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40TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000010_TATARULook how many people there are!
51TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000020_TATARUShould we get to it, then? Pick up anything that seems the least bit “device” like, and we'll make ourselves a pile.
62TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000030_BIGGSWell if it isn't the hero of the hour! Maybe you'll change our luck─we've found bugger all without you.
73TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000040_TATARUBiggs! Wedge!
84TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000050_BIGGSAye, aye, well we could hardly say no to a call for aid from the Scions.
95TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000060_BIGGSJessie collared the chief for some other business, so we'll be working twice as hard to make up for his not being here.
106TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000070_WEDGEThrice as hard, even!
117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000080_TATARUThank you─both of you! I'm sure we'll find that beacon in no time!
128TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000090_BIGGSHm. I'm not seeing anything out here.
139TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000100_BIGGSD'you reckon you could squeeze in there, Wedge?
1410TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000110_WEDGEAnd get stuck halfway!? No thank you.
1511TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000120_TATARUI could try if you like!
1612TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000130_WEDGETataru, no! We couldn't ask you to do that!
1713TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000140_TATARUOh, I'll be fine! This receptionist is not afraid to get her hands dirty!
1814TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000150_BIGGSSorry, I-I meant to say─the scholars haven't finished their preliminary assessment of the site yet, so we're not supposed to venture too far in.
1915TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000160_BIGGS...Hm, what's that you got there?
2016TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000170_BIGGSNow <Emphasis>that</Emphasis> looks promising!
2117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000180_WEDGEUhh...isn't that the Ironworks' symbol? ...Counterfeiters?
2218TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000190_MYSTERYVOICENow...<Emphasis>now</Emphasis> I have you!
2319TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000200_BIGGSYou all right?
2420TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000210_WEDGEWhat's happening!?
2521TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000220_TATARU(PANICKED WHIMPERING)
2622TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000230_MYSTERYVOICEStay with me! Focus on my voice!
2723TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000240_MYSTERYVOICELet expanse contract, eon become instant...
2824TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000250_TATARU...Wait, this must be it! The device! This is <Emphasis>supposed</Emphasis> to happen!
2925TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000260_MYSTERYVOICEThrow wide the gates that we may pass!
3026TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000270_TATARUSafe journey, Warrior of Light. Find our friends, and bring them home!
3127TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000275_MEMORY聞いて
3228TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000280_MINFILIAYour time has not yet come.
3329TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000290_WARRIOROFDARKNESSFrom endless dreams, I awake.
3430TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000300_WARRIOROFDARKNESSSomething vague...yet urgent...calls me to action once more.
3531TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000310_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTRare to meet someone out here who's not a peddler themself. What brings you into the wilds this time o' night?
3632TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
3733TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat do you mean, “this time of night”?
3834TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICEBut it's bright as day...
3935TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000320_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDT(CHUCKLE)
4036TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000330_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTWell, if it ain't the oldest joke in the book. Me grandad─gods rest his soul─used to tell that one to the barman at kickin'-out time.
4137TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000340_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDT"An' when, pray tell, did we last have a dark night? Ye rotten old drunk ye!“ he'd reply.
4238TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000345_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDT(SIGH)
4339TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000350_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDT"Over a hundred bleedin' years ago, that's when!“
4440TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000360_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTHm! You've got that look down to a tee. I'd almost think you meant it...
4541TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000370_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTAhhh, got to you, did they? Poor beggar. That explains it, then.
4642TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000375_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTごくり
4743TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000380_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTWell, I've roads to travel and wares to sell, but you─you'd best hurry along to the town nearby.
4844TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000390_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTJust head east through the trees, and aim for the shining tower. You'll find the place soon enough. 'Tis the biggest settlement for malms around.
4945TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000400_PEDDLEROFNORVRANDTGo on, now, friend. They'll take good care of you in the Crystarium.
5046TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000410_WARRIOROFDARKNESSTo dizzying heights it rises, the gleaming spire, its tip threatening to pierce the blinding canopy.
5147TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000420_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThere it will all begin anew. Between Dark and Light, the pure and the corrupt─the one true struggle...
5248TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000430_LYNA(-???-)Halt.
5349TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000440_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Every face in this city I know. Yours I do not.
5450TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000450_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)This is the threshold of the Crystarium, stranger, and I am its gatekeeper. If you would enter, you will answer my questions.
5551TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000460_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)From where do you hail?
5652TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhere are you from?
5753TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICEGridania.
5854TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICELimsa Lominsa.
5955TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICEUl'dah.
6056TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A2_000_004_NONE_VOICEThe Source.
