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Once, Twice, Three Times a Warrior

2026-07-21T04:16:18Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Once, Twice, Three Times a Warrior
| description = [[Curious Gorge]] is training here, but his mind is elsewhere.
| image = Once Twice Three Times a Warrior.png
| quest-giver = Curious Gorge
| related-npcs = Broken Mountain; Dorgono; Luvsan; Strong-willed Warrior
| location = Eastern La Noscea
| location-x = 30.6
| location-y = 22.9
| type = side
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 800
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 80
| req-quest = Shadowbringers (Quest), To Have Loved and Lost
| req-items = 3 Shivermoss
| requirements =
| exp = 448800
| gil = 1641
| reward1 = 1 Battledance Materia VII
| reward2 = 1 Savage Aim Materia VII
| reward3 = 1 Savage Might Materia VII
| unlocks = ach I Am the Warrior IV, ngp Warrior - Part 4
| prev-quest = The Heart of the Problem
| next-quest =
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.0
| id-edb = 82a4b46bd96
| id-gt = 68748
}}

==Walkthrough==
This is the final job quest. Only [[Role Quests]] will be added going forward.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Broken Mountain]] in [[lower La Noscea]].
*Speak with [[Luvsan]].
*Use [[Heavy Swing]] on mossy boulders to obtain shivermoss.
*Deliver the shivermoss to Luvsan.
*Speak with Luvsan.
*Use Heavy Swing on Broken Mountain.
*Speak with [[Curious Gorge]] in [[eastern La Noscea]].

==Journal==
*Curious Gorge is training here, but his mind is elsewhere.

*Curious Gorge has been training as hard as ever and has indeed grown stronger for it, yet upon seeing you for the first time in an age, he immediately recognizes that you have grown stronger still. After you regale him with tales of your adventures in the First, particularly those of Granson and Dikaiosyne, he concludes that the reason for his limited growth is love─or rather, that he has been unable to put it out of his mind. Curious Gorge has sent many missives to Dorgono in the Far East, but has yet to receive even a single reply, and so he resolves to go and see her in person...and thus is not present when Dorgono and her father Luvsan arrive moments later, having recently come all the way from the Azim Steppe to thank in person all those who aided the Qerel. Since Curious Gorge is nowhere to be found, you are to proceed to the Moraby Drydocks where Broken Mountain and his warriors can be found.

*During the course of their conversation, Broken Mountain admits to Luvsan that he does not carry an axe because he can no longer fight. However, the elder Xaela does not believe all hope is lost, and proposes a treatment that may restore him to fighting condition. A certain type of moss will be necessary for this, and Luvsan believes he saw a suitable substitute on the way to the docks.

*The moss in question can be found growing on boulders strewn throughout the general vicinity, and Luvsan bids you gather it by first shattering them with a Heavy Swing, which should render it easier to collect. If nothing else, it is inarguably a more dramatic way of gathering moss than gently scraping it off.

*You succeed in gathering the moss in the distinct warrior fashion. Luvsan should be satisfied with the quantity in your possession.

*Taking advantage of your privacy, Luvsan confesses that he had an ulterior motive for coming to Eorzea: to confirm his suspicions that his daughter had fallen in love with a warrior of the West. After meeting you, he concludes that you are the suitor in question, and offers to bless your union─at which point Dorgono returns and puts an end to the discussion for the time being.

*With all gathered for the ritual, Luvsan offers an elixir to Broken Mountain, who drinks deep. Finally, he instructs you to strike the injured warrior with all your might, assuring you both that it is the only way. Though Broken Mountain is understandably uncomfortable with this proposal, the die is cast, and only a Heavy Swing will suffice.

*Broken Mountain weathers your assault, and moments later finds himself filled with newfound strength. He is a warrior reborn, and the beast within is his to command. As all celebrate his successful recovery, Curious Gorge approaches─but observing from afar, mistakes Dorgono's joyful smile as an expression of her love towards you, leading him to succumb to his inner beast and charge. Fortunately, before it turns into a needlessly messy and violent affair, she brings him to his senses with a single blow.

*Curious Gorge reminds you not to grow complacent in your own efforts to grow stronger still, for with Broken Mountain healed and Dorgono in Eorzea for the time being, your competition for the title of the realm's greatest warrior has grown that much more intense. And indeed, the day may come when one of the three will dethrone you...but not yet.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the Quest===
Curious Gorge: Oh, [Forename]...how long has it been? I've been dedicating myself wholly to my training for some time now, day after day after day, but I fear my progress has come to a halt of late.
Curious Gorge: You look well. A fair bit stronger than I remember, even. What is your secret, my friend? How have you grown so much more powerful?

Question: What will you say?
> So I got sucked into this portal and traveled to another world...
> I went toe-to-toe with this fellow called Dikaiosyne...
---
Curious Gorge: Wait, wait— I can tell this is going to take a while. Since I've just finished my training, why don't we speak at length on dry land?
-cutscene start
Curious Gorge: So there are more worlds than this, eh? That's a lot to take in... And this Granson, ye gods. To see the woman you love taken from you before your very eyes... <sniffle> No wonder he struggled so mightily to pick up the pieces of his life...
Curious Gorge: After listening to your tale, I realize what it is I've been missing. The one thing I lack to spur me to even greater heights!
Curious Gorge: >> 'Tis love! <<
Curious Gorge: I sent several missives to Dorgono, you see, but she has yet to respond even once! I've waited patiently, eagerly, but still! Still no word has arrived!
Curious Gorge: Fear has crept into my heart. Has she forgotten me? Has she met another!?
Curious Gorge: I cannot rest until I know the reason for her delay! I must know! This is no time for training!
Curious Gorge: Nor can I afford to be patient. Granson's time with his beloved was cut short—who is to say ours will not be as well? Or worse, if it already has...
Curious Gorge: It is decided! I will purchase passage on the next ship for the Far East and return to the Azim Steppe with all haste! I'm coming, Dorgono!
Dorgono: [Forename], how fortunate you are here! I have been looking all over for Curious Gorge. The Marauders' Guild told me he trained near here, but I did not know you did as well!
Dorgono: What do you mean he's going to the Steppe to see me because I never answered any of his missives? Is this a joke?
Dorgono: No matter how many he sent, I would have never responded. Our people have no written tongue. Whatever reached us was probably fed to the goats. Anyway—let us hope that someone informs him of our arrival before he gets on a ship...
Dorgono: As for why I have traveled all this way, it was at the behest of my father, who wished to thank you and Curious Gorge personally for fighting on our behalf.
Luvsan: I am Luvsan of the Qerel, and you are [Forename] [Surname]—the khagan who stood with my people against the Chaghan.
Luvsan: But that is not all, for you also helped my youngest daughter gain control over the will of Karash. No words can express the depth of my gratitude to you.
Dorgono: You promised not to speak of Karash...
Luvsan: But I must. My heart broke when she was marked as Taken and exiled. Never again would I see her, I feared. But then she returned! Blood of my blood, master of Karash! My little girl...and it is all because of you.
Luvsan: In thanks for your deeds, I wish to present to you thirty horses—
Dorgono: Father, no! It is not the way of Eorzea to give horses as thanks! And besides, {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} is a traveler! They would only be a burden!
Luvsan: I apologize, khagan. Now then—I must also express my gratitude to the others. Warriors of the Maelstrom, were they? I believe I recall the way...
Dorgono: If you have the time to spare, might you accompany us? Having traveled so long solely in the company of my father, I am finding him increasingly exhausting...
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
Luvsan: Well do I know how difficult my daughter can be, and so I wish to present you with a gift as an expression of my gratitude. I am told you would have no use for horses, but what about fifty goats?
Dorgono: It brings me joy to see the Lominsan warriors in good health!
Strong-willed Warrior: Gorge's got good taste, aye. If it weren't for him, I'd have a mind to...er...give a polite and wholly appropriate compliment and be on my way.
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain in lower La Noscea===
Broken Mountain: It is a pleasure to see you again, [Forename], as well as Dorgono. I am surprised to see her as you doubtless are, and in the company of her father besides...
-cutscene start
Luvsan: ...I must insist that you accept a small token of my appreciation. I do not doubt my daughter was quite the handful. No less than fifty goats, I think, should suffice for the imposition—
Dorgono: Fifty goats would be a far greater imposition, Father!
Broken Mountain: It really was no bother, sir. A pleasure, honestly—and a regrettably short one at that. So much so that we were hoping we might see her again, so you can imagine our surprise and our delight when you arrived.
Luvsan: If not horses or goats, then... Wait. Are you not the leaders of these warriors? Yet you do not carry an axe. Why is this?
Broken Mountain: That is...that is because I cannot. Not since I was defeated by mine own brother in battle. He had succumbed to his inner beast—your Karash—and struck a blow with such ferocity from which I have never fully recovered.
Broken Mountain: But it is well that he did, for I too was in thrall to the beast at the time. Had he not given it his all, countless innocents may have died by my hand...
Luvsan: It is not an unfamiliar story. Many a Qerel has suffered a grievous injury which rendered them unable to fight.
Luvsan: But I am a boo—a healer, and I can help you to wield your axe once more.
Broken Mountain: This is in your power? I...I did not think it was possible!
Luvsan: It pains me to see a warrior who yet yearns to fight but cannot. Allow me to treat you as repayment for your kindness.
Broken Mountain: Full glad am I to accept! Thank you, sir, thank you...
Luvsan: This treatment requires a quantity of shivermoss. While it is not native to your land, I believe a similar type grows here. Let us go and gather some.
Broken Mountain: You lot return to your training for now.
Broken Mountain: I don't know about you, [Forename], but I'm bloody excited!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Dorgono: Do you have any siblings, khagan? I am youngest of eighteen myself...
-optional end
===Speak with Luvsan===
Luvsan: The moss of which I spoke I spied in this place not long ago. We will need a moderate amount for the ritual to heal Broken Mountain. You and Dorgono can both assist me in this.
Luvsan: Look for mossy rocks nearby and shatter them with a Heavy Swing, then gather up the shivermoss.
Dorgono: Ah, I remember this game! The marauders were always breaking rocks to hone their skills. This will be easy!
System: Use Heavy Swing on mossy boulders to obtain shivermoss.
-optional start
Luvsan: To be fair, you need not actually shatter the rocks to gather the moss, but it hastens the process and makes a somewhat dull process a little more entertaining, do you not think?
-optional end
===Deliver the shivermoss to Luvsan===
Luvsan: You wield your axe with great skill, khagan. May I have the shivermoss?
''The player hands over 3 {{i|Shivermoss}}.''
-cutscene start
Luvsan: Very good. Now, before my daughter returns, there is one other matter which I must discuss with you.
Luvsan: She is a woman grown, and as her father I must think of her future. Of marriage.
Luvsan: Alas, she has shown no interest in any warriors of the Qerel. At first I thought none suited her, but then I began to wonder...was her mind made up? Had she already chosen a suitor?
Luvsan: Realizing this, I persuaded her to come with me to Eorzea. And now that we have met, I feel more certain than ever. Dorgono has fallen in love with a warrior of another land...
Luvsan: ...And I could not be happier for her. For who could disapprove of the champion who stood against the Chaghan?
Luvsan: [Forename] [Surname], khagan of the Steppe, I will not oppose the union of you and Dorgono. I offer you my blessing.

Question: What will you say?
> My heart belongs to the sea.
> Did I mention I'm eternally bonded to someone else?
> Honestly I'm not all that keen on the whole institution of marriage...
> So there's this bloke called Gorge...
> Don't mind if I do!
---
Dorgono: >> Hey! HEY! Who are you to decide such things for me!? <<
Dorgono: I will not marry [Forename]! I have already chosen a suitor, and it is not {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}!
Luvsan: Oh! I see... I was so certain that... Ahem. So...who is this other...?
Dorgono: We will not discuss this any further! We have the moss, now let us go and prepare for the ritual!
Luvsan: Pray forgive me, khagan. I spoke out of turn. Dorgono is right—we should attend to the ritual and restore Broken Mountain to the warrior he was.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Dorgono: I'm so sorry he spoke to you like that. It is a bad habit of his, meddling in affairs that are not his concern...
Broken Mountain: I know not what sort of ritual this is. Do you? The traditions of the Qerel are a complete and utter mystery to me...
-optional end
===Speak with Luvsan===
Luvsan: I have brewed an elixir using the moss. Drink it now.
Luvsan: Very good. Your body is ready. You must now receive of the power of another great warrior. I can think of none more suitable than you, khagan.
Luvsan: We must awaken the Karash within him once more. I bid you summon the strength of Father Azim and strike Broken Mountain with all your might!
Broken Mountain: You bid {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} what now!?
Luvsan: ''All your might''! Hold nothing back! Swing to kill! Anything less and he will be crippled worse or die!
System: Muster all your strength and attack Broken Mountain with a Heavy Swing.
-optional start
Luvsan: Do not hesitate, khagan! Strike him down as you would your most hated enemy, else this treatment will end in failure.
Dorgono: Do it, [Forename]! Do it!
Broken Mountain: This seems like the exact opposite of what would benefit me...
-optional end
===Use Heavy Swing on Broken Mountain===
Broken Mountain: Ugh!
-cutscene start
Broken Mountain: Seven hells, what is this...this feeling I feel welling up from deep within? This fire, this passion...this rage!
Broken Mountain: The beast stirs again! Its power is mine! It fills me with strength, yet I remain in control! Huzzah!
Luvsan: The strength never left you, my friend. The injury was not one of the flesh, but of the heart. Trickery of the mind, a deception of the self.
Luvsan: The elixir served only to steel your flesh and dull the pain, so you could stand fast against the khagan's axe. You will not need it again, for the fear that held you hostage has fled.
Broken Mountain: I see... It was in my head all this time. It's no secret that fear can cripple a man worse than any wound, but I never thought... Gods, what a fool I've been.
Broken Mountain: Thank you so much for helping me to overcome my foolishness, Luvsan. You've made me a warrior again!
Luvsan: Thank {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}, for a warrior of surpassing strength and power is indispensable for this ritual. No other could have served as well.
Dorgono: Aye, for there is no greater warrior than [Forename]!
Curious Gorge: How could you, [Forename]...? You and Dorgono, all this time... It all makes sense now. The letters, the silence. It was you...
Dorgono: Curious Gorge, what is this nonsense you speak? What's gotten into you?
Curious Gorge: >> Graaaghhh! Gaaarrrghhh! <<
Dorgono: Oh no you don't, you stupid fool!
Curious Gorge: I am so sorry, everyone. When I went to the docks to find a ship bound for the Far East, I ran into some marauders who told me Dorgono and her father had come.
Curious Gorge: So overcome by joy I began searching for them at once, but when I finally found you here, and saw how you looked on [Forename] with such joy, all my earlier fears came rushing back, and the beast within me seized control...
Dorgono: It had better not happen again! You're lucky I held back. Next time I won't!
Curious Gorge: And Brother! Is it true that you have fully recovered? You are a warrior reborn? Congratulations! It is like a dream come true!
Broken Mountain: Indeed, Brother, indeed! At first I struggled to believe it, but it is as Luvsan says! I must go and join in the training sessions at once. And do not fear—the beast will not claim me again!
Curious Gorge: I cannot thank you enough, Luvsan. It has been longer than I can remember since my brother smiled so. You've given us such a gift...
Luvsan: It is the least I could do after all you have done for my daughter. Thank you for your kindness and your hospitality. Our time is short, however, and we must be on our way...
Dorgono: Having said that... Dorgono. I am reminded that you are still young and want for experience. You are not yet a warrior fit to wed, and so I bid you continue to strengthen your body and mind here, in this land. It suits you, I think.
Dorgono: Did you hear that? I can stay! We can even train together—I can show you all the techniques we Qerel use to hone our skills!
Curious Gorge: Aye, but first I must teach you my methods! You must come with me to Hidden Falls, right this instant!
Curious Gorge: You too, [Forename]! I've a few final words I wish to say to you there.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Dorgono: You're an inspiration, [Forename]─an ideal I'll surpass one day yet!
-optional end
===Speak with Curious Gorge in eastern La Noscea===
Curious Gorge: I trust you understand what all this means, my friend. Now that my brother has taken up the axe again, the competition for the title of Eorzea's greatest warrior will be that much more intense!
Dorgono: Don't forget I'm in the running too, you know!
Curious Gorge: So keep at it, warrior, for the time will come when we challenge you again!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}
==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=2zjAVBXNbo8}}

[[Category:Has_datamined_dialogue]]

The Heart of the Problem

2026-07-21T03:48:31Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Heart of the Problem
| description = [[Curious Gorge]] seems surprisingly calm and collected.
| image = Warrior Stormblood image1.png
| quest-giver = Curious Gorge
| related-npcs = Broken Mountain; Dorgono; Mirthful Merchant; Mol Shepherd; Nayaga
| location = The Azim Steppe
| location-x = 31.9
| location-y = 29.5
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 700
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 70
| req-quest = Stars in the Dark
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 216000
| gil = 3700
| reward1 = 1 Brutal Armor Coffer (IL 290)
| unlocks = ac Inner Release, tt Berserk Mastery, ach I Am the Warrior III, ngp Warrior - Part 3
| prev-quest = Going the Distance
| next-quest = Once, Twice, Three Times a Warrior
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68440
| id-edb = 02aed005346
}}

==Steps==
*Mount the merchant's horse.
*Ride the merchant's horse to [[Mol Iloh]].
*Speak with [[Curious Gorge]] at Mol Iloh.
*Speak with Curious Gorge at [[Reunion]].
*Dispel Curious Gorge's fear with a [[Slap|/slap]].
*Meet with [[Dorgono]] near Mol Iloh.
*Speak with Curious Gorge.
*Speak with [[Broken Mountain]] at the [[Moraby Drydocks]].

==Journal==
* Curious Gorge seems surprisingly calm and collected.

* In an unusual change of pace, Curious Gorge has taken to helping merchants of Reunion with errands. He has been recently tasked with taking two horses up to Mol Iloh, but is wary of leaving one without a rider. He asks you to speak with the horses' owner, so you might saddle up to assist him.

* The sprightly merchant is only too happy to ready his horse for you. Mounted and ready to ride, he wishes you save travels to Mol Iloh.

* As you arrive at Mol Iloh, a sheep herder approaches you. His look of satisfaction makes clear that he is the intended recipient of the horse. With the delivery complete, you look for Curious Gorge who should be nearby.

* Robbed of his inner beast and ability to battle, Curious Gorge has thought long and hard about what life has to offer off the battlefield. He realizes now the vexing emotion which inhibited his inner beast was the love he bears for Dorgono. This understanding of his feelings has also reawakened his once-dormant strength. To cast aside any lingering feelings of doubt or hesitation, he plans to profess his love to her. To that end, he bids you follow him back to Reunion.

* Both Curious Gorge and Dorgono have been waiting for your return. His look of exasperation makes it clear he has buckled under pressure. Your presence offers him a modicum of courage, but before he can say a word, she interrupts him to relay grave news to you─the Chaghan have grown bolder, and now plan to attack Mol Iloh. She means to cut them off before they can reach the settlement and leaves ahead of you. Curious Gorge grows increasingly frustrated with himself, and asks you to give him the one thing certain to dispel his fear─the realm-shattering slap of Eorzea's greatest warrior!

* It is all Curious Gorge can do not to fall to the ground from the force of your mighty blow. He is now duly inspired and ready to help Dorgono rout the Chaghan.

* You find Dorgono south of the settlement, surveying the area for the Chaghan. The silent operation is foiled, however, by the boisterous bellowing of Curious Gorge as he attempts to profess his love to her. Your cover blown, a fierce battle with the Chaghan soon ensues. The song of steel echoes across the Azim Steppe, and after the final refrain, you find yourselves victorious. Or so it seems. The Chaghan are defeated, but the threat of danger still looms in Curious Gorge who has been overcome by his inner beast. Though he seems beyond reasoning, it is a confession of love from Dorgono that brings him back to his senses.

* Love is in the air, and Dorgono asks Curious Gorge to return with her to start anew as part of the Qerel clan. With a heavy heart he declines. Control of his inner beast still eludes him, and he cannot suffer the thought of hurting the one he loves most. He vows to become the realm's second─or third─strongest warrior, hoping to someday be worthy of her affection. Dorgono bids you both farewell and departs to at last rejoin her people.

* Curious Gorge is a man of his word, and jokingly warns you that, should you decide to rest on your laurels for even a moment, he intends to rob you of your title of realm's greatest warrior. That said, he concedes you both have earned rest after such a grueling battle. Longing for home, you both return to Limsa Lominsa.

* Broken Mountain is relieved to see you both returned safely, hopeful that things would return to as they were. Unfortunately that would not be the case. Still struggling to control his inner beast, Curious Gorge again relinquishes his position as instructor to resume training at the Hidden Falls. Though his brother is certain to emerge from his training a warrior transformed, Broken Mountain hopes you will answer their call should the realm want for a mighty axe.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Curious Gorge: Your timing is impeccable as always. I have a task well suited to a {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} of your many talents.
Curious Gorge: Aside from my training, I've taken to working with the merchants here in Reunion, my most recent venture being the delivery of horses.
Curious Gorge: I was asked to take a pair of horses up north today, but I'd feel at ease knowing there was a rider in both saddles.
Curious Gorge: Speak with the sprightly fellow over there and he'll see that you're fit to ride. Make for Mol Iloh and I'll meet you there.
-quest accepted

===Mount the merchant's horse===
Mirthful Merchant: Ah, Curious Gorge did mention someone would be coming to help. Yes, yes, your horse is right over here. Safe travels, friend.

-optional start
Mirthful Merchant: What were you doing out there? Your horse came galloping back not long ago and looked rather spooked. I'll tolerate no funny business. Understand?
Curious Gorge: This isn't a job to be done on foot, [Forename]. Speak with the sprightly fellow over there and saddle up.
-optional end

===Ride the merchant's horse to Mol Iloh===
Mol Shepherd: Ah, my horse! Thank you so much. I don't know where I'd be without you adventurers. Is the other burly-looking fellow over there with you?
-optional start
Mol Shepherd: Don't let me keep you. It'd be rude to leave that friend of yours waiting any longer.
-optional end

===Speak with Curious Gorge===
-cutscene start
Curious Gorge: Ah, there you are. Was this not invigorating? The feeling of fresh air on your face, the wind blowing through your hair?
Curious Gorge: Bereft of the strength to fight, I have been given much time to drink in the beauty of these lands. Much time to think...
Curious Gorge: Since I was old enough to hold an axe, the path of the warrior is all I have ever known, the pursuit of ever greater strength my only purpose. I realize now how narrow my view of the world was.
Curious Gorge: I was convinced my defeat at the Wolves' Den Pier was the reason Dorgono has been constantly on my mind, and my wounded pride served only to further cloud my judgment.
Curious Gorge: But I can see clearly now, the clouds are gone. I finally understand why Dorgono has vexed me so.
Curious Gorge: I love her, [Forename]. From the moment I laid eyes on her, she had holmganged my heart.
Curious Gorge: Overwhelmed with these feelings, it's little wonder she trounced me so at the Wolves' Den Pier.
Curious Gorge: But I am once more master of my emotions. Already I can feel my inner beast has reawakened.
Curious Gorge: If I am to regain my full strength, there is only one thing left to do: profess my love to Dorgono, and in the doing, rid myself of any lingering doubts that may still inhibit my inner beast.
Curious Gorge: Let us return to town. Hopefully there will be enough time before she arrives to think of what to say.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Dorgono: Oh, [Forename], thank goodness you are here.
-optional end

===Speak with Curious Gorge===
Curious Gorge: What took you so long? Every time I look into those powder blue eyes of hers, I lose all train of thought. Now that you're here, perhaps I can muster the courage to─erm, ahem!
Curious Gorge: Dorgono! I... I... I lo─
Dorgono: What is wrong with you?
Dorgono: Ugh! There is no time for your drivel─the Chaghan mean to strike again!
Dorgono: They've always been prone to violence, but I fear their recent attack on the Qerel has given them a taste for pillaging. They mean to attack Mol Iloh next!
Dorgono: Quickly! We must stop them before they can reach town!
Curious Gorge: Damn it all! Again I was distracted by the quiver of her come-hither lips. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but love proves to be more terrifying than any foe.
Curious Gorge: This fear, it must be struck out of me. Literally. I want you to slap me as hard as you can, [Forename]. Crack your battle-hardened palm across my face.
-optional start
Curious Gorge: Don't hold back, [Forename]. Slap me so hard my heart skips a beat from the shock of it.
-optional end

===Dispel Curious Gorge's fear with a /slap===
/slap
Curious Gorge: Godsdamn, that smarts! Any harder and my heart might've stopped altogether.
Curious Gorge: But the fear that once gripped my heart is no more. Come, [Forename], Dorgono must know of my love for her. I will shout it from the mountain tops if I have to!

===Meet with Dorgono near Mol Iloh===
-cutscene start
Dorgono: The Chaghan are close by. Overcoming their forces will be no easy task, but we must be especially careful of their leader, Nayaga. He is able to wield the power of Karash to its fullest.
Dorgono: When he taps into that strength, he is nigh unbeatable. With our combined might, we may have a chance.
Dorgono: Speaking of which... Curious Gorge, are you well enough to fight?
Curious Gorge: Better than well, for I am in love─with you! I love you, Dorgono. I love you!!!
Dorgono: Wh-What are you doing, you witless worm!? ''Keep your voice down''!
Dorgono: Your bellowing has given us away!
Nayaga: What have we here? Dorgono. You have some nerve showing your face here. If you value your life, you will crawl back to whatever hole you came out of.
Dorgono: Never! What you have done to the Qerel, your own people, is unforgivable! I will not allow you to bring such ruin to others.
Dorgono: I was too weak before, but thanks to these warriors, the power of Karash is now at my beck and call. I have the strength to put an end to you!
Nayaga: What we do, we do in the name of the Dusk Mother! If you would defy her will, there is only one punishment fit for such heresy.
Nayaga: Oh Nhaama, goddess of the dusk, hear me! Grant us the strength to smite our enemies! For one glorious moment, let the blood spilled here slake your unquenchable thirst!
Dorgono: [Forename], Curious Gorge. Prepare yourselves!
Curious Gorge: Leave it to me, my sweet vixen! I will show them what it truly means to unleash one's inner beast!
-cutscene end
====Solo Duty====
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: I will make you pay for what you've done to the Qerel!
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: Hmph! It is time you learned your place.
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: Oh Nhaama, goddess of the dusk. Grant me strength to do your bidding, to nourish the soil with their life's blood.
Curious Gorge: What's this!? He's repelling our attacks!
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: It is the power of Karash! To land a blow against him now is nigh impossible.
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: This is the limit of your power? How pathetic, hahahaha!
Curious Gorge: Is there nothing we can do?
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: The answer lies with Karash. If I can harness all my strength into a single strike...
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: [Forename], keep his attention. I need a moment to focus my energies.
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: You would be the first to die? Very well.
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: I fear my strength alone may not be enough...
Curious Gorge: Never fear, my love! You need but say the word, and my axe is yours.
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: Then let us combine our strength and put an end to his rampage.
Curious Gorge: It would be my pleasure.
Curious Gorge: My soul is aflame─I've never felt so alive! Could this be the power of love?
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: Oh no! Mammoths!
Curious Gorge: Back, you fiends! Can you not see I'm assisting my ladylove? [Forename], you must stop them!
Curious Gorge: He's summoned more mammoths! You cannot allow him to disrupt our formation.
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: Hold on, [Forename]. We're nearly there. I can feel it!
Curious Gorge: Take my love, Dorgono. Take it, and lead us to victory!
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: You mean to intimidate me with that pitiful ball of flame?
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: This is the true power of Karash, of our inner beasts.
x@Kindred Joining: And together, we are unstoppable!!!
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: My strength... No, this cannot be happening...
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: We've breached his defenses. We must strike now before he can recover.
Curious Gorge: Leave it to me, my dear!
Nayaga@Nayaga the Taken: You will not deny the Dusk Mother.
Dorgono@Dorgono Blueblade: We've done it, [Forename]! We've done it!
-cutscene start
Dorgono: We did it! The Chaghan have been brought to heel. Perhaps now I can finally return home.
Dorgono: That was quite a display, Curious Gorge. The worm has at last shown himself a warrior.
Dorgono: Curious Gorge...?
Curious Gorge: >> Graaaaaaghhh! <<
Dorgono: It's over. We have won! You needn't prove yourself to me any longer!
Dorgono: You have always been so strong, so caring. I know I was mean to you before, but in truth I... I...
Dorgono: >> I love you, Curious Gorge! <<
Curious Gorge: Forgive me. Though only for a moment, it seems my inner beast got the better of me. Again...
Dorgono: So what if it did? The Chaghan have been defeated, and I owe it all to the two of you! When the Qerel hear of this, they are sure to welcome me back with open arms.
Dorgono: I will share with them all I have learned of controlling the will of Karash, and I would do it with you.
Dorgono: Come away with me, Curious Gorge, and together we can start anew with the Qerel!
Curious Gorge: How long I have waited to hear those words. <sigh> Yet sadly, I must decline. While it is true we defeated the Chaghan, I cannot dismiss the fact that I succumbed to my inner beast. If I had turned on you when you needed me most, I could never forgive myself.
Curious Gorge: A man who lacks such self-discipline is undeserving of a wonderful woman such as you.
Curious Gorge: I must continue training to master my inner beast and become the realm's greatest─well, ''second'' greatest─warrior. When that day comes, I will find you.
Dorgono: Second? Surely you mean third. The honor of being the realm's second greatest warrior is mine, and I doubt you will ever surpass me.
Curious Gorge: Argh! Just wait and see! I'll rip those horns off that pretty little head of yours and─
Dorgono: Hah hah hah. Well, you can certainly try. I will gladly fight to keep my title, and can think of no better challenger. Until then, take care of yourself.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Curious Gorge===
Curious Gorge: I can scarcely believe you overcame that monster Nayaga on your own.
Curious Gorge: The title of realm's greatest warrior is rightfully yours, but never forget: should you slack for even a moment, I'll be there to take it from you!
Curious Gorge: Though I suppose after today's exertion, we've both earned a moment's respite. Let us return home. I yearn for the shores of Limsa, and my brother is no doubt sick with worry besides.

-optional start
Curious Gorge: I have caused you and my brother nothing but grief. I mean to apologize, but I fear he will not like what I have to say.
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Moraby Drydocks===
Broken Mountain: It gladdens me to see you both returned hale and whole. Once more my brother's inner beast burns fiercely within him, and from what he has told me, Dorgono has at last been reunited with her people.
Curious Gorge: Our ventures in the East were not without trouble, though. Much of which could have been avoided if not for my failings.
Curious Gorge: I know you wish for me to resume leading the Maelstrom's warriors, Brother, but I am unworthy for the role. I myself am still in need of training, and that is why I would dedicate myself to honing my skills, that I might someday be worthy of the position again.
Broken Mountain: I suspected you might say as much. Very well, then. If you truly believe this is best, I will not stop you. Find your own path. When you're ready, I'm sure it will lead back to us someday.
Curious Gorge: Thank you, Brother! I must be off to Hidden Falls. There's much to do if I'm ever to be a match for [Forename] or Dorgono.
Broken Mountain: I sometimes wonder if he will ever be satisfied. Though I confess I admire his fervor. You have inspired him to reach new heights, and I have every confidence he will emerge from his training a new man. Nevertheless, I hope we may look to you for aid should we find ourselves on hard times.
-quest complete
System: This concludes the warrior quests for FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood. In order to undertake the next series of quests, you must first meet the following requirements:
System: ※You must have completed the main scenario quest “Shadowbringers.”
System: ※You must have completed the role quest “To Have Loved and Lost.”
System: Once you have done so, the next warrior quest will be available from Curious Gorge.
</nowiki>}}

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Going the Distance

2026-07-21T03:10:36Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with the template

{{Quest infobox
| title = Going the Distance
| description = [[Broken Mountain]] is beside himself with worry.
| image = Warrior Stormblood image1.png
| quest-giver = Broken Mountain
| related-npcs = Chambui; Curious Gorge; Dorgono; Masgud; Tamachag
| location = Lower La Noscea
| location-x = 25.8
| location-y = 35.2
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 680
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 68
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 108000
| gil = 1844
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = When Push Comes to Shove
| next-quest = The Heart of the Problem
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68439
| id-edb = e5b58202fc1
}}
==Steps==
*Gather information at [[Reunion]].
*Search for [[Curious Gorge]].
*Rescue Curious Gorge.
*Speak with [[Dorgono]].
*Speak with Curious Gorge.

==Journal==
*Broken Mountain is beside himself with worry.

*Curious Gorge has disappeared, but not without a trace. According to Wyrnzoen, a man matching his description recently boarded a ship bound eastward. Broken Mountain is certain his brother has run off in search of Dorgono at the Azim Steppe. Unable to leave his post in Limsa Lominsa, he asks you to search for Curious Gorge and see that he does not come to harm.

*You travel east to the Azim Steppe, and question the people of a small settlement known as Reunion. While many could not distinguish Curious Gorge from the many travelers passing through, one merchant recalls a large, axe-wielding Roegadyn heading west in search of a Qerel settlement.

*Curious Gorge was moments away from evisceration when you stepped in to rescue him from a ravenous weasel. He seems no worse for wear as you help him to his feet.

*You are relieved to see Curious Gorge is without injury, but there is no time for small talk. Dorgono's people are under attack, and so Curious Gorge rushes off to the west.

*You arrive to find Dorgono looking over the ruin of her people's settlement. As she tells it, they are safe and sound at Reunion. Sadly, there would be no homecoming for Dorgono. The ones responsible for besieging their homes were the very same people they exiled from the Qerel clan. They have created an order of their own, the Chaghan, and believe the blind fury of their inner beasts is a gift from their goddess, the Dusk Mother. The Qerel believe Dorgono to be one of the Chaghan now, and refuse to allow her back. She is now determined to avenge her people and earn back their trust. Your help, and even Curious Gorge's, will be indispensable in this endeavor. As she leaves to go track their whereabouts, she suggests you return to Reunion to rest up and prepare for battle.

*You speak with Curious Gorge at Reunion, and it seems he has yet to realize the source of his problems. With battle looming on the horizon, one can only hope he comes to terms with his emotions before the fighting begins.

*※The next warrior quest will be available from Curious Gorge upon reaching level 70.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Broken Mountain: He's gone! My brother is gone!
Broken Mountain: I spoke with Wyrnzoen, and his men claim to have seen a man fitting Brother's description boarding a ship heading to the Far East.
Broken Mountain: The lovestruck fool. No doubt he's run off to find Dorgono.
Broken Mountain: In his weakened state, there's no telling what misfortune may find him there. Would that I could go and search of him, but I cannot leave my post here in Limsa.
Broken Mountain: It shames me to ask more of you, but do you think it possible you could find him?
Broken Mountain: Bless you, [Forename]. If he is searching for Dorgono, then he is making for the Azim Steppe.
Broken Mountain: If the plains are as vast as she claimed, you would do well to find the closest settlement and begin your search there. If the gods are kind, someone will have seen him.
Broken Mountain: Safe travels, [Forename]. I pray he causes no more trouble than he already has.
-quest accepted

-optional start
Broken Mountain: If Dorgono told it true, the plains of Azim Steppe are vast and fraught with peril. When you arrive, make haste to the nearest settlement and see what you can learn of my brother's whereabouts.
-optional end

===Gather information at Reunion===
Chambui: Ah, that unruly fellow in search of the Qerel clan? If he took my advice, he's headed due west to search for their settlement. Or what's left of it.
-optional start
Chambui: I can't say what you'll find to the west, but it's likely not the Qerel.
-optional end

Tamachag: A large man with an axe? You've any idea how many brutes with axes come stomping through these parts?
-optional start
Tamachag: A large man with an axe on his back? You'll have to be more specific. There's no shortage of axe-wielding types here.
-optional end

Masgud: A burly, red-faced Roegadyn? Yes, I remember. He was asking after the Qerel clan, but they haven't lived here in ages.
-optional start
Masgud: If you're looking for the Qerel, you'll not find them here. I told that boisterous Roegadyn the same.
-optional end

===Rescue Curious Gorge===
Curious Gorge: Thank you, kind stranger. Had you not arrived, I would have─[Forename]!? Wh-What are you doing here?
Curious Gorge: Ack, that can wait. Dorgono's people are under attack. Come, we have to help them!

-optional start
Curious Gorge: Dorgono is safe, but where are the others?
-optional end

===Speak with Dorgono===
-cutscene start
Dorgono: [Forename], you've come! Hope is not yet lost... Though I fail to see why you chose to bring the worm.

Curious Gorge: Worm!? Why, I... You... Ugh, could you just tell us what happened here?

Dorgono: The Qerel settlement was attacked, but I was too late. This is all there was to be seen when I arrived. You needn't worry, though. They escaped.
Dorgono: I managed to track them back to Reunion. Upon finding them, however, I was greeted with looks of fear and disgust. They would only suffer me long enough to explain the will of Karash is to blame for their woes.
Dorgono: The exiles of Qerel have created a clan of their own─the Chaghan. They offered me shelter when I was first cast out.
Dorgono: Where the Qerel see the will of Karash as a source of rack and ruin, the Chaghan praise it as a blessing from the Dusk Mother.
Dorgono: They commit all manner of heinous acts when Karash takes hold. Some would even slay their own kin and claim it in the name of the Mother. I could not abide their savagery and soon left. Still, my people mistake me for one of the Chaghan now.
Dorgono: After all that work, all that training, they would deny me. But I cannot give up! I will avenge my people and earn their trust!

Curious Gorge: Your opponents are warriors who freely indulge in their inner beasts. You do not stand a chance alone. I will help you!

Dorgono: I have no need of your aid, worm. You would only get in my way with your wriggling and writhing.
Dorgono: [Forename]'s proven axe, on the other hand, would be welcome. What say you?

Question: Will you lend Dorgono your strength?
> Yes
Dorgono: Thank you. Your presence alone is worth a hundred warriors!
> No
Dorgono: I...I see. Then I have no choice but to face them alone...
Curious Gorge: What are you saying? The Maleficent I know would never let a comrade rush headlong into danger alone. You must help Dorgono!
Dorgono: Thank you. Your presence alone is worth a hundred warriors!
---
Curious Gorge: Aye, and with me at your side, that's another hundred at your disposal. Dealing with the Chaghan should be as child's play.
Dorgono: Do as you like. I only ask you don't slow us down.
Dorgono: For now, return to Reunion and rest. The Chaghan have grown careless and should prove easy for me to track. When the time comes, I expect you to be ready, Curious Gorge.
Curious Gorge: Huh? I mean, r-right. You can count on me!
Dorgono: I should not be long, [Forename]. Soon we will put an end to their madness.
Curious Gorge: That woman is insufferable! She's arrogant, rude, pigheaded... <sigh> And she finally called me by name...
Curious Gorge: Ahem. She is also right. Battle against the Chaghan would be folly in my present condition. Let us return to Reunion.
-cutscene end
===Speak with Curious Gorge===
Curious Gorge: [Forename]. Let me speak plain: why exactly are you here?
Curious Gorge: Brother worries about me, does he? It seems I've made good company of trouble in recent days.
Curious Gorge: Ever since I was bested by Dorgono at the pier, everything has gone wrong. My inner beast remains dormant, and my ability to fight along with it.
Curious Gorge: There are moments when my blood quickens, and I dare to hope that the inner beast would awaken...only to find myself racked by visions of Dorgono and my strength abandoning me.
Curious Gorge: I know not what is going on inside me, know not how to conquer it. I knew only that I had to follow Dorgono. What in heavens' name is wrong with me?

Question: What will you say?
> I think you are in love with Dorgono.
Curious Gorge: L-Love!? I was hoping you would offer me counsel, not cruel jests.
> You need to train harder and regain your focus.
Curious Gorge: Could it be as simple as that? I confess I have felt rather unfocused of late, but I'm not so certain it is a mere matter of training.
> ....
Curious Gorge: <sigh> What am I doing, bothering you with this? I'm sure you have a veritable mountain of troubles of your own to contend with.
---
Curious Gorge: In any case, this problem is my burden. It will not be solved by thrusting it upon others.
Curious Gorge: And if I am to be ready for our battle, it must be solved quickly.
Curious Gorge: I won't keep you any longer, [Forename]. Do what you must to prepare, and I shall do the same.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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When Push Comes to Shove

2026-07-21T02:55:20Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| title = When Push Comes to Shove
| description = [[Broken Mountain]] has lost his usual air of composure.
| image = Warrior Stormblood image1.png
| quest-giver = Broken Mountain
| related-npcs = Curious Gorge; Dorgono; Strong-willed Warrior
| location = Lower La Noscea
| location-x = 25.8
| location-y = 35.2
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 650
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 65
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 105000
| gil = 1487
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Field Training
| next-quest = Going the Distance
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68438
| id-edb = 3620101099d
}}
==Walkthrough==
#[[Eastern La Noscea]] {{coords|21.3, 25.4}}
#[[Eastern La Noscea]] {{coords|18.5, 34.3}}
#[[Eastern La Noscea]] {{coords|17.3, 30.8}}
#[[Lower La Noscea]] {{coords|25.8, 35.1}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Broken Mountain]] at the [[Raincatcher Gully Docks]].
*Survey the area for [[Mamool Ja]] fighters. 0/2
*Survey the area for Mamool Ja fighters. 0/3
*Survey the area for Mamool Ja fighters. 0/3
*Rendezvous with Broken Mountain.
*Search for [[Curious Gorge]].
*Speak with Broken Mountain at the [[Moraby Drydocks]].

==Journal==
*Broken Mountain has lost his usual air of composure.

*The Mamool Ja's defeat at the ruins of Nym was not enough to dissuade them, as Maelstrom Command reports indicate they have now set their sights on Wineport. It goes without saying Broken Mountain means to repel the Mamool Ja once more. It should also come as no surprise that he expects you to accompany him on this mission. Not wishing to waste time, he makes haste to Raincatcher Gully, asking you to meet him there when you are geared for battle.

*As Broken Mountain goes over his plan for defending Wineport, Dorgono is disappointed to hear she has been relegated to support. Though he fears the risk of her losing control, he admits that this decision leaves them wanting for muscle. How fortunate, then, that Curious Gorge should again happen upon your gathering in the middle of Raincatcher Gully. With the aid of his axe, Broken Mountain will lead his men on a westerly route past the Severed String, while you head due south dispensing with any enemies who stand in your way.

*As you make your way through Raincatcher Gully, you are assaulted by two Mamool Ja warriors. The odds are sadly not in their favor as a few heavy swings of your axe make short work of them. You continue along the path south, your axe at the ready.

*Another gang of Mamool Ja fighters soon come into view. Though greater in number, they are still no match for your combat prowess. Still clutching your axe, you venture deeper into the wilds.

*Yet another band of Mamool Ja dare to stand in your way. Yet there is little they can do to stand against your terrible might. As you continue along the path, you see a familiar figure in the distance.

*You find Broken Mountain and his men, battered and beaten. As he explains it, they were ambushed and Curious Gorge was the first to fall. Dorgono, also unable to escape, is likely fighting for her life against the Mamool Ja. He bids you find them before it is too late.

*You find Curious Gorge wounded, Dorgono towering over the mangled bodies of the Mamool Ja. She turns to look at you with what seems to be murderous intent, but suddenly her eyes soften. Lowering her axe she realizes she has managed to suppress her inner beast. Curious Gorge, bearing witness to this mastery of self, sees her accomplishment as a source of ignominy. As he takes leave of the scene, too embarrassed to face the others, Broken Mountain and his men stagger over to congratulate Dorgono. They then return to Moraby Drydocks to bid her a final farewell.

*Dorgono, now able to control her inner beast, means to return home and win back the trust of her people. However, there is still the matter of Curious Gorge and his now dormant inner beast. Broken Mountain is convinced his brother now faces a crisis the likes of which he has never known: he has fallen in love. Dorgono has left him a whirlwind of emotions, but time heals all wounds. Broken Mountain suggests giving his brother space to cope with these emotions on his own.
**※The next warrior quest will be available from Broken Mountain upon reaching level 68.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Broken Mountain: [Forename]! I'm afraid I have naught but ill tidings to share. The Mamool Ja have returned with reinforcements!
Broken Mountain: According to reports from Maelstrom Command, they have their eyes fixed on Wineport. Having been driven out from the ruins of Nym, I have no doubt they mean to take the village as their new base of operations.
Broken Mountain: We have fanned the flames of their aggression, [Forename], and thus is it our duty to put matters to rights.
Broken Mountain: I fear they pose too great a threat to consider this part of Dorgono's training. Regardless of what may happen, I expect you to prioritize the Mamool Ja above all else. When you are ready, my men and I shall meet you at Raincatcher Gully.
-quest accepted

-optional start
Strong-willed Warrior: Oh, what a life I have lived to be blessed a second time by your presence. I speak on behalf of all when I say we shall do our utmost to live up to your deeds.
Dorgono: Hello, [Forename]. Your axe is looking quite sharp this {{alternatives|morning|evening}}.
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Raincatcher Gully Docks===
-cutscene start
Broken Mountain: Our scouts tell us the Mamool Ja are still to the south.
Broken Mountain: There's no way of knowing which path they will take to reach Wineport, so we must head them off at every available avenue, lest they turn the hamlet into a battlefield.
Broken Mountain: [Forename], I would ask you to head due south and do away with any enemies you find along the way. The rest of us shall sweep west toward Red Mantis Falls, then south through the Severed String. Dorgono, you will stay close to me in the rear. You will aid me in support, nothing more.

Dorgono: <sigh> If you insist...

Broken Mountain: I'm sorry, Dorgono, but there is too much at stake to risk your losing control of your inner beast. Yet with you joining me in support, I fear we may lack the strength to do away with the Mamool Ja.

Curious Gorge: No need to fear, Brother, for you have my axe!

Broken Mountain: What a welcome surprise. Are you sure you're able to fight?

Curious Gorge: After bashing boulders and toppling titans with the marauders, I've never felt better!

Dorgono: Ugh, you again. Come to slow us down, ''worm''?

Curious Gorge: No more than the horn-mad cow unable to control her inner beast. How about when this is over I show you ''my'' inner beast and─

Broken Mountain: Enough! Both of you! Brother, if you're sure you can handle it, I would have you take the lead.
Broken Mountain: Right, then. Let's move quickly. [Forename], we will meet where the paths join on the road leading to Limsa Lominsa.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Strong-willed Warrior: My apologies, {{alternatives|f=ma'am|m=sir}}. We... We've failed you.
-optional end

===Rendezvous with Broken Mountain===
Broken Mountain: [Forename]? Oh thank goodness, you are unharmed. The Mamool Ja, they...they caught us unawares as we passed through the Severed String. We had no choice but to make haste toward the rendezvous point.
Broken Mountain: As I feared, Brother's boasting was just that. He was the first to falter, and failed to keep up as we fled. Him, along with Dorgono.
Broken Mountain: Please, you must find them. Before they are slain by the Mamool Ja. Or worse...

-optional start
Broken Mountain: Please, [Forename], do not waste your concern on me─you must find Dorgono and my brother before it's too late!
Dorgono: Grrr...
-optional end

===Search for Curious Gorge===
-cutscene start
Curious Gorge: [Forename]... Be on your guard. Dorgono, she defeated the Mamool Ja, but...
Curious Gorge: >> Her inner beast has consumed her! <<
Curious Gorge: My strength has failed me, [Forename]. Please, you have to stop Dorgono.

Dorgono: I─I did it! I've suppressed the will of Karash!

Curious Gorge: Could it be? She overcame her inner beast through her resolve to protect me?
Curious Gorge: The flames of her spirit burn so brightly, and yet it feels as though mine have all but guttered out.
Curious Gorge: Pray return to the others without me. I cannot face them like this.

Broken Mountain: We have struck two birds with a single stone─the Mamool Ja have been repelled, and Dorgono has at last gained control over her inner beast.

Dorgono: The power of Karash is now mine to control. Soon, my people will welcome me back with open arms!

Broken Mountain: I would certainly hope so. Let us return to the Moraby Drydocks and prepare for your send-off, shall we?

Dorgono: I lacked the courage to ask before, but now I must: [Forename], would you...would you return with me to the Azim Steppe?
Dorgono: There is much my people could teach you, just as you could teach us. With your help, we would never need fear the will of Karash ever again.
Dorgono: Please, [Forename], say you will join my clan.

Question: What will you say?
> I cannot abandon my duties here.
Dorgono: Yes, of course. It would be selfish of me to ask that you abandon your obligations.
> Then who would protect Eorzea in my absence?
Dorgono: By the Mother, of course! How could I be so blind? I could never deprive Eorzea of its protector.
> I must remain here and continue my training.
Dorgono: If you would rather train here than at the Azim Steppe, then that is your right.
> ....
Dorgono:I...I'm sorry. What was I thinking, making such a silly request?
---
Dorgono: Forget that I asked. It was foolish of me to think you would give up your life here in Eorzea.
Dorgono: Come, we should return to the Moraby Drydocks. The others are waiting.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Strong-willed Warrior: I shall miss Dorgono. She was a fair rose amidst a heap of─ Ahem. Forget I said anything.
Dorgono: Let us keep our earlier conversation between us, yes?
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Moraby Drydocks===
-cutscene start
Broken Mountain: It pains me to let such a fine warrior leave. Still, I cannot begrudge you for wishing to return home.

Dorgono: A part of me wishes to stay and repay your kindness. Before coming here, I was certain redemption was beyond my reach.
Dorgono: Now, thanks to you and your warriors, I have learned to harness the power of Karash. At last I can return home and show my people this strength is a gift, not a curse.
Dorgono: Thank you everyone, for everything. Farewell.
Broken Mountain: Once again we are indebted to you, [Forename]. Not only have we eliminated the Mamool Ja threat, we've helped Dorgono on her way to reuniting with her people.
Broken Mountain: Yet there still remains the matter of my brother. He would not dare admit it, but I knew from the moment he laid eyes on her that he was in love. And therein lies the problem.
Broken Mountain: The only love he has ever known is that for his axe and the thrill of battle. In light of her less-than-favorable treatment of him since his defeat here at the Wolves' Den, I fear his love and loathing for her are at odds with one another.
Broken Mountain: Unable to get a grasp on his emotions, he's lost touch with his inner beast.
Broken Mountain: He will be distraught in her absence, to be sure, but as they say, time heals all wounds.
Broken Mountain: All we can do now is wait and hope he recovers. If anything should happen, you will be the first to know.
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=sMR5pg2ZKTM}}

Field Training

2026-07-21T02:41:20Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| title = Field Training
| description = There seems to be something weighing on [[Broken Mountain]]'s mind.
| image = Warrior Stormblood image1.png
| quest-giver = Broken Mountain
| related-npcs = Curious Gorge; Dorgono; Strong-willed Warrior
| location = Lower La Noscea
| location-x = 25.8
| location-y = 35.2
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 630
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 63
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 103000
| gil = 1294
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Curious Gorge Meets His Match
| next-quest = When Push Comes to Shove
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68437
| id-edb = 2a937d5e80a
}}
==Walkthrough==
Coords for each step:
#[[Outer La Noscea]] {{coords|18.2, 15.6}}
#[[Outer La Noscea]] {{coords|15.5, 15.8}}
#[[Outer La Noscea]] {{coords|13.3, 15.3}}
#[[Outer La Noscea]] {{coords|14.2, 14.1}}
#[[Lower La Noscea]] {{coords|25.8, 35.1}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Broken Mountain]] at [[the Floating City of Nym]].
*Survey the area for [[Mamool Ja]] fighters. 0/2
*Survey the area for Mamool Ja fighters. 0/2
*Rendezvous with Broken Mountain.
*Speak with Broken Mountain at the [[Moraby Drydocks]].

==Journal==
*There seems to be something weighing on Broken Mountain's mind.

*Broken Mountain has decided on how he might begin training Dorgono. As he prepares to help her gain mastery of her inner beast, however, he cannot help but worry for Curious Gorge, who claims his inner beast has fallen silent. Sadly there is no time to lament further, for the Maelstrom has requested the aid of Broken Mountain's troop of warriors to rout a band of outlaw Mamool Ja. He sees this as an opportunity for Dorgono, as he believes building a resolve to defend her allies will allow her to gain control of her inner beast. He readies his men, and makes for the ruins of Nym in outer La Noscea.

*With everyone assembled, Broken Mountain explains to you his plan. With Dorgono in tow, he means to take his band of warriors along the Long Climb and sweep through the Mamool Ja's main force. Meanwhile, you are to sneak through the heart of the ruins and pick off the sentries. With everyone assigned their orders, you split up, seeking to rendezvous on the path leading toward the Hermit's Hovel.

*As you navigate the heart of the Nym ruins, you spy two Mamool Ja brawlers and trounce them swiftly and quietly. Perhaps there are other sentries still in the area.

*You come upon another pair of Mamool Ja fighters and take them unawares. As the coast seems to be clear, you continue along the path through the ruins in search of the others.

*Broken Mountain and his men are no worse for wear, and Dorgono showed no signs of succumbing to her inner beast in battle. Yet her calm and cool composure was not cause for celebration. Curious Gorge─taking an innocent stroll through the ruins of Nym─happened to see her fighting, and noticed that Dorgono was holding back. Though she only meant to spare her comrades the risk of her inner beast, this means she has yet to harness the power raging within her. Nevertheless, the Mamool Ja have been routed, and Maelstrom shipments may now pass through safely. All that remains is to return to Moraby Drydocks and rest.

*Everyone is safely returned to Moraby Drydocks─everyone except Curious Gorge. Strange that he would stumble upon your mission in the ruins of Nym. Broken Mountain believes it is related to the source of Curious Gorge's personal dilemma, but assures you it is nothing to worry about. For now he bids you rest, and prepare for the next step in Dorgono's training.
**※The next warrior quest will be available from Broken Mountain upon reaching level 65.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Broken Mountain: Fortuitous timing, [Forename]. I've decided on how we might set about training Dorgono. Unfortunately, as you are already aware, my brother will not be present. It seems his situation is more grave than I initially thought.
Broken Mountain: Ever since his clash with Dorgono, he's been unable to draw upon the strength of his inner beast. He insists revisiting the basics of axework at the Marauders' Guild will restore his abilities, but I suspect his troubles lie elsewhere. The same can be said for Dorgono.
Broken Mountain: Though my brother and I did not complete formal training in the ways of the warrior, you may recall we at last discovered a way for him to control the savagery of his inner beast: a dire encounter that hardened his resolve to protect his allies, thus allowing him to temper his rage.
Broken Mountain: She believes her problem will be solved through physical training, but if we are to succeed in this, we must recreate a similar experience for Dorgono. It may prove perilous, but I can see no other way.
Broken Mountain: And we will not have to wait long for the opportunity. As chance would have it, we received a request for aid in routing a group of Mamool Ja now occupying the ruins of the city of Nym.
Broken Mountain: They originally came here for want of work. Unable to find it, however, they took to pillaging and plundering, and not even Maelstrom convoys are spared their attention.
Broken Mountain: To make matters worse, the area also serves as the front line of ongoing battles with the kobolds. Either of these tribes alone is already a handful for our forces, and we cannot well cope with both.
Broken Mountain: That is why our squadron of newly trained warriors has been called to undertake this incursion. Dorgono will be accompanying us, and your presence will be imperative in the event she loses control. When you are ready, make for the ruins in outer La Noscea.
-quest accepted
-optional start
Strong-willed Warrior: By the Navigator, [Forename] [Surname]! Tales of your heroism have been an inspiration to us all. It is truly an honor to fight at your side.
Dorgono: These Mamool Ja sound like a savage tribe. I wonder if they would prove a match for the Dotharl...
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Floating City of Nym===
Broken Mountain: Good, everyone is here. As far as I can discern, the Mamool Ja have divided into two groups: a primary force targeting the next Maelstrom shipment, and what appear to be groups of sentries posted to warn them of any unwelcome interference.
Broken Mountain: Being the most skilled among us, I would have you sneak into the heart of the ruins and do away with those keeping watch.
Broken Mountain: Meanwhile, I shall lead the others along a northerly route toward the Long Climb and engage their primary force. If all goes as planned, we should be able to meet where the two paths join.
Broken Mountain: If Dorgono should be overcome by her inner beast and shows no signs of regaining control, we will retreat immediately and seek you out.

Dorgono: If we should come to blows, I beg of you: do what you must to stop me.

Broken Mountain: That is all. If there are no questions, let the operation begin!

-optional start
'''Strong-willed Warrior:''' {{alternatives|f=Miss|m=Sir}} [Surname], you are unharmed! Of course, I should expect no less from a warrior of such acclaim.
Dorgono: Yay! Woo yay!
-optional end

===Rendezvous with Broken Mountain===
-cutscene start
Broken Mountain: Ah, [Forename]. By the lack of sweat on your brow I assume you made quick work of the sentries. We, for our part, managed to claim a narrow victory over the main Mamool Ja force.
Broken Mountain: And despite the chaos and havoc of battle, Dorgono remained unaffected by her inner beast.

Dorgono: I am slave to Karash no longer! I am master of the inner beast!

Curious Gorge@???: Master? Far from it.

Broken Mountain: Brother! What are you doing here? Have you been following us this whole time?

Curious Gorge: Following!? Nonsense! I was merely...taking a walk! Yes, I was taking a leisurely walk through ruins of Nym when I happened upon your small altercation with the Mamool Ja.
Curious Gorge: I couldn't help but notice your form, Dorgono. Your battle form, that is. Anyone with eyes could see you were hesitating with every swing of your axe.
Curious Gorge: You'll never learn to control your inner beast if you're too afraid to push yourself and draw it out. Believe me, I know.

Dorgono: Afraid, am I? Hmph, that's rich coming from the pathetic worm I sent flying into the waters of the Wolves' Den Pier!

Curious Gorge: Worm!? You ungrateful little... Call me that again and I'll─

Dorgono: I'll call you whatever I please, ''worm''. If you have any complaints, take them up with my axe.

Curious Gorge: You... You're lucky I'm feeling under the weather today. When next we meet, I'll have to beat some manners into that pretty little head of yours.

Broken Mountain: Though you may not like his judgment, I have to agree with my brother. I too noticed you seemed to be holding back.
Broken Mountain: Though the battle was hard-won, you showed little need to overexert yourself, let alone call upon your inner beast.

Dorgono: I never meant to hold back, it's just, well... I thought it better not to worry the others.

Broken Mountain: You needn't be hard on yourself. You did not learn to control your inner beast, no, but we have defeated the Mamool Ja, and shipments to Limsa are now safe. We should all be proud of what we've accomplished today. Now, let us return to the Moraby Drydocks for a well-earned respite.

Dorgono: Your thrashing of the Mamool Ja must have been a glorious sight. Never have I met a {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} so fearless, so strong. Strong enough, even, to overcome me when my inner beast is unleashed.
Dorgono: If only I could take you to the Azim Steppe, I'd... I have to go.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Moraby Drydocks===
Broken Mountain: It seems we will need more than a small scuffle with beastmen for Dorgono to gain control over her inner beast.
Broken Mountain: Would that Curious Gorge were here to assist us. Did you also find it strange he would take time away from training to speak with us? Or rather, with Dorgono...
Broken Mountain: If my suspicions are true, he faces an obstacle unlike any he has faced before. Though I'm sure it's nothing you need concern yourself with.
Broken Mountain: You have done well this day. Rest now, and gather your strength. We will surely need it for the trials to come.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=lDI7ltbk27Q}}

Curious Gorge Meets His Match

2026-07-21T02:31:59Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Curious Gorge Meets His Match
| description = The fire in his eyes suggests [[Curious Gorge]] is getting ready for a fight.
| image = Warrior Stormblood image1.png
| quest-giver = Curious Gorge
| related-npcs = Broenbhar; Broken Mountain; Dorgono; Muscular Marauder; Wyrnzoen
| location = Eastern La Noscea
| location-x = 30.6
| location-y = 22.9
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Warrior Quests
| sortkey = 601
| organization =
| class =
| job = Warrior
| level = 60
| req-quest = The Far Edge of Fate
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 100000
| gil = 1978
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = And My Axe
| next-quest = Field Training
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68436
| id-edb = 104fdff32e1
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Curious Gorge]].
*Speak with [[Broken Mountain]] at [[Lower La Noscea]] {{coords|25.8, 35.1}}
*Speak with Broken Mountain again

==Journal==
*The fire in his eyes suggests Curious Gorge is getting ready for a fight.

*Since you last met Curious Gorge, the reputation of the Maelstrom and its warriors has spread far and wide. In fact, an anonymous band of marauders has challenged them to battle at the Wolves' Den. Though no one knows who these combatants are, they seem quite familiar with you and your exploits, as they have requested your attendance as well. Not one to disappoint, Curious Gorge wastes no time in traveling to Moraby Drydocks to meet with his brother.

*You participate in a gripping battle against a poorly disguised Wyrnzoen and his entourage. The dust settles, but one of his marauders refuses to back down. Though Wyrnzoen is at a loss as to why she refuses to yield, the look in her eyes says it all─she has been blinded by the rage of her inner beast. Tossing Wyrnzoen, Broenbhar, and even Curious Gorge into the waters of the pier, you and Broken Mountain are left to subdue this savage beast alone.

*Having returned to her senses, the young marauder introduces herself as Dorgono of the Qerel clan. The inner beast is not a foreign concept to her people, but they lack the understanding to control it. Because of this, those like her who are influenced by it are exiled. She has ventured to Eorzea to hone her skills in the hopes of mastering her inner beast. Broken Mountain readily accepts Dorgono as a new charge. Curious Gorge, on the other hand, deems himself unfit to train her and chooses to train on his own.

*Broken Mountain fears he has not the time to both oversee the Maelstrom's fledgling warriors and tend to Dorgono's training. He turns to you for assistance, knowing that only you are capable of defeating Dorgono should she lose herself to her inner beast. For now he bids you rest, while he considers how best to go about her training.
**※The next warrior quest will be available from Broken Mountain upon reaching level 63.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Curious Gorge: Ah, [Forename]! Ever a sight for sore eyes. By the hardened look in yours, I take it you've wasted no effort in honing your axe on the battlefield.
Curious Gorge: My brother and I have seen our fair share of battle as well, together with the fledgling warriors of the Maelstrom. Their training is coming along quite nicely.
Curious Gorge: In fact, our exploits have earned us admirers of sorts; we recently received an anonymous invitation to participate in battle exercises at the Wolves' Den.
Curious Gorge: I haven't the foggiest idea of who they are, but it would seem that ''you'' do. They mentioned you by name, and insisted you join the fray as well.
Curious Gorge: Perhaps they wish to settle an old score. In any case, who are we to deny them the opportunity to cower before the might of a warrior's axe?
Curious Gorge: Come, [Forename]. My brother has prepared a boat for us at the Moraby Drydocks. If it's a thrashing they crave, let's not hesitate in giving it to them!
-quest accepted
-optional start
Curious Gorge: Let's not dally now, [Forename]. It would be rude to keep our hosts waiting any longer.
-optional end

===Speak with Broken Mountain at the Moraby Drydocks===
Broken Mountain: Good, you're here. As I'm sure my brother has told you, we have yet to determine the identities of these challengers.
Broken Mountain: Naturally, we refused at first. Our time would be better spent training the troops. In the end, though, I could not deny their enthusiasm for battle and desire to display their combat prowess, and took it upon myself to accept. At the very least I surmised it would prove inspiring to our men.
Broken Mountain: With you at our side, it will prove a most enriching experience for all parties involved. I have naught to show our men of how to wield an axe, but I shall do what I can to aid you with my healing magicks. When you have steeled yourself for battle, we may set out to the Wolves' Den.

-cutscene start
Wyrnzoen@Wyrnzoen...?: [Forename] [Surname], as I live and breathe! It's been too long. Word has it you've grown strong since the battle of Salt Strand. Even mastered the forgotten arts of the warrior.
Wyrnzoen@Wyrnzoen...?: But words are wind. Ready your axe, and prove to me why men should fear the bite of your steel!
-cutscene end

====Solo Duty====
Wyrnzoen@Somewhat-familiar Marauder: Come, warriors! Show us your mettle!

Curious Gorge: With pleasure! You will rue the day you crossed blades with us!

Wyrnzoen@Somewhat-familiar Marauder: We're...we're losing? How can this be?

Curious Gorge: Come now, is that all you marauders can muster?

-cutscene start
Wyrnzoen@Wyrnzoen...?: So this... <pant> This is the strength of a warrior, the art of battle celebrated in legend. Perhaps if I were a few winters younger my efforts would've proven more than an unavailing struggle. You have met and exceeded all expectations.

Broenbhar@Familiar Fellow: Aye. Pains me to say it, but we're no match fer the likes o' you. Gods help us if the Sahagin ever learned to throw an axe about like that.

Wyrnzoen: Indeed, the student has surpassed the master─the ''guild''master. For it was I all along! Hah hah hah!
Wyrnzoen: ...Not even a quizzical lift of the brow? Surely our disguises were not as bad as all that. Or do you mean to say you've forgotten the face of your former instructor?

Curious Gorge: Wyrnzoen? By the Twelve, it is you! And Broenbhar! I wasn't expecting to crush Limsa's famed marauders under heel so easily. This was only a warm-up, yes? We've yet to even break a sweat.

Dorgono@Fetching Fighter: Unnngh...
Dorgono@Fetching Fighter: >> Graaaghhh! <<

Wyrnzoen: Dorgono! Whatever is the matter?

Broken Mountain: Those eyes! She wields the strength of her inner beast!?

Curious Gorge: She swings like a dream...

Broken Mountain: Brother!
Broken Mountain: [Forename]. We cannot allow her to leave this pier.
-cutscene end

====Solo Duty====
Dorgono@Dorgono the Bedeviled: Raaaaaargh!

Broken Mountain: I fear she is lost to her inner beast now. We must do whatever it takes to stop her.

Dorgono@Dorgono the Bedeviled: No one will stand in my way! No one!!!

Broken Mountain: The very earth beneath her trembles! Fall back, [Forename].

Dorgono@Dorgono the Bedeviled: I will rend the flesh from your bones!

Broken Mountain: Brace yourself! I fear there is no escaping this onslaught!

Broken Mountain: Stay your blade, [Forename]. She appears to have calmed down.

-cutscene start
Dorgono: M-My apologies. The will of Karash burns brightly within me. Too brightly.

