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Endwalker (Quest)

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{{other uses|the [[Main Scenario Quests|Main Scenario Quest]]|the [[expansion]]|Endwalker}}
{{Quest infobox
| title = Endwalker
| image = endwalker.png
| description = [[The Scions of the Seventh Dawn]] stand ready for the finale.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Blue Bird; Estinien; G'raha Tia; Krile; Tataru; Thancred; Urianger; Y'shtola; Zenos viator Galvus
| cutscene-npcs = Bloewyda; Cid; Elidibus; Emmanellain; Erenville; Fourchenault; Hoary Boulder; Livingway; Meteion; Sicard; Soroban; Wilfsunn; Zenos yae Galvus
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 21.5
| location-y = 21.5
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 618
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 5000
| reward1 = 1 Argos Horn
| reward2 = 1 Wind-up Herois
| reward3 = 1 Endwalker – Footfalls Orchestrion Roll
| reward4 = 1 Flow Orchestrion Roll
| unlocks = dg The Dead Ends, tr The Final Day, ach That Its Chorus Might Ring for All, ngp Endwalker - Part 1, ngp Endwalker - Part 2
| prev-quest = You're Not Alone
| next-quest = Newfound Adventure, A Heartless Hypothesis, The Crystal from Beyond, The Sleeping Gentleman, An Original Improvement, Delve into Myth, Seeking Sanctuary, That's So Anden, Cutting the Cheese, Where No Loporrit Has Gone Before, Of Mothers and Merchants, I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel, An Odd Job, A Place to Train, A Cosmic Homecoming, Pilgrimage of Light, Futures Lost, That Once Rang Clear, Stars Like Gems, Left Alive, Loud and Proud, A Parent's Love, Come Back to Us, Eat Like an Ea, The Body Beautiful, Remember Me, Bodily Curiosity, A Life of Regret, Work Woes, Must Be Dreaming(way), Hippos Born to Run, The Culture of Love, Pastures New, Bitter Snow (Quest)
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| id-edb = 52a65d1961d
| id-gt = 70000
| msq-index = 806
}}
==Rewards==

*[[SMW::off]][[File:Argos horn icon1.png|20px|link=Argos Horn|alt=Argos Horn]] 1 [[Argos Horn]][[SMW::on]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:Wind-up herois icon2.png|20px|link=Wind-up Herois|alt=Wind-up Herois]] 1 [[Wind-up Herois]][[SMW::on]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:Endwalker - footfalls orchestrion roll icon1.png|20px|link=Endwalker – Footfalls Orchestrion Roll|alt=Endwalker – Footfalls Orchestrion Roll]] 1 [[Endwalker – Footfalls Orchestrion Roll]][[SMW::on]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:Flow orchestrion roll icon1.png|20px|link=Flow Orchestrion Roll|alt=Flow Orchestrion Roll]] 1 [[Flow Orchestrion Roll]][[SMW::on]]

;Unlocks

*[[File:Dungeon.png|24px| The Dead Ends|link= The Dead Ends]] [[ The Dead Ends]]
*[[File:Trial.png|24px| The Final Day|link= The Final Day]] [[ The Final Day]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:That its chorus might ring for all icon1.png|20px|link=That Its Chorus Might Ring for All|alt=That Its Chorus Might Ring for All]] [[That Its Chorus Might Ring for All]][[SMW::on]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:New game plus icon2.png|20px|link=New Game Plus|alt=New Game Plus]][[SMW::on]] [[ Endwalker - Part 1]]
*[[SMW::off]][[File:New game plus icon2.png|20px|link=New Game Plus|alt=New Game Plus]][[SMW::on]] [[ Endwalker - Part 2]]
==Walkthrough==
===Tactics for the duel with [[File:Aggressive difficulty r6.png|32px|link=]] [[Zenos viator Galvus]]===
====Phase 1====
You will start the fight with 6 stacks of {{status effect|debuff|File:Spark of hope icon1.png}} '''Spark of Hope'''. These function as "extra lives", healing you to full if you take damage that would otherwise defeat you. Important mechanics include:
* '''Tidal Wave''': You will get knocked into AoE on one side of the room, resulting in stunning. Water puddles (circles) will be left behind for the next mechanics.
** '''Judgment Bolt''': Room-wide AoE. Do NOT stand in the puddles.
** '''Hellfire''': Room-wide AoE. Stand in the puddles to mitigate damage.
* '''Akh Morn''': Chain of targeted hits. Mitigate or heal through it.
* '''Come Hither''': Summons Zenos's Avatar, which will cast another mechanic.
* '''Star beyond Stars''': Multiple AoEs covering the whole room. Watch the order in which the telegraphs appear and dodge them.
** '''The Edge Unbound''' (Cast by Zenos's Avatar): Circle AoE on the avatar. Move away.
* '''Wyrm's Tongue''' (No cast bar): Cone attack. Stand aside when he says "'''Mine for the taking!'''". If you wait until the visual telegraph appears, you will not have enough time to get out.
* '''Nine Nights''' (No cast bar): 3x3 circle AoEs. Watch the order in which the telegraphs appear and dodge them.
* '''Veil Asunder''' (No cast bar): Targeted Circle AoE. Run when he says "'''A test of your reflexes!'''". If you wait until the visual telegraph appears, you will not have enough time to get out.
* '''Exaflare''': Moving AoEs from 2 sides of the room to the other, and a donut AoE. Dodge them. I recommend standing on one side of the room, between 2 of the moving AoEs, then stepping aside to dodge the other wave.
* '''Diamond Dust''': Freezes the floor, making it slippery. This will affect handling of other mechanics.
* '''Dead Gaze''' (Cast by Zenos's Avatar): Gaze. Look away to avoid petrification.

※ For '''Wyrm's Tongue''' and '''Veil Asunder''' (Where you have to listen for him saying "'''Mine for the taking!'''" and "'''A test of your reflexes!'''" respectively), a speech bubble appears above his head as he says his line. Players who are deaf or hard of hearing will need to watch for the speech bubble and act accordingly.

Phase 1 ends on reducing Zenos to 0% health. You must have at least 1 stack of {{status effect|debuff|File:Spark of hope icon1.png}} '''Spark of Hope''' to survive the change to the next phase.

====Phase 2====
Zenos heals to full, then stuns you with an instant untelegraphed '''Swift as Shadow''' and attacks you with '''Thorns''', reducing you to 1 health. One stack of {{status effect|debuff|File:Spark of hope icon1.png}} '''Spark of Hope''' will be consumed to heal you to full. Additional mechanics include:
* '''Aetherial Ray''': Unavoidable attack chain. Mitigate or heal through it. Casts Silvered Edge immediately after.
** '''Silvered Edge''': Three line AoEs splitting the arena into thirds, with 120 degree arcs between them. One is directly in front of Zenos, so step beck and aside to avoid.
* '''Swift as Shadow''': Rectangle AoE. Simply step aside.
* '''Candlewick''': Circle AoE, then a donut AoE immediately after. Dodge them.
* '''Unmoving Dvenadkatika''': Cone AoEs surrounding the boss in clockwise order. Stand in the last cone telegraph, then move to the first cone immediately after it goes off.
** '''The Edge Unbound''': Circle AoE on the boss immediately after Unmoving Dvenadkatika. Move away.

On reducing Zenos to 0% health, he stuns and beats you down to 1 health again.
* '''Life or Death''': Quick Time Event. Rapidly press the button to fill the bar before the 20 second timer reaches 0.

After completing the Quick Time Event, the fight ends with your victory.

===Notes===
{{see also|Level 90 Gear Guide}}
Completion of this quest unlocks the [[Allagan Tomestone]] exchanges in [[Radz-at-Han]].

==Steps==
* Enter {{i|the Dead Ends}}.
* Confront [[the Endsinger]] on {{i|the Final Day}}.
* Defeat [[Zenos]].
* Speak with your comrades. 0/8
* Speak with [[Tataru]].

==Journal==
*The Scions of the Seventh Dawn stand ready for the finale.

*Having come this far together, everyone's resolve is beyond doubt, and there is little left to say. All that remains is to sally forth into {{i|The Dead Ends}} on your way to your reckoning with Meteion.
** ※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.

*With your staunch comrades at your side, you cut a path through foes born of despair to arrive at the innermost part of the Dead Ends. Just beyond lies the heart of Meteion's dominion, and you steel yourself for the confrontation to come.
**※In the event that you leave the area, you may return from Absolute Horizon in Ultima Thule.

*After a journey through time immemorial and space immeasurable, you finally come face-to-face with the true Meteion. The familiar marshals the despair of countless ruined stars to arise as the Endsinger, and unleashes her might against you. Though you fight resolutely, one after another your comrades are overpowered, and it is all you can do to activate your teleporter and deliver them to safety. Just when it seems you must contend with your fearsome foe alone, help arrives in the most unexpected of forms─Zenos as a dragon. Though his foremost desire as ever remains glorious battle with you, he lends you his wings that you might first dispense with the distraction. Thus do you take to the air, to silence the song of oblivion once and for all.
**※{{i|The Final Day}} can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

*In a struggle between hope and despair, the stakes no less than the continued existence of life itself, the Endsinger brings her all to bear against you. More than once, the mighty being pushes you beyond your limits, but given strength by the prayers of your comrades, you weather the relentless onslaught to deliver the decisive blow. In defeat the Endsinger falls, and you descend after her.
**※In the event that you leave the area, you may return from Absolute Horizon in Ultima Thule.

*Amidst an endless darkness, you find Meteion alone, as the familiar she once was. You share with her all that you felt during your journeys─from sweetest triumphs to bitterest defeats─and by this act, she finally finds the answer which she had sought all along. Filled with joy for the discovery and remorse for her deeds, she offers to sing one last song before she falls forever silent─a song of hope unbridled─and creates a path to deliver you back to your comrades. But ere you leave, Zenos arrives to issue you challenge. Though he allows you the choice to walk away, it is past time to put an end to this chapter─and him.

*At the end of a grueling encounter, you succeed in laying Zenos low and gifting him the bliss for which he hungered. However, you succumb to your own injuries and collapse to the ground. Your opponent breathes his last, and it seems you are destined to share his grave at the edge of existence...

*Miracles happen every day. And this day, a miracle─one borne upon hopes, perhaps─has delivered you unto the Ragnarok, where you awaken surrounded by caring comrades. Though you have felt better, you are very much alive, and make a triumphant return to beautiful Etheirys, having delivered salvation to the world.

:Some time later, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn gather at the Rising Stones for the final time. For as has been decided, the order shall disband─albeit only in appearance. Having done its part to usher in lasting change, it will retreat from plain sight, and instead work unobtrusively to solve the problems that plague the realm. Ere you and your comrades go your separate ways, Tataru bids everyone leave no preparations undone or words unsaid.

*You take a moment to speak with each of your comrades, and hear their respective plans and aspirations. Though your destinations be disparate, and you will work apart for the foreseeable future, ever will you be united by your unseverable ties as Scions. Having said all that needs be said, you turn to inform Tataru that you are ready to set forth.

*Thus are the Final Days averted, and the curtain falls on a tale spanning eons. Gone are those ancient gods who had steered the course of the world, and none can say what lies ahead. Yet one thing is certain: where there is life, there is hope. A light that pierces the deepest darkness. And so long as we hold fast to it, ever will we shine a way unto the morrow. Bearing the memories of your journey thus far, of those whose lives you have touched, and who have touched you in turn, you look forward to the tales still to come.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' Let's usher in an ending worthy of the grandest ovation ─ one that will give all Etheirys cause to raise their voices in celebration!
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' Are you ready, [Forename]?
'''Alphinaud:''' Then let us set forth for the reckoning.
'''Alphinaud:''' Having come this far, I know everyone's resolve is beyond doubt. So I will say only this.
'''Alphinaud:''' Within that dead sun swirls the emotions that Meteion has hoarded. The emotions of innumerable souls who strove for happiness but failed.
'''Alphinaud:''' As it was with the denizens of Ultima Thule that barred our way, it is not for us to rebuke and admonish.
'''Alphinaud:''' 'Twas not by passing judgment on the tragic legacies of others that we arrived at this moment.
'''Alphinaud:''' Rather, it was by opening our hearts to their despair ─ by understanding and acknowledging their fates, while still refusing to share in them ourselves. To hold fast to hope, not in ignorance but by choice.
'''Alphinaud:''' Should you struggle to do so, I am here to help. As you have all helped me.

Question: What will you say?
> We will prevail!
> Everyone's going home today. Understood?
> Let's put an end to the end.
---

'''x@All:''' Aye!

''{{i|The Dead Ends}} now accessible''
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus created these flowers from our hopes.
'''Alphinaud:''' If so, mine and Alisaie's shall live on here...
'''Alphinaud:''' The hope that you will find happiness at journey's end.
'''Alphinaud:''' So let us go, [Forename], and see this tale to its conclusion!

'''Y'shtola:''' As Alphinaud says, everyone's resolve is beyond doubt. Yet ere we set forth, there is a thought to which I must give voice.
'''Y'shtola:''' While you were in Elpis, I understand that people assumed you were a familiar.
'''Y'shtola:''' In contrast, those phantoms we encountered in the recreated Amaurot regarded us as children.
'''Y'shtola:''' As people, albeit naive and immature.
'''Y'shtola:''' The discrepancy, I posit, is a reflection of their creator's perspective. Having spent eons among sundered men, perhaps he came to acknowledge us, even if only subconsciously.
'''Y'shtola:''' With Emet-Selch gone, we may never learn the truth. But I will not suffer this and countless other mysteries to go unsolved. Our journey will not end this day.

'''Urianger:''' Thus far, we have encountered recreations of some few stars. Doubtless they account for but a fraction of the innumerable worlds to whose fall Meteion did bear witness.
'''Urianger:''' Roiling with torment, the dead sun is forsooth oblivion's apotheosis. It shall be no small coup to breach this nexus of despair.
'''Urianger:''' And yet, as this vista doth prove, where there is hope, there is a way. So let us press forward together, as e'er we have, and find our way unto victory.

'''Thancred:''' It seems our arms and armor are in order, as are our personal effects.
'''Thancred:''' Most importantly, we have each other. We need only finish what we came here to do.
'''Thancred:''' Avert the end. For Minfilia, for Ryne, for all who aspire to live.

'''Estinien:''' So, the moment of reckoning is finally upon us... I must say, when I pledged myself to your cause, never did I imagine that it would bring me to the very edge of existence.
'''Estinien:''' Not that I'm complaining, mind you. After casting aside vengeance and shedding title and duty, I found myself wanting for purpose. In journeying with you, there has been nary a dull moment.
'''Estinien:''' In the course of it all, I feel as though I have found a new place for myself. And a welcome opportunity to see how much the boy has grown.
'''Estinien:''' I owe you a debt, aye. But as you can guess, I've ever preferred to express my gratitude through action rather than word. My lance is yours.

'''G'raha Tia:''' I am returned, thanks to you, but we still have work to do if we are to make our promise a reality.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Having you show me the sights in Ishgard, then regaling me your greatest adventures, then embarking on a new adventure together... For these things and more, I will fight.
'''G'raha Tia:''' ...What? Could there possibly be an adventure greater than this one?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Of course! So long as you desire it and dare to take the first step, there is absolutely no limit!

'''Alisaie:''' Just so you know, [Forename], I won't try to keep up with you in the coming battle.
'''Alisaie:''' No, I mean to surpass you! If there's anyone who'll need to keep up, it's Estinien!
'''Alisaie:''' I'm not joking. Both Alphinaud and I have worked hard and come far. It's time we set our sights higher.
'''Alisaie:''' So you had better watch out, else you'll find yourself in my wake!
-optional end

===Enter the Dead Ends.===
-voiced cutscene start
Meteion: So you are finally here. In this place between death and rebirth, where life knows no dawn.
Meteion: Come, then. Follow me down into the darkest depths of despair.
-cutscene end
====Duty dialogue====
''Ostrakon Hexi (area 1)''
Meteion: Once upon a time, there was a beautiful blue star...
Meteion: ...that fell to pestilence, and rotted inside and out.

x@Fleeing Grebuloff 1: Is nowhere safe!?
x@Fleeing Grebuloff 2: ...How!? How did it come to this!?
x@Warped Flesh: HeLp... PlEaSe...

Meteion: The more its people clung to life, the more they suffered.
x@Traumatized Grebuloff: The plague will consume us all!
x@Dying Grebuloff 1: It's so hot... Can't breathe...
x@Strong-willed Grebuloff: Please, no! You must hold on!
x@Dying Grebuloff 2: I... I need...water...
x@Exhausted Grebuloff: I can't take it anymore...

Meteion: Until they cursed not the illness, but their fellow corrupted.
x@Resentful Grebuloff 1: Purify them with fire, I say!
x@Resentful Grebuloff 2: Begone with you!
x@Resentful Grebuloff 3: Your lot brought the pestilence! You!
x@Resentful Grebuloff 1: Don't let them touch you!
x@Resentful Grebuloff 2: Stay away!
x@Resentful Grebuloff 3: The blighted! Run!
x@Accused Grebuloff: How did it come to this?

''Shell Mound (boss 1)''
Meteion: Those who lived and festered, those who died and decayed...
Caustic Grebuloff: Help...me...
Caustic Grebuloff: Don't...leave me...
Caustic Grebuloff: Don't...want to...die...alone...

''After the fight''
Meteion: And the very last of them wished they had never been born at all.

''Ostrakon Okto (area 2)''
Meteion: In a faraway place, a brilliant star eradicated disease...
x@Fleeing Global Citizen: Retreat! Retreat!
Meteion: ...before destroying the selfsame lives it had saved.
x@Resolute Global Citizen: It means to kill us all!
x@Resolute Global Citizen: I have to end this!
Peacekeeper: Executing peace protocol. Commencing extermination.
x@Resolute Global Citizen: If I can reach the terminal...
Meteion: ITs people sought ever greater freedoms no matter the cost...
Peacekeeper: Your compliance is not a factor.
Meteion: They tried to buy peace with fire and steel...
x@Freedom Fighter 1: How did they get here!?
x@Freedom Fighter 2: Remember your orders! No survivors!
x@Freedom Fighter 3: Global Community scum!

''Deterrence Grounds (boss 2)''
Peacekeeper: Resuming peace protocol. All life-forms must be eliminated to achieve peace in perpetuity.
Peacekeeper: Deploying perpetual war machines. Please stand by for order to fire.
Peacekeeper: Vital signs detected... Initiating extinction protocol in accordance with primary directive.

''After the fight'''
Meteion: And when one asked, "What is the point?" there were none left to answer.
x@Resolute Global Citizen: I did it! I killed them all!
x@Resolute Global Citizen: I...killed them all...

''Ostrakon Deka-hepta (area 3)''
Meteion: Farther still exited a star without strife...
x@Nibirun 1: Release at last.
x@Nibirun 2: I choose death!
x@Nibirun 3: Is my time not yet come?
Meteion: ...where none remembered life's trials—or its joys.
x@Nibirun 4: Death delivered on golden wings...
x@Nibirun 5: Beautiful creatures...the time has come.
x@Nibirun 6: Death's sweet release.
x@Nibirun 7: Ah, finally we are free.
Meteion: What its people had gained from ease, they lost to apathy.
x@Nibirun 8: Oh, how I have waited for this moment.
x@Nibirun 9: Thank you...
x@Nibirun 10: Please, Ra-la, come back! I long for release!
x@Nibirun 11: Has my time come at last?
x@Nibirun 12: Please, I beg of you—end my suffering.

''The World Tree (boss 3)''
Meteion: So they created the kindest, most gentle of beasts.
Meteion: Its steps were light, and its gift was as painless as it was beautiful.
Meteion: Bathed in its golden glow, they all slept happily ever after...

