The Truth Hurts
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The Truth Hurts
- Quest giver
- Jeryk
- Location
- Amh Araeng (X:11.3, Y:16.4)
- Quest line
Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests- Level
- 76
- Experience
224,640- Gil
830- Previous quest
Down for Maintenance- Next quest
- A Convenient Distraction
Big Sister Is Watching You
Charmless Man - Patch
- 5.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Main Scenario Progress: 615 / 978 (62.9%)
Shadowbringers Progress: 74 / 157 (47.1%)
“Jeryk may come to regret his next decision.
— In-game description
Rewards
Steps
Journal
- Jeryk may come to regret his next decision.
Dialogue
Optional
Thancred: What could be so terrible he'd want to keep it from us?
Urianger: Though the Talos yet wants for a beating heart, it would appear thine efforts were not for naught.
Minfilia: I hope Jeryk doesn't get in trouble for telling us what happened.
Magnus: I thought I told you to leave!
Thaffe: I'm sorry, but I think it'd be for the best if you just forgot about the Talos.
Accepting the Quest
Jeryk: Right, then. The Talos...their hearts cannot be made of just any stone. You need a special sort with sufficient aetherial conductivity. Both it and the other materials used in the construction of Talos bodies are mined in the same place... Jeryk: That place, of course, being here. The Hills of Amber... Jeryk: And it was three years ago when...when she... Jeryk: No, no I can't. I'm sorry, but you'll have to hear it from Thaffe or someone else.
Thancred: <sigh> Back to the tavern, then.
Optional
Minfilia: This is all my fault. I never should have pressured him.
Urianger: What terrible tragedy befell him years ago, I wonder...
Thancred: You don't suppose Thaffe is going to run off too, do you?
Speaking with Thaffe
Thaffe: Still here, eh? You can ask again, but the answer's the same. Our trolleys are─ Thaffe: What!? Godsdammit Jeryk. You could've at least finished so I wouldn't have to clean up your mess. Thaffe: Seeing how you made such quick progress in fixing that Talos and all, he was probably thinking you could help change things around here. Thaffe: And I think he may be right... Gather your friends, and I'll tell you what you want to know.
Cutscene
Thaffe: Magnus's wife was a miner, you know. Greatest prospector there ever was. Thaffe: When the golem hearts started failing, she was the first to head out in search of more. Thaffe: Problem was, most of the veins ran dry ages ago, and finding fresh ones to tap's only gotten harder. Thaffe: But she wasn't one to be deterred. She just kept digging deeper and deeper. And then the mine collapsed. Thaffe: We labored day and night to clear away the rubble, but it took us two months to find her... Thaffe: ...To find her body.
Thaffe: Magnus has never been the same since.
Thancred: Where is he, if you don't mind my asking?
Thaffe: Ah, yes, well...if he's not here, there's only one other place he'd be.
Cutscene
Magnus: What? Oh... You again. Magnus: How many times must I tell you─the trolley won't run! We'd be better off dismantling the damn thing and selling the parts for scrap. Magnus: Now piss off back to wherever you came from, and don't let me catch you around here again.
Thancred: ...What were their names?
Magnus: My son was named Skuli. My wife, Agna. Magnus: Being here with them...it beats going home. Home stopped being home when I lost them. Magnus: I thought to try and drown my sorrows...but somehow...the bottle's never deep enough.
Thancred: No bottle is. Believe me─I know.
Magnus: You've lost someone too?
Thancred: Not like you. Not my own flesh and blood. Thancred: I grew up an orphan, so I never really knew what family meant. Thancred: Not until I met a man who offered to take me in and make me his pupil. He was a kindly soul. Always looking out for me, like a father. Not that I appreciated that at the time, or anything else for that matter... Thancred: But I finally had a family. And then...and then I robbed a young girl of hers. Thancred: I did my best to make amends, to offer her comfort. But the more I look back on it, the more I realize just how inadequate my efforts were. I let her down. Thancred: That is why I refuse to let her legacy die. Thancred: In the end, all we can do is press on. For those we have lost. For those we can yet save. Thancred: And that requires your Talos. Please, Magnus. You are our only hope of reaching Nabaath Areng.
Magnus: ...What rubbish.
Minfilia: She's not gone. No matter what you say or believe, she's not. Minfilia: We can still bring her back.
Optional
Minfilia: Why must he always treat me like this...
Thaffe: I wish there was more we could do for you, I truly do. But after Agna's accident, no one is allowed near those mines.
Magnus: If not for those damned Talos, she'd...she'd...
Speaking with Urianger
Urianger: Full well do I know the pain of loss and how heavily it can weigh on one's heart. Nevertheless, there is but one way forward. Urianger: We must needs procure a new heart for the Talos. Urianger: Thaffe. Knowest thou any location wherein we might find the stone we require? No matter how scant the possibility, we would seize it.
Thaffe: I told you near all of the veins were tapped dry years ago. ...Though I suppose, if you really wanted to try, you may find something at Nuvy's Leavings. Thaffe: It was opened well before Talos became commonplace, which is why the mining there was never quite as deep. Thaffe: When you get there, look for Guthjon and tell him I sent you. But don't be surprised if he tells you the same thing.
Urianger: Thine assistance is most appreciated. Urianger: [Forename]. I think it best Thancred join thee in this search. Urianger: Though he wouldst be quick to deny it, his heart is in turmoil, and his thoughts clouded. Urianger: 'Twould be unwise to ignore his distress.
Optional
Urianger: I prithee attend Thancred and keep him occupied with the task at hand.
Thaffe: Guthjon has worked in these mines longer than near anyone I know. You'd do well to heed his advice in there.
Searching for Thancred
Thancred: Off to somewhere, are you? Thancred: At last, a lead on the stone we need to power the Talos. Thancred: I can't very well have you go on your own. Lead the way.