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0,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_00","The deputy postmoogle holds out a soil-stained letter, suspiciously blemished with beak marks."
1,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_01","The deputy postmoogle asks you to deliver a letter to the beautiful North Shroud, the playground of his own happy mooglinghood. Or to be more accurate, <Emphasis>redeliver</Emphasis> it: the moogle who preceded you was ambushed by the Ixal, and barely escaped with his pom-pom still attached. The deputy postmoogle bids you make a second attempt: brave the Ixali gauntlet to Eugenia's Spire, and place the letter in the unyielding hands of Miah Molkot, ferocious leader of the White Rams."
2,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_02","Miah scans the note, and licks her lips at the happy news within: her dear friend Philota and the lady's young grandson are to visit. But delight soon turns to alarm when she realizes that the day of their expected arrival has come and gone. Fearing the malign intervention of the Ixal, she bids you seek out her man in Treespeak, slaying any birdman you should encounter along the way."
3,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_03","In Treespeak, you meet with Miah's man─a Gods' Quiver bowman who has fallen into an Ixali ambush. You swiftly defeat his attackers, but the man is still reeling from the birdman assault. Offer the injured bowman your aid."
4,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_04","As you tend to the wounded archer, another Ixal leaps from the brush, swinging his axe. Just as he is about to strike, a familiar figure appears: Miah Molkot. Terrified at the fate that awaits him at the hands of the famous Black Cat, the Ixal proffers a deal: in exchange for his life, he and his comrades will find Philota and her grandson, and return them unharmed. He bids you speak with his leader by the river bend, to whom he will deliver Miah's friends."
5,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_05","You make contact with the Ixali headwing, but he refuses to honor his subordinate's unauthorized pledge. Instead, he presents you with an ultimatum for the White Rams: the Ixal hold Philota and her grandson hostage, and demand to be given free rein in the Twelveswood until such time as they complete a secret objective. As proof of their word, Philota is to be released in advance, on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float. Go to her, and ensure her safety."
6,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_06","The Ixal spoke the truth: on the cliffside stands Philota, shaken yet unharmed. She confirms that the Ixal do indeed have her grandson in their clutches, and bids you return to Eugenia's Spire to enlist Miah's aid in the boy's rescue."
7,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_07","You report to Miah Molkot, who vows to devote her all to the rescue effort. She tells you how Philota's son was the leader of the White Rams before his untimely passing, and the child held hostage is his son in turn. For the Ixal to have kidnapped the boy is an insult to the White Rams' honor, and Miah will stop at nothing until those responsible are brought to her own personal brand of justice. She asks you to return to Philota, now resting at the Bobbing Cork, and assure her that her grandson will be saved."
8,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_08","Philota is reassured by Miah's zeal, but fears her personal involvement in this case may drive the White Rams' leader beyond her usual exuberance and into recklessness. She asks you to return to Eugenia's Spire, and urge Miah not to take any unnecessary risks."
9,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_09","You explain Philota's misgivings to Miah Molkot, but restraint is no longer an option for the maddened Miqo'te. Not only have the Ixal been taunting the White Rams by roaming the Twelveswood at will, using the boy as a shield, they now appear to be repairing to their own lands with the child in tow. Just as Miah is about to give the order to strike, a message comes from her scouts: true to their word, the Ixal have released Philota's grandson near Proud Creek. Fearing for his safety, Miah urges you to assist her men in finding the child before something more dastardly does."
10,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_10","Despite the White Rams' best efforts, it is your eagle eye that first picks out Philota's grandson. He explains to you how the Ixal who held him hostage were not an invasion force, but a rescue team, hunting for a missing hatchling. Furthermore, the chieftain who released the boy left behind some strange words that seem to relate to some forgotten past. But Proud Creek is no place to linger in thought─you link up with another of the search team, who agrees to convey the boy back to the relative safety of Eugenia's Spire. Rendezvous with them there, and report these latest developments to Instructor Molkot."
11,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_11","You meet with the bowman back at Eugenia's Spire, but all is not well. Despite the pleas of her soft-hearted subordinate, Miah Molkot is determined to take revenge on the Ixali rescue team, and strike them down before they reach the border─hatchling and all. The bowman urges you to speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork and explain the situation, that she might convince the ruthless instructor to call off the attack."
12,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_12","You relay the events to Philota, who vows to do all she can to persuade Miah to be merciful. She asks you to return with all haste to Eugenia's Spire, and delay the attack until she arrives."
13,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_13","You return to the spire in time to hear Miah giving the final order to set upon the retreating Ixal. But just as the bowmen are about to depart, Philota arrives to relate a fateful tale from the past. Twenty years earlier, the White Rams, under the leadership of Philota's late son, released Ixali hatchlings to secure the safety of a young girl─a girl by the name of Miah Molkot. By the Ixali headwing's words, he could only be one of those hatchlings whose life was spared in exchange for hers. Unwilling to sever the ties of destiny put in place by her master so long before, Miah Molkot calls off the attack. And so, after twenty long years, a temporary truce returns to the Twelveswood."
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24,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_00","Deliver the letter to Miah Molkot at Eugenia's Spire."
25,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_01","Assist the Gods' Quiver bow in Treespeak."
26,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_02","Speak with the Gods' Quiver bow."
27,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_03","Find the Ixali headwing in Treespeak."
28,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_04","Speak with Philota on the cliffs east of Fallgourd Float."
29,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_05","Report to Miah Molkot."
30,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_06","Speak with Philota in the Bobbing Cork."
31,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_07","Report to Miah Molkot."
32,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_08","Search for Philota's grandson north of Proud Creek."
33,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_09","Rendezvous with the Gods' Quiver bow at Eugenia's Spire."
34,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_10","Speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork."
35,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_11","Speak with Miah Molkot."
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48,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! The very vassal I was looking for, kupo! I need you to take a letter to Eugenia's Spire in the North Shroud. The wood where your dear leader─that's me─was born and raised!"
49,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001","It needs to be delivered to Miah Molkot, leader of the White Rams. Officially, they're an offshoot of the Gods' Quiver, but in practice they're Miss Molkot's private army. The Ixal call her the Black Cat─whenever she crosses their path, they're sure to meet with an unfortunate end, kupo!"
50,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002","Truth be told, this isn't the first time we've tried to deliver this letter. I entrusted it to another subordinate of mine─a delivery moogle on his very first mission. But he got chased away by the birdmen, and fluttered back, hiding his face under his pom-pom."
51,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003","He simply wasn't cut out for such a trying task. But who <Emphasis>is</Emphasis>, I thought? Who best to dispatch into Ixal-infested forest, and explain the letter's lateness to the fiery-tempered Miss Molkot? Guess whose name sprang to mind... Here's the letter, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─off you pop, kupo!"
52,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_010","I've half a mind to deliver this letter myself, kupo! Did I ever tell you that I was born and raised in that very area─the lush forests around Eugenia's Spire? Oh, those happy days, when my fledgling friends and I would leap from the tower and float gently to the ground! You should try it, kupo!"
53,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_011","...But only after you've completed your delivery. The letter is addressed to Miah Molkot, commander of the White Rams. Please be aware that Miss Molkot is something of a force of nature─she may not appreciate the letter's lateness, kupo. You <Emphasis>do</Emphasis> have a full set of armor, don't you?"
54,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_020","You seek Miah Molkot? I am she. Instructor of the Gods' Quiver, commander of the White Rams, and bane of any feathered fiend who dares poke his beak in the Twelveswood."
55,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_020","<sniff> <sniff> I know you... We've spoken before, have we not? I trust you've bagged a few birdies of your own since last we met."
56,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_021","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, is it? What business do you have with meow? Apologies─a slip of the tongue. When I say “with meow,” I mean “with meow”... Grrr. Not meow─<Emphasis>meow</Emphasis>! ...Bah! What do you want!?"
57,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_022","Let me see that... Oh, how wonderful! It's a letter from Lady Philota!"
58,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_023","The woman is like a mother to me, you see. I lost my parents when I was young, and it was she who raised me from a mewling babe. Her son was a great hero─a leader of the White Rams before me─but he too was lost in the line of duty. Ah, but let me see what news she has..."
59,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_024","Hmmm... She says she is to visit Fallgourd Float with her dear grandson. But by the dates she gives, she should be here at this very moment. It's strange that I have had no word of their arrival..."
60,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_025","Perhaps she simply misread her calendar... After all, she speaks of the future, but these dates are past. Tell me, adventurerrr: when was the letter posted?"
61,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_026","Grrr! Damn those incompetent moogles! Never trust anything with wings, I say! Then these dates must be true─they <Emphasis>should</Emphasis> be here already. I smell the filthy hands of those blasted birdies in this!"
62,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_027","We must send out a search party! If they came via Gridania...might they have been ambushed in Treespeak? A band of Ixal raid the area, but they're usually too chicken-hearted to approach the paths. I have a sentry there watching their movements─go to him, and ask if he has seen anything untoward.
0,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_00,"The deputy postmoogle holds out a soil-stained letter, suspiciously blemished with beak marks."
1,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_01,"The deputy postmoogle asks you to deliver a letter to the beautiful North Shroud, the playground of his own happy mooglinghood. Or to be more accurate, *redeliver* it: the moogle who preceded you was ambushed by the Ixal, and barely escaped with his pom-pom still attached. The deputy postmoogle bids you make a second attempt: brave the Ixali gauntlet to Eugenia's Spire, and place the letter in the unyielding hands of Miah Molkot, ferocious leader of the White Rams."
2,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_02,"Miah scans the note, and licks her lips at the happy news within: her dear friend Philota and the lady's young grandson are to visit. But delight soon turns to alarm when she realizes that the day of their expected arrival has come and gone. Fearing the malign intervention of the Ixal, she bids you seek out her man in Treespeak, slaying any birdman you should encounter along the way."
3,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_03,"In Treespeak, you meet with Miah's man─a Gods' Quiver bowman who has fallen into an Ixali ambush. You swiftly defeat his attackers, but the man is still reeling from the birdman assault. Offer the injured bowman your aid."
4,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_04,"As you tend to the wounded archer, another Ixal leaps from the brush, swinging his axe. Just as he is about to strike, a familiar figure appears: Miah Molkot. Terrified at the fate that awaits him at the hands of the famous Black Cat, the Ixal proffers a deal: in exchange for his life, he and his comrades will find Philota and her grandson, and return them unharmed. He bids you speak with his leader by the river bend, to whom he will deliver Miah's friends."
5,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_05,"You make contact with the Ixali headwing, but he refuses to honor his subordinate's unauthorized pledge. Instead, he presents you with an ultimatum for the White Rams: the Ixal hold Philota and her grandson hostage, and demand to be given free rein in the Twelveswood until such time as they complete a secret objective. As proof of their word, Philota is to be released in advance, on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float. Go to her, and ensure her safety."
6,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_06,"The Ixal spoke the truth: on the cliffside stands Philota, shaken yet unharmed. She confirms that the Ixal do indeed have her grandson in their clutches, and bids you return to Eugenia's Spire to enlist Miah's aid in the boy's rescue."
7,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_07,"You report to Miah Molkot, who vows to devote her all to the rescue effort. She tells you how Philota's son was the leader of the White Rams before his untimely passing, and the child held hostage is his son in turn. For the Ixal to have kidnapped the boy is an insult to the White Rams' honor, and Miah will stop at nothing until those responsible are brought to her own personal brand of justice. She asks you to return to Philota, now resting at the Bobbing Cork, and assure her that her grandson will be saved."
8,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_08,"Philota is reassured by Miah's zeal, but fears her personal involvement in this case may drive the White Rams' leader beyond her usual exuberance and into recklessness. She asks you to return to Eugenia's Spire, and urge Miah not to take any unnecessary risks."
9,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_09,"You explain Philota's misgivings to Miah Molkot, but restraint is no longer an option for the maddened Miqo'te. Not only have the Ixal been taunting the White Rams by roaming the Twelveswood at will, using the boy as a shield, they now appear to be repairing to their own lands with the child in tow. Just as Miah is about to give the order to strike, a message comes from her scouts: true to their word, the Ixal have released Philota's grandson near Proud Creek. Fearing for his safety, Miah urges you to assist her men in finding the child before something more dastardly does."
10,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_10,"Despite the White Rams' best efforts, it is your eagle eye that first picks out Philota's grandson. He explains to you how the Ixal who held him hostage were not an invasion force, but a rescue team, hunting for a missing hatchling. Furthermore, the chieftain who released the boy left behind some strange words that seem to relate to some forgotten past. But Proud Creek is no place to linger in thought─you link up with another of the search team, who agrees to convey the boy back to the relative safety of Eugenia's Spire. Rendezvous with them there, and report these latest developments to Instructor Molkot."
11,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_11,"You meet with the bowman back at Eugenia's Spire, but all is not well. Despite the pleas of her soft-hearted subordinate, Miah Molkot is determined to take revenge on the Ixali rescue team, and strike them down before they reach the border─hatchling and all. The bowman urges you to speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork and explain the situation, that she might convince the ruthless instructor to call off the attack."
