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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000010_MERLWYB","Ere we begin, I would like to offer my gratitude to Masters Thancred and Urianger. 'Tis no small feat to infiltrate the imperial capital and live to tell the tale, much less in times of civil war. Thanks to them, we may plot our course in full knowledge of how the winds blow in Garlemald."
1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000020_URIANGER","Full glad are we to have been of service. But verily, such dangers as we did encounter pale into insignificance next to those faced by our comrades. An Ascian armed with the might of Bahamut, bent on bringing about the Final Days..."
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000030_RAUBAHN","Theatrics. He sought only to make a show of the power at the Telophoroi's disposal."
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000040_RAUBAHN","But since then, we have seen no sign of this “Fandaniel,” or his wyrm. And while we've done what we can to bolster our defenses, there's no telling where he might strike next."
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000050_KANESENNA","Whenever and wherever it may be, we must use the intervening time to learn more of our enemy."
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000060_KANESENNA","'Twas with this in mind that we dispatched scouts to investigate the towers..."
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000070_LYSE","Our advance party took longer than expected to return...and when they did, they tried to kill us."
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000080_LYSE","Luckily, I'd seen that sort of thing before, and we were able to restrain them before they did any harm. Then it was just a matter of letting the porxies do their work."
8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000090_ALISAIE","Are you saying they were tempered?"
9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000100_LYSE","Once they'd come back to their senses, they told us everything they could. It seems that just as they were getting close to the tower, they heard an earsplitting roar. And that was the last thing they remembered."
10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000110_LYSE","But what worries me most is what they were saying right before they attacked."
11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000120_LYSE","“Glory be to Garlemald.”"
12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000130_URIANGER","The tempered have heretofore ever been thralls to primal entities. Yet these hapless souls were compelled to accept a <Emphasis>nation</Emphasis> as the object of their devotion. This calleth into question all that we know of the condition."
13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000140_AYMERIC","Would that the unsettling news ended there. Alas, there is more. Following the earlier reports of missing Amalj'aa, we have learned that other beast tribes have suffered similar losses."
14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000150_AYMERIC","And we now have reason to believe that the abductions are connected to the appearance of the towers."
15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000160_AYMERIC","Our scouts sighted black-garbed figures leading shackled Ixal in the direction of the tower in Dravania."
16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000170_AYMERIC","The Temple Knights were able to intercept them before they could reach their destination, liberating the Ixal and apprehending their captors─each of whom was found to be equipped with Garlean arms and armor."
17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000180_GRAHATIA","So the Empire is the common thread."
18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000190_NANAMOULNAMO","With the support of Zenos, it seems likely that Fandaniel has rallied a faction of the splintered Garlean army to the banner of the Telophoroi."
19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000200_RAUBAHN","Lord Hien reached the same conclusion when I shared our findings with Doma."
20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000210_RAUBAHN","The plan had been to march on Garlemald from the east and west in order to force a peace treaty, but the situation has changed. Dealing with the threat of the towers must come first."
21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000220_RAUBAHN","Given the nature of the enemy, and the proven risk of tempering, I could think of few suitable candidates to aid in this task. But I am confident in my choice."
22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000230_ALPHINAUD","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000240_RAUBAHN","Resistant to primal influence as they are, they can investigate the towers without fear of being turned."
24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000250_ARENVALD","We're glad to put our gifts to use, Commander."
25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000260_RAUBAHN","Gifted or not, going behind enemy lines remains a perilous undertaking. But we must know more if we're to strike back at our foe. I'm counting on you."
26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000270_ARENVALD","If it would give us the upper hand, I'd do it a hundred times over. We won't let you down."
27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000280_RAUBAHN","That concludes the briefing. You two─make ready and join your escort."
28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000290_ALPHINAUD","Are you certain about this, Arenvald?"
29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000300_ARENVALD","I am. Come on, let's talk outside."
30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000310_ARENVALD","So you know, I've already gone through all the formalities at the Rising Stones. Made sure to inform J'moldva and V'mah at Rhalgr's Reach as well."
31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000320_ALPHINAUD","Arenvald, I admire your enthusiasm...but this is far more dangerous than anything you have done before."
32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000330_ARENVALD","I know the risks. And I also know what's in store if we don't stop Fandaniel from carrying out his plan."
33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000340_ARENVALD","With this power of mine, I can make a difference. If I stood idly by, I would regret it for the rest of my life."
34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000350_ALPHINAUD","And you, Fordola? Is this what you want?"
35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000360_FORDOLA","What're you asking me for? It's not like I have any say in the matter."
36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000370_ARENVALD","Don't pretend. We both know Commander Aldynn gave you a chance to refuse. And you didn't."
37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000380_FORDOLA","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000390_FORDOLA","So the Empire's finished, is it? That's what they're all saying. That the great and glorious Garlemald slit its own throat."
39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000400_FORDOLA","And now, from out of its twitching carcass crawls the Telophoroi, with bloody <Emphasis>Zenos</Emphasis> at its head."
40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000410_FORDOLA","I fought for Garlemald. Killed for Garlemald. What was I a part of? I need to know. Whatever it is...I need to know."
41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000420_ALPHINAUD","Very well. If your hearts are set on this, I shall not stand in your way."
42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000430_THANCRED","If you've finished with your touching display of camaraderie, I have a question: which tower are you planning to investigate, exactly?"
43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000440_ARENVALD","Well, the one in Gyr Abania's said to be tightly guarded. It's patrol after patrol out there, apparently. We'd be spotted before we got anywhere near it."
44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000450_ARENVALD","Which is why we've set our sights on the one in Paglth'an, instead. There shouldn't be anything like as many imperials to worry about down there."
45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000460_THANCRED","Even so, I doubt the local Amalj'aa will look kindly on it if they catch you sneaking around in their territory."
46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000470_ARENVALD","Fordola and I had a chance to learn the lie of the land in our previous forays there. We might still find trouble, but at least we won't lose our way."
47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000480_ARENVALD","Well, we'd best not keep them waiting any longer."
48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000490_ALPHINAUD","Mayhap when all of this is over, we could take another trip to Loch Seld. I would have you know I've become a rather capable swimmer since our last visit."
49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000500_ARENVALD","Ha! I'll believe that when I see it! Though, to be fair, getting into deep water does seem to be a Scion's lot in life... Take care, eh?"
50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000510_ARENVALD","It means a lot, you know─you coming with me."
51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000520_FORDOLA","I still owe you for saving my skin, don't I? Can't return the favor if I'm not there."
52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000530_ARENVALD","I daresay you'll get your chance before long. That Fandaniel sounds like a tricky customer. Too much for the likes of me, anyway."
53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000540_ARENVALD","But we both know I'd be just another soldier if it weren't for my gift. And I need to be a damn sight more than that, given what's coming."
54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000550_ARENVALD","I realize I can't hold a candle to a hero like the Warrior of Light─or Alphinaud, for that matter. He might look like he's twelve, but he's seen more action than most people see in a lifetime."
55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000560_ARENVALD","No, the fact is, I'm nothing like them, and maybe I never will be, but I'll be damned if I don't try."
56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000570_ARENVALD","They're counting on me. On us. So let's give it our all."
57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000580_ALPHINAUD","He does not want for conviction, that much is certain. So let us have faith in him. Him and Fordola both."
58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000590_ALPHINAUD","While they see to the towers, I would attend to another task: chasing down this “Lunar” Bahamut."
59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000600_TATARU","(-Tataru-)(Ugh! Bloody thing...) Can you hear me? It's Tataru. I'm happy to say we managed to find Estinien!"
60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000610_TATARU","(-Tataru-)And...I'm sorry to say he went running off again the moment we told him about Bahamut."
61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000620_TATARU","(-Tataru-)But he did mutter something about heading to Ishgard, so if you're quick, you might still be able to catch him!"
62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000630_ALPHINAUD","Even if we set out this instant, he may already have left by the time we arrive. Have her send the <Emphasis>Bonanza</Emphasis> to Ishgard. It may prove useful should we need to give chase."
63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000640_TATARU","(-Tataru-)Gladly! I'll see to it as soon as Krile and I get back to the Rising Stones. Good luck!"
64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000650_THANCRED","While you go off on your dragoon hunt, Urianger and I will return to headquarters. We have much to tell the others."
65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000651_URIANGER","I wish you every success in your search for our elusive friend. May we all meet again ere long."
66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000660_ALISAIE","No sign of him. Not that I've ever met him before. But the way Alphinaud goes on about him, I'm fairly sure I could pick him out in a crowd."
67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000670_GRAHATIA","Speaking of which, it does seem awfully quiet. If the erstwhile Azure Dragoon had returned to Ishgard, would it not be a source of general excitement?"
68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000680_ESTINIEN","First the Scions' coinkeeper, and now you. I'm beginning to think these meetings are more than mere coincidence."
69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000690_ESTINIEN","Not that I'm complaining. It's been too long."
70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000700_ALISAIE","“Too long”?"
71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000710_ESTINIEN","You look an ilm taller and twice as rugged. It suits you, Alphinaud."
72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000720_ESTINIEN","Quieter, though. Have you been giving him lessons on how to be the strong, silent type?"
73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000730_ALISAIE","I..."
74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000740_ALISAIE","...am not..."
75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000750_ALISAIE","ALPHINAUD!"
76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000760_ALISAIE","If the two of you are such firm friends, perhaps you should remember what he looks like! And what do you mean, “rugged”!?"
77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000770_ALISAIE","Ungh! Had my brother mentioned what an oaf you are, I'd never have bothered looking for you in the first place!"
78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000780_GRAHATIA","Estinien Wyrmblood, the Azure Dragoon... He who fought and felled the dread wyrm Nidhogg at the Warrior of Light's side!"
79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000790_GRAHATIA","To think the day would come when I should see this living legend with my own eyes!"
80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000800_ESTINIEN","Would someone mind explaining what is going on?"
81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000810_ALPHINAUD","Is everything all right!? I thought I heard Alisaie shouting..."
82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000820_ALPHINAUD","Estinien! It's been too long!"
83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000830_ALPHINAUD","No, no, it's quite understandable. That was hardly the first time we've been confused for one another. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last."
84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000840_ESTINIEN","Well I for one will not be making that mistake again."
85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000850_ESTINIEN","What I will say...for the second time today...is that you've grown. Inside and out. I can tell."
86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000860_ALPHINAUD","One can't remain a spoiled little lordling forever, you know."
87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000870_ALISAIE","At least someone's having a good time..."
88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000880_ALISAIE","You know, when we were growing up, Alphinaud would never befriend other boys because he couldn't stand the thought of not being in charge. But maybe that's changed. He seems just as happy around Estinien as he does Arenvald."
89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Perhaps he sees them as the brothers he never had."
91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I think he learned how to talk <Emphasis>with</Emphasis> people rather than <Emphasis>at</Emphasis> them."
92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Well...you can't keep him all to yourself forever."
93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000890_ALISAIE","Hmph. Good luck to them. It hasn't been easy being his sister, I can tell you that."
94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000900_ALISAIE","I wouldn't be so sure. He still loves nothing better than the sound of his own voice."
95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000910_ALISAIE","Keep him to my─!? You're joking, aren't you? I'd be <Emphasis>glad</Emphasis> if someone would take him off my hands!"
96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000920_ESTINIEN","No rest for the righteous, eh? Speaking of which, I was just on my way to borrow an airship to take me to Azys Lla."
97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000930_ALPHINAUD","Azys Lla...? How could I forget? The dragon with whom Bahamut shared the deepest of bonds..."
98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000940_ESTINIEN","Aye, Tiamat, his mate. Even now, she remains imprisoned on Azys Lla, though her remorse binds her faster than any shackle."
99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000950_GRAHATIA","I see... As the one who first summoned Bahamut, you believe she may be able to shine some light on his latest incarnation."
100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000960_ALPHINAUD","Might I suggest that we make the journey to Azys Lla together? I'm not sure if Tataru mentioned this, but we Scions have an airship of our own now."
101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000970_ESTINIEN","I see no reason why not...assuming your sister can bear the thought of sharing a deck with me."
102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000980_ALISAIE","Be my guest. But confuse me with Alphinaud again, and I'll throw you overboard."
103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000990_ALISAIE","Ugh! I don't know who he thinks he is, but he's nothing like Alphinaud painted him to be!"
104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001000_GRAHATIA","I will admit, he is not exactly as I imagined him either. Based on what I had read of the man, I think I was expecting someone a little less...blunt?"
105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001010_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)My sire's mortal companion... What bringeth thee back to this forsaken place, child of man?"
106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001020_ESTINIEN","Hmph. It's plain she knows naught of recent events. Perhaps you should enlighten her."
107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001030_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Ahhh... That my sins should be repeated..."
108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001040_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)I sensed not the faintest stirring."
109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001050_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)As to who could have called him forth...I know of none save the dragons of Meracydia. Our children..."
110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001060_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)The eikon claimed their souls when first he manifested. And robbed of their will, they became tools for the Allagans' dark designs."
111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001070_ALISAIE","Much like those held here in Azys Lla. If dragons who worship Bahamut are required to summon him, that must mean..."
112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001080_ALISAIE","I've seen it with my own eyes. Captives of a lost empire, neither alive nor dead, existing only to preserve Bahamut's corporeal form."
113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001090_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Yes. The dragons of Meracydia are at the mercy of this Ascian. There can be no other explanation."
114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001100_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Accursed Ascians! Vile minions of Darkness!"
115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001110_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Again you would profane the memory of my beloved, and strip our children of their freedom, their dignity! Are there no depths to which you will not stoop!?"
116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001120_ESTINIEN","Your children's pain means nothing to them. They laugh at your kind's suffering."
117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001130_ESTINIEN","But tears will not right this wrong. Nor will lamentations see the perpetrators punished."
118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001140_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)What wouldst thou have from me, slayer of dragons?"
119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001150_ESTINIEN","Behavior befitting a great wyrm."
120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001160_ESTINIEN","We came here to ask mighty Tiamat of the first brood, consort of Bahamut, mother of the dragons of Meracydia, what she intends to do about the crimes committed against her children!"
121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001170_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Were I free, I would answer thine insolence with fire. But words shall have to suffice."
122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001180_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Recall, mortals, that it was I who did first summon my beloved, praying with all my being to bring him forth. You who contend with eikons cannot well be ignorant of the consequence."
123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001190_ALPHINAUD","...You too were exposed to his influence. That you are yet in possession of your own will is testament to the indomitable strength of your soul."
124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001200_ALPHINAUD","But were you to meet with Bahamut again, you fear you might succumb."
125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001210_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Indeed. Ask the dragonslayer, and he will tell thee the power we of the first brood wield. Were I to lose myself to the eikon's influence, all would pay the price."
126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001220_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)But it is of little matter. For even had I the strength to resist, I yet lack the strength to break my shackles. This prison shall be my tomb."
127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001230_ALISAIE","On the matter of Bahamut's influence, at least, I believe we can be of some assistance."
128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001240_ALISAIE","If you're afraid of being enthralled, don't be─we have a cure. And while we've never tried it on one such as you, its basic principles are universal."
129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001250_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Speakest thou in earnest?"
130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001260_ALPHINAUD","There is no future for those bound to the past."
131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001270_ALPHINAUD","That you committed a terrible sin, I do not dispute. But if you feel remorse, you may yet make amends. We offer you that chance. Take it, or you will forever remain a prisoner, not of these cruel shackles, but of your own guilt."
132,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001280_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)A chance to make amends... To lay Bahamut's memory to rest..."
133,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001290_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)When our own star faced annihilation, Hydaelyn granted us sanctuary. And now your foes would bring about Her destruction. This I cannot allow. For the debt I owe to Hydaelyn, and to all who have suffered for my sins...I shall fight with you, children of man."
134,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001300_ALISAIE","Ungh...! No... I'm almost there...!"
135,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001310_ALISAIE","This is it, Angelo!"
136,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001320_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Yes...I feel it! The eikon's grip groweth weak!"
137,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001330_ALISAIE","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
138,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001340_ALISAIE","Did it work?"
139,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001350_GRAHATIA","We won't know for certain until the shackles are removed."
140,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001360_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Answer me this, children of man... Can my kindred be saved in like manner?"
141,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001370_GRAHATIA","Many have been subjected to the Allagans' dark arts, their flesh irrevocably altered. For such tortured souls, I fear there can be no salvation."
142,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001380_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)My children..."
143,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001390_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Should you hearken unto my call, we shall fly together once more. But should you not...I shall grant you peace."
144,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001400_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Better to die than live as a tool of evil. You too would wish this, I know...and I shall do as I must."
145,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001410_ALISAIE","When that time comes, you won't be alone. We'll stand by you."
146,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001420_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Thou hast my gratitude, little one."
147,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001430_ESTINIEN","Alphinaud's ready. It's time."
148,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001440_ESTINIEN","Do it, and let's hope the treatment worked as it should."
149,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001450_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)Bahamut...my beloved."
150,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001460_TIAMAT","(-Tiamat-)For vengeance...and atonement...I rise."
151,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001470_ALISAIE","By the gods..."
152,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001480_GRAHATIA","Urianger, your timing could not be better."
153,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001490_GRAHATIA","Understood, we're on our way."
154,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001500_GRAHATIA","It's Bahamut. He's been sighted over Paglth'an."
155,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001510_GRAHATIA","He flies for the largest Amalj'aa settlement in the region─at the head of a vast host, including dragons."
156,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001520_ESTINIEN","Did you hear all that, Alphinaud? You'd best rejoin your comrades. I'll make my own way."
157,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001530_ESTINIEN","Our enemy awaits. Shall we?"
158,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001540_TIAMAT","Ascian vermin! You shall torment my children no longer!"
159,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001550_TIAMAT","Children of man... The shade of my beloved is no more, and I...I shall be forever in your debt."
160,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001560_TIAMAT","By your deeds are we set free. And free we shall remain, as long as I draw breath. Never again shall the dragons of Meracydia hearken to the lies of the Ascians. This I vow."
161,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001570_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","(-???-)Noble warriors! The dragons chose their friends well..."
162,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001580_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","Long have our peoples waged war, but no more."
163,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001590_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","Your fallen lie beside our own. By our words and deeds shall we honor their sacrifice."
164,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
165,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You would make peace with Ul'dah then?"
166,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE","We would be proud to call you our allies."
167,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Then let us put the past behind us."
168,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001600_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and you have proven yourselves worthy of our trust. It is the Garleans who are deserving of our fury."
169,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001610_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","I shall see that my brethren learn the truth of this day, and rally as many as possible to the cause. Till we meet again."
170,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001620_GRAHATIA","And thus did we make allies of the Amalj'aa..."
171,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001630_THANCRED","It would certainly seem that way. The sultana <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> be pleased. Let's go and give her the good news, shall we?"
172,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001640_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE","Some time earlier, inside the Paglth'an tower..."
173,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001650_ARENVALD","What in Rhalgr's name happened here?"
174,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001660_FORDOLA","The gods only know... But you can bet these poor sods aren't here by choice."
175,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001670_ARENVALD","Quickly, we've got to get them free!"
176,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001680_FORDOLA","Get back!"
177,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001690_ARENVALD","No... What have I done?"
178,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001700_FORDOLA","It's too late for them! We're leaving. Now!"
179,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001710_FORDOLA","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
180,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001720_ARENVALD","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
181,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001730_ARENVALD","Don't you dare! We came together, and we're leaving together!"
182,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001740_ALPHINAUD","Fordola... Have you been waiting here all this time?"
183,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001750_DAMIELLIOT","We have done what we can. The rest is up to him."
184,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001760_ALPHINAUD","May we see him?"
185,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001770_DAMIELLIOT","I...do not think that wise. You must let him sleep."
186,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001780_ALPHINAUD","Thank you for bringing him back. He owes you his life."
187,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001790_ALPHINAUD","I just... I just <Emphasis>wish</Emphasis> I'd been there. Perhaps─ I don't know. Perhaps I could have..."
188,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001800_FORDOLA","Could've what? Got tempered!? Don't flatter yourself. You can't save everyone. No one can. Not even the Warrior of bloody Light."
189,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001810_FORDOLA","People die all the time. For no good reason. And those who take up the sword die quicker than most."
190,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001820_FORDOLA","If you're going to shed a tear every time a soldier falls on the battlefield, you'd best stay away. It's no place for the weak of heart."
191,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001830_ALPHINAUD","It may be..."
192,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001840_ALPHINAUD","That victory cannot be won without cost."
193,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001850_ALPHINAUD","But all life is precious, and I refuse to shrug at its loss!"
194,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001860_FORDOLA","“All life is precious”? Hmph. You need to grow up, little man─before your sparkling ideals get everyone killed."
195,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001870_ESTINIEN","You're right. He <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> idealistic. But the world has more than its fair share of realists like you and me."
196,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001880_ESTINIEN","It's people like him who dare to dream that things could be better─and make it happen, against all the odds. They are the ones whose names live on forever. The heroes."
197,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001890_FORDOLA","The battlefield's littered with would-be heroes. At this rate, you lot'll be next."
198,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001900_FORDOLA","And what'll become of your precious dreams then!?"
199,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001910_FORDOLA","They'll be gone─like dust on the wind!"
200,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001920_ESTINIEN","Dreams worth fighting for don't die so easily."
201,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001930_ALPHINAUD","Your Grace. Pray forgive us our lateness."
202,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001940_NANAMOULNAMO","Think not of that. I understand a close comrade of yours was wounded in the line of duty. Arenvald."
203,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001950_NANAMOULNAMO","It was at the Alliance's behest that he risked all, and we are grieved to hear of his condition. Rest assured, he will receive the finest care our chirurgeons can provide, on that you have my word."
204,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001960_NANAMOULNAMO","Now...we would share with you the findings of the mission."
205,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001970_NANAMOULNAMO","Pipin─pray relate to our guests the details of Fordola's account."
206,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001980_THANCRED","First Bahamut, now Ifrit. Or “Lunar Ifrit,” as Fandaniel would doubtless have it."
207,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001990_URIANGER","'Tis now all but certain that the towers were conceived to facilitate the summoning of primals by those imprisoned within."
208,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002000_URIANGER","Less certain is the means by which the Telophoroi constrain the wills of said entities to enact <Emphasis>their</Emphasis> designs in defiance of the pleas of their victims."
209,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002010_YSHTOLA","Mayhap they do not. If mere proximity to the towers is enough to make loyal servants of the Empire's mortal enemies, it stands to reason that the same is true for those held captive."
210,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002020_YSHTOLA","They invoke their gods for the good of Garlemald, and in their disturbed state of mind summon a primal whose form reflects their own alteration."
211,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002030_THANCRED","It all begins to make sense. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the towers bear a striking resemblance to a much larger structure which Urianger and I observed from afar during our visit to the imperial capital."
212,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002040_THANCRED","Assuming it too is capable of tempering those in its immediate vicinity, it would go some way to explain the swiftness with which the Telophoroi managed to rally so many imperials to their cause."
213,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002050_NANAMOULNAMO","While the situation in Garlemald is indeed troubling, I fear we have more immediate concerns."
214,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002060_NANAMOULNAMO","Ifrit was not the only primal summoned. At approximately the same time, observers at several other towers bore witness to the emergence of further such entities."
215,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002070_NANAMOULNAMO","For a blessing, none appear to wield aught approaching the destructive power of Bahamut, and the Grand Companies are moving to deal with the threat even as we speak."
216,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
217,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You need only tell me where they are, Your Grace..."
218,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE","The Grand Companies, Your Grace? Is that wise?"
219,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002080_NANAMOULNAMO","Though we are aware that the task will not be easy, we would call upon the Scions only as a last resort. Pray conserve your strength for now."
220,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002090_NANAMOULNAMO","After all, it was not so very long ago that you rid us of Bahamut. On which note, I am pleased to report that our talks with the Amalj'aa have reached an agreeable conclusion. They have pledged their full support to our cause."
221,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002100_NANAMOULNAMO","It is our hope that this historic agreement will encourage other tribes to join us at the negotiating table. And I know that I speak for all of the Allied leaders when I say that we will welcome them with open arms at such time as they do."
222,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002110_NANAMOULNAMO","Of course, this was only made possible by the feats of heroism performed at Paglth'an. Moreover, we shall not allow the sacrifices of those fallen in battle to have been made in vain. As hope leads to victory, shall victory lead to a new dawn for Eorzea."
223,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002120_YSHTOLA","May these words ever be our guide, Your Grace."
224,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002130_NANAMOULNAMO","Now, if you will forgive me, I must consult with the Syndicate on the matter of our new allies' integration. Till next we meet, my friends, I bid you safe travels and blessed respite."
225,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002140_KRILE","Welcome back. I expect you must all be exhausted. Ere you take your rest, however, I would beg a moment of your time."
226,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002150_KRILE","Thanks to Arenvald's selfless efforts, we may now be confident that we understand the function of the towers. But many questions remain regarding the reason for the summonings and what lurks behind the looming edifice in Garlemald."
