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10TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SEQ_00Minfilia is wearing a wry smile. Might it have something to do with your newfound fame?
21TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SEQ_01It would seem your recent exploits have garnered the attention of all three of the Grand Companies of Eorzea. Now each one is intent upon adding you to its ranks, going so far as to send a representative to the Waking Sands to court you. Though Minfilia does not seem best pleased by this turn of events, she concedes that joining a Grand Company would yield certain benefits. But which one will you choose? That you might make an informed decision, she suggests that you attend the forthcoming remembrance services and listen to each Grand Company leader's address. Tataru will be able to furnish you with the particulars.
32TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SEQ_02Tataru has apprised you as to where the remembrance services are due to be held. Visit Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre in Gridania, the Royal Promenade in Ul'dah, and finally the Stateroom in Limsa Lominsa, and hear what the Grand Company leaders have to say.
43TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SEQ_03You have now attended all three of the remembrance services. Based on the words of the Grand Company leaders and the traveling twins, Alphinaud and Alisaie, it would appear that each of Eorzea's city–states is beset with problems. Clearly, all three would benefit from your aid, but which of them deserves it most? Make your way back to the Waking Sands, and share your thoughts with Minfilia.
54TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SEQ_04Minfilia confirms that all three city–states are sorely in need of assistance, and laments the fact that there is only one of you. A difficult choice awaits. Weigh your decision well, and give your answer to the officer of the Grand Company you would join.
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2524TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TODO_00Speak with Tataru.
2625TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TODO_01Attend the remembrance service at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre in Gridania.
2726TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TODO_02Attend the remembrance service at the Royal Promenade in Ul'dah.
2827TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TODO_03Attend the remembrance service at the Stateroom in Limsa Lominsa.
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4948TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_10Until not so very long ago, you were but one of the many adventurers seeking to make their way in Eorzea.
5049TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_11But for your character and courage, you were raised to the esteemed post of envoy. Thereafter, you traveled the realm, aiding those in need without thought of reward, confirming to Y'shtola that the Scions would benefit from your aid. And no sooner had you joined us than you personally bested the primal Ifrit.
5150TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_12You have achieved a great deal in a short time, and won fame in so doing. Alas, fame does not come without a price, as you will soon discover.
5251TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_13We have guests, Player─or rather...*you* have guests.
5352TEXT_MANFST300_00511_THREEOFFICER_000_14(-???-)Beg pardons!
5453TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_15Ahhh, Lady Minfilia. Radiant as always!
5554TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_16I am given to understand that the Scions of the Seventh Dawn have but recently welcomed a new hero into their midst!
5655TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_17I am here on behalf of the Maelstrom, Grand Company of Limsa Lominsa, to offer said hero a place of honor within our ranks!
5756TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_18As you can see, Player, your recent exploits have garnered you the attentions of the Grand Companies of Eorzea.
5857TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_19Each organization would have Ifrit's bane for its own. To this end, all three have sent officers to *court* you.
5958TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_20They would not ordinarily go to such lengths to enlist a new recruit. That they *have* is evidence of their high regard for you.
6059TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_21I find myself wondering how word of Player's deeds spread so quickly. That the Immortal Flames should know of her triumph is to be expected...but what of the *other* Grand Companies?
6160TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_22Eep!
6261TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_23Your reputation precedes you, Mistress ! 'Tis no ordinary woman who can face a primal and emerge the victor!
6362TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_24And imagine our pride when we learned that you began your journey as an adventurer in our own Gridania! Know that the people hold you in high esteem, and that you will always be welcome among us.
6463TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_25The Order of the Twin Adder has need of valiant women such as you. Join your strength to ours, friend, and together let us ensure that peace ever reigns over the Twelveswood!
6564TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_26What a pleasure it is to finally meet you, Mistress ! My comrades speak of you in the most glowing terms!
6665TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_27Why, even before you aided us against the Amalj'aa and their dread primal, yours was already a respected name in Ul'dah. Our people know you and love you well.
6766TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_28A woman of your talent belongs with the Immortal Flames. Join your strength to ours, friend, and together let us secure a prosperous future for Ul'dah!
