Keeping the Flame Alive

Keeping the Flame Alive

Quest giver

Hozan

Location

Eastern Thanalan (X:13, Y:29)

Quest line

Heavensward Main Scenario

Level

51

Experience

 47,580

Gil

 1,753

Previous quest

In Search of Raubahn

Next quest

To Siege or Not to Siege

Patch

3.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 263 / 853 (30.8%)

   

Heavensward Progress: 22 / 138 (15.9%)

   

“

Hozan would brief you on the mission to rescue Raubahn.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 1   Agate Ring of Fending
• 1   Agate Ring of Slaying
• 1   Agate Ring of Aiming
• 1   Agate Ring of Healing
• 1   Agate Ring of Casting

Unlocks

•   Gaol Break

Walkthrough

Solo Duty

Upon speaking with Hozan a second time, you will enter a duty to rescue Raubahn.

• Yugiri and Alphinaud will accompany you, both weilding DPS and healing abilities.
• Proceed northwest through the open doors, fighting a series Crystal Brave enemies. A cutscene will trigger at the end of the path; immediately afterward you will find yourself trapped in a room filling with a poison mist. Quickly destroy the Iron Cell and escape with Alphinaud.
• Return to the starting point of the duty while defeating Acerbic Jams, keeping an eye on Raubahn's vitality. You will find a set of stairs that lead up to the source of the poison. Destroy the device to proceed.
• Follow the newly-opened path to the southwest, defeating any enemies that appear. Grab the key.
• Return to Raubahn and watch another cutscene. The final fight of the duty will follow, against Ilberd, Yuyuhase, Laurentius, and two more Crystal Braves.
  • Ilberd will focus on you, but your first priority should be taking out the nameless conjurer and archer. Next, turn your attention to Yuyuhase, followed by Laurentius, and finally Ilberd.
  • Periodically, Ilberd will jump to one side of the arena and start casting Sanguine Blade, an untelegraphed frontal cleave. Stand behind him to avoid this attack.

Steps

• Speak with Hozan.
• Speak with Hozan.
• Speak with Doware in front of Halatali.
• Speak with Alphinaud.
• Enter the Waking Sands.
• Speak with Alphinaud.

Journal

• There is no telling when Raubahn may be executed. Make your preparations without delay, and signal your readiness to begin the mission to the waiting Hozan.

• With the aid of Alphinaud and Yugiri, you have succeeded in rescuing Raubahn from the clutches of the traitorous Crystal Braves. Make your way back outside to eastern Thanalan.

• You emerge in the hot desert air. Speak with Doware, who awaits your return.

• Outside Halatali, you are approached by a messenger, who claims that his mistress is sympathetic to your cause. For your own safety, he bids you make your way to the Waking Sands. Speak with Alphinaud to learn what he thinks of this mysterious invitation.

• Alphinaud is sufficiently convinced that the messenger and his mistress can be trusted. Do as bade and make your way to western Thanalan, where your old haunt the Waking Sands still stands.

• Upon arriving at the Waking Sands, you are greeted by a number of familiar faces -- Urianger, Pipin, and Papashan. Soon after, it is revealed that the messenger's mistress is no less an individual than Dewlala, head of the Order of Nald'thal and member of the Syndicate. To Raubahn's immense relief, she confirms Alphinaud's suspicion that Nanamo is still alive, and goes on to speculate that the sultana may be confined somewhere in a state of induced slumber. Trouble Alphinaud for his thoughts on these revelations.

• Alphinaud thanks you for your part in Raubahn's rescue. With the Flame General safe, your work in Ul'dah is done for now.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Hozan: There is no time to lose─General Aldynn may be executed at any moment. You must enter Halatali and free him from his captors. 
Hozan: Please see to your preparations, and tell me when you are ready to proceed. One of our own will accompany you inside. 

Speaking with Hozan (Cutscene)

Yugiri: Pray forgive me my lateness. 

Alphinaud: Lady Yugiri! 

