Way of the Thaumaturge
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Way of the Thaumaturge
- Quest giver
- Yayake
- Location
- Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X:7.3, Y:12.4)
- Quest line
Disciple of Magic Quests
┗ Thaumaturge Quests- Level
- 1
- Experience
400- Gil
0- Previous quest
So You Want to Be a Thaumaturge- Next quest
- My First Scepter The Threat of Intimacy
- Patch
- 2.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Yayake wishes you to reaffirm your desire to join the Thaumaturge's Guild.
— In-game description
Rewards
- Unlocks
- Thaumaturge
- If starting the game as a thaumaturge, the rewards will instead be: 5 Raisins, 1 Square Maple Shield
Steps
- Speak with Cocobygo.
- (If starting the game as a thaumaturge, you will have additional objectives):
- Slay Star Marmots.
- Slay Huge Hornets.
- Slay Snapping Shrews.
- Report to Cocobuki at the Thaumaturges' Guild.
Journal
- Yayake wishes you to reaffirm your desire to join the Thaumaturge's Guild.
- Yayake has bid you seek out the eldest of five brothers, thaumaturge siblings who each bear the title of guildmaster. Speak with Cocobygo in the inner sanctum of the Thaumaturges' Guild.
- Cocobuki has set you a trial to test the limits of your aptitude for channeling thaumaturgy. *Exercise your sorcerous might and slay three huge hornets, three star marmots, and three snapping shrews.
- You have slain the specified creatures. Return to the Thaumaturges' Guild and report to Cocobuki.
- Cocobuki has formally accepted you into the ranks of the Thaumaturges' Guild. Continue to train and expand your reserves of magical endurance that you might further explore the yawning abyss of thaumaturgy's mysteries.
- Yayake has bid you seek out the eldest of five brothers, thaumaturge siblings who each bear the title of guildmaster. Speak with Cocobygo in the inner sanctum of the Thaumaturge's Guild.
- After some confusion as to which brother you should be speaking to, you are eventually accepted into the Thaumaturge's Guild. Equip your new scepter and speak with Cocobuki once more.
Dialogue
Accepting the quest
Well, adventurer? Will you join our guild, or do you presume to ignore the urgings of impatient destiny?
Accept
Decline
You choose to close your eyes to fate's beckoning hand? Very well, but you cannot avoid this path forever. Sooner or later, your steps will bring you back to the Ossuary...and our guild.
This option will cancel the dialogue, and require you to speak to Yayake again to progress the quest.
A wise decision, indeed. To prepare for your initiation, I would have you study the volumes of fundamental thaumaturgical principle. All one hundred and eight of them.
...Or at least, I would if such requirements had not been abolished. “Too great a deterrent to fresh novices,” they said. I suppose you shall just have to settle for calling upon the collective wisdom of our guildmasters.
We have five, you see─all brothers of the same house. Though they all wield supreme authority, it is the eldest who provides a singular voice for the guild when one is required. Master Coco... Cocoby...? Cocobygo! ...I believe.
Speak with Cocobygo
Start of cutscene.Who!? What!? Oh. Thal's teeth, man/miss, did your mother never tell you not to startle a thaumaturge?
Look at that expectant face, Cocobygo! This gentleman/lady is obviously a new applicant for the guild seeking audience with our eldest brother.
Oh, Prelate Yayake... She can recite the three hundred and seven verses of the Funerary Rites for the Virtuous Fallen, but the simple task of keeping our names straight seems ever beyond her grasp.
Bwahahahaha! Well, I for one find the constant confusion endlessly entertaining! My apologies, good sir/my dear, my merriment was not meant to mock your mistake. It is our sibling Cocobuki with whom you should speak.
What's this, what's this? Thal has led to us a new aspirant?
Aaah! Cocobuki! Were you here the entire time!?
Greetings, child. I am Cocobuki, the eldest─and, I would venture to say, the wisest─of the five masters of the Thaumaturges' Guild. It is my solemn duty to furnish our would-be initiates with a succinct understanding of our beloved art, thus I would have your fullest attention.
To wield thaumaturgy is to unleash devastation of the highest magnitude. The lethal force of our spells far exceeds the destructive capability of any other form of arcane manipulation.
Fire, lightning, blizzards, somnolence─the thaumaturge calls upon an expansive arsenal of offensive incantations to incapacitate and obliterate all manner of adversaries.
Open your mind to our sorcerous teachings, and you, too, shall soon hold the unparalleled power of our discipline in the palm of your hand.
Hm hm hm... Of course, such power has a price. You must be willing to plunge headfirst into the forbidding chasm of thaumaturgy's secrets─for advancement in this art comes only with the completion of deadly and terrible trials.
I ask you now, aspirant: are you prepared to leap into the abyss in pursuit of power unrivaled?
Are you prepared to leap into the abyss?
Yes
No
Have my words lodged a splinter of fear in your mind? We are patient, aspirant─return to us again once your undeniable ambition has scoured this wasted terror from your thoughts.
This option will cancel the dialogue, and require you to speak to Cocobygo again to progress the quest.
Hm hm hm... A confident response. Your name, if you will? Very well, Forename, let us mark your initiation with three eminently practical gifts.
If player is not starting the game as a thaumaturge
My first gift to you shall be an addition to your hunting log─the names of such enemies that will prove suitable to your training as a thaumaturge.
The second and third gifts are this scepter and shield─instruments you shall need to focus the destructive force of your will.
Did you believe your initiation over? My dear disciple, we have only just begun. Take your new weapons in hand, and I will set you forth upon your first trial...
If player is starting the game as a thaumaturge
Huge hornets, star marmots, and snapping shrews inhabit this land in abundance. Exercise your sorcerous might and slay three of each of these creatures before returning to my side.
End of cutscene.
Report to Cocobuki
Hm hm hm... You have the satisfied look of a mage who has utterly vanquished his foes. Forename, I formally welcome you into the brotherhood of thaumaturges.
The purpose of this trial was to gauge your capacity for wielding thaumaturgy; an innate quality the limits of which are bound by the level of aetheric energy flowing through your physical being.
Aether─the very stuff of life─exists within all living creatures to a greater or lesser extent. Remember this, for it is the most basic law of arcane manipulation.
Now, I have here a tome that shall serve you as a hunting log.
As the name suggests, its pages are to be filled with records of the enemies you slay. The log also contains the names of such adversaries that will challenge and improve your skills as a thaumaturge.
As your experience grows, so shall your reserves of thaumaturgical endurance. The wellspring of your magical might will also swell in response to moments of extreme terror and duress.
When you find yourself seeking greater challenge, when next you crave the thrill of exquisite fear, that is when you shall know the time has come for you to visit me once more. Hm hm hm hm hm...
The next thaumaturge quest will be available from Cocobuki upon reaching level 5.