227,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002160_KRILE","Until such questions are answered, we will struggle to devise an effective strategy for thwarting the Telophoroi's stated aim: nothing less than the destruction of this star. And so, given the gravity of the situation...I move that we petition the aid of Sharlayan."
228,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002170_URIANGER","'Tis possible the ancient knowledge preserved within their archives may hide a clue to our enemy's methods. But given Sharlayan's established policy of nonintervention, our former colleagues are not like to aid us in its discovery."
229,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002180_KRILE","Oh, I well remember what they're like. The Forum's barefaced refusal to assist you in the days prior to the Calamity must rank as Sharlayan's most shameful act since the exodus."
230,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002190_KRILE","But were the Final Days to be reenacted, it would spell doom for us all. Surely even they cannot turn a blind eye to that."
231,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002200_KRILE","I trust we are all of the same mind on this matter... Urgent as it seemed, I took the liberty of petitioning the Alliance for leave to act as Eorzea's emissary. And have since received their blessing."
232,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002210_GRAHATIA","I presume your role as a Student of Baldesion will carry some weight with the Forum?"
233,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002220_KRILE","One can but hope. If truth be told, our organization has been a shadow of its former self ever since the disappearance of the Isle of Val─but the name does still retain some degree of prestige. I only pray it will be enough."
234,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002230_KRILE","If there are no objections, I shall depart for Sharlayan at once. But before I do, I should also mention the other matter to which I would devote some time during my stay."
235,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002240_KRILE","After hearing what transpired in the First, I began to question the true nature of Hydaelyn's blessing. A topic I have discussed at some length with Y'shtola..."
236,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002250_YSHTOLA","We were wondering: when was the last time Hydaelyn spoke to you directly?"
237,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
238,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Near the end of the Dragonsong War."
239,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE","That day in the Crystarium."
240,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
241,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002260_YSHTOLA","When you regained Her blessing, was it not? But never since─not in all your time in the First, when you faced the unsundered, the very heart of Zodiark."
242,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002270_YSHTOLA","When Elidibus sought to make Warriors of Light? That was the voice which calls constantly to all who might hear it. I spoke of <Emphasis>direct</Emphasis> communication, when Hydaelyn communed solely with you. A far rarer occurrence."
243,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002280_YSHTOLA","Is the question truly so vexing? Perhaps you fear I will chastise you for giving the wrong answer? Or was it so long ago that you simply can't remember..."
244,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002290_KRILE","History shows us that Hydaelyn is able to awaken the Echo in Her chosen, convey Her will directly, and grant the blessing of Light."
245,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002300_KRILE","To our knowledge, however, She has not sought to intervene in man's affairs for some considerable time."
246,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002310_URIANGER","Might not the explanation for that lie with Her choice of champion? Mayhap She is content to trust in <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> judgment."
247,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002320_YSHTOLA","Mayhap She is. But following my initial discussion with Krile, I made inquiries of my own, and as far as I am able to tell, Hydaelyn has not made Her will known to anyone."
248,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002330_THANCRED","During my time in the First, the Oracle of Light spoke to me through Ryne. But that was not the will of Hydaelyn. It was Minfilia herself."
249,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002340_YSHTOLA","Indeed. And while she and Hydaelyn were inextricably linked, Minfilia yet acted of her own volition. A messenger, yes, but one who spoke with her own voice."
250,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002350_KRILE","I wonder, could Hydaelyn's silence suggest the presence of some disruptive force, perhaps? Some obstacle to communication? While I share Urianger's high opinion of your conduct, I see no reason why She would deny you Her guidance altogether."
251,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002360_KRILE","Then again, who am I to say? The fact is, we simply don't know. But if the explanation is to be found anywhere, I can think of worse places to look than the archives of Sharlayan─and their research on the aetherial sea in particular."
252,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002370_KRILE","Resolved though I am to go, believe me when I say that I take no pleasure in the thought of leaving you a member short. Now of all times."
253,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002380_KRILE","Estinien─we stand on the eve of a struggle that will decide the fate of this star. One in which we Scions may play a telling part. Yet we are but few in number."
254,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002390_KRILE","And so I must ask you again: will you join us?"
255,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002400_ESTINIEN","You see the world the way you want it to be. I see the world the way it is. You are idealistic to a fault."
256,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002410_ESTINIEN","But I know you would never turn your back on those in need. Never close your eyes to their suffering. And somehow, your deeds lend truth to your words, giving the lie to my doubts in so doing."
257,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002420_ESTINIEN","I have seen others draw strength from your belief. In Ishgard, in Ala Mhigo. You inspired them to stand up and fight. To win, no less."
258,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002430_ESTINIEN","And even when you lost those you held dear, you carried their spirit with you, and made their memory your guiding light. The burden of so many hopes and dreams would be too heavy for most to bear."
259,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002440_ESTINIEN","But you bear it willingly. As you have shown me, some dreams are too important to let go."
260,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002450_ESTINIEN","If you have need of my strength, it's yours. After all you've done, how could I refuse?"
261,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002460_ALPHINAUD","Thank you, Estinien..."
262,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002470_ALPHINAUD","Whatever challenges await us, I shall not falter. You have my word."
263,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002480_KRILE","And now I may bid you farewell, safe in the knowledge that all is as it should be─in this little corner of the world at least."
264,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002490_ALPHINAUD","You will be sorely missed. Tread warily in Sharlayan...and do try not to let the Forum embroil you in their politics. A forlorn hope, I know, given the individuals involved..."
265,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002500_KRILE","I shall do my very best. Farewell."
266,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002505_SYSTEM","Meanwhile, in the imperial palace..."
267,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002510_FANDANIEL","Well? Does this one meet with your approval?"
268,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002520_FANDANIEL","Apparently not. Or...could it be that you're still upset about the dragons?"
269,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002530_ZENOS","You are unwise to remind me of so costly a failure."
270,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002540_ZENOS","It will not affect our plans, I trust."
271,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002550_FANDANIEL","Oh, hardly at all. Though, admittedly, the chances of us being able to procure any more Meracydian dragons are rather slimmer following Tiamat's reappearance."
272,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002560_FANDANIEL","But the seeds have been sown, my lord! We have only to wait for them to quicken. "
273,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002570_FANDANIEL","Speaking of preparations, is it safe to assume that you will be ready to control you-know-what?"
274,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002580_ZENOS","The hour draws nigh. This nation, forged for Ascian ends, will finally prove its worth."
275,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002590_FANDANIEL","A mighty Empire, now no more than an instrument of this star's destruction! What a pleasure it will be to put it to use!"
276,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002600_FANDANIEL","Which brings me back to our earlier topic. My lord─while I appreciate that it is not an easy decision, it really is past time you chose your weapon."
277,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002610_ZENOS","There is one that I have been meaning to test..."
278,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002620_FANDANIEL","Well, well... Not quite what I was expecting. Though I will say, it does seem rather apt."
0,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000010_MERLWYB,"Ere we begin, I would like to offer my gratitude to Masters Thancred and Urianger. 'Tis no small feat to infiltrate the imperial capital and live to tell the tale, much less in times of civil war. Thanks to them, we may plot our course in full knowledge of how the winds blow in Garlemald."
1,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000020_URIANGER,"Full glad are we to have been of service. But verily, such dangers as we did encounter pale into insignificance next to those faced by our comrades. An Ascian armed with the might of Bahamut, bent on bringing about the Final Days..."
2,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000030_RAUBAHN,Theatrics. He sought only to make a show of the power at the Telophoroi's disposal.
3,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000040_RAUBAHN,"But since then, we have seen no sign of this “Fandaniel,” or his wyrm. And while we've done what we can to bolster our defenses, there's no telling where he might strike next."
4,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000050_KANESENNA,"Whenever and wherever it may be, we must use the intervening time to learn more of our enemy."
5,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000060_KANESENNA,'Twas with this in mind that we dispatched scouts to investigate the towers...
6,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000070_LYSE,"Our advance party took longer than expected to return...and when they did, they tried to kill us."
7,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000080_LYSE,"Luckily, I'd seen that sort of thing before, and we were able to restrain them before they did any harm. Then it was just a matter of letting the porxies do their work."
8,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000090_ALISAIE,Are you saying they were tempered?
9,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000100_LYSE,"Once they'd come back to their senses, they told us everything they could. It seems that just as they were getting close to the tower, they heard an earsplitting roar. And that was the last thing they remembered."
10,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000110_LYSE,But what worries me most is what they were saying right before they attacked.
11,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000120_LYSE,“Glory be to Garlemald.”
12,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000130_URIANGER,The tempered have heretofore ever been thralls to primal entities. Yet these hapless souls were compelled to accept a *nation* as the object of their devotion. This calleth into question all that we know of the condition.
13,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000140_AYMERIC,"Would that the unsettling news ended there. Alas, there is more. Following the earlier reports of missing Amalj'aa, we have learned that other beast tribes have suffered similar losses."
14,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000150_AYMERIC,And we now have reason to believe that the abductions are connected to the appearance of the towers.
15,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000160_AYMERIC,Our scouts sighted black-garbed figures leading shackled Ixal in the direction of the tower in Dravania.
16,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000170_AYMERIC,"The Temple Knights were able to intercept them before they could reach their destination, liberating the Ixal and apprehending their captors─each of whom was found to be equipped with Garlean arms and armor."
17,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000180_GRAHATIA,So the Empire is the common thread.
18,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000190_NANAMOULNAMO,"With the support of Zenos, it seems likely that Fandaniel has rallied a faction of the splintered Garlean army to the banner of the Telophoroi."
19,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000200_RAUBAHN,Lord Hien reached the same conclusion when I shared our findings with Doma.
20,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000210_RAUBAHN,"The plan had been to march on Garlemald from the east and west in order to force a peace treaty, but the situation has changed. Dealing with the threat of the towers must come first."
21,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000220_RAUBAHN,"Given the nature of the enemy, and the proven risk of tempering, I could think of few suitable candidates to aid in this task. But I am confident in my choice."
22,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000230_ALPHINAUD,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
23,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000240_RAUBAHN,"Resistant to primal influence as they are, they can investigate the towers without fear of being turned."
24,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000250_ARENVALD,"We're glad to put our gifts to use, Commander."
25,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000260_RAUBAHN,"Gifted or not, going behind enemy lines remains a perilous undertaking. But we must know more if we're to strike back at our foe. I'm counting on you."
26,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000270_ARENVALD,"If it would give us the upper hand, I'd do it a hundred times over. We won't let you down."
27,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000280_RAUBAHN,That concludes the briefing. You two─make ready and join your escort.
28,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000290_ALPHINAUD,"Are you certain about this, Arenvald?"
29,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000300_ARENVALD,"I am. Come on, let's talk outside."
30,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000310_ARENVALD,"So you know, I've already gone through all the formalities at the Rising Stones. Made sure to inform J'moldva and V'mah at Rhalgr's Reach as well."
31,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000320_ALPHINAUD,"Arenvald, I admire your enthusiasm...but this is far more dangerous than anything you have done before."
32,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000330_ARENVALD,I know the risks. And I also know what's in store if we don't stop Fandaniel from carrying out his plan.
33,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000340_ARENVALD,"With this power of mine, I can make a difference. If I stood idly by, I would regret it for the rest of my life."
34,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000350_ALPHINAUD,"And you, Fordola? Is this what you want?"
35,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000360_FORDOLA,What're you asking me for? It's not like I have any say in the matter.
36,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000370_ARENVALD,Don't pretend. We both know Commander Aldynn gave you a chance to refuse. And you didn't.
37,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000380_FORDOLA,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
38,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000390_FORDOLA,"So the Empire's finished, is it? That's what they're all saying. That the great and glorious Garlemald slit its own throat."
39,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000400_FORDOLA,"And now, from out of its twitching carcass crawls the Telophoroi, with bloody *Zenos* at its head."
40,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000410_FORDOLA,I fought for Garlemald. Killed for Garlemald. What was I a part of? I need to know. Whatever it is...I need to know.
41,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000420_ALPHINAUD,"Very well. If your hearts are set on this, I shall not stand in your way."
42,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000430_THANCRED,"If you've finished with your touching display of camaraderie, I have a question: which tower are you planning to investigate, exactly?"
43,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000440_ARENVALD,"Well, the one in Gyr Abania's said to be tightly guarded. It's patrol after patrol out there, apparently. We'd be spotted before we got anywhere near it."
44,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000450_ARENVALD,"Which is why we've set our sights on the one in Paglth'an, instead. There shouldn't be anything like as many imperials to worry about down there."
45,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000460_THANCRED,"Even so, I doubt the local Amalj'aa will look kindly on it if they catch you sneaking around in their territory."
46,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000470_ARENVALD,"Fordola and I had a chance to learn the lie of the land in our previous forays there. We might still find trouble, but at least we won't lose our way."
47,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000480_ARENVALD,"Well, we'd best not keep them waiting any longer."
48,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000490_ALPHINAUD,"Mayhap when all of this is over, we could take another trip to Loch Seld. I would have you know I've become a rather capable swimmer since our last visit."
49,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000500_ARENVALD,"Ha! I'll believe that when I see it! Though, to be fair, getting into deep water does seem to be a Scion's lot in life... Take care, eh?"
50,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000510_ARENVALD,"It means a lot, you know─you coming with me."
51,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000520_FORDOLA,"I still owe you for saving my skin, don't I? Can't return the favor if I'm not there."
52,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000530_ARENVALD,"I daresay you'll get your chance before long. That Fandaniel sounds like a tricky customer. Too much for the likes of me, anyway."
53,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000540_ARENVALD,"But we both know I'd be just another soldier if it weren't for my gift. And I need to be a damn sight more than that, given what's coming."
54,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000550_ARENVALD,"I realize I can't hold a candle to a hero like the Warrior of Light─or Alphinaud, for that matter. He might look like he's twelve, but he's seen more action than most people see in a lifetime."
55,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000560_ARENVALD,"No, the fact is, I'm nothing like them, and maybe I never will be, but I'll be damned if I don't try."
56,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000570_ARENVALD,They're counting on me. On us. So let's give it our all.
57,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000580_ALPHINAUD,"He does not want for conviction, that much is certain. So let us have faith in him. Him and Fordola both."
58,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000590_ALPHINAUD,"While they see to the towers, I would attend to another task: chasing down this “Lunar” Bahamut."
59,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000600_TATARU,(-Tataru-)(Ugh! Bloody thing...) Can you hear me? It's Tataru. I'm happy to say we managed to find Estinien!
60,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000610_TATARU,(-Tataru-)And...I'm sorry to say he went running off again the moment we told him about Bahamut.
61,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000620_TATARU,"(-Tataru-)But he did mutter something about heading to Ishgard, so if you're quick, you might still be able to catch him!"
62,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000630_ALPHINAUD,"Even if we set out this instant, he may already have left by the time we arrive. Have her send the *Bonanza* to Ishgard. It may prove useful should we need to give chase."
63,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000640_TATARU,(-Tataru-)Gladly! I'll see to it as soon as Krile and I get back to the Rising Stones. Good luck!
64,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000650_THANCRED,"While you go off on your dragoon hunt, Urianger and I will return to headquarters. We have much to tell the others."
65,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000651_URIANGER,I wish you every success in your search for our elusive friend. May we all meet again ere long.
66,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000660_ALISAIE,"No sign of him. Not that I've ever met him before. But the way Alphinaud goes on about him, I'm fairly sure I could pick him out in a crowd."
67,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000670_GRAHATIA,"Speaking of which, it does seem awfully quiet. If the erstwhile Azure Dragoon had returned to Ishgard, would it not be a source of general excitement?"
68,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000680_ESTINIEN,"First the Scions' coinkeeper, and now you. I'm beginning to think these meetings are more than mere coincidence."
69,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000690_ESTINIEN,Not that I'm complaining. It's been too long.
70,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000700_ALISAIE,“Too long”?
71,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000710_ESTINIEN,"You look an ilm taller and twice as rugged. It suits you, Alphinaud."
72,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000720_ESTINIEN,"Quieter, though. Have you been giving him lessons on how to be the strong, silent type?"
73,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000730_ALISAIE,I...
74,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000740_ALISAIE,...am not...
75,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000750_ALISAIE,ALPHINAUD!
76,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000760_ALISAIE,"If the two of you are such firm friends, perhaps you should remember what he looks like! And what do you mean, “rugged”!?"
77,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000770_ALISAIE,"Ungh! Had my brother mentioned what an oaf you are, I'd never have bothered looking for you in the first place!"
78,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000780_GRAHATIA,"Estinien Wyrmblood, the Azure Dragoon... He who fought and felled the dread wyrm Nidhogg at the Warrior of Light's side!"
79,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000790_GRAHATIA,To think the day would come when I should see this living legend with my own eyes!
80,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000800_ESTINIEN,Would someone mind explaining what is going on?
81,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000810_ALPHINAUD,Is everything all right!? I thought I heard Alisaie shouting...
82,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000820_ALPHINAUD,Estinien! It's been too long!
83,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000830_ALPHINAUD,"No, no, it's quite understandable. That was hardly the first time we've been confused for one another. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last."
84,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000840_ESTINIEN,Well I for one will not be making that mistake again.
85,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000850_ESTINIEN,What I will say...for the second time today...is that you've grown. Inside and out. I can tell.
86,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000860_ALPHINAUD,"One can't remain a spoiled little lordling forever, you know."
87,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000870_ALISAIE,At least someone's having a good time...
88,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000880_ALISAIE,"You know, when we were growing up, Alphinaud would never befriend other boys because he couldn't stand the thought of not being in charge. But maybe that's changed. He seems just as happy around Estinien as he does Arenvald."
89,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
90,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Perhaps he sees them as the brothers he never had.
91,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE,I think he learned how to talk *with* people rather than *at* them.
92,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICE,Well...you can't keep him all to yourself forever.
93,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000890_ALISAIE,"Hmph. Good luck to them. It hasn't been easy being his sister, I can tell you that."
94,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000900_ALISAIE,I wouldn't be so sure. He still loves nothing better than the sound of his own voice.
95,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000910_ALISAIE,"Keep him to my─!? You're joking, aren't you? I'd be *glad* if someone would take him off my hands!"
96,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000920_ESTINIEN,"No rest for the righteous, eh? Speaking of which, I was just on my way to borrow an airship to take me to Azys Lla."
97,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000930_ALPHINAUD,Azys Lla...? How could I forget? The dragon with whom Bahamut shared the deepest of bonds...
98,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000940_ESTINIEN,"Aye, Tiamat, his mate. Even now, she remains imprisoned on Azys Lla, though her remorse binds her faster than any shackle."
99,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000950_GRAHATIA,"I see... As the one who first summoned Bahamut, you believe she may be able to shine some light on his latest incarnation."
100,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000960_ALPHINAUD,"Might I suggest that we make the journey to Azys Lla together? I'm not sure if Tataru mentioned this, but we Scions have an airship of our own now."
101,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000970_ESTINIEN,I see no reason why not...assuming your sister can bear the thought of sharing a deck with me.
102,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000980_ALISAIE,"Be my guest. But confuse me with Alphinaud again, and I'll throw you overboard."
103,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000990_ALISAIE,"Ugh! I don't know who he thinks he is, but he's nothing like Alphinaud painted him to be!"
104,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001000_GRAHATIA,"I will admit, he is not exactly as I imagined him either. Based on what I had read of the man, I think I was expecting someone a little less...blunt?"
105,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001010_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)My sire's mortal companion... What bringeth thee back to this forsaken place, child of man?"
106,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001020_ESTINIEN,Hmph. It's plain she knows naught of recent events. Perhaps you should enlighten her.
107,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001030_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Ahhh... That my sins should be repeated...
108,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001040_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)I sensed not the faintest stirring.
109,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001050_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)As to who could have called him forth...I know of none save the dragons of Meracydia. Our children...
110,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001060_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)The eikon claimed their souls when first he manifested. And robbed of their will, they became tools for the Allagans' dark designs."
111,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001070_ALISAIE,"Much like those held here in Azys Lla. If dragons who worship Bahamut are required to summon him, that must mean..."
112,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001080_ALISAIE,"I've seen it with my own eyes. Captives of a lost empire, neither alive nor dead, existing only to preserve Bahamut's corporeal form."
113,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001090_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Yes. The dragons of Meracydia are at the mercy of this Ascian. There can be no other explanation.
114,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001100_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Accursed Ascians! Vile minions of Darkness!
115,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001110_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Again you would profane the memory of my beloved, and strip our children of their freedom, their dignity! Are there no depths to which you will not stoop!?"
116,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001120_ESTINIEN,Your children's pain means nothing to them. They laugh at your kind's suffering.
117,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001130_ESTINIEN,But tears will not right this wrong. Nor will lamentations see the perpetrators punished.
118,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001140_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)What wouldst thou have from me, slayer of dragons?"
119,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001150_ESTINIEN,Behavior befitting a great wyrm.
120,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001160_ESTINIEN,"We came here to ask mighty Tiamat of the first brood, consort of Bahamut, mother of the dragons of Meracydia, what she intends to do about the crimes committed against her children!"
121,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001170_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Were I free, I would answer thine insolence with fire. But words shall have to suffice."
122,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001180_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Recall, mortals, that it was I who did first summon my beloved, praying with all my being to bring him forth. You who contend with eikons cannot well be ignorant of the consequence."
123,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001190_ALPHINAUD,...You too were exposed to his influence. That you are yet in possession of your own will is testament to the indomitable strength of your soul.
124,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001200_ALPHINAUD,"But were you to meet with Bahamut again, you fear you might succumb."
125,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001210_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Indeed. Ask the dragonslayer, and he will tell thee the power we of the first brood wield. Were I to lose myself to the eikon's influence, all would pay the price."
126,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001220_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)But it is of little matter. For even had I the strength to resist, I yet lack the strength to break my shackles. This prison shall be my tomb."
127,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001230_ALISAIE,"On the matter of Bahamut's influence, at least, I believe we can be of some assistance."
128,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001240_ALISAIE,"If you're afraid of being enthralled, don't be─we have a cure. And while we've never tried it on one such as you, its basic principles are universal."
129,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001250_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Speakest thou in earnest?
130,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001260_ALPHINAUD,There is no future for those bound to the past.
131,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001270_ALPHINAUD,"That you committed a terrible sin, I do not dispute. But if you feel remorse, you may yet make amends. We offer you that chance. Take it, or you will forever remain a prisoner, not of these cruel shackles, but of your own guilt."
132,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001280_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)A chance to make amends... To lay Bahamut's memory to rest...
133,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001290_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)When our own star faced annihilation, Hydaelyn granted us sanctuary. And now your foes would bring about Her destruction. This I cannot allow. For the debt I owe to Hydaelyn, and to all who have suffered for my sins...I shall fight with you, children of man."
134,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001300_ALISAIE,Ungh...! No... I'm almost there...!
135,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001310_ALISAIE,"This is it, Angelo!"
136,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001320_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Yes...I feel it! The eikon's grip groweth weak!
137,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001330_ALISAIE,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
138,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001340_ALISAIE,Did it work?
139,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001350_GRAHATIA,We won't know for certain until the shackles are removed.
140,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001360_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Answer me this, children of man... Can my kindred be saved in like manner?"
141,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001370_GRAHATIA,"Many have been subjected to the Allagans' dark arts, their flesh irrevocably altered. For such tortured souls, I fear there can be no salvation."
142,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001380_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)My children...
143,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001390_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Should you hearken unto my call, we shall fly together once more. But should you not...I shall grant you peace."
144,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001400_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Better to die than live as a tool of evil. You too would wish this, I know...and I shall do as I must."
145,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001410_ALISAIE,"When that time comes, you won't be alone. We'll stand by you."
146,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001420_TIAMAT,"(-Tiamat-)Thou hast my gratitude, little one."
147,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001430_ESTINIEN,Alphinaud's ready. It's time.
148,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001440_ESTINIEN,"Do it, and let's hope the treatment worked as it should."
149,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001450_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)Bahamut...my beloved.
150,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001460_TIAMAT,(-Tiamat-)For vengeance...and atonement...I rise.
151,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001470_ALISAIE,By the gods...
152,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001480_GRAHATIA,"Urianger, your timing could not be better."
153,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001490_GRAHATIA,"Understood, we're on our way."
154,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001500_GRAHATIA,It's Bahamut. He's been sighted over Paglth'an.
155,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001510_GRAHATIA,"He flies for the largest Amalj'aa settlement in the region─at the head of a vast host, including dragons."
156,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001520_ESTINIEN,"Did you hear all that, Alphinaud? You'd best rejoin your comrades. I'll make my own way."
157,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001530_ESTINIEN,Our enemy awaits. Shall we?
158,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001540_TIAMAT,Ascian vermin! You shall torment my children no longer!
159,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001550_TIAMAT,"Children of man... The shade of my beloved is no more, and I...I shall be forever in your debt."
160,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001560_TIAMAT,"By your deeds are we set free. And free we shall remain, as long as I draw breath. Never again shall the dragons of Meracydia hearken to the lies of the Ascians. This I vow."
161,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001570_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,(-???-)Noble warriors! The dragons chose their friends well...
