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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_00The Ishgardian delegate seeks a battle mage with courage unwavering.
21TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_01The Ishgardian delegate informs you that a dread blasphemy resembling a dragon has appeared in Ishgard, spreading panic throughout the nation. Seeking to vanquish the threat without delay, the authorities have begun assembling a hunting party. Though they have no shortage of valorous knights, the Ishgardians believe that their mission would benefit for the presence of a battle mage who can stand unflinching in the face of their fell quarry─and who should fit that description better than you? Having agreed to lend your strength, you promptly depart for the Holy See.
32TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_02Arriving in snow-swept Ishgard, you are warmly welcomed by both Artoirel and Aymeric, who brief you on the situation with the blasphemy. Dubbed Profane Fafnir, the beast was apparently born from a young man seen stumbling through the Hoplon in a state of distress. Though the creature soon fled, it has since been seen in the skies above Ishgard on a regular basis, and the mere sight of it has caused others to turn as well. While the identity of the first victim is unknown, it has been determined that all who were subsequently transformed were people of fervent faith, such as priests and inquisitors. In order to better understand the situation, Artoirel has arranged a meeting with the sole member of the clergy who witnessed the blasphemy's birth but did not turn. Thus do you make your way to Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral, where the man, a deacon named Clem, awaits.
43TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_03You speak with Clem, who recounts the terrifying moment the blasphemy appeared, and confirms that his brethren who were present were all overcome with despair and transformed. As the deacon recounts his tale, Bishop Vartinoix, presently the highest authority in the Ishgardian Orthodox Church, appears and thanks you for your efforts to rid Ishgard of this scourge. After he has taken his leave, Clem turns to you with a request─a request which his tone suggests may be somewhat urgent...
54TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_04In the wake of the transformations, a group of clergymen fled the city in fear. Believing that it is more dangerous out in the wilderness, Clem entreats your aid in searching for them in the western highlands, that they may be persuaded to return to Ishgard. While Artoirel and Aymeric tend to Hemlock, you are tasked with escorting the deacon to Gorgagne Mills.
65TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_05You succeed in finding the clergymen at Gorgagne Mills. However, in the course of lamenting their poor treatment at the hands of the populace in the wake of the war's end, an inquisitor succumbs to his despair and transforms into a beast. To prevent it from harming others, Aymeric bids you go after the creature and do what must be done.
76TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_06You find the turned inquisitor and lay him to rest. Your task accomplished, you hurry back to rejoin your companions at Gorgagne Mills.
87TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_07Aymeric informs you that the remaining clergymen have agreed to return to the Holy See. Once they have been safely escorted back, he bids everyone reconvene at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly to lay plans. For your purposes, you have the use of the strategy room, which you may enter by speaking with the Temple Knight guard stationed without.
98TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_08Arriving at the Congregation, you announce yourself to the guard, who shows you through to join your companions. ※In the event that you leave the strategy room, you may re-enter by speaking with the Temple Knight guard at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly.
109TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SEQ_09Recent revelations strongly suggest that people of faith are most susceptible to turning due to the challenges they have faced since Ishgard's false history was brought to light. However, further investigation will be required if you are to draw a definite conclusion, and Aymeric bids you take a moment's rest while he and Artoirel make provisions for your next move. ※The next role quest will be available from Artoirel upon reaching level 86 in any magical ranged DPS class.
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2524TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_00Speak with Artoirel in Ishgard.
2625TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_01Speak with Clem at Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral.
2726TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_02Speak with Clem again.
2827TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_03Search for clergymen in the vicinity of Gorgagne Mills.
2928TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_04Find and defeat the turned inquisitor.
3029TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_05Speak with Aymeric.
3130TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_TODO_06Speak with the Temple Knight guard at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly.
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4948TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_000Ah, my lady Player! I have awaited your coming!
5049TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_001The phenomenon wherein men turn into monsters... It pains to say that Ishgard has not been spared.