6157TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A2_000_005_NONE_VOICE...
6258TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000470_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Do you take me for a fool? No such place exists.
6359TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000480_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)"The Source?“ What is this cryptic nonsense?
6460TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000490_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)You will not say? Then I have even less reason to trust you.
6561TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000500_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Had you given me an honest answer, I would not have barred your way─we care little here for a person's place of origin. But instead you chose concealment, and I will not suffer you to pass...
6662TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000501_LYNAHah!
6763TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000510_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)That one had eaten. It must have gulped down the whole hand, ring and all...
6864TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000520_MYSTERYVOICE(-???-)Everything all right, Captain?
6965TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000530_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Quite all right, my lord. Just a stray sin eater, and a weak one at that.
7066TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000540_MYSTERYVOICEI see. Weak or not, we should be on the lookout for more.
7167TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000550_MYSTERYVOICEBut I see you've met my guest. I will escort <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> to the Crystarium myself...if you've no objections?
7268TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000560_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Another of your mysterious friends, is it? I should have known.
7369TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000570_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Very well. I'll inform the others your guest is to be given the run of the city.
7470TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000580_LYNA(-Curt Gateguard-)Pray forgive my less-than-cordial welcome. May the rest of your stay with us be a pleasant one.
7571TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000590_MYSTERYVOICECome with me. I will answer whatever questions you have when we are somewhere more private.
7672TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000600_MYSTERYVOICERight, then. Before we plunge into the wheres and wherefores, let me first thank you for answering my summons.
7773TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000610_MYSTERYVOICEI had intended to bring you directly to my personal quarters, but I fear my aim was...slightly off. That you were still able to make the crossing unharmed is...a great relief.
7874TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000620_MYSTERYVOICEAnd so we come to the question of where. The realm in which you now find yourself belongs to one of the thirteen reflections or shards─the First, to be precise─even if its inhabitants are largely oblivious to the fact.
7975TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000630_MYSTERYVOICEAs to wherefore... Having been awarded the rather grandiose title of “Crystal Exarch,” I─in my capacity as caretaker of the Crystarium─thought to seek the aid of you and your companions.
8076TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you ask?
8177TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICEAre the other Scions here?
8278TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICEDo you have any idea how much trouble you've caused?
8379TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000640_MYSTERYVOICEAh. That...is a question with no simple answer. But all shall be explained in due course, I promise you.
8480TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000650_MYSTERYVOICE...An inkling, yes. I can only beg your forgiveness─matters here forced my hand. But all shall be explained in due course, I promise you.
8581TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000660_MYSTERYVOICELet us begin with the glaring skies up above.
8682TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000670_MYSTERYVOICEHere in the First, the world has been all but consumed by primordial Light.
8783TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000680_MYSTERYVOICEIt began a century ago, by this realm's reckoning. A luminous flood swallowing everything in its path. More than nine-tenths of this star was lost.
8884TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000690_MYSTERYVOICEAnd the fortunate few who survived are hounded by abominations born of that catastrophe even now.
8985TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000700_MYSTERYVOICE"Sin eaters,“ we call them. The creature you saw earlier was one such monstrosity.
9086TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000710_MYSTERYVOICEIt was to save the First from this menace that I learned to bridge the rift between worlds─that I might call upon the aid of the greatest of heroes.
9187TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000720_MYSTERYVOICEThough it meant depriving a world of its champion, I had to try─for in saving the First, you would bring salvation to the Source as well.
9288TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000730_MYSTERYVOICEBut what manner of host harangues his guest in the middle of the road? Let us continue our talk within the Crystarium.
9389TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000740_WARRIOROFDARKNESSSuch a proud and vibrant city...
9490TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000750_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThe sole sanctuary for the living in a world all but resigned to oblivion.
9591TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000760_WARRIOROFDARKNESSEach stone was laid with hope; the town itself a symbol, a monument to defiance in the face of death.
9692TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000770_WARRIOROFDARKNESSNo would-be hero could fail to answer its call. For who among us does not yearn for salvation?
9793TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000780_MYSTERYVOICEWelcome to the Ocular, my private study. We can speak here without fear of being overheard.
9894TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000790_MYSTERYVOICEI have much to explain, but the truths which I must touch upon in doing so would cause only distress and confusion to the people of this world. Pray keep that in mind.
9995TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000800_MYSTERYVOICENow, I am sure you are desperate to know the fate of your fellow Scions.
10096TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000810_MYSTERYVOICETo put it simply, they are here in the First...
10197TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000820_MYSTERYVOICETheir arrival, however, was not as recent as you may imagine. Here, time flows at a different pace from that of the Source.