Broken Mountain: Karash...? I'm quite certain that was the reckless thrashing of one overcome by their inner beast.
Broken Mountain: But that is a phenomenon seldom seen beyond the walls of my village. Who are you, and from where do you hail, friend?

Dorgono: I am Dorgono of the Qerel. My home is...was...on the Azim Steppe in lands far to the east.
Dorgono: We are unmatched in the ways of the axe. We are a strong people. At times ''too'' strong. There are ones like me, consumed by this thing you call the inner beast, the will of Karash. We are the Taken, cursed with an insatiable thirst for violence.

Broken Mountain: Remarkable! Your people sound not unlike those of my village.
Broken Mountain: Though I suppose it stands to reason others share this gift. The strength of one's inner beast stems from a primal instinct we are all born with. It is merely a matter of learning to draw it out─a technique we warriors have long since mastered.
Broken Mountain: Yet you would call it a curse. Have your people not learned to control this power?

Dorgono: The will of Karash, this...inner beast...can be controlled?
Dorgono: Perhaps then I can at last return home!
Dorgono: The Taken are sentenced to exile. That is why I traveled west, to train further in the way of the axe. If I can overcome this affliction, I may have a chance for redemption.

Wyrnzoen: Well, this is certainly an unexpected turn of events. As our most promising recruit, I wished to see how she might fare against hardened combatants. I never thought she could actually defeat the likes of Curious Gorge.
Wyrnzoen: Seems to me further time training under our roof would be a waste. Might you be willing to take her on?

Broken Mountain: Well, we can't very well leave her unattended. If she should succumb to her inner beast, there's no telling what havoc she might wreak.

Wyrnzoen: Then I leave her in your capable hands. I'm sure you'll make a fine warrior out of her.

Dorgono: Thank you, sir! I will do anything you ask if it means taming this wretched beast within me.

Curious Gorge: I... I can't believe I lost. How am I to instruct others when I am still so lacking?
Curious Gorge: Brother, I'm sorry, but I cannot guide her in the way of the warrior when I myself have stumbled on the path.

Broken Mountain: No, let him be. His lack of resolve would only invite hindrances to the task at hand.
Broken Mountain: This is a path he must walk alone. Come, let us go.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Broken Mountain===
Broken Mountain: With my brother engrossed in his own training for the interim, I fear I will be spread too thin overseeing the instruction of Maelstrom recruits to give Dorgono proper guidance. Gods help us should she be consumed by her inner beast.
Broken Mountain: A worldly adventurer such as yourself no doubt has other pressing obligations, but you are the only one capable of containing Dorgono should the worst come to pass. Do you think it possible you could spare time to assist me in her training?
Broken Mountain: Oh, thank goodness. I don't know what I would have done had you refused.
Broken Mountain: Normally, we would gather to train at the Wolves' Den, but I believe an exception must be made for Dorgono. Yes, both for her sake and the rest of the Maelstrom recruits. For now I would give this some thought. Pray return here in a few days' time, and I should have a solution.
-quest complete
System: The next warrior quest will be available from Broken Mountain upon reaching level 63.
System: The requirements for undertaking subsequent quests can be reviewed in your journal.

</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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And We Shall Call It Pyros

2026-07-21T02:05:25Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = And We Shall Call It Pyros
| image =
| quest-giver = Rodney
| location = Kugane
| location-x = 8.6
| location-y = 14.2
| type = featurequasi
| quest-line = The Forbidden Land, Eureka Quests
| journal-section =
| journal-category =
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 0
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 70
| requirements = Eureka Pagos questline completed Elemental Level 35
| req-items =
| exp =
| gil =
| unlocks = lc The Forbidden Land Eureka Pyros
| prev-quest = And We Shall Call It Pagos
| next-quest = And We Shall Call It Hydatos
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.45
| id-gt = 68148
| id-edb-exists = n
}}

==Walkthrough==
As in Pagos, Krile offers [[File:Otherquest.png|link=|20px]]quasi-quests at certain elemental levels, requiring you to visit a certain location:

{| {{STDT|location}}
|-
| '''Level''' || '''Location'''
|-
| 35 || {{convert coordinate|27.7,27.1}}
|-
| 38 || {{convert coordinate|18.6,30.6}} {{convert coordinate|23.8,17.0}}
|-
| 40 || {{convert coordinate|17.2,11.6}}
|-
| 45 || -
|-
| 50 || {{convert coordinate|34.0,7.3}} {{convert coordinate|14.5,37.6}}
|}

==Steps==
[[And We Shall Call It Pyros]] is a level 70 quasi-quest. There are no steps to this quest: Talking to the questgiver both accepts and completes the quest. It will immediately unlock [[The Forbidden Land, Eureka Pyros]].

==Journal==
There are no journal entries for this quest.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the Quest===
Rodney: A fine day to you, adventurer! If you've not yet deduced from my cheery tone, Mistress Krile and the others have made great strides in restoring the Aethernet, enabling us to access another region of the island!
Rodney: Pyros, they've taken to calling it, on account of all the fire-aspected aether. A new base camp has already been established, so that messy business is over and done with. Of course, they'll need all the help they can get with the expedition. All the help you can provide, that is.
Rodney: Anyway, as soon as you're ready to go, let me know and I'll see you on your way. Mistress Krile is probably dying to brief you on all her discoveries!
Eureka Pyros now accessible.
System: You now have access to the Forbidden Land, Eureka Pyros. Like Anemos and Pagos, Pyros can be explored in parties of up to eight players, or solo.
System: To embark on your journey to Pyros, speak with Rodney at Pier #1 in Kugane.
System: Please be advised that all excursions into Pyros, are item level synced. Gear exceeding an item level of 300 will be adjusted.
</nowiki>}}

==Gallery==
[[File:And_We_Shall_Call_It_Pyros.png]]

[[Category:The Forbidden Land, Eureka]]
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Where I Belong

2026-07-19T23:25:13Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Where I Belong
| description = By the look on her face, Ryne can scarce believe that the Empty is restored.
| image = where i belong1.png
| quest-giver = Ryne
| related-npcs = Gaia; Yalfort
| location = The Empty
| location-x = 5.9
| location-y = 6.5
| type = feature
| quest-line = Eden Quests
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = Eden Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 18
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 80
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 7500
| mettle =
| reward-opt1 = 3 Heavens' Eye Materia VII
| reward-opt2 = 3 Savage Aim Materia VII
| reward-opt3 = 3 Savage Might Materia VII
| unlocks = ngp Eden (New Game+)
| prev-quest = Voice of the Soul
| next-quest =
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.4
| id-gt = 69515
| id-edb = 764097e364d
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with Gaia at the Derrick.

*Speak with Yalfort.

==Journal==
*By the look on her face, Ryne can scarce believe that the Empty is restored.

*Surrounded by an abundance of verdant flora, Ryne and Gaia celebrate the fulfillment of their dream to revive the Empty. Exhausted from their efforts, Ryne suggests returning to Mord Souq for some long-overdue rest and relaxation.

*After alighting from the skyslipper by the Derrick, Gaia ponders the idea of acquiring a hovering transportation device of her own. For the time being, however, your only option is to make the rest of the journey to Mord Souq on foot, where Yalfort awaits your report.

*Yalfort is delighted to hear that your work in the Empty has yielded the desired results. He also reveals that the investigations into Gaia's past in Eulmore have been successful. However, she is quick to state that she has no desire to learn more about that chapter of her life, instead choosing to focus on building a brighter future in the Crystarium with Ryne. Though none can say what the morrow holds, you rest easy in the knowledge that these two dear friends will surely make the most of their lives.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Gaia: I'm thrilled that we've been able to restore the Empty, but I can't stop thinking about Mitron and Loghrif. It seems to me that they were only bound to their duty because of their memories.
Gaia: It seems that there's something within that doesn't want to be forgotten. Their souls live on, no matter how many times they go through the cycle of death and rebirth.
Gaia: I wonder what their lives would've been like if they'd never remembered, and had carried on living amongst us mortals. Then again, I suppose I ''am'' Loghrif, in a way, but still me.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Ryne: I still can't believe this is happening ─ it's a dream come true!
Ryne: I just wish the others were here to see it.

Question: What will you say?
> I'll be sure to tell them all about it.
Ryne: Yes, I suppose that's the next best thing. Hold on ─ you might even be able to take something with you to show them!
Ryne: I'll bet the fruit that grows here could be used to make all sorts of delicious treats!
Gaia: You could even make something yourself, Ryne.
Ryne: That's a great idea, but my cooking can be a bit hit-or-miss... Maybe once we get back to the Crystarium, I'll ask for some advice!
> Perhaps Gaia could pay them a visit and share the good news?
Ryne: Gaia? but how would she do that?
Gaia: Well, Ascians can travel between worlds, can't they?
Gaia: I might be able to do it, too, if I find a way to use my Ascian powers. It may prove a bit tricky now that I'm separated from Mitron, though.
Ryne: Well, to be honest, I'd like it if you stay in this world, at least for a while. We still have so much to do together, after all!
---
Gaia: Actually, I wanted to ask something. When you say “the others,” do you mean Thancred, the bookworm, and Urianger, your knight in shining armor?
Ryne: Haha! No, it's the other way around!
Gaia: Oh, is it? Hmm, seems my memory's even less reliable than it was before.
Gaia: The main thing is, the whispering in my head has stopped, so I shouldn't have any more bouts of amnesia. Even so, there's a part of me that'll miss hearing the faerie's voice...
Ryne: I know how you feel, Gaia. Anyway, we've all been through rather a lot, so why don't we head back to civilization for some much-needed rest?
Gaia: All right. Leave the piloting to me!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
Ryne: I know she insisted on piloting the skyslipper, but given her recent exertions, perhaps it wasn't such a good idea?
-optional end

===Speak with Gaia at the Derrick.===
Gaia: I understand that keeping the skyslipper here allows us to save fuel from traveling all the way back to Mord Souq, but can't we just carry a bit extra? It's not easy crossing the desert in these heels, you know.
Ryne: I seem to remember you weren't too enthused when I suggested buying some nice, sensible walking boots... Come to think of it, maybe we should rest here for a while. You must be tired after all that piloting.
Gaia: I'm fine. Besides, I had the two of you to keep me company. It was over before I knew it.
Gaia: Taking in the scenery with the wind in my hair really helped clear out the cobwebs, too. Perhaps I should see about getting my very own skyslipper...
Ryne: What!? You can't just buy one! Even if you could, they'd cost a fortune!
Gaia: Oh, I'm sorry. That must be my Eulmoran upbringing speaking. I'll have you know, I'm ''almost'' as comfortable in more humble surroundings, like Mord Souq, for example. That reminds me, it's time we made our way there and told Yalfort all about...well, everything.

-optional start
Ryne: After all of the unimaginable things we've seen in the Empty, it's nice to get back to a bit of normality for a change.
Gaia: I'll say one thing for this place: for better or worse, I'll never forget the smell.
-optional end

===Speak with Yalfort.===
Yalfort: Welcome back! I take it all is well in the Empty?
Ryne: It is now! Not everything went quite as we'd planned ─ to put it mildly ─ but we managed to revive the ambient aether. Now all we need to do is wait for the changes to become widespread.
Yalfort: Truly!? Wonderful! Just wonderful! I shall share the tidings with our inner circle...and perhaps it is time more people knew of your expeditions as well.
Yalfort: Of course, we'll continue to monitor the situation, but I'm sure it won't be long before we can allow members of the citizenry to make their own forays into the Empty.
-cutscene start
Yalfort: I'm pleased to say that I too have some good news to share. Our investigators in Eulmore have finally found information pertaining to Gaia's true identity!
Ryne: Really!?
Yalfort: As it pertains to matters of a private nature, the information is being treated as highly confidential, so I haven't actually looked at it myself, but I imagine it includes Gaia's real name...
Gaia: To be honest, I'd prefer not to know.
Ryne: But why?
Gaia: You see, I've come to learn a lot about my past, even before my life in Eulmore.
Gaia: I know now that I'm the reincarnation of Loghrif, an Ascian. And Mitron, the one who was transformed into Eden...was someone very special to me.
Gaia: For a hundred years, Mitron called out to me in the hope we'd be reunited. But there was no answer.
Gaia: Even so, Mitron held on to those precious memories of our life together, and stopped at nothing to make them a reality once more.
Ryne: I know now that Mitron wanted the same as us. Wanted the world to be as it once was.
Gaia: Yes. It's a shame that things turned out the way they did. In those hundred years of solitude, that dream became an obsession.
Gaia: I would've likewise succumbed to the Darkness within if it weren't for Ryne and [Forename]. If someone had also been there for Mitron, who knows what might've happened?
Gaia: That's why, from now on, I want to help those in need, to give ''their'' dreams a chance to come true.
Gaia: For me, the name Gaia symbolizes hope. And though each of our lives may be but a drop in the great river of time, hope springs eternal.
Ryne: Gaia...
Gaia: So...I'm sorry. While I appreciate your efforts to find my past, I'm looking to the future now. As Gaia.
Yalfort: No need to apologize, Miss Gaia. As long as you are happy, then so are we!
Yalfort: Right, I expect my colleagues will be keen to turn their attention to the Empty. If you'll excuse me, I have expeditions to arrange! Till next time!
Ryne: So, what shall we do now?
Gaia: Come on, Ryne. Don't tell me you've forgotten.
Gaia: The festival at the Crystarium, remember? And don't even think about leaving me out. I wouldn't miss it for the world!
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=gUOBq7IgSUc}}

Voice of the Soul

2026-07-19T23:16:30Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with the template

{{Quest infobox
| title = Voice of the Soul
| description = Ryne is racked with agony as unseen tendrils grasp at her memories.
| image = voice of the soul1.png
| quest-giver = Ryne
| related-npcs = Gaia; Mitron
| location = The Core
| location-x = 23.5
| location-y = 23.5
| type = feature
| quest-line = Eden Quests
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = Eden Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 17
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 80
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3000
| mettle =
| reward-opt1 = 3 Heavens' Eye Materia VII
| reward-opt2 = 3 Savage Aim Materia VII
| reward-opt3 = 3 Savage Might Materia VII
| unlocks = ra Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis, ra Eden's Promise: Eternity
| prev-quest = Shadows of the Past
| next-quest = Where I Belong
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.4
| id-gt = 69514
| id-edb = 0640eab80b3
}}
==Steps==
*Enter [[Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis]].

*Enter [[Eden's Promise: Eternity]].

*Speak with [[Ryne]].

*With the chat mode in {{colorize|```Say```}}, enter “[[Gaia]]” to call out to her.

*Speak with Ryne.

==Journal==
*Ryne is racked with agony as unseen tendrils grasp at her memories.

*The entity formed by the fusion of Mitron and Gaia reaches into Ryne's mind, drawing on her greatest hopes and fears. The Ascian intends to shape these memories into an adversary created solely to destroy you and Ryne. Though it is impossible to predict the form your foe will take, you grit your teeth and prepare for battle.

*The grueling encounter reaches its conclusion as you triumph over the terrifying amalgamation of Ryne's most profound memories. What effect, if any, your victory may have had remains to be seen.

*The fused Ascian is nigh on delirious upon discovering that such imperfect beings could succeed where the ancients once failed, by overcoming the manifestation of your own fears. As your foe moves to strike you down, Gaia's consciousness intervenes, forestalling the attack. This, however, only serves to enrage the Ascian, who begins to erase Gaia's memories one by one. Your adversary then proceeds to draw vast amounts of aether into Eden in order to create a utopia in which time has no meaning. The Ascian then disappears, though neither you or Ryne intend to abandon Gaia to her fate. Ryne exerts her control over Eden, disrupting the aetherial flow, granting you an opportunity to give chase.

*You withstand a relentless assault and finally succeed in freeing Gaia from Mitron. Though she appears physically unscathed by her ordeals, she remains unconscious, leaving Ryne visibly concerned.

*Ryne's desperate attempts to wake Gaia are to no avail. For want of any better ideas, you decide to call her name in the hope that she will return to her senses.

*Calling out to Gaia fails to have any discernible effect, but all is not lost. The ice crystal necklace that was previously concealed in Gaia's sleeve begins to glow, and Ryne is certain that it can somehow be used to reach out to your comatose friend.

*At long last, Gaia awakens, greeted by the sight of the Empty flourishing with the bounties of nature. While Ryne is ecstatic to have fulfilled her dream of rejuvenating the once-barren wasteland, you sense that it is the safe return of her dear friend that means the most to her.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Ryne: No... My memories... They're being used to fuel a summoning!
Ryne: Unnnh... Is this how it feels to have the faerie inside my mind? To think Gaia had to endure it for so long...
Ryne: You're right. However bad this is, it's nothing compared to what she's going through now.
Ryne: But if the summoning really is based on my hopes and fears, it will most likely create a foe unlike any you've ever fought before.
Ryne: Whatever it may be, I believe in you! We'll find a way through this, I know it!
-quest accepted
:''{{i|Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis}} now accessible''
-optional start
Ryne: While it seems that the summoning will be based on my memories, I still have no idea what form it will take.
Ryne: Remember, it's all an Ascian ploy, so don't let yourself be fooled! Please, just do what you have to do. I'm sure you're more than a match for whatever Mitron has in store!
-optional end

:===Enter Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis===
-cutscene start
Ryne: I know this place...! It's the gaol in Eulmore!
Ryne: Whatever stands in our way...
Ryne: ...we will never give up hope!
-cutscene end

====Duty Dialogue====
Fatebreaker: I'm the only one fit to protect her...
Ryne: To think that this could be born from my memories...
Ryne: That creature is passing on its aether!
Fatebreaker: Have at you!
Fatebreaker: You're not going anywhere! Fall!
Fatebreaker: A feeble shield protects nothing!
Fatebreaker: You're not going anywhere! Fall!
Fatebreaker: Light claim you!
Fatebreaker: Come, show me your strength!
Fatebreaker: Beast of my blood, answer my call!
Ryne: I sense a surge in aether...
Fatebreaker: Come! Show me your strength!
Fatebreaker: Let's try something else.
Ryne: The blade is imbued with Light!
Fatebreaker: Have at you!
Fatebreaker: You're not going anywhere! Fall!
Fatebreaker: The Light will cleanse your sins!
Ryne: The Light's so strong, I can't sense anything else...

-cutscene start
Fatebreaker: She deserves...all the happiness...in the world...
-cutscene end

-cutscene start
Ryne: So this is the way of the Ascians? To use the memories of our loved ones against us?
Ascian Prime: That fragmented souls should triumph over their fears while we succumbed to ours, thereby setting our star upon a course of ruin...
Ascian Prime: That inferior beings such as you should succeed while we failed! It defies all logic!
Gaia: Now's your chance!
Ryne: Gaia's still in there, fighting to free herself from Loghrif's will!
Ascian Prime: Even now, you would defy us!?
Ascian Prime: We will remove every last vestige of your meaningless mortal existence!
Ryne: Gaia's memories! They're being destroyed!
Ascian Prime: Impurities must be purged. We shall begin by erasing you from her past, and then by your deaths, erase you from her future. There is no place for you in our utopia.
Ryne: We may be mere mortals, our souls fragmented, but our existence is not meaningless!
Ryne: And you should understand this! Before you awoke as an Ascian, you lived as one of us!
Ryne: You had your own memories, and surely they mean something? The lives you led can't all have been for nothing!
Ascian Prime: To we who have known perfection, they are less than nothing.
Ryne: Compared to yours, our lives may seem insignificant.
Ryne: Nevertheless, we live them to the fullest! And though it may take us a thousand years, we have the potential to build a world every bit as wonderful as yours!
Ryne: But you won't even allow us a chance? To live our own lives and forge our own future?
Ascian Prime: Whatever you forge will inevitably crumble to dust. But we are immortal, our legacy eternal. If our world cannot be made complete as it once was, we will create a perfect moment that shall last forever.
Ascian Prime: By our hand shall our paradise be made, where there is no beginning and no end.
Ryne: Eden's absorbing enormous amounts of aether! At this rate, the whole world will be drained!
Ascian Prime: Light and Darkness, the elements of nature, all in harmony. A sublime utopia, where time has no meaning.
Ascian Prime: We shall become one with Eden. Free to live in peace for eternity.
Ryne: >> No! Gaia! <<
Ryne: There's only one thing for it. I'll try to disrupt the balance of aether and create an opening for you!
Ryne: We can't let it end like this. It's up to us to save Gaia!

Question: What will you say?
> Mitron won't get away with this.
> It's all about love, friendship, and courage!
---

:''{{i|Eden's Promise: Eternity}} now accessible''
-cutscene end

-optional start
Ryne: A place where time has no meaning, where there is no beginning and no end... I'm not sure I like the sound of that. We all die someday, but that's what makes life so precious!
Ryne: And I know Gaia wouldn't want that, to simply ''exist'' without any hope for the future, to stay the same forever.
Ryne: How she lives is up to her. It's not for Mitron or anyone else to decide. We'll free her from that fiend and give her the chance she deserves!
-optional end

:===Enter Eden's Promise: Eternity===
-cutscene start
Eden's Promise: Eden will become a utopia.
Eden's Promise: One that we will share for all eternity.
Ryne: She's still in there, somewhere...
Ryne: I won't give up on our future, Gaia! No matter what!
-cutscene end
====Duty Dialogue====
Eden's Promise: Joined as one, never to be parted...
Eden's Promise: Unbound by past or future in this single perfect moment!
Eden's Promise: We shall draw your memories from you...
Eden's Promise: And they will be your undoing!
Eden's Promise: Must you interfere?
Eden's Promise: Our utopia will only be complete...
Eden's Promise: ...once you are erased from our memory!
System: Gaia's memories have taken form!
Ryne: You've got to protect her memories! Hurry!
System: Protect Gaia's memories of Ryne!
Eden's Promise: You would defy us?
Ryne: Mmm! Delicious, aren't they?
Gaia: These are actually quite good.
Ryne: See? Let's have another one. Half each?
Eden's Promise: Such fragile things, memories...
Gaia: Hmm? What happened to the other half?
Ryne: Am I being erased from her memory!?
System: Protect Gaia's memories of Ryne!
Eden's Promise: Pitiful!
Gaia: I told you it would make a great necklace.
Ryne: Ohhh...it's beautiful! I think it'll really suit you!
Gaia: Me? But I thought you should have it...
Eden's Promise: They shatter... They fade...
Gaia: Is this ice? Where did this come from?
Ryne: If this goes on much longer, she'll forget everything!
System: Protect Gaia's memories of Ryne!
Eden's Promise: We tire of your insolence!
Ryne: How about... Hmm... This one?
Gaia: That's my color.
Gaia: Now this one on the other hand...
Gaia: What am I doing with this? I'd never wear this color...
Ryne: No...! We can't let this happen!
Eden's Promise: You are unworthy of our utopia!
System: Gaia's memories of Ryne are fading away...
Eden's Promise: We shall bring eternal harmony.
Eden's Promise: Tranquility and vitality in perfect balance...
Eden's Promise: Why will you not disappear?
Eden's Promise: No... Our utopia cannot fall...
Eden's Promise: Now, your memories belong to us!
System: Eden's Promise draws strength from your memories of Shiva!
Eden's Promise: Memories of ice...
Eden's Promise: Begone!
System: Eden's Promise draws strength from your memories of Titan!
Eden's Promise: Memories of earth...
Eden's Promise: Now, your memories belong to us!

-optional start
Interact with Gaia
System: Though Gaia is now free from Mitron, she remains unconscious.
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne===
-cutscene start
Ryne: We did it! She's free at last! Or at least that's how it seems. She won't wake up...
Ryne: Gaia, I don't know if you can hear me, or if you even remember who I am, but just give me a sign that you're all right. Please, say something, anything!

Question: What will you say?
> She can hear you, Ryne. Keep trying!
> You've brought her back once before, you can do it again!
---
Ryne: You're right, [Forename]. I mustn't lose hope!
Ryne: Wait, what's this?
Ryne: It's the necklace! But she said she left it back in the Crystarium...
Ryne: Maybe she likes it a lot more than she lets on. I suppose it does hold a lot of memories for the both of us. ...Wait─there might be a way we can use this to bring her back!

System: Try calling Gaia's name to help bring her back to her senses.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Ryne: I'm not sure how to reach her, but if she remembers the necklace, maybe she'll find her way back to us!
-optional end

===With the chat mode in Say, enter "Gaia" to call out to her===
"Gaia"
Ryne: Gaia! We're right here beside you! Come back to us!
System: The necklace begins to glimmer faintly...

-optional start
System: You can only hope that Gaia is able to hear your voice.
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne===
Ryne: She can hear us, I know she can! Now, all we can do is pray that she'll return...
-quest complete
-cutscene start
Ryne: Gaia, I know you're in there somewhere.
Ryne: If you're lost, I'll find a way to reach you!
Ryne: I swear it!
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Gaia: Where am I...?
Gaia: Mitron... I'm finally free of you, it seems.
Mitron: Ah, dearest Gaia... That fate should part us once more...
Gaia: Still, this is what you wanted. There's no need to be quite so upset.
Mitron: What do you mean?
Gaia: You've been released from Eden, free to be reborn. Perhaps one day, fate will bring us together again, in another life.
Gaia: After all, you've already found me once, in spite of everything.
Gaia: I might even be the one to find you.
Mitron: I fear you will come to forget me. To forget the times we shared.
Gaia: Perhaps. After all, memories are such fragile things...
Gaia: That's why I'm planning to keep a diary. Even after I'm gone, my memories will live on.
Mitron: For future generations to discover...
Gaia: Yes. They'll read the tale of the girl bound by duty, and of her loyal protector, arrived in her hour of need.
Mitron: Perhaps you might leave out the part where that “protector” was the one who needed saving. You have grown strong, Gaia.
Gaia: If I'd found you sooner, then maybe...!
Gaia: >> No, wait! Don't leave me! <<
Gaia: Until we meet again, Artemis.
Gaia: Hm? Whose name did I just...
Gaia: Well, never mind that for now. I need to get out of here...wherever here is.

Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): I feel as though there's somewhere I'm supposed to be, but I can't for the life of me remember where.
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): What's this?
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): Is this...ice? It certainly looks like it, but it doesn't seem to melt. And it shines so brightly...
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): I've seen this before...
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): That's it! There was a girl... But what was her name?
Gaia: Ryne?
Ryne: Gaia!
Ryne: I can hear you!
Gaia: I can't find my way out of here!
Ryne: Hold on! I'm coming for you!
Ryne: You remembered!
Gaia: ...I could never forget you. Try as I might.
Gaia: So the aether that Eden had absorbed was returned to the land. Now, just like Mitron, the Empty can finally be reborn.
Ryne: Though it can hardly be called the Empty now. It's...a utopia.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=n42E9O_VICA}}

Shadows of the Past

2026-07-19T21:10:21Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added duty dialogue, fixed some formatting issues

{{Quest infobox
| title = Shadows of the Past
| description = Gaia is more than a little vexed that your last outing did not result in greater changes in the Empty.
| image = shadows of the past1.png
| quest-giver = Gaia
| related-npcs = Loghrif; Mitron; Ryne
| location = The Empty
| location-x = 5.9
| location-y = 6.4
| type = feature
| quest-line = Eden Quests
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = Eden Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 16
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 80
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3000
| mettle =
| reward-opt1 = 2 Quickarm Materia VII
| reward-opt2 = 2 Quicktongue Materia VII
| reward-opt3 = 2 Battledance Materia VII
| reward-opt4 = 2 Piety Materia VII
| unlocks = ra Eden's Promise: Litany
| prev-quest = Fear of the Dark
| next-quest = Voice of the Soul
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.4
| id-gt = 69513
| id-edb = 0c60a276bb2
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Ryne]].

*Enter [[The Core|Eden's core]].

*Speak with Ryne.

*Enter [[Eden's Promise: Litany]].

*Speak with Ryne.

==Journal==
*Gaia is more than a little vexed that your last outing did not result in greater changes in the Empty.

*The flora of the Empty still shows little sign of returning to life in spite of your recent efforts in rebalancing the ambient aether. Suddenly, an Ascian appears before you and claims to be ''[[Mitron]]''. After being defeated by Ardbert and the other Warriors of Light a hundred years ago, the Ascian was transformed into Eden and unleashed the Flood of Light. Your attempts to revive the Empty had actually served to weaken the bonds of Light that once held Mitron, who is now capable of far more than simply whispering to Gaia as the voice in her head. However, before you are able to unravel any of the mysteries that yet remain, the servant of Zodiark retreats to Eden's core, inviting you all to follow if you wish to learn more.

*In addition to the sudden appearance of an Ascian, another worrying problem presents itself: the worsening of Gaia's amnesia. She now has no recollection whatsoever of Thancred and Urianger, and it seems to be more than mere coincidence that this has occurred alongside Mitron's arrival. In the hope of preventing any further memory loss, you resolve to make your way to Eden's core, aware that you may very well be walking into a trap.

*You arrive in Eden's core, where Mitron states that you will reenact the climactic encounter that took place a hundred years ago between the Warriors of Light and the Shadowkeeper. This appears to be an elaborate scheme to awaken Gaia's dormant memories, though the Ascian provides no hint as to how she is connected to events that occurred long before her birth. Gaia herself vehemently refuses to cooperate in any such plan, which succeeds only in sending the Ascian into a blind rage, culminating in Gaia being spirited away by arcane magicks. Mitron issues a final challenge to defeat the Shadowkeeper, then vanishes from sight.

*With Gaia at Mitron's mercy, you have no choice but to obey. Ryne agrees that although the situation is dire, there may yet be an opportunity to rescue her. However, you must first confront the stygian foe that Ardbert and his comrades once vanquished, taking on the role of a Warrior of Light from days past.

*After a hard-fought struggle, you finally overcome the ferocious Shadowkeeper. Upon being transported back to Eden's core, you are surprised to see that Gaia has also returned, seemingly none the worse for wear.

*There appears to have been some truth in Mitron's claims that reenacting the battle fought by the Warriors of Light would restore Gaia's memories. She cannot escape the feeling that she has somehow witnessed these events before, a phenomenon that the Ascian is only too glad to elucidate. A hundred years ago, Mitron and ''[[Loghrif]]'' were tasked with carrying out [[Emet-Selch]]'s plan to flood the world with Light and thus trigger a [[Rejoining]], only to be defeated by Ardbert and his companions. Though the two Ascians had combined their strength by merging into a single entity, Ardbert's Light-infused final blow shattered the bonds that held them together, destroying Loghrif instantly. Mitron, however, was engulfed in Light before being able to escape to the void, and was transformed into Eden, the first sin eater, and thereby causing the Flood of Light. In the years that followed, Mitron remained trapped within Eden, desperately calling out to Loghrif, who had since been reborn. It is then that the Ascian reveals the awful truth: that Gaia is the reincarnation of Loghrif.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Ryne: I'm still not sure what that enormous crystal actually does, or why it changes color. But I'm sure it didn't look like that before.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
Gaia: We tipped the scales away from the Light, I'm sure of it. But something's wrong ─ ''very'' wrong.
-quest accepted
-cutscene start
Mitron@Cutscene: For a hundred long years, I have waited for this moment!
Gaia: I knew it! You've been hiding inside Eden all this time!
Ryne: An Ascian!
Mitron: I am Mitron, servant of Zodiark.
Gaia: The voice that has whispered to me all my life...
Mitron: Indeed... And thanks to you, I am all but free from my prison of Light!
Ryne: Does that mean Eden was used to seal away an Ascian?
Ryne: Wait... That ''is'' Eden! An Ascian transformed into a sin eater!
Gaia: Hmph. I've heard enough about Ascians to know they're nothing but trouble. But I never imagined that one of them was behind all this...
Gaia: I thought that restoring the Darkness was my idea, but this was your plan from the very beginning!
Mitron: It was. But all it took was the slightest suggestion. The rest was entirely your own doing.
Mitron: Ah... My freedom is so close, I can almost taste it... Finally, my soul may journey beyond the flesh to which I am yet bound.
Mitron: I knew you would come for me, Gaia.
Gaia: Hmph, don't flatter yourself. You've caused me nothing but pain. If I've helped you, it wasn't intentional.
Mitron: Even now, your memories elude you. Hearken unto me, Gaia, and remember...
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Mitron: In an age past, the world you know as the Thirteenth was flooded by Darkness. Like ripples in water, the repercussions were felt in the other shards, none more so than here on the First. It became perilously imbalanced and susceptible to the influence of Light.
Mitron: Were Light to consume the First as Darkness did the Thirteenth, it would likewise become a lifeless void, lost to our cause. We could not allow this mistake to be repeated. It was our duty to safeguard this world from the selfsame fate.
Mitron: After a time, Emet-Selch conceived of a plan to trigger a Rejoining, utilizing the very Light we had labored to keep in check, and tasked us with bringing the plan to fruition.
Mitron: But at the last, we were thwarted by Ardbert and his companions. Though our resolve was strong, theirs was stronger still. And as we fell, so too was the Light unleashed.
Mitron: For us, however, death is not the end. Though our bodies may perish, our souls live on, withdrawing but temporarily to the rift.
Ryne: Until you can find a new body to possess...
Mitron: I too would have been reborn. But ere my soul could leave its corporeal form, Ardbert struck me with a blade of purest Light. And that Light enveloped my body, twisting it beyond recognition.
Gaia: Eden...the first sin eater.
Mitron: My soul felt such agony as I had never known...and then I knew no more.
Mitron: In my insensate, instinctive state, influenced by Ardbert's fervent desire to banish Darkness, I unleashed the Light burgeoning within me. And it spread as an all-consuming wave to every corner of the world.
Ryne: The Flood of Light... So, that's how sin eaters came to be...
Mitron: All would have been lost had not the one called Minfilia appeared. Halting the Light's inexorable advance, she saved what little still remained of the world.
Mitron: In the process, she also restored to me a sliver of my consciousness, though I remained trapped in my altered form. Motionless, I was capable only of feeble whispering.
Ryne: Emet-Selch ─ couldn't he have saved you?
Mitron: Perhaps he could have, if such had been his wish. Far easier, however, to simply find another piece of my fractured soul to replace me.
Mitron: From his perspective, there was no need to intervene and potentially disturb the balance of aether. And so here I remained.
Gaia: So after you failed, he left you here to rot. Some friend he turned out to be.
Mitron: Thus abandoned, I called out for what seemed like an eternity to the only soul who could save me: you, Gaia.
Gaia: All this time, you were calling to me for help?
Mitron: Yes, but you had forgotten me. Forgotten our duty. Though vestiges of your true power remained, you could not wield it at will.
Mitron: Time went by, and eventually change came. The Light began to subside and the dark of night returned.
Mitron: Gradually, my voice grew stronger until I was able to exert my will over you.
Gaia: You wanted me to free your soul from Eden, which is why you had me attack it. Another plan that ended in failure, thanks to [Forename].
Mitron: Indeed. Thankfully, your subsequent attempts to restore this barren land allowed Eden to absorb more and more aether aligned closer to Darkness, gradually eroding the cage of Light that holds me.
Mitron: Owing to your most recent efforts, my mind is wholly my own once more, and I am able to project my image beyond those confines.
Ryne: Then all this time we've been helping to free an Ascian!?
Gaia: Hmph. That's a fine tale, but why should I care about any of it?
Gaia: What are you to me?
Mitron: Come with me to Eden's core. There, all shall become clear.
Gaia: W-Wait!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Gaia: I have a bad feeling about this, but if we want to restore the land, we need to know what we're dealing with...
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne===
-cutscene start
Ryne: I've just realized something. If Eden has been absorbing all that rebalanced aether, that must be why we've struggled to restore life to the Empty. I suppose we can think about that later, though.
Ryne: More importantly, it seems I've lost control over Eden, most likely because of the Ascian. Urianger specifically warned us about not listening to the faerie's “honeyed words,” so we'd better think this through before we go rushing in.
Ryne: Oh, if only he and Thancred were here now...
Gaia: What are you talking about?
Ryne: I'm sorry, Gaia. I shouldn't be so quick to lose heart.
Gaia: What? No, that's not what I meant. Who are Urianger and Thancred?
Gaia: Wait... I know those people. I'm sure of it. But why can't I remember them?
Ryne: Hmm... I thought something was strange when I mentioned the festival onboard Eden. It was as though you had no recollection of our earlier conversation. This is most likely connected to Mitron...
Gaia: Damn it all! What more is that fiend going to take from me!?
Ryne: To tell the truth, the thing that frightens me most...is that you might forget about us.
Gaia: That won't happen. For every memory I lose, we'll make two more together.
Gaia: And if I need to know something, I can just ask you! Why not start by telling me about Urianger and Thancred? To be honest, my nerves are all ajitter, so I need something to help me settle down before we confront Mitron.
Ryne: Urianger is probably the most intelligent person I know. He spends a lot of time reading, but he also says that you can't learn everything from books, and encouraged me to go out and see the world for myself.
Gaia: Sounds sensible to me. Much better to experience things firsthand than to read about someone else's. Like those coffee biscuits. No book could ever describe how good they taste.
Gaia: Is there anything else you can tell me about him, [Forename]?
Question: What will you say?
> He is devoted to the study of prophecies.
Gaia: Prophecies are funny things, if you ask me. If people know that something terrible is going to happen, they'll go and prevent it — Which would make the prophecy untrue.
Ryne: Hee hee! I wonder what Urianger would say to that!
> He can walk on water, until he can't...
Gaia: So he ''walks'' on water instead of swimming? That would certainly save you from getting wet... I should've asked him to teach me how.
Ryne: Well, it's something he never quite mastered himself, and he often ended up getting wet anyway. In fact, the whole thing is probably more trouble than it's worth!
---
Ryne: As for Thancred, he's the one who freed me from Eulmore. At first, I thought of him as my knight in shining armor, but really, he was much more than that. We traveled all over Norvrandt and he helped me become the person I am today. He even gave me my name!
Question: What will you say?
> He's also an expert in infiltration.
Gaia: That would explain how he was able to sneak into Eulmore and rescue the damsel in distress, just like in the songs.
Ryne: Hmph, I'm hardly a damsel in distress! ...Well, I suppose I was back then. But Thancred taught me how to fight and survive.
> His gift for song won the heart of many a fair lady, or so he claims...
Ryne: Singing? That doesn't sound like the Thancred I know.
Gaia: It seems he has a way with words. That must be how he was able to choose such a pretty name for you.
---
Ryne: Actually, while we're on the subject, that gunblade over there belonged to Thancred.
Ryne: As far as mementos go, it's a bit on the cumbersome side, but it reminds me of our adventures together. Even though there's little chance I'll ever see him again, it still feels like he's here with me.
Gaia: Keeping your memories close...
Gaia: You know what? I should keep a diary. Even if I forget everything, at least I will have something to look back on.
Ryne: That's a brilliant idea! Since we're going to be making lots of new memories together, maybe I could write in it too?
Gaia: As long as you improve your handwriting before you go scrawling all over it. I'd like your entries to be vaguely legible, if you don't mind.
Ryne: Haha! Of course, your ladyship!
Gaia: But before that, we've got an Ascian to deal with. Let's get this over with!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Ryne: When I think back on the days I spent with everyone, it's always the tiny, frivolous details that spring to mind.
Ryne: The smiles, the little gestures... It's not as though I made a conscious effort to remember them, but they stuck with me all the same.
Ryne: I suppose that's what memories are ─ a collection of all those seemingly insignificant moments. While they may not have made a huge difference in the grand scheme of things, they mean the world to me.

Gaia: It was good to hear about our friends...but I still have no recollection of them whatsoever.
Gaia: It's just like all those things Mitron was saying. How can I even tell if they're true or not if I don't remember?
Gaia: There's no point dwelling on it, though. Nothing for it but to press on.
-optional end

===Enter Eden's core===
-cutscene start
Gaia: We came as you asked, so start talking.
Mitron: Why settle for mere words when I offer something far greater? Eden will now afford you a glimpse of the past. More than a glimpse, in fact. It will be as real as any of the foes you yourselves have conjured forth.
Ryne: Conjured forth? Wait, you don't mean to perform a summoning, do you!?
Mitron: I do. I shall recreate the battle of a hundred years past, which pitted Ardbert and his fellow Warriors of Light against their nemesis, the Shadowkeeper.
Question: What will you say?
> Just as Emet-Selch recreated the Final Days of Amaurot...
Mitron: Is that so? It seems much and more has occurred during my absence. No doubt he employed creation magicks to breathe life into his recollections of the past
> So who will play the part of Ardbert?
Mitron: Whomsoever you choose, though his skill and strength will not be easily matched.
> ''(If the player has completed {{i|Shadow Walk with Me}})'' Their nemesis... you mean Cylva.
Mitron: That you should know that name... The true identity of the Shadowkeeper, emissary of chaos.
---
Gaia: And what do you hope to achieve with this history lesson of yours?
Mitron: You shall see. You shall remember. Now, your very soul will revisit that fateful day a hundred years ago.
Ryne: Gaia, you can't trust Mitron! If you do, you'll end up being manipulated again!
Gaia: Ryne...
Gaia: You're right. My days of being controlled by this demon are over. I have a new life now, and I won't let anyone take that away from me.
Gaia: My will is my own! You have no hold over me!
Mitron: This is all your doing, accursed minions of Light! ''I'' should be the one at her side! Not you or anyone else! I will take her beyond the reach of your poisonous influence and keep her safe!
Ryne: What have you done with Gaia!?
Mitron: Nothing yet. But soon I will restore her to her true self. And you will help me to do so, by conquering the adversary I present before you.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Ryne===
-cutscene start
Ryne: I knew it was risky trusting an Ascian, but we played right into Mitron's hands!
Question: What will you say?
> We'll do whatever it takes to save Gaia.
Ryne: Agreed. There's no telling what kind of danger she's in, but wherever she is, I know she's giving her all. Even though we're apart, we'll fight as one.
Ryne: Together, we'll bring an end to Mitron's wicked schemes!
> There's no choice but to do as Mitron says.
Ryne: Perhaps, but i doubt that'll be the end of it. It's clear that Mitron has no intention of returning Gaia to us, but there may yet be a opportunity to free her. "In the chaos of conflict, one can always find an opening to exploit."
Ryne: Of course, its always the conflict part that comes first. But if Ardbert was able to overcome this foe, then so can you!
---
Ryne: It looks like Mitron's grip on Eden has loosened somewhat, perhaps to allow me to send you to the battlefield.
Ryne: Once you get there, don't let your guard down. While this may be a reenactment of a moment in history, the threat you face is very real. Whatever happens, you must make it through this. Gaia's counting on us!
:''{{i|Eden's Promise: Litany}} now accessible.''
-cutscene end
-optional start
Ryne: I wish i knew more about this Shadowkeeper. Then at least we'd be a little better prepared. All I can say is, please be careful
-optional end

:===Enter Eden's Promise: Litany===
-cutscene start
Ryne: So this all took place a hundred years ago...
Ryne: But what does it have to do with Gaia?
-cutscene end

====Duty Dialogue====
Shadowkeeper: By your sacrifice, a warrior born... I will show you no mercy, and expect none in return!
Shadowkeeper: I am the Shadowkeeper! There is no escape from me!
System:The Shadowkeeper prepares to reveal its true form!
Shadowkeeper: Cloaked in shadow, I lie in wait!
Shadowkeeper: Death stalks at every turn!
Shadowkeeper: My world, consumed by Darkness. The source of my power...

-optional start
Gaia: Why...does this all seem so...familiar? Ungh!
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne===
Ryne: Mitron's returned Gaia to us, but I've a feeling this isn't over yet...
-quest complete
-cutscene start
Gaia: The Warriors of Light... The Shadowkeeper... I've seen this all before.
Mitron: Yes! You and I joined our power as one to create the Shadowkeeper. We bore witness to its battle with the Warriors of Light.
Gaia: Our power? So I was there...and I wasn't alone...
Ryne: No, Gaia! It's not true, it can't be! How can you have been there a hundred years ago!?
Mitron: Look deep inside ─ you know it was real. Cast aside those worthless memories and embrace who you truly are!
Gaia: ...Worthless?
Gaia: Now I see. This is why you've been tampering with my memories ever since I was a child...
Mitron: Just so. And now, I possess the means to purge them entirely. Your rebirth will finally be complete!
Gaia: You have no right to deny me a life, to rob me of what I hold most precious! My memories may seem worthless to you, but not to me.
Gaia: I will never be yours. My place is here. In this world, in this life, in this moment. Wherever my friends are, that is where I belong!
Mitron: Then you would turn your back on our glorious past? On the lives we once lived?
Gaia: Any past I may have shared with you is long gone. I live in the here and now, striving to build a better future. And I'll be damned if I let you take that away from me!
Mitron: To be reunited at long last, only to be shunned...
Mitron: Would that I had died with you... To be reborn.
Mitron: Even without knowledge of your past, we may yet forge a future together.
Gaia: I'm sick of your riddles. Speak plainly or not at all.
Mitron: You and I fought the Warriors of Light as one, joined in both body and soul. When Ardbert struck his final blow, the Light tore through the bonds that held us. Though you perished, I was condemned to a far worse fate.
Mitron: My flesh became my prison, and I was cursed to remain here, an abomination, while you lived on with others at your side... I will suffer it no more! You belong to me!
Ryne: I, too, was once held against my will, robbed of my freedom. To be trapped and alone for a hundred years... I can't begin to imagine the pain you must have felt.
Ryne: But that doesn't give you the right to deny Gaia a chance at happiness!
Mitron: We once knew happiness ─ true happiness, until fate conspired to tear us apart. I will never let that happen again. We shall be joined as one, my memories yours. Together for all eternity!
Gaia: Th-The Darkness... It's rising within me!
Ryne: That mark...!
Gaia: What is this? Why am I...?
Gaia: Hold on, Gaia! Whatever it is, you mustn't give in!
Gaia: Who are you?
Mitron: Yes, yes! Now nothing will keep you from me!
Mitron: I am yours, and you are mine!
Ascian Prime: We are one. We remember.
Ryne: So it's true!? Gaia really is a reincarnated Ascian!?
Ascian Prime: The girl you once knew is no more. The Ascian who held the seat of Loghrif is all that remains. Gaia is her true name.
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
(Echo)
Mitron: Oh, Loghrif, how long has it been... How long have I dreamed of this day.
Loghrif: Is that you, Mitron? Forgive me, I didn't recognize you...
Loghrif: In my defense, my memories have only recently been restored. My mind is still a little hazy.
Mitron: Hardly surprising. No matter how many times we are reborn, it is disorienting to have everything change around you.
Mitron: Even so, I immediately recognized your resplendent soul. And I cling to the hope that one day you will likewise remember mine. You always were a forgetful one.
Loghrif: I could never forget you. Try as I might.
Loghrif: But tell me, what do you know of my past? I admit, my memory may need refreshing...
Mitron: We served together as members of the Convocation of Fourteen, dedicated to the summoning of Lord Zodiark.
Mitron: Although the task assigned to you eventually fell to Elidibus.
Loghrif: Yes, I remember. Amidst the chaos and despair, you never left my side. My loyal protector...
Mitron: But in the end, it was in vain... I was powerless to prevent Hydaelyn from tearing our world asunder.
Loghrif: So I heard from Emet-Selch. We labor to make our world whole again. That's why he restored my memories, so that I can play my part.
Mitron: ''Our'' part. Alone we struggle, but by joining your power with mine, we may yet succeed.
Loghrif: ''My'' power? Hmph. You always were one for flattery.
Mitron: Oh, I assure you, I am quite sincere. It would be my honor to serve the cause alongside you. And I shan't take no for an answer.
Loghrif: The honor is mine. For as much as I chide and tease you, you are everything to me. My inspiration. When I'm with you, I fear nothing. Promise me...that we'll never be parted again.
Mitron: I promise. Even should fate conspire to separate us, I will reach out to you, wherever you may be.
Loghrif: And I will come running.
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Ascian Prime: We were destined to find each other. To awaken our buried past and be born anew.
Ascian Prime: Though our brethren employ crystals to return sundered souls to their office, without them, such a feat was beyond my reach. But by becoming one in mind and body, my memories are yours. At last, you have awoken.
Ascian Prime: Now, the time has come to restore our world to the utopia it once was.
Ryne: Let Gaia go!
Ascian Prime: You are not worthy to speak that name!
Ascian Prime: If you must call her anything, use the name chosen by her parents, if you even know what that is.
Ryne: No. To me, her name is Gaia.
Ryne: And nothing you say about her makes any difference to me. I don't care if she's an Ascian. She's my friend!
Ascian Prime: ''Was'' your friend. Never again will she answer to your cries.
Question: What will you say?
> We won't give up on her!
> We'll break the shackles that bind her!
---
Ryne: Your wicked schemes have gone far enough. We're taking Gaia back!
Ascian Prime: Accursed servants of Light... You will not tear us apart again.
Ryne: What...is this!? Visions in my mind... A summoning!?
Ascian Prime: All your hopes and fears, turned against you. There is no escape from your past...
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Fear of the Dark

2026-07-19T19:42:17Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Fear of the Dark
| description = Gaia appears to be conversing with the voice inside her head.
| image = fear of the dark1.png
| quest-giver = Gaia
| related-npcs = Ryne
| location = The Empty
| location-x = 6.7
| location-y = 5.9
| type = feature
| quest-line = Eden Quests
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = Eden Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 15
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 80
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3000
| mettle =
| reward-opt1 = 2 Quickarm Materia VII
| reward-opt2 = 2 Quicktongue Materia VII
| reward-opt3 = 2 Battledance Materia VII
| reward-opt4 = 2 Piety Materia VII
| unlocks = ra Eden's Promise: Umbra
| prev-quest = Empty Promise
| next-quest = Shadows of the Past
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.4
| id-gt = 69512
| id-edb = 06c31efdde9
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Ryne]] in [[The Core|Eden's core]].

*Enter [[Eden's Promise: Umbra]].

*Speak with [[Gaia]].

==Journal==
*Gaia appears to be conversing with the voice inside her head.

*You and Ryne can only look on in worry as Gaia is overcome by another assault on her senses caused by the voice in her head. Thankfully, this troubling episode ends as suddenly as it began, though she is left with the lingering notion of using Darkness to restore the Empty. Ryne soon realizes that this may indeed provide a means by which to revitalize the withered flora. It seems that the Light's influence on the ambient aether is still too strong to allow life to flourish, and shifting the alignment closer to Darkness should redress the balance. The three of you make your way to Eden's core to put your theories to the test.

*In order to restore balance to the aether, you must call upon the image of an entity embodying Darkness. As you have no experience fighting primals of that nature, your memories of the Cloud of Darkness, ruler among voidsent, will instead form the basis for the summoning.

*With Ryne and Gaia working in harmony to manipulate the ambient aether, the plan to call forth a likeness of the Cloud of Darkness is a success. Naturally, you rise to the occasion and slay the beast, returning its aether to the Empty. Gaia is keen to return to the camp to observe whether your efforts have yielded the desired results.

*Much to your dismay, the once-verdant foliage is no closer to being rejuvenated. However, the strangely shifting hues of the crystal that towers above indicate that something has changed...be it for good or ill.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Ryne:''' It's been so long since Gaia had one of her headaches that I thought the faerie might've disappeared for good. Do you think it's got something to do with Eden?
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Gaia:''' Restore...Darkness...
'''Ryne:''' What did you say, Gaia?
'''Gaia:''' Restore the Darkness...to the world flooded by Light...
'''Gaia:''' Ah! That's it!
'''Gaia:''' We thought we'd restored balance to the six elements, but perhaps they're still too strongly aligned with Light? If that's the case, maybe we can set things right by using Darkness.
'''Ryne:''' By using Darkness? Are...are you serious!?
'''Ryne:''' But hold on... It might actually work!
'''Ryne:''' Gaia, that's a brilliant idea!
'''Gaia:''' I-I wouldn't go that far. I just remembered what I learned during our adventures, that's all.
'''Gaia:''' But this does mean we'll need to call on your services again, if that's all right with you?
'''Ryne:''' We've come this far together, and we'll see our mission to the end! To Eden's core!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Gaia:''' I'll say one thing before we start: if this all goes horribly wrong, don't even think about pinning it on me! Not that it will, of course...
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne in Eden's core===
-cutscene start
'''Ryne:''' Right, let's get started!
'''Ryne:''' But...hmmm... Were there any primals aligned with Darkness? I can't seem to recall any...
'''Gaia:''' You mean there isn't one?
'''Ryne:''' The Ascians' god, Zodiark, may be suitable, but we need something that [Forename] has actually encountered ─ and preferably defeated.
'''Gaia:''' Well, does it have to be a primal for it to work? If it's just a lot of Darkness that we need, perhaps there are other ways to get it.
'''Ryne:''' You may be right! What we ultimately need is a state of highly charged Darkness ─ it shouldn't matter what form it takes. Does anything come to mind, [Forename]?

Question: What will you say?
> I daresay the Flood of Darkness had a fair bit of... Darkness.
'''Ryne:''' You mean the catastrophe that swallowed the Thirteenth and turned it into a lifeless void? Erm, we might need something on a slightly smaller scale...
> I know a few voidsent that would fit the bill.
Gaia: The creatures I unleashed while under the faerie's control... If we were able to summon one powerful enough, it just might work.
---
'''Ryne:''' The Cloud of Darkness... I can't begin to imagine how powerful it must have been.
'''Gaia:''' I'd say we've found the perfect candidate.
'''Ryne:''' But where to find a suitable place, one where Darkness is strong... It won't be easy in a world flooded by Light.
'''Gaia:''' Well, we've got the Warrior of Darkness ''and'' the Oracle of Darkness right here. It seems like a good enough spot to me.
'''Ryne:''' But what about the Light-aligned aether that's all around us?
'''Gaia:''' That's where you come in. You can suppress the Light while I draw out the Darkness. By combining our powers, we can make it work wherever we are.
'''Ryne:''' Combining our powers...
'''Ryne:''' Yes, between us, there's nothing we can't achieve! Don't be afraid, Gaia!
'''Gaia:''' I'm not afraid ─ just very concerned that this will all go horribly wrong...which is the same thing, I suppose. Anyway, it's certainly not easy coming up with these plans by ourselves.
'''Ryne:''' That's true. But when this is over, we can reward ourselves with all sorts of delicious treats at the festival!
'''Gaia:''' Festival? What do you mean?
'''Ryne:''' We spoke about it on the way here, remember? I asked if you wanted to take part.
'''Gaia:''' Um... I was busy piloting the skyslipper, so I probably wasn't paying attention.
'''Ryne:''' Oh well, not to worry. We can talk about that later. Right now we've got a job to do!
'''Ryne:''' I'll draw out the ambient aether...
'''Gaia:''' And I'll shift its alignment to Darkness!
'''Ryne:''' Now, [Forename]! Focus your thoughts!

System: Memories of the Cloud of Darkness enshroud your mind...

:{{i|Eden's Promise: Umbra}} now accessible
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Ryne:''' This is the first time we've tried this since that disaster with Shiva, so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. Even so, I can't afford to waver now!

'''Gaia:''' I've called forth real voidsent before ─ so everyone tells me, anyway ─ but this is unknown territory for me. With the two of you by my side, though, I'm sure it'll work!
-optional end

:===Enter Eden's Promise: Umbra===
-cutscene start
Gaia: I'm drawing out the Darkness. Get ready!
Ryne: It worked, Gaia! We've done it!
-cutscene end
====Duty Dialogue====
Cloud of Darkness: No light could ever reach us...
Cloud of Darkness: We shall engulf everything in our shadow...
Cloud of Darkness: The Darkness swallows all, even the ground beneath your feet.
Cloud of Darkness: By the power of Darkness, we call forth life, boundless and irrepressible.
Cloud of Darkness: With balance comes life, insatiable and all-consuming.
Cloud of Darkness: We shall return all to nothingness.
The Darkness forms hypercharged clouds!
Cloud of Darkness: Hope, despair...they are what feeds us...
-optional start
Ryne: So that was what a world flooded by Darkness would look like...
-optional end

===Speak with Gaia===
'''Gaia:''' That all went surprisingly well. Of course, we have [Forename] to thank for slaying that ghastly creature.
'''Ryne:''' You were fantastic, Gaia! Anyone would think you're an old hand at this!
'''Gaia:''' You weren't so bad yourself. We make quite a team, don't we?
'''Ryne:''' We certainly do!
'''Gaia:''' I don't know about you two, but I'm itching to see whether our hard work has paid off. Let's head back.
-quest complete
-cutscene start
'''Gaia:''' Hmm... The plants are just as lifeless as they were before. Maybe the Light's influence is still too strong?
'''Ryne:''' What in the world...?
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): In fleeting hues and endless warmth, A gentle light washed over me.
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): A glimmer of hope once lost...
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Empty Promise

2026-07-19T18:52:12Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue according to template

{{Quest infobox
| title = Empty Promise
| description = Yalfort is so engrossed in the slip of paper in his hands that he barely notices your approach. Do try not to startle him.
| image = empty promise1.png
| quest-giver = Yalfort
| related-npcs = Gaia; Ryne
| location = Amh Araeng
| location-x = 26.7
| location-y = 16.7
| type = feature
| quest-line = Eden Quests
| journal-section = Chronicles of a New Era
| journal-category = Eden Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 14
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 80
| requirements =
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 3000
| mettle =
| reward-opt1 = 2 Quickarm Materia VII
| reward-opt2 = 2 Quicktongue Materia VII
| reward-opt3 = 2 Battledance Materia VII
| reward-opt4 = 2 Piety Materia VII
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Reflections in Crystal, Worlds Apart
| next-quest = Fear of the Dark
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.4
| id-gt = 69511
| id-edb = a5f76c8d063
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with Ryne at the Derrick.

*Speak with Gaia at the Derrick.

==Journal==
*Yalfort is so engrossed in the slip of paper in his hands that he barely notices your approach. Do try not to startle him.

*Though it may seem that Yalfort never budges from his usual spot, he assures you that he has been busy preparing for your next expedition into the Empty. Ryne and Gaia then make a timely appearance and regale you with tales of their activities in the Crystarium, which range from fairly constructive to...eating biscuits. There will, however, be ample time for further discussion aboard the skyslipper, which is ready and waiting at the Derrick.

*Upon arrival at the outpost, Gaia rather uncharacteristically offers to help by piloting the skyslipper. It appears that during her time in the Crystarium, she has learned not only to control this complex, shoe-like craft, but she has also gained a degree of consideration for others. You had best hop aboard before she changes her mind.

*The long and normally dreary voyage across the Empty is made far more pleasant by lively conversation. Sadly, this buoyant mood is short-lived as you are met with an unwelcome sight when you reach your destination. The once lush and verdant plant life is drained of color and vitality, much to your dismay. The crystal that towers about the camp has taken on an ominous, white glow, indicating that the balance between Darkness and Light has shifted in favor of the latter. Suddenly, Gaia clutches her head, and it becomes all too clear that her ordeal is far from over.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Yalfort:''' [Forename]! So the rumors of your knack for being in the right place at the right time are true! You see, we've just completed our preparations for another expedition into the Empty.
'''Yalfort:''' Miss Ryne and Miss Gaia agree that it's high time you all went to see how things are coming along. Though I must say, being at their beck and call night and day does test my patience on occasion.
Gaia@???: Well, well. Fancy seeing you here.
'''Ryne:''' [Forename]!
'''Ryne:''' We were just getting ready for another ride on the skyslipper. Care to join us?
'''Yalfort:''' There was one other thing I should mention before you depart. Now that the situation in Eulmore has settled down somewhat, my associates have made some headway in investigating your past, Miss Gaia.
'''Gaia:''' ...Is that so?
'''Ryne:''' Hmm? I thought that's what you wanted.
'''Gaia:''' So did I. But I quite like the way things are now. Digging around in my past might...I don't know, spoil it somehow.
'''Gaia:''' Besides, uncovering the truth behind the voice in my head and my strange powers is bound to be more interesting than whatever life it was I had in Eulmore.
'''Ryne:''' I understand. We'll find the answers. Together. Just like we do everything else.

Question: What will you say?
> Did you make that necklace?
Gaia: You mean from the ice crystal we found after the battle? I was sure it would've melted by now, but it seems Ryne was right.
Gaia: And yes, we had it made into a necklace. She insisted that I have it, even though it doesn't suit me at all. Still, I suppose it makes a nice memento, so I keep it somewhere safe.
Ryne: Oh, come on, Gaia! It'd look lovely on you! Wait...you're not embarrassed to wear it, are you?
Gaia: Don't be silly, of course I'm not! In any case, I wouldn't want to lose it while we're in the Empty. Unlike the coffee biscuits you've brought along, I can't just go and buy another one.
Ryne: Ah! They were supposed to be a surprise for [Forename]!
> How were the coffee biscuits?
'''Ryne:''' Oh, they were delicious, as always! But I hear they're quite fattening, so we usually just buy one and have half each.
'''Gaia:''' And then you always get another one anyway.
'''Ryne:''' Yes, but we break that in half too, so it's fine.
'''Gaia:''' Then we may as well have one each to begin with! Honestly, Ryne, I sometimes wonder if you've got biscuits for brains.
'''Gaia:''' Though I must say, my time in the Crystarium has been rather enjoyable. We even had a chance to make a necklace from the ice crystal we found.
---

'''Ryne:''' And in case you were wondering, I haven't been neglecting my training. I wouldn't want my skills to get rusty just because Thancred's not around. I'm ready for whatever lies ahead!
'''Gaia:''' Urianger would also be pleased to hear you've had your head in those fusty old tomes. I've even done a bit of studying myself. After all, it's up to us to take care of the Empty now.
'''Ryne:''' I'm looking forward to seeing how things have changed since our last visit. Come on, let's head over to the Derrick.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Yalfort:''' I'm hoping that one of these days ''I'll'' be allowed to visit the Empty and see those remarkable changes for myself. It seems like a fair reward for all my hard work!
'''Gaia:''' This time, those giant ant things had the good sense to leave us alone on our way here. Seems they've learned their lesson.
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne at the Derrick===
'''Ryne:''' I don't suppose you fancy taking the helm this time?
'''Gaia:''' Wait. I'll pilot this time.
'''Ryne:''' Oh? I didn't realize you knew how!
'''Gaia:''' While you were off training, I was practicing with another skyslipper they have at the Crystarium.
'''Ryne:''' Really? That's fantastic!
'''Gaia:''' Hardly. You've been pulling more than your own weight, and I just wanted to do what I can to contribute more.
'''Gaia:''' So you two can sit back, relax, and leave it to me.

-optional start
'''Ryne:''' Well, Gaia certainly kept that quiet! She's just full of surprises, isn't she?
-optional end

===Speak with Gaia at the Derrick===
'''Gaia:''' There's no need to look so apprehensive, you know. Let's get going, shall we?
-quest complete
-cutscene start
'''Ryne:''' It's so strange suddenly seeing you at the controls. Why didn't you tell me you'd been practicing?
'''Gaia:''' I thought I'd surprise you, that's all.
'''Ryne:''' Well, consider me surprised. All this time, I thought you were only good for smashing things with your hammer.
'''Gaia:''' Hmph! Bring that up again and you can walk the rest of the way.
'''Ryne:''' Hehe, I'd best behave. I wouldn't want to get stranded in the Empty and miss the festival.
'''Ryne:''' Ah, I suppose this is the first you would've heard of it. We haven't exactly been keeping it a secret, but it's still in the planning stages.
'''Ryne:''' You see, the return of the night sky has brought lots of changes. And while everyone is glad, the reality is it's also been quite stressful, having to adapt to a new way of life.
'''Ryne:''' Seeing how hard our elders are working to keep the Crystarium running, youths like myself came up with the idea of hosting an event as way of expressing our appreciation.
'''Ryne:''' Once we return from the Empty, I'll be helping as one of the organizers.

Question: What will you say?
> I'd be happy to help - provided I'm suitably compensated.
Ryne: Haha, I doubt we could afford the services of a great hero such as you, but thanks for offering. If everything goes well, all you'd need to do is turn up and enjoy yourself!
> I'd offer to help, but I think you have everything well in hand.
'''Ryne:''' I wouldn't be so sure about that...but I'd try my best to make it a success. If everything goes well, all you'd need to do is turn up and enjoy yourself!
---

'''Ryne:''' How about you, Gaia? Would you like to help with the festival?
'''Gaia:''' Wh-What's that? I...er, haven't been listening.
'''Gaia:''' My...ah...leg is cramping up a bit. Piloting this thing must've made me more tense than I'd realized.
'''Ryne:''' Then let one of us take over!
'''Gaia:''' No, I'll be fine.
'''Ryne:''' Well, as long as you're sure. But if you feel like switching places, just say the word.

'''Ryne:''' No... How can this be?
'''Gaia:''' I think ''that'' explains it...
'''Ryne:''' Light... Does this mean there's still too much of it in the Empty?
'''Gaia:''' Hmm... I'm no expert, but this might be a result of losing control when you restored the ice element. Even though I tried to use Darkness to hold back the Light spilling forth, it seems it wasn't enough.
'''Ryne:''' Then we're right back to where we started. This is all my fault...
'''Gaia:''' No, Ryne. You mustn't blame yourself.
'''Gaia:''' Unnngh...

x@???: You have returned to me!
x@???: Restore the Darkness, while you still can!

Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): A familiar voice, an inescapable fate. The promise of salvation at the precipice of ruin.
Gaia@Gaia (thoughts): In the remnants of a lost past, I would find my truth.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Unto the Morrow

2026-07-19T06:15:06Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added a missing line of dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Unto the Morrow
| image =
| description = Urianger regards you with a gentle smile.
| quest-giver = Urianger
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Jeryk; Magnus; Runar; Ryne; Thaffe; Thancred; Y'shtola
| cutscene-npcs = Lyna
| location = Il Mheg
| location-x = 8.7
| location-y = 16.7
| location-z = 0.3
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| sortkey = 310
| level = 80
| exp = 22440
| gil = 0
| reward1 = 1 wind-up Mystel
| prev-quest = The Journey Continues
| next-quest = Reflections in Crystal
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 678
| id-gt = 69317
| id-edb = ec048297fcf
}}

==Steps==
* Speak with [[Y'shtola]] in [[Slitherbough]].
* Speak with Y'shtola.
* Speak with [[Magnus]] at [[Twine]].
* Speak with [[Ryne]] in [[the Crystarium]].
* Speak with [[Thancred]].