Yugiri: Master Alphinaud. I am pleased to see that the light of resolve shines in your eyes once more. 

Alphinaud: Ah, yes... How pathetic I must have seemed to you when we last met. I am ashamed to recall it. For a time I was well and truly lost. But with the aid of my comrades, I have since refound my purpose, and I shall take care not to misplace it again. 

Yugiri: Since your escape from Ul'dah, my fellow shinobi and I have shadowed the Crystal Braves' every step in hopes of learning the Scions' whereabouts. 
Yugiri: Regrettably, our investigation has yet to yield any useful information. Pray forgive us. 

Alphinaud: You need not apologize, my lady─we are grateful for all that you have done on our behalf. Besides, Raubahn is no less a friend, and we cannot well abandon him to his fate. 

Yugiri: Hozan─the three of us shall attend to the Flame General's rescue. Pray draw away the guards by the entrance. Take Doware and Higiri with you. 
Yugiri: With me! 

Solo Duty Dialogue

Alphinaud: Not a soul from the Coliseum to be seen. This bodes ill. 

Yugiri Mistwalker: Take the lead, [Forename]. I shall follow close upon you.  
Yugiri Mistwalker: The General...but where are his captors? I mislike the look of this. 

Alphinaud: General! 

Raubahn: You...came... 

Cutscene

Yugiri: He is bound by some manner of magitek device. Yet I dare not force it open─it may well be booby-trapped. 

Alphinaud: I have heard of such devices. The Crystal Braves will possess the key. Let us split up and look for it. 

???: That will not be necessary. 
Yuyuhase: Pray do not take it personally, my friends. You are the victims of harsh economic conditions. 
Yuyuhase: Happily, you will not suffer for long. This poison will convey you swiftly unto the bosom of Thal, where I hope to join you, after the passing of many prosperous years. 

Duty Dialogue

Golden Eye Yuyuhase: Farewell, friends. Oh, and do try to relax. They tell me struggling only makes it worse. 

Yugiri Mistwalker: Confound it! The mist stifles my healing! 

Raubahn: <cough> Leave me... <splutter> Save yourselves... 

Alphinaud: We cannot let them escape! [Forename], force the gate! 
Alphinaud: ...Beasts!? The mist must be drawing them! 
Alphinaud: Hah! The way is clear! 

Yugiri Mistwalker: The mist remains... We must stop it at the source! 
Yugiri Mistwalker: I shall tend to the General! Pray see to the mist and the key! 

Raubahn: The Braves...have the key... 

Alphinaud: That takes care of the mist! 

Yugiri Mistwalker: The mist has cleared! 

Alphinaud: Next, to find the key and free Raubahn! 

Crystal Brave Lancer: How did they survive the poison!? 

Crystal Brave Archer: Bah, looks like we'll just have to finish the job! 

Alphinaud: The key! Take it to Raubahn! 

Cutscene

Raubahn: My...thanks... <cough> 

Alphinaud: Slowly, General. You are yet weak from your ordeal. 

Yugiri: Nevertheless, we must quit this place. 

Ilberd: I should have known. What are clever contrivances to the Warrior of Light? 
...Well done, hero. 

Alphinaud: >> Ilberd... <<

Ilberd: You mean to struggle on, then? Very well. If you would stand in my way, I will cut you down like all the rest. 
Ilberd: >> Come, Scions─let's get this over with. <<

Duty Dialogue

Ilberd of the Dull Blade: The sultana's assassins are here! Crystal Braves, to arms! 

Golden Eye Yuyuhase: Whatever it takes to survive! 

Legless Laurentius: I am no hero─never was, and never will be! 

Raubahn: My strength...has left me... 

Cutscene

lberd: This changes nothing! 

Alphinaud: It is over, Ilberd! Lay down your arms and surrender yourself to justice! 

lberd: Justice!? Justice for what exactly? 'Twas not I who assassinated the sultana, boy! 