12,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_12,"You relay the events to Philota, who vows to do all she can to persuade Miah to be merciful. She asks you to return with all haste to Eugenia's Spire, and delay the attack until she arrives."
13,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_13,"You return to the spire in time to hear Miah giving the final order to set upon the retreating Ixal. But just as the bowmen are about to depart, Philota arrives to relate a fateful tale from the past. Twenty years earlier, the White Rams, under the leadership of Philota's late son, released Ixali hatchlings to secure the safety of a young girl─a girl by the name of Miah Molkot. By the Ixali headwing's words, he could only be one of those hatchlings whose life was spared in exchange for hers. Unwilling to sever the ties of destiny put in place by her master so long before, Miah Molkot calls off the attack. And so, after twenty long years, a temporary truce returns to the Twelveswood."
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24,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_00,Deliver the letter to Miah Molkot at Eugenia's Spire.
25,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_01,Assist the Gods' Quiver bow in Treespeak.
26,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_02,Speak with the Gods' Quiver bow.
27,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_03,Find the Ixali headwing in Treespeak.
28,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_04,Speak with Philota on the cliffs east of Fallgourd Float.
29,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_05,Report to Miah Molkot.
30,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_06,Speak with Philota in the Bobbing Cork.
31,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_07,Report to Miah Molkot.
32,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_08,Search for Philota's grandson north of Proud Creek.
33,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_09,Rendezvous with the Gods' Quiver bow at Eugenia's Spire.
34,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_10,Speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork.
35,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_11,Speak with Miah Molkot.
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48,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000,"Player! The very vassal I was looking for, kupo! I need you to take a letter to Eugenia's Spire in the North Shroud. The wood where your dear leader─that's me─was born and raised!"
49,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001,"It needs to be delivered to Miah Molkot, leader of the White Rams. Officially, they're an offshoot of the Gods' Quiver, but in practice they're Miss Molkot's private army. The Ixal call her the Black Cat─whenever she crosses their path, they're sure to meet with an unfortunate end, kupo!"
50,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002,"Truth be told, this isn't the first time we've tried to deliver this letter. I entrusted it to another subordinate of mine─a delivery moogle on his very first mission. But he got chased away by the birdmen, and fluttered back, hiding his face under his pom-pom."
51,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003,"He simply wasn't cut out for such a trying task. But who *is*, I thought? Who best to dispatch into Ixal-infested forest, and explain the letter's lateness to the fiery-tempered Miss Molkot? Guess whose name sprang to mind... Here's the letter, Player─off you pop, kupo!"
52,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_010,"I've half a mind to deliver this letter myself, kupo! Did I ever tell you that I was born and raised in that very area─the lush forests around Eugenia's Spire? Oh, those happy days, when my fledgling friends and I would leap from the tower and float gently to the ground! You should try it, kupo!"
53,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_011,"...But only after you've completed your delivery. The letter is addressed to Miah Molkot, commander of the White Rams. Please be aware that Miss Molkot is something of a force of nature─she may not appreciate the letter's lateness, kupo. You *do* have a full set of armor, don't you?"
54,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_020,"You seek Miah Molkot? I am she. Instructor of the Gods' Quiver, commander of the White Rams, and bane of any feathered fiend who dares poke his beak in the Twelveswood."
55,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_020,"<sniff> <sniff> I know you... We've spoken before, have we not? I trust you've bagged a few birdies of your own since last we met."
56,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_021,"Player, is it? What business do you have with meow? Apologies─a slip of the tongue. When I say “with meow,” I mean “with meow”... Grrr. Not meow─*meow*! ...Bah! What do you want!?"
57,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_022,"Let me see that... Oh, how wonderful! It's a letter from Lady Philota!"
58,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_023,"The woman is like a mother to me, you see. I lost my parents when I was young, and it was she who raised me from a mewling babe. Her son was a great hero─a leader of the White Rams before me─but he too was lost in the line of duty. Ah, but let me see what news she has..."
59,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_024,"Hmmm... She says she is to visit Fallgourd Float with her dear grandson. But by the dates she gives, she should be here at this very moment. It's strange that I have had no word of their arrival..."
60,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_025,"Perhaps she simply misread her calendar... After all, she speaks of the future, but these dates are past. Tell me, adventurerrr: when was the letter posted?"
61,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_026,"Grrr! Damn those incompetent moogles! Never trust anything with wings, I say! Then these dates must be true─they *should* be here already. I smell the filthy hands of those blasted birdies in this!"
62,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_027,"We must send out a search party! If they came via Gridania...might they have been ambushed in Treespeak? A band of Ixal raid the area, but they're usually too chicken-hearted to approach the paths. I have a sentry there watching their movements─go to him, and ask if he has seen anything untoward.
Oh, and if you should happen to meet with any wee birdies, none shall weep if you snap their scrawny necks!"
63,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_030","I shall remain here, and organize the search. Head to Treespeak, and speak with my man there. If any one of those birdies has touched a silver hair on Lady Philota's head, I'll tear out their gizzards and bathe in their blood!"
64,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_050","Be careful, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>ma'am<Else/>sir</If>! He called for reinforcements! They shall be on us at any moment!"
65,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_040","Squawk! Mine, you are!"
66,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_041","Die, featherless ones shall!"
67,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_100_060","Squaaawk! Wounded featherless ones, you seek? Find them, my axe will!"
68,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_060","Hold it right there, you squawking scum!"
69,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_061","Squaaawk! Good Garuda! Miah Molkot, you are! Black Cat of the White Rams! My life, you will spare, yes? Squawk...?"
70,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_062","You'll get no mercy from me! I'll rip off your beak and wear it as a hat! Remember our motto, soldiers: “All Ixal must die!”"
71,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_063","Hold a moment, ma'am... Before I was set upon, I was watching this group of Ixal for some time─they seemed to be patrolling this area. Perhaps he knows something of what befell Lady Philota and her grandson."
72,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_064","Grrr. All right, I'll bite. Listen up, you beaky bastard! Answer me truly, and I'll grant you a painless death. Have you seen a lady and a young boy pass through this area?"
73,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_065","...Squawk? Searching for white-haired elder and girlie-voiced hatchling, featherless ones are? Seen them, I have! Attacked by a nasty beastie, their caravan was. Ran from the beastie, they did, all frighty and shaking!"
74,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_066","Grrr! You lie! The only beasties around here that would think of raiding a caravan are you and your craven kind!"
75,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_067","Caw, caw, caw... No, no, Black Cat! Only the truth, I am telling! Worth more than mine, these featherless ones' lives are? Then, maybe...a deal we are making?"
76,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_068","My life, you spare? Your featherless friends, I catch. Release them to you, we will, scratchless and sound. A deal, we have?"
77,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_069","<Emphasis>Catch</Emphasis> them? And then hold them as hostages, no doubt! I say we kill the feathered fool right now, and teach these Ixal a lesson. Right, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
78,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_Q1_000_070","What will you say?"
79,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_001_070","Rip his beak off."
80,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_002_070","There must be some good in him. Let's agree to the deal."
81,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_001_071","Heh heh. I like you, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>girl<Else/>boy</If>. (But not yet─we'll let him betray his own kind first. We'll track him to see if he really knows where Lady Philota is, then you and I can pull his wishbone...) ...Listen up, beaky! If we let you go, will you keep your promise?"
82,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_002_071","There's no <Emphasis>good</Emphasis> in a birdman, just blood and bile. Believe me, I've checked. But mayhap you're right─we have little to lose by releasing this wretch, and possibly much to gain... All right, beaky! If you truly swear that you will return our friends to us unharmed, we agree to your deal."
83,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_072","Squaaawk! Spared, I am, by Molkot the Merciless? Believe it, I cannot! Well known to our kind, your cruelty is! And yet walk free, I do? Then on my honor, my word, you have!"
84,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_073","With my headwing, I shall speak! Your smooth and wrinkly friends, together we will catch! Send word, we shall! Come to the river bend northwest of here, and your friends, we shall return!"
85,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_074","Urgh... How I despise listening to their feather-brained prattle. The fool knows nothing, except how to delay his death with false promises. Still, I would have you follow him to this “headwing,” just to be sure. We shall return to the spire, to see if the other parties have met with more success."
86,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_080","What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to follow that birdie to the river bend? Don't make me angry, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Someone's going to die today, and I'd rather it didn't have to be you..."
87,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_090","Squaaawk! Come to play, the Black Cat's dog has!"
88,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_091","For his life, the sniveling wretch begged? No true Ixal, that one is! By my own talons, punished he shall be! His craven promises, never will we honor!"
89,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_092","But to what I say now, listen well, featherless one: our hostages, your friends are! The old one and the young! See them again, you would? Then do my bidding, you shall!"
90,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_093","Within your borders, we search! Unharmed and unhindered, you will leave us! When done we are─and only then─the hostages, we shall release!"
91,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_094","We lie, you think? Then the truth, we prove! Set free, the wrinkled one will be! Across the river you will find her, on the cliffs over Fallgourd Float!"
92,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_095","A lasting truce with you, we seek not! Pains me, it does, to show mercy to the hated Molkot! But our reasons we have, and our promises we will honor, if the Black Cat will do the same..."
93,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_100","What!? The Ixal released Lady Philota on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float? Those feather-brained fools... The area is swarming with banemites! Your explanations can wait, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─you must rescue Lady Philota!"
94,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_110","G-Good <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>eve<Else/>morrow</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>eve</If></If> to you, adventurer. My name is Philota. Would you happen to be the young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>gentleman</If> sent by Miah Molkot?"
95,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_111","Then I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I was traveling with my young grandson from Gridania, but as we made our way through Treespeak, we were set upon by an angered treant and our carriage was overturned. My grandson and I managed to escape, but we were separated from our guard."
96,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_112","We fled into the forest, seeking shelter, but only found a nest of Ixal. They captured us, and bound our hands with rough twine. I feared we were to be offered to their god... Imagine my relief when I overheard them speaking of us not as sacrifices, but as hostages!"
97,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_113","And then, without a word of warning, I was released. They marched me here, removed my blindfold, and bade me wait for Miah's envoy to collect me. I thank you, adventurer. But, my grandson... Is he still in the birdmen's clutches? We must send word to Miah right away!"
98,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_114","I pray you, adventurer─return to Miah and relate to her all that I have told you. If anyone can save my grandson, it is she. Please, do not worry about me─I can make my way to Fallgourd Float from here. The guards there will protect me."
99,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0130","Lady Philota is safe!? Thank the gods! But what of her grandson? Was he released, too?"
100,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_0130","What!? They plan to hold the boy hostage, to keep my claws from their craven necks!? Their skullduggery knows no bounds!"
101,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0131","They say they will release the child when they have found...<Emphasis>something</Emphasis>? I ssspit on their lies! They seek nothing but our land, and would use the boy as a shield to secure their trespass! Nophica as my witness, they shall gain nothing but their deaths!"
102,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0132","The birdies have picked on the wrong prey this time. The boy is the only child of Lady Philota's late son, once the leader of the White Rams. We are honor-bound to free him from their filthy claws! They'll rue the day they ever thought of laying their hands on one of ours!"
103,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0133","You can tell Lady Philota that Miah Molkot will not rest until her grandson is safely returned, and the rills run red with birdman blood! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and let her know just that!"
104,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_140","Go to the Bobbing Cork, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, and let Lady Philota know that all is in hand. I'll save her grandson, and bring her the head of each and every birdie who dared lay a talon on him!"
105,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_150","Miah plans to rescue my grandson herself? That is the best news I could hope to hear. I cannot thank you enough for your assistance in this matter, young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>man</If>."
106,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_151","I have known Miah since she was but a mewling babe, and believe me when I say that I have full confidence she shall devote every energy to rescuing my grandson. If anyone can rescue him from those brutes, Miah can."
107,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_152","Near twenty years have passed since the day we first met, back when my son was still the leader of the White Rams. Before he...was taken from us. A report came in that a settlement was under Ixali attack, and he raced to its defense."
108,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_153","By the time he and his men arrived, the Ixal had already captured the village. My son refused to abandon it to their clutches, and led a daring attempt to rescue the villagers. He finally succeeded in expelling the invaders, but their deadly work was done. Only one child emerged alive from the ruins─Miah."
109,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_154","My son took the orphaned girl under his wing, and taught her bowmanship. She came to idolize him as a master, and perhaps...a father. But now she is twice orphaned, and the Ixal hold her master's only son as a hostage. I can well understand her fury."
110,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_155","But, this anger of hers... I fear it may cloud her judgment in this case, and drive her to recklessness. I pray you, young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>man</If>─return to her, and urge her not to be too rash in her plans. I could not live with myself were my grandson's safety to be bought with friendly blood..."
111,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_160","Miah has always been such a...<Emphasis>passionate</Emphasis> young lady. It serves her well in her work, but I fear her personal investment in this may make her act rashly. I pray you, would you talk with her, and persuade her not to take any needless risks?"
112,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0180","Lady Philota said that...? Even with her grandson held captive by the birdmen, she worries for the safety of our soldiers? Truly, the lady's consideration knows no bounds..."