==Journal==
* Urianger regards you with a gentle smile.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Urianger:''' Now, assuming thou intendest to continue thy tour, might I suggest Slitherbough as thy next destination?
'''Urianger:''' The task of tidying up one's abode is seldom light work, yet I suspect Y'shtola's is heavier than most. Suffice it to say, a pair of helping hands might not go amiss.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Urianger:''' Given its specificity to the Source, yon elemental chart is perhaps best removed.
'''Urianger:''' Yet I cannot help but imagine what might unfold were a native of the First to chance upon it... What questions it would conjure in the mind of its discoverer...and whither their curiosity might lead them... 'Twould make for the beginnings of a grand adventure, would it not?
-optional end

===Speak with Y'shtola in Slitherbough===
'''Y'shtola:''' And what is this? Have you come to spy on me?
'''Y'shtola:''' ...Does Urianger truly think me so slovenly? The nerve.
'''Y'shtola:''' Loath as I am to disappoint, I put my affairs in order some time ago. I've even bade my farewells.
'''Y'shtola:''' To everyone save Runar, that is. He's nowhere to be seen...

-voiced cutscene start
''Runar offers Y'shtola a flower.''

'''Runar:''' Master Matoya!
'''Runar:''' For too long, I have remained silent. But no longer. I could not bear it if you were to leave. Please stay! I beg of you!
'''Y'shtola:''' Runar... Please...
'''Runar:''' ...I jest. At least in part. Ahem. What I came to say is this...
'''Runar:''' Thank you. Without your wisdom, your strength, and your kindness to guide us, our people would still be lost.
'''Runar:''' We will never forget you, Master Matoya. Wherever your journeys may take you, you will always be in our hearts.
'''Y'shtola:''' And you in mine.
'''Y'shtola:''' Remember that your people's journey─that our people's journey is yet ongoing. Your lives will change, and so too will your dreams. Yet come what may, you need not forsake your time-honored traditions, nor less your beliefs.
'''Y'shtola:''' But neither should you be beholden to them. For it was with curiosity and courage that the Night's Blessed first triumphed over adversity. New knowledge and new wisdom are ever worthy of pursuit.
'''Runar:''' Indeed they are. And so, until we return to the sunless sea, we shall endeavor to live our lives to the fullest.
'''Y'shtola:''' That is well. But however great your strides, there may yet come a day when the challenges you face cannot be surmounted alone.
'''Y'shtola:''' On such a day...
'''Runar:''' On such a day?
'''Y'shtola:''' You may call on me.
'''Y'shtola:''' Since a means to travel between worlds exists, you can be sure I will find a way to employ it.
'''Y'shtola:''' And there remain so many mysteries here that want for solving.
'''Runar:''' Master Matoya!
''Runar carries Y'shtola happily.''
'''Y'shtola:''' Runar! Really!
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Runar:''' Please take good care of Master Matoya. See that she eats well, and wraps up warm on cold days.
'''Runar:''' Ah, and there is a herbal tea which she enjoys! If I give you the recipe, you could make it for her, perhaps? And, uh...uh...
'''Runar:''' Above all ─ please keep her close. I do not deny that she is strong, but even the strongest among us should not be alone.
-optional end

===Speak with Y'shtola===

'''Y'shtola:''' Honestly, he's a boy in the body of a man... <sigh>
'''Y'shtola:''' ''Anyway'', it is time we headed back to the Crystarium. Shall we?
'''Y'shtola:''' ...You still have to take the ''Exarch'' to Nabaath Areng? I see. Very well, you can look in on Thancred while you're about it.
'''Y'shtola:''' His will be a difficult farewell, and I am sure he would appreciate your support.
'''Y'shtola:''' The path goes through Twine. If you wait there, you are like to meet him on his way back, if not before.

-optional start
'''Y'shtola:''' As I make my way out of the wood, I shall call to mind all that I learned during my time here. And I shall picture the day of my return.
'''Y'shtola:''' I know not when it will be, but mark my words, I will learn to traverse the rift.

:''In Twine'':
'''Jeryk:''' Let me guess: you're here to ride the trolley too. Don't ask me how I know─I can just tell!

'''Thaffe:''' Ah, it's you! Good to see you looking none the worse for wear!
-optional end

===Speak with Magnus at Twine===
-cutscene start

'''Magnus:''' Eh? You too? What is this, my bloody nameday?
'''Magnus:''' I see, I see. Yes, Thancred was here ─ and Ryne too. They said they wanted to go to Nabaath Areng, so we gave them the use of the trolley.
'''Jeryk:''' That's right, the old girl's up and running again! But we didn't just put her back together, mind you!
'''Jeryk:''' No, with a little bit of help from Master Chai...
'''Jeryk:''' We made her faster!
'''Jeryk:''' And stronger!
'''Jeryk:''' Ohhh yes, the future of trolleys is looking brighter than ever! Whisper it, but I reckon it might be time ─ time to ''reach for the stars'' with a trolley to dwarf all trolleys!
'''Thaffe:''' If you ask me, we'd be better off making them smaller. That way, they can fit in narrow shafts.
'''Jeryk:''' But that─ That's ''genius''! Why didn't I think of that!?
'''Magnus:''' Enough. You can daydream in your own time. In case you've forgotten, our priority is to have more working trolleys.
'''Magnus:''' ''That's'' why we turned to Chai-Nuzz, by the way ─ not to make the one trolley we've got go faster. We needed help getting a few Talos back in working order, see.
'''Magnus:''' We were out testing 'em when your airship came down, as a matter of fact. You seem to have a habit of crashing things...
'''Thancred:''' We're back. Our thanks for the loan of the trolley.
'''Thancred:''' ...[Forename]? What are you doing here? Don't tell me the others are waiting for us?
'''Thancred:''' That's a relief. At any rate, we've done what we came to do ─ which means I'm ready to leave. Or as ready as I'll ever be.
'''Magnus:''' Not to pry, but what's going on? You off somewhere?
'''Thancred:''' You could say that...
'''Magnus:''' So you're heading home. I'm just a simple miner and don't know much about this world-traversing business...
'''Magnus:''' But the young lady here ─ she'll be looked after, will she?

> If the player has completed the quest {{i|Life Finds a Way}}
Ryne: I'll be fine, thank you. I have a place to stay at the Crystarium, and don't want for anything.
'''Ryne:''' Besides which, I've recently made a new friend. Her name is [[Gaia]], and she'll always be there if I need her, just like you lot.
> Otherwise
'''Ryne:''' I'll be fine, thank you. I have a place to stay at the Crystarium, and don't want for anything.
---

'''Ryne:''' Besides which, I've no shortage of friends I can turn to. Friends like you lot.
'''Ryne:''' So please don't worry. I'll be fine, really.
'''Magnus:''' If you say so...
'''Magnus:''' It being a matter of life and death, I suppose you ''have'' to leave.
'''Magnus:''' But I for one would still be torn. If the choice were mine, I'm not sure I could bear to be parted from my family.
'''Thancred:''' No. But it's for the best. Ryne has chosen to walk her own path, and she doesn't need me under her feet.
'''Thancred:''' Besides, I have my own responsibilities, and I wouldn't be setting a very good example if I neglected them.
'''Magnus:''' Hmph. Perhaps not. Either way, I envy you your dilemma.
'''Magnus:''' Well then, young lady... If there's anything you need ─ anything at all ─ you're to call on us. It may surprise you, but we can do more than simply offer you trolley rides.
'''Ryne:''' Thank you, Magnus. Everyone.
'''Thancred:''' Shall we, then?
'''Ryne:''' If you've nowhere left to visit, we can go back to the Crystarium together.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Magnus:''' Bugger me, I forgot to thank Thancred...
'''Magnus:''' When you get the chance, tell him I'm glad we had that little talk. And tell him we'll look out for the girl.

'''Thaffe:''' When it comes to families, you'd think together was best, but it's not always that simple, is it? Never really thought about it, what with my parents being long gone.
'''Thaffe:''' The people in this town are the closest thing to family I've got. And to be fair, I'd hate to leave them. Which is why I'm not going anywhere!

'''Jeryk:''' Mark my words, [Forename]: one day, Twine will thrive again, and I hope that Thancred can come back to see it. Him and that funny-talking, fortune-teller bloke!

:''At the Crystarium'':
'''Alisaie:''' I did everything I could in the time I had. No regrets.

'''Alphinaud:''' I thought that it would be easier after saying farewell, but each step I took out of Eulmore felt heavier than the last...

'''Thancred:''' This is it, then...

'''Y'shtola:''' I trust the Exarch had a pleasant tour of the realm.

'''Urianger:''' I took the liberty of informing the Crystarium's leaders of our imminent departure. It seemed only right.
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne in the Crystarium===
'''Ryne:''' Oh, it's you... You're probably wondering why I'm not with the others.
'''Ryne:''' <sigh> It's just...I always knew that everyone would leave one day. And I always hoped and prayed that we would find a way to send them home. But now that the time has come, I just feel...lost. Lost and lonely.
'''Ryne:''' I don't want our last moments together to be sad. I want to hold myself together, just long enough to say the things that I need to say. But I'm not sure I can even do that...

Question: What will you say?
> I'll be there with you.
> You can do it, Ryne.
---

'''Ryne:''' <sniff> Right.
'''Ryne:''' Thank you, [Forename]. I feel braver already. <sniff> Go on ahead and join the others. I'll be along after I've taken a few deep breaths.

-optional start
'''Ryne:''' In...and out... <sigh>
-optional end

===Speak with Thancred===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alisaie:''' That's everyone, then. We've all said what we needed to.
'''Urianger:''' Even as we speak, Beq Lugg undertaketh their final inspection of our spirit vessels.
'''Urianger:''' When thine own preparations for the journey are complete, thou art to present thyself in the Ocular.
'''Ryne:''' Um...everyone?
'''Ryne:''' I want to thank you all. On behalf of the First.
'''Ryne:''' You, and Minfilia, and the Exarch.
'''Ryne:''' Without each and every one of you guiding us, fighting for us...we wouldn't be standing here now. There wouldn't even ''be'' a here. And no words can express our gratitude.
'''Ryne:''' We still have a lot to do, countless trials to overcome ─ but if it ever seems too much, I'll think of our time together.
'''Ryne:''' The happy moments...and the sad ─ I will remember it all. And it will give me the strength to carry on without you.
'''Ryne:''' Because you made me who I am. Minfilia. Ryne.
'''Ryne:''' To honor these names and these memories, I will stand with all the people of this land, and strive for a better tomorrow.
'''Urianger:''' Thancred. I believe the honor of responding should rightfully be thine.

''Thancred places his hand on Ryne's head.''

'''Thancred:''' I know better than most how much you've grown, and I have every confidence you'll make your people proud.
'''Thancred:''' Gods know, I'm proud of you. I always will be. You deserve all the happiness in the world and more.
'''Lyna@???:''' Might we also say a few words?

''A crowd of Crystarium residents appear.''

'''Alphinaud:''' Why, this is...just about all of you!
'''Lyna:''' To see you off seemed the least we could do.
'''Lyna:''' You risked your all for us ─ fought for a realm not your own. Before you came, we had never known the beauty of the night sky.
'''Lyna:''' Or the joy of your company.
'''Lyna:''' Though it saddens us deeply to bid you farewell, it has ever been our way to send off friends with a smile.
'''Lyna:''' Wherever your road should lead, we shall pray for your safety. And following your brave example, we shall continue to fight for the Crystarium.
'''Alisaie:''' With or without us, you've always taken good care of this city. I don't doubt for a moment you'll continue to do so.
'''Alphinaud:''' Aye, a more resilient people we have never known.
'''Alphinaud:''' As resilient and enduring as the tower that watches over you.
'''Lyna:''' To the last, we did not question the Exarch about his past. It is only now, when he can no longer tell us, that we believe we know the answer.
'''Lyna:''' We have heard what became of him, and what is about to be attempted.
'''Lyna:''' All will be well, of this we are certain.
'''Lyna:''' How could it be otherwise, when every soul in the Crystarium is praying for it with all their heart?
'''Lyna:''' And so, when our lord awakens, I bid you give him a message.
'''Lyna:''' Tell him he needn't worry about us.
'''Lyna:''' That he need no longer hide who he truly is. That he should live his own life to the fullest.
'''Lyna:''' And that if he should ever find himself reminiscing on the past with a smile, we shall be smiling with him.
'''Lyna:''' Will you tell him this?

Question: What will you say?
> Word for word.
'''Lyna:''' Thank you. Please look after him for us.
> I'll do my best.
'''Lyna:''' I am sure you will.
---

'''Y'shtola:''' I daresay we have all the good wishes we can carry. Let us be on our way.

''The Scions turn and head towards the Ocular, the residents of the Crystarium saluting and bidding their farewells.''
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Axe in the Stone

2026-07-19T02:31:54Z

Maleficentabsinthe: fixed a heading

{{Quest infobox
| title = Axe in the Stone
| description = Axemaster [[Wyrnzoen]] wishes you to experience a traditional marauder training method.
| image = Marauder quest image.png
| quest-giver = Wyrnzoen
| related-npcs = Broenbhar; Neddard; Rhotgeim; Sighard; Solkwyb
| location = Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
| location-x = 11.2
| location-y = 6.1
| type = class
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Quests
| journal-genre = Marauder Quests
| sortkey = 50
| organization =
| class = marauder
| job =
| level = 5
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 1400
| gil = 0
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Bronze War Axe
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt1 = 1 Custom-made Cuirass
| reward-opt2 = 1 Leather Eyepatch
| reward-opt3 = 1 Fingerless Leather Gloves
| reward-opt4 = 1 Altered Thighboots
| reward-opt5 = 5 Allagan Tin Piece
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Way of the Marauder, My First Axe
| next-quest = Wake of Destruction
| patch = 2.0
| release =
| id-gt = 65849
| id-edb = fedb4933a75
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Broenbhar]].
*Speak with [[Rhotgeim]].
*Use [[Heavy Swing]] to destroy the solid rocks.
*Speak with Rhotgeim.
*Use Heavy Swing to destroy the solid rocks.
*Speak with Rhotgeim.
*Report to Axemaster [[Wyrnzoen]] at the Marauders' Guild.
*Speak with [[Solkwyb]].
*Investigate the megalocrab nest in lower La Noscea.
*Rescue [[Sighard]].
*Report to Axemaster Wyrnzoen at the Marauders' Guild.

==Journal==
*Axemaster Wyrnzoen wishes you to experience a traditional marauder training method.

*Wyrnzoen has instructed you to speak with a fellow marauder to learn the nature of the training you are to undertake. Find Broenbhar in the practice area downstairs.

*Broenbhar explains that marauders develop strength and precision by splitting rocks with their axes. To try your hand at this traditional training method, head out to the Rogue River in middle La Noscea and speak with Rhotgeim.

*Rhotgeim bids you shatter the stones she has prepared. Destroy the solid rocks on the bank of the river using the Heavy Swing technique.

*You have shattered three solid rocks. Report to the waiting Rhotgeim.

*Rhotgeim bids you shatter yet more rocks. Destroy the solid rocks on the bank of the river with your Skull Sunder ability.

*You have sundered three solid rocks. Report to the waiting Rhotgeim.

*Rhotgeim seems pleased with your rock-shattering ability. Return to the Marauders' Guild and report to Axemaster Wyrnzoen.

*Upon returning to the guild, you learn that Axemaster Wyrnzoen has assigned you to respond to an urgent request from the Red Rooster Stead─a duty that involves slaying murderous megalocrabs. Solkwyb, a veteran conjurer, will aid you in this task. Seek her out within the guild before you depart for lower La Noscea.

*You speak with the conjurer, Solkwyb, and learn more of the duty that lies ahead. Meet her at the megalocrab nest near the Mourning Widow in lower La Noscea.

*As you are searching through the megalocrab nest, you are approached by a desperate old man by the name of Neddard. Rush to the aid of his grandson, Sighard, before the boy is slain by the rampaging crustaceans.

*You have slain the megalocrabs and rescued Neddard's grandson from a grisly fate. After thanking you for saving him, Sighard pleads with you to avenge his parents by slaying the fearsome creature responsible for their deaths. Return to the Marauders' Guild and report the situation to Axemaster Wyrnzoen.

*You report the outcome of your duty to Axemaster Wyrnzoen. The veteran marauder, however, already appears to have knowledge of the creature that slew Sighard's parents. He commends your desire to seek vengeance on the boy's behalf, but warns that you are currently no match for this territorial monstrosity. Nurture your rage and hone your skills before attempting to grant Sighard's fervent wish.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Wyrnzoen: [Forename]. You approach me with a marauder's strides: determined, unswerving, and bereft of the hesitation that marked our first meeting. I am pleased. The time has come for you to begin a new stage in your training.
Wyrnzoen: Now, what sets the axe aside from the gladius or the dagger? It is the raw, unstoppable destruction wrought by its thick, heavy blade. And that overwhelming power can only be properly directed by extraordinary physical strength.
Wyrnzoen: Thus we come to the core of this day's lesson. Such strength as a marauder must possess is developed through a traditional method passed down through the generations of the guild. A method that you, too, shall be taught to employ.
Wyrnzoen: Present yourself to Broenbhar in the practice area downstairs, and he shall instruct you further.
-quest accepted

===Speak with Brownbhar===
Broenbhar: The axemaster told me ye'd be on yer way. Me name's Broenbhar. Good it is to meet a new marauder!
Broenbhar: Now, we axe-wielders build strength an' control by splittin' boulders. That's right─our traditional method involves smashin' a rock with yer axe.
Broenbhar: But ye can't use just any ol' swing; ye need to hit the rock just so. Rhotgeim, a fellow marauder, is waitin' just outside the Zephyr Gate, by the bridge over the Rogue River. She'll tell ye how it's done.

===Speak with Rhotgeim===
Rhotgeim: Greetin's, {{alternatives|f=lass|m=lad}}. Ready to split some stone, are ye? I've three nice, hard rocks for ye to build up a sweat on. Don't try nothin' fancy now, just hit 'em with a good, solid, Heavy Swing.

===Speak with Rhotgeim in middle La Noscea===
Rhotgeim: That's the way to do it, {{alternatives|f=lass|m=lad}}. Now ye've got the idea, why don't ye have at 'em a little harder with that Heavy Swing o' yers? Hold nothin' back.

===Speak with Rhotgeim===
Rhotgeim: Aye, I can see yer a natural. Me head's still ringin' with the sound o' crackin' boulders. Take yerself back to Axemaster Wyrnzoen and let him know yer ready for somethin' harder.

===Report to Axemaster Wyrnzoen at the Marauder' Guild===
Wyrnzoen: Has the training loosened your muscles and focused your mind, [Forename]? An urgent request for help has arrived from the Red Rooster Stead, and I have chosen you to respond. It appears a hostile group of megalocrabs has unwittingly elected itself the next test of your prowess.
Wyrnzoen: As this is your first outing on official marauder duty, you shall be accompanied by a veteran conjurer by the name of Solkwyb. She awaits you on the floor below. May devastation follow in your wake.

===Speak with Solkwyb===
Solkwyb: Aye, [Forename], I know who you are. My brother often has me escort his fledgling marauders on their more dangerous tasks. I suppose Wyrnzoen expects me to give you the details, then? Very well.
Solkwyb: It seems the farmers need us to clear out a megalocrab nest near the Mourning Widow in lower La Noscea. I shall trust you to find your own way there─just don't forget your axe.

===Investigate the megalocrab nest in lower La Noscea===
-cutscene start
Solkwyb: Hmph, looks as if nobody's home. Mayhap they knew we were coming...?
Neddard: Aid! I need aid!
Neddard: <pant> <pant> Please, it's my grandson! Them snippers've got 'im! I ''told'' Sighard not to get too close! I told 'im...
Solkwyb: Get that weapon ready, [Forename]! We need to move. Now.
-cutscene end

===Rescue Sighard===
-cutscene start
Sighard: Ah, bugger an' shite! Get away from me, ye bloody great bastard!
-cutscene end

===Defeat the megalocrabs===
Solkwyb@Solkwyb the Enlightened: I will soothe your wounds, [Forename]!
Solkwyb@Solkwyb the Enlightened: Do not stray too far from my side!
Broenbhar@Broenbhar Rocksplitter: Got room for one more? Can't let the novice have all the fun!
Broenbhar@Broenbhar Rocksplitter: Some o' these bastards are harder than the damn boulders!

-cutscene start
Sighard: Thank ye, {{alternatives|f=miss|m=mister}}! I thought I was dead fer sure!
Sighard: I can't even play outside no more, what with all these scary monsters about. Me ma and me da, they was both killed by some nasty bugger not so long ago─an aurochs, big as a mountain...
Sighard: But I bet ''you'' could beat it! Aye, make it pay fer what it did to me folks!
Solkwyb: You take it easy now, son─there's a whole guild full of strapping lads and lasses like [Forename] here who'll be glad to do just that.
Solkwyb: All you need do is head home with your grandpa. You let us worry about that big “nasty bugger.”
Solkwyb: Consider your first duty a success, [Forename]. It's time you headed back as well, before Wyrnzoen begins to worry I've left your corpse for the crabs.
-cutscene end

===Report to Axemaster Wyrnzoen at the Marauder' Guild===
Wyrnzoen: So, you have shattered the shells of the megalocrabs and saved the life of a child into the bargain. Thus does our violent craft prove its merit. Well done, [Forename].
Wyrnzoen: Though no longer a threat to the farmers, you should know that it is unusual for such crabs to be found so near the Stead. By all accounts, the creatures were ousted from their usual feeding grounds by a more fierce beast.
Wyrnzoen: The beast of which I speak is a known terror in the lands of La Noscea, ever seeking to expand its territory.
Wyrnzoen: And that boy's parents were but two of the many victims to fall to its rampages. It is a threat that must be dealt with ere long.
Wyrnzoen: Do thoughts of vengeance flit through your mind, [Forename]? Nurture those urges, but do not yet act upon them─this monstrosity is far beyond your present skills. If you would answer the lad's cry for revenge, then you must grow stronger. Become the raging behemoth this challenge demands.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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Worth Fighting For

2026-07-19T02:30:00Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with the template

{{Quest infobox
| title = Worth Fighting For
| description = [[Jenlyns]] has something─or someone─on his mind.
| image = Worth Fighting For.png
| quest-giver = Jenlyns
| related-npcs = Aldis; Mylla
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 10.8
| location-y = 11.1
| type = side
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 800
| organization =
| class =
| job = Paladin
| level = 80
| req-quest =Shadowbringers (Quest), To Have Loved and Lost
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 448800
| gil = 1167
| reward1 = 1 Battledance Materia VII
| reward2 = 1 Savage Aim Materia VII
| reward3 = 1 Savage Might Materia VII
| unlocks = ach Like a Knight in Shining Armor IV, ngp Paladin - Part 4
| prev-quest = Raising the Sword
| next-quest =
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.0
| id-gt = 68746
| id-edb = 6f14cc586bf
}}

==Walkthrough==
This is the final job quest. Only [[Role Quests]] will be added going forward.

'''Jenlyns''' is located at his usual spot on the '''[[Hustings Strip]]''', which is a second floor of [[Ul'dah - Steps of Thal|the Steps of Thal]]. Players can get there using staircases off of [[The Gold Court]], and register the [[Aetheryte|Aethernet Shard]] for [[The Royal Promenade]] once they arrive.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Mylla]].
*Speak with [[Aldis]] in [[Hammerlea]].
*Speak with Mylla in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
* Jenlyns has something─or someone─on his mind.

* You learn from Jenlyns that something appears to be troubling Mylla of late. As a close friend of the First Sword, the paladin encourages you to seek her out and inquire after the source of her consternation.

* Speaking with Mylla, you learn that it is none other than Aldis, recently returned to Ul'dah, who is causing her grief. Before she can go into detail, however, the man himself appears. Having explained that he has been to the Far East to train in the way of the samurai, he challenges you to a duel for old times' sake. The stage is set for Scorpion Crossing in western Thanalan, and you set out to join Aldis there.

* You and Aldis square off. As he prepares to draw his blade, however, a look of awe sweeps over his face. To simply confront you, it would seem, is enough to convince him that he is no match for you, and he abruptly abandons the duel and excuses himself. His uncharacteristic behavior leaves Mylla at a loss for words, and she turns her steps back to the Gladiators' Guild, more confounded than when she left.

* Eventually joining you and Mylla, Aldis apologizes for his behavior. Having thought long and hard on the reason for your strength, he has finally come to realize that which is dearest to him: the Gladiators' Guild. To that end, Aldis declares that he will give up the itinerant life and henceforth remain in Ul'dah to watch over the guild. Though Mylla appears none too impressed by his presumptuousness, you know that, deep down, she is glad for his presence. Thus do you take your leave, assured in the knowledge that all will be well in the end.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Jenlyns:''' Ah, if it isn't [Forename]. How fare you, my friend? Still keeping up your training, I trust?
'''Jenlyns:''' The Sultansworn have not been idle either. Seeking ways to better serve our nation, we have joined hands with the Gladiators' Guild.
'''Jenlyns:''' We train with one another, helping to hone each other's sword arms. The guild even dispatches its members to assist us in guarding the palace.
'''Jenlyns:''' None of this would have been possible without First Sword Mylla's cooperation. She is a dedicated woman─dedicated to her art and to her own─and I have the utmost respect and admiration for her.
'''Jenlyns:''' ...So it was with deep concern that I noticed that something troubles her of late. Whereas before she was amiable, she has become given to brooding silences.
'''Jenlyns:''' I considered offering to lend an ear, but as a relatively new acquaintance, I did not wish to appear overly familiar.
'''Jenlyns:''' But you, [Forename]─you are her close friend. Will you not seek her out and inquire after the source of her consternation?
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Jenlyns:''' As I mentioned, something seems to be troubling First Sword Mylla of late. If you have a moment, pray seek her out and inquire after the source of her consternation.
-optional end

===Speak with Mylla===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' ...Oh, it's you, [Forename]. It's been a while. What brings you here today?

Question: What will you say?
> Jenlyns is worried about you.
'''Mylla:''' H-He is? Gods, was I being that obvious? <sigh> Forgive me, I don't mean to sound ungrateful. It's kind of Jenlyns to worry about me.
> Is everything all right?
'''Mylla:''' Wh-What's this all of a sudden? Of course I'm─ <sigh> Nay, I won't insult your intelligence by lying to you.
---

'''Mylla:''' You see, it's Aldis... He's returned to Ul'dah. He's been pardoned, so he has every right to be here.
'''Mylla:''' But it's just...I just don't understand what's going through his mind.

Aldis@???: Oho, if it isn't the very {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} I've been longing to see!
'''Aldis:''' Greetings, [Forename]! You look well─for someone who's been raising hells the world over!
'''Aldis:''' ...Hm? I see my attire intrigues you.
'''Aldis:''' When I took my leave after the Ul Cup, I believe I said something to the effect of still having much to learn. That's what I've been doing─learning.
'''Aldis:''' I remembered the elderly samurai who was making short work of our gladiators. And so I decided to journey to the Far East and train in his style.

'''Mylla:''' You never cared for convention or tradition. Is it any wonder we're confused to see you actually look the part?

'''Aldis:''' Hah, I suppose you're right. But you have to admit, Mylla─I look pretty good in this.
'''Aldis:''' So, [Forename]. How about you and I have a bout? For old times' sake?

Question: What will you say?
> Gladly!
'''Aldis:''' Heh heh, we're of a kind, you and I. When we see a mighty foe, we can't resist the urge to test ourselves!
> ...
'''Aldis:''' Not wont to bare steel needlessly, is that it? But I know you ''need'' this, [Forename]─as much as I do. We're of a kind, you and I. When we see a mighty foe, we can't resist the urge to test ourselves!
---
'''Aldis:''' Now, as much as I fancy a rematch in the Coliseum, we'll have to settle for a humbler venue this time. Hmmm, let's see...
'''Aldis:''' How about Scorpion Crossing, outside of the Gate of the Sultana? There's space there, if not a lot of people to watch our glorious match.

'''Mylla:''' Oh, don't you even think about fighting in the city!
'''Mylla:''' If you must feed your vanity, I'll attend as witness. At the very least, I can explain the situation to the Brass Blades should they appear.

'''Aldis:''' Thanks, I appreciate it.
'''Aldis:''' And there you have it, [Forename]. I'll see you at Scorpion Crossing.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Mylla:''' <sigh> I can't believe this... Go on ahead, [Forename]. I'll follow in a moment.

'''Mylla:''' I hope he's satisfied.
-optional end

===Speak with Aldis in Hammerlea===
'''Aldis:''' Heh heh, I've been looking forward to this. Come, my friend, let's begin!

-cutscene start
'''Aldis:''' Impossible...
'''Aldis:''' How? How did you become so ''strong''?

Question: What will you say?
> I found something worth protecting...
'''Aldis:''' You journeyed to another world...and found something you wished to protect?
> I found something I couldn't bear to lose...
'''Aldis:''' You journeyed to another world...and found something you couldn't bear to lose?
---
'''Mylla:''' Aldis? What's the meaning of this?

'''Aldis:''' There's no point. As I am, I don't stand a chance against [Forename].

'''Mylla:''' You would admit defeat before you've even fought?

'''Aldis:''' It's unseemly, aye. But because of my training, I've come to know, Mylla─come to know the power of resolve and the difference it makes.
'''Aldis:''' Forgive me, I need a moment alone.

'''Mylla:''' This isn't the Aldis I know. He's never once backed down from a fight.
'''Mylla:''' I don't doubt that you've grown stronger since last we met.
'''Mylla:''' But so has Aldis. That's why he challenged you─to put his training to the proof.
'''Mylla:''' Yet, by that selfsame training, he could see that he was no match for you. I...I don't know what to say.
'''Mylla:''' Well, there's no use pondering things here. Let's return to the guild.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Mylla in Ul'dah===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' Aldis hasn't returned.
'''Mylla:''' I wouldn't be surprised if he's left Ul'dah again. It wouldn't be the first time he's disappeared as quickly as he's arrived...
'''Mylla:''' Don't blame yourself. The problem is Aldis's and Aldis's alone. It's up to him to resolve it, however long that may take.
'''Mylla:''' At any rate, don't feel compelled to linger on his account. I'm sure you have much demands on your time. Come and visit again when you have the chance.

'''Aldis:''' Sorry for taking off like that.
'''Aldis:''' Truth be told, I'm ashamed to show my face, but there's something I needed to tell you.
'''Aldis:''' After I left, I thought long and hard on your words. On that which you said made you strong.
'''Aldis:''' It led me to ask myself, what is it that ''I'' wish to protect?

'''Mylla:''' And you found your answer?

'''Aldis:''' Aye, I did. Fool that I am, it took me a long time, but I finally realized that it was always close by.

'''Mylla:''' Aldis...

'''Aldis:''' Mylla. This is embarrassing for me to say, but that which is dearest to me, that I cannot bear to lose...
'''Aldis:''' ...Is the Gladiators' Guild.

'''Mylla:''' ...What?

'''Aldis:''' The old guildmaster, he was as a father to me. And this place is as a home.
'''Aldis:''' No matter where my path may lead, the guild will always welcome me with open arms. I realize that now.

'''Mylla:''' Aldis! You...you...!

'''Aldis:''' So, if I'm to protect the guild, it means...well, you know...
'''Aldis:''' It means...I have to ''be'' at the guild. So from today, I'm giving up the itinerant life.

'''Mylla:''' After all these years coming and going as you please, sending nary a word, you think you can just stay here!? You've got a lot of nerve!

'''Aldis:''' Why, Mylla, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were worried about me.

'''Mylla:''' Sh-Shut your mouth! If you wish to stay, then do as you like! That's what you're good at!

'''Aldis:''' Ah, there's the grimace I know and love. There truly is no place like home.
'''Aldis:''' But jests aside... [Forename]─because of you, I've finally realized what's important to me.
'''Aldis:''' For that, I give you my thanks.
'''Aldis:''' From hereon, I'll watch over the guild while I continue honing my skills.
'''Aldis:''' Who knows? If I work hard, I might even become the First Sword one day.

'''Mylla:''' Not on your life! No one would entrust the guild to a selfish bastard such as you! And skills or no, you're starting from the bottom like the rest!

'''Aldis:''' Aye, aye, whatever you say...
'''Aldis:''' It was good seeing you, my friend. Do come and visit again. From now on, you know where to find me.
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=ugydowTk9ic}}

Raising the Sword

2026-07-19T02:25:29Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla]] looks at you with a twinkle in her eye.
| image = Paladin SB quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Adrien; Aldis; Bronze Bull; Constaint; Dour Meadow; Franz; Handeloup; Jenlyns; Nanamo Ul Namo; Papashan; Scrubby Stripling; The Bronze Bull; Tournament Registrar
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9.3
| location-y = 12.0
| type = job
| job = Paladin
| level = 70
| gil = 2300
| reward1 = 1 Chivalrous Armor Coffer (IL 290)
| unlocks = ac Passage of Arms, ach Like a Knight in Shining Armor III, ngp Paladin - Part 3
| prev-quest = Fade to Black Lotus
| next-quest = Worth Fighting For
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68111
| id-edb = 9193a6f1c9c
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 700
}}

== Steps ==
* Speak with the tournament registrar.
* Speak with [[Mylla]].

== Journal ==
* Mylla looks at you with a twinkle in her eye.

* Mylla can barely contain her excitement as she informs you the Ul Cup final will go ahead. Your long-awaited match against Aldis will take place shortly; when you are ready, the tournament registrar will show you through to the arena.

* No sooner do you arrive in the arena than a damnably curious spectator exposes Black Lotus as Aldis. Though the crowd is initially shocked, Mylla succeeds in rallying everyone behind the match. At this time, Nanamo steps in and gives her blessing for the contest to proceed. With no obstacles left to bar your way, you and Aldis finally square off. At the end of a furious clash, you emerge the victor and are crowned champion of the Ul Cup. Nanamo makes to present you with the promised tome of secret techniques, but Papashan confesses that such an item never existed. The true purpose in bringing together the highest names in swordplay, he explains, was to raise the gladiatorial arts higher, with the ultimate goal of strengthening the realm in the face of mutliple threats. At length, Nanamo turns her attention to the question of Aldis's banishment, and by a simple utterance grants him a royal pardon.

* And so, after numerous twists and turns, the Ul Cup comes to a close. Mylla and Aldis await you back at the Gladiators' Guild.

* Despite having received a pardon, Aldis chooses to continue his journey of self-discovery. Mylla protests, but he will not be swayed; his defeat to you made it clear he still wants for experience, and he will not know peace until he has gained it. As Aldis departs, he expresses his eagerness to meet you again in battle. In anticipation of that day, you resolve to continue striving for greater heights in your art.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Mylla: It's official, [Forename]! The Coliseum has agreed to host the Ul Cup final anew!
Mylla: In the interests of maintaining excitement, things are already in motion. And lest you wonder, Odde has since been apprehended by the Brass Blades and cannot hinder the proceedings.
Mylla: Aldis has been informed and makes ready even as we speak, and you should likewise see to your own preparations. When all is in order, the tournament registrar will escort you through to the arena.
Mylla: Suffice it to say I shall be cheering you on from the viewing gallery. Good luck, [Forename], and give Aldis a kiss for me─with the rim of your shield!
-quest accepted
-optional start
When all is in order, the tournament registrar will escort you through to the arena. Good luck, [Forename], and give Aldis a kiss for me─with the rim of your shield!
-optional end

===Speak with the tournament registrar===
Tournament Registrar: This is it, my {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}─no more sudden changes of plan! Are you ready to proceed?

-cutscene start
Adrien: Ladies and gentlemen! Finally, at long last, the moment you've all been waiting for is here: the Ul Cup final!

x@Spectating Craftsman: >> Before this starts, I want to know something! Is it true Black Lotus is actually Aldis, the Sword of Nald? <<

Dour Meadow: What!? Black Lotus, I must ask you to remove your helm!

x@Spectating Merchant: Thal's balls, it's really him! What'll happen now?

x@ Spectating Craftsman: Nothing'll happen, that's what. Once expelled, a gladiator may not fight in the Coliseum again. There'll be no match.

Aldis: Aye, that's right. All this time it was me.
Aldis: I'm the last person who needs to be reminded of my own banishment. If you wish to call off the final, then so be it. I'll not argue.
Aldis: Nonetheless, I ask you this: will you not let [Forename] and I fight? We promise to give you a match that the bards shall long sing of!

Mylla: >> Oh, come on! One of the greatest swordsmen of our age is about to cross swords with a fabled hero, and you have to even think about it? Every one here must be aching to see them fight! Is this not so? <<
Mylla: >> If there is any indication of dishonest conduct, I shall take his head myself! But give them a chance, I say! Remember the incredible performances they've given us thus far, and imagine how much finer it will be! <<

The Bronze Bull: >> The First Sword speaks true! This is a once-in-a-lifetime event! 'Twould be a crying shame to have it end like this! <<

x@Spectating Merchant: Aye, listen to Mylla! I came here for a final, and I want one, dammit!

x@Spectating Craftsman: Me, too! I've watched Aldis since I was a lad, and I want to watch him fight again! Let it happen, rules be damned!

Nanamo Ul Namo: You have no objections, [Forename]?
Nanamo Ul Namo: I must confess that I, too, have awaited the match with bated breath. There will be time enough afterwards to revisit past misdeeds.
Nanamo Ul Namo: There you have it, Aldis. You have the blessing of all present.

Aldis: Don't ever change, Mylla.
Aldis: Come, [Forename]! Your opponent is the Sword of Nald!

===Solo Duty===
x@???: With the blessing of Nald'thal, two mighty warriors now meet in the Ul Cup final!
Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald: Come, [Forename]! Show me what you can do!
Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald: Let's see if you can dodge my specialty!
Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald: Here's something new to knock you off your feet!
Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald: Stay put for me, will you?
Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald: Storms of Thanalan, devour all before you!
x@???: And the champion of the Ul Cup─the greatest swordsman in the realm─is [Forename] [Surname]!
-cutscene start
Nanamo Ul Namo: A magnificent performance from start to finish! Such exquisite bladework I have seldom beheld!
Nanamo Ul Namo: Now then, perchance you have heard that the champion would be awarded a rare tome, one which holds the secret techniques of the first captain of Sultansworn.
Nanamo Ul Namo: Papashan, if you would be so kind.

Papashan: Ahem. If I might speak plain, Your Grace...
Papashan: The tome does not exist.

Aldis: Well, well. I see what you did there, Master Papashan.
Aldis: You've revived not only Sultan Sisigan's tournament, but his vision as well!
Aldis: Seems a history lesson is in order. Ahem. During his reign, Sultan Sasagan Ul Sisigan invited swordsmen of all lands to Ul'dah to fight with his own elite in tournaments.
Aldis: In time, such tournaments came to attract sellswords, giving rise to a national institution: the grand diversion that is the Coliseum.
Aldis: While that was a defining development for Ul'dah, historians believe that, in bringing together expert swordsmen, the sultan's true intent was to advance the gladiatorial arts.
Aldis: But when the balance of power shifted away from the Royalists, the royal house lost access to the enormous funds needed to host grand tournaments.
Aldis: The revival of the Ul Cup, the promise of a nonexistent prize... All of it was in emulation of Sultan Sasagan's vision.

Papashan: You are most perceptive, Aldis. The true purpose in bringing together the highest names in swordplay was to raise the gladiatorial arts higher, as the sultan once did.
Papashan: And though we walk in his footsteps, our destination lies a little farther. For it is my hope that not only Ul'dah, but Eorzea as a whole, is strengthened.
Papashan: From the Garlean menace to the beast tribes and their primals, the realm is faced with numerous threats.
Papashan: If we are to protect our homes and loved ones, we must keep our blades sharp and our shields strong.
Papashan: Forgive me, Your Grace. Had you known there was neither tome nor technique, I feared you would not consent to the tournament.

Nanamo Ul Namo: You should have consulted me from the first. As it stands, we must needs find another means of rewarding our champion.
Nanamo Ul Namo: My dear [Forename]. Speak unto me your desire; I shall do mine utmost to bestow it.

Question: What will you request?
>A pardon for Aldis.
Nanamo Ul Namo: A noble request befitting your kind-hearted self. Ere I grant it, however, there is one thing I would know.

> Nothing.
Nanamo Ul Namo: [...Nothing? Truly? Very well, if the champion desires naught, then the prize shall go to the next in line.]
Nanamo Ul Namo: Aldis. Though this was not to be your day, you fought outstandingly and may rightly stand tall. Ere I grant you your prize, however, there is one thing I would know.
---

Nanamo Ul Namo: I am given to understand you were sentenced to exile for being party to bribery. Is this true?

Aldis: It is, Your Grace.

Nanamo Ul Namo: I see. Very well, then.
Nanamo Ul Namo: I, Nanamo Ul Namo, Sultana of Ul'dah, do hereby absolve you of all crimes.
Nanamo Ul Namo: Our fair nation has need of men of your strength and skill, now more than ever. 'Twould be unconscionable to cast you aside.
Nanamo Ul Namo: And to the champion, [Forename], I offer my joyous congratulations! Your victory this day shall long remain in our hearts and minds!
Nanamo Ul Namo: Though the tournament is come to a close, I pray that all of you shall ever strive to raise your art higher─for the good of all the realm!
-cutscene end

-optional start
Aldis: That was a fight to remember. You've truly grown strong, my friend.
Dour Meadow: A well-deserved victory! Congratulations!
Scrubby Stripling: You're even stronger than Uncle Aldy! If I'm gonna challenge you one day, I'm gonna have to train extra hard!
-optional end

===Speak with Mylla===
-cutscene start
Scrubby Stripling: You're even stronger than Uncle Aldy! If I'm gonna challenge you one day, I'm gonna have to train extra hard!
Mylla: To think that such a motive existed for the tournament... We gladiators, too, must endeavor to do our part for the greater good of the realm.
Aldis: Hear, hear, my dear. Ah, but the things one must do to arrange a simple match with [Forename]. Judging by how quickly you've improved in my short time away, had we fought but a few days earlier, I like to think I would've come out on top.
Aldis: So. I'm good to return to the Coliseum?

Dour Meadow: You have Her Grace's personal endorsement─I'd say that's about as good as one can get. And as a finalist in the Ul Cup, you would draw decent crowds. We'd be glad to have you back.

Aldis: Hah, I never dreamed that this day would come...
Aldis: Well, I suppose I'll resume my wanderings.

'''Mylla:''' What!? You're given a royal pardon, yet you're leaving Ul'dah again!?

Aldis: Mylla, you watched [Forename] and I fight. For all my training during my travels, all the hardships I subjected myself to, I was no match for {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}.
Aldis: 'Tis plain I still want for experience, for knowledge and skill, and I won't be at peace until I gain it. Surely you understand this?

Mylla: Yes, but─

Aldis: Worry not, Mylla. I will visit whenever I can. After all, there's a filly back home who whinnies incessantly after me.
Aldis: And you, my free paladin friend. Not only did you oblige me with a match, you rescued my boy and defended my honor besides. For that I cannot thank you enough.
Aldis: I learned much and more from our encounter, and I should be glad if you got something out of it also. Keenly do I look forward to our next meeting, when we can simply square off, with no complicating factors to distract us!
-quest complete

System: This concludes the paladin quests for FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood. In order to undertake the next series of quests, you must first meet the following requirements:
System: ※ FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers must be registered to your service account.
System: ※ You must have completed the main scenario quest “Shadowbringers.”
System: ※ You must have completed the role quest “To Have Loved and Lost.”
System: Once you have done so, the next paladin quest will be available from Jenlyns.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=dXXLgvj2sHc}}

Fade to Black Lotus

2026-07-19T02:08:50Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla]]'s expectant gaze could only mean one thing: it is time.
| image = Paladin SB quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Adrien; Aldis; Burly Bloke; Destitute Citizen; Dour Meadow; Scrubby Stripling; Skittish Citizen; Spectating Craftsman; Spectating Merchant; Suspicious Fellow; Tournament Registrar; Tournament Usher; Wealthy Citizen
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9.3
| location-y = 12.0
| type = job
| job = Paladin
| level = 68
| exp = 108000
| gil = 1447
| prev-quest = In Nald's Name
| next-quest = Raising the Sword
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68110
| id-edb = f810aba186d
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 680
}}

== Steps ==
* Speak with Mylla.
* Speak with the tournament registrar.
* Search for Black Lotus.
* Gather information in Pearl Lane.
* With the chat mode in {{colorize|```Say```}}, enter “Doubt the truth” to let the suspicious fellow know you are a customer.
* Search for the burly bloke at Spineless Basin.
* Aid the scrubby stripling.
* Speak with Mylla at the Gladiators' Guild.

== Journal ==
* Mylla's expectant gaze could only mean one thing: it is time.
* Mylla sends you off to the Ul Cup final with words of encouragement, but no sooner do you take to the arena than your opponent is announced as having withdrawn from the match. Though this makes you the champion by default, such an unearned victory rings hollow to you. Perhaps your guildmaster can provide some clarity amid the confusion.
* Sensing your dissatisfaction and knowing too well the ways of the Ul'dahn underworld, Mylla decides to investigate your opponent's unexpected withdrawal and recruits your aid. To begin with, she suggests that you speak with the tournament registrar, the last person to see Black Lotus.
* According to the tournament registrar, after informing him that he no longer wished to fight, Black Lotus left in considerable haste in the direction of Pearl Lane.
* You track down Black Lotus, who, to little surprise, turns out to be a disguised Aldis. He explains that he withdrew from the tournament in order to save a boy he met during his wanderings, whom unscrupulous match-fixers took hostage in the mistaken belief that he is Aldis's own. At this time an unimpressed Mylla arrives, and Aldis goes on to reveal that rumors of your surpassing skills are what drew him back to Ul'dah. His mention of a child leaves her dismayed, but the questions must wait, for the boy has yet to be released. Aldis means to track down the abductors and mount a rescue, and bids you ask after shady sorts in Pearl Lane.
* Questioning the locals, you learn that a black market bookmaker has been operating in the area. In order to track him down, you must first go to his lackey near the Gate of Thal and indicate your intent do business.
* With the chat mode in Say, enter the password “Doubt the truth” to let the suspicious fellow know you are a customer.
* Satisfied that you are a customer, the suspicious fellow directs you to his associate near the Sultantree. And by the sounds of it, that is where you will find the abducted child.
* The burly bloke and his cronies set upon you, but they are no match for the Ul Cup champion─by default or no. With the ruffians subdued, you may turn your attention to the child.
* Mylla and Aldis join you as you finish freeing the child from his bindings. After a brief but warm reunion, Aldis informs you that he has found solid evidence implicating Odde, the detestable Lalafell from the Quicksand, in the match-fixing attempt. And then to Mylla's relief, he clarifies that the boy is not in fact his own. All is well, then, save for the fact that a dream match between you and Aldis was not to be. However, Mylla tells you not to give up, for she believes she can convince the organizers to host the Ul Cup final. Leaving to entrust the child to the Brass Blades' care, she bids you join her back at the guild afterwards.
* Mylla reiterates her confidence that the Ul Cup final will go ahead, and excuses herself to go about making it so. See to it that you are fully prepared for the imminent match, for it will doubtless prove the toughest of all.
: ※ The next paladin quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 70.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the Quest===
'''Mylla:''' It's time, [Forename], the Ul Cup final. You have what it takes to win. Just fight as you always do, and the rest will follow.
-cutscene start
'''Tournament Usher:''' L-Ladies and gentlemen. It is my regret to inform you that Black Lotus has withdrawn from the match.
'''Tournament Usher:''' In the absence of an opponent, the winner of the Ul Cup final is [Forename] [Surname] by default!

x@Visiting Merchant: Hey, you don't think that those rumors could be true, do you?

x@Visiting Craftsman: What, that Black Lotus is Aldis, the gladiator who was banished from the Coliseum? Seems a little far-fetched, but you never know these things.

'''Adrien:''' In an unexpected turn of events, Black Lotus, the winner of the Nald group, has withdrawn. I repeat, Black Lotus has withdrawn.

'''Dour Meadow:''' Twelve in a tangle, what in blazes is going on!?

'''Adrien:''' We will relay further information as soon as more becomes available. Please bear with us.
-cutscene end
-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Tournament Usher:''' A-Apologies, but I'm as much in the dark as you are. 'Twas the tournament registrar who spoke with Black Lotus on the matter.
-optional end

===Speak with Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' What is the meaning of this?

'''Tournament Usher:''' A-Apologies, my lady, but I'm as much in the dark as you are. 'Twas the tournament registrar who spoke with Black Lotus on the matter.

'''Mylla:''' Not even the organizers have full grasp of the situation...
'''Mylla:''' It isn't uncommon for combatants to withdraw from a match, but when it does happen, more often than not something illicit is afoot.
'''Mylla:''' While some might consider “default” to be the sweetest word, I know that you do not. Nay, an unearned victory such as this rings hollow and brings you no satisfaction. As such, I have a mind to delve into what will certainly prove to be some dark places. May I rely on your help?
'''Mylla:''' Good. To begin with, let us go and ask the tournament registrar about his conversation with Black Lotus.

-optional start
'''Mylla:''' Let us go and ask the tournament registrar about his conversation with Black Lotus.
-optional end

===Speak with the tournament registrar===
'''Tournament Attendant:''' Yes, my {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}, Black Lotus came and informed me that he no longer wished to fight.
'''Tournament Attendant:''' This happened shortly after you entered the anteroom. I assumed he would follow suit, but instead he declared his withdrawal.
'''Tournament Attendant:''' Stunned as I was, by the time I had gathered my wits and thought to ask for his reason, he had spun on his heels and left.
'''Tournament Attendant:''' He was headed in the direction of Pearl Lane, I believe. If you wish to speak with him, I suggest you take your search there.

-optional start
'''Tournament Attendant:''' If you wish to speak with Black Lotus, he was headed in the direction of Pearl Lane.
'''Mylla:''' Were you able to learn anything?
-optional end

===Search for Black Lotus===
-cutscene start
'''Black Lotus:''' Well, I'd say it's time to come clean. Sharp as you are, you'd probably seen through the masquerade anyway.
'''Aldis:''' [Forename], it's good to see you again. As myself, at any rate.

'''Aldis:''' Let me guess: {{alternatives|f=the heartbroken maiden|m=you}} demands to know why I abandoned {{alternatives|f=her|m=you}} at the arena I'll tell you that and more besides, but this stays between us, understood?
'''Aldis:''' Since we took care of business with Leavold and I left Ul'dah, I've been roaming the land like a proper vagabond.
'''Aldis:''' In the course of which I helped a child in need. You've already met the little scamp. I came upon him one day, all on his lonesome, his face caked in dirt. A war orphan, like so many out there.
'''Aldis:''' Upon learning what I do─did for a living, he decided that he must learn swordplay and begged me teach him. Wouldn't take no for an answer, the stubborn bugger, and he's been following me around ever since.
'''Aldis:''' Now, those that came to me with threats, they mistook the boy for my own and took him hostage, and demanded that I pull out of the tournament.
'''Aldis:''' If it were just my own head, I wouldn't think twice about risking it, but I won't gamble with someone else's life. The boy may not be my flesh and blood, but he's in danger on my account. And here we are.
'''Aldis:''' What can I say? In spite of myself, I've taken to the rascal.

'''Mylla:''' I ''knew'' it was you. From the moment we fought.

'''Aldis:''' Mylla, my dear! You are as ravishing as ever!

'''Mylla:''' Spare me! All this time and you couldn't bestir yourself to send a single godsdamned letter!

'''Aldis:''' Easy on the anger, now. 'Twould be a right shame to line that beautiful face with wrinkles.

'''Mylla:''' Th-That's neither here nor there! Now, tell me why have you returned!

'''Aldis:''' <sigh> As hasty as ever too, I see. If you must know, rumors had reached me of a free paladin named [Forename] [Surname] whose skills were beyond compare.
'''Aldis:''' Precisely how far beyond compare had {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} skills become, I simply had to see─nay, test for myself. So I made my way back to Ul'dah.
'''Aldis:''' When I arrived, I learned that the prestigious Ul Cup had been revived. If [Forename] enters, I'd get my wish. If {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} doesn't, I'd just have to settle for winning the tournament and resuming my wanderings.
'''Aldis:''' With a little help from an old friend, I acquired an invitation and found myself a suitably menacing full-face helm. Being something of a pariah, it wouldn't do to be seen, you see.

'''Mylla:''' If you went through all that effort for the sake of fighting [Forename], why did you withdraw?

'''Aldis:''' Simply put? To make way for money. Not mine, mind you, but someone else's.
'''Aldis:''' As you know, a tournament of this scale sees stupendous sums of coin moved, and there are some who'd stop at nothing to ensure that it moves their way.
'''Aldis:''' Well, it turns out that Black Lotus was standing between an especially unscrupulous crew and their fortune. And so they took my boy and threatened his life.

'''Mylla:'''...B-Boy?

'''Aldis:''' Aye, well, it's a rather embarrassing tale. Let's save it for after I'm a few tankards in.
'''Aldis:''' Someone wants you to win, [Forename]. At all costs. While I do not disagree with their choice of champion, their methods don't sit well with me.
'''Aldis:''' Ah, but I'm afraid the rest will have to wait. The danger hasn't passed.
'''Aldis:''' Though I did as I was told, they haven't kept their part of the bargain. I mean to mount a rescue, and for this I could use your help.
'''Aldis:''' I knew I could count on you. First of all, we must track down these match-fixing, child-abducting villains. For the sake of haste, let us split up and investigate. If you could ask after shady sorts in these parts, I'll see to the nearby areas.

'''Mylla:''' A-A child? When the hells did he...?
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Mylla:''' A child... I can't believe it...
-optional end

===Gather information in Pearl Lane===
'''Wealthy Citizen:''' Shady sorts taking wagers on the Ul Cup? Haven't seen any myself, but safe to say they're out there. It's Ul'dah, after all.

'''Destitute Citizen:''' What? You here to laugh at me?
'''Destitute Citizen:''' ...Well, there's plenty 'round here hopin' to strike it rich quick. Don't know any bookmakers myself─don't have the coin for that─but someone's bound to.
-optional start
Destitute Citizen: As I said, there's plenty 'round here hopin' to strike it rich quick. Don't know any bookmakers myself─don't have the coin for that─but someone's bound to.
-optional end

'''Skittish Citizen:''' G-Gambling? M-Match-fixing? Whatever are you talking about?
'''Skittish Citizen:''' ...K-Kidnapping!? Oh, gods, I never imagined they'd go that─ Ahhh! Me and my big mouth!
'''Skittish Citizen:''' <sigh> Alright, alright... I'll tell you what I know. Least I can do to clear my conscience.
'''Skittish Citizen:''' This black market bookmaker, he has no established base, the better to avoid the authorities, but right now he has a lackey near the Gate of Thal. Say to the fellow the words “Doubt the truth,” and he'll tell you where to go.
'''Skittish Citizen:''' Now, leave me be...and you didn't hear any of this from me!
-optional start
Skittish Citizen: This black market bookmaker has no established base, the better to avoid the authorities, but right now he has a lackey near the Gate of Thal. Say to the fellow the words “Doubt the truth,” and he'll tell you where to go.
-optional end

===With the chat mode in {{colorize|```Say```}}, enter “Doubt the truth” to let the suspicious fellow know you are a customer===
-optional start
'''Suspicious Fellow:''' What're you gawpin' at? Piss off.
-optional end

"Doubt the truth."

'''Suspicious Fellow:''' ...Oh, a customer. Collectin', are you? Then it's over by the Sultantree.
'''Suspicious Fellow:''' Just so you know, it might be a bit noisy. My mate there's, er...babysittin' at the moment.
-optional start
'''Suspicious Fellow:''' Collection's over by the Sultantree. Just so you know, it might be a bit noisy. My mate there's, er...babysittin' at the moment.
-optional end

===Search for the burly bloke at Spineless Basin===
-optional start
'''Scrubby Stripling:''' <sniff> Are you a bad person, too? I wany uncle Aldy! <sob>
-optional end

'''Burly Bloke:''' Yeah? What you do you want?

Question: What do you want?
> Your clothes, your boots, and your chocobo.
'''Burly Bloke:''' >> You want my what!? Whoever this clown is, get {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}! <<
> The child.
'''Burly Bloke:''' One of Aldis's!? Get {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}!
---

===Aid the scrubby stripling===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' The child is unharmed?

'''Scrubby Stripling:''' Uncle Aldy, I-I'm so sorry! If only I was stronger...

'''Aldis:''' That's nothing a little training won't fix. By the way, have you thanked [Forename] here yet?

'''Scrubby Stripling:''' Oh, right!
'''Scrubby Stripling:''' Thanks for saving me, [Forename]! At first I thought you were one of the crooks, but you're a really nice person.
'''Scrubby Stripling:''' Oh, and you're really strong as well! I'm gonna train hard so I can be strong too and look after myself!

'''Aldis:''' Allow me to thank you also, my friend. And lest you wonder, I haven't been idle either. I managed to find solid evidence implicating the ex-sellsword Odde, our friend whom you saw me having a chat with. The Brass Blades have been alerted to his shenanigans, and he'll trouble us no more.

'''Mylla:'''Wait, did that boy just call you Uncle?

'''Aldis:''' Aye, well, I'm a little too far gone to be his playmate. What of it?
'''Aldis:''' Wait a minute─don't tell me you assumed he was...you know?
'''Aldis:''' Ahahaha! That certainly explains your black mood!
'''Aldis:''' To prevent further misunderstanding, he isn't mine. I chanced to help him and we became fast friends, is all.

'''Mylla:''' Oh. Oh! W-Well, it's not like I cared or anything. It's just...given how long you were gone, I wouldn't have been surprised...is all.

'''Aldis:''' Ahahaha! It takes a lot longer than that to grow 'em this big!

'''Mylla:''' Th-This is nothing to laugh about!

'''Aldis:''' Ahhh, but it ''is''! <sigh> At any rate, all's well that ends well. It's just a pity the dream match between me and [Forename] could not be...

'''Mylla:''' Don't be so quick to give up. You've evidence that you were being threatened, have you not? I believe there's a good chance we can still make it happen.
'''Mylla:''' The Ul Cup generated such excitement as the Coliseum has not seen in generations. The organizers would have to be hopeless fools to forgo the chance to crown it off with a grand finale.
'''Mylla:''' I will lodge a formal petition in my capacity as guildmaster. The match ''will'' take place, just you watch.

'''Aldis:''' Hah, that's my Mylla, as brilliant as you are beautiful!
'''Aldis:''' The First Sword's as good as her word, my friend─our match is a guaranteed thing. When we finally meet in the arena, let us hold nothing back. And no hard feelings if I win, yes?

'''Mylla:''' I will go and entrust the young one to the care of the Brass Blades. Pray come and see me at the guild afterwards.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Mylla at the Gladiators' Guild===
'''Mylla:''' My thanks, [Forename]. With your help, not only were we able to save Aldis's boy, we may yet spare the tournament an unceremonious end. All that remains is to convince the organizers to host the final. Knowing them, though, it won't require much convincing.
'''Mylla:''' On the subject of the boy...I would thank you to keep my little misunderstanding to yourself. Ahem.
'''Mylla:''' Now then, I must be about my business. Until such time as the match is confirmed, take what rest you can. You will need it.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=15gmjEj3FEQ}}

In Nald's Name

2026-07-19T01:45:03Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla]] is ready for action.
| image = Paladin SB quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Adrien; Aldis; Black Lotus; Constaint; Dour Meadow; Franz; Odde; Suspicious Spectator; Tournament Usher
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9.3
| location-y = 12.0
| type = job
| job = Paladin
| level = 65
| exp = 105000
| gil = 959
| prev-quest = In Thal's Name
| next-quest = Fade to Black Lotus
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68109
| id-edb = 10533977b5b
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 650
}}

== Steps ==
* Speak with the [[Tournament Usher|tournament usher]] at the Coliseum.
* Speak with [[Franz]].
* Speak with [[Constaint]].
* Speak with [[Mylla]].
* Wait at the Quicksand.
* Report to Mylla at the Gladiators' Guild.

== Journal ==
* Mylla is ready for action.
* Before she enters the arena, Mylla suggests that you watch every Nald group match closely, as you will eventually face one of the combatants in the final. The tournament usher at the Coliseum will grant you access to the viewing gallery.
* You watch from the edge of your seat as the dance of steel plays out between the Nald group combatants. Your fellow free paladin Constaint comes away with a hard-fought win over Franz the Fair, but is left too spent to have a chance against the ever-reliable Mylla. This leaves the group final to be fought between the first sword and the mysterious Black Lotus. In a quality encounter, neither side yields the other ground, then seemingly out of nowhere Black Lotus claims victory with what can only be described as a sublime Shield Swipe. So it is that your opponent in the Ul Cup final is decided. As the dust settles, perhaps it would be meet to offer words of consolation to those who fell short, starting with Constaint and Franz.
* You have spoken with Constaint and Franz, with the former praising Mylla's fighting style and the latter finding Black Lotus's familiar in its beauteous ferocity. Last but certainly not least, you may seek out your guildmaster.
* Though disappointed by her elimination from the tournament, Mylla is pragmatic in defeat. As Franz did, however, she observes that her mysterious opponent strongly reminded her of someone. Curiously, Black Lotus now wishes to have words with you─a marked change from the disinterested tone he took with you earlier. Mylla sees no harm in obliging the man, who asks that you come to the Quicksand.
* You chance to witness a tense exchange between Black Lotus and a decidedly obnoxious Lalafell. Noticing you afterwards, Black Lotus gives his hasty assurance that all is well, though he asks that your meeting be postponed. Your business thus prematurely concluded, you may return to the Gladiators' Guild to report to Mylla.
* Though Mylla remains curious as to what Black Lotus desired, she turns her attention to your coming match with the man─as should you. With the Ul Cup final fast approaching, you would do well to dedicate yourself to preparing for an encounter that promises to go down in Ul'dahn history.
: ※ The next paladin quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 68.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Quest Acceptance===
'''Mylla:''' The Nald group matches are about to begin.
'''Mylla:''' As you will eventually be fighting one of us, I suggest you watch every match closely. The tournament usher outside will grant you access to the viewing gallery.
'''Mylla:''' Now then, I'd best set about my preparations. Let us speak again later.
-quest accepted
-optional start
Mylla: The tournament usher outside will grant you access to the viewing gallery. Let us speak again after the fighting is done.
-optional end

===Speak with the tournament usher at the Coliseum===
'''Tournament Usher:''' Greetings, my {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}. Will you be watching the Nald group matches?
Question: Watch the Nald group matches?
> Yes
-cutscene start
'''Dour Meadow:''' And so the Nald group has been pared down to two combatants! While we wait for their match to begin, let us look back over the group's notable encounters.
'''Dour Meadow:''' In the first round, local darling Franz the Fair crossed blades with Constaint, free paladin of Ishgard.
'''Adrien:''' Though the pundits tipped Franz as the outright favorite, the younger Constaint refused to be cowed, tenaciously staying in the game before landing a single, mighty blow that ended the proceedings. Undoubtedly one of the upsets of the tournament, and most upsetting of all for maidens the realm over.
'''Adrien:''' By that victory, Constaint booked a meeting with First Sword Mylla, who had predictably triumphed in her own opening match.
'''Adrien:''' For those of you who were banking on another upset, however, it was not to be. From the opening moments, it was plain from his sluggish movements that Constaint's earlier exertions had taken their toll.
'''Adrien:''' Meanwhile, the First Sword was all business. With her textbook-perfect technique and methodical maneuvering, she took firm control from the halfway mark and didn't let go until her opponent was on his knees.
'''Adrien:''' Ah, I believe preparations for the tournament's penultimate match are in order! Mylla, First Sword of the Gladiators' Guild, will take to the arena against Black Lotus, the mystery contestant who has soundly defeated all comers!

There is a battle cutscene. Mylla is defeated by Black Lotus

'''Adrien:''' >> And Black Lotus advances to the Ul Cup final! <<
'''Adrien:''' >> In another nail-biting clash, the First Sword showed her class against an unknown opponent. However, Black Lotus kept up with her blow for blow, and seemingly out of nowhere clinched victory with a magnificent parry! <<
'''Dour Meadow:''' So sublime was the timing, it calls to my mind the Sword of Nald!
'''Adrien:''' Ah, now that you mention it, I can definitely see the resemblance. And with that sublime strike, our second Ul Cup finalist has been decided!
'''Dour Meadow:''' [Forename] [Surname] will take on the mysterious Black Lotus in a battle that promises to go down in Coliseum─nay, Ul'dahn history! Please look forward to it─I know ''I'' will!
-cutscene end

-cutscene start
'''Suspicious Spectator:''' Sh-She lost! Mylla ''lost''!
'''Odde:''' Bah, so much for the lauded First Sword!
'''Suspicious Spectator:''' Wh-What will we do? That Black Lotus could ruin everything!
'''Suspicious Spectator:''' If he ends up winning the tournament, we'd be neck deep in debt paying what's owed...
'''Odde:''' Fret not, my friend. We already know Black Lotus's strings. As a matter of fact, we are pulling them as we speak.
'''Suspicious Spectator:''' Truly!?
'''Odde:''' Do I not always say one can never have too many guarantees?
-cutscene end

> No
Dialogue ends.
---

===Speak with Franz===
'''Franz:''' <sigh> To think that one more beauteous than me should be found in Ishgard... Well, there is naught for it but to train harder and grow more beauteous.
'''Franz:''' That Black Lotus fellow, though─there was something familiar about him. A beauteous ferocity I'd swear I've seen before, but I cannot remember where.

===Speak with Constaint===
'''Constaint:''' Mylla is truly a complete fighter, and she gave me nary a flaw or opening to exploit. I can see why she is the guildmaster.
'''Constaint:''' Well, my little campaign may be over, but I take heart in the knowledge that yours continues. I shall pray for your victory!