162,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001580_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,"Long have our peoples waged war, but no more."
163,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001590_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,Your fallen lie beside our own. By our words and deeds shall we honor their sacrifice.
164,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
165,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,You would make peace with Ul'dah then?
166,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE,We would be proud to call you our allies.
167,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE,Then let us put the past behind us.
168,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001600_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,"The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and you have proven yourselves worthy of our trust. It is the Garleans who are deserving of our fury."
169,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001610_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,"I shall see that my brethren learn the truth of this day, and rally as many as possible to the cause. Till we meet again."
170,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001620_GRAHATIA,And thus did we make allies of the Amalj'aa...
171,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001630_THANCRED,"It would certainly seem that way. The sultana *will* be pleased. Let's go and give her the good news, shall we?"
172,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001640_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE,"Some time earlier, inside the Paglth'an tower..."
173,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001650_ARENVALD,What in Rhalgr's name happened here?
174,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001660_FORDOLA,The gods only know... But you can bet these poor sods aren't here by choice.
175,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001670_ARENVALD,"Quickly, we've got to get them free!"
176,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001680_FORDOLA,Get back!
177,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001690_ARENVALD,No... What have I done?
178,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001700_FORDOLA,It's too late for them! We're leaving. Now!
179,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001710_FORDOLA,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
180,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001720_ARENVALD,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
181,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001730_ARENVALD,"Don't you dare! We came together, and we're leaving together!"
182,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001740_ALPHINAUD,Fordola... Have you been waiting here all this time?
183,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001750_DAMIELLIOT,We have done what we can. The rest is up to him.
184,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001760_ALPHINAUD,May we see him?
185,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001770_DAMIELLIOT,I...do not think that wise. You must let him sleep.
186,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001780_ALPHINAUD,Thank you for bringing him back. He owes you his life.
187,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001790_ALPHINAUD,I just... I just *wish* I'd been there. Perhaps─ I don't know. Perhaps I could have...
188,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001800_FORDOLA,Could've what? Got tempered!? Don't flatter yourself. You can't save everyone. No one can. Not even the Warrior of bloody Light.
189,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001810_FORDOLA,People die all the time. For no good reason. And those who take up the sword die quicker than most.
190,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001820_FORDOLA,"If you're going to shed a tear every time a soldier falls on the battlefield, you'd best stay away. It's no place for the weak of heart."
191,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001830_ALPHINAUD,It may be...
192,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001840_ALPHINAUD,That victory cannot be won without cost.
193,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001850_ALPHINAUD,"But all life is precious, and I refuse to shrug at its loss!"
194,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001860_FORDOLA,"“All life is precious”? Hmph. You need to grow up, little man─before your sparkling ideals get everyone killed."
195,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001870_ESTINIEN,You're right. He *is* idealistic. But the world has more than its fair share of realists like you and me.
196,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001880_ESTINIEN,"It's people like him who dare to dream that things could be better─and make it happen, against all the odds. They are the ones whose names live on forever. The heroes."
197,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001890_FORDOLA,"The battlefield's littered with would-be heroes. At this rate, you lot'll be next."
198,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001900_FORDOLA,And what'll become of your precious dreams then!?
199,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001910_FORDOLA,They'll be gone─like dust on the wind!
200,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001920_ESTINIEN,Dreams worth fighting for don't die so easily.
201,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001930_ALPHINAUD,Your Grace. Pray forgive us our lateness.
202,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001940_NANAMOULNAMO,Think not of that. I understand a close comrade of yours was wounded in the line of duty. Arenvald.
203,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001950_NANAMOULNAMO,"It was at the Alliance's behest that he risked all, and we are grieved to hear of his condition. Rest assured, he will receive the finest care our chirurgeons can provide, on that you have my word."
204,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001960_NANAMOULNAMO,Now...we would share with you the findings of the mission.
205,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001970_NANAMOULNAMO,Pipin─pray relate to our guests the details of Fordola's account.
206,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001980_THANCRED,"First Bahamut, now Ifrit. Or “Lunar Ifrit,” as Fandaniel would doubtless have it."
207,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001990_URIANGER,'Tis now all but certain that the towers were conceived to facilitate the summoning of primals by those imprisoned within.
208,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002000_URIANGER,Less certain is the means by which the Telophoroi constrain the wills of said entities to enact *their* designs in defiance of the pleas of their victims.
209,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002010_YSHTOLA,"Mayhap they do not. If mere proximity to the towers is enough to make loyal servants of the Empire's mortal enemies, it stands to reason that the same is true for those held captive."
210,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002020_YSHTOLA,"They invoke their gods for the good of Garlemald, and in their disturbed state of mind summon a primal whose form reflects their own alteration."
211,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002030_THANCRED,"It all begins to make sense. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the towers bear a striking resemblance to a much larger structure which Urianger and I observed from afar during our visit to the imperial capital."
212,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002040_THANCRED,"Assuming it too is capable of tempering those in its immediate vicinity, it would go some way to explain the swiftness with which the Telophoroi managed to rally so many imperials to their cause."
213,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002050_NANAMOULNAMO,"While the situation in Garlemald is indeed troubling, I fear we have more immediate concerns."
214,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002060_NANAMOULNAMO,"Ifrit was not the only primal summoned. At approximately the same time, observers at several other towers bore witness to the emergence of further such entities."
215,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002070_NANAMOULNAMO,"For a blessing, none appear to wield aught approaching the destructive power of Bahamut, and the Grand Companies are moving to deal with the threat even as we speak."
216,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
217,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,"You need only tell me where they are, Your Grace..."
218,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE,"The Grand Companies, Your Grace? Is that wise?"
219,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002080_NANAMOULNAMO,"Though we are aware that the task will not be easy, we would call upon the Scions only as a last resort. Pray conserve your strength for now."
220,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002090_NANAMOULNAMO,"After all, it was not so very long ago that you rid us of Bahamut. On which note, I am pleased to report that our talks with the Amalj'aa have reached an agreeable conclusion. They have pledged their full support to our cause."
221,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002100_NANAMOULNAMO,It is our hope that this historic agreement will encourage other tribes to join us at the negotiating table. And I know that I speak for all of the Allied leaders when I say that we will welcome them with open arms at such time as they do.
222,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002110_NANAMOULNAMO,"Of course, this was only made possible by the feats of heroism performed at Paglth'an. Moreover, we shall not allow the sacrifices of those fallen in battle to have been made in vain. As hope leads to victory, shall victory lead to a new dawn for Eorzea."
223,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002120_YSHTOLA,"May these words ever be our guide, Your Grace."
224,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002130_NANAMOULNAMO,"Now, if you will forgive me, I must consult with the Syndicate on the matter of our new allies' integration. Till next we meet, my friends, I bid you safe travels and blessed respite."
225,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002140_KRILE,"Welcome back. I expect you must all be exhausted. Ere you take your rest, however, I would beg a moment of your time."
226,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002150_KRILE,"Thanks to Arenvald's selfless efforts, we may now be confident that we understand the function of the towers. But many questions remain regarding the reason for the summonings and what lurks behind the looming edifice in Garlemald."
227,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002160_KRILE,"Until such questions are answered, we will struggle to devise an effective strategy for thwarting the Telophoroi's stated aim: nothing less than the destruction of this star. And so, given the gravity of the situation...I move that we petition the aid of Sharlayan."
228,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002170_URIANGER,"'Tis possible the ancient knowledge preserved within their archives may hide a clue to our enemy's methods. But given Sharlayan's established policy of nonintervention, our former colleagues are not like to aid us in its discovery."
229,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002180_KRILE,"Oh, I well remember what they're like. The Forum's barefaced refusal to assist you in the days prior to the Calamity must rank as Sharlayan's most shameful act since the exodus."
230,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002190_KRILE,"But were the Final Days to be reenacted, it would spell doom for us all. Surely even they cannot turn a blind eye to that."
231,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002200_KRILE,"I trust we are all of the same mind on this matter... Urgent as it seemed, I took the liberty of petitioning the Alliance for leave to act as Eorzea's emissary. And have since received their blessing."
232,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002210_GRAHATIA,I presume your role as a Student of Baldesion will carry some weight with the Forum?
233,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002220_KRILE,"One can but hope. If truth be told, our organization has been a shadow of its former self ever since the disappearance of the Isle of Val─but the name does still retain some degree of prestige. I only pray it will be enough."
234,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002230_KRILE,"If there are no objections, I shall depart for Sharlayan at once. But before I do, I should also mention the other matter to which I would devote some time during my stay."
235,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002240_KRILE,"After hearing what transpired in the First, I began to question the true nature of Hydaelyn's blessing. A topic I have discussed at some length with Y'shtola..."
236,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002250_YSHTOLA,We were wondering: when was the last time Hydaelyn spoke to you directly?
237,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
238,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Near the end of the Dragonsong War.
239,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE,That day in the Crystarium.
240,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE,...
241,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002260_YSHTOLA,"When you regained Her blessing, was it not? But never since─not in all your time in the First, when you faced the unsundered, the very heart of Zodiark."
242,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002270_YSHTOLA,"When Elidibus sought to make Warriors of Light? That was the voice which calls constantly to all who might hear it. I spoke of *direct* communication, when Hydaelyn communed solely with you. A far rarer occurrence."
243,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002280_YSHTOLA,Is the question truly so vexing? Perhaps you fear I will chastise you for giving the wrong answer? Or was it so long ago that you simply can't remember...
244,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002290_KRILE,"History shows us that Hydaelyn is able to awaken the Echo in Her chosen, convey Her will directly, and grant the blessing of Light."
245,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002300_KRILE,"To our knowledge, however, She has not sought to intervene in man's affairs for some considerable time."
246,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002310_URIANGER,Might not the explanation for that lie with Her choice of champion? Mayhap She is content to trust in her judgment.
247,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002320_YSHTOLA,"Mayhap She is. But following my initial discussion with Krile, I made inquiries of my own, and as far as I am able to tell, Hydaelyn has not made Her will known to anyone."
248,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002330_THANCRED,"During my time in the First, the Oracle of Light spoke to me through Ryne. But that was not the will of Hydaelyn. It was Minfilia herself."
249,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002340_YSHTOLA,"Indeed. And while she and Hydaelyn were inextricably linked, Minfilia yet acted of her own volition. A messenger, yes, but one who spoke with her own voice."
250,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002350_KRILE,"I wonder, could Hydaelyn's silence suggest the presence of some disruptive force, perhaps? Some obstacle to communication? While I share Urianger's high opinion of your conduct, I see no reason why She would deny you Her guidance altogether."
251,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002360_KRILE,"Then again, who am I to say? The fact is, we simply don't know. But if the explanation is to be found anywhere, I can think of worse places to look than the archives of Sharlayan─and their research on the aetherial sea in particular."
252,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002370_KRILE,"Resolved though I am to go, believe me when I say that I take no pleasure in the thought of leaving you a member short. Now of all times."
253,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002380_KRILE,Estinien─we stand on the eve of a struggle that will decide the fate of this star. One in which we Scions may play a telling part. Yet we are but few in number.
254,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002390_KRILE,And so I must ask you again: will you join us?
255,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002400_ESTINIEN,You see the world the way you want it to be. I see the world the way it is. You are idealistic to a fault.
256,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002410_ESTINIEN,"But I know you would never turn your back on those in need. Never close your eyes to their suffering. And somehow, your deeds lend truth to your words, giving the lie to my doubts in so doing."
257,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002420_ESTINIEN,"I have seen others draw strength from your belief. In Ishgard, in Ala Mhigo. You inspired them to stand up and fight. To win, no less."
258,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002430_ESTINIEN,"And even when you lost those you held dear, you carried their spirit with you, and made their memory your guiding light. The burden of so many hopes and dreams would be too heavy for most to bear."
259,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002440_ESTINIEN,"But you bear it willingly. As you have shown me, some dreams are too important to let go."
260,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002450_ESTINIEN,"If you have need of my strength, it's yours. After all you've done, how could I refuse?"
261,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002460_ALPHINAUD,"Thank you, Estinien..."
262,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002470_ALPHINAUD,"Whatever challenges await us, I shall not falter. You have my word."
263,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002480_KRILE,"And now I may bid you farewell, safe in the knowledge that all is as it should be─in this little corner of the world at least."
264,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002490_ALPHINAUD,"You will be sorely missed. Tread warily in Sharlayan...and do try not to let the Forum embroil you in their politics. A forlorn hope, I know, given the individuals involved..."
265,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002500_KRILE,I shall do my very best. Farewell.
266,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002505_SYSTEM,"Meanwhile, in the imperial palace..."
267,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002510_FANDANIEL,Well? Does this one meet with your approval?
268,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002520_FANDANIEL,Apparently not. Or...could it be that you're still upset about the dragons?
269,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002530_ZENOS,You are unwise to remind me of so costly a failure.
270,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002540_ZENOS,"It will not affect our plans, I trust."
271,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002550_FANDANIEL,"Oh, hardly at all. Though, admittedly, the chances of us being able to procure any more Meracydian dragons are rather slimmer following Tiamat's reappearance."
272,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002560_FANDANIEL,"But the seeds have been sown, my lord! We have only to wait for them to quicken. "
273,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002570_FANDANIEL,"Speaking of preparations, is it safe to assume that you will be ready to control you-know-what?"
274,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002580_ZENOS,"The hour draws nigh. This nation, forged for Ascian ends, will finally prove its worth."
275,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002590_FANDANIEL,"A mighty Empire, now no more than an instrument of this star's destruction! What a pleasure it will be to put it to use!"
276,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002600_FANDANIEL,"Which brings me back to our earlier topic. My lord─while I appreciate that it is not an easy decision, it really is past time you chose your weapon."
277,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002610_ZENOS,There is one that I have been meaning to test...
278,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002620_FANDANIEL,"Well, well... Not quite what I was expecting. Though I will say, it does seem rather apt."
1 key 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000010_MERLWYB 1 Ere we begin, I would like to offer my gratitude to Masters Thancred and Urianger. 'Tis no small feat to infiltrate the imperial capital and live to tell the tale, much less in times of civil war. Thanks to them, we may plot our course in full knowledge of how the winds blow in Garlemald.
2 # 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000020_URIANGER Full glad are we to have been of service. But verily, such dangers as we did encounter pale into insignificance next to those faced by our comrades. An Ascian armed with the might of Bahamut, bent on bringing about the Final Days...
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000030_RAUBAHN str Theatrics. He sought only to make a show of the power at the Telophoroi's disposal.
4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000010_MERLWYB 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000040_RAUBAHN Ere we begin, I would like to offer my gratitude to Masters Thancred and Urianger. 'Tis no small feat to infiltrate the imperial capital and live to tell the tale, much less in times of civil war. Thanks to them, we may plot our course in full knowledge of how the winds blow in Garlemald. But since then, we have seen no sign of this “Fandaniel,” or his wyrm. And while we've done what we can to bolster our defenses, there's no telling where he might strike next.
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000020_URIANGER 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000050_KANESENNA Full glad are we to have been of service. But verily, such dangers as we did encounter pale into insignificance next to those faced by our comrades. An Ascian armed with the might of Bahamut, bent on bringing about the Final Days... Whenever and wherever it may be, we must use the intervening time to learn more of our enemy.
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000030_RAUBAHN 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000060_KANESENNA Theatrics. He sought only to make a show of the power at the Telophoroi's disposal. 'Twas with this in mind that we dispatched scouts to investigate the towers...
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000040_RAUBAHN 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000070_LYSE But since then, we have seen no sign of this “Fandaniel,” or his wyrm. And while we've done what we can to bolster our defenses, there's no telling where he might strike next. Our advance party took longer than expected to return...and when they did, they tried to kill us.
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000050_KANESENNA 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000080_LYSE Whenever and wherever it may be, we must use the intervening time to learn more of our enemy. Luckily, I'd seen that sort of thing before, and we were able to restrain them before they did any harm. Then it was just a matter of letting the porxies do their work.
9 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000060_KANESENNA 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000090_ALISAIE 'Twas with this in mind that we dispatched scouts to investigate the towers... Are you saying they were tempered?
10 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000070_LYSE 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000100_LYSE Our advance party took longer than expected to return...and when they did, they tried to kill us. Once they'd come back to their senses, they told us everything they could. It seems that just as they were getting close to the tower, they heard an earsplitting roar. And that was the last thing they remembered.
11 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000080_LYSE 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000110_LYSE Luckily, I'd seen that sort of thing before, and we were able to restrain them before they did any harm. Then it was just a matter of letting the porxies do their work. But what worries me most is what they were saying right before they attacked.
12 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000090_ALISAIE 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000120_LYSE Are you saying they were tempered? “Glory be to Garlemald.”
13 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000100_LYSE 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000130_URIANGER Once they'd come back to their senses, they told us everything they could. It seems that just as they were getting close to the tower, they heard an earsplitting roar. And that was the last thing they remembered. The tempered have heretofore ever been thralls to primal entities. Yet these hapless souls were compelled to accept a *nation* as the object of their devotion. This calleth into question all that we know of the condition.
14 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000110_LYSE 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000140_AYMERIC But what worries me most is what they were saying right before they attacked. Would that the unsettling news ended there. Alas, there is more. Following the earlier reports of missing Amalj'aa, we have learned that other beast tribes have suffered similar losses.
15 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000120_LYSE 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000150_AYMERIC “Glory be to Garlemald.” And we now have reason to believe that the abductions are connected to the appearance of the towers.
16 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000130_URIANGER 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000160_AYMERIC The tempered have heretofore ever been thralls to primal entities. Yet these hapless souls were compelled to accept a <Emphasis>nation</Emphasis> as the object of their devotion. This calleth into question all that we know of the condition. Our scouts sighted black-garbed figures leading shackled Ixal in the direction of the tower in Dravania.
17 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000140_AYMERIC 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000170_AYMERIC Would that the unsettling news ended there. Alas, there is more. Following the earlier reports of missing Amalj'aa, we have learned that other beast tribes have suffered similar losses. The Temple Knights were able to intercept them before they could reach their destination, liberating the Ixal and apprehending their captors─each of whom was found to be equipped with Garlean arms and armor.
18 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000150_AYMERIC 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000180_GRAHATIA And we now have reason to believe that the abductions are connected to the appearance of the towers. So the Empire is the common thread.
19 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000160_AYMERIC 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000190_NANAMOULNAMO Our scouts sighted black-garbed figures leading shackled Ixal in the direction of the tower in Dravania. With the support of Zenos, it seems likely that Fandaniel has rallied a faction of the splintered Garlean army to the banner of the Telophoroi.
20 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000170_AYMERIC 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000200_RAUBAHN The Temple Knights were able to intercept them before they could reach their destination, liberating the Ixal and apprehending their captors─each of whom was found to be equipped with Garlean arms and armor. Lord Hien reached the same conclusion when I shared our findings with Doma.
21 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000180_GRAHATIA 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000210_RAUBAHN So the Empire is the common thread. The plan had been to march on Garlemald from the east and west in order to force a peace treaty, but the situation has changed. Dealing with the threat of the towers must come first.
22 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000190_NANAMOULNAMO 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000220_RAUBAHN With the support of Zenos, it seems likely that Fandaniel has rallied a faction of the splintered Garlean army to the banner of the Telophoroi. Given the nature of the enemy, and the proven risk of tempering, I could think of few suitable candidates to aid in this task. But I am confident in my choice.
23 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000200_RAUBAHN 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000230_ALPHINAUD Lord Hien reached the same conclusion when I shared our findings with Doma. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
24 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000210_RAUBAHN 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000240_RAUBAHN The plan had been to march on Garlemald from the east and west in order to force a peace treaty, but the situation has changed. Dealing with the threat of the towers must come first. Resistant to primal influence as they are, they can investigate the towers without fear of being turned.
25 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000220_RAUBAHN 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000250_ARENVALD Given the nature of the enemy, and the proven risk of tempering, I could think of few suitable candidates to aid in this task. But I am confident in my choice. We're glad to put our gifts to use, Commander.
26 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000230_ALPHINAUD 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000260_RAUBAHN No subtitles. Report if displayed. Gifted or not, going behind enemy lines remains a perilous undertaking. But we must know more if we're to strike back at our foe. I'm counting on you.
27 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000240_RAUBAHN 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000270_ARENVALD Resistant to primal influence as they are, they can investigate the towers without fear of being turned. If it would give us the upper hand, I'd do it a hundred times over. We won't let you down.
28 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000250_ARENVALD 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000280_RAUBAHN We're glad to put our gifts to use, Commander. That concludes the briefing. You two─make ready and join your escort.
29 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000260_RAUBAHN 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000290_ALPHINAUD Gifted or not, going behind enemy lines remains a perilous undertaking. But we must know more if we're to strike back at our foe. I'm counting on you. Are you certain about this, Arenvald?
30 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000270_ARENVALD 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000300_ARENVALD If it would give us the upper hand, I'd do it a hundred times over. We won't let you down. I am. Come on, let's talk outside.
31 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000280_RAUBAHN 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000310_ARENVALD That concludes the briefing. You two─make ready and join your escort. So you know, I've already gone through all the formalities at the Rising Stones. Made sure to inform J'moldva and V'mah at Rhalgr's Reach as well.
32 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000290_ALPHINAUD 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000320_ALPHINAUD Are you certain about this, Arenvald? Arenvald, I admire your enthusiasm...but this is far more dangerous than anything you have done before.
33 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000300_ARENVALD 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000330_ARENVALD I am. Come on, let's talk outside. I know the risks. And I also know what's in store if we don't stop Fandaniel from carrying out his plan.
34 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000310_ARENVALD 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000340_ARENVALD So you know, I've already gone through all the formalities at the Rising Stones. Made sure to inform J'moldva and V'mah at Rhalgr's Reach as well. With this power of mine, I can make a difference. If I stood idly by, I would regret it for the rest of my life.
35 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000320_ALPHINAUD 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000350_ALPHINAUD Arenvald, I admire your enthusiasm...but this is far more dangerous than anything you have done before. And you, Fordola? Is this what you want?
36 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000330_ARENVALD 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000360_FORDOLA I know the risks. And I also know what's in store if we don't stop Fandaniel from carrying out his plan. What're you asking me for? It's not like I have any say in the matter.
37 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000340_ARENVALD 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000370_ARENVALD With this power of mine, I can make a difference. If I stood idly by, I would regret it for the rest of my life. Don't pretend. We both know Commander Aldynn gave you a chance to refuse. And you didn't.
38 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000350_ALPHINAUD 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000380_FORDOLA And you, Fordola? Is this what you want? No subtitles. Report if displayed.
39 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000360_FORDOLA 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000390_FORDOLA What're you asking me for? It's not like I have any say in the matter. So the Empire's finished, is it? That's what they're all saying. That the great and glorious Garlemald slit its own throat.
40 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000370_ARENVALD 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000400_FORDOLA Don't pretend. We both know Commander Aldynn gave you a chance to refuse. And you didn't. And now, from out of its twitching carcass crawls the Telophoroi, with bloody *Zenos* at its head.
41 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000380_FORDOLA 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000410_FORDOLA No subtitles. Report if displayed. I fought for Garlemald. Killed for Garlemald. What was I a part of? I need to know. Whatever it is...I need to know.
42 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000390_FORDOLA 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000420_ALPHINAUD So the Empire's finished, is it? That's what they're all saying. That the great and glorious Garlemald slit its own throat. Very well. If your hearts are set on this, I shall not stand in your way.
43 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000400_FORDOLA 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000430_THANCRED And now, from out of its twitching carcass crawls the Telophoroi, with bloody <Emphasis>Zenos</Emphasis> at its head. If you've finished with your touching display of camaraderie, I have a question: which tower are you planning to investigate, exactly?
44 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000410_FORDOLA 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000440_ARENVALD I fought for Garlemald. Killed for Garlemald. What was I a part of? I need to know. Whatever it is...I need to know. Well, the one in Gyr Abania's said to be tightly guarded. It's patrol after patrol out there, apparently. We'd be spotted before we got anywhere near it.
45 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000420_ALPHINAUD 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000450_ARENVALD Very well. If your hearts are set on this, I shall not stand in your way. Which is why we've set our sights on the one in Paglth'an, instead. There shouldn't be anything like as many imperials to worry about down there.
46 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000430_THANCRED 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000460_THANCRED If you've finished with your touching display of camaraderie, I have a question: which tower are you planning to investigate, exactly? Even so, I doubt the local Amalj'aa will look kindly on it if they catch you sneaking around in their territory.
47 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000440_ARENVALD 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000470_ARENVALD Well, the one in Gyr Abania's said to be tightly guarded. It's patrol after patrol out there, apparently. We'd be spotted before we got anywhere near it. Fordola and I had a chance to learn the lie of the land in our previous forays there. We might still find trouble, but at least we won't lose our way.
48 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000450_ARENVALD 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000480_ARENVALD Which is why we've set our sights on the one in Paglth'an, instead. There shouldn't be anything like as many imperials to worry about down there. Well, we'd best not keep them waiting any longer.