5150TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_002A dread blasphemy has appeared in the Holy See, and to compound the people's horror, the beast resembles a dragon. 'Tis imperative that it be vanquished without delay, and to that end we have begun assembling a hunting party.
5251TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_003Given that fear and despair may turn our allies against us, we are being stringent in whom we choose for this duty.
5352TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_100_003Yet while we have confidence in the quality of our knights, the mission would greatly benefit for the presence of a battle mage─one who can stand unflinching in the face of our fell quarry.
5453TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_004We would be hard-pressed to find an individual who fits that description better than you. Will you not lend us your strength and skill?
5554TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_Q1_000_000What will you say?
5655TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_A1_000_001You can count on me.
5756TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_A1_000_002Oh, very well...
5857TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_005We are in your debt! Just a moment while I relay the glad tidings to command.
5958TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_006'Tis settled. Upon arriving in Ishgard, please take yourself to the aetheryte plaza. Lord Artoirel will be there to receive you. May the Fury speed your way!
6059TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_010Allow me to thank you once more for agreeing to aid us in our efforts to vanquish the blasphemy.
6160TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDRESIDENTOFFICER_000_011Lest you forget, upon arriving in Ishgard, please take yourself to the aetheryte plaza. Lord Artoirel will be there to receive you.
6261TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_0020Player, I have been expecting you! Words cannot well express how heartening it is to have you fighting beside us.
6362TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_021(-Aymeric-)Allow me to echo that sentiment.
6463TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_100_021Greetings, my friend. Lest you wonder, Lord Artoirel and I are leading the effort to deal with the blasphemy. With your capable self in the fold, I have no doubt that we shall succeed.
6564TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_022Without further ado, I shall brief you on the situation. 'Twas a handful of days after the first beasts appeared in Radz-at-Han...
6665TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_023An Elezen man was observed at the Hoplon in the Pillars, walking with an unsteady gait.
6766TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_024All of a sudden, he buckled over as if in pain. And before anyone knew what was happening, he had transformed into a terrible, draconic beast.
6867TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_0025At the mere sight of this, many who chanced to be present also turned, and regrettably the Temple Knights were forced to put them down.
6968TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_0026The blasphemy itself, however, took wing and fled.
7069TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_0027Profane Fafnir, we have chosen to call it, after the dragon-man of Ishgardian myth.
7170TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_028Since that day, the beast has oft been sighted in the skies above Ishgard. It does not attack; only circles menacingly for a time ere disappearing again.
7271TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_029Alas, these brief visitations are enough to cause more people to turn, and for fear and panic to spread further.
7372TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_030As part of our investigation, we have sought to identify the man who became the blasphemy, but thus far we have learned naught.
7473TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_031We have, however, identified a common thread between those who subsequently turned: all were people of fervent faith. People such as priests and inquisitors.
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7675TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_033When the truth of our nation's history was laid bare, the legitimacy of the church was called into question.
7776TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_034Many Ishgardians struggled to reconcile the revelations with their beliefs, and none more so than the pious. Such men and women, we posit, would be more susceptible to despair─and therefore the transformation.
7877TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_035We must find a way to stop it. Ishgard has only just emerged from a thousand-year war, and we cannot suffer another great tragedy, much less so soon.
7978TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_036In order to attain a better understanding of the situation, we intend to speak with a member of the clergy.
8079TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_037The sole individual who survived witnessing the blasphemy's birth without being turned.
8180TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_038Clem is his name, and he is a deacon at Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral. Come, let us seek him out there at once.
8281TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_045Not so very long ago, few would have imagined Ishgardian knights marching beyond the bounds of their own dominion.
8382TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_046But we have ventured to the heart of Garlemald and fought for no less than the fate of the world itself. Our nation has changed, and continues to do so.
8483TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_047To be deleted.
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8887TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_055Here he is─Deacon Clem. Let us see what he can tell us.
8988TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_060Lord Aymeric, Lord Artoirel...and the savior of Ishgard besides! You do me great honor.