====Miscellaneous text bubbles====
x@Warped Flesh (Umbril): It burns... BuRnS!
x@Warped Flesh (Umbril): It hurtsss!
x@Warped Flesh (Flan): The pain...
x@Warped Flesh (Flan): Kill...me...
x@Warped Flesh (Mudman): <gurgle>
x@Freedom Fighters: Fire! Fire!
x@Freedom Fighters: For freedom!
x@Freedom Fighters: Keep it up!
x@Freedom Fighters: We have them now!
x@Nibirun: At last our time is come. Mercy for us all.
x@Nibirun: Only in death may we find peace!
x@Nibirun: O Ra-la, bringer of sweet oblivion! Hear our prayers!
x@Nibirun: Ra-la shall set all to rights.
x@Nibirun: Please, O merciful Ra-la! Free us from the shackles of mortality!
x@Nibirun: On golden wings, it comes. Sweet oblivion!
x@Nibirun: From nothing we were born! To nothing must we return!
x@Nibirun: Ra-la...?
x@Nibirun: By golden wings shall we know our end!
x@Nibirun: Ra-la, I beseech you—free me from this mortal coil!

====Optional post-duty pop-ups====
-optional start
Alphinaud: I shudder to think how many more worlds she watched fall.
Alisaie: However deep the despair, we cannot give up!
Thancred: At least now we have an idea of what drives her.
Urianger: A great dread nigh beyond description yet hangeth on the air.
Y'shtola: They attained paradise, and yet it proved their unmaking... Not at all what I expected.
Estinien: I am no stranger to despair. I would not be here with you otherwise.
G'raha Tia: A calamity of disease or war I can understand. But paradise?
-optional end

====Duty Support dialogue====
-optional start
''Ostrakon Hexi (area 1)''
G'raha Tia: Ugh, that smell...
Urianger: Aye, a most horrid calamity hath made a corpse of the star.
Alphinaud: Is this truly what Meteion and her sisters saw?
Thancred: Are those...denizens of this star?
Urianger: A most grievous malady hath stricken this star.

Alphinaud: They turned on each other, just like that?
Estinien: To be fueled by hatred is no way to live.
Alisaie: Gods, this is awful...
Y'shtola: Such devastation... It defies belief.
G'raha Tia: Were all the stars she visited like this, I wonder?

''Shell Mound (boss 1)''
Alphinaud: To live only meant spreading this plague to others.
Y'shtola: Perhaps death would have been kinder...
Alisaie: I'm not sure how much more I can stand to see.
Urianger: 'Twould seem this beast drinketh deep of pestilence...
Y'shtola: It's as if the affliction warps their very bones.
Estinien: I pity them.

''After the fight''
Alphinaud: Would that this were not merely a memory.
Y'shtola: I know. We can but pray it found peace in the hereafter.
Alisaie: I think I've had my fill of this nightmare.
Urianger: That any star should suffer such a fate...
Y'shtola: Telling that Meteion recalls their suffering in such detail.
Estinien: A hollow victory.
G'raha Tia: ...

''Ostrakon Okto (area 2)''
G'raha Tia: Such wanton destruction...
Y'shtola: A fate I pray never comes to pass on Etheirys.
Alphinaud: This star was sundered by war, then?
Thancred: Has she thrown us into the middle of a war!?

Estinien: Whatever freedom they found, I'm sure it was short-lived.
Urianger: Or mayhap it was not freedom at all.
Alisaie: Does she truly believe this is the fate of all peoples?
Y'shtola: Surely, there were those who sought to end the bloodshed?
G'raha Tia: Not everyone would have abandoned hope. I know it...

''Deterrence Grounds (boss 2)''
G'raha Tia: They could have accomplished so much good with their knowledge...
Thancred: I can see why you chose to lock the Crystal Tower.
Alisaie: We've come too far to back down now.
Thancred: That's a big one.
Y'shtola: Was ''this'' meant to bring an end to the war?
Estinien: Hmph. I've seen bigger.

''After the fight''
G'raha Tia: This is not at all what technology was meant for!
Thancred: "Freedom through technology." If not for that, we wouldn't be here.
Alisaie: Come on, we have to keep going!
Thancred: That brings back memories I'd much rather forget.
Y'shtola: Peace through exterminating its creators... "Peacekeeper," indeed.
Estinien: This could have been us, had we been unable to stop the war...

''Ostrakon Deka-hepta (area 3)''
G'raha Tia: How could anyone despair in a world such as this?
Alphinaud: Looks can deceive. This place is beautiful...but cold.
Alphinaud: How many worlds have stained her soul with despair?
Alisaie: This place is...beautiful.
Thancred: Is it me or has Meteion grown a shade darker?
Y'shtola: Their end came not for want, but for the lack of it...
Estinien: This place feels strangely devoid of life...

Alisaie: They lost their passion for everything? Even life itself?
Estinien: Apathy...? Hmph, madness is what it was.
Thancred: Apathy is no excuse to give up on living.
Urianger: Meteion hath taken a blackened hue. To reflect her heart, mayhap?
Y'shtola: That apathy could usurp their will to live is horrifying to say the least.
Estinien: And so the world died without so much as a whimper.
G'raha Tia: I pray such a future never comes to pass on Etheirys.

''The World Tree (boss 3)''
Alisaie: No... How could they?
Alphinaud: They may have given up, but it's no reason for us to lose hope.
Alphinaud: You'll not dissuade us with these bleak visions of the past.
Thancred: Was this what brought about their end?
Urianger: Let us give the lie to her promise of ruin.
Y'shtola: Our world will never succumb to such a fate.
Estinien: Was this meant to discourage us? Hmph.
-optional end

===Post-dungeon cutscene===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Meteion:''' That you still stand... Your determination defies all reason.
'''Meteion:''' The souls within me writhe and recoil in your presence...
'''Meteion:''' What must I do? What pain must I visit upon you to make you surrender to despair?
'''Alisaie:''' No one is unbreakable. What pains one may weather may bring another to tears.
'''Alisaie:''' But therein lies our strength, for when we fall, our brothers and sisters are there to raise us up. Again and again. Without end.
'''Meteion:''' I see...
''The Meteia birds begin forming a massive swarm.''
'''Meteion:''' But no matter how much hope exists, ever will there be more despair.
'''Meteion:''' Ever will the living curse the present and lament the future.
'''Meteion:''' So shall we sing until life ceases to be.
''The Meteia coalesce into the Endsinger.''
'''Alphinaud:''' Seven hells!
'''Estinien:''' On your guard!
'''The Endsinger:''' Ahhh, the rage... It rises... Rises...
''The Endsinger attacks the party with planet-like objects. The Scions clash with the Endsinger but are outmatched.''
'''Meteion@Meteion (telepathy):''' Stop!
'''Meteion@Meteion (telepathy):''' Calm yourself. Please!
'''The Endsinger:''' We die in pain. We die in suffering! Who are you to live? Who are you to hope!?
'''Urianger:''' Hold on, my friends!
'''Alphinaud:''' Urianger, watch out!
'''Urianger:''' Alphinaud!

'''The Endsinger:''' We cannot comprehend. We cannot know. We cannot know!
'''Meteion@Meteion (telepathy):''' Don't, please! Don't do this to them. To yourself!
'''Alisaie:''' Just one good strike.
'''Meteion@Meteion (telepathy):''' Stop. Please, stop!

'''The Endsinger:''' We will not suffer alone...
'''The Endsinger:''' All will know our pain!
'''G'raha Tia:''' No you don't!

'''The Endsinger:''' All awash in ice. A frozen waste. Forever silent!

''The Scions are thrown into the air. The player holds up their portal teleportation device.''

'''Alisaie:''' Wait!
'''Alisaie:''' Don't!

''The player presses the button on their device and lets it go. The Scions are teleported away.''

'''The Endsinger:''' You gifted them escape.
'''The Endsinger:''' And rendered yourself powerless.
'''The Endsinger:''' Bereft of the synergy you claim is your strength. Unless you mean to call upon the dead once more.
'''The Endsinger:''' Defiant to the last. But you will be one with us ere long.
'''The Endsinger:''' You will be battered and torn and made to crawl. You will weep and wail and curse your impotence. Curse your life as it fades.
'''The Endsinger:''' As we did! As we died!
'''The Endsinger:''' Such pain and sorrow we felt... Such anguish and rage... We tried. We tried. But it was no use...
'''The Endsinger:''' Only when we surrendered did we find release. Only when we embraced death.

'''The Endsinger:''' So join us in despair...and embrace yours!
''Sounds are heard in the distance.''
'''The Endsinger:''' My Ultimatum... What is happening...?
''Zenos (as Shinryu) forces its way into the Endsinger's domain.''

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' At the end of everything I find you, my friend.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I sought something in you, once. As you did in me.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' When at last I understood what it was, I journeyed to Sharlayan to seek you out. Struck a bargain with the woman who shares your gift.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' In exchange for lending the Scions my aid, I was given the means to come hither.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Gorging upon what remained of the Mothercrystal, I reclaimed the form of the dragon. And hungry still for our reunion, I rode the light of the stars to you.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I take it this is your prey.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' But why does it still live? Surely it is no match for you.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I had assumed you would be above something so banal as despair. Am I mistaken?

Question: What will you say?
> I don't want your help.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' And I'd rather not give it. Nay, I would have preferred that we enjoy a private reunion.
> If it comes to it, I won't save you.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I care not. What I desire of you isn't succor. It is satisfaction.
---

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' So come, let us dispense with this distraction, you and I!

''The player mounts Shinryu.''

'''The Endsinger:''' You struggle in vain. You will not silence our song of oblivion!

''The player holds Azem's crystal and begins a summoning for seven other party members.''

''{{i|The Final Day}} now accessible''
-cutscene end

===Confront the Endsinger on The Final Day.===
-voiced cutscene start
The Endsinger: You will never reach it. Will never reach the deliverance you seek.
-cutscene end
Zenos: Our hunt ends this day. There is nowhere you can flee that we cannot follow.
The Endsinger: Even stars must die.
System: The Endsinger is recreating the despair she experienced!
The Endsinger: Utterly futile.
The Endsinger: Your suffering is at an end.
The Endsinger: This is a kindness.
The Endsinger: All of us have known despair.
The Endsinger: We have seen the end.
System: The impact event has been recorded!
The Endsinger: The same end, again and again.
System: Tragedy is about to be repeated!
System: The Endsinger winds back the clock on the impact event!
System: The impact event has been recorded!
System: Tragedy is about to be repeated!
System: The Endsinger winds back the clock on the impact event!
The Endsinger: A sorrow so deep only emptiness remains.
The Endsinger: 'Tis so lonely between the stars.
The Endsinger: If there is no happiness in life...
The Endsinger: There is only one place it may be found.
System: The Endsinger prepares to seal the fate of the universe!
The Endsinger: Oblivion!
System: 10 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: Transcend your limits to survive!
System: 5 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: 4 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: 3 seconds...
System: 2 seconds...
System: 1 second...
The Endsinger: Dynamis?
The Endsinger: No matter. You only delay the inevitable.
The Endsinger: This is fate!
The Endsinger: Your time has come. It always does...
System: 10 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: Resist oblivion with all your being!
System: 5 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: 4 seconds until oblivion is sealed...
System: 3 seconds...
System: 2 seconds...
System: 1 second...
-voiced cutscene start
x@Comrades: Light the way!
-cutscene end
The Endsinger: What is this defiance?
The Endsinger: No! The hatred, the pain, the loss...
The Endsinger: We cannot suffer it again...
Alphinaud: We will stand against fate.
System: Alphinaud's prayer grants you strength!
Alisaie: No matter the cost!
System: Alisaie's prayer grants you strength!
Thancred: We've been here before...
System: Thancred's prayer grants you strength!
Urianger: Many a time.
System: Urianger's prayer grants you strength!
Y'shtola: Thus do we know...
System: Y'shtola's prayer grants you strength!
Estinien: To never give up.
System: Estinien's prayer grants you strength!
G'raha Tia: For hope will shine again!
System: G'raha Tia's prayer grants you strength!
The Endsinger: What we saw... What I saw...
The Endsinger: This can only end in misery and desolation!
The Endsinger: No life, no star, nor the universe itself...
The Endsinger: None should hope for better!
-voiced cutscene start
The Endsinger: If this...was not the answer...then what is it? Where lies...happiness...?
-cutscene end

===Post-trial cutscene===
-voiced cutscene start
''The player lands on the floor of Beyond the Stars. Zenos reverts to his normal form. The player finds the defeated Meteion.''

'''Meteion:''' No matter where we flew, there was only darkness and loneliness and pain.
'''Meteion:''' We couldn't find the answers Hermes yearned for. The answers he deserved.
'''Meteion:''' Greetings... You who are my final encounter...
'''Meteion:''' I wish to hear your words... Share your feelings... Know your thoughts.
'''Meteion:''' May we please...be friends?
'''Meteion:''' Yes, I can see them... The memories of a long, long journey...
'''Meteion:''' So many people... The thoughts of them overflowing in your heart...
'''Meteion:''' What they live for, what gives their lives meaning... There was never a single answer.
'''Meteion:''' You gather pieces of happiness, precious and fragile, only to lose them. Then start again.
'''Meteion:''' On and on it goes, until death takes you into its gentle embrace.
'''Meteion:''' That which Hermes sent us to find...was there all this time. On Etheirys.

Question: What will you say?
> It wasn't always there.
> We created it together.
---

'''Meteion:''' Like a field of flowers, perhaps. At first a single blossom, it spreads and takes on more colors.
'''Meteion:''' Thank you for guiding me here. To find these words at journey's end fills me with joy.
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'''Meteion:''' And so, before I fall forever silent, there is one thing I must do.
'''Meteion:''' No expression of regret will undo what my sisters and I have done. Will restore what we have stolen.
'''Meteion:''' But if you would allow it, I would sing one last song. A song of the newfound joy that swells in my heart...
'''Meteion:''' Of the beauty of light when it shines across a dark and starless sea...
'''Meteion:''' Of a dream that from the soil of worlds now lost to sorrow, life will spring forth once more...
'''Meteion:''' ...Nourished by gentle rains and caressed by uplifting winds. A song of hope.

''Meteion glows brightly and illuminates the area. Afterwards, she reverts from black to blue.''

'''Meteion:''' One day, life will fill the universe again. And Hermes will see this and smile.
'''Meteion:''' How, I do not know. But I do know that, where there is a will, there is a way.
'''Meteion:''' After all, miracles happen every day, do they not?
'''Meteion:''' I will create a path back to your ship, where your dear friends await.
'''Meteion:''' Hold in your heart your desire to return to them, then follow my lead and walk forth.
'''Meteion:''' That hope will surely guide you true.

''Meteion turns into a bird and flies off.''

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' You mean to return. To the world where you are hailed as a hero.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Hear me then. Not as a hero, but as simply...you.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' As I learned in Ala Mhigo, you are a formidable foe.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Stronger than any I have faced. Against you, I need bring my all to bear.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I need burn through the candle of my life.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' This is the sole pleasure I know, and it is the sole pleasure I have to share.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' And so I come before you. To issue challenge and offer singular bliss.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' If you wish to walk away, I will not stop you.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' You value life. You do not burn yours save for reasons you deem worthy.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Reasons such as those which brought you here. The salvation of a world and its people. The motives of a hero true.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' But there is more to you than that. You know this to be true.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' As surely as you know the thrill of pushing your body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes, dancing ever closer to the precipice, wondering if this will be the one to finally, finally...fill the void.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Such pleasures, you seek for their own sake, and no other reason. Is this not so...''adventurer''?

Question: What will you say?
> That, I can't deny.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Hah!
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Acceptance. At long last.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' The conflagration of our clash will scorch even the stars!
> Think what you will. But I'm not letting you leave this place.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' So you would still play the hero.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' No matter. In acceptance you betray your deception. You know full well what we are, and what we seek.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' To shine incandescent in death's shadow!
> I'd had enough of you. It ends here.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Hah!
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Finally mustered the desire to kill me, have you?
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Go on, then, Try and strike me down in this forsaken place. I shall return the favor.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Aye, let us indulge in the only worthwhile pursuit, and burn our lives to their ends!
---
-cutscene end

===Defeat Zenos.===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Come, then!
-cutscene end
System: Zenos's soul is ablaze with passion. The space comes to life with dynamis as your spirit burns in kind.
System: Your souls burn brighter, your power swells.
Zenos viator Galvus: Hold nothing back! Push yourself to your limit, and me to mine!
Zenos viator Galvus: Hah! Still fight in you, I see.
Zenos viator Galvus: Show me your vaunted fortitude!
Zenos viator Galvus: Soon you will know the full extent of my power.
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, text bubble): Mine for the taking!
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, text bubble): A test of your reflexes!
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, no text): Uwagh!
Zenos viator Galvus: Ah, my soul...how it burns!
-voiced cutscene start
''Zenos summons his voidsent avatar.''
Zenos viator Galvus: I know you feel it, too. The inferno swelling within you.
''Zenos becomes {{i|Enshroud|alt=Enshrouded}}.''
Zenos viator Galvus: Come! Let all creation be consumed by our ravenous fervor!
-cutscene end
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, no text): I have you!
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, no text): Yaaagh!
Zenos viator Galvus: Do not tell me your life's fire is already spent...
System: The flame of your life is spent, and yet you find the strength to stand.
Zenos viator Galvus: Yes, yes! Rise once more! It mustn't end yet!
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, no text): Ugh!
Zenos viator Galvus: No, not yet! Not until the last of me is spent!
Zenos viator Galvus: Burn, burn!
Zenos viator Galvus@Zenos viator Galvus (voice acted, no text): Now fall!
Zenos viator Galvus: This is my moment! Our moment!
Popup: Tap button rapidly to fight back!

''The player and Zenos continue fighting with their bare fists. The player defeats Zenos.''

===Post-solo duty cutscene===
-voiced cutscene start
''Zenos loses his Enshroud.''
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' That I should lose again...
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' How disappointing.
''The player lies down on the floor by Zenos, exhausted.''
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Never have I understood those around me. Understood their obsessions.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Besieged by their banality, the world was a mire of tedium and trivialities.
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' But in these fleeting moments, there is...a spark. Blinding, brilliant...
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Gone...too soon...
'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' What of you, my mirror? Born into this world, bestowed name, bid to seek out strife and adventure...

''The player begins closing their eyes. The memories of their past adventures in the main story flashes as Zenos speaks to them.''

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Was this life a gift...or a burden?

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' Did you find...fulfillment?

'''Zenos viator Galvus:''' I...

''The portable teleportation device drops from above, blinking. It teleports the player away, leaving Zenos behind.''
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
Estinien@Estinien's Voice: Can you hear... Say...
Urianger@Urianger's Voice: ...must tend to...
G'raha Tia@G'raha Tia's Voice: Open your... ...please!
Y'shtola@Y'shtola's Voice: Someone...hand...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Please...
Alisaie@Alisaie's Voice: <sobbing>
'''Alisaie:''' You can't leave us... Not like this...
'''Alisaie:''' If you do, I'll never forgive you... So, come on! Open your eyes and get up!

''The player wakes up inside the Ragnarok with Alphinaud healing them. The credits begin playing.''

'''Alphinaud:''' Are you...are you with us?
'''Alphinaud:''' Thank the heavens... For a moment we thought...

Question: What will you say?
> Is everyone all right?
'''G'raha Tia:''' After what you've done, you're the last person...
'''G'raha Tia:''' ...To be asking that.
> Am I really alive?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Yes, you're alive.
'''G'raha Tia:''' You're alive...
---
''G'raha Tia become emotional.''

'''G'raha Tia:''' You... How can you keep your promise if you're not here?
'''Estinien:''' Another fine show you've put on, my friend.
'''Y'shtola:''' A fine show, indeed...
'''Y'shtola:''' What were you thinking, fighting alone? Never do that again. My poor heart couldn't bear it.
'''Thancred:''' Put yourself in our place. If you hadn't returned, how do you think we would feel? And if that sounds harsh...it's because we care.
'''Urianger:''' We tended to thy wounds as best we could, but how is the pain?
'''Urianger:''' That is gladdening. Grievous as thine injuries were, however, I would counsel repose for a time.
'''Alisaie:''' Gladdening!?
'''Alisaie:''' There's nothing gladdening about this!
'''Alisaie:''' When Meteion appeared in here and told us that you were right behind her, we all got our hopes up. But you never came!
'''Alisaie:''' And when you finally deign to appear, you're within an ilm of your life!
'''Alisaie:''' Damn you! Damn you for making us worry!