10298TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000830_MYSTERYVOICEIn the space of a single hour in your home world, an entire year might pass in the First─and the reverse could also be true. The pace fluctuates without rhyme or reason, and it cannot be predicted.
10399TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000840_MYSTERYVOICEThat said, we seem to be entering a period of near-equivalence, and thus, for the moment, you need not overly concern yourself with the passage of time.
104100TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000850_MYSTERYVOICEAs for your companions, however... Y'shtola and Urianger have dwelled here for three winters all told, while Thancred's count stands at five.
105101TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000860_MYSTERYVOICEEven our more “recent” arrivals, Alphinaud and Alisaie, have lived in the First for almost a year.
106102TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000870_MYSTERYVOICEMy intention had been to summon only you, but the art of reaching across worlds has proven exceedingly difficult to master. Thus it was that my <Emphasis>fumbling</Emphasis> hand closed upon those to whom your fate is most closely bound as well.
107103TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000880_MYSTERYVOICEAs they were not the object of my summons...their transference was...incomplete. Though they may appear to possess corporeal bodies, they are, in truth, merely spirits that one can see and touch.
108104TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000890_MYSTERYVOICEConsequently, while you yourself will be able to pass between worlds with relative freedom, they will not. Much as it grieves me...they are stranded here, unable to return.
109105TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
110106TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICEThen find a way to send them back.
111107TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICEWhat have they been doing all this time?
112108TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000900_MYSTERYVOICEWe spent every waking hour searching for a way to reverse the summoning. In the beginning, at least...
113109TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000910_MYSTERYVOICEAs you may have surmised, however, our efforts met with little success. And then we all but abandoned the endeavor once Urianger shared with us the vision he had witnessed during his journey through the rift.
114110TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000920_MYSTERYVOICEIn that chaotic no-man's-land between realms, time and space warp and blend in...unexpected ways. What Urianger saw...was the future. That which would one day come to pass.
115111TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000930_MYSTERYVOICEIn his vision of tomorrow, the First was rejoined with the Source...
116112TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000940_MYSTERYVOICEThis collision of worlds brought about the Eighth Umbral Calamity, and the deaths of countless multitudes.
117113TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000950_MYSTERYVOICEAmongst those who perished, Urianger clearly saw the fall of the Scions' mightiest champion. He watched you die.
118114TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000960_MYSTERYVOICEAnd thus did the Scions embrace their exile, and began searching this world for a means to forestall the coming catastrophe in yours.
119115TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000970_MYSTERYVOICETheir souls are stranded in the First, yes, but they have fought on, desperate to save their home─and you─from destruction.
120116TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000980_MYSTERYVOICENor have their efforts been in vain: for it was they who finally established that the elimination of the sin eaters will indeed serve to prevent the calamity.
121117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_000990_MYSTERYVOICEConsidering the...circumstances of our meeting, you would be forgiven for doubting my version of events.
122118TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001000_MYSTERYVOICEAnd so, before all else, I would suggest you track down your comrades, and hear the tale from their lips.
123119TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001010_MYSTERYVOICEI shall, of course, be happy to assist in these reunions─and you need not make any decisions regarding your involvement until you are certain of where you stand.
124120TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001020_MYSTERYVOICEMeanwhile, I promise I will not rest until I have found a way to help your friends return home.
125121TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001030_MYSTERYVOICEWhat say you? Have I earned your trust for the moment, at least?
126122TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
127123TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICEFor the moment.
128124TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICEAye, but I'll see you keep that promise.
129125TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A5_000_003_NONE_VOICEFor want of a better choice...
130126TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001040_MYSTERYVOICEExcellent. You will not regret this.
131127TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001050_MYSTERYVOICEWith that settled, we shall have to see about getting you ready for the road.
132128TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001060_MYSTERYVOICETraveling across the rift has no doubt left you weary─I will arrange for a room where you might rest in comfort. While it's being prepared, perhaps I can show you around?
133129TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001070_MYSTERYVOICEThis is the Musica Universalis, the commercial heart of the Crystarium. Aught you might need to prepare for your journeys can be purchased here.
134130TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001080_MYSTERYVOICEAh, yes─you must be curious about the currency. Fear not! The gil you carry will serve you well enough.
135131TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001090_MYSTERYVOICEEach nation once minted its own coins, but 'twas all a jumbled mess following the Flood.
136132TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001100_MYSTERYVOICEAfter much debate, the local merchants eventually elected to revert to the old ways, wherein a coin's value was decided by the worth of its metal.
