Past and Crescent

Past and Crescent

Quest giver

Archive

Location

South Horn (X:37.9, Y:7.9)

Level

100

Requirements

Relevant Occult Record

Experience

 0

Gil

 829

Knowledge

 11,350

Previous quest

A Common Thread

Next quest

Mysteries Abide

Patch

7.25

Links

EDB

“

The Archive wishes to know if your ongoing search for ruins has been successful.

— In-game description

Requirements

Players must first unlock relevant Occult Record entries by exploring the Occult Crescent before accepting this quest.

Walkthrough

Steps

• Complete the critical encounter “ Calamity Bound” and obtain a voidsent contract to deliver to the Archive.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Archive: More unexplored ruins? Share with me all that you saw!
Archive: A towering edifice of interlocking stairways...? Hearing your account is already chipping away at the seal!
Archive: You, adventurer, have stumbled across a palace modeled on the city of Karnak.
Archive: The brave warriors of Karnak outfitted themselves with magnificent turbans and an arsenal of arcane weapons. Their martial prowess once held together a mighty state...
Ketenramm: I've never heard tell of this “Karnak.” Was it another civilization that flourished in the Fifth Astral Era?
Archive: Indeed. Though they rivaled the twelve city-states in terms of prestige and power, neither they nor their history survived the ages. A truly lamentable end.

What will you say?
> How did they perish?
> Another fallen civilization, just like the others.

Archive: It must have happened at some point during my great slumber─I'm afraid I have no knowledge to impart.

Archive: Hmm. Now might be an opportune moment for a question I've been afraid to ask. How did the nations of the Fifth Astral Era meet their end?
Ketenramm: ...The War of the Magi.
Ketenramm: As the name suggests, the city-states turned their magicks against one another. The ensuin' conflict claimed countless souls an' wreaked havoc with the land's aetherial balance. It was a catastrophic flood that eventually swallowed the nations whole.
Archive: Brought low by the same arcane power that propelled them to such great heights... 
Archive: Even before my slumber, there were those who decried the rampant misuse of magicks. It pains me to hear their warnings went unheeded.
Ketenramm: It was likely the War of the Magi or the followin' Sixth Umbral Calamity that spelled the end for Karnak. All that's left of their legacy is right here on the Occult Crescent.
Archive: Precisely. This island's architect─it was he who foresaw catastrophe and sought to preserve a facet of each nation with these empty monuments.
Ketenramm: “He”? Who in the seven hells is this architect?
Archive: Alas, I am constrained once again by this importunate seal. If you were to locate a personal possession of his, or perhaps...
Archive: Yes, that might do it... Why don't you try wrangling with a powerful voidsent? When Mhachi mages called forth denizens of the void, they would sign a pact with their summon in blood. If it was our architect that raised the isle's voidsent, he too may have followed the practice.
Archive: A dangerous gambit, to be sure, I believe obtaining such a contract will be our best shot at identifying him. Should you find and dispatch a voidsent, keep your eyes peeled.