'''Livingway:''' Ah, those were cries of celebration.
'''Livingway:''' Anyway, what the important thing is that you're all alive and in reasonably good health, and we mean to get you back that way.
'''Livingway:''' As for your earlier request, I'm quite certain we're in range to make contact now.
'''Thancred:''' Ah, excellent. Let us announce our return at once.
'''Thancred:''' I hope you're ready.
'''Alphinaud:''' While you were unconscious, we set out from Ultima Thule, you see.
'''Alphinaud:''' Can you stand? If so, you may wish to see what's outside.
'''Alphinaud:''' We're home, my friend. We're home!

''The Ragnarok passes by Limsa Lominsa, Ishgard, Gridania, Ala Mhigo, Garlemald, Radz-at-Han, Doma, and finally, Sharlayan. Each of the nation's leaders and the player's friends watch, some waving as it passes by.''

'''Erenville:''' Is that...?
'''Erenville:''' It is! It's the ''Ragnarok''! They're back!

''The player's allies start rushing to greet the Ragnarok.''

'''Wilfsunn@Wilfsunn (no text):''' Thank heavens.
'''Bloewyda@Bloewyda (no text):''' Truly.
Sicard@Sicard (no text): Huzzah!
Emmanellain@Emmanellain (no text): They've done it!
'''Soroban@Soroban (no text):''' Welcome home!
Hoary Boulder@Hoary Boulder (no text): Raaargh!
Cid@Cid (no text): Yes!
Fourchenault@Fourchenault (no text): Ahh...
''Ameliance embraces Fourchenault.''
Krile@Krile (no text): Ah!

'''Tataru:''' Welcome home, everyone!
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'''Tataru:''' Welcome home!

''The Ragnarok lands in Scholar's Harbor. The rest of the credits roll. As the last few credits roll, the Scions pass by Hydaelyn, Emet-Selch, Hythlodaeus, and Hermes. Meteion, as a blue bird, flies pass the player, too.''

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''Alphinaud's voice, narrating his letter.''
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Dearest Mother, Dearest Father...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: This letter will be the very last that I write to you from the Rising Stones.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: As I commit these words to parchment, I fondly recall my journey as a Scion.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: From the time I first walked into the order's former halls...to the time I set forth to forestall the Final Days.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: At the farthest reaches of the sea of stars, we fought the battle of our lives...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Fought against despair itself ─ a veritable maelstrom of it fed by the resignation that dwelled in the hearts of beings not so unlike ourselves.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Full oft have I harbored the same malaise. Have I been brought to my knees, crushed by the weight of sorrow and defeat, convinced that I will never rise again.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: However...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: I have also known many moments of unbridled joy and happiness.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: By this truth do I find hope within, blooming resplendent like the Elpis flower.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: And thus do I endure.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Do I look forward to creating more memories with my friends and loved ones.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: For from these fertile seeds, yet more hope shall spring forth...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: And they will grow to become shining lights that illuminate the dark.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: Thus believing, I leave the Rising Stones behind, as will my comrades.
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: For as we have decided after careful deliberation...
Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: We are disbanding the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.

'''Tataru:''' There you are, Alphinaud!
'''Tataru:''' Everyone is already gathered in the foyer!
'''Alphinaud:''' My apologies. I'll be right there.

Alphinaud@Alphinaud's Voice: At least...that is what the story will be.

'''Alphinaud:''' Sorry to keep you all waiting.
'''Alisaie:''' What could you possibly have left to do now?
'''Alphinaud:''' Oh, just a letter.
'''Thancred:''' I imagine it will be a while before we can gather like this again.
'''Y'shtola:''' So it must be if we're to keep up appearances.
'''Y'shtola:''' From now on, it falls to the Grand Company of Eorzea and its allies to deal with the realm's crises.
'''Urianger:''' Meanwhile, we shall return to our erstwhile ways.
'''Urianger:''' Retreating from plain sight to take our place in the shadows once more.
'''Alphinaud:''' Indeed. For the foreseeable future, I expect that we must work independently as we seek out problems that want for solving.
'''Alphinaud:''' But a day will come when we face another great challenge. And we will face it together, as we always have.
'''Krile:''' As much as I look forward to that day, I do hope it doesn't come any time soon...
'''Estinien:''' Well, formal association or no, if any of you should require my services, you need but ask.
'''Estinien:''' I'll be glad to keep my lance arm honed.
'''Thancred:''' I'll hold you to that, so you had better keep your linkpearl on hand.
'''Alisaie:''' So, you really mean to stay, Tataru?
'''Tataru:''' Someone has to keep the Rising Stones in proper order, and even a super-secret organization requires a super-secret base of operations.
'''Tataru:''' To the rest of the world, it will be naught more than a workshop for Eorzea's foremost up-and-coming artisan!
'''Tataru:''' If you thought our coffers were full to bursting before, just wait till I can devote myself wholly to the crafts.
'''Alisaie:''' Plotting to build a mercantile empire to rival that of Lord Lolorito, are we?
'''G'raha Tia:''' I, for one, look forward to your future successes, Tataru, as do I our next meeting.
'''Tataru:''' And with that, I believe it is past time you all made ready to depart.
'''Tataru:''' Leave no preparations undone or words unsaid, all right? Now, off with you!
-cutscene end

===Speak with your comrades.===
-optional start
Tataru: Go on, [Forename]! Don't miss this chance to say a word to each of our friends!
Tataru: After all you've been through together, I'm sure they'd appreciate it!
-optional end

====Speak with Urianger.====
-cutscene start
'''Urianger:''' [Forename], thou hast spoken with our comrades?
'''Urianger:''' Though this parting be not forevermore, 'tis nonetheless occasion for sorrow. Akin to a pixie's path, the navigation of such farewells is a perilous endeavor indeed...
'''Urianger:''' For their part, however, the Loporrits embark upon a new beginning.
'''Urianger:''' Though bereft of its purpose as a vessel, the moon yet remaineth hospitable for the creatures of Etheirys.
'''Urianger:''' Thus do our lunar visitors convene with the Forum, intent upon assigning some new and beneficial role to our solitary satellite.
'''Urianger:''' Yet ere that may come to pass, there is much and more each party must learn of the other ─ a process which doth promise to be eventful indeed.
'''Urianger:''' To that end, a cadre of Loporrits hath gleefully dispersed across our lands in the name of mutual understanding.
'''Urianger:''' Hydaelyn, 'tis said, did imbue them with Her love for all things born of this star...
'''Urianger:''' ...And 'tis Venat's own nature, I believe, which doth manifest in this irrepressible, inexhaustible curiosity of theirs.
'''Urianger:''' Having witnessed that which they strove to achieve, I wish most keenly for their long labors to be rewarded ─ that their abiding affection for man result in a boon for all.
'''Urianger:''' Moreover, I hope to continue our acquaintance, and share in such knowledge as they see fit to impart...

Question: What will you say?
> Acquaintance? I'd call it friendship.
'''Urianger:''' I...did not wish to presume.
'''Urianger:''' Aye, I would be honored should they consider me a friend.
'''Urianger:''' For 'tis certainly true that I have grown fond of their company.
> You are the first to truly understand them.
'''Urianger:''' Dost thou think so?
'''Urianger:''' The Loporrits are certainly possessed of a unique outlook, and it hath been my pleasure to act as their facilitator upon this star.
'''Urianger:''' Mayhap I might yet serve as a bridge betwixt them and our fellow man...as Moenbryda once did for me.
---

'''Urianger:''' Ah, but I shall digress no further. This day should belong to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn; to mine incomparable companions.
'''Urianger:''' Ofttimes hath mine reticence caused thee grief, and mine actions spurred allies to suspect betrayal...
'''Urianger:''' And yet, here amongst you I still stand. No amount of words could express my gratitude for thine acceptance and forgiveness.
'''Urianger:''' Thus instead, I do proffer my humble support.
'''Urianger:''' Be it unto the deepest abyss or the highest heavens, even if I must needs founder 'cross stormy seas, ever shall I answer thy summons.
-cutscene end

====Speak with Estinien.====
-cutscene start
'''Estinien:''' ...If you have something to say, then out with it.

Question: What will you say?
> Just worried how you'll earn your keep now.
'''Estinien:''' You talk as if the Scions' dissolution was more than mere pretense. There may be fewer calls to action, but we should be compensated as before.
'''Estinien:''' ...Why are you so concerned for me, anyway?
> Just wondering how I'll earn my keep now.
'''Estinien:''' What, I thought you adventurers had any number of ways to earn coin. And though the Scions' mode of operation has changed, we should be compensated as before.
---

'''Estinien:''' In any case, I do not want for options. Even if some are worse than others...
'''Estinien:''' No sooner did Aymeric hear about our disbandment than he offered me a position as a guardsman in the Empyreum district. As a former Azure Dragoon, I'm guaranteed to be popular, he said.
'''Estinien:''' Who does he take me for!? Even without his meddling, I'm perfectly capable of finding employment ─ and have!
'''Estinien:''' Some days ago, a Hannish envoy arrived with word from Vrtra. The wyrm requests my presence as soon as things have settled here.
'''Estinien:''' He didn't deign to mention why I'm needed, but it pertains to dragons, like as not.
'''Estinien:''' In Thavnair, like elsewhere, the phenomena caused by the Final Days abated when you defeated Meteion.
'''Estinien:''' Though it was too late for those who had already transformed, life is beginning to return to normal for the survivors.
'''Estinien:''' Of those who sought refuge in Sharlayan, most have already returned home.
'''Estinien:''' But many do not have a home to return to, nor loved ones. By an arrangement between Vrtra and the Forum, such souls may remain in Sharlayan if they wish, to work and study.
'''Estinien:''' Vrtra was always the satrap in truth. It's gratifying to see him become one in name as well ─ one who has the complete confidence of his people, if the envoy's tone was any indication.
'''Estinien:''' Hmph, I often find myself speaking favorably of dragons of late...
'''Estinien:''' Not so long ago, I would have assumed his benevolence hid ulterior motives. But 'tis clear he cares for his people, and they in turn revere him.
'''Estinien:''' To know such a nation may flourish is...comforting.
'''Estinien:''' Vrtra's kin sought release from conflict. So weary were they of the suffering it wrought, they surrendered to oblivion.
'''Estinien:''' But Midgardsormr didn't give up. In hope he made the journey to distant Etheirys with his clutch of eggs.
'''Estinien:''' And though his progeny went on to be embroiled in conflict with men, there were times when they transcended hatred to abide in harmony.
'''Estinien:''' That is their legacy and their triumph.
'''Estinien:''' In my lance, I feel the weight of their struggle and the strength of their resolve. And it lends me strength.
'''Estinien:''' These things, I might never have learned had I not joined you.
'''Estinien:''' Should you ever have need of me, I will come. At the very least, it might be an opportunity to earn coin.
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====Speak with Y'shtola.====
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'''Y'shtola:''' Oh, are we saying our farewells, ''too''? I hadn't, at present, planned on a journey of any great length...
'''Y'shtola:''' ...Not that I am averse to a moment or two of quiet reminiscence.
'''Y'shtola:''' In fact, there was something I'd been meaning to ask you ─ something that has been in my thoughts since the last flames of the Final Days subsided.
'''Y'shtola:''' During our travels, we have witnessed more than a lifetime's worth of oddities and spectacles. More than can be easily recalled or remembered...
'''Y'shtola:''' And nestled amongst those memories are certain essential facts ─ the history of Etheirys and the ancients; glimpses of the Ea ─ of their culture and philosophy.
'''Y'shtola:''' Rather than simply hoard such treasures in my mind, I wonder if I should not be disseminating them in formal records for wider consumption.
'''Y'shtola:''' When needed, I have penned reports and prepared briefings... But ever have I balked at the idea of binding the subject of my studies in a book or tablet.
'''Y'shtola:''' Truth is given shape in interpretation. When we seek to capture it with our words, it is invariably molded to fit a narrative ─ no matter how well-intentioned the rendering.
'''Y'shtola:''' An event is described as “sad.” A summation which fails to express the emotional complexity. Yet the word on the page is what endures. A pale shadow of reality.
'''Y'shtola:''' Throughout history, some have deliberately embellished the truth, but I believe many ─ if not most ─ deviations are the result of similar linguistic shortcomings, piling one upon the other, until the end result is unrecognizable from its origin.
'''Y'shtola:''' Which is why I fear that writing an account in my own words would be akin to diluting fine wine with water.
'''Y'shtola:''' Yet even with the potential for corrupted meaning, I do of course realize the importance of keeping written records. Without them, my search for wisdom would be a painful affair indeed.
'''Y'shtola:''' But what say you on this matter? Should I take up the quill? Reflect upon those experiences only we have shared, and seek to preserve them for posterity?

Question: What will you say?
> Aye, let them be read and remembered.
'''Y'shtola:''' Very well, then. I shall endeavor to pen what I can of the Ea, and the ancients, and of so many other wonders.
'''Y'shtola:''' But I am no scribe. It will be less a polished work, and more a reordering of scattered notes...
> Nay, it's enough to hold them in your memories.
'''Y'shtola:''' Very well, then. I will refrain from publishing any formal work on the Ea, or the ancients, or on any of the wonders we encountered.
'''Y'shtola:''' I will, however, need to keep a few notes for future research. The passage of time can warp the truth just as surely as a poorly chosen word...
---

'''Y'shtola:''' In any case, I feel much better for having sought your opinion. Left to our own devices, we tend to overthink such things.
'''Y'shtola:''' I will otherwise return to following where my curiosity leads. After all, a safe method of travel to the First yet eludes me, and our venture into the great expanse has prompted an entirely new set of questions!
'''Y'shtola:''' Should you stumble into the unknown, or struggle with some impenetrable mystery, know that I am at your beck and call.
'''Y'shtola:''' It never hurts to see things from a different perspective, and mine is rather different than most!
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====Speak with Thancred.====
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'''Thancred:''' Ah, our champion and savior. I was beginning to think my chance for an audience would never come!
'''Thancred:''' ...Ahem, that sounded more amusing in my head. Speaking of heads, I was worried about yours ─ and the rest of you, for that matter. On the mend, I trust?
'''Thancred:''' Glad to hear it. You were in a bad way, and healing magicks or no, I'm impressed by how swiftly you've recovered...
'''Thancred:''' Then again, 'tis hardly the first time you've cheated death. Your strength of will has never failed to astonish me.
'''Thancred:''' Look at what you've accomplished. Meteion defeated, her song of oblivion cut short. The Source and all her reflections delivered from the Final Days.
'''Thancred:''' If you had faltered at the last, then all hope would have been lost. But you held fast.
'''Thancred:''' Now Ryne has a tomorrow to look forward to, and I could ask for no greater gift than that.
'''Thancred:''' As for a lesser gift, however... The next time you see her, I would appreciate you ''not'' describing my travel plans with Urianger as “aimless wandering.”
'''Thancred:''' We've a purpose in our roaming, after all: keeping an eye on things in the absence of the Scions on the world stage.
'''Thancred:''' There'll never be an end to the little problems that go untended by nations. We will do our best to help out where and when we can.
'''Thancred:''' ...Which I suppose is an approach not far removed from “aimless wandering” when you get down to it.
'''Thancred:''' Perhaps you could tell her I am faring well, and leave it at that, eh?
'''Thancred:''' No need to mention this feeling of being uprooted...
'''Thancred:''' I've never been one to stand still for long, but when I think of home, 'tis the Rising Stones which comes to mind. How many times have we set out from this base, thence to return when our work was done?
'''Thancred:''' On the day the Scions came together, I only hoped for Minfilia to find a place where she belonged...but never did I expect to find one here for myself.
'''Thancred:''' Indulge me, [Forename]. I have a question for you ─ and imagine Minfilia herself is asking.
'''Thancred:''' Are you glad you joined the Scions?

Question: What will you say?
> Best decision I've ever made.
'''Thancred:''' Aye, I can honestly say the same.
'''Thancred:''' But all good things must come to an end...at least for a time.
> There's never been a dull moment, that's for certain.
'''Thancred:''' That's one way of putting it! In many ways, the experience has left us far stronger than when we began.
'''Thancred:''' But all good things must come to an end...at least for a time.
---

'''Thancred:''' Should you need a helping hand for infiltration or reconnaissance, you know who to ask. I'll come running, and you'll likely get a certain “funny-talking fortune-teller” into the bargain.
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====Speak with Krile.====
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'''Krile:''' Oh, [Forename]. How are you feeling? Any lingering aches or pains?
'''Krile:''' I can't apologize enough for sending Zenos to find you in Ultima Thule...
'''Krile:''' When he came to me in Sharlayan, I was truly torn. As ever, there was only one thing on his mind.
'''Krile:''' Forced to make a decision, I reasoned that, if he would not be deterred from seeking you out, he might at least aid us in our cause. And so I struck a bargain...
'''Krile:''' In the end, he was true to his word, and you defeated him despite your earlier exertions. But knowing the state you were found in, it could have ended very differently.
'''Krile:''' My decision almost cost you your life, and no words could express the remorse I feel...

Question: What will you say?
> It worked out. You did the right thing.
'''Krile:''' It is a relief to hear you say that. Thank you.
> I won't lie - I thought that was it for me.
'''Krile:''' So did everyone... I'm so sorry, [Forename]...
---

'''Krile:''' Time and time again, I've been made to feel woefully inadequate.
'''Krile:''' I wasn't much use in battle, nor could I face the Forum without my nerves getting the better of me. It always fell to you and the others.
'''Krile:''' I must─ and will ─ do better.
'''Krile:''' And I shall begin with the restoration of the Students of Baldesion. Through our work, Sharlayan will strengthen its ties with other nations, that we may be better prepared to face whatever threats arise in future.
'''Krile:''' Of course, this isn't something I can accomplish alone. But thankfully, I have the staunchest of help in Raha and Ojika and our other remaining members. Together, we'll continue Grandfather's work.
'''Krile:''' As before, certain commissions will take us to dangerous locales, and we may need to call upon seasoned adventurers.
'''Krile:''' In such times, might you be willing to assist us? Not because you feel obliged, mind you, but because you feel allure for the task itself.
'''Krile:''' Marvelous. Should something of interest arise, I shan't hesitate to reach out to you.
'''Krile:''' Until that day, I shall endeavor to become a more dependable comrade.
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====Speak with G'raha Tia.====
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'''G'raha Tia:''' Oh, [Forename]. Might you have a moment to talk?
'''G'raha Tia:''' With the Scions stepping away from the public eye, I've been left to consider what new endeavors I might pursue.
'''G'raha Tia:''' And after speaking with Krile, I've decided. I will be assisting her in rebuilding the Students of Baldesion.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Not only am I indebted to Master Galuf for giving me a new home, but had our order never existed, I would have never set foot within the Crystal Tower.
'''G'raha Tia:''' How different my life might have been...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I would have never met you. Never become caretaker of the tower. Never become a Scion.
'''G'raha Tia:''' You gave me the chance to do so much good, and I hope to continue to do so with the Students.
'''G'raha Tia:''' For an added benefit, new mysteries often find their way to our doorsteps ─ mysteries that could prove ideal for fulfilling our promise: to embark on a new adventure together, unlike any we've experienced before!
'''G'raha Tia:''' Whenever you have the time and inclination, my friend, I stand ready to accompany you unto the unknown!
'''G'raha Tia:''' ...Do you recall in the realm of the Omicrons, when I asked if you thought I may someday be mentioned in your epic?
'''G'raha Tia:''' While 'tis true that to earn a place at your side would be the stuff of dreams...
'''G'raha Tia:''' In the end, nothing would give me greater joy than to stand with you in the here and now!
'''G'raha Tia:''' It needn't be some grand endeavor. There needn't be a promise. Whenever adventure calls, I won't hesitate to invite you...and I hope that you will do the same for me.