===Speak with Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' From technique to sheer strength, that Black Lotus was a class above me in all aspects. What's more, he fought with a ferocious style that resembled...
'''Mylla:''' But never mind that. Dwelling on it won't change the result. I was bested in a fair contest, and I shall give credit where it is due. My only regret is that I could not meet you in the final, [Forename]. It falls to you now to bring pride to our guild's name.
'''Mylla:''' Oh, after the match, Black Lotus came and said that he wished a word with you. The way he mentioned your name gave me the impression that he knew you, but then again many people do.
'''Mylla:''' At any rate, I don't see any harm in obliging the man. If you can spare a moment, he asks that you come to the Quicksand.
-optional start
Mylla: If you can spare a moment, Black Lotus asks that you come to the Quicksand.
-optional end

===Wait at the Quicksand===
-cutscene start
'''Black Lotus:''' You can threaten me all you like, but I ain't pulling out. It's poor form, see?
'''Odde:''' Well, far be it from me to ruin your form...but there's a trivial matter I would bring to your attention.
'''Black Lotus:''' You bastard!
'''Odde:''' Very trivial, yes? I'm sure you will make the right decision. Hehehe...
''Black Lotus walks off and the Warrior of Light approaches Odde''
'''Black Lotus:''' You were listening, eh? Don't worry, it's nothing I can't handle.
'''Black Lotus:''' Look, I know I asked you to come here, but something's come up. We'll have to do this another time.
-cutscene end

===Report to Mylla at the Gladiators' Guild===
'''Mylla:''' Well? Did you meet Black Lotus?
'''Mylla:''' ...Postponed, you say? I wonder what he wanted. If nowhere else, you could always try chatting in the arena. 'Twould hardly be the first time folk got talkative in battle.
'''Mylla:''' I must say, though, the disappointment of elimination is swiftly giving way to anticipation. I look forward to seeing you clash with Black Lotus and, needless to say, come away with the win.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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In Thal's Name

2026-07-18T18:30:20Z

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{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla]]'s expectant gaze tells you that the time is come.
| image = Paladin SB quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Adrien; Bartholomew; Bronze Bull; Dour Meadow; Handeloup; Odde; Suspicious Spectator; The Bronze Bull; Tournament Registrar
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9.3
| location-y = 12.0
| type = job
| job = Paladin
| level = 63
| exp = 103000
| gil = 1884
| prev-quest = Tournament of the Century
| next-quest = In Nald's Name
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68108
| id-edb = 5ede655db19
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 630
}}
== Steps ==
* Wait at the designated location.
* Speak with the tournament registrar.
* Speak with [[Handeloup]].
* Speak with [[Mylla]].

== Journal ==
* Mylla's expectant gaze tells you that the time is come.
* Your tournament begins. With eight combatants in each group, you must defeat three in order to reach the final. For your first match you have drawn Bartholomew of the Sultansworn, and Mylla instructs you to proceed to the Coliseum entrance and await the call from the tournament registrar.
* As you wait, [[Bartholomew]] appears and offers you some sporting words, shortly after which the call comes to take your place in the arena. A succession of grueling confrontations lies ahead; if you have any final preparations, the tournament registrar bids you tend to them now.
* After outclassing Bartholomew, you stop [[Bronze Bull]]'s charge before vanquishing Handeloup of the Temple Knights, thus securing your place in the Ul Cup final.
* You return to the Gladiator's Guild to find your three opponents battered but otherwise whole. After trading blows, perhaps it would be a good idea to trade words in the spirit of camaraderie.
* Bartholomew, Bronze Bull, and Handeloup join in congratulating you and wishing you well for the battle ahead. As you are about to go your separate ways, you learn that Mylla has been looking for you.
* Describing your performance as awe-inspiring, Mylla declares her intent to win through her own group to arrange a final between guildmaster and pupil. Whoever should prove to be your opponent, you must be at no less than your best for the match.
: ※ The next paladin quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 65.
==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the Quest===
Mylla: It begins, [Forename]!
Mylla: There are eight combatants in each group, meaning you must triumph in three bouts in order to advance to the final.
Mylla: And the opponent for your first bout is Bartholomew of the Sultansworn.
Mylla: Defeat him, and you will next face the victor of another pairing, and so on. Needless to say each encounter will be more difficult than the last.
Mylla: But one fight at a time. The tournament registrar will call you when it's time to take to the bloodsands. Go now, and good luck!
-optional start
Mylla: The tournament registrar will call you when it's time to take to the bloodsands. Good luck, [Forename]!
-optional end

===Wait at the designated location===
-cutscene start
Bartholomew: Hah, to think that I would draw you for my very first opponent. I thank the heavens even as I curse them...
Bartholomew: But no matter who my opponent may be, I shall fight with all my being─for the pride of the Sultansworn. See you on the bloodsands, my friend.
Tournament Registrar: It is time, my {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}. Pray see to your final preparations and let me know when you are ready to proceed.
-cutscene end

===Speak with the tournament registrar===
Tournament Registrar: Are you ready to enter the arena?

===Solo Duty===
x@???: It begins! In the first match of the Thal Group, Bartholomew takes on [Forename] [Surname]! Combatants, ready your arms!
Bartholomew@Bartholomew of the Silver Sallet: No holding back, my friend!
Bartholomew@Bartholomew of the Silver Sallet: For the pride of the Sultansworn!
Bartholomew@Bartholomew of the Silver Sallet: How about this!?
x@???: And the winner is [Forename]!
x@???: In the next match, [Forename] [Surname] and Bronze Bull will fight for a place in the Thal group final!
x@???: Combatants, take your place!
The Bronze Bull: You'd do well not to underestimate me.
The Bronze Bull: Time for the technique I created to quench the Hellfire Phoenix!
x@???: And [Forename] stops Bronze Bull's furious charge!
x@???: And now, for the final match of the Thal group: Handeloup versus [Forename] [Surname]!
x@???: Let us see who will have the honor of fighting in the Ul Cup final!
Handeloup@Ser Handeloup of the One Heart: Come, my friend. Let us fight with all our strength, in the sight of the Fury!
Handeloup@Ser Handeloup of the One Heart: I shall show you a technique forged in blood and ice.
Handeloup@Ser Handeloup of the One Heart: I am the sword and shield that defends Ishgard. Bear witness to my resolve!
Handeloup@Ser Handeloup of the One Heart: O Halone, grant me strength!
x@???: And [Forename] defeats Handeloup to claim victory in the Thal group!

-cutscene start
Dour Meadow: That concludes all the matches for the Thal group. And what heart-stopping encounters they were!
Adrien: Verily, Dour. The crowd expected and the combatants delivered, not least of all the group winner, [Forename] [Surname], who carved a convincing path to the final.
Dour Meadow: Shall we retrace {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} steps for those who came in late?
Adrien: You read my mind. [Forename]'s first match pitted {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} against Bartholomew. The Sultansworn fought with heart, but in the end he was outclassed by the star adventurer.
Dour Meadow: Though he can take pride in his effort, unfortunately he had to take his leave of the tournament. There was no getting past [Forename], who went on to face the hulking Bronze Bull.
Adrien: A veteran of countless matches here in the Coliseum, you could say he had the ground advantage. From the onset, the man brought his prodigious strength to bear, unleashing wave upon wave of punishing attacks, but [Forename] calmly weathered them all to emerge the victor.
Adrien: With that, {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} advanced to the Thal group's final match against Handeloup of the Temple Knights. Employing blistering techniques seldom seen this side of Eorzea, the Ishgardian visitor looked dangerous indeed.
Dour Meadow: If truth be told, for a moment there I feared for [Forename], but the adventurer dug deep to secure victory─and a place in the Ul Cup final! Ahhh, the mere remembering of it sets my heart to racing like a runaway chocobo!
Adrien: Take deep breaths, my friend, for there's still more excitement to come. The Nald group matches are due to commence shortly, with the likes of First Sword Mylla taking to the bloodsands.
Dour Meadow: What have I done to deserve such a treat!? I won't be missing these matches, and neither should any of you!
-cutscene end

-cutscene start
Odde: All unfolds as anticipated. Good.
Suspicious Spectator: The free paladin I told you about is living up to expectations, aye?
Odde: Hehehe, that {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} is. Keep up your winning ways, my friend, and win us a fortune.
-cutscene end

-optional start
Tournament Registrar: Welcome back, my {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}, and may I offer my heartfelt congratulations for reaching the final!
-optional end

===Speak with Handeloup===
-cutscene start
Handeloup: [Forename], you were magnificent. Our match will remain etched in my memory and inspire me always.
Bartholomew: I had absolutely no answer to you. Such precious things you must have protected to become so strong.
Bartholomew: As you know, we Sultansworn live to protect Her Grace. By any measure, this is a vital duty, and ever do I strive to be worthy of the role.
Bartholomew: But crossing swords with you this day, it has given me to think that perhaps it is not enough. Whatever it is that I yet lack, mayhap I shall find it in witnessing you.

The Bronze Bull: I thought I had something of a chance, but I was clearly getting ahead of myself. You gave me a thorough schooling, and I mean to take the lesson to heart.
Handeloup: Though my tournament may be over, I shall remain in Ul'dah to watch the matches to come. And I believe I speak for all of us here when I wish you the best of luck. Our hopes go with you now, my friend.
Handeloup: Oh, a woman named Mylla was looking for you. If you haven't already spoken with her, mayhap you should seek her out.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Mylla===
Mylla: A place in the final! I knew you had it in you, but to witness it all unfold was nothing short of awe-inspiring!
Mylla: The winner of the Nald group will square off against you for the title, and suffice it to say I intend to be that person.
Mylla: I shall see to it that a match between us becomes a reality, and I hope that I can count on your support!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Tournament of the Century

2026-07-18T18:10:31Z

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{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Jenlyns]] has an invitation in his pocket and he is happy to see you.
| image = Paladin SB quest image.png
| quest-giver = Jenlyns
| related-npcs = Adrien; Aldis; Avila; Bartholomew; Black Lotus; Bronze Bull; Constaint; Dour Meadow; Franz; Handeloup; Mylla; Nanamo Ul Namo; Owyne; Papashan; Scrubby Stripling; The Bronze Bull; Tournament Registrar
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 10.8
| location-y = 11.1
| type = job
| job = Paladin
| level = 60
| req-quest = The Far Edge of Fate
| req-items = 1 Ul Cup Invitation
| requirements =
| exp = 100000
| gil = 648
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = This Little Sword of Mine
| next-quest = In Thal's Name
| release = stormblood
| patch = 4.0
| id-gt = 68107
| id-edb = 86cb778a09a
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Job Quests
| journal-genre = Paladin Quests
| sortkey = 601
}}

==Walkthrough==
'''Jenlyns''' is located on the '''[[Hustings Strip]]''', which is a second floor of [[Ul'dah - Steps of Thal|the Steps of Thal]]. Players can get there using staircases off of [[The Gold Court]], and register the [[Aetheryte|Aethernet Shard]] for [[The Royal Promenade]] once they arrive.

== Steps ==
*Show the [[Ul Cup Invitation|Ul Cup invitation]] to the [[Tournament Registrar|tournament registrar]].
*Speak with tournament participants. (0/5)
*Speak with [[Mylla]].

== Journal ==
* Jenlyns has an invitation in his pocket and he is happy to see you.
* Jenlyns hands you an invitation to the Ul Cup, a prestigious fighting tournament to be held at the Coliseum. According to the Sultansworn captain, the tournament was founded by the first sultan of Ul'dah, and after generations of obscurity, Nanamo has decided to revive it. Gladdened by your intent to participate, Jenlyns instructs you to seek out the tournament registrar on the Royal Promenade.
* You speak with the registrar, who confirms your entry to the tournament. He further informs you that the opening ceremony is due to begin shortly, and suggests that you join those participants who have gathered in front of the Gladiators' Guild.
* Among your would-be opponents you see faces both new and old, and the affable adventurer that you are, you take the opportunity to greet each of them. With that settled, perhaps a quick visit to the Gladiators' Guild to speak with your old guildmaster is in order.
* Welcoming you warmly, Mylla gives you an overview of tournament rules, shortly after which the opening ceremony commences. Making a royal appearance, Nanamo declares the Ul Cup revived and gives her blessing to all combatants. May Nald'thal give strength to your sword arm.
: ※ The next paladin quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 63.

== Trivia ==
*[[Franz]] has special dialogue if the [[Delivery Moogle Quests|Delivery Moogle quest]] {{i|Sudul Eht Nioj}} has been completed.
*[[Greinfarr]] has special dialogue if the level 50 [[Blacksmith Quests|Blacksmith quest]] {{i|Waiting in the Winglet}} has been completed.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
Jenlyns: Ah, [Forename], precisely the {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} I wished to see.
Jenlyns: I have something in my care for you.
Jenlyns: An invitation to a fighting tournament to be held at the Coliseum.
Jenlyns: Not just any tournament, mind you, but the prestigious Ul Cup. Founded by His Royal Majesty Sasagan Ul Sisigan, first sultan of Ul'dah, 'tis nigh as old as the nation itself.
Jenlyns: Lest you wonder why you are unfamiliar with so old and prestigious a tournament, it's because it has not been held in generations. At the sultana's behest it has been revived, and she now extends an invitation to Eorzea's finest swordsmen.
Jenlyns: It stands to reason that your name would appear among this exalted company, and doubt not but that Her Grace shall be pleased for your participation. So, can we expect you to fight in the tournament?

Question: Will you fight in the Ul Cup?
> Sure, where do I sign up?
'''Jenlyns:''' Wonderful! By witnessing you in combat, I daresay all of us Sultansworn, both fresh recruits and veterans alike, stand to gain something in our duty to protect.
> I might pass on this one.
Jenlyns: As a free paladin, you doubtless have many obligations that extend beyond the Sultansworn's purview.
Jenlyns: But if not for yourself, mayhap you would consider fighting for us? By witnessing you in combat, I daresay all of us Sultansworn, both fresh recruits and veterans alike, stand to gain something in our duty to protect.
Jenlyns: And so I make this personal plea: will you not participate in the tournament?
---

Jenlyns: You have my gratitude! Now then, allow me to furnish you with some additional details.
Jenlyns: The champion will be awarded a tome said to hold the secret techniques of the first captain of Sultansworn. With such an enticing prize on offer, no small number of invitees have already confirmed their participation─I myself included.
Jenlyns: You should confirm yours as well, by making yourself known to the tournament registrar on the Royal Promenade.
-quest accepted
-optional start
Jenlyns: If you haven't already done so, you will wish to confirm your participation in the tournament. Pray make yourself known to the tournament registrar on the Royal Promenade.
-optional end

===Show the Ul Cup invitation to the tournament registrar===
Tournament Registrar: Greetings to you, good {{alternatives|f=madam|m=sir}}. You are come to enter the Ul Cup? Your invitation, if you would be so kind.
''The player hands over the {{i|Ul Cup Invitation}}.''
Tournament Registrar: Yes, everything appears to be in order. On behalf of the committee, I bid you welcome to the tournament!
'''Bartholomew:''' Wait─you're participating, too? To think that I might have the chance to cross swords with a fabled hero such as you! The tournament cannot begin soon enough!
'''Tournament Registrar:''' You needn't wait long, for the opening ceremony will begin any time now.
Tournament Registrar: I am told a number of participants have already gathered before the Gladiators' Guild. Perhaps you might like to join them?
-optional start
A number of participants have already gathered before the Gladiators' Guild. Perhaps you might like to join them?
Bartholomew: To think that I might have the chance to cross swords with a fabled hero such as you! The tournament cannot begin soon enough!
'''Jenlyns:''' I look forward to meeting you upon the bloodsands, my friend.
-optional end

===Speak with tournament participants===
Constaint: [Forename], it's so good to see you! Am I correct in assuming that you are participating in the tournament?
Constaint: Wonderful! Raw though I still am, I also received an invitation─Captain Jenlyns' work, I suspect. But know that I do not intend to simply make up the numbers.
Constaint: Since last we met, I have trained without cease. Such improvements I have made, I hope to demonstrate to you in a rematch.

Black Lotus: You got business with me? Too bad, I've got none with you.
Black Lotus: Leave me be and find someone else to bother. Like Mylla.
Scrubby Stripling: You're fighting in the tournament? You look pretty strong, but it's Black Altus that's gonna win!
Black Lotus: Ahem. That's ''Lotus''. Black Lotus.
Scrubby Stripling: Yeah, what he said! He's the strongest and he always protects me!
Scrubby Stripling: If you fight him, you better watch out!
-optional start
Scrubby Stripling: Black Al─er, Lotus is the strongest! If you fight him, you better watch out!
-optional end

>If completed {{i|Sudul Eht Nioj}}
Franz: I say, are you not the {{alternatives|f=postwoman|m=postman}} from before? Such a beauteous surprise this is!
Franz: Since coming to terms with my brilliance, I've given up provoking my opponents in favor of polishing myself further.
Franz: I would love nothing more than to pit my beauteous skills against yours, and I pray that I am afforded the chance!

>If did not complete {{i|Sudul Eht Nioj}}
Franz: Franz: And what can I do for you this most beauteous of {{alternatives|morning=mornings|day=afternoons|night=evenings}}? Shall I sign your flyer with my mark, perhaps?
Franz: ...A contestant? ''Really''? Well then, you would do well to pray you are not drawn against me.
Franz: Before my beauteous skills, your defeat is all but assured!
-optional start
Franz: You would do well to pray you are not drawn against me. Before my beauteous skills, your defeat is all but assured!
-optional end
---

Owyne: Ah, [Forename]! Have you spoken with the captain? He is holding on to your invitation.
Owyne: ...Already entered! Marvelous!
Owyne: We are all looking forward to witnessing your skill at arms. And if the gods are good, I shall witness them up close and personal!

Handeloup: Ah, [Forename], a pleasure as always. Are you perchance entering the tournament?
Handeloup: Well then, this has become infinitely more interesting. Lest you wonder, I am joining the field as a representative of the Temple Knights.
Handeloup: For the honor of our order, I have every intention of winning. Do not hold back, my friend─because neither will I!

===Speak with Mylla===
-cutscene start
Mylla: Well, if it isn't [Forename]. That you would visit us at this juncture could only mean one thing: you're entering the Ul Cup.
Mylla: Good, good! You are one of our very best, and it pleases me to see you continue seeking new challenges.
Mylla: And mark my words, this will be a challenge the likes of which you have never experienced.
Mylla: This tournament brings together the realm's finest. If you are to rise above them, nothing less than complete preparation will suffice.
Mylla: Speaking of preparation, have you been apprised of the rules?
Mylla: Then allow me to explain. The tournament is elimination. You lose, you go home. You win, you advance to the next match, and on it goes until a champion emerges.
Mylla: Combatants are initially divided into two groups: Nald and Thal. Sounds fancy, but they're simply labels given to two branches of the tournament tree.
Mylla: Look, [Forename]. One of your potential opponents.
Mylla: Knowing is half the battle, and you'd do well to learn all you can of the competition.

>If completed Blacksmith quest {{i|Waiting in the Winglet}}
'''Bronze Bull:''' Oho, if it isn't the {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}} who forged me my winglet. 'Tis a fine weapon, and I am wholly satisfied with it...but don't think that this earns you a favor should we meet in the tournament. Indeed, any less than my all would be an affront to both blade and blacksmith.
---

Mylla: ..Oh dear, is it that time already? The opening ceremony is about to commence. Shall we, then?

Dour Meadow: Ladies and gentlemen! Today I bid you welcome to the Coliseum for a truly special event!
Dour Meadow: >> To introduce it, it gives me great pleasure to call upon Her Royal Majesty Nanamo Ul Namo! <<

Nanamo Ul Namo: Generations ago, my ancestor, Sasagan Ul Sisigan, founded a tournament to celebrate the skill of our nation's finest swordsmen. One hundred years have passed since it was last held. By this declaration, I do hereby revive the Ul Cup!
Nanamo Ul Namo: Let it be known that all proceeds from this event shall go towards our continuing refugee relief efforts.
Nanamo Ul Namo: My dear combatants. My fellow citizens and I look forward to an inspiring performance from all of you. May Nald'thal give strength to your sword arms!

Dour Meadow: Thank you, Your Grace. Next, I would invite Master Adrien, Coliseum columnist for the ''Mythril Eye'', to share some insights into our combatants. What are your impressions of the field, Adrien?

Adrien: Well, Dour, I'd say it's as diverse a field as I've seen on the bloodsands. In addition to everyone's favorite gladiators and your friendly neighborhood Sultansworn, we have an Ishgardian knight as well as an acclaimed adventurer.

Dour Meadow: Truly a colorful cast of characters, all of whom bring their unique take on swordplay. With such an eclectic mix of fighting styles clashing, would you say that we're in for a veritable treat for the senses?

Adrien: Yes, I would, Dour. At this stage it's anyone's guess who will claim the title, but one thing is certain: when the match bell rings, you cannot afford to bat your eyelids! Keep watching this space, for the preliminary rounds are about to begin!
-quest complete

System: The next paladin quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 63. The requirements for undertaking subsequent quests can be reviewed in your journal.
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Mountains out of Molehills

2026-07-18T17:35:20Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Mountains out of Molehills
| description = Storm Private [[S'nairoh]] smells of salt, malt, and bad ideas, and appears intent on securing your services again.
| image =
| quest-giver = S'nairoh
| location = Western La Noscea
| location-x = 26
| location-y = 25
| type = side
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Sidequests
| journal-category = Lominsan Sidequests
| journal-genre = La Noscean Sidequests
| sortkey = 150
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 15
| req-quest =
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 1440
| gil = 239
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt1 = 1 Padded Hempen Trousers
| reward-opt2 = 1 Cotton Sarouel
| reward-opt3 = 1 Cotton Tights
| reward-opt4 = 3 Allagan Bronze Piece
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Keep Your Day Job
| next-quest = Walk of Shame
| patch = 2.0
| release =
| id-gt = 66679
| id-edb = f46d887cef1
}}

==Steps==
*Dispatch [[hedgemole]]s. 0/5
*Report to [[S'nairoh]].

==Journal==
*Storm Private S'nairoh smells of salt, malt, and bad ideas, and appears intent on securing your services again.

*Despite your misigivings(sic), you accept a task from S'nairoh. Leave her to her dubious schemes and slay five hedgemoles.

*With the grace of the Twelve, you prevailed against these mostly harmless creatures. Report the happy news to S'nairoh.

*The hedgemoles had no designs on Aleport. They must be commended for fighting so bravely for their lives. Not all is lost, since the good private will now spend her diminished coin on leeches rather than ale.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
S'nairoh: Well, I made a right mess of things the other day. Commander Falkbryda said she'd dock my pay if I pulled something like that again. At least I didn't get tossed in the brig like C'mell.
S'nairoh: I have been very chary since, you can be certain of that. I've little enough coin as is in the pay purse to slake my thirst with. But this time, aye, there's a real attack on Aleport, and off I go to arm the cannon!
S'nairoh: Save Aleport from those bloodbaths on four legs, and we'll see what the commander has to say about my pay then!
S'nairoh: Adventurer, for Aleport and glory, slow down the horde! I'm certain to be ready by the time you slaughter five!
-quest accepted

===Report to Private S'nairoh===
S'nairoh: Well slayed! Or do I mean slain? I shall need to know these things if I'm to be officer! I've got the powder and ball loaded and primed! Now for the slow match─hark, a dispatch!
S'nairoh: “Stand down forthwith”? Not again! But surely these adamantoises are a clear and present─ ...Hedgemoles? You're certain? Well, but, that's like an adamantoise except, ah, weak and not at all dangerous...
S'nairoh: Why, oh why? Perhaps I have been cursed by some enemy? Not very likely for a mere storm private, second class or no. Now the commander will dock my pay and leave my whistle dry as dust.
S'nairoh: Well, my good {{alternatives|f=woman|m=man}}, it ''is'' called Aleport. I've spent a deal of time admiring the undersides of many a tavern table, I can tell you that!
S'nairoh: What? It could be that my humours are out of balance from a surfeit of ale? And thus─I see it now─there is excess blood, which has overfed my martial zeal! [Forename], your learned ways have shown me the light! Much thanks─I go now to receive a leeching!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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My Little Chocobo (Twin Adder)

2026-07-18T17:34:08Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = My Little Chocobo (Twin Adder)
| description = [[Vorsaile Heuloix|Vorsaile]] believes it past time you were issued a personal [[chocobo]].
| image =
| quest-giver = Vorsaile Heuloix
| related-npcs = Chocobo; Chocobo?; Cingur
| location = New Gridania
| location-x = 9
| location-y = 11
| type = feature
| quest-line = The Order of the Twin Adder
| journal-section = Sidequests
| journal-category = Gridanian Sidequests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 200
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 20
| req-quest = Wood's Will Be Done
| req-items = 1 Serpent Chocobo Issuance
| requirements =
| exp = 1740
| gil = 0
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Chocobo Whistle
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks = ach My Little Chocobo (Achievement), ot Mounts
| prev-quest =
| next-quest = My Feisty Little Chocobo
| patch = 2.0
| release =
| id-gt = 66236
| id-edb = 1ddd53e642c
}}

==Walkthrough==
You should have received the {{serpent seal|200}} [[Serpent Seals]] you need to buy the {{item icon|Serpent Chocobo Issuance}} from {{i|Wood's Will Be Done}}. However, if you spent them already, then they can quickly be earned by completing a few [[FATE]]s, doing a couple [[Grand Company]] [[Guildleve]]s, or running {{i|Duty Roulette: Leveling|alt=Duty Roulette: Leveling}} as the "adventurer in need."

==Steps==
*Present a [[Serpent Chocobo Issuance]] to [[Cingur]].
*Name your [[chocobo]].
*Speak with Cingur.

==Journal==
* Vorsaile believes it past time you were issued a personal chocobo.

* To obtain your personal chocobo, you must present Cingur with a Serpent Chocobo Issuance. This document can be obtained by exchanging 200 company seals with the Serpent quartermaster. Here's hoping you have been setting aside your seals...

* Cingur brings you your bird, and it is love at first sight. Name your new companion, and make it official.

* And so begins the adventures of <Name> and {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} trusty steed. May their friendship last for eternity!

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Vorsaile Heuloix:''' Ah, [Twin Adders Rank] [Surname]. I understand you have been working tirelessly in Gridania's name. You are truly an example to your fellow Serpents.
'''Vorsaile Heuloix:''' But tell me, have you every felt as though you couldn't get to your destination quickly enough? That perhaps you could do with a swifter pair of legs?
'''Vorsaile Heuloix:''' If so, you might consider getting a personal chocobo. You have yet to be issued your own bird, am I correct? Given your considerable talents, you should be able to obtain one in no time at all. Let me tell you how to go about it.
'''Vorsaile Heuloix:''' First, you must obtain a Serpent Chocobo Issuance by exchanging company seals with the quartermaster. Once you have this deed, present it to our man Cingur, and he will furnish you with a suitable bird.
-quest accepted

===Presenting Issuance to Cingur===
'''Cingur:''' Want a bird issued, you say? Then I'll need to see your Serpent Chocobo Issuance.
''The player hands over the {{i|Serpent Chocobo Issuance}}.''
-cutscene start
'''Cingur:''' Yes, everything appears to be in order.
'''Cingur:''' A moment please. I'll be right back with your chocobo.
'''Cingur:''' And here he is! The fellow has been in high spirits the past few bells. He must have sensed that his master was coming!
'''Cingur:''' Not then, to make is official, you'll want to give your noble steed a name.
'''Chocobo:''' Kweh!
-cutscene end

===Speak with Cingur===
'''Cingur:''' Heh heh! I daresay he likes his name!
'''Cingur:''' Here is your very own chocobo whistle. Simply blow into it, and your feathered friend will come bounding to your side.
'''Cingur:''' But do forgive him if he doesn't respond when summoned in crowded city areas or monster-infested lairs. Chocobos are stout-hearted creatures, but they have their limits.
'''Cingur:''' And lastly, I present you with your chocobo rider's license, as is required by law.
'''Cingur:''' And that concludes all the formalities! I wish you and your chocobo long years of fulfilling companionship!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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That Old Familiar Feeling

2026-04-25T04:22:09Z

Maleficentabsinthe: updated dialogue to template

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla|First Sword Mylla]] wishes to assign you another task.
| image = Gladiator quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Aldis; Bruce; Injured Gladiator; Nervous Merchant
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9
| location-y = 11
| type = class
| class = gladiator
| level = 15
| exp = 5760
| reward1 = 1 Brass Bastard Sword
| reward-opt1 = 5 Allagan Bronze Piece
| reward-opt2 = 1 Bronze Cuirass
| reward-opt3 = 1 Bronze Gauntlets
| reward-opt4 = 1 Padded Hempen Trousers
| reward-opt5 = 1 Bronze Sabatons
| unlocks = ac Shield Lob
| prev-quest = Ul'dah's Most Wanted
| next-quest = The Face of Thal
| patch = 2.0
| id-gt = 65798
| id-edb = eaf9428dd8f
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Quests
| journal-genre = Gladiator Quests
}}

== Objectives ==
* Search for your guildmates near Camp Drybone.
* Speak with the injured gladiator.
* Report to Mylla.
* Meet Aldis at the Quicksand.
* Defend yourself from the nameless assailants!
* Report to Mylla.

== Journal ==
* A band of Amalj'aa archers has been raiding caravans near Camp Drybone. Mylla has already dispatched several gladiators to assist with patrols, and bids you travel to eastern Thanalan to join them.
* You luck upon and slay the Amalj'aa archers, rescuing a wounded guildmate and a cowering merchant. Speak with the gladiator and see if he needs aid.
* You guildmate assures you that his wounds are not mortal, and that he can look after the merchant. Return to the Gladiators' Guild and report to Mylla.
* Shortly after you return, the guild erupts into chaos when Aldis enters. The First Sword is especially upset, demanding that he leave or face dire consequences. Aldis agrees and makes to depart, but not before requesting that you join him at the Quicksand for a drink.
* Your conversation with Aldis is interrupted when a gang of sellswords bursts into the Quicksand, intent on slaying the man. In an impressive display of swordsmanship, Aldis slays most of the assassins, though you do your part as well. His mood soured, Aldis wanders off in search of a quieter tavern. Return to the guild and speak with Mylla.
* Finally recovered from the shock of Aldis's earlier intrusion, Mylla recalls that she wished to teach you something new. She hopes that your new Shield Lob technique, with which you can attack enemies at range, will serve you well in the future.
: ※ The next gladiator quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 20.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Mylla:''' Hail, [Forename]. You come at a good time. I've another task I wish to assign you.
'''Mylla:''' The Immortal Flames and the Brass Blades have both requested the guild's assistance in maintaining security at Camp Drybone, a vital outpost along the Royal Allagan Sunway.
'''Mylla:''' The Amalj'aa have been raiding caravans with reckless abandon, creating a significant disruption in trade.
'''Mylla:''' Ul'dah has a long, troubled history with the Amalj'aa, so raids are not unheard of. However, this recent escalation must be addressed.
'''Mylla:''' Go to Camp Drybone and search for these raiders, [Forename]. I've already dispatched other gladiators to patrol the region, so I suggest you speak with one for more information.
-quest accepted

===Search for your guildmates near Camp Drybone===
'''Injured Gladiator:''' Get down! They're still here!

===Speak with the injured gladiator===
'''Injured Gladiator:''' <cough> <wheeze> Don't worry, {{alternatives|f=sister|m=brother}}, I'll be fine——though maybe not when the First Sword is done with me, eh? Go and tell her that the Amalj'aa are dead-leave the merchant to me.

===Report to Mylla===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' I knew I was right to send you, [Forename]! You've done us proud.

'''Aldis:''' Seven hells, this place reeks of sweat! How do you expect a man to concentrate on his swordplay like this!?

'''Bruce:''' >> Aldis!? <<

'''Aldis:''' You remember me! How goes it, brother? Still waving your sword around like a feather duster?

'''Mylla:''' You...you...

'''Aldis:''' Good to see you too, Mylla my dear. You're more beautiful than I remember.

'''Mylla:''' >> Y-You're alive!? Where have you been all these years!? Answer me! <<

'''Aldis:''' Me? Well, if you must know, I'm on a spiritual journey to self-discovery.

'''Mylla:''' >> Dammit, Aldis, this is serious! We all thought you were dead! And for you to walk in here, as though nothing ever happened——have you forgotten how you dishonored us!? I should cut you down where you stand! <<

'''Aldis:''' Ho ho, this's the Mylla I remember, all the fire and brimstone! I knew that pretty face could still contort itself into some terrifying shapes!
'''Aldis:''' Ahhh, don't pout, girl, I'm just having fun. But, as you wish, I'll go.
'''Aldis:''' [Forename], was it? Why don't you join me at the Quicksand? I could use some company, and I doubt anyone else here would be so kind.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Mylla:''' That...that bastard. Why now, after all these years...?
-optional end

===Meet Aldis at the Quicksand===
-cutscene start
'''Aldis:''' Ho, you came. Sorry you had to witness that little reunion between me and Mylla.
'''Aldis:''' The Sword of Nald, back from the dead─you'd think I'd be greeted by throngs of adoring fans, not threats of violence...
'''Aldis:''' Listen, [Forename]. You're good with a sword, that's plain to see.
'''Aldis:''' But more than that, you've got purpose. There's a fire burning within you.
'''Aldis:''' As a former man of conviction, I can recognize a kindred spirit.
'''Aldis:''' Gerolt named her ''Frenzy''. She's one of a magnificent pair of swords that the drunken prodigy forged for Coliseum champions.
'''Aldis:''' The man who wielded her twin had eyes that burned like yours...
'''Aldis:''' [Forename], I─
'''Aldis:''' >> The hells!? <<

'''Nameless Attacker:''' >> Aldis, Sword of Nald! We've come for your head! <<

'''Aldis:''' If you do that, then how the hells am I supposed to enjoy my ale?

'''Nameless Attacker:''' >> Arrogant fool! Prepare to meet your maker! <<

'''Aldis:''' Well, ain't you a bunch of impatient, humorless fellas.
'''Aldis:''' Up for a bit of fun, [Forename]? I'll lead, you follow.
-cutscene end

====Solo Duty====
'''Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald:''' Watch closely now, [Forename]! I'll show you how a Coliseum champion fights!
'''Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald:''' Is this all you've got!? Try to keep up, boys!
'''Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald:''' Those weaklings're all yours, [Forename]!
'''Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald:''' Aye, that's the sort of sport I crave!
'''Aldis@Aldis, Sword of Nald:'''Watch their eyes, [Forename], not their hands!

-cutscene start
'''Aldis:''' Didn't think he'd go so far as to send a gang of sellswords into the Quicksand in broad daylight.
'''Aldis:''' Why is it never a bevy of beauties?
'''Aldis:''' Let's continue this another time, shall we? I need to find a new place to drink─one with more attractive company than this sorry lot.
-cutscene end

===Report to Mylla===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' My apologies, [Forename]——I meant to teach you a new technique earlier, but when that idiot arrived, I completely forgot. He's just so...infuriating.
'''Mylla:''' Ahem. The Shield Lob technique will allow you to attack from afar without the need for ranged weaponry.
'''Mylla:''' Since we gladiators are primarily close-range fighters, the ability to draw the attention of distant enemies is a valuable asset. May it serve you well in the field, [Forename]!
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

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Ul'dah's Most Wanted

2026-04-25T03:59:02Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla|First Sword Mylla]] requires your immediate assistance with a dangerous matter.
| image = Gladiator quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Bruce; Bruce the Big; Gutless Gladiator
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9
| location-y = 11
| type = class
| class = gladiator
| level = 10
| exp = 3420
| reward1 = 1 Ash Macuahuitl
| reward2 = 1 Bronze Hoplon
| reward-opt1 = 1 Leather Jacket
| reward-opt2 = 1 Bronze Sallet
| reward-opt3 = 1 Hempen Bracers
| reward-opt4 = 1 Leather Jackboots
| reward-opt5 = 2 Allagan Bronze Piece
| prev-quest = Kicking the Hornet's Nest
| next-quest = That Old Familiar Feeling
| patch = 2.0
| id-gt = 65824
| id-edb = 2bd4fe37840
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Quests
| journal-genre = Gladiator Quests
}}

== Objectives ==
* Search for the freelancers in Stonesthrow.
* Speak with the Gutless Gladiator.
* Report to Mylla.
* Wait in ambush for the freelancers.
* Defeat the duskwight freelancers!
* Speak with Bruce.
* Report to Mylla.

== Journal ==
* A band of lancers has been slaying Hyuran men bearing swords. Mylla bids you go to Stonethrow and investigate reports of suspicious foreigners in the area.
* Arriving at Stonesthrow, you are ambushed by two Duskwight sellswords, but succeeded in vanquishing them both. Speak with the gutless gladiator and ascertain that he is unharmed.
* You learn that the sellswords were searching for a man named Aldis. Return to Mylla and inform her of the lancers' demise.
* Before you can celebrate your victory, a fellow gladiator named Bruce bursts into the guild and reports that the remaining sellswords are hiding in the tunnel south of Black Brush Station. Mylla bids you and Bruce make a foray into the tunnel and deal with the remaining lancers.
* Though your foes were many, they were no match for your excellent swordsmanship. Speak with Bruce and see that he is unharmed.
* With the job complete, Bruce takes his leave back to Ul'dah and a celebratory pint. Return to the Gladiators' Guild and report your success to Mylla.
* Mylla thanks you for your efforts and admits that she is impressed by your tremendous growth as a gladiator. Before you part ways, she questions you as to the motives of the sellswords. Alas, she is unsatisfied with your response.
: ※ The next gladiator quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 15.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Mylla:''' You look well, [Forename]. I hope you are ready for your next task, because I require your immediate assistance.
'''Mylla:''' There have been several violent murders recently, the victims of which were all Hyuran men.
'''Mylla:''' Based on the multiple spear wounds found upon the bodies of the deceased, we believe that lancers are responsible for the crimes.
'''Mylla:''' Not only are these murders a blight upon our city, I fear it is only a matter of time before one of our own is targeted.
'''Mylla:''' I have just received reports of foreign lancers skulking about in Stonesthrow. Considering the circumstances, I find it likely that these are our culprits.
'''Mylla:''' We cannot abide any more murders. Go to Stonesthrow, outside the Gate of Nald, and speak with any you find in the area. With luck, we may find these lancers before they strike again.
-quest accepted

===Search for the freelancers in Stonesthrow===
'''Gutless Gladiator:''' Don't kill me, please! I'm not the one you want!

===Speak with the gutless gladiator===
'''Gutless Gladiator:''' Thank you, ''thank you''! Th-They appeared out of nowhere, asked me if I was Aldis at spearpoint. I said no, but they attacked me anyway! Wh-What did I do to deserve this?

===Report to Mylla===
-cutscene start
'''Mylla:''' So they were indeed the murderers we sought!
'''Mylla:''' But what brought Duskwight freelancers all the way from the Black Shroud?
'''Mylla:''' And why were they murdering Hyuran men with swords?

'''Bruce:''' >> First Sword! <<

'''Mylla:''' What is it?

'''Bruce:''' >> Lancers, First Sword! A gang of 'em, hidin' in the tunnel south of Black Brush Station! <<

'''Mylla:''' Hmph, it seems we're not rid of them yet. [Forename], you might as well finish what you started. Go to central Thanalan and dispatch the last of these freelancers.
'''Mylla:''' Bruce, accompany [Forename]. See that {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} doesn't die.

'''Bruce:''' Well, I can't keep the {{alternatives|f=lass|m=bloke}} from gettin' skewered, but I'll patch {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} up best I can.

'''Mylla:''' [Forename], defend Bruce. He knows powerful healing magicks, but he cannot employ them unless you keep all your enemies occupied. Make sure you command their full attention at all times.

'''Bruce:''' Aye, I'm countin' on you to keep those bastards away from me. Watch me back and I'll watch yours.

'''Mylla:''' >> You have your orders, gladiators! Send these freelancers to the Seventh Gate! <<
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Bruce the Big:''' Hmmm...seems no one's home. What say we wait here and ambush 'em when they return?
-optional end

===Wait in ambush for the freelancers (Solo Duty)===
'''Bruce the Big:''' Get these bastards off me! If I die, you die!
'''Bruce the Big:''' Hah, bastards're actually makin' me break a sweat!
'''Bruce the Big:''' Ho, looks like someone's pissed in his pease porridge!

===Speak with Bruce===
'''Bruce the Big:''' Looks like we're done here. Let's head home, [Forename]─I could use a drink.

===Report to Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' Congratulations on a job well done, [Forename]. Bruce says you acquitted yourself well.

> If first job
'''Mylla:''' You have shown tremendous growth since you joined us...and though it pains me to do this, you have earned the right.
'''Mylla:''' [Forename], I grant you leave to join other guilds.
'''Mylla:''' As you doubtless know, Ul'dah is home to both the Pugilists' Guild and the Thaumaturges' Guild. However, there are also guilds where you may learn something of more peaceful traditions. You may even join the guilds of other nations, if that is your desire.
'''Mylla:''' Know that I will respect your decisions...whatever they may be.
'''Mylla:''' So long as you do not forget that you are, above all, a gladiator!
'''Mylla:''' Before you head off, I wanted to ask you─Bruce believes the freelancers were out for a bounty. What is your opinion on this, [Forename]?

> If not first job
'''Mylla:''' I wanted to ask you-Bruce believes the freelancers were out for a bounty. What is your opinion on this, [Forename]?
---

Question: What will you say?
> They were tracking a man named Aldis.
'''Mylla:''' ''Aldis''!? Are you certain that is the name you heard!?
'''Mylla:''' He's...he's alive? But how...?

> Their motives died with them.
'''Mylla:''' I see... Mayhap it is best that we put this sordid affair behind us. Still, I cannot help but wonder...
---
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Kicking the Hornet's Nest

2026-04-25T03:46:45Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue with template

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla|First Sword Mylla]] wishes to teach you the fundamentals of the gladitorial arts.
| image = Gladiator quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| related-npcs = Frolicsome Dancer; Ill-mannered Marauder; Keen-eyed Marauder; Menacing Marauder; Mocking Marauder; Momodi; Nervous Merchant; Pfarmurl; Stately Gentleman
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9
| location-y = 11
| type = class
| class = gladiator
| level = 5
| exp = 1400
| reward1 = 1 Bronze Bastard Sword
| reward-opt1 = 1 Custom-made Cuirass
| reward-opt2 = 1 Leather Eyepatch
| reward-opt3 = 1 Fingerless Leather Gloves
| reward-opt4 = 1 Altered Thighboots
| reward-opt5 = 5 Allagan Tin Piece
| prev-quest = My First Gladius
| next-quest = Ul'dah's Most Wanted
| patch = 2.0
| id-gt = 65792
| id-edb = dd334edcc26
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Quests
| journal-genre = Gladiator Quests
| req-items = 2 Caravan Sack
}}

== Objectives ==
* Tell the marauders outside [[the Quicksand]] to face [[Me|/me]]. 0/4
* Tell the marauder inside [[the Quicksand]] to face [[Me|/me]].
* Speak with [[Momodi]].
* Report to [[Mylla]].
* Search for witnesses at [[Scorpion Crossing]].
* Recover the merchant's goods. 0/2
* Return the goods to the merchant.
* Report to [[Mylla]].

== Journal ==
* A gladiator must be capable of commanding an opponent's attention at will. To help you better understand this concept, [[Mylla]] has bid you seek out Lominsan marauders harassing people outside the Quicksand. Once located, bellow "Face /me, marauder!" and show them that their disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
* The mere sight of you sends the marauders packing. Enter the Quicksand and deal with any belligerents that remain.
* Your attempts to intimidate [[Pfarmurl the Driven]] nearly ends in disaster until a man named [[Aldis]] intervenes, causing the marauder to flee in terror. Speak with Momodi and inform her that all the Lominsans are gone.
* [[Momodi]] is grateful for the help you and Aldis provided. However, before you depart, she asks that you not speak of Aldis to Mylla. Return to the Gladiators' Guild and tell the guildmaster that the task is complete.
* Mylla informs you that the Lominsan marauders have begun terrorizing merchants outside Scorpion Crossing in Western Thanalan. Speak with any victims you can find so that you may track down Pfarmurl's gang and bring them to justice.
* The Bloody Marauders may be the ones behind a recent assault on a traveling merchant. Search for the merchant's goods outside Scorpion Crossing and confront the Lominsans if they are still in the area.
* You recover the merchant's goods and ensure that the Bloody Marauders will terrorize the people of Thanalan no more. Return the stolen goods to their rightful owner.
* The Merchant is overjoyed to receive his stolen merchandise. Return to the guild and report to Mylla.
* Mylla is pleased to hear of your accomplishments. She reminds you that by mastering the sword, you master yourself. Duly advised, you return to your training.
: ※ The next gladiator quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 10.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Mylla:''' Ah, [Forename]. I take it you and your sword have become better acquainted. Then I will now instruct you on another fundamental aspect of what it means to be a gladiator: commanding an opponent's attention.
'''Mylla:''' As gladiators, we are trained to engage enemies at close range, weathering their attacks as we deliver our own. However, there are times when we must do battle alongside allies whose talents are not the same as our own.
'''Mylla:''' In such a situation, your role is ''not'' to slay the enemy in front of you, but rather to defend the man beside you.
'''Mylla:''' We do this by eliciting the enmity of our opponents through attacks and techniques designed to incite their hatred.
'''Mylla:''' You must learn to draw the enemy's attention to yourself and to trust in your stout constitution to endure. In so doing, you protect your weaker comrades who would otherwise perish.
'''Mylla:''' To help you better understand this, there is a task I would have you perform. It just so happens that Momodi of the Quicksand has requested our assistance─a gang of Lominsan marauders has paraded into town and begun harassing people outside her establishment.
'''Mylla:''' Men like these prey on the weak, but will turn tail and flee at the first sign of defiance. You need not resort to violence─it will suffice to show them that you are not afraid of them, and will not tolerate their behavior.
'''Mylla:''' Seek out the Lominsans and make your presence known by bellowing, “Face me, marauder!” In this way, you will protect the people of Ul'dah, as you would your allies in battle.
-quest accepted

===Tell the marauders outside the Quicksand to face /me===
'''Ill-mannered Marauder:''' The 'ells ye want? This don't concern ye, so bugger off!
''The player {{i|Me}}.''
'''Ill-mannered Marauder:''' Ye know yer friend 'ere's a Twelve-damned cheat!? Thinks 'e can charge us more 'cause we're foreigners! But 'e'll get 'is own back, mark me words!

'''Menacing Marauder:''' Bugger off! Can't ye see I'm 'avin' a civilized conversation with this poxy whoreson!?
''The player {{i|Me}}.''
'''Menacing Marauder:''' What? Ye blamin' me 'cause this little shite shat 'is own pants!? Well, bugger 'im, an' bugger you, too!

'''Mocking Marauder:''' ...Just turn around an' walk away, 'venturer. Are ye deaf? Get lost!
''The player {{i|Me}}.''
'''Mocking Marauder:''' The 'ells is yer problem!? Maybe she likes 'er men rough! What're ye s'posed to be, 'er bleedin' {{alternatives|f=lady-in-waitin'|manservant}}!? Bah, it don't matter, ye've gone an' spoiled the mood...

'''Keen-eyed Marauder:''' Ye gots a lot o' nerve, thinkin' ye can talk to me like that!
''The player {{i|Me}}.''
'''Keen-eyed Marauder:''' Oi, come on now, 'e was disrespectin' me proud Sea Wolf 'eritage! <spit> Fine, I'll leave the bastard be, but we ain't finished!

===Tell the marauder inside the Quicksand to face /me===
'''Pfarmurl:''' Me poxy arse this is yer best brew! I'd sooner drink a pint o' me own piss than this swill!
''The player {{i|Me}}.''
'''Pfarmurl:''' Just who the 'ells do ye think yer speakin' to, maggot!? I'm Pfarmurl the Driven, an' me an' me Bloody Marauders've been reavin' so long, mothers scare their children with tales about us!
'''Pfarmurl:''' Don't believe me words? Then I'll let me axe do the talkin'!

-cutscene start
'''???:''' Oho, this is lively, even for the Quicksand. You two going to put on a show for us?

'''Pfarmurl:''' What's this? Another godsdamned fool? Show some respect when ye talk to─

'''Aldis@???:''' Pfarmurl the Driven, leader of a troupe of bloody mummers or some such. Aye, I heard you the first time─your voice carries quite well.

'''Pfarmurl:''' >> Then unless ye want me to split yer skull with me axe, ye better─ <<
'''Pfarmurl:''' Th-That sword! It couldn't be...''Frenzy''!? But only the Sword of Nald would─ Bloody hells, it's ''you''!

'''Aldis@???:''' You know, I've never been one to stand back and watch. Mind if I join the fun?

'''Pfarmurl:''' B-B-Beggin' yer pardon, sir!

'''Aldis@???:''' Why do they always do that...? <sigh> Looks like it's just you and me.
'''Aldis@???:''' Standing up to that Lominsan was quite brave of you─and quite foolish.
'''Aldis:''' I think I like you, gladiator. Name's Aldis, and I'd buy you a drink, but I'm afraid I just spent the last of my coin.
'''Aldis:''' I used to be a young gladiator like you. Back then, I... Ah, but that hardly concerns you. These days I'm just an explorer of the unexplored, a seeker of as-yet-unknown experiences...
'''Aldis:''' ...Like that beautiful stranger keeping my bed warm right now. ''Gods'', I've missed this city, this wonderful desert jewel of debauchery and sin. Now, if you'll excuse me.
-cutscene end

===Speak with Momodi===
'''Momodi:''' I swear, if I hadn't seen Aldis with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it was him. Everyone here thought he died years ago.
'''Momodi:''' Listen, [Forename]. Do me a favor and ''don't'' tell Mylla about meetin' Aldis, alright? She doesn't need this sort of drama.
'''Momodi:''' Why? Well...let's just say some folk ain't good for one another.

===Report to Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' I've already heard of your exploits at the Quicksand, [Forename]. You did well to send those marauders packing. I wish I could say we've heard the last of them.
'''Mylla:''' Alas, we've received reports of axe-wielding raiders assaulting merchants traveling through Scorpion Crossing. It seems words will not suffice, after all.
'''Mylla:''' I want you to finish what you've begun, [Forename]. Head to western Thanalan and see that Pfarmurl the Driven and all those who have shared in his crimes never trouble the people of Ul'dah again.

===Search for witnesses at Scorpion Crossing===
'''Nervous Merchant:''' They...they tore me from my saddle and took everything I own! Bring my goods back to me, I beg of you!

===Return the goods to the merchant===
'''Nervous Merchant:''' They...they tore me from my saddle and took everything I own! Bring my goods back to me, I beg of you!
''The player hands over 2 {{i|Caravan Sack}}.''
'''Nervous Merchant:''' Twelve bless you, adventurer! If it weren't for good {{alternatives|f=women|m=men}} like you, I'd never leave home.

===Report to Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' Good, it is finished. And with that, this stage of your training is complete.
'''Mylla:''' This time, your enemies were ill-behaved ruffians, but who knows what manner of opponents you will face in the future?
'''Mylla:''' Regardless, I have faith that you will do well. Master your sword and you shall master yourself.
'''Mylla:''' Now then, there will be work for you in the days to come.
'''Mylla:''' Return to your training, [Forename]. We will speak again.
-quest complete
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My First Gladius

2026-04-25T03:33:50Z

Maleficentabsinthe: updated dialogue formatting to new templete

{{Quest infobox
| description = [[Mylla|First Sword Mylla]] wishes to gauge your aptitude for the sword.
| image = Gladiator quest image.png
| quest-giver = Mylla
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 9
| location-y = 11
| type = class
| class = Gladiator
| level = 1
| exp = 400
| gil = 115
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Way of the Gladiator
| next-quest = Kicking the Hornet's Nest
| patch = 2.0
| id-gt = 65822
| id-edb = cc403b5f18e
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of War Quests
| journal-genre = Gladiator Quests
}}

==Walkthrough==
This quest isn't available for players who started the game as a gladiator. For them, these objectives are instead part of {{i|Way of the Gladiator}}, and they then proceed directly to {{i|Kicking the Hornet's Nest}}.

== Objectives ==
* Slay [[Star Marmot|star marmots]]. 0/3
* Slay [[Huge Hornet|huge hornets]]. 0/3
* Slay [[Snapping Shrew|snapping shrews]]. 0/3
* Report to Mylla.

== Journal ==
* The guildmaster had instructed you to slay marmots, hornets, and shrews outside the gates of Ul'dah. With sword in hand, venture forth and do battle with the beasts.
* You have slain the creatures as instructed and become more familiar with your new weapon. Return to the Gladiators' Guild and speak with Mylla.
* Mylla states that to master the sword, you must remember and reflect upon your experiences in battle. Taking your words to heart, you resolve to seek out and test yourself against new foes.
: ※ The next gladiator quest will be available from Mylla upon reaching level 5.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Mylla:''' Heh, amazing what a difference a sword can make. Your expression, your posture...you're already brimming with confidence.
'''Mylla:''' Let's see if that confidence is warranted, shall we?
'''Mylla:''' Just outside the gates of Ul'dah, you'll find plenty of marmots, hornets, and shrews. Slay three of each and return here when finished.
'''Mylla:''' Oh, and use your sword, [Forename]. I'm a gladiator, and I aim to train you as one. Now, go.
-quest accepted

===Report to Mylla===
'''Mylla:''' Welcome back, [Forename]. I take it you've dispatched the beasts, and with ease.
'''Mylla:''' With every swing and thrust, you gain valuable experience. You must remember and reflect on each one if you are to recognize and eliminate the deficiencies in your technique.
'''Mylla:''' Your training under me shall continue once the haft sits so snugly in your hand that you cannot imagine holding aught else. Until then, [Forename].
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Hope's Confluence

2026-04-21T01:30:42Z

Maleficentabsinthe: clarified text bubble vs duty dialogue; added a missing gender alternative

{{Quest infobox
| title = Hope's Confluence
| image = Hope's_Confluence_Image.png
| description = The Crystal Exarch is the very picture of resolve.
| quest-giver = Crystal Exarch
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Crystarium Sentry; Manager of Suites; Ryne; Thancred; Urianger; Y'shtola
| cutscene-npcs = Elidibus; Emet-Selch; Hythlodaeus; Lahabrea; Warrior of Darkness (NPC)
| location = The Crystarium
| location-x = 12.7
| location-y = 11.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| level = 80
| exp = 22440
| gil = 3575
| unlocks = tr The Seat of Sacrifice
| prev-quest = The Converging Light
| next-quest = Nothing Unsaid
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 675
| id-gt = 69314
| id-edb = 90de78eeddc
}}
==Steps==
* Defeat the [[Warrior of Light (Boss)|Warrior of Light]].
* Speak with [[Ryne]].

==Journal==
*On your signal, the Exarch lifts the ward, and together you stride into the Crystal Tower to meet with Elidibus.

※In the event that you leave the instance, you may reenter by speaking with the Crystarium sentry.

*As you wind your way up through the tower, your adversary's incessant summonings take an ever-heavier toll on your companion, eventually bringing him to his knees. His rapidly crystallizing body no longer able to keep up, the Exarch vows to hold the spectral warriors at bay while you go on alone─and so you do, hoping all the while that you will see him again.

*Some time later, you gain the tower's uppermost level, where you come face-to-face with Elidibus at last. In defiance of his fading memories, the Ascian clings to his name and duty, and takes unto himself the power of yet more heroes to arise as the Warrior of Light incarnate. In this puissant form, he unleashes a burst of all-consuming radiance at you, only to look on agog as you emerge unscathed. In your hand shines the constellation crystal you received from Hythlodaeus, while around you an array of arcane rings stand ready to summon champions from beyond the rift to your aid. The odds thus evened, you steel yourself for the decisive battle with your oldest foe.

※The Seat of Sacrifice can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*The battle unfolds with neither side willing to yield an ilm, but it is ultimately you who delivers the final blow, bringing Elidibus to his knees. Defiant even in defeat, Elidibus proclaims his own immortality, only for the Exarch to arrive and play his promised trump card. Harnessing the Crystal Tower's vast reservoir of energy, he strips the primal of his power and entraps his scattered essence. Before the Ascian fades into oblivion, however, you choose to restore his lost memories to him, granting him a semblance of peace at the last.

*It is, by any measure, a historic victory, but one not without cost, for it soon becomes clear that the Exarch's exertions have taken a fatal toll. As what remains of his flesh turns into crystal, he begs one last favor of you: a journey together. Comforted by your answer, he entrusts to you his mind and memories before commencing his silent vigil...

*Rejoining your other comrades in the Exedra, you learn from Ryne that all has returned to normal in Norvrandt. Yet something clearly weighs upon her mind...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Crystal Exarch:''' You are ready, then? Very well. I shall lift the ward.

Question: What will you say?
> It's time we finished this!
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And finish it we shall. For no hero our foe could summon to his side shall ever compare to you! And...as for me...well, no ally you could summon to your side will ever try harder, that much I swear.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' So come, my friend! Let's finish this─once and for all!
> You know, it wasn't so long ago that I watched you seal the place up.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Hm? ''Ah'', before I began my slumber, you mean? Ha! It seems rather longer to me. But yes, what strange symmetry.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' This time, I break the seal, and I have no intention of locking myself away again.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Nay, together we will enter, and together we will leave - in triumph. So come, my friend. Let us be about it!
---

-quest accepted

-voiced cutscene start
''Within the Crystal Tower''
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Not here either. We must keep climbing.

''The Exarch collapses in pain, his legs turning to crystal. More spectral heroes are being summoned.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' 'Twas but a matter of time...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I cannot keep up with you. Nor will it avail us to make a stand here.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' You must go on without me. Find Elidibus, and stop him.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Worry not, my friend.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Though I am no warrior, I have learned to hold my own over the years.

''The Exarch stands back up.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' When first we explored this tower, you and your fellow adventurers formed the van, while I was left to follow in your wake.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Suffice it to say, I was not best pleased with the arrangement. How I wished that I could join you...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And now I have, here where it all began.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I was right to trust in you and the power of your legacy ─ of your name. To let them guide my every deed.

Elidibus@Elidibus (Voiceover): For Elidibus is my name. And my mission. Guiding my every deed.

Question: What will you say?
> Why me?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Why you? Why ''not'' you? Had I chosen another, we would never have made it this far. Or do I mistake your meaning...?
> Did you never consider other paths?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I did ─ but I chose not to walk them, thank the gods. Why ever would you ask me such a thing?
---

'''Crystal Exarch:''' ...Elidibus spoke in similar terms, you say? How curious.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' To answer your questions, then, I made my choice for reasons which seemed obvious to me, but may not to any other.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' There were the expectations I placed upon myself before beginning my slumber. And the expectations of those who roused me.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Of course, I had the choice to turn my back on the lot of it. But in the end, it was no choice at all.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I cherish the time I spent with you and the others. What I wouldn't give to return to those halcyon days...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Chasing ancient secrets, overcoming trial after trial with the aid of like-minded comrades...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And what remarkable comrades they were. In such company, I felt as if I were a character in the epic tales that had stirred my heart as a boy. As if my dream had come true...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' It hadn't, of course, for I was no hero. Neither then nor after. Though the world to which I awakened, and the First were beset with myriad problems, I rarely knew how best to play my part.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' There was, however, one thing of which I was certain: that I could not bear to let those dear to me meet a tragic end.

''Many spectral heroes are summoned.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' I'm afraid our time is up. Go.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Rest assured you haven't seen the last of me. I wouldn't dream of playing my trump card save in your presence.

''The player continues on without the Exarch.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' >> Break! <<

''The Exarch immobilizes the spectral heroes.''

''At the top of the Crystal Tower, by Xande's throne. Elidibus holds the Exarch's spirit vessel.''

'''Elidibus:''' Memories of a possible future...
'''Elidibus:''' Worthless, all. Worthless as memories of the only past. Fated to fray and fade into oblivion.
'''Elidibus:''' Leaving naught but a gaping void...

''The player confronts Elidibus.''

'''Elidibus:''' The Waking...Sands? ...Yes, that was the place. The place I first made myself known to you and yours.
'''Elidibus:''' The seventh Rejoining had left the realm listing dangerously towards Darkness. And events were unfolding that threatened to push it over the brink.
'''Elidibus:''' Thus did I approach you, in my capacity as emissary, thinking that you would make a useful pawn...
'''Elidibus:''' But I was wrong, and for my misstep did Lahabrea and Emet-Selch pay the ultimate price. Leaving me the last of the unsundered.
'''Elidibus:''' My remaining brethren, fragmented as they are, cannot hope to see our mission to its end. It falls to me alone.
'''Elidibus:''' Defeat is not an option. I will strike you down. I will resurrect Lord Zodiark. And I will bring back those who sacrificed themselves to call Him forth.
'''Elidibus:''' Though it take a thousand thousand years, upon my honor as Elidibus, emissary of the Convocation of Fourteen, I will see this done.

''Start of flashback.''
Hythlodaeus: But know that his devotion is not without reason. Even if he himself can no longer remember what that reason is.
Convocation Speaker: You worry too much, Elidibus. This dedication to your duty verges on obsession.
''The player recalls the two unsundered Ascian masks on Gaius, then Lahabrea's and Emet-Selch's defeats.''
''End of flashback.''

Question: What will you say?
> Those who once relied upon you are no more.
> However hard you struggle, you will never bring back the Convocation.
---

'''Elidibus:''' What of it!? I have my mission!
'''Elidibus:''' I am Elidibus! And it is my duty to steer mankind and the very star upon their true course. This I swore to...to someone.
'''Elidibus:''' We spoke, and I swore...what? What did I...?
''Elidibus laughs.''
'''Elidibus:''' This pain, this torment...is nothing! No more than must be suffered to deliver the world from its doom! No more than any of you malformed creatures have known!
'''Elidibus:''' Even should you lose all that is dear to you. Even should it cost you your life...
'''Elidibus:''' You bear the burden and fight on, kicking and screaming until your last breath is spent!
'''Ardbert@Voice from Within:''' Aye, it's true. We've lost much and more. Known unimaginable suffering.
'''Ardbert@Voice from Within:''' But through it all, we never, ever forgot what was dear to us. And that's what gave us the strength to carry on.

Question: What will you say?
> You've no fight left to fight.
> I will put an end to this.
---

'''Elidibus:''' No! NO! It will not end here!

''Elidibus begins summoning several spectral heroes.''

'''Elidibus:''' Champions from beyond the rift, heed my call! The time is come to deliver your brethren from darkness!
'''Elidibus:''' My heart's sole desire is a world free of sorrow. Join with me now in hope and prayer...for the salvation of all!

''The spectral heroes fuse with Elidibus, transforming him into the primal Warrior of Light.''

'''Elidibus:''' If you would usher in the end, then with my all shall I oppose you...
'''Elidibus:''' ...As the avatar of those mortal heroes who fought unfalteringly, in all their imperfection! As the Warrior of Light incarnate!
'''Elidibus:''' >> Come, Warrior of Darkness! Let us finish this! <<

''Elidibus attacks the player. After the dust settles, the player's Azem crystal begins to glow.''

'''Elidibus:''' What..?

''A summoning circle for seven other party members surrounds the player.''

x@???: Herein I commit the chronicle of the traveler. Shepherd to the stars in the dark.
x@???: Though the world be sundered and our souls set adrift, where you walk, my dearest friend, fate shall surely follow.
x@???: For yours is the Fourteenth seat ─ the seat of Azem.

'''Elidibus:''' An invocation of eld...though not of Hydaelyn's making... What are you?
'''Elidibus:''' No ─ it matters not! You are the enemy, and you will fall! Even should it cost me everything, I will not forsake my duty!
''{{i|The Seat of Sacrifice}} now accessible''
-cutscene end

===Defeat the Warrior of Light===
-voiced cutscene start
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: For my people—for our world, I will strike you down.
-cutscene end
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: This battle shall be our last.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Begone, spawn of shadow!
System: The Warrior of Light imbues his blade with blizzard!
System: The Warrior of Light imbues his blade with fire!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Darkness must be destroyed!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Gleaming steel, light my path!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Hmph... Even with all this power, it seems I am hard-pressed to lay you low.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: No matter. If you will not fall, then you will be banished instead!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Rift swallow you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Here where we Ascians have been forced to retreat time and again, you will meet your demise.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Struggle all you like. Even should you break free, there is no way back.
-optional start
If anyone fails the Active Time Maneuver
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: In this place you will drift forevermore. Farewell, hero.
-optional end
-voiced cutscene start
System: You clutch the crystal of Azem to your breast and wish upon it with all your heart.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: And so it ends. In unceremonious silence.
''An Amaurotine specter appears.''
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: You... It cannot be...
''The specter re-summons the party. They then walk away, waving their right arm, revealing themselves to be Emet-Selch.''
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: To me, Warriors of Light!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I am salvation given form...
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Mankind's first hero...and his final hope!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: For victory, I render up my all!
-cutscene end
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Your demise will be our salvation!
System: Transcend your limits and weather the gathering storm!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: You still stand. Very well...
Spectral Black Mage@Spectral Black Mage (text bubble): In the name of the Light!
Spectral White Mage@Spectral White Mage (text bubble): For the sake of our world!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Haaah!
x@Spectral Dark Knight (text bubble): To the ashes whence you came!
Spectral Bard@Spectral Bard (text bubble): Death rain upon you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Begone, spawn of shadow!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light:Darkness must be destroyed!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I will destroy you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I shall transcend you!
System: The Warrior of Light is transcending his limits!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: My soul knows no surrender!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Hope, grant me strength!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Feel the pain!
x@Spectral Ninja (text bubble): Cleansing water, wash away evil!
x@Spectral Summoner (text bubble): Lend me your strength, my servants!
x@Spectral Warrior (text bubble): I'll cut 'em down to size!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: My duty... No, not yet!
-optional start
If a DPS limit break is used when the boss is not casting an action
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light:Clad in prayer, I am invincible!
-optional end
-voiced cutscene start
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: No... I cannot fail... I will not...
-cutscene end

====Post-duty cutscene====
-voiced cutscene start
'''Elidibus:''' Fool! You have achieved nothing! I am immortal, and I will never surrender!

''The Exarch immobilizes Elidibus.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' Elidibus. So fixated were you on my memories of the future, you failed to heed the lessons of the past.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Your obsession blinded you to the true nature of this tower ─ this beacon of hope for mankind.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Created to serve as a reservoir for the limitless energy of the heavens! To harness and bind the boundless ─ not unlike white auracite!
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Your ill-begotten power, obtained by exploiting that which is best in us... I shall have it, your soul and all!

''The Crystal Tower glows brightly while the Exarch casts the binding spell. During it, his body continues to crystallize, but the player assists him. Elidibus's primal form dissipates, along with the starshowers. Elidibus now has the form of a white robed Amaurotine with a red mask. He sees the crystals of the Convocation members on the floor.''

'''Elidibus:''' This...
'''Elidibus:''' Yes... I would become Him. I would save everyone. This I believed. Yet still they cried out, in rage and despair...
'''Elidibus:''' Divided─over the fate of the star. A rare occurrence, always fleeting. But not this time. Not this time...
'''Elidibus:''' Reconciliation. Elidibus. I was needed. I withdrew myself from Zodiark. For them...
'''Elidibus:''' My people. My brothers. ...My friends.
'''Elidibus:''' Stay strong. Keep the faith. At duty's end, we will meet again. We will. We will.
'''Elidibus:''' The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.