137133TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001110_MYSTERYVOICEAs for a unit of measurement, we agreed upon the term “gil.” A word borrowed from coins uncovered within the Crystal Tower here.
138134TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001120_MYSTERYVOICEAnd as our traders peddled their wares across the land, so too did our usage of gil become common practice.
139135TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001130_MYSTERYVOICEFrom what Y'shtola tells me, a standard coin from the Source equates to exactly one gil here─or near enough not to matter.
140136TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001140_MYSTERYVOICEOur way of life has benefited greatly from the artifacts we recovered from the tower...
141137TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001150_MYSTERYVOICE...Some of which may be familiar to you.
142138TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001160_MYSTERYVOICEBut I fear it would not be practical for us to provide <Emphasis>everything</Emphasis> to which you are accustomed. You shall need a means to access the commodities of your home world...
143139TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001170_MYSTERYVOICE[Are you there, my friend?]
144140TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001180_FEOUL(-???-)Yes, I'm here, of course I'm here! What amusements do you have for me today?
145141TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001190_MYSTERYVOICEMy dear Feo Ul, paragon of pixie-kind. For you, I have the most vital task.
146142TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001200_MYSTERYVOICEThis fine gentleman is a friend from a distant realm.
147143TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001210_MYSTERYVOICEThis fine lady is a friend from a distant realm.
148144TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001220_MYSTERYVOICEAnd we have need of a means to ferry things back and forth from <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> home. Might you be able to...assist us in this matter?
149145TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001230_FEOULYou came from beyond, didn't you!? From beyond the rift!
150146TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001240_FEOULHow wonderfully exciting! What a brave and reckless and marvelous thing you did! You've the heart of a pixie, you do!
151147TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001250_FEOULAfter careful consideration, I have decided to grant you my assistance. Make a pact with me, and the fun can begin!
152148TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001260_FEOULBut answer me this, traveler: did your garments come with you when you crossed over? Your teeth? Your nails?
153149TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001270_FEOULJust as I thought! Then you've a good, stout connection with your home, through which all your belongings great and small may easily pass.
154150TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001280_FEOULFrom this moment forth, I will be your [beautiful branch], and you my [adorable sapling]. Like the branch which sprouts from the sapling, our bond will flow unbroken from one to the other!
155151TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001290_FEOULRaise your hand.
156152TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001300_FEOUL'Tis done! We are bound now, dearest sapling.
157153TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001310_FEOULCome, come, then! Make your request! Tell me your desire! I wish to visit this world of yours!
158154TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001320_MYSTERYVOICEMayhap a message to your friends in the Source to inform them of your safe arrival?
159155TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICEWho will you contact?
160156TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICESend a message to Tataru.
161157TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICESend a message to Krile.
162158TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001330_FEOULConsider it done!
163159TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001340_MYSTERYVOICEAs you heard, that was Feo Ul of the pixies. Their kind possess an affinity for magic akin to that of arcane beings.
164160TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001350_MYSTERYVOICEThey rarely show themselves in populated areas, but Feo is insatiably curious even by pixie standards, and seems to have taken a liking to the Crystarium.
165161TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001360_MYSTERYVOICERight, we were going to organize a room for you, weren't we? Come along.
166162TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001370_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE
167163TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001380_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)...You...?
168164TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001390_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)I know you... You're the Warrior of Light from the Source!
169165TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
170166TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICEThe Warrior of Darkness...?
171167TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICEAnd who are you?
172168TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001400_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)What? Did you just... You can hear me!?
173169TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001410_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)Oh, gods, how long has it been...?
174170TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001420_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)...Aye...aye, that was what I called myself in your world... The “Warrior of Darkness.”
175171TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001430_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMy real name is Ardbert. I used an alias in the Source. A daft one, looking back...
176172TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001440_WARRIOROFDARKNESS(-???-)...“And who are you?” <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> says. An enemy not worth remembering, apparently...
177173TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001450_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMy name is Ardbert. In the First, I was a Warrior of Light, but in the Source you knew me as the Warrior of Darkness.
178174TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001460_WARRIOROFDARKNESSIf you recall my tale, it was my comrades and I who caused the Flood.
179175TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001470_WARRIOROFDARKNESSWe thought our home doomed. And so we listened to the Ascians─let them guide us to the Source, and tried to hasten their godsdamned Ardor.
180176TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001480_WARRIOROFDARKNESSI remember when we fell, defeated by you and yours. I remember our audience with Minfilia─how she listened to our pleas, and returned our souls to the First.
181177TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001490_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThe Flood was poised to swallow Norvrandt...