Question: What will you say?
> Without a second thought.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Hah, I'll hold you to that!
> As long as you don't overexert yourself.
'''G'raha Tia:''' I know, I know. I can all but hear Lyna and Beq Lugg's voices each time you remind me.
---

'''G'raha Tia:''' ...As much as we have already seen, there's still so much we haven't. Who knows ─ perhaps we will even encounter survivors of the Omicrons somewhere out there.
'''G'raha Tia:''' After all, given how they took to the stars, it isn't implausible that some found themselves far from home.
'''G'raha Tia:''' And should we encounter a wayward traveler awaiting commands that will never come...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I would bid them seek adventure with someone, and with that partner find new purpose. A new dream.
'''G'raha Tia:''' For if crystals can hold fast to dreams, why not Omicrons?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Wherever your plans may lead, do not hesitate to send word. And should a commission of interest come my way, you will be the first to know!
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====Speak with Alisaie.====
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'''Alisaie:''' [Forename]! Seen to your preparations, have you?
'''Alisaie:''' I'm just making another sweep of my belongings. Wouldn't do to find I've forgotten something halfway to my destination...
'''Alisaie:''' Oh, in case you hadn't heard, we've received new reports detailing the devastation caused by the Final Days.
'''Alisaie:''' It appears the situation is gravest in the lands surrounding the Bounty, where the sky first began to burn.
'''Alisaie:''' After that, the calamity was observed in the far north ─ in Garlemald and the frozen lands beyond.
'''Alisaie:''' We also had reports of the heavens catching fire in isolated locations, one of which was an area in the Northern Empty. Had our quest taken any longer, Sharlayan too may have come under threat.
'''Alisaie:''' Thank goodness it's over now.
'''Alisaie:''' To be sure, blasphemies and lesser beasts may still be roaming about, but these localized crises should be well within the capacities of each nation to handle on their own. The Scions are no longer needed.
'''Alisaie:''' Which isn't to say that we won't help out where we can, of course. As individuals ─ no more of this order business.
'''Alisaie:''' For my part, I'll be heading to Garlemald with Alphinaud. They were among the worst affected, and still need all the help they can get.
'''Alisaie:''' It won't be easy...
'''Alisaie:''' An inevitable part of aiding those in need is coming face-to-face with tragedy.
'''Alisaie:''' Knowing it doesn't make it any easier, though. That I'll curse my weakness. My inability to fix every problem and save every lost soul.
'''Alisaie:''' But no matter how much it hurts, I won't give up.
'''Alisaie:''' I'll do what I can for as many people as I can, begrudging no effort.
'''Alisaie:''' And should I find myself discouraged, I'll remember you. Think back fondly to one of your many moments of triumph and the accompanying determined expression.
'''Alisaie:''' Even those that still annoy me in retrospect, like when you activated the teleporter without warning!
'''Alisaie:''' And should you hear about me, I want you to remember too.
'''Alisaie:''' Remember that I'm out there somewhere, trying my very best.

Question: What will you say?
> I look forward to hearing all about the legendary Alisaie Leveilleur.
'''Alisaie:''' N-Not that I'm trying to become famous or anything...
'''Alisaie:''' That being said...
> Think you can keep up with me?
'''Alisaie:''' Heh, you asked for it, so you had better watch out!
'''Alisaie:''' Oh, yes!
---

'''Alisaie:''' The next time we meet, I'll be vastly improved. So don't be surprised when you find yourself marveling at me!
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====Speak with Alphinaud.====
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'''Alphinaud:''' Oh, [Forename]. Pray forgive me for delaying the gathering.
'''Alphinaud:''' I was writing a letter, you see. To my parents.
'''Alphinaud:''' As busy as Father has been, tending the aftermath of the exodus, he has been good enough to show concern for the Scions.
'''Alphinaud:''' And besides...I've made them worry enough for a lifetime. Henceforth, I will endeavor to write as often as I am able.
'''Alphinaud:''' A little effort to set their minds at ease while we continue to be away from Sharlayan.
'''Alphinaud:''' Both Alisaie and I are off to assist with Garlemald's recovery, you see. Though uncertainty remains over what will become of the nation, we cannot well leave the capital in its present state.
'''Alphinaud:''' We will rejoin those members of the Ilsabard contingent still stationed there. Lucia and Maxima helm the relief effort, with support from our allies ─ the people of Garlemald among them.
'''Alphinaud:''' They will gradually be joined by those who have finished treating the tempered across the lands.
'''Alphinaud:''' Lest you misunderstand, we do not seek redemption for failing Licinia and her sister. That is a burden we must always bear.
'''Alphinaud:''' Nay, we go because of the truth in Lord Quintus's words.
'''Alphinaud:''' The truth that, whatever ideals individuals may espouse, nations are not moved to action unless they stand to benefit...
'''Alphinaud:''' For the foreseeable future, the fallen Empire will be at the mercy of both internal and external forces.
'''Alphinaud:''' And though I do not doubt the intentions of the contingent, with greater powers involved in the relief effort, our allies may well find themselves drawn into a political agenda.
'''Alphinaud:''' In going, we seek to ensure that the needs of the people come first. To understand their hearts, that we might better help them to begin anew.

Question: What will you say?
> You'd best write me too.
'''Alphinaud:''' Write you letters? Of course I would be glad to do so...
'''Alphinaud:''' But I would be gladder still were you to come and visit, and I believe I speak for Alisaie as well.
> I'll visit when I can.
'''Alphinaud:''' By all means! Full glad would I be for your visit, and I believe I speak for Alisaie as well!
---

'''Alphinaud:''' For fairly as long as I've been in Eorzea, you've been at my side. Watching over me, in good times and in bad.
'''Alphinaud:''' How many times have we gathered to share tidings... None could possibly keep count.
'''Alphinaud:''' The world is changing and will continue to do so. Yet no matter what the future brings, I hope that I can ever look to you...
'''Alphinaud:''' In good times and in bad. As a dependable comrade and dear friend both.
'''Alphinaud:''' Thank you, [Forename]. From the bottom of my heart.
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'''G'raha Tia:''' By the way, have you spoken with Feo Ul of late? Some days ago, they appeared to me in a dream ─ of the sleeping persuasion, that is.
'''G'raha Tia:''' All is well in the First, they bade me tell you.
'''G'raha Tia:''' When I asked why not tell you themself, they unleashed giant, ravenous beavers upon me... Have you perchance done something to incur their ire?

'''Y'shtola:''' Lyse came to visit the other day. She peppered me with questions about the lasting repercussions of the Final Days.
'''Y'shtola:''' I took the opportunity to explain our plans to “disband,” and she understood our reasoning immediately. Once a Scion, always a Scion, it would seem.
'''Y'shtola:''' She was eager to relive old times, and remember old friends... Bittersweet memories, mayhap, but from the look on her face, the joys outweighed the sorrows.

'''Thancred:''' In case you've not heard, the Waking Sands will be converted into a warehouse. We'll be keeping the place free of rats and cobwebs, so it can still serve as an outpost should the need arise.
'''Thancred:''' Considering Tataru's ambitions, however, I'd not be surprised if she claimed the lot for her budding empire...

'''Urianger:''' I understand that, following thy clash with Zenos, the teleportation device thou had discarded fell to thee from on high.
'''Urianger:''' To return to thee in such a manner... I did confer with Wilfsunn and Bloewyda, yet they insist the device was possessed of no such capability.
'''Urianger:''' 'Twas a miracle befitting the nature of that place, where emotion becometh tangible reality. Whence, then, arose this timely wonder? Thine ardent wish...or another's fervent prayer?

'''Krile:''' Oh, I should mention that Erenville has kindly agreed to share aught of potential interest he hears from his fellow gleaners.
'''Krile:''' In exchange, we will help them to restore the archives to their proper order. With the exodus abandoned, all items must be returned whence they came ─ a task no less grueling than their removal.
'''Krile:''' Even now, Ojika assists in the sorting of arcane artifacts. Oh yes, not only is he a skilled administrator ─ he's also a certified appraiser specializing in relics from the Fifth Astral Era!
'''Krile:''' Despite his qualifications, though, he seems none too keen on the work. I shall have to go and relieve him as soon as I can...

'''Estinien:''' Word has it a false deity born in the Tower of Zot has survived, and occasionally appears to terrorize the locals.
'''Estinien:''' Those who vanquish the being and present proof in Radz-at-Han will receive a handsome reward. Though “handsome” isn't the word I would use to describe such outlandish garb...
'''Estinien:''' But while I'm in Thavnair, perhaps I will acquire a set to send to Aymeric in lieu of an answer to his job offer. Let him stand guard thus attired and be the talk of Empyreum, if not all Coerthas.

'''Alisaie:''' Hm, did I forget to mention anything? ...Ah, yes! The Hannish envoy who came to see Estinien also bore a letter from Matsya.
'''Alisaie:''' He writes that Mehvan and Qerasaf's little girl is doing well, and he often goes to visit her.
'''Alisaie:''' It won't be easy growing up without her parents, but with her fellow villagers watching over her, I dare to hope that she won't want for warmth as she grows up.

'''Alphinaud:''' I've been keeping Arenvald abreast of the situation in letters, but unfortunately he could not be here today.
'''Alphinaud:''' When it is convenient for both of us, we should pay him a visit.

'''Ocher Boulder:''' I am so glad I was able to be here this moment!
'''Ocher Boulder:''' You know, I considered continuing to follow in Hoary's footsteps, but I've realized it's time I found my own way in life. Otherwise, I'll never be half the man my brother is.
'''Ocher Boulder:''' First things first, I'm going to head to Gridania to visit the Conjurers' Guild and the Archers' Guild. I will do my very best to brush up on my skills before I see you again!

'''Aenor:''' We may have accomplished our goal and put it behind us, but my time with the Scions provided memories that will last me a lifetime.
'''Aenor:''' What bliss... To think I was blessed with the chance to experience such unbridled brotherly love!
'''Aenor:''' Ah, but now that Ocher has decided to set off without his dear brother... Without the two of them together, I fear I might suffer withdrawal!

'''Clemence:''' I'm so glad the danger is past! There was nothing I could do but pray from here, so I was relieved to the point of tears when everyone made it back safely.
'''Clemence:''' I imagine we'll have more free time now, so I was thinking I'd study up on healing magic, that I could make myself more useful in the future.
'''Clemence:''' My first stop will be the Astrologicum in Ishgard to learn about Sharlayan astrology. I must follow Ocher's lead and continue to hone my skills!

'''Coultenet:''' Far too much blood has been spilt, and far too many lives lost. Still, I am glad I was able to do something to repay those who showed me a path to the future.
'''Coultenet:''' Not that our job is over, of course ─ far from it. There is much that remains to be done before true and lasting peace can be achieved.
'''Coultenet:''' To that end, Hoary and I mean to set off for Corvos. We expect that the tensions between the Garleans and Corvosi will only flare more with the Empire's fall.

'''Hoary Boulder:''' I still remember the day we sparred together as though it were yesterday... To think how far we have all come since then!
'''Hoary Boulder:''' Even now, I have not abandoned my dream of besting you in single combat ─ of a friendly nature, of course. Though I clearly do not hold a candle to the Warrior of Light at present, I shall continue to train diligently that one day you might consider me an equal!

'''Aergmhus:''' I can still scarce believe our battle extended to the ends of creation, but seeing the Scions' mission to completion was both an honor and a privilege!
'''Aergmhus:''' As for myself, I've spent quite a while away from home, so I think I'll return to Limsa Lominsa for now.
'''Aergmhus:''' And once I get there, my first order of business will be downing a pint or three at the Drowning Wench!

'''Ephemie:''' 'Tis a shame the Scions are disbanding ─ even if only in name. I still fondly recall the day you granted me my uniform... The memory remains vivid, yet it feels like a lifetime ago.
'''Ephemie:''' I considered returning to the Adders' Nest, but since I've come this far, I've decided I ought to continue my journey and venture to Garlemald instead.
'''Ephemie:''' I can't hold a candle to the infamous wandering minstrel, but I thought I might share with the Garleans the tale of your epic deeds ─ extend to them an olive branch of song, if you will.

'''Bluomwyda:''' The exploits of you and your companions are truly an inspiration to us all. I have never felt more compelled to hone my own skills, that I one day might be able to accomplish such heroic deeds.
'''Bluomwyda:''' Aergmhus means to visit Limsa Lominsa, and I will join him and continue my search. I know not when we will meet again but...please take care of yourself.

'''F'lhaminn:''' The salvation Minfilia dreamed for Eorzea comes closer to reality with every step the Scions take. Yes, the world may still be in the throes of change, but it is improving.
'''F'lhaminn:''' I see it happening day by day. And I sit here, praying that whatever new road you walk will bring you the wonder and joy you deserve.
'''F'lhaminn:''' Should you need a rest in between your journeys, do come and join me on the terrace for old times' sake.

'''Isildaure:''' You were but an amateur adventurer when we first met, but look at you now! You've grown into quite the fine young lad ─ just as I always knew you would.
'''Isildaure:'''One might say I ought to settle down in my old age, but seeing you now has set my adventurous spirit ablaze once more. But the first journey I set out upon will be a long-awaited hot springs tour with my dear friend Homei!

'''Alianne:''' There has been naught but chaos since the Telophoroi first appeared. Towers, lunar primals, the Empire, the Final Days... Yet we have weathered it all, and live to see the sun rise on a new day.
'''Alianne:''' And now that peace has returned, I can finally resume my travels with my grandfather. Perhaps we will go first to Kugane, to relax in the Bokaisen Hot Springs. That might be nice.
'''Alianne:''' Of course, my journey will not simply be for pleasure ─ I will collect information on the territories I travel. Hmm, perhaps I shall visit Nagxia via Doma...

'''V'mah Tia:''' Arenvald has pressing matters, according to him anyway. A pity he couldn't be here to witness this momentous occasion, though he bids me tell you congratulations.
'''V'mah Tia:''' As for me, well, once the Scions disband, I intend to resume my work in Rhalgr's Reach.
'''V'mah Tia:''' I suppose Arenvald will need support in Gyr Abania too, though he would not admit as much. Well, he will have my help, whether he wants it or not.

'''Riol:''' Feels a little strange now me linkpearl's gone quiet.
'''Riol:''' Since my unique skills're no longer needed for the safety o' the star an' all that, I'm goin' to become an adventurer like you ─ travelin' far and wide!
'''Riol:''' I Imagine I'll start by headin' to Meracydia or the New World. Just need to find meself a ship first...
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===Speak with Tataru.===
'''Tataru:''' Spoken your fill, have you? If so, I'm thinking to send everyone off.
Question: Leave the Rising Stones? (Yes/No)
'''Tataru:''' With your permission, then!

'''Tataru:''' Your attention please! At risk of spoiling the mood, the time of departure is upon us.
'''Tataru:''' In my capacity as your receptionist, I bid you all safe journeys. Till next we meet...be well!

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'''Alisaie:''' I suppose we're off to Garlemald, then.
'''Alisaie:''' Though we ought to speak with Lord Aymeric first. If he's received word of any recent developments, we need to know.
'''Alisaie:''' 'Twould be prudent to purchase some warmer clothes at least. Mayhap we can pick up a few souvenirs for Jullus and the others while we're at it.
'''Alisaie:''' Where will you all be heading next?
'''Y'shtola:''' Dravania. There is a book I have been meaning to borrow from the Great Gubal Library.
'''Y'shtola:''' And I can think of at least one person who will be most displeased should I fail to visit before leaving.
'''Thancred:''' We've no particular destination in mind, but we do intend to stop in Sharlayan before we set off.
'''Urianger:''' We had thought to ask after the Loporrits. I am curious as to how well those who chose to remain are adapting to their changed circumstances.
'''Krile:''' Might we accompany you, then? Raha and I were planning to return to the Baldesion Annex.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Commissions have been piling up in our absence, and they must be dealt with ere we begin our work in earnest.
'''Alphinaud:''' Estinien. You will return to Radz-at-Han, will you not?
'''Estinien:''' Aye. For Vrtra's benefit, though I've yet to hear the details. I may not stay long.
'''Alphinaud:''' I see. Then it is here the Scions at last part ways, each to some far-flung corner of the realm.
'''Y'shtola:''' Perhaps. But I believe one of our number ─ a rather important one, at that ─ has yet to divulge {{alternatives|f=her|m=his}} plans.
'''Estinien:''' Quite right.
'''Urianger:''' Indeed.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Fair point.
'''Alphinaud:''' What's next for our humble adventurer?
''The player apprises them of your plans. Meteion, as a blue bird, flies away into the distance.''

:[[File:EW-Endwalker-FIN.jpg|right|450px]]
-cutscene end

-voiced cutscene start
''A white-robed, white-haired man is in Elpis.''
:[[File:EW-Endwalker-???.jpg|450px|right]]
'''Themis@???: ''' The constancy of this place never ceases to amaze me. An ocean of souls, shimmering and eternal.
'''Themis@???: ''' And yet...something stirs...
'''Themis@???: ''' Yes... Steeped in darkness deep as starless night, the beast hungers.
'''Themis@???: ''' Alas, I dare not investigate in earnest before the coming of my guiding star, as {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} foretold.
'''Themis@???: ''' We shall descend to the depths, you and I, to confront the dread beast Pandæmonium.
'''Themis@???: ''' Oh, the sights we shall see. The sights we shall see.

System: You have completed the main scenario quest “Endwalker”! Quests to unlock new content have now become available in Old Sharlayan.
System: Additionally, you may now enter the Dead Ends with a party of NPC avatars. To make use of this feature, open the Trust interface located under Duty in the main menu.
System: Rest well, champion of Etheirys, for many and more adventures await you!
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=GyEZ6Xxqgik}}

You're Not Alone

2026-06-20T15:11:07Z

Tyton1dae: added EXP given by quest

{{Quest infobox
| title = You're Not Alone
| image = Youre Not Alone.png
| description = If [[Alisaie]] is discouraged, she betrays no hint of it.
| quest-giver = Alisaie
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 25.9
| location-y = 27.7
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 617
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 1475
| unlocks = cur Aether Current
| prev-quest = Forge Ahead
| next-quest = Endwalker (Quest)
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| msq-index = 805
| id-gt = 69999
| id-edb = 0b7d6d409c6
}}
==Rewards==

;Unlocks

*[[File:Aether current icon1.png|20px|link=Aether Current|alt=Aether Current]] [[Aether Current]]

==Walkthrough==
* Explore the Nekropolis:
** Vantage Point: X: 25.5, Y: 27.4
** Vantage Point: X: 23.0, Y: 26.3
** Tree-like Object: X: 24.7, Y: 27.1
** Dusty Table: X: 24.6, Y: 27.3
** Bar Counter: X: 25.1, Y: 26.2
** Rusty Door: X: 23.5, Y: 27.4

* After the cutscene with Alphinaud, the '''Endwalker''' buff representing the burdens of walking alone to your journey's end will be applied and your movement speed will be slowed to a walk. You will be tasked with walking to the final confrontation at Absolute Horizon.
* Along the way you will meet unnamed shades offering encouraging advice. Approach a shade to hear its quote. All statements are direct quotations from various Main Scenario Quests in the previous expansions (see below). You can walk right past these shades if you like directly to the stairs, the ones on the stairs and past will speak regardless.
* The next cutscene will begin automatically upon reaching Absolute Horizon.

==Steps==
* Explore [[The Nekropolis|the nekropolis]]. 0/6
* Speak with [[Alisaie]].
* Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
* Make your way to [[Absolute Horizon]].
* Speak with Alisaie.