6867TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_29The Admiral was not exaggerating when she said you have the look of a hero! Full often does she speak of you, friend.
6968TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_30...As do many others in Limsa. Long before the rest of Eorzea took note, your name was well known to us, owing to your valorous deeds on behalf of our citizens.
7069TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_31It is only natural that we should want you for the Maelstrom. Join your strength to ours, and together let us see the grand vessel of Limsa Lominsa to the shores of glory!
7170TEXT_MANFST300_00511_THREEOFFICER_000_32(-Grand Company Officers-)Lady Minfilia!
7271TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_33<sigh> Very well...
7372TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_34Though I am quite sure you need no reminding, mayhap a brief summary of the situation would help to clarify your thoughts on this matter. As you know, the Grand Companies are all-encompassing organizations empowered to call upon the martial, economic, and technological resources of their respective city–states in times of strife.
7473TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_35There are presently three such organizations in Eorzea: the Maelstrom of Limsa Lominsa, the Order of the Twin Adder of Gridania, and the Immortal Flames of Ul'dah.
7574TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_36Serving a Grand Company means serving the nation to which it belongs. You will be charged with its defense, and tasked with advancing its cause.
7675TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_37In return for your faithful service, you will be furnished with various rewards, some of which may well prove useful to you in your other endeavors.
7776TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_38If you are agonizing over which of the Grand Companies best deserves your loyalty, be at ease─the commitment you make this day need not be permanent. Should you wish to shift your allegiance at a later date, you are entitled to do so. And yet...I concede that it is no small choice you face...
7877TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_39Ah! A thought occurs to me! You will, of course, recall that the three city–states are planning to hold remembrance services.
7978TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_40Well, as part of the proceedings, I am given to understand that the leader of each Grand Company will deliver an address.
8079TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_41Hearing these addresses ought to help you make an informed decision. What say you, my dear officers?
8180TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_42A fine suggestion!
8281TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_43You are as wise as you are beautiful, my lady!
8382TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_44Very well! Let Player hear our leaders speak, then return here with her decision.
8483TEXT_MANFST300_00511_THREEOFFICER_000_45(-Grand Company Officers-)We eagerly await your answer!
8584TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_46I know full well that adventurers are by their nature a liberty-loving breed, and not best suited to the discipline of military service, but I strongly urge you to join a Grand Company nonetheless. While the promise of reward is enticing in itself, it is not the only benefit.
8685TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_47You are possessed of great power, Player, and with it you are capable of doing untold good. Yet know that great power is wont to attract attention─not all of it friendly.
8786TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_48There will be those who wish you ill, and you must needs be on the lookout for them. Yet however vigilant you are, you are but one woman. In the midst of a Grand Company, however, you will be one woman amongst many─a friend amongst friends. Your achievements will be shared, and so will the danger. I can think of no better arrangement.
8887TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_49Of course, joining one organization need not mean leaving another. I hope that we can continue to rely upon your aid─the Twelve know that we will have need of it in the days ahead.
8988TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_50The Grand Companies seek to protect their own nations. We Scions, on the other hand, seek to preserve the future of Eorzea as a whole. Similar, yet not quite the same.
9089TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_51Now then, I expect that you will be afield more often in the future.
9190TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_52As such, I would have you carry this linkpearl with you at all times. It will allow us to stay in touch regardless of location.
9291TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_53Eorzea is changing, Player, and you have the power to help shape it anew.
9392TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_54None can say what the morrow will bring, but so long as we believe in ourselves, there is naught we cannot achieve.
9493TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_55Now, it is time you made ready for your journey. Before you depart, be sure to speak to Tataru. She will apprise you as to where and when the remembrance services are due to take place.
9594TEXT_MANFST300_00511_FLAMEOFFICER_000_900The Flame General is a passionate man, and his words never fail to light a fire in the belly of those who listen. I am sure you will be no exception!
9695TEXT_MANFST300_00511_SERPENTOFFICER_000_901The Elder Seedseer speaks only truth, and her words have the power to touch the soul. At the sound of her voice, all fall silent and attend her.
