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* 7.45 follow-up
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0,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_00","Rammbroes is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the Crystal Tower."
1,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_01","Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as Cid and G'raha Tia rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as Doga and Unei, scholars of ancient Allag sent by the Students of Baldesion. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest, and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with Biggs to be shown to the gate."
2,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_02","Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible."
3,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_03","Doga and Unei reveal that they are “clones”─copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their deaths. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia."
4,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_04","You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande.
0,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_00,Rammbroes is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the Crystal Tower.
1,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_01,"Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as Cid and G'raha Tia rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as Doga and Unei, scholars of ancient Allag sent by the Students of Baldesion. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest, and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with Biggs to be shown to the gate."
2,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_02,"Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible."
3,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_03,"Doga and Unei reveal that they are “clones”─copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their deaths. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia."
4,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_04,"You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande.
※Syrcus Tower can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
5,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_05","You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. Nero attempts to save them for his own reasons, only to end up sharing their fate."
6,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_06","With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to Saint Coinach's Find, and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back."
7,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_07","Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission."
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24,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_00","Speak with Biggs at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to Syrcus Tower."
25,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_01","Speak with Doga at the Eight Sentinels."
26,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_02","Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels."
27,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_03","Enter Syrcus Tower."
28,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_04","Enter Syrcus Tower."
29,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_05","Speak with Rammbroes."
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48,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_000","Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower."
49,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_001","Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report."
50,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_002","The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it."
51,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_003","You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially."
52,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_004","In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire─Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it─is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own."
53,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_005","Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss."
54,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_006","It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There <Emphasis>must</Emphasis> be a way in."
55,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_007","...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand."
56,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_008","(-???-)Perhaps we can be of assistance."
57,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_009","And you are?"
58,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_010","(-???-)Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal."
59,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_011","I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor."
60,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_012","Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress."
61,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_013","You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful."
62,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_014","You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns."
63,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_015","We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help."
64,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_016","What is it, G'raha?"
65,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_017","Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided."
66,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_018","Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours."
67,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_019","The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well?"
68,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_020","This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his."
69,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_021","Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me!"
70,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_022","My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag."
71,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_023","As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth."
72,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_024","It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you?"
73,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_025","If that is your wish, then so be it."
74,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_026","Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections."
75,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_027","Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance."
76,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_028","I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision."
77,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_029","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way."
78,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_030","Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation."
79,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_031","I shall join you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress."
80,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_040","We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower.
5,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_05,"You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. Nero attempts to save them for his own reasons, only to end up sharing their fate."
6,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_06,"With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to Saint Coinach's Find, and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back."
7,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_07,"Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission."
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24,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_00,Speak with Biggs at the Eight Sentinels to be taken to Syrcus Tower.
25,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_01,Speak with Doga at the Eight Sentinels.
26,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_02,Speak with G'raha Tia at the Eight Sentinels.
27,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_03,Enter Syrcus Tower.
28,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_04,Enter Syrcus Tower.
29,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_TODO_05,Speak with Rammbroes.
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48,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_000,"Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower."
49,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_001,"Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report."
50,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_002,"The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it."
51,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_003,You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially.
52,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_004,"In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire─Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it─is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own."
53,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_005,"Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss."
54,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_006,"It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There *must* be a way in."
55,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_007,"...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand."
56,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_008,(-???-)Perhaps we can be of assistance.
57,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_009,And you are?
58,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_010,"(-???-)Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal."
59,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_011,"I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor."
60,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_012,"Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress."
61,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_013,"You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful."
62,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_014,"You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns."
63,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_015,We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help.
64,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_016,"What is it, G'raha?"
65,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_017,"Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided."
66,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_018,"Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours."
67,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_019,The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well?
68,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_020,"This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his."
69,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_021,"Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me!"
70,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_022,"My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag."
71,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_023,"As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth."
72,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_024,It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you?
73,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_025,"If that is your wish, then so be it."
74,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_026,Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections.
75,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_027,"Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance."
76,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_028,I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision.
77,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_029,"Player, I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way."
78,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_030,"Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation."
79,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_031,"I shall join you, Player. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress."
80,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_040,"We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower.
...Can you tell we're getting desperate?"
81,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_050","Well, if it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam."
82,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_051","...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going─or rather, <Emphasis>no</Emphasis> going─for the chief. He'll appreciate the help."
83,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_052","If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him."
84,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_060","Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides."
85,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_061","Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation."
86,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_062","We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance."
87,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_063","If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed."
88,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_064","To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower."
89,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_065","The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door─the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us."
90,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_066","Having had no success via more <Emphasis>orthodox</Emphasis> methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it."
91,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_067","For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity."
92,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_068","The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment."
93,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_069","Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative."
94,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_070","If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use─just ask the calluses on my hands."
95,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_071","Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength."
96,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_072","Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord?"
97,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_073","I...I don't think any of us expected <Emphasis>that</Emphasis> to happen..."
98,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_074","Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> you?"
99,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_075","(-???-)<Emphasis>Piercing the heavens and gathering the light,
a symbol of mankind's glory and might.</Emphasis>"
100,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_076","(-???-)<Emphasis>Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable,
only to those of royal blood answerable.</Emphasis>
81,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_050,"Well, if it isn't Player! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam."
82,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_051,"...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going─or rather, *no* going─for the chief. He'll appreciate the help."
83,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_052,"If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him."
84,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_060,"Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides."
85,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_061,"Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation."
86,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_062,We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance.
87,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_063,"If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed."
88,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_064,"To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower."
89,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_065,"The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door─the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us."
90,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_066,"Having had no success via more *orthodox* methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it."
91,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_067,"For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity."
92,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_068,"The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment."
93,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_069,"Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative."
94,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_070,"If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use─just ask the calluses on my hands."
95,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_071,Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength.
96,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_072,Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord?
97,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_073,I...I don't think any of us expected *that* to happen...
98,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_074,Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what *are* you?
99,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_075,"(-???-)*Piercing the heavens and gathering the light,
a symbol of mankind's glory and might.*"
100,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_076,"(-???-)*Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable,
only to those of royal blood answerable.*
...Exactly as passed down through legend, I am delighted to see."
101,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_077","Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable <Emphasis>playthings</Emphasis> you have acquired."
102,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_078","N-Nero!? You're still alive!?"
103,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_079","Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary."
104,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_080","But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant."
105,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_081","In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you."
106,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_082","After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible?"
107,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_083","If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with <Emphasis>these</Emphasis> two odd characters."
108,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_084","As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals."
109,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_085","According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys."
110,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_086","You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!?"
111,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_087","Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous."
112,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_088","To put it plain, they are <Emphasis>imitations</Emphasis> of royalty─living keys born of Allagan ingenuity."