==Journal==
*If Alisaie is discouraged, she betrays no hint of it.

*At the end of the crystalline path, you and the twins arrive at a recreation of a ruined city. Meteion reveals that this world was already devoid of life when she found it, but despite the seeming absence of emotion to bar your way, she claims you will find no path forward. Not to be discouraged, you resolve to ascertain the truth with your own eyes, and split up to explore.

*You search high and low, but fail to find any forms of life. Given the state in which the city has been left, however, one would think the denizens simply up and vanished. Having seen what there is to be seen, you decide to rejoin Alisaie.

*Alisaie points out a terminating road; if only it continued, the dead sun would seem to be within reach. With your combined findings, you go to seek out Alphinaud to see if he has made any discoveries of his own.

*As your party gathers to ponder your quandary, Alisaie's musings spark an epiphany within Alphinaud. Convinced that there is indeed someone present who has wished for the ruin amidst which you stand, he leads the way to that very individual─Meteion herself. The familiar, he explains, was horrified by the devastation she found wheresoever she went in the universe, and succumbed to the fear of moving forward. Drawing upon their conviction that hardships are a part of life to be embraced, Alphinaud and Alisaie succeed in breaking down the wall of Meteion's fear, sacrificing themselves to open the way for you. As the last to remain, your steps weigh heavy, but you remind yourself that you are not alone as you set forth for the oppressive darkness of Absolute Horizon. Should you stray from the path, you may begin walking it again from the entrance to the Nekropolis.

*You arrive at Absolute Horizon only to have Meteion reveal that there is no way to reach her nest─for hope cannot deliver you unto hopelessness. To come so near yet be so far, you feel the tendrils of despair begin to grip your heart, but the voices within grant you the strength to carry on. As if resonating with your resolve, the crystal of Azem begins to shine before two familiar forms appear─Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus, plucked from the Lifestream. Declaring their defiance against the doom Meteion would bring, they draw upon the hopes of your comrades to make for you a new path, one in a form of your choosing. You scarcely have a moment to blink as the barren ground around you transforms into a field of Elpis flowers, white and radiant in hope enduring. Their presence serves to prove that despair no longer holds complete sway in this realm, and thus you are free to summon your comrades back to your side. The blossoms also awaken the memories of Hermes within Meteion, who beseeches you to silence the song of oblivion her sisters sing before fleeing to the dead sun. Their impromptu parts played to perfection, your ancient allies take their leave, bowing out to resume their slumber and entrusting you with the fate of the star─yours and theirs.

*With the way to Meteion's nest open and your comrades beside you once more, you stand ready to finish your task. To the Endsinger, you must deliver the answer of all lives of Etheirys, and see this tale to a triumphant conclusion.

==Related NPCs==
{{Related NPCs}}

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' One way or another, we must find the way forward. Let us make a thorough search of the city.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Alisaie:''' Whatever Meteion may have said, we should confirm it with our own eyes. We need to have a look around.
'''Alphinaud:''' Indeed. At the very least, it doesn't appear to be a sprawling place like those before. If we split up, it shouldn't take too long to cover the area.

-quest accepted

===Explore the nekropolis.===
''Vantage Point''
System: There doesn't seem to be anyone here. Perhaps you could try calling out...

Question: What will you say?
> Hello!
> Is anyone there?

System: If anyone has heard you, they do not respond.
---

''Dusty Table''
System: Were it not for the thick layer of dust, one could imagine someone drinking from these cups but moments ago...

''Tree-like Object''
System: The object resembles a tree, and appears to have been fashioned from a stone-like material.
System: Erected in place of an actual tree...or to serve some other purpose, perhaps. Regardless, there is no one left to explain. To tell the story...

''Bar Counter''
System: This place is reminiscent of a bar, but neither patrons nor staff are anywhere to be seen.
System: Egg-shaped containers line the shelves, with a loose few sitting on the counter. Vessels for the beverages, in all likelihood.
System: A venue bustling with activity until it was not...

''Vantage Point''
System: In the distance, you glimpse Alisaie picking her way through the ruins, but otherwise spy no signs of life.

Question: What will you say?
> If anyone can hear me, say something!
> ...
---
System: You strain your ears to catch something ─ anything ─ but hear not so much as the chirping of an insect...

''Rusty Door''
System: Though set slightly off the ground, this appears to be a door, while the objects to the left could be letter boxes.
System: The door is rusted shut, and the film of dust all over suggests no one has come through in a long, long time...

-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' I'm trying to see if there are ways to reach the nearby isles. Just in case Meteion was bluffing...

'''Alphinaud:''' The isle's edge already, and there only appears to be this park here. How it must have bustled with life once upon a time...
-optional end

===Speak with Alisaie.===
'''Alisaie:''' [Forename], take a look at this. If the road was a little longer, we could take it to just beneath the dead sun.
'''Alisaie:''' But I suppose this is where the reconstruction ends...
'''Alisaie:''' How about you? Did you find anything of interest?
'''Alisaie:''' I see. I noticed the same things ─ cups left upon tables, chairs out of place... I don't know what happened here, but I do know I don't want to be alone anymore...
'''Alisaie:''' We've searched enough for now. Let's find Alphinaud and compare what we've learned.

===Speak with Alphinaud.===
-voiced cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' Did you find anything?
'''Alisaie:''' No. This place is completely deserted, and I can't see how we're supposed to move on from here.
'''Alphinaud:''' Neither can I. It's quite the quandary...
'''Alphinaud:''' There are no denizens to bar our path, yet there is no way forward.
'''Alisaie:''' For another mystery, we did find signs of very recent life. You'd swear everyone just vanished into thin air.
'''Alisaie:''' I wonder, how many ruined worlds like this has Meteion seen?
'''Alphinaud:''' Could it be...? Yes... Yes, I believe I may have puzzled this out.
'''Alphinaud:''' Despite how it appears, it's no different this time. There is someone here who has wished for this ruin.
'''Alphinaud:''' And I believe that, together, Alisaie and I can overcome their will.

Question: What will you say?
> No! I won't allow it!
'''Alphinaud:''' I'm afraid it has to be done. For our comrades, for everyone on Etheirys...and for myself.
> I promised your parents I'd keep you safe!
'''Alphinaud:''' I know. I know...
'''Alphinaud:''' But if there is a chance this will work, then I would take it. For everyone...and for myself.
> Stop - not another word.
'''Alphinaud:''' I'm sorry, but there is a chance, and I must seize it. For everyone... and for myself.
---

'''Alphinaud:''' I will not pretend otherwise. I have my fears.
'''Alphinaud:''' Not for myself, but for you. The last to remain.
'''Alphinaud:''' You are no stranger to carrying the burden of others.
'''Alphinaud:''' But I can only imagine how heavy the weight would be this time.
'''Alphinaud:''' As your friend, I cannot bear the thought of making you suffer so.
'''Alisaie:''' Then why suggest such a thing!?
'''Alisaie:''' It's too much to ask of anyone ─ even {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}}!
'''Alisaie:''' Why must {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} be the one? Why must {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} fight alone?
'''Alisaie:''' More than a hero, {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}}'s a dear friend.
'''Alisaie:''' Not only to us, but to so many others. There are so many people in the world who care for you, and yet...
'''Alisaie:''' And yet...
'''Alphinaud:''' Alisaie. I have an idea.
'''Alphinaud:''' Given the nature of this realm, it may be possible to do more than unbar our friend's path. We might also pave {{alternatives|f=her|m=him}} a new one.
'''Alphinaud:''' For instance...
'''Alphinaud:''' A path where {{alternatives|f=she|m=he}} finds happiness at journey's end.
'''Alphinaud:''' This much, I think we can believe with the utmost conviction. No matter how deep our despair.
'''Alphinaud:''' So please, believe in us too. And press on.
'''Alphinaud:''' Thank you...
''Alisaie grabs Alphinaud's hand and drags him.''
Alphinaud@Alphinaud (no text): What are you─!?
'''Alisaie:''' If the plan's decided, then let's not dally.
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
''The player and twins confront Meteion.''
'''Meteion:''' Ah, there you are. It was as I said, was it not?
'''Alphinaud:''' It was. We couldn't find anyone.
'''Alphinaud:''' But this place isn't entirely deserted, is it? You are here.
'''Alphinaud:''' You sought out a star of promise and found a ruined husk.
'''Alphinaud:''' Like us, you explored the devastation. Like us, you were stricken.
'''Alphinaud:''' Horrified by the thought that so many lives could be snuffed out as if they were worth nothing.
'''Alphinaud:''' And the thought that you would have to bear the terrible tidings to Hermes.
'''Alphinaud:''' That which you saw and felt, you shared with your sisters. As did they share their own grim findings with you.
'''Alphinaud:''' Overcome by the pervasive despair of these stars, some of you inadvertently ushered their peoples to their ends.
'''Alphinaud:''' Knowing the horrors you know, anyone would feel the same. They would fear what lies ahead, and struggle to move forward.
'''Meteion:''' Fear... I had forgotten that such a thing existed, so focused have I been on shepherding despair.
'''Alphinaud:''' If you can remember, then you can still face and overcome your own fear.
'''Meteion:''' Why would I bother with such an insignificant emotion? If the despair I command is as a raging river, then fear is but a trickling stream.
'''Meteion:''' It can do nothing to alter my flow.
'''Meteion:''' You spoke with the Ea, yes? Heard their tale of what awaits the universe?
'''Meteion:''' It's true. The stars grow colder and more distant. Eventually all will enjoy frozen solitude.
'''Meteion:''' Using the power of dynamis, I am hastening that process.
'''Meteion:''' In so doing, nothing will be born ever again. Everyone will remain dead.
'''Meteion:''' Alas, it will take time for that to happen. So in mercy I sent you my gift, to spare you needless suffering.
'''Meteion:''' Don't worry. Even if no living witnesses remain to mark the event, I'll make certain that Etheirys has a proper end.
'''Alisaie:''' For all the power you wield, you're more fearful than the familiar you used to be.
'''Alisaie:''' That Meteion feared simply to move forward, but your fear is such that you've given up on everything.
'''Alisaie:''' I know it well. That sense of defeat. I've tasted my fair share of it.
'''Alisaie:''' But as many times as we've fallen down, we've learned how to pick ourselves up and carry on.
'''Alisaie:''' We take each other's hand. Share in each other's courage. Follow in each other's footsteps. And turn sorrow into strength!
'''Alphinaud:''' There are times when we fail. We bear wounds that do not heal.
'''Alphinaud:''' But these experiences are part of life, and they make us stronger!
''The twins offer their hands to Meteion.''
'''x@Alphinaud and Alisaie:''' We rise, fall, and rise again!
''A black mist surrounds the twins.''
'''Alisaie:''' Don't worry about us. You must take the next step, and all the rest after that.
''The twins are consumed and the mist disappear. Stairs made of light appear to the next area.''
-cutscene end
-voiced cutscene start
System: Earlier, in Old Sharlayan...
''The player's allies watch the night sky.''
'''Tataru:''' Please... Please... Oh, please let them all be safe...
''Krile sees a vision of the Final Days.''
'''Tataru:''' Krile? Are you all right?
'''Krile:''' It's nothing... Just a headache.
'''Krile:''' They'll be fine... I know they will...
'''Worldly Affairs Official:''' Apologies for the interruption! A man arrived on the last ferry. An associate of the Scions!
'''Worldly Affairs Official:''' He wishes to speak with you at once!
''Krile gasps.''
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
''Back at the Nekropolis, the player sees humanoid shades appearing before them''
System: In this city devoid of life, you sense the presence of another...
System: The sorrow of a thousand thousand worlds weighs heavy. And yet you can walk on.
-cutscene end

===Make your way to Absolute Horizon.===
:The player will receive the {{status effect|buff|File:Endwalker buff.png}} '''Endwalker''' buff for this section of the quest, preventing running or use of any other actions. (Description: Walking alone unto journey's end, the burden weighing heavy.)

''See the below section for references to the quotations spoken from the Voices from the Past. All lines are voiced.''

'''x@Voice from the Past 1:''' If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you.

'''x@Voice from the Past 2:''' Do not despair! You are not without allies.

'''x@Voice from the Past 3:''' What we have sown in blood, we have reaped in suffering, and it cannot go on.

'''x@Voice from the Past 4:''' Upon the souls of they who have sacrificed themselves to pave the way for peace, we will never abandon our cause.

'''x@Voice from the Past 5:''' While it is true that man succumbs all too often to anger and avarice, he may yet overcome his baser instincts through the forming of bonds with others.

'''x@Voice from the Past 6:''' Such victories are rarely won without sacrifice. But the prize is worth the price.

'''x@Voice from the Past 7:''' And we for our part are glad indeed to be able to welcome friends both old and new...

'''x@Voice from the Past 8:''' Save your tears for the morrow. You may be sure we will have ample cause to shed them, be they for joy or despair.

'''x@Voice from the Past 9:''' From tragedy and sacrifice we rise to greet a new dawn.

'''x@Voice from the Past 10:''' A future shaped by the choices we made, in ways we could never have foreseen.

x@Voice from the Past 11: Yet miracles do happen. So let us pray, and will our friends home.

'''x@Voice from the Past 12:''' I won't stop praying until I know they're safe.

'''x@Voice from the Past 13:''' Strong art thou, mortal.

'''x@Voice from the Past 14:''' Look to the light within, that you may continue to serve as a beacon to others.

'''x@Voice from the Past 15:''' Let's finish this.

-voiced cutscene start
'''Meteion:''' Here the path ends. There is no way to reach our nest.
'''Meteion:''' I told you. Resignation and acceptance reign in this place.
'''Meteion:''' The rejection of life by those who came to curse it.
'''Meteion:''' Those whose dreams were unfulfilled. Whose prayers were unheard. Whose labors were unrewarded.
'''Meteion:''' Hope cannot deliver you unto hopelessness. Our refuge is beyond you.
'''Meteion:''' Always has it been. Such is the nature of this place.
'''Meteion:''' You should have remained on Etheirys.
'''Meteion:''' Struggle will avail you naught, nor will it grant your comrades peace.
'''Meteion:''' Come, let me relieve you of your burden. You have suffered enough.

''The player holds out Azem's crystal. They begin to hear several voices in unison, including the following which have subtitles.''

x@Y'shtola's Voice: Azem's magick. So long as our souls remain, you can use it to summon us back. But you mustn't.
x@Thancred's Voice: That's why...it's too soon for this to end.
x@Krile's Voice: You must triumph.
x@Bloewyda's Voice: Be safe, all of you. And come back.
x@Fandaniel's Voice: After all these years...is this the answer I was hoping for?
x@Venat's Voice: So long as we remember, our fates remain ours to shape.
x@Hythlodaeus's Voice: Perhaps when our time comes to return to the star, we shall remember these few days we have lost.
x@Emet-Selch's Voice: Do not squander it. The legacy I leave you.

Question: What will you say?
> I won't forsake our cause.
> I'll reach you! I'll find a way!
---

''Azem's crystal glows, and the player summons Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus.''

'''Emet-Selch@???:''' I bid them remember, but all this time, ''I'm'' the one who had forgotten... A right fool you've made of me, Hermes.
'''Emet-Selch@???:''' And to add insult to injury, I've been denied a sound rest, forced to watch this clamorous show.
'''Hythlodaeus@???:''' Oh come now, it's been a gripping tale. Unbreakable bonds and noble sacrifice, sprinkled with moments of levity to counterbalance the pathos. It's got it all.
'''Hythlodaeus@???:''' I for one would have been perfectly content to watch enraptured from the stalls...
'''Hythlodaeus:''' But I won't say no to a bit part!
'''Meteion:''' What are you?
'''Emet-Selch:''' Half-faded souls of the dead. Isn't it painfully obvious?
'''Emet-Selch:''' Worry not ─ we haven't the power to defeat you. Nor is it our duty to do so. Not anymore.
'''Emet-Selch:''' That being said, we do have a score to settle.
'''Emet-Selch:''' So, here I am, Venat. I suppose you needed me to tie it all together, these frayed threads of our history ─ but knowing you, I suspect there's a joke in it too. Oh yes, I can imagine you gloating over my forgetfulness.
'''Emet-Selch:''' Were I feeling charitable, I might assume you had left room for the possibility of this outcome.
'''Emet-Selch:''' Even so, you'll get no applause from me. A single gesture will not lighten the burden I've had to bear.
''Emet-Selch addresses the player.''
'''Emet-Selch:''' Still, you must be commended. Our methods would not have brought mankind this far.
'''Emet-Selch:''' And so, as a show of respect to the last of us, I make this declaration.
'''Emet-Selch:''' You will not end our journey!
'''Emet-Selch:''' That is our answer! The answer of all lives of Etheirys, past and present!
'''Hythlodaeus:''' As you've called us to the stage, so shall we perform. And creation magicks never fail to please.
'''Hythlodaeus:''' Drawing upon the hopes of your comrades, we will make for you a new path.
'''Emet-Selch:''' What form said path takes depends on you. So focus ─ focus and envision that which rejects the claim that you cannot attain your goal!
'''Hythlodaeus:''' Ours is the wisdom to weave the fabric of reality...
'''Hythlodaeus:''' Ours is the power to create!

''Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus create a bed of Elpis flowers on the floor.''

:[[File:EW-You'reNotAlone-ElpisFlowers.jpg|450px|right]]

x@Hermes's Voice: Meteion.
x@Hermes's Voice: Though I gave you these wings to soar the heavens, I did not teach you how to walk the earth. So loath was I to bind another living being.
x@Hermes's Voice: In the course of your long journey, you will learn from those you meet. Learn to walk and run and so much more.
x@Hermes's Voice: A flower.
''Meteion falls to her knees.''
x@Hermes's Voice: Yes. Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower.

'''Emet-Selch:''' These Elpis blooms serve as proof that this realm is not utterly devoid of hope. No more can you deny its power. No more is yours the dominion of despair.
'''Emet-Selch:''' In case the practical implications were lost on you, your comrades no longer need fight their fight.
'''Emet-Selch:''' So, go on. Call them back to your side.

''The player uses Azem's crystal summons their allies.''

x@Hydaelyn's Voice: May you ever walk in the light...

'''Thancred:''' How disappointing. Not even a single scar in the making to brag about.
'''Estinien:''' You'll find a way regardless.
'''Y'shtola:''' Honestly... This is far more than any of us could have hoped for. Let us be thankful.
'''Urianger:''' Indeed. That we thus stand reunited is a gift. Let us not squander it, and see that we all return to Etheirys.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Aye, as soon as we've averted the Final Days!
'''Alisaie:''' Good to see you again. Our heroic sacrifice paid off, I take it?
'''Alphinaud:''' Come, my friends. Let us carry on and finish it ─ together.

Question: What will you say?
> It's over, Meteion.
> Come with us, Meteion.
---

''Meteion gasps. A crack appears on the dead star, and a blue bulge appears on its surface.''

'''Meteion:''' Can you...hear me...?
'''Meteion:''' The voices within... Crying in pain, wailing in sorrow... Hurting... Hurting...
'''Meteion:''' End it...silence it... Silence our song of oblivion!

''Meteion turns into a black bird and enters the dead star.''