49 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000460_THANCRED 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000490_ALPHINAUD Even so, I doubt the local Amalj'aa will look kindly on it if they catch you sneaking around in their territory. Mayhap when all of this is over, we could take another trip to Loch Seld. I would have you know I've become a rather capable swimmer since our last visit.
50 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000470_ARENVALD 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000500_ARENVALD Fordola and I had a chance to learn the lie of the land in our previous forays there. We might still find trouble, but at least we won't lose our way. Ha! I'll believe that when I see it! Though, to be fair, getting into deep water does seem to be a Scion's lot in life... Take care, eh?
51 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000480_ARENVALD 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000510_ARENVALD Well, we'd best not keep them waiting any longer. It means a lot, you know─you coming with me.
52 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000490_ALPHINAUD 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000520_FORDOLA Mayhap when all of this is over, we could take another trip to Loch Seld. I would have you know I've become a rather capable swimmer since our last visit. I still owe you for saving my skin, don't I? Can't return the favor if I'm not there.
53 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000500_ARENVALD 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000530_ARENVALD Ha! I'll believe that when I see it! Though, to be fair, getting into deep water does seem to be a Scion's lot in life... Take care, eh? I daresay you'll get your chance before long. That Fandaniel sounds like a tricky customer. Too much for the likes of me, anyway.
54 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000510_ARENVALD 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000540_ARENVALD It means a lot, you know─you coming with me. But we both know I'd be just another soldier if it weren't for my gift. And I need to be a damn sight more than that, given what's coming.
55 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000520_FORDOLA 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000550_ARENVALD I still owe you for saving my skin, don't I? Can't return the favor if I'm not there. I realize I can't hold a candle to a hero like the Warrior of Light─or Alphinaud, for that matter. He might look like he's twelve, but he's seen more action than most people see in a lifetime.
56 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000530_ARENVALD 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000560_ARENVALD I daresay you'll get your chance before long. That Fandaniel sounds like a tricky customer. Too much for the likes of me, anyway. No, the fact is, I'm nothing like them, and maybe I never will be, but I'll be damned if I don't try.
57 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000540_ARENVALD 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000570_ARENVALD But we both know I'd be just another soldier if it weren't for my gift. And I need to be a damn sight more than that, given what's coming. They're counting on me. On us. So let's give it our all.
58 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000550_ARENVALD 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000580_ALPHINAUD I realize I can't hold a candle to a hero like the Warrior of Light─or Alphinaud, for that matter. He might look like he's twelve, but he's seen more action than most people see in a lifetime. He does not want for conviction, that much is certain. So let us have faith in him. Him and Fordola both.
59 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000560_ARENVALD 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000590_ALPHINAUD No, the fact is, I'm nothing like them, and maybe I never will be, but I'll be damned if I don't try. While they see to the towers, I would attend to another task: chasing down this “Lunar” Bahamut.
60 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000570_ARENVALD 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000600_TATARU They're counting on me. On us. So let's give it our all. (-Tataru-)(Ugh! Bloody thing...) Can you hear me? It's Tataru. I'm happy to say we managed to find Estinien!
61 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000580_ALPHINAUD 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000610_TATARU He does not want for conviction, that much is certain. So let us have faith in him. Him and Fordola both. (-Tataru-)And...I'm sorry to say he went running off again the moment we told him about Bahamut.
62 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000590_ALPHINAUD 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000620_TATARU While they see to the towers, I would attend to another task: chasing down this “Lunar” Bahamut. (-Tataru-)But he did mutter something about heading to Ishgard, so if you're quick, you might still be able to catch him!
63 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000600_TATARU 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000630_ALPHINAUD (-Tataru-)(Ugh! Bloody thing...) Can you hear me? It's Tataru. I'm happy to say we managed to find Estinien! Even if we set out this instant, he may already have left by the time we arrive. Have her send the *Bonanza* to Ishgard. It may prove useful should we need to give chase.
64 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000610_TATARU 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000640_TATARU (-Tataru-)And...I'm sorry to say he went running off again the moment we told him about Bahamut. (-Tataru-)Gladly! I'll see to it as soon as Krile and I get back to the Rising Stones. Good luck!
65 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000620_TATARU 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000650_THANCRED (-Tataru-)But he did mutter something about heading to Ishgard, so if you're quick, you might still be able to catch him! While you go off on your dragoon hunt, Urianger and I will return to headquarters. We have much to tell the others.
66 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000630_ALPHINAUD 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000651_URIANGER Even if we set out this instant, he may already have left by the time we arrive. Have her send the <Emphasis>Bonanza</Emphasis> to Ishgard. It may prove useful should we need to give chase. I wish you every success in your search for our elusive friend. May we all meet again ere long.
67 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000640_TATARU 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000660_ALISAIE (-Tataru-)Gladly! I'll see to it as soon as Krile and I get back to the Rising Stones. Good luck! No sign of him. Not that I've ever met him before. But the way Alphinaud goes on about him, I'm fairly sure I could pick him out in a crowd.
68 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000650_THANCRED 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000670_GRAHATIA While you go off on your dragoon hunt, Urianger and I will return to headquarters. We have much to tell the others. Speaking of which, it does seem awfully quiet. If the erstwhile Azure Dragoon had returned to Ishgard, would it not be a source of general excitement?
69 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000651_URIANGER 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000680_ESTINIEN I wish you every success in your search for our elusive friend. May we all meet again ere long. First the Scions' coinkeeper, and now you. I'm beginning to think these meetings are more than mere coincidence.
70 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000660_ALISAIE 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000690_ESTINIEN No sign of him. Not that I've ever met him before. But the way Alphinaud goes on about him, I'm fairly sure I could pick him out in a crowd. Not that I'm complaining. It's been too long.
71 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000670_GRAHATIA 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000700_ALISAIE Speaking of which, it does seem awfully quiet. If the erstwhile Azure Dragoon had returned to Ishgard, would it not be a source of general excitement? “Too long”?
72 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000680_ESTINIEN 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000710_ESTINIEN First the Scions' coinkeeper, and now you. I'm beginning to think these meetings are more than mere coincidence. You look an ilm taller and twice as rugged. It suits you, Alphinaud.
73 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000690_ESTINIEN 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000720_ESTINIEN Not that I'm complaining. It's been too long. Quieter, though. Have you been giving him lessons on how to be the strong, silent type?
74 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000700_ALISAIE 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000730_ALISAIE “Too long”? I...
75 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000710_ESTINIEN 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000740_ALISAIE You look an ilm taller and twice as rugged. It suits you, Alphinaud. ...am not...
76 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000720_ESTINIEN 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000750_ALISAIE Quieter, though. Have you been giving him lessons on how to be the strong, silent type? ALPHINAUD!
77 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000730_ALISAIE 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000760_ALISAIE I... If the two of you are such firm friends, perhaps you should remember what he looks like! And what do you mean, “rugged”!?
78 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000740_ALISAIE 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000770_ALISAIE ...am not... Ungh! Had my brother mentioned what an oaf you are, I'd never have bothered looking for you in the first place!
79 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000750_ALISAIE 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000780_GRAHATIA ALPHINAUD! Estinien Wyrmblood, the Azure Dragoon... He who fought and felled the dread wyrm Nidhogg at the Warrior of Light's side!
80 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000760_ALISAIE 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000790_GRAHATIA If the two of you are such firm friends, perhaps you should remember what he looks like! And what do you mean, “rugged”!? To think the day would come when I should see this living legend with my own eyes!
81 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000770_ALISAIE 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000800_ESTINIEN Ungh! Had my brother mentioned what an oaf you are, I'd never have bothered looking for you in the first place! Would someone mind explaining what is going on?
82 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000780_GRAHATIA 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000810_ALPHINAUD Estinien Wyrmblood, the Azure Dragoon... He who fought and felled the dread wyrm Nidhogg at the Warrior of Light's side! Is everything all right!? I thought I heard Alisaie shouting...
83 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000790_GRAHATIA 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000820_ALPHINAUD To think the day would come when I should see this living legend with my own eyes! Estinien! It's been too long!
84 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000800_ESTINIEN 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000830_ALPHINAUD Would someone mind explaining what is going on? No, no, it's quite understandable. That was hardly the first time we've been confused for one another. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last.
85 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000810_ALPHINAUD 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000840_ESTINIEN Is everything all right!? I thought I heard Alisaie shouting... Well I for one will not be making that mistake again.
86 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000820_ALPHINAUD 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000850_ESTINIEN Estinien! It's been too long! What I will say...for the second time today...is that you've grown. Inside and out. I can tell.
87 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000830_ALPHINAUD 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000860_ALPHINAUD No, no, it's quite understandable. That was hardly the first time we've been confused for one another. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last. One can't remain a spoiled little lordling forever, you know.
88 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000840_ESTINIEN 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000870_ALISAIE Well I for one will not be making that mistake again. At least someone's having a good time...
89 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000850_ESTINIEN 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000880_ALISAIE What I will say...for the second time today...is that you've grown. Inside and out. I can tell. You know, when we were growing up, Alphinaud would never befriend other boys because he couldn't stand the thought of not being in charge. But maybe that's changed. He seems just as happy around Estinien as he does Arenvald.
90 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000860_ALPHINAUD 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE One can't remain a spoiled little lordling forever, you know. What will you say?
91 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000870_ALISAIE 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE At least someone's having a good time... Perhaps he sees them as the brothers he never had.
92 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000880_ALISAIE 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE You know, when we were growing up, Alphinaud would never befriend other boys because he couldn't stand the thought of not being in charge. But maybe that's changed. He seems just as happy around Estinien as he does Arenvald. I think he learned how to talk *with* people rather than *at* them.
93 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? Well...you can't keep him all to yourself forever.
94 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000890_ALISAIE Perhaps he sees them as the brothers he never had. Hmph. Good luck to them. It hasn't been easy being his sister, I can tell you that.
95 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000900_ALISAIE I think he learned how to talk <Emphasis>with</Emphasis> people rather than <Emphasis>at</Emphasis> them. I wouldn't be so sure. He still loves nothing better than the sound of his own voice.
96 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICE 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000910_ALISAIE Well...you can't keep him all to yourself forever. Keep him to my─!? You're joking, aren't you? I'd be *glad* if someone would take him off my hands!
97 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000890_ALISAIE 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000920_ESTINIEN Hmph. Good luck to them. It hasn't been easy being his sister, I can tell you that. No rest for the righteous, eh? Speaking of which, I was just on my way to borrow an airship to take me to Azys Lla.
98 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000900_ALISAIE 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000930_ALPHINAUD I wouldn't be so sure. He still loves nothing better than the sound of his own voice. Azys Lla...? How could I forget? The dragon with whom Bahamut shared the deepest of bonds...
99 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000910_ALISAIE 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000940_ESTINIEN Keep him to my─!? You're joking, aren't you? I'd be <Emphasis>glad</Emphasis> if someone would take him off my hands! Aye, Tiamat, his mate. Even now, she remains imprisoned on Azys Lla, though her remorse binds her faster than any shackle.
100 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000920_ESTINIEN 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000950_GRAHATIA No rest for the righteous, eh? Speaking of which, I was just on my way to borrow an airship to take me to Azys Lla. I see... As the one who first summoned Bahamut, you believe she may be able to shine some light on his latest incarnation.
101 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000930_ALPHINAUD 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000960_ALPHINAUD Azys Lla...? How could I forget? The dragon with whom Bahamut shared the deepest of bonds... Might I suggest that we make the journey to Azys Lla together? I'm not sure if Tataru mentioned this, but we Scions have an airship of our own now.
102 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000940_ESTINIEN 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000970_ESTINIEN Aye, Tiamat, his mate. Even now, she remains imprisoned on Azys Lla, though her remorse binds her faster than any shackle. I see no reason why not...assuming your sister can bear the thought of sharing a deck with me.
103 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000950_GRAHATIA 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000980_ALISAIE I see... As the one who first summoned Bahamut, you believe she may be able to shine some light on his latest incarnation. Be my guest. But confuse me with Alphinaud again, and I'll throw you overboard.
104 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000960_ALPHINAUD 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000990_ALISAIE Might I suggest that we make the journey to Azys Lla together? I'm not sure if Tataru mentioned this, but we Scions have an airship of our own now. Ugh! I don't know who he thinks he is, but he's nothing like Alphinaud painted him to be!
105 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000970_ESTINIEN 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001000_GRAHATIA I see no reason why not...assuming your sister can bear the thought of sharing a deck with me. I will admit, he is not exactly as I imagined him either. Based on what I had read of the man, I think I was expecting someone a little less...blunt?
106 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000980_ALISAIE 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001010_TIAMAT Be my guest. But confuse me with Alphinaud again, and I'll throw you overboard. (-Tiamat-)My sire's mortal companion... What bringeth thee back to this forsaken place, child of man?
107 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_000990_ALISAIE 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001020_ESTINIEN Ugh! I don't know who he thinks he is, but he's nothing like Alphinaud painted him to be! Hmph. It's plain she knows naught of recent events. Perhaps you should enlighten her.
108 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001000_GRAHATIA 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001030_TIAMAT I will admit, he is not exactly as I imagined him either. Based on what I had read of the man, I think I was expecting someone a little less...blunt? (-Tiamat-)Ahhh... That my sins should be repeated...
109 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001010_TIAMAT 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001040_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)My sire's mortal companion... What bringeth thee back to this forsaken place, child of man? (-Tiamat-)I sensed not the faintest stirring.
110 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001020_ESTINIEN 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001050_TIAMAT Hmph. It's plain she knows naught of recent events. Perhaps you should enlighten her. (-Tiamat-)As to who could have called him forth...I know of none save the dragons of Meracydia. Our children...
111 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001030_TIAMAT 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001060_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Ahhh... That my sins should be repeated... (-Tiamat-)The eikon claimed their souls when first he manifested. And robbed of their will, they became tools for the Allagans' dark designs.
112 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001040_TIAMAT 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001070_ALISAIE (-Tiamat-)I sensed not the faintest stirring. Much like those held here in Azys Lla. If dragons who worship Bahamut are required to summon him, that must mean...
113 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001050_TIAMAT 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001080_ALISAIE (-Tiamat-)As to who could have called him forth...I know of none save the dragons of Meracydia. Our children... I've seen it with my own eyes. Captives of a lost empire, neither alive nor dead, existing only to preserve Bahamut's corporeal form.
114 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001060_TIAMAT 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001090_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)The eikon claimed their souls when first he manifested. And robbed of their will, they became tools for the Allagans' dark designs. (-Tiamat-)Yes. The dragons of Meracydia are at the mercy of this Ascian. There can be no other explanation.
115 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001070_ALISAIE 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001100_TIAMAT Much like those held here in Azys Lla. If dragons who worship Bahamut are required to summon him, that must mean... (-Tiamat-)Accursed Ascians! Vile minions of Darkness!
116 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001080_ALISAIE 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001110_TIAMAT I've seen it with my own eyes. Captives of a lost empire, neither alive nor dead, existing only to preserve Bahamut's corporeal form. (-Tiamat-)Again you would profane the memory of my beloved, and strip our children of their freedom, their dignity! Are there no depths to which you will not stoop!?
117 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001090_TIAMAT 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001120_ESTINIEN (-Tiamat-)Yes. The dragons of Meracydia are at the mercy of this Ascian. There can be no other explanation. Your children's pain means nothing to them. They laugh at your kind's suffering.
118 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001100_TIAMAT 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001130_ESTINIEN (-Tiamat-)Accursed Ascians! Vile minions of Darkness! But tears will not right this wrong. Nor will lamentations see the perpetrators punished.
119 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001110_TIAMAT 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001140_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Again you would profane the memory of my beloved, and strip our children of their freedom, their dignity! Are there no depths to which you will not stoop!? (-Tiamat-)What wouldst thou have from me, slayer of dragons?
120 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001120_ESTINIEN 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001150_ESTINIEN Your children's pain means nothing to them. They laugh at your kind's suffering. Behavior befitting a great wyrm.
121 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001130_ESTINIEN 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001160_ESTINIEN But tears will not right this wrong. Nor will lamentations see the perpetrators punished. We came here to ask mighty Tiamat of the first brood, consort of Bahamut, mother of the dragons of Meracydia, what she intends to do about the crimes committed against her children!
122 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001140_TIAMAT 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001170_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)What wouldst thou have from me, slayer of dragons? (-Tiamat-)Were I free, I would answer thine insolence with fire. But words shall have to suffice.
123 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001150_ESTINIEN 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001180_TIAMAT Behavior befitting a great wyrm. (-Tiamat-)Recall, mortals, that it was I who did first summon my beloved, praying with all my being to bring him forth. You who contend with eikons cannot well be ignorant of the consequence.
124 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001160_ESTINIEN 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001190_ALPHINAUD We came here to ask mighty Tiamat of the first brood, consort of Bahamut, mother of the dragons of Meracydia, what she intends to do about the crimes committed against her children! ...You too were exposed to his influence. That you are yet in possession of your own will is testament to the indomitable strength of your soul.
125 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001170_TIAMAT 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001200_ALPHINAUD (-Tiamat-)Were I free, I would answer thine insolence with fire. But words shall have to suffice. But were you to meet with Bahamut again, you fear you might succumb.
126 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001180_TIAMAT 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001210_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Recall, mortals, that it was I who did first summon my beloved, praying with all my being to bring him forth. You who contend with eikons cannot well be ignorant of the consequence. (-Tiamat-)Indeed. Ask the dragonslayer, and he will tell thee the power we of the first brood wield. Were I to lose myself to the eikon's influence, all would pay the price.
127 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001190_ALPHINAUD 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001220_TIAMAT ...You too were exposed to his influence. That you are yet in possession of your own will is testament to the indomitable strength of your soul. (-Tiamat-)But it is of little matter. For even had I the strength to resist, I yet lack the strength to break my shackles. This prison shall be my tomb.
128 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001200_ALPHINAUD 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001230_ALISAIE But were you to meet with Bahamut again, you fear you might succumb. On the matter of Bahamut's influence, at least, I believe we can be of some assistance.
129 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001210_TIAMAT 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001240_ALISAIE (-Tiamat-)Indeed. Ask the dragonslayer, and he will tell thee the power we of the first brood wield. Were I to lose myself to the eikon's influence, all would pay the price. If you're afraid of being enthralled, don't be─we have a cure. And while we've never tried it on one such as you, its basic principles are universal.
130 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001220_TIAMAT 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001250_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)But it is of little matter. For even had I the strength to resist, I yet lack the strength to break my shackles. This prison shall be my tomb. (-Tiamat-)Speakest thou in earnest?
131 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001230_ALISAIE 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001260_ALPHINAUD On the matter of Bahamut's influence, at least, I believe we can be of some assistance. There is no future for those bound to the past.
132 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001240_ALISAIE 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001270_ALPHINAUD If you're afraid of being enthralled, don't be─we have a cure. And while we've never tried it on one such as you, its basic principles are universal. That you committed a terrible sin, I do not dispute. But if you feel remorse, you may yet make amends. We offer you that chance. Take it, or you will forever remain a prisoner, not of these cruel shackles, but of your own guilt.
133 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001250_TIAMAT 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001280_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Speakest thou in earnest? (-Tiamat-)A chance to make amends... To lay Bahamut's memory to rest...
134 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001260_ALPHINAUD 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001290_TIAMAT There is no future for those bound to the past. (-Tiamat-)When our own star faced annihilation, Hydaelyn granted us sanctuary. And now your foes would bring about Her destruction. This I cannot allow. For the debt I owe to Hydaelyn, and to all who have suffered for my sins...I shall fight with you, children of man.
135 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001270_ALPHINAUD 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001300_ALISAIE That you committed a terrible sin, I do not dispute. But if you feel remorse, you may yet make amends. We offer you that chance. Take it, or you will forever remain a prisoner, not of these cruel shackles, but of your own guilt. Ungh...! No... I'm almost there...!
136 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001280_TIAMAT 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001310_ALISAIE (-Tiamat-)A chance to make amends... To lay Bahamut's memory to rest... This is it, Angelo!
137 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001290_TIAMAT 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001320_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)When our own star faced annihilation, Hydaelyn granted us sanctuary. And now your foes would bring about Her destruction. This I cannot allow. For the debt I owe to Hydaelyn, and to all who have suffered for my sins...I shall fight with you, children of man. (-Tiamat-)Yes...I feel it! The eikon's grip groweth weak!
138 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001300_ALISAIE 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001330_ALISAIE Ungh...! No... I'm almost there...! No subtitles. Report if displayed.
139 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001310_ALISAIE 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001340_ALISAIE This is it, Angelo! Did it work?
140 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001320_TIAMAT 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001350_GRAHATIA (-Tiamat-)Yes...I feel it! The eikon's grip groweth weak! We won't know for certain until the shackles are removed.
141 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001330_ALISAIE 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001360_TIAMAT No subtitles. Report if displayed. (-Tiamat-)Answer me this, children of man... Can my kindred be saved in like manner?
142 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001340_ALISAIE 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001370_GRAHATIA Did it work? Many have been subjected to the Allagans' dark arts, their flesh irrevocably altered. For such tortured souls, I fear there can be no salvation.
143 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001350_GRAHATIA 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001380_TIAMAT We won't know for certain until the shackles are removed. (-Tiamat-)My children...
144 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001360_TIAMAT 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001390_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Answer me this, children of man... Can my kindred be saved in like manner? (-Tiamat-)Should you hearken unto my call, we shall fly together once more. But should you not...I shall grant you peace.
145 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001370_GRAHATIA 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001400_TIAMAT Many have been subjected to the Allagans' dark arts, their flesh irrevocably altered. For such tortured souls, I fear there can be no salvation. (-Tiamat-)Better to die than live as a tool of evil. You too would wish this, I know...and I shall do as I must.
146 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001380_TIAMAT 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001410_ALISAIE (-Tiamat-)My children... When that time comes, you won't be alone. We'll stand by you.
147 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001390_TIAMAT 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001420_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Should you hearken unto my call, we shall fly together once more. But should you not...I shall grant you peace. (-Tiamat-)Thou hast my gratitude, little one.
148 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001400_TIAMAT 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001430_ESTINIEN (-Tiamat-)Better to die than live as a tool of evil. You too would wish this, I know...and I shall do as I must. Alphinaud's ready. It's time.
149 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001410_ALISAIE 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001440_ESTINIEN When that time comes, you won't be alone. We'll stand by you. Do it, and let's hope the treatment worked as it should.
150 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001420_TIAMAT 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001450_TIAMAT (-Tiamat-)Thou hast my gratitude, little one. (-Tiamat-)Bahamut...my beloved.
151 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001430_ESTINIEN 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001460_TIAMAT Alphinaud's ready. It's time. (-Tiamat-)For vengeance...and atonement...I rise.
152 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001440_ESTINIEN 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001470_ALISAIE Do it, and let's hope the treatment worked as it should. By the gods...
153 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001450_TIAMAT 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001480_GRAHATIA (-Tiamat-)Bahamut...my beloved. Urianger, your timing could not be better.
154 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001460_TIAMAT 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001490_GRAHATIA (-Tiamat-)For vengeance...and atonement...I rise. Understood, we're on our way.
155 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001470_ALISAIE 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001500_GRAHATIA By the gods... It's Bahamut. He's been sighted over Paglth'an.
156 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001480_GRAHATIA 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001510_GRAHATIA Urianger, your timing could not be better. He flies for the largest Amalj'aa settlement in the region─at the head of a vast host, including dragons.
157 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001490_GRAHATIA 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001520_ESTINIEN Understood, we're on our way. Did you hear all that, Alphinaud? You'd best rejoin your comrades. I'll make my own way.
158 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001500_GRAHATIA 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001530_ESTINIEN It's Bahamut. He's been sighted over Paglth'an. Our enemy awaits. Shall we?
159 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001510_GRAHATIA 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001540_TIAMAT He flies for the largest Amalj'aa settlement in the region─at the head of a vast host, including dragons. Ascian vermin! You shall torment my children no longer!
160 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001520_ESTINIEN 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001550_TIAMAT Did you hear all that, Alphinaud? You'd best rejoin your comrades. I'll make my own way. Children of man... The shade of my beloved is no more, and I...I shall be forever in your debt.
161 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001530_ESTINIEN 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001560_TIAMAT Our enemy awaits. Shall we? By your deeds are we set free. And free we shall remain, as long as I draw breath. Never again shall the dragons of Meracydia hearken to the lies of the Ascians. This I vow.
162 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001540_TIAMAT 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001570_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN Ascian vermin! You shall torment my children no longer! (-???-)Noble warriors! The dragons chose their friends well...
163 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001550_TIAMAT 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001580_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN Children of man... The shade of my beloved is no more, and I...I shall be forever in your debt. Long have our peoples waged war, but no more.
164 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001560_TIAMAT 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001590_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN By your deeds are we set free. And free we shall remain, as long as I draw breath. Never again shall the dragons of Meracydia hearken to the lies of the Ascians. This I vow. Your fallen lie beside our own. By our words and deeds shall we honor their sacrifice.