9796TEXT_MANFST300_00511_STORMOFFICER_000_902When the Admiral speaks, even pirates listen, and that is no small thing. She is a born leader─the kind one would gladly follow to the seventh hell!
9897TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_60I, um... I'm sorry about all the attention you're getting, Player... I might have sung your praises a little too loudly...and often...to a few too many people. Ahem. Next time, I'll be sure to hold my tongue─literally, if necessary.
9998TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_61Anyway, I expect you want to know where and when the remembrance services are taking place?
10099TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_62If all goes to plan, Gridania's Grand Company, the Order of the Twin Adder, will hold the first of the three services, and Elder Seedseer Kan–E–Senna will deliver her address at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.
101100TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_63I should probably mention at this point that due to the organizational challenges involved in assembling all of the involved parties, it's possible that the order of the services might change... Still, there's not much we can do about that, so make Gridania your first port of call.
102101TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_64Next, you'll need to go to Ul'dah, where Flame General Raubahn Aldynn will be addressing the masses at the Royal Promenade. Oh, and it's rumored there's to be a special guest! How exciting.
103102TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_65Last but not least, you must make your way to the Stateroom in Limsa Lominsa, where Maelstrom Chief Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn will be giving her address.
104103TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_66The room is accessible via the Admiral's Lift. Identify yourself to the sentry, Zanthael, and he will admit you. Got all that?
105104TEXT_MANFST300_00511_TATARU_000_67Well, off you go, then. I hope you find the remembrance services suitably educational! I suggest visiting the city–states in my prescribed order, though with your record of *impeccable* timing and luck, the schedule may well change in favor of your preferred travel plans. Farewell!
106105TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100010_CLATTERMBehold, it is the Sultana Nanamo herself!
107106TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100020_CLATTERFAnd Raubahn as well!
108107TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100030_RAUBAHNHark you, souls of flame, drawn to the bosom of the desert, where the fire burns brightest and shall rage forevermore!
109108TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100040_CLATTERMHURRAH!
110109TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100050_CLATTERMRAUBAHN!
111110TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100060_RAUBAHNWhere since antiquity, under the sage and judicious rule of the Ul Dynasty, we have wrought sand into gold!
112111TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100070_RAUBAHNWhere by the Grace and Glory of Nald'thal have our brave sons and daughters flourished and prospered─I speak of Ul'dah!
113112TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100080_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)There, at the Flame General's back flies the Grand Company's standard.
114113TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100090_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)Note the sigil. The golden scales of order balance the jewel of prosperity with the flame of might.
115114TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100100_RAUBAHNGreat and many are the gifts our nation has given the realm.
116115TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100110_RAUBAHNIn Eorzea's darkest hour, on the killing fields of Carteneau, none spent more in blood and gold than we.
117116TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100120_RAUBAHNThus was the VIIth Imperial Legion laid low!
118117TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100130_CLATTERMRaaah!
119118TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100140_CLATTERMYaaah!
120119TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100150_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)So *that's* how it happened! How soon history forgets.
121120TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100160_RAUBAHNYet many left our gates, never to return.
122121TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100170_RAUBAHNLet us pray for our absent brothers and sisters, that they might know happiness in the great beyond, as Thal's honored guests.
123122TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100180_RAUBAHNIf the fates were fair, the price we paid that day would have bought us victory. Alas, they are not.
124123TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100190_RAUBAHNAnd now, but five years into this Seventh Umbral Era, the spirit of sacrifice which granted us our strength is all but dead.
125124TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100200_RAUBAHNLook around you. What do you see? A people divided, downtrodden and enthralled!
126125TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100210_RAUBAHNWhere are the merciful alms of the rich? Where is the just steel of the righteous?
127126TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100220_CLATTERMThat's not really fair...
128127TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100230_CLATTERFIt is as he says.
129128TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100240_RAUBAHNI ask you: is this the great nation our brothers and sisters gave their lives to save?
130129TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100250_RAUBAHNYou who call this “living” dishonor the name of the Immortal Flames─it is but a slow death!
131130TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100260_RAUBAHNOur enemies surround us. The savage hordes of the Amalj'aa wait beside our roads, strangling the lifelines of trade.
