapped here with the rest of us.
Fresh-faced Tonawawta
You're looking for a Mamool Ja woman?
Oh, Gulool Ja's mother... I can't help you there, I'm afraid.
I only know a little about Zoraal Ja, and then only what my father told me.
He said that before the dome cut us off from the outside world, a tural vidraal had appeared and was terrorizing the region.
In response, Zoraal Ja assembled a party of warriors, and with them confronted and felled the beast. It was interesting to hear of the king's feat in the past.
Your exchange with the fresh-faced Tonawawta has taught you about “a battle with a tural vidraal.”
Optional dialogue
What a battle it must've been, between the king's men and the tural vidraal. And all without regulators, too...
Report your findings to Shale in the Backroom.
Optional dialogue
Ah, you're back too! I told Shale all about your search.
Zoraal Ja rarely made public appearances, so the people had no idea how he spent most of his time. Yet I believe therein lies the key to the answers we seek.
Solution Nine is vast indeed. Even with the teleporters, we could cover but a small portion of it.
I'm sorry, but I couldn't find out anything useful. None of the people I questioned had heard of a Mamool Ja woman before...
Lamaty'i didn't seem to have much luck. How did you fare?
While I failed to learn anything directly related to Gulool Ja's mother, I did find information which may shed some light upon Zoraal Ja.
Gulool Ja has told me all. We've previously tried to track down records of his mother, but came up empty-handed.
With everyone's help, hopefully we can get somewhere this time...
The player hands over the Notes on a Mamool Ja Woman, Notes on Zoraal Ja's Devoted, and Notes on a Battle with a Tural Vidraal.
Ah, so you spoke with quite a few different people as well. Let's combine all our findings and see what conclusions we might draw.
Start of cutscene.So, Zoraal Ja brought a retinue of Landsguard to Yyasulani, among whom was a female Mamool Ja.
His mission was to rid the region of a tural vidraal, and I believe it safe to say that that was the “crisis” in Yuweyawata he resolved.
If some of his troops stuck around for a time, perhaps to assist the villagers with recovery efforts, then they could've indeed gotten trapped in the dome.
We also heard stories about the settlement in Yuweyawata. People lived there until nearly a decade ago, and Zoraal Ja made regular visits.
If he required secrecy, a location home to his most loyal followers would be ideal. And if this Mamool Ja woman had remained there, they would have had occasion to come in contact.
I see. But what could Zoraal Ja have been doing in that village?
I think we can answer that question.
In order to retrace Zoraal Ja's steps, Raha and I spoke with a researcher who worked at Origenics.
He said that, approximately twenty years ago, a number of his colleagues were transferred to a research facility outside Everkeep─per the king's direct order.
This is the first I've heard of such a facility. Only Vanguard was believed to have been under the king's jurisdiction...
It was apparently being used to develop a new kind of weapon, but I'm afraid that was all we could learn.
It's plenty to go on. Even if the work there was classified, any materials and equipment needed would have been manufactured within Everkeep.
So if we look into transportation records...
There it is.
The routes are full of detours and attempts at obfuscation, but large deliveries were being made to Yuweyawata. Far too large for a mere village.
There hasn't been any activity for years, though. It's likely the facility has been decommissioned.
Do you think that's where my mother was?
We can't say for certain just yet, but I reckon there's a good chance!
This is amazing! Even though no one remembers her, you managed to figure all of this out!
Each piece of the puzzle may reveal little on its own, but when we put several together, a picture begins to form.
And even should memories fade, footprints remain to mark the path of those who walked before.
A lesson I learned in another life.
So we'll be investigating this secret facility in Yuweyawata, then.
And this time, I want you to come along, Gulool Ja.
Yuweyawata is on the other side of the lake. To get there, you'll need to take a hover cargo from the driftdowns.
Alright. Thank you, Shale!
End of cutscene.
Optional dialogue
Make your way to the driftdowns when you're ready. Kiluwsa will have a hover cargo ready for you.
Speak with Gulool Ja at the driftdowns.
Optional dialogue
I'll remain nearby after dropping you off. Just let me know when you're ready to head back.
We've seen how much has changed for the part of Yyasulani that's on this side of the dome. I wonder what it's like on the other...
Someone would have noticed if Zoraal Ja traveled from the driftdowns. I expect he utilized a flying vehicle.
While the researcher we spoke with remembered that he had colleagues, he couldn't recall details about any specific individuals. Not their names nor what they were like...
Weapons developed in secret with the aid of devoted followers... Nothing good will have come of this.