9089TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_061I am Clem, and I serve as a deacon here at Saint Reymanaud's Cathedral.
9190TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_062I understand you were among those at the Hoplon when the incident occurred. We give thanks to the Fury for your merciful preservation.
9291TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_063We now seek to prevent the blasphemy from wreaking further havoc, and would appreciate any details you can provide.
9392TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_064Loath though we are to make you recall unpleasant memories, will you not recount to us what you witnessed that day?
9493TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_100_064Very well.
9594TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_065We are presently relocating the Vault's libraries to the cathedral, in case you were unaware. We had finished delivering a batch of tomes, and were on our way to bring over another.
9695TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_066As we approached the Hoplon, we noticed a young man walking unsteadily. No sooner had he come to an abrupt halt than he transformed into a draconic beast.
9796TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_067The fiend fixed us with a menacing glare, and it was all we could do to find our wits and flee.
9897TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_068But to my compounding horror, my brethren who were with me began turning into monstrosities as well. One after another...
9998TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_VARTINOIX_000_069(-???-)Praise the Fury that you, at least, were spared, Deacon Clem. I cannot imagine how frightening the experience must have been.
10099TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_070Bishop Vartinoix!
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103102TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_VARTINOIX_000_073Forgive me if I interrupt. I was informed that our stalwart protectors were present, and wished to express my gratitude.
104103TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_VARTINOIX_000_074From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your service. I pray that we shall soon be free of this scourge.
105104TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_VARTINOIX_000_075Indeed, if there is aught we might do to aid your efforts, you need but say it.
106105TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_076You are most kind, Your Grace.
107106TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_100_076That was Bishop Vartinoix, the head of Saint Reymanaud's and a member of the Synod.
108107TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_110_076With the seat of the archbishop vacant, he is, in effect, the highest authority in the Ishgardian Orthodox Church.
109108TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_077This is so. Yet in spite of his elevated station, he remains as kind and humble a man as any I have ever known.
110109TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_078Like His Grace, I would do all that I can to help shepherd our people through this uncertain time.
111110TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_079To that end, there is a request I would make of you...if you can spare a moment to consider it.
112111TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_080Of course. If it is within our power, we should be glad to offer you aid.
113112TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_0081Thank you!
114113TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_090The deacon was no less terrified by the blasphemy than his peers, yet he alone did not turn. By what grace was he spared?
115114TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_095What manner of request could this be? His tone bespeaks urgency...
116115TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_100In the wake of the transformations, a group of clergymen fled the city in fear.
117116TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_101Yet though they sought refuge in the wilderness, they put themselves at the mercy of the elements and fell fiends both. Given that the cause of the transformation is not clear, I think theirs was a decidedly unwise decision.
118117TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_102I wish to set out and find them, but I am not trained in the ways of war. As such, I require those who are to accompany me in the search.
119118TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_103So that is the way of it. Suffice it to say we will help. Do you know whither your fellows may have headed?
120119TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_104The western highlands, I believe. Between Gorgagne Mills and Hemlock, there is no shortage of abandoned dwellings in the area.
121120TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_105Very well. Time being of the essence, I propose we split up and scour separate areas.
122121TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_106Player─if you could escort the good deacon to Gorgagne Mills, Lord Artoirel and I will tend to Hemlock.
123122TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_110That you should choose to abide in such harsh conditions...
124123TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_INQUISITOR04126_000_120Y-You!
125124TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_121Ah, I see you found them.
126125TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_122Yes, and none the worse for the wear, thank the Fury.
127126TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_123My friends. Forgive us if we have given cause for alarm. We come out of concern for your well-being.
128127TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_124Though we understand why you quit the city, we fear you may have placed yourselves at greater risk by coming here.
129128TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_125His Grace Bishop Vartinoix, too, worries for your health and prays for your swift return. So please, will you not allow us to escort you to the Holy See? I assure you, you will be much safer there than in this wretched place.
130129TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_INQUISITOR04126_000_126Servants of the Fury will *never* be safe in the city, don't you see!?