132131TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100270_RAUBAHNMeanwhile, the Garleans make mock of our borders, and despoil our land of its natural wealth.
133132TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100280_RAUBAHNWe stand on a precipice...yet we do not act.
134133TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100290_RAUBAHNWhether trader or soldier, Monetarist or Royalist, all must recognize that a divided Ul'dah stands to fall.
135134TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100300_RAUBAHNVictory and Fortune walk hand in hand!
136135TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100310_RAUBAHNYe who seek glory and wealth! Look not to what little you can snatch from your neighbor, but to the boundless wealth of the world beyond!
137136TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100320_RAUBAHNNow is the time to unite! Now is the time to ride forth!
138137TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100330_RAUBAHNIn the name of the sultana, I beseech you!
139138TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100340_RAUBAHNLine not your own coffers, but those of the Immortal Flames! Seek not to prosper from Ul'dah, but to restore her to prosperity!
140139TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100350_RAUBAHNAs the realm prospers, so shall Ul'dah. As Ul'dah prospers, so shall her people!
141140TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100360_CLATTERMYah! For Ul'dah!
142141TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100370_CLATTERFTogether we are one!
143142TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100380_RAUBAHNYour Grace.
144143TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100390_NANAMOULNAMORaubahn.
145144TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100400_NANAMOULNAMOPeople of Ul'dah! I, Nanamo, seventeenth in the line of Ul, address you.
146145TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100410_NANAMOULNAMOMuch has been made of the wealth of Ul'dah.
147146TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100420_NANAMOULNAMOYet those who measure that wealth in coins and carats are gravely deceived.
148147TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100430_NANAMOULNAMOFor the true wealth of Ul'dah lies in the health, happiness, and hopes of her people.
149148TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100440_NANAMOULNAMOBeloved subjects, I bid you raise aloft the torch of Ul'dah, that her Flames might serve as a beacon for all Eorzea to see!
150149TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100450_CLATTERMLong live Nanamo!
151150TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100460_CLATTERMGlory to the sultana!
152151TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100470_RAUBAHNFor Victory and Fortune, stride fearless into the inferno, for we are by fire reborn!
153152TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100480_CLATTERMForsooth!
154153TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100490_CLATTERMThe time is now!
155154TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100500_CLATTERMI believe!
156155TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100510_ALPHINAUDIf you'll permit me. Alphinaud.
157156TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100520_ALPHINAUD...And my sister, Alisaie, at your service.
158157TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100530_ALPHINAUDI saw at a glance that you were a fellow traveler.
159158TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100540_ALPHINAUDYou might call us students of history, sampling the realm's remembrances in pursuit of...enlightenment.
160159TEXT_MANFST300_00511_100550_ALPHINAUDFancy meeting you again.
161160TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_80The Ul'dahns have a long history of conflict with the Amalj'aa, the beast tribe that worships the primal Ifrit.
162161TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_81Judging by your look of distaste, I take it you have encountered them.
163162TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_82The Ul'dahns do not shy from confrontation. If aught threatens their precious prosperity, they *will* seek to crush it.
164163TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_83So have they dealt with Ifrit thus far, smothering his flames each time he is stoked to life.
165164TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_84Yet he is but one of several problems. Though they have been quiet these past five years, the Garleans have not gone away.
166165TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_85Meanwhile, refugees continue to arrive in droves, and Ul'dah has no clear policy on how to deal with them.
167166TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_86After all, not even the sultanate's coffers are bottomless. And even assuming they had the coin, resources will ever be finite.
168167TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_87Which brings me back to the subject of Ifrit. It has been observed that the Amalj'aa are summoning him with ever-increasing frequency.
169168TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_88Every time they do so, the Ul'dahns send their forces to smite the primal, and though they invariably succeed, each victory is bought with blood. It is a war of attrition which they cannot well sustain.
170169TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_89Small wonder, then, that the Immortal Flames are eager to recruit more members.
171170TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_90At such a desperate hour, an adventurer of your experience would be a most welcome addition to their ranks.
172171TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_91For their sake, I hope that the Flame General's words struck a chord with you.