The settlement in the outskirts─that was originally Tonawawtan as well, yes? I wonder if Yuweyawata is similar to it.
Start of cutscene.So the hover cargo will take us across the lake... I've never been over there before.
It's still inside the dome, so I don't expect it'll be too different from here.
We'll likely encounter dangerous beasts, so the rest of us will go first. You follow when it's safe to do so, alright?
Alright. Be careful, everyone!
Yuweyawata Field Station now accessible
End of cutscene.
Optional dialogue
I promised to look after Gulool Ja, but I've spent hardly any time with him. I'm going to make up for that.
While I alone haven't seen much of the dome, I am no stranger to braving the unknown. I will not slow us down.
We've seen the havoc that Valigarmanda wreaked on Urqopacha. I wonder what this other tural vidraal might have left in its wake.
If the facility was used to research new weaponry, then it will have had tight security. Even if it has been closed down, let us proceed with caution.
I can't help but be reminded of our foray into Origenics. And of Cahciua...
Don't worry about me. I'm good at hiding from beasts.
Enter Yuweyawata Field Station.
Duty dialogue
Dryland Shroud (area 1)
My father must've come here for a reason...
There are beasts here, too!?
You did it!
Crystal Quarry (boss 1)
This one looks mean. Be careful!
Electrope emerges from the ground...
Yuweyawata Village and Shrouded Laboratory (area 2)
So the facility is still here...
What kind of research did they do here?
Ah! What are those!?
Rotten Hound A (text bubble)
Graaagh!
Rotten Hound B (text bubble)
Grr...!
They're...they're moving!
What happened here?
Aaah!
Rotten Researcher A (text bubble)
Groaaar!
Rotten Researcher B (text bubble)
Unnngh...
Rotten Researcher C (text bubble)
Ugh...
More of them!
Station Specter (text bubble)
Ahhhg...
What was Father doing here?
Soul Center (boss 2)
I have a bad feeling about this...
You... Surrender your souls...to King Zoraal Ja.
Come forth, my dear souls...
I won't let...precious samples escape...
Discard the flesh...extract the soul...
Why not serve a greater purpose...? The King of Resolve's purpose...
Relinquish your souls... For the glory of Alexandria!
More...more souls... The work demands more souls!
Would that we could tame the beast... But the seal is already...
The Kanilokka Corpus (area 3)
Is that...a storm?
Something's wrong... Don't rush ahead!
What was that roar? Did it come from inside the storm!?
The Dust Yoke (boss 3)
Has that thing been sealed away all this time!?
Optional post-duty pop-ups
Optional dialogue
Duty Support dialogue
Optional dialogue
Dryland Shroud (area 1)
The lighting hasn't let up here either.
Even the creatures here are electrified...
To think we'd find a place like this so far from Everkeep.
Bolts can strike anywhere—step lightly!
Oh my!
The lightning rods are still operational...
Not exactly a leisurely trek...
Really? Again!?
The wrath of the heavens is frightening indeed.
Crystal Quarry (boss 1)
I guess we've stepped into its territory.
We've no choice but to press on!
I'm ready for you!
Quite the mouthful of fangs. Don't get too close!
What's it doing!?
Is it...consuming the aether?
What do we do?
It's pierced the pillar with its tusks!
It's infusing the rocks with aether!
It's trying something different!
What's it up to now?
Careful!
Is it gathering power?
We've seen that trick before!
Look! The ground!
We've seen that trick before!
It's fond of that tactic.
Again!?
We have to dodge!
We won't fall prey to the same attack!
After the fight
An easy win!
You are a credit to your title, Vow of Resolve.
Let us proceed.
Well, it all worked out.
Yuweyawata Village and Shrouded Laboratory (area 2)
A remote facility with a secret purpose...
Hardly any signs there was ever a village here...
In we go!
Quite imposing, isn't it?
These are people, right...?
How dreadful...
They were experimenting on their own...?
Soul Center (boss 2)
There's something unsettling about the aether here.
What happened to them?
Is this the man in charge?
We won't be passing through without a fight.
What now!?
Are these...souls?
This bodes ill...
So many...
They're gathering...
I...I can't move!
Keep your wits about you.
What's he got up his sleeve this time?
Ungh... My head is spinning...
Stay calm and keep your distance!
Enough of that!
Even worse than before...
There's that chill again...
More of them?
Here they come...
After the fight
The seal? The beast? What was he talking about?
It keeps going. So should we.
Let us delve further.
Let us pray these souls are now at peace.
The Kanilokka Corpus (area 3)
By the gods... What is that!?