165 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001570_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE (-???-)Noble warriors! The dragons chose their friends well... What will you say?
166 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001580_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE Long have our peoples waged war, but no more. You would make peace with Ul'dah then?
167 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001590_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE Your fallen lie beside our own. By our words and deeds shall we honor their sacrifice. We would be proud to call you our allies.
168 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? Then let us put the past behind us.
169 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001600_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN You would make peace with Ul'dah then? The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and you have proven yourselves worthy of our trust. It is the Garleans who are deserving of our fury.
170 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001610_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN We would be proud to call you our allies. I shall see that my brethren learn the truth of this day, and rally as many as possible to the cause. Till we meet again.
171 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE 170 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001620_GRAHATIA Then let us put the past behind us. And thus did we make allies of the Amalj'aa...
172 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001600_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 171 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001630_THANCRED The enemy of our enemy is our friend, and you have proven yourselves worthy of our trust. It is the Garleans who are deserving of our fury. It would certainly seem that way. The sultana *will* be pleased. Let's go and give her the good news, shall we?
173 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001610_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 172 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001640_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE I shall see that my brethren learn the truth of this day, and rally as many as possible to the cause. Till we meet again. Some time earlier, inside the Paglth'an tower...
174 170 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001620_GRAHATIA 173 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001650_ARENVALD And thus did we make allies of the Amalj'aa... What in Rhalgr's name happened here?
175 171 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001630_THANCRED 174 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001660_FORDOLA It would certainly seem that way. The sultana <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> be pleased. Let's go and give her the good news, shall we? The gods only know... But you can bet these poor sods aren't here by choice.
176 172 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001640_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE 175 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001670_ARENVALD Some time earlier, inside the Paglth'an tower... Quickly, we've got to get them free!
177 173 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001650_ARENVALD 176 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001680_FORDOLA What in Rhalgr's name happened here? Get back!
178 174 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001660_FORDOLA 177 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001690_ARENVALD The gods only know... But you can bet these poor sods aren't here by choice. No... What have I done?
179 175 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001670_ARENVALD 178 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001700_FORDOLA Quickly, we've got to get them free! It's too late for them! We're leaving. Now!
180 176 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001680_FORDOLA 179 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001710_FORDOLA Get back! No subtitles. Report if displayed.
181 177 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001690_ARENVALD 180 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001720_ARENVALD No... What have I done? No subtitles. Report if displayed.
182 178 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001700_FORDOLA 181 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001730_ARENVALD It's too late for them! We're leaving. Now! Don't you dare! We came together, and we're leaving together!
183 179 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001710_FORDOLA 182 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001740_ALPHINAUD No subtitles. Report if displayed. Fordola... Have you been waiting here all this time?
184 180 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001720_ARENVALD 183 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001750_DAMIELLIOT No subtitles. Report if displayed. We have done what we can. The rest is up to him.
185 181 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001730_ARENVALD 184 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001760_ALPHINAUD Don't you dare! We came together, and we're leaving together! May we see him?
186 182 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001740_ALPHINAUD 185 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001770_DAMIELLIOT Fordola... Have you been waiting here all this time? I...do not think that wise. You must let him sleep.
187 183 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001750_DAMIELLIOT 186 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001780_ALPHINAUD We have done what we can. The rest is up to him. Thank you for bringing him back. He owes you his life.
188 184 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001760_ALPHINAUD 187 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001790_ALPHINAUD May we see him? I just... I just *wish* I'd been there. Perhaps─ I don't know. Perhaps I could have...
189 185 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001770_DAMIELLIOT 188 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001800_FORDOLA I...do not think that wise. You must let him sleep. Could've what? Got tempered!? Don't flatter yourself. You can't save everyone. No one can. Not even the Warrior of bloody Light.
190 186 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001780_ALPHINAUD 189 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001810_FORDOLA Thank you for bringing him back. He owes you his life. People die all the time. For no good reason. And those who take up the sword die quicker than most.
191 187 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001790_ALPHINAUD 190 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001820_FORDOLA I just... I just <Emphasis>wish</Emphasis> I'd been there. Perhaps─ I don't know. Perhaps I could have... If you're going to shed a tear every time a soldier falls on the battlefield, you'd best stay away. It's no place for the weak of heart.
192 188 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001800_FORDOLA 191 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001830_ALPHINAUD Could've what? Got tempered!? Don't flatter yourself. You can't save everyone. No one can. Not even the Warrior of bloody Light. It may be...
193 189 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001810_FORDOLA 192 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001840_ALPHINAUD People die all the time. For no good reason. And those who take up the sword die quicker than most. That victory cannot be won without cost.
194 190 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001820_FORDOLA 193 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001850_ALPHINAUD If you're going to shed a tear every time a soldier falls on the battlefield, you'd best stay away. It's no place for the weak of heart. But all life is precious, and I refuse to shrug at its loss!
195 191 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001830_ALPHINAUD 194 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001860_FORDOLA It may be... “All life is precious”? Hmph. You need to grow up, little man─before your sparkling ideals get everyone killed.
196 192 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001840_ALPHINAUD 195 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001870_ESTINIEN That victory cannot be won without cost. You're right. He *is* idealistic. But the world has more than its fair share of realists like you and me.
197 193 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001850_ALPHINAUD 196 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001880_ESTINIEN But all life is precious, and I refuse to shrug at its loss! It's people like him who dare to dream that things could be better─and make it happen, against all the odds. They are the ones whose names live on forever. The heroes.
198 194 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001860_FORDOLA 197 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001890_FORDOLA “All life is precious”? Hmph. You need to grow up, little man─before your sparkling ideals get everyone killed. The battlefield's littered with would-be heroes. At this rate, you lot'll be next.
199 195 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001870_ESTINIEN 198 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001900_FORDOLA You're right. He <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> idealistic. But the world has more than its fair share of realists like you and me. And what'll become of your precious dreams then!?
200 196 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001880_ESTINIEN 199 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001910_FORDOLA It's people like him who dare to dream that things could be better─and make it happen, against all the odds. They are the ones whose names live on forever. The heroes. They'll be gone─like dust on the wind!
201 197 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001890_FORDOLA 200 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001920_ESTINIEN The battlefield's littered with would-be heroes. At this rate, you lot'll be next. Dreams worth fighting for don't die so easily.
202 198 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001900_FORDOLA 201 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001930_ALPHINAUD And what'll become of your precious dreams then!? Your Grace. Pray forgive us our lateness.
203 199 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001910_FORDOLA 202 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001940_NANAMOULNAMO They'll be gone─like dust on the wind! Think not of that. I understand a close comrade of yours was wounded in the line of duty. Arenvald.
204 200 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001920_ESTINIEN 203 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001950_NANAMOULNAMO Dreams worth fighting for don't die so easily. It was at the Alliance's behest that he risked all, and we are grieved to hear of his condition. Rest assured, he will receive the finest care our chirurgeons can provide, on that you have my word.
205 201 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001930_ALPHINAUD 204 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001960_NANAMOULNAMO Your Grace. Pray forgive us our lateness. Now...we would share with you the findings of the mission.
206 202 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001940_NANAMOULNAMO 205 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001970_NANAMOULNAMO Think not of that. I understand a close comrade of yours was wounded in the line of duty. Arenvald. Pipin─pray relate to our guests the details of Fordola's account.
207 203 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001950_NANAMOULNAMO 206 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001980_THANCRED It was at the Alliance's behest that he risked all, and we are grieved to hear of his condition. Rest assured, he will receive the finest care our chirurgeons can provide, on that you have my word. First Bahamut, now Ifrit. Or “Lunar Ifrit,” as Fandaniel would doubtless have it.
208 204 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001960_NANAMOULNAMO 207 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001990_URIANGER Now...we would share with you the findings of the mission. 'Tis now all but certain that the towers were conceived to facilitate the summoning of primals by those imprisoned within.
209 205 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001970_NANAMOULNAMO 208 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002000_URIANGER Pipin─pray relate to our guests the details of Fordola's account. Less certain is the means by which the Telophoroi constrain the wills of said entities to enact *their* designs in defiance of the pleas of their victims.
210 206 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001980_THANCRED 209 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002010_YSHTOLA First Bahamut, now Ifrit. Or “Lunar Ifrit,” as Fandaniel would doubtless have it. Mayhap they do not. If mere proximity to the towers is enough to make loyal servants of the Empire's mortal enemies, it stands to reason that the same is true for those held captive.
211 207 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_001990_URIANGER 210 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002020_YSHTOLA 'Tis now all but certain that the towers were conceived to facilitate the summoning of primals by those imprisoned within. They invoke their gods for the good of Garlemald, and in their disturbed state of mind summon a primal whose form reflects their own alteration.
212 208 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002000_URIANGER 211 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002030_THANCRED Less certain is the means by which the Telophoroi constrain the wills of said entities to enact <Emphasis>their</Emphasis> designs in defiance of the pleas of their victims. It all begins to make sense. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the towers bear a striking resemblance to a much larger structure which Urianger and I observed from afar during our visit to the imperial capital.
213 209 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002010_YSHTOLA 212 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002040_THANCRED Mayhap they do not. If mere proximity to the towers is enough to make loyal servants of the Empire's mortal enemies, it stands to reason that the same is true for those held captive. Assuming it too is capable of tempering those in its immediate vicinity, it would go some way to explain the swiftness with which the Telophoroi managed to rally so many imperials to their cause.
214 210 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002020_YSHTOLA 213 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002050_NANAMOULNAMO They invoke their gods for the good of Garlemald, and in their disturbed state of mind summon a primal whose form reflects their own alteration. While the situation in Garlemald is indeed troubling, I fear we have more immediate concerns.
215 211 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002030_THANCRED 214 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002060_NANAMOULNAMO It all begins to make sense. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the towers bear a striking resemblance to a much larger structure which Urianger and I observed from afar during our visit to the imperial capital. Ifrit was not the only primal summoned. At approximately the same time, observers at several other towers bore witness to the emergence of further such entities.
216 212 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002040_THANCRED 215 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002070_NANAMOULNAMO Assuming it too is capable of tempering those in its immediate vicinity, it would go some way to explain the swiftness with which the Telophoroi managed to rally so many imperials to their cause. For a blessing, none appear to wield aught approaching the destructive power of Bahamut, and the Grand Companies are moving to deal with the threat even as we speak.
217 213 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002050_NANAMOULNAMO 216 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE While the situation in Garlemald is indeed troubling, I fear we have more immediate concerns. What will you say?
218 214 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002060_NANAMOULNAMO 217 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE Ifrit was not the only primal summoned. At approximately the same time, observers at several other towers bore witness to the emergence of further such entities. You need only tell me where they are, Your Grace...
219 215 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002070_NANAMOULNAMO 218 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE For a blessing, none appear to wield aught approaching the destructive power of Bahamut, and the Grand Companies are moving to deal with the threat even as we speak. The Grand Companies, Your Grace? Is that wise?
220 216 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 219 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002080_NANAMOULNAMO What will you say? Though we are aware that the task will not be easy, we would call upon the Scions only as a last resort. Pray conserve your strength for now.
221 217 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 220 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002090_NANAMOULNAMO You need only tell me where they are, Your Grace... After all, it was not so very long ago that you rid us of Bahamut. On which note, I am pleased to report that our talks with the Amalj'aa have reached an agreeable conclusion. They have pledged their full support to our cause.
222 218 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE 221 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002100_NANAMOULNAMO The Grand Companies, Your Grace? Is that wise? It is our hope that this historic agreement will encourage other tribes to join us at the negotiating table. And I know that I speak for all of the Allied leaders when I say that we will welcome them with open arms at such time as they do.
223 219 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002080_NANAMOULNAMO 222 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002110_NANAMOULNAMO Though we are aware that the task will not be easy, we would call upon the Scions only as a last resort. Pray conserve your strength for now. Of course, this was only made possible by the feats of heroism performed at Paglth'an. Moreover, we shall not allow the sacrifices of those fallen in battle to have been made in vain. As hope leads to victory, shall victory lead to a new dawn for Eorzea.
224 220 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002090_NANAMOULNAMO 223 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002120_YSHTOLA After all, it was not so very long ago that you rid us of Bahamut. On which note, I am pleased to report that our talks with the Amalj'aa have reached an agreeable conclusion. They have pledged their full support to our cause. May these words ever be our guide, Your Grace.
225 221 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002100_NANAMOULNAMO 224 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002130_NANAMOULNAMO It is our hope that this historic agreement will encourage other tribes to join us at the negotiating table. And I know that I speak for all of the Allied leaders when I say that we will welcome them with open arms at such time as they do. Now, if you will forgive me, I must consult with the Syndicate on the matter of our new allies' integration. Till next we meet, my friends, I bid you safe travels and blessed respite.
226 222 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002110_NANAMOULNAMO 225 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002140_KRILE Of course, this was only made possible by the feats of heroism performed at Paglth'an. Moreover, we shall not allow the sacrifices of those fallen in battle to have been made in vain. As hope leads to victory, shall victory lead to a new dawn for Eorzea. Welcome back. I expect you must all be exhausted. Ere you take your rest, however, I would beg a moment of your time.
227 223 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002120_YSHTOLA 226 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002150_KRILE May these words ever be our guide, Your Grace. Thanks to Arenvald's selfless efforts, we may now be confident that we understand the function of the towers. But many questions remain regarding the reason for the summonings and what lurks behind the looming edifice in Garlemald.
228 224 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002130_NANAMOULNAMO 227 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002160_KRILE Now, if you will forgive me, I must consult with the Syndicate on the matter of our new allies' integration. Till next we meet, my friends, I bid you safe travels and blessed respite. Until such questions are answered, we will struggle to devise an effective strategy for thwarting the Telophoroi's stated aim: nothing less than the destruction of this star. And so, given the gravity of the situation...I move that we petition the aid of Sharlayan.
229 225 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002140_KRILE 228 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002170_URIANGER Welcome back. I expect you must all be exhausted. Ere you take your rest, however, I would beg a moment of your time. 'Tis possible the ancient knowledge preserved within their archives may hide a clue to our enemy's methods. But given Sharlayan's established policy of nonintervention, our former colleagues are not like to aid us in its discovery.
230 226 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002150_KRILE 229 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002180_KRILE Thanks to Arenvald's selfless efforts, we may now be confident that we understand the function of the towers. But many questions remain regarding the reason for the summonings and what lurks behind the looming edifice in Garlemald. Oh, I well remember what they're like. The Forum's barefaced refusal to assist you in the days prior to the Calamity must rank as Sharlayan's most shameful act since the exodus.
231 227 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002160_KRILE 230 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002190_KRILE Until such questions are answered, we will struggle to devise an effective strategy for thwarting the Telophoroi's stated aim: nothing less than the destruction of this star. And so, given the gravity of the situation...I move that we petition the aid of Sharlayan. But were the Final Days to be reenacted, it would spell doom for us all. Surely even they cannot turn a blind eye to that.
232 228 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002170_URIANGER 231 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002200_KRILE 'Tis possible the ancient knowledge preserved within their archives may hide a clue to our enemy's methods. But given Sharlayan's established policy of nonintervention, our former colleagues are not like to aid us in its discovery. I trust we are all of the same mind on this matter... Urgent as it seemed, I took the liberty of petitioning the Alliance for leave to act as Eorzea's emissary. And have since received their blessing.
233 229 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002180_KRILE 232 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002210_GRAHATIA Oh, I well remember what they're like. The Forum's barefaced refusal to assist you in the days prior to the Calamity must rank as Sharlayan's most shameful act since the exodus. I presume your role as a Student of Baldesion will carry some weight with the Forum?
234 230 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002190_KRILE 233 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002220_KRILE But were the Final Days to be reenacted, it would spell doom for us all. Surely even they cannot turn a blind eye to that. One can but hope. If truth be told, our organization has been a shadow of its former self ever since the disappearance of the Isle of Val─but the name does still retain some degree of prestige. I only pray it will be enough.
235 231 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002200_KRILE 234 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002230_KRILE I trust we are all of the same mind on this matter... Urgent as it seemed, I took the liberty of petitioning the Alliance for leave to act as Eorzea's emissary. And have since received their blessing. If there are no objections, I shall depart for Sharlayan at once. But before I do, I should also mention the other matter to which I would devote some time during my stay.
236 232 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002210_GRAHATIA 235 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002240_KRILE I presume your role as a Student of Baldesion will carry some weight with the Forum? After hearing what transpired in the First, I began to question the true nature of Hydaelyn's blessing. A topic I have discussed at some length with Y'shtola...
237 233 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002220_KRILE 236 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002250_YSHTOLA One can but hope. If truth be told, our organization has been a shadow of its former self ever since the disappearance of the Isle of Val─but the name does still retain some degree of prestige. I only pray it will be enough. We were wondering: when was the last time Hydaelyn spoke to you directly?
238 234 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002230_KRILE 237 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE If there are no objections, I shall depart for Sharlayan at once. But before I do, I should also mention the other matter to which I would devote some time during my stay. What will you say?
239 235 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002240_KRILE 238 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE After hearing what transpired in the First, I began to question the true nature of Hydaelyn's blessing. A topic I have discussed at some length with Y'shtola... Near the end of the Dragonsong War.
240 236 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002250_YSHTOLA 239 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE We were wondering: when was the last time Hydaelyn spoke to you directly? That day in the Crystarium.
241 237 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 240 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? ...
242 238 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 241 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002260_YSHTOLA Near the end of the Dragonsong War. When you regained Her blessing, was it not? But never since─not in all your time in the First, when you faced the unsundered, the very heart of Zodiark.
243 239 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE 242 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002270_YSHTOLA That day in the Crystarium. When Elidibus sought to make Warriors of Light? That was the voice which calls constantly to all who might hear it. I spoke of *direct* communication, when Hydaelyn communed solely with you. A far rarer occurrence.
244 240 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE 243 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002280_YSHTOLA ... Is the question truly so vexing? Perhaps you fear I will chastise you for giving the wrong answer? Or was it so long ago that you simply can't remember...
245 241 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002260_YSHTOLA 244 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002290_KRILE When you regained Her blessing, was it not? But never since─not in all your time in the First, when you faced the unsundered, the very heart of Zodiark. History shows us that Hydaelyn is able to awaken the Echo in Her chosen, convey Her will directly, and grant the blessing of Light.
246 242 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002270_YSHTOLA 245 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002300_KRILE When Elidibus sought to make Warriors of Light? That was the voice which calls constantly to all who might hear it. I spoke of <Emphasis>direct</Emphasis> communication, when Hydaelyn communed solely with you. A far rarer occurrence. To our knowledge, however, She has not sought to intervene in man's affairs for some considerable time.
247 243 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002280_YSHTOLA 246 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002310_URIANGER Is the question truly so vexing? Perhaps you fear I will chastise you for giving the wrong answer? Or was it so long ago that you simply can't remember... Might not the explanation for that lie with Her choice of champion? Mayhap She is content to trust in her judgment.
248 244 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002290_KRILE 247 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002320_YSHTOLA History shows us that Hydaelyn is able to awaken the Echo in Her chosen, convey Her will directly, and grant the blessing of Light. Mayhap She is. But following my initial discussion with Krile, I made inquiries of my own, and as far as I am able to tell, Hydaelyn has not made Her will known to anyone.
249 245 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002300_KRILE 248 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002330_THANCRED To our knowledge, however, She has not sought to intervene in man's affairs for some considerable time. During my time in the First, the Oracle of Light spoke to me through Ryne. But that was not the will of Hydaelyn. It was Minfilia herself.
250 246 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002310_URIANGER 249 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002340_YSHTOLA Might not the explanation for that lie with Her choice of champion? Mayhap She is content to trust in <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> judgment. Indeed. And while she and Hydaelyn were inextricably linked, Minfilia yet acted of her own volition. A messenger, yes, but one who spoke with her own voice.
251 247 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002320_YSHTOLA 250 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002350_KRILE Mayhap She is. But following my initial discussion with Krile, I made inquiries of my own, and as far as I am able to tell, Hydaelyn has not made Her will known to anyone. I wonder, could Hydaelyn's silence suggest the presence of some disruptive force, perhaps? Some obstacle to communication? While I share Urianger's high opinion of your conduct, I see no reason why She would deny you Her guidance altogether.
252 248 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002330_THANCRED 251 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002360_KRILE During my time in the First, the Oracle of Light spoke to me through Ryne. But that was not the will of Hydaelyn. It was Minfilia herself. Then again, who am I to say? The fact is, we simply don't know. But if the explanation is to be found anywhere, I can think of worse places to look than the archives of Sharlayan─and their research on the aetherial sea in particular.
253 249 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002340_YSHTOLA 252 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002370_KRILE Indeed. And while she and Hydaelyn were inextricably linked, Minfilia yet acted of her own volition. A messenger, yes, but one who spoke with her own voice. Resolved though I am to go, believe me when I say that I take no pleasure in the thought of leaving you a member short. Now of all times.
254 250 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002350_KRILE 253 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002380_KRILE I wonder, could Hydaelyn's silence suggest the presence of some disruptive force, perhaps? Some obstacle to communication? While I share Urianger's high opinion of your conduct, I see no reason why She would deny you Her guidance altogether. Estinien─we stand on the eve of a struggle that will decide the fate of this star. One in which we Scions may play a telling part. Yet we are but few in number.
255 251 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002360_KRILE 254 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002390_KRILE Then again, who am I to say? The fact is, we simply don't know. But if the explanation is to be found anywhere, I can think of worse places to look than the archives of Sharlayan─and their research on the aetherial sea in particular. And so I must ask you again: will you join us?
256 252 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002370_KRILE 255 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002400_ESTINIEN Resolved though I am to go, believe me when I say that I take no pleasure in the thought of leaving you a member short. Now of all times. You see the world the way you want it to be. I see the world the way it is. You are idealistic to a fault.
257 253 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002380_KRILE 256 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002410_ESTINIEN Estinien─we stand on the eve of a struggle that will decide the fate of this star. One in which we Scions may play a telling part. Yet we are but few in number. But I know you would never turn your back on those in need. Never close your eyes to their suffering. And somehow, your deeds lend truth to your words, giving the lie to my doubts in so doing.
258 254 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002390_KRILE 257 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002420_ESTINIEN And so I must ask you again: will you join us? I have seen others draw strength from your belief. In Ishgard, in Ala Mhigo. You inspired them to stand up and fight. To win, no less.
259 255 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002400_ESTINIEN 258 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002430_ESTINIEN You see the world the way you want it to be. I see the world the way it is. You are idealistic to a fault. And even when you lost those you held dear, you carried their spirit with you, and made their memory your guiding light. The burden of so many hopes and dreams would be too heavy for most to bear.
260 256 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002410_ESTINIEN 259 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002440_ESTINIEN But I know you would never turn your back on those in need. Never close your eyes to their suffering. And somehow, your deeds lend truth to your words, giving the lie to my doubts in so doing. But you bear it willingly. As you have shown me, some dreams are too important to let go.
261 257 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002420_ESTINIEN 260 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002450_ESTINIEN I have seen others draw strength from your belief. In Ishgard, in Ala Mhigo. You inspired them to stand up and fight. To win, no less. If you have need of my strength, it's yours. After all you've done, how could I refuse?
262 258 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002430_ESTINIEN 261 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002460_ALPHINAUD And even when you lost those you held dear, you carried their spirit with you, and made their memory your guiding light. The burden of so many hopes and dreams would be too heavy for most to bear. Thank you, Estinien...
263 259 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002440_ESTINIEN 262 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002470_ALPHINAUD But you bear it willingly. As you have shown me, some dreams are too important to let go. Whatever challenges await us, I shall not falter. You have my word.
264 260 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002450_ESTINIEN 263 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002480_KRILE If you have need of my strength, it's yours. After all you've done, how could I refuse? And now I may bid you farewell, safe in the knowledge that all is as it should be─in this little corner of the world at least.
265 261 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002460_ALPHINAUD 264 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002490_ALPHINAUD Thank you, Estinien... You will be sorely missed. Tread warily in Sharlayan...and do try not to let the Forum embroil you in their politics. A forlorn hope, I know, given the individuals involved...
266 262 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002470_ALPHINAUD 265 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002500_KRILE Whatever challenges await us, I shall not falter. You have my word. I shall do my very best. Farewell.
267 263 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002480_KRILE 266 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002505_SYSTEM And now I may bid you farewell, safe in the knowledge that all is as it should be─in this little corner of the world at least. Meanwhile, in the imperial palace...
268 264 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002490_ALPHINAUD 267 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002510_FANDANIEL You will be sorely missed. Tread warily in Sharlayan...and do try not to let the Forum embroil you in their politics. A forlorn hope, I know, given the individuals involved... Well? Does this one meet with your approval?
269 265 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002500_KRILE 268 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002520_FANDANIEL I shall do my very best. Farewell. Apparently not. Or...could it be that you're still upset about the dragons?
270 266 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002505_SYSTEM 269 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002530_ZENOS Meanwhile, in the imperial palace... You are unwise to remind me of so costly a failure.
271 267 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002510_FANDANIEL 270 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002540_ZENOS Well? Does this one meet with your approval? It will not affect our plans, I trust.
