Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge

Quest giver

Briannaix

Location

Coerthas Central Highlands (X:12.7, Y:17.0)

Level

40

Required quest

The Heretic among Us

Experience

 5,390

Gil

 1,448

Patch

2.0

“

Briannaix is concerned for a comrade who has taken a tumble off of a snow-covered cliff.

— In-game description

Steps

• Collect a length of thick rope.

• Speak with the knight in shining armor.

• Hand the rope to the trapped dragoon.

• Report to Briannaix.

Journal

• Briannaix is concerned for a comrade who has taken a tumble off of a snow-covered cliff.

• Briannaix needs help rescuing a comrade who has fallen over a cliff. There is a length of thick rope to be found in the keep which would be perfect for the job.

• The rope is of goodly length, and reassuringly heavy in your hands. On the cliff top, another dragoon keeps watch as Briannaix said. He will no doubt be glad to speak to you.

• Aside from being trapped at the base of a steep cliff, the dragoon seems to be in fine shape. All he needs is one end of the rope in his hands, and he can climb out. The question is how to do so, with the high winds snapping the rope up and away as soon as you drop it.

• What a dragoon denies, an adventurer tries. Securing one end of the rope at the top of the cliff, you leap down with the other. The trapped dragoon is trapped no more, though he will feel the exertion tomorrow. Briannaix will surely be gratified to hear of the rescue.

• The rough-hewn knight is indeed appreciative, and shows himself to be blunt in speech. The gap between those who actually fight the war and those in command seems to be growing, with the pride of the latter trumping the needs of the former...

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Briannaix: You're that [Forename], aren't you? Well met, well met! Give us a hand—one of the dragoons has fallen clean over the cliff!
Briannaix: He lives, praise the Fury. We could tell that much from the top. 
Briannaix: A brother knight stayed behind on the cliff, and awaits a coil of rope. See here, can you go to the keep for the rope, and deliver it thither? I'm for the infirmary!

Speaking with the knight in shining armor

Knight in Shining Armor: What do you want? You bring rope for the rescue? Excuse my churlishness, I have been stymied at every turn in helping my brother knight—it has made me forget my courtesy.
Knight in Shining Armor: But with both our coils tied end-on-end, it may just be long enough! Throw the end of it down to him!
Knight in Shining Armor: The Fury help us! It will not fall—the wind blows it out of his reach, yet again. What are we to do, jump down with it?

Handing the rope to the trapped dragoon

Slipped Squire: So...You jumped down a cliff. On purpose. I can certainly respect that. You are a woman/man with a plan. You do have a plan, don't you?
<Hand Over Thick Rope>
Slipped Squire: Rope? High winde, huh? But this rope will hang straight with the weight of a man upon it? So we shall both climb back and over the precipice...

(Optional)
Slipped Squire: A simple enough plan, and well tested. Ahem. I fear it'll take me a while to complete the climb. I hope you don't mind the wait.

Reporting to Briannaix

Briannaix: Unhurt, was he? The infirmary'll be relieved to hear of it. Always short on something, they are.
Briannaix: Ishgard scolds us for using 'venturers for too many things, but I say sod 'em. They won't send reinforcements and threatened to denounce any knight who asked for them. The way I see it, a good 'venturer is worth more than their words.