Koh Rabntah
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Koh Rabntah
- Gender
- Female ♀
- Age
- 28
- Race
- Miqo'te (Keeper of the Moon)
“All is as it should be─people running to and fro with their own concerns and free from the shadows of the past.
— In-game description
Koh Rabntah is a Miqo'te in Mor Dhona. After completing 
Delve into Myth, Koh Rabntah's permanent location will be (34.7, 19.3), by the entrace to 
Eureka Orthos. She will provide various lore surrounding the dungeon and its bosses. As the player progresses in the deep dungeon, new entries will be unlocked.
Prior to Patch 6.3, Koh was the quest-giver for the weekly repeatable quest 
The Gift of the Archmagus, which used to award upgrade materials (retired in Patch 5.3) for the Ironworks armor set and later Anima relic weapons materials.
Quests Started
| Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delve into Myth | 
|
81 | Koh Rabntah |
| Rage Extinguished |
|
81 | Koh Rabntah |
| Orthos Unveiled |
|
81 | Koh Rabntah |
Lore
“Koh Rabntah is a twenty-eight-year-old researcher with the Sons who, when exploring the newly unearthed Crystal Tower complex, came upon an orb of mysterious origin. Upon closer examination of the artifact back at the Son's camp, she awoke the soul that slumbered therein—Noah, the famed Third Astral Era archmagus of Allag and court-appointed instructor of Unei and Doga of the imperial family. In that moment, Noah's spirit escaped its crystalline gaol and flowed into Koh's body, taking possession of it as a temporary vessel.
Koh and Noah are as different as north and south. Noah displayed great passion toward both her research and apprentices, and was known to oft behave with wild abandon. Indeed, it appears that the imprisonment of her spirit was the result of an uncontrolled bout of simple curiosity. Koh, by contrast, is a woman as timid as she is shy. When the archmagus returns control of her body—usually after an extended night of drink and debauchery—the Keeper of the Moon is in a constant state of fluster, owing to the excess attention Noah commands while she is in control.— Encyclopædia Eorzea vol 1, page 200
Dialogue
After completing the quest Orthos Unveiled
Koh Rabntah: Koh has withdrawn inside herself, seemingly content to listen rather than speak. I see little reason to gainsay her decision. Koh Rabntah: Such are the choices one must make when sharing a vessel. I have an obligation to fulfill to you, besides, so if there are any questions burning a hole in your mind, you have the full cooperation of Archmagus Noah.
Tell me about yourself
Koh Rabntah: Myself? Surprisingly, 'tis not a question I hear often... Truth be told, I find it difficult to know where to begin. Koh Rabntah: Perhaps with the empire? When Allag was at the height of its prosperity─and indolence─I was hailed as the greatest magus that had ever lived. Wealth and fame came as easily to me as death and taxes come to the common lot. Koh Rabntah: I do not boast, you can be sure─I truly was the greatest. Even Amon's considerable talents were as a sputtering candle when placed next to my brilliance. When it came to magical aptitude, in any case. Koh Rabntah: As the empire's luminary, admirers and patrons alike vied for my attention. I was free to sate my boundless curiosity and pursue untold strength. In each and every way, I lived a full life. Koh Rabntah: Even the severance of my soul from my body was a natural consequence of these pursuits. By doing so, I thrust myself outside of time's creeping reach, escaping the ravages of age. Koh Rabntah: Alas, I could not do the same for Allag. As the years passed, cracks began to form in the empire's foundation. Koh Rabntah: As the rebels descended upon the empire to put their wounded prey out of its misery, I set my sights forward to the civilizations waiting in the years ahead. Koh Rabntah: Would chaos and disorder come crawling over the horizon? Or would peace and prosperity find purchase, banishing all strife from the world? I sought a place far below that would suit my reverie, and there did I seal myself away. Koh Rabntah: To think that it would be Amon's magicks that propelled me across the eons and into this era. Well, at least I shall never lack for stories of high adventure with which to bore my pupils.
