Cas/ffxiv-datamining
2
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/xivapi/ffxiv-datamining.git synced 2026-08-01 22:38:39 +00:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

update patch 6.0 changes

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Maiko Tan
2021-12-04 16:57:52 +08:00
parent a2961f8293
commit ac53f70bf9
1289 changed files with 294917 additions and 163146 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files
csv/quest/043/AktKma103_04359.csv
+231
View File
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
key,0,1
#,,
int32,str,str
0,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_00","Krile is intent on uncovering the reason behind the Forum's inexplicable behavior."
1,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_01","As a means to gain insight into the Forum and their confounding obstinacy, Krile has been scouring Sharlayan's archives for any mention of the Final Days. Progress has been slow, however, and she enlists you and your fellow Scions to help with her research. For your first task, you are to meet Krile at the nearby entrance to Noumenon─the grand library of Sharlayan."
2,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_02","Krile instructs you to seek out any books on the subject of Sharlayan history or the workings of the Forum. It seems she wishes for you to brush up on your fundamental knowledge for the sake of the ongoing investigation."
3,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_03","Having reviewed the basics of Sharlayan's founding and the establishment of the Forum, you feel sufficiently prepared for the task ahead. You then recall that you were to rendezvous with the others at the stone benches just outside Noumenon's entrance."
4,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_04","Alisaie and G'raha Tia are the first to join you, and following a revealing discussion of their respective family situations, they settle down to study their borrowed books. Alphinaud and Krile should both be along soon..."
5,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_05","As expected, Alphinaud and Krile appear next, bearing their own armfuls of reading material. Krile subjects you to a sudden interrogation regarding your experiences in Amaurot, wishing to compare your firsthand account with what she knows of the Final Days. Satisfied that her understanding is now equal to the rest of the Scions, she and Alphinaud focus on their reading, leaving you to keep an eye out for the final member of your research group."
6,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_06","Last to arrive, Y'shtola expresses doubts that the sensitive knowledge you seek would be contained in Noumenon's public archives. She is of the opinion, however, that some snippet of useful information might still be found, and enlists you as her research assistant. After what feels like an age, you are released to speak with Krile."
7,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_07","Despite your exhausted appearance, Krile informs you that, should you so desire, Noumenon's reference mammet can point you towards the same books you located earlier. For the moment, however, you are excused from further reading duties."
8,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_08",""
9,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_09",""
10,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_10",""
11,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_11",""
12,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_12",""
13,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_13",""
14,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_14",""
15,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_15",""
16,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_16",""
17,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_17",""
18,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_18",""
19,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_19",""
20,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_20",""
21,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_21",""
22,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_22",""
23,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_23",""
24,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_00","Speak with Krile outside Noumenon."
25,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_01","Read books in Noumenon on the relevant subjects."
26,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_02","Wait at the designated location."
27,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_03","Wait at the designated location again."
28,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_04","Wait at the designated location once more."
29,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_05","Speak with Krile."
30,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_06",""
31,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_07",""
32,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_08",""
33,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_09",""
34,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_10",""
35,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_11",""
36,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_12",""
37,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_13",""
38,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_14",""
39,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_15",""
40,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_16",""
41,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_17",""
42,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_18",""
43,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_19",""
44,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_20",""
45,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_21",""
46,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_22",""
47,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_23",""
48,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_000","If the Forum is intent on concealing its intentions, then a cursory investigation will avail us little, I suspect. We will need to dig deeper─and with the greatest of care..."
49,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_005","I still don't understand how the vote could be unanimous... What could possibly convince them all to turn their backs on Eorzea?"
50,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_010","The process by which Forum members are elected is fair and equitable─neither wealth nor social standing offers any advantages to a prospective candidate. But fairly elected or not, Master Matoya still found them all to be insufferable."
51,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_015","Our tour of the city was a pleasant distraction. I feel more than ready now to tackle the challenges of the day!"
52,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_020","An unsettling change has come over Sharlayan, but together we will divine the underlying cause for the Forum's callousness."
53,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_021","As I mentioned before, however, questioning the councilors directly is a fruitless endeavor. They seem to have already come to a consensus as to what─and how little─they are willing to divulge."
54,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_022","Which is why I began scouring Sharlayan's archive of historical records for any hint of a connection to the Final Days."
55,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_023","Suffice it to say that progress has been slow─there are only so many dusty pages one can skim in a day. But now that I have this band of willing reinforcements, the search should proceed all the swifter!"
56,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_024","Let us reconvene outside Noumenon, shall we?"
57,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_025","Exit the annex to the right, and you'll find the archives on the western edge of the woods."
58,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_030","My directions were easy enough to follow, I hope? In any case, you stand now before the doors of Noumenon, Sharlayan's grandest collection of books and tomes!"
59,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_031","This building is actually only an entrance─and one of many at that─for the archives of Noumenon extend deep beneath the surface like the roots of a tree. The vast halls of the Great Gubal Library pale in comparison to Noumenon's endless maze of subterranean chambers."
60,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_032","Any citizen of Sharlayan is free to enter and peruse its shelves. ...Well, most of its shelves. Only Archons are afforded access to certain restricted vaults."
61,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_033","I've dispatched Y'shtola and Raha to investigate those. Meanwhile, Alisaie and Alphinaud will help me continue my search through the stacks open to the general public."
62,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_034","Your status presents more of a problem. As a non-citizen, you are only permitted to browse the first floor here at the entrance. Even so, there should be a number of books which touch upon Sharlayan history or Forum policy."
63,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_035","Your task will be to find and study the relevant publications. I promise you, a working knowledge of those subjects will make it far easier to spot the sort of clues we're looking for."
64,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_036","Let us be about it, shall we? I've told the others to meet us at the stone benches over there once they've found some promising tomes. Happy reading!"
65,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q1_000_040","The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
66,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_041","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Have you ever gazed at the skies above and contemplated the mysteries contained therein? I speak not of shifting cloud patterns, but of the vastness beyond─of the sun and the twinkling tapestry of the night.</Emphasis>"
67,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_042","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Some think the dome above us to be a finite space, yet amongst the leading thinkers of our age, one scholar's depiction of a boundless sea of stars has firmly taken root.</Emphasis>"
68,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_043","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Alas, this heavenly sea remains an unreachable, unknowable destination. There are few indeed who can explain, in satisfactory detail, why our own star is believed to revolve around the sun.</Emphasis>"
69,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_044","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>It was the technologists of Allag who came closest to understanding the laws which govern that starry abyss. It was they who launched Dalamud, and sought to expand beyond our earthbound existence.</Emphasis>"
70,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_045","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>...Having read of their ancient ambitions, I wonder: has your interest in this field of study waxed or waned?</Emphasis>"
71,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_046","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>What if I were to tell you that the eternal constellations were arranged differently in the distant past? That their positions continue to shift almost imperceptibly but measurably as we journey into the future?</Emphasis>"
72,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_047","(-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Would it shock you to learn that the stars drift further and further apart, and may indeed do so forever? Are you eager to learn more?</Emphasis>"
73,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_048","This book is on the wrong subject. Search for works which contain details on the Forum, or mention the history of Sharlayan."