''Elidibus dissipates into aether that is absorbed into the tower. The player collects the Exarch's spirit vessel. The Exarch collapses.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' I concede, I may have overexerted myself.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Steady now, and listen. I told you before that I had a plan, and that when all was said and done, I would ask a favor of you.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' We have averted the Eighth Umbral Calamity. Found a way for everyone to return to the Source, and...last but not least, we have secured the future of all the people of Norvrandt. We have won, my friend.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' So I hope you'll forgive me this moment of selfishness. And...while I wouldn't want you to feel obliged...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Promise me you'll take me on your next adventure. A journey. Together. That's all I ask.

Question: What will you say?
> I promise.
> You could've asked me earlier!
---

'''Crystal Exarch:''' If I were to tell you that this isn't the end ─ that we will meet again ─ would you believe me?

''The player nods and shows the Exarch's spirit vessel.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' Thank you.

''The Exarch puts his hood back on, collects his staff, and walks to the middle of the room.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' My friend. With you, my mind and memories shall travel to the ends of the world and beyond. But in this place shall my body stand immovable.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' May it serve as an undying promise, not only to those who looked to me for leadership, but to any soul who has known despair, that hope is everlasting.

''The Exarch's spirit vessel glows. His body then crystallizes entirely. The Scions and Ryne arrive.''

'''Ryne@Ryne (Narration):''' There the Exarch would remain, keeping his silent vigil.
'''Ryne@Ryne (Narration):''' When the Scions were not released from his summoning spell, we proceeded with the plan to return them to the Source.
'''Ryne@Ryne (Narration):''' The Warrior of Darkness, however, retained {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} ability to traverse the two worlds at will.
'''Ryne@Ryne (Narration):''' And in time the Crystal Tower became a symbol of {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} link to the First ─ and of hope.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Y'shtola:''' Sometimes, I wish that I too had been gifted with the Echo. Then I might see what you have seen and glimpse into your heart without the need for words.

'''Urianger:''' Ere we descended from the throne room, I did chance upon an object which, if I have the right of it, did once ─
'''Urianger:''' ...Hm. M-Mine apologies. Mayhap now is not an appropriate time. Let us speak of it later.

'''Thancred:''' Shortly after you left, we observed that our enemy's ranks were no longer being replenished ─ presumably when your absence was noted. So we polished them off and came as quickly as we could.
'''Thancred:''' ...Which is to say, not quickly enough. But then you had the Exarch for company, didn't you, and you could ask for no better than that.

'''Alphinaud:''' At such moments, it is hard to know what to say... ...Are you all right, my friend?

'''Alisaie:''' You did well, [Forename] ─ you and the Exarch...
-optional end

===Speak with Ryne===
'''Ryne:''' ...Hm? Am I all right? I should be the one asking you...
'''Ryne:''' But yes, I'm fine, thank you. We all are.
'''Ryne:''' The people are fine, the city's fine, and the starshowers have stopped.
'''Ryne:''' It's almost as if we'd gone back to the peaceful days that followed the night's return. Almost.

-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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The Seat of Sacrifice

2026-04-21T01:17:15Z

Maleficentabsinthe: differentiated text bubble dialogue.

{{otheruses|the story-mode [[Main Scenario]] [[trial]]|the level 80 challenge-mode [[trial]]|The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)}}
{{Duty infobox
| description = “If you would usher in the end, then with my all shall I oppose you”─so spoke [[Elidibus]] as he took unto himself the power of champions from beyond the rift to arise as the self-proclaimed Warrior of Light incarnate. Yet as resolutely as your foe believes in his cause, so too do you believe in yours, and thus Light and Darkness must collide. Invoking the ancient magick imbued with the memories of Azem, the forgotten final member of the [[Convocation of Fourteen]], you summon the stars to your side and prepare to face your foe in a battle to steer the very course of the world.
| image = The Seat of Sacrifice.png
| type = Trial
| level = 80
| level-sync = 80
| ilvl = 465
| ilvl-sync =
| difficulty = normal
| size = full
| duty-finder = Trials (Shadowbringers)
| roulette = Trial
| time-limit = 60
| tomestones = 12 Poetics
| location = The Seat of Sacrifice
| region = Norvrandt
| entrance =
| entrance-coordinates =
| req-quest = Hope's Confluence
| patch = 5.3
| release = shadowbringers
| echo = trial
}} {{TOC limit|3}}
==Guide==
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===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|32px|link=]] [[Warrior of Light (Boss)|Warrior of Light]]: [[Elidibus]]===
'''Note''': If a DPS player uses a Limit Break on the Warrior of Light at any point during the fight, he will use '''Hallowed Ground''' (indicated by the voiced line "Clad in prayer, I am invincible!") to make himself '''Invulnerable''' for 8 seconds, nullifying all damage and rendering the Limit Break worthless. This can be avoided by using the Limit Break while the boss is busy casting another ability.

====Phase 1====
* '''Terror Unleashed''': Reduces the entire party's HP to 1 and inflicts '''True Walking Dead''', which will kill affected players when the debuff's timer runs out. The debuff must be removed by healing the player to full HP.
* '''Solemn Confiteor''': Four circle AoEs dropped below random players.
* '''Coruscant Saber''': One of two attacks with differing effects:
** If the Warrior of Light has rings surrounding his sword, the attack is a ring AoE that leaves only the center of the his hitbox safe.
** If the Warrior of Light ''does not'' have rings around his sword, the attack is a circle AoE centered on him.
* '''Absolute Fire III''': Marks each player with a "pause" marker above their head. After the marker goes away, each player will take minor damage and be inflicted with {{status effect|pyretic}} '''[[Pyretic]]''' for 3 seconds, so they should stop attacking or moving until the debuff expires.
* '''Absolute Blizzard III''': Marks each player with a "play" marker above their head. After the marker goes away, each player will take minor damage and be inflicted with {{status effect|deep freeze}} '''[[Deep Freeze]]''' unless they are moving when the attack goes off.
* '''Imbued Absolute Blizzard/Fire III''': Imbues the Warrior of Light's next attack with an untelegraphed version of the listed spell.
* '''Imbued Coruscant''': An imbued version of '''Coruscant Saber'''. Functions identically to how it previously did, but with the added effect of casting '''Absolute Blizzard III''' or '''Absolute Fire III''' at the same time.
* '''Sword of Light''': The room will darken and a sword of light will appear to cut a triangle into the floor. When the sword finishes, the interior of the triangle will deal extreme damage to anyone standing in it.
* '''Summon Wyrm''': Summons a shadowy Bahamut on the north edge of the arena that will attack half of the arena with '''Dive Bomb'''.
* '''The Bitter End''': Tankbuster.
* '''Elddragon Dive''': High damage to the entire party.
* '''Ascendance''': Deals light damage and traps the entire party in '''Fetters'''.
* '''Absolute Teleport''': Forcibly teleports the entire party into the Aetherial Rift.

====Intermission====
* While inside the rift between worlds, players must perform an Active Time Maneuver to escape their fetters. To succeed, the players have 15 seconds to repeatedly click the button (or press any other button except from chat) and keep their '''Will of Defiance''' meter from dropping to 0. Note that the meter becomes easier to replenish when it is lower. So long as there's ''anything'' in the meter when the timer reaches zero, you succeed. '''If ''any'' player fails the event, the entire party wipes'''. If any players are dead when this phase starts, they will still participate and must successfully complete the Active Time Maneuver.
* The spirit of a '''Familiar Ascian''' appears before the Warrior of Light and returns the party to the arena as well as bestowing them three bars of Limit Break. In response, the Warrior of Light will call upon the '''Specters of Light'''.
* '''Ultimate Crossover''': The Warrior of Light will gain a '''Level 4 Limit Break''' and unleash it upon the party. '''A Level 3 Tank Limit Break is required to survive this attack'''. This should be used when the system text on the screen says "Transcend your limits and weather the gathering storm!"
* If at least one person survives this attack and the boss is hit, the party will be given a checkpoint, so wiping will return the party to the start of Phase 2.

====Phase 2====
* Note that the boss's health has fully restored.
* '''Specter of Light''': The Warrior of Light summons untargetable Specters of Light to perform attacks.
** '''Spectral White Mage''' and '''Spectral Black Mage''' will both use '''Twincast''' and four meteor circles will gradually appear in the arena. Two players are needed to stand in these circles to properly soak the damage, otherwise they inflict damage and {{status effect|vulnerability up}} '''[[Vulnerability Up]]''' to the entire party.
** '''Spectral Dark Knight''' will use '''Brimstone Earth''' to create two expanding circle AoEs in opposite corners of the arena. A '''Spectral Bard''' will use '''Deluge of Death''', placing a targeted proximity marker on one random player. The Warrior of Light will use '''Summon Wyrm''' as the Dark Knight uses his ability, and then '''Absolute Holy''' during the Bard's.
*** '''Absolute Holy''': Stack marker on a random player.
** '''Spectral Ninja''' will use '''Suiton: San''' to cause a tidal wave to appear on one edge of the arena to push players toward the opposite edge. As the tidal wave casts, the Ninja will use '''Katon: San''', a stack marker on a random player.
** '''Spectral Summoner''' will summon four '''Spectral Egi''' Demi-Bahamuts that tether to random players as the Summoner casts '''Flare Breath'''. When the cast ends, the four Spectral Egi will launch a wide cone in the direction of their tether.
** '''Spectral Warrior''' will appear in the center of the arena and use '''Perfect Decimation''', sending out two sets of four cone attacks from his position that, together, cover the entire arena. Remember which cones showed up first and wait for their attacks to go off.
* '''To the Limit''': Gives the Warrior of Light Limit Break charges.
** '''Radiant Braver''': Level 1 Limit Break. Cone attacks directed at three random players, marked with a red arrow over their heads.
** '''Radiant Desperado''': Level 2 Limit Break. Line stack markers on both healers that resolve one after the other. Inflicts '''Physical Vulnerability Up''' to prevent stacking for more than one attack.
** '''Radiant Meteor''': Level 3 Limit Break. Extremely large circle AoEs targeted on four random players.
* '''Sword of Light''': Now summons two swords with the same effects.

==Loot==
*{{tomestone|Poetics|12}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]]
*{{item icon|Shadowbringers Warrior of Light Card}} (Drops at a fixed rate.)

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-voiced cutscene start
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: For my people—for our world, I will strike you down.
-cutscene end
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: This battle shall be our last.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Begone, spawn of shadow!
System: The Warrior of Light imbues his blade with blizzard!
System: The Warrior of Light imbues his blade with fire!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Darkness must be destroyed!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Gleaming steel, light my path!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Hmph... Even with all this power, it seems I am hard-pressed to lay you low.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: No matter. If you will not fall, then you will be banished instead!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Rift swallow you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Here where we Ascians have been forced to retreat time and again, you will meet your demise.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Struggle all you like. Even should you break free, there is no way back.
-optional start
If anyone fails the Active Time Maneuver
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: In this place you will drift forevermore. Farewell, hero.
-optional end
-voiced cutscene start
System: You clutch the crystal of Azem to your breast and wish upon it with all your heart.
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: And so it ends. In unceremonious silence.
''An Amaurotine specter appears.''
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: You... It cannot be...
''The specter re-summons the party. They then walk away, waving their right arm, revealing themselves to be Emet-Selch.''
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: To me, Warriors of Light!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I am salvation given form...
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Mankind's first hero...and his final hope!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: For victory, I render up my all!
-cutscene end
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Your demise will be our salvation!
System: Transcend your limits and weather the gathering storm!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: You still stand. Very well...
Spectral Black Mage@Spectral Black Mage (text bubble): In the name of the Light!
Spectral White Mage@Spectral White Mage (text bubble): For the sake of our world!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Haaah!
x@Spectral Dark Knight (text bubble): To the ashes whence you came!
Spectral Bard@Spectral Bard (text bubble): Death rain upon you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Begone, spawn of shadow!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light:Darkness must be destroyed!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I will destroy you!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: I shall transcend you!
System: The Warrior of Light is transcending his limits!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: My soul knows no surrender!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Hope, grant me strength!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: Feel the pain!
x@Spectral Ninja (text bubble): Cleansing water, wash away evil!
x@Spectral Summoner (text bubble): Lend me your strength, my servants!
x@Spectral Warrior (text bubble): I'll cut 'em down to size!
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: My duty... No, not yet!
-optional start
If a DPS limit break is used when the boss is not casting an action
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light:Clad in prayer, I am invincible!
-optional end
-voiced cutscene start
Warrior of Light (Boss)@Warrior of Light: No... I cannot fail... I will not...
-cutscene end

</nowiki>}}

==Music==
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{{music table row|Main|To the Edge}}
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==Images==
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Seat of Sacrifice NM.png
Seat of Sacrifice boss.png
Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)2.jpg
Warrior of Light (Boss).jpg
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===<center>Abilities</center>===
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The Seat of Sacrifice Coruscant Saber 1.jpg|'''Coruscant Saber''' Rings surrounding his sword
The Seat of Sacrifice Coruscant Saber 2.jpg|'''Coruscant Saber''' No rings
</gallery>

{{Duties nav/trial}}

The Converging Light

2026-04-20T23:22:52Z

Maleficentabsinthe: typo correction, added clarification in duty dialogue between text bubbles and other types of dialogue, added some optional dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Converging Light
| image = The_Converging_Light_Image.png
| description = Y'shtola gazes out into the distance.
| quest-giver = Y'shtola
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Beq Lugg; Chai-Nuzz; Crystal Exarch; Dulia-Chai; Lyna; Manager of Suites; Nervous Guard; Ryne; Stunned Citizen; Stupefied Citizen; Thancred; Urianger; Wrenden
| cutscene-npcs = Elidibus; Hydaelyn
| location = Kholusia
| location-x = 11.5
| location-y = 33.1
| location-z = 0.0
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| level = 80
| exp = 22440
| gil = 5353
| unlocks = dg The Heroes' Gauntlet
| prev-quest = Etched in the Stars
| next-quest = Hope's Confluence
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 674
| id-gt = 69313
| id-edb = ae7a32dbe7a
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with [[Y'shtola]] in [[Eulmore]].
* Speak with [[Chai-Nuzz]].
* Enter [[the Heroes' Gauntlet]].
* Speak with the [[Crystal Exarch]].
* Speak with the [[Nervous Guard|nervous guard]].
* Speak with the Crystal Exarch.

==Journal==
*Eager to rendezvous with your comrades, Y'shtola sets off for Eulmore at a brisk pace, leaving you trailing in her wake.

*You eventually catch up with Y'shtola at the aetheryte plaza, and together walk the last few steps to rejoin your assembled friends.

*Your comrades listen intently as you recount your recent adventure in the depths, their faces turning grim at the revelation that Elidibus is a primal. Even as you ponder what your foe may do next, another starshower appears in the skies over Eulmore, this time accompanied by an illusion of Amaurot... Yet it does not end there, for you are promptly set upon by spectral warriors who emerge from arcane rings resembling those conjured in the Exarch's summoning rituals. Whatever the reason for this uncanny similarity, all agree that you must take the battle elsewhere lest innocents fall into harm's way. To that end, you resolve to board a waiting airship and fly for the Crystarium.
** ※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.

*Not long into your flight, the airship sustains heavy damage and you are forced to land in the wastes of Amh Araeng. Wings thus clipped, you have no choice but to make your way back to the Crystarium on foot, with spectral foes dogging your every step. Though your route proves to be unexpectedly circuitous, aided by many a friend made during your time in Norvrandt, you finally emerge in the familiar environs of Lakeland.

*So near and yet so far. But a short distance from the Crystarium, you are surrounded by an army of spectral warriors, halting your party's breathless advance. In an oft-repeated scene, your comrades duly volunteer to hold the enemy at bay while you alone press on to your destination, and so you leave them. As you plunge through the forest, you stumble upon the prostrate forms of the Exarch and Beq Lugg, who have apparently escaped a close encounter with Elidibus. In rueful tones, they inform you that the Ascian has stolen the Exarch's spirit vessel─and has thus acquired the means to control the Crystal Tower. Despite his fast-advancing crystallization, the Exarch expresses his determination to help you to put a stop to Elidibus's plot, and fixes his gaze upon the tower.

*Nearing the Crystarium, the Exarch begs leave to make a brief stop at the Accensor Gate, hoping to send guards to Beq Lugg's aid.

*While the Exarch is issuing instructions, Lyna arrives to take charge of the situation in the Crystarium. Knowing all too well what is at stake, the two share a brief but heartfelt moment, and then you and the Exarch forge on towards the city.

*At the Exedra, the Exarch observes with satisfaction that the ward he and Beq Lugg raised over the tower still holds. Within awaits your foe, made mighty by the hopes of the countless heroes he has summoned from other reflections. At a word from you, the Exarch will lift the ward and open the way to your reckoning with Elidibus. See that you are ready.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Y'shtola:''' Right ─ no more musing. We have taken far too long as it is.
'''Y'shtola:''' Our friends await us in Eulmore, yes? Let us hurry and join them.

-quest accepted

-optional start
:In the Rising Stones:
Tataru: Everyone will return home soon─I'm sure of it. And you can tell them that Tataru said so!
:In Eulmore:
'''Dulia-Chai:''' Oh, if it isn't [Forename]! I confess, I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but with you and your friends here, I'm sure it will all be all right in the end!

'''Chai-Nuzz:''' Yes, people have been talking about little else of late...

'''Wrenden:''' We have been apprised of the situation. Suffice it to say, we can ill afford to lose able-bodied citizens during this vital period of rebuilding.

'''Thancred:''' Ah, there you are. Eventful trip?

'''Urianger:''' 'Tis my pleasure to report that we accomplished our task without further bouts of faintness ─ a feat we attribute to Tataru's most generous gift.

'''Ryne:''' We were starting to worry ─ but I see we shouldn't have. No?

'''Alisaie:''' You certainly took your time. Did something happen?

'''Alphinaud:''' So the rumors have reached this far...
-optional end

===Speak with Y'shtola in Eulmore===
'''Y'shtola:''' It appears we are fashionably late.
'''Y'shtola:''' Come. Our tale will not wait.

-optional start
'''Y'shtola:''' This will be my first time meeting Master Chai in his capacity as mayor. The fellow behind him is his advisor, I take it─Wrenden.
-optional end

===Speak with Chai-Nuzz===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Y'shtola:''' Forgive us our lateness.
'''Y'shtola:''' Master Chai, my congratulations on your appointment. By all accounts, you are a capable mayor.
'''Chai-Nuzz:''' Oh, I have capable friends, my lady. I must say, it's good to see you looking hale and whole again.
'''Y'shtola:''' The credit for that lies with my own capable friend, without whom I might never have escaped my abductor.
'''Thancred:''' A primal... I suppose that would explain why Elidibus has been fostering faith in the Warrior of Light.
'''Thancred:''' While you were enjoying your audience with the wandering heart of Zodiark, we were busy dispatching the last of the black-masked Ascians. A task which proved almost insultingly easy.
'''Thancred:''' Formidable though we undoubtedly are, they were obviously sent to provide encouragement for budding heroes. One cannot help but wonder how many times the ploy has been used before...
'''Alphinaud:''' Master Chai, you mentioned that the people of Khlousia are similarly enamored of the Warrior of Light.
'''Chai-Nuzz:''' Indeed. Though it's hardly surprising given the state of the world. Many are still struggling to find a purpose, and it's only natural that they should take comfort in the tales.
'''Alphinaud:''' Then the fever has spread to every corner of Norvrandt.
'''Alphinaud:''' We may have dealt with his black-masked minions, but it is plain Elidibus has yet to show his hand.
'''Dulia-Chai:''' Oh my, what a spectacular sky!

''A starshower starts forming.''

'''Alisaie:''' Another starshower...
'''Ryne:''' Wait, is that...

''A vision of Amaurot is seen in the distance.''

'''Ryne:''' ...Amaurot?

x@Hydaelyn's Voice: Hear...Feel...Think
'''Stupefied Citizen:''' Did you hear that? That voice, calling out...
'''Stunned Citizen:''' No, I didn't hear anything. But...
'''Stunned Citizen:''' Why do I feel so... Like I've lost something dear to me...

'''Alphinaud:''' Does Elidibus seek to awaken more people to the Echo with clearer visions of the Final Days?

''A spectral humanoid entity teleports in and draws its weapon.''

'''Spectral Swordsman:''' In the name...of the Light...I shall vanquish...the Darkness...
'''Spectral Swordsman:''' I shall deliver the world from its doom!

''The spectral swordsman clashes with Thancred.''

'''Thancred:''' >> And who might you be? <<

''A spectral black mage attacks the party with a fire spell. Urianger blocks the attack.''

'''Alisaie:''' Whoever they are, they've come for our heads!
'''Alisaie:''' No you don't!

''Alisaie defeats the spectral black mage, who dissipates.''

'''Y'shtola:''' They are not of flesh and blood.
'''Urianger:''' I know this magick.
'''Urianger:''' The rings are like unto those that the Exarch did employ in our summoning.
'''Thancred:''' Are you saying the Exarch is summoning them?
'''Urianger:''' Nay. Yet the similarity can be no mere coincidence...

''Ryne defeats a spectral bard.''

'''Ryne:''' Should we make a stand here? Or retreat to the Crystarium?
'''Y'shtola:''' The aether churns around us. More of them will appear ere long.
'''Y'shtola:''' To stay would only place innocents in harm's way. We must fight this battle elsewhere.
'''Chai-Nuzz:''' Wait!
'''Chai-Nuzz:''' Take one of our airships! You can decide what to do on your flight to the Crystarium!
'''Y'shtola:''' You are a capable leader in your own right, Master Chai. The citizens of Eulmore chose well.
'''Alphinaud:''' It's settled, then. To the airship!

''{{i|The Heroes' Gauntlet}} now accessible''
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Stupefied Citizen:''' Wh-Who were those ghostly figures? W-Were they the ones talking inside my head?

'''Stunned Citizen:''' When the stars were raining down, I thought I saw a city in the sky. But then the fighting broke out, and when I looked again, it was gone...
'''Stunned Citizen:''' Did you see it too? It was so beautiful! So ''heartbreakingly'' beautiful...

'''Dulia-Chai:''' I don't know what this sky portends, but I do ''know'' it can't be good.
'''Dulia-Chai:''' So please take care, and return to us safe and sound.

'''Chai-Nuzz:''' What are you still doing here!? To the airship with you!
'''Chai-Nuzz:''' You can thank me later!

'''Wrenden:''' We will see that order is restored in the city. Go now, and do not look back.

Alphinaud: We should first make for the western edge of Amh Araeng before bending our course towards the Crystarium.
Alphinaud: This route will allow us to land and contend with the enemy if necessary. Given that they can appear out of thin air, we must be prepared for anything.

Alisaie: First the starshower, then these specters... And something tells me the worst is yet to come.
Alisaie: Urianger is right, though─the Exarch didn't send them. He would sooner harm himself than us.
Alisaie: But that only makes me want to get back to the Crystarium more quickly.

Thancred: Cutting down that swordsman felt like slicing through thin air. I only wish his blade had felt similarly intangible.
Thancred: We must lead them away from the civilians. The rest we can work out en route to the Crystarium.
Thancred: There are sure to be a few surprises along the way, but we are nothing if not resourceful.

Ryne: I think they were after us. Us ''specifically'', I mean. And that's not all...
Ryne: I sensed the aura of Light around them. As if they were blessed, like you and me.

Urianger: Fiery stars illuminating a blackened sky... By this vision, many and more shall have awakened to Hydaelyn's voice.
Urianger: And as Elidibus hath designed, their hearts shall swell with the desire for salvation. The desire which doth empower him.
Urianger: We must needs move swiftly against him, ere this mania seizeth every soul, and his might exceedeth all measure.

Y'shtola: If we are dealing with the selfsame magick employed by the Exarch, we may safely assume that our enemies are being summoned from other worlds.
Y'shtola: Beyond that, all is speculation. But I would wager the fact that their summoning seems still less complete than our own has rendered them more susceptible to external influence. The suggestion to kill us, for example.
Y'shtola: But I am musing again. Let us away ere more of them manifest.

:At the Crystarium:
Manager of Suites: M-My {{alternatives|f=lady|m=lord}}! Sincerest apologies, but the way to your room is blocked at the moment. In their rush to see the starshower, a number of residents lost their footing and fell down the stairs, you see... Our chirurgeons are presently attending to them, and we ask for your patience and understanding until such time as they can be moved.
-optional end

===Enter the Heroes' Gauntlet===
-voiced cutscene start
''While flying over Amh Araeng, a spectral lancer attacks the airship with the party on board, causing it to crash.''
Thancred: Damn it! Hang on to something!
-cutscene end
====Duty dialogue====
''Amh Araeng (area 1)''
Cassard: Hah! When I saw that airship come down, I had my suspicions, but it ''is'' you!
Ghen Gen: Come, Ghun Gun! Our friends need help!
Ghen Gen: Be careful, yes?
Cassard: I haven't the faintest what's going on, but you'd best keep moving!
Ghun Gun: Come and visit us again!

Magnus: Just when I think there's a commotion...

x@Mighty Talos (text bubble): <rumble> <rumble>
Spectral Paladin@Spectral Paladin (text bubble): True peace...shall reign...
x@Spectral Bard / White Mage (text bubble): Deliverance to all...

Thaffe: Lucky we chanced to be testing some Talos!
Thaffe: Take care, you hear?
Jeryk: Well, it's back to the workshop with this lot...

''Mount Argai Mines (boss 1)''
Spectral Thief: Like a gust of wind, I shall sweep away the pall of Darkness!
Spectral Thief: My swiftness knows no equal!
Spectral Thief: Fast as the Light that banishes the Dark!

''After the fight''
Feo Ul: Hmph, when will you learn to call your lovely branch when you're in trouble? We'll discuss this later, but for now...onward!

''Il Mheg (area 2)''
Spirited Pixie@Spirited Pixie (text bubble): Hee hee! Let's have some fun!
Waiting Pixie@Waiting Pixie (text bubble): We've been waiting for you!
Waiting Pixie@Waiting Pixie (text bubble): These are the ones we should play with, right?
x@Suspicious Pixie (text bubble): Why do they glow like that? Weird, I tell you!
Aenc Thon, Lord of the Lengthsome Gait: Oho, we meet again, and during such a festive occasion besides! Let us revel, my friends!
Aenc Thon, Lord of the Lengthsome Gait: Come, come! Gather ye around, and lend an ear to my sweet melody!
x@Spectral Paladin / Samurai / White Mage (text bubble): Darkness...must be destroyed...
Spectral White Mage@Spectral White Mage (text bubble): Shadow...begone...
Feo Ul@Titania: This way, my brave sapling! This way!

x@Nu Mou: We Nu Mou are not wont to fight, but we now when we must!
Feo Ul@Titania: Come, my lovelies! Come and join the fun!
Spectral Dragoon@Spectral Dragoon (text bubble): In the name...of the Light...
x@Nu Mou (text bubble): This is unacceptable! Unacceptable, I tell you!
x@Nu Mou (text bubble): The king's will be done!
x@Tupaq Amaro (text bubble): Yah!
x@Tupaq Amaro (text bubble): Have at you!
Feo Ul@Titania: Continue on, [Forename]! We will keep these ones busy!

''Summer Ballroom (boss 2)''
Spectral Necromancer: I shall fight. For the world...and for you, my heart!
Spectral Necromancer: Embrace death!
Spectral Necromancer: Arise, my servants, and come to my aid!
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Uhhh...
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Graaargh...
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Unnnghhh...
Spectral Necromancer: Oh dear, tired so soon?
Spectral Necromancer: Very well, you may rest...but not in peace!
Spectral Necromancer: Hehe, such lovely blossoms of blood!
Spectral Necromancer: More! I need more to attend me! If you cannot stand, then crawl!
Spectral Necromancer: Come now, death isn't so terrible. Not when you have company, hehehe...
Spectral Necromancer: I would behold your beautiful blossoms! Let them bloom!
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Ahhh...
Spectral Necromancer: Plunge into the depths of oblivion!
Spectral Necromancer: Tainted though I am, I am still a Warrior of Light!
Spectral Necromancer: These grounds will be strewn with your flesh!
Spectral Necromancer: Why? Why can I not reach you? Is it because...I am tainted?
Spectral Necromancer: That I should lose again...

''After the fight''
Feo Ul: A pinch of pixie magic, and—presto—a secret passage to Lakeland!

''Lakeland (area 3)''
x@Crystarium Guard (Male Elf) (text bubble): Warrior of Darkness! Thank godness you're here!
x@Crystarium Guard (Male Galdjent) (text bubble): These phantoms have been appearing out of thin air!
Giott the Aleforged: Whatever's going on, you've got my hammer!
Steelarm Cerigg: Just another job for a bounty hunter.
> If the tank role questline was completed
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Watch me, Milinda! This time I fight not to avenge, but to protect!
> Otherwise
Granson of the Mournful Blade: You're saving some of the action for us, I trust!
---
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: I've had far worse than this lot.
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Not sin eaters by the look of them.
Steelarm Cerigg: Whatever they are, they're not to be trifled with.
Giott the Aleforged: Keep it steady, eh, catboy? Don't want no arrow in my arse by accident.
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Wha—!? Do you take me for a craven!?
> If the physical DPS role questline was completed
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Can't afford to botch this up—Miss Olvara would never let me live it down!
> Otherwise
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Compared to the Virtues, this is just a relaxing diversion!
---

Giott the Aleforged: Ugh, I would ''kill'' for a drink right now...
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: When this is over, I'll buy you as many as you want!
Steelarm Cerigg: Oho, does that offer extend to me as well?
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Save the talk for the tavern! We're not out of the woods yet!
> If the magical DPS role questline was completed
Steelarm Cerigg: Let's finish this quick and have those drinks! It's free, so Taynor can't complain!
> Otherwise
Steelarm Cerigg: Not ashamed to admit the offer of drinks has me fired up!
---
Granson of the Mournful Blade@Granson of the Mournful Blade (text bubble): Down with you!
Granson of the Mournful Blade@Granson of the Mournful Blade (text bubble): No you don't!
Giott the Aleforged@Giott the Aleforged (text bubble): Here comes a big one!
Giott the Aleforged@Giott the Aleforged (text bubble): Yaaah!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow@Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow (text bubble): Nothing I can't handle!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow@Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow (text bubble): Fly true!
Steelarm Cerigg@Steelarm Cerigg (text bubble): Stay sharp!
Steelarm Cerigg@Steelarm Cerigg (text bubble): Try this!
x@Crystarium Guard (text bubble): Who the hells are they!?
x@Crystarium Guard (text bubble): Ugh, they're strong!
x@Panicked Hildibrand (text bubble) (rarely appears): Where am I? ...''Who'' am I?

Spectral Paladin: My shield...is impregnable...
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Damn! We must find a way past his defense!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: My arrows don't do a thing!
Giott the Aleforged: Right, you asked for it!
> If the healer role questline was completed
Giott the Aleforged: A good old-fashioned dwarven decking, made mightier in exile!
> Otherwise
Giott the Aleforged: Have a taste of dwarven tradition, you airy glowing bastards!
---
Steelarm Cerigg: Ack, no bloody end in sight...
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Press on! We'll hold them here!

''Illuminated Plaza (boss 3)''
Spectral Berserker: Come, servants of Darkness! I'll bathe in your vile blood!
Spectral Berserker: I'll rend your flesh and crush your bones!
Spectral Berserker: Darkness must die! Die, die DIEEEEEE!
Spectral Berserker: Ahhhhhh, my blood! It burns in my veins!

====Optional post-duty pop-ups====
-optional start
Alphinaud: Many thanks to those who came to our aid.
Alisaie: Just a little further to go...
Thancred: Dare I say we've seen the last of them?
Ryne: They were all bathed in Light... Why?
Urianger: There can be no doubt—'tis indeed the Exarch's magick.
Y'shtola: That proved quite a detour, but all's well that ends well.
-optional end
====Duty Support dialogue====
''Amh Araeng (area 1)''
Alisaie: It's Cassard! And he's brought help from Mord Souq!
Thancred: No small coup to roll that boulder over!
Ryne: Look! It's our friends from Mord Souq!
Alphinaud: Our friends have come to our aid!
Thancred: Magnus! We're in your debt!
Thancred: A Talos? It could only be Magnus!
Ryne: We must go and thank them afterwards!
Urianger: Pleased am I to see that more Talos have been restored.
Alisaie: Thanks for clearing the way!
Ryne: Thaffe and Jeryk are here too!
Thancred: Much obliged, you two!

''Mount Biran Mines (boss 1)''
Alisaie: Whoever you are, you're not stopping us!
Y'shtola: This one's aether shines bright. A foe to be reckoned with.
Urianger: Doubtless no ordinary hero whence he doth hail.
Ryne: We can't lose! We won't!

''After the fight''
Alphinaud: Our thanks, Feo Ul!
Alisaie: Feo Ul! You came!
Urianger: That the king themself should attend...
Y'shtola: A portal. Let us see where it leads.
Y'shtola: We would be hard-pressed to find stouter aid.

''Il Mheg (area 2)''
Alphinaud: The Fuath! For once I'm glad to see them!
Thancred: Is this just a dream, or are the Fuath really helping us?
Urianger: 'Tis a strange time indeed when the Fuath lend their aid unconditionally.
Thancred: Tell me, Urianger... Where ''did'' you learn that water-walking charm?

Alphinaud: The amaro, too, fight with us!
Urianger: All of the fae folk, rallying to us... This doth verge upon a miracle.
Ryne: We owe it to them to see this through!
Y'shtola: Even the amaro have joined the fray!
Ryne: Thank you, everyone!

''Summer Ballroom (boss 2)''
Alisaie: We're getting past you one way or another!
Y'shtola: Her aether is dark, but within I see a glimmer of radiance.
Alphinaud: Another noble soul reduced to a means to an end...
Ryne: Her light... It has a sad tinge to it...

''After the fight''
Alphinaud: You have our gratitude, Feo Ul!
Y'shtola: On to Lakeland, then!
Alisaie: You're a godssesnd, Feo Ul! Thank everyone for us!
Y'shtola: When the king commands, even the forest must obey...
Ryne: Look, a path has opened up!

''Lakeland (area 3)''
Alphinaud: I see it! The Crystal Tower!
Thancred: Another stretch and we're home free.
Urianger: That such a passage should exist...
Alisaie: Let's keep moving right along!

Thancred: Not bad, you lot!
Alisaie: I won't be outdone!
Y'shtola: They're a little rough-hewn, but their hearts are in the right place.
Ryne: Are they your friends, [Forename]?

Alisaie: Good gods, who in the world punches like that?
Alphinaud: Actually, Sister, when you're angry... Ahem. Never mind.
Thancred: Let's leave them to it and press on!
Ryne: Please be safe, all of you!

''Illuminated Plaza (boss 3)''
Alisaie: Hmph, the bigger they are...!
Thancred: Seriously? This is a ''real'' person somewhere?
Y'shtola: Have care—his aether is far denser than the rest!
Thancred: Whatever the brute's got, I'll bear the brunt of it!
====Post-duty cutscene====
-voiced cutscene start
'''Ryne:''' I think that's the last of them...
'''Thancred:''' Apparently, even they have limits. Nevertheless, we should remain vigilant.
'''Alisaie:''' Urianger, something occurred to me while we were fighting. These enemies...
'''Urianger:'''...Are heroes hailing from other shards, summoned hither to deliver this world from its doom.
'''Urianger:''' Scant moments after the starshower did they appear ─ as yet more souls were inspired to walk the hero's path, no doubt.
'''Urianger:''' Thus did hopes for salvation of realms near and far resonate and converge...lending still greater strength unto our adversary.
'''Alisaie:''' So that's Elidibus's game. But first things first: if the rings are the same as the Exarch's, then we need to ask him how that's possible.
'''Alphinaud:''' The Crystarium is close. Let us press on.
'''Y'shtola:''' They come!

''Several spectral heroes appear before the party.''

'''Thancred:''' So near and yet so far.
'''Ryne:''' “In the chaos of conflict, one can always find an opening to exploit.”
'''Thancred:''' Whoever taught you that is a wise man indeed. And good with a gunblade. But yes, I daresay we can create an opening wide enough for at least one of us to slip through.
'''Thancred:''' That being you, of course─though others are welcome to follow in your wake. Ryne and I will keep our guests occupied.
'''Y'shtola:''' Brave and selfless as ever. Yet the two of you may struggle to fool our foes, aetherically sensitive as they are.
'''Y'shtola:''' Had you a comrade who could use destructive magicks to wreak havoc upon the ambient aether, on the other hand...
'''Urianger:''' Very well, I too shall assist in the diversionary effort.
'''Alisaie:''' Oh, not this old dance again... Yes. Obviously, I'll stay and fight.
'''Alisaie:''' Alphinaud! I'm about to do a great many stupid and reckless things. Watch my back, would you?
'''Alphinaud:''' And there you have it. Take care of yourself, my friend.

Question: What will you say?
> Make it a nice big opening, eh!?
'''Ryne:''' We'll do our best.
> You don't have enough lives for this...
'''Y'shtola:''' Rest assured I have no intention of expending any of mine this day.
> Use your magic sparingly, do you hear?
'''Alphinaud:''' I shall not overexert myself without good reason. As for the others...
---
'''Alisaie:''' Finished? Then let's begin!
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
System: A short while earlier, in the Ocular...
''The Exarch successfully imbues a spirit vessel.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' ...'Tis done.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Let me see! Let me see!
'''Beq Lugg:''' Yes! Your memories are preserved safely within! We've done it! We've done it at last!
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I have inspected the other vessels. They are all ready to receive of our friends' memories.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Excellent, excellent!
'''Beq Lugg:''' I shall have my familiars bear word to them at once!

''Elidibus, in Ardbert's body, enters the room.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' Elidibus...
'''Elidibus:''' It was not until I observed the battle between Emet-Selch and the Warrior of Darkness that I realized what I must do.
'''Elidibus:''' I will summon heroes from other worlds unto the First, just as you did.
'''Elidibus:''' Their presence shall serve to empower me─granting me the strength to crush my enemy.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Though it pains me to disappoint you, I feel compelled to explain that the magick in question requires no small amount of preparation.
'''Elidibus:''' Ah, but you assume I require my champions to be summoned in their entirety. I do not. Their souls needn't even be whole.
'''Elidibus:''' My purpose requires no more than their burning desire to vanquish evil.
'''Elidibus:''' This I shall sear upon the aether, raising thereby an army of phantom heroes, to whom I shall whisper, as I have to so many over the ages...
'''Elidibus:''' “Here lies darkness. It must be destroyed.”
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And you expect me to cooperate?
'''Elidibus:''' I do not require your cooperation. Your death will suffice. The magick, I shall have from your corpse.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Go, Lugus!

''Beq Lugg summons Lugus, who clashes with Elidibus. Beq Lugg also transforms into their Seeker of Solitude form.''

'''Beq Lugg:''' We must flee!

''Elidibus strikes down Lugus. Beq Lugg is injured and drops the Exarch's spirit vessel.''

'''Elidibus:''' ...But what is this?
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''The player is in Lakeland, running towards the Crystal Tower.''
'''Beq Lugg@???:''' Argh... Unnngh...

''The player sees an injured Beq Lugg and the Exarch. The Exarch's torso is starting to crystallize.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' My friend... How did you...?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' No matter... Elidibus... He took us unawares...

''The Exarch's body crystallizes further.''

'''Beq Lugg:''' It was all we could do...to raise a ward to hinder his steps... And so we fled...
'''Beq Lugg:''' But he took it... The vessel with the Exarch's memories...
'''Beq Lugg:''' Forgive me... Forgive me...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' The vessel bears not only my memories, but my blood─the blood of Allagan royalty...granting him the means to control the tower.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' With it, he has performed I know not how many summonings, calling forth heroes from across the rift.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And as you can see, the burden upon the tower is beginning to tell...

Question: What will you say?
> Leave him to me.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' No. I won't let you go alone. Not this time.
> I'm just glad you're alive. Make sure you stay that way.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' If you mean to face him alone, I will not allow it. Not this time.
---

'''Crystal Exarch:''' Elidibus has exploited the people's nobility. Twisted their purest intentions for terrible ends.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And I cannot let it stand. As Exarch, it is my duty to protect them. To defend their hopes and dreams.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' So I'm going to the Crystal Tower, with or without your blessing─though I would rather it were with.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Thank you.
'''Beq Lugg:''' I'd join you...but I would only be a burden. Better that I remain here with my gremlins...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I shall send help. Stay strong, my friend, and take heart.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' By binding Elidibus within the tower, we have done more than simply delay him.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Much like our adversary, I am not wont to show my hand prematurely. But the time has come to bring my strongest card to bear.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' To the tower!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Beq Lugg: Don't worry about me─I merely need a rest... Go on, off with you! I'd be no help at all...
-optional end

===Speak with the Crystal Exarch===
'''Crystal Exarch:''' With your permission, I would make a brief stop at Accensor Gate ─ just long enough to send the guard to Beq Lugg's aid, you understand.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Were it not for them, we would never have escaped Elidibus, much less with the spirit vessels.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Though mine fell into our foe's clutches, Beq Lugg gathered up the rest at great risk to themself.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I must see that they are safe before we press on. Enough good people have given their lives that I might fulfill my duty.
-optional start
Lyonicia: Just when I thought we had a moment's respite, things take yet another unsettling turn... Reminds us that we must never lower our guard.
Inerot: I know not what is happening to the sky, but it can only bode ill. I shall redouble my vigilance!
-optional end

===Speak with the nervous guard===
-cutscene start
'''Nervous Guard:''' W-Warrior of Darkness! Exarch! Forgive us this paltry greeting. We were not notified of your coming!
'''Crystal Exarch:''' It wasn't planned. I need you to assemble a rescue party.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Our friend Beq Lugg lies wounded in a clearing to the west. Pray go to their aid with all haste.
'''Nervous Guard:''' At once, my lord! M-May I ask how they came to harm?
'''Nervous Guard:''' There've been reports of enemies in our midst ─ ''specters'' who appeared after the starshower. Do they have something to do with it?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Yes. The man who attacked Beq Lugg is also responsible for the starshower and the appearance of the specters.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I have no time to explain, but know that the individual in question does not seek to do indiscriminate harm. If you do not bar his servants' path, they will not turn on you.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' You are to leave this foe to us, understood? Meanwhile, I ask that you alert the rest of the guard, and focus on maintaining calm in the city.
'''Lyna@???:''' Understood.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Lyna!
'''Lyna:''' I shall take charge of matters in the city. Find Beq Lugg ─ now!
'''Lyna:''' “No time to explain”... Hmph.
'''Lyna:''' The graver the matter, the less inclined you are to speak of it. Even when it is plain for all to see─like what is happening to you.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Lyna... This time there truly is no time.
'''Lyna:''' I know, my lord. Were matters otherwise, I believe you would even be willing to speak of your ''past'' if pressed.
'''Lyna:''' Yet I remain afraid to do so.
'''Lyna:''' Afraid that what I might learn would make a stranger of you.
'''Lyna:''' ...Forgive me. There is no time.

Question: What will you say?
> Perhaps a few words are in order.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Indeed. Time must be made.
> We need to get going.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I know, my friend. I know, just... grant me a moment. Please.
---

'''Crystal Exarch:''' ...Lyna. Do you remember the time you got lost in the tower when you were little, and I searched for you hours on end?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And the cake I baked for your tenth nameday. That hideous lump the good people of the Mean covered up with beautiful candles...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' And your hapless first encounter with the sin eaters as a guard. Afterwards, you threw yourself into your training, pretending nothing was wrong, though I could see the tears in your eyes...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' All these moments that we shared, all the feelings that accompanied them...they are as real as aught that came before, and nothing will ever change that ─ will ever change what we mean to one another.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' If I have made you worry, then I beg your forgiveness. Heavens know you deserve better.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Through the darkest of times, you have kept faith with me, standing tall as a proud daughter of the Crystarium─as an example to us all. I count myself blessed to have had you in my life, and I want you to know that.
'''Lyna:''' Why do you speak so? As if this were our last meeting? Truly, you have a knack for making people worry.
'''Lyna:''' Besides, it is ''you'' who are an example to us all. You who have led us through countless trials. And you who will lead us through countless trials to come.
'''Lyna:''' So go, my lord. Do what you must. ...But take care.
-cutscene end

===Speak with the Crystal Exarch===
'''Crystal Exarch:''' The ward holds. Excellent. Elidibus will still be within the tower.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Our foe's sole purpose is to destroy you, and to that end he has summoned heroes from other reflections, empowering himself with their hope even as they occupy your comrades. You will not best him as easily as you did in the depths. By any measure, the odds are now stacked firmly in his favor.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' To wit, spare no preparation, my friend. I shall lift the ward only when you are ready.

-quest complete

System: You may now enter the Heroes' Gauntlet with a party of NPC avatars. To make use of this feature, open the '''Trust''' interface located under '''Duty''' in the main menu.
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==Video Archive==
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The Heroes' Gauntlet

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{{Duty infobox
| description = When yet another starshower manifests over Norvrandt, the Warriors of Darkness find themselves under attack from mysterious spectral foes, who by all appearances are being summoned forth with the selfsame magick the Crystal Exarch employs─a magick that should lie beyond even the Ascians' ken. Seeking to take the battle away from innocent civilians, the heroes flee Eulmore in an airship, setting course for the Crystarium...
| image = The Heroes' Gauntlet.png
| type = dungeon
| level = 80
| level-sync = 80
| ilvl = 460
| ilvl-sync = 500
| size = light
| time-limit = 90
| duty-finder = Dungeons (Shadowbringers)
| roulette = High-level Dungeons
| tomestones = 50 poetics
| region = Norvrandt
| entrance = Eulmore
| entrance-coordinates = 12.4, 11.2
| req-quest = The Converging Light
| modes = duty support, trust, explorer
| trust-exp = 2,331,200
| patch = 5.3
| release = shadowbringers
}} {{TOC limit|3}}
==Duty Support==
*Party member selection is available.
{| {{STDT|pve align-left}}
!
! Thancred
! Urianger
! Alphinaud
! Alisaie
! Y'shtola
! Ryne
|-
|
| [[File:DS Thancred2.png]]
| [[File:DS Urianger1.png]]
| [[File:DS Alphinaud2.png]]
| [[File:DS Alisaie2.png]]
| [[File:DS Y'shtola2.png]]
| [[File:DS Ryne1.png]]
|-
| '''Class'''
| {{GNB}} [[Gunbreaker]]
| {{AST}} [[Astrologian]]
| {{SCH}} Academician
| {{RDM}} [[Red Mage]]
| {{BLM}} Sorceress
| {{ROG}} Oracle of Light
|-
| '''Role'''
| Tank
| Healer
| Healer
| DPS
| DPS
| DPS
|}

==Objectives==
#Arrive in the Mount Argai Mines: 0/1
#Clear the Mount Argai Mines: 0/1
#Arrive in the Summer Ballroom: 0/1
#Clear the Summer Ballroom: 0/1
#Arrive in the Illuminated Plaza: 0/1
#Defeat the [[Spectral Berserker|spectral berserker]]: 0/1

==Enemies==
* [[Spectral Paladin]]
* [[Spectral Monk (enemy)|Spectral Monk]]
* [[Spectral Black Mage]]
* [[Spectral White Mage]]
* [[Spectral Samurai]]
* [[Spectral Bard]]
* [[Spectral Dragoon]]
* [[Chicken Knife (Enemy)|Chicken Knife]]
* [[Spectral Ink Mage]]
* [[Necrobomb]]

==Bosses==
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===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r5.png|32px|link=]] [[Spectral Thief]]===
* '''Spectral Dream''': Tankbuster.
* '''Chicken Knife''': Line AoEs from each corner targeting each party member. Trust NPCs will stack in the center.
* '''Dash''': Will teleport to marked location just before unleashing a circle AoE. Inflicts vuln stacks.
* '''Shadowdash''': Will teleport self and shadow to two marked locations and both unleash either a circle AoE or a line AoE. AoEs are marked, just remember that he's going to move first. Inflicts vuln stacks.
* '''Spectral Whirlwind''': Raidwide damage.
* '''Spectral Gust''': Marked AoE on all party members. Don't stack.

===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r5.png|32px|link=]] [[Spectral Necromancer]]===
* '''Twisted Touch''': Tankbuster.
* '''Chaos Storm''': Raidwide.
* '''Absolute Dark II''': Giant cone AoE. Inflicts cleanseable {{status effect|doom}} '''[[Doom (status effect)|Doom]]'''. Dodge.
* '''Necromancy''': Summons four zombies, one tethered to each party member. Summons walking zombies first, crawling zombies second, then both in succession.
** Walking, light tether: These zombies auto you for a few seconds, then drop dead in preparation for Necroburst.
** Crawling, smoky tether: These zombies will inflict Rigor Mortis when they catch you -- they slowly approach at first, but will instantly close the gap after an AoE marker if they haven't caught you by then.
* '''Necroburst''': Zombies explode, inflicting heavy damage and (if they were summoned walking) vuln stacks.
* '''Pain Mire''': Five giant circle AoEs that inflict vuln stacks and leave behind bleed puddles.
* '''Dark Deluge''': Drops a circle AoE on each player that inflicts vuln stacks. Dodge.

===[[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|32px|link=]] Distant Ideal: [[Spectral Berserker]]===
* '''Beastly Fury''': Raidwide damage. First use will fill the arena's edges and corners with bleed puddles, causing the arena to become a plus shape.
* '''Wild Anguish''': Stack attack inflicting Magic Vulnerability Up for a few seconds.
* '''Raging Slice''': Line AoE in front inflicting vuln stacks. Always casts several in a row -- two the first time, then three for the rest of the fight.
* '''{{aicon|Wild Rage}}''': Instakill circle + knockback, leaving behind a crater.
* '''Falling Rock''': Drops a rock on each party member, then uses '''Wild Anguish''' on all of you in quick succession. Stack with ''the rocks'' to survive, not each other.
* '''Wild Rampage''': Massive damage (almost guaranteed OHKO) and vuln stacks. Stand in the crater to avoid.
** '''A Bit Berserk''': Standing in the crater will inflict stacks every second or so. Becomes '''Truly Berserk''' at 8 stacks, forcing you to auto the boss and take massive self-damage with each hit. Move out of the crater as soon as '''Wild Rampage''' is complete.

==Loot==
{{see also|Shadowless Armor|Shadowless Accessories}}
===[[File:Silver Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] [[Spectral Thief]]===
{{Drops list|Spectral Thief}}

===[[File:Silver Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] [[Spectral Necromancer]]===
{{Drops list|Spectral Necromancer}}

===[[File:Gold Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] Distant Ideal: [[Spectral Berserker]]===
{{Drops list|Spectral Berserker}}

===Treasure Coffers===
====[[File:Bronze Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] Treasure Coffer 1 (X: 10.9 Y: 11.5)====
{{Drops table header|show-levels=n}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Greaves of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Greaves of Maiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Sabatons of Striking}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Sabatons of Scouting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Sabatons of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Boots of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Boots of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Aim Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Might Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Heavens' Eye Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quickarm Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quicktongue Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Battledance Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Piety Materia VII}}
{{Table footer}}

====[[File:Bronze Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] Treasure Coffer 2 (X: 13.3 Y: 12.1)====
{{Drops table header|show-levels=n}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Mask of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Mask of Maiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Mask of Striking}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Mask of Scouting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Mask of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Petasos of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Petasos of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Vambraces of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Vambraces of Maiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Gloves of Striking}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Gloves of Scouting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Gloves of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Gloves of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Gloves of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Healing}}
{{Table footer}}

====[[File:Bronze Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] Treasure Coffer 3 (X: 10.9 Y: 11.5)====
{{Drops table header|show-levels=n}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Coat of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Coat of Maiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Coat of Striking}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Coat of Scouting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Coat of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Robe of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Robe of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Skirt of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Trousers of Maiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Hose of Striking}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Hose of Scouting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Hose of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bottoms of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bottoms of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Bracelet of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Ring of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Aim Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Might Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Heavens' Eye Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quickarm Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quicktongue Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Battledance Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Piety Materia VII}}
{{Table footer}}

====[[File:Bronze Coffer (small).png|32px|link=]] Treasure Coffer 4 (X: 13.3 Y: 12.1)====
{{Drops table header|show-levels=n}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Earrings of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Fending}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Slaying}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Aiming}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Casting}}
{{Drops table row|Shadowless Necklace of Healing}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Aim Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Savage Might Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Heavens' Eye Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quickarm Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Quicktongue Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Battledance Materia VII}}
{{Drops table row|Piety Materia VII}}
{{Table footer}}

==Achievements==
This duty is associated with the following [[achievements]]:

{| {{STDT| mech1 sortable align-left}}
{{achievement table header}}
{{achievement table row|Mapping the Realm: The Heroes' Gauntlet}}
|}

==Music==
{{music table header}}
{{music table row|Main|Where All Roads Lead}}
{{music table row|Mid-Bosses|Insatiable (Scions & Sinners: Band)}}
{{music table row|Final Boss|Insatiable}}
|}

==Images==
===Gear Images===
[[File:The Heroes' Gauntlet Gear1.jpg|center|400px]]

===Dungeon Images===
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Heroes' Gauntlet intro.png
File:The Heroes' Gauntlet1.jpg
File:The Heroes' Gauntlet2.jpg
Heroes' Gauntlet boss.png
File:Spectral Necromancer render.png
</gallery>

===Other Images===
<gallery mode="packed" heights=300px>
Heroes Gauntlet dialogue.jpg|Dungeon Dialogue Infographic (credits: [https://www.reddit.com/user/TrustInsighters TrustInsighters])
</gallery>

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-voiced cutscene start
''While flying over Amh Araeng, a spectral lancer attacks the airship with the party on board, causing it to crash.''
Thancred: Damn it! Hang on to something!
-cutscene end
====Duty dialogue====
''Amh Araeng (area 1)''
Cassard: Hah! When I saw that airship come down, I had my suspicions, but it ''is'' you!
Ghen Gen: Come, Ghun Gun! Our friends need help!
Ghen Gen: Be careful, yes?
Cassard: I haven't the faintest what's going on, but you'd best keep moving!
Ghun Gun: Come and visit us again!

Magnus: Just when I think there's a commotion...

x@Mighty Talos (text bubble): <rumble> <rumble>
Spectral Paladin@Spectral Paladin (text bubble): True peace...shall reign...
x@Spectral Bard / White Mage (text bubble): Deliverance to all...

Thaffe: Lucky we chanced to be testing some Talos!
Thaffe: Take care, you hear?
Jeryk: Well, it's back to the workshop with this lot...

''Mount Argai Mines (boss 1)''
Spectral Thief: Like a gust of wind, I shall sweep away the pall of Darkness!
Spectral Thief: My swiftness knows no equal!
Spectral Thief: Fast as the Light that banishes the Dark!

''After the fight''
Feo Ul: Hmph, when will you learn to call your lovely branch when you're in trouble? We'll discuss this later, but for now...onward!

''Il Mheg (area 2)''
Spirited Pixie@Spirited Pixie (text bubble): Hee hee! Let's have some fun!
Waiting Pixie@Waiting Pixie (text bubble): We've been waiting for you!
Waiting Pixie@Waiting Pixie (text bubble): These are the ones we should play with, right?
x@Suspicious Pixie (text bubble): Why do they glow like that? Weird, I tell you!
Aenc Thon, Lord of the Lengthsome Gait: Oho, we meet again, and during such a festive occasion besides! Let us revel, my friends!
Aenc Thon, Lord of the Lengthsome Gait: Come, come! Gather ye around, and lend an ear to my sweet melody!
x@Spectral Paladin / Samurai / White Mage (text bubble): Darkness...must be destroyed...
Spectral White Mage@Spectral White Mage (text bubble): Shadow...begone...
Feo Ul@Titania: This way, my brave sapling! This way!

x@Nu Mou: We Nu Mou are not wont to fight, but we now when we must!
Feo Ul@Titania: Come, my lovelies! Come and join the fun!
Spectral Dragoon@Spectral Dragoon (text bubble): In the name...of the Light...
x@Nu Mou (text bubble): This is unacceptable! Unacceptable, I tell you!
x@Nu Mou (text bubble): The king's will be done!
x@Tupaq Amaro (text bubble): Yah!
x@Tupaq Amaro (text bubble): Have at you!
Feo Ul@Titania: Continue on, [Forename]! We will keep these ones busy!

''Summer Ballroom (boss 2)''
Spectral Necromancer: I shall fight. For the world...and for you, my heart!
Spectral Necromancer: Embrace death!
Spectral Necromancer: Arise, my servants, and come to my aid!
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Uhhh...
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Graaargh...
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Unnnghhh...
Spectral Necromancer: Oh dear, tired so soon?
Spectral Necromancer: Very well, you may rest...but not in peace!
Spectral Necromancer: Hehe, such lovely blossoms of blood!
Spectral Necromancer: More! I need more to attend me! If you cannot stand, then crawl!
Spectral Necromancer: Come now, death isn't so terrible. Not when you have company, hehehe...
Spectral Necromancer: I would behold your beautiful blossoms! Let them bloom!
Necrobomb@Necrobomb (text bubble): Ahhh...
Spectral Necromancer: Plunge into the depths of oblivion!
Spectral Necromancer: Tainted though I am, I am still a Warrior of Light!
Spectral Necromancer: These grounds will be strewn with your flesh!
Spectral Necromancer: Why? Why can I not reach you? Is it because...I am tainted?
Spectral Necromancer: That I should lose again...

''After the fight''
Feo Ul: A pinch of pixie magic, and—presto—a secret passage to Lakeland!

''Lakeland (area 3)''
x@Crystarium Guard (Male Elf) (text bubble): Warrior of Darkness! Thank godness you're here!
x@Crystarium Guard (Male Galdjent) (text bubble): These phantoms have been appearing out of thin air!
Giott the Aleforged: Whatever's going on, you've got my hammer!
Steelarm Cerigg: Just another job for a bounty hunter.
> If the tank role questline was completed
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Watch me, Milinda! This time I fight not to avenge, but to protect!
> Otherwise
Granson of the Mournful Blade: You're saving some of the action for us, I trust!
---
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: I've had far worse than this lot.
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Not sin eaters by the look of them.
Steelarm Cerigg: Whatever they are, they're not to be trifled with.
Giott the Aleforged: Keep it steady, eh, catboy? Don't want no arrow in my arse by accident.
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Wha—!? Do you take me for a craven!?
> If the physical DPS role questline was completed
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Can't afford to botch this up—Miss Olvara would never let me live it down!
> Otherwise
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: Compared to the Virtues, this is just a relaxing diversion!
---

Giott the Aleforged: Ugh, I would ''kill'' for a drink right now...
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: When this is over, I'll buy you as many as you want!
Steelarm Cerigg: Oho, does that offer extend to me as well?
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Save the talk for the tavern! We're not out of the woods yet!
> If the magical DPS role questline was completed
Steelarm Cerigg: Let's finish this quick and have those drinks! It's free, so Taynor can't complain!
> Otherwise
Steelarm Cerigg: Not ashamed to admit the offer of drinks has me fired up!
---
Granson of the Mournful Blade@Granson of the Mournful Blade (text bubble): Down with you!
Granson of the Mournful Blade@Granson of the Mournful Blade (text bubble): No you don't!
Giott the Aleforged@Giott the Aleforged (text bubble): Here comes a big one!
Giott the Aleforged@Giott the Aleforged (text bubble): Yaaah!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow@Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow (text bubble): Nothing I can't handle!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow@Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow (text bubble): Fly true!
Steelarm Cerigg@Steelarm Cerigg (text bubble): Stay sharp!
Steelarm Cerigg@Steelarm Cerigg (text bubble): Try this!
x@Crystarium Guard (text bubble): Who the hells are they!?
x@Crystarium Guard (text bubble): Ugh, they're strong!
x@Panicked Hildibrand (text bubble) (rarely appears): Where am I? ...''Who'' am I?

Spectral Paladin: My shield...is impregnable...
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Damn! We must find a way past his defense!
Lue-Reeq of the Gilded Bow: My arrows don't do a thing!
Giott the Aleforged: Right, you asked for it!
> If the healer role questline was completed
Giott the Aleforged: A good old-fashioned dwarven decking, made mightier in exile!
> Otherwise
Giott the Aleforged: Have a taste of dwarven tradition, you airy glowing bastards!
---
Steelarm Cerigg: Ack, no bloody end in sight...
Granson of the Mournful Blade: Press on! We'll hold them here!

''Illuminated Plaza (boss 3)''
Spectral Berserker: Come, servants of Darkness! I'll bathe in your vile blood!
Spectral Berserker: I'll rend your flesh and crush your bones!
Spectral Berserker: Darkness must die! Die, die DIEEEEEE!
Spectral Berserker: Ahhhhhh, my blood! It burns in my veins!

====Optional post-duty pop-ups====
-optional start
Alphinaud: Many thanks to those who came to our aid.
Alisaie: Just a little further to go...
Thancred: Dare I say we've seen the last of them?
Ryne: They were all bathed in Light... Why?
Urianger: There can be no doubt—'tis indeed the Exarch's magick.
Y'shtola: That proved quite a detour, but all's well that ends well.
-optional end
====Duty Support dialogue====
''Amh Araeng (area 1)''
Alisaie: It's Cassard! And he's brought help from Mord Souq!
Thancred: No small coup to roll that boulder over!
Ryne: Look! It's our friends from Mord Souq!
Alphinaud: Our friends have come to our aid!
Thancred: Magnus! We're in your debt!
Thancred: A Talos? It could only be Magnus!
Ryne: We must go and thank them afterwards!
Urianger: Pleased am I to see that more Talos have been restored.
Alisaie: Thanks for clearing the way!
Ryne: Thaffe and Jeryk are here too!
Thancred: Much obliged, you two!

''Mount Biran Mines (boss 1)''
Alisaie: Whoever you are, you're not stopping us!
Y'shtola: This one's aether shines bright. A foe to be reckoned with.
Urianger: Doubtless no ordinary hero whence he doth hail.
Ryne: We can't lose! We won't!

''After the fight''
Alphinaud: Our thanks, Feo Ul!
Alisaie: Feo Ul! You came!
Urianger: That the king themself should attend...
Y'shtola: A portal. Let us see where it leads.
Y'shtola: We would be hard-pressed to find stouter aid.

''Il Mheg (area 2)''
Alphinaud: The Fuath! For once I'm glad to see them!
Thancred: Is this just a dream, or are the Fuath really helping us?
Urianger: 'Tis a strange time indeed when the Fuath lend their aid unconditionally.
Thancred: Tell me, Urianger... Where ''did'' you learn that water-walking charm?

Alphinaud: The amaro, too, fight with us!
Urianger: All of the fae folk, rallying to us... This doth verge upon a miracle.
Ryne: We owe it to them to see this through!
Y'shtola: Even the amaro have joined the fray!
Ryne: Thank you, everyone!

''Summer Ballroom (boss 2)''
Alisaie: We're getting past you one way or another!
Y'shtola: Her aether is dark, but within I see a glimmer of radiance.
Alphinaud: Another noble soul reduced to a means to an end...
Ryne: Her light... It has a sad tinge to it...

''After the fight''
Alphinaud: You have our gratitude, Feo Ul!
Y'shtola: On to Lakeland, then!
Alisaie: You're a godssesnd, Feo Ul! Thank everyone for us!
Y'shtola: When the king commands, even the forest must obey...
Ryne: Look, a path has opened up!

''Lakeland (area 3)''
Alphinaud: I see it! The Crystal Tower!
Thancred: Another stretch and we're home free.
Urianger: That such a passage should exist...
Alisaie: Let's keep moving right along!

Thancred: Not bad, you lot!
Alisaie: I won't be outdone!
Y'shtola: They're a little rough-hewn, but their hearts are in the right place.
Ryne: Are they your friends, [Forename]?

Alisaie: Good gods, who in the world punches like that?
Alphinaud: Actually, Sister, when you're angry... Ahem. Never mind.
Thancred: Let's leave them to it and press on!
Ryne: Please be safe, all of you!

''Illuminated Plaza (boss 3)''
Alisaie: Hmph, the bigger they are...!
Thancred: Seriously? This is a ''real'' person somewhere?
Y'shtola: Have care—his aether is far denser than the rest!
Thancred: Whatever the brute's got, I'll bear the brunt of it!
</nowiki>}}

==Easter Eggs==
Rarely, [[Hildibrand]] may be summoned in the [[Lakeland]] area (x11.9,y12.6) of the dungeon as a spectral [[Warrior of Light]].

{{Duties nav/dungeon}}

A Ship on His Shoulder

2026-04-20T06:10:15Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = A Ship on His Shoulder
| description = [[Anfrigg]] may be tempted to put down his cocktail shaker for a change if you were to engage him in conversation.
| image =
| quest-giver = Anfrigg
| related-npcs = Lereberd
| location = Eulmore
| location-x = 12.1
| location-y = 9.7
| type = feature
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Sidequests
| journal-category = Kholusian Sidequests
| journal-genre = Eulmore Sidequests
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 70
| requirements = [[Custom Delivery]] level 5 with [[Kai-Shirr]]
| req-items =
| exp = 54000
| gil = 533
| unlocks = ot Airship
| prev-quest = Commercially Flyable
| next-quest =
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.1
| id-gt = 69267
| id-edb = 95e65c08b22
}}

==Walkthrough==
This quest enables airship travel between [[Eulmore]] ([[Lereberd]]) and [[The Crystarium]] ([[Aspiring Amaro Tamer]]). Traveling in this way does not cost any {{gil}} gil.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Lereberd]].