182178TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001500_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMinfilia and my friends, they...they surrendered what little they had left to hold it back. Just faded away...leaving me to bear witness.
183179TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001510_WARRIOROFDARKNESSTell me, do you know the year? How much time has passed since we caused the Flood?
184180TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001520_WARRIOROFDARKNESSA hundred years... A hundred long years...
185181TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001530_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMy hands find no purchase. My gestures catch no eye. And my pleas, be they whispered or screamed, reach not a single ear...
186182TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001540_WARRIOROFDARKNESSI am a shade, cursed to do naught but drift.
187183TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001550_WARRIOROFDARKNESSI feel as if I've been walking forever... I hardly noticed when my mind and body began to fray at the edges.
188184TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001560_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThen “bang,” my senses were sharp again. I felt like a fish being reeled in, and before I knew it, I found myself in this room.
189185TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001570_WARRIOROFDARKNESSWhy is it that <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> can see me? What are you even doing here, come to that?
190186TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001580_WARRIOROFDARKNESSYou were summoned to save the First?
191187TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001590_WARRIOROFDARKNESSA waste of time. This world is beyond saving─like those who try to save it.
192188TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001600_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMuddled as my mind may be, I've not forgotten that.
193189TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001610_WARRIOROFDARKNESSBut if fate has brought me to you─the one person in this godsforsaken world who can see and hear me─then perhaps there is a reason I endured.
194190TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001620_WARRIOROFDARKNESSIf I can find out why I was left behind, then maybe...maybe I can bring this journey of mine to an end...
195191TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001630_WARRIOROFDARKNESSWell. I'll be watching, Warrior of Light.
196192TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001640_WARRIOROFDARKNESSBut do me a favor. Be careful out there. This world has had its fill of heroes.
197193TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001650_MYSTERYVOICEAh, how did you find your new quarters? I trust you were able to rest?
198194TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
199195TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICEWell enough, thank you.
200196TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICEI had a ghostly visitor...
201197TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001660_MYSTERYVOICEThat is good to hear. Should you want for anything, pray let me know.
202198TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001670_MYSTERYVOICEI...was not aware the room was haunted. And...you <Emphasis>were</Emphasis> rather tired... Well, should you receive another visitation, be sure to let me know.
203199TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001680_MYSTERYVOICENow, let us return to the subject of the Scions' whereabouts.
204200TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001690_MYSTERYVOICEThis map shows the lands of Norvrandt, the only area to be spared the Flood of Light.
205201TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001700_MYSTERYVOICEThe Crystarium is here, in the region known as Lakeland.
206202TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001710_MYSTERYVOICETo the north is the faerie kingdom of Il Mheg. That is where you will find Urianger.
207203TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001720_MYSTERYVOICETo the east lies the once-prosperous civilization of Rak'tika. Y'shtola is stationed there, in the heart of the forest.
208204TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001730_MYSTERYVOICEAlas, neither location can be reached without considerable difficulty.
209205TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001740_MYSTERYVOICEAs such, I would suggest you first seek out one of the twins─each of whom is stationed but a short flight from the Crystarium.
210206TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001750_MYSTERYVOICEAlphinaud is on Kholusia, an island off the western shore. It is home to a city called Eulmore, where the rich and privileged while away their days in idleness.
211207TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001760_MYSTERYVOICEFor his part in furthering our cause, Alphinaud journeyed there to meet with the citizenry and forge alliances. From what I hear, he has since kept himself busy gathering information around the main settlement.
212208TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001770_MYSTERYVOICEAlisaie, meanwhile, traveled south to the arid wastes of Amh Araeng.
213209TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001780_MYSTERYVOICEThey lie upon the very edge of the inhabitable world, where the Flood of Light was halted. Those who dwell there live in constant fear of attack by the sin eaters.
214210TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001790_MYSTERYVOICEIn contrast to her brother, Alisaie felt that her energies would better be spent learning about the enemy. And thus she sells her services as a guard, both to hone her skills and gather information on our foe.
215211TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001800_MYSTERYVOICESo, will it be Kholusia or Amh Araeng? It matters not which you choose to visit first.
216212TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001810_MYSTERYVOICESimply inform me once you have made your decision, and I will see to it that you are provided with a suitable mount.
217213TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001820_MYSTERYVOICEAh, but you must be wondering about Thancred. He has taken up with...a new companion, and is presently engaged as a wandering hunter of sin eaters.
218214TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001830_MYSTERYVOICEBeing ever on the move, his whereabouts are often difficult to ascertain, but I am certain your paths will cross ere long.
219215TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001840_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThe whistling breeze, mute. The pounding surf, frozen. Time itself takes a breath...