113,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0181","But I fear the time for restraint is past. It sickens me to sit by while the birdmen prowl our forests, using one of our own as a shield! Their band has just been sighted from this very Spire, and moving northwards."
114,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0182","Do you realize what that means? The dissembling birdies return to their logging grounds, with Lady Philota's grandson in tow! So much for their honor and honesty! We must pounce now, before they escape through Proud Creek and─ Mrrrowl?"
115,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0183","Hold a moment, I have word from my scouts. ...Yes? You have them in your sights? Then on my order, unleash─"
116,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0184","What!? They send a messenger? They say they've found what they were looking for, and will release the hostage immediately? ...Understood. Over and out!"
117,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0185","Did you hear that, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!? The birdmen say they have released the boy...but in <Emphasis>Proud Creek</Emphasis>, of all places! Why, he would almost be safer in their evil clutches! You must go there straightaway, and find the child before something wickeder does!"
118,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0190","Quickly, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, to Proud Creek! Those feathered freaks have left Lady Philota's grandson alone in that den of danger! You must help my men to find him before it's too late!"
119,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_200","My grandson has been released! Oh, joy! But...why is he not with you? ...Miah's men search for him in Proud Creek? Oh, sorrow! I can only pray that the elementals keep him safe until he can be found..."
120,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_210","Where, oh where, can that little boy be? And where, oh where, did I leave my spectacles...? Oh! You are Commander Molkot's <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If>, are you not? I shall search over this way─you search over there."
121,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_220","A-Are you a friend of Miss Molkot's? Thank you so much for coming to rescue me!"
122,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_221","Oh, yes, I'm quite all right. They didn't hurt me...only my pride. I was such a fool, stumbling straight into that Ixali camp. I'm sorry for causing everyone to go to such trouble to rescue me. Miah wouldn't have let herself get caught so easily. Nor would my father..."
123,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_222","I'm just thankful the Ixal were true to their word. I overheard some of what they were discussing: it seemed they were searching for a hatchling of theirs─the young of a chieftain who had disappeared from his nest. They had followed his trail into Treespeak."
124,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_223","They were readying forces to launch an invasion to recover the child, knowing it would lead to all-out war with Gridania. But then they somehow learned of mine and Grandmama's arrival, and resolved to kidnap us instead, to secure the truce that would allow a rescue party to search unhindered."
125,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_224","But there is something I don't understand... When the leader of the Ixal cut my bonds, he whispered something strange to me: “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” And then they were gone..."
126,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_225","Young master! How good it is to find you safe! ...Is aught amiss?"
127,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_227","The Ixal were on the search for a hatchling? So then they were not raiders, but rescuers...? "
128,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_228","We must report these developments to Commander Molkot immediately. Let us rendezvous back at Eugenia's Spire. Come, child─follow me!"
129,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_260","My grandson is safe!? Words cannot begin to express my gratitude, but they are all I have to offer! Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, thank you! A thousand times, thank you!"
130,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_240","Well done, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Now that we have the boy, the birdies want for a shield! And a birdie without a shield is ripe for the plucking!"
131,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_250","Thank you again...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, was it? Though my rescue seems to have caused more trouble than it solved..."
132,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_280","Please, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>miss<Else/>sir</If>, you have to stop her! The commander means to harry the Ixali retreat, and strike them all down!"
133,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_281","And you would stop me!? Have you forgotten our motto? All Ixal must die!"
134,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_282","I-I know, but...please, ma'am, I beg you to reconsider! This was not an invasion, it was a rescue mission! They were searching for a lost hatchling!"
135,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_283","And after all, they did keep their promise─they released the boy! Surely it is only right that we should honor our side of the agreement and allow them to leave."
136,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_284","What agreement!? Those were <Emphasis>their</Emphasis> conditions, and they only had the nerve to give them because they were holding the poor boy hostage! They invade our lands, steal our children, and you would show them mercy? The only peace they'll get from me is that of the grave!"
137,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_285","<If(PlayerParameter(4))>Miss<Else/>Sir</If>, you must help me! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and bring back Lady Philota. She is the only one Commander Molkot will listen to!"
138,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_286","There's something that bothers me about all this. It's what that Ixali chieftain said... Something of promises kept in years long past. If anyone knows what he meant by it, Lady Philota will."
139,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_290","What was it again...? “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” Surely we cannot proceed with the attack without knowing what he meant. Perhaps Lady Philota would have some idea?"
140,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_291","You will find her in the Bobbing Cork. Please, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>miss<Else/>sir</If>, I do believe she is the only one who'll be able to get through to the commander. You must bring her here before she puts an arrow through the hatchling's head!"
141,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_300","They think they can invade our lands, kidnap our children, and get away scot–free!? I'll rip out their quills, and make them sign their own death warrants! With their own blood!"
142,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_310","“His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” I'll never forget those words... But my father was the leader of the White Rams, the sworn enemy of the Ixal. What promise could he possibly have made?"
143,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_350","My grandson is safe...? Thank you, adventurer! A thousand times, thank you! How can I possibly repay you for all you have done for my family?"
144,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_351","...I see. It appears the situation is more complicated than we first thought. The Ixal that took us were a rescue team...and now Miah plans to attack them in their retreat, and the hatchling with them? And only I can stop her?"
145,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_352","Perhaps I can, for I indeed have some knowledge of this “promise” the Ixal spoke of. How strange that their fates should be brought together again like this. The elementals work in mysterious ways..."
146,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_353","Very well. I will talk with Miah. Would it be too much to ask you to do me a further kindness? Run ahead to Eugenia's Spire, and delay her from taking any drastic action. I will join you as soon as I can. The path is steep, and I am afraid I am not as young as I once was..."
147,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_370","It is too late... The commander has already relayed the order to ready the attack. There is nothing more I can do!"
148,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_380","I know the Ixal are our enemies, but these ones are retreating, and a youngling goes with them. Couldn't we let them go, just this once?"
149,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_400","All right, you're the last of them! Join up with the forward squadron, and begin the attack! The poor wee birdies won't know what hit them!"
150,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_401","What is it, adventurerrr? Don't tell me <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> object to my attack as well?"
151,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_402","(-???-)And so do I, Miah."
152,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_100_402","Grandmama!"
153,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_403","L-Lady Philota! What are you doing here? You have been through so much at the claws of the birdmen─you need to rest!"
154,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_404","As do you, Miah. There is a story you must needs hear─a story begun long ago, but not yet concluded."
155,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_404","A story...? What story?"
156,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_405","A tale from long ago, when my son led the White Rams as you do now. A time when we found ourselves caught in the same snare as the Ixal did this day, as if reflected in a glass."
157,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_406","There was a young girl, trapped behind Ixali lines. The White Rams put together a rescue team to save her, and prepared to strike at the heart of the enemy. The Ixal were surrounded, but their defenses were strong. All hope seemed lost..."
158,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_407","Until, quite by chance, a separate raid led to the capture of several Ixali hatchlings, abandoned in their nests. So both sides came to hold younglings as hostages... Threat was answered with counterthreat, and both sides prepared for a bloody resolution."
159,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_408","Until my son reached out to the Ixal... He offered them a truce, and a promise: he would return their hatchlings, if the Ixal would withdraw, and spare the child."
160,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_409","Tell me, my dear... What was it the Ixali chieftain said to you? That your father kept his promise? And so he would keep his in return?"
161,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_410","It can only be the will of the elementals that brought such a fate to pass... There can be no doubt─that chieftain was one of the Ixali hatchlings my son released that day."
162,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_411","It was my son's promise that lifted the siege on the village, and saved the child. A young Miqo'te girl, with an ink-black coat, and shining eyes..."
163,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_412","My master bought my life...with his...?"
164,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_100_412","After twenty long years, the threads of destiny that entwined on that fateful day have brought you together once more. Whether you sever those ties now, or tie them stronger, only your heart can decide."
165,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_413","To be bound to an Ixal, or to cut myself free... All right, soldiers..."
166,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_414","Call off the attack! Send word to the vanguard: they are to escort the Ixal off our lands, but under no circumstances are the birdmen to be fired upon! Anyone foolish enough to disobey will answer to me!"
167,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IREINE_100_414","(-Gods' Quiver Bow-)B-But, Commander! What about our motto: “All Ixal must die”?"
168,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_415","Oh, they'll die all right! The minute they step their filthy feet back in the Twelveswood, I'll snap their twiggy wee necks and lap up their blood! Every clucking last one of them!"
169,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_ISAUDOREL_000_416","(-Gods' Quiver Bows-)Ma'am, yes, ma'am!"
170,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_417","Hmph... I did so want to push my claws into their beady little eyes, but it's not for me to put an end to what my master began."
171,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_418","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... You came to me with a letter, but in the end you brought me something far more important─true compassion, the legacy of my master that I was far too quick to forget. There is only one thing I can say... Thank meow!"
172,"TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SYSTEM_000_900","With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!"
63,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_030,"I shall remain here, and organize the search. Head to Treespeak, and speak with my man there. If any one of those birdies has touched a silver hair on Lady Philota's head, I'll tear out their gizzards and bathe in their blood!"
64,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_050,"Be careful, ma'am! He called for reinforcements! They shall be on us at any moment!"
65,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_040,"Squawk! Mine, you are!"
66,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_041,"Die, featherless ones shall!"
67,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_100_060,"Squaaawk! Wounded featherless ones, you seek? Find them, my axe will!"
68,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_060,"Hold it right there, you squawking scum!"
69,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_061,"Squaaawk! Good Garuda! Miah Molkot, you are! Black Cat of the White Rams! My life, you will spare, yes? Squawk...?"
70,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_062,"You'll get no mercy from me! I'll rip off your beak and wear it as a hat! Remember our motto, soldiers: “All Ixal must die!”"
71,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_063,"Hold a moment, ma'am... Before I was set upon, I was watching this group of Ixal for some time─they seemed to be patrolling this area. Perhaps he knows something of what befell Lady Philota and her grandson."
72,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_064,"Grrr. All right, I'll bite. Listen up, you beaky bastard! Answer me truly, and I'll grant you a painless death. Have you seen a lady and a young boy pass through this area?"
73,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_065,"...Squawk? Searching for white-haired elder and girlie-voiced hatchling, featherless ones are? Seen them, I have! Attacked by a nasty beastie, their caravan was. Ran from the beastie, they did, all frighty and shaking!"
74,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_066,Grrr! You lie! The only beasties around here that would think of raiding a caravan are you and your craven kind!
75,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_067,"Caw, caw, caw... No, no, Black Cat! Only the truth, I am telling! Worth more than mine, these featherless ones' lives are? Then, maybe...a deal we are making?"
76,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_068,"My life, you spare? Your featherless friends, I catch. Release them to you, we will, scratchless and sound. A deal, we have?"
77,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_069,"*Catch* them? And then hold them as hostages, no doubt! I say we kill the feathered fool right now, and teach these Ixal a lesson. Right, Player?"
78,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_Q1_000_070,What will you say?
79,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_001_070,Rip his beak off.
80,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_002_070,There must be some good in him. Let's agree to the deal.
81,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_001_071,"Heh heh. I like you, girl. (But not yet─we'll let him betray his own kind first. We'll track him to see if he really knows where Lady Philota is, then you and I can pull his wishbone...) ...Listen up, beaky! If we let you go, will you keep your promise?"
82,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_002_071,"There's no *good* in a birdman, just blood and bile. Believe me, I've checked. But mayhap you're right─we have little to lose by releasing this wretch, and possibly much to gain... All right, beaky! If you truly swear that you will return our friends to us unharmed, we agree to your deal."
83,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_072,"Squaaawk! Spared, I am, by Molkot the Merciless? Believe it, I cannot! Well known to our kind, your cruelty is! And yet walk free, I do? Then on my honor, my word, you have!"
84,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_073,"With my headwing, I shall speak! Your smooth and wrinkly friends, together we will catch! Send word, we shall! Come to the river bend northwest of here, and your friends, we shall return!"
85,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_074,"Urgh... How I despise listening to their feather-brained prattle. The fool knows nothing, except how to delay his death with false promises. Still, I would have you follow him to this “headwing,” just to be sure. We shall return to the spire, to see if the other parties have met with more success."
86,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_080,"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to follow that birdie to the river bend? Don't make me angry, Player. Someone's going to die today, and I'd rather it didn't have to be you..."
87,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_090,"Squaaawk! Come to play, the Black Cat's dog has!"
88,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_091,"For his life, the sniveling wretch begged? No true Ixal, that one is! By my own talons, punished he shall be! His craven promises, never will we honor!"
89,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_092,"But to what I say now, listen well, featherless one: our hostages, your friends are! The old one and the young! See them again, you would? Then do my bidding, you shall!"
90,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_093,"Within your borders, we search! Unharmed and unhindered, you will leave us! When done we are─and only then─the hostages, we shall release!"
91,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_094,"We lie, you think? Then the truth, we prove! Set free, the wrinkled one will be! Across the river you will find her, on the cliffs over Fallgourd Float!"