74,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q2_000_049","The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
75,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_050","(-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In the years which followed the founding of Sharlayan, civic policy and other matters of import were decided at the Ecclesia─a public forum at which every citizen was eligible to speak.</Emphasis>"
76,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_051","(-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>As the city's population grew, however, this format became increasingly impractical. The larger number of participants gave rise to ever-longer debates, resulting in significant delays of vital resolutions.</Emphasis>"
77,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_052","(-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Various measures were introduced in an attempt to curtail protracted discussions, but in the year 201 of the Sixth Astral Era, it was ultimately decreed that Sharlayan would transition to a new form of governance.</Emphasis>"
78,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_053","(-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The nation would now be led by a body of ninety-nine members─citizens chosen from amongst their peers by means of a nationwide vote. Thus was the Forum as we know it today conceived and created.</Emphasis>"
79,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_054","You have gained a fundamental understanding of Sharlayan history and the foundation of the Forum. Head outside to the rendezvous point and await your companions."
80,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q3_000_055","The faded title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
81,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_056","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>During the chaos of the Sixth Umbral Calamity, Archon Nyunkrepf, founder of Sharlayan, bore witness to the madness and savagery of men brought to the brink of despair. Upon raising a settlement on an island in the Northern Empty, he instructed his people thus:</Emphasis>"
82,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_057","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Renounce the ways of war, and pursue enlightenment through knowledge and reason.</Emphasis>"
83,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_058","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The Sharlayans took to heart the words of their savior, and thenceforth served as stewards of wisdom.</Emphasis>"
84,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_059","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Upon a foundation of accumulated learning, they built a homeland unlike any other─a nation born from strength of minds, rather than strength of arms.</Emphasis>"
85,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_060","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>With knowledge of economics came shrewd trading. With knowledge of agriculture came bountiful crops. Engineering brought wells and sewers, ending squabbles over water.</Emphasis>"
86,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_061","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Wealth of expertise could be bartered for wealth in coin. And the more their wisdom spread throughout the world, the more mankind as a whole would thrive.</Emphasis>"
87,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_062","(-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>And so it was that no matter the trials and tribulations of the age, the citizens of Sharlayan would live by their founder's teachings. For the sake of a better tomorrow─for the sake of a brighter star─they would eschew the tools of war, and with knowledge deliver the world.</Emphasis>"
88,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q4_000_063","The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
89,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_064","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>My beloved seekers of knowledge. Have you ever put learning before your health, and neglected to feed and rest your body as you should?</Emphasis>"
90,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_065","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>I, too, once engaged in such foolish practices. But one night, engrossed in philosophical study, I had an epiphany:</Emphasis>"
91,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_066","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>For all the world's mysteries that drive us to reckless abandon, we have so very few years of life in which to achieve our goals.</Emphasis>"
92,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_067","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Thus do I share with you this mantra: I am forever twenty summers young.</Emphasis>"
93,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_068","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The number itself is unimportant─you could be nineteen, or twenty-three, or forty. Whatever age you are when you discover this manual, let that be the age you aspire to remain.</Emphasis>"
94,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_069","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Through mindful, healthy living, will you extend the time available to spend upon your chosen research─another day, another moon, another summer to grasp the greater truths you pursue.</Emphasis>"
95,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_070","(-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In the pages that follow, we will explore the secrets of maintaining one's physical condition from a biological, aetherological, and arcane viewpoint...</Emphasis>"
96,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q5_000_071","The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
97,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_072","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Long, long ago, on an island in the northern sea, there lived a Roegadyn man by the name of Nyunkrepf.</Emphasis>"
98,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_073","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Nyunkrepf was a student of astrology, and he divined that a flood of terrifying proportions would soon sweep over the lands of Eorzea.</Emphasis>"
99,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_074","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>So it was that he built a gigantic ship, assembled a crew, and set sail for that imperiled realm.</Emphasis>"
100,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_075","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The flood arrived as foretold, and to their horror the strangely churning waters drove the people towards the ocean. It was there, however, that Nyunkrepf's crew hauled them aboard his ark, but the danger had not passed: a towering wave approached, threatening to smash the vessel to pieces!</Emphasis>"
101,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_076","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>With only moments to spare, Nyunkrepf wove a mighty spell of teleportation, and shifted the entire ship to safety atop Abalathia's Spine.</Emphasis>"
102,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_077","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Refugees from the surrounding regions huddled there alongside them, but it was not long before disputes over the dwindling supply of food led to violence and bloodshed.</Emphasis>"
103,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_078","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Saddened by the sight, Nyunkrepf gathered to him his crew and his grateful passengers, and abandoned the ark to those reddened peaks. They journeyed to the coast where they built a new ship, intent upon returning to the northern seas.</Emphasis>"
104,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_079","(-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>They landed on the beach of an island, and settled upon that very spot. That settlement prospered and grew, and in time it became the city of Sharlayan we live in to this day.</Emphasis>"
105,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q6_000_080","The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>.
Read the book?"
106,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_081","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Many years ago, on the banks of the Thaliak in the Dravanian hinterlands, a Sharlayan colony once thrived.</Emphasis>"
107,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_082","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>This settlement was originally established as a mere outpost to study the aetherial sea in the year 1311 of the Sixth Astral Era.</Emphasis>"
108,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_083","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Scholars dispatched to Eorzea found the facilities wanting, and their demands encouraged a gradual expansion in structures and services.</Emphasis>"
109,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_084","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>As rumors spread of a growing community of academics, the area was further inundated with Eorzean students hoping to share in the renowned wisdom of the Sharlayans.</Emphasis>"
110,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_085","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Fifty years later, the Forum passed a motion to recognize what had become a flourishing town as an official Sharlayan colony.</Emphasis>"
111,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_086","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Eorzean residents took to calling the colony itself “Sharlayan,” which led to no small amount of confusion when discussions turned to the subject of the motherland.</Emphasis>"
112,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_087","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In response, some Sharlayan inhabitants, if pressed for a name, would simply refer to it as “Emporium.”</Emphasis>"
113,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_088","(-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Following the great exodus, however, goblins and treasure hunters claimed for themselves a corner of the abandoned colony and gave it yet another name: Idyllshire.</Emphasis>"
114,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_089","The following chapters go on to introduce the most prominent features of Idyllshire. This book does not appear to contain additional information on the Forum, or cover the history of the Sharlayan motherland in greater detail."