Alphinaud: Ere we debate who is responsible for the assassination, I would ask whether an assassination took place at all. 

lberd: Clever little shite... 
lberd: If you think you fight for justice, lass/lad, you'd best wake up. The truth is, you fight for whoever bloody well tells you to. Can you not see you're being used!? By the Scions, the city-states, even the Crystal Braves. They none of 'em care a whit what you want─only what you can do for them. 
lberd: And how do I know this? Because I'm the same─a pawn to be used as my masters see fit. All I ever wanted was to liberate my homeland, and I ate dirt to make it happen. But what have I achieved after all these years in servitude? Nothing! Not a bloody thing. 
lberd: If we ourselves are not free─free to think and to act─how are we ever to reclaim our homeland? Know this: there is nothing I would not give to take back Ala Mhigo! NOTHING! 

Alphinaud: You'll not get away! 

Yugiri: No, Master Alphinaud. Now is not the time. 

Cutscene

Raubahn: I'm but a cripple and a fool, and still you came for me... I'm in your debt. 

Alphinaud: We are all of us fools of fate, General. But even fools have a part to play.

<What will you say to Raubahn?>
<We stand with you.>
<On your feet, gladiator. This fight is not over.>

(Either)
Raubahn: Rest assured, I was not planning to die till I'd avenged the sultana... Still, your words are welcome, lass/lad. 
Raubahn: Know this, Ilberd... There is nothing I would not give to see you pay for what you've done. My wealth, my arm, my life...nothing. 

Alphinaud: General─are you aware that Lord Lolorito has yet to announce the sultana's death to the public? 

Raubahn: ...What? No. No, I was not aware of that─nor of anything else outside my cell. 'Tis passing strange, though... I assumed the bastard would make it known at the first opportunity and set about tearing down the sultanate. 

Alphinaud: As did we all. And it is indeed strange that he did not─strange or perhaps revealing? Now, I have no conclusive proof, nor do I wish to give you false hope...but I have reason to believe that Her Grace may yet live. 

Raubahn: What? But how can that be? 

Yugiri: Forgive me, friends, but it is not safe here. Let us continue this conversation without.

Speaking with Doware in front of Halatali (Cutscene)

Yugiri: The General is safe. What news without? 

Doware: My lady. The guards have been subdued, as per your command. 
Doware: We have since kept watch over the entrance. There has been no further activity. 

Yugiri: Then Ilberd and his minions have fled via some other egress. Scour the perimeter for signs of their passing. 

Doware: At once, my lady! 

Dark Stranger: General Aldynn, I presume, and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. 

Alphinaud: Who are you!? Identify yourself! 

Dark Stranger: Pray do not be alarmed. My mistress is a friend, and I come bearing a message of goodwill. 
Dark Stranger: For your own safety, she bade me direct your steps to the Waking Sands. Know that Master Urianger awaits you there, along with others sympathetic to your cause. 
Dark Stranger: This is no ruse, I assure you. General Aldynn─if you will come with me, I have prepared a carriage, that you may travel in comfort, safe from prying eyes. 

Speaking with Alphinaud

Alphinaud: I have spoken with Urianger via linkpearl. He confirms the man's story. 
Alphinaud: Raubahn is in safe hands. Let us make our own way to Vesper Bay. 

Entering the Waking Sands (Cutscene)

Urianger: My dearest friends! Praise be unto the Twelve for delivering you from the clutches of treachery. 

Pipin: Father! 

Raubahn: Pipin, my son... And Master Papashan besides... 

Pipin: Forgive me, Father... I should have been at Her Grace's side... 

???: Save your tears. The sultana yet lives. 

Raubahn: You... 

???: It was I who arranged this gathering. 
Dewlala: And judging by your perplexed expressions, it would seem introductions are in order. I am Dewlala, head of the Order of Nald'thal, and member of the Syndicate. 

Raubahn: What you said about the sultana─is it true? Is she alive? 