220216TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001850_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAt Light's edge, all is perfectly still. The world captured in a painting; locked in a moment.
221217TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001860_WARRIOROFDARKNESSMusic, faint and fleeting, drifts coastward on the lifeless air...
222218TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001870_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAnd in the distance, beyond the broken earth, a city beckons...
223219TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001880_ALPHINAUD(-???-)And how is business today, Mistress Theva?
224220TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001890_THEVAOh, frenetic. Look. I have a new customer.
225221TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001900_ALPHINAUD...'Tis good to see you, my friend.
226222TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001910_ALPHINAUDThe barley seeds you wanted. They should produce a better harvest than the last.
227223TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001920_THEVAWhat, just like that? Oh, Alphinaud, you really are a dear.
228224TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001930_THEVAWell, I'd best be tidying up some of those empty shacks before the pests move in. Keep an eye on the place while I'm out, eh?
229225TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001940_ALPHINAUDIt seems an age since last we spoke. Not since the prisoner exchange in Doma. And Yotsuyu...
230226TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001950_ALPHINAUDIt has been even longer for me, of course, if you count the days I have spent here. But the time has only added to the relief I feel, seeing you safe and well.
231227TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q9_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
232228TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A9_000_001_NONE_VOICEMe? I was more worried about you.
233229TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A9_000_002_NONE_VOICEWe thought we'd lost you.
234230TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001960_ALPHINAUDHah! Alisaie said much the same thing. I don't think I've ever had such a scolding.
235231TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001970_ALPHINAUDBut I believe an exchange of news is in order. Come─tell me of your arrival, and all that came before!
236232TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001980_ALPHINAUDI see. Both the Exarch and Alisaie told me what they knew of events, but I had stubbornly clung on to the hope that all-out war might yet be avoidable...
237233TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001990_ALPHINAUDAnd poor Tataru─she must be sick with worry. We must endeavor to return as soon as we may...
238234TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_001991_ALPHINAUD'Twould be nice to bring her good tidings for a change.
239235TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002000_ALPHINAUDBut before we bid this world farewell, we must first ensure that it is not rejoined to the Source. We must prevent the Eighth Umbral Calamity.
240236TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002010_ALPHINAUDUrianger's vision of the future has, I fear, every chance of coming true.
241237TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002020_ALPHINAUDBy his description, the catalyst for the Calamity was a formless and deadly weapon employed by the Garlean Empire.
242238TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002030_ALPHINAUDWhich can only mean one thing: Black Rose. Gaius was telling you the truth. When we were on the trail of the Ascians, we saw evidence that the gas was being manufactured once more.
243239TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002040_ALPHINAUDGaius was adamant that the project had been scrapped. But so long as there are wars to be waged, there will always be those determined to win by any means.
244240TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002050_ALPHINAUDAnd thus simply destroying the existing stores of Black Rose would do little to alter fate's course.
245241TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002060_ALPHINAUDIn that sense, our involuntary journey here to the First was something of a boon.
246242TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002070_ALPHINAUDTogether with the Exarch, we've developed a theory as to how we believe the Rejoining will be set in motion.
247243TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002080_ALPHINAUDI am sure Urianger himself will cover the subject in more detail...
248244TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002090_ALPHINAUDBut I can tell you the process requires that both worlds─the Source and the First─be facing an existential threat.
249245TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002100_ALPHINAUDOne being sin eaters, of course.
250246TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002110_ALPHINAUDThey are a menace that I would dearly love to remove, and not just to avert a calamity.
251247TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002120_ALPHINAUDI may be a stranger to this world, but I will not stand idly by and let innocent people be slaughtered.
252248TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002130_ALPHINAUDThat is what brought me to the gates of Eulmore. Ignoring its pretentions as a kind of capital city to what remains of the world, it is nonetheless a center of power and authority.
253249TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002140_ALPHINAUDIf any solutions are to be found, I believe our search should begin there. What say you, old friend? Hungry for another adventure?
254250TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002150_ALPHINAUDAnd so we take to the road once more!
255251TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002160_ALPHINAUDThat gate up ahead is known as the “Open Arms,” and Eulmore itself lies beyond.
256252TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002170_ALPHINAUDThis, meanwhile, is the aptly named “Gatetown.” The dwelling place of the many desperate souls who hope to be chosen to live in the city proper.
257253TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002180_GATETOWNMIDDLEAGEOh! I thought I recognized you. Brought a new friend, eh?
258254TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002190_GATETOWNMIDDLEAGEHeh heh heh heh... I'll bet you've got a trick or two up your sleeve. Maybe even <Emphasis>three</Emphasis>! Care to show me?