173172TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300560_CLATTERMI lost my son to the Calamity...
174173TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300570_CLATTERMSome say you couldn't take a step without stumbling over a body.
175174TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300580_CLATTERFThe three Seedseers are all together!
176175TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300590_KANESENNAOur forebears were once strangers in the Twelveswood.
177176TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300600_KANESENNAFearful of the greenwrath, they hid themselves in the dark recesses of the earth. Yet they dreamed of basking in the dappled sunlight of the forest.
178177TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300610_KANESENNAThrough great effort, they proved their worth to the elementals, and were granted a place beneath the boughs. So it was that Gridania was born, some five centuries ago.
179178TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300620_KANESENNAWorking hand in hand, the Hyur and the Elezen settlers sowed the seeds of our civilization. And soon they were joined by folk of all races.
180179TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300630_KANESENNASo nourished by the waters of unity and blessed by the light of the Matron, Gridania flourished into the great nation it is today.
181180TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300640_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)Do you see the Gridanian standard? There, hanging behind the Elder Seedseer.
182181TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300650_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)The entwined serpents represent the unity between Hyur and Elezen. An elegant symbol, do you not agree?
183182TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300660_KANESENNAIn accordance with the will of the elementals, we have embraced a life of peace. Alas, our neighbors have not always sought the same for themselves─nor for us.
184183TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300670_KANESENNAThough we Gridanians have no love for war, we have still less for those who would threaten our way of life. Ever have we fought to protect the sanctity of the Twelveswood.
185184TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300680_KANESENNAWhen the Garlean Empire brought its war of conquest to Eorzea, we rallied under the noble standard of the Twin Adder, that we might push back the encroaching darkness.
186185TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300690_KANESENNAAnd it was we who prepared the ground for the reformation of the Eorzean Alliance, that all the peoples of this realm might stand united against the common threat.
187186TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300700_KANESENNAFive years ago, the Alliance met the armies of the Empire upon the fields of Carteneau.
188187TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300710_KANESENNAIt would prove the bloodiest battle in recent memory. Countless Gridanian lives were lost.
189188TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300720_KANESENNAAs supreme commander of the Order of the Twin Adder, ever shall I bear the weight of our people's sacrifice.
190189TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300730_KANESENNAAlas, their loss was not the only tragedy to befall us that day, for soon came the Calamity.
191190TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300740_KANESENNAThe scars borne by our forest are a constant reminder of its violence. Our lives have been irrevocably changed, each waking hour a struggle to survive.
192191TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300750_KANESENNADriven to desperation, some among us have strayed from the path of righteousness, resorting to banditry, poaching, and other unconscionable deeds.
193192TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300760_KANESENNATo compound our woes, the Ixal have returned in force, emboldened by our suffering. They test our defenses nigh without cease, and prey upon the vulnerable.
194193TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300770_KANESENNASo beleaguered from within and without, it is of little wonder that our unity now falters. Dark times are upon us.
195194TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300780_CLATTERMTime was a man could walk the highroads without fear.
196195TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300790_CLATTERMA pox on the bloody Ixal!
197196TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300800_KANESENNAOn this day, five years ago, countless Eorzeans laid down their lives that we might behold another dawn. Please join with me in honoring their memory.
198197TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300810_ALISAIE(-Cynical Girl-)And how do you propose to honor the memory of those you cannot remember, pray tell?
199198TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300820_KANESENNAThe destruction wrought by the Calamity was indiscriminate─it dealt death to Eorzean and Garlean alike.
200199TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300830_KANESENNAYet while we have labored to rebuild our homes─to rebuild our lives─the Empire has set about raising steel fortresses here in the Twelveswood.
201200TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300840_KANESENNALet none be mistaken─the Garleans remain the greatest threat to our survival. If we are to stand against them, we must remember what it is to be united.
202201TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300850_KANESENNAOur many troubles blind us to the woes of our fellow man. Thence is harmony lost. Yet harmony is the founding principle of Gridania.
203202TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300860_KANESENNAWe are gathered here to honor the fallen.
204203TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300870_KANESENNALet them be honored not only in word and thought, but through concerted action!