92,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_095,"A lasting truce with you, we seek not! Pains me, it does, to show mercy to the hated Molkot! But our reasons we have, and our promises we will honor, if the Black Cat will do the same..."
93,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_100,"What!? The Ixal released Lady Philota on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float? Those feather-brained fools... The area is swarming with banemites! Your explanations can wait, Player─you must rescue Lady Philota!"
94,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_110,"G-Good eve to you, adventurer. My name is Philota. Would you happen to be the young lady sent by Miah Molkot?"
95,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_111,"Then I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I was traveling with my young grandson from Gridania, but as we made our way through Treespeak, we were set upon by an angered treant and our carriage was overturned. My grandson and I managed to escape, but we were separated from our guard."
96,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_112,"We fled into the forest, seeking shelter, but only found a nest of Ixal. They captured us, and bound our hands with rough twine. I feared we were to be offered to their god... Imagine my relief when I overheard them speaking of us not as sacrifices, but as hostages!"
97,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_113,"And then, without a word of warning, I was released. They marched me here, removed my blindfold, and bade me wait for Miah's envoy to collect me. I thank you, adventurer. But, my grandson... Is he still in the birdmen's clutches? We must send word to Miah right away!"
98,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_114,"I pray you, adventurer─return to Miah and relate to her all that I have told you. If anyone can save my grandson, it is she. Please, do not worry about me─I can make my way to Fallgourd Float from here. The guards there will protect me."
99,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0130,"Lady Philota is safe!? Thank the gods! But what of her grandson? Was he released, too?"
100,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_0130,"What!? They plan to hold the boy hostage, to keep my claws from their craven necks!? Their skullduggery knows no bounds!"
101,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0131,"They say they will release the child when they have found...*something*? I ssspit on their lies! They seek nothing but our land, and would use the boy as a shield to secure their trespass! Nophica as my witness, they shall gain nothing but their deaths!"
102,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0132,"The birdies have picked on the wrong prey this time. The boy is the only child of Lady Philota's late son, once the leader of the White Rams. We are honor-bound to free him from their filthy claws! They'll rue the day they ever thought of laying their hands on one of ours!"
103,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0133,"You can tell Lady Philota that Miah Molkot will not rest until her grandson is safely returned, and the rills run red with birdman blood! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and let her know just that!"
104,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_140,"Go to the Bobbing Cork, Player, and let Lady Philota know that all is in hand. I'll save her grandson, and bring her the head of each and every birdie who dared lay a talon on him!"
105,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_150,"Miah plans to rescue my grandson herself? That is the best news I could hope to hear. I cannot thank you enough for your assistance in this matter, young lady."
106,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_151,"I have known Miah since she was but a mewling babe, and believe me when I say that I have full confidence she shall devote every energy to rescuing my grandson. If anyone can rescue him from those brutes, Miah can."
107,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_152,"Near twenty years have passed since the day we first met, back when my son was still the leader of the White Rams. Before he...was taken from us. A report came in that a settlement was under Ixali attack, and he raced to its defense."
108,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_153,"By the time he and his men arrived, the Ixal had already captured the village. My son refused to abandon it to their clutches, and led a daring attempt to rescue the villagers. He finally succeeded in expelling the invaders, but their deadly work was done. Only one child emerged alive from the ruins─Miah."
109,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_154,"My son took the orphaned girl under his wing, and taught her bowmanship. She came to idolize him as a master, and perhaps...a father. But now she is twice orphaned, and the Ixal hold her master's only son as a hostage. I can well understand her fury."
110,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_155,"But, this anger of hers... I fear it may cloud her judgment in this case, and drive her to recklessness. I pray you, young lady─return to her, and urge her not to be too rash in her plans. I could not live with myself were my grandson's safety to be bought with friendly blood..."
111,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_160,"Miah has always been such a...*passionate* young lady. It serves her well in her work, but I fear her personal investment in this may make her act rashly. I pray you, would you talk with her, and persuade her not to take any needless risks?"
112,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0180,"Lady Philota said that...? Even with her grandson held captive by the birdmen, she worries for the safety of our soldiers? Truly, the lady's consideration knows no bounds..."
113,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0181,"But I fear the time for restraint is past. It sickens me to sit by while the birdmen prowl our forests, using one of our own as a shield! Their band has just been sighted from this very Spire, and moving northwards."
114,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0182,"Do you realize what that means? The dissembling birdies return to their logging grounds, with Lady Philota's grandson in tow! So much for their honor and honesty! We must pounce now, before they escape through Proud Creek and─ Mrrrowl?"
115,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0183,"Hold a moment, I have word from my scouts. ...Yes? You have them in your sights? Then on my order, unleash─"
116,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0184,"What!? They send a messenger? They say they've found what they were looking for, and will release the hostage immediately? ...Understood. Over and out!"
117,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0185,"Did you hear that, Player!? The birdmen say they have released the boy...but in *Proud Creek*, of all places! Why, he would almost be safer in their evil clutches! You must go there straightaway, and find the child before something wickeder does!"
118,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0190,"Quickly, Player, to Proud Creek! Those feathered freaks have left Lady Philota's grandson alone in that den of danger! You must help my men to find him before it's too late!"
119,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_200,"My grandson has been released! Oh, joy! But...why is he not with you? ...Miah's men search for him in Proud Creek? Oh, sorrow! I can only pray that the elementals keep him safe until he can be found..."
120,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_210,"Where, oh where, can that little boy be? And where, oh where, did I leave my spectacles...? Oh! You are Commander Molkot's woman, are you not? I shall search over this way─you search over there."
121,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_220,A-Are you a friend of Miss Molkot's? Thank you so much for coming to rescue me!
122,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_221,"Oh, yes, I'm quite all right. They didn't hurt me...only my pride. I was such a fool, stumbling straight into that Ixali camp. I'm sorry for causing everyone to go to such trouble to rescue me. Miah wouldn't have let herself get caught so easily. Nor would my father..."
123,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_222,I'm just thankful the Ixal were true to their word. I overheard some of what they were discussing: it seemed they were searching for a hatchling of theirs─the young of a chieftain who had disappeared from his nest. They had followed his trail into Treespeak.
124,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_223,"They were readying forces to launch an invasion to recover the child, knowing it would lead to all-out war with Gridania. But then they somehow learned of mine and Grandmama's arrival, and resolved to kidnap us instead, to secure the truce that would allow a rescue party to search unhindered."
125,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_224,"But there is something I don't understand... When the leader of the Ixal cut my bonds, he whispered something strange to me: “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” And then they were gone..."
126,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_225,Young master! How good it is to find you safe! ...Is aught amiss?
127,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_227,"The Ixal were on the search for a hatchling? So then they were not raiders, but rescuers...? "
128,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_228,"We must report these developments to Commander Molkot immediately. Let us rendezvous back at Eugenia's Spire. Come, child─follow me!"
129,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_260,"My grandson is safe!? Words cannot begin to express my gratitude, but they are all I have to offer! Thank you, Player, thank you! A thousand times, thank you!"
130,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_240,"Well done, Player! Now that we have the boy, the birdies want for a shield! And a birdie without a shield is ripe for the plucking!"
131,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_250,"Thank you again...Player, was it? Though my rescue seems to have caused more trouble than it solved..."
132,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_280,"Please, miss, you have to stop her! The commander means to harry the Ixali retreat, and strike them all down!"
133,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_281,And you would stop me!? Have you forgotten our motto? All Ixal must die!
134,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_282,"I-I know, but...please, ma'am, I beg you to reconsider! This was not an invasion, it was a rescue mission! They were searching for a lost hatchling!"
135,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_283,"And after all, they did keep their promise─they released the boy! Surely it is only right that we should honor our side of the agreement and allow them to leave."
136,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_284,"What agreement!? Those were *their* conditions, and they only had the nerve to give them because they were holding the poor boy hostage! They invade our lands, steal our children, and you would show them mercy? The only peace they'll get from me is that of the grave!"
137,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_285,"Miss, you must help me! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and bring back Lady Philota. She is the only one Commander Molkot will listen to!"
138,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_286,"There's something that bothers me about all this. It's what that Ixali chieftain said... Something of promises kept in years long past. If anyone knows what he meant by it, Lady Philota will."
139,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_290,"What was it again...? “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” Surely we cannot proceed with the attack without knowing what he meant. Perhaps Lady Philota would have some idea?"
140,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_291,"You will find her in the Bobbing Cork. Please, miss, I do believe she is the only one who'll be able to get through to the commander. You must bring her here before she puts an arrow through the hatchling's head!"
141,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_300,"They think they can invade our lands, kidnap our children, and get away scot–free!? I'll rip out their quills, and make them sign their own death warrants! With their own blood!"
142,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_310,"“His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” I'll never forget those words... But my father was the leader of the White Rams, the sworn enemy of the Ixal. What promise could he possibly have made?"
143,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_350,"My grandson is safe...? Thank you, adventurer! A thousand times, thank you! How can I possibly repay you for all you have done for my family?"
144,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_351,"...I see. It appears the situation is more complicated than we first thought. The Ixal that took us were a rescue team...and now Miah plans to attack them in their retreat, and the hatchling with them? And only I can stop her?"
145,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_352,"Perhaps I can, for I indeed have some knowledge of this “promise” the Ixal spoke of. How strange that their fates should be brought together again like this. The elementals work in mysterious ways..."
146,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_353,"Very well. I will talk with Miah. Would it be too much to ask you to do me a further kindness? Run ahead to Eugenia's Spire, and delay her from taking any drastic action. I will join you as soon as I can. The path is steep, and I am afraid I am not as young as I once was..."
147,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_370,It is too late... The commander has already relayed the order to ready the attack. There is nothing more I can do!
148,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_380,"I know the Ixal are our enemies, but these ones are retreating, and a youngling goes with them. Couldn't we let them go, just this once?"
149,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_400,"All right, you're the last of them! Join up with the forward squadron, and begin the attack! The poor wee birdies won't know what hit them!"
150,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_401,"What is it, adventurerrr? Don't tell me *you* object to my attack as well?"
151,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_402,"(-???-)And so do I, Miah."
152,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_100_402,Grandmama!
153,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_403,L-Lady Philota! What are you doing here? You have been through so much at the claws of the birdmen─you need to rest!
154,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_404,"As do you, Miah. There is a story you must needs hear─a story begun long ago, but not yet concluded."
155,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_404,A story...? What story?
156,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_405,"A tale from long ago, when my son led the White Rams as you do now. A time when we found ourselves caught in the same snare as the Ixal did this day, as if reflected in a glass."
157,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_406,"There was a young girl, trapped behind Ixali lines. The White Rams put together a rescue team to save her, and prepared to strike at the heart of the enemy. The Ixal were surrounded, but their defenses were strong. All hope seemed lost..."
158,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_407,"Until, quite by chance, a separate raid led to the capture of several Ixali hatchlings, abandoned in their nests. So both sides came to hold younglings as hostages... Threat was answered with counterthreat, and both sides prepared for a bloody resolution."
159,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_408,"Until my son reached out to the Ixal... He offered them a truce, and a promise: he would return their hatchlings, if the Ixal would withdraw, and spare the child."
160,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_409,"Tell me, my dear... What was it the Ixali chieftain said to you? That your father kept his promise? And so he would keep his in return?"
161,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_410,It can only be the will of the elementals that brought such a fate to pass... There can be no doubt─that chieftain was one of the Ixali hatchlings my son released that day.
162,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_411,"It was my son's promise that lifted the siege on the village, and saved the child. A young Miqo'te girl, with an ink-black coat, and shining eyes..."
163,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_412,My master bought my life...with his...?
164,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_100_412,"After twenty long years, the threads of destiny that entwined on that fateful day have brought you together once more. Whether you sever those ties now, or tie them stronger, only your heart can decide."
165,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_413,"To be bound to an Ixal, or to cut myself free... All right, soldiers..."
166,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_414,"Call off the attack! Send word to the vanguard: they are to escort the Ixal off our lands, but under no circumstances are the birdmen to be fired upon! Anyone foolish enough to disobey will answer to me!"
167,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IREINE_100_414,"(-Gods' Quiver Bow-)B-But, Commander! What about our motto: “All Ixal must die”?"
168,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_415,"Oh, they'll die all right! The minute they step their filthy feet back in the Twelveswood, I'll snap their twiggy wee necks and lap up their blood! Every clucking last one of them!"
169,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_ISAUDOREL_000_416,"(-Gods' Quiver Bows-)Ma'am, yes, ma'am!"
170,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_417,"Hmph... I did so want to push my claws into their beady little eyes, but it's not for me to put an end to what my master began."
171,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_418,"Player... You came to me with a letter, but in the end you brought me something far more important─true compassion, the legacy of my master that I was far too quick to forget. There is only one thing I can say... Thank meow!"
172,TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SYSTEM_000_900,"With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!"
1 key 0 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_00 1 The deputy postmoogle holds out a soil-stained letter, suspiciously blemished with beak marks.