Dewlala: Young lady/man─I understand you were with the sultana when she drank from the poisoned goblet and collapsed. Would I be correct in assuming that you did not personally verify Her Grace's vital signs? 

Raubahn: Why ask, when 'tis plain you know the answer! 

Dewlala: Calm yourself, General, and let me finish. The truth is not as you imagine it. You are all victims of a most ingenious ruse─a ruse conceived to eliminate the threat posed by Teledji Adeledji. 
Dewlala: 'Tis my belief that Teledji plotted the sultana's assassination alone, but that Lolorito caught wind of his plot, and exploited it to his own ends. 
Dewlala: He sought to manipulate you into eliminating Teledji for him, and you duly obliged. At one fell swoop, he removed his two foremost rivals, all the while remaining above suspicion. 

Raubahn: Gods strike me down for a fool... But the sultana─how can it be that she lives? 

Dewlala: She lives because Lolorito willed it. Her own lady-in-waiting is but one of his many little birds; by her sleight of hand, the poison was switched for a less deadly draft before it could reach her mistress's lips. 

Urianger: Some manner of sedative, perchance...of a potency sufficient to induce a slumber like unto death. 

Dewlala: Were I to guess, I would say Her Grace is being held somewhere, dreaming dreams of a brighter Ul'dah, even as we speak. 

Raubahn: Oh, Nanamo... 
Raubahn: I will never forgive Lolorito for his part in this. 

Dewlala: Though Lolorito's hands are far from clean, they did pluck Her Grace from the jaws of death. That must count for something. 
Dewlala: And though one may call the man's methods into question, it cannot be denied that he knows the value of stability─to the very gil, like as not. He craves power, 'tis true, but he has no desire to depose the sultana. 
Dewlala: I had never taken sides in your feud with the Monetarists, but it was not for want of concern for our nation's welfare. Indeed, 'twas out of the desire to see order restored that I furnished your Far Eastern friends with information, and arranged this gathering. 
Dewlala: I hope you are ready to work, General, for there is much work to be done. Our first priority must be to bring matters back into balance. Lest you forget Her Grace's words, the true wealth of Ul'dah lies in the health, happiness, and hopes of her people. 
Dewlala: As for the more worldly kind of wealth, I am content to let Lolorito help himself to whatever Teledji Adeledji left behind. 
Dewlala: You, meanwhile, must do that which you alone can do: rescue Her Grace and take your place at her side once more. For her sake...and that of our nation. 

Optional Dialogue

Slafswys: The world's gone mad indeed when its saviors're branded criminals. Me dear sister would be turnin' in her grave...

Radolf: It will take more than this to end the Scions! Warrior of Light—promise me you'll stand with us to the bitter end!

Yugiri: My fellow Domans and I are glad to have been of service in the Flame General's rescue. If there is aught else we can do, know that we are ever at your disposal.

Papashan: Thank you for rescuing General Raubahn. From the bottom of my heart. To behold him now, gaunt and unkempt... It pains me to think of all the hardship he has endured.

Dewlala: If we are to see stability restored to Ul'dah, we must needs set aside our differences. No more can there be Monetarists or Royalists.

Arenvald: No matter how hopeless things seem, I will keep my chin up and press on. 'Tis the least I can do to honor the memory of my fallen comrades.

Wigstand: We all of us here believe in you. Come what may, we will keep our chins up and forge on—for the sake of the realm.

Raubahn: It avails us anught to dwell upon that which we have lost. Nay, we must focus on protecting that which we yet have.

Pipin: Father's spirit burns as fiercely as it ever has. I was proud of him when he ruled the bloodsands as the Bull of Ala Mhigo, and I am proud of him now.

Speaking with Alphinaud

Alphinaud: I had not counted on Prioress Dewlala herself appearing. In my defense, my suspicions regarding the sultana proved more prescient. 
Alphinaud: Much remains to be done, but in rescuing Raubahn, we have taken a vital first step towards resolving matters in Ul'dah. We couldn't have done it without you, [Forename]. Thank you.