272 268 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002520_FANDANIEL 271 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002550_FANDANIEL Apparently not. Or...could it be that you're still upset about the dragons? Oh, hardly at all. Though, admittedly, the chances of us being able to procure any more Meracydian dragons are rather slimmer following Tiamat's reappearance.
273 269 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002530_ZENOS 272 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002560_FANDANIEL You are unwise to remind me of so costly a failure. But the seeds have been sown, my lord! We have only to wait for them to quicken.
274 270 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002540_ZENOS 273 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002570_FANDANIEL It will not affect our plans, I trust. Speaking of preparations, is it safe to assume that you will be ready to control you-know-what?
275 271 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002550_FANDANIEL 274 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002580_ZENOS Oh, hardly at all. Though, admittedly, the chances of us being able to procure any more Meracydian dragons are rather slimmer following Tiamat's reappearance. The hour draws nigh. This nation, forged for Ascian ends, will finally prove its worth.
276 272 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002560_FANDANIEL 275 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002590_FANDANIEL But the seeds have been sown, my lord! We have only to wait for them to quicken. A mighty Empire, now no more than an instrument of this star's destruction! What a pleasure it will be to put it to use!
277 273 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002570_FANDANIEL 276 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002600_FANDANIEL Speaking of preparations, is it safe to assume that you will be ready to control you-know-what? Which brings me back to our earlier topic. My lord─while I appreciate that it is not an easy decision, it really is past time you chose your weapon.
278 274 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002580_ZENOS 277 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002610_ZENOS The hour draws nigh. This nation, forged for Ascian ends, will finally prove its worth. There is one that I have been meaning to test...
279 275 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002590_FANDANIEL 278 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002620_FANDANIEL A mighty Empire, now no more than an instrument of this star's destruction! What a pleasure it will be to put it to use! Well, well... Not quite what I was expecting. Though I will say, it does seem rather apt.
276 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002600_FANDANIEL Which brings me back to our earlier topic. My lord─while I appreciate that it is not an easy decision, it really is past time you chose your weapon.
277 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002610_ZENOS There is one that I have been meaning to test...
278 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05500_002620_FANDANIEL Well, well... Not quite what I was expecting. Though I will say, it does seem rather apt.
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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002630_KANESENNA","Esteemed guests. You honor us with your presence. As there is much to discuss, let us begin."
1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002640_IXALICHIEFTAIN","Information on our taken brethren you have, yes? Hear it we would!"
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002650_IXALICHIEFTAIN","Beyond forgiveness these featherless ones are! With rivers of blood shall they pay! Freed our people must be!"
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002660_YSHTOLA","We too would see your kin liberated, but ere we attempt their rescue, we must first find a means to negate the risk of tempering. Without that, we will be unable even to approach the towers, let alone contend with their defenders."
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002670_MERLWYB","If all else fails, I've always found cannonballs quite effective..."
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002680_SAHAGINPRIEST","And what of the prisoners!? Would you see them ssslaughtered!?"
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002690_ZADA","Think for a moment! Ponder, consider, think! If Merlwyb truly intended to bombard the towers, she would have done so by now. Remember, we came here to find a solution together, did we not?"
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002700_MERLWYB","Y'shtola spoke of defenders. I but offered a means to clear a path, should you require it. "
8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002710_RAUBAHN","Given the enemy's capabilities, we will all need to play our part if we are to have any chance of success. For if any here should give less than their best, it will be to the cost of every living being on this star."
9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002720_SAHAGINPRIEST","A Paragon, the Empire, our very gods... How can we hope to prevail against sssuch odds?"
10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002730_AYMERIC","That our foe is formidable none would deny, but our strengths are many and varied. In this chamber, I see masters of strategy, masters of magic, masters of the land, the air, and the sea. And together, there is nothing in creation we cannot overcome."
11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002740_SAHAGINPRIEST","Krrrggghhhccchhh!"
12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002750_AYMERIC","I beg your pardon?"
13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002760_SAHAGINPRIEST","What is it, shorewalker? Do you not express your passion thusss?"
14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002770_SAHAGINPRIEST","A little tricky without gills, perhaps! Pshahaha! Sssuffice it to say, I am proud to be counted amongst Eorzea's finessst. We Sssahagin will play our part!"
15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002780_ZADA","We kobolds have not forgotten the crimes the overdwellers committed against us in the past. But today we look to the future, as allies united in purpose."
16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002790_IXALICHIEFTAIN","Make mock of the Ixal, the Paragon does! Turns kin into puppets, pits brother against brother! Free them from his grasp, we shall!"
17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002800_KANESENNA","As Patriarch Za Da will attest, the Scions have granted us a means to free your brethren from their thralldom. This boon we will gladly share, that your people might never be enslaved again."
18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002810_IXALICHIEFTAIN","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002820_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002830_SAHAGINPRIEST","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002840_THANCRED","It's taken a while, but I do believe we might be one step closer to a world without primals. Would that Minfilia were here to see it."
22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002850_ALISAIE","We still have a long way to go, and we're going to need a <Emphasis>lot</Emphasis> more porxies...but we're moving in the right direction."
23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002860_ALPHINAUD","If I may have your attention, there is one other point I would like to raise. As we can all agree, freeing those held captive must take precedence over every other concern."
24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002870_ALPHINAUD","But experience has taught us that none save those with the capacity to resist tempering can hope to enter the towers unscathed. And even once inside, a still greater threat may yet await them: that which we call a primal."
25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002880_ALPHINAUD","Needless to say, if we are to succeed, engaging with such foes can only ever be considered a last resort. And so I move that we seek to prevent them from being summoned in the first place."
26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002890_ZADA","Yes! Both prayer and aether are needed for the ritual. Should either one be denied, the summoning would fail!"
27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002900_ALPHINAUD","Indeed. And so we must endeavor to discover the source of the aether on which the process depends. Do so, and it may present a way to halt the summonings─or perhaps even neutralize the towers entirely."
28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002910_NANAMOULNAMO","A promising proposal. While you are conducting your investigations, however, we will need to remain vigilant, lest the Telophoroi commit further abductions, and summon primals ere we have the means to prevent them."
29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002920_NANAMOULNAMO","To stand a better chance of keeping our enemy at bay, we would do well to coordinate our defensive efforts, sending reinforcements to assist our neighbors when needed."
30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002930_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN","We Amalj'aa would have been overwhelmed were it not for our newfound allies. But say the word, and we shall come."
31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002940_AYMERIC","I see we are all in accord."
32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002950_AYMERIC","But what are we to call this proud fellowship of ours? I submit that the honor of naming it should go to the Scion whose brave efforts have done so much to unite Eorzea. What say you, my friend?"
33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","I would call it the Grand Company of Eorzea."
35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I would...call it... One moment, please."
36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002960_ALPHINAUD","But that's the name I..."
37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002970_ALISAIE","Might I suggest the Grand Company of Eorzea? I remember a certain someone pondering it once upon a time, and it seems as fitting a name as any."
38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002980_RAUBAHN","A fine choice. For there is none here who does not love Eorzea!"
39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002990_MERLWYB","Aye! In that we shall ever be united!"
40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003000_KANESENNA","United in our gratitude for the realm that gave us life!"
41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003010_NANAMOULNAMO","Then let it be recorded that on this day the Grand Company of Eorzea was born!"
42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003020_ALPHINAUD","How long have we dreamed of this moment? And now that it's here, I... Forgive me. Might we speak outside?"
43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003030_FOURCHENAULT","Elder Seedseer, I thank you for granting me this audience."
44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003040_FOURCHENAULT","I am Fourchenault Leveilleur, here in my capacity as representative of the Forum."
45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003050_KANESENNA","It is I who should thank you, Master Fourchenault, for journeying so far, and so swiftly. Would that our first meeting could have been under happier circumstances."
46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003060_ALPHINAUD","It has been too long, Father. You look well."
47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003070_FOURCHENAULT","As do you both. Ameliance will be glad to hear that you are taking care of yourselves."
48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003080_ALISAIE","How is Mother?"
49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003090_FOURCHENAULT","She misses you terribly, of course, but is otherwise a picture of health."
50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003100_FOURCHENAULT","Circumstances apart, I am grateful that our meeting has afforded me the chance to be reunited with my children at long last. And I believe I also owe you thanks for the hospitality you showed my father, Louisoix, during his sojourn in Eorzea."
51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003110_KANESENNA","All thanks we owe to him. In the days prior to the Seventh Umbral Calamity, it was your father's tireless efforts which granted us a means to vanquish the primals."
52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003120_KANESENNA","Were it not for him, our strength would have been quite spent by the time the Empire arrived. That Gridania still stands is in large part his achievement. He was a great man."
53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003130_FOURCHENAULT","He would doubtless have been moved to hear you say so. I must confess, however, that I opposed his decision to intervene."
54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003140_FOURCHENAULT","And my position remains unchanged."
55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003150_KANESENNA","“To chart the course of history, not to change it.” I am familiar with the Sharlayans' stance."
56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003160_FOURCHENAULT","It is more than that. It is our way of life. Who we are."
57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003170_FOURCHENAULT","But I came here not to deliver a lecture, but the Forum's answer to your request."
58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003180_FOURCHENAULT","Sharlayan will under no circumstances intervene in the conflict between Eorzea and the Garlean Empire."
59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003190_KANESENNA","...May I ask for what reason the Forum has come to this decision? The Final Days spell the end not only for Eorzea, but the entire world. "
60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003200_FOURCHENAULT","The “Final Days”? Pray, spare me your hyperbole. This conflict is no more than the latest in a series of petty squabbles between yourselves and Garlemald. One in which Sharlayan will take no part. If the Final Days were truly upon us, we would know."
61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003210_ALPHINAUD","Father, you must ask the Forum to reconsider."
62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003220_ALPHINAUD","You may feel safe on your little island across the waves, but if you imagine the Telophoroi will leave you be, you are mistaken. They mean to kill us all, themselves included!"
63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003230_ALISAIE","Alphinaud is right. We have seen what the enemy is capable of, the lengths to which they'll go. This is no time to turn a blind eye."
64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003240_ALISAIE","If Eorzea falls, so too will Sharlayan. So if you truly love our homeland, you will join us─now, before it's too late!"
65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003250_FOURCHENAULT","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003260_FOURCHENAULT","I thought you knew better than to raise your voice to your elders. It seems I was wrong. Wrong to ever let you leave Sharlayan. I consoled myself that your time abroad would instill in you some hint of restraint, of discipline."
67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003270_FOURCHENAULT","But I see now that Eorzea has made fools of you both. Have you forgotten why it was that I so vehemently opposed your grandfather's departure?"
68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003280_FOURCHENAULT","For all his wisdom, his only solution was to go to war."
69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003290_FOURCHENAULT","Death. Devastation. Ruin. Even those who claim victory are scarred for life. What prize could ever justify such sacrifice?"
70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003300_FOURCHENAULT","It is the duty of the learned to avert such tragedy. By fanning the flames of war, you forsake all you once held dear."
71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Better to fight and fail than wait for the axe to fall."
73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE","To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence."
74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE","It is in your power to save us. Refuse and you condemn us all."
75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003310_FOURCHENAULT","I see your friend shares your misguided ideals. But unlike <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If>, you should know better."
76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003320_FOURCHENAULT","By espousing such barbaric notions, you subvert the teachings of Sharlayan and place all we have worked for in jeopardy."
77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003330_FOURCHENAULT","Alphinaud, Alisaie. As of this moment, you shall no longer bear the name of Leveilleur."
78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003340_ALPHINAUD","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003350_ALISAIE","Father..."
80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003360_FOURCHENAULT","How you choose to live your lives is no longer my concern. If you wish to walk the path of ruin, I will not stand in your way."
81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003370_KANESENNA","Master Fourchenault! While Sharlayan may have no intention of intervening in this conflict, we can still part as friends. Will you not stay and speak with us, that we might learn of Sharlayan's hopes for the morrow?"
82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003380_FOURCHENAULT","I have said what I came here to say. Any further discussion would be meaningless."
83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003390_ALISAIE","Father, wait!"
84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003400_ALPHINAUD","Don't bother, Alisaie!"
85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003410_ALISAIE","How can you stand there and watch him walk away!? How can you let this happen!?"
86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003420_ALPHINAUD","Arenvald! I can't tell you how good it is to see you!"
87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003430_ARENVALD","It arrived a lot sooner than expected, eh? The day I crane my neck up at you..."
88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003440_ALPHINAUD","Only because you're sitting down. Unless..."
89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003450_ARENVALD","'Fraid so. The chirurgeons say I may never walk again."
90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003460_ARENVALD","Come on, Alphinaud. It could be worse. Besides, I didn't come here to dampen the mood. Quite the opposite."
91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003470_ARENVALD","All I've ever wanted was to fight for a cause I believe in."
92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003480_ARENVALD","But my fighting days are over. So I want you to fight in my stead. Be the hero I can't."
93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003490_ALPHINAUD","I am no hero."
94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003500_ARENVALD","That's what they all say, though. No one ever calls themselves a hero. Even the ones who eat primals for breakfast. It's for others to decide."
95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003501_ARENVALD","Look, Alphinaud... You already are a hero, to me and countless others. We see you doing your damndest to protect us all. And you're not alone, are you? There are people who believe in you, just as you believe in them."
96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","We carry the dreams of many. We'll carry yours too."
98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE","We'll be sure to give your regards to the Telophoroi."
99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Some things may have changed, but the adventure isn't over yet."
100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003510_ARENVALD","I know what's at stake, and how many people are depending on you. But I believe in you. Believe that you'll see it through."
101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003520_ARENVALD","That's why I'm entrusting my dreams to you. Like A'aba and Aulie once entrusted their dreams to me."
102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003530_ALPHINAUD","There was a time when I would have borne the weight of such expectations without a second thought."
103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003540_ALPHINAUD","But now...I know just how heavy that burden can be."
104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003550_ALPHINAUD","To tell the truth, I am beginning to wonder if I chose the right path. Sacrifices will inevitably be made for the sake of the ideals I uphold."
105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003560_ALPHINAUD","Maybe I am not the person I thought I was. The person you think I am."
106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003570_ARENVALD","I wouldn't presume to tell you. But I will say this..."
107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003580_ARENVALD","In spite of everything, you've come this far."
108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003590_ARENVALD","The road ahead might not always be clear, but you've never been one to give up or take the easy way out. And everything you do, you do for others. For a brighter future. I'm proud to call you my friend."
109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003600_ARENVALD","Well, I've said my piece, so I'll let you go. I know you've got more important things to be doing. Just...give what I've said some thought, all right?"
110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003610_ALPHINAUD","I shall, my friend. And we will meet again soon, I promise."
111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003620_ARENVALD","Nothing left for me to do but wave and smile."
112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003630_FORDOLA","You've got a pretty narrow view of what it means to be a hero, do you know that?"
113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003640_FORDOLA","You think they're all “forged in the fires of battle”? That it's all about being brave and killing villains?"
114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003650_FORDOLA","Alphinaud and the others will carry on their fight, but theirs isn't the only one. There are other ways you can make a difference─if you stop feeling sorry for yourself and put your bloody mind to it."
115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003660_ARENVALD","There's not much chance of me living the quiet life with you around, is there?"
116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003670_FORDOLA","If you're content to twiddle your thumbs, thinking of what might've been, that's your lookout. But I reckon you've got some fight left in you."
117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003680_ARENVALD","And I reckon you might be right. If there's a way I can still help my friends, I'll bloody well find it."
118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003690_ALPHINAUD","My fellow Scions... As I am sure you will have heard, we can expect no help from Sharlayan, nor are we any closer to discerning the Telophoroi's grand design."
119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003700_ALPHINAUD","And now, our adversary moves against us in unprecedented numbers, compelling us to answer in kind. The outlook, in short, is bleak. Yet though our foes are many, and we but few, we may still tip the balance in Eorzea's favor."
120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003710_THANCRED","Of course. We will do what we always do: deal with the ones our allies can't."
121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003720_THANCRED","A less-than-daunting prospect, judging by your expression. Could it be that you've dispelled your lingering doubts, Alphinaud?"
122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003730_ALPHINAUD","Oh, I doubt I ever will. But as my friends have kindly reminded me, I have come this far, and that must count for something."
123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003740_ALISAIE","Gods be good, Alphinaud! That's what we've been trying to tell you all along."
124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003750_ESTINIEN","For one so bright, you can be remarkably dim at times. There is such a thing as overthinking, you know."
125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003760_GRAHATIA","Might I suggest that we continue this conversation <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> the battle? It would appear the Telophoroi have already arrived."
126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003770_ALISAIE","I'll do what I can to cure the tempered, but they'll have to be incapacitated first."
127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003780_URIANGER","Have care, my friends, for none can say wherefore our foe did choose this fateful field to be our battleground. Whatever may transpire, pray grant him not the pleasure of deterring you."
128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003790_FANDANIEL","And thus another plan went up in smoke! I am beginning to see why Lord Zenos thinks so highly of you..."
129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003800_FANDANIEL","Not that this changes anything, you understand. You have merely earned yourself a stay of execution."
130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003810_IMPERIALSOLDIER","Glory be...to...Garlemald..."
131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003820_ALPHINAUD","How fare the tempered?"
132,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003830_ALISAIE","We've treated as many as we can. But some were beyond help..."
133,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003840_AMALJAAWARRIOR","Do not hang your heads so, brave Scions."
134,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003850_AMALJAAWARRIOR","Though not all of our captured brethren could be saved, we are grateful for those whose minds have been restored."
135,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003860_AMALJAAWARRIOR","You could do no more. And that is enough. So please, hold your heads high."
136,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003870_ALISAIE","I should've been quicker... But I'll do better next time."
137,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003880_ALISAIE","Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot."
138,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003890_ALPHINAUD","A victory at great cost...but a victory nonetheless."
139,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003900_ALPHINAUD","We must stay strong and press on. Isn't that right?"
140,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
141,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","One battle at a time, we'll get there."
142,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE","To the very end."
143,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Well, you've come this far..."
144,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003910_ALPHINAUD","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
145,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003920_ALISAIE","No subtitles. Report if displayed."
146,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003930_ALPHINAUD","To the very end."
147,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003940_ALPHINAUD","It really must count for something."
148,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003945_SYSTEM","Meanwhile, in the Garlean capital..."
149,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003950_FANDANIEL","Those Eorzeans certainly are a stubborn bunch, though I suppose you knew that already."
150,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003960_FANDANIEL","My plan to redirect the aether from Carteneau came to a rather less-than-satisfactory conclusion. It was, in many respects, an abject failure."
151,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003970_FANDANIEL","Which does of course raise the question of where we are going to procure the requisite amount. The obvious solution would be to draw on resources a little closer to home, though that would require our dreamer to dream a trifle more deeply..."
152,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003980_ZENOS","So be it. The dreamer will not complain."
153,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003990_FANDANIEL","Then let us begin the preparations at once. With the “gateway of the gods” complete, all that remains is to gather the necessary aether, and our prize shall be within reach!"
154,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004000_FANDANIEL","The time has come to fulfill your heart's desire! My desire!"
155,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004010_FANDANIEL","To relieve those wretched creatures of their meaningless existence!"
156,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004020_ZENOS","While I await you, I shall drink a sea of souls and gorge myself upon the darkened moon."
157,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004030_ZENOS","Then you shall come to me, all roiling rage and rancor..."
158,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004040_ZENOS","And the stars shall bear witness to our final contest."
159,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004050_YSHTOLA","As I thought... The aetherial currents have been disturbed here, too."
160,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004060_THANCRED","It was the same in Thanalan. Make that every location we surveyed."
161,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004070_GRAHATIA","And the strength of each current has diminished dramatically. Far more than could be attributed to a natural occurrence."
162,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004080_URIANGER","What tidings bringest thou from Dravania?"
163,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004090_ALPHINAUD","We took a number of readings, and noticed that the closer we were to the tower, the lower the aetheric density became. In short..."
164,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004100_ALISAIE","The towers are drawing upon the land's aether. Which would explain how they were able to carry out the summonings."
165,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004110_THANCRED","Our allies must be informed of this. We should return to the Rising Stones and have Tataru relay our findings to them."
166,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004120_MYSTERIOUSLADY","Hear me... Hear me..."
167,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004130_MYSTERIOUSLADY","Darkness comes...and with it...the end..."
168,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004140_MYSTERIOUSLADY","The fate...of the star...is in your hands..."
169,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004150_ESTINIEN","Everything all right back there?"
0,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002630_KANESENNA,"Esteemed guests. You honor us with your presence. As there is much to discuss, let us begin."
1,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002640_IXALICHIEFTAIN,"Information on our taken brethren you have, yes? Hear it we would!"
2,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002650_IXALICHIEFTAIN,Beyond forgiveness these featherless ones are! With rivers of blood shall they pay! Freed our people must be!
3,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002660_YSHTOLA,"We too would see your kin liberated, but ere we attempt their rescue, we must first find a means to negate the risk of tempering. Without that, we will be unable even to approach the towers, let alone contend with their defenders."
4,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002670_MERLWYB,"If all else fails, I've always found cannonballs quite effective..."
5,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002680_SAHAGINPRIEST,And what of the prisoners!? Would you see them ssslaughtered!?
6,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002690_ZADA,"Think for a moment! Ponder, consider, think! If Merlwyb truly intended to bombard the towers, she would have done so by now. Remember, we came here to find a solution together, did we not?"
7,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002700_MERLWYB,"Y'shtola spoke of defenders. I but offered a means to clear a path, should you require it. "
8,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002710_RAUBAHN,"Given the enemy's capabilities, we will all need to play our part if we are to have any chance of success. For if any here should give less than their best, it will be to the cost of every living being on this star."
9,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002720_SAHAGINPRIEST,"A Paragon, the Empire, our very gods... How can we hope to prevail against sssuch odds?"
10,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002730_AYMERIC,"That our foe is formidable none would deny, but our strengths are many and varied. In this chamber, I see masters of strategy, masters of magic, masters of the land, the air, and the sea. And together, there is nothing in creation we cannot overcome."
11,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002740_SAHAGINPRIEST,Krrrggghhhccchhh!
12,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002750_AYMERIC,I beg your pardon?
13,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002760_SAHAGINPRIEST,"What is it, shorewalker? Do you not express your passion thusss?"
14,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002770_SAHAGINPRIEST,"A little tricky without gills, perhaps! Pshahaha! Sssuffice it to say, I am proud to be counted amongst Eorzea's finessst. We Sssahagin will play our part!"
15,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002780_ZADA,"We kobolds have not forgotten the crimes the overdwellers committed against us in the past. But today we look to the future, as allies united in purpose."
16,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002790_IXALICHIEFTAIN,"Make mock of the Ixal, the Paragon does! Turns kin into puppets, pits brother against brother! Free them from his grasp, we shall!"
17,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002800_KANESENNA,"As Patriarch Za Da will attest, the Scions have granted us a means to free your brethren from their thralldom. This boon we will gladly share, that your people might never be enslaved again."
18,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002810_IXALICHIEFTAIN,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
19,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002820_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
20,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002830_SAHAGINPRIEST,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
21,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002840_THANCRED,"It's taken a while, but I do believe we might be one step closer to a world without primals. Would that Minfilia were here to see it."
22,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002850_ALISAIE,"We still have a long way to go, and we're going to need a *lot* more porxies...but we're moving in the right direction."
23,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002860_ALPHINAUD,"If I may have your attention, there is one other point I would like to raise. As we can all agree, freeing those held captive must take precedence over every other concern."
24,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002870_ALPHINAUD,"But experience has taught us that none save those with the capacity to resist tempering can hope to enter the towers unscathed. And even once inside, a still greater threat may yet await them: that which we call a primal."
25,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002880_ALPHINAUD,"Needless to say, if we are to succeed, engaging with such foes can only ever be considered a last resort. And so I move that we seek to prevent them from being summoned in the first place."
26,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002890_ZADA,"Yes! Both prayer and aether are needed for the ritual. Should either one be denied, the summoning would fail!"
27,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002900_ALPHINAUD,"Indeed. And so we must endeavor to discover the source of the aether on which the process depends. Do so, and it may present a way to halt the summonings─or perhaps even neutralize the towers entirely."
28,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002910_NANAMOULNAMO,"A promising proposal. While you are conducting your investigations, however, we will need to remain vigilant, lest the Telophoroi commit further abductions, and summon primals ere we have the means to prevent them."
29,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002920_NANAMOULNAMO,"To stand a better chance of keeping our enemy at bay, we would do well to coordinate our defensive efforts, sending reinforcements to assist our neighbors when needed."
30,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002930_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN,"We Amalj'aa would have been overwhelmed were it not for our newfound allies. But say the word, and we shall come."
31,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002940_AYMERIC,I see we are all in accord.
32,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002950_AYMERIC,"But what are we to call this proud fellowship of ours? I submit that the honor of naming it should go to the Scion whose brave efforts have done so much to unite Eorzea. What say you, my friend?"