115,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_090","Sorry, were you waiting long?"
116,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_091","I wanted to make sure I'd borrowed at least a few promising volumes. Alphinaud and Krile should also be along shortly."
117,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_092","I was delayed in similar fashion. As far as I could see, no titles in the Archon stacks mentioned the Final Days specifically, so we have no choice but to start with the tangentially relevant tomes─if they are even that."
118,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_093","At present, the plan is to skim through as quickly as we dare, and share our discoveries as we make them."
119,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_094","It would've been nice to invite everyone to the estate. Plenty of comfortable places to read, and a ready supply of hot tea..."
120,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_095","Oh, I was always quite fond of reading outside."
121,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_096","...But it's not about the little pleasures, is it? You miss your home."
122,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_097","It's been...difficult. After our arrival, we managed to speak with one of the family servants and ask how things were."
123,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_098","It seems our dear father has instructed the staff that even if Alphinaud and I were to return to Sharlayan, we were not to be allowed across the threshold."
124,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_099","A harsh measure, indeed. I hope that our efforts to understand his position─and that of the Forum─will perhaps lead to a reconciliation..."
125,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_100","We'll mend this rift one day. I'm certain of it."
126,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_101","And what of you, G'raha? Have you been to visit your family? Or do they not live here in the city?"
127,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_102","Ah, well... My situation is also somewhat complicated. I was raised in Sharlayan, yes, but I was born rather further away."
128,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_103","In the southern reaches of Ilsabard, in fact. For generations, my people have dwelt in Corvos, the coastal region opposite the island of Thavnair."
129,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_104","The Allagans founded a city in that fertile land, and by ship, brought in the subjugated tribes of the Miqo'te to serve as laborers."
130,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_105","Of course, the massive earthquakes of the Fourth Umbral Calamity brought an end to the empire's reign. And when the Fifth Calamity froze the seas solid, many of the tribes still living in Corvos braved the journey back to Eorzea..."
131,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_106","My ancestors, however, chose to remain, that they might prevent the remnants of Allagan technology from being misused."
132,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_107","Isn't Corvos under Garlean rule?"
133,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_108","For the past fifty years, yes. Some semblance of local culture remains, as is the case for most imperial provinces, but Garlemald renamed the region “Locus Amoenus.”"
134,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_109","...When I was a boy, a nearby town came under the jurisdiction of an illustrious imperial family─the nobles of House Darnus."
135,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_110","House Darnus demonstrated a singular interest in Allagan civilization, and so my tribe was forced to consider a plan of action."
136,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_111","For some time already, voices had been raised in favor of abandoning our ancient customs─after all, the Allagan Eye no longer passed to our eldest children as reliably as it once had."
137,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_112","Fear of discovery eventually tipped the scales, and the decision was made to bury our ties to the knowledge and traditions of Allag."
138,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_113","As the last child born with the Allagan Eye, I was given over to the custody of friends in the Students of Baldesion, who had me registered as a Sharlayan citizen."
139,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_114","I never even considered... Forgive me, it was an unkind question."
140,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_115","Even Thancred was taken in by Archon Louisoix, was he not? Stories of adopted waifs and rescued orphans are more common among Sharlayans than you might think."
141,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_116","Yet regardless of our origins, we are all provided with an equal opportunity to learn. And with sufficient perspicacity, we outsiders can even earn the vaunted title of “Archon.”"
142,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_117","'Tis exactly why I have such love for this country. And why I wish it to remain a nation of which its citizens can be proud."
143,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_118","Hear, hear! Another good reason to get to the bottom of the Forum's stubbornness─aside from the trifling matter of our impending doom."
144,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_119","Excuse us while we try to make some headway into these books, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. More company should be arriving any moment now!"
145,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_120","There are others better suited to poring over old history books, so I thought I'd try my luck with more recent events. If I can find anything to better inform the Forum's baffling behavior..."
146,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_125","Hm? What else do I know of Corvos? Precious little, I am afraid─I've not returned since Master Galuf first brought me here."
147,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_126","I can tell you that Corvosi rebels still seek to slip the yoke of their imperial masters, though the fighting is far less fierce than it once was."
148,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_127","Oh, and they have carpets. <Emphasis>Flying</Emphasis> carpets! The legends are quite extraordinary!"
149,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_130","We've returned with our selections!"
150,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_131","Although I must say, the pickings were quite slim indeed─Mistress Krile has already flicked through every history book devoted to disasters, and more than a few which barely made mention of them."
151,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_132","As such, we will be looking into research papers on the Umbral Calamities, as well as articles written by prominent Forum members. Perhaps their knowledge of the Final Days comes from an unexpected source..."
152,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_133","Speaking of which, might I ask <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> a few questions related to the Final Days?"
153,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_134","I'm the only one here who didn't witness the events of Amaurot firsthand, and fear I may be overlooking critical details."
154,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_135","My thanks! Now, where to begin..."
155,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_136","First things first─what kind of phenomena did the ancients encounter as the Final Days drew nigh?"
156,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q7_000_137","What will you say?"
157,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_138","A complete destabilization of creation magicks."
158,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_139","Primals of unrivaled power were summoned from the aether."
159,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_140","The worst kind of phenomena you can imagine!"
160,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_141","Yes, the unfolding catastrophe wrought havoc on all manner of life..."
161,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_142","The chaos extended to the ancients themselves, causing their powers of creation to spiral out of control. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets..."
162,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_143","Ahem, I believe Hydaelyn and Zodiark were summoned <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> the Final Days had arrived. Quite deliberately, in fact."
163,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_144","If we are speaking of phenomena caused by the Final Days, the chaos of creation magicks run rampant is what first comes to mind. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets..."
164,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_145","Well, that certainly is an accurate─if somewhat ambiguous─impression."
165,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_146","To expound upon that explanation, the unfolding catastrophe wrought havoc on all manner of life..."
166,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_147","The chaos extended to the ancients themselves, causing their powers of creation to spiral out of control. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets..."
167,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_148","That more or less aligns with my understanding. If only the arts of creation had survived until the present day, we might have had something substantial to analyze."
168,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_149","To the best of our knowledge, however, those techniques were not preserved or passed on. Y'shtola surmises that the closest known magick is that of the summoning rituals promulgated by the Ascians."
