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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_00Wiltwaek seems to be awaiting word from Chanene. **In order to complete this quest, you must have learned the advanced recipes contained within *Master Alchemist III*.**
21TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_01Chanene has apparently found one of the missing people on the road south from Camp Revenant's Toll. Make your way there now.
32TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_02You arrive to find a strange scene before you─one that Chanene's explanation does little to clarify. A single Lalafellin fellow was driving a carriage, and in the back were two barrels─of which the suspect claims no prior knowledge. Within these were two identical Hyuran men, one alive and one dead. The living one is silent, presumably in the same state as the Near Eastern youth you found earlier. Chanene is at wit's end but for a single lead: a cracked leather journal found on the dead man. In it, he speaks of a sister working in Tailfeather. Venture there now, and find out if the corpse had a twin.
43TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_03The dead man's sister informs you somewhat coldly that her brother─a brute by all report─had neither a twin nor identical friends. Return to Wiltwaek in Revenant's Toll with this puzzling piece of information.
54TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_04In your absence, Wiltwaek has found a witness who testifies that he saw the Lalafellin suspect lift both barrels─bodies and all─into the back of the carriage. The culprit himself, however, denies this, saying he could not possibly perform such feats of strength. Neither Wiltwaek nor Chanene believe him innocent, and so ask that you brew a high-quality draconian potion of strength. Do so, that Chanene may drink it and test if a Lalafell aided by alchemy can lift so great a weight. **In order to complete this quest, you must have learned the advanced recipes contained within *Master Alchemist III*.**
65TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SEQ_05Chanene tosses down the potion and proceeds to carry the heavy barrels up the steps with ease. With his alibi disproved, the suspect tells you everything─how an aging alchemist hired him to move the bodies, and how the twin is in fact a “clone,” a living, breathing copy of the original. This mastermind has been stealing people from their beds to practice this process, apparently born of ancient Allag's ingenuity. The culprit also tells you that this man has no problem whatsoever with killing, and begs Wiltwaek for protection. With these new facts at your feet, Wiltwaek states with furrowed brow that you must capture this mastermind soon, or there will be further bloodshed. ※The next alchemist quest will be available from Wiltwaek upon reaching level 60.
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2524TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_TODO_00Speak with Chanene near Camp Revenant's Toll.
2625TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_TODO_01Show the cracked leather log to the victim's estranged sister at Tailfeather.
2726TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_TODO_02Return the cracked leather log to Wiltwaek.
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4948TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_000Ah, Player. Good. I'm just waiting on Chanene. You see, once we learned our culprits' goal, combing through the facts─
5049TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_001Chanene? You found who? No, no, keep them all there─I'll come to you!
5150TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_002She found one of our missing people down the road from Camp Revenant's Toll. Are you coming?
5251TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_010Come on, Player, to the Fogfens!
5352TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_0015A carriage, a corpse, two casks, and two culprits. Not *quite* what I was expecting...
5453TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CRIMINAL02068_000_0020See bloody reason, lass─I'm a *victim* here, not a criminal!
5554TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_JOHNDOE2068_000_0020...
5655TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_0040What a bloody mess! I'll start at the beginning. I came to investigate a report of a suspicious carriage, and found this fellow.
5756TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_0041I'll be hanged if he's not one of our criminals. But he denies everything, particularly that he knew two Hyurs were in his carriage. Both were stuffed into barrels, and one was dead.
5857TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_0042The corpse will likely yield more than the live one, who's silent as the grave.
5958TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_JOHNDOE2068_000_0043...
6059TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_0044He's been robbed of his ability to speak, same as the Near Eastern youth.
6160TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_0045And that's not the strangest thing! Look, the living man and the dead are alike as peas in a pod! They both match descriptions of *one* missing person. Are they twins? Cousins!?
6261TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_0046The facts are ours. What we want for now is a story to make sense of them. And unfortunately, Chanene and I are both at our wit's end. It doubtless goes without saying, but your help in tracking down clues would be appreciated.