113,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_089","“Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so?"
114,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_090","'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past."
115,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_091","Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims."
116,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_092","If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell."
117,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_093","Very well."
118,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_094","Seven hells, do you <Emphasis>seriously</Emphasis> mean to follow us around?"
119,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_095","Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps?"
120,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_096","An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it."
121,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_097","I look forward to working together, old friend."
122,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_100","You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose."
123,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_105","Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards."
124,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_110","It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times."
125,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_115","We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light?"
126,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_120","The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite."
127,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_121","I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again."
128,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_125","To think the Allagans could make copies of <Emphasis>people</Emphasis>... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp>"
129,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_130","If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all."
130,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_131","As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present."
131,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_140","Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you."
132,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_141","As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”─copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology."
133,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_142","This is rather a lot to take in..."
134,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_100_142","If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do?"
135,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_143","Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us."
136,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_144","The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being."
137,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_145","In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire."
138,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_146","That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership."
139,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_147","In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness."
140,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_148","Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness."
141,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_149","Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect."
142,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_150","The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!?"
143,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_151","None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment─copies of Unei and Doga."
144,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_152","Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande."
145,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_153","It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same..."
146,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_154","Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that..."
147,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_155","In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion─an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed."
148,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_156","Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility."
149,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_157","Darkness...<Emphasis>again</Emphasis>? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power?"
150,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_158","Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all."
151,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_159","Would that you were right, Master Garlond."
152,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_160","Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse."
153,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_170","Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy─energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below."
154,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_171","However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence─the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era."
155,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_172","In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste."
156,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_173","Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time."
157,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_174","Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken."
158,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_175","Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged."
159,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_176","At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened."
160,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_177","In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized."
161,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_180","'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes─the true Unei and Doga."
162,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_181","Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail."
163,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_182","When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over."
164,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_183","'Tis no ordinary <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all."
165,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_184","Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things─you were observing our investigation the whole time."
166,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_185","So, what will we do, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it."
167,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_186","You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest."
168,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_187","It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril?"
169,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_188","Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga─living, breathing Allagans."
170,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_189","And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day."
171,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_190","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself."
172,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_191","Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then!"
173,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_192","Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...?"
174,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_193","You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern."
175,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_194","The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood."
176,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_195","I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence."
177,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_196","Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time."
178,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_200","Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else."
179,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_201","When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership."
180,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_202","When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will."
181,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_205","Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance."
182,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_206","Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders."
183,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_207","Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand."
184,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_210","Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself."
185,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_215","...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake."
186,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_220","While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth─make certain that no funny business is going on inside."
187,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_230","My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on."
188,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_231","But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us!"
189,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_232","Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength!"
190,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_240","The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted."
191,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_250","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
192,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_251","You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande!"
193,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_252","Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>."
194,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_253","With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone."
195,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_254","What are you playing at now, Nero?"
196,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_255","In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution?"
197,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_256","At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do."
198,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_257","There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy."
199,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_258","The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task."
200,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_259","That distortion... What is it?"
201,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_260","The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void─the World of Darkness, our people called it."
202,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_261","And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent."
203,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_262","Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours."
204,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_263","In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world."
205,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_264","The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it."
206,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_265","By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone."
207,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_266","It is time."
208,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_267","Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose."
209,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_268","Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA!"
210,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_269","Oh, be still my beating heart!"
211,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_270","For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this!"
212,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_271","What are you going on about!?"
213,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_272","(-???-)The covenant...is everlasting..."
214,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_280","And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule."
215,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_281","And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid─an endless void, bereft of light and warmth."
216,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_282","Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace."
217,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_283","Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My <Emphasis>fear</Emphasis>."
218,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_284","What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss."
219,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_285","So let there <Emphasis>be</Emphasis> nothing."
220,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_286","Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness."
221,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_290","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Pull yourself together!"
222,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_291","Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!?"
223,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_292","Argh! Not now, damn it!"
224,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_293","Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too?"
225,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_294","Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones!"
226,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_295","Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that."
227,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_296","Doga!"
228,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_297","Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness!"
229,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_298","That power...is <Emphasis>mine</Emphasis>!"
230,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_100_298","Nero!"
231,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_299","(-???-)The covenant shall be honored."
232,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_300","(-Cloud of Darkness-)I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void."
233,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_301","Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now?"
234,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_302","As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes."
235,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_310","I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is..."
236,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_315","Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay."
237,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_320","Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me?"
238,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_325","Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well."
239,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_330","All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve..."
240,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_331","The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain."
241,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_332","There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through."
242,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_333","'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions─one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world."
243,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_334","Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of."
244,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_335","However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them?"
245,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_336","I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak."
246,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_337","Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live."
247,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_338","Damn it... I feel so helpless..."
248,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_339","No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei."
249,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_340","We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me."
250,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_341","Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission─a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides..."
251,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_342","We cannot leave matters as they are."
252,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_343","So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass."
253,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_344","G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye?"
254,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_345","I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall."
255,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_346","As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> find it."
256,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_347","I am with G'raha."
257,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_348","However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief."
258,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_349","You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them."
259,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_350","I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned."
260,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_351","Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough."
261,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_352","My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength."
262,"TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_353","We'll save them yet, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Mark my words!"
101,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_077,Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable *playthings* you have acquired.
102,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_078,N-Nero!? You're still alive!?
103,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_079,"Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary."
104,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_080,"But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant."
105,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_081,"In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you."
106,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_082,After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible?
107,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_083,"If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with *these* two odd characters."
108,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_084,"As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals."
109,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_085,"According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys."
110,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_086,You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!?
111,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_087,"Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous."
112,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_088,"To put it plain, they are *imitations* of royalty─living keys born of Allagan ingenuity."
113,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_089,"“Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so?"
114,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_090,'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past.
115,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_091,Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims.
116,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_092,"If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell."
117,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_093,Very well.
118,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_094,"Seven hells, do you *seriously* mean to follow us around?"
119,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_095,"Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps?"
120,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_096,"An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it."
121,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_097,"I look forward to working together, old friend."
122,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_100,"You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose."
123,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_105,Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards.
124,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_110,It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times.
125,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_115,"We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light?"
126,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_120,"The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite."
127,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_121,"I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again."
128,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_125,"To think the Allagans could make copies of *people*... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp>"
129,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_130,"If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all."
130,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_131,"As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present."
131,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_140,"Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you."
132,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_141,"As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”─copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology."
133,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_142,This is rather a lot to take in...
134,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_100_142,"If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do?"
135,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_143,Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us.
136,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_144,The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being.
137,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_145,"In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire."
138,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_146,"That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership."
