The Poet Doesn't Know It

The Poet Doesn't Know It

Quest giver

Prospective Poet

Location

The Crystarium (X:12.4, Y:8.9)

Quest line

Lakeland Sidequests
┗ Crystarium Sidequests

Level

70 

Experience

 54,000-57,240

Gil

 679

Previous quest

The Unbroken Thread

Patch

5.0

Links

EDB GT TC

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The prospective poet is in search of the proper inspiration.

— In-game description

Steps

• Question the residents of the Crystarium.

• Speak with the prospective poet near the Crystalline Mean.

• Speak with the prospective poet at the Catenaries.

Journal

• The prospective poet is in search of the proper inspiration.

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Prospective Poet: Do you like poetry? This requires a sensitive soul.
Prospective Poet: ...Apologies, I probably ought to provide context. I am composing a gift for my aged grandmother, who lost her sight some time ago. I wish to convey to her the endless beauty of the night sky─through verse!
Prospective Poet: To do so, however, I must explore the myriad emotions that that shimmering, inky expanse evokes in the heart─I'm sure you understand. Thus, I would beg you assist me in asking those of the Crystarium what the night sky means to them.

Questioning the residents of the Crystarium

Valthewyl: I could scarce believe it, at first, that the night had returned. I stared upward, trying to burn it into my mind, wondering if it would disappear again. And then, I saw a star─I know not how else to describe it─fall. Astonishing!
(Optional)
Valthewyl: After a time, I began to feel as if I might fall into it, you know. The sky. I wonder─if I did, would I shine as brightly as that star?

Leweralth: The night... It is a strange and wonderful thing. Were I to ride my amaro ever upward, I wonder, would I arrive amongst the stars? I think I should like to.
(Optional)
Leweralth: Perhaps we would simply fly forever, through the dark. I wouldn't mind that, either.

Rae-Qesh: How does the night sky make me feel? Fascinated, mainly. It's a far sight different than what I had imagined in reading of it. Brighter and...closer, somehow. As if I could reach out and touch it.
(Optional)
Rae-Qesh: The books do describe it as “breathtaking,” but...I know now that I never truly understood what that meant. Not until I saw it for myself.

Speaking with the prospective poet near the Crystalline Mean

Prospective Poet: And? How did they speak of the night sky to you?
Prospective Poet: Oh, yes... That's good. I can feel the words stir within me!
Prospective Poet: I must recite this to my grandmother at once, whilst the image remains vivid in my mind. When you have a moment, might you come to the Catenaries and meet her? She's always so delighted by travelers' tales.

(Optional)
Observant Octogenarian: Now, this is a surprise.

Speaking with the prospective poet at the Catenaries

Prospective Poet: This is the traveler I told you of, Grandmother. The one who assisted in finding inspiration for my poem!

Observant Octogenarian: And what a beautiful poem it was, so full of love and awe and hope.
Observant Octogenarian: Just as beautiful as the night sky that you returned to us, my dear, I'm sure.

Prospective Poet: That you─ What!?

Observant Octogenarian: You didn't notice, child? You need to truly see the world around you if you are to make a living as a poet...

Prospective Poet: You are the Warrior of Darkness! And I asked you for help with my poetry... Thank goodness I didn't insist upon reciting it to you─I might have died of shame just now.

Observant Octogenarian: Oh, you needn't be so dramatic. It really did turn out quite well─and now we've had this lovely chat. Isn't that right, my dear?