2 # 1 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_01 The deputy postmoogle asks you to deliver a letter to the beautiful North Shroud, the playground of his own happy mooglinghood. Or to be more accurate, *redeliver* it: the moogle who preceded you was ambushed by the Ixal, and barely escaped with his pom-pom still attached. The deputy postmoogle bids you make a second attempt: brave the Ixali gauntlet to Eugenia's Spire, and place the letter in the unyielding hands of Miah Molkot, ferocious leader of the White Rams.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_02 str Miah scans the note, and licks her lips at the happy news within: her dear friend Philota and the lady's young grandson are to visit. But delight soon turns to alarm when she realizes that the day of their expected arrival has come and gone. Fearing the malign intervention of the Ixal, she bids you seek out her man in Treespeak, slaying any birdman you should encounter along the way.
4 0 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_03 The deputy postmoogle holds out a soil-stained letter, suspiciously blemished with beak marks. In Treespeak, you meet with Miah's man─a Gods' Quiver bowman who has fallen into an Ixali ambush. You swiftly defeat his attackers, but the man is still reeling from the birdman assault. Offer the injured bowman your aid.
5 1 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_04 The deputy postmoogle asks you to deliver a letter to the beautiful North Shroud, the playground of his own happy mooglinghood. Or to be more accurate, <Emphasis>redeliver</Emphasis> it: the moogle who preceded you was ambushed by the Ixal, and barely escaped with his pom-pom still attached. The deputy postmoogle bids you make a second attempt: brave the Ixali gauntlet to Eugenia's Spire, and place the letter in the unyielding hands of Miah Molkot, ferocious leader of the White Rams. As you tend to the wounded archer, another Ixal leaps from the brush, swinging his axe. Just as he is about to strike, a familiar figure appears: Miah Molkot. Terrified at the fate that awaits him at the hands of the famous Black Cat, the Ixal proffers a deal: in exchange for his life, he and his comrades will find Philota and her grandson, and return them unharmed. He bids you speak with his leader by the river bend, to whom he will deliver Miah's friends.
6 2 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_05 Miah scans the note, and licks her lips at the happy news within: her dear friend Philota and the lady's young grandson are to visit. But delight soon turns to alarm when she realizes that the day of their expected arrival has come and gone. Fearing the malign intervention of the Ixal, she bids you seek out her man in Treespeak, slaying any birdman you should encounter along the way. You make contact with the Ixali headwing, but he refuses to honor his subordinate's unauthorized pledge. Instead, he presents you with an ultimatum for the White Rams: the Ixal hold Philota and her grandson hostage, and demand to be given free rein in the Twelveswood until such time as they complete a secret objective. As proof of their word, Philota is to be released in advance, on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float. Go to her, and ensure her safety.
7 3 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_06 In Treespeak, you meet with Miah's man─a Gods' Quiver bowman who has fallen into an Ixali ambush. You swiftly defeat his attackers, but the man is still reeling from the birdman assault. Offer the injured bowman your aid. The Ixal spoke the truth: on the cliffside stands Philota, shaken yet unharmed. She confirms that the Ixal do indeed have her grandson in their clutches, and bids you return to Eugenia's Spire to enlist Miah's aid in the boy's rescue.
8 4 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_07 As you tend to the wounded archer, another Ixal leaps from the brush, swinging his axe. Just as he is about to strike, a familiar figure appears: Miah Molkot. Terrified at the fate that awaits him at the hands of the famous Black Cat, the Ixal proffers a deal: in exchange for his life, he and his comrades will find Philota and her grandson, and return them unharmed. He bids you speak with his leader by the river bend, to whom he will deliver Miah's friends. You report to Miah Molkot, who vows to devote her all to the rescue effort. She tells you how Philota's son was the leader of the White Rams before his untimely passing, and the child held hostage is his son in turn. For the Ixal to have kidnapped the boy is an insult to the White Rams' honor, and Miah will stop at nothing until those responsible are brought to her own personal brand of justice. She asks you to return to Philota, now resting at the Bobbing Cork, and assure her that her grandson will be saved.
9 5 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_08 You make contact with the Ixali headwing, but he refuses to honor his subordinate's unauthorized pledge. Instead, he presents you with an ultimatum for the White Rams: the Ixal hold Philota and her grandson hostage, and demand to be given free rein in the Twelveswood until such time as they complete a secret objective. As proof of their word, Philota is to be released in advance, on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float. Go to her, and ensure her safety. Philota is reassured by Miah's zeal, but fears her personal involvement in this case may drive the White Rams' leader beyond her usual exuberance and into recklessness. She asks you to return to Eugenia's Spire, and urge Miah not to take any unnecessary risks.
10 6 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_06 9 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_09 The Ixal spoke the truth: on the cliffside stands Philota, shaken yet unharmed. She confirms that the Ixal do indeed have her grandson in their clutches, and bids you return to Eugenia's Spire to enlist Miah's aid in the boy's rescue. You explain Philota's misgivings to Miah Molkot, but restraint is no longer an option for the maddened Miqo'te. Not only have the Ixal been taunting the White Rams by roaming the Twelveswood at will, using the boy as a shield, they now appear to be repairing to their own lands with the child in tow. Just as Miah is about to give the order to strike, a message comes from her scouts: true to their word, the Ixal have released Philota's grandson near Proud Creek. Fearing for his safety, Miah urges you to assist her men in finding the child before something more dastardly does.
11 7 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_07 10 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_10 You report to Miah Molkot, who vows to devote her all to the rescue effort. She tells you how Philota's son was the leader of the White Rams before his untimely passing, and the child held hostage is his son in turn. For the Ixal to have kidnapped the boy is an insult to the White Rams' honor, and Miah will stop at nothing until those responsible are brought to her own personal brand of justice. She asks you to return to Philota, now resting at the Bobbing Cork, and assure her that her grandson will be saved. Despite the White Rams' best efforts, it is your eagle eye that first picks out Philota's grandson. He explains to you how the Ixal who held him hostage were not an invasion force, but a rescue team, hunting for a missing hatchling. Furthermore, the chieftain who released the boy left behind some strange words that seem to relate to some forgotten past. But Proud Creek is no place to linger in thought─you link up with another of the search team, who agrees to convey the boy back to the relative safety of Eugenia's Spire. Rendezvous with them there, and report these latest developments to Instructor Molkot.
12 8 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_08 11 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_11 Philota is reassured by Miah's zeal, but fears her personal involvement in this case may drive the White Rams' leader beyond her usual exuberance and into recklessness. She asks you to return to Eugenia's Spire, and urge Miah not to take any unnecessary risks. You meet with the bowman back at Eugenia's Spire, but all is not well. Despite the pleas of her soft-hearted subordinate, Miah Molkot is determined to take revenge on the Ixali rescue team, and strike them down before they reach the border─hatchling and all. The bowman urges you to speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork and explain the situation, that she might convince the ruthless instructor to call off the attack.
13 9 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_09 12 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_12 You explain Philota's misgivings to Miah Molkot, but restraint is no longer an option for the maddened Miqo'te. Not only have the Ixal been taunting the White Rams by roaming the Twelveswood at will, using the boy as a shield, they now appear to be repairing to their own lands with the child in tow. Just as Miah is about to give the order to strike, a message comes from her scouts: true to their word, the Ixal have released Philota's grandson near Proud Creek. Fearing for his safety, Miah urges you to assist her men in finding the child before something more dastardly does. You relay the events to Philota, who vows to do all she can to persuade Miah to be merciful. She asks you to return with all haste to Eugenia's Spire, and delay the attack until she arrives.
14 10 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_10 13 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_13 Despite the White Rams' best efforts, it is your eagle eye that first picks out Philota's grandson. He explains to you how the Ixal who held him hostage were not an invasion force, but a rescue team, hunting for a missing hatchling. Furthermore, the chieftain who released the boy left behind some strange words that seem to relate to some forgotten past. But Proud Creek is no place to linger in thought─you link up with another of the search team, who agrees to convey the boy back to the relative safety of Eugenia's Spire. Rendezvous with them there, and report these latest developments to Instructor Molkot. You return to the spire in time to hear Miah giving the final order to set upon the retreating Ixal. But just as the bowmen are about to depart, Philota arrives to relate a fateful tale from the past. Twenty years earlier, the White Rams, under the leadership of Philota's late son, released Ixali hatchlings to secure the safety of a young girl─a girl by the name of Miah Molkot. By the Ixali headwing's words, he could only be one of those hatchlings whose life was spared in exchange for hers. Unwilling to sever the ties of destiny put in place by her master so long before, Miah Molkot calls off the attack. And so, after twenty long years, a temporary truce returns to the Twelveswood.
15 11 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_11 14 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_14 You meet with the bowman back at Eugenia's Spire, but all is not well. Despite the pleas of her soft-hearted subordinate, Miah Molkot is determined to take revenge on the Ixali rescue team, and strike them down before they reach the border─hatchling and all. The bowman urges you to speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork and explain the situation, that she might convince the ruthless instructor to call off the attack.
16 12 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_12 15 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_15 You relay the events to Philota, who vows to do all she can to persuade Miah to be merciful. She asks you to return with all haste to Eugenia's Spire, and delay the attack until she arrives.
17 13 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_13 16 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_16 You return to the spire in time to hear Miah giving the final order to set upon the retreating Ixal. But just as the bowmen are about to depart, Philota arrives to relate a fateful tale from the past. Twenty years earlier, the White Rams, under the leadership of Philota's late son, released Ixali hatchlings to secure the safety of a young girl─a girl by the name of Miah Molkot. By the Ixali headwing's words, he could only be one of those hatchlings whose life was spared in exchange for hers. Unwilling to sever the ties of destiny put in place by her master so long before, Miah Molkot calls off the attack. And so, after twenty long years, a temporary truce returns to the Twelveswood.
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25 21 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_21 24 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_00 Deliver the letter to Miah Molkot at Eugenia's Spire.
26 22 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_01 Assist the Gods' Quiver bow in Treespeak.
27 23 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_02 Speak with the Gods' Quiver bow.
28 24 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_00 27 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_03 Deliver the letter to Miah Molkot at Eugenia's Spire. Find the Ixali headwing in Treespeak.
29 25 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_01 28 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_04 Assist the Gods' Quiver bow in Treespeak. Speak with Philota on the cliffs east of Fallgourd Float.
30 26 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_02 29 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_05 Speak with the Gods' Quiver bow. Report to Miah Molkot.
31 27 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_03 30 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_06 Find the Ixali headwing in Treespeak. Speak with Philota in the Bobbing Cork.
32 28 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_04 31 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_07 Speak with Philota on the cliffs east of Fallgourd Float. Report to Miah Molkot.
33 29 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_05 32 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_08 Report to Miah Molkot. Search for Philota's grandson north of Proud Creek.
34 30 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_06 33 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_09 Speak with Philota in the Bobbing Cork. Rendezvous with the Gods' Quiver bow at Eugenia's Spire.
35 31 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_07 34 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_10 Report to Miah Molkot. Speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork.
36 32 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_08 35 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_11 Search for Philota's grandson north of Proud Creek. Speak with Miah Molkot.
37 33 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_09 36 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_12 Rendezvous with the Gods' Quiver bow at Eugenia's Spire.
38 34 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_10 37 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_13 Speak with Philota at the Bobbing Cork.
39 35 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_11 38 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_14 Speak with Miah Molkot.
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49 45 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_21 48 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000 Player! The very vassal I was looking for, kupo! I need you to take a letter to Eugenia's Spire in the North Shroud. The wood where your dear leader─that's me─was born and raised!
50 46 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_22 49 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001 It needs to be delivered to Miah Molkot, leader of the White Rams. Officially, they're an offshoot of the Gods' Quiver, but in practice they're Miss Molkot's private army. The Ixal call her the Black Cat─whenever she crosses their path, they're sure to meet with an unfortunate end, kupo!
51 47 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_TODO_23 50 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002 Truth be told, this isn't the first time we've tried to deliver this letter. I entrusted it to another subordinate of mine─a delivery moogle on his very first mission. But he got chased away by the birdmen, and fluttered back, hiding his face under his pom-pom.
52 48 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_000 51 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! The very vassal I was looking for, kupo! I need you to take a letter to Eugenia's Spire in the North Shroud. The wood where your dear leader─that's me─was born and raised! He simply wasn't cut out for such a trying task. But who *is*, I thought? Who best to dispatch into Ixal-infested forest, and explain the letter's lateness to the fiery-tempered Miss Molkot? Guess whose name sprang to mind... Here's the letter, Player─off you pop, kupo!
53 49 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_001 52 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_010 It needs to be delivered to Miah Molkot, leader of the White Rams. Officially, they're an offshoot of the Gods' Quiver, but in practice they're Miss Molkot's private army. The Ixal call her the Black Cat─whenever she crosses their path, they're sure to meet with an unfortunate end, kupo! I've half a mind to deliver this letter myself, kupo! Did I ever tell you that I was born and raised in that very area─the lush forests around Eugenia's Spire? Oh, those happy days, when my fledgling friends and I would leap from the tower and float gently to the ground! You should try it, kupo!