139,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_147,"In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness."
140,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_148,"Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness."
141,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_149,"Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect."
142,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_150,The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!?
143,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_151,"None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment─copies of Unei and Doga."
144,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_152,Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande.
145,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_153,"It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same..."
146,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_154,"Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that..."
147,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_155,"In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion─an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed."
148,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_156,"Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility."
149,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_157,"Darkness...*again*? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power?"
150,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_158,"Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all."
151,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_159,"Would that you were right, Master Garlond."
152,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_160,"Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse."
153,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_170,"Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy─energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below."
154,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_171,"However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence─the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era."
155,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_172,"In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste."
156,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_173,"Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time."
157,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_174,"Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken."
158,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_175,"Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged."
159,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_176,"At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened."
160,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_177,"In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized."
161,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_180,'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes─the true Unei and Doga.
162,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_181,"Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail."
163,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_182,"When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over."
164,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_183,"'Tis no ordinary woman who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, Player Player, we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all."
165,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_184,"Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things─you were observing our investigation the whole time."
166,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_185,"So, what will we do, Player? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it."
167,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_186,"You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest."
168,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_187,It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril?
169,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_188,"Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga─living, breathing Allagans."
170,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_189,"And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day."
171,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_190,"Player, as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself."
172,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_191,"Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then!"
173,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_192,Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...?
174,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_193,"You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern."
175,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_194,"The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood."
176,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_195,"I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence."
177,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_196,"Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time."
178,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_200,"Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else."
179,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_201,"When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership."
180,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_202,"When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will."
181,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_205,"Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance."
182,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_206,"Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders."
183,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_207,"Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand."
184,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_210,"Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself."
185,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_215,"...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake."
186,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_220,"While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth─make certain that no funny business is going on inside."
187,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_230,"My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on."
188,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_231,"But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us!"
189,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_232,"Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength!"
190,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_240,"The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted."
191,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_250,Player!
192,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_251,You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande!
193,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_252,"Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, Player Player."
194,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_253,"With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone."
195,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_254,"What are you playing at now, Nero?"
196,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_255,"In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution?"
197,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_256,"At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do."
198,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_257,"There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy."
199,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_258,"The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task."
200,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_259,That distortion... What is it?
201,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_260,"The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void─the World of Darkness, our people called it."
202,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_261,And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent.
203,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_262,"Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours."
204,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_263,"In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world."
205,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_264,"The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it."
206,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_265,By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone.
207,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_266,It is time.
208,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_267,"Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose."
209,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_268,Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA!
210,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_269,"Oh, be still my beating heart!"
211,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_270,"For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this!"
212,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_271,What are you going on about!?
213,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_272,(-???-)The covenant...is everlasting...
214,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_280,"And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule."
215,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_281,"And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid─an endless void, bereft of light and warmth."
216,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_282,"Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace."
217,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_283,Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My *fear*.
218,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_284,"What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss."
219,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_285,So let there *be* nothing.
220,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_286,"Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness."
221,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_290,Player! Pull yourself together!
222,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_291,Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!?
223,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_292,"Argh! Not now, damn it!"
224,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_293,"Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too?"
225,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_294,"Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones!"
226,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_295,"Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that."
227,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_296,Doga!
228,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_297,"Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness!"
229,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_298,That power...is *mine*!
230,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_100_298,Nero!
231,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_299,(-???-)The covenant shall be honored.
232,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_300,"(-Cloud of Darkness-)I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void."
233,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_301,"Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now?"
234,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_302,"As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes."
235,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_310,"I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is..."
236,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_315,Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay.
237,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_320,"Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me?"
238,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_325,Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well.
239,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_330,All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve...
240,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_331,"The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain."
241,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_332,"There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through."
242,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_333,'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions─one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world.
243,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_334,"Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of."
244,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_335,"However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them?"
245,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_336,"I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak."
246,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_337,"Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live."
247,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_338,Damn it... I feel so helpless...
248,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_339,"No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei."
249,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_340,"We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me."
250,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_341,"Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission─a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides..."
251,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_342,We cannot leave matters as they are.
252,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_343,"So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass."
253,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_344,"G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye?"
254,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_345,I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall.
255,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_346,"As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I *will* find it."
256,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_347,I am with G'raha.
257,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_348,"However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief."
258,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_349,"You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them."
259,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_350,I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned.
260,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_351,"Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough."
261,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_352,"My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength."
262,TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_353,"We'll save them yet, Player! Mark my words!"
1 key 0 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_00 1 Rammbroes is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the Crystal Tower.
2 # 1 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_01 Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as Cid and G'raha Tia rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as Doga and Unei, scholars of ancient Allag sent by the Students of Baldesion. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest, and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with Biggs to be shown to the gate.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_02 str Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible.
4 0 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_03 Rammbroes is frustrated over NOAH's lack of progress on the Crystal Tower. Doga and Unei reveal that they are “clones”─copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their deaths. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia.
5 1 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_04 Rammbroes informs you that the investigation of the Crystal Tower is being hindered by the most mundane of security measures: a gate that refuses to open. Even as Cid and G'raha Tia rack their brains to find a solution, two peculiar individuals arrive and offer their aid. They introduce themselves as Doga and Unei, scholars of ancient Allag sent by the Students of Baldesion. Though Rammbroes is at first suspicious of their origin, he relents at G'raha Tia's behest, and allows them to join NOAH in an advisory capacity. Without further ado, Doga and Unei are asked to examine the sealed gate which leads into Syrcus Tower. Accompany the two scholars to the Eight Sentinels, and there speak with Biggs to be shown to the gate. You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande. ※Syrcus Tower can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
2 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_02 Much to the surprise of all present, Doga and Unei open the gate as if they were born to do it. Speak with Doga to learn how this feat was possible.
3 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_03 Doga and Unei reveal that they are “clones”─copies of two individuals who claim direct descent from Emperor Xande, the founding father of the Allagan Empire. In his desire to bring the world under his rule, Xande consorted with forbidden powers. Fearful of what might befall the world, the original Doga and Unei attempted to thwart their emperor's scheme. They imbued their clones with their will, that their work might continue in the event of their deaths. After millennia in slumber, the two clones now seek to finish what their namesakes had begun, but they require your help to succeed. The members of NOAH unanimously agree to join their cause, and Rammbroes tasks you with eliminating all hostile elements within Syrcus Tower and finally defeating Emperor Xande. See to your preparations, then speak with G'raha Tia.