205204TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300880_KANESENNAI bid you join hands with me once more beneath the Twin Adder standard!
206205TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300890_KANESENNAAnd together, let us heal the forest's wounds, that our progeny might live in harmony beneath these ancient boughs. For serenity, purity, and sanctity!
207206TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300900_CLATTERFWe must think of the children!
208207TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300910_CLATTERMWood's Will Be Done!
209208TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300920_CLATTERMIt's up to us to protect the forest!
210209TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300930_CLATTERMFor the elementals!
211210TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300940_ALPHINAUDIf you'll permit me. Alphinaud.
212211TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300950_ALPHINAUD...And my sister, Alisaie, at your service.
213212TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300960_ALPHINAUDI saw at a glance that you were a fellow traveler.
214213TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300970_ALPHINAUDYou might call us students of history, sampling the realm's remembrances in pursuit of...enlightenment.
215214TEXT_MANFST300_00511_300980_ALPHINAUDFancy meeting you again.
216215TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_110The Gridanians are unfortunate enough to have to contend with two beast tribes.
217216TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_111The Ixal are unquestionably the more troublesome, being of a naturally warlike disposition, and wont to summon their bloodthirsty primal, Garuda.
218217TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_112The sylphs, by contrast, are peaceful in nature, being mischievous rather than malevolent, and have long been on friendly terms with the Gridanians─until recently, at least. Alas, they have grown aloof, a change observed at roughly the time they summoned the primal Ramuh.
219218TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_113The Gridanians have no love for war, and they consider open conflict a last resort.
220219TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_114Though they clash with the Ixal ever more regularly, you may be assured that they do so in self-defense. As for the sylphs...they are as yet bound by a peace treaty, though one wonders how long it will be before it is broken.
221220TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_115The Twelveswood was grievously wounded during the Calamity, leaving Gridania vulnerable to attack. The people are hopeful that restoring the wood─and thereby the power of the elementals─will put an end to their woes. Yet how long will that take? *Centuries*, I'd wager.
222221TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_116Meanwhile, the Ixal will continue their incursions, spurred on by Garuda and her insatiable appetite for destruction.
223222TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_117Whether the Gridanians like it or not, sooner or later it will come to all-out war. And when it does, the Order of the Twin Adder will need all the help it can muster.
224223TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_118...How valuable might the aid of a capable adventurer prove to them then?
225224TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_119Well, perhaps we will find out─if the Elder Seedseer's words fell on fertile ground...
226225TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ZANTHAEL_000_130Here to attend the remembrance service? Be quick─the Admiral is due to give her address at any moment.
227226TEXT_MANFST300_00511_Q1_000_1Proceed to the Stateroom?
228227TEXT_MANFST300_00511_A1_000_1Yes
229228TEXT_MANFST300_00511_A1_000_2No
230229TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ZANTHAEL_000_131If you're not interested in attending, make way for those who are.
231230TEXT_MANFST300_00511_500990_CLATTERMThe Garleans are another matter altogether.
232231TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501000_CLATTERFSo much for our alliance.
233232TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501010_CLATTERMIt's sunk beyond the seabed.
234233TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501020_MERLWYBBrothers and sisters of the sea, hearken unto me! Look upon this, our mighty crimson standard, and tell me your hearts do not swell with pride!
235234TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501030_CLATTERMYaaaaaargh!
236235TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501040_MERLWYBSeven hundred summers have come and gone since our forefathers first ran aground in this fertile bay.
237236TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501050_MERLWYBIn that time, guided by the Mother of Oceans, Limsa Lominsa has grown from humble fishing village to uncontested ruler of the five seas and beyond!
238237TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501060_CLATTERMHuzzah!
239238TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501070_CLATTERMRaaaaaarrr!
240239TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501080_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)Did you look, as the Admiral bid you? It *is* a rather stirring standard, I must say.
241240TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501090_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)The crimson field is meant to signify the blood of fallen crewmates, while the black longship represents a pirate vessel.
242241TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501100_MERLWYBWhen the Garlean Empire marched upon Eorzea, we assembled beneath the Maelstrom's standard, and our Grand Company was reborn.
