The Light of Progress

The Light of Progress

Quest giver

Ash-covered Envelope

Location

Old Sharlayan (X:5.1, Y:7.8)

Quest line

Sharlayan Sidequests
┗ Old Sharlayan Sidequests

Level

80 

Required quest

Sound the Bell, School's In

Required items

1 File:Item.png  Ash-covered Envelope
1 File:Item.png  Item

Experience

 168,300-190,575

Gil

 815

Patch

6.0

Links

EDB GT TC

“

You spy a blackened envelope on the floor of Archons' Design.

— In-game description

Steps

• Deliver the Ash-covered Envelope to the bookish Miqo'te at the Confluence.
• Speak with Toffwyb at the Agora.
• Deliver the thick candle to the bookish Miqo'te.

Journal

• You spy a blackened envelope on the floor of Archons' Design.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

System: You spy an envelope on the ground, covered in ash. Upon closer inspection, you realize that the ash spells out a message.

Ash-covered Envelope: To the kind soul who finds this missive,
Pray deliver this letter to the unassuming Miqo'te scholar who can usually be found sequestered in a quiet corner of the Confluence.
Many thanks.

Deliver the Ash-covered Envelope to the bookish Miqo'te at the Confluence

Bookish Miqo'te: Yes? Were you looking for me? I suspect I spend too much time in this corner of the Confluence if someone I've never met knows to find me here.
(Hand over Ash-covered Envelope)
Bookish Miqo'te: A letter? If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me where you found this?
Bookish Miqo'te: Of course... I see...
Bookish Miqo'te: The place where you chanced upon this is one of dubious prominence. Students are confined there as punishment for...recalcitrant behavior. I believe I recognize the hand which penned this message.
Bookish Miqo'te: The student is an acquaintance of mine, although that might be a rather generous term. Several days ago he was confined there for concocting an explosive alchemical compound and using it to “surprise” his teachers. His little stunt ended with half the gardens in the Teachers' Quarters in ashes.
Bookish Miqo'te: And it seems he put more effort into writing a message to his would-be courier than to his letter's recipient...
Bring me food and a candle.
I see...
Bookish Miqo'te: >>That boorish lout! It serves him right, being locked up in that room!<<
Bookish Miqo'te: <sigh> As you can doubtless surmise, our relationship is somewhat strained, and I apologize for making you party to it. But what's done is done, and now I would ask a favor of you myself.
Bookish Miqo'te: Could you procure a candle from Toffwyb at the Agora? I shall prepare the food this fool has requested, much as I would rather not. When you are done, pray meet me at the spot where you found the letter.

Speak with Toffwyb at the Agora

Toffwyb: A candle, you say? Why of course─here, take this. Please inform the requesting student that they can pay at their leisure.
(Optional)
Toffwyb: The student can pay at their leisure. I know they're good for it.

Deliver the thick candle to the bookish Miqo'te

Bookish Miqo'te: There you are. Were you able to acquire the candle?
(Hand over Thick Candle)
Bookish Miqo'te: Yes, this shall do. Once again I must apologize for sending you to and fro, but the sooner this matter is concluded, the better off we both shall be.
Bookish Miqo'te: I suppose since you are from a foreign land, you are unaware of what this candle represents. There is a reason that scoundrel requested a candle of this type.
Bookish Miqo'te: Long ago, one of the students confined within these rooms spent his days unraveling some of the most troublesome mathematical problems of the time. With nothing to distract his attention, he was quite successful.
Bookish Miqo'te: He wrote the equations on his wall with the blackened ends of his spent candles. When the professors saw what he had done, well, they were too impressed to be angry.
Bookish Miqo'te: Doubtless that idiot means to make his own mark, as many delinquent students have attempted to since. The professors will turn a blind eye to his vandalism, to be sure─they would not let rules impede discovery.
Bookish Miqo'te: Anyroad, I will deliver these to him. Perhaps some good can come of his selfish request. Here, take this for your troubles. I pray there are no more.