33,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
34,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE,I would call it the Grand Company of Eorzea.
35,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE,"I would...call it... One moment, please."
36,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002960_ALPHINAUD,But that's the name I...
37,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002970_ALISAIE,"Might I suggest the Grand Company of Eorzea? I remember a certain someone pondering it once upon a time, and it seems as fitting a name as any."
38,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002980_RAUBAHN,A fine choice. For there is none here who does not love Eorzea!
39,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002990_MERLWYB,Aye! In that we shall ever be united!
40,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003000_KANESENNA,United in our gratitude for the realm that gave us life!
41,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003010_NANAMOULNAMO,Then let it be recorded that on this day the Grand Company of Eorzea was born!
42,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003020_ALPHINAUD,"How long have we dreamed of this moment? And now that it's here, I... Forgive me. Might we speak outside?"
43,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003030_FOURCHENAULT,"Elder Seedseer, I thank you for granting me this audience."
44,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003040_FOURCHENAULT,"I am Fourchenault Leveilleur, here in my capacity as representative of the Forum."
45,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003050_KANESENNA,"It is I who should thank you, Master Fourchenault, for journeying so far, and so swiftly. Would that our first meeting could have been under happier circumstances."
46,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003060_ALPHINAUD,"It has been too long, Father. You look well."
47,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003070_FOURCHENAULT,As do you both. Ameliance will be glad to hear that you are taking care of yourselves.
48,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003080_ALISAIE,How is Mother?
49,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003090_FOURCHENAULT,"She misses you terribly, of course, but is otherwise a picture of health."
50,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003100_FOURCHENAULT,"Circumstances apart, I am grateful that our meeting has afforded me the chance to be reunited with my children at long last. And I believe I also owe you thanks for the hospitality you showed my father, Louisoix, during his sojourn in Eorzea."
51,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003110_KANESENNA,"All thanks we owe to him. In the days prior to the Seventh Umbral Calamity, it was your father's tireless efforts which granted us a means to vanquish the primals."
52,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003120_KANESENNA,"Were it not for him, our strength would have been quite spent by the time the Empire arrived. That Gridania still stands is in large part his achievement. He was a great man."
53,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003130_FOURCHENAULT,"He would doubtless have been moved to hear you say so. I must confess, however, that I opposed his decision to intervene."
54,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003140_FOURCHENAULT,And my position remains unchanged.
55,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003150_KANESENNA,"“To chart the course of history, not to change it.” I am familiar with the Sharlayans' stance."
56,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003160_FOURCHENAULT,It is more than that. It is our way of life. Who we are.
57,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003170_FOURCHENAULT,"But I came here not to deliver a lecture, but the Forum's answer to your request."
58,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003180_FOURCHENAULT,Sharlayan will under no circumstances intervene in the conflict between Eorzea and the Garlean Empire.
59,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003190_KANESENNA,"...May I ask for what reason the Forum has come to this decision? The Final Days spell the end not only for Eorzea, but the entire world. "
60,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003200_FOURCHENAULT,"The “Final Days”? Pray, spare me your hyperbole. This conflict is no more than the latest in a series of petty squabbles between yourselves and Garlemald. One in which Sharlayan will take no part. If the Final Days were truly upon us, we would know."
61,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003210_ALPHINAUD,"Father, you must ask the Forum to reconsider."
62,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003220_ALPHINAUD,"You may feel safe on your little island across the waves, but if you imagine the Telophoroi will leave you be, you are mistaken. They mean to kill us all, themselves included!"
63,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003230_ALISAIE,"Alphinaud is right. We have seen what the enemy is capable of, the lengths to which they'll go. This is no time to turn a blind eye."
64,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003240_ALISAIE,"If Eorzea falls, so too will Sharlayan. So if you truly love our homeland, you will join us─now, before it's too late!"
65,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003250_FOURCHENAULT,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
66,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003260_FOURCHENAULT,"I thought you knew better than to raise your voice to your elders. It seems I was wrong. Wrong to ever let you leave Sharlayan. I consoled myself that your time abroad would instill in you some hint of restraint, of discipline."
67,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003270_FOURCHENAULT,But I see now that Eorzea has made fools of you both. Have you forgotten why it was that I so vehemently opposed your grandfather's departure?
68,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003280_FOURCHENAULT,"For all his wisdom, his only solution was to go to war."
69,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003290_FOURCHENAULT,Death. Devastation. Ruin. Even those who claim victory are scarred for life. What prize could ever justify such sacrifice?
70,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003300_FOURCHENAULT,"It is the duty of the learned to avert such tragedy. By fanning the flames of war, you forsake all you once held dear."
71,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
72,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE,Better to fight and fail than wait for the axe to fall.
73,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE,To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence.
74,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE,It is in your power to save us. Refuse and you condemn us all.
75,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003310_FOURCHENAULT,"I see your friend shares your misguided ideals. But unlike her, you should know better."
76,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003320_FOURCHENAULT,"By espousing such barbaric notions, you subvert the teachings of Sharlayan and place all we have worked for in jeopardy."
77,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003330_FOURCHENAULT,"Alphinaud, Alisaie. As of this moment, you shall no longer bear the name of Leveilleur."
78,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003340_ALPHINAUD,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
79,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003350_ALISAIE,Father...
80,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003360_FOURCHENAULT,"How you choose to live your lives is no longer my concern. If you wish to walk the path of ruin, I will not stand in your way."
81,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003370_KANESENNA,"Master Fourchenault! While Sharlayan may have no intention of intervening in this conflict, we can still part as friends. Will you not stay and speak with us, that we might learn of Sharlayan's hopes for the morrow?"
82,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003380_FOURCHENAULT,I have said what I came here to say. Any further discussion would be meaningless.
83,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003390_ALISAIE,"Father, wait!"
84,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003400_ALPHINAUD,"Don't bother, Alisaie!"
85,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003410_ALISAIE,How can you stand there and watch him walk away!? How can you let this happen!?
86,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003420_ALPHINAUD,Arenvald! I can't tell you how good it is to see you!
87,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003430_ARENVALD,"It arrived a lot sooner than expected, eh? The day I crane my neck up at you..."
88,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003440_ALPHINAUD,Only because you're sitting down. Unless...
89,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003450_ARENVALD,'Fraid so. The chirurgeons say I may never walk again.
90,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003460_ARENVALD,"Come on, Alphinaud. It could be worse. Besides, I didn't come here to dampen the mood. Quite the opposite."
91,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003470_ARENVALD,All I've ever wanted was to fight for a cause I believe in.
92,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003480_ARENVALD,But my fighting days are over. So I want you to fight in my stead. Be the hero I can't.
93,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003490_ALPHINAUD,I am no hero.
94,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003500_ARENVALD,"That's what they all say, though. No one ever calls themselves a hero. Even the ones who eat primals for breakfast. It's for others to decide."
95,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003501_ARENVALD,"Look, Alphinaud... You already are a hero, to me and countless others. We see you doing your damndest to protect us all. And you're not alone, are you? There are people who believe in you, just as you believe in them."
96,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
97,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE,We carry the dreams of many. We'll carry yours too.
98,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE,We'll be sure to give your regards to the Telophoroi.
99,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICE,"Some things may have changed, but the adventure isn't over yet."
100,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003510_ARENVALD,"I know what's at stake, and how many people are depending on you. But I believe in you. Believe that you'll see it through."
101,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003520_ARENVALD,That's why I'm entrusting my dreams to you. Like A'aba and Aulie once entrusted their dreams to me.
102,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003530_ALPHINAUD,There was a time when I would have borne the weight of such expectations without a second thought.
103,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003540_ALPHINAUD,But now...I know just how heavy that burden can be.
104,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003550_ALPHINAUD,"To tell the truth, I am beginning to wonder if I chose the right path. Sacrifices will inevitably be made for the sake of the ideals I uphold."
105,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003560_ALPHINAUD,Maybe I am not the person I thought I was. The person you think I am.
106,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003570_ARENVALD,I wouldn't presume to tell you. But I will say this...
107,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003580_ARENVALD,"In spite of everything, you've come this far."
108,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003590_ARENVALD,"The road ahead might not always be clear, but you've never been one to give up or take the easy way out. And everything you do, you do for others. For a brighter future. I'm proud to call you my friend."
109,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003600_ARENVALD,"Well, I've said my piece, so I'll let you go. I know you've got more important things to be doing. Just...give what I've said some thought, all right?"
110,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003610_ALPHINAUD,"I shall, my friend. And we will meet again soon, I promise."
111,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003620_ARENVALD,Nothing left for me to do but wave and smile.
112,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003630_FORDOLA,"You've got a pretty narrow view of what it means to be a hero, do you know that?"
113,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003640_FORDOLA,You think they're all “forged in the fires of battle”? That it's all about being brave and killing villains?
114,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003650_FORDOLA,"Alphinaud and the others will carry on their fight, but theirs isn't the only one. There are other ways you can make a difference─if you stop feeling sorry for yourself and put your bloody mind to it."
115,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003660_ARENVALD,"There's not much chance of me living the quiet life with you around, is there?"
116,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003670_FORDOLA,"If you're content to twiddle your thumbs, thinking of what might've been, that's your lookout. But I reckon you've got some fight left in you."
117,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003680_ARENVALD,"And I reckon you might be right. If there's a way I can still help my friends, I'll bloody well find it."
118,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003690_ALPHINAUD,"My fellow Scions... As I am sure you will have heard, we can expect no help from Sharlayan, nor are we any closer to discerning the Telophoroi's grand design."
119,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003700_ALPHINAUD,"And now, our adversary moves against us in unprecedented numbers, compelling us to answer in kind. The outlook, in short, is bleak. Yet though our foes are many, and we but few, we may still tip the balance in Eorzea's favor."
120,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003710_THANCRED,Of course. We will do what we always do: deal with the ones our allies can't.
121,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003720_THANCRED,"A less-than-daunting prospect, judging by your expression. Could it be that you've dispelled your lingering doubts, Alphinaud?"
122,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003730_ALPHINAUD,"Oh, I doubt I ever will. But as my friends have kindly reminded me, I have come this far, and that must count for something."
123,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003740_ALISAIE,"Gods be good, Alphinaud! That's what we've been trying to tell you all along."
124,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003750_ESTINIEN,"For one so bright, you can be remarkably dim at times. There is such a thing as overthinking, you know."
125,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003760_GRAHATIA,Might I suggest that we continue this conversation *after* the battle? It would appear the Telophoroi have already arrived.
126,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003770_ALISAIE,"I'll do what I can to cure the tempered, but they'll have to be incapacitated first."
127,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003780_URIANGER,"Have care, my friends, for none can say wherefore our foe did choose this fateful field to be our battleground. Whatever may transpire, pray grant him not the pleasure of deterring you."
128,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003790_FANDANIEL,And thus another plan went up in smoke! I am beginning to see why Lord Zenos thinks so highly of you...
129,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003800_FANDANIEL,"Not that this changes anything, you understand. You have merely earned yourself a stay of execution."
130,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003810_IMPERIALSOLDIER,Glory be...to...Garlemald...
131,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003820_ALPHINAUD,How fare the tempered?
132,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003830_ALISAIE,We've treated as many as we can. But some were beyond help...
133,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003840_AMALJAAWARRIOR,"Do not hang your heads so, brave Scions."
134,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003850_AMALJAAWARRIOR,"Though not all of our captured brethren could be saved, we are grateful for those whose minds have been restored."
135,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003860_AMALJAAWARRIOR,"You could do no more. And that is enough. So please, hold your heads high."
136,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003870_ALISAIE,I should've been quicker... But I'll do better next time.
137,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003880_ALISAIE,Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot.
138,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003890_ALPHINAUD,A victory at great cost...but a victory nonetheless.
139,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003900_ALPHINAUD,We must stay strong and press on. Isn't that right?
140,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,What will you say?
141,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE,"One battle at a time, we'll get there."
142,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE,To the very end.
143,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE,"Well, you've come this far..."
144,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003910_ALPHINAUD,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
145,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003920_ALISAIE,No subtitles. Report if displayed.
146,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003930_ALPHINAUD,To the very end.
147,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003940_ALPHINAUD,It really must count for something.
148,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003945_SYSTEM,"Meanwhile, in the Garlean capital..."
149,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003950_FANDANIEL,"Those Eorzeans certainly are a stubborn bunch, though I suppose you knew that already."
150,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003960_FANDANIEL,"My plan to redirect the aether from Carteneau came to a rather less-than-satisfactory conclusion. It was, in many respects, an abject failure."
151,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003970_FANDANIEL,"Which does of course raise the question of where we are going to procure the requisite amount. The obvious solution would be to draw on resources a little closer to home, though that would require our dreamer to dream a trifle more deeply..."
152,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003980_ZENOS,So be it. The dreamer will not complain.
153,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003990_FANDANIEL,"Then let us begin the preparations at once. With the “gateway of the gods” complete, all that remains is to gather the necessary aether, and our prize shall be within reach!"
154,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004000_FANDANIEL,The time has come to fulfill your heart's desire! My desire!
155,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004010_FANDANIEL,To relieve those wretched creatures of their meaningless existence!
156,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004020_ZENOS,"While I await you, I shall drink a sea of souls and gorge myself upon the darkened moon."
157,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004030_ZENOS,"Then you shall come to me, all roiling rage and rancor..."
158,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004040_ZENOS,And the stars shall bear witness to our final contest.
159,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004050_YSHTOLA,"As I thought... The aetherial currents have been disturbed here, too."
160,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004060_THANCRED,It was the same in Thanalan. Make that every location we surveyed.
161,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004070_GRAHATIA,And the strength of each current has diminished dramatically. Far more than could be attributed to a natural occurrence.
162,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004080_URIANGER,What tidings bringest thou from Dravania?
163,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004090_ALPHINAUD,"We took a number of readings, and noticed that the closer we were to the tower, the lower the aetheric density became. In short..."
164,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004100_ALISAIE,The towers are drawing upon the land's aether. Which would explain how they were able to carry out the summonings.
165,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004110_THANCRED,Our allies must be informed of this. We should return to the Rising Stones and have Tataru relay our findings to them.
166,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004120_MYSTERIOUSLADY,Hear me... Hear me...
167,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004130_MYSTERIOUSLADY,Darkness comes...and with it...the end...
168,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004140_MYSTERIOUSLADY,The fate...of the star...is in your hands...
169,TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004150_ESTINIEN,Everything all right back there?
1 key 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002630_KANESENNA 1 Esteemed guests. You honor us with your presence. As there is much to discuss, let us begin.
2 # 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002640_IXALICHIEFTAIN Information on our taken brethren you have, yes? Hear it we would!
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002650_IXALICHIEFTAIN str Beyond forgiveness these featherless ones are! With rivers of blood shall they pay! Freed our people must be!
4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002630_KANESENNA 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002660_YSHTOLA Esteemed guests. You honor us with your presence. As there is much to discuss, let us begin. We too would see your kin liberated, but ere we attempt their rescue, we must first find a means to negate the risk of tempering. Without that, we will be unable even to approach the towers, let alone contend with their defenders.
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002640_IXALICHIEFTAIN 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002670_MERLWYB Information on our taken brethren you have, yes? Hear it we would! If all else fails, I've always found cannonballs quite effective...
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002650_IXALICHIEFTAIN 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002680_SAHAGINPRIEST Beyond forgiveness these featherless ones are! With rivers of blood shall they pay! Freed our people must be! And what of the prisoners!? Would you see them ssslaughtered!?
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002660_YSHTOLA 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002690_ZADA We too would see your kin liberated, but ere we attempt their rescue, we must first find a means to negate the risk of tempering. Without that, we will be unable even to approach the towers, let alone contend with their defenders. Think for a moment! Ponder, consider, think! If Merlwyb truly intended to bombard the towers, she would have done so by now. Remember, we came here to find a solution together, did we not?
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002670_MERLWYB 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002700_MERLWYB If all else fails, I've always found cannonballs quite effective... Y'shtola spoke of defenders. I but offered a means to clear a path, should you require it.
9 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002680_SAHAGINPRIEST 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002710_RAUBAHN And what of the prisoners!? Would you see them ssslaughtered!? Given the enemy's capabilities, we will all need to play our part if we are to have any chance of success. For if any here should give less than their best, it will be to the cost of every living being on this star.
10 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002690_ZADA 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002720_SAHAGINPRIEST Think for a moment! Ponder, consider, think! If Merlwyb truly intended to bombard the towers, she would have done so by now. Remember, we came here to find a solution together, did we not? A Paragon, the Empire, our very gods... How can we hope to prevail against sssuch odds?
11 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002700_MERLWYB 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002730_AYMERIC Y'shtola spoke of defenders. I but offered a means to clear a path, should you require it. That our foe is formidable none would deny, but our strengths are many and varied. In this chamber, I see masters of strategy, masters of magic, masters of the land, the air, and the sea. And together, there is nothing in creation we cannot overcome.
12 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002710_RAUBAHN 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002740_SAHAGINPRIEST Given the enemy's capabilities, we will all need to play our part if we are to have any chance of success. For if any here should give less than their best, it will be to the cost of every living being on this star. Krrrggghhhccchhh!
13 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002720_SAHAGINPRIEST 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002750_AYMERIC A Paragon, the Empire, our very gods... How can we hope to prevail against sssuch odds? I beg your pardon?
14 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002730_AYMERIC 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002760_SAHAGINPRIEST That our foe is formidable none would deny, but our strengths are many and varied. In this chamber, I see masters of strategy, masters of magic, masters of the land, the air, and the sea. And together, there is nothing in creation we cannot overcome. What is it, shorewalker? Do you not express your passion thusss?
15 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002740_SAHAGINPRIEST 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002770_SAHAGINPRIEST Krrrggghhhccchhh! A little tricky without gills, perhaps! Pshahaha! Sssuffice it to say, I am proud to be counted amongst Eorzea's finessst. We Sssahagin will play our part!
16 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002750_AYMERIC 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002780_ZADA I beg your pardon? We kobolds have not forgotten the crimes the overdwellers committed against us in the past. But today we look to the future, as allies united in purpose.
17 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002760_SAHAGINPRIEST 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002790_IXALICHIEFTAIN What is it, shorewalker? Do you not express your passion thusss? Make mock of the Ixal, the Paragon does! Turns kin into puppets, pits brother against brother! Free them from his grasp, we shall!
18 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002770_SAHAGINPRIEST 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002800_KANESENNA A little tricky without gills, perhaps! Pshahaha! Sssuffice it to say, I am proud to be counted amongst Eorzea's finessst. We Sssahagin will play our part! As Patriarch Za Da will attest, the Scions have granted us a means to free your brethren from their thralldom. This boon we will gladly share, that your people might never be enslaved again.
19 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002780_ZADA 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002810_IXALICHIEFTAIN We kobolds have not forgotten the crimes the overdwellers committed against us in the past. But today we look to the future, as allies united in purpose. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
20 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002790_IXALICHIEFTAIN 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002820_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN Make mock of the Ixal, the Paragon does! Turns kin into puppets, pits brother against brother! Free them from his grasp, we shall! No subtitles. Report if displayed.
21 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002800_KANESENNA 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002830_SAHAGINPRIEST As Patriarch Za Da will attest, the Scions have granted us a means to free your brethren from their thralldom. This boon we will gladly share, that your people might never be enslaved again. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
22 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002810_IXALICHIEFTAIN 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002840_THANCRED No subtitles. Report if displayed. It's taken a while, but I do believe we might be one step closer to a world without primals. Would that Minfilia were here to see it.
23 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002820_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002850_ALISAIE No subtitles. Report if displayed. We still have a long way to go, and we're going to need a *lot* more porxies...but we're moving in the right direction.
24 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002830_SAHAGINPRIEST 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002860_ALPHINAUD No subtitles. Report if displayed. If I may have your attention, there is one other point I would like to raise. As we can all agree, freeing those held captive must take precedence over every other concern.
25 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002840_THANCRED 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002870_ALPHINAUD It's taken a while, but I do believe we might be one step closer to a world without primals. Would that Minfilia were here to see it. But experience has taught us that none save those with the capacity to resist tempering can hope to enter the towers unscathed. And even once inside, a still greater threat may yet await them: that which we call a primal.
26 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002850_ALISAIE 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002880_ALPHINAUD We still have a long way to go, and we're going to need a <Emphasis>lot</Emphasis> more porxies...but we're moving in the right direction. Needless to say, if we are to succeed, engaging with such foes can only ever be considered a last resort. And so I move that we seek to prevent them from being summoned in the first place.
27 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002860_ALPHINAUD 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002890_ZADA If I may have your attention, there is one other point I would like to raise. As we can all agree, freeing those held captive must take precedence over every other concern. Yes! Both prayer and aether are needed for the ritual. Should either one be denied, the summoning would fail!
28 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002870_ALPHINAUD 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002900_ALPHINAUD But experience has taught us that none save those with the capacity to resist tempering can hope to enter the towers unscathed. And even once inside, a still greater threat may yet await them: that which we call a primal. Indeed. And so we must endeavor to discover the source of the aether on which the process depends. Do so, and it may present a way to halt the summonings─or perhaps even neutralize the towers entirely.
29 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002880_ALPHINAUD 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002910_NANAMOULNAMO Needless to say, if we are to succeed, engaging with such foes can only ever be considered a last resort. And so I move that we seek to prevent them from being summoned in the first place. A promising proposal. While you are conducting your investigations, however, we will need to remain vigilant, lest the Telophoroi commit further abductions, and summon primals ere we have the means to prevent them.
30 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002890_ZADA 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002920_NANAMOULNAMO Yes! Both prayer and aether are needed for the ritual. Should either one be denied, the summoning would fail! To stand a better chance of keeping our enemy at bay, we would do well to coordinate our defensive efforts, sending reinforcements to assist our neighbors when needed.
31 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002900_ALPHINAUD 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002930_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN Indeed. And so we must endeavor to discover the source of the aether on which the process depends. Do so, and it may present a way to halt the summonings─or perhaps even neutralize the towers entirely. We Amalj'aa would have been overwhelmed were it not for our newfound allies. But say the word, and we shall come.
32 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002910_NANAMOULNAMO 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002940_AYMERIC A promising proposal. While you are conducting your investigations, however, we will need to remain vigilant, lest the Telophoroi commit further abductions, and summon primals ere we have the means to prevent them. I see we are all in accord.
33 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002920_NANAMOULNAMO 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002950_AYMERIC To stand a better chance of keeping our enemy at bay, we would do well to coordinate our defensive efforts, sending reinforcements to assist our neighbors when needed. But what are we to call this proud fellowship of ours? I submit that the honor of naming it should go to the Scion whose brave efforts have done so much to unite Eorzea. What say you, my friend?
34 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002930_AMALJAACHIEFTAIN 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE We Amalj'aa would have been overwhelmed were it not for our newfound allies. But say the word, and we shall come. What will you say?
35 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002940_AYMERIC 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE I see we are all in accord. I would call it the Grand Company of Eorzea.
36 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002950_AYMERIC 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE But what are we to call this proud fellowship of ours? I submit that the honor of naming it should go to the Scion whose brave efforts have done so much to unite Eorzea. What say you, my friend? I would...call it... One moment, please.
37 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002960_ALPHINAUD What will you say? But that's the name I...
38 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002970_ALISAIE I would call it the Grand Company of Eorzea. Might I suggest the Grand Company of Eorzea? I remember a certain someone pondering it once upon a time, and it seems as fitting a name as any.
39 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002980_RAUBAHN I would...call it... One moment, please. A fine choice. For there is none here who does not love Eorzea!
40 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002960_ALPHINAUD 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002990_MERLWYB But that's the name I... Aye! In that we shall ever be united!
41 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002970_ALISAIE 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003000_KANESENNA Might I suggest the Grand Company of Eorzea? I remember a certain someone pondering it once upon a time, and it seems as fitting a name as any. United in our gratitude for the realm that gave us life!
42 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002980_RAUBAHN 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003010_NANAMOULNAMO A fine choice. For there is none here who does not love Eorzea! Then let it be recorded that on this day the Grand Company of Eorzea was born!
43 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_002990_MERLWYB 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003020_ALPHINAUD Aye! In that we shall ever be united! How long have we dreamed of this moment? And now that it's here, I... Forgive me. Might we speak outside?
44 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003000_KANESENNA 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003030_FOURCHENAULT United in our gratitude for the realm that gave us life! Elder Seedseer, I thank you for granting me this audience.
45 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003010_NANAMOULNAMO 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003040_FOURCHENAULT Then let it be recorded that on this day the Grand Company of Eorzea was born! I am Fourchenault Leveilleur, here in my capacity as representative of the Forum.
46 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003020_ALPHINAUD 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003050_KANESENNA How long have we dreamed of this moment? And now that it's here, I... Forgive me. Might we speak outside? It is I who should thank you, Master Fourchenault, for journeying so far, and so swiftly. Would that our first meeting could have been under happier circumstances.
47 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003030_FOURCHENAULT 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003060_ALPHINAUD Elder Seedseer, I thank you for granting me this audience. It has been too long, Father. You look well.