169,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_150","Was there aught else of note which heralded the approach of the Final Days?"
170,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q8_000_151","What will you say?"
171,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_152","The entire star was engulfed by disaster all at once."
172,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_153","They say it began with a keening sound from the land itself..."
173,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_154","Alphinaud, you can answer this one!"
174,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_155","I...think you may be misremembering. As I recall, 'twas more of a gradual spread."
175,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_156","The Amaurotines spoke of a “keening” sound that rose from the land itself just before a region was visited by catastrophe. We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness..."
176,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_157","Ah, yes, the Amaurotines spoke of it, didn't they? We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness..."
177,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_158","But it seems that each and every one of the catastrophes was preceded by this ominous noise. Eventually it resounded all across the star, and not even Amaurot was spared."
178,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_159","M-Me!? Well, as you wish..."
179,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_160","The Amaurotines were debating the cause of an anomaly which had been observed in the lands across the sea. By this fact alone, we can deduce that the Final Days occurred not all at once the world over, but rather had a point of origin from which it began to spread."
180,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_161","Others also spoke of a “keening” sound rising from the land itself, just before a region was visited by catastrophe. We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness..."
181,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_162","So the ground was crying out, you say? To be considered the harbinger of doom, it must have been quite distinctive...and probably quite loud."
182,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_163","I'll have to speak with one of Noumenon's mammets, and ask after any books which make mention of such a sound."
183,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_164","Last but not least, would you describe how the ancients sought to quell this unprecedented calamity? What definitive action did they take?"
184,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q9_000_165","What will you say?"
185,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_166","They summoned Zodiark."
186,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_167","They summoned Hydaelyn."
187,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_168","They knocked Dalamud from the sky."
188,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_169","Yes, with Elidibus serving as His heart. So many gave themselves in sacrifice to bring Him into being..."
189,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_170","Ah, I believe it was <Emphasis>Zodiark</Emphasis> who was summoned in response to the Final Days. Many sacrificed themselves to bring Him into being, with Elidibus serving as His heart..."
190,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_171","Surely you can't be serious! That was the Seventh Umbral Calamity─hardly an event of the distant past. And even if Dalamud had existed at the time, bringing down a moon of any kind would surely only make things worse!"
191,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_172","The ancients summoned <Emphasis>Zodiark</Emphasis> in response to the Final Days. Many sacrificed themselves to bring Him into being, with Elidibus serving as His heart..."
192,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_173","We do not know exactly how Zodiark brought salvation to the star, only that by His godlike will were the laws of nature set aright."
193,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_174","Then, once the balance was redressed, the ancients offered up a further sacrifice to heal the ravages of the Final Days."
194,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_175","Lives sprouted anew, and it was these fledgling souls they intended to render unto Zodiark. A “trade” that would have allowed them to resurrect the shades of loved ones absorbed by the primal..."
195,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_176","...Or might have, had Venat and her fellows not manifested their opposition in the form of Hydaelyn."
196,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_177","Thank you─both of you─for the detailed review. I feel much more confident now in my understanding of events."
197,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_178","With all that freshly in mind, it does make me wonder what the Telophoroi truly mean when they speak of bringing back the Final Days."
198,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_179","We've seen what they're doing with those towers of theirs. Is forcing people to summon primals a kind of catalyst? Are they attempting to mirror the conditions caused by unstable creation magicks?"
199,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_180","Or are they simply using the Final Days as a figure of speech? A convenient metaphor for the scale of destruction they plan to unleash..."
200,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_181","<sigh> But this is all just pointless conjecture at this stage. Let us return our attention to the Forum, shall we?"
201,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_182","We should keep an eye out for Y'shtola, but 'tis time we began studying these research papers..."
202,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_190","Many Forum members are also researchers or professors. If they know aught of the Final Days, then that knowledge might surface in their writing. That is my hope, anyway..."
203,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_195","It really is comforting to have all these dedicated assistants on hand. Right, then! Enough chatting, more reading!"
204,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_200","I'm the last, am I? Well, my extended search of the Archon stacks produced one or two possibly useful books."
205,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_201","...But I wouldn't get your hopes up."
206,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_202","If you recall, Urianger learned of the Source's reflections from <Emphasis>The Gerun Oracles</Emphasis>. For its potential to cause panic and confusion, that tome was deemed apocrypha and sealed away in the Great Gubal Library."
207,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_203","'Tis even less likely that knowledge of the unsundered world, not to mention the horrors of the Final Days, would be left sitting on a shelf for any curious scholar to find."
208,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_204","It stands to reason then that my colleagues─be they Archons or councilors─should perforce be largely ignorant of the subject."
209,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_205","Yet when you confronted Master Fourchenault with knowledge of the Telophoroi and their machinations, he scoffed at the suggestion that they posed a threat. He seemed adamant that the Forum would know if the Final Days were truly upon us."
210,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_206","Which only supports the conclusion that whatever privileged wisdom is guiding the Forum's behavior, it is being kept secret from the rest of the nation."
211,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_207","...Not that I mean to excuse myself from reading duty. Whether they contain mention of the Final Days or no, these books could yet hold something of value."
212,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_208","You weren't thinking of leaving, were you? There's plenty of work for everyone."
213,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_209","You labor for what feels like an age as Y'shtola's research assistant..."
214,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_210","I've found naught of interest so far. I think Y'shtola might be right about not getting our hopes up."
215,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_215","Ngh..."
216,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_220","......"
217,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_221","Your efforts to gain G'raha Tia's attention go unnoticed. He appears to be lost in his reading..."
218,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_225","Thank you for your help, but I think I can manage the rest without your assistance. If I were you, I'd steal a few quiet moments for myself..."
219,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_230","Oh dear, you look exhausted! But what about <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> studies? Were you able to find any books on the subjects I mentioned?"
220,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_231","Then the day was well spent! Should you wish to read them again, a mammet at the reference desk will point you in the right direction."
221,"TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_232","For the moment, though, I suggest you take a well-deserved rest─we might be occupied with our research for quite some time..."
1 key 0 1
2 #
3 int32 str str
4 0 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_00 Krile is intent on uncovering the reason behind the Forum's inexplicable behavior.
5 1 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_01 As a means to gain insight into the Forum and their confounding obstinacy, Krile has been scouring Sharlayan's archives for any mention of the Final Days. Progress has been slow, however, and she enlists you and your fellow Scions to help with her research. For your first task, you are to meet Krile at the nearby entrance to Noumenon─the grand library of Sharlayan.
6 2 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_02 Krile instructs you to seek out any books on the subject of Sharlayan history or the workings of the Forum. It seems she wishes for you to brush up on your fundamental knowledge for the sake of the ongoing investigation.