==Journal==
*Anfrigg may be tempted to put down his cocktail shaker for a change if you were to engage him in conversation.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Anfrigg: I'm glad you saved me the trouble of tracking you down. There's a bit of news I've been asked to share with you.
Anfrigg: One of the refitted airships is about to embark on the very first commercial flight to the Crystarium, and you've been invited to join them as a passenger of honor!
Anfrigg: Considering everything you contributed to the cause, it's only fitting. When you're ready to board, speak with Lereberd, that gaudily dressed twit over by the Xylem Lift. Be warned, though, he usually has an expression so sour he could curdle milk at twenty paces.
-quest accepted
-optional start
Anfrigg: The Xylem Lift's normally manned by a bloke who looks like he stole his mum's curtains and made a coat out of them. Lereberd's his name, and a more odious bastard you're never likely to meet.
-optional end
===Speak with Lereberd===
Lereberd: Why it was decided that you all be given lifetime passes for whatever shoddy work was performed is beyond me. Not that it is any concern of mine, of course. Riffraff is riffraff.
Lereberd: <sigh> I am duty-bound to inform you that all passengers are to be guided from here to the uppermost level of Eulmore where the airship landing is situated. Only those granted permission to board may pass beyond this point.
Lereberd: Alas, the powers that be have neglected to provide me with a proper reception area, and I am relegated to standing upright for bells on end like some wretched footman. <sigh> If you are quite done boring me, your airship awaits. {{alternatives|f=''Madam''|m=''Sir''}}.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

Faded Memories

2026-04-20T05:49:40Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added missing gender alternatives, added a missing line of dialogue, formatted a name

{{Quest infobox
| title = Faded Memories
| image = Faded_Memories_Image.png
| description = Thancred is eager to get to work.
| quest-giver = Thancred
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Elidibus; Idle Shipwright; Ryne; Urianger; Y'shtola
| cutscene-npcs = Igeyorhm; Lahabrea
| location = The Crystarium
| location-x = 12.0
| location-y = 11.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| level = 80
| exp = 22440
| gil = 2970
| prev-quest = Food for the Soul
| next-quest = Etched in the Stars
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 672
| id-gt = 69311
| id-edb = 61eab4c6258
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with the [[Idle Shipwright|idle shipwright]] at [[Venmont Yards]].
*Enter the aetherial stream.
**※Upon entry a Solo Duty will commence.
*Speak with [[Y'shtola]].

==Journal==
*While he and the others tend to the black-masked Ascians, Thancred bids you join Y'shtola at Anamnesis Anyder as a precautionary measure. To get there, you will need to secure a boat at Venmont Yards─just as soon as you've doled out Tataru's bread, that is.

*At Venmont Yards, a shipwright recognizes you at once and happily agrees to ready a boat for you.
**※In the event that you leave the instance, you may reenter by speaking with the idle shipwright.

*To your dismay, you arrive at Anyder to find Y'shtola unconscious. Before you can go to her aid, however, Elidibus appears and spirits her away. If you want your comrade back, it seems you must treat the Ascian to a demonstration of your strength. With no other recourse, you grit your teeth and prepare to enter the aetherial stream.

*You ride the aether to emerge in Emet-Selch's phantom Amaurot, where Elidibus instructs you to fight your way to the Capitol. The trial pits you against recreations of myriad faces from your past, and at the last the Ascian himself enters the fray in the guise of Ardbert─yet it soon becomes plain that even he is overmatched.

*No sooner does your trial conclude than Y'shtola arrives at your side, having apparently freed herself. Gazing upon Elidibus with a mixture of pity and scorn, she proceeds to expose him for what he truly is: a primal, granted strength by the desire for salvation. Thus has he sought to inspire the masses to rise up as Warriors of Light. Unmoved, the Ascian coolly confirms Y'shtola's theories, but when she subsequently questions whether the many voices that sustain him have irrevocably changed his own, his expression hardens. No matter how much he should forget, he declares, he will always remember his duty. With that, he vanishes, but not before serving notice of his intent to gain the power to defeat you.

*The danger now passed, you finally have the chance to apprise Y'shtola of recent events. Having listened to your tale, she goes to collect her possessions from Anyder in preparation for your journey to Eulmore.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Thancred:''' Right then! While the Exarch literally pours his own sweat and blood into his allotted task, it seems only fair that we attend to our own.
'''Alphinaud:''' Dealing with Elidibus and his minions.
'''Thancred:''' Just so. And there is one other matter.
'''Thancred:''' In light of our deteriorating health, Y'shtola should not be left alone at Anyder. Might I trouble you to visit her, [Forename]? See that all is well?
'''Thancred:''' I would go myself, but I think she might be safer in the hands of one less prone to collapsing.
'''Thancred:''' My thanks. You may leave the Ascians to us.
'''Thancred:''' Once they are out of the way, we will retire to Eulmore. And when Y'shtola has finished plumbing the depths, I'd like the two of you to join us there.
'''Alphinaud:''' If you are bound for Anyder, I suggest you go via Venmont Yards. Our friends there will be glad to provide a boat for you.
'''Thancred:''' Let us be on our way, then. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Question: What will you say?
> Wait, I have a gift for you, from Tataru.
'''Thancred:''' From Tataru, you say? Whatever could it be...?
> I have a delivery from the Source, kupo! Courtesy of one Tataru Taru.
'''Thancred:''' You're a long way from home, moogle. And this is from Tataru, is it? Whatever could it be...?
---

'''Urianger:''' ''Archon loaf'', thou sayest? Why, even to hear the name doth transport me to times long past...
'''Ryne:''' Bread from another world!? May I try some?
'''Urianger:''' Mayest thou, child? Thou ''must''! ...That said, though I personally disagree with the consensus, I do nonetheless advise thee to temper thine expectations.
'''Thancred:''' Wiser words have never been uttered.
'''Alphinaud:''' Though it rarely darkened our dining table at home, I can attest that it was standard fare at the Studium. Indeed, a slice was never far from our peers' hands.
'''Alisaie:''' Alphinaud, you really are an unbearable snob sometimes, do you know that?
'''Thancred:''' What I believe my colleagues are ''trying'' to say is that we appreciate the gesture. Tell Tataru we'll do our best to return before she's forced to seek further supplementary employment.
'''Alisaie:''' Right, let's really be off now. We can find a drink to wash down the bread on the way.

-quest accepted
-cutscene end

===Speak with the idle shipwright at Venmont Yards===
'''Idle Shipwright:''' Oho, if it ain't the Warrior of Darkness {{alternatives|m=himself|f=herself}}! What brings you to these parts?
'''Idle Shipwright:''' Headin' out to sea, eh? But of course we'd be happy to help! Just say the word, and I'll ready a boat.

Question: Travel to Anyder? (Yes/No)
> No
''Dialogue ends.''
> Yes
''Cutscene starts.''
---
-voiced cutscene start
''At Noesis in Anamnesis Anyder. The player finds Y'shtola unconscious. Elidibus in Ardbert's body appears.''
'''Elidibus:''' Excellent. I had intended to speak with you alone.
'''Elidibus:''' None of my doing, lest you misunderstand. The link between her body and soul wavers.
'''Elidibus:''' I know not what you hoped to find here, but it will avail you naught to learn of our past.

''Start of Echo flashback.''
'''Convocation Speaker:''' Reviewing the records yet again? Really? You worry too much, Elidibus.
'''Convocation Speaker:''' This dedication to your duty verges on obsession.
'''Convocation Member:''' To think some thought you ill-suited for the role. How wrong they were.
'''Convocation Member:''' But come, turn your gaze outside the window, my friend. The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day.

'''Elidibus:''' It fades. Fades away into oblivion. Does the world no longer have need of me?
Elidibus: No. I am Elidibus. And I must-I ''will'' fulfill my duty.
'''Elidibus:''' Sundered though you may be, you fought for the world's salvation. For hope.
'''Elidibus:''' Hope...
'''Elidibus:''' Ahhh, it swells within me. Empowers me. Now ─ ''now'' I may carry out my mission.
'''Elidibus:''' And yet...
'''Elidibus:''' Why do I yearn for this? Why do I struggle so?
''End of Echo flashback. Elidibus teleports Y'shtola away.''

'''Elidibus:''' I shall take her into my safekeeping. If you want her back, you will do as I ask.
'''Elidibus:''' Show me your strength. I would take your measure.
'''Elidibus:''' I have prepared a suitable arena. You need but ride the flow of aether.
-cutscene end

===Enter the aetherial stream===
-cutscene start
''At Amaurot in the Tempest.''
'''Elidibus:''' You are familiar with this place, I believe. This...remembered Amaurot.
'''Elidibus:''' Proceed to the Capitol. I shall return your comrade to you there.

Question: What will you say?
> Enough of this!
> I tire of your games.
---
'''Elidibus:''' You speak as if you were disappointed in me. Why?
'''Elidibus:''' I am your enemy, and you mine. Our goals are in conflict, and we are fated to clash.
'''Elidibus:''' Or had you hoped that feigned sympathy and false understanding would cast your crimes in a less reprehensible light? That I would come to look upon you as a ''friend''?
'''Elidibus:''' You who have slaughtered my people. Who would tear down everything we have built.
'''Elidibus:''' You do not deny it, then. Very well, let us change the cast of this trial. You will know what you have stolen from us.

''Elidibus transforms the Amaurotine shades behind the counters to [[Baderon]], [[Momodi]], and [[Mother Miounne]].''

'''Elidibus:''' But do not imagine I crave remorse. Only justice.
-cutscene end

===Solo Duty===
Popup: Follow Elidibus
'''Elidibus:''' Forward, hero. We shall see how strong you have become.
Elidibus@Elidibus (text bubble):Let us begin.
'''Elidibus:''' Rest assured that there are no tricks. You need but defeat the enemies before you.
'''Elidibus:''' First, something easy. Those whom a budding hero must encounter at the beginning of {{alternatives|m=his|f=her}} tale.
'''Elidibus:''' And I believe I have the perfect subjects.

''Elidibus transforms the four Cubus to [[Thancred]], [[Y'shtola]], [[Yda]], and [[Papalymo]], who die in one hit.''

'''Elidibus:''' Let not their appearance stay your hand. Beneath the facade, they are merely monsters.
'''Elidibus:''' All too easy, I see, but at least you now understand the rules. Thus will we make our way to the Capitol.

Question: What will you say?
> Are you trying to unnerve me?
'''Elidibus:''' Come now, I made it plain that they were monsters.
'''Elidibus:''' Be that as it may, even a monster could be someone's beloved. That is what I wished to impress upon you.
> That was in poor taste even for you.
'''Elidibus:''' That appearances should unsettle you so... I was under the impression you simply destroyed all who barred your way.
'''Elidibus:''' Sparing nary a thought to the possibility that your foe could be someone's beloved.
---

'''Elidibus:''' But come, we shouldn't dwell on the beginning when so much of your story awaits.

'''Elidibus:''' Every tale requires villains. Defeat them, and claim your place as a hero.

''Elidibus transforms the four Cubus to [[Livia sas Junius]], [[Rhitahtyn sas Arvina]], [[Nero tol Scaeva]], and [[Gaius van Baelsar]], who are easily defeated.''

'''Elidibus:''' Well done, champion of Eorzea. Well done. Onward, then, over the blooded bodies of the fallen.

'''Elidibus:''' You tasted many sweet triumphs, yes. But so too did you taste bitter tragedy.
'''Elidibus:''' Who could forget the Crystal Braves? That idealistic, pathetic dream born from a malformed creature.

''Elidibus transforms the three Cubus to [[Laurentius]], [[Ilberd]], and [[Yuyuhase]], who are easily defeated.''

'''Elidibus:''' Faces you know and loathe, all. Let your hatred burn, and strike them down with all your might.

'''Elidibus:''' With such ease yet again. You did always grow stronger with every battle.

'''Elidibus:''' It seems it will take more than those monsters to leave an impression upon you. Or mayhap you simply fail to understand my meaning. Not that it matters. No, I have dealt with countless heroes, and always it ends the same way. No amount of reasoning will bridge our differences ─ will result in happiness for all. Whatever your reasons may be, I cannot be bound by them. I can but put faith in my own beliefs, and fight for them with all my being.

Question: What will you say?
> You're wrong. We can always strive for understanding - for compromise.
'''Elidibus:''' Hmph, how very naive. If you are willing to compromise on your beliefs, you all but admit that they are flawed.
'''Elidibus:''' And I assure you I have no intention of compromising on mine. Come what may, I will fulfill my mission as Elidibus.
> It seems there's nothing for it but for us to fight.
'''Elidibus:''' For a certainty. I am Elidibus, and come what may, I will fulfill my mission.
'''Elidibus:''' To that end do I take your measure. And eventually I will eliminate you. Your hopes and dreams are inconsequential.
---

'''Elidibus:''' But enough talk. It is not your assertions that I wish to know, but your strength.
'''Elidibus:''' Falsely accused of regicide, you fled for the snow-swept fields of Coerthas.
'''Elidibus:''' Had you and the Scions met your demise that day in the sultanate, Lahabrea might have been spared his.
'''Elidibus:''' But not only did you stubbornly live; you hurled yourself into the thick of the Dragonsong War.
'''Elidibus:''' Swept along by the tide of events, you pursued and slew those who sought to stop the unending conflict. Just as you were bid.
'''Elidibus:'''..Or was it a thirst for vengeance that drove you?

''Elidibus transforms the four Cubus to [[King Thordan]], [[Ser Grinnaux]], [[Ser Charibert]], and [[Ser Zephirin]], who are easily defeated.''

'''Elidibus:''' I trust you are beginning to limber up. Do keep up the fine form.
'''Elidibus:''' Around heroes, people are wont to flock. People who harbor all manner of motives, each baser than the last.

''Elidibus transforms the three Cubus to [[Aymeric]], [[Flame General Aldynn]], and [[Lucia]], who are easily defeated.''

'''Elidibus:''' Come, let the curtains rise on the grand melee.
'''Elidibus:''' No more than they deserve. In the end, their hand of friendship was tainted with personal desire.

'''Elidibus:''' You know what comes next: you put an end to the Dragonsong War.

''Elidibus transforms the Cubus to the [[Nidhogg]]-possessed [[Estinien]].''

'''Elidibus:''' There is no saving your comrade this time. All you can do is cut off the serpent's head.
'''Elidibus:''' And as simple as that, a thousand-year war is brought to its conclusion.
'''Elidibus:''' But every end marks a new beginning. And for heroes such as you, there is only ever conflict.

'''Elidibus:''' How are you enjoying the walk down memory lane? I daresay there will have been a few individuals for whom you harbor deep feelings. Whose passing caused you keenest grief.
'''Elidibus:''' That is what our people are to us. An irreplaceable existence that can ill be lost. I must─I ''will'' save them. For they are my... My...

Question: Elidibus appears distracted.
> Draw your weapon.
'''Elidibus:''' ...Hmph! I think not, hero. Not yet. You must content yourself with the company of monsters a while longer.
> Wait for him to continue.
'''Elidibus:''' ..Never mind. We are not here to talk. Let us return to the task at hand.
---

'''Elidibus:''' Emperor Solus had kindled an insatiable flame. Garlemald was its name, and it raged across the land, consuming all in its path.
'''Elidibus:''' Following the trail of ash, you set forth for Ala Mhigo and Doma, into a storm of blood.
'''Elidibus:''' Again you fought, and again you grew stronger. So strong that we could no longer control you.
'''Elidibus:''' Yours is an unnatural, beastly strength. And we shall lay it bare.
'''Elidibus:''' In order to gain a foothold in the liberation effort, you journeyed to Far Eastern plains.

''Elidibus transforms the three Cubus to [[Magnai]], [[Sadu]], and [[Grynewaht]], who are easily defeated.''

'''Elidibus:''' There you encountered the land's greatest warriors, and sought to win them over to your cause.

'''Elidibus:''' The strong are drawn to the strong. Thus did you gather new allies to your banner.
'''Elidibus:''' Yet where ardent souls gather, so too do fires burn. In this way did you consign those around you to the flames.

''Elidibus transforms the two Cubus to [[Hien]] and [[Yugiri]].''

'''Elidibus:''' Burn them all, hero. Reduce them to nothingness, like the ephemeral morning dew they are.

'''Elidibus:''' You did not hesitate...or perhaps could not? No matter. Let us turn our attention to the finale.
'''Elidibus:''' Here we shall have a test between fellow beasts. It is only fitting, would you not agree?

''Elidibus transforms the Cubus to [[Zenos yae Galvus]].''

'''Elidibus:''' When I fought you in this flesh, 'twas I who triumphed. Will you turn the tables this time?

'''Elidibus:''' Hm, my creation appears to have lost its form... It is no easy thing to see through the eyes of a beast such as him.
'''Elidibus:''' In any event, there is only so much to be learned by taking your measure this way. Let us try something different.

'''Elidibus:''' Come. We continue this within.

-cutscene start
'''Elidibus:''' An impressive show of strength.
'''Elidibus:''' But surely no more than a foretaste of that which Emet-Selch's conqueror is capable.
'''Elidibus:''' Such might requires a fairer measure. To compare like with like. Yes...
'''Elidibus:''' I shall just have to test you myself.
'''Ardbert:''' Come on, [Forename]! Show me what you can do!
-cutscene end

===Solo Duty Part 2===
System: Defeat Ardbert

'''Ardbert:''' I may not be the real Ardbert, but you'd do well not to underestimate me.
'''Ardbert:''' All that made him the warrior he was─every battle waged, every blow swung ─ is part of my very being.
'''Ardbert:''' So come! Fight me like you mean to take my head!
'''Ardbert:''' Good, good... I sense your murderous intent.
'''Ardbert:''' Aye, you'd kill me given the chance. Mayhap you think to recover this body?
'''Ardbert:''' If so, prove that it's no use to me! Prove that I can't best you with it!
'''Ardbert:''' Come! Come at me with everything you've got!
Ardbert@Ardbert (text bubble): I'll rend you to pieces!
Ardbert@Ardbert (text bubble): Might want to watch your step!
'''Ardbert:''' <pant> I see... You're a different beast from when you faced my creations...
'''Ardbert:''' Very well, I will transcend my very limits. And we'll see what you're truly capable of!
Ardbert@Ardbert (text bubble): Yaaarrrgh!
'''Ardbert:''' Hold nothing back! For neither will I!
Ardbert@Ardbert (text bubble): Earth writhe and rage!
'''Ardbert:''' <pant> <pant> I have my answer...

-voiced cutscene start
'''Elidibus:''' You have grown stronger since last we fought.
'''Elidibus:''' The result of your trials in the First, no doubt.
'''Y'shtola@???:''' Have you finished?
'''Y'shtola:''' My apologies. I freed myself as soon as I awoke, but rather too late, I see.
'''Y'shtola:''' Now, Elidibus, if you have ceased trading blows, I would trade words with you.
'''Y'shtola:''' I have a theory, you see─one concerning that which you seek to accomplish.
'''Y'shtola:''' It stems from who─or rather ''what''─you truly are: a primal.
'''Y'shtola:''' The ancients created Zodiark to deliver the star from destruction.
'''Y'shtola:''' If the magick that brought Him forth is the precursor of what we know as summoning, then Zodiark would have been instilled with a presiding desire...
'''Y'shtola:''' I found it among the records at Anyder. And it came as no surprise. Were I faced with the world's destruction, I too would wish for the same...
'''Y'shtola:''' Salvation.
'''Y'shtola:''' I know that you sacrificed yourself to become Zodiark's heart.
'''Y'shtola:''' How you came to be separated from Him is less clear...
'''Y'shtola:''' But if you are a fragment of His being, it stands to reason a desire for the world's salvation would drive you.
'''Y'shtola:''' And thus did you seek to inspire the masses to rise up as Warriors of Light, going so far as to use Ardbert as a symbol of hope.
'''Elidibus:''' Correct on all counts. Such is my nature, and such are my methods.
'''Elidibus:''' I have aided heroes. I have made them. I have even become them.
'''Elidibus:''' This served not only to strengthen me, but also to facilitate the work of my brothers, such as Emet-Selch, with his penchant for nation building.
'''Y'shtola:''' Then you will be all too familiar with the fickleness of mankind.
'''Y'shtola:''' We change. We forget. And what little we do remember becomes twisted and fragmented over time. For which reason, you deem us unfit to carry on your legacy.
'''Y'shtola:''' But are you yourself free of these foibles? As the last witness of the Final Days, do you remember ''everything'' that was lost? Or even the things you cared about?
'''Elidibus:''' Get to the point.
'''Y'shtola:''' A primal is shaped by the hope that fuels it. Even should this hope be something as simple as the world's salvation, it is the collective desire of innumerable disparate souls crying out for deliverance.
'''Y'shtola:''' Having drawn your strength from such a cacophony of voices, can you truly be sure you still speak with your own?
'''Elidibus:''' Your question is irrelevant.
'''Elidibus:''' No matter how much I should change, no matter how much I should forget, I shall ever remember my duty.
'''Elidibus:''' At times I stand with my brethren. At times I stand against them. All that I might steer mankind and the very star upon their true course.
'''Elidibus:''' For Elidibus is my name. And my mission. Guiding my every deed.
'''Elidibus:''' But enough talk. You have shown me sufficient proof of your might.
'''Elidibus:''' As I am now, I would struggle to defeat you. Yet I have still to play all of my cards.
'''Elidibus:''' If I could offer you some semblance of sport, your lessers would pose no threat to me. Would you not agree, Warrior of Darkness?
-cutscene end

===Speak with Y'shtola===
'''Y'shtola:''' It has been an eventful morning ─ if indeed it ''is'' morning. I've no idea how long I was unconscious.
'''Y'shtola:''' Regardless, I am gratified to see that my efforts at Anyder have borne fruit. We have confirmed the nature of our foe and his plot.
'''Y'shtola:''' Now then, what news from the surface?
'''Y'shtola:''' I see. Then let us make for Eulmore at once. We have much to share with our comrades, Elidibus's parting threat not least of all.
'''Y'shtola:''' Ah, but forgive me. It would seem my belongings did not accompany me here. I will need to retrieve them from Anyder.
'''Y'shtola:''' With luck, the aetherial stream you traversed still lingers. I won't be long.

-quest complete
-cutscene start
''The player notices a red crystal on the floor and walks towards it.''
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=kj27lYFNVE0}}

Food for the Soul

2026-04-20T05:14:27Z

Maleficentabsinthe: typo correction, added missing optional dialogue, updated dialogue branches, corrected some dialogue spacing

{{Quest infobox
| title = Food for the Soul
| image =
| description = Judging by her sheepish expression, [[Tataru]] has a favor to ask.
| quest-giver = Tataru
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Beq Lugg; Crystal Exarch; Krile; Rammbroes; Ryne; Thancred; Urianger
| location = The Rising Stones
| location-x = 6.0
| location-y = 5.9
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| level = 80
| req-items = 1 Archon Loaf (Key Item)
| exp = 22440
| gil = 1894
| reward-opt1 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Aiming Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt2 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Scouting Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt3 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Healing Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt4 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Casting Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt5 = 7 Allagan Silver Piece
| prev-quest = Fraying Threads
| next-quest = Faded Memories
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 671
| id-gt = 69310
| id-edb = c885e702392
}}
==Walkthrough==
'''''NOTE:''' The kitchen can be found on the second level. Flying up and entering is easiest.''

==Steps==
* Speak with [[Tataru]].
* Deliver the [[Archon Loaf (Key Item)|Archon loaf]] to the [[Crystal Exarch]] in [[the Ocular]].
* Speak with [[Urianger]].

==Journal==
* Judging by her sheepish expression, Tataru has a favor to ask.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Krile:''' You've come a long way, so do take your ease while you can.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Tataru:''' Um...[Forename]? Could you spare a moment? While Krile goes and finds this expert of hers, I mean.
'''Tataru:''' There's a gift I was hoping to send to our friends in the First, you see...and since we might be waiting a while, I wondered if you wouldn't mind giving me a hand with it.
'''Tataru:''' My first attempt turned out well, so now I'm going to make it properly.
'''Tataru:''' I'll be in the kitchen at the House of Splendors. Meet me there!

'''Krile:''' Well, I had better be off too. I shall see you soon, either here or at the House, depending on how our patients fare in my absence.
-quest accepted

===Speak with Tataru===
'''Tataru:''' There you are, [Forename]! As I'm sure you've guessed, the gift is a bit of home cooking.
'''Tataru:''' Unlike Krile, I can't do much to help our friends directly. But that doesn't mean I've been idle.
'''Tataru:''' No, I've been doing my best for the order, taking on this job and that to keep our coffers full. I've even helped out with the Ishgardian restoration.
'''Tataru:''' And in the course of all this, my culinary skills have come on quite a bit. So I thought, why not make something for our friends?
'''Tataru:''' It's baking in the oven even as we speak. Shouldn't be long now!

-cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' There! Baked to perfection, even if I do say so myself!

Question: What will you say?
> It's...bread.
'''Tataru:''' But not just ''any'' old bread! This here is ''Old World'' bread. "Archon loaf", to be precise. It's what they eat over in Sharlayan!
> Smells great!
'''Tataru:''' Doesn't it just! It's called “Archon loaf,” in case you're wondering, and it's what they eat over in Sharlayan.
> Your cake looks like bread.
'''Tataru:''' It ''is'' bread, silly! But not just ''any'' old bread! This here is ''Old World'' bread. "Archon loaf", to be precise. It's what they eat over in Sharlayan!
---

'''Tataru:''' Simple fare, I admit, but I thought it would remind our friends of home.
'''Tataru:''' If nothing else, Krile tells me it's a good source of aether.
'''Tataru:''' So it should lend them a bit of strength at least.
'''Krile:''' Mmm-mmmmmm! There truly is nothing like the smell of bread fresh from the oven!
'''Tataru:''' Krile! And if it isn't Rammbroes too!
'''Krile:''' I trust you require no introductions either, [Forename].
'''Rammbroes:''' Greetings, my friend. Full glad am I to see you well.
'''Rammbroes:''' I confess, I have a malm-long list of questions to ask you, but I will endeavor to contain my curiosity for the present. I understand our mutual friend is struggling with the application of certain Allagan technologies.
'''Krile:''' I have been keeping Rammbroes apprised of events in the First. Suffice it to say, he knows about the Exarch.
'''Krile:''' If anyone alive can provide insight into this matter, it is him and his fellow Sons.
'''Rammbroes:''' Ahem. Loath as I am to disappoint you after so glowing an endorsement...
'''Rammbroes:''' Memory transference was the sole province of Allagan royalty, its mechanisms closely guarded secrets. If any record of them remains, we have yet to find it. To wit, I regret that I can offer no solution to your problem.
'''Rammbroes:'''...Which begs the question of why I bothered to come here, empty-handed as I am─the answer being, rather brazenly, to ask a favor. I would have you relay a message to our comrade.
'''Rammbroes:''' Tell him...Tell him that we never doubted him.
'''Rammbroes:''' Never doubted that he would achieve all that he said he would.
'''Rammbroes:''' Those of us who remained behind have yet to play our part.
'''Rammbroes:''' But when the time comes, he may rest easy in the knowledge that we will most assuredly do so.
'''Rammbroes:''' And then the tower shall shine once more as a beacon of hope, in this world and beyond.
'''Rammbroes:''' So tell him that we consider his duty done ─ and that he should follow his heart now.
'''Krile:''' Forgive me, but do you say this to discourage him from overexerting himself? Or to encourage him to hold nothing back?
'''Rammbroes:''' That is for our friend to decide, but either way, I daresay a certain someone will be unimpressed.
'''Krile:''' Well, there you have it, [Forename] If you would be so good as to see Rammbroes's message and Tataru's bread to their intended recipients ─ along with my report, of course.
'''Tataru:''' Um, Krile? Before I wrap the bread up, would you mind giving it a try? Just to make sure everything's as it should be?
'''Krile:''' But of course! I'm always happy to lend my taste buds!
'''Krile:''' Hmmm...Hmmmmmm...
'''Krile:''' Excuse me, Rammbroes. As a fellow Sharlayan, may I trouble you for your opinion?
'''Rammbroes:''' Well, I usually have mine with a good dollop rolanberry jam, but I suppose plain is best for sampling purposes. 
'''Rammbroes:''' <munch> <munch> I see, I see...
'''Tataru:''' Oh no...Is it that bad?
'''Krile:''' It is indeed, Tataru. Dense and unpleasant...exactly as it should be!
'''Rammbroes:''' Gahaha! Just so! The very taste of home!
'''Rammbroes:''' As you might expect our countrymen have amassed a wealth of culinary wisdom from every corner of the world. But our native cuisine is...shall we say, a little lacking.
'''Rammbroes:''' In Sharlayan, the majority regard food as a source of nourishment rather than enjoyment. Save for those few who actually research the culinary arts, we pay little heed to the niceties of taste and texture.
'''Rammbroes:''' It was against such a gastronomic landscape that what is now called the "Archon loaf" was born, the creation of an Archon who devoted himself to the study of bodily sustenance.
'''Rammbroes:''' In order to maximize its nutritional value, he incorporated copious quantities of pulverized fish and vegetable matter into the dough─all with nary a care for those qualities which make bread enjoyable. The result is a flavor that continues to defy description.
'''Rammbroes:''' Yet for its many shortcomings, the loaf's nutritional value cannot be denied. And being a damnably convenient way to cater to one's bodily needs, it quickly found an audience amongst busy scholars. Why, when I was a lad, nigh every meal was a sandwich mad with this very bread and whatever ingredients happened to be on hand.
'''Krile:''' Hm hm! I suspect just about every Archon could say the same.
'''Krile:''' Having been away from home for so long, I thought I might have forgotten the taste. But no ─ it is all too familiar. Ahhh, how it takes me back...
'''Rammbroes:''' If there is enough, perhaps you can spare some for the Exarch? He is certain to appreciate it.
'''Tataru:''' Oh, there's ''plenty'' to go around. I'll be sure to wrap up and extra slice.
'''Tataru:''' [Forename], when you deliver the loaf, please be sure to send everyone my regards.
'''Tataru:''' Tell them we're doing everything we can, and that we'll be praying for their safe return until the moment they get back.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Tataru:''' Well...it sounds like it'll do them good, anyway.
'''Tataru:''' And when everything's back to normal, I'll cook something for you too, [Forename]. Gods know you deserve a treat!

Rammbroes: All that I wish to say to our comrade, I have said to you. It falls to him to interpret the words, but I shall hope that whatever choice he makes, it will not lead to regret. Neither for himself or for you.

''In the Ocular''
'''Beq Lugg:''' Ah, you are returned! Good, good. There is much to discuss. The others are making their way hither as we speak.
-optional end

===Deliver the Archon loaf to the Crystal Exarch in the Ocular===
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Welcome back, my friend. How was your journey?

''The player hands over the {{i|Archon Loaf (Key Item)}}.''

'''Crystal Exarch:''' By the Twelve...Archon loaf! However did you come by this? I'd swear it had come straight from Sharlayan...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Rammbroes said that did he? <sigh> His words are very nearly as heavy as the bread...but I appreciate the sentiment.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Should you have the chance, you may tell him that he needn't worry. That which I seek to do, I do of my own volition, and with all my heart.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' In pursuing this path, I fully expect to earn the censure of our friends ─ and to deserve it ─ but I shall forge on regardless.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Forge on as you yourself did when faced with a similar predicament. So I ask that you have faith in me. In what we do.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' ...But we were talking about your journey. Before the others arrive, I would hear how their bodies fare.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Oh, and the bread I shall save for later. Though it has been many years, I have not forgotten the feats of mastication required to consume it, nor how unconducive they are to conversation.

-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' Forgive the delay.
'''Thancred:''' We have visited every region and confirmed the presence of Ascians throughout the realm.
'''Urianger:''' Lest a grave predicament be made to seem hopeless, it should be noted that they are of inferior rank. The black-masked minions who answer to the red.
'''Thancred:''' Yes. A gaggle of schemers attempting to exploit recent events to sow the seeds of petty conflict.
'''Thancred:''' Fortunately, nothing of any great concern has come of their meddling just yet.
'''Alisaie:''' We also encountered a number of the Crystarium's former defenders, busily solving this problem and that in a bid to become Warriors of Light.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Their zeal is to be applauded. 'Tis but a pity I cannot encourage them on their course...
'''Thancred:''' Not knowing Elidibus set them upon it, no. Both the troubles to be solved and the villains to be vanquished are his doing too, like as not.
'''Thancred:''' And so, with apologies to the aspiring Warriors of Light, I believe it best that we deal with the Ascians quickly and quietly.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I quite agree.
'''Alphinaud:''' But tell us, what news from the Source? How fare our bodies?

Question: What will you say?
> Uh...well enough—though time is not on our side.
'''Alphinaud:''' Indeed. Heartening though it is to know we can stay awhile longer, returning home must remain our priority.
'''Alisaie:''' This seems an appropriate moment to ask about the spirit vessel. Have you made any progress?
> I'm sorry, but...things have taken a turn for the worse.
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Oh dear. Then we must redouble our efforts! Not that we have ever stinted in that regard...
'''Alisaie:''' This would seem an appropriate moment to ask about the spirit vessel. Tell me you've made some progress.
---

'''Beq Lugg:''' We have, as it happens. One moment.

''Beq Lugg presents the six spirit vessels on a table.''

'''Urianger:''' The red stones...Then this doth mean...
'''Beq Lugg:''' For the benefit of all, permit us to explain.
'''Beq Lugg:''' As you will recall, using white auracite as our starting point, we fashioned a vessel for mind and memory both.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Yet, though it served this purpose admirably, the process of imbuing it with one's complete essence proved a somewhat thornier proposition.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Simply put, the memory would not accompany the mind. And so we looked to the Allagans' mastery of memory transference for a solution.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' This approach was not without its own complications, however, relying as it does upon blood ─ which inanimate objects notably do not possess.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' We duly explored methods of suffusing the vessel with drops of the aforementioned. Alas, our painstaking experimentation succeeding only in making me feel faint, and singularly failed to imbue the crystal with the necessary properties.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' It was then that an idea occurred to me: namely, that we might fuse the vessel not with normal blood, but with my crystallized essence.
'''Alisaie:''' You're doing this for our sakes, so far be it from us to complain...
'''Alisaie:''' But don't think we haven't noticed what's happening to your arm.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' It falls well short of offering up my life in exchange for yours─which was your only stipulated prohibition, as I recall. And it is but a small price to pay for delivering you home.
'''Beq Lugg:''' Assuming it works.
'''Beq Lugg:''' We shall soon know if this grisly addition will serve as a suitable conduit for the subject's memory. Though...not soon enough to warrant your waiting. The test is like to take a while.
'''Thancred:''' Let us be off, then. We have Ascians to attend to, among other things.
'''Alisaie:''' Forgive me, but I count ''six'' vessels. And there are only five of us.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' One is for testing purposes. I will personally use it to see whether the crystal functions as it should.
'''Alisaie:''' And...if it does, wouldn't that mean that your soul could also return to the Source?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Yes. In theory, at least.
Crystal Exarch: But there is a distinct difference between your circumstances and mine. While your corporeal forms want for souls, my past self does not.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Mayhap our essences would blend. Or mayhap they would curdle. There is no telling what might occur.
'''Alisaie:''' And you'd be willing to take that risk?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I would.
'''Alisaie:''' I see.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Thancred:''' I for one support the Exarch's choice. To be alive is to be driven by a purpose, and few are as driven as him.

'''Ryne:''' It's stupid, but I've never really stopped to think about what would happen once the vessels were complete. And now...
'''Ryne:''' No. There's no point. I...I hope the test is a success. Truly.

'''Alphinaud:''' When our grandfather first decided to journey to Eorzea, Alisaie did not take kindly to my silence on the subject. “Don't pretend to understand things you don't,” she said...or rather shouted.
'''Alphinaud:''' Having oft been the object of her scorn, I am predisposed to sympathize with the Exarch, but I do understand how she feels ─ better now than ever I did, certainly.

'''Alisaie:''' I'm sorry, I know it was childish to storm off like that. And probably to feel the way I do as well. Agh, pull yourself together, Alisaie!

Beq Lugg: Off you go and help your friends. Even assuming the test is a success, I doubt they would feel comfortable leaving with business unfinished.
Crystal Exarch: As Beq Lugg said, the test will take a while. I ask for your patience in the meantime.
-optional end

===Speak with Urianger===
'''Urianger:''' Hast thou a moment, [Forename]? I would speak with thee on the matter of the Exarch's mooted return unto the Source.
'''Urianger:''' Thou wilt have observed that our friend spake not in certainties. Yet if Beq Lugg hath the right of it, 'tis possible to predict the outcome of his plan with some confidence.
'''Urianger:''' And it is their assessment that, given the opportunity, the Exarch's soul should successfully merge with that of his younger self.
Urianger: Which is not to say the process is without complications. For one, the Exarch hath been subjected to an additional Rejoining, an experience which will have wrought a change in his aetherial composition.
'''Urianger:''' As thou thyself didst demonstrate in merging with Ardbert, however, there existeth an affinity 'twixt like souls, and this doth give us cause to hope.
'''Urianger:''' ...Yet there remaineth one immutable condition upon which success doth hinge.
'''Urianger:''' The Exarch must needs recognize his past self as simply that ─ himself.
'''Urianger:''' As our recent travails have demonstrated, memories are essential to the soul. Any discrepancy in the former may feasibly cause the latter to spurn its former flesh.
'''Urianger:''' 'Tis a seemingly simple yet complex problem. For nigh on a century, our friend hath striven only to deliver this realm, to deliver ''thee''. And to that singular end did he cast aside his very name, that he might assume the mantle of the Crystal Exarch.
'''Urianger:''' Henceforth, none can say what choices our friend will make, but I thought it only right that thou be made aware of these truths.

-quest complete
-optional start
Urianger: Lest there be any doubt, the Exarch hath long been aware of the possibilities he but recently unfolded to us. Wherefore he did refrain from sharing them until now, I cannot say.
-optional end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=syPJ8Fn_pLk}}

Fraying Threads

2026-04-20T04:48:26Z

Maleficentabsinthe: corrected the spacing of some lines of dialogue, corrected a line of dialogue, changed a dialogue heading to match the journal title of the step

{{Quest infobox
| title = Fraying Threads
| image = Fraying_Threads_Image.png
| description = Ryne's face is a picture of worry.
| quest-giver = Ryne
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; Chessamile; Crystal Exarch; Krile; Tataru; Thancred
| location = The Crystarium
| location-x = 7.1
| location-y = 9.5
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre = The Voyage Home Quests
| level = 80
| exp = 22440
| gil = 2014
| reward-opt1 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Fending Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt2 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Maiming Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt3 = 1 Crystarium Gear of Striking Coffer (IL 500)
| reward-opt4 = 7 Allagan Silver Piece
| prev-quest = Heroic Dreams
| next-quest = Food for the Soul
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.3
| msq-index = 670
| id-gt = 69309
| id-edb = e0275da85a6
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with [[Thancred]].
* Speak with [[Tataru]] at [[the Rising Stones]].
* Enter [[Dawn's Respite]].
* Speak with [[Krile]].

==Journal==
*Steadying her breath, Ryne informs you and the Exarch that Thancred collapsed shortly after returning to the Crystarium. Together you hasten to Spagyrics, where your comrade is currently being tended to.

*To your relief, you arrive in Spagyrics to find Thancred up and talking. He reveals that he has not been in the best of health since plucking Urianger from a watery grave, suffering regular bouts of dizziness prior to his recent mishap. In the absence of any obvious physical cause, it seems certain that the link between his body and soul has weakened further. With time growing short, the Exarch bids you make a trip to the Source to consult Krile regarding the plan to return everyone home. Thus do you set out for the Rising Stones, where your friends' unmoving bodies still lie.

*Though plainly pleased to see you, Tataru cannot conceal her unease. Your slumbering friends, she reveals, have taken a turn for the worse. Upon learning of your purpose, she suggests you go straight to Krile, who is tending to everyone in Dawn's Respite.

*You step into the dimly lit chamber, and are met with the unsettling sight of your friends locked in slumber. In somber tones, Krile admits that they now betray scant signs of life. Thanks to her ministrations, however, their condition remains stable for the present, and so she suggests that you continue your conversation outside.

*Back in the Rising Stones' main hall, you apprise Krile of the situation in the First, and she concurs that Thancred's symptoms indicate a further weakening of the link between body and soul. Though she has thus far been able to quell the fluctuations in your comrades' aether, there is no telling when that may change, and she stresses that their souls' return cannot come soon enough. Upon learning that you seek to draw upon Allagan wisdom in developing the spirit vessel, she offers to solicit the aid of an individual who is an expert in the field.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Crystal Exarch:''' The rest of our conversation must wait. Let us hear the situation from Ryne.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Ryne:''' It happened after Alisaie and I saw the children back to Spagyrics.
'''Ryne:''' We chanced to meet Thancred there, returning from his mission.
'''Ryne:''' He'd been shadowing Elidibus around the realm, only to lose sight of him near the Crystarium.
'''Ryne:''' And he was in the middle of telling us where he'd been when he just...crumpled to the ground.
'''Ryne:''' The chirurgeons are looking after him now, with Alphinaud standing by, just in case his healing magicks are needed.
'''Ryne:''' Since I couldn't do anything to help, I thought it best to find you, and the guard at the Exedra told me where to look.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' I see. It cannot have been easy leaving Thancred's side. My thanks for bearing word to us. Come, let us hurry to Spagyrics.

-quest accepted

-optional start
At Spagyrics
'''Alisaie:''' Ryne found you, then. We had to send the children off earlier than planned, but they understood.

'''Alphinaud:''' I fear this bodes ill...and not just for Thancred.

'''Ryne:''' Thancred! Shouldn't you be resting!?

'''Crystal Exarch:''' It appears our friend has already awakened. For that, at least, we can be thankful...
-optional end

===Speak with Thancred===
-cutscene start
'''Thancred:''' They dragged you here too, did they? My apologies...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' How do you feel?
'''Thancred:''' Embarrassed. But otherwise well enough. I won't be staying overnight.
'''Alphinaud:''' This episode was not the result of any injury I could find. Thancred's aether, however, did show signs of instability, and I did what I could to calm the fluctuations.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Hm. And all of this happened without warning...?
'''Thancred:''' <sigh> Not exactly.
'''Thancred:''' You will doubtless recall the time Urianger nearly drowned and I gallantly went to his rescue.
'''Ryne:''' When his water-walking charm failed. He was tired. As were ''you'' when you got back.
'''Thancred:''' We were both spent, yes. On account of which, you begged us to rest ─ which, in retrospect, may have been a good idea.
'''Thancred:''' The fact is, I've been experiencing regular bots of light-headedness ever since. But there was no actual fainting until now.
'''Thancred:''' As Alphinaud observed, I have no lingering injuries, and it most assuredly ''isn't'' old age. Which leaves but one likely cause...
'''Crystal Exarch:''' The link between body and soul has weakened further.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Time grows short. We must complete the spirit vessel with all haste.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' To that end, [Forename], might I trouble you to make a trip to the Source?
'''Crystal Exarch:''' In addition to looking in on our friends' bodies, I would have you consult Krile about our plan. If she has any concerns, we should at least endeavor to address them prior to proceeding.
'''Thancred:''' In the meantime, ''we'' should get back to laying bare Elidibus's plot.
'''Thancred:''' Thus far, I have learned this much: that in each of the places he has visited, there have been sightings of suspicious black-clad strangers.
'''Thancred:''' Moreover, the coming of these shady individuals has invariably coincided with some manner of misfortune─beasts terrorizing settlements, blight ravaging crops, you know the sort of thing.
'''Alphinaud:''' All of which serves, rather conveniently, to make Elidibus's call for new heroes reverberate that much more loudly in the hearts of his audience.
'''Alphinaud:''' And you think these black-clad strangers are Ascians.
'''Thancred:''' I do. And I fully intend to investigate further ─ though for that I shall require additional feet on the ground.
'''Alisaie:''' You can count on mine. Gods know I've been itching to get out there for a while.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' Mayhap Urianger too can be prevailed upon to join in your efforts.
'''Crystal Exarch:''' He has already provided copious guidance on the matter of the spirit vessel's construction. It is for Beq Lugg and I to wrestle with the rest.
'''Thancred:''' Well, if you can spare the old boy, we may as well make use of him. I'll go and give him the good news.
'''Alisaie:''' You'll do no such thing. However heedless you are of your own well-being, if you care at all for Ryne's feelings, you'll stay in bed until you're needed. Alphinaud and I will find Urianger.
'''Alphinaud:''' All being well, we will have news to share by the time you return. Safe travels, [Forename].
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Thancred:''' Lest you misunderstand, I'm not averse to putting my feet up. It's being coddled like a brittle-boned nonagenarian that chafes.

'''Ryne:''' I know you cross the rift all the time, but please take care.
-optional end

===Speak with Tataru at the Rising Stones===
-cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' <gasp> [Forename]! What excellent ─ I mean, awful timing!
'''Tataru:''' You see, our friends...They've taken a turn for the worse.
'''Tataru:''' Krile's hardly had a moment's rest these past few days.
'''Tataru:''' She didn't want everyone to worry, so we've been keeping it quiet...
'''Tataru:''' Oh, but listen to me! I call myself a receptionist, and I haven't even bothered to ask you why you're here!
'''Tataru:''' So, they think the spirit vessel will be ready soon? And they want to make sure there are no problems at this end...
'''Tataru:''' Hm. You'd better talk to Krile.
'''Tataru:''' She's with the others in Dawn's Respite. Let's go and see her.
'''Tataru:''' Just...prepare yourself, all right?
-cutscene end
-optional start
'''Tataru:''' Dawn's Respite is through that door. Lead the way when you're ready.
-optional end

===Enter Dawn's Respite===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Tataru:''' Excuse us...
'''Tataru:''' This way.

''The player sees the unconscious Scions in bed. Krile is healing Thancred.''

'''Krile:''' I would rather you hadn't seen this.
'''Tataru:''' I'm sorry. We have urgent tidings...

'''Krile:''' No, no, I'm not angry with you. On the contrary.
'''Krile:''' I know full well how hard everyone has been searching for a way to return home. And I had hoped to afford you the time you needed.
'''Krile:''' But given our friends' present state, perhaps it was for the best that you came.
'''Krile:''' Stiff and cold, all of them. As if they were made of wax.
'''Krile:''' Barely alive at all.

'''Krile:''' And they had been doing so well. Save for occasional signs of aetheric instability, they appeared to be in passable health.
'''Krile:''' Then, quite without warning, things took a turn for the worse. A change for which even Master Matoya could offer no explanation.
Krile: She could only remind me that the soul is yet an unknown frontier, and that much and more lies beyond our ken.
'''Krile:''' But let's not lose heart just yet. At times like these, it is all the more important that we remain positive.
'''Krile:''' Why, I but this moment succeeded in quelling a fluctuation in Thancred's aether.
'''Krile:''' And while the others have weakened, they have remained relatively stable. I believe I may leave my post for a moment.
'''Krile:''' So come, let me hear your tale outside.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Tataru:''' As you probably noticed, we've put them in nightclothes. I know they're not exactly asleep, but...it seemed like the right thing to do.
'''Tataru:''' I've made them some new clothes for when they wake up. So they have to come back. A-And they will!
-optional end

===Speak with Krile===
'''Krile:''' What news from the First?
'''Krile:''' I see. Work on the spirit vessel proceeds apace, but our friends begin to falter...
'''Krile:''' As they themselves have observed, the link between body and soul has weakened. It's as simple as that.
'''Krile:''' For now, I'm still able to quell the fluctuations in their aether, but it's only a matter of time.
'''Krile:''' We'll lose them if we don't act soon. So if the Exarch is ready to attempt something, let him attempt it.
'''Krile:''' As for the spirit vessel itself...
Krile: If we seek to draw upon Allagan wisdom, we could do worse than consult an expert in the field.
'''Krile:''' And I think I know just the man. Time being against us, it may be best if I go and solicit his aid in person ─ even if it does mean leaving my patients...
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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Proper Procedure

2026-04-20T02:38:58Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Proper Procedure
| description = The goblin merchant [[Sweetnix Rosycheeks|Sweetnix]] appears to be in some distress.
| image =
| quest-giver = Sweetnix Rosycheeks
| related-npcs = P'tahjha
| location = Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks
| location-x = 9.1
| location-y = 11.5
| type = side
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Sidequests
| journal-category = Lominsan Sidequests
| journal-genre = La Noscean Sidequests
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 1
| req-quest =
| req-items = 1 Letter from Sweetnix
| requirements =
| exp = 50
| gil = 103
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest =
| patch = 2.0
| release =
| id-gt = 65649
| id-edb = 148152e2f09
}}
==Steps==
*Deliver the letter to [[P'tahjha]].

*Report to [[Sweetnix Rosycheeks|Sweetnix]].

==Journal==
*The goblin merchant Sweetnix appears to be in some distress.

*Sweetnix wishes to submit a “letter” to Limsa Lominsa's tax offices, but is too afraid to deliver it in person. Take the letter from Sweetnix, and hand it to P'tahjha at Mealvaan's Gate.

*As long as the proper procedures are observed, any merchant is free to trade within the borders of Limsa Lominsa. P'tahjha asks that you assure Sweetnix that there is nothing to fear from assessors.

*Sweetnix appears overjoyed to hear P'tahjha's kind words, and thanks you for your aid in delivering her letter.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Pshhh... Shkohhh... Sweetnix is beauteous gobbie and craftysmart trademaker!
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Sweetnix makes busydeal with uplanders! Need deliver letter to Gate of Mealvann, but Sweetnix has shivershakes.
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Uplander walks to Gate of Mealvaan for Sweetnix? Uplander delivers letter to taxlady P'tahjha?
-quest accepted
-optional start
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Pshhh... Shkohhh... Sweetnix write many letters, but never find right words!
-optional end

====Deliver the letter to P'tahjha====
'''P'tahjha:''' Where is Sweetnix with those import records? Without the proper documentation, I am afraid we shall have to expel him from the city...
''The player hands over 1 {{i|Letter from Sweetnix}}.''
'''P'tahjha:''' Why, these are Sweetnix's records! Glad I am to see they were submitted in time.
'''P'tahjha:''' Honestly, you would think that goblin would have lost his fear of our offices by now. Every month he is to submit these papers, and every month his tardiness forces me to consider his removal.
'''P'tahjha:''' As long as one follows proper procedure, Limsa Lominsa is quite welcoming of foreign traders. Pray convey these words to Sweetnix-perhaps it will aid in soothing the poor goblin's fears.

===Report to Sweetnix===
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Uplander delivered letter to Gate of Mealvaan? Uplander has wideheart and swiftlegs!
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Taxlady P'tahjha has kind backwords for Sweetnix? Sweetnix has outflow of joy for taxlady P'tahjha!
Sweetnix Rosycheeks: Sweetnix is happy gobbie! Gives uplander jinglyshine!
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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A Thousand Words

2026-04-20T02:33:57Z

Maleficentabsinthe: formatted dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = A Thousand Words
| description = [[Latisha]] needs someone to report a bilking patron.
| image =
| quest-giver = Latisha
| related-npcs = Godebert; R'sushmo
| location = Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
| location-x = 10.0
| location-y = 7.9
| type = side
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Sidequests
| journal-category = Lominsan Sidequests
| journal-genre = La Noscean Sidequests
| organization =
| class =
| job =
| level = 2
| req-quest =
| req-items = 1 Artist's Rendition
| requirements =
| exp = 82
| gil = 110
| mettle =
| reward(1-10) =
| overridereward(1-10) =
| reward-opt(1-8) =
| overridereward-opt(1-8) =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest =
| next-quest =
| patch = 2.0
| release =
| id-gt = 65653
| id-edb = 56f30022516
}}
==Steps==
*Receive R'sushmo's artist's rendition.

*Deliver the artist's rendition to [[Godebert]] at the Coral Tower.

*Speak with [[R'sushmo]].

==Journal==
*Latisha needs someone to report a bilking patron.

*A first-time patron has left without settling his bill, and Latisha wants you to report the incident to the Yellowjackets. First, speak with R'sushmo and receive her sketch of the criminal.

*A visibly shaken R'sushmo entrusts you with her rendition of the offender. Deliver it to Godebert at the Coral Tower.

*Unfortunately, the artist's rendition alone will not suffice to identify the offender. Instead, Godebert bids you tell R'sushmo to present herself at the Coral Tower for questioning.

*R'sushmo cannot comprehend what the problem is with her handiwork. You do not have the heart to tell her the truth.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''Latisha:''' We spare no effort to ensure that all our patrons enjoy the finest food and hospitality. And so it is doubly hurtful when someone decides to leave without settling the bill. Nary a bell ago, a first-time patron did just that.
'''Latisha:''' R'sushmo is the one who lovingly prepared the man's meal. She is quite upset by the whole affair and has taken it upon herself to draw an illustration of the offender. Might I trouble you to deliver to the Yellowjackets on our behalf? R'sushmo should be done adding the finishing touches by now.
-quest accepted

===Speak to R'sushmo===
'''R'sushmo:''' Grrr... I poured my heart and soul into that grilled dodo... If I ever get my hands on the scoundrel, I'll grind his bones to make my bread!
'''R'sushmo:''' Here it is, my rendition of the criminal! Please deliver it to Godebert at the Coral Tower- he will know what to do!

===Deliver the rendition to Godebert at the Coral Tower===
'''Godebert:''' A bilker at the Bismarck, and you have an artist's rendition of the man?
''The player hands over 1 {{i|Artist's Rendition}}.''
'''Godebert:''' Er... what in the seven hells is this supposed to be? It looks more like the prow of a ship than a man's face!
'''Godebert:''' Look, we would like nothing more than to bring the offender to justice- 'tis our duty after all. However, we will need a little bit more to go on than this piece of... art.
'''Godebert:''' It would easiest for all involved if R'sushmo were to come here and answer some questions. Please relay to her as much.

===Speak with R'sushmo===
'''R'sushmo:''' Ah, so you've spoken with Godebert? Bwahahaha! Within the bell, the Yellowjackets will have that swindling scoundrel locked in a dungeon cell, and then I'll take my filleting knife and-
'''R'sushmo:''' Huh? Godebert wants me to go to the Coral Tower for ''questioning''!?
'''R'sushmo:''' But what more information does he want that my drawing doesn't already provide!? Isn't a picture supposed to paint a thousand words!?
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

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A Future in Blue

2026-04-18T17:46:15Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = A Future in Blue
| description = [[Martyn]] has the look of a man bursting with pride and eager to bestow praise.
| image = a future in blue1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Brass Blade; Gogo; Gyodo; Kageyama; Nutiba Buntiba; Nutiba's Fiancée; P'yandih; Royse
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 70
| requirements = {{i|Anything Gogo's}} cleared
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 0
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Predatrice
| unlocks = ngp Blue Mage - Part 3
| prev-quest = Master of Mimicry
| next-quest = And the Crowd Goes Mild
| patch = 5.45
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69530
| id-edb = badde03925e
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].

==Journal==
*Martyn has the look of a man bursting with pride and eager to bestow praise.

*Martyn congratulates you on your victory over the Master of Mimicry, and his praise is soon echoed by P'yandih and Royse. Gogo himself arrives and bows to your skill, but Nutiba is concerned at how Kageyama will react. As if on cue, the Kugane merchant appears on the scene in a state of denial, refusing to accept the reality of the defeat. Royse, unconcerned by this development, then springs her trap, which sees Kageyama apprehended by the Brass Blades on charges of smuggling.

*Martyn reflects on the travails of this most recent adventure, realizing that there are yet many untapped wonders awaiting you in this world. New costumes, new magic, new horizons─who knows where you might go from here...

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
P'yandih: Three cheers for [Forename]!
Maudlin Latool Ja: Blue mages always copy, but mimic man Gogo is like copy of copy. Bad quality. Latool Ja knew you would beat him.
Wayward Gaheel Ja: You made Gogo go bye-bye! See? Gaheel Ja just as smart with words as Latool Ja!
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: We saw it all, [Forename]! You showed him, then he showed you, and then you showed him right back again! Hah! In the end, Gogo was no match for your mastery of blue magic.
P'yandih: It was simply amazing! I can see I have some work to do if Azuro the Fourth is to follow in your footsteps.
Martyn: Ah, here's Royse. Come to heap praise on you as well, no doubt.
-quest accepted
-cutscene start
Royse: There you are, darling! Twice savior of the Masked Carnivale and hero of the hour!
Royse: Thanks to you, we now have proof that my enterprise precedes─and exceeds─the sham that is the Fukumen Fighting Festival.
Gogo: You are the first opponent to ever outwit my mimicry. I bow to your skill.
Gogo: My whole life has been devoted to the art of imitation, and so I must grasp this opportunity to emulate such perfection. What is it you'll be doing now?
Question: What will you say?
> Saving the world.
Gogo: Then I, too, shall do the same...is what I would like to say, but my defeat at your hands tells me that I am not yet up to the task.
> Adventuring.
Gogo: Then I, too, shall do the same...is what I would like to say, but my defeat at your hands tells me that I am not yet up to the task.
> ......
Gogo: Again, you humble me. Inaction is the bane of mimicry, and you did perfectly nothing, perfectly.
---
Gogo: It is time I sought out a higher peak of expertise. And when I attain that lofty ground, I hope that you will consent to battle me once more.
Nutiba Buntiba: I suppose I'll have to put an end to the festival. It's only fair, but I fear Kageyama won't see it that way...and he still has my fiancée.
Kageyama: You... You tricked me! Even if I accept this as a loss, we still stand even at one victory each! You have no grounds to claim superiority or precedence!
Royse: Shall we take this one step further then? I'd be happy to let a court of law decide.
Kageyama: Your foreign laws don't apply to me! And should you pursue this in Kugane, you'll discover that this merchant prince is untouchable!
Royse: Oh, I'm well aware of how many officials you have in your pocket back home, Kageyama. Which is why I lured you here to Ul'dah.
Royse: We've compiled enough evidence to prove you guilty of smuggling soy into the city. And for that particular crime against our “foreign laws,” you're facing a lengthy sentence indeed. Enjoy your time in the dungeons!
Nutiba Buntiba: Thank you, Royse─now I need not fear Kageyama or his reprisals. But what is to become of me? Though not entirely by choice, I was, after all, his partner in crime...
Royse: Don't you worry your head about that, darling. It was your testimony which exposed his smuggling in the first place! Once I'd added in the tale of your extenuating circumstances, I was able to wrangle a deal with the authorities to let you walk free.
Martyn: And just in case that worm wriggled away somehow, I took the liberty of liberatin' your lady love from Kageyama's associates.
Nutiba Buntiba: My beloved!
x@Nutiba's Fiancée: My deepest thanks─to all of you. You have indeed set us free.
x@Nutiba's Fiancée: You know what must be done, dearest one.
Nutiba Buntiba: You have treated me far more generously than I deserve! On my oath, I shall return to Kugane, close down the festival, and never again stray from the honest path.
Gogo: Before this goes any further, pray hear my request. Our arena was an imitation of your Masked Carnivale, that much is now obvious...but that in itself was never the issue.
Gogo: The problem lay in imitation without permission. If you would but give us your blessing, I would like to continue our performances in some form of joint venture. As an artist, it pains me to deprive our audiences of the venue in which they knew such enjoyment.
Royse: Hm, that's not a terrible proposal. Even for a “second-rate” copy, your arena ''was'' bringing in a tidy profit...
Royse: Consider your request granted! From this moment forth, I officially recognize the Fukumen Fighting Festival as the Far Eastern incarnation of the Masked Carnivale! We can discuss percentages later.
Nutiba Buntiba: In that case, I had best quietly retire my business in blue wizardry, and establish a proper Kugane chapter of the Blue Mages' Guild instead!
Martyn: I applaud your initiative. Don't forget to put my name on the door though, eh!
P'yandih: Uh, no disrespect intended, Guildmaster, but after your last outing in Kugane, the locals might be more inclined to join if Nutiba is seen to be in charge...
Martyn: Wh-What's that s'posed to mean!?
Nutiba Buntiba: Well, I think it is time we took our leave. Thank you all again─for everything.
P'yandih: And that's my cue to hand things back to the guildmaster. If I'm to perform properly as the fantastic Azuro the Fourth, I have some serious training to catch up on!
Royse: P'yandih has the right of it, darlings. We have legitimate competition now in the Far East, and we cannot let the Masked Carnivale be overshadowed. The show must go on!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: Gogo's art might well be inimitable, but you, my friend, are bloody unbeatable. And what's more, your victory is further proof that blue magic is the solution to any complication.
Martyn: I tell you what, though, this little adventure has opened my eyes to a whole new world of untapped wonders. If we mean to keep learnin' from every opportunity in the realm, I think we'll be needin' thicker spellbooks...
Martyn: New costumes, new magicks, new horizons─just imagine where we can go from here!
-quest complete
System: In order to undertake the next blue mage quest, you must first meet the following requirements:
System: ※FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers must be registered to your service account.
System: ※You must have completed the main scenario quest “Reflections in Crystal.”
System: Once you have done so, the next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn.

</nowiki>}}

Master of Mimicry

2026-04-18T15:45:41Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Master of Mimicry
| description = [[Martyn]] appears to have mastered the art of teahouse customer service.
| image = master of mimicry1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Gogo; Gyodo; Kageyama; Nutiba Buntiba; P'yandih; Royse
| location = Kugane
| location-x = 13.8
| location-y = 9.5
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 70
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Aetherial Spark}}
| req-items =
| exp = 0
| gil = 0
| mettle =
| reward1 = 1 Mirage Gear Coffer (IL 400)
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Where the Gold Goes
| next-quest = A Future in Blue
| patch = 5.45
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69529
| id-edb = bd0c2054cb4
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Aetherial Spark}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Aetherial Spark}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Nutiba Buntiba]].
*Speak with [[Royse]] in [[Ul'dah]].
*Speak with Royse.

==Journal==
*Martyn appears to have mastered the art of teahouse customer service.

*Martyn, despite settling in well at the teahouse, has had little luck in convincing Kageyama to allow a rematch. Enter Royse. Driven beyond the limits of her patience and determined to take matters into her own hands, the Celestium's manager arrives in Kugane like a wrathful storm. She informs you of the appointment she has arranged with Nutiba Buntiba outside the castle gates, and commands you to accompany her there at once.

*After admitting his part in exploiting Royse and Martyn's accomplishments, a shamefaced Nutiba lays before you the sorry tale of his betrothal and subsequent servitude as a prisoner of Kageyama's ruthless manipulations. Then, as if summoned by the cursing of his name, Kageyama emerges from the castle with Golden Goliath in tow. At first, he balks at Royse's insistence on a rematch, but once she sweetens the pot with ownership rights to the Masked Carnivale, the Kugane merchant prince seems positively eager to seal the deal. You and Golden Goliath are now scheduled to duel in the Celestium, an arrangement which sees you and Martyn packing your bags for the return journey to Ul'dah.

*Royse meets you at the Blue Mages' Guild with a new costume and a sudden pre-match date with Gogo, Master of Mimicry, in which the challenger to your title is introduced to the Celestium's cheering crowd. With the gauntlet decidedly thrown down, you find yourself back on the street with Royse, the strident voice of the announcer still ringing in your ears.

*Royse urges you on to victory before departing on some managerial errand, leaving Martyn to advise you on what he considers to be a winning strategy. It seems that, once again, the fate of the Celestium rests upon your azure-clad shoulders. Enter the Masked Carnivale, and unleash a tempest of blue magic that even the Master of Mimicry cannot hope to imitate!