48 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003040_FOURCHENAULT 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003070_FOURCHENAULT I am Fourchenault Leveilleur, here in my capacity as representative of the Forum. As do you both. Ameliance will be glad to hear that you are taking care of yourselves.
49 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003050_KANESENNA 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003080_ALISAIE It is I who should thank you, Master Fourchenault, for journeying so far, and so swiftly. Would that our first meeting could have been under happier circumstances. How is Mother?
50 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003060_ALPHINAUD 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003090_FOURCHENAULT It has been too long, Father. You look well. She misses you terribly, of course, but is otherwise a picture of health.
51 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003070_FOURCHENAULT 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003100_FOURCHENAULT As do you both. Ameliance will be glad to hear that you are taking care of yourselves. Circumstances apart, I am grateful that our meeting has afforded me the chance to be reunited with my children at long last. And I believe I also owe you thanks for the hospitality you showed my father, Louisoix, during his sojourn in Eorzea.
52 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003080_ALISAIE 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003110_KANESENNA How is Mother? All thanks we owe to him. In the days prior to the Seventh Umbral Calamity, it was your father's tireless efforts which granted us a means to vanquish the primals.
53 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003090_FOURCHENAULT 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003120_KANESENNA She misses you terribly, of course, but is otherwise a picture of health. Were it not for him, our strength would have been quite spent by the time the Empire arrived. That Gridania still stands is in large part his achievement. He was a great man.
54 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003100_FOURCHENAULT 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003130_FOURCHENAULT Circumstances apart, I am grateful that our meeting has afforded me the chance to be reunited with my children at long last. And I believe I also owe you thanks for the hospitality you showed my father, Louisoix, during his sojourn in Eorzea. He would doubtless have been moved to hear you say so. I must confess, however, that I opposed his decision to intervene.
55 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003110_KANESENNA 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003140_FOURCHENAULT All thanks we owe to him. In the days prior to the Seventh Umbral Calamity, it was your father's tireless efforts which granted us a means to vanquish the primals. And my position remains unchanged.
56 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003120_KANESENNA 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003150_KANESENNA Were it not for him, our strength would have been quite spent by the time the Empire arrived. That Gridania still stands is in large part his achievement. He was a great man. “To chart the course of history, not to change it.” I am familiar with the Sharlayans' stance.
57 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003130_FOURCHENAULT 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003160_FOURCHENAULT He would doubtless have been moved to hear you say so. I must confess, however, that I opposed his decision to intervene. It is more than that. It is our way of life. Who we are.
58 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003140_FOURCHENAULT 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003170_FOURCHENAULT And my position remains unchanged. But I came here not to deliver a lecture, but the Forum's answer to your request.
59 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003150_KANESENNA 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003180_FOURCHENAULT “To chart the course of history, not to change it.” I am familiar with the Sharlayans' stance. Sharlayan will under no circumstances intervene in the conflict between Eorzea and the Garlean Empire.
60 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003160_FOURCHENAULT 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003190_KANESENNA It is more than that. It is our way of life. Who we are. ...May I ask for what reason the Forum has come to this decision? The Final Days spell the end not only for Eorzea, but the entire world.
61 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003170_FOURCHENAULT 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003200_FOURCHENAULT But I came here not to deliver a lecture, but the Forum's answer to your request. The “Final Days”? Pray, spare me your hyperbole. This conflict is no more than the latest in a series of petty squabbles between yourselves and Garlemald. One in which Sharlayan will take no part. If the Final Days were truly upon us, we would know.
62 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003180_FOURCHENAULT 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003210_ALPHINAUD Sharlayan will under no circumstances intervene in the conflict between Eorzea and the Garlean Empire. Father, you must ask the Forum to reconsider.
63 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003190_KANESENNA 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003220_ALPHINAUD ...May I ask for what reason the Forum has come to this decision? The Final Days spell the end not only for Eorzea, but the entire world. You may feel safe on your little island across the waves, but if you imagine the Telophoroi will leave you be, you are mistaken. They mean to kill us all, themselves included!
64 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003200_FOURCHENAULT 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003230_ALISAIE The “Final Days”? Pray, spare me your hyperbole. This conflict is no more than the latest in a series of petty squabbles between yourselves and Garlemald. One in which Sharlayan will take no part. If the Final Days were truly upon us, we would know. Alphinaud is right. We have seen what the enemy is capable of, the lengths to which they'll go. This is no time to turn a blind eye.
65 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003210_ALPHINAUD 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003240_ALISAIE Father, you must ask the Forum to reconsider. If Eorzea falls, so too will Sharlayan. So if you truly love our homeland, you will join us─now, before it's too late!
66 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003220_ALPHINAUD 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003250_FOURCHENAULT You may feel safe on your little island across the waves, but if you imagine the Telophoroi will leave you be, you are mistaken. They mean to kill us all, themselves included! No subtitles. Report if displayed.
67 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003230_ALISAIE 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003260_FOURCHENAULT Alphinaud is right. We have seen what the enemy is capable of, the lengths to which they'll go. This is no time to turn a blind eye. I thought you knew better than to raise your voice to your elders. It seems I was wrong. Wrong to ever let you leave Sharlayan. I consoled myself that your time abroad would instill in you some hint of restraint, of discipline.
68 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003240_ALISAIE 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003270_FOURCHENAULT If Eorzea falls, so too will Sharlayan. So if you truly love our homeland, you will join us─now, before it's too late! But I see now that Eorzea has made fools of you both. Have you forgotten why it was that I so vehemently opposed your grandfather's departure?
69 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003250_FOURCHENAULT 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003280_FOURCHENAULT No subtitles. Report if displayed. For all his wisdom, his only solution was to go to war.
70 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003260_FOURCHENAULT 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003290_FOURCHENAULT I thought you knew better than to raise your voice to your elders. It seems I was wrong. Wrong to ever let you leave Sharlayan. I consoled myself that your time abroad would instill in you some hint of restraint, of discipline. Death. Devastation. Ruin. Even those who claim victory are scarred for life. What prize could ever justify such sacrifice?
71 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003270_FOURCHENAULT 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003300_FOURCHENAULT But I see now that Eorzea has made fools of you both. Have you forgotten why it was that I so vehemently opposed your grandfather's departure? It is the duty of the learned to avert such tragedy. By fanning the flames of war, you forsake all you once held dear.
72 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003280_FOURCHENAULT 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE For all his wisdom, his only solution was to go to war. What will you say?
73 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003290_FOURCHENAULT 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE Death. Devastation. Ruin. Even those who claim victory are scarred for life. What prize could ever justify such sacrifice? Better to fight and fail than wait for the axe to fall.
74 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003300_FOURCHENAULT 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE It is the duty of the learned to avert such tragedy. By fanning the flames of war, you forsake all you once held dear. To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence.
75 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? It is in your power to save us. Refuse and you condemn us all.
76 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003310_FOURCHENAULT Better to fight and fail than wait for the axe to fall. I see your friend shares your misguided ideals. But unlike her, you should know better.
77 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003320_FOURCHENAULT To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence. By espousing such barbaric notions, you subvert the teachings of Sharlayan and place all we have worked for in jeopardy.
78 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003330_FOURCHENAULT It is in your power to save us. Refuse and you condemn us all. Alphinaud, Alisaie. As of this moment, you shall no longer bear the name of Leveilleur.
79 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003310_FOURCHENAULT 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003340_ALPHINAUD I see your friend shares your misguided ideals. But unlike <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If>, you should know better. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
80 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003320_FOURCHENAULT 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003350_ALISAIE By espousing such barbaric notions, you subvert the teachings of Sharlayan and place all we have worked for in jeopardy. Father...
81 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003330_FOURCHENAULT 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003360_FOURCHENAULT Alphinaud, Alisaie. As of this moment, you shall no longer bear the name of Leveilleur. How you choose to live your lives is no longer my concern. If you wish to walk the path of ruin, I will not stand in your way.
82 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003340_ALPHINAUD 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003370_KANESENNA No subtitles. Report if displayed. Master Fourchenault! While Sharlayan may have no intention of intervening in this conflict, we can still part as friends. Will you not stay and speak with us, that we might learn of Sharlayan's hopes for the morrow?
83 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003350_ALISAIE 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003380_FOURCHENAULT Father... I have said what I came here to say. Any further discussion would be meaningless.
84 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003360_FOURCHENAULT 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003390_ALISAIE How you choose to live your lives is no longer my concern. If you wish to walk the path of ruin, I will not stand in your way. Father, wait!
85 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003370_KANESENNA 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003400_ALPHINAUD Master Fourchenault! While Sharlayan may have no intention of intervening in this conflict, we can still part as friends. Will you not stay and speak with us, that we might learn of Sharlayan's hopes for the morrow? Don't bother, Alisaie!
86 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003380_FOURCHENAULT 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003410_ALISAIE I have said what I came here to say. Any further discussion would be meaningless. How can you stand there and watch him walk away!? How can you let this happen!?
87 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003390_ALISAIE 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003420_ALPHINAUD Father, wait! Arenvald! I can't tell you how good it is to see you!
88 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003400_ALPHINAUD 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003430_ARENVALD Don't bother, Alisaie! It arrived a lot sooner than expected, eh? The day I crane my neck up at you...
89 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003410_ALISAIE 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003440_ALPHINAUD How can you stand there and watch him walk away!? How can you let this happen!? Only because you're sitting down. Unless...
90 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003420_ALPHINAUD 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003450_ARENVALD Arenvald! I can't tell you how good it is to see you! 'Fraid so. The chirurgeons say I may never walk again.
91 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003430_ARENVALD 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003460_ARENVALD It arrived a lot sooner than expected, eh? The day I crane my neck up at you... Come on, Alphinaud. It could be worse. Besides, I didn't come here to dampen the mood. Quite the opposite.
92 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003440_ALPHINAUD 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003470_ARENVALD Only because you're sitting down. Unless... All I've ever wanted was to fight for a cause I believe in.
93 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003450_ARENVALD 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003480_ARENVALD 'Fraid so. The chirurgeons say I may never walk again. But my fighting days are over. So I want you to fight in my stead. Be the hero I can't.
94 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003460_ARENVALD 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003490_ALPHINAUD Come on, Alphinaud. It could be worse. Besides, I didn't come here to dampen the mood. Quite the opposite. I am no hero.
95 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003470_ARENVALD 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003500_ARENVALD All I've ever wanted was to fight for a cause I believe in. That's what they all say, though. No one ever calls themselves a hero. Even the ones who eat primals for breakfast. It's for others to decide.
96 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003480_ARENVALD 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003501_ARENVALD But my fighting days are over. So I want you to fight in my stead. Be the hero I can't. Look, Alphinaud... You already are a hero, to me and countless others. We see you doing your damndest to protect us all. And you're not alone, are you? There are people who believe in you, just as you believe in them.
97 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003490_ALPHINAUD 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE I am no hero. What will you say?
98 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003500_ARENVALD 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE That's what they all say, though. No one ever calls themselves a hero. Even the ones who eat primals for breakfast. It's for others to decide. We carry the dreams of many. We'll carry yours too.
99 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003501_ARENVALD 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE Look, Alphinaud... You already are a hero, to me and countless others. We see you doing your damndest to protect us all. And you're not alone, are you? There are people who believe in you, just as you believe in them. We'll be sure to give your regards to the Telophoroi.
100 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? Some things may have changed, but the adventure isn't over yet.
101 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003510_ARENVALD We carry the dreams of many. We'll carry yours too. I know what's at stake, and how many people are depending on you. But I believe in you. Believe that you'll see it through.
102 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003520_ARENVALD We'll be sure to give your regards to the Telophoroi. That's why I'm entrusting my dreams to you. Like A'aba and Aulie once entrusted their dreams to me.
103 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICE 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003530_ALPHINAUD Some things may have changed, but the adventure isn't over yet. There was a time when I would have borne the weight of such expectations without a second thought.
104 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003510_ARENVALD 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003540_ALPHINAUD I know what's at stake, and how many people are depending on you. But I believe in you. Believe that you'll see it through. But now...I know just how heavy that burden can be.
105 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003520_ARENVALD 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003550_ALPHINAUD That's why I'm entrusting my dreams to you. Like A'aba and Aulie once entrusted their dreams to me. To tell the truth, I am beginning to wonder if I chose the right path. Sacrifices will inevitably be made for the sake of the ideals I uphold.
106 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003530_ALPHINAUD 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003560_ALPHINAUD There was a time when I would have borne the weight of such expectations without a second thought. Maybe I am not the person I thought I was. The person you think I am.
107 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003540_ALPHINAUD 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003570_ARENVALD But now...I know just how heavy that burden can be. I wouldn't presume to tell you. But I will say this...
108 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003550_ALPHINAUD 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003580_ARENVALD To tell the truth, I am beginning to wonder if I chose the right path. Sacrifices will inevitably be made for the sake of the ideals I uphold. In spite of everything, you've come this far.
109 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003560_ALPHINAUD 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003590_ARENVALD Maybe I am not the person I thought I was. The person you think I am. The road ahead might not always be clear, but you've never been one to give up or take the easy way out. And everything you do, you do for others. For a brighter future. I'm proud to call you my friend.
110 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003570_ARENVALD 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003600_ARENVALD I wouldn't presume to tell you. But I will say this... Well, I've said my piece, so I'll let you go. I know you've got more important things to be doing. Just...give what I've said some thought, all right?
111 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003580_ARENVALD 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003610_ALPHINAUD In spite of everything, you've come this far. I shall, my friend. And we will meet again soon, I promise.
112 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003590_ARENVALD 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003620_ARENVALD The road ahead might not always be clear, but you've never been one to give up or take the easy way out. And everything you do, you do for others. For a brighter future. I'm proud to call you my friend. Nothing left for me to do but wave and smile.
113 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003600_ARENVALD 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003630_FORDOLA Well, I've said my piece, so I'll let you go. I know you've got more important things to be doing. Just...give what I've said some thought, all right? You've got a pretty narrow view of what it means to be a hero, do you know that?
114 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003610_ALPHINAUD 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003640_FORDOLA I shall, my friend. And we will meet again soon, I promise. You think they're all “forged in the fires of battle”? That it's all about being brave and killing villains?
115 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003620_ARENVALD 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003650_FORDOLA Nothing left for me to do but wave and smile. Alphinaud and the others will carry on their fight, but theirs isn't the only one. There are other ways you can make a difference─if you stop feeling sorry for yourself and put your bloody mind to it.
116 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003630_FORDOLA 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003660_ARENVALD You've got a pretty narrow view of what it means to be a hero, do you know that? There's not much chance of me living the quiet life with you around, is there?
117 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003640_FORDOLA 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003670_FORDOLA You think they're all “forged in the fires of battle”? That it's all about being brave and killing villains? If you're content to twiddle your thumbs, thinking of what might've been, that's your lookout. But I reckon you've got some fight left in you.
118 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003650_FORDOLA 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003680_ARENVALD Alphinaud and the others will carry on their fight, but theirs isn't the only one. There are other ways you can make a difference─if you stop feeling sorry for yourself and put your bloody mind to it. And I reckon you might be right. If there's a way I can still help my friends, I'll bloody well find it.
119 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003660_ARENVALD 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003690_ALPHINAUD There's not much chance of me living the quiet life with you around, is there? My fellow Scions... As I am sure you will have heard, we can expect no help from Sharlayan, nor are we any closer to discerning the Telophoroi's grand design.
120 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003670_FORDOLA 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003700_ALPHINAUD If you're content to twiddle your thumbs, thinking of what might've been, that's your lookout. But I reckon you've got some fight left in you. And now, our adversary moves against us in unprecedented numbers, compelling us to answer in kind. The outlook, in short, is bleak. Yet though our foes are many, and we but few, we may still tip the balance in Eorzea's favor.
121 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003680_ARENVALD 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003710_THANCRED And I reckon you might be right. If there's a way I can still help my friends, I'll bloody well find it. Of course. We will do what we always do: deal with the ones our allies can't.
122 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003690_ALPHINAUD 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003720_THANCRED My fellow Scions... As I am sure you will have heard, we can expect no help from Sharlayan, nor are we any closer to discerning the Telophoroi's grand design. A less-than-daunting prospect, judging by your expression. Could it be that you've dispelled your lingering doubts, Alphinaud?
123 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003700_ALPHINAUD 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003730_ALPHINAUD And now, our adversary moves against us in unprecedented numbers, compelling us to answer in kind. The outlook, in short, is bleak. Yet though our foes are many, and we but few, we may still tip the balance in Eorzea's favor. Oh, I doubt I ever will. But as my friends have kindly reminded me, I have come this far, and that must count for something.
124 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003710_THANCRED 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003740_ALISAIE Of course. We will do what we always do: deal with the ones our allies can't. Gods be good, Alphinaud! That's what we've been trying to tell you all along.
125 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003720_THANCRED 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003750_ESTINIEN A less-than-daunting prospect, judging by your expression. Could it be that you've dispelled your lingering doubts, Alphinaud? For one so bright, you can be remarkably dim at times. There is such a thing as overthinking, you know.
126 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003730_ALPHINAUD 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003760_GRAHATIA Oh, I doubt I ever will. But as my friends have kindly reminded me, I have come this far, and that must count for something. Might I suggest that we continue this conversation *after* the battle? It would appear the Telophoroi have already arrived.
127 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003740_ALISAIE 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003770_ALISAIE Gods be good, Alphinaud! That's what we've been trying to tell you all along. I'll do what I can to cure the tempered, but they'll have to be incapacitated first.
128 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003750_ESTINIEN 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003780_URIANGER For one so bright, you can be remarkably dim at times. There is such a thing as overthinking, you know. Have care, my friends, for none can say wherefore our foe did choose this fateful field to be our battleground. Whatever may transpire, pray grant him not the pleasure of deterring you.
129 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003760_GRAHATIA 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003790_FANDANIEL Might I suggest that we continue this conversation <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> the battle? It would appear the Telophoroi have already arrived. And thus another plan went up in smoke! I am beginning to see why Lord Zenos thinks so highly of you...
130 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003770_ALISAIE 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003800_FANDANIEL I'll do what I can to cure the tempered, but they'll have to be incapacitated first. Not that this changes anything, you understand. You have merely earned yourself a stay of execution.
131 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003780_URIANGER 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003810_IMPERIALSOLDIER Have care, my friends, for none can say wherefore our foe did choose this fateful field to be our battleground. Whatever may transpire, pray grant him not the pleasure of deterring you. Glory be...to...Garlemald...
132 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003790_FANDANIEL 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003820_ALPHINAUD And thus another plan went up in smoke! I am beginning to see why Lord Zenos thinks so highly of you... How fare the tempered?
133 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003800_FANDANIEL 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003830_ALISAIE Not that this changes anything, you understand. You have merely earned yourself a stay of execution. We've treated as many as we can. But some were beyond help...
134 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003810_IMPERIALSOLDIER 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003840_AMALJAAWARRIOR Glory be...to...Garlemald... Do not hang your heads so, brave Scions.
135 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003820_ALPHINAUD 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003850_AMALJAAWARRIOR How fare the tempered? Though not all of our captured brethren could be saved, we are grateful for those whose minds have been restored.
136 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003830_ALISAIE 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003860_AMALJAAWARRIOR We've treated as many as we can. But some were beyond help... You could do no more. And that is enough. So please, hold your heads high.
137 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003840_AMALJAAWARRIOR 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003870_ALISAIE Do not hang your heads so, brave Scions. I should've been quicker... But I'll do better next time.
138 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003850_AMALJAAWARRIOR 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003880_ALISAIE Though not all of our captured brethren could be saved, we are grateful for those whose minds have been restored. Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot.
139 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003860_AMALJAAWARRIOR 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003890_ALPHINAUD You could do no more. And that is enough. So please, hold your heads high. A victory at great cost...but a victory nonetheless.
140 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003870_ALISAIE 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003900_ALPHINAUD I should've been quicker... But I'll do better next time. We must stay strong and press on. Isn't that right?
141 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003880_ALISAIE 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot. What will you say?
142 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003890_ALPHINAUD 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE A victory at great cost...but a victory nonetheless. One battle at a time, we'll get there.
143 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003900_ALPHINAUD 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE We must stay strong and press on. Isn't that right? To the very end.
144 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE What will you say? Well, you've come this far...
145 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003910_ALPHINAUD One battle at a time, we'll get there. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
146 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003920_ALISAIE To the very end. No subtitles. Report if displayed.
147 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003930_ALPHINAUD Well, you've come this far... To the very end.
148 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003910_ALPHINAUD 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003940_ALPHINAUD No subtitles. Report if displayed. It really must count for something.
149 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003920_ALISAIE 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003945_SYSTEM No subtitles. Report if displayed. Meanwhile, in the Garlean capital...
150 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003930_ALPHINAUD 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003950_FANDANIEL To the very end. Those Eorzeans certainly are a stubborn bunch, though I suppose you knew that already.
151 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003940_ALPHINAUD 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003960_FANDANIEL It really must count for something. My plan to redirect the aether from Carteneau came to a rather less-than-satisfactory conclusion. It was, in many respects, an abject failure.
152 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003945_SYSTEM 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003970_FANDANIEL Meanwhile, in the Garlean capital... Which does of course raise the question of where we are going to procure the requisite amount. The obvious solution would be to draw on resources a little closer to home, though that would require our dreamer to dream a trifle more deeply...
153 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003950_FANDANIEL 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003980_ZENOS Those Eorzeans certainly are a stubborn bunch, though I suppose you knew that already. So be it. The dreamer will not complain.
154 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003960_FANDANIEL 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003990_FANDANIEL My plan to redirect the aether from Carteneau came to a rather less-than-satisfactory conclusion. It was, in many respects, an abject failure. Then let us begin the preparations at once. With the “gateway of the gods” complete, all that remains is to gather the necessary aether, and our prize shall be within reach!
155 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003970_FANDANIEL 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004000_FANDANIEL Which does of course raise the question of where we are going to procure the requisite amount. The obvious solution would be to draw on resources a little closer to home, though that would require our dreamer to dream a trifle more deeply... The time has come to fulfill your heart's desire! My desire!
156 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003980_ZENOS 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004010_FANDANIEL So be it. The dreamer will not complain. To relieve those wretched creatures of their meaningless existence!
157 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_003990_FANDANIEL 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004020_ZENOS Then let us begin the preparations at once. With the “gateway of the gods” complete, all that remains is to gather the necessary aether, and our prize shall be within reach! While I await you, I shall drink a sea of souls and gorge myself upon the darkened moon.
158 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004000_FANDANIEL 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004030_ZENOS The time has come to fulfill your heart's desire! My desire! Then you shall come to me, all roiling rage and rancor...
159 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004010_FANDANIEL 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004040_ZENOS To relieve those wretched creatures of their meaningless existence! And the stars shall bear witness to our final contest.
160 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004020_ZENOS 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004050_YSHTOLA While I await you, I shall drink a sea of souls and gorge myself upon the darkened moon. As I thought... The aetherial currents have been disturbed here, too.
161 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004030_ZENOS 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004060_THANCRED Then you shall come to me, all roiling rage and rancor... It was the same in Thanalan. Make that every location we surveyed.
162 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004040_ZENOS 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004070_GRAHATIA And the stars shall bear witness to our final contest. And the strength of each current has diminished dramatically. Far more than could be attributed to a natural occurrence.
163 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004050_YSHTOLA 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004080_URIANGER As I thought... The aetherial currents have been disturbed here, too. What tidings bringest thou from Dravania?
164 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004060_THANCRED 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004090_ALPHINAUD It was the same in Thanalan. Make that every location we surveyed. We took a number of readings, and noticed that the closer we were to the tower, the lower the aetheric density became. In short...
165 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004070_GRAHATIA 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004100_ALISAIE And the strength of each current has diminished dramatically. Far more than could be attributed to a natural occurrence. The towers are drawing upon the land's aether. Which would explain how they were able to carry out the summonings.
166 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004080_URIANGER 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004110_THANCRED What tidings bringest thou from Dravania? Our allies must be informed of this. We should return to the Rising Stones and have Tataru relay our findings to them.
167 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004090_ALPHINAUD 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004120_MYSTERIOUSLADY We took a number of readings, and noticed that the closer we were to the tower, the lower the aetheric density became. In short... Hear me... Hear me...
168 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004100_ALISAIE 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004130_MYSTERIOUSLADY The towers are drawing upon the land's aether. Which would explain how they were able to carry out the summonings. Darkness comes...and with it...the end...
169 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004110_THANCRED 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004140_MYSTERIOUSLADY Our allies must be informed of this. We should return to the Rising Stones and have Tataru relay our findings to them. The fate...of the star...is in your hands...
170 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004120_MYSTERIOUSLADY 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004150_ESTINIEN Hear me... Hear me... Everything all right back there?
167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004130_MYSTERIOUSLADY Darkness comes...and with it...the end...
168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004140_MYSTERIOUSLADY The fate...of the star...is in your hands...
169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_05505_004150_ESTINIEN Everything all right back there?