4 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_04 You have declared your readiness to enter Syrcus Tower to G'raha Tia. Fight your way to the top of the structure, and strike down Emperor Xande. ※Syrcus Tower can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
6 5 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_05 You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. Nero attempts to save them for his own reasons, only to end up sharing their fate. You have defeated Xande, but your victory proves short-lived. Even as Doga and Unei attempt to annul the emperor's dark covenant, an entity calling itself the Cloud of Darkness pulls them into the rift that had manifested before the throne. Nero attempts to save them for his own reasons, only to end up sharing their fate.
7 6 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_06 6 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_06 With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to Saint Coinach's Find, and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back. With the rift having vanished, you are powerless to help your friends. For now, return to Saint Coinach's Find, and consult Rammbroes as to a way to bring them back.
8 7 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_07 7 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_SEQ_07 Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission. Rammbroes believes that Doga, Unei, and Nero were drawn through a voidgate, and into the dark realm beyond. Though they do not yet know how, the members of NOAH are determined to save their comrades and eliminate the threat posed by the Cloud of Darkness. Rammbroes pledges to search for the answer, and bids you rest up in preparation for the instrumental role you will doubtless play in the impending rescue mission.
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49 48 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_000 48 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_000 Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower. Ah, 'tis you, my friend. You are doubtless eager to hear of our progress on the Crystal Tower.
50 49 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_001 49 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_001 Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report. Excellent, I'd be disappointed to hear otherwise. Of course, “disappointed” is the word of the day, I fear. I'm ashamed to say that there is nothing worthwhile to report.
51 50 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_002 50 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_002 The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it. The Sons continue to probe the Labyrinth of the Ancients, and every day brings new discoveries. Alas, the same cannot be said of the Crystal Tower proper. We've not been able to set so much as a single foot inside it.
52 51 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_003 51 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_003 You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially. You will recall how the Eight Sentinels stood between us and the labyrinth initially.
53 52 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_004 52 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_004 In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire─Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it─is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own. In like manner, the entryway into the principal spire─Syrcus Tower, the Allagans called it─is also protected by technology far more advanced than our own.
54 53 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_005 53 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_005 Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss. Cid and I have tried every trick we know, but without success. Frankly speaking, we are at a loss.
55 54 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_006 54 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_006 It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There <Emphasis>must</Emphasis> be a way in. It is discouraging, but we cannot give up. There *must* be a way in.
56 55 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_007 55 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_007 ...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand. ...And so the situation stands, my friend. Until we gain entry into the tower, I fear your talents shan't avail us. It will require time that I am loath to waste, but I have a mind to set my people to scouring such ancient texts as we have on hand.
57 56 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_008 56 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_008 (-???-)Perhaps we can be of assistance. (-???-)Perhaps we can be of assistance.
58 57 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_009 57 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_009 And you are? And you are?
59 58 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_010 58 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_010 (-???-)Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal. (-???-)Be at ease, friends, for we share the selfsame goal.
60 59 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_011 59 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_011 I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor. I am Unei, and my companion is called Doga. We are scholars of the Allagan civilization, sent by the Students of Baldesion to assist in your endeavor.
61 60 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_012 60 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_012 Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress. Unei and Doga? Rather unusual names for this day and age, if I might be forgiven for observing. But I digress.
62 61 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_013 61 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_013 You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful. You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. I am sure you'll not take it amiss if we seem somewhat doubtful.
63 62 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_014 62 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_014 You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns. You claim to be here at the Students' behest, but we have received nary a word of your coming. Moreover, in light of the recent incident at the Isle of Val, I should think that they have rather more pressing concerns.
64 63 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_015 63 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_015 We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help. We can only assume that the message failed to reach you due to some mishap. I assure you that we are here to help.
65 64 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_016 64 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_016 What is it, G'raha? What is it, G'raha?
66 65 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_017 65 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_017 Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided. Ungh... 'Tis nothing. There was...a pain, but it has subsided.
67 66 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_018 66 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_018 Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours. Well, well, this is rather unexpected. Your right eye is the same as ours.
68 67 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_019 67 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_019 The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well? The same? You...you have the Allagan Eye as well?
69 68 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_020 68 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_020 This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his. This sanguine hue is said to be a trait unique to the Allagans! Yet I inherited it from my father, as he did from his.
70 69 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_021 69 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_021 Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me! Only one child in a single generation is born with the eye. All my life, I have sought to learn the truth of its manifestation. If there is aught you know, I implore you to tell me!
71 70 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_022 70 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_022 My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag. My deepest apologies, but we have no answers for you. Only one thing is certain: those who possess the trait are bound by fate to Allag.
72 71 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_023 71 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_023 As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth. As your eye has placed you upon the path you walk, so too have we come here to fulfill our destiny. Absurd though it may sound, it is the truth.
73 72 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_024 72 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_024 It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you? It seems to me we have naught to lose by accepting their aid. What say you?
74 73 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_025 73 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_025 If that is your wish, then so be it. If that is your wish, then so be it.
75 74 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_026 74 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_026 Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections. Yet know that I still mean to verify your story with the Students of Baldesion when I am able. I trust there will be no objections.
76 75 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_027 75 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_027 Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance. Very well. As of this moment, I name Unei and Doga advisory members of NOAH. Without further ado, let us have them examine the Syrcus Tower entrance.
77 76 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_028 76 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_028 I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision. I promise you'll not have cause to regret your decision.
78 77 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_029 77 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_029 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way. Player, I should be much obliged if you were to accompany our new friends to the tower. Biggs and Wedge are presently surveying the Eight Sentinels; the two of them can show you the way.
79 78 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_030 78 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_030 Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation. Upon arrival, pray report to Master Garlond. He will brief you on the situation.
80 79 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_031 79 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_031 I shall join you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress. I shall join you, Player. With Unei and Doga's knowledge, along with your uncanny knack for setting events in motion, I am hopeful that we will finally see progress.
81 80 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_040 80 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_040 We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower. ...Can you tell we're getting desperate? We're examining the rubble in the hopes that it'll yield a clue to entering Syrcus Tower. ...Can you tell we're getting desperate?
82 81 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_050 81 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_050 Well, if it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam. Well, if it isn't Player! Eager to enter Syrcus Tower and kill everything in sight, no doubt. As I'm sure you've already heard, though, the place is locked up tight as a clam.
83 82 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_051 82 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_051 ...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going─or rather, <Emphasis>no</Emphasis> going─for the chief. He'll appreciate the help. ...New friends from the Students, you say? Excellent! It's been slow going─or rather, *no* going─for the chief. He'll appreciate the help.
84 83 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_052 83 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_052 If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him. If you'll just follow me, I'll take you to him.
85 84 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_060 84 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_060 Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides. Ah, some old faces to lift the spirit...and a couple of new ones besides.
86 85 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_061 85 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_061 Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation. Allow me to introduce Unei and Doga. They are scholars of ancient Allag, sent here by our friends of Baldesion to aid in the investigation.