54 50 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_002 53 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_011 Truth be told, this isn't the first time we've tried to deliver this letter. I entrusted it to another subordinate of mine─a delivery moogle on his very first mission. But he got chased away by the birdmen, and fluttered back, hiding his face under his pom-pom. ...But only after you've completed your delivery. The letter is addressed to Miah Molkot, commander of the White Rams. Please be aware that Miss Molkot is something of a force of nature─she may not appreciate the letter's lateness, kupo. You *do* have a full set of armor, don't you?
55 51 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_003 54 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_020 He simply wasn't cut out for such a trying task. But who <Emphasis>is</Emphasis>, I thought? Who best to dispatch into Ixal-infested forest, and explain the letter's lateness to the fiery-tempered Miss Molkot? Guess whose name sprang to mind... Here's the letter, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─off you pop, kupo! You seek Miah Molkot? I am she. Instructor of the Gods' Quiver, commander of the White Rams, and bane of any feathered fiend who dares poke his beak in the Twelveswood.
56 52 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_010 55 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_020 I've half a mind to deliver this letter myself, kupo! Did I ever tell you that I was born and raised in that very area─the lush forests around Eugenia's Spire? Oh, those happy days, when my fledgling friends and I would leap from the tower and float gently to the ground! You should try it, kupo! <sniff> <sniff> I know you... We've spoken before, have we not? I trust you've bagged a few birdies of your own since last we met.
57 53 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_LETTERMOOGLE_000_011 56 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_021 ...But only after you've completed your delivery. The letter is addressed to Miah Molkot, commander of the White Rams. Please be aware that Miss Molkot is something of a force of nature─she may not appreciate the letter's lateness, kupo. You <Emphasis>do</Emphasis> have a full set of armor, don't you? Player, is it? What business do you have with meow? Apologies─a slip of the tongue. When I say “with meow,” I mean “with meow”... Grrr. Not meow─*meow*! ...Bah! What do you want!?
58 54 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_020 57 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_022 You seek Miah Molkot? I am she. Instructor of the Gods' Quiver, commander of the White Rams, and bane of any feathered fiend who dares poke his beak in the Twelveswood. Let me see that... Oh, how wonderful! It's a letter from Lady Philota!
59 55 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_020 58 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_023 <sniff> <sniff> I know you... We've spoken before, have we not? I trust you've bagged a few birdies of your own since last we met. The woman is like a mother to me, you see. I lost my parents when I was young, and it was she who raised me from a mewling babe. Her son was a great hero─a leader of the White Rams before me─but he too was lost in the line of duty. Ah, but let me see what news she has...
60 56 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_021 59 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_024 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, is it? What business do you have with meow? Apologies─a slip of the tongue. When I say “with meow,” I mean “with meow”... Grrr. Not meow─<Emphasis>meow</Emphasis>! ...Bah! What do you want!? Hmmm... She says she is to visit Fallgourd Float with her dear grandson. But by the dates she gives, she should be here at this very moment. It's strange that I have had no word of their arrival...
61 57 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_022 60 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_025 Let me see that... Oh, how wonderful! It's a letter from Lady Philota! Perhaps she simply misread her calendar... After all, she speaks of the future, but these dates are past. Tell me, adventurerrr: when was the letter posted?
62 58 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_023 61 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_026 The woman is like a mother to me, you see. I lost my parents when I was young, and it was she who raised me from a mewling babe. Her son was a great hero─a leader of the White Rams before me─but he too was lost in the line of duty. Ah, but let me see what news she has... Grrr! Damn those incompetent moogles! Never trust anything with wings, I say! Then these dates must be true─they *should* be here already. I smell the filthy hands of those blasted birdies in this!
63 59 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_024 62 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_027 Hmmm... She says she is to visit Fallgourd Float with her dear grandson. But by the dates she gives, she should be here at this very moment. It's strange that I have had no word of their arrival... We must send out a search party! If they came via Gridania...might they have been ambushed in Treespeak? A band of Ixal raid the area, but they're usually too chicken-hearted to approach the paths. I have a sentry there watching their movements─go to him, and ask if he has seen anything untoward. Oh, and if you should happen to meet with any wee birdies, none shall weep if you snap their scrawny necks!
60 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_025 Perhaps she simply misread her calendar... After all, she speaks of the future, but these dates are past. Tell me, adventurerrr: when was the letter posted?
61 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_026 Grrr! Damn those incompetent moogles! Never trust anything with wings, I say! Then these dates must be true─they <Emphasis>should</Emphasis> be here already. I smell the filthy hands of those blasted birdies in this!
62 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_027 We must send out a search party! If they came via Gridania...might they have been ambushed in Treespeak? A band of Ixal raid the area, but they're usually too chicken-hearted to approach the paths. I have a sentry there watching their movements─go to him, and ask if he has seen anything untoward. Oh, and if you should happen to meet with any wee birdies, none shall weep if you snap their scrawny necks!
64 63 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_030 63 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_030 I shall remain here, and organize the search. Head to Treespeak, and speak with my man there. If any one of those birdies has touched a silver hair on Lady Philota's head, I'll tear out their gizzards and bathe in their blood! I shall remain here, and organize the search. Head to Treespeak, and speak with my man there. If any one of those birdies has touched a silver hair on Lady Philota's head, I'll tear out their gizzards and bathe in their blood!
65 64 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_050 64 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_050 Be careful, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>ma'am<Else/>sir</If>! He called for reinforcements! They shall be on us at any moment! Be careful, ma'am! He called for reinforcements! They shall be on us at any moment!
66 65 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_040 65 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_040 Squawk! Mine, you are! Squawk! Mine, you are!
67 66 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_041 66 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_BALOON_000_041 Die, featherless ones shall! Die, featherless ones shall!
68 67 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_100_060 67 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_100_060 Squaaawk! Wounded featherless ones, you seek? Find them, my axe will! Squaaawk! Wounded featherless ones, you seek? Find them, my axe will!
69 68 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_060 68 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_060 Hold it right there, you squawking scum! Hold it right there, you squawking scum!
70 69 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_061 69 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_061 Squaaawk! Good Garuda! Miah Molkot, you are! Black Cat of the White Rams! My life, you will spare, yes? Squawk...? Squaaawk! Good Garuda! Miah Molkot, you are! Black Cat of the White Rams! My life, you will spare, yes? Squawk...?
71 70 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_062 70 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_062 You'll get no mercy from me! I'll rip off your beak and wear it as a hat! Remember our motto, soldiers: “All Ixal must die!” You'll get no mercy from me! I'll rip off your beak and wear it as a hat! Remember our motto, soldiers: “All Ixal must die!”
72 71 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_063 71 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMSOLDIER01575_000_063 Hold a moment, ma'am... Before I was set upon, I was watching this group of Ixal for some time─they seemed to be patrolling this area. Perhaps he knows something of what befell Lady Philota and her grandson. Hold a moment, ma'am... Before I was set upon, I was watching this group of Ixal for some time─they seemed to be patrolling this area. Perhaps he knows something of what befell Lady Philota and her grandson.
73 72 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_064 72 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_064 Grrr. All right, I'll bite. Listen up, you beaky bastard! Answer me truly, and I'll grant you a painless death. Have you seen a lady and a young boy pass through this area? Grrr. All right, I'll bite. Listen up, you beaky bastard! Answer me truly, and I'll grant you a painless death. Have you seen a lady and a young boy pass through this area?
74 73 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_065 73 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_065 ...Squawk? Searching for white-haired elder and girlie-voiced hatchling, featherless ones are? Seen them, I have! Attacked by a nasty beastie, their caravan was. Ran from the beastie, they did, all frighty and shaking! ...Squawk? Searching for white-haired elder and girlie-voiced hatchling, featherless ones are? Seen them, I have! Attacked by a nasty beastie, their caravan was. Ran from the beastie, they did, all frighty and shaking!
75 74 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_066 74 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_066 Grrr! You lie! The only beasties around here that would think of raiding a caravan are you and your craven kind! Grrr! You lie! The only beasties around here that would think of raiding a caravan are you and your craven kind!
76 75 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_067 75 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_067 Caw, caw, caw... No, no, Black Cat! Only the truth, I am telling! Worth more than mine, these featherless ones' lives are? Then, maybe...a deal we are making? Caw, caw, caw... No, no, Black Cat! Only the truth, I am telling! Worth more than mine, these featherless ones' lives are? Then, maybe...a deal we are making?
77 76 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_068 76 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_068 My life, you spare? Your featherless friends, I catch. Release them to you, we will, scratchless and sound. A deal, we have? My life, you spare? Your featherless friends, I catch. Release them to you, we will, scratchless and sound. A deal, we have?
78 77 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_069 77 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_069 <Emphasis>Catch</Emphasis> them? And then hold them as hostages, no doubt! I say we kill the feathered fool right now, and teach these Ixal a lesson. Right, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? *Catch* them? And then hold them as hostages, no doubt! I say we kill the feathered fool right now, and teach these Ixal a lesson. Right, Player?
79 78 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_Q1_000_070 78 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_Q1_000_070 What will you say? What will you say?
80 79 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_001_070 79 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_001_070 Rip his beak off. Rip his beak off.
81 80 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_002_070 80 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_A1_002_070 There must be some good in him. Let's agree to the deal. There must be some good in him. Let's agree to the deal.
82 81 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_001_071 81 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_001_071 Heh heh. I like you, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>girl<Else/>boy</If>. (But not yet─we'll let him betray his own kind first. We'll track him to see if he really knows where Lady Philota is, then you and I can pull his wishbone...) ...Listen up, beaky! If we let you go, will you keep your promise? Heh heh. I like you, girl. (But not yet─we'll let him betray his own kind first. We'll track him to see if he really knows where Lady Philota is, then you and I can pull his wishbone...) ...Listen up, beaky! If we let you go, will you keep your promise?
83 82 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_002_071 82 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_002_071 There's no <Emphasis>good</Emphasis> in a birdman, just blood and bile. Believe me, I've checked. But mayhap you're right─we have little to lose by releasing this wretch, and possibly much to gain... All right, beaky! If you truly swear that you will return our friends to us unharmed, we agree to your deal. There's no *good* in a birdman, just blood and bile. Believe me, I've checked. But mayhap you're right─we have little to lose by releasing this wretch, and possibly much to gain... All right, beaky! If you truly swear that you will return our friends to us unharmed, we agree to your deal.
84 83 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_072 83 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_072 Squaaawk! Spared, I am, by Molkot the Merciless? Believe it, I cannot! Well known to our kind, your cruelty is! And yet walk free, I do? Then on my honor, my word, you have! Squaaawk! Spared, I am, by Molkot the Merciless? Believe it, I cannot! Well known to our kind, your cruelty is! And yet walk free, I do? Then on my honor, my word, you have!
85 84 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_073 84 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALSOLDIER01575_000_073 With my headwing, I shall speak! Your smooth and wrinkly friends, together we will catch! Send word, we shall! Come to the river bend northwest of here, and your friends, we shall return! With my headwing, I shall speak! Your smooth and wrinkly friends, together we will catch! Send word, we shall! Come to the river bend northwest of here, and your friends, we shall return!
86 85 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_074 85 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_074 Urgh... How I despise listening to their feather-brained prattle. The fool knows nothing, except how to delay his death with false promises. Still, I would have you follow him to this “headwing,” just to be sure. We shall return to the spire, to see if the other parties have met with more success. Urgh... How I despise listening to their feather-brained prattle. The fool knows nothing, except how to delay his death with false promises. Still, I would have you follow him to this “headwing,” just to be sure. We shall return to the spire, to see if the other parties have met with more success.
87 86 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_080 86 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_080 What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to follow that birdie to the river bend? Don't make me angry, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Someone's going to die today, and I'd rather it didn't have to be you... What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to follow that birdie to the river bend? Don't make me angry, Player. Someone's going to die today, and I'd rather it didn't have to be you...
88 87 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_090 87 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_090 Squaaawk! Come to play, the Black Cat's dog has! Squaaawk! Come to play, the Black Cat's dog has!
89 88 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_091 88 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_091 For his life, the sniveling wretch begged? No true Ixal, that one is! By my own talons, punished he shall be! His craven promises, never will we honor! For his life, the sniveling wretch begged? No true Ixal, that one is! By my own talons, punished he shall be! His craven promises, never will we honor!
90 89 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_092 89 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_092 But to what I say now, listen well, featherless one: our hostages, your friends are! The old one and the young! See them again, you would? Then do my bidding, you shall! But to what I say now, listen well, featherless one: our hostages, your friends are! The old one and the young! See them again, you would? Then do my bidding, you shall!
91 90 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_093 90 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_093 Within your borders, we search! Unharmed and unhindered, you will leave us! When done we are─and only then─the hostages, we shall release! Within your borders, we search! Unharmed and unhindered, you will leave us! When done we are─and only then─the hostages, we shall release!
92 91 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_094 91 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_094 We lie, you think? Then the truth, we prove! Set free, the wrinkled one will be! Across the river you will find her, on the cliffs over Fallgourd Float! We lie, you think? Then the truth, we prove! Set free, the wrinkled one will be! Across the river you will find her, on the cliffs over Fallgourd Float!