7 3 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_03 Having reviewed the basics of Sharlayan's founding and the establishment of the Forum, you feel sufficiently prepared for the task ahead. You then recall that you were to rendezvous with the others at the stone benches just outside Noumenon's entrance.
8 4 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_04 Alisaie and G'raha Tia are the first to join you, and following a revealing discussion of their respective family situations, they settle down to study their borrowed books. Alphinaud and Krile should both be along soon...
9 5 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_05 As expected, Alphinaud and Krile appear next, bearing their own armfuls of reading material. Krile subjects you to a sudden interrogation regarding your experiences in Amaurot, wishing to compare your firsthand account with what she knows of the Final Days. Satisfied that her understanding is now equal to the rest of the Scions, she and Alphinaud focus on their reading, leaving you to keep an eye out for the final member of your research group.
10 6 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_06 Last to arrive, Y'shtola expresses doubts that the sensitive knowledge you seek would be contained in Noumenon's public archives. She is of the opinion, however, that some snippet of useful information might still be found, and enlists you as her research assistant. After what feels like an age, you are released to speak with Krile.
11 7 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_07 Despite your exhausted appearance, Krile informs you that, should you so desire, Noumenon's reference mammet can point you towards the same books you located earlier. For the moment, however, you are excused from further reading duties.
12 8 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_08
13 9 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_09
14 10 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_10
15 11 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_11
16 12 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_12
17 13 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_13
18 14 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_14
19 15 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_15
20 16 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_16
21 17 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_17
22 18 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_18
23 19 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_19
24 20 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_20
25 21 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_21
26 22 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_22
27 23 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SEQ_23
28 24 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_00 Speak with Krile outside Noumenon.
29 25 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_01 Read books in Noumenon on the relevant subjects.
30 26 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_02 Wait at the designated location.
31 27 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_03 Wait at the designated location again.
32 28 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_04 Wait at the designated location once more.
33 29 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_05 Speak with Krile.
34 30 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_06
35 31 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_07
36 32 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_08
37 33 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_09
38 34 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_10
39 35 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_11
40 36 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_12
41 37 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_13
42 38 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_14
43 39 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_15
44 40 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_16
45 41 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_17
46 42 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_18
47 43 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_19
48 44 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_20
49 45 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_21
50 46 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_22
51 47 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_TODO_23
52 48 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_000 If the Forum is intent on concealing its intentions, then a cursory investigation will avail us little, I suspect. We will need to dig deeper─and with the greatest of care...
53 49 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_005 I still don't understand how the vote could be unanimous... What could possibly convince them all to turn their backs on Eorzea?
54 50 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_010 The process by which Forum members are elected is fair and equitable─neither wealth nor social standing offers any advantages to a prospective candidate. But fairly elected or not, Master Matoya still found them all to be insufferable.
55 51 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_015 Our tour of the city was a pleasant distraction. I feel more than ready now to tackle the challenges of the day!
56 52 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_020 An unsettling change has come over Sharlayan, but together we will divine the underlying cause for the Forum's callousness.
57 53 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_021 As I mentioned before, however, questioning the councilors directly is a fruitless endeavor. They seem to have already come to a consensus as to what─and how little─they are willing to divulge.
58 54 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_022 Which is why I began scouring Sharlayan's archive of historical records for any hint of a connection to the Final Days.
59 55 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_023 Suffice it to say that progress has been slow─there are only so many dusty pages one can skim in a day. But now that I have this band of willing reinforcements, the search should proceed all the swifter!
60 56 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_024 Let us reconvene outside Noumenon, shall we?
61 57 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_025 Exit the annex to the right, and you'll find the archives on the western edge of the woods.
62 58 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_030 My directions were easy enough to follow, I hope? In any case, you stand now before the doors of Noumenon, Sharlayan's grandest collection of books and tomes!
63 59 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_031 This building is actually only an entrance─and one of many at that─for the archives of Noumenon extend deep beneath the surface like the roots of a tree. The vast halls of the Great Gubal Library pale in comparison to Noumenon's endless maze of subterranean chambers.
64 60 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_032 Any citizen of Sharlayan is free to enter and peruse its shelves. ...Well, most of its shelves. Only Archons are afforded access to certain restricted vaults.
65 61 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_033 I've dispatched Y'shtola and Raha to investigate those. Meanwhile, Alisaie and Alphinaud will help me continue my search through the stacks open to the general public.
66 62 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_034 Your status presents more of a problem. As a non-citizen, you are only permitted to browse the first floor here at the entrance. Even so, there should be a number of books which touch upon Sharlayan history or Forum policy.
67 63 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_035 Your task will be to find and study the relevant publications. I promise you, a working knowledge of those subjects will make it far easier to spot the sort of clues we're looking for.
68 64 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_036 Let us be about it, shall we? I've told the others to meet us at the stone benches over there once they've found some promising tomes. Happy reading!
69 65 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q1_000_040 The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>. Read the book?
70 66 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_041 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Have you ever gazed at the skies above and contemplated the mysteries contained therein? I speak not of shifting cloud patterns, but of the vastness beyond─of the sun and the twinkling tapestry of the night.</Emphasis>
71 67 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_042 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Some think the dome above us to be a finite space, yet amongst the leading thinkers of our age, one scholar's depiction of a boundless sea of stars has firmly taken root.</Emphasis>
72 68 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_043 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Alas, this heavenly sea remains an unreachable, unknowable destination. There are few indeed who can explain, in satisfactory detail, why our own star is believed to revolve around the sun.</Emphasis>
73 69 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_044 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>It was the technologists of Allag who came closest to understanding the laws which govern that starry abyss. It was they who launched Dalamud, and sought to expand beyond our earthbound existence.</Emphasis>
74 70 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_045 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>...Having read of their ancient ambitions, I wonder: has your interest in this field of study waxed or waned?</Emphasis>
75 71 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_046 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>What if I were to tell you that the eternal constellations were arranged differently in the distant past? That their positions continue to shift almost imperceptibly but measurably as we journey into the future?</Emphasis>
76 72 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKONE_000_047 (-<Emphasis>An Introduction to the Heavens</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Would it shock you to learn that the stars drift further and further apart, and may indeed do so forever? Are you eager to learn more?</Emphasis>
77 73 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_048 This book is on the wrong subject. Search for works which contain details on the Forum, or mention the history of Sharlayan.
78 74 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q2_000_049 The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>. Read the book?
