Paradise Fallen

<gasp> I know you!

Amiable Maiden

Ahhh...it hurts... Please, Lord Vauthry...take away the pain...

You're the kind soul who saved me from falling to my death!

M-My mistress, she's been injured! Please help her, I beg you!

Optional dialogue

Please, is there nothing you can do for her?

Administering dream powder to the amiable maiden

The player uses the Dream Powder.

Wh-What is this?

She's...sleeping. A medicine to help her rest while she awaits treatment, you say?

Oh, thank you so much! When she began acting strangely, I didn't know what to do...

Optional dialogue

Amiable Maiden

Zzzzzz...

I won't leave my mistress's side.

Searching for enthralled civilians in the Canopy

Free Citizen

Must stop...trespassers... Sullying...our paradise...

Administering dream powder to the free citizen

The player uses the Dream Powder.

Free Citizen

<snort> Where did you fly to...my sweet canary...?

Optional dialogue

Free Citizen

Please don't leave me... Zzzzzz...

Speaking with Ryne

Oh, there you are, Forename.

I've just finished aiding this man. Now, for the next one...

More out in the Derelicts and below, you say? So many of them...

But Minfilia entrusted this power to me. I won't rest until I've helped everyone.

What will you say?

I can bring the enthralled to you.

Oh, that would certainly make it easier for me to work.

Thank you, Forename. I'll do my best to keep pace.

I'll go and see to the wounded.

I'm sure Alphinaud and Alisaie would appreciate the help.

And should you find other enthralled civilians, please see that they are brought to me.

Start of voiced cutscene.

You're going to be all right.

I think that's the last of them.

We've done all we can for the wounded.

As for the rest...

A crowd of Eulmorans gathers before the party.

U-Um...a-aren't you Alphinaud? The painter boy?

What in the world is going on? Did something happen to us?

Let me handle this.

Citizens of Eulmore. What I'm about to tell you will come as a shock.

Indeed, you may be loath to believe it. But if you trust the evidence of your senses, it is my hope that you will listen and accept the truth, unpalatable though it may be.

Vauthry is a sin eater. Everything he offered, everything he promised, was a lie...

The citizens react in shock and disbelief.

They're not taking it well. And who could blame them?

Dazed Citizen

Are you saying we were Vauthry's puppets all this time?

When you attacked us, you were not yourselves. That much is true.

But your conduct prior to that moment was your own. Vauthry's unnatural charisma does not absolve you of all responsibility.

Of your own free will, you came to this city and gave yourselves over to its pleasures.

And in the course of this, if you mistreated those less fortunate than you...then that too was of your own free will.

It is not for me to judge you, but for your victims. For history. For your conscience.

You have dreamed a twisted dream, but now you are awake.

You may yet share this world of ours. Join with us and each other that we might begin anew.

We've lost so many already. We dare not lose any more.

I have said my piece. My thanks for giving me the chance.

There is nothing more to be done here. Let us go after Vauthry.

Resolute Citizen

Is there anything we can do to help?

You risked your lives to bring us to our senses, a-and I for one hope to repay that debt. Begin anew, as you said.

Y'shtola

Vauthry has fled to Mt. Gulg, and we mean to pursue him. Do any of you know the way?

Hopeful Citizen

The only way to Mt. Gulg is over the Bright Cliff. Have you an airship?

Y'shtola

We will contemplate flight only as a last resort. Were we to come under attack whilst airborne, we would have little hope of defending ourselves.

If at all possible, we would prefer to travel by land. Is there a way?

Elderly Citizen

The Ladder is the only way up and down the cliff, but it hasn't moved in a long time.

In the old days, it was operated by the mining folk who lived at the top.

But after the Flood it saw less and less use, and when Lord Vauthry took control, it was abandoned altogether.

So we somehow need to get the Ladder working again?

Hopeful Citizen

It moves by means of a Talos, if that's any help. But good luck repairing that...

...Talos? Did someone say Talos!?

You know all about them, don't you, dearest! If anyone can get this lift moving, it's you!

Chai-Nuzz

Um...well...perhaps. B-B-But see here─

Oh, yes! If you want the golem restored, you may leave it to my husband!

For he happens to be the heir to Daedalus Stoneworks, foremost makers of Talos, whose contracts include the renowned mining venture of Amh Araeng!

Chai-Nuzz

It's... Well, i-i-it's been years and years since I had anything to do with it! I-I can't just pick up a hammer and set to work!

You...you can't?

Chai-Nuzz

N-No, th-th-that's not what I─ I-It's just, I─

...All right, I will take a look at the Talos, but beyond that, I make no promises!

Those with strong backs, come with me. I'll need help dragging the damned thing out of the storehouse...

Well done, Brother.