Tell me about Doga and Unei
Koh Rabntah: Ah, I take it you found data concerning the siblings in your expedition. Koh Rabntah: I should not be surprised. The pair were extremely cooperative when it came to research on cloning technology, even offering themselves up as subjects. Koh Rabntah: The direct support of the royal family spurred progress by leaps and bounds. Xande's resurrection was a direct result of Unei and Doga's contributions. The feat could not have been achieved without his direct descendants. Koh Rabntah: And there was more. The control system that used royal blood as a key arose from the multitude of clones produced from the siblings. Koh Rabntah: Doubtless this solidified the emperor's role as the beacon of Allag, making his authority unassailable. It also must have put to rest any number of courtly intrigues and disputes over succession─the legitimacy of royal blood was easily tested, after all. Koh Rabntah: Still, it does beg several questions. Is it right to copy oneself like we would a parchment or a painting? Moreover, is it right to treat such a copy as a tool to hide one's most precious secrets? Koh Rabntah: These are questions not easily answered, even by Doga and Unei. Even so, they had a duty to guide their empire through its waning twilight, so they swallowed their doubt and shouldered their fate. Koh Rabntah: Even I did not foresee that their clones would prove instrumental in cutting short Xande's wicked ambitions so far in the future. Ah, such a clever scheme as befits my most gifted pupils!
Tell me about Amon
Koh Rabntah: Hah, Amon! What stories I have of him! So gravely did he treat his research that he never smiled. 'Twould waste precious energy, you see. Koh Rabntah: All hint of the dour was washed away, however, when he succeeded in resurrecting Xande. The bliss he felt seemed to pour from his mouth every time he spoke. “Yes, Your Majesty,” “Very good, Your Majesty,” he would chirp, over and over. I can hardly say which was worse. Koh Rabntah: He had hung all hopes upon a single man. An emperor, whose revival came at the cost of thousands of lives... Koh Rabntah: I have heard tell that in your era, he called himself Fandaniel, the Ascian. Yet I know that regardless of who he pretended to be, he could never hide that nettling persistence of his. Koh Rabntah: Even should he suffer a thousand thousand deaths, his soul cleansed by the Lifestream again and again, he would cast aside his life in his search for answers. Such is his nature. Koh Rabntah: I never knew him to be any other way. His eyes burned like hot iron, casting about the rotten world before them for the chance to tear it all down and rebuild anew. There were few like him, and doubtless there have been few since.
Tell me about Gancanagh on floor 10
Koh Rabntah: Unfortunately, Gancanagh and pachypodium mines are two forms of weaponry that were never developed past the prototype stage before the empire collapsed. Koh Rabntah: The intended purpose of the mines was to lie in ambush beneath the soil and take unwary enemies by surprise. Individually they were quite ineffective, but with Gancanagh's leadership, they could be as terrifying as a legion of hardened troops. Koh Rabntah: Researchers determined that designing them to resemble plant life would best enable them to blend into their surroundings. Their sensors had to be calibrated as precisely as possible to enable accurate readings from deep underground. Koh Rabntah: Alas, they will ever be in a state of imperfection. As they are, they are far from the picture of well-oiled killing machines. One might even say they appear quite charming─until the explosions start, that is.
Tell me about the cloning system on floor 20
Koh Rabntah: After protracted battle and innumerable losses on the southern continent, the empire sought a means by which to use the strength of dragons to aid their conquest. Koh Rabntah: The cloning system you encountered was created to make this dream into reality. Koh Rabntah: Its genius lies in the unification of two technologies: dragon cloning and control mechanisms for biological organisms. It enabled the creation of winged soldiers whose obedience was absolute. Koh Rabntah: The woman in charge of researching and developing the system lost her husband in the southern campaign. It was said that a dragon bit his head clean off, and only his body was returned home for burial. Koh Rabntah: She threw herself into her work, so that no others would suffer as she did. “A claw for a claw, a fang for a fang...” Such was her mantra as she spent countless long nights perfecting the system.