79 75 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_050 (-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In the years which followed the founding of Sharlayan, civic policy and other matters of import were decided at the Ecclesia─a public forum at which every citizen was eligible to speak.</Emphasis>
80 76 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_051 (-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>As the city's population grew, however, this format became increasingly impractical. The larger number of participants gave rise to ever-longer debates, resulting in significant delays of vital resolutions.</Emphasis>
81 77 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_052 (-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Various measures were introduced in an attempt to curtail protracted discussions, but in the year 201 of the Sixth Astral Era, it was ultimately decreed that Sharlayan would transition to a new form of governance.</Emphasis>
82 78 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTWO_000_053 (-<Emphasis>The Voice of a Growing City</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The nation would now be led by a body of ninety-nine members─citizens chosen from amongst their peers by means of a nationwide vote. Thus was the Forum as we know it today conceived and created.</Emphasis>
83 79 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_054 You have gained a fundamental understanding of Sharlayan history and the foundation of the Forum. Head outside to the rendezvous point and await your companions.
84 80 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q3_000_055 The faded title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>. Read the book?
85 81 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_056 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>During the chaos of the Sixth Umbral Calamity, Archon Nyunkrepf, founder of Sharlayan, bore witness to the madness and savagery of men brought to the brink of despair. Upon raising a settlement on an island in the Northern Empty, he instructed his people thus:</Emphasis>
86 82 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_057 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Renounce the ways of war, and pursue enlightenment through knowledge and reason.</Emphasis>
87 83 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_058 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The Sharlayans took to heart the words of their savior, and thenceforth served as stewards of wisdom.</Emphasis>
88 84 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_059 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Upon a foundation of accumulated learning, they built a homeland unlike any other─a nation born from strength of minds, rather than strength of arms.</Emphasis>
89 85 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_060 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>With knowledge of economics came shrewd trading. With knowledge of agriculture came bountiful crops. Engineering brought wells and sewers, ending squabbles over water.</Emphasis>
90 86 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_061 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Wealth of expertise could be bartered for wealth in coin. And the more their wisdom spread throughout the world, the more mankind as a whole would thrive.</Emphasis>
91 87 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKTHREE_000_062 (-<Emphasis>Stewards of Wisdom</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>And so it was that no matter the trials and tribulations of the age, the citizens of Sharlayan would live by their founder's teachings. For the sake of a better tomorrow─for the sake of a brighter star─they would eschew the tools of war, and with knowledge deliver the world.</Emphasis>
92 88 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q4_000_063 The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>. Read the book?
93 89 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_064 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>My beloved seekers of knowledge. Have you ever put learning before your health, and neglected to feed and rest your body as you should?</Emphasis>
94 90 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_065 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>I, too, once engaged in such foolish practices. But one night, engrossed in philosophical study, I had an epiphany:</Emphasis>
95 91 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_066 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>For all the world's mysteries that drive us to reckless abandon, we have so very few years of life in which to achieve our goals.</Emphasis>
96 92 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_067 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Thus do I share with you this mantra: I am forever twenty summers young.</Emphasis>
97 93 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_068 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The number itself is unimportant─you could be nineteen, or twenty-three, or forty. Whatever age you are when you discover this manual, let that be the age you aspire to remain.</Emphasis>
98 94 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_069 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Through mindful, healthy living, will you extend the time available to spend upon your chosen research─another day, another moon, another summer to grasp the greater truths you pursue.</Emphasis>
99 95 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFOUR_000_070 (-<Emphasis>Forever Twenty Summers</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In the pages that follow, we will explore the secrets of maintaining one's physical condition from a biological, aetherological, and arcane viewpoint...</Emphasis>
100 96 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q5_000_071 The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>. Read the book?
101 97 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_072 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Long, long ago, on an island in the northern sea, there lived a Roegadyn man by the name of Nyunkrepf.</Emphasis>
102 98 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_073 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Nyunkrepf was a student of astrology, and he divined that a flood of terrifying proportions would soon sweep over the lands of Eorzea.</Emphasis>
103 99 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_074 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>So it was that he built a gigantic ship, assembled a crew, and set sail for that imperiled realm.</Emphasis>
104 100 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_075 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>The flood arrived as foretold, and to their horror the strangely churning waters drove the people towards the ocean. It was there, however, that Nyunkrepf's crew hauled them aboard his ark, but the danger had not passed: a towering wave approached, threatening to smash the vessel to pieces!</Emphasis>
105 101 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_076 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>With only moments to spare, Nyunkrepf wove a mighty spell of teleportation, and shifted the entire ship to safety atop Abalathia's Spine.</Emphasis>
106 102 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_077 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Refugees from the surrounding regions huddled there alongside them, but it was not long before disputes over the dwindling supply of food led to violence and bloodshed.</Emphasis>
107 103 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_078 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Saddened by the sight, Nyunkrepf gathered to him his crew and his grateful passengers, and abandoned the ark to those reddened peaks. They journeyed to the coast where they built a new ship, intent upon returning to the northern seas.</Emphasis>
108 104 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKFIVE_000_079 (-<Emphasis>The Story of Sharlayan</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>They landed on the beach of an island, and settled upon that very spot. That settlement prospered and grew, and in time it became the city of Sharlayan we live in to this day.</Emphasis>
109 105 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q6_000_080 The title on the spine reads <Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>. Read the book?
110 106 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_081 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Many years ago, on the banks of the Thaliak in the Dravanian hinterlands, a Sharlayan colony once thrived.</Emphasis>
111 107 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_082 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>This settlement was originally established as a mere outpost to study the aetherial sea in the year 1311 of the Sixth Astral Era.</Emphasis>
112 108 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_083 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Scholars dispatched to Eorzea found the facilities wanting, and their demands encouraged a gradual expansion in structures and services.</Emphasis>
113 109 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_084 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>As rumors spread of a growing community of academics, the area was further inundated with Eorzean students hoping to share in the renowned wisdom of the Sharlayans.</Emphasis>
114 110 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_085 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Fifty years later, the Forum passed a motion to recognize what had become a flourishing town as an official Sharlayan colony.</Emphasis>
115 111 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_086 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Eorzean residents took to calling the colony itself “Sharlayan,” which led to no small amount of confusion when discussions turned to the subject of the motherland.</Emphasis>
116 112 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_087 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>In response, some Sharlayan inhabitants, if pressed for a name, would simply refer to it as “Emporium.”</Emphasis>
117 113 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_BOOKSIX_000_088 (-<Emphasis>Roads of Old: The Colony</Emphasis>-)<Emphasis>Following the great exodus, however, goblins and treasure hunters claimed for themselves a corner of the abandoned colony and gave it yet another name: Idyllshire.</Emphasis>
118 114 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_089 The following chapters go on to introduce the most prominent features of Idyllshire. This book does not appear to contain additional information on the Forum, or cover the history of the Sharlayan motherland in greater detail.