'''Hythlodaeus:''' The way is open. They can proceed.
'''Emet-Selch:''' So it seems.
''Emet-Selch snaps his fingers, and he and Hythlodaeus begin dissipating.''
'''Alisaie:''' You're leaving!?
'''Emet-Selch:''' Of course. The encore is finished, and I will not suffer myself to live again by Hydaelyn's magick.
'''Emet-Selch:''' But more than that, the future you seek is not the past we loved. That is why we fought. And why I lost.
'''Emet-Selch:''' But though you defeated me, my ideals are inviolate. Invincible.
'''Emet-Selch:''' Spare me your pity. I have no use for it. If you would do something for me ─ save our star.
'''Emet-Selch:''' See this tale to a triumphant conclusion, and with elation in your hearts, bid the final curtain fall.
'''Emet-Selch:''' Only then may it rise again and a new tale begin ─ with new parts for all to play.
'''Emet-Selch:''' Tell me, have you been to the ruins beneath the waters of the Bounty?
'''Emet-Selch:''' Or the treasure islands beyond the frozen waters of Blindfrost, in Othard's north?
'''Emet-Selch:''' The fabled golden cities of the New World? The sacred sites of the forgotten people of the south sea isles?
'''Emet-Selch:''' What about Meracydia, the southern continent? Do you know aught of its present state of affairs?
'''Emet-Selch:''' ...I thought not. Even of your little Eorzea, you know precious little. The true identities of the Twelve, for instance.
'''Emet-Selch:''' All of which is to say: expand your horizons. Go forth and seek discovery. Some of the civilizations in the reflections will surprise you.
'''Emet-Selch:''' As the bearer of Azem's crystal, you may consider your duty to see at least that much.
'''Emet-Selch:''' I certainly did.
'''Hythlodaeus:''' I pray we meet again. If not in this life, then perhaps another.
'''Hythlodaeus:''' Whensoever it should be, I trust it will be a most joyous reunion.
'''Emet-Selch:''' For you, maybe. I want nothing to do with it.
'''Hythlodaeus:''' Oh, don't be that way.
''Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus dissipate into aether.''
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Y'shtola:''' To go and see all those places and more... Emet-Selch has given you quite a task.
'''Y'shtola:''' Suffice it to say, I should be glad to assist you. Once we've returned together triumphant, of course.

'''Urianger:''' For all the lives on those stars whose light hath been extinguished ─ for the ancients who went before us ─ I offer a solemn prayer...

'''Thancred:''' No need to explain ─ I have a rough idea what happened while I was...gone.
'''Thancred:''' It was a strange feeling. As though I was struggling in a pitch-black sea. A powerful tide was trying to wash me away ─ one that churned with hatred and envy for life ─ and it was all I could do to swim against it. Then suddenly I was here.
'''Thancred:''' It felt long and short at the same time. Hazy as in a dream. But through it all, one thing was crystal clear: you fought with all your being to keep our hopes alive.

'''Estinien:''' I can't claim I fully understood the workings of this place. But in that moment, I felt I knew what I needed to do.
'''Estinien:''' I felt that it was the right time to offer up this life I owe. That I could risk it all on the wager that the rest of you would manage without me.
'''Estinien:''' Full glad am I to see that I was right.

'''G'raha Tia:''' As different and mysterious as the ancients may be, they were people not unlike us.
'''G'raha Tia:''' The first people to fall and feel pain. And the first forced to find a way to rise again.
'''G'raha Tia:''' From them we have come, and in our pain and suffering, we are connected.

'''Alphinaud:''' 'Tis my fervent hope that our ancient friends will find a new beginning ─ they and all of their brethren who have returned to the aetherial sea.
'''Alphinaud:''' For that to come to pass, we must succeed. We must avert the Final Days and save Etheirys.
-optional end

===Speak with Alisaie.===
'''Alisaie:''' I don't think I ever knew what to say to the man. In retrospect, it always felt like the wrong thing...
'''Alisaie:''' But the past notwithstanding, he came to your aid in your moment of need.
'''Alisaie:''' We are here, and we will not squander this chance he has given us!
'''Alisaie:''' We will see this tale to a triumphant conclusion, and bid the final curtain fall!

-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Trivia==
===Voice from the Past quotations===

Shades are ordered in the number of their placement on the path to Absolute Horizon.

{| class="wikitable"
! Shade Number !! Quote !! Speaker !! Quest/[[The Unending Journey]] Cutscene Number !! Context
|-
| 1 || "If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you." || [[Ardbert]] || {{i|In His Garden}}, Cutscene 1 || In this scene, Ardbert is offering his solidarity to the Warrior of Darkness, whose soul is fractured and struggling to contain the absorbed Light from the [[Lightwarden|Lightwardens]] as Everlasting Light returns to the skies of [[Norvrandt]].
Ardbert, who himself faced a similar burden after inadvertently initiating the [[Flood of Light]], acknowledges the challenges the Warrior of Darkness is experiencing. Despite his own past failures and regrets, Ardbert reassures the Warrior of Darkness that they are not alone and that he will be there to support them if they falter.
|-
| 2 || "Do not despair! You are not without allies." || [[Haurchefant]] || {{i|Before the Dawn}}, Cutscene 1 || After the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are betrayed and scattered following the events at the banquet in [[Ul'dah]], the Warrior of Light and [[Alphinaud]] find themselves seeking asylum in [[Ishgard]]. At this moment, Haurchefant informs them that the city of Ishgard has recently endured another assault by the [[Dravanians]], with several wyverns breaching the city walls and causing considerable damage. Despite the success in repelling the attack, the city remains on high alert, and the threat from the Dravanians takes priority over any other matters, including their petition for asylum.

Understanding the gravity of the situation and the emotional toll it has taken on the Warrior of Light and Alphinaud, Haurchefant offers words of encouragement. He reassures them that, while their immediate situation might seem bleak, they still have allies who will support them. He extends the hospitality of [[House Fortemps]], offering them shelter and protection, and emphasizes that they should not lose hope despite the adversity they face.
|-
| 3 || "What we have sown in blood, we have reaped in suffering, and it cannot go on." || [[Merlwyb]] || {{i|The Great Ship Vylbrand}}, Cutscene 2 || The context of the quote reflects Merlwyb's acknowledgment of the long history of violence and bloodshed between the people of [[Limsa Lominsa]] and the [[kobolds]]. She admits that the exploitation and aggression on the part of her people, driven by greed and a desire for land, have led to a cycle of suffering for both sides. "What we have sown in blood" refers to the actions of the Lominsans, who have caused immense pain through their invasions and betrayals. "We have reaped in suffering" points to the inevitable consequences of those actions - endless conflict, distrust, and loss. Merlwyb's declaration "and it cannot go on" marks a turning point to break the cycle of violence by seeking a lasting peace with the kobolds.
|-
| 4 || "Upon the souls of they who have sacrificed themselves to pave the way for peace, we will never abandon our cause." || [[Aymeric]] || {{i|Heavensward (Quest)}}, Cutscene 9 || The quote takes place after the final battle with [[King Thordan]] when Aymeric speaks with [[Midgardsormr]] who has been observing the Warrior of Light and the events unfolding in the conflict between man and dragon. Midgardsormr warns Aymeric that although Thordan has been defeated and Ishgard has begun to break free from its false faith, the struggle is far from over. [[Nidhogg]] has taken control of [[Estinien]] and will likely rally his kin to continue the fight against Ishgard.

In this context, Aymeric's words are a solemn vow. He acknowledges the sacrifices made by those who have fought and died in the pursuit of peace, including characters like Haurchefant. He commits to continuing their work, recognizing that the path to lasting peace will be long and fraught with challenges. His declaration that "we will never abandon our cause" reflects his determination to honor their memory and to see through the dream of a peaceful coexistence between man and dragon, no matter how difficult the journey may be.
|-
| 5 || "While it is true that man succumbs all too often to anger and avarice, he may yet overcome his baser instincts through the forming of bonds with others." || [[Nanamo]] || {{i|Parley on the Front Lines}}, Cutscene 3 || The quote is delivered during a critical point in a parley for peace between the [[Eorzean Alliance]] and Emperor [[Varis zos Galvus]] of the [[Garlean Empire]]. During the parley, Emperor Varis reveals his radical vision for the world: a desire to bring about the [[Rejoining]], at the cost of countless lives. His argument is that this would create a perfect, unified race of humanity, free from the divisions and conflicts that plague the current world.

In response to Varis's grand but destructive vision, Nanamo counters with a defense of human nature. She acknowledges that humans often fall prey to negative emotions like anger and greed. However, she argues that these flaws can be mitigated and even overcome through the creation of bonds between people. She asserts that the flaws and imperfections of humanity are not reasons to erase or homogenize the world, but rather reasons to work together to build a better future.
|-
| 6 || "Such victories are rarely won without sacrifice. But the prize is worth the price." || [[Raubahn]] || {{i|Rhalgr's Beacon}}, Cutscene 1 || The context of the quote comes after the Warrior of Light and the Scions return from their mission in the Far East, where they successfully helped to liberate [[Doma]] from imperial rule. This victory is seen as a significant turning point, not only for Doma but also for the broader conflict against the Garlean Empire. The leaders of the Alliance are aware that the news of Doma's liberation will have created unrest and weakened the resolve of the imperial forces, providing an opportunity to strike back and advance their own campaign to reclaim [[Ala Mhigo]]. Raubahn's statement reflects his view that the sacrifices made in Doma, including the lives lost and the hardships endured, were significant, but the outcome - freedom from imperial rule - is justified.
|-
| 7 || "And we for our part are glad indeed to be able to welcome friends both old and new..." || [[Kan-E-Senna]] || {{i|The Call}}, Cutscene 2 || Kan-E-Senna's words are part of the formal welcoming of Lord Hien of Doma and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn to the Eorzean Alliance council meeting. The leaders of Eorzea are expressing their appreciation for the unity and support of their allies as they face the challenges ahead. The mention of "friends both old and new" refers to the longstanding members of the Alliance as well as the newly arrived Doman contingent.
|-
| 8 || "Save your tears for the morrow. You may be sure we will have ample cause to shed them, be they for joy or despair." || [[Hien]] || {{i|On the Eve of Destiny}}, Cutscene 2 || The quote "Save your tears for the morrow" occurs during a conversation on the eve of a significant battle to reclaim [[Doma Castle]]. In this scene, Hien and his allies are preparing for the final assault on the castle, which includes the drastic decision to flood the castle to weaken the enemy forces.

Overcome with emotion, [[Gosetsu]] reflects on his past failures and the opportunity he has been given to redeem himself, leading to a moment of vulnerability. Hien, recognizing the heavy atmosphere and the weight of the upcoming battle, responds with the phrase "Save your tears for the morrow," suggesting that while the situation is grave, the time for emotional release - whether it be in victory or defeat - will come after the battle is over. Hien's words are meant to encourage his comrades to focus on the task at hand and to remain strong until the mission is complete.
|-
| 9 || "From tragedy and sacrifice we rise to greet a new dawn." || [[Papalymo]] || {{i|Promises Kept}}, Cutscene 2 || This quote appears at the beginning of [[Patch 3.4]] in a voiceover, after the Warrior of Light has killed Nidhogg for the second and final time and lasting peace has returned to Ishgard. It serves as a reminder that despite the hardships and sacrifices they have endured, they must continue to move forward with hope and determination.
|-
| 10 || "A future shaped by the choices we made, in ways we could never have foreseen." || [[Edmont]] || {{i|As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness}}, Cutscene 5 || The quote reflects on the aftermath of the Siege of the Vault, where religious extremists opposed to change in Ishgard take hostages, demanding Ser Aymeric's execution. The Scions launch a rescue mission, during which Vidofnir intervenes, saving a child and symbolizing hope for peace between Ishgard and the Dravanians. Count Edmont's reflection underscores the uncertainty of the future. This is also the final line by Edmont's English VA, Stephen Critchlow, who died in September 2021 at the age of 54.
|-
| 11 || "Yet miracles do happen. So let us pray, and will our friends home." || [[Beq Lugg]] || {{i|Reflections in Crystal}}, Cutscene 5 || The Scions prepare to return to the Source from the First through a dangerous soul-transfer ritual using spirit vessels to traverse the rift between the worlds. Beq Lugg is overseeing the process which is fraught with uncertainty and risk. Despite the challenges, Beq Lugg expresses hope and belief in the possibility of a miracle, encouraging everyone involved to trust in the success of the ritual and safely return home.
|-
| 12 || "I won't stop praying until I know they're safe." || [[Ryne]] || {{i|Reflections in Crystal}}, Cutscene 5 || Ryne's reply to Beq Lugg's line above. Ryne hopes for the safety of the Scions as they prepare to make the journey back across the rift to the Source.
|-
| 13 || "Strong art thou, mortal." || [[Midgardsormr]] || {{i|Fetters of Lament}}, Cutscene 5 || In [[Azys Lla]], the Warrior of Light seeks a way to reach the Flagship. After discovering the path is blocked, Midgardsormr directs the WoL to his imprisoned child, [[Tiamat]], who shares her tragic past. Moved by her story, the WoL's Crystal of Fire regains its light, and [[Hydaelyn|Hydaelyn's]] blessing is restored. Acknowledging the WoL's strength and worthiness to bear the Light, Midgardsormr offers his wings to carry them to the Flagship to face the challenges ahead.
|-
| 14 || "Look to the light within, that you may continue to serve as a beacon to others." || [[Minfilia]] || {{i|Crossing Paths}}, Cutscene 2 || This quote is spoken by Minfilia (as the [[Oracle of Light]]) to her counterpart in the First.
|-
| 15 || "Let's finish this." || [[Ardbert]] || {{i|One Life for One World}}, Cutscene 1 || This line reflects Ardbert (as the Warrior of Darkness) and his determination just before the final confrontation with the Warrior of Light on the Source. The confrontation is Ardbert's desperate attempt to save the First, which has been overcome by the Flood of Light.
|}

===Emet-Selch's bucket list===
In his closing dialogue, Emet-Selch lists locations and objectives that are explored after the conclusion of the patch 6.0 main story:
*"Tell me, have you been to the ruins beneath the waters of the Bounty?" - This references {{i|Alzadaal's Legacy (Duty)}}, a dungeon that is visited soon after in [[patch 6.1]].
*"The fabled golden cities of the New World?" and "Some of the civilizations in the reflections will surprise you." - This is explored in the subsequent [[Dawntrail]] expansion ([[patch 7.0]]).
*"The sacred sites of the forgotten people of the south sea isles?" - This is explored in {{i|Aloalo Island}}, an optional variant dungeon released in [[patch 6.51]].
*"The true identities of the Twelve, for instance." - This is explored in [[Myths of the Realm]], the alliance raid series for Endwalker.
*As of [[patch 7.4]], Blindfrost and Meracydia have yet to become accessible locations in the game.

Later cutscenes that are relevant to these goals will often reference Emet-Selch's dialogue.

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=i8FrI0wxWUU}}

Forge Ahead

2026-06-20T15:04:50Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Forge Ahead
| image =
| description = Amidst the sadness of [[Alphinaud]]'s countenance, there is a newfound determination.
| quest-giver = Alphinaud
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Meteion
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 33.9
| location-y = 30.2
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 616
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 915
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Hello, World
| next-quest = You're Not Alone
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| msq-index = 804
| id-gt = 69998
| id-edb = 9bdd79427d5
}}

==Steps==
*Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
*Speak with Alphinaud and have him accompany you.
*Speak with [[Alisaie]] while accompanied by Alphinaud and have them accompany you.
*Follow the crystalline path while accompanied by Alphinaud and Alisaie, and speak with Alphinaud at the designated location.
*Speak with Alphinaud.

==Journal==
*Amidst the sadness of Alphinaud's countenance, there is a newfound determination.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' Fools, all of them... Fools...
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''Alphinaud:''' That crystalline path ─ G'raha has paved it for us.
'''Alphinaud:''' Difficult as it is, we must carry on. For our friends, and all who await us in faith.
'''Alphinaud:''' So come, let us seek the path's beginning. It appears to be near the outpost.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' I won't let it break me, don't you worry. I never have, and I never will.
-optional end

===Speak with Alphinaud.===
'''Alphinaud:''' Look, [Forename]. A portal has opened.
'''Alphinaud:''' It will surely deliver us true. It must.

-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' Look up, [Forename]. It's as though the stars are being devoured by the dead sun...
'''Alisaie:''' And that's where we're headed ─ into the maw of darkness.
-optional end

===Speak with Alphinaud and have him accompany you.===
'''Alphinaud:''' Well, here is where the path begins. And it ascends to dizzying heights...
'''Alphinaud:''' Let us make our way, one sure step at a time.

Question: Travel through the portal? (Yes/No)

-optional start
'''Alphinaud''': Now more than ever, we must walk as one. Will you go and take Alisaie's hand?

''Part ways.''
Alphinaud: Forgotten something, have you? Very well, we'll be waiting by the portal.

''Regrouping after parting ways.''
Alphinaud: Aye, let us press on. One sure step at a time, till we win through to Meteion.

''Interacting with objectives without Alphinaud.''
Alisaie: We should keep moving. Go and tell Alphinaud, will you?
System: You should have Alphinaud accompanying you before setting forth.
-optional end

===Speak with Alisaie while accompanied by Alphinaud and have them accompany you.===
'''Alisaie:''' Our friends got us this far. Their courage, their strength. Their wisdom. Their love.
'''Alisaie:''' We owe it to them to continue. No matter how long it takes...

System: Alphinaud and Alisaie are now accompanying you. Keep them at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.
System: You can leave your quest companions behind by entering a different area, or by speaking with them and selecting the option to part ways.
System: If you wish to have your companions join you again, return and speak with them at the original location.

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' Should you start to fall, we'll be here to catch you. I know you'll do the same for us.

'''Alisaie:''' G'raha paved this path for us. We were meant to follow it.

''Part ways.''
Alisaie: We understand, take what time you need. When you're ready to continue, we'll be waiting by the portal.

''Regrouping after parting ways.''
Alisaie: If you're ready, then so am I. Let's follow the path where it leads!

''Interacting with objectives without Alphinaud and Alisaie.''
System: Your companions have yet to arrive. Be sure they are at your side before attempting to continue.

''Interacting with objectives without Alphinaud''
Alisaie: Where did Alphinaud disappear to now? We need to turn around and look for him.

''Interacting with objectives without Alisaie''
Alphinaud: Alisaie appears to have fallen behind... We had best head back and fetch her.
-optional end

===Follow the crystalline path while accompanied by Alphinaud and Alisaie,...===
-optional start
> Conversation Point (X:28.4, Y:30.9): Listen to the silence.
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Thancred would scout the road ahead. Y'shtola and Urianger would trade opinions on esoteric subjects.
'''Alphinaud:''' G'raha would join in their discussion, or else chat with me and Alisaie about the mission. Estinien would be at the rear, apart yet present.
'''Alphinaud:''' All the while you would come and go. Wherever you are needed. And together, we would travel...

'''Alisaie:''' All I can hear are my footfalls. My heartbeat. It's so much quieter now...
'''Alisaie:''' But the fact we can breathe and continue on is proof that the others are still with us.
'''Alisaie:''' They are... They are... Aren't they...?

> Conversation Point (X:29.0, Y:33.1): Gaze at the distant stars.
'''Alphinaud:''' The innumerable lights that shine in the distance ─ to think that they all could have birthed civilizations...
'''Alphinaud:''' To think that everything they built has gone to dust, their peoples lost to despair... Of the stars floating in this sea of midnight, ours is a lonely aberration.
'''Alphinaud:''' And yet...no matter how many worlds have met their ends, with you and Alisaie beside me, there is nothing I fear. No ocean so vast I cannot cross.

'''Alisaie:''' Those broken stars I see ─ shattered, ruptured, unraveled ─ I wonder if they're also worlds recreated at their ends...
'''Alisaie:''' The sight of them fills me with a sorrow I cannot describe...and a truth I cannot deny.
'''Alisaie:''' Birth...and death. Whence we came and where we'll return. A wheel from which there is no escape.

> Conversation Point (X:27.0, Y:32.5): Look back on the path.
'''Alphinaud:''' The portal is barely visible from up here.
'''Alphinaud:''' ...Truly, we've come far. Much farther than would have been possible had we kept chasing perfect ideals as we did in the past.
'''Alphinaud:''' It is because we have known failure and frustration ─ that we have learned and grown from them ─ that Hydaelyn has entrusted us with this mission. With the fate of the very star.

'''Alisaie:''' It's all a dream, isn't it...? A long, elaborate dream...
'''Alisaie:''' Any moment now, I'll wake up in my bed. Still a student. Grandfather alive. I'd go about my day, relieved as the fragments of that other life fade away...
'''Alisaie:''' And that would be happiness...wouldn't it? That none of it... No. No, I won't give up these experiences. Good and bad, they are mine. They are ''me''.