87 86 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_062 86 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_062 We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance. We understand you're having trouble circumventing the tower's defenses. 'Tis our hope that we can be of some small assistance.
88 87 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_063 87 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_063 If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed. If your attire is aught to go by, your assistance should prove invaluable indeed.
89 88 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_064 88 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_064 To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower. To begin with, let me tell you where we stand. Beyond rises Syrcus Tower, the principal spire of the structure collectively known as the Crystal Tower.
90 89 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_065 89 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_065 The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door─the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us. The only way to get inside is through the proverbial front door─the imposing gate you see here. The problem is, we can't get it to open. It's sealed by some mechanism whose workings are an utter mystery to us.
91 90 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_066 90 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_066 Having had no success via more <Emphasis>orthodox</Emphasis> methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it. Having had no success via more *orthodox* methods, I went at it with everything from a pickaxe to a magitek cannon. Nothing so much as put a scratch on it.
92 91 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_067 91 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_067 For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity. For a blessing, the gate doesn't try to reduce us to ashes like the Eight Sentinels, but that doesn't make it any less effective a security measure. It's fiendishly frustrating in its simplicity.
93 92 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_068 92 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_068 The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment. The only clue we have is the elaborate device carved upon it: a man and a woman, respectant. Allagan royalty, by my judgment.
94 93 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_069 93 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_069 Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative. Precisely who these individuals were, we cannot say. Nor do we know whether the device actually serves a purpose. Like as not, it is purely decorative.
95 94 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_070 94 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_070 If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use─just ask the calluses on my hands. If you're thinking to force it, save your strength. It's no use─just ask the calluses on my hands.
96 95 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_071 95 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_071 Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength. Rest assured we do not mean to waste our strength.
97 96 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_072 96 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_072 Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord? Indeed. Why should we exert ourselves...when the gate will open of its own accord?
98 97 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_073 97 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_073 I...I don't think any of us expected <Emphasis>that</Emphasis> to happen... I...I don't think any of us expected *that* to happen...
99 98 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_074 98 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_074 Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> you? Seven hells... What is this? What did you do? What...what *are* you?
100 99 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_075 99 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_075 (-???-)<Emphasis>Piercing the heavens and gathering the light, a symbol of mankind's glory and might.</Emphasis> (-???-)*Piercing the heavens and gathering the light, a symbol of mankind's glory and might.*
101 100 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_076 100 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_076 (-???-)<Emphasis>Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable, only to those of royal blood answerable.</Emphasis> ...Exactly as passed down through legend, I am delighted to see. (-???-)*Its virtue guarded by gates impregnable, only to those of royal blood answerable.* ...Exactly as passed down through legend, I am delighted to see.
102 101 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_077 101 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_077 Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable <Emphasis>playthings</Emphasis> you have acquired. Beg pardons for interrupting your bewilderment. I couldn't help but notice the remarkable *playthings* you have acquired.
103 102 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_078 102 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_078 N-Nero!? You're still alive!? N-Nero!? You're still alive!?
104 103 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_079 103 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_079 Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary. Garlond, Garlond. If I didn't know better, I would say you weren't happy to see me. Ah, but I jest. In light of our recent meetings, you have every right to be wary.
105 104 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_080 104 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_080 But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant. But rest assured I am no longer a threat to you. My legion is for all intents and purposes defunct, and my association with it means a tight noose awaits me back in Garlemald. And so I've been roaming this land Eorzea, a regular itinerant.
106 105 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_081 105 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_081 In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you. In the course of my wanderings, I chanced to catch wind of your latest venture. It sounded positively fascinating, and so I decided to come here and join you.
107 106 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_082 106 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_082 After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible? After the wrongs you've committed? You think us that gullible?
108 107 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_083 107 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_083 If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with <Emphasis>these</Emphasis> two odd characters. If you are suspicious of my intent, 'tis only my just deserts. But I am determined to make amends. As a gesture of goodwill, I will share with you what I know...starting with *these* two odd characters.
109 108 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_084 108 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_084 As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals. As you are doubtless already aware, the Crystal Tower was the symbol of ancient Allag's might and prosperity. Entry was permitted only to royalty and a select few individuals.
110 109 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_085 109 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_085 According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys. According to the records I have unearthed, only royal blood can open the gate. In other words, the emperor and his progeny were living keys.
111 110 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_086 110 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_086 You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!? You mean to say that these two are descended from Allagan royalty!?
112 111 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_087 111 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_087 Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous. Oh, I suggest nothing so glamorous.
113 112 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_088 112 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_088 To put it plain, they are <Emphasis>imitations</Emphasis> of royalty─living keys born of Allagan ingenuity. To put it plain, they are *imitations* of royalty─living keys born of Allagan ingenuity.
114 113 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_089 113 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_089 “Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so? “Clones,” I believe, is the name your creators gave your kind. Is that not so?
115 114 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_090 114 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_090 'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past. 'Twould seem that the time for concealment is past.
116 115 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_091 115 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_091 Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims. Pray accept our apologies. 'Twas not our intent to deceive. We simply wished to avoid causing undue alarm by prematurely making what many would consider deranged claims.
117 116 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_092 116 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_092 If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell. If it please you, let us return to the Eight Sentinels. There is much and more to tell.
118 117 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_093 117 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_093 Very well. Very well.
119 118 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_094 118 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_094 Seven hells, do you <Emphasis>seriously</Emphasis> mean to follow us around? Seven hells, do you *seriously* mean to follow us around?
120 119 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_095 119 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_095 Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps? Come, Garlond. You know me better than to think that I spoke in jest. What more will it take for us to be reconciled? A gift, perhaps?
121 120 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_096 120 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_096 An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it. An Allagan tomestone. It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it's yours now. I wish you joy of it.
122 121 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_097 121 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_097 I look forward to working together, old friend. I look forward to working together, old friend.
123 122 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_100 122 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_100 You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose. You have every right to mistrust us, but I beg you to hear us out. Long have we waited for this opportunity to fulfill our life's purpose.
124 123 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_105 123 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_105 Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards. Let us hear what Unei and Doga have to say. It will not be too late to decide upon a course of action afterwards.
125 124 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_110 124 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_110 It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times. It goes without saying that Nero can't be trusted. We'd do well to keep an eye on him at all times.
126 125 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_115 125 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_115 We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light? We may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but the past is in the past. Yesterday's enemies can yet be today's friends. Do you not agree, Warrior of Light?
127 126 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_120 126 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_120 The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite. The chief and Nero go all the way back to the Magitek Academy. It's an exclusive school situated in the capital, reserved for the Empire's brightest elite.