119 115 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_090 Sorry, were you waiting long?
120 116 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_091 I wanted to make sure I'd borrowed at least a few promising volumes. Alphinaud and Krile should also be along shortly.
121 117 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_092 I was delayed in similar fashion. As far as I could see, no titles in the Archon stacks mentioned the Final Days specifically, so we have no choice but to start with the tangentially relevant tomes─if they are even that.
122 118 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_093 At present, the plan is to skim through as quickly as we dare, and share our discoveries as we make them.
123 119 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_094 It would've been nice to invite everyone to the estate. Plenty of comfortable places to read, and a ready supply of hot tea...
124 120 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_095 Oh, I was always quite fond of reading outside.
125 121 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_096 ...But it's not about the little pleasures, is it? You miss your home.
126 122 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_097 It's been...difficult. After our arrival, we managed to speak with one of the family servants and ask how things were.
127 123 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_098 It seems our dear father has instructed the staff that even if Alphinaud and I were to return to Sharlayan, we were not to be allowed across the threshold.
128 124 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_099 A harsh measure, indeed. I hope that our efforts to understand his position─and that of the Forum─will perhaps lead to a reconciliation...
129 125 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_100 We'll mend this rift one day. I'm certain of it.
130 126 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_101 And what of you, G'raha? Have you been to visit your family? Or do they not live here in the city?
131 127 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_102 Ah, well... My situation is also somewhat complicated. I was raised in Sharlayan, yes, but I was born rather further away.
132 128 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_103 In the southern reaches of Ilsabard, in fact. For generations, my people have dwelt in Corvos, the coastal region opposite the island of Thavnair.
133 129 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_104 The Allagans founded a city in that fertile land, and by ship, brought in the subjugated tribes of the Miqo'te to serve as laborers.
134 130 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_105 Of course, the massive earthquakes of the Fourth Umbral Calamity brought an end to the empire's reign. And when the Fifth Calamity froze the seas solid, many of the tribes still living in Corvos braved the journey back to Eorzea...
135 131 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_106 My ancestors, however, chose to remain, that they might prevent the remnants of Allagan technology from being misused.
136 132 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_107 Isn't Corvos under Garlean rule?
137 133 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_108 For the past fifty years, yes. Some semblance of local culture remains, as is the case for most imperial provinces, but Garlemald renamed the region “Locus Amoenus.”
138 134 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_109 ...When I was a boy, a nearby town came under the jurisdiction of an illustrious imperial family─the nobles of House Darnus.
139 135 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_110 House Darnus demonstrated a singular interest in Allagan civilization, and so my tribe was forced to consider a plan of action.
140 136 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_111 For some time already, voices had been raised in favor of abandoning our ancient customs─after all, the Allagan Eye no longer passed to our eldest children as reliably as it once had.
141 137 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_112 Fear of discovery eventually tipped the scales, and the decision was made to bury our ties to the knowledge and traditions of Allag.
142 138 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_113 As the last child born with the Allagan Eye, I was given over to the custody of friends in the Students of Baldesion, who had me registered as a Sharlayan citizen.
143 139 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_114 I never even considered... Forgive me, it was an unkind question.
144 140 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_115 Even Thancred was taken in by Archon Louisoix, was he not? Stories of adopted waifs and rescued orphans are more common among Sharlayans than you might think.
145 141 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_116 Yet regardless of our origins, we are all provided with an equal opportunity to learn. And with sufficient perspicacity, we outsiders can even earn the vaunted title of “Archon.”
146 142 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_117 'Tis exactly why I have such love for this country. And why I wish it to remain a nation of which its citizens can be proud.
147 143 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_118 Hear, hear! Another good reason to get to the bottom of the Forum's stubbornness─aside from the trifling matter of our impending doom.
148 144 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_119 Excuse us while we try to make some headway into these books, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. More company should be arriving any moment now!
149 145 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_120 There are others better suited to poring over old history books, so I thought I'd try my luck with more recent events. If I can find anything to better inform the Forum's baffling behavior...
150 146 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_125 Hm? What else do I know of Corvos? Precious little, I am afraid─I've not returned since Master Galuf first brought me here.
151 147 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_126 I can tell you that Corvosi rebels still seek to slip the yoke of their imperial masters, though the fighting is far less fierce than it once was.
152 148 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_127 Oh, and they have carpets. <Emphasis>Flying</Emphasis> carpets! The legends are quite extraordinary!
153 149 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_130 We've returned with our selections!
154 150 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_131 Although I must say, the pickings were quite slim indeed─Mistress Krile has already flicked through every history book devoted to disasters, and more than a few which barely made mention of them.
155 151 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_132 As such, we will be looking into research papers on the Umbral Calamities, as well as articles written by prominent Forum members. Perhaps their knowledge of the Final Days comes from an unexpected source...
156 152 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_133 Speaking of which, might I ask <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> a few questions related to the Final Days?
157 153 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_134 I'm the only one here who didn't witness the events of Amaurot firsthand, and fear I may be overlooking critical details.
158 154 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_135 My thanks! Now, where to begin...
159 155 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_136 First things first─what kind of phenomena did the ancients encounter as the Final Days drew nigh?
160 156 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q7_000_137 What will you say?
161 157 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_138 A complete destabilization of creation magicks.
162 158 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_139 Primals of unrivaled power were summoned from the aether.
163 159 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A7_000_140 The worst kind of phenomena you can imagine!
164 160 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_141 Yes, the unfolding catastrophe wrought havoc on all manner of life...
165 161 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_142 The chaos extended to the ancients themselves, causing their powers of creation to spiral out of control. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets...
166 162 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_143 Ahem, I believe Hydaelyn and Zodiark were summoned <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> the Final Days had arrived. Quite deliberately, in fact.
167 163 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_144 If we are speaking of phenomena caused by the Final Days, the chaos of creation magicks run rampant is what first comes to mind. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets...
168 164 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_145 Well, that certainly is an accurate─if somewhat ambiguous─impression.
169 165 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_146 To expound upon that explanation, the unfolding catastrophe wrought havoc on all manner of life...
170 166 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_147 The chaos extended to the ancients themselves, causing their powers of creation to spiral out of control. Fear and despair manifested in terrible, tangible fashion─meteors raining from the sky, fire erupting from the ground, indescribable abominations prowling the streets...
171 167 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_148 That more or less aligns with my understanding. If only the arts of creation had survived until the present day, we might have had something substantial to analyze.