6362TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_0047We have one lead: a personal log, found on the dead man. He wrote about a younger sister working in Tailfeather.
6463TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_0048Player, could you speak with her? She should know of her brother's death. And I'd like to know if he did have a twin.
6564TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_0060I cannot for the life of me see how we're going to make sense of this!
6665TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_65It must be difficult, to learn of your brother's death from a stranger.
6766TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_66But then again, it's possible they were not on good terms. She *did* move all the way to Tailfeather, after all.
6867TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_DEADMANSSISTER_000_080Hm? Are you talkin' to me? What's this about, then?
6968TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_DEADMANSSISTER_000_090Dead, is he? Hmph. This *is* his log. But I don't know who done for him. All I can say is he got what was comin'. I cut all ties with him years back.
7069TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_DEADMANSSISTER_000_091No, he didn't have no other siblin's! I've got no idea who it was you found him with, but the realm don't need more than one of the bastard! Keep the soddin' journal─I'd only burn it.
7170TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_100Whew... Moving those barrels was *hard* work! We only just got back now.
7271TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_120She didn't want the journal? Well, all the more evidence for us I suppose. May I have it back?
7372TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_130Confound it, who did we find with the dead man if not his twin? We'll just have to press the Lalafellin fellow all the harder!
7473TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_131A witness saw him loading the body-laden barrels into the carriage. The culprit denies this, on the basis that he doesn't have the strength.
7574TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_132Which is a proper alibi, in all fairness. I couldn't lift the barrels when they were *empty*. That said, if there were some alchemy involved, it's not impossible. Aren't there potions to imbue someone with ungodly strength?
7675TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_133Yes, Severian mentioned something like that to me once. Player, might you brew such a draconian potion of strength? If we give it to Chanene, we can have her try to lift the barrels the men were in. That will determine whether our culprit's story holds water.
7776TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_SYSTEM_900_000In order to complete this quest, you must have learned the advanced recipes contained within *Master Alchemist III*.
7877TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_140I must say, using a draconian potion of strength to recreate what happened is *exciting*, isn't it?
7978TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_160We'll start the experiment just as soon as you've made the draconian potion of strength.
8079TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_170Now, the question is whether a Lalafell can─under the influence of a draconian potion of strength─lift a barrel with a Hyur inside.
8180TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_171It wouldn't do to stuff the men back into the barrels, so we'll use water to approximate their weight. Now, Chanene, whenever you're ready.
8281TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CHANENE_000_172HAH! I did it! I lifted them! This is *amazing* stuff, Player! Can I have some mo─
8382TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_173You, sir, are a damned liar! The eyewitness saw you moving the barrels, and we've shown you were more than capable of doing it with the right potion!
8483TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CRIMINAL02068_000_174It's true, I did it! Some old alchemist paid me to do his dirty work, and dump the body...but that's all, I swear!
8584TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CRIMINAL02068_000_175The man, he's insane, and he don't like loose ends! He'll sew me mouth shut to keep me quiet, then stab me with the needle! I'll spill all I know, just please, protect me!
8685TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_176Only if you talk. From the beginning─why were there two identical men at the crime scene?
8786TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CRIMINAL02068_000_177That's how he *made* them, see, with Allagan magicks! He's snatching folk from their homes, because he needs them to practice! “Clones,” I think he called the copies. Aye, clones!
8887TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_CRIMINAL02068_000_178That's it, I swear! Now, you'll keep your word? The bit about stabbing me with a needle, that wasn't no jest! He's got no compunction with killing. Please, please, *please*...
8988TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_179“Clones”? What in the seven hells...? Oh, yes, consider yourself protected. Chanene?
9089TEXT_CLSALC580_02068_WILTWAEK_000_180I can scarcely believe my ears, Player, but if even half of what the scoundrel told us is true, then there is a catastrophe in the brewing. We must put a stop to this!