I can hardly believe my eyes...
Let's get a closer look!
We may soon face our fiercest foe yet.
All the more reason to deal with it here and now!
Ah... I think I know what awaits us.
Is there any way to stop it?
The Dust Yoke (boss 3)
A tural vidraal...no doubt about it.
We must slay it before it breaks free!
Its strength of will is overwhelming...
Such strength!
Something moves beneath us!
Careful!
I'm getting tired of this...
How is it still standing!?
Patience will lead us to victory!
Not a moment's peace...
They're like giant earthworms!
What disgusting creatures!
They almost look alive.
Keep your distance!
I think we've made it angry.
Spread out!
It's up to something... On your guard!
This next attack will be fierce. Stay alert!
That doesn't look good!
It opened a hole in the ground!
Fall, and I won't be able to save you!
I can't even see the bottom!
How deep does this hole go?
Watch your step!
Post-duty cutscene
Start of voiced cutscene.The party examines the weakened Lunipyati.
For all the talk of my brother felling this beast, he only imprisoned it, like Valigarmanda.
From what I could tell, they sought to transfer people's souls and memories into bestial vessels at that facility.
The tural vidraal explains the need for a remote location. It was doubtless their prime subject.
Though I expect Zoraal Ja did not foresee the opportunities it presented when he imprisoned the creature...
Start of Echo flashback.
...And so, in order to prevent the breakdown of the individual, I instead seek to transfer their soul into the body of the beast.
This would allow one to wield the power of a tural vidraal?
In theory. Our initial experiments will involve lesser creatures, but in time I am confident we will be able to bring even the mightiest under our control.
And what becomes of those who offer their souls?
As they won't be able to return to their original forms, we must consider them lost. But the sacrifice will be worthwhile, for the army you stand to gain will far surpass any composed of mechanical soldiers.
Very well. Recruit volunteers and begin at once.
Thank you, Your Majesty. I shall return to the observatory and see to the necessary preparations.
So you've given him permission.
Teeshal Ja. You will assist Kanilokka.
As one of the Landsguard's finest chirurgeons, your knowledge may be of use in his experiments.
You will also watch him. Closely. And what you learn, you will report to me.
You object to his project? Or are you incapable of performing this duty?
No, Your Majesty...
Whether we shelter within the dome or expand beyond it, we require great power.
But with no one to rely upon, we must take that power for ourselves. Even if the means are questionable.
I will do as you command.
But if Kanilokka's work bears fruit, I wish to beg a boon.
What do you desire?
Something that I had accepted I would never have in Tuliyollal.
That I believed would forever be beyond me─that it was foolish to covet...
But here─here and now, it is close...
So very, very close...
Perform your duty to my satisfaction, and anything you desire is yours.
That which I seek does not lie within this dome. Here, I cannot prove the miracle.
But if what you seek is at hand, then you may claim it. For it has no value to me.
End of Echo flashback. Lunipyati dissipates into aether.
Are you alright?
Teeshal Ja... Could she be my mother?
Like the people in the outskirts said, few Mamool Ja lived in Yyasulani. I can't imagine many other Hoobigo women were trapped in the dome.
That being the case, she could well be the one.
This observatory Kanilokka returned to─could it not be part of the research facility? We might learn something about Teeshal Ja there.
That's where we're going next, then.
End of cutscene.
Optional dialogue
Now that the danger is behind us, it's started sinking in just how unsettling this place is. Hard to believe it used to be a village.
That you should be able to peer into the tural vidraal's past... I wonder what that implies for the beast's consciousness while it was sealed away.
Teeshal Ja, you said her name was? I wonder what her story is...
The villagers were likely monitoring the imprisoned tural vidraal at Zoraal Ja's behest. And at some point, they became involved in the research of souls...
It seems this Kanilokka was in charge here. From your recounting, he was quite dedicated to Zoraal Ja.
At Heritage Found
I'll launch the hover cargo whenever you're ready. Just say the word.
Travel to Yuweyawata? (Yes/No)
Speak with Gulool Ja
I wish I could see into the past like you. Then I could see people who are gone.
Because there aren't any other Mamool Ja women here, for a long time I couldn't even imagine what my mother looked like.
But when I visited Tuliyollal and saw some, I was finally able to picture her in my mind.
And one day, I hope I can see what she actually looked like as well.
You may now enter Yuweyawata Field Station with a party of NPC avatars. To make use of this feature, open the Trust interface located under Duty in the main menu.
Optional dialogue
Is it alright if I go around by myself now?