A Brother's Grief

A Brother's Grief

Quest giver

Y'shtola

Location

Alzadaal's Legacy (Zone) (X:13.0, Y:9.7)

Quest line

Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests

Level

90

Experience

 0

Gil

 1,087

Previous quest

Alzadaal's Legacy

Next quest

Sharing the Wealth
A Mission in Mor Dhona

Patch

6.1

Links

EDB GT

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Main Scenario Progress: 811 / 853 (95.1%)

   

Endwalker Progress: 113 / 155 (72.9%)

   

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Y'shtola is appraising the voidgate with a scholarly eye.

— In-game description

Steps

• Speak with Y'shtola.
• Speak with Varshahn at the High Crucible of Al-Kimiya.
• Speak with Varshahn again.

Journal

• Y'shtola is appraising the voidgate with a scholarly eye.

Dialogue

G'raha Tia: Perhaps I might linger a touch longer...

Urianger: Even in the learned halls of Sharlayan, 'tis forbidden to throw wide the gates to the abyss. The peril is far too great...

Estinien: Can such a tiny portal truly be so dangerous?

Varshahn: I expect you have more questions...

Matsya: My boat is at your disposal!

Q1: Proceed to Weaver's Warding?

G'raha Tia: The Thirteenth... What chaos must consume that world...

Urianger: Vrtra's grief for a lost sibling will be no mystery to Estinien. His hath been a life entwined with sorrow, even before he became host to Nidhogg's essence.

Estinien: I wondered how one of the first brood could simply vanish and leave no trace of her passage. Now I have my answer.

Varshahn: Millennia have passed since last I saw her. But I see Azdaja in memory still, clear and vivid...

Y'shtola: So they managed not only to expand the fissure, but also manipulate it as one might a gate...
Y'shtola: Astonishing. Is there any chance I could learn more of how this feat was accomplished?

Varshahn: I will tell you what I can. First, however, I must return to the High Crucible, and arrange to replace the guardians you so handily destroyed. It will not do to leave the gate undefended.

Y'shtola: Ah, my apologies─we were perhaps a touch zealous in our rush to uncover the vault's secrets. If the constructs can be repaired, we would be happy to offer our assistance...?

Varshahn: That will not be necessary. Much as I retain spare vessels for myself, we keep duplicate guardians on hand for such eventualities. In any case, we should return to Radz–at–Han.

G'raha Tia: While I am loath to keep Krile waiting much longer, I cannot bring myself to leave before hearing more of Vrtra's tale...

Urianger: 'Twas a most enjoyable expedition, for which I am grateful. As for mine evaluation, I shall impress upon the Loporrits that a treasure vault is incomplete without daunting sentinels to test the mettle of any would-be intruders.

Estinien: Vrtra speaks as if Azdaja is a lost cause. But I wager he feels differently in his heart of hearts.

Y'shtola: There is much about the voidgate that I cannot even begin to explain. I must convince Vrtra to share everything he knows...

High Crucible Alchemist: This is quite the gathering. To what do we owe the pleasure...?

Varshahn: I promise we will discuss the voidgate further, but first I must attend to the matter of the vault's sentinels.
Varshahn: As your instruments have no doubt informed you, the Kapikulu has been reduced to so much scrap. Please bring a new one out of storage, and see that it is conveyed to its post along with some few lesser constructs.

High Crucible Alchemist: Was it tomb robbers? Fiends born of the Tower of Zot? By the Sisters, do not tell me a blasphemy yet roams free!
High Crucible Alchemist: Why such guilty faces!? Surely it isn't you who are responsible for this... Oh.
High Crucible Alchemist: Ahem, well...the details aren't important! I shall see it done immediately.

Varshahn: And with that, the vault will soon be secure once more. Now, I believe you had questions?

Y'shtola: Quite a few, in fact. But I'd like to begin with the gate itself. It is still functional, yes?

Varshahn: Indeed, which is why I saw it sealed with an alchemically forged lock and warded it with my magicks. Such power must not fall into the wrong hands.
Varshahn: In truth, the primary reason for the vault's construction was to keep the gate hidden from the outside world.

Estinien: So much effort for such a little door.

Y'shtola: That “little door” you speak of leads to an abyss teeming with unspeakable horrors.
Y'shtola: That said, in its current state, it would admit only the lowliest of voidsent. And from this side, no man would be able to pass through.

Estinien: No man? I should think Alphinaud would fit, given a firm enough push.

Y'shtola: Physical size is only one consideration. The true restriction hinges upon the aetheric density of the soul in transit.
Y'shtola: And yet you succeeded in expanding this diminutive portal and sending your simulacrum to the Thirteenth...