Tell me about the clone of Tiamat on floor 30
Koh Rabntah: If you include the devastation wrought by her summoning of Bahamut, no wyrm has claimed more Allagan lives than Tiamat. Koh Rabntah: The vast plains of the southern continent were so littered with corpses that one could walk for malms without setting foot on the ground. While some could be identified, many more were charred masses of bone and gristle. Koh Rabntah: The prospect of cloning such a fierce entity was a daunting one, and I remember hearing that the researchers even made efforts to tone down their subject's innate savagery. Koh Rabntah: Tiamat was gifted with considerable skill at manipulating aether. I found the nature of her breath most fascinating. She could concentrate dark aether so intensely that it created aetheric bodies similar to familiars and sprites─something observed in no other dragon. Koh Rabntah: It seems they opted not to engineer these talents out of the clones. Whether that was due to the difficulty of doing so or because they hoped to use it to their own advantage, I cannot say...
Tell me about the clone of Twintania on floor 40
Koh Rabntah: Ah, yes, Twintania. The ancient wyvern who held dominion over the wind itself. If I recall, research on cloning the creature was being conducted on the fortieth floor. Koh Rabntah: The original Twintania was feared by even the mightiest generals of Allag, and as a child of Bahamut she wrought untold destruction upon her broodsire's enemies. Naturally, she became a subject of much interest after her capture. Koh Rabntah: Countless clones of her were produced, and the knowledge gleaned from the process became fundamental to the further development of technology for dragon duplication and control. Koh Rabntah: The specimen you encountered was doubtless one of these test subjects, kept there to tighten the shackles of Allag's mastery over dragonkin.
Tell me about the servomechanical chimera 14X on floor 50
Koh Rabntah: If a single marvel were to define Allag, it would be the advent of chimerical organisms. So versatile were these creations that researchers would often hold contests to show off their most recent contrivances. Koh Rabntah: The chimera as you know it was the culmination of this competitive spirit─a masterpiece that would endure beyond the empire itself. Each iteration brought it closer to perfection, until the third generation combined the strengths of three species of animal into one relentless predator. Koh Rabntah: The servomechanical chimera 14X used this deadly organism as its inspiration, and was meant to surpass it in every way─a perfect weapon. Koh Rabntah: But if you ask me, all that metal quite takes the art out of the thing! It may be deadly, yes, but there is an allure in organic life that can never be captured by machinery. Koh Rabntah: The joining of disparate mundane beasts to make an almost mythical creation was the source of the chimera's grotesque charm. You cannot deliberately forge every part without marring its inherent beauty.
Tell me about the servomechanical minotaur 16 on floor 60
Koh Rabntah: Ah, I see you found the chimerical laboratory. Koh Rabntah: As you may already know, chimerical hybrids evolved over the course of four generations. The first was a blossoming of new life, its potential unrealized. By the fourth generation, chimerical hybrids had achieved a level of intelligence which placed them squarely at the top of the natural order. Koh Rabntah: The minotaur belonged to the second generation─simple in composition, yet gifted with the ability to reproduce. The latter characteristic was what set it apart from its more primitive forebears. Koh Rabntah: The advantages of a weapon that can multiply quickly and of its own volition are self-evident, I would hope. The minotaur you encountered was enhanced with Allag's most advanced technology, meant to minimize the cost of upkeep while maximizing its combat efficacy.
Tell me about the aeturna on floor 70
Koh Rabntah: The conquest of the southern continent saw Allag contending with eikons, and naturally the researchers of Eureka Orthos were tasked with developing countermeasures in this conflict. Koh Rabntah: Now I ask you, Forename─what do you think is the most effective way to combat an eikon? Your experience makes you singularly suited to answer such a question. Koh Rabntah: The correct answer, of course, is to keep them from being summoned in the first place. By siphoning away the aether that is their lifeblood, one can ensure that the eikons never set foot on solid earth. Koh Rabntah: Such was the aeturna's purpose─a beast captured by Xande during an excursion abroad, and possessed of an insatiable hunger for aether. Koh Rabntah: It uses that aether not only to feed its own fury, but also to aid its allies in battle. That, combined with the beauty of its form, makes it one of Allag's most elegant weapons─in my humble opinion, of course.