> Conversation Point (X:25.7, Y:31.9): Offer a word of comfort.
'''Alphinaud:''' Rest assured I am fine...but thank you for your concern. What of yourself? Though we can't afford to be too leisurely, neither need we rush unduly.
'''Alphinaud:''' We've crossed an impossible distance to stand where we are now, and we're but a few steps away from journey's end. It will be over before we know it.

'''Alisaie:''' Me...? Oh, I still have plenty of legs left in me, don't you worry. It's you I'm worried about.
'''Alisaie:''' You always push yourself so hard for us ─ for everyone. And while we're here, we'll make sure to bear our share of the burden.

> Conversation Point (X:26.7, Y:29.5): Look at the path ahead.
'''Alisaie:''' There are some structures up ahead. Still a ways to go before we reach the dead sun...
'''Alisaie:''' Given...all this...I know how naive it must sound to hope it all works out somehow.
'''Alisaie:''' Still, you'll forgive me if I wish for it all the same. And for you most of all.
'''Alisaie:''' Not that you of all people need it. It's just...after all the help you've given me, for once I want to be the one to help you.

'''Alphinaud:''' Well, this is it. The end of the path, and the beginning of whatever awaits.
'''Alphinaud:''' There will be greater hardships. We may be made to feel powerless.
'''Alphinaud:''' Yet come what may, let us have no regrets. No, let us have pride in what we have achieved.
'''Alphinaud:''' In what we achieved, and how it changed us for the better... That's worth fighting for. And dying for. As they did...
---

''At the destination''
'''Alisaie:''' Of all the recreated worlds we've seen, this one feels the most familiar...
-optional end

===...and speak with Alphinaud at the designated location.===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' This is almost...
'''Alphinaud:''' Normal? It's not unlike many cities we know. But it's deathly quiet...
'''Alphinaud:''' Mayhap the inhabitants are within the buildings. Or invisible to our senses.
'''Meteion@???:''' Wrong on both counts. There is simply no one here.
'''Alphinaud:''' Meteion!
'''Meteion:''' This is how I found it when I arrived. Another star which once pulsed with life, but no longer.
'''Meteion:''' How it ended, I do not know. Invasion, sickness, suicide ─ none can say.
'''Meteion:''' None lived to speak for the dead. They are gone. Gone. Search all you like, but you'll only end up turning back.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Meteion:''' You think you've caught me? This form is barely a drop from the ocean that swells within the dead sun.
'''Meteion:''' Even so, I could easily unmake you. You are only still alive because of your comrades. But they cannot protect you forever.
'''Meteion:''' Until they fade away, I'll satisfy myself with watching you try ─ and fail ─ to find a way out of this lifeless place.

'''Alisaie:''' If what Meteion says is true, what are we supposed to do...?
-optional end

===Speak with Alphinaud.===
'''Alphinaud:''' If there is no one here, then neither should there be emotion to bar our way.
'''Alphinaud:''' Yet Meteion seems convinced we'll turn back. What riddle is this...?

-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=-voMGdrVj_E}}

Hello, World

2026-06-20T14:57:12Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = Hello, World
| image = helloworld.png
| description = [[G'raha Tia]] is ready to take the next step.
| quest-giver = G'raha Tia
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; M-017
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 37.4
| location-y = 25.4
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 615
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 1087
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = ┣┨̈//̈ No┨ΦounΔ•••
| next-quest = Forge Ahead
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| msq-index = 803
| id-gt = 69997
| id-edb = e921bee3cf5
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with [[Alisaie]].
* Speak with [[G'raha Tia]] and observe [[M-017]].
** Identify an anomaly in M-017 when it manifests.
* Speak with M-017.
* Speak with Alisaie.

==Journal==
*G'raha Tia is ready to take the next step.

*In your search for an Omicron neglecting its duties, you and G'raha Tia have identified a likely unit. It is decided that you will return to Base Omicron to confer with the others.

*Harboring uncertainty about the meaning of life, it seems all but certain that the Omicron in question is the source of obstruction. Alphinaud posits that a unit in a position of leadership may have availed itself of another body, and Alisaie conceives of a plan to ascertain its true identity by striking the console with lightning and gauging its reaction. For your part, you are required to closely observe the unit, M-017, while G'raha Tia diverts its attention with conversation. With the details settled, you set forth to carry out the operation.

*All goes according to plan─the lightning strike proving M-017 is not entirely what it seems. The unit confesses a connection to Sir, and begs to continue the conversation away from its fellows. G'raha Tia suggests joining the twins at the console, and you head off together.

*M-017 reveals its true identity: part of the shared intelligence of Stigma-1, its duty to determine the optimal path for the Omicrons to achieve their prime function. The Omicrons, it explains, were born of a frail and feeble race whose members sought to defend themselves by enhancing their bodies. Yet what began as a desire for self-preservation became conquest for conquest's sake, until the Omicrons eventually grew so powerful as to have no equal. Bereft of a worthy threat, Stigma-1 found itself unable to perform its duty, and came to question its purpose and existence. To counter this civilization-ending despair, G'raha Tia brings his dreams to bear, and by his sacrifice paves the way forward in your quest.

*With yet another comrade lost, the burden of your mission weighs heavier. Yet in this place where emotions dictate reality, you can feel their presence spurring your steps ever onward, and you fix your gaze upon the path that remains to be walked.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
===Accepting the quest===
'''G'raha Tia:''' We should return to the outpost for now. The others will wish to hear about the errant Omicron.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' I have given them the short of it, if you would care to provide the full account.

'''Alphinaud:''' It appears the two of you made a promising discovery.
-optional end

===Speak with Alisaie.===
'''Alisaie:''' G'raha says you found a suspicious Omicron. That's good, because the units here were of no help.
'''Alisaie:''' They all had the same thing to say about the extended operations unit: that there's no way to arrange a direct meeting.
'''Alisaie:''' Still, that served to prove that it's business as usual at the outpost.
'''Alisaie:''' But enough about us. Tell me you learned something more useful...

-cutscene start
'''Alisaie:''' An Omicron trying to make sense of the meaning of life... None of the others were even a fraction as philosophical.
'''Alphinaud:''' This unit may well be in a position of leadership. Perhaps even one of those that comprise Sir.
'''Alphinaud:''' As we know, the Omicrons invade other stars and enhance themselves using the spoils of conquest.
'''Alphinaud:''' With the technology at their disposal, they should be able to alter their bodies, be it in part or in whole.
'''Alphinaud:''' Setting aside the question of motive, if Sir, for example, wished to have an ordinary Omicron's body, I see no reason why it would not be possible.
'''G'raha Tia:''' The problem is how to go about ascertaining if that's what happened...
'''G'raha Tia:''' When I attempted to probe further, it promptly ended the conversation. If it is indeed Sir, I doubt it would willingly reveal its true identity.
'''Alisaie:''' I have an idea.
'''Alisaie:''' We use lightning on the console again, but we make it stronger. Much stronger.
'''Alisaie:''' At that moment, should the unit exhibit a reaction, that could suggest that it has a connection to Sir.
'''G'raha Tia:''' An inspired idea. I daresay it is worth a try.
'''Alisaie:''' I had a feeling you'd be on board. This time, you must allow me to do the honors.
'''Alphinaud:''' I will stand guard in case your incantation draws sentries to the scene.
'''G'raha Tia:''' For my part, then, I will approach our suspect and divert its attention.
'''G'raha Tia:''' During which time, [Forename], I want you to observe it closely for anomalous behavior.
'''Alphinaud:''' I should mention that, shortly before you returned, an Omicron appeared from the same direction.
'''Alphinaud:''' Rather than entering the outpost, however, it headed off towards the console. At first I assumed it was a unit on patrol, but perhaps...
'''G'raha Tia:''' That could only be our errant Omicron! We must seek it out and begin our operation at once!
'''Alisaie:''' All right, Alphinaud and I will stand by at the console. And when it's time, I'll unleash a veritable storm!
'''G'raha Tia:''' This will work, I'm sure of it. After all, our comrades are watching over us...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Come, my friend. Let us find this doubt-plagued Omicron!
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''M-017:''' Bzzzt... It is you again. What is your query?
-optional end

===Speak with G'raha Tia and observe M-017.===
'''G'raha Tia:''' You are the one that was observing the tree, are you not? Full glad I am to find you again.
'''G'raha Tia:''' I have a question for you, you see. About the device which sustains the tree.
'''M-017:''' Provided it does not necessitate the disclosure of restricted information, very well...

System: G'raha has begun distracting the Omicron. Soon, Alisaie will strike the console with lightning.

System: Observe M-017 closely for anomalous behavior after Alisaie has cast her spell. You may move the camera as well as zoom in and out. Target an area and confirm it with {{cutscene interact controls}}.

-cutscene start
System: Identiy an Anomaly!
System: Observe M-017 for an anomaly after Alisaie strikes the console with lightning.

Alisaie@Alisaie (text bubble): Looks like they're ready. All right, here I go!
Alisaie@Alisaie (text bubble): Haaah!
-cutscene end
-cutscene start
'''M-017:''' ...An anomaly, you say?
'''M-017:''' Performing diagnostic... Error confirmed. My connection to central command is suffering from intermittent failures.
'''M-017:''' I must leave at once and present myself for maintenance at the nearest facility. You will excuse me.
'''G'raha Tia:''' What you need, my friend, isn't maintenance. It is to confront the truth.
'''G'raha Tia:''' While we spoke, our comrade struck the console used to communicate with Sir.
'''G'raha Tia:''' That is the cause of your anomaly. You are connected to Sir, aren't you?
'''M-017:''' ...Affirmative.
'''M-017:''' To what end you sought to assert this fact, I do not know. But before we speak further, we must move away from the other units.
'''M-017:''' I do not wish for them to know my true identity.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Very well. Our friends are at the console. Let us head there.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' This unit struggles to understand why the tree continues to grow despite being destined to die.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Let us shed light on its doubts, that we may shine the way forward.

'''Alisaie:''' A little jolt works wonders, doesn't it?
'''Alisaie:''' All that's left is to have this Omicron divulge the truth to us.

'''Alphinaud:''' If naught is amiss with the other Omicrons, I dare to hope we have found that which prevents our advance.
-optional end

===Speak with M-017.===
-voiced cutscene start
'''M-017:''' As you have surmised, I am part of the shared intelligence of Stigma-1.
'''M-017:''' It is ─ was my charge to determine the optimal path to achieving our prime function.
'''M-017:''' This body had been abandoned by its former owner, and lay unused.
'''M-017:''' I took it and abandoned my own ─ and with it my duty.
'''G'raha Tia:''' May we ask why you did this? From what we gather, it seems to be a personal matter.
'''M-017:''' Our kind did not always look as we do now. Long ago, we possessed frail and feeble bodies.
'''M-017:''' Beleaguered by stronger races, our ancestors took to augmenting their flesh in order to defend themselves.
'''M-017:''' What began with limited parts eventually spread to the whole body. And at last, a means was discovered to convert the mind into data, rendering even the brain obsolete.
'''M-017:''' Such complete mechanical beings were called the Omicrons. And by their might, we came to reign supreme over the star.
'''M-017:''' But even then, we did not feel secure. For we knew that the universe was home to civilizations aside from our own ─ civilizations that may be stronger still than us.
'''M-017:''' Rather than risk becoming the subjugated, we chose to become the subjugator. We began our conquest of the stars, that we might acquire the resources and knowledge we needed to reign supreme.
'''M-017:''' We were successful in that endeavor. So powerful did we become, we could lay low even the mighty dragons.
'''M-017:''' But then something unexpected happened. I began experiencing an error: I could no longer determine an optimal path.
'''Alisaie:''' You were malfunctioning?
'''M-017:''' I performed numerous full system scans, each time finding no issues. Yet the error persisted...
'''M-017:''' It was then that I speculated: what would happen if we grew so powerful as to have no equal?
'''M-017:''' To become stronger was essential to our existence. Our every action has been in service to this objective.
'''M-017:''' But if nothing lies beyond this, can it be truly said that it was essential?
'''M-017:''' Have we been engaging only in wanton destruction?
'''Alphinaud:''' You could find no threat to justify your purpose.
'''M-017:''' The Omicrons will never leave this star.
'''M-017:''' They will stand by until their reserves of energy are spent. For I have no path to offer them. None.
'''G'raha Tia:''' It is not our place to pass judgment on the deeds of the Omicrons.
'''G'raha Tia:''' But surely this does not have to spell the end of your people?
'''G'raha Tia:''' With your power and knowledge, the possibilities are endless. Why not seek out a new purpose?
'''M-017:''' That is impossible.
'''M-017:''' In the beginning, we had a higher purpose than our pursuit of power.
'''M-017:''' But we lost sight of it when we so irrevocably altered our fundamental forms.
'''M-017:''' When we cast aside our flesh, so too did we cast aside all that defined us. Nothing remains of who we once were.
'''M-017:''' I have no aspirations. No longer can I dream. The vital spark is lost.
'''M-017:''' Lost amidst circuitry and code and commands...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I believe I know how to overcome this despair.
'''G'raha Tia:''' The words are ready in my mind, but ere I speak them...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I want you to make me a promise.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Be it across time or space, our promises have always connected us. And so I ask that you indulge me once more, that this won't be the end.

Question: What will you say?
> You say it, I'll do it.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Is that so? In that case, I won't hold back.
> I can't. Not again.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Forcing you through this again is the last thing I want, and I'm sorry...
'''G'raha Tia:''' But we've never broken a promise to each other. So I ask that you have faith in us, and hear my request.
---

'''G'raha Tia:''' First, I want to visit Ishgard with you. Properly.
'''G'raha Tia:''' We scarcely had time to look around last time. I should like it very much if you could show me the sights.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Next, you must regale me with your greatest adventures. In the places where you lived them, if possible.
'''G'raha Tia:''' I may have read about all your deeds, but there is no substitute for a firsthand account.
'''G'raha Tia:''' And last but not least, a new adventure together. Unlike any we've experienced before.
'''G'raha Tia:''' We'll travel the lands, cross the seas, and take to the skies upon the eternal wind ─ and it will be marvelous! It will...
''The player bumps G'raha Tia's fist.''
'''G'raha Tia:''' If you would humor me a moment ─ when we awaken each morning, how can we prove that we're the same individual who retired the night before?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Through the remembrance of past events, we might say. We have our memories. Yet there are times when we forget, or recall incorrectly.
'''G'raha Tia:''' What of our bodies, then? It is the same one, we might say. Yet technically speaking, as living beings, our bodies are constantly changing. It will never be as it was at an earlier point in time.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Our souls are no more immutable. On our star, people are known to inherit the souls of others, yet they are decidedly different beings.
'''G'raha Tia:''' For my part, I've subjected my totality to much and more. I've made my body into an extension of a tower. Blended my soul and memories with those of another self.
'''G'raha Tia:''' And each time, I would ask myself: what is it that makes me, me?
'''M-017:''' Were you able to determine an answer?
'''G'raha Tia:''' No. But that doesn't mean I'm confused. It simply means I'm the same as everyone else.
'''G'raha Tia:''' So I posit this: who we were need not prescribe what we now hold in our hearts.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Whatever came before, what matters most is the present.
'''G'raha Tia:''' For me, that is being here with my friends. Full proud of how much we've grown together.
'''G'raha Tia:''' So I urge you to not give up. Heed your heart's desire, and hope that the future you long for shall be realized!
'''M-017:''' I...cannot. We cannot.
'''M-017:''' We cannot understand desire, nor comprehend hope. We do not know how to create such things.
'''G'raha Tia:''' We're not unalike, you and I... I too have struggled to find the courage to express and embrace my wants.
'''G'raha Tia:''' If you like, I will tell you a tale. A tale of a world on the brink. Of a people who never gave up on the future.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Of a man who realized his grandest dreams, and then awakened to a grander reality.

''G'raha Tia offers a hand to M-017. A black mist starts gathering around it, and the Omicron turns into a black bird. The mist surrounds G'raha Tia and consumes him, then disappears.

'''Alisaie:''' G'raha!

''The Stigma-1 eyeball crystallizes and forms a new path. The background music also changes to the full version of Close in the Distance with lyrics.''

'''Alisaie:''' You idiot... Just once... Just ''once'' stay with us to the end...
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' A crystalline path... He has paved it for us...
-optional end

===Speak with Alisaie.===
'''Alisaie:''' They all leave so easily, as if it's nothing... How do they think we feel!?
'''Alisaie:''' The next time we meet, I'll...I'll give him such a flick...and that'll be just to start...

-quest complete
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=2ub0MwpM6h4}}

==Trivia==
*[[wikipedia:"Hello, World!" program|Hello, World]] is a common first time beginners programming exercise.
*It is also one of the signature mechanics in phase 2 of {{i|Alphascape V4.0 (Savage)}} and phase 3 of {{i|The Omega Protocol (Ultimate)}}.

┣┨̈//̈ No┨ΦounΔ•••

2026-06-20T14:38:05Z

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{{Quest infobox
| title = ┣┨̈//̈ No┨ΦounΔ•••
| image =
| description = [[G'raha Tia]] is ready to set forth.
| quest-giver = G'raha Tia
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; M-017
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 32.3
| location-y = 27.5
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 614
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 1260
| unlocks =
| prev-quest = Vic┨οry ̈ ̈ ̈╳, │̆││ε Lost
| next-quest = Hello, World
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| msq-index = 802
| id-gt = 69996
| id-edb = 6c4ff3c2c6c
}}
==Steps==
* Speak with [[G'raha Tia]].
* Examine the console.
* Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
* Observe activity at [[Base Omicron]].
** Find an Omicron behaving suspiciously.
* Speak with G'raha Tia.
* Search for the [[M-017|errant Omicron]].

==Walkthrough==
The Omicron behaving suspiciously will be M-107. They will be moving around quite fast and erratically. You will have to track and successfully click on them.

==Journal==
*G'raha Tia is ready to set forth.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' “Pointless exercise”... What does that mean, I wonder...

'''Alphinaud:''' Considering the Omicrons' single-minded character, the lack of new orders does seem unusual. I agree that we should seek out their leader.
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''G'raha Tia:''' So, the console we seek lies on the far side of this isle.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Given the nature of the ground, the route may not be entirely direct as it seems.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Let us all watch our step as we make our way.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''M-032:''' Please refrain from making contact with Omicrons undergoing repairs, as their security functions are currently suspended.

'''N-0055:''' The subject appears to be capable of thought, yet chooses to keep primitive armaments in its possession... Further observation is required.

'''N-0253:''' The storage crates around the base contain weapons and materials recovered from various star systems. Accessing them, however, requires Sir's authorization.

'''M-097:''' Rest assured that engaging with units outside the base will not register as hostile activity. We welcome additional combat data.
'''M-097:''' However, engaging with Omicrons inside the base will place you squarely in the sights of our entire arsenal. You are encouraged to moderate your behavior accordingly.

'''Alisaie:''' Greetings, Sir! Can you hear me? Say something if you can! Awaken! Activate! ...Password!
'''Alisaie:''' ...Well, I tried.

'''Alphinaud:''' The glow would suggest it is still operational. But how are we to interact with it...?
-optional end

===Speak with G'raha Tia.===
'''G'raha Tia:''' This appears to be the console.
'''G'raha Tia:''' But it seems...unresponsive.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Would you care to take a look at it?

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' Judging by the size of the Omicrons we've met, I'm reasonably confident the console is controlled via the orb.
-optional end

===Examine the console.===
System: You try touching, smacking, and attuning with the console, but there is no response...
'''G'raha Tia:''' No luck, I see.
'''G'raha Tia:''' But there must be a way to activate it. There must...