128 127 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_121 127 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_121 I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again. I don't know the nitty-gritty details, but they didn't get along back then, and they don't get along now. Fate's a bastard for bringing them together again.
129 128 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_125 128 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_125 To think the Allagans could make copies of <Emphasis>people</Emphasis>... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp> To think the Allagans could make copies of *people*... If this knowledge were to fall into the wrong hands, the world would become a terrible place. I shudder to imagine a dozen Biggs, shouting at me all day long... <gulp>
130 129 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_130 129 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_130 If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all. If you are ready to listen, we shall tell you all.
131 130 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_131 130 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_131 As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present. As it pertains closely to your investigation, your leader, Rammbroes, may wish to be present.
132 131 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_140 131 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_140 Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you. Before we begin, pray allow me to apologize again. It was not our intent to deceive you.
133 132 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_141 132 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_141 As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”─copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology. As you will have already gathered, we are not scholars sent by the Students of Baldesion. Nay, we are “clones”─copies of people who once existed, given life through Allagan technology.
134 133 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_142 133 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_142 This is rather a lot to take in... This is rather a lot to take in...
135 134 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_100_142 134 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_100_142 If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do? If it would not be considered unseemly, might I ask why you and yours were created? And more specifically, what is it that you now seek to do?
136 135 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_143 135 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_143 Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us. Answering your questions requires that we revisit Allagan history. Pray bear with us.
137 136 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_144 136 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_144 The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being. The Allagan Empire reached its zenith long before our kind came into being.
138 137 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_145 137 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_145 In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire. In that glorious age, the Crystal Tower stood tall as the symbol of Allagan pride. Parents took their children there, that they might learn how the nigh-limitless energy it produced brought prosperity to the whole empire.
139 138 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_146 138 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_146 That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership. That prosperity, however, bred decadence, and the empire began to show signs of stagnation. This decline was made all the more rapid for want of strong leadership.
140 139 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_147 139 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_147 In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness. In a matter of generations, the Allagan civilization became a pale shadow of its former self. Its once gleaming cities fell into disrepair, and its frontier lands were given over to the wilderness.
141 140 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_148 140 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_148 Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness. Lamenting the pitiful state of affairs, one technologist made it his mission to restore Allag to greatness.
142 141 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_149 141 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_149 Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect. Amon was his name, and he believed that the ailing empire wanted for but a potent ruler. And none was more potent than its founding father, whom he sought to resurrect.
143 142 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_150 142 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_150 The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!? The founding father? You cannot mean Emperor Xande!?
144 143 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_151 143 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_151 None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment─copies of Unei and Doga. None other. As part of his experiments, Amon created clones of the emperor's descendants. We are the products of that experiment─copies of Unei and Doga.
145 144 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_152 144 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_152 Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande. Historical texts mention the reigns of two Allagan emperors named Xande.
146 145 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_153 145 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_153 It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same... It was commonly believed that the second was the namesake of the first. After all, such a custom is not uncommon among royalty and commoners alike. To think that the two were in fact one and the same...
147 146 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_154 146 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_154 Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that... Aye, Xande returned from the grave and assumed his throne once more. And true to Amon's prediction, the emperor restored his realm to the glory it once knew. Would that he could have been satisfied with that...
148 147 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_155 147 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_155 In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion─an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed. In his previous life, the emperor desired to bring the entire world under Allagan dominion─an ambition that ultimately went unfulfilled. Having been granted a second chance, he was determined to succeed.
149 148 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_156 148 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_156 Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility. Realizing that he needed more power to wage his war of conquest, Xande turned his sights towards a forbidden source: darkness. In order to learn how to harness this power, he converted the Crystal Tower into a restricted research facility.
150 149 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_157 149 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_157 Darkness...<Emphasis>again</Emphasis>? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power? Darkness...*again*? Seven hells, what is it with megalomaniacal rulers turning to darkness in their lust for power?
151 150 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_158 150 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_158 Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all. Well, at least this one won't be bothering us, being thousands of years dead and all.
152 151 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_159 151 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_159 Would that you were right, Master Garlond. Would that you were right, Master Garlond.
153 152 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_160 152 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_160 Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse. Alas, Emperor Xande is very much alive. Within Syrcus Tower he still abides, his ambition burning all the more ardently for his empire's collapse.
154 153 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_170 153 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_170 Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy─energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below. Wielding the power of darkness requires prodigious amounts of energy─energy that not even the Crystal Tower could produce. In order to augment the shortfall, Dalamud was created and launched into the heavens. On high it hung, gathering the sun's energy and channeling it to the tower below.
155 154 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_171 154 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_171 However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence─the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era. However, a miscalculation resulted in a surge of energy that escaped into the land. This triggered an earthquake of unprecedented violence─the calamity that ushered in the Fourth Umbral Era.
156 155 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_172 155 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_172 In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste. In the blinking of an eye, the mighty Allagan Empire was laid to waste.
157 156 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_173 156 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_173 Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time. Yet even as the Crystal Tower was sinking into the earth, the technologist Amon, now Emperor Xande's closest aide, invoked powerful magicks and halted the flow of time.
158 157 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_174 157 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_174 Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken. Every soul within the structure, the emperor included, was placed in a deep slumber. In that state they were to remain until the time was ripe to awaken.
159 158 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_175 158 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_175 Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged. Eras came and went. After millennia lying dormant, Dalamud was summoned back to the earth. Its descent triggered the Seventh Umbral Calamity, in the wake of which the Crystal Tower reemerged.
160 159 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_176 159 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_176 At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened. At that moment, Emperor Xande awakened.
161 160 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_177 160 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_177 In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized. In his lust for power, the emperor consorted with darkness and was seduced by its corrupting influence. Even though his empire is now little more than a fading memory, he will stop at nothing to see his ambition realized.
162 161 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_180 161 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_180 'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes─the true Unei and Doga. 'Tis for no other purpose but to put an end to Xande's madness that we exist. This is the mantle we have inherited from our namesakes─the true Unei and Doga.
163 162 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_181 162 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_181 Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail. Fearing what might befall the world, the two of them sought to thwart their emperor. They gave unto us their will, that we might carry on their mission should they fail.
164 163 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_182 163 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_182 When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over. When we came to our senses within the Crystal Tower, we deliberated a course of action. Concluding that we alone could not overcome Xande, we struck out to find a worthy ally. It has taken years, but our search is finally over.
165 164 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_183 164 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_183 'Tis no ordinary <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all. 'Tis no ordinary woman who can cut a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients. With you as our champion, Player Player, we are confident that we can end Xande's dark ambition once and for all.
166 165 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_184 165 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_184 Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things─you were observing our investigation the whole time. Well, that'll teach me for speaking too soon... Setting my chagrin aside, I see now why you knew about the Students of Baldesion among a host of other things─you were observing our investigation the whole time.