Tell me about Proto-Kaliya on floor 80
Koh Rabntah: From the description of your foe, it could be none other than Proto-Kaliya you encountered on the eightieth floor. How curious... Koh Rabntah: Work on Kaliya had already been completed, you see. I struggle to find a reason why a prototype would be housed so deep within Eureka Orthos. Koh Rabntah: My best guess would be that it served as a base from which to produce a new type of weapon─a divergent species of Kaliya, if you will. Koh Rabntah: Your experience seems to bolster that theory, in fact. No Kaliya I know could coordinate with drones and mechanical systems. Whatever its eventual use would have been, it seems Allag's collapse ensured that it will never come to fruition.
Tell me about the Administrator on floor 90
Koh Rabntah: Hmm? A machine that summoned a steel legion of mechanized soldiers and drones? Koh Rabntah: Hah hah hah, gods, you are impressive! That would be the Administrator, overseer of Eureka Orthos's defense systems. Koh Rabntah: It is no surprise it was housed within the deepmost floors of the facility, as those held its most precious secrets. Koh Rabntah: It was designed with the capabilities to fight back an entire enemy army on its own, yet it fell to the might of a single warrior! Hah! Koh Rabntah: You are every bit as fierce as I was led to believe, Forename! If I am fortunate enough to meet the system's designers again when I return to the aetherial sea, I shall tell them of your triumph! Oh, to see the look on their faces would make this entire reawakening business worth it!
Tell me about Excalibur on floor 99
Koh Rabntah: You wish to hear the tale of Excalibur again? Very well, I see no reason to object─'tis only fitting that you and Koh should know the truth by heart. Koh Rabntah: Ahem. Eureka Orthos's supreme eikon created the sword Excalibur from a nigh-bottomless well of aether. The Allagans dubbed it a trigger weapon, which would allow its wielder to summon divine power at will. Koh Rabntah: However, it was not to be used for the benefit of Allag's military. It would pierce the heart of the traitor Artorius, breaking his spirit and turning him into the empire's puppet. Koh Rabntah: After you brought this broken king low, it appears the sword was separated from his body and placed in safekeeping. Koh Rabntah: In time, Eureka Orthos will cease to function, and breathe its final breath deep beneath the earth. When that happens, it shall live on as naught but a legend of a bygone age. Koh Rabntah: The name Excalibur appears in another legend, if I recall. Long after the empire was laid to rest, a story was woven of a king of eld who wielded a sword by the same name. Koh Rabntah: Was this an attempt to glorify the deeds of Artorius, who in the end became little more than a weapon himself? Or perhaps it was an attempt to paint the truth in more palatable shades, transforming atrocity into heroism through the filter of myth. They say that all things give way before time, after all.
Ask about achievements
Koh Rabntah: The tomestone inserted into Excalibur's storage unit contains detailed records on the weapon in question. Koh Rabntah: I realize that the adventurers of today care little for such dry records aside from where market value is concerned, but that is your own fault for not knowing how to use them. Koh Rabntah: Fortunately, it was a simple matter for me to program the synthesis node to import the design elements recorded therein, and the resulting Excalibur-themed accoutrements should suffice to pique your interest. The weapon was a true work of art, after all.
Accept achievement reward
Koh Rabntah: You are quite full of surprises, Forename. It was impressive enough that you conquered every corner of Eureka Orthos, but that you would brave those halls yet again is truly remarkable! Indeed you know naught of fear. Koh Rabntah: And you have benefited from your own bravery, it seems. The data from the tomestones you recovered proved sufficient to synthesize a complete set of breathtaking accessories. Koh Rabntah: Now, Excalibur's beauty is the proverbial feather in your cap! You deserve it, for scarcely in my long years have I seen such a passion for discovery. Koh Rabntah: Since you leapt into the jaws of danger at my behest, I feel it is my duty to reward you for your thoroughness. Koh Rabntah: Although the debt I owe cannot be paid by material goods, I hope this aeturna I came across in an experimental vat will provide some measure of satisfaction. It appears to be friendly. Koh Rabntah: If left in the facility, its fate would have been a short life of loneliness and drudgery. But now, with you, it has many long years of derring-do ahead of it!
Images
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Koh Rabntah's appearance after unlocking Eureka Orthos