243242TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501110_MERLWYBAll answered the call, from the Knights of the Barracuda to Hyllfyr's Bloody Executioners, and together we met our would-be conquerors upon the field of Carteneau.
244243TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501120_MERLWYBThat day, the world bore witness to the united strength of Limsa Lominsa!
245244TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501130_MERLWYBI swear to you─no army ever fought harder, or with more courage. Yet many of ours did not survive.
246245TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501140_MERLWYBJoin me now in remembering those who fought in the name of freedom, and fell. May their souls be returned to the sea.
247246TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501150_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)Freedom... Yes, they have always been rather fond of their freedom.
248247TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501160_ALPHINAUD(-Self-assured Youth-)Much as the beast tribes have. Small wonder─beneath the surface, one would struggle to tell them apart.
249248TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501170_MERLWYBIt has been five long years since the Calamity struck. Five long years of tireless rebuilding.
250249TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501180_MERLWYBYet still the wounds of the Calamity fester and weep.
251250TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501190_MERLWYBBut when I stand atop the Mizzenmast, and gaze out upon our battered and broken vessel, I see an undying spirit. Did we not build all this from the wreck of the *Galadion* all those centuries ago? Shall we not do so again!?
252251TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501200_MERLWYBYet there are those who would see this ship of ours sink beneath the waves of the restless Rhotano.
253252TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501210_MERLWYBThe Sahagin creep ashore seeking blood for their accursed god.
254253TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501220_CLATTERMThose fishback bastards...
255254TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501230_CLATTERFThe Sahagin have risen?
256255TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501240_MERLWYBWhile the mines of O'Ghomoro spew forth kobolds who push ever south, despoiling our lands as they go.
257256TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501250_MERLWYBThese savage beast tribes will be the first waves to crash against our creaking hull.
258257TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501260_MERLWYBAnd behind them swells the grim tide of the Garlean Empire.
259258TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501270_MERLWYBEven now, the curs fly their flags within our borders. Doubt not but that they will be upon us ere long.
260259TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501280_MERLWYBWe are well-nigh surrounded. Yet there are those among us who would rather turn their swords against their crewmates than our cannons against our foes.
261260TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501290_MERLWYBHow can we hope to repel our many enemies when mutiny breeds below deck?
262261TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501300_MERLWYBThere is but one course left to us!
263262TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501310_MERLWYBOne bearing that will bring us victory over the beast hordes and the Empire both, and see this ship safe to port.
264263TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501320_MERLWYBWe must mend the rift the Calamity has reopened 'twixt pirate and Maelstrom, and stand fast with our adventurer brothers against the coming tempest!
265264TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501330_MERLWYBMark ye well: a crew without unity is no crew at all─'tis but a mass of drowned men.
266265TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501340_MERLWYBTo me, then, brothers and sisters of the sea! Gather beneath the undying crimson standard and pledge me your strength, your skill, your wisdom!
267266TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501350_MERLWYBAnd with the guidance of the Navigator, this great vessel of ours shall ride the waves till sea swallows all!
268267TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501360_CLATTERMLong live the Admiral!
269268TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501370_CLATTERMAdmiral Merlwyb!
270269TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501380_CLATTERFGather the lads!
271270TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501390_CLATTERMWhere's me cutlass!?
272271TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501400_CLATTERMI'll follow ye to the seven hells, Admiral!
273272TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501410_ALPHINAUDIf you'll permit me. Alphinaud.
274273TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501420_ALPHINAUD...And my sister, Alisaie, at your service.
275274TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501430_ALPHINAUDI saw at a glance that you were a fellow traveler.
276275TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501440_ALPHINAUDYou might call us students of history, sampling the realm's remembrances in pursuit of...enlightenment.
277276TEXT_MANFST300_00511_501450_ALPHINAUDFancy meeting you again.
278277TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_140As the Admiral mentioned in her address, Limsa Lominsa is plagued by two beast tribes.
279278TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_141The first are the fishlike Sahagin, worshipers of the primal Leviathan.
280279TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_142The second are the kobolds, who dwell beneath the earth, and take the primal Titan for their god.