131130TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_INQUISITOR04126_000_127This is *your* fault! You and your accursed “revolution”! The people disdain us─mock us behind our backs and spit in our faces!
132131TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_INQUISITOR04126_000_128And now someone is conspiring to transform us into monstrosities! Enemies of the church, I'll wager─emboldened by *your* deeds! So no, I will *not* go back to Ishgard! I'd sooner freeze to death than suffer your pity!
133132TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_129What!?
134133TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_INQUISITOR04126_100_129All I have ever done was in service to Her! I am a *good* man! I...I do not... She cannot forsake me...
135134TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ISHGARDIAN04126_000_130(-Frightened Nun-)Ahhhhhh! H-Halone preserve!
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137136TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_132Player, we cannot allow him to harm any others!
138137TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_133Give chase and do what you must. We will remain here and keep the others calm.
139138TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_140Deacon Clem, please do what you can to reassure them.
140139TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_141Y-Yes, of course...
141140TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_145Do not worry about us─see to the beast. It cannot have gotten far.
142141TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CLEM_000_150All shall be well, my friends. Come, join me in prayer.
143142TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_BALLOON_000_160The will of the archbishop...is absolute...
144143TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_BALLOON_000_161The wicked...shall be punished...
145144TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_165What of the beast?
146145TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_170Is it done, Player?
147146TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_171My thanks. What happened is most regrettable, but we must be grateful that no one else came to harm.
148147TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_172While you were gone, the deacon was able to convince the others to return to the city.
149148TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_173Let us escort them back at once, and then reconvene at the Congregation to consider our next course of action.
150149TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_174For our purposes, we have the use of the strategy room. Announce yourself to the guard without, and he will show you in.
151150TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_180Here we shall discuss our plans to deal with the blasphemy. Whensoever you wish to enter, you need but say so to the guard.
152151TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CASTERGATEKEEPER_000_185Lords Aymeric and Artoirel await you within the strategy room. Will you be joining them now?
153152TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SYSTEM_000_186Proceed to the strategy room?
154153TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_190Lest you wonder, we have taken the clergymen to Saint Reymanaud's to rest and recover.
155154TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_191If truth be told, the thought that they may still succumb to despair and turn remains at the forefront of my mind...
156155TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_192Yet the risk would be greater still were we to keep them at arm's length and deny them the comfort of the church.
157156TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_193Indeed. From the words he spoke, that inquisitor yearned for the days of old.
158157TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_194He and others like him can scarcely be blamed.
159158TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_195Since the truth of the nation's founding and the archbishop's machinations were made public knowledge, the church has been in turmoil.
160159TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_196Though we have made great strides in separating religion and state, there has been far less progress in the reformation of the church.
161160TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_197For our faith has been everything to us─our purpose and our comfort. 'Tis not an easy thing to reconcile one's beliefs with the betrayal of our spiritual leaders.
162161TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_198Thus torn between their hearts and minds, many Ishgardians feel lost. And none more so than members of the clergy, whose faith was once unshakable.
163162TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_199Little wonder, then, that the most dedicated and devout are like to turn.
164163TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_200So it seems, but further investigation is needed ere we draw a definite conclusion.
165164TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_201With the war's end, Ishgard has set out on a new path. The choices we make now shall determine our course for the future.
166165TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_202Come what may, we dare not squander the chance we have fought so hard to attain.
167166TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_ARTOIREL_000_203Once the returned clergymen have sufficiently calmed down, I shall have the deacon speak with them, that we might gain insight into their individual plights.
168167TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_204Good. Meanwhile, I shall take the opportunity to brief my men on recent developments.
169168TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_AYMERIC_000_205Pray take a moment's rest, my friend─you have earned it. When you are ready to continue our work, you may seek us out here.
170169TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_CASTERGATEKEEPER_000_500Heading to the strategy room? I should be glad to show you in.
171170TEXT_AKTKBA501_04126_SYSTEM_000_501Proceed to the strategy room?