172 168 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_149 To the best of our knowledge, however, those techniques were not preserved or passed on. Y'shtola surmises that the closest known magick is that of the summoning rituals promulgated by the Ascians.
173 169 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_150 Was there aught else of note which heralded the approach of the Final Days?
174 170 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q8_000_151 What will you say?
175 171 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_152 The entire star was engulfed by disaster all at once.
176 172 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_153 They say it began with a keening sound from the land itself...
177 173 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A8_000_154 Alphinaud, you can answer this one!
178 174 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_155 I...think you may be misremembering. As I recall, 'twas more of a gradual spread.
179 175 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_156 The Amaurotines spoke of a “keening” sound that rose from the land itself just before a region was visited by catastrophe. We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness...
180 176 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_157 Ah, yes, the Amaurotines spoke of it, didn't they? We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness...
181 177 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_158 But it seems that each and every one of the catastrophes was preceded by this ominous noise. Eventually it resounded all across the star, and not even Amaurot was spared.
182 178 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_159 M-Me!? Well, as you wish...
183 179 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_160 The Amaurotines were debating the cause of an anomaly which had been observed in the lands across the sea. By this fact alone, we can deduce that the Final Days occurred not all at once the world over, but rather had a point of origin from which it began to spread.
184 180 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_161 Others also spoke of a “keening” sound rising from the land itself, just before a region was visited by catastrophe. We never did hear this sound ourselves, of course, thrust as we were into the midst of the madness...
185 181 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_162 So the ground was crying out, you say? To be considered the harbinger of doom, it must have been quite distinctive...and probably quite loud.
186 182 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_163 I'll have to speak with one of Noumenon's mammets, and ask after any books which make mention of such a sound.
187 183 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_164 Last but not least, would you describe how the ancients sought to quell this unprecedented calamity? What definitive action did they take?
188 184 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_Q9_000_165 What will you say?
189 185 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_166 They summoned Zodiark.
190 186 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_167 They summoned Hydaelyn.
191 187 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_A9_000_168 They knocked Dalamud from the sky.
192 188 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_169 Yes, with Elidibus serving as His heart. So many gave themselves in sacrifice to bring Him into being...
193 189 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_170 Ah, I believe it was <Emphasis>Zodiark</Emphasis> who was summoned in response to the Final Days. Many sacrificed themselves to bring Him into being, with Elidibus serving as His heart...
194 190 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_171 Surely you can't be serious! That was the Seventh Umbral Calamity─hardly an event of the distant past. And even if Dalamud had existed at the time, bringing down a moon of any kind would surely only make things worse!
195 191 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_172 The ancients summoned <Emphasis>Zodiark</Emphasis> in response to the Final Days. Many sacrificed themselves to bring Him into being, with Elidibus serving as His heart...
196 192 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_173 We do not know exactly how Zodiark brought salvation to the star, only that by His godlike will were the laws of nature set aright.
197 193 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_174 Then, once the balance was redressed, the ancients offered up a further sacrifice to heal the ravages of the Final Days.
198 194 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_175 Lives sprouted anew, and it was these fledgling souls they intended to render unto Zodiark. A “trade” that would have allowed them to resurrect the shades of loved ones absorbed by the primal...
199 195 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_176 ...Or might have, had Venat and her fellows not manifested their opposition in the form of Hydaelyn.
200 196 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_177 Thank you─both of you─for the detailed review. I feel much more confident now in my understanding of events.
201 197 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_178 With all that freshly in mind, it does make me wonder what the Telophoroi truly mean when they speak of bringing back the Final Days.
202 198 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_179 We've seen what they're doing with those towers of theirs. Is forcing people to summon primals a kind of catalyst? Are they attempting to mirror the conditions caused by unstable creation magicks?
203 199 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_180 Or are they simply using the Final Days as a figure of speech? A convenient metaphor for the scale of destruction they plan to unleash...
204 200 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_181 <sigh> But this is all just pointless conjecture at this stage. Let us return our attention to the Forum, shall we?
205 201 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_182 We should keep an eye out for Y'shtola, but 'tis time we began studying these research papers...
206 202 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_190 Many Forum members are also researchers or professors. If they know aught of the Final Days, then that knowledge might surface in their writing. That is my hope, anyway...
207 203 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_195 It really is comforting to have all these dedicated assistants on hand. Right, then! Enough chatting, more reading!
208 204 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_200 I'm the last, am I? Well, my extended search of the Archon stacks produced one or two possibly useful books.
209 205 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_201 ...But I wouldn't get your hopes up.
210 206 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_202 If you recall, Urianger learned of the Source's reflections from <Emphasis>The Gerun Oracles</Emphasis>. For its potential to cause panic and confusion, that tome was deemed apocrypha and sealed away in the Great Gubal Library.
211 207 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_203 'Tis even less likely that knowledge of the unsundered world, not to mention the horrors of the Final Days, would be left sitting on a shelf for any curious scholar to find.
212 208 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_204 It stands to reason then that my colleagues─be they Archons or councilors─should perforce be largely ignorant of the subject.
213 209 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_205 Yet when you confronted Master Fourchenault with knowledge of the Telophoroi and their machinations, he scoffed at the suggestion that they posed a threat. He seemed adamant that the Forum would know if the Final Days were truly upon us.
214 210 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_206 Which only supports the conclusion that whatever privileged wisdom is guiding the Forum's behavior, it is being kept secret from the rest of the nation.
215 211 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_207 ...Not that I mean to excuse myself from reading duty. Whether they contain mention of the Final Days or no, these books could yet hold something of value.
216 212 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_208 You weren't thinking of leaving, were you? There's plenty of work for everyone.
217 213 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_209 You labor for what feels like an age as Y'shtola's research assistant...
218 214 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALPHINAUD_000_210 I've found naught of interest so far. I think Y'shtola might be right about not getting our hopes up.
219 215 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_ALISAIE_000_215 Ngh...
220 216 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_GRAHATIA_000_220 ......
221 217 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_SYSTEM_000_221 Your efforts to gain G'raha Tia's attention go unnoticed. He appears to be lost in his reading...
222 218 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_YSHTOLA_000_225 Thank you for your help, but I think I can manage the rest without your assistance. If I were you, I'd steal a few quiet moments for myself...
223 219 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_230 Oh dear, you look exhausted! But what about <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> studies? Were you able to find any books on the subjects I mentioned?
224 220 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_231 Then the day was well spent! Should you wish to read them again, a mammet at the reference desk will point you in the right direction.
225 221 TEXT_AKTKMA103_04359_KRILE_000_232 For the moment, though, I suggest you take a well-deserved rest─we might be occupied with our research for quite some time...