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Martyn: [Forename], keepin' your feet wet in the blue, I see.
Martyn: In case you were wonderin', I tried to arrange a rematch with Golden Goliath, but that smug bastard Kageyama wouldn't even give me the time of day.
Martyn: As far as he's concerned, the matter's already dead and buried.
Martyn: But I ain't one to give up so easily. I'll keep on houndin' him till he's sick of the sight of me, and then...
Martyn: R-Royse!? Er, welcome to Kugane! Can I get you a nice cup of tea...?
Royse: Do I look like I'm in the mood for tea!? I got so tired of waiting for word of your investigation that I packed a bag and came here myself.
Royse: And what do I discover, darling, but that you wagered the right to continue the Foo-koo-men Fighting Festival on a trial by combat...''which you then proceeded to lose''!
Martyn: It wasn't my finest moment, no...
Royse: I never should've delegated this business in the first place. From here on out, ''I'' will be taking charge of things. Effective immediately.
Royse: As a matter of fact, I already have an appointment outside the castle gates with the festival's founder─this Nutiba Buntiba of yours. Come along, darlings, I will not stand idly by while someone who isn't me profits from the idea of the Masked Carnivale.
Martyn: Royse ain't one to mess about, is she? I think my days at the teahouse might be numbered...
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
Martyn: Royse'll sort this out, just you watch.
Royse: I half expected the rat to flee rather than face me, but it seems I get my audience after all. Now maybe we can make some headway...
-optional end
===Speak with Nutiba Buntiba===
-cutscene start
Royse: Nutiba, I accuse you of founding the Foo...ahem, the Fukumen Fighting Festival in a direct attempt to imitate and exploit the success of ''my'' Masked Carnivale. I demand you cease operations and offer restitution for profits lost!
Martyn: And you better bloody well make up for stealin' my soul crystals, as well.
Nutiba Buntiba: I willingly confess to the crimes leveled against me, and offer you both my most sincere and regretful apologies...
Nutiba Buntiba: But I cannot halt what has been put in motion. As to the reasons why, well that shameful explanation is what brought me out to meet with you today.
Nutiba Buntiba: I used to be a sailor, from Limsa Lominsa. To cut a long story short, I was on the crew of a trading ship which docked in Kugane, where I fell in love with a local girl.
Nutiba Buntiba: I asked for her hand in marriage, and that's where Kageyama came in. As the mediator employed for our betrothal, he offered to lend us the monumental sum required for the traditional exchange of gifts. By way of repayment, I was to help him “avoid” paying tariffs on soy sauce exports. I...became a smuggler.
Nutiba Buntiba: The longer I toiled in the shadows, the firmer his grip closed upon me, until one day I realized there was no way to squirm free.
Nutiba Buntiba: It was then that Kageyama heard talk of the Masked Carnivale. He grew obsessed with the idea of raking in the profits by beginning his own fighting arena in Kugane.
Nutiba Buntiba: To that end, he ordered me to travel to Ul'dah, and steal the secrets of blue magic. My conscience rebelled in disgust, but the fear of what Kageyama might do to my fiancée was stronger.
Nutiba Buntiba: And so, resigned to carry out the deception, I apprenticed myself to the guildmaster. Once I'd acquired a solid foundation in the art, I awaited the chance to pilfer your cache of soul crystals, and then fled into the night.
Nutiba Buntiba: ...I do not expect this simple admission of guilt to absolve me of my transgressions. Yet beyond that, I can give you no more─not without risking the safety of the one I hold most dear. Surely you understand!?
Royse: “Kageyama,” you said? The name rings a bell, but I thought he was just another rich Kugane merchant. This goes beyond commercial ruthlessness...
Martyn: Damn you, Kageyama! You've got a lot to answer for!
Kageyama@???: Did someone call my name?
Kageyama: Why are you out here wasting words on this flea-ridden failure? If you've time to chat, you've time to market our blue wizard wares.
Nutiba Buntiba: Yes, sir! S-Sorry, sir!
Royse: Allow me to introduce myself. The name's Royse, and I'm the manager of the Masked Carnivale. This little show you're running here is a brazen theft of my entrepreneurial idea!
Kageyama: Again with this idiocy... You forfeited all rights to that claim the moment your man here lost against our champion.
Royse: I acknowledge his defeat here in Kugane, but that was on foreign soil where you held every advantage. Isn't it only fair that we have the chance to prove our legitimacy on more familiar ground?
Kageyama: Try to twist things all you like, Miss Manager, but what's done is done. Besides, what could I possibly stand to gain by allowing you a rematch?
Royse: A renegotiation of the terms, then. Should you win again, I promise to sign over to you full ownership of the Masked Carnivale.
Kageyama: Gahahaha, you have a deal! Just name the day!
Royse: Not so fast. To clarify, a victory will only be considered valid if won in our home city of Ul'dah.
Royse: Also, I reserve the option to nominate this mage, Azuro the Second, to fight on our behalf.
Kageyama: Yes, yes, very well. Golden Goliath will slaughter any combatant you care to bring into the ring. Your business is as good as mine! Gahahahahaha!
Royse: My apologies for the sudden shift in responsibility, [Forename], but there's no one else I'd trust to shoulder the burden.
Question: What will you say?
> I can handle it!
Royse: I know you can, darling, and we love you for it.
> I knew this would happen...
Royse: I really am sorry, darling. Such is the price of competence, I'm afraid.
> ......
Royse: I can see you're not impressed, darling. I'll make it up to you, I promise.
---
Martyn: I wouldn't have minded another shot myself, but Royse has the last word in these things. And you ''are'' the best choice, if I'm bein' honest.
Royse: That's settled, then. Let's saddle up and head home!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Martyn: Ah, it's good to be home! Strange, though...I sort of miss the fragrance of freshly brewed tea.
P'yandih: I just knew this would lead to more trouble, but I'm glad to see you back safe and sound, [Forename].
-optional end
===Speak with Royse in Ul'dah===
Royse: Kageyama and Nutiba are already here with Golden Goliath, fitting him for a new costume in one of the Celestium's anterooms.
Royse: I have a new outfit for you as well, and I want you wearing it for the pre-match announcement.
Royse: Don't worry, darling, you'll look splendid. Go on, now! Light up the stage!
-cutscene start
Celestium Announcer: >> Ladies and gentlemen! Today we introduce a new challenger to our champion's crown! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> This enigmatic combatant hails from the Far Eastern nation of Hingashi, a man who beguiles his foes with preternatural feats of imitation! I present to you... <<
Celestium Announcer: >> Gogo, Master of Mimicry! <<
Question: What will you say?
> Prepare to be bested!
Gogo: ''Prepare to be bested!''
> May the best warrior win.
Gogo: ''May the best warrior win.''
> Keep it above the belt...
Gogo: ''Keep it above the belt...''
---
Celestium Announcer: >> Oho! And so it begins, folks! With what appears to be a mocking taunt, the challenger Gogo has favored us with a preview of his mimicking talents! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> But can a clever replication truly stack up against the genuine article? Come one, come all to this titanic contest, and witness the outcome for yourself! <<
-cutscene end
-optional start
Martyn: You, uh, didn't see any extra outfits in my size, did you...?
P'yandih: Oh, [Forename], you looked absolutely splendid! The perfect paragon of a blue mage!
-optional end
===Speak with Royse===
Royse: The crowd is primed for blood now, darling. Enter the Celestium when you're ready, and expose this Master of Mimicry for the cheap fraud he is!
Martyn: I wonder if I could get Royse to make ''me'' one of those costumes...? Ahem, sorry. Back to the task at hand.
Martyn: If I've learned anythin' about Gogo, then he'll be soakin' up the skills of every creature in the Masked Carnivale in preparation for your bout.
Martyn: But no matter what spells he brings to bear, remember that you've got the upper hand when it comes to battle experience.
Martyn: And just in case you're keen to accumulate a little more, I've added some new places you can visit to your blue mage log.
Martyn: Like I said, focus on footwork and flexibility! We're countin' on you to take down that clown, and uphold the honor of your fellow blue mages!
-quest complete
System: A new stage has been added to the Masked Carnivale, and can be accessed by speaking with the Celestium attendant.
System: New duties have also been added to the blue mage log. Access the “Blue Mage Log” tab via the blue magic spellbook, found in the main menu.

</nowiki>}}

Where the Gold Goes

2026-04-18T15:30:51Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Where the Gold Goes
| description = [[Martyn]] appears restless and frustrated.
| image = where the gold goes1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Gogo; Gyodo; Miyake; Namai Farmer; Namai Maiden; Verbose Villager
| location = Kugane
| location-x = 13.8
| location-y = 9.5
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 68
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Ultravibration}}
| req-items =
| exp = 27000
| gil = 1950
| mettle =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Azuro and Goliath
| next-quest = Master of Mimicry
| patch = 5.45
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69528
| id-edb = 0d89d8688ff
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Ultravibration}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Ultravibration}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].
*Speak with Martyn once more.
*Speak with Martyn in [[Namai]].
*Question the inhabitants of Namai.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn in [[Kugane]].

==Journal==
*Martyn appears restless and frustrated.

*Martyn, frustrated by his attempts to discern the nature of Golden Goliath, has hit upon the simple plan of following his opponent from a discreet distance. Join the guildmaster in his spying efforts near the castle gates.

*Golden Goliath finally makes his exit from the castle, and you and Martyn begin tailing your prey. You follow along, undetected, and eventually arrive at Pier #2...

*After a brief talk with the falcon porter, Martyn informs you that Golden Goliath appears to have commandeered a special bird on a direct route to the village of Namai. The guildmaster urges you to hurry to the settlement in Yanxia before your quarry is lost.

*You rendezvous with Martyn in Namai in time to see that the inhabitants are obviously familiar with the strange behavior of Golden Goliath. Reasoning that the residents might know the mysterious combatant better than the citizens of Kugane, Martyn suggests that the two of you split up and ask a few questions.

*Your conversations with the villagers reveal that Golden Goliath was formerly known as “Gogo,” a mimicry artist of some renown in the region. Seek out Martyn, and share your revelations.

*Although your investigations turned up some interesting facts, it would seem that Martyn has made a new friend who is willing to divulge a more complete history of the enigmatic Golden Goliath. The old villager reveals that “Gogo,” as the champion was otherwise known, was part of his troupe of performers in the time before Lord Kaien's rebellion. A miraculous mimic, Gogo gained fame for his impossible imitations before a change in fortune saw him seek out a new stage as the undefeated star of the Fukumen Fighting Festival.

*By the time you return to the docks of Kugane, Martyn has decided on his strategy for tackling the formidable Golden Goliath. Footwork and flexibility will be the key to victory, and it is with this goal in mind that the guildmaster returns to his training. Or at least he will, once the customers have been served their tea.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: [Forename]! Masterin' Ultravibration didn't get you shaken to pieces, I see.
Martyn: Me, I've been headin' out when I can to work on the puzzle of old Goldie. But no matter how many pieces I find, I just can't seem to put a picture together.
Martyn: About the best I can think of is to follow him after a match, and see if he lets somethin' slip.
Martyn: Come on. The boss has given me the afternoon off, so it's now or never.
-quest accepted

===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: The match should be over soon. Let's stay out of sight and wait for our friend, shall we?
-cutscene start
Martyn: Here we go. Not too close, now...
-cutscene end

===Speak with Martyn once more===
Martyn: Goldie hopped on one of those huge birds and flew off somewhere. The handler tells me he's bound straight for a village called Namai, and pays extra for the unusual route.
Martyn: I'll take a boat across to Yanxia right now so we don't lose him, but join me over there as soon as you can.

===Speak with Martyn in Namai===
Martyn: Looks like your average farmin' settlement to me... Wait, ain't that our man over there?
-cutscene start
Martyn: ...Bit of an odd one, ain't he?
Martyn: Huh, so he's some kind of mimic. Strange thing to be doin' in the middle of the street, but the villagers don't seem surprised by his antics.
Martyn: They must know him here─or better than they do in Kugane, at any rate. What say we split up and ask a few questions?
-cutscene end
===Question the inhabitants of Namai===
Namai Maiden: Golden...Goliath? I've never heard that name. Maybe you can ask one of the grown-ups?
Miyake: Ah, Golden Goliath─that's what they call him in Hingashi, is it not? Around here, we know him as “Gogo.”
Miyake: He used to perform for us in the enclave, but the imperials had little use for a mimicker's talents. We were proud to hear he had met with such success over in Kugane.
Namai Farmer: Who? Oh, you mean Gogo. That arena name always throws me off but, yes, I know him well. He and I grew up here together, as a matter of fact.
Namai Farmer: The man's talent for mimicry is nothing short of miraculous. He'd always been naturally good at it, then spent endless hours in practice till he was ''perfect''.
-optional start
Namai Maiden: Sorry, I don't know any “gold” people...
Miyake: I miss the days when Gogo was an entertainer in Doma, but there was no future in it. Better that he find his fortune in Kugane.
Namai Farmer: I've never seen anyone exactly like Gogo, yet he can be ''exactly'' like anyone else.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: Ah, good timin', [Forename]. My new mate here was just about to tell the story of Golden Goliath's rise to fame...
-cutscene start
Verbose Villager: Well, it all goes back to the time I was an impresario. Golden Goliath was one of the performers under my wing, although he went by just plain “Gogo” back then.
Verbose Villager: This was in the years before Lord Kaien's rebellion. We lived under the imperials' rule, but I suppose they saw no harm in letting us stage a few shows. And let me tell you, even then, Gogo was a crowd favorite.
Verbose Villager: They couldn't get enough of him. With little more than a glance, he could mimic any gesture or expression with jaw-dropping exactitude.
Verbose Villager: His proficiency extended even to the techniques of samurai and ninja─such skills take years to acquire, and he would execute them flawlessly within moments.
Verbose Villager: There was once an enraged samurai lord who sought to cut him down for his impudence, but Gogo replicated the attack so swiftly that the swordsman found himself on the defensive. In that moment, we witnessed him elevate the act of mimicry from performance art to ''martial'' art.
Verbose Villager: Later, rumors reached us of men who vied with monsters by using their own bestial attacks against them. Gogo was intrigued. He took ship to Kugane to see this spectacle for himself, and enlisted as a combatant in the Fukumen Fighting Festival.
Verbose Villager: For one such as Gogo, imitating the art of blue wizardry was simplicity itself. Even in the arena, he needed but the blink of an eye to understand and master the attacks of his feral opponents. Not once did he taste defeat.
Verbose Villager: And when challengers came forth to contest his supremacy, their techniques, too, did he turn against them. One by one, they fell, and so did the legend of Golden Goliath arise.
Verbose Villager: That is all I can say for now. As for the next chapter of Gogo's saga, well, that is something we all look forward to hearing.
Martyn: Bloody hells... From the way the old man described it, Goldie's mimicry sounds like a more advanced form of blue magic.
Martyn: We have to work for our spells, right? You provoke a creature into displayin' an ability, and ''then'' you absorb its aether once you've won the fight.
Martyn: But Goldie skips past that last bit, and picks up new tricks almost immediately.
Martyn: And it doesn't even need to be a monster! Swordplay, spellcraft, anythin' an opponent throws at him, he can learn.
Martyn: Just copyin' their movements wouldn't be enough─it's as if he perceives the attacks on some deeper level and mirrors the exact flow of their aether.
Martyn: Somethin' like that would take a natural gift for observation, honed by years of patient study. Goldie, as we just discovered, has devoted his entire life to the art of mimicry, and I reckon this─ironic'ly inimitable─talent is his reward.
Martyn: Even expert blue mages like you and me must seem like infants to him. There must be some way to claw out a victory...
Martyn: Let's head back to Kugane for the moment, and I'll try to think up a plan along the way.
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn in Kugane===
Martyn: Well, [Forename], I gave it some thought, and I believe I've hit upon a winnin' strategy.
Martyn: Goldie's mimicry is a formidable weapon, there's no doubt about that. But just because he's learned a bunch of spells and stuff doesn't mean he knows the best way to use them.
Martyn: Footwork and flexibility! That's what's important. And when it comes to battle instincts, I think I have the upper hand over some stage performer.
Martyn: It'll just be a case of dodgin' his attacks, while makin' sure I land a good wallopin' of my own. He won't even know what hit him.
Martyn: Speakin' of improvements, why don't you see about learnin' Aetherial Spark? I'll be busy trainin' for my grand rematch, anyway...once I'm done servin' tea.
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

Azuro and Goliath

2026-04-18T06:20:32Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Azuro and Goliath
| description = [[Martyn]] greets you with a confident smile.
| image = azuro and goliath1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Gogo; Gyodo; Itto; Kageyama; Lalafell Fellow; Muto; Nutiba Buntiba
| location = Kugane
| location-x = 13.8
| location-y = 9.5
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 65
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Tingle}}
| req-items = 1 Azuro Costume
| exp = 26250
| gil = 1132
| mettle =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Everybody Was Fukumen Fighting
| next-quest = Where the Gold Goes
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.45
| id-gt = 69527
| id-edb = 28ba2f7c30a
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Tingle}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Tingle}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].
*Speak with merchants on [[Kogane Dori]].
*Speak with the [[Lalafell]] fellow.
*Deliver the [[Azuro]] costume to Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn once more.

==Journal==
*Martyn greets you with a confident smile.

*The day of the exhibition match has come, and Martyn proclaims himself ready for the duel. Mostly. Actually, he would feel far more confident if he could somehow reclaim the costume that Gyodo stole and sold off. He invites you along to stalk the back alleys of Kogane Dori, and flush out the unscrupulous Namazu.

*You succeed in accosting Gyodo, only to discover that he auctioned off Martyn's outfit piece by piece. It seems you will need to scour the shops and stalls of Kugane in order to purchase them back. Martyn says he will search the markets of the Rakuza District, and volunteers you to visit the merchants of Kogane Dori.

*Your queries into the whereabouts of Martyn's costume are met with discouraging news: from what you can gather, some Lalafell fellow has been a step ahead of you in purchasing the various articles of blue mage apparel. If you hurry, however, you might still catch the man somewhere nearby...

*The Lalafell flees at your approach, but after cornering him in an alley, the young man's shoulders slump in resignation. It is Nutiba Buntiba. He mournfully admits to being Bluehood, and confesses his part in stealing the soul crystals and organizing the festival. Unwilling─and seemingly unable─to explain his actions, he nevertheless seeks to make some small amends by putting the full set of the Great Azuro's costume in your hands. Nutiba bids you deliver the outfit to Martyn, who awaits you outside the castle gates near the Ijin District.

*A bemused Martyn accepts the costume from you, and enters the arena for his duel with Golden Goliath. Despite his best efforts, however, the guildmaster finds himself overwhelmed by his opponent's mastery of multiple forms of spellcraft. Thoroughly dejected, but unable to contain his curiosity, Martyn once more lingers by the gates to interrogate the man who thrashed him so soundly.

*In answer to Martyn's incredulous questions, Golden Goliath claims to have had no mentor─that his arts are “inimitable.” Rudely dismissed by the crowing Kageyama, Martyn trudges back to the teahouse once more.

*Aflame with the desire for a rematch, Martyn decides that a more thorough investigation into Golden Goliath's inimitable arts is in order. He then turns his attention back to the teahouse customers, but not before advising you against neglecting your own advanced studies.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: [Forename]! Been preparin' for the unlikely event I was unfit for the match, then?
Martyn: I appreciate the effort, but as you can see, I'm more than ready to tackle Golden Goliath my own self. Today is the day we go head-to-head, and I've been lurkin' around the festival to study my opponent's fightin' style.
Martyn: From what I could gather, old Goldie learned all his spells from the exotic creatures in the festival─techniques I've never even seen or heard of before.
Martyn: But that just means his blue magic repertoire is limited. I, on the other hand, have spent many a moon buildin' a diverse arsenal of offensive and defensive marvels. There's no way I can lose!
Question: What will you say?
> Nothing is certain.
> Let's not get cocky...
---
Martyn: I'll be fine, trust me! Although there is one tiny problem...
Martyn: I don't have my costume. I know it's silly, but gettin' into character helps me focus my skills.
Martyn: I've a mind to string up our friend Gyodo, and find out where he sold my clothes... Feel like comin' along?
Martyn: Good. My fellow teahouse workers agreed to cover my duties, so I have a little time right now. Let's head into the alleys again and see if we can't flush out that fish.
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: He's close, I reckon. I can almost ''smell'' him...
-cutscene start
Gyodo: Tickets! Get your tick─ Argh, it's you two again!
Martyn: I thought I could live without my old clothes, Gyodo, but it turns out I'm a bit sentimental. I need to know: who did you sell my wardrobe to?
Gyodo: Your shiny outfit? Oh, I auctioned it off piece by piece through a secondhand dealer, and they were bought up by merchants from the Rakuza District and Kogane Dori.
Gyodo: I don't know which shops have them now, but if you mean to buy your costume back, then you had better hurry along, yes, yes?
Martyn: Hm, well that sounds like a two-mage job. Can I ask you to scour the stores on Kogane Dori? I'll take the Rakuza District.
Martyn: Buy any pieces you can find, and we'll settle accounts over at the castle. Hopefully my purse can cover it!
-cutscene end
===Speak with merchants on Kogane Dori===
Itto: Why, yes, I did purchase something from a Namazu seller recently. You're referring to that unusual scepter, I assume?
Itto: If you're quick, perhaps you can make a deal with the customer who bought it. Young Lalafell, he was, left but a few moments ago.
Muto: Auctioned off by Gyodo, you say...? Ah, yes, those foreign garments! I just sold them.
===Speak with the Lalafell fellow===
-cutscene start
Nutiba Buntiba@Lalafell Fellow: I... I have to go!
Nutiba Buntiba: Forgive me for running, I just panicked and... <sigh> You've been well, I hope?
Nutiba Buntiba: I've no wish to lie to you of all people, so let me confirm what the guildmaster believes to be true: I ''am'' Bluehood.
Nutiba Buntiba: Every part of this─stealing the soul crystals, setting up the festival, selling the secrets of blue wizardry─it was all my doing. I knew it was wrong, and I don't expect to be forgiven.
Nutiba Buntiba: But you should also know that I had no other choice, for reasons that I cannot presently explain...
Nutiba Buntiba: Here. This hardly begins to make up for what I've done, but I took the liberty of reclaiming Azuro's costume. Please see that it makes it into Martyn's hands.
Nutiba Buntiba: He'll need all the edge he can get against Golden Goliath...though I doubt it will do him any good. Fare you well, [Forename].

===Deliver the Azuro costume to Martyn===
Martyn: It's gone. Every storekeeper who had a piece of my costume had already sold it. Don't s'pose you had any better luck?
''The player hands over 1 {{i|Azuro Costume}}.''
Martyn: You got the whole set!? But how─!?
Martyn: And then Nutiba just ''gave'' it to you? I don't understand. What kind of game is he playin' here?
Martyn: Well, let's leave that mystery for later─I have a match to win and I don't need any more distractions.
Martyn: It's time for Azuro the Third to prove himself on this Far Eastern stage. I'll see what this Goldie is really made of...
-cutscene start
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> Ladies and gentlemen! For this evening's entertainment, we bring you an unranked exhibition match featuring the incomparable, the invincible, the inexorable GOLDEN GOLIATH! <<
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> His opponent is a stranger to our shores, a challenger from the distant west who seeks to pit his own formidable skills against our reigning champion! Please welcome, Azuro the Third! <<
Uncouth Spectator: >> Look at him! This fool is just some would-be Bluehood. He'll never beat Golden Goliath! <<
Martyn: I'll show you how a ''real'' practitioner of blue magic fights!
Martyn: >> Have a taste of this! <<
Gogo@Golden Goliath: >> ''Have a taste of this''! <<
Martyn: Bloody hells...
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> Oho! The challenger appears to have some tricks up his sleeve, but will they be enough to topple our golden paragon!? <<
Martyn: There's more where that came from!
Gogo@Golden Goliath: >> ''There's more where that came from!''
<<
Martyn: But... No blue mage can do that...can they?
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> And Azuro the Third is down! Victory for Golden Goliath <<!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: That's that, then. I've failed. They'll never heed my demands now.
Martyn: And what's with those spells Goldie cast at the end there? I swear I only ever saw him usin' monster techniques, then suddenly he's throwin' Flare and Holy at me.
Martyn: I tell you, as a longtime student of the arcane arts, it eats me up inside. How can someone wield blue, white, ''and'' black magic all at the same bloody time!? I ain't leavin' until I get some answers.
-cutscene start
Martyn: That was a sound thrashin' you gave me, mate, but I've got to ask: where did you learn to fight like that? Who was your mentor?
Gogo@Golden Goliath: Mentor? I had no mentor. My arts are mine alone. They are...inimitable.
Kageyama: Clear off, you whimpering cur! Find someplace else to whine about your defeat! Gahahaha!
Martyn: No mentor? So he taught ''himself'' all that stuff? It just doesn't seem possible...
Martyn: Blast, it's gettin' late. Sorry to rush off, but they'll be needin' me back at the teahouse.
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn once more===
Martyn: This ain't about the festival anymore, [Forename]─the reputation of our guild is at stake! I won't let it end in defeat!
Martyn: I'll challenge Goldie to a rematch, don't you worry about that. But first I need to learn more about the man and his “inimitable” art if I'm to have a fightin' chance.
Martyn: Oh, and, uh, you shouldn't neglect your studies while this is goin' on. Why don't you take a crack at acquirin' Ultravibration? Now if you'll excuse me, I've got customers to serve...
-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

Everybody Was Fukumen Fighting

2026-04-18T05:44:19Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Everybody Was Fukumen Fighting
| description = [[P'yandih]] appears to have been waiting for you.
| image = everybody was fukumen fighting1.png
| quest-giver = P'yandih
| related-npcs = Fighting Festival Ticket Taker; Gogo; Gyodo; Haboku; Hayataka; Kageyama; Martyn; Nutiba Buntiba; Urbane Citizen
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = feature
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 63
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Basic Instinct}}
| req-items =
| exp = 25750
| gil = 2141
| mettle =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Second-rate Entertainment
| next-quest = Azuro and Goliath
| patch = 5.45
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69526
| id-edb = 17d63aca62e
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Basic Instinct}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Basic Instinct}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]] in [[Kugane]].
*Question customers at the Shiokaze Hostelry.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn once more.
*Speak with the Fighting Festival ticket taker.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn once more.

==Journal==
*P'yandih appears to have been waiting for you.

*P'yandih, otherwise applauded in the Celestium as “Azuro the Fourth,” appears to have been awaiting your arrival. After a brief greeting, she hands you a letter from Martyn─a missive from the mysterious Far East. You scan the plaintive note and learn that the guildmaster has encountered some manner of trouble, and requests assistance at your earliest convenience. It would seem that your path leads to a teahouse in front of the Sekiseigumi Barracks in Kugane...

*You arrive in Kugane to find Martyn working in a teahouse, the odd conclusion to an unfortunate string of events that befell him not long after his own arrival in the city. Robbery and public indecency notwithstanding, the guildmaster assures you that he is finally able to set aside some time to pursue the true purpose of his journey. He would, however, appreciate any aid you can render during his investigation into the Fukumen Fighting Festival. To that end, you are to make your way to the Shiokaze Hostelry, and learn what information you may from the patrons within.

*Your inquiries at the Shiokaze Hostelry have shed some light upon the nature of Kugane's own fighting arena. Return to Martyn and report your discoveries.

*You share your information with Martyn, and he reluctantly concludes that obtaining a ticket to the festival will require dealing with a black market merchant. Follow the guildmaster into the back alleys of Kogane Dori.

*The shifty merchant you encounter is none other than Gyodo, the Namazu responsible for robbing Martyn in the first place. In an act of contrition─and sniveling cowardice─Gyodo returns the guildmaster's stolen money, and also presents him with an entry token to the festival. A few coins richer, Martyn suggests an immediate visit to the castle gates, where a Fighting Festival ticket taker should be waiting to admit you to the show.

*Although Gyodo appears to have deceived you with a cheap ticket, you nevertheless enter the festival and view the opening match. Martyn is appalled by the event's blatant similarities to the Masked Carnivale, and shocked to discover that the entrepreneurial combatant known as “Bluehood” speaks with the voice of Nutiba Buntiba. Before you can discover anything further, however, you are forced to exit the premises.

*A furious Martyn decides to linger by the castle gates and wait for his dishonest disciple to emerge. Bluehood, when he eventually does appear, is adamant that he is not the person Martyn thinks he is. The festival's manager, Kageyama, then comes out to cut the guildmaster's tirade short. He challenges the “founder of blue magic” to prove the authenticity of his claims in a duel against the reigning champion, Golden Goliath─a proposal which Martyn recklessly accepts. Wondering at the wisdom of his decision, your erstwhile mentor hurries back to his post at the teahouse.

*Committed to his course, Martyn wisely chooses to spend the time leading up to the exhibition match investigating the fighting style of his opponent. Meanwhile, he exhorts you to continue your training in preparation for the unlikely event that you will be required to take his place in the arena.

==Trivia==
* This quest's title is a reference to the song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Fighting Kung Fu Fighting]" by Carl Douglas. In particular, it references the first two lines of the song's chorus: "Everybody was kung fu fighting / Those cats were fast as lightning".
** The intended target of this quest is a Coeurl (cat) boss inside The Temple of the Fist (a martial arts temple). This corresponds with the second line of the song's chorus, which refers to martial arts fighters as "cats".

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
P'yandih: [Forename], you're looking even more competent than usual. I take it you followed Martyn's advice?
P'yandih: Well, don't slow down now, because I've been improving by leaps and bounds! The Celestium still echoes with applause for the deeds of Azuro the Fourth!
P'yandih: Speaking of fighting arenas, I have a letter here for you from the guildmaster. I wonder how his investigation in Kugane is progressing...
Martyn@Martyn's Letter: ''Dear [Forename], I write to you from lands foreign and forbidding, the bubbling of the tea kettle my constant companion.''
Martyn@Martyn's Letter: ''This missive should, by rights, be a comprehensive report on our Far Eastern competitors, but I must confess that my investigative efforts suffered a significant setback following my arrival in Kugane.''
Martyn@Martyn's Letter: ''I fear that the true purpose of my journey here will be delayed beyond the limits of Royse's patience, thus do I humbly beg you to render your assistance.''
Martyn@Martyn's Letter: ''Please, come to the teahouse in front of the Sekiseigumi Barracks, and I will explain everything. Waiting in hope, Martyn''
P'yandih: Oh dear. I suppose we should've expected something like this.
P'yandih: You will help him, won't you, [Forename]? I shudder to think what kind of trouble he's found himself in...
-quest accepted
-optional start
P'yandih: Did Martyn say to meet him in a teahouse? I don't think I've ever seen him drink tea...
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Kugane===
Martyn: Welcome, honored customer! Can I interest you in a steaming cup of tea and a delectable dango?
Martyn: Y─ [Forename]! You came!
Question: What will you say?
> Had a change of profession?
> Uh... nice robe?
---
Martyn: This is part of the, um, “setback” I mentioned in my letter. I was just about done for the night anyway, so now's as good a time as any to talk.
Martyn: Well, when I first arrived in Kugane, I thought to myself, “Martyn, you need to find yourself a place to stay.” It must've taken, oh, at least several moments before I got hopelessly lost in the back streets, and that's when a kindly Namazu offered to lend me a hand. Fin. Whatever.
Martyn: Acceptin' his aid was the start of my misfortunes. The little bleeder had me knocked out, purse emptied, and stripped to the skin before I even knew what was happenin'.
Martyn: To add insult to injury, the local authorities' response to a befuddled, bare-bottomed man stumblin' about town is to lock him up on charges of public indecency.
Martyn: I was able to plead innocence on that count, at least, but that still left me penniless, friendless, and naked as a newborn babe. The officers took pity on me then, and arranged a job for me here at the teahouse in exchange for food and board...once they'd lent me some clothes, of course.
Martyn: I've since been spendin' every spare moment learnin' the ins and outs of the perfect cup of tea, but I think I've got the hang of it now. I can finally start nosin' into that Fukumen Fighting Festival, and, with your help, hopefully make up for lost time.
Martyn: Right, then. I'll ask some questions around the teahouse, while you interrogate the clientele of the Shiokaze Hostelry. Gently, mind you!
Martyn: Once you've ferreted out some choice bits of information, we can meet back here and compare notes. Let's get to it!
===Question customers at the Shiokaze Hostelry===
Haboku: I know more about drinking than fighting, but even I've heard about this festival of yours... They opened its doors only a short while ago, and the battling beasts it showcases are already drawing huge crowds.
Haboku: The real stars, though, are the blue wizards. Their wild magicks bring the customers back again and again, like a smooth cup of sake.
Hayataka: ...Do I ''know'' of it? I've been to ''see'' it. Bluehood was a fan favorite for a while, but now everyone cheers for Golden Goliath.
Hayataka: Not only has he bested every creature he's faced, he's also crushed any upstart brave enough to challenge his title.
Hayataka: I should warn you now, friend: tickets to the festival sell out quickly. But there's a price for everything, if you've the purse to pay for it...
Urbane Citizen: The Fukumen Fighting Festival? Men slaughtering beasts, bah! Where's the entertainment in that?
Urbane Citizen: I can understand the commonfolk lapping it up, but it seems that even the lord bugyo has fallen under its spell. Last I heard they were hosting matches in the Noh Theater up at the castle. Unbelievable...
-optional start
Haboku: That's all I know about the festival, but should you have any questions about sake...
Hayataka: Like I said, you might have trouble securing tickets to a match─especially if you're keen to see Golden Goliath. You either need to be extremely swift...or extremely rich.
Urbane Citizen: The theater was built as a stage to exhibit our traditional art forms, not this vulgar circus for the bloodthirsty masses. This “festival” is an insult to our cultural heritage.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: What did we find out, then?
Martyn: Hmmm, sounds to me like the festival is a recent phenomenon...which means it's almost certainly an imitation of our Masked Carnivale.
Martyn: If we're to be completely sure, though, I need to see one of these matches with my own eyes.
Martyn: Now, I heard the same thing as you did about buying tickets: seems they all sell out before you can bloody blink. But rumor has it they do a thrivin' trade on the black market.
Martyn: And as much as I'd prefer to avoid dealin' with back-alley types, I don't think we have time to mess about. Let's wander the streets around Kogane Dori, and see what's on offer, shall we?
===Speak with Martyn once more===
Martyn: Keep an eye out for any shady-lookin' characters...
-cutscene start
Gyodo@???: Festival tickets! I have tickets for the fukumen and the fighting, yes, yes!
Gyodo@Shifty Namazu: <gasp> Y-You! I know you!
Question: What will you say?
> Gyoshin!
Gyodo: Ugh, the name is Gyodo! Gyoh. Doh.
> Gyodo!
Gyodo: Yes, yes, it is I! Your faithful Gyodo!
> Gyofun!
Gyodo: Ugh, the name is Gyodo! Gyoh. Doh.
---
Martyn: Wait, you're that Namazu who robbed me!
Gyodo: Well...you were all but asking to be robbed! How was I to know you were acquainted with our mutual friend, here?
Martyn: I ought to gut you here in the street! Where's my money!? Where are my ''clothes'', you nasty little bottom-feeder!
Gyodo: N-Now, now, let us not be hasty! Your money I can return, but the fine clothing sold quickly! Perhaps you will accept some other form of recompense, yes, yes?
Gyodo: ...Tickets! You were in search of Fukumen Fighting Festival tickets, were you not? Here, you must have this rare and valuable entry token! Free of charge!
Gyodo: We are even now, yes, yes? Then I must be on my way!
Martyn: Well, I s'pose I'll never see my clothin' again...but at least I got some coins back, and snagged an entry ticket into the bargain.
Martyn: Let's head on over to the castle, and see if there's any matches underway. I imagine there's someone collectin' tickets at the gate.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Martyn: This ought to be interestin'...
-optional end
===Speak with the Fighting Festival ticket taker===
Fighting Festival Ticket Taker: Oh, are you in for a treat─the inimitable “Golden Goliath” is on the docket for today's entertainment! May I see your tickets, please?
Martyn: Will this get the both of us in?
Fighting Festival Ticket Taker: Certainly, sir... You are aware, however, that this token only permits entry to the preliminary matches? A full-price ticket is required to view the main event.
Martyn: Grrr, that slimy, bewhiskered bugger must've slipped us the cheapest one he had! Well, never mind. As long as we can get some idea of what's going on in this festival of theirs...
-cutscene start
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> Ladies and gentlemen! Here to raise the curtain on this evening's spectacle of savagery is the illustrious sky-wrapped warrior himself...Bluehood! <<
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> Be amazed by his cerulean arts as he tangles with a terrible and tenacious Yanxian tiger! <<
Fighting Festival Announcer: >> A masterful performance! While few compare to the magnificence of Golden Goliath, who can deny the talent apparent in Bluehood─the original pioneer of blue wizardry! <<
Martyn: The pioneer of─ It was ''me'' who brought blue magic to the masses, not this puffed-up pretender!
Martyn: I've seen enough. The spells are real, alright, but the execution is atrocious. It's an offense against our profession! Who's behind that mask, then, I'd like to know...
Fighting Festival Announcer: And now, ladies and gentlemen! Before we progress to the main event, Bluehood himself has asked that you spare him a moment of your attention.
Nutiba Buntiba@Bluehood: >> Listen one, listen all! No occult tricks or arcane incantations can contend with the all-surpassing might of blue wizardry! Who among you dreams of holding such miraculous power in the palm of his or her hand!? <<
Martyn: I know that voice! It's him─it's bloody Nutiba Buntiba!
Excitable Spectator: >> Are you saying that ''anyone'' can learn those spells? Even me...? <<
Nutiba Buntiba@Bluehood: >> If you but possess the will, then I, the founder of azure evocations, need only to mark the way! <<
Nutiba Buntiba@Bluehood: >> I have with me a surfeit of talismans to awaken the blue spirit within you, and a stack of custom-made raiments to arm and garb you! <<
Nutiba Buntiba@Bluehood: >> Those first in line will also receive one of a limited number of blue wizardry spell tomes! Come forth, and open your purses! The bold will be rewarded! <<
Martyn: That thievin' bastard! I ''knew'' I was missing a cache of soul crystals...
Martyn: I mean, has he no shame!? He's even stolen my old sales pitch, right down to the introductory offer!
Fighting Festival Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen! I must ask those without full-price admission tickets to kindly vacate the seats. The main event is soon to commence!
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: I wasn't entirely sure what we'd find in there, but it wasn't the great vanishin' Nutiba, I can tell you that much.
Martyn: Let's wait around for a bit and see if he comes out. I think I'd like to have a few words with our buddin' entrepreneur.
-cutscene start
Martyn: Well, well, fancy meetin' you here, Nutiba! Hope you've got a good explanation for why you'd stab your old guildmaster in the back like this!
Nutiba Buntiba@Bluehood: S-Sorry? You must have mistaken me for someone else. I haven't the faintest idea wh─
Martyn: You can drop the act already! I saw you flauntin' your “blue wizardry” in that farce of a performance. And don't think I didn't recognize my missin' soul crystals!
Kageyama: Now see here! I don't know who you are or what you want, but I'll not have you endangering my investment! Have a care with whom you meddle!
Martyn: Coercion? Kidnapping? Sounds like a right proper piece of work.
Kageyama: Ah! I recognize you now! That wasn't my idea! I was as much a victim of that awful man as anyone! In any case, I've since put all that behind me and resumed my place as an upstanding citizen and businessman.
Martyn: Well, whatever you claim to be, it's clear that your enterprise is a blatant imitation of our Masked Carnivale in Ul'dah. As guildmaster of the blue mages, I demand you cease and desist in this unscrupulous attempt to profit from the spellcraft that ''I'' established.
Kageyama: Do you expect me to simply crumble before your insistence? Who's to say that ''you'' are not the ones who mimicked ''us''.
Kageyama: If you truly are the founder of blue magic, then you won't mind giving us all a demonstration of your powers. I challenge you to face the greatest combatant in the history of the Fukumen Fighting Festival─the undefeated Golden Goliath!
Kageyama: Prove yourself against our champion, and we'll surrender to your demands. You find these terms acceptable, I trust?
Martyn: O-Of course! Consider your challenge accepted!
Kageyama: Hm hm hm, very good. I shall organize an exhibition match for the purpose, and inform you of the schedule at a later date. Don't stray too far, now...
Martyn: ...Gods above, what've I got myself into this time? Come on, [Forename], I need to run back to the teahouse. My shift is about to start.
-cutscene end
===Speak with Martyn once more===
Martyn: Right. All I have to do is beat this Golden Goliath fellow, and the festival is history. I mean, how difficult could it be? Even if he is their “champion,” the whole thing is an inferior contest in the first place.
Martyn: But even though I'm sure to win, it never pays to be overconfident. Best do some more investigatin' before the match, I'm thinkin'.
Martyn: By the way, you might want to keep yourself up to snuff on the off chance I'm unfit for battle on the day. Tingle is a handy spell to know! Ahem, anyway. It's back to work for me.
-quest complete

</nowiki>}}

Second-rate Entertainment

2026-04-18T05:23:21Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Second-rate Entertainment
| description = [[Martyn]] seems pleased to see you.
| image = second-rate entertainment1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Kugane Merchant Magnate; P'yandih; Royse; Ultros
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = feature
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 60
| req-quest = Emissary of the Dawn
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 25000
| gil = 713
| mettle =
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Blue Cheese (Quest)
| next-quest = Everybody Was Fukumen Fighting
| patch = 5.45
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69525
| id-edb = 63906a06056
}}
==Steps==
*Speak with the [[Ultros|tentacled voidsent]] at [[Spineless Basin]], in [[Central Thanalan]].
*Speak with [[Martyn]] in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Martyn seems pleased to see you.

*Martyn gives you a hearty welcome, and quickly fills you in on the latest guild news. Soon after, one of his disciples, P'yandih, arrives to undertake a test of her abilities, but Martyn's teaching schedule is thrown into disarray by the sudden appearance of Royse. It seems the Celestium's manager is hosting distinguished visitors from the Far East, and requires the Great Azuro─or one of his incarnations─to put on an impressive show for these potential investors. Finding himself otherwise engaged, Martyn imposes upon you to administer P'yandih's exam. All you need to do, he claims, is oversee the young mage's battle with some tentacled horror─with said horror patiently awaiting your coming in central Thanalan.

*You avail yourself of the tentacled voidsent's martial services, and P'yandih employs her spellcraft to pummel the creature beyond the point of submission. Satisfied with her progress and wondering if Martyn might be finished with his exhibition match, the two of you turn back towards Ul'dah.

*You return to the guild, but it seems Royse's guests from the Far East were less than impressed with the Masked Carnivale, calling it a poor recreation of the “Fukumen Fighting Festival.” Incensed that someone has stolen the idea for her enterprise, Royse orders Martyn to Kugane to investigate, leaving you behind to supervise the guild and the newly dubbed “Azuro the Fourth.”

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Martyn: [Forename]! How fares your delvin' into the deep waters of the blue?
Martyn: If you're worried about the guild, then let me set your mind at ease: folk've been beggin' to join our ranks, and bangin' on our door day and night! Well...metaphorically speakin', of course.
Martyn: Even better, these eager young mages are so thirsty for knowledge, they've gone as far as the Far East and Ala Mhigo to discover new spells!
Martyn: Ah, I remember not so long ago when it was just me trudgin' across the realm, and now there's a whole host of us workin' to improve the art...
Martyn: I'll have to jot these new tricks down in your spellbook so you can go and have a look for yourself, eh?
Martyn: Oh, and I was meanin' to tell you about that log I've been puttin' together. Thanks to you and our other colleagues, I've managed to construct a fairly convincin' case for blue magic's unbeatable versatility, but a few more notes from the field wouldn't go astray. Anyway, that's about it for guild news...
Martyn: Ah, P'yandih, my diligent disciple. Today's the day y─
P'yandih: [Forename], I was hoping you'd be back! I've been practicing all the blue magic I could get my hands on, and would love for you to see my progress!
Martyn: Now, now, there'll be time for that later. ''As I was saying'', today's the day for your big test.
Question: What will you say?
> I sense...something amiss.
> Where's your friend?
---
P'yandih: Oh, you mean Nutiba? He was doing so well, then one day not too long ago, he just...left.
Martyn: Yes, it was a shame to lose so promisin' a pupil, but I'm sure he had his reasons. We can only hope he's out there somewhere, givin' blue mages a good name.
Royse: [Forename]! No one told me you were available, darling─not that the job I have in mind is worthy of your talents, in any case. I can make do with Azuro the Third, here...
Royse: You see, I'm hosting some patrons who've traveled all the way from the Far East to witness the spectacle of the Great Azuro─or one of his incarnations─doing battle in the Masked Carnivale. Short notice, I know, but I'll need you in the Celestium right away.
Martyn: I'm sorry, Royse, but today is an import─
Royse: Did I mention these patrons were wealthy Kugane merchants? Put on a good enough show and we might snag ourselves some new investors...which means more coin to share around.
Martyn: Well, we wouldn't want to disappoint our distinguished guests now, would we? I'd better do some stretches!
Martyn: I'll let you administer P'yandih's test for her, [Forename]. Honestly, there's naught to it! I've already arranged a voidsent for her to fight─all you need to do is see if she wins or not.
Martyn: Her opponent is waitin' out at Spineless Basin, a big, tentacled brute of a thing. Introduce yourselves, and then P'yandih can have at it!
P'yandih: <sigh> Martyn never changes, does he? It makes my head spin... But at least this way I get to show you how much I've improved. Come on, let's go and find this voidsent!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Martyn write more blue magic in your spellbook. It is gift of other brave adventurers who join Blue Mages' Guild, so if you are brave, you can learn these new spells too.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn very confident and eager, yes? That is usually when thing go wrong.
-optional end
===Speak with the tentacled voidsent at Spineless Basin, in central Thanalan===
Ultros: Hey, I know you! You're that Azuro the Second character.
Ultros: Martyn told me I'd be training against some young and pretty up-and-comer, so you keep out of it, alright?
-cutscene start
Ultros: Mwa ha ha! Now ''that's'' what I'm talking about. I promise not to bruise you too badly!
P'yandih: Uh, [Forename]... Any advice for tackling this fiend?
Question: What will you say?
> Turn him into tako-yaki!
> Ware his imp attack!
---
Ultros: Gwee-hee-hey, now! That hurt!
Ultros: Ow! Right in the cephalopods!
Ultros: Enough! I yield! Uncle Ulty didn't sign up for this!!!
P'yandih: The title of “Azuro the Fourth” was riding on the outcome of this test, you see...
P'yandih: ...Only, the honor really should have gone to Nutiba. He's always been far more skilled in blue magic than me.
P'yandih: I wonder what could've possessed him to leave like that? I could tell something was troubling him, but he vanished without a word. Seems such a waste to─
P'yandih: But no, it's not my place to question his decisions. He has his life to lead, and I have mine. Let's head back into the city and see if Martyn's bout is finished, shall we?
-cutscene end
-optional start
Royse: We meet again, darling.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Ul'dah===
-cutscene start
Martyn: How went the testin', then?
Martyn: Fantastic! So we've another Azuro to wow the crowds, eh!?
Martyn: My own demonstration went rather well, I thought. In fact, our Far Eastern guests should be along soon to shower me with praise...
Royse: Welcome, welcome! That was some performance, wouldn't you agree?
Kugane Merchant Magnate: I would not. Why, your “Masked Carnivale” is simply a poor recreation of Kugane's own Fukumen Fighting Festival.
Royse: ...Foo-koo-men?
Kugane Merchant Magnate: Our word for “masks,” Miss Royse. They are worn by the blue wizards who duel the fearsome creatures of the festival, pitting spectacular spells against untamed ferocity. It has proven most popular with the masses.
Martyn: D-Did he say “blue wizards”...?
Kugane Merchant Magnate: If I had known such second-rate entertainment awaited me here, I would have ended my journey in your “Golden Saucer.”
Royse: Did I hear that straight!? Because it sounds like someone's making money off of ''my'' enterprise!
Royse: Martyn, I need you to board the next ship to Kugane, and look into this Foo-koo-men Festival thing. If it really is a blatant imitation of the Masked Carnivale, then I intend to object in the most strenuous terms. There will be ''magistrates'' involved.
Martyn: Personally, I'm curious about these so-called “blue wizard” fellows. If I find out they're makin' a mockery of our art, then there'll be seven hells to pay!
Royse: While Martyn's busy across the waves, we're relying on you to pick up the slack in the Celestium, darling. You earned the title of Azuro the Fourth─now let's see how you fill out the costume.
P'yandih: Behold!
P'yandih: The proud line of the Great Azuro lives on!
Martyn: You certainly look the part there, P'yandih.
Martyn: Gods, I can feel the gap between teacher and pupil getting smaller by the day. I'd best be expandin' my own spellbook if I'm to keep callin' myself guildmaster...
Martyn: And I reckon you should keep a step ahead, as well. Basic Instinct is a good one to learn! Once you've mastered that─and polished your powers a bit─I'd appreciate it if you could stop by and check in on P'yandih.
Martyn: I won't be around to offer instruction for a time, but I have great faith that the guild will never flounder with the two of you on the job!
P'yandih: We'll be fine, I'm sure. It's Martyn I'm worried about... Anyway, I'll be holding the fort here should there be anything you need!
-quest complete
-cutscene end

</nowiki>}}

Blue Cheese (Quest)

2026-04-18T03:51:53Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{otheruses|the [[Heavensward]] [[Blue Mage]] quest|the [[food]] item|Blue Cheese (Item)}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = Blue Cheese
| description = [[Martyn]] presumably wishes to thank you for avenging his defeat at the hands of [[Siegfried]].
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Fyrgeiss; Maudlin Latool Ja; Nutiba Buntiba; P'yandih; Royse; Zirnberk
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 60
| requirements = {{i|The Catch of the Siegfried}} cleared
| req-items =
| exp = 25000
| gil = 550
| reward1 = 1 Mask of Azuro
| unlocks = ngp Blue Mage - Part 2
| prev-quest = Blue Scream of Death
| next-quest = Second-rate Entertainment
| patch = 5.15
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69273
| id-edb = 4a389f475bd
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].

==Journal==
*Martyn presumably wishes to thank you for avenging his defeat at the hands of Siegfried.

*Martyn is joined by P'yandih, Nutiba Buntiba, and Royse in offering their congratulations for your thrilling victory over Siegfried. As the ownership of the Celestium hinged on the outcome of the match, Royse is particularly pleased that the arena and its assets remain under her control. Your vanquished foe also arrives with his father, Fyrgeiss, and admits that you were the better fighter on the day. Following suit, Fyrgeiss confesses that he had misjudged the abilities of blue mages, and Martyn seizes the opportunity to secure gainful employment for his guild with Amajina & Sons. After the wealthy Syndicate member clears the air with Royse, a round of farewells ensues, leaving you with Martyn and his Mamool Ja associates. However, it seems that something is amiss with the guildmaster...

*With Martyn's position undermined by your emphatic display in the Masked Carnivale, he comes to the conclusion that he can no longer continue as the Great Azuro. But Martyn has never been one to give in, even when he almost definitely should, and he announces that he will reinvent himself under the new identity of Azuro the Third. He aims to convince the public of Ul'dah that his latest alter ego is the original founder of the Blue Mages' Guild, in order to distance it from the rather ignominious fate that befell the Great Azuro. He will continue to appear in the Masked Carnivale under this new moniker while continuing his research into strategies that blue mages may employ in various fields of combat, and he asks you to participate in further expeditions. Though Martyn maintains his position as guildmaster of the Blue Mages' Guild, it is clear to all involved who the real driving force is, and the junior members will rely on your guidance in the days to come.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn once you have met the following requirement:
**※ You must have completed the main scenario quest “Emissary of the Dawn.”

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Gaheel Ja happy you defeat Siegfried! Maybe Celestium become more popular than Coliseum now, yes?
Maudlin Latool Ja: Thanks to you beating Siegfried, Celestium stay with Royse and Martyn find work for blue mages. Everyone a winner! Except Siegfried, of course.
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: You did it! The Great Azuro has been avenged!
Martyn: Honestly, mate, I can't tell you how satisfyin' it was seein' you knock the stuffin' out that pompous bastard.
Martyn: Ha ha! From the pitter-patter of distant footsteps, it sounds like I ain't the only one who wants to congratulate you!
-quest accepted
-cutscene start
Nutiba Buntiba: Superlative! Splendiferous! The pinnacle of blue magery! Truly, you are everything I aspire to be.
P'yandih: I knew Azuro the Second wouldn't let us down!
Royse: So you're the ones who were screaming at the top of your lungs from start to finish? It's nice to know [Forename] has such enthusiastic followers.
Royse: Of course, no one was more pleased than me to see you triumph over Siegfried. The Celestium and its menagerie remain in my possession, and I'll sleep more easily knowing that Fyrgeiss won't be unleashing any voidsent just to clear out those blasted mines of his. You have my thanks.
Zirnberk: [Forename], you beat me fair and square. Even with all of that magitek, I was no match for you.
Fyrgeiss: Yes, I must commend you on a fine victory. What is more, you have opened my eyes to the potential of blue magic.
Fyrgeiss: I know better than anyone how fierce a fighter my son is, yet you had an answer for his every move. Your defenses, nigh on impenetrable. Your barrage of attacks, overwhelming. And on the few occasions that his blows struck true, your healing arts swiftly mended the wounds.
Martyn: So, the Blue Mages' Guild has gained your seal of approval, so to speak?
Fyrgeiss: More or less. While [Forename] here easily surpasses my expectations, and you possess no small amount of ability yourself, I have yet to assess the suitability of the guild as a whole. I shall hire you and your mages on a per-job basis, and have you fulfill whatever roles are deemed necessary.
Martyn: You will not regret this! I shall handpick our very best according to your requirements, all for a reasonable price!
Nutiba Buntiba: I assume you shall refrain from taking more than your fair share.
Martyn: Well, part of the payment'll go to the runnin' costs of the guild. Besides, I think I'm entitled to a bit of a finder's fee, all things considered. You can't expect the guildmaster to live on table scraps!
Royse: Ha ha... I shouldn't laugh, really. He has actually been surviving on scraps for a while now. Perhaps I should pay him a bit more... Ah yes, there was one thing I wanted to say. I apologize for speaking out of turn at Copperbell Mines, Master Fyrgeiss.
Fyrgeiss: No, you had every right to be angry. And when you suggested that the other members of the Syndicate thought of me as second-rate, it struck a nerve, because deep down, I knew it was true.
Fyrgeiss: In the events following Teledji Adeledji's death, Lolorito's influence has been growing steadily, while Godbert's Gold Saucer continues to make gil hand over fist. As for Prioress Dewlala, being head of the Order of Nald'thal means her position will always be secure.
Fyrgeiss: I, on the other hand, have been desperately searching for a means to reassert myself within the Syndicate. It is fair to say that perhaps the success I had attained in my youth led to complacency.
Fyrgeiss: Royse, you remind me of myself when I was your age. I traversed the length and breadth of Thanalan, doing whatever it took to fill Amajina & Sons' coffers. I once had that same drive, the same desire to innovate that I see in you.
Fyrgeiss: From now on, rather than using my wealth to bully others into relinquishing control of what is theirs, I shall strive to create something from the ground up. To explore new frontiers.
Fyrgeiss: And it seems there is no better time to begin than right now. After all, I am not getting any younger! I bid you all good day.
P'yandih: Speaking of exploring frontiers, that's exactly what Nutiba and I should be doing! Who knows, we might even discover new blue magic that even the guildmaster's never seen!
Royse: No doubt they're feeling inspired after seeing the exploits of Azuro the Second. My audiences will be eager to see more of you, too, so the doors of the Celestium are always open should you be available to put on a show!
Martyn: Aaand once again, I'm left feelin' about as useful as teats on a bull. I reckon it's time I packed it all in...
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Maybe Martyn tired of living in [Forename]'s shadow?
-optional end

===Speak with Martyn===
-cutscene start
Martyn: [Forename], there's no point denyin' it any longer: you've well and truly surpassed me. You've mastered everything I've mastered. Triumphed where I've miserably failed. I've enjoyed my moment in the limelight, but I know when it's time to bow out.
Martyn: The day has come for me to hang up my cloak and little eye mask thingy.
Question: What will you say?
> No Martyn! The show must go on!
Martyn: It's no use, [Forename]. My mind's made up! It's better for me to quit while I'm ahead. Ah... I mean, quit before things get any worse!
> Well, it was nice knowing you!
Martyn: What!? That's it? Bloody hells, you could at least ''pretend'' to stop me!
---
Martyn: But enough of this. This is really it, mate. It's curtains for the Great Azuro.
Martyn: But hark!
Martyn: From the ashes rises Azuro the Third, the intrepid founder of the Blue Mages' Guild!
Martyn: So, what do you think? I'll tell everyone the Great Azuro was just lookin' after it until Azuro the Third returned from...somewhere. I'll think of that later. And that's not all! He'll also be the new star attraction of the Masked Carnivale, givin' me a chance to start afresh there, too!
Martyn: 'Course, I'll be carryin' on my research into new blue mage strategies and whatnot, and maybe even make my own army like Fyrgeiss did! Hmm... Might be a few gil in that. Anyway, I'll still need you to help out with the log, so come by the guild whenever you find the time!
-quest complete
System: In order to undertake the next blue mage quest, you must first meet the following requirements:
System: ※You must have completed the main scenario quest “Emissary of the Dawn.”
System:Once you have done so, the next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn.
-cutscene end

</nowiki>}}

Blue Scream of Death

2026-04-18T03:42:43Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Blue Scream of Death
| description = [[Martyn]] is unnervingly chipper for someone about to be attacked by a very large man with a very large sword.
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Excitable Spectator; Fyrgeiss; Genevieve; Imposing Gladiator; Maudlin Latool Ja; Royse; Zirnberk
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 60
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Frog Legs}}
| req-items =
| exp = 25000
| gil = 810
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Blue in the Face
| next-quest = Blue Cheese (Quest)
| patch = 5.15
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69272
| id-edb = 51d8fd972e0
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Frog Legs}} is available via:
{{#lsth:Frog Legs|[[Blue Mage Spells Learning Guide|Acquisition]]}}
==Steps==
*Gather information at [[the Coliseum]].
*Speak with [[Royse]].
*Speak with [[Martyn]].

==Unlocks==
[[Blue Mage Log]]

==Journal==
*Martyn is unnervingly chipper for someone about to be attacked by a very large man with a very large sword.

*Despite the upcoming match against Siegfried looming over him, Martyn seems to be in high spirits. Having avoided any major catastrophes, it appears that there is no need for you to act as his replacement after all, and your mentor claims to be in top form. Since there is still time remaining before he is due to appear in the arena, he takes the opportunity to attend to some outstanding matters, leaving you to wait for him at the Blue Mages' Guild. When Royse arrives to check up on Martyn, she is livid but not entirely surprised that he should suddenly disappear so close to the battle, though as Latool Ja points out, he may have gone to gather information on his opponent. Since Siegfried is a renowned gladiator at the Coliseum, it stands to reason that Martyn would have headed there to make his inquiries.

*After quizzing some of the spectators and combatants at the Coliseum, you and Royse discover that Martyn had in fact made his way here. Though much of what you hear is largely irrelevant, you are able to glean some semblance of useful information. It would appear that he was hoping to uncover whether Siegfried possesses any weaknesses he may be able to exploit, which is an uncharacteristically methodical approach for someone known for never being adequately prepared for anything.

*You return to Royse to share your findings, and it is not long before Martyn himself finally shows up, claiming that he was merely seeking to gain the upper hand in the bout with Siegfried. Satisfied that he has discovered a strategy by which he may vanquish the formidable gladiator, he leads the way to the Celestium.

:The crowd erupts as Martyn steps into the arena dressed as the Great Azuro, while Siegfried emerges equipped in a suit of Garlean magitek, with an impossibly large greatsword in one hand and an enormous firearm in the other. Martyn displays his unique brand of unfounded optimism despite having no idea of Siegfried's true capabilities, and opens the match with an impressive array of blue magic spells. His hulking opponent is unable to withstand the assault, and it appears that the Great Azuro has secured a flawless victory.

:However, before the winner can be announced, Martyn comes to the realization that Siegfried is standing right behind him, while the fallen foe on the other side of the arena vanishes in a puff of smoke. The tables having been turned in a heartbeat, Siegfried blasts Martyn at point-blank range with his firearm, only for the blue mage to repel the attack with Mighty Guard. A barrage of cannon fire rains down on the barrier until Martyn can maintain it no longer, and he crumples to the sand. The gladiator draws closer and aims his firearm at his hapless foe, offering an opportunity to surrender, but Martyn seizes the opening and makes a last-ditch attack with Self-destruct.

:Every spectator in the Celestium is struck silent, and when the smoke finally clears, Martyn is lying motionless, while Siegfried remains on his feet, seemingly none the worse for wear. He admits that he was only saved by his armor and appeals to Fyrgeiss to allow a rematch. Since his original opponent is unlikely to be fit to appear in the arena any time soon─and may even be dead, as nobody has bothered to check whether he is still breathing─you are chosen as his replacement to defend the reputation of the Blue Mages' Guild and to keep the Celestium under Royse's ownership.

*Now that the dust has settled, it seems that Martyn has escaped relatively unscathed, though the fate of the Celestium now rests on your shoulders. Doubt has been cast on Martyn's claims that blue mages can adapt to any situation, and he feels it necessary to discard the research materials he has compiled and start afresh. He asks that you lead a party comprised entirely of blue mages and test the effectiveness of various strategies, which may also serve as means to prepare for the confrontation with Siegfried.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn after completing stage 30 of the Masked Carnivale.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: This time, Martyn make big wager. But Latool Ja think it strange that Martyn can gamble with the Masked Carnivale. It belong to Royse, no? Why she allow this Latool Ja not understand.
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: Mastered Frog Legs, have you? Jolly good.
Martyn: But luckily for you, I'm in tip-top shape, so you won't be standin' in for me after all. Finally, that Siegfried bastard's gonna get what's comin' to him for challengin' the Great Azuro!
Martyn: I haven't got long until the match, but I've got one or two things to take care of before I step into the arena. Don't worry, I'll be steerin' clear of dragon peppers and the like!
-quest accepted
-cutscene start
Royse: Darlings! Wait, where's Martyn?
Royse: "Things to take care of“!? I'm at my wit's end as it is, and him disappearing all of a sudden is not bloody helping. Gods, I've never met anyone so infuriating! We'd better find him, and quickly.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja think Martyn looking for information on Siegfried. Martyn was muttering “Fail to prepare is prepare to fail,” or something. Heard it from Nutiba, it seems.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Maybe he went to Coliseum? Siegfried very famous there.
Royse: But the match will be starting soon! Why has he waited until now? Finding out about his opponent should've been the very first thing he did, not the last!
Royse: Not to mention that if he doesn't get back here in time, he'll have to forfeit the match! All right, let's head to the Coliseum and ask if anyone's seen him.
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Usually, Martyn never prepare for anything, so this big improvement for him!
Royse: I doubt that Martyn wants anyone to know that the Great Azuro is seeking information on Siegfried, so he probably changed out of his costume. In other words, there's no use asking if they've seen a man in a blue hat and cape.
-optional end
===Gather information at the Coliseum===
Genevieve: A man asking about Siegfried? Why yes, as a matter of fact, a rather slovenly fellow was making inquiries of that nature, if you must know.
Genevieve: And might I add, I am extremely disappointed that one of the Coliseum's most respected gladiators would stoop so low as to appear in that ridiculous circus they hold at the Celestium these days. Has he no shame?
Imposing Gladiator: Yes, he was here. Kept pestering me with questions about Siegfried. Wanted to know what techniques he uses, and whether he has any weaknesses.
Imposing Gladiator: It was plain he wanted to find out how Siegfried could be beaten. So I gave it to him straight and told him that he ''couldn't'' be beaten. Not in the Coliseum, and not in the Celestium neither.
Excitable Spectator: Yes, yes, he was here a few moments ago. It seems everyone's talking about Siegfried!
Excitable Spectator: Ah! His match with the Great Azuro is about to begin! Oh gods, I hope I make it in time!

-optional start
Genevieve: A ridiculous circus, is what that dreadful Masked Carnivale is─a mockery of honorable combat! Why, were my beloved Franz ever to make an appearance there, I...might be persuaded to temporarily lower my standards and visit the Celestium...
Imposing Gladiator: From the way he was asking, you'd think he was planning to fight Siegfried himself. Hmph! Skinny runt like him would end up being split right down the middle.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse===
-cutscene start
Royse: So, it's as Latool Ja predicted. He really was here after all.
Martyn: [Forename]? Royse? What brings you here?
Royse: I should ask you the same thing!
Royse: You're supposed to be at the Celestium, in costume, so what the hells do you think you're playing at!?
Martyn: All right, love, keep your hair on! I'm only askin' about my opponent, is all. I'm in the middle of “failing to prepare”! No wait, that's not right...
Martyn: Anyway, it's as I thought. That ploddin' goobbue only knows how to attack from close quarters, so all I have to do is bombard him with my best spells before he has a chance to get near me! What could possibly go wrong?
Martyn: Now, the time has come for Siegfried to taste my wrath! To the Celestium!
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Celestium Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The contest you've all been waiting for is about to begin!
Celestium Announcer: Master of knowledge beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, and wielder of arcane magicks as unfathomable as the deepest ocean... The indomitable keeper of the blue has come!
Celestium Announcer: >> The Great Azuuuroooooo! <<
Celestium Announcer: Introducing his opponent, stepping straight from the pages of myth, the peerless swordsman and champion of the Coliseum...
Celestium Announcer: >> Sieeegfrrrieeed! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> I can't believe my eyes, ladies and gentlemen! I've never seen such a drastic transformation! <<
Fyrgeiss: As we all know, the Great Azuro is fond of his little tricks, so Siegfried decided to prepare a few of his own.
Fyrgeiss: At Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern, we research various technologies, including Garlean magitek, and have restored several armaments salvaged from the battlefield.
Royse: Magitek!? >> I don't remember any stories about Siegfried wearing Garlean armor and carrying a hand cannon! <<
Martyn: Fear not! It will take more than some hurriedly cobbled-together potlids and a child's popoto launcher to best the Great Azuro!
Martyn: But enough talk. Have at you!
Martyn: >> Know your folly, Siegfried! <<
Martyn: <pant> <pant> You never stood a chance against the Great Azuro!
Celestium Announcer: >> The Great Azuro repels Siegfried's surprise attack in the nick of time! <<
Martyn: I shall never succumb to a shameless cheat like you!
Celestium Announcer: >> Such determination! This match is not over yet! <<
Siegfried: Impressive, but the time has come for you to admit defeat.
Martyn: Never!
Martyn: >> I'm taking you down with me! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> Incredible! Even after the Great Azuro's reckless final attack, the challenger is still standing! Victory goes to Siegfried! <<
Siegfried: Such power... It was only this magitek armor that saved me. Without it, I would have been blown to pieces.
Siegfried: Father, for the sake of my honor, I demand a rematch!
Fyrgeiss: Hm... If that is what you desire...though it would appear the poor fool is in sore need of an infirmary bed. Or perhaps a coffin...
Siegfried: If the Great Azuro is in no fit state to fight, then I have no option but to request a replacement.
Siegfried: Azuro the Second, I challenge you!
Celestium Announcer: >> Good gods almighty! I can scarcely imagine what the next match holds in store! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> With the Great Azuro lying broken and defeated, it falls to his gifted protégé to avenge him! <<
-cutscene end
-optional start
Royse: Siegfried's conscience got the better of him, though I don't imagine Fyrgeiss will be too thrilled.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Poor Martyn. It all going so well until Martyn decide to blow himself up.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
-cutscene start
Martyn: Royse... I'm so sorry.
Martyn: To be honest, after he broke through my Mighty Guard, I knew he had me beaten. The best I could hope for was to force a draw, and we all know how that went.
Martyn: And a fat lot of good all my checkin' beforehand did. If I'd known he'd come dressed in magitek, wavin' a soddin' ''cannon'', I'd have... Well, I dunno. Not much I could've done, I suppose.
Royse: You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, Martyn. It really was an incredible match, and you very nearly beat him.
Royse: In any case, the wager to decide ownership of the Celestium is still on.
Royse: It's all down to you now, [Forename]. Siegfried's as strong as an aurochs, cunning as a fox, and slippery as an eel, so you'll need to keep your wits about you.
Question: What will you say?
> Siegfrid is choir boy compared to me. A choir boy!
Royse: Well, well! You certainly sound confident!
> So once again, it falls to me to settle Martyn's disputes.
Royse: Yes, although I hope that, one day, Martyn's abilities will catch up with that mouth of his. No offense, dear.
> ...
Royse: So, you'd prefer to let your skills do the talking, is that it? Perhaps Martyn could stand to learn a thing or two from you.
---
Royse: Well, well! You certainly sound confident!
Royse: Anyway, there is still time to prepare, so make sure you have everything in order before your showdown with Siegfried. I wish you luck.
Martyn: Gods, I've made a right mess of all this. Blue magic “perfect for every occasion”? No one's gonna believe that now... I might as well throw all my research down the privy.
Martyn: Unless you're willin' to help me out? If you went explorin' with a few other blue mages, I'd be able to compile the information into a log of some sort, which I can use to help plan new strategies.
Martyn: I've added a few pages to the back of your blue magic spellbook to help keep track of everythin'. Each time you make it out of one of those places alive, you'll get a reward.
Martyn: We've even got special blue mage gear to trade for any you've collected. Best of all, every item is endorsed by yours truly.
Martyn: Thal's balls! What am I talkin' about that for? There'll be plenty of time for that after you've beaten Siegfried!
Martyn: Now go, Azuro the Second! Avenge your master and restore honor to the Blue Mages' Guild!
-quest complete
''Blue Mage Log Unlocked''
System: New stages have been added to the Masked Carnivale, and can be accessed by speaking with the Celestium attendant.
System:In addition, the blue mage log can now be accessed via the blue magic spellbook.
System: By speaking with Latool Ja, you can trade Allied Seals for various items, some of which may prove useful in your adventures.
-cutscene end

</nowiki>}}

Blue in the Face

2026-04-18T03:27:36Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Blue in the Face
| description = [[Martyn]] is desperately trying to take his mind off of the impending match with [[Siegfried]].
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Fyrgeiss; Maudlin Latool Ja; Nutiba Buntiba; P'yandih; Royse; Zirnberk
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 58
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Exuviation}}
| req-items =
| exp = 13260
| gil = 1176
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Bolt from the Blue
| next-quest = Blue Scream of Death
| patch = 5.15
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69271
| id-edb = 1edc59a0cc9
}}
==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Exuviation}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Exuviation}}
==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]] in [[Horizon]].
*Speak with Martyn.
*Survey the designated location and defeat any voidsent that appear.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Martyn is desperately trying to take his mind off of the impending match with Siegfried.