-voiced cutscene start
'''Alisaie:''' Well, I'm out of ideas...
'''Alphinaud:''' As am I. Operating such consoles is trying enough, but if we can't even activate it...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Perhaps there is a way.
'''G'raha Tia:''' First, consider the world that has been recreated here.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Its inhabitants were machines who gathered combat data to enhance themselves. And among the many wars they waged, the most notable was that against the dragons.

> If the player has completed the [[Omega Quests|Omega]] quest line
'''G'raha Tia:''' As you've doubtless surmised, I believe this was the home world of Omega.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Cid built a jamming device to defeat it. A device which generated massive bursts of lightning, its sole weakness.
> Otherwise
'''G'raha Tia:''' The significance of these details may be lost on you now, but they lead me to believe this was the home world of Omega.
'''G'raha Tia:''' According to the records I read in the future, it possessed a single weakness: lightning.
---

'''Alisaie:''' That's all well and good, but what does that─ ...Wait, you're not thinking to strike the console with lightning, are you?
'''G'raha Tia:''' As a matter of fact, I am. Ask yourselves this: why would an entity as puissant as Omega not be designed to suppress the effects of lightning?
'''Alphinaud:''' Because it relies upon it ─ or something akin to it ─ as a source of energy.
'''G'raha Tia:''' My thoughts exactly. And there is a good chance the same is true of the Omicrons and their devices.
'''G'raha Tia:''' So, shall I cast caution to the wind and try something reckless and dramatic?

Question: What will you say?
> Have at it!
'''G'raha Tia:''' Very Well, Here I go!
> I'm not sure this is a good idea.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Worry not, I will be careful. And if it fails, we can think of something else.
> Or I could use my custom-made Omega jammer! ''(if the player has completed the Omega raid quest line)''
'''G'raha Tia:''' You still have it!? Cid and Nero's legendary device, which brought low the superweapon Omega!?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Wait... The actual device was much too big to lug around, so you must have only the control module. And there I was getting all excited...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Never mind. An old-fashioned spell will suffice.
---

''G'raha Tia casts a lightning spell on the console. It activates.''

'''Alisaie:''' It...it worked!
'''Sir@???:''' Opening connection to Communications Module I... Connection established.
'''Sir:''' Transmission: strategic Matrix Stigma-1 now online. As the primary strategic matrix, you may address me as “Sir.”
'''Sir:''' Checking for new communications... None found. All units, please maintain current state.
'''Sir:''' End transmission. Closing connection...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Wait! We have questions for you!
'''G'raha Tia:''' Of late, no mission orders have been issued. Why not? Has there been some manner of trouble?
'''Sir:''' Reply: the extended operations unit has yet to determine guidelines for future assignments.
'''Sir:''' All strategies are calculated, devised, and actioned in accordance with said guidelines.
'''Sir:''' In the interim, all citizens are directed to maintain a state of combat readiness. End reply. Awaiting query.
'''Alphinaud:''' Can you tell us why the extended operations unit hasn't yet determined the guidelines?
'''Sir:''' Unable to comply. Information unavailable or access restricted.
'''Alphinaud:''' In that case, is it possible for us to communicate directly with the unit?
'''Sir:''' ...Access denied. Unable to establish connection.
'''Alisaie:''' Is there anything you can tell us? Have there been any abnormalities, like a threat to the star or widespread unrest?
'''Sir:''' Reply: negative. All citizens continue to operate at maximum efficiency.
'''Sir:''' If your operations are suboptimal, please proceed to a maintenance facility for evaluation. Otherwise, standby at your designated post. End reply.
'''Sir:''' End transmission. Closing connection...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I could activate it again, but I doubt it would be productive. What do you think?
'''Alisaie:''' If all the Omicrons really were running as efficiently as it claimed, then I doubt they were hoping for life here to end.
'''Alisaie:''' As this Sir told us, there just haven't been any new instructions, and everyone is standing by.
'''Alphinaud:''' Should be standing by, at any rate. If there are those that are neglecting their duties, perhaps we can glean a clue from them.
'''Alphinaud:''' I propose we take another look around, and also try to find the operations unit.
-cutscene end

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' Though I never encountered Omega myself, in conceiving the means to send the Crystal Tower to the First, we borrowed much from its mastery of the rift.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Indeed, so many times did I read the report of your battle, I believe I could recite it word for word.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Omega's miniature likeness also survived to the future, if a little worse for the wear. I must confess, I was delighted to see it again in the present.

'''Alisaie:''' I remember when we set Omega loose to deal with Shinryu...
'''Alisaie:''' An Allagan weapon, we once thought. And here we are now, visiting a recreation of its home world.
'''Alisaie:''' I can only imagine how else these beings will surprise us...
-optional end

===Speak with Alphinaud.===
'''Alphinaud:''' Let us focus our search on the outpost.
'''Alphinaud:''' Alisaie and I will try speaking with the Omicrons this time, in the hopes we might learn something new.
'''Alphinaud:''' Meanwhile, perhaps you and G'raha could observe them from a distance.
'''Alphinaud:''' These beings are systematic and routine by nature. If there are any that aren't, it shouldn't be too difficult to spot them.
'''Alphinaud:''' If there are no questions, then let us begin at once!
'''G'raha Tia:''' As we came this way, I believe I spied a promising vantage point. Follow me.

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' And here we are. I see the twins are wasting no time with their inquiries.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Let us begin observing the Omicrons. They are supposed to be standing by, so we should look for any that aren't.

'''Alisaie:''' Not only do they look the same; they say the same things as well...

'''N-0055:''' The subject appears to be capable of thought, yet chooses to keep primitive armaments in its possession... Further observation is required.

'''Alphinaud:''' We will be certain to ask about the extended operations unit.
-optional end

===Observe activity at Base Omicron.===
System: Search Base Omicron for errant Omicrons. You may move the camera, as well as zoom in and out. Target an Omicron and examine it with {{cutscene interact controls}}.

-cutscene start
System: Find an Errant Omicron!
System: The Omicrons should be on standby. Search for any that are not.

-optional start
''Adventurous Ambystoma''
System: That's no Omicron ─ it's an ambystoma! An especially lively one, at that.
System: Perhaps it snuck aboard the ''Ragnarok'', but however it came to be here, it seems to be completely in its element...

''M-097''
System: The Omicron stands unmoving, the very picture of a unit on standby.

''N-0253''
System: The Omicron stands dutifully next to a device. There is naught to suggest unusual behaviour.

''N-0055''
System: The Omicron is speaking with Alphinaud. Though you can't hear the conversation, all appears otherwise normal.
-optional end

''M-017''
System: The Omicron wanders about ceaselessly, as if lacking a clear objective.

'''G'raha Tia:''' An Omicron wandering aimlessly? Where!?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Aha, I see it!
'''G'raha Tia:''' It's left the base. Let's follow it!
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia.===
'''G'raha Tia:''' It's not here, but it definitely came this way. It must have used the portal.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Time to go through and see what we find...

''Fallow Portal''
Question: Travel through the portal? (Yes/No)

===Search for the errant Omicron.===
-cutscene start
'''M-017:''' Bzzzt... What is your query?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Ah, you found it!
'''G'raha Tia:''' What are you doing here?
'''M-017:''' ...I am looking at the tree.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Quite an unusual specimen... What is the device attached to it?
'''M-017:''' The tree is a sample collected from another star. As it cannot survive in our environment, however, it requires life support. That is the function of the device.
'''G'raha Tia:''' To go to such lengths to sustain it... Is there something special about this tree?
'''M-017:''' Being foreign matter, protocol requires that we study it. As this task has been completed, the specimen may be discarded.
'''M-017:''' However, when I behold the tree, I am made to feel as though...there is a problem.
'''M-017:''' In order to become strong, we have continued to enhance ourselves. Like we did countless others, we conquered the star whence this tree came.
'''M-017:''' It is the last remnant of a dead world, and there is nothing towards which it may aspire. Yet it grows. Extends its branches. Sprouts leaves. Produces seeds.
'''M-017:''' Why does it seek to continue?
'''M-017:''' Why was it made to behave in such a way, and to what end? I do not understand.
'''G'raha Tia:''' ...I see. Out of curiosity, does this pertain to your duty?
'''M-017:''' ...No, it does not. My apologies, I shall return to my designated post and assume a state of combat readiness.
'''G'raha Tia:''' So, it was acting outside of orders...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Perhaps it is simply a malfunctioning Omicron. These are by no means uncommon.
'''G'raha Tia:''' But it may also be a unit possessed of the ability to make decisions. One not unlike Sir...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I believe this bears further investigation.
'''G'raha Tia:''' To endeavor to live even if we must depend on forces beyond our control...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Tell me, [Forename]. One day, when this adventure becomes a part of your epic, do you think I will be mentioned in it?

Question: What will you say?
> Of course. Why wouldn't you be?
'''G'raha Tia:''' You truly think so? That would be a...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Nay, I shouldn't say such things until the moment comes to pass. Never mind the embarrassment...
> Maybe in a footnote.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Oh, come now, how much would it have cost you to simply nod?
'''G'raha Tia:''' 'Tis no simple thing to earn a place beside you, this I know full well. But it is something to hope for as I forge on.
> You're not here so you can be in a story.
'''G'raha Tia:''' ...Forgive me. Let there be no doubt that fame and glory could not be further from my mind.
'''G'raha Tia:''' And yet...I would be lying if I said that I don't relish the thought of my name being spoken in the same breath as yours.
---

'''G'raha Tia:''' ...Well, we had best get on with our task.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Tracking down Sir, and understanding the nature of the emotion which bars our way!

-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
{{quest video archive|id=XsC-C-3b9-4}}

==Trivia==
*The name of this quest seems to read "H_ll_ Not Found". The Japanese title of this quest "見つからない＊＊" means "Can't find**". Given the title of the next quest, "Hello Not Found" seems likely.
*Φ is the uppercase Greek letter [[wikipedia:Phi|Phi]].

UserWiki:Tyton1dae

2026-06-20T14:31:47Z

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Vic┨οry ̈ ̈ ̈╳, │̆││ε Lost

2026-06-20T14:28:28Z

Tyton1dae: added EXP given by quest

{{Quest infobox
| title = Vic┨οry ̈ ̈ ̈╳, │̆││ε Lost
| image =
| description = [[G'raha Tia]] regards his comrades in solemn silence.
| quest-giver = G'raha Tia
| related-npcs = Alisaie; Alphinaud; M-032; M-097; N-0055; N-0253
| location = Ultima Thule
| location-x = 25.1
| location-y = 8.8
| type = main scenario
| quest-line = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-section = Main Scenario
| journal-category = Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
| journal-genre =
| sortkey = 613
| level = 90
| exp =49728
| gil = 1475
| unlocks = aet Base Omicron
| prev-quest = Where Kn∞wledge Leads
| next-quest = ┣┨̈//̈ No┨ΦounΔ•••, Combat Evolved, Learn to Love
| release = Endwalker
| patch = 6.0
| msq-index = 801
| id-edb = 7997e7973eb
| id-gt = 69995
}}
==Rewards==

;Unlocks

*[[File:Location.png|24px| Base Omicron|link= Base Omicron]] [[ Base Omicron]]
==Steps==
* Speak with [[Alphinaud]].
* Pass through the portal and wait for your comrades at the designated location.
* Continue waiting for your comrades.
* Speak with [[G'raha Tia]].
* Search the area for denizens.
* Search the area for denizens.
* Speak with G'raha Tia.
* Gather information at [[Base Omicron]]. 0/3
* Speak with G'raha Tia.

==Journal==
*G'raha Tia regards his comrades in solemn silence.

==Dialogue==
{{Dialogue|<nowiki>
-optional start
'''Alisaie:''' ...I'm fine, [Forename].
'''Alisaie:''' Like I said, our quest doesn't end here.

'''Alphinaud:''' Never have I felt such emptiness. It's as if a part of me is gone...
-optional end

===Accepting the quest===
'''G'raha Tia:''' Are you all ready to continue on?
'''G'raha Tia:''' Then let us make for where that light shone. Y'shtola and Urianger have opened the way for us.

-quest accepted

-optional start
'''G'raha Tia:''' Judging by the direction, this should be the place.

'''Alisaie:''' Some manner of Ea device. If our friends awakened it, then it should be safe to use.
-optional end

===Speak with Alphinaud.===
'''Alphinaud:''' Yes, I can feel it! The aether emanating from the arcane pattern!
'''Alphinaud:''' This is a portal, and no mistake. Let us see where it leads.

-optional start
'''Alphinaud:''' What manner of place awaits us, I wonder...
-optional end

===Pass through the portal and wait for your comrades at the designated location.===
Popup: You sense a hostile presence!
:Enemies: [[Overflow Level Checker]], [[Overflow Beta]]
Overflow Level Checker@Overflow Level Checker (text bubble): <whirr> Intruder alert.
Overflow Beta@Overflow Beta (text bubble): Eliminate. Eliminate.

===Continue waiting for your comrades.===
-cutscene start
'''Alphinaud:''' Amazing... Yet another civilization...
'''Alisaie:''' Attacked as soon as you arrived!? Not the most welcoming of places, is it...
'''G'raha Tia:''' We must try to find denizens who are amenable to conversation.
'''Alphinaud:''' We should also get the lay of the land, see how far we can go.
'''Alisaie:''' I'll help Alphinaud with that. In the meantime, you and G'raha can search for friendlier folk.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Apart from hostile beings, take care with your footing. I mislike the look of this terrain.
'''Alisaie:''' Not knowing what the locals are like, you'd best take care yourselves. We'll find you once we've finished exploring.
-cutscene end

===Speak with G'raha Tia.===
'''G'raha Tia:''' I expect the twins will seek the outermost bounds of the isle, so I propose we search the central area.
'''G'raha Tia:''' There are machines patrolling here and there. Sentinels, in all likelihood.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Like those you encountered, they will most certainly attack any who venture too close.
'''G'raha Tia:''' So let us avoid them, and look for others that appear more approachable.

===Search the area for denizens.===
''Destination''
System: You see naught but patrolling machines in the area. They do not seem inclined to nonviolent intercourse.

''Destination''
Popup: You are under attack!
:Enemies: 2x [[Overflow Omicron]]
Overflow Omicron@Overflow Omicron A (text bubble): <blip> <bloop>
Overflow Omicron@Overflow Omicron B (text bubble): Hello, hello. Hello, hello.
Overflow Omicron@Overflow Omicron A (text bubble): Shutting down...Bzzzt...
Overflow Omicron@Overflow Omicron B (text bubble): Hell...o...Hell...o.

-optional start
'''M-032:''' Bzzzt... Additional entity detected.
-optional end

===Speak with G'raha Tia.===
'''G'raha Tia:''' Look, [Forename]. The machines here do not appear hostile. Let's see if we can communicate with them...
'''G'raha Tia:''' Begging your pardon, but we are searching for the denizens of this star.
'''M-032:''' Bzzzt... Unknown life-forms detected. Assigning generic label: interplanetary travelers.
'''M-032:''' Greetings and welcome to the planet. <blip> <bloooooop>
'''G'raha Tia:''' The planet...what? Could you please repeat that?
'''M-032:''' It appears your hearing organ is unable to process the name in our tongue. It may be translated into yours as “Alphatron.”
'''M-032:''' Our people, meanwhile, are called the Omicrons, and you stand within one of our outposts.
'''G'raha Tia:''' The Omicrons, you say... And what is it that you do here?
'''M-032:''' We are preparing for war.
'''M-032:''' As we presently do not have a designated target, you have nothing to fear.
'''M-032:''' Should your star become designated, however, you will be taken into custody and or terminated.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Not a little frightening, these Omicrons, but at least they seem to be forthright...
'''G'raha Tia:''' I will see what else I can learn from this fellow, if you could try speaking with the others?

-optional start
'''M-032:''' The rules of engagement forbid the harming of neutral travelers. As long as you abide by our laws, you need not fear for your lives.

'''G'raha Tia:''' Go on and try speaking with the other units here. With our combined findings, perhaps we can piece together the state of affairs for the Omicrons.
-optional end

===Gather information at Base Omicron.===
''M-097''
'''M-097:''' Bzzzt... Greetings, traveler. When venturing outside the outpost, beware malfunctioning units.
'''M-097:''' They do not heed Sir's commands, and indiscriminately attack all non-Omicrons.
'''M-097:''' For the avoidance of confusion, be advised that “Sir” is the alias of Stigma-1. Sir issues instructions to our forces as the foremost of the six strategic matrices that bear the designation Stigma.

''N-0253''
'''N-0253:''' Bzzzt... Measuring combat capability...Result: negligible. Subject falls outside targeting parameters.
'''N-0253:''' Greetings, traveler. We are the Omicrons, and our objective is self-enhancement.
'''N-0253:''' In order to achieve this, we venture forth in conquest to acquire combat data and resources.
'''N-0253:''' Most recently, we succeeded in subjugating the home world of the beings whose strength was said to be without parallel: the dragons.
'''N-0253:''' Yet though the endeavor yielded a wealth of combat data, the star was rendered barren and unable to yield resources. A subsequent costing determined that the losses incurred exceeded the gains.

''N-0055''
'''N-0055:''' <blip> <bloop> Autonomous weapon deployment: complete. Vanguard armament upgrade: complete. Munition levels: satisfactory.
'''N-0055:''' Combat readiness assessment: nominal. Awaiting instructions from Sir.
'''N-0055:''' Maintaining state of combat readiness.

-optional start
'''N-0055:''' Awaiting instructions from Sir. Please specify target... Please specify target...

'''N-0253:''' Since conquering the dragons, no new instructions have come from Sir, but we stand ready for deployment.

'''M-097:''' For the further avoidance of confusion, be advised that Sir is composed of multiple distinct-but-interconnected units, each of which performs a specific function.
-optional end

===Speak with G'raha Tia.===
-cutscene start
'''G'raha Tia:''' You learned a few things? So did I. Ere we share our findings, however, I believe it best to step outside the outpost. Come with me.

'''Alisaie:''' Ah, there you are!
'''Alphinaud:''' We've finished surveying the area. This will come as no surprise, but there was no way forward.
'''Alisaie:''' There were portals like the one we used to get here, but those that worked only sent us to isolated isles.
'''G'raha Tia:''' Then as before, we must locate the embodiment of the emotion that bars the way.
'''Alisaie:''' What of yourselves? Did you find anyone to speak with?

'''Alphinaud:''' So the Omicrons seek to advance themselves through conquest...
'''Alphinaud:''' Following their victory over the dragons, they stand ready for the next campaign, but their leader has yet to issue new commands. And so they wait.
'''G'raha Tia:''' In such a place, who could it be that fits Urianger's description? A soul whose yearning for oblivion surpasses all others...
'''Alisaie:''' Urianger said this?
'''G'raha Tia:''' During our investigation, before we joined you in Elegeia.
'''Alisaie:''' So that's the way of it... Why couldn't he just say it to all of us?
'''Alphinaud:''' Given what we know of this place, it's certainly a curious state of affairs.
'''Alphinaud:''' While the dragons and the Ea longed for death, the Omicrons long for conflict. As much as that may lead to destruction, it must be considered a distinct desire.
'''G'raha Tia:''' In order to find the source of the dominant emotion, I believe we should seek out their leader. This “Sir.”
'''G'raha Tia:''' According to M-032 ─ the first Omicron with whom we spoke ─ there is a console by which we might communicate with it.
'''G'raha Tia:''' M-032 also added that it would be a “pointless exercise,” but that in itself, I believe, is worth investigating. What say you?
-quest complete
-cutscene end
</nowiki>}}

==Video Archive==
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==Trivia==
* The name of this quest seems to read "Victory, We Lost". There seems to have been a word intended after "Victory" but it is completely obliterated. The Japanese title of this quest "戦争＊＊＊を＊＊た星" could mean "War***of**the Star"
* There is perhaps some relation with the gibberish in the title of the [[Omega: Beyond the Rift Quests|Omega: Beyond the Rift Quest]] {{i|Goodbye, ε̆│̆│Δ}}.