259255TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002200_ALPHINAUDHe's not here to compete. Leave him be.
260256TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002210_ALPHINAUDShe's not here to compete. Leave her be.
261257TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002220_GATETOWNMIDDLEAGEWhat!? I was only making conversation!
262258TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002230_CLOWNOFBLUE(-???-)Ladies and gentlemen! Your attention pleeease!
263259TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002240_CLOWNOFREDGreetings to our hopeful petitioners, one and all! Eulmore extends its warmest regards!
264260TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002250_CLOWNOFREDLet it be known that a lady of distinction wishes to dine on fish divine!
265261TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002260_CLOWNOFBLUEWe seek a master culinarian who can guarantee seafood perfection! Dazzle the matron with your delicious dishes, and life in the city will be yours to enjoy. Even on days when fish is not on the menu!
266262TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002270_CLOWNOFREDWho among you will answer the call? Name yourself or another, we mind not at all!
267263TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002280_GATETOWNMIDDLEAGEFish, is it?
268264TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002290_GATETOWNMANWas there anyone?
269265TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002300_GATETOWNWOMANWhat about that girl?
270266TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002310_ALPHINAUDDo you recall how I said Eulmore was a center of power and authority? Well, that is not the only reason for its fame.
271267TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002320_ALPHINAUDIt is also known as the “city of final pleasures.” The noble and the wealthy who survived the Flood gathered here to live out the rest of their days in decadent abandon.
272268TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002330_ALPHINAUDA poor man could sooner pass through the eye of a needle than Eulmore's gates. The only way the commonfolk can enter this perverted paradise is if they fulfill the whim of one of the privileged. And so they are picked over like market produce...
273269TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002340_CLOWNOFREDOhoho! What a catch! We'll not be throwing this one back!
274270TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002350_CLOWNOFREDHaving seen your all-too-obvious charms, we welcome you with open arms! Come, join us in the city of splendor, and live out your life in an ecstasy of endeavor!
275271TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002360_CLOWNOFBLUEAh, just look at those expectant faces! What could you <Emphasis>possibly</Emphasis> be waiting for!?
276272TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002370_CLOWNOFBLUEWell, well, what have we here!? An extra share of meol to celebrate our newest resident!
277273TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002380_CLOWNOFREDFor you!
278274TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002390_CLOWNOFBLUEEnjoy!
279275TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002391_GATETOWNMIDDLEAGEAh, at last!
280276TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002392_GATETOWNMANThank goodness.
281277TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002393_GATETOWNWOMANOver here!
282278TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002400_ALPHINAUD“Meol” is a foodstuff which Eulmore routinely doles out to the people of Gatetown, and apparently a staple for its citizens as well.
283279TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002410_ALPHINAUDMany here rely on it to survive in these times of scarcity. Yet the whole arrangement just seems...
284280TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002411_ALPHINAUDWell, let us just say it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
285281TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002420_ALPHINAUDThere you are!
286282TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002430_ALPHINAUDThe thief who claimed the harvest on <Emphasis>my</Emphasis> behalf. Hand it over.
287283TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002440_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)Wha─ I...I...
288284TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002450_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)Forgive me, I just─ I have to get into the city!
289285TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002460_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)I have no family, and all my friends have already been chosen.
290286TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002470_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)No one here gives a damn about me. When the meol gets handed out, I'm lucky if I get a smell of it!
291287TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002480_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)No matter what I do, they won't call out my name! I'm so tired─I'm so <Emphasis>bloody</Emphasis> hungry...
292288TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002490_KAISHIRR(-Blue-haired Mystel-)I thought maybe I could steal your idea─get in that way...
293289TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002500_ALPHINAUD...What is your name?
294290TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002510_KAISHIRRKai-Shirr...
295291TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002520_ALPHINAUDTell me then, Kai-Shirr─must it be Eulmore or nothing?
296292TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002530_ALPHINAUDWhat of the Crystarium? They may not offer charity, but you would be fairly compensated for any work you did.
297293TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002540_KAISHIRRNo, no, it has to be Eulmore!
298294TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002550_KAISHIRRThat's where all my friends are. We made a promise that we'd live together in paradise...
299295TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002560_ALPHINAUD...I was to make my deal with the Ondo at the Clave. Listen carefully, and I shall tell you my plans for the business, and how best to arouse the Eulmorans' interest.
300296TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002570_KAISHIRRYou'll give me your place? Just like that?
301297TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002580_ALPHINAUDI'm giving you a chance, nothing more. What comes of it is entirely up to you.