*Martyn, in spite of his upcoming match with a Coliseum gladiator, has instead thrown himself into researching the applications of blue magic. He is particularly interested to know how well the spells he has mastered will keep a party of blue mages fighting fit while exploring dangerous locations, such as Copperbell Mines, which he plans to visit. A recent increase in hecatoncheir activity has made the mineral excavation site too hazardous for the workers to enter, and Martyn aims to quell the uprising, test his theories, and train P'yandih and Nutiba Buntiba, all in one fell swoop. His two young apprentices have been told to wait for you in the nearby settlement of Horizon, with the mines a short distance away.

*In Horizon, P'yandih explains that she has already visited Copperbell Mines on several occasions. Nutiba Buntiba, on the other hand, lacks her experience, but has made efforts to study the layout of the tunnels. Martyn, meanwhile, has next to no knowledge of the mines, having never been there himself and neglecting to gather any information beforehand. However, Nutiba's motto of “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail,” seems to have struck a chord with him. Martyn leads the party across the plains of western Thanalan to the site of the proposed hecatoncheir hunt.

*To the surprise of all, the first opponent to greet the party is not a hecatoncheir, but a winged voidsent. Martyn and his two students have already slain the beast by the time you arrive, and since you were too late to join the battle, you are nominated to search the area for a similar creature that has escaped them and poses a threat to the people of Horizon.

*You soon discover the voidsent hovering ominously a short distance from the mine, and despite its determination to rip you into bite-sized meaty chunks, it finally succumbs to your blue magic. You return to report the outcome of your battle to Martyn and the others, who are still attempting to unravel the mystery of what exactly has occurred here.

*Martyn comes to the realization that the voidsent are identical to those used in the Masked Carnivale, and the question as to how this could have happened is soon answered when Fyrgeiss and his son Zirnberk burst forth from the mine. They had released voidsent into the tunnels as a means of eradicating the hecatoncheires that had invaded Copperbell Mines, a task which would normally fall to the Stone Torches. Having learned of Fyrgeiss's whereabouts from his underlings, Royse arrives on the scene to berate him for taking the voidsent from the Celestium's menagerie. He responds by claiming that his recent investment gives him the right to use the creatures as he pleases. Royse emphasizes that in spite of the financial backing she has received, her position remains unchanged, sparking a vitriolic exchange between her and Fyrgeiss. Martyn interjects to suggest that rather than using voidsent, Amajina & Sons could instead hire the Blue Mages' Guild to protect their property. When this proposal is cruelly thrown back in his face, he quickly changes tack by offering a wager based on the outcome of his match with Zirnberk. In the event that he loses, control of the Celestium would pass to Fyrgeiss, and the use of voidsent as living weapons would be allowed to continue. Should Martyn win the contest, Royse would remain as owner and the Blue Mages' Guild would enter the employ of Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern. Though Royse is aghast at the idea of placing her livelihood in Martyn's less-than-reliable hands, Fyrgeiss willingly accepts, assured that his son will emerge the victor. Having said more than enough for one day, your mentor decides against making the situation any worse than it already is by retiring to Ul'dah to prepare for his highly anticipated battle.

*Back at the Blue Mages' Guild, Martyn's bravado does little to set Royse's mind at ease, and it seems that she is all but resigned to losing the Celestium. Martyn's preparations for the fight seem to extend only to asking that you be ready to stand in for him, in the not-as-unlikely-as-one-might-think event that he would be prevented from participating. Being in the habit of asking you to learn specific blue magic spells, he instructs you to master Frog Legs. Strangely enough, this is a technique for drawing the enemy's attention, which is seldom an issue in the arena, though as Martyn points out, the day may soon arrive that you have a chance to use it, should the guild ever enter the employ of Amajina & Sons.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn upon reaching level 60 and learning Frog Legs.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn is powerful mage, it is true, but maybe Siegfried too strong for Martyn.
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Can Martyn beat Siegfried? Gaheel Ja not know, but this good chance to promote the guild!
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: You might be wonderin' why I'd ask you to learn Exuviation of all things.
Martyn: Well, it's all part of my research into the versatility of blue mages. You can use it to heal yourself, of course, but I want to see how effective that spell is in keepin' your friends alive and kickin'.
Martyn: In fact, I thought we'd take P'yandih and Nutiba out into the field to test a few of my theories. It'll be good trainin' for them, too. I've sent them ahead to Horizon, and from there we'll head to Copperbell Mines, where I hear hecatoncheires are causin' a spot of bother.
Martyn: An ongoin' problem, by all accounts. Sounds like the perfect chance to show off our teamwork. Not that we've ever worked as a team before, but this seems a good place to start!
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja not sure about this plan. Nutiba and P'yandih probably think this just a training exercise, but hecatoncheires very dangerous!
Maudlin Latool Ja: Please, try to keep all three from harm. Maybe [Forename] act as healer, yes?
-quest accepted
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn very irresponsible to take new recruits into hecatoncheir-infested mines. Latool Ja say even cave bats too strong for those novices.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Horizon===
Martyn: Where the bloody hells are they? Knowin' those two, they're probably gettin' fleeced by some swindler or another. Ahem.
-cutscene start
Martyn: Oh, look who it is! Finished sightseein', have we?
Nutiba Buntiba: Master [Forename]! Since last we met, my blue magic has come on leaps and bounds!
P'yandih: And thanks to our last lesson, I'm better at keeping my enemies on the back foot! Or tentacle. Well, whatever it might be.
Martyn: Oi! Don't go gettin' ahead of yourselves. You might have a few new spells and a bit more experience, but if you get complacent, those hecatoncheires'll be grindin' your bones before you can say “Flying Sardine”!
P'yandih: Hmph! I'm no stranger to Copperbell Mines, you know. Hecatoncheires don't scare me!
Nutiba Buntiba: As this is my first time exploring this particular location, I have been asking other adventurers for advice, checking the layout of the tunnels and so forth. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail,” is my motto! How about you, guildmaster?
Martyn: Well, I can't say I've been there myself, but when you're as proficient in the blue arts as I am, you can sort of...play it by ear, so to speak.
Martyn: Say, [Forename], you know anythin' about Copperbell Mines?
Question: What will you say?
> I've been there more times than you've had hot dinners.
Martyn: Maybe I should let you take the lead, then. Ha ha! Only joking! We all know who the leader is. Blue mages, with me!
> Every nook and cranny is indelibly etched into my memory.
Martyn: Maybe I should let you take the lead, then. Ha ha! Only joking! We all know who the leader is. Blue mages, with me!
> ...
Martyn: You're pullin' my leg, ain't you? So, the only one who knows nothin' about the place...is me? Hmph! I've never been the sort to let a complete lack of prior knowledge stop me from doin' anythin' before, and I ain't about to start now. Blue mages, with me!
---
-cutscene end
-optional start
Nutiba Buntiba: I wasn't expecting to be attacked before even setting foot in the mine, let alone by a...voidsent? I assume that's what it is. Was, rather.
P'yandih: I don't know what it is, but I'm glad it's dead. Wait. Did it just twitch, or am I imagining things?
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: We were waitin' for you to show up when this bloody horrible flyin' bastard came out of nowhere! Even though it caught us off guard, it was no match for the combined might of our blue magic!
Martyn: There was another one that went flappin' off somewhere, but we're too knackered to go after it. Seein' as you missed all the fun, I'm volunteerin' you to go and look for it. And be quick about it! All hells'll break loose if that thing reaches Horizon.
-optional start
Martyn: I need you to track down and kill that voidsent before it gets away!
P'yandih: It took all three of us to kill the first voidsent, and then you show up and take down one by yourself! Seems like we've got a lot to learn, including the guildmaster...
Nutiba Buntiba: Voidsent don't simply appear out of thin air. Someone or ''something'' must be behind this...
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
-cutscene start
Martyn: Nicely done, mate. Now that I think of it, I've seen creatures like this before. They're used in the Masked Carnivale!
Martyn: Which raises the question: what are they doin' here?
Fyrgeiss@???: They went this way! Quickly!
Martyn: Fyrgeiss! And his son, Zirnfrieg...or was that Siegberk? Bah, whatever his bloody name is!
Fyrgeiss: Azuro? You and your little friends managed to slay the escaped voidsent? It seems you have spared our blushes.
Martyn: Sod all that, just tell us what's goin' on!
Royse@???: You heard him, Fyrgeiss!
Martyn: Royse as well? Bloody hells, they're all comin' out of the woodwork now.
Royse: I'm lucky your underlings are so loose-lipped, or I would never have tracked you down. You think you can make off with my voidsent and get away with it!? Investor or not, you've crossed the line.
Fyrgeiss: Now, now. I simply borrowed a couple in an attempt to quell the hecatoncheir uprising taking place on Concern property.
Fyrgeiss: I am sure you will be pleased to hear that your vodorigas proved to be most effective! Veritable living weapons! You see, the task seemed a waste of the Stone Torches' talents, and hiring adventurers can be awfully costly.
Fyrgeiss: As a matter of fact, I am considering deploying voidsent elsewhere to protect my interests from roaming beasts, Amalj'aa marauders, and the like, leaving my son and his men free to return to Ul'dah, where their talents could be put to better use.
Royse: So that's what this is all about. It was just a ploy to get your hands on my pit fiends, wasn't it? This is a breach of our agreement!
Fyrgeiss: Breach? With the vast amount I have invested into it, the Celestium is as good as mine.
Fyrgeiss: I have the right to run it in any way I please. Every last mammet, voidsent, and wild beast in that menagerie belongs to me now.
Royse: I allowed you to invest in the Celestium, not to buy it from under my nose!
Fyrgeiss: If you think I am the sort to stand back and wait for the coin to come trickling in, you are ''very'' much mistaken!
Royse: >> I didn't get where I am today by letting blustering fools with more gil than sense push me around. The Celestium is mine, you hear me!? <<
Fyrgeiss: >> Watch your mouth, you second-rate hack! <<
Royse: >> Oh, is that so? Maybe I should ask your friends at the Syndicate who they think is second-rate? <<
Fyrgeiss: >> I'll drive you out of Ul'dah─nay, Eorzea! Everything you own will be mine! Mine! <<
Martyn: Might I make a suggestion? If you're looking for a substitute for the Stone Torches, perhaps the Blue Mages' Guild is a more...manageable alternative to rampaging beasts.
Martyn: Each of our mages comes fully equipped with a comprehensive selection of offensive, defensive, and healing spells, perfect for every occasion.
Fyrgeiss: Every occasion? Come now, we all know that he who embraces too much has a weak grasp. I have no need of pathetic jesters in silly costumes.
Martyn: Oi, watch it, grandad! We'll see who's pathetic when I put your boy on his arse!
Martyn: In fact, it seems to me that we could settle this whole dispute with a friendly wager.
Martyn: If I lose, the Celestium goes to you, includin' the whole menagerie. You can use all of those voidsent, along with the rest of the pit fiends, however you like.
Martyn: But if I win, the Celestium stays with Royse. You'll give up any thought of usin' voidsent and employ the Blue Mages' Guild to defend your property instead.
Royse: You bloody idiot! What do you think you're doing!?
Fyrgeiss: You have spirit, I'll give you that. Very well, I accept.
Zirnberk: I cannot decide which I am looking forward to most; adding the Celestium to my family's ever-growing collection of businesses, or utterly humiliating you in front of your beloved audience. I will see you in the arena, clown.
Martyn: Now that's settled, we might as well get goin'. Thanks to the voidsent, it looks like we won't be huntin' hecatoncheires after all.
Martyn: Nutiba, P'yandih, I don't think I'll be able to give any more lessons until after my match, so perhaps you should go and learn some new spells or somethin'. [Forename] and I will head back to the guild
-cutscene end
-optional start
Zirnberk: You must be Azuro the Second, yes? I daresay you are a lot more capable than that cretin you insist on following around.
Fyrgeiss: That blue-garbed friend of yours certainly has a big mouth when it suits him. His little outburst will cost Royse dearly, you mark my words.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja hear what happened. No wonder Royse look so distraught.
Royse: <sigh> I can't believe this...
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Ul'dah===
Martyn: Ha! Nothin' like raisin' the stakes to make a fight more interestin', wouldn't you say?
Royse: As much as the very idea of it brings bile to the back of my mouth, the future of the Celestium is in your hands, Martyn. If you lose to Siegfried, I'll throw you to the behemoths!
Martyn: Fear not! I, the Great Azuro, swear to defend your arena with my very life!
Martyn: Like I have a bloody choice... This is another fine mess I've talked myself into. Anyway, like I said before, I'll need you to be ready to stand in for me, on the off chance I eat some dodgy dragon peppers or somethin' and am “unavoidably detained,” if you catch my meanin'.
Martyn: Oh, and there's one more spell I want you to learn. It's called Frog Legs, and while it might not be all that useful in the arena, you'll be able to put it to use once we're gettin' paid to protect Amajina & Sons' mines.
Martyn: As Azuro the Second, I'm expectin' great things from you. Now go, make your guildmaster proud!
-quest complete

</nowiki>}}

Bolt from the Blue

2026-04-18T03:10:07Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Bolt from the Blue
| description = [[Martyn]] has his pearls of wisdom at the ready.
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Fyrgeiss; Gregarious Goldsmith; Grizzled Adventurer; Maudlin Latool Ja; Royse; Studious Thaumaturge; Zirnberk
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 55
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Whistle}}
| req-items =
| exp = 12675
| gil = 855
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Something Borrowed, Something Blue
| next-quest = Blue in the Face
| patch = 5.15
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69270
| id-edb = 95be649e504
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Whistle}} is available via:
{{dropped by|Whistle}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Royse]] at the [[Goldsmiths' Guild]].
*Speak with Royse at the [[Thaumaturges' Guild]].
*Speak with Royse at [[the Quicksand]].
*Speak with [[Martyn]].
*Speak with Martyn again.

==Journal==
*Martyn has his pearls of wisdom at the ready.

*Martyn's plans to take you and two of his students on a training exercise are scuppered by the unannounced arrival of Royse and Fyrgeiss. The Celestium's owner is taking her newfound investor on a tour of Ul'dah to show him what goes on behind the scenes of the Masked Carnivale. Despite Martyn and his blue magic playing a major role in the shows held at the arena, Fyrgeiss is more interested in the methods used to collect and maintain the extensive menagerie of opponents. Royse invites you to join them as she introduces her benefactor to the various parties involved, while Martyn sets about preparing a demonstration to showcase the prowess of the Blue Mages' Guild, with an eye to secure investment from Fyrgeiss.

*The first stop on Royse's tour is the Goldsmiths' Guild, and Fyrgeiss is informed of their provision of several types of mechanical foes, including combat-ready mammets and floating Allagan nodes. Visibly impressed, the wealthy Syndicate member is keen to learn what other types of creatures the Celestium has in its collection as Royse leads the way to the Thaumaturges' Guild.

*Fyrgeiss is informed that voidsent summoned through arcane experiments are regularly delivered into the Celestium's keeping. Royse assures him that the necessary measures are in place to prevent their escape and that even the Coliseum─of which Fyrgeiss is a keen supporter─has been known to use voidsent itself. His concerns regarding their safe handling now well and truly allayed, he follows Royse to the Adventurers' Guild.

*Royse reveals that most of the Celestium's beasts are actually captured by members of the various Adventurers' Guilds as part of an ongoing agreement. Fyrgeiss admits that the selection of beasts used in the Masked Carnivale far surpasses that of the Coliseum, and spontaneously decides to increase the amount that he will invest in Royse's arena. Meanwhile, Martyn should have had enough time to prepare his demonstration, so the three of you return to the Blue Mages' Guild.

*Martyn is all set to exhibit his vast array of spells when Fyrgeiss suddenly announces that he has a prior engagement, at the Celestium of all places. He explains that a gladiator under his patronage is due to perform there and invites you all to view the match with him. Entering the arena, you are greeted by the sight of an armor-clad contestant known as Siegfried triumphing over Ultros, a relatively recent addition to the Masked Carnivale. Rather than sheathing his sword, he turns to point it straight at Martyn, the gesture clearly meant as a challenge to his alter ego, the Great Azuro.

*Outside the Celestium, Fyrgeiss appears with Siegfried by his side, who is none other than his eldest son Zirnberk, commander of the Stone Torches. The match between Siegfried and the Great Azuro was arranged as a means of attracting potential recruits to Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern's private army. Fyrgeiss then reveals that he was only interested in blue magic as a means by which to illustrate the superiority of his son's gladiatorial fighting arts over more showy and extravagant styles. Once the father and son have departed, Martyn runs the gamut of emotions from anger to exasperation, and finally, false bravado when he vows to wipe the floor with his hulking opponent. Royse sees an opportunity for Martyn to save face─primarily her own─by triumphing over Zirnberk, and suggests that he prepare accordingly. Soon after she has left, Martyn confides in you his apprehensions towards the match, and that he would rather divert his energies into his duties as guildmaster in the time remaining before the fateful day. He asks that you arm yourself with the Exuviation spell, a powerful healing spell, possibly due to his fear that circumstances may force you to take his place in the ring, as was the case in the encounter with Whastrach.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn upon reaching level 58 and learning Exuviation.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn always thinking about money, but why he so poor? He only ever buy cheap food, cheap clothes, cheap everything. Where his Masked Carnivale money going?
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Martyn: Let's make our way to─
Royse@???: Darlings! Just the mages I was looking for.
Royse: I have the pleasure of giving Master Fyrgeiss a guided tour of the Celestium and our facilities. Perhaps you would be so kind as to join us? If you are not otherwise engaged, that is.
Martyn: Busy? Not at all! Why, [Forename] and I are free as proverbial birds, aren't we?
Martyn: I only ask that you allow me a few moments to prepare the Blue Mages' Guild for Master Fyrgeiss. After all, it's not every day that we welcome such esteemed guests.
Fyrgeiss: Actually, it is the Celestium's pit fiends that I am most interested in. Where they are kept, how they are captured, and so forth.
Royse: As you wish. I shall introduce you to the Celestium's associates.
Martyn: A-And after that, I can explain the vital role of the Blue Mages' Guild.
Royse: On second thought, perhaps just one of you will suffice. [Forename], why don't you come with us? It would be a wonderful opportunity for you to see what goes on behind the scenes to maintain our menagerie.
Martyn: As I am already familiar with the inner workings of the Masked Carnivale, I shall use this time to prepare a spectacular exhibition of blue magic mastery especially for Master Fyrgeiss!
Royse: Without any ''further'' ado, please allow me to lead the way to the Goldsmiths' Guild.
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Spectacular exhibition? It sound like shows we performed when Martyn was traveling salesman. Maybe Latool Ja should practice. “We feast on your flesh, smoothskins!”
Fyrgeiss: The Goldsmiths' Guild... Not the first organization that springs to one's mind when thinking of the upkeep of dangerous beasts.
Gregarious Goldsmith: Why yes, Mistress Royse of the Celestium is one of our most generous clients.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse at the Goldsmiths' Guild===
Royse: The Goldsmiths' Guild provides many of the mechanical combatants that appear in the Masked Carnivale, such as arena vikings and various other automata.
Gregarious Goldsmith: Ever since the Celestium first began placing orders for mammets, our artisans have been racing to keep up with demand.
Gregarious Goldsmith: Most of them are constructed according to Sharlayan designs, and even the more simplistic configurations are remarkably complex.
Gregarious Goldsmith: Nevertheless, we have endeavored to improve on the currently available models with a range of combatants─as per Mistress Royse's instructions─that are guaranteed to send all but the most battle-hardened contestants running to their mothers!
Gregarious Goldsmith: Naturally, the mammets must be kept in good repair, which can be somewhat costly. However, we strive to have as many parts as possible forged here in Ul'dah, to reduce maintenance fees.
Royse: The Goldsmiths' Guild also negotiated the purchase of several Allagan relics from the Sons of Saint Coinach, including the gladiatorial and bestial nodes that appear in the Masked Carnivale.
Fyrgeiss: Sharlayan ''and'' Allagan technology, eh? Fascinating!
Royse: I am sure you will be equally impressed by what I have to show you at the Thaumaturges' Guild. This way, please.
-optional start
Gregarious Goldsmith: Goodness me! You are Azuro the Second, are you not? I must say, I am quite a fan of yours. I have always found you to be much more entertaining than that Great Azuro chap!
Fyrgeiss: What could the Celestium possibly want with the Thaumaturges' Guild? Could it be that─ No, surely not.
Studious Thaumaturge: If you wish to peruse one of our tomes, you need only ask. Though why these shelves must be so high when we are staffed almost entirely by Lalafells is beyond me...
-optional end
===Speak with Royse at the Thaumaturges' Guild===
Royse: It is no secret that the Thaumaturges' Guild regularly summons a variety of voidsent as part of their experiments, which we at the Celestium put to good use.
Studious Thaumaturge: Under normal circumstances, we would not permit that such hellish creatures be allowed to leave the confines of the guild, but in Mistress Royse's case, we are willing to make an exception. Several exceptions, in fact, and continue to do so.
Studious Thaumaturge: Once a voidsent has...served its purpose, we must either dispose of the creature or send it back through the voidgate.
Studious Thaumaturge: The Celestium, however, possesses the means by which to contain them, such as magicked cages, shackles, and members of staff sufficiently trained in the dark arts.
Studious Thaumaturge: In addition, the transfer of voidsent to the Celestium's facilities is carried out under the supervision of the Order, to prevent any...mishaps.
Fyrgeiss: Jolly good. I see that the proper steps have been taken to ensure the safety of the audience, not to mention Ul'dah at large. It would seem that I have little cause for concern.
Royse: As a matter of fact, Ultros and Typhon, who are said to be the result of the experiments carried out by the guild, have both appeared in the Coliseum and are now part of the Masked Carnivale. For slavering spawn of the netherworld, they are remarkably cooperative.
Royse: However, most of the Celestium's beasts have far more earthly origins, though they are no less deadly for it. A brief visit to the Quicksand─the last stop on our tour─will reveal how we go about acquiring such creatures.
-optional start
Studious Thaumaturge: Our current arrangement with the Celestium provides them with a range of voidsent, all the way from low-ranking bombs and flans to those from the higher rungs of the hierarchy, such as Carmilla and Tikbalang.
Grizzled Adventurer: You're an adventurer as well, ain't ya? I got an eye for these things, ya see.
Fyrgeiss: I would not have expected that the Celestium would be in collaboration with the Adventurers' Guild.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse at the Quicksand===
Royse: Our contracts with the various branches of the Adventurers' Guild ensure a steady supply of battle-ready beasts from a wide range of locations.
Grizzled Adventurer: Ye think killin' a wild behemoth is tricky? Try ''not'' killin' it, trussin' it up, and draggin' the bloody thing all the way back to Ul'dah!
Grizzled Adventurer: Ah, this one here knows what I'm talkin' about. I bet you've done yer fair share of that. Tyin' 'em up with rope, chuckin' 'em in sacks, that sort of thing.
Grizzled Adventurer: It's hard work, to be sure, but the coin's all right.
Royse: We only use the very best adventurers, and in the event of any accidents... Well, we simply hire more to replace them.
Fyrgeiss: Ha ha! Excellent! No point risking your own staff, now is there? And might I say, I am ''very'' impressed indeed by the lengths you go to in order to thrill your audiences. Clearly, no expense has been spared!
Fyrgeiss: The Coliseum also has its own menagerie, but in terms of sheer variety, it pales in comparison to the Masked Carnivale. Yes...it seems that the Celestium is worth every gil I have agreed to invest. In fact, so overwhelmed am I by your professionalism, I am willing to increase the amount!
Royse: Master Fyrgeiss, your confidence in our operation will pay dividends, I assure you! Now, I believe that Martyn will have finished preparing for his demonstration, so that he may give a glimpse of the entertainment we can expect from the Great Azuro and his promising students.
-optional start
Grizzled Adventurer: Hang on, you're one of them blue mages, right? Did you buy a soul crystal off that bloke in the funny costume? Bugger that. I don't trust him as far as I could throw him.
Royse: I can only hope that he doesn't end up embarrassing me.
Fyrgeiss: Well? Is he going to begin or not?
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for your patience. You are about to bear witness to a spectacle the likes of which Ul'dah has never─
Fyrgeiss: Perhaps some other time, my dear fellow. One of the gladiators under my patronage is due to make his debut in the Masked Carnivale.
Fyrgeiss: Would you all care to accompany me? The contestant of whom I speak has achieved great success on the bloodsands, and I personally am rather proud of him. What say you, lad?
Martyn: It...would be my pleasure.
-cutscene start
Celestium Announcer: >> Incredible! Siegfried claims victory in his Masked Carnivale debut! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> This rising star of the Coliseum takes his name from the swashbuckling hero of myth, and as you can see, he certainly has the skills to match! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> What's this? Siegfried is issuing a challenge to the Great Azuro! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> Champions of the Celestium and the Coliseum are to go head-to-head in a clash that is sure to set the arena ablaze! Maybe even literally! <<
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Normally, Martyn only fights mindless beasts. Latool Ja thinks fighting people very different “kettle of fish,” as saying goes.
Royse: This is an unexpected turn of events, and a potentially very lucrative one at that. I couldn't have planned it better myself...
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn again===
-cutscene start
Martyn: Bloody hells. I only went to watch and I end up gettin' roped into a match with some sword-wavin' oaf who's tryin' to steal my audience... Just my soddin' luck.
Fyrgeiss: What a show that was! Though it would seem that the best is yet to come.
Fyrgeiss: Allow me to introduce the man behind the mask. I present to you the commander of the Stone Torches, my eldest son, Zirnberk!
Zirnberk: I am pleased to make your acquaintance.
Royse: If I may be so bold, might I inquire as to why one of the most decorated gladiators of the Coliseum would enter the Masked Carnivale?
Fyrgeiss: As I am sure you are aware, the Stone Torches serve as Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern's private security force, offering protection for our various mining and freight operations.
Fyrgeiss: The soldiers serve with pride and honor, yet the rather humdrum nature of constant guard duty makes it a less appealing prospect in comparison to working for the Brass Blades, whose reputation for bribe taking and extortion attracts many would-be sellswords in search of a quick gil.
Fyrgeiss: I am in need of fresh recruits, and the Masked Carnivale offers a unique opportunity to showcase the martial prowess of the Stone Torches' finest.
Fyrgeiss: Your showy fireworks make for good entertainment, and the coin of your devoted followers will be most welcome. Once they arrive to see your match with Zirnberk, he will demonstrate the superiority of the Stone Torches.
Fyrgeiss: Strapping young men and women will be flocking to join my army, while I rake in the gil from the ticket sales. What could be more perfect? Bwahahahaha!
Fyrgeiss: I have the popularity of your blue magic to thank for this opportunity, but beyond that, I have no interest in your parlor tricks. Nevertheless, I shall be taking a keen interest in your match with my son. Until next we meet...
Martyn: Thal's balls, this evenin' just gets better and better! To think I passed up the chance to train my apprentices for the sake of that smug, shite-eatin' windbag! I think I owe those two an apology.
Royse: That can wait! You need to keep your mind on the match. Who knows, you might even win! And then, Fyrgeiss will have to eat his words.
Martyn: "Might even win“? Why, the thought of losin' never crossed my mind! When I'm finished with that overmuscled aurochs, his own daddy won't recognize him!
Royse: I'd expect nothing less from the Great Azuro! Of course, I'll have to shuffle the schedule around to open up a slot for your fight with Siegfried. I need you to be in top form, so do whatever it is you blue mages do to prepare.
Martyn: Did you see the size of that Zirnberk bloke? I don't fancy gettin' on the wrong end of that sword of his. Hmm... I'm not sayin' it will, but if anythin' were to happen to me before the match, I'll need you to take my place, like that time with Whastrach.
Martyn: <sigh> I'm not lookin' forward to this one bit. Maybe I should try takin' my mind off of it by concentratin' on the guild, startin' with P'yandih and Nutiba's next lesson.
Martyn: I've got a few loose ends to tie up first, so why don't you go and learn Exuviation in the meantime? You never know when a decent healin' spell might prove useful.
Martyn: Now go, [Forename]!
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

2026-04-18T02:52:55Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Something Borrowed, Something Blue
| description = [[Martyn]] plans to teach [[Nutiba Buntiba]] and [[P'yandih]] a lesson.
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Maudlin Latool Ja; Nutiba Buntiba; P'yandih
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 53
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Northerlies}}
| req-items =
| exp = 12285
| gil = 848
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Into the Blue Again
| next-quest = Bolt from the Blue
| release = shadowbringers
| patch = 5.15
| id-gt = 69269
| id-edb = ceddddbe759
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Northerlies}} is available via:
===Open World===
{{dropped by|Northerlies}}
*Level 60 [[Mirka]] - Rank A [[Elite Mark]] in [[Coerthas Western Highlands]]

===Duties===
*[[Yeti (Boss)|Yeti]] from [[Snowcloak]]

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]] in [[Hammerlea]].
*Speak with Martyn again and defeat the arena viking.
*Speak with Martyn.
*Speak with Martyn in [[Ul'dah]].

==Journal==
*Martyn plans to teach Nutiba Buntiba and P'yandih a lesson.

*With Northerlies now part of your collection of spells, Martyn is eager to have you demonstrate the proper form and technique of a blue mage to P'yandih and Nutiba Buntiba. The two apprentices eagerly await your arrival in Hammerlea, where the lesson is to be held, though exactly what skills you are expected to impart has yet to be explained.

*Shortly after reaching Hammerlea, Martyn reveals that you will be engaging a mammet borrowed from the Celestium in combat, in order to show the students the practical applications of blue magic. Your self-proclaimed mentor gives you a moment to collect your thoughts before he activates the adorable yet deadly axe-wielding automaton.

*The arena viking's slow, deliberate swings prove no match for your swift and precise blue magic spells, and before long, the mammet lies motionless at your feet. Martyn, however, is visibly distraught by the sight of the expensive machine being rendered inoperable, since he will no doubt have to find the coin to pay for its repairs.

*Nutiba Buntiba and P'yandih observe that your nimble footwork and relentless barrage of attacks were the deciding factors in your victory, and it seems that a valuable lesson has been learned. With the demonstration having reached its conclusion, Martyn leads the way back to Ul'dah.

*At the Blue Mages' Guild, you learn that not only is Martyn charging his apprentices for his tuition, but that the demonstration that you provided actually set them back more than the usual amount. He claims that this is a means to an end, as their contributions are required for the day-to-day running of the guild. Perhaps in a somewhat hurried attempt to change the subject, he approaches the topic of the various roles that adventurers fulfill when forming groups to go exploring. Normally, the members divide their duties between offense, defense, and healing, whereas in the blue mage's case, it is possible for them to perform all of these duties simultaneously. In fact, there have been several reports of parties comprised entirely of blue mages meeting with considerable success on such quests. Martyn is keen to investigate this further, in the hopes he will be able to prove the effectiveness of his guild's members in real combat situations. In the meantime, he requests that you prepare for the next lesson with Nutiba Buntiba and P'yandih by mastering Whistle, a spell which he presumably already possesses himself.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn upon reaching level 55 and learning Whistle.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Blue Mage Guild still not have proper building to call home. When Martyn say “return to the guild,” he mean this street corner where we always stand. And “keep guild afloat” mean “put money in Martyn's pocket.”
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Martyn find many new spells. Now they written in your book. But reading book not enough. You must learn them for yourself!
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
Martyn: Ah, that's the look of someone who's stared down a yeti or three! Now that you've mastered Northerlies, you're a step closer to reaching my level.
Martyn: And like I mentioned before, I want you to help me train a couple of fledglin' blue mages. Remember the pair who were practically beggin' you to teach them? It looks like they'll finally get their wish. I'll meet you over in Hammerlea.
-quest accepted
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja thinks Martyn is letting power go to his head. Soon, it will be too big for his little blue hat!
Nutiba Buntiba: <gasp> If I'm dreaming, don't wake me!
P'yandih: I wouldn't miss this for the world!
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Hammerlea===
Martyn: Normally, gettin' these two to do any serious trainin' is a bloody uphill struggle, but as soon as I mentioned you'd be comin' along, they couldn't get here fast enough.
Martyn: I thought they should see some practical blue magic, away from all the showmanship of the Masked Carnivale, so I borrowed this arena viking for you to demonstrate a few spells. Go easy on it, though, eh? I've got to give it back, you see.
Martyn: Let me know when you're ready and I'll set it to “Lightly Maim.”
Martyn: Listen, you two! Don't spend the whole time gawpin', all starry-eyed like. Pay attention to which spells [Forename] uses and when!
-optional start
Nutiba Buntiba: May I say what an honor and a privilege it is to receive the tutelage of a true master of the blue arts!
P'yandih: We normally only get to see you from the cheap seats at the Celestium, so this is a real treat!
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn again and defeat the arena viking===
Martyn: Come on then, you bucket of bolts!
-optional start
P'yandih: You made that look easy!
Nutiba Buntiba: Astonishing! Astounding!
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: Ha ha! Just like I taught you! Ahem.
Nutiba Buntiba: Such fluid movements, and your footwork was a sight to behold!
P'yandih: It didn't stand a chance! You kept attacking and attacking until it was a smoking pile of scrap!
Martyn: Yes, very impressive. (We'll talk about this later, [Forename]...) I think that's ''more'' than enough for the time bein'. Back to Ul'dah, everyone!
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Was Martyn usual, humble self? By that I mean, “Was he acting like gods' gift to magic?”
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn in Ul'dah===
Martyn: I sent Nutiba Buntiba and P'yandih off on a couple of errands for the guild, but they'll be here soon.
-cutscene start
Nutiba Buntiba: Gods be good! Those are not the fees that we agreed upon!
Martyn: Mammets and guest instructors don't come cheap, you know! And besides, a few extra gil will seem like small change once you're fully fledged blue mages. You won't regret this, I promise!
Martyn: That's more like it. If you follow the example set by [Forename] and myself, you'll be puttin' down ferocious beasts left, right, and center. Now, return to your training, my faithful apprentices!
Martyn: Bloody hells, what do they think I'm runnin' here? A charity!?
Question: What will you say?
> I didn't realize you charged for these "lessons" of yours.
Martyn: How else do you think I keep the guild afloat? And I'll have you know, the rates are perfectly reasonable, especially considerin' all the “unforeseen expenses.” You'll get your share, don't you worry.
> Shut up and give me my cut!
Martyn: Calm down, I haven't forgotten! Don't get your hopes up, though. The rates are nowhere near as steep as those two make them out to be. Just enough to keep the guild afloat.
---
Martyn: More importantly, somethin' else has come to my attention.
Martyn: My apprentices ain't the only ones who go off lookin' for enemies to test their skills on. As everyone knows, adventurers often band together and go delvin' into abandoned catacombs, haunted mansions and the like. They'll normally decide beforehand who does what, accordin' to their areas of expertise.
Martyn: One to lead the way and draw out the beasties, a couple more for general stabbin', burnin', and so on, and maybe someone to see to any mangled limbs and gapin' wounds. In other words, they all have a certain role to fill.
Martyn: But when I heard that groups of blue mages had been doin' just as well without specializin' in any particular role, I was thrilled to bits! Why? Because this can only mean one thing:
Martyn: Blue mages can do everrrythiiing!
Martyn: Attackin', defendin', healin'─you name it!
Martyn: 'Course, we knew that already, but I'd never thought about usin' blue magic outside of one-to-one combat. I've asked the guild members to write a report each time they go explorin' as a group, so I can formulate new strategies for workin' alongside others.
Martyn: Even P'yandih and Nutiba Buntiba might have somethin' interestin' to tell me next time we meet. Mind you, those two have taken to blue magic like cats...and popotoes to water. Not very well, in other words. That's why I'll be takin' them for more trainin', and I'd like you to join us.
Martyn: Until then, I want you to learn to Whistle! Not the “put your lips together and blow” sort, I mean the blue magic spell. Now go, my annoyingly capable apprentice!
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

Into the Blue Again

2026-04-18T02:42:06Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Into the Blue Again
| description = [[Martyn]] is putting on even more airs than usual.
| image = BLU ShB quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Martyn
| related-npcs = Fyrgeiss; Maudlin Latool Ja; Nutiba Buntiba; P'yandih; Royse
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 50
| req-quest = Litany of Peace
| req-items =
| requirements =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 686
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Turning Over a Blue Leaf
| next-quest = Something Borrowed, Something Blue
| patch = 5.15
| release = shadowbringers
| id-gt = 69268
| id-edb = f4c22380d70
}}

==Walkthrough==
[[Martyn]] can be found near the [[Miners' Guild]] [[Aethernet]] Shard.

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].
*Speak with [[Royse]].
*Speak with Martyn.

==Journal==
*Martyn is putting on even more airs than usual.

*You find Martyn dressed in his Great Azuro garb, somehow seeming to be even more pompous than the last time you met. He reveals that his recently established Blue Mages' Guild has been growing steadily. He has taken on a number of pupils, including Nutiba Buntiba and P'yandih, who arrive to interrupt your conversation. The pair make no secret of the fact that they admire you, as Azuro the Second, far more than their mentor and guildmaster, much to Martyn's chagrin. After he indignantly shoos them away, he remembers that he is due to appear in the Masked Carnivale in a few moments and invites you to come and see the Great Azuro perform for the crowd. Despite facing a gigantic kronprinz behemoth, Martyn dispatches his opponent in spectacular fashion, unleashing a volley of blue magic spells that you never knew he possessed.

*Meeting Martyn after the show, he explains that he learned his newfound techniques while traveling through Ishgard, though he also laments that his expanded repertoire has done little to boost the payment that he receives from the Celestium. He then explains that the owner, Royse, has requested that you and Martyn go with her to meet an acquaintance of hers, whose identity has yet to be revealed.

*Following some typically curt greetings, Royse makes her way into the Miners' Guild to announce your arrival. She soon reappears, now accompanied by Fyrgeiss, member of Ul'dah's Syndicate and chairman of Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern, who is not only unimaginably wealthy but a renowned lover of the Coliseum. He explains that he observed Martyn's most recent performance, and being an avid follower of arena combat, he found the blue magic on display to be both unique and highly entertaining, to the extent that he has agreed to provide funding for the Celestium. Rather than staying to discuss the finer details at length, he leaves the arrangements to his underlings, and once he is out of earshot, Royse explains that despite the Masked Carnivale's popularity, the increase in ticket sales is offset by the cost of keeping and feeding hordes of pit fiends with which to fight. It is rumored that Fyrgeiss aims to strengthen his position within the Syndicate by investing in new ventures, an opportunity which Royse pounced upon by inviting him to the Celestium. Naturally, this injection of gil is expected to be accompanied by even greater profits, which she plans to address with a host of additions to the roster, including more ferocious creatures for you and Martyn to battle. He, too, sees Fyrgeiss's involvement as a change in fortunes, and hopes to secure financial support for the Blue Mages' Guild.

*As Royse is planning to add yet more beasts to the Celestium's menagerie, Martyn thinks it best that the two of you prepare for the challenges that lie ahead. He recommends that you follow in his footsteps and acquire new blue magic spells, starting with Northerlies, which will give your foes a taste of icy Ishgardian winter, though this is something that you must first experience for yourself...
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn upon reaching level 53 and learning Northerlies.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Martyn: Hello, mate! Been polishin' your skills, have you?
Martyn: I'll admit, I've had a fair bit on my plate recently, what with performin' at the Celestium and runnin' the Blue Mages' Guild.
Martyn: That's right, [Forename]─I've finally gone and opened up a guild! How could I not, given all the demand? Folk have been fairly climbin' over each other to sign up and get their mitts on my soul crystals. You've probably seen a fair few on your travels, tradin' blows with the local cactuars and whatnot.
Martyn: They'll do anythin' to study the blue arts under the Great Azuro, star of the Celestium. Thanks to them, my lifelong─well, almost lifelong─dream of runnin' my own guild has come true! Ah, speak of the devils...
Martyn: Why, if it ain't two of my star pupils, P'yandih and Nutiba?
Nutiba Buntiba: Can it be true? Has Azuro the Second at long last deigned to grace us with {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} presence?
P'yandih: I can't believe we finally have the chance to meet you in person!
Nutiba Buntiba: Please, I beg of you, accept us as your apprentices!
P'yandih: We'll follow you anywhere!
Martyn: Oi! I think you're forgettin' who the guildmaster is around here! And besides, I've got other plans for [Forename].
Martyn: If you two can afford to stand about chewin' the fat, you've got time to go and get yourselves some new spells. Go on, hop to it!
Martyn: Gods give me strength... If they ever get their heads out of the clouds and into their spellbooks for a change, they might bloody learn somethin'.
Martyn: Bugger me, I nearly forgot that I'm supposed to be performin' soon!
Martyn: Fancy comin' to see your old friend, the Great Azuro, in action?
Martyn: Of course, you won't be watchin' from the stands with all the unwashed masses. I've got a front row spot with your name on it!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
Celestium Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the magnificent, the stupendous, the Great Azuro!
Celestium Announcer: Not to be outdone by his apprentice Azuro the Second, he has handpicked one of our most fearsome pit fiends as his opponent, the savage, the gargantuan kronprinz behemoth!
Celestium Announcer: >> The Great Azuro opens with a volley of his tried-and-true spells, yet the behemoth shows no signs of backing down! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> My word, ladies and gentlemen! Not even the crown prince of beasts could withstand these never-before-seen techniques! <<
Celestium Announcer: >> Victory goes to the Great Azuro! <<
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: In Ul'dah, they say, “Old dogs are incapable to learn new tricks,” but maybe this not true?
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: So, what did you think? I'll bet you thought the Great Azuro couldn't get any greater!
Martyn: Between the Masked Carnivale and runnin' the guild, I somehow found time to pick up a few new spells.
Martyn: I went all the way to Ishgard and tried my luck against creatures so horrible they'd make a behemoth blubber. It was worth the trip, though. Now my repertoire of blue magic is bigger than ever. And let me tell you, the crowds have been lappin' it up!
Martyn: You'd think that the Celestium would reward all this extra effort by bumpin' up my pay, but apparently not. Actually, that reminds me, Royse said there's someone she wants me to meet over at the Miners' Guild. No idea what it's about, but maybe I'm gettin' a raise after all!
Martyn: Since you're here, you should tag along as well. If there's extra gil on offer, I wouldn't want you to miss out! I'm thoughtful like that, you know.
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Did Martyn say “Miners' Guild”? Perhaps they want you to use Self-destruct to clear tunnels or something?
Martyn: To be honest, I know better than to get my hopes up any time Royse is involved. Whatever it is, there's bound to be a catch of some sort.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse===
Royse: I'm glad you could join us, my dear. Wait here a moment, would you?
-cutscene start
Royse: It is my privilege to introduce the great Master Fyrgeiss, esteemed member of the Syndicate and chairman of Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern. Martyn, you will no doubt be delighted to hear that he found your match against the kronprinz behemoth most exhilarating.
Martyn: I...ah, had no idea that such a distinguished and upstanding member of the community was in our audience!
Fyrgeiss: That was quite a display, young man! I must say, until I witnessed it for myself, I was under the impression that the Masked Carnivale was little more than a frivolous distraction. A far cry from the time-honored traditions of the Coliseum.
Fyrgeiss: All it took was one match to disprove such misgivings. This blue magic of yours is truly a spectacle like no other!
Martyn: That's...ah, very kind of you, squire─ I mean, sir.
Royse: And would I be correct in assuming that we have your support?
Fyrgeiss: Why, yes! From this day forth, Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern shall provide all the financial backing you should require.
Royse: You do us a great honor, Master Fyrgeiss.
Fyrgeiss: Now that has been decided, there are other, rather less interesting matters to which I must attend. I shall have my assistants draw up the necessary contracts and so forth. And with that, I bid you good day.
Royse: Now, I suppose you're wondering what has prompted all of this.
Royse: While the Masked Carnivale has become a roaring success─for which I have the both of you to thank─our menagerie of pit fiends has been eating into our profits, in a quite literal sense. Simply keeping them fed is monstrously expensive.
Royse: And there is the fact that the crowds will soon grow tired of us dragging out the same old creatures, so we need to invest in having ever more exotic and dangerous beasts brought in by experienced adventurers, which costs a pretty gil as well.
Royse: That's why I invited Fyrgeiss to visit the Celestium. That walking coinpurse is known as much for his love of the Coliseum as he is for being ludicrously wealthy.
Royse: And just between the three of us, it seems his position within the Syndicate is nowhere near as stable as he would like it to be. He's desperately searching for a new venture that will give him the edge over his rivals.
Royse: Though I can't attest to how much the chairman stands to benefit from our partnership, I'm quite confident of our own prospects. For our part, we're going to come up with new performances to generate more excitement.
Martyn: Hmm... So ''that's'' Master Fyrgeiss? It's good to finally put a face to the name. I wonder if Amajina & Sons would be interested in proppin' up the Blue Mages' Guild?
Martyn: Was I thinkin' out loud? Ha ha! Forget I said anythin'! Anyway, I can't wait to see what the lads back at the guild make of this little development. Shall we?
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Amajina & Sons? Mining concern, yes? I hear they deal in ceruleum. Martyn has bad experience with ceruleum-dealing Roegadyn before. I hope Martyn not make same mistake again...
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: By the sounds of it, Royse'll be linin' up some different foes for us to face in the Masked Carnivale. Knowin' her, our safety is the least of her concerns, so we'd better be ready for whatever she has to throw at us.
Martyn: That's why I took the liberty of addin' a few more entries to your spellbook. Like any good student, you'll be wantin' to follow in your teacher's footsteps, which'll lead you to Ishgard.
Martyn: And when you get there, what better spell to learn than Northerlies? A nice blast of freezin' cold air is just the trick when things get too hot to handle!
Martyn: Ah, yes. If you feel like addin' some other blue magic to your arsenal, Gaheel Ja has some brand-new totems that might be worth a look.
Martyn: One more thing: at the risk of inflatin' your ego, I'd say your blue magic will be on a par with mine before long, so I've a mind to put you to work trainin' some of the apprentices.
Martyn: But that's assumin' you make it back from Ishgard in one piece. Watch yourself out there, those frost-encrusted bastards roamin' about the snowfields take no prisoners!
-quest complete

</nowiki>}}

Turning Over a Blue Leaf

2026-04-18T02:09:28Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = Turning Over a Blue Leaf
| description = [[Maudlin Latool Ja|Latool Ja]] has an expression of overwhelming joy on his face. Or at least you think he has...
| image = BLU HW quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Maudlin Latool Ja
| related-npcs = Ceadda; Martyn; Royse; Wayward Gaheel Ja; Whastrach
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 50
| requirements = {{i|Dirty Rotten Azulmagia}} cleared
| req-items =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 517
| reward1 = 1 Azulmagia
| unlocks = ngp Blue Mage - Part 1
| prev-quest = The Real Folk Blues
| next-quest = Into the Blue Again
| patch = 4.5
| release = stormblood
| id-gt = 68735
| id-edb = e655bd32491
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Martyn]].

==Journal==
*Latool Ja has an expression of overwhelming joy on his face. Or at least you think he has...

*Latool Ja is the first to congratulate you on your spectacular victory over Azulmagia. The self-confessed villain of the piece, Whastrach, arrives to commend your performance, and promises to relinquish his hold on Lapis Canyon, as per the agreement. Much to everyone's surprise, he even asks Ceadda if he will act as his guide in the New World, in order to secure another source of ceruleum without adversely affecting the lives of the inhabitants. The young Whalaqee senses the sincerity in Whastrach's words, and accepts the offer in the hope that his advice will prevent any more unpleasant confrontations. As the two of them leave to prepare for their journey across the Indigo Deep, Royse reminds you that your services as Azuro the Second are still very much in demand, and that she is expecting you to make further appearances in the Masked Carnivale. Martyn, too, in spite of his initial reluctance, plans to continue in the role of the Great Azuro until a better─or more profitable─idea springs to mind.

*After an extremely brief period of contemplation, Martyn decides that his new goal in life is to found a Blue Mages' Guild. In order to do so, he will first need to gather the necessary capital, and what better way to do that than continuing to appear in the lucrative─and highly dangerous─Masked Carnivale? Martyn reminds you that there is room in the spotlight for both Azuros, and that the door to the Celestium is always open to you.
**※The next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn once you have completed the main scenario quest “Litany of Peace.”

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
Wayward Gaheel Ja: [Forename] beat Whastrach! Now [Forename] strongest blue mage! Maybe Martyn should be your apprentice now.
Ceadda: You did it! Whastrach was more powerful than I could've imagined, but you beat him!
-optional end
===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
Maudlin Latool Ja: [Forename] beat Azulmagia! Latool Ja cannot believe it! I mean, I ''can'' believe it, because Latool Ja always believe in you. Anyway, well done!
Ceadda: I cannot thank you enough! Lapis Canyon is safe!
Martyn: Nicely done, [Forename]! That sack of goobbue shite won't be botherin' the Whalaqee anymore!
Royse: Spectacular! Stupendous! The performance of a lifetime! I never knew you had it in you, [Forename]. Of course, I haven't forgotten about our agreement. As of today, I will be withdrawing my funding from the ceruleum mine project.
Whastrach@Azulmagia's Voice: Fools! You think you have defeated me? This place will be your burial ground!
Whastrach: Ha! I tricked you for a moment there, didn't I? I must admit, I had grown rather accustomed to playing the villain, but enough is enough.
Whastrach: The fact is, I lost our wager, so it's time I put an end to my plans for Lapis Canyon. I'm a businessman, not a monster, and I have you, Ceadda, and Martyn to thank for reminding me of that.
Whastrach: The New World is a vast, untamed land, and there are bound to be ways to acquire ceruleum without mining on sacred ground. Royse has even agreed to fund my next expedition.
Whastrach: I will be leaving by ship within the next few days. Ceadda, would you care to join me? With you as my guide, perhaps I can avoid repeating the mistakes I made with the Whalaqee.
Ceadda: You're serious, aren't you? I accept your offer, if only so that I can keep you away from our land. Actually, I have heard of several places similar to Lapis Canyon to which no one has laid claim.
Whastrach: Then, you and I have much to discuss! But first, I must prepare for the voyage. There is much to be done!
Ceadda: I'll never forget you, [Forename]! If you ever have a chance to cross the Indigo Deep, you will always be welcome to stay with the Whalaqee!
Royse: Hold your chocobos! As Azuro the Second, there's no time to go gallivanting around the New World. You've got crowds to please, beasts to best! Not to mention money to earn. Don't go away now, darling!
Martyn: I go through all the trouble of gettin' better and squeezin' back into my costume, but it looks like you're her favorite now! Bloody charmin', that is! Mind you, the epidemic's over, so I don't need to dance to her tune anymore.
Maudlin Latool Ja: So why is Martyn still dressed as the Great Azuro?
Martyn: Well, there's no harm in earnin' a few gil while I think about my next move, is there?
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja say Martyn just like attention!
-quest accepted
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Gaheel Ja and Latool Ja stay with Martyn, keep him out of trouble.
-optional end
===Speak with Martyn===
Martyn: Somethin's occurred to me─all this business with the Great Azuro and Azuro the Second's got everyone talkin' about blue magic!
Martyn: Those stuffy old bookworms in the Arcanists' Guild never listened to me before, but this ought to make them take notice.
Martyn: In fact, I'm thinkin' about openin' a Blue Mages' Guild, partly as a way of rubbin' my old guildmates' noses in it for rejectin' my research, but also to help spread the knowledge across Eorzea. I'll need a fair bit of gil to get the idea off the ground, though.
Martyn: All the more reason to carry on as the Great Azuro! I'll show them that not even bein' half-eaten by some beast can keep me down!
Martyn: 'Course, there's room in the Celestium for the both of us. After all, I wouldn't deny my favorite─and only─apprentice a chance at fame and glory!
-quest complete
System: In order to undertake the next blue mage quest, you must first meet the following requirements:
System: ※You must have completed the main scenario quest “Litany of Peace.”
System: Once you have done so, the next blue mage quest will be available from Martyn.
</nowiki>}}

The Real Folk Blues

2026-04-18T01:59:38Z

Maleficentabsinthe: added dialogue

{{Quest infobox
| title = The Real Folk Blues
| description = [[Maudlin Latool Ja|Latool Ja]] is doing a fine job of holding the fort in [[Martyn]]'s absence.
| image = BLU HW quest image1.png
| quest-giver = Maudlin Latool Ja
| related-npcs = Ceadda; Martyn; Royse; Wayward Gaheel Ja; Whastrach
| location = Ul'dah - Steps of Thal
| location-x = 12.5
| location-y = 13.0
| type = job
| quest-line =
| journal-section = Class & Job Quests
| journal-category = Disciple of Magic Job Quests
| journal-genre = Blue Mage Quests
| organization =
| class =
| job = Blue Mage
| level = 50
| requirements = Learn {{action icon|Glower}}
| req-items =
| exp = 11700
| gil = 952
| reward1 = 1 The Spirit of the Whalaqee
| reward2 = 1 Magus's Attire Coffer (IL 130)
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Blue Gold
| next-quest = Turning Over a Blue Leaf
| patch = 4.5
| release = stormblood
| id-gt = 68734
| id-edb = 1878e683dfd
}}

==Walkthrough==
{{action icon|Glower}} is available via:
{{#lsth:Glower|[[Blue Mage Spells Learning Guide|Acquisition]]}}
==Steps==
*Search for [[Martyn]] at the [[Ceruleum Processing Plant]] in [[Northern Thanalan]].
*Speak with [[Royse]] in [[Ul'dah]].
*Speak with Royse.

==Journal==
*Latool Ja is doing a fine job of holding the fort in Martyn's absence.

*Latool Ja informs Martyn that you have learned the Glower spell, prompting your mentor to ignore the chirurgeon's advice once again and leave his sickbed to congratulate you. This achievement, however, pales in comparison to another piece of welcome news he has received─Whastrach has successfully delivered the medicine to the Whalaqee and the epidemic afflicting them has been eradicated. Unfortunately, Martyn's jubilations are short-lived when Ceadda, the young chirurgeon of the New World tribe, arrives with ill tidings. Whastrach has apparently taken lands sacred to the Whalaqee as his own, in an obvious attempt to seize the ceruleum-rich Lapis Canyon. Martyn is livid at the treachery of the man in whom he placed his trust, and rushes off to confront him at the processing plant in northern Thanalan.

*You arrive to find Martyn and Ceadda already in the midst of a heated debate with Whastrach. The self-styled businessman states that the Whalaqee lands were acquired through a legally binding contract in exchange for the shipment of medicine and that the ceruleum mine he plans to open will give the Whalaqee an opportunity to become part of the modern world. Ceadda and Martyn vehemently disagree, saying that the elders were tricked into the agreement and that it is not for Whastrach to decide how they should live their lives. As the two sides reach an impasse, Royse interrupts to make a surprising revelation─not only is she Whastrach's financial backer, but she also told him of Martyn's plan to produce medicine for the Whalaqee. Although she was unaware of the extent of Whastrach's plans, she cannot decide which side of the argument she should support. To settle the matter, she suggests that Martyn and Whastrach meet in the Celestium and battle as blue mages, and promises to withdraw her investment should Martyn win. However, if he loses, he will be forced to persuade the Whalaqee to surrender their lands as per the agreement. Since Martyn is still recovering from his earlier injuries, you are selected to take his place, assuming the guise of “Azuro the Second.”

*Back in Ul'dah, you participate in a practice demonstration of your spells, bedecked in your new Masked Carnivale outfit. It is then that Whastrach enters dressed as the terrifying Azulmagia, resembling a demon in more than simply outward appearance. You finally understand why his prowess as a blue mage is held in such high regard, as he unleashes an array of astonishingly potent magicks.

*With your climactic encounter on the horizon, Royse suggests entering matches against her pit fiends first to hone your skills before facing your mentor's hated rival. Azulmagia awaits you in the final stage of the Masked Carnivale, but will your blue magic be enough to overcome him?
**※The [[Turning_Over_a_Blue_Leaf|next blue mage quest]] will be available from [[Maudlin_Latool_Ja|Latool Ja]] after completing level 25 of [[The_Masked_Carnivale|The Masked Carnivale]].

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
Maudlin Latool Ja: [Forename] learned Glower, yes? Then [Forename] succeeded, just as Martyn said.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Latool Ja will tell Martyn.
-cutscene start
Martyn: You did it, [Forename]! You've done me proud! And that's not the only cause for celebration...
Martyn: I received a missive saying that Whastrach was as good as his word─the medicine worked and the Whalaqee are saved!
Ceadda@Young Man: >> Martyn! I've been looking everywhere for you! <<
Martyn: Ceadda!? How did you get here?
Ceadda: Never mind that! I have something urgent to tell you!
Martyn: [Forename], this is Ceadda, the Whalaqee chirurgeon I told you about. He learned to speak the common tongue of Eorzea, and─
Ceadda: Will you listen!? It's Whastrach─he brought the medicine, and everyone with the disease has been cured.
Ceadda: But he wasn't content to simply give it to us─he's used it to lay claim to Lapis Canyon!
Martyn: But why would he...?
Martyn: Of course! The ceruleum!
Martyn: Lapis Canyon is sacred ground, and glows a bright blue because of all the ceruleum beneath the surface.
Martyn: That bastard was after it from the beginnin'. He must be at the processin' plant! Come on, Ceadda─let's go!
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn, stop! Ah... Very quick for man who lie in bed for many days.
Maudlin Latool Ja: Can [Forename] go with them? I worry that Martyn bite off more than Martyn can swallow. Or is that “chew?”
Maudlin Latool Ja: As far as Latool Ja know, processing plant in northern Thanalan. Make sure Martyn not do anything stupid!
-cutscene end
-quest accepted
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Martyn never listen to chirurgeon. Martyn never listen to anyone.
Ceadda: The Whalaqee have lived in the light of Lapis Canyon for generations. We can't let it be destroyed by Whastrach's men!
Whastrach: Why must he be so stubborn?
-optional end
===Search for Martyn at the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan===
-cutscene start
Martyn: You only gave them the medicine so you could steal Lapis Canyon!
Whastrach: "Steal?“ Don't speak to me like some common thief! I won't deny that obtaining the ceruleum was my primary concern, but we signed an agreement. It's all perfectly legal, I assure you.
Ceadda: You know full well the elders can't read Eorzean! You told them that if they didn't sign the contract, they couldn't have the medicine. And besides, your laws don't apply to the Whalaqee!
Whastrach: Even so, I expect your elders to honor the promise they made, legally binding or not.
Whastrach: Perhaps you have forgotten that the medicine was paid for and produced by my company. Before the negotiations began, I had already spent vast amounts to manufacture a large enough shipment to treat everyone.
Whastrach: I saved your tribe from annihilation, and this is how you repay me? I've given you all a second chance to lead healthy, productive lives.
Ceadda: You took advantage of our suffering so that you could plunder the thing most precious to us! Since the time of my ancestors, Lapis Canyon has been at the center of our beliefs, of everything we do!
Whastrach: Beliefs? Come now, don't be absurd! That blue substance you call the “lifeblood of the planet” is ceruleum, a type of fuel. It's not doing any good just sitting there underground.
Whastrach: Once I open a mine in Lapis Canyon, I hope to employ the Whalaqee, offering you all an opportunity to earn a proper wage.
Whastrach: When you realize what you've been missing all this time, you'll soon forget about your superstitions.
Martyn: >> How bloody dare you! Who are you to call them superstitions!? This is their way of life, and all you want to do is destroy it for the sake of your own greed! <<
Whastrach: >> I'm doing more for the Whalaqee than you ever will! I'm giving them a chance to build a better future for themselves. They can either be part of the modern world, or be left behind! <<
Martyn: >> That's not your decision to make! <<
Whastrach: >> What about the medicine!? That was a product of Eorzean society. Without it, they'd all be dead! And another thing─my investor funded its production for a share of the profits from my New World enterprise! <<
Royse@Familiar Voice: Darlings, darlings! There's no need to squabble!
Royse: I admit it, I'm Whastrach's backer. It all started when I told him about Martyn's plan to save the Whalaqee from the epidemic. You see, the prospect of trading with the New World sounded rather promising, though this is the first I've heard of the ceruleum mine.
Royse: Expanding into new regions often leads to resistance from the locals, but this is far beyond what I was expecting. Whastrach─I don't like being kept in the dark. I'm seriously considering withdrawing from our deal!
Royse: That said, I can see this being a worthwhile venture, providing that the Whalaqee are not being exploited. But I also agree with Martyn that their way of life should not be disrupted. As you can see, this leaves me with a difficult choice...
Royse: Which is why I propose that the two of you settle this in the arena! Whastrach, you're a blue mage yourself, correct?
Whastrach: I am indeed. Though I should warn you, Martyn was never a match for me, even before he was chewed up and spat out by one of your pets.
Royse: Then perhaps it's time for his apprentice, “Azuro the Second,” to make {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} grand debut!
Royse: I can picture it now─the ultimate clash of blue magic! The loyal disciple of the Great Azuro faces a mysterious challenger to determine who is the superior spellcaster!
Royse: If [Forename] wins, I'll cut off my funding for the Lapis Canyon project, and the lands will return to their original owners. And if Whastrach is victorious, Martyn must act as intermediary for the Whalaqee and persuade them to agree to the development.
Martyn: Royse, you can do what you like with that money of yours, but you can't expect me to go along with this!
Whastrach: For such an old-fashioned sort of fellow, Martyn seems to forget that disputes such as these have been decided by combat since ancient times.
Whastrach: I, for one, have no objections! Count me in!
Martyn: What about the Whalaqee!? They should be the ones to decide their own fate, not us!
Ceadda: You're right, Martyn, but we have a similar tradition. When two sides cannot reach an agreement, a representative from each takes part in a contest of strength.
Ceadda: Ideally, one of my people would be chosen, but we are in Eorzea, and I have no choice but to ask you to participate on our behalf. So, will you do it, [Forename]?
Question: What will you say?
> I'll fight-for what is right!
Royse: Very gallant of you, my dear! The crowd'll lap this up!
> I'll fight-for Martyn!
Royse: What a noble way to express your gratitude to your mentor! Perhaps we can use this in the performance...
> What am I getting myself into?
Royse: I know, dear, it's a lot of responsibility. And for your debut match, no less! But as the boy says─it must be you.
---
Royse: Very gallant of you, my dear! The crowd'll lap this up!
Royse: First things first, let's get you two into your costumes and take a look at that magic of yours. I want to know what my audience will be getting when the big day arrives. Come along!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Maudlin Latool Ja: Thank you for bringing Martyn back to Ul'dah. Latool Ja glad he unharmed, but he in very strange mood. Latool Ja want to know what is going on!
Martyn: Bloody hells! How did we let Royse talk us into this?
Ceadda: Please, you must defeat Whastrach. He's a cruel, heartless man, so don't show him any mercy!
Whastrach: I've always liked you, [Forename], so it's a shame I'll have to give you a damned good thrashing in front of all of those people. I have a lot at stake, so don't expect me to hold anything back.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse in Ul'dah===
Royse: Once you've both changed into your new costumes, I'll see you in the arena. This way, my darlings!
-cutscene start
Royse: [Forename], my dear! Are you ready?
Maudlin Latool Ja: But you...missed...
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Hahaha! No, Gaheel Ja not think so!
Royse: Wonderful, my dear. It seems a new hero is born!
Royse: Now it's Whastrach's turn. Pay close attention to the costume, darlings─it's my finest creation yet!
Wayward Gaheel Ja: Such...power...
Royse: The dread warlock who transcends dimensions of time and space─Azulmagia!
Whastrach: Why must I be the villain?
Royse: It's all part of the act, my dear! What could be more thrilling than an epic struggle between good and evil?
Martyn: You mean to tell me Whastrach is inside that thing? And why's he floatin'?
Royse: For dramatic effect, of course! If you must know, it's a ceruleum levitation device. Surprisingly cheap too. Apparently, there isn't much practical application for the ability to float a few ilms off of the ground.
Whastrach: I'm still not convinced it's entirely necessary, and the costume is rather more flamboyant than I would've liked. But if I'm going to do this, I may as well enjoy myself. I'll show the audience what real blue magic looks like!
Royse: That's what I like to hear. It's sure to be a performance they'll never forget, right here at the Masked Carnivale!
Royse: Not to put too fine a point on it, [Forename] my dear, but I think you'd benefit from some practice before starring in the main event.
Whastrach: Hahaha! Train all you want─it will make no difference. Lapis Canyon is mine!
-cutscene end
-optional start
Ceadda: Don't let Whastrach intimidate you. I know you can beat him!
Martyn: I still can't believe this is happenin'...
Maudlin Latool Ja: [Forename]'s Glower very painful... Not refreshing, either. Only painful.
-optional end
===Speak with Royse===
Royse: I have gathered quite the menagerie of exotic beasts, but you should choose with care. We try to call an end to the performance before either side incurs any serious injury, but as Martyn will attest, accidents can happen.
Royse: Once you feel confident in your abilities, say the word and I will grant you and Azulmagia the opportunity to settle this feud. Until then, fight well, but don't do anything rash. I might struggle to find ''another'' replacement blue mage...
Ceadda: It's up to you now, [Forename]!
Martyn: He's right. If only I hadn't been damn near killed in that bloody show, I could've dealt with him myself. Well, I'd like to think I'd have a chance of winnin', but he was always the better mage.
Martyn: To be honest, though, I think you've got a real talent for blue magic. In fact, you shouldn't be scared of Whastrach─he should be scared of you!
Martyn: With the right spells, I reckon you'll be able to take him down a peg or two. Now get out there and show him what you're made of!
Martyn: Ugh... Look at me, gettin' all worked up like that. I'd better head back before the chirurgeon realizes I've gone. Hopefully I'll be allowed out of the infirmary to watch some of your performances, though. Best of luck, [Forename]!
-quest complete
''{{i|Masked Carnivale}} unlocked''
System: The Masked Carnivale has been unlocked. To participate, speak with the Celestium attendant in Onyx Lane.
</nowiki>}}