93 92 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_095 92 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IXALCOMMANDER01575_000_095 A lasting truce with you, we seek not! Pains me, it does, to show mercy to the hated Molkot! But our reasons we have, and our promises we will honor, if the Black Cat will do the same... A lasting truce with you, we seek not! Pains me, it does, to show mercy to the hated Molkot! But our reasons we have, and our promises we will honor, if the Black Cat will do the same...
94 93 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_100 93 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_100 What!? The Ixal released Lady Philota on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float? Those feather-brained fools... The area is swarming with banemites! Your explanations can wait, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─you must rescue Lady Philota! What!? The Ixal released Lady Philota on the cliffs overlooking Fallgourd Float? Those feather-brained fools... The area is swarming with banemites! Your explanations can wait, Player─you must rescue Lady Philota!
95 94 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_110 94 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_110 G-Good <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>eve<Else/>morrow</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>eve</If></If> to you, adventurer. My name is Philota. Would you happen to be the young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>gentleman</If> sent by Miah Molkot? G-Good eve to you, adventurer. My name is Philota. Would you happen to be the young lady sent by Miah Molkot?
96 95 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_111 95 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_111 Then I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I was traveling with my young grandson from Gridania, but as we made our way through Treespeak, we were set upon by an angered treant and our carriage was overturned. My grandson and I managed to escape, but we were separated from our guard. Then I thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I was traveling with my young grandson from Gridania, but as we made our way through Treespeak, we were set upon by an angered treant and our carriage was overturned. My grandson and I managed to escape, but we were separated from our guard.
97 96 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_112 96 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_112 We fled into the forest, seeking shelter, but only found a nest of Ixal. They captured us, and bound our hands with rough twine. I feared we were to be offered to their god... Imagine my relief when I overheard them speaking of us not as sacrifices, but as hostages! We fled into the forest, seeking shelter, but only found a nest of Ixal. They captured us, and bound our hands with rough twine. I feared we were to be offered to their god... Imagine my relief when I overheard them speaking of us not as sacrifices, but as hostages!
98 97 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_113 97 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_113 And then, without a word of warning, I was released. They marched me here, removed my blindfold, and bade me wait for Miah's envoy to collect me. I thank you, adventurer. But, my grandson... Is he still in the birdmen's clutches? We must send word to Miah right away! And then, without a word of warning, I was released. They marched me here, removed my blindfold, and bade me wait for Miah's envoy to collect me. I thank you, adventurer. But, my grandson... Is he still in the birdmen's clutches? We must send word to Miah right away!
99 98 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_114 98 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_114 I pray you, adventurer─return to Miah and relate to her all that I have told you. If anyone can save my grandson, it is she. Please, do not worry about me─I can make my way to Fallgourd Float from here. The guards there will protect me. I pray you, adventurer─return to Miah and relate to her all that I have told you. If anyone can save my grandson, it is she. Please, do not worry about me─I can make my way to Fallgourd Float from here. The guards there will protect me.
100 99 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0130 99 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0130 Lady Philota is safe!? Thank the gods! But what of her grandson? Was he released, too? Lady Philota is safe!? Thank the gods! But what of her grandson? Was he released, too?
101 100 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_0130 100 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_0130 What!? They plan to hold the boy hostage, to keep my claws from their craven necks!? Their skullduggery knows no bounds! What!? They plan to hold the boy hostage, to keep my claws from their craven necks!? Their skullduggery knows no bounds!
102 101 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0131 101 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0131 They say they will release the child when they have found...<Emphasis>something</Emphasis>? I ssspit on their lies! They seek nothing but our land, and would use the boy as a shield to secure their trespass! Nophica as my witness, they shall gain nothing but their deaths! They say they will release the child when they have found...*something*? I ssspit on their lies! They seek nothing but our land, and would use the boy as a shield to secure their trespass! Nophica as my witness, they shall gain nothing but their deaths!
103 102 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0132 102 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0132 The birdies have picked on the wrong prey this time. The boy is the only child of Lady Philota's late son, once the leader of the White Rams. We are honor-bound to free him from their filthy claws! They'll rue the day they ever thought of laying their hands on one of ours! The birdies have picked on the wrong prey this time. The boy is the only child of Lady Philota's late son, once the leader of the White Rams. We are honor-bound to free him from their filthy claws! They'll rue the day they ever thought of laying their hands on one of ours!
104 103 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0133 103 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0133 You can tell Lady Philota that Miah Molkot will not rest until her grandson is safely returned, and the rills run red with birdman blood! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and let her know just that! You can tell Lady Philota that Miah Molkot will not rest until her grandson is safely returned, and the rills run red with birdman blood! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and let her know just that!
105 104 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_140 104 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_140 Go to the Bobbing Cork, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, and let Lady Philota know that all is in hand. I'll save her grandson, and bring her the head of each and every birdie who dared lay a talon on him! Go to the Bobbing Cork, Player, and let Lady Philota know that all is in hand. I'll save her grandson, and bring her the head of each and every birdie who dared lay a talon on him!
106 105 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_150 105 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_150 Miah plans to rescue my grandson herself? That is the best news I could hope to hear. I cannot thank you enough for your assistance in this matter, young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>man</If>. Miah plans to rescue my grandson herself? That is the best news I could hope to hear. I cannot thank you enough for your assistance in this matter, young lady.
107 106 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_151 106 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_151 I have known Miah since she was but a mewling babe, and believe me when I say that I have full confidence she shall devote every energy to rescuing my grandson. If anyone can rescue him from those brutes, Miah can. I have known Miah since she was but a mewling babe, and believe me when I say that I have full confidence she shall devote every energy to rescuing my grandson. If anyone can rescue him from those brutes, Miah can.
108 107 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_152 107 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_152 Near twenty years have passed since the day we first met, back when my son was still the leader of the White Rams. Before he...was taken from us. A report came in that a settlement was under Ixali attack, and he raced to its defense. Near twenty years have passed since the day we first met, back when my son was still the leader of the White Rams. Before he...was taken from us. A report came in that a settlement was under Ixali attack, and he raced to its defense.
109 108 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_153 108 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_153 By the time he and his men arrived, the Ixal had already captured the village. My son refused to abandon it to their clutches, and led a daring attempt to rescue the villagers. He finally succeeded in expelling the invaders, but their deadly work was done. Only one child emerged alive from the ruins─Miah. By the time he and his men arrived, the Ixal had already captured the village. My son refused to abandon it to their clutches, and led a daring attempt to rescue the villagers. He finally succeeded in expelling the invaders, but their deadly work was done. Only one child emerged alive from the ruins─Miah.
110 109 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_154 109 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_154 My son took the orphaned girl under his wing, and taught her bowmanship. She came to idolize him as a master, and perhaps...a father. But now she is twice orphaned, and the Ixal hold her master's only son as a hostage. I can well understand her fury. My son took the orphaned girl under his wing, and taught her bowmanship. She came to idolize him as a master, and perhaps...a father. But now she is twice orphaned, and the Ixal hold her master's only son as a hostage. I can well understand her fury.
111 110 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_155 110 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_155 But, this anger of hers... I fear it may cloud her judgment in this case, and drive her to recklessness. I pray you, young <If(PlayerParameter(4))>lady<Else/>man</If>─return to her, and urge her not to be too rash in her plans. I could not live with myself were my grandson's safety to be bought with friendly blood... But, this anger of hers... I fear it may cloud her judgment in this case, and drive her to recklessness. I pray you, young lady─return to her, and urge her not to be too rash in her plans. I could not live with myself were my grandson's safety to be bought with friendly blood...
112 111 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_160 111 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_160 Miah has always been such a...<Emphasis>passionate</Emphasis> young lady. It serves her well in her work, but I fear her personal investment in this may make her act rashly. I pray you, would you talk with her, and persuade her not to take any needless risks? Miah has always been such a...*passionate* young lady. It serves her well in her work, but I fear her personal investment in this may make her act rashly. I pray you, would you talk with her, and persuade her not to take any needless risks?
113 112 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0180 112 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0180 Lady Philota said that...? Even with her grandson held captive by the birdmen, she worries for the safety of our soldiers? Truly, the lady's consideration knows no bounds... Lady Philota said that...? Even with her grandson held captive by the birdmen, she worries for the safety of our soldiers? Truly, the lady's consideration knows no bounds...
114 113 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0181 113 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0181 But I fear the time for restraint is past. It sickens me to sit by while the birdmen prowl our forests, using one of our own as a shield! Their band has just been sighted from this very Spire, and moving northwards. But I fear the time for restraint is past. It sickens me to sit by while the birdmen prowl our forests, using one of our own as a shield! Their band has just been sighted from this very Spire, and moving northwards.
115 114 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0182 114 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0182 Do you realize what that means? The dissembling birdies return to their logging grounds, with Lady Philota's grandson in tow! So much for their honor and honesty! We must pounce now, before they escape through Proud Creek and─ Mrrrowl? Do you realize what that means? The dissembling birdies return to their logging grounds, with Lady Philota's grandson in tow! So much for their honor and honesty! We must pounce now, before they escape through Proud Creek and─ Mrrrowl?
116 115 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0183 115 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0183 Hold a moment, I have word from my scouts. ...Yes? You have them in your sights? Then on my order, unleash─ Hold a moment, I have word from my scouts. ...Yes? You have them in your sights? Then on my order, unleash─
117 116 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0184 116 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0184 What!? They send a messenger? They say they've found what they were looking for, and will release the hostage immediately? ...Understood. Over and out! What!? They send a messenger? They say they've found what they were looking for, and will release the hostage immediately? ...Understood. Over and out!
118 117 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0185 117 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0185 Did you hear that, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!? The birdmen say they have released the boy...but in <Emphasis>Proud Creek</Emphasis>, of all places! Why, he would almost be safer in their evil clutches! You must go there straightaway, and find the child before something wickeder does! Did you hear that, Player!? The birdmen say they have released the boy...but in *Proud Creek*, of all places! Why, he would almost be safer in their evil clutches! You must go there straightaway, and find the child before something wickeder does!
119 118 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0190 118 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_0190 Quickly, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, to Proud Creek! Those feathered freaks have left Lady Philota's grandson alone in that den of danger! You must help my men to find him before it's too late! Quickly, Player, to Proud Creek! Those feathered freaks have left Lady Philota's grandson alone in that den of danger! You must help my men to find him before it's too late!
120 119 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_200 119 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_200 My grandson has been released! Oh, joy! But...why is he not with you? ...Miah's men search for him in Proud Creek? Oh, sorrow! I can only pray that the elementals keep him safe until he can be found... My grandson has been released! Oh, joy! But...why is he not with you? ...Miah's men search for him in Proud Creek? Oh, sorrow! I can only pray that the elementals keep him safe until he can be found...
121 120 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_210 120 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_210 Where, oh where, can that little boy be? And where, oh where, did I leave my spectacles...? Oh! You are Commander Molkot's <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If>, are you not? I shall search over this way─you search over there. Where, oh where, can that little boy be? And where, oh where, did I leave my spectacles...? Oh! You are Commander Molkot's woman, are you not? I shall search over this way─you search over there.
122 121 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_220 121 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_220 A-Are you a friend of Miss Molkot's? Thank you so much for coming to rescue me! A-Are you a friend of Miss Molkot's? Thank you so much for coming to rescue me!
123 122 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_221 122 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_221 Oh, yes, I'm quite all right. They didn't hurt me...only my pride. I was such a fool, stumbling straight into that Ixali camp. I'm sorry for causing everyone to go to such trouble to rescue me. Miah wouldn't have let herself get caught so easily. Nor would my father... Oh, yes, I'm quite all right. They didn't hurt me...only my pride. I was such a fool, stumbling straight into that Ixali camp. I'm sorry for causing everyone to go to such trouble to rescue me. Miah wouldn't have let herself get caught so easily. Nor would my father...
124 123 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_222 123 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_222 I'm just thankful the Ixal were true to their word. I overheard some of what they were discussing: it seemed they were searching for a hatchling of theirs─the young of a chieftain who had disappeared from his nest. They had followed his trail into Treespeak. I'm just thankful the Ixal were true to their word. I overheard some of what they were discussing: it seemed they were searching for a hatchling of theirs─the young of a chieftain who had disappeared from his nest. They had followed his trail into Treespeak.
125 124 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_223 124 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_223 They were readying forces to launch an invasion to recover the child, knowing it would lead to all-out war with Gridania. But then they somehow learned of mine and Grandmama's arrival, and resolved to kidnap us instead, to secure the truce that would allow a rescue party to search unhindered. They were readying forces to launch an invasion to recover the child, knowing it would lead to all-out war with Gridania. But then they somehow learned of mine and Grandmama's arrival, and resolved to kidnap us instead, to secure the truce that would allow a rescue party to search unhindered.