281280TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_143As if the beast tribes' presence weren't troublesome enough, the Garleans have also chosen to erect a fortress right in the Lominsans' backyard.
282281TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_144And that is to say naught of internal strife. As a nation of pirates, there is no end to the blood feuds between the various factions. And while they fight amongst themselves, the Garleans whet their blades and watch.
283282TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_145If the Lominsans are to have any hope of withstanding the Empire, they must first resolve their own affairs. Differences must be set aside, and the primal threat dealt with once and for all.
284283TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_146To this end, I expect that they will soon take decisive action against the beast tribes. Mark my words, the Maelstrom standard will be drenched a deeper shade of crimson ere long.
285284TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_147That a capable adventurer like you would be a valuable addition to their crew is beyond question.
286285TEXT_MANFST300_00511_ALPHINAUD_000_148But will you sail with the Admiral?
287286TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_150Player, this is Minfilia. You are well, I hope? Would I be correct in thinking that the final remembrance service has now concluded?
288287TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_151A moment ago, you say? What a coincidence!
289288TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_152Jesting aside, I trust you remember our guests from the Grand Companies? Well, *delighted* though we are to have them here at the Waking Sands, it would not do to keep them in suspense any longer than necessary. In short: hurry back!
290289TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_160Welcome back, Player. Were the Grand Company leaders' words as illuminating as you had hoped?
291290TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_161Aye, each nation is beset with problems. I trust you see now why your services are in such demand. Would that there were more of you, Player.
292291TEXT_MANFST300_00511_MINFILIA_000_162But you must be tired from your journey. Why don't you rest awhile, and take a moment to reflect on your decision? Once your mind is made up, pray give the Grand Company officers your answer.
293292TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701460_ALPHINAUDThe gods only know what “grand” company our adventurer friend will keep.
294293TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701470_ALPHINAUDHmph. The wheels of change are in motion regardless.
295294TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701480_ALISAIEBrother, are you certain this course is best?
296295TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701490_ALPHINAUDWhatever do you mean, dear sister?
297296TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701500_ALISAIEThe so-called “remembrance” ceremonies were little more than standard-waving rallies.
298297TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701510_ALISAIE...As though the Calamity and Seventh Umbral Era warranted scarcely a mention!
299298TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701520_ALPHINAUDWell, of course they were “standard-waving rallies.”
300299TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701530_ALPHINAUDSince you are so observant, mayhap you noticed what mention was made of the Warriors of Light? *None*.
301300TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701540_ALPHINAUDI suppose they must have forgotten the heroes who spared Eorzea a fate worse than the Calamity?
302301TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701550_ALPHINAUDNo, dear Alisaie, they haven't “forgotten” these details. They have elected to omit them.
303302TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701560_ALPHINAUDDeep are the wounds the Calamity inflicted upon Eorzea. So deep, in fact, that the realm still bleeds.
304303TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701570_ALPHINAUDNeedless to say, the beast tribes and their primals do little to alleviate the pain.
305304TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701580_ALPHINAUDSo the task of salving Eorzea's wounds falls to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn─with a little help from our friends the Grand Companies.
306305TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701590_ALPHINAUDRemembrance will yield no remedy. If our world is to heal, we must put the horrors of the Calamity behind us.
307306TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701600_ALISAIEOur grandfather would never entrust the fate of the realm to despots who rewrite history to their convenience!
308307TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701610_ALISAIEThere must be another way to cure what ails this world─and I mean to find it!
309308TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701620_ALPHINAUDYou are most welcome to try. Our paths may differ, but our destination is the same. In time, I daresay we will see eye to eye.
310309TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701630_ALISAIEI should hope so.
311310TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701640_BODYGUARDAM-M'lady!
312311TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701650_BODYGUARDBWe are to escort you!
313312TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701660_ALPHINAUDHope does not come into it. We share the burden of this fate, dear sister, and will prevail together or not at all.
314313TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701670_ALPHINAUDThe salve will serve not only to close up our present wounds...
315314TEXT_MANFST300_00511_701680_ALPHINAUD...but prevent old ones from opening anew.