Stars in the Dark
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Stars in the Dark
- Quest giver
- Hien
- Location
- The Azim Steppe (X:33.3, Y:29.0)
- Quest line
Stormblood Main Scenario Quests- Level
- 65
- Experience
105,000- Gil
752- Previous quest
An Impossible Dream- Next quest
- A Warrior's Welcome
Oh Matron A Dicey Situation Absolute Faith Silence of the Lambs - Patch
- 4.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Main Scenario Progress: 449 / 978 (45.9%)
Stormblood Progress: 70 / 162 (43.2%)
“Hien is, if nothing else, an optimist at heart.
— In-game description
Rewards
- Choose one of the following options:
- 1
Pine Composite Bow - 1
Doman Iron Culverin - 1
Durium Staff - 1
Tigerskin Grimoire - 3
Battledance Materia V
Steps
Journal
- Hien is, if nothing else, an optimist at heart.
Dialogue
Accepting the quest
Hien: So─you too have heard of the Naadam. Hien: "The great battle for supremacy of the Steppe.“ I learned of it during my stay with the Mol. Hien: To my knowledge no foreigners have ever participated, much less triumphed in a Naadam. But, lack of precedent notwithstanding, I should think we would have good standing to bid them march with us to Doma─should we win.
Gosetsu: Will they even permit us to fight, my lord? We belong to no tribe of the Steppe.
Hien: We are not without options, given what Cirina has told me. Hien: You see, in accordance with the gods' wishes, her people shall participate in the coming Naadam... Hien: ...And when they take the field, I mean for us to fight alongside them as fellow warriors of the Mol. Hien: But we need not discuss this at length here. Come, let us head north to Mol Iloh, where Cirina and her people have made camp for this season.
Optional
Lyse: Cirina came all this way by herself? She's braver than she looks.
Gosetsu: The beasts are never far. I saw more than a few stalking us as we walked. Truly, these lands are fraught with peril.
Speaking with Hien
Hien: My friends, I give you Mol Iloh! Hien: The khatun of the tribe, Temulun, resides in the largest yurt. We should go and make our introductions.
Optional
Lyse: It's smaller and more cozy than Reunion. And is that music I hear? It's strange...but somehow comforting...
Gosetsu: For all the grand promises my lord Hien has made, it would not do for us to falter now. We must earn the Mol's blessing.
Hien: I am told you have a knack for making excellent first impressions, [Forename]. Why don't you lead the way?
Cirina: Oh, it's you. Where are you comrades? Did you find Hien?
Speaking with Temulun
Temulun: At last, the traveler comes...
Cutscene
Hien: Temulun Khatun, Cirina, I am returned.
Cirina: Ah, you found each other!
Temulun: Ours is the soil, Hien. The Doman's and the Eorzeans', too.
Lyse: You know us?
Temulun: The gods know you, child...as do the stars in the heavens, which shone bright at your coming.
Cirina: The Mol hearken to the whispers of the elder gods, which guide us in our daily lives. We know them through the udgan─like my grandmother.
Hien: Khatun, I am come to beg a boon of you and yours. That I might liberate my homeland, I seek to rally the strength of the Steppe. Hien: To that end, I wish to fight in the Naadam─as a warrior of the Mol. Will you grant me this honor?
Cirina: To stand with the Mol is fruitless! Hien, do not do this! The gods may have willed that our tribe join in the Naadam, but... Cirina: There is no path to victory! We are weak and our numbers few. Even with your help, it would be impossible.
Hien: I thank you for your concern, Cirina. But it is precisely because of the seeming hopelessness of your cause that we must needs cast our lot with you. Hien: Were we to join hands with a more favored tribe, our victory would inevitably be attributed to them. And no one would follow me to Doma.
Temulun: 'Twas the gods' will that we fight. Mayhap this too is their design. Temulun: Hear me, then. As khatun of the Mol, I invite you all to join with us in the Naadam. Temulun: Will you look after them?
Cirina: Come with me, friends. There is much I would show you.
Temulun: You, wait. I would have words. Temulun: A singular radiance. Shimmering. Like a jewel of the Dusk Mother, blinding in its brilliance. Temulun: Stars flicker and flock to you. Before such gathered light, even the secrets of the gods may be laid bare. Temulun: Some are fated to rise in grace and glory. Others to falter and fade, though not from memory. Both will be your strength and salvation come the end. Temulun: Cherish the stars and the light they bring you in the dark. For you are a traveler, are you not?
Optional
Temulun: Wheresoever you go, remember that you are not alone. Remember that you carry the fire for them, and they for you.
Lyse: I guess we'll have to beat some strong opponents to win this Naadam... Lyse: But that's good, isn't it? I mean, if they were easy to beat, they wouldn't be worth taking back to Doma, would they?
Hien: Although I have spent much time with the Mol, I have yet to fully grasp the nature of the udgan and their insights. Hien: That they value the chance encounter, and the potential fortune it brings, however, is plain. Let us try not to disappoint them!
Gosetsu: How confident and bold in speech he has grown. More and more he reminds me of his father in his youth...
Speaking with Cirina
Cirina: ...Thank you all for coming, and for offering to fight with us in the Naadam. Though I still fear our chances grim, I am grateful for your assistance. Cirina: To be recognized as warriors of the Mol, there is a trial you must overcome. Cirina: But before we speak of such things, there is another, more pressing matter!