167 166 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_185 166 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_185 So, what will we do, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it. So, what will we do, Player? The world's in grave danger again, and it just so happens you're an expert at saving it.
168 167 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_186 167 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_186 You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest. You have our eternal gratitude. Together, let us see the Allagan Empire's dark past laid to rest.
169 168 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_187 168 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_187 It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril? It has been our mission to recover the long-lost knowledge of the Allagan civilization. But what worth is that knowledge if it means subjecting the realm to peril?
170 169 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_188 169 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_188 Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga─living, breathing Allagans. Truth be told, it pains me to think that the tower's secrets may become lost to us, but the greater good must ever come first. Besides, no quantity of ancient relics can compare to our friends Unei and Doga─living, breathing Allagans.
171 170 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_189 170 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_189 And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day. And so I hereby declare a change in NOAH's objective. Henceforth, we shall direct all efforts towards sealing off Syrcus Tower. Its dark secrets must never know the light of day.
172 171 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_190 171 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_190 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself. Player, as you did for us within the Labyrinth of the Ancients, I would have you enter the structure and eliminate hostile elements. Suffice it to say this includes Emperor Xande himself.
173 172 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_191 172 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_191 Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then! Meanwhile, the rest of us shall examine ways to isolate Syrcus Tower from the outside world. To work, then!
174 173 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_192 173 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_192 Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...? Wait. There is something I must know. My right eye is like yours. Does...does this mean...?
175 174 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_193 174 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_193 You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern. You inherited the trait from your father, you said. Know that clones are unable to bear offspring. You have no cause for concern.
176 175 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_194 175 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_194 The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood. The Allagan Eye, you called it, but to us it is the Royal Eye, owing to the fact that the trait manifests only in those possessed of royal blood.
177 176 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_195 176 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_195 I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence. I cannot well explain why the eye runs in your line, but I am disinclined to think it a coincidence.
178 177 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_196 177 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_196 Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time. Though you are doubtless impatient to learn the truth, pray have patience. All will be revealed in due time.
179 178 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_200 178 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_200 Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else. Though their names do not appear to have survived the passage of time, Doga and Unei were worthy individuals. They were not without faults, but they placed the welfare of the people above all else.
180 179 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_201 179 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_201 When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership. When Xande was resurrected, they supported his second ascension to the throne, in hopes that the empire would flourish once more under his leadership.
181 180 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_202 180 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_202 When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will. When it came to light that Xande was consorting with dark powers, they did all within their power to stop him. Among their many acts, they imbued us, two humble clones, with their will.
182 181 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_205 181 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_205 Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance. Within Syrcus Tower, you will encounter clones who share our appearance.
183 182 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_206 182 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_206 Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders. Though they, too, were created in the image of Doga and Unei, they are but empty husks bereft of independent will. Their sole purpose is to eliminate intruders.
184 183 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_207 183 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_207 Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand. Striking down spitting images of Unei and myself may give you pause, but you must not let that stay your hand.
185 184 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_210 184 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_210 Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself. Technology made the Allagans great, but so too did it prove their downfall. And now the Garleans are treading in their very footsteps, the bloody fools. It's true what they say: history repeats itself.
186 185 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_215 185 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_215 ...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake. ...Nero? Wandered off on his own a moment ago. Only the gods know what that bastard's scheming. If it were up to me, I'd lock him up and throw the key into Silvertear Lake.
187 186 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_220 186 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_220 While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth─make certain that no funny business is going on inside. While you're off purging Syrcus Tower of nasties, Biggs and I will make a round of the Labyrinth─make certain that no funny business is going on inside.
188 187 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_230 187 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_230 My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on. My apologies if I've given you cause to worry. I am quite well, I assure you. As you can appreciate, there has been much for me to think on.
189 188 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_231 188 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_231 But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us! But now is the time for action, not idle thoughts. Syrcus Tower awaits us!
190 189 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_232 189 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_232 Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength! Your task is to eliminate all hostile elements within the structure, Xande himself included. This will afford us the chance to seal off the facility. May the Crystal grant you strength!
191 190 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_240 190 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_240 The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted. The truth of my eye is ever on my mind, but right now every man of us has a job to do. Rest assured I shan't allow myself to be distracted.
192 191 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_250 191 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_250 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Player!
193 192 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_251 192 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_251 You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande! You did it! You defeated Emperor Xande!
194 193 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_252 193 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_252 Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, <Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>. Empires may rise and fall, but man's indefatigable spirit ever lives on. Truly, you are the champion we had hoped for, Player Player.
195 194 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_253 194 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_253 With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone. With Emperor Xande now at eternal rest, his dark legacy may be undone.
196 195 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_254 195 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_254 What are you playing at now, Nero? What are you playing at now, Nero?
197 196 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_255 196 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_255 In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution? In case you haven't noticed, Garlond, these are dangerous surrounds. Can a man be faulted for exercising due caution?
198 197 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_256 197 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_256 At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do. At any rate, you needn't mind me. I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. Go on and finish what you came to do.
199 198 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_257 198 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_257 There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy. There are two ways that we may seal off Syrcus Tower: either isolate it from the outside world, or cripple its ability to produce energy.
200 199 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_258 199 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_258 The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task. The choice of method is yours to make. Before you proceed, however, Doga and I must needs attend to a task.
201 200 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_259 200 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_259 That distortion... What is it? That distortion... What is it?
202 201 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_260 201 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_260 The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void─the World of Darkness, our people called it. The power that Xande sought to obtain comes from the void─the World of Darkness, our people called it.
203 202 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_261 202 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_261 And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent. And the true nature of that power was none other than the armies of voidsent.
204 203 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_262 203 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_262 Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours. Voidsent feed on aether, as you may already know, and no plane is richer in it than ours.
205 204 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_263 204 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_263 In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world. In exchange for their allegiance, Xande entered into an unholy covenant. He would open a gate through which the voidsent could freely enter our world.
206 205 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_264 205 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_264 The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it. The covenant, I'm afraid to say, is still in effect. However, being of the emperor's lineage, Unei and I believe that we can annul it.
207 206 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_265 206 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_265 By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone. By his blood Xande sealed his dark pact. By our blood it shall be undone.
208 207 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_266 207 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_DOGA_000_266 It is time. It is time.
209 208 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_267 208 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_267 Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose. Yes, Doga. Finally, we may fulfill our purpose.
210 209 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_268 209 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_268 Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA! Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA!
211 210 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_269 210 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_269 Oh, be still my beating heart! Oh, be still my beating heart!
212 211 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_270 211 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_270 For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this! For a moment I feared that this outing would end in disappointment, but my readings were not mistaken! Not even the Ultima Weapon compares to this!