126 125 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_224 125 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_224 But there is something I don't understand... When the leader of the Ixal cut my bonds, he whispered something strange to me: “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” And then they were gone... But there is something I don't understand... When the leader of the Ixal cut my bonds, he whispered something strange to me: “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” And then they were gone...
127 126 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_225 126 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_225 Young master! How good it is to find you safe! ...Is aught amiss? Young master! How good it is to find you safe! ...Is aught amiss?
128 127 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_227 127 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_227 The Ixal were on the search for a hatchling? So then they were not raiders, but rescuers...? The Ixal were on the search for a hatchling? So then they were not raiders, but rescuers...?
129 128 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_228 128 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_228 We must report these developments to Commander Molkot immediately. Let us rendezvous back at Eugenia's Spire. Come, child─follow me! We must report these developments to Commander Molkot immediately. Let us rendezvous back at Eugenia's Spire. Come, child─follow me!
130 129 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_260 129 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_260 My grandson is safe!? Words cannot begin to express my gratitude, but they are all I have to offer! Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, thank you! A thousand times, thank you! My grandson is safe!? Words cannot begin to express my gratitude, but they are all I have to offer! Thank you, Player, thank you! A thousand times, thank you!
131 130 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_240 130 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_240 Well done, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Now that we have the boy, the birdies want for a shield! And a birdie without a shield is ripe for the plucking! Well done, Player! Now that we have the boy, the birdies want for a shield! And a birdie without a shield is ripe for the plucking!
132 131 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_250 131 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_250 Thank you again...<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, was it? Though my rescue seems to have caused more trouble than it solved... Thank you again...Player, was it? Though my rescue seems to have caused more trouble than it solved...
133 132 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_280 132 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_280 Please, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>miss<Else/>sir</If>, you have to stop her! The commander means to harry the Ixali retreat, and strike them all down! Please, miss, you have to stop her! The commander means to harry the Ixali retreat, and strike them all down!
134 133 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_281 133 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_281 And you would stop me!? Have you forgotten our motto? All Ixal must die! And you would stop me!? Have you forgotten our motto? All Ixal must die!
135 134 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_282 134 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_282 I-I know, but...please, ma'am, I beg you to reconsider! This was not an invasion, it was a rescue mission! They were searching for a lost hatchling! I-I know, but...please, ma'am, I beg you to reconsider! This was not an invasion, it was a rescue mission! They were searching for a lost hatchling!
136 135 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_283 135 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_283 And after all, they did keep their promise─they released the boy! Surely it is only right that we should honor our side of the agreement and allow them to leave. And after all, they did keep their promise─they released the boy! Surely it is only right that we should honor our side of the agreement and allow them to leave.
137 136 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_284 136 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_284 What agreement!? Those were <Emphasis>their</Emphasis> conditions, and they only had the nerve to give them because they were holding the poor boy hostage! They invade our lands, steal our children, and you would show them mercy? The only peace they'll get from me is that of the grave! What agreement!? Those were *their* conditions, and they only had the nerve to give them because they were holding the poor boy hostage! They invade our lands, steal our children, and you would show them mercy? The only peace they'll get from me is that of the grave!
138 137 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_285 137 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_285 <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Miss<Else/>Sir</If>, you must help me! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and bring back Lady Philota. She is the only one Commander Molkot will listen to! Miss, you must help me! Go to the Bobbing Cork, and bring back Lady Philota. She is the only one Commander Molkot will listen to!
139 138 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_286 138 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_286 There's something that bothers me about all this. It's what that Ixali chieftain said... Something of promises kept in years long past. If anyone knows what he meant by it, Lady Philota will. There's something that bothers me about all this. It's what that Ixali chieftain said... Something of promises kept in years long past. If anyone knows what he meant by it, Lady Philota will.
140 139 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_290 139 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_290 What was it again...? “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” Surely we cannot proceed with the attack without knowing what he meant. Perhaps Lady Philota would have some idea? What was it again...? “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” Surely we cannot proceed with the attack without knowing what he meant. Perhaps Lady Philota would have some idea?
141 140 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_291 140 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_291 You will find her in the Bobbing Cork. Please, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>miss<Else/>sir</If>, I do believe she is the only one who'll be able to get through to the commander. You must bring her here before she puts an arrow through the hatchling's head! You will find her in the Bobbing Cork. Please, miss, I do believe she is the only one who'll be able to get through to the commander. You must bring her here before she puts an arrow through the hatchling's head!
142 141 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_300 141 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_300 They think they can invade our lands, kidnap our children, and get away scot–free!? I'll rip out their quills, and make them sign their own death warrants! With their own blood! They think they can invade our lands, kidnap our children, and get away scot–free!? I'll rip out their quills, and make them sign their own death warrants! With their own blood!
143 142 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_310 142 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_310 “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” I'll never forget those words... But my father was the leader of the White Rams, the sworn enemy of the Ixal. What promise could he possibly have made? “His promise, your father kept. And so the same, I shall do.” I'll never forget those words... But my father was the leader of the White Rams, the sworn enemy of the Ixal. What promise could he possibly have made?
144 143 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_350 143 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_350 My grandson is safe...? Thank you, adventurer! A thousand times, thank you! How can I possibly repay you for all you have done for my family? My grandson is safe...? Thank you, adventurer! A thousand times, thank you! How can I possibly repay you for all you have done for my family?
145 144 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_351 144 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_351 ...I see. It appears the situation is more complicated than we first thought. The Ixal that took us were a rescue team...and now Miah plans to attack them in their retreat, and the hatchling with them? And only I can stop her? ...I see. It appears the situation is more complicated than we first thought. The Ixal that took us were a rescue team...and now Miah plans to attack them in their retreat, and the hatchling with them? And only I can stop her?
146 145 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_352 145 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_352 Perhaps I can, for I indeed have some knowledge of this “promise” the Ixal spoke of. How strange that their fates should be brought together again like this. The elementals work in mysterious ways... Perhaps I can, for I indeed have some knowledge of this “promise” the Ixal spoke of. How strange that their fates should be brought together again like this. The elementals work in mysterious ways...
147 146 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_353 146 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_353 Very well. I will talk with Miah. Would it be too much to ask you to do me a further kindness? Run ahead to Eugenia's Spire, and delay her from taking any drastic action. I will join you as soon as I can. The path is steep, and I am afraid I am not as young as I once was... Very well. I will talk with Miah. Would it be too much to ask you to do me a further kindness? Run ahead to Eugenia's Spire, and delay her from taking any drastic action. I will join you as soon as I can. The path is steep, and I am afraid I am not as young as I once was...
148 147 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_370 147 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_WHITERAMARCHER01575_000_370 It is too late... The commander has already relayed the order to ready the attack. There is nothing more I can do! It is too late... The commander has already relayed the order to ready the attack. There is nothing more I can do!
149 148 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_380 148 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_000_380 I know the Ixal are our enemies, but these ones are retreating, and a youngling goes with them. Couldn't we let them go, just this once? I know the Ixal are our enemies, but these ones are retreating, and a youngling goes with them. Couldn't we let them go, just this once?
150 149 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_400 149 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_400 All right, you're the last of them! Join up with the forward squadron, and begin the attack! The poor wee birdies won't know what hit them! All right, you're the last of them! Join up with the forward squadron, and begin the attack! The poor wee birdies won't know what hit them!
151 150 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_401 150 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_401 What is it, adventurerrr? Don't tell me <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> object to my attack as well? What is it, adventurerrr? Don't tell me *you* object to my attack as well?
152 151 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_402 151 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_402 (-???-)And so do I, Miah. (-???-)And so do I, Miah.
153 152 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_100_402 152 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_YOUNGBOY01575_100_402 Grandmama! Grandmama!
154 153 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_403 153 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_403 L-Lady Philota! What are you doing here? You have been through so much at the claws of the birdmen─you need to rest! L-Lady Philota! What are you doing here? You have been through so much at the claws of the birdmen─you need to rest!
155 154 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_404 154 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_404 As do you, Miah. There is a story you must needs hear─a story begun long ago, but not yet concluded. As do you, Miah. There is a story you must needs hear─a story begun long ago, but not yet concluded.
156 155 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_404 155 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_100_404 A story...? What story? A story...? What story?
157 156 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_405 156 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_405 A tale from long ago, when my son led the White Rams as you do now. A time when we found ourselves caught in the same snare as the Ixal did this day, as if reflected in a glass. A tale from long ago, when my son led the White Rams as you do now. A time when we found ourselves caught in the same snare as the Ixal did this day, as if reflected in a glass.
158 157 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_406 157 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_406 There was a young girl, trapped behind Ixali lines. The White Rams put together a rescue team to save her, and prepared to strike at the heart of the enemy. The Ixal were surrounded, but their defenses were strong. All hope seemed lost... There was a young girl, trapped behind Ixali lines. The White Rams put together a rescue team to save her, and prepared to strike at the heart of the enemy. The Ixal were surrounded, but their defenses were strong. All hope seemed lost...
159 158 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_407 158 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_407 Until, quite by chance, a separate raid led to the capture of several Ixali hatchlings, abandoned in their nests. So both sides came to hold younglings as hostages... Threat was answered with counterthreat, and both sides prepared for a bloody resolution. Until, quite by chance, a separate raid led to the capture of several Ixali hatchlings, abandoned in their nests. So both sides came to hold younglings as hostages... Threat was answered with counterthreat, and both sides prepared for a bloody resolution.
160 159 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_408 159 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_408 Until my son reached out to the Ixal... He offered them a truce, and a promise: he would return their hatchlings, if the Ixal would withdraw, and spare the child. Until my son reached out to the Ixal... He offered them a truce, and a promise: he would return their hatchlings, if the Ixal would withdraw, and spare the child.
161 160 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_409 160 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_409 Tell me, my dear... What was it the Ixali chieftain said to you? That your father kept his promise? And so he would keep his in return? Tell me, my dear... What was it the Ixali chieftain said to you? That your father kept his promise? And so he would keep his in return?
162 161 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_410 161 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_410 It can only be the will of the elementals that brought such a fate to pass... There can be no doubt─that chieftain was one of the Ixali hatchlings my son released that day. It can only be the will of the elementals that brought such a fate to pass... There can be no doubt─that chieftain was one of the Ixali hatchlings my son released that day.
163 162 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_411 162 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_000_411 It was my son's promise that lifted the siege on the village, and saved the child. A young Miqo'te girl, with an ink-black coat, and shining eyes... It was my son's promise that lifted the siege on the village, and saved the child. A young Miqo'te girl, with an ink-black coat, and shining eyes...
164 163 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_412 163 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_412 My master bought my life...with his...? My master bought my life...with his...?
165 164 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_100_412 164 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_PHILOTA_100_412 After twenty long years, the threads of destiny that entwined on that fateful day have brought you together once more. Whether you sever those ties now, or tie them stronger, only your heart can decide. After twenty long years, the threads of destiny that entwined on that fateful day have brought you together once more. Whether you sever those ties now, or tie them stronger, only your heart can decide.
166 165 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_413 165 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_413 To be bound to an Ixal, or to cut myself free... All right, soldiers... To be bound to an Ixal, or to cut myself free... All right, soldiers...
167 166 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_414 166 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_414 Call off the attack! Send word to the vanguard: they are to escort the Ixal off our lands, but under no circumstances are the birdmen to be fired upon! Anyone foolish enough to disobey will answer to me! Call off the attack! Send word to the vanguard: they are to escort the Ixal off our lands, but under no circumstances are the birdmen to be fired upon! Anyone foolish enough to disobey will answer to me!
168 167 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IREINE_100_414 167 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_IREINE_100_414 (-Gods' Quiver Bow-)B-But, Commander! What about our motto: “All Ixal must die”? (-Gods' Quiver Bow-)B-But, Commander! What about our motto: “All Ixal must die”?
169 168 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_415 168 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_415 Oh, they'll die all right! The minute they step their filthy feet back in the Twelveswood, I'll snap their twiggy wee necks and lap up their blood! Every clucking last one of them! Oh, they'll die all right! The minute they step their filthy feet back in the Twelveswood, I'll snap their twiggy wee necks and lap up their blood! Every clucking last one of them!
170 169 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_ISAUDOREL_000_416 169 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_ISAUDOREL_000_416 (-Gods' Quiver Bows-)Ma'am, yes, ma'am! (-Gods' Quiver Bows-)Ma'am, yes, ma'am!
171 170 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_417 170 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_417 Hmph... I did so want to push my claws into their beady little eyes, but it's not for me to put an end to what my master began. Hmph... I did so want to push my claws into their beady little eyes, but it's not for me to put an end to what my master began.
172 171 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_418 171 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_MIAHMOLKOT_000_418 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... You came to me with a letter, but in the end you brought me something far more important─true compassion, the legacy of my master that I was far too quick to forget. There is only one thing I can say... Thank meow! Player... You came to me with a letter, but in the end you brought me something far more important─true compassion, the legacy of my master that I was far too quick to forget. There is only one thing I can say... Thank meow!
173 172 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SYSTEM_000_900 172 TEXT_SUBPST015_01575_SYSTEM_000_900 With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown! With your successful delivery, your reputation as a letter carrier has grown!
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