302298TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002590_KAISHIRR...I understand! Oh thank you, thank you!
303299TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002600_ALPHINAUDThis was but one path─there will be others. But for young Kai-Shirr, it was the difference between life and death.
304300TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002610_ALPHINAUDI do not regret my decision...yet I will admit that a part of me wonders if it was for the best.
305301TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002620_ALPHINAUDWe strive to bring swift salvation to this world, that countless lives might be saved─not least your own. Even if it came at the cost of one man, should I have forged on regardless...?
306302TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q10_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
307303TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A10_000_001_NONE_VOICEThat's not who you are.
308304TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A10_000_002_NONE_VOICEQuite possibly. Meaning we'd better hurry up and think of a new plan.
309305TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002630_ALPHINAUDI suppose not... Were Estinien here, he would most likely scoff at my soft-heartedness. “Same old Alphinaud. Ever the slave to sentiment.”
310306TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002640_ALPHINAUDBut I thank you for your kind words, nonetheless. Let us see to it that both these stories have a happy ending.
311307TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002650_ALPHINAUDIndeed. We will find another way, I promise you.
312308TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002660_ALPHINAUDShall we return to Wright, then?
313309TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002670_ALPHINAUDIs that...?
314310TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002680_ALPHINAUDI can't be sure, but I-I think someone's in trouble!
315311TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002690_ALPHINAUDCome on, they may need our help!
316312TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002700_WARRIOROFDARKNESSRedemption is beyond us.
317313TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002710_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThe lament of all but saints and fools...and the comfort of the lords and ladies of this accursed place.
318314TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002720_WARRIOROFDARKNESSOnce, they held fast against the madness, only to embrace the coming cataclysm and delight in the end of days.
319315TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002730_WARRIOROFDARKNESSPerhaps in rapture they seek to lose themselves and the misery they share...
320316TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002740_WARRIOROFDARKNESSOr perhaps for them alone the promise of eternal pleasure really does hold true.
321317TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002750_DULIACHAIOoh? Who's this then?
322318TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002760_ALPHINAUDLord and Lady Chai, pray forgive our intrusion. I am given to understand you were in search...of an <Emphasis>artist</Emphasis>?
323319TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002770_CHAINUZZAhh, you must be the new, uh...
324320TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002780_DULIACHAIOh, goodness me! What an adorable boy!
325321TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002790_DULIACHAIThat silken hair, those pearly cheeks...oh, and you even smell wonderful─like a bed of flowers!
326322TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002800_DULIACHAII approve of this one, dearest! I am <Emphasis>positive</Emphasis> he will paint us the most delightful pictures.
327323TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002810_CHAINUZZI, um, er, y-yes... Ahem. Well, as long as he paints better than that talentless wretch we sent packing last week...
328324TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002820_DULIACHAIWonderful, wonderful! Welcome to Eulmore...um, er...
329325TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002830_ALPHINAUDAlphinaud, if it please you, my lady. And this...is my assistant.
330326TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002840_CHAINUZZYour...assistant? I've heard of folk bringing in family members, but this seems a bit irregular. Aren't you a little young to have a protégé?
331327TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002850_ALPHINAUDWe are family in all but name, my lord. Though we share no blood, we have stood by each other through life's many challenges, resolved to prevail together─or not at all.
332328TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002860_ALPHINAUDOf all people, 'tis he who best understands my work. With his unique insight guiding my hand, the art I create is sure to satisfy your expectations.
333329TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002870_ALPHINAUDOf all people, 'tis she who best understands my work. With her unique insight guiding my hand, the art I create is sure to satisfy your expectations.
334330TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002880_ALPHINAUDOnce the picture is begun, of course, I shall have no need of constant encouragement.
335331TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002890_ALPHINAUDAnd so I wondered, rather than <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> being in your way, might it then be permissible for my assistant to explore the city <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> has so longed to see?
336332TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002900_ALPHINAUDOut of gratitude for <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> <Emphasis>priceless</Emphasis> contribution to my art, I thought it only fair that I make this humble request on <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> behalf.
337333TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002910_DULIACHAIOooh, did you ever hear of such devotion! Of <Emphasis>course</Emphasis> your assistant must have <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> wish! <If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If> shall be free to roam to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> heart's content!
338334TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002920_DULIACHAI...Isn't that right, darling?
339335TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002930_CHAINUZZUh... Oh, yes. Yes, of course, dearest. Q-Quite right.
340336TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002940_ALPHINAUDThat's him. That's Vauthry!
341337TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002950_ALPHINAUDHe is attended by sin eaters