213 212 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_271 212 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_271 What are you going on about!? What are you going on about!?
214 213 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_272 213 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_272 (-???-)The covenant...is everlasting... (-???-)The covenant...is everlasting...
215 214 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_280 214 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_280 And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule. And so Meracydia is brought into the fold. Soon, all the world shall be united under Allagan rule.
216 215 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_281 215 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_281 And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid─an endless void, bereft of light and warmth. And yet...with every dream that becomes reality, the memory of death grows ever more vivid─an endless void, bereft of light and warmth.
217 216 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_282 216 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_282 Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace. Though I may have defeated death, it did not leave me unscathed. Nay, its ravening claws have scarred my soul for eternity. Never shall I know peace.
218 217 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_283 217 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_283 Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My <Emphasis>fear</Emphasis>. Beings without will. You cannot fathom my rage. My melancholy. My *fear*.
219 218 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_284 218 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_284 What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss. What worth is wealth and power when all must inevitably be consigned to nothingness? If man has nothing, he need not know the pain of loss.
220 219 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_285 219 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_285 So let there <Emphasis>be</Emphasis> nothing. So let there *be* nothing.
221 220 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_286 220 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_XANDE_000_286 Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness. Harvest more power, that the gate may be thrown full open. Let the Cloud of Darkness come and engulf the world, devouring all life, hopes, and dreams. Let all be returned to nothingness.
222 221 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_290 221 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_290 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Pull yourself together! Player! Pull yourself together!
223 222 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_291 222 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_291 Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!? Is there no end to them!? What in the seven hells is happening!?
224 223 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_292 223 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_292 Argh! Not now, damn it! Argh! Not now, damn it!
225 224 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_293 224 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_293 Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too? Nero! Were they part of your grand plan, too?
226 225 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_294 225 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_294 Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones! Save your japes, Garlond! I didn't put up with your arrogant face to play with worthless clones!
227 226 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_295 226 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_295 Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that. Something controls them. A voidsent, and no ordinary one at that.
228 227 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_296 227 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_UNEI_000_296 Doga! Doga!
229 228 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_297 228 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_297 Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness! Confound it! Without them, there's no way to master the darkness!
230 229 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_298 229 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_NERO_000_298 That power...is <Emphasis>mine</Emphasis>! That power...is *mine*!
231 230 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_100_298 230 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_100_298 Nero! Nero!
232 231 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_299 231 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_299 (-???-)The covenant shall be honored. (-???-)The covenant shall be honored.
233 232 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_300 232 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CLOUDOFDARKNESS_000_300 (-Cloud of Darkness-)I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void. (-Cloud of Darkness-)I am the Cloud of Darkness. I shall devour your light, and return this world to the void.
234 233 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_301 233 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_301 Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now? Damn it, the rift is gone! What are we supposed to do now?
235 234 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_302 234 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_302 As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes. As much as it pains me to leave without them, there's precious little we can do. Let us return to the Find and consult Rammbroes.
236 235 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_310 235 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_310 I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is... I feel as though that I'm forgetting something important, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what that something is...
237 236 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_315 236 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_315 Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay. Rammbroes may know a way to bring our friends back. Let's consult him without delay.
238 237 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_320 237 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_BIGGS_000_320 Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me? Hm? I appreciate the attention and all, but don't you have better things to do than chat with me?
239 238 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_325 238 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_WEDGE_000_325 Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well. Everyone's been in a dark mood since returning. I...I take it the mission didn't go well.
240 239 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_330 239 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_330 All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve... All this happened within the tower? Gods preserve...
241 240 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_331 240 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_331 The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain. The rift that manifested before the throne was a voidgate, of this I am certain.
242 241 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_332 241 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_332 There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through. There exist myriad kinds of voidsent. The more powerful the being, the larger the gate must be for it to pass through.
243 242 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_333 242 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_333 'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions─one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world. 'Twould seem that Xande sought to open a gate of unprecedented proportions─one that would allow this Cloud of Darkness entry into our world.
244 243 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_334 243 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_334 Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of. Fortunately for all mankind, he did not succeed. I shudder to imagine what this voidsent is capable of.
245 244 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_335 244 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_335 However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them? However dreadful it may be, we can't abandon our friends. Is there no way to save them?
246 245 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_336 245 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_336 I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak. I will not lie to you, Master Garlond. The situation is bleak.
247 246 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_337 246 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_337 Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live. Though voidsent can enter our world, instances of men entering the void have never been documented. It pains me to give voice to my fears, but we do not even know whether our friends still live.
248 247 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_338 247 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_338 Damn it... I feel so helpless... Damn it... I feel so helpless...
249 248 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_339 248 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_339 No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei. No, I refuse to give up. We must save Doga and Unei.
250 249 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_340 249 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_340 We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me. We share the same eye, 'tis true, but that is not what motivates me.
251 250 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_341 250 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_341 Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission─a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides... Above all, I wish to help them to fulfill their mission─a mission whose burden they have borne for thousands of years. And besides...
252 251 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_342 251 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_342 We cannot leave matters as they are. We cannot leave matters as they are.
253 252 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_343 252 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_343 So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass. So long as Xande's dark covenant is binding, our world is in danger. 'Tis our duty to prevent the worst from coming to pass.
254 253 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_344 253 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_344 G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye? G'raha. Ever since meeting Unei and Doga, you have not quite been yourself. Tell me true: is all well with your eye?
255 254 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_345 254 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_345 I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall. I honestly cannot say. I know only that there is a memory that I must recall.
256 255 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_346 255 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_GRAHATIA_000_346 As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> find it. As a child, my father told me that the truth of our eye rests with Allag. The answer eludes me still...but one day I *will* find it.
257 256 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_347 256 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_347 I am with G'raha. I am with G'raha.
258 257 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_348 257 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_348 However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief. However slim the odds, we must try to save Unei and Doga. Aye, and that bastard Nero as well, if only to make certain that he won't make any more mischief.
259 258 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_349 258 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_349 You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them. You have the right of it. Though we have known them but briefly, Doga and Unei are our comrades. We cannot fail them.
260 259 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_350 259 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_350 I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned. I shall consult experts and literature both. I swear to leave no stone unturned.
261 260 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_351 260 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_351 Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough. Yet know that it may be a while before we are ready to act. I would ask that you all be patient. When dealing with the void, one cannot be cautious enough.
262 261 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_352 261 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_RAMMBROES_000_352 My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength. My thanks again for your assistance. Pray rest now while you can. For when the time comes to go after our friends, you must be at no less than full strength.
263 262 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_353 262 TEXT_GAIUSD401_01474_CID_000_353 We'll save them yet, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Mark my words! We'll save them yet, Player! Mark my words!
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