Varshahn: Thanks to my brilliant alchemists. I should have destroyed the anomaly when I found it, but instead, I bade them devise a means to control it.
Varshahn: After much experimentation, they accomplished the impossible. A method was conceived by which my magicks could manipulate the fissure and transform it into a serviceable gate.
Varshahn: But the process has long since been forgotten. Once I had given up searching for Azdaja, there was no need to preserve such esoteric and dangerous knowledge.
Varshahn: Thus has the gate lain dormant, for years uncounted.

G'raha Tia: Our own passage to the Thirteenth was made relatively simple thanks to the Crystal Tower.
G'raha Tia: An ancient mechanism channeled the tower's vast stores of energy to open a voidgate─one bound to a covenant made with the Cloud of Darkness.
G'raha Tia: Once that sovereign entity was beaten back, however, the covenant was broken, and the doorway severed from its connection to the void.
G'raha Tia: Theoretically, it should be possible to reconnect the gate by forging a new pact with another voidsent...but such deals usually end in betrayal and death.

If the player is currently a Reaper

Y'shtola: You seem to have struck a bargain of your own, [Forename]. Though it serves you well in battle, be aware that the beneficial nature of your “arrangement” is the exception which proves the rule.

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Y'shtola: In any case, we should attempt to gain an understanding of the Bounty gate. Mayhap you could resume the search for your sister...

Varshahn: As I have already explained, I put those futile hopes to rest centuries ago. My place─and my duty─is here now.
Varshahn: Ah, I had meant to ask... What prompted you to search for the vault in the first place?

Q1: What will you say?

A1: To see if the legends were true.
Varshahn: As you have seen, the “fabulous wealth” from the stories is quite real, if not its rumored origin. But I'm afraid I must assert a prior claim.

A1: It was all Estinien's idea.
Estinien: As I recall, 'twas you who was chasing tales of undersea ruins.

Varshahn: Well, as you have seen, the “fabulous wealth” from the stories is quite real, if not its rumored origin. But I'm afraid I must assert a prior claim.

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Varshahn: I've been adding to that trove for years, little by little. But the time has come to spend it, that I might alleviate my people's suffering.

Estinien: Then we are of one mind. We had no intention of taking it for ourselves.
Estinien: Isn't that right, my friend?

Y'shtola: Your Excellency. Would you object if I were to conduct a closer examination of the gate? I will make no attempt to open it, of course.

Varshahn: I owe you and yours a debt that can never be repaid. Whatever boon you ask of me, you shall have it.

Y'shtola: You are most gracious. I shall take full advantage of your permission.

Urianger: Would that I could join thee in thy study, but the Loporrits will be anxious to receive my report. I beg my leave of you.

G'raha Tia: And I must be off to Sharlayan, as well.
G'raha Tia: Mistress Krile was eager to speak with you about that request, so please come back to the annex as soon as you are able. Farewell for now!

Y'shtola: We can discuss my findings once I return. You'll not be rid of me so easily.

System: You may now undertake the Chronicles of a New Era quest series “Myths of the Realm.” Speak with the fresh-faced Student at the Baldesion Annex to accept the first quest.

Estinien: I hope you enjoyed the expedition, at least. Otherwise it was a heavy purse to pay for a treasure map leading to a treasure we couldn't keep.

Varshahn: The difficult part in all this will be deciding how best to put these riches to use...
Varshahn: Will you lend me your assistance in these deliberations?

Q2: What will you say?

A2: Of course.
Varshahn: Thank you, [Forename].

A2: Anything to make up for the constructs we broke...
Varshahn: Then think of your employment as recompense. Serve me as guest advisors, and I will consider the broken constructs paid for in full.

Estinien: [Forename] and I are in this together. I will follow his/her example.

System: Meanwhile, elsewhere...

(-Throne of Earth-): I sssensed the breaching of a gate, but it was not inssstigated from this ssside. 'Twas thrown open from the other...

(-Throne of Fire-): I, too, felt it. A rare occurrence, yes, but such a tiny portal is beneath our notice. There are more pressing matters at hand.
(-Throne of Fire-): An opportunity is upon us, the coming of which we have awaited for nigh on ten thousand years. We dare not let it slip our grasp.

(-Throne of Wind-): Yet we must not underestimate she who bested the Cloud of Darkness. Even restrained by a covenant, the Cloud was no feeble wisp to be dispersed by some flesh-and-blood mortal.

(-Throne of Water-): Bah, let her come! I will drown the world and watch this fleshling gasp for breath in her final moments!

(-Knight in Black-): Your zeal is admirable, but forget not our cause.
(-Knight in Black-): Think back on our struggles beneath this sunless sky. Remember why we cede not our will to fight.
(-Knight in Black-): 'Tis time we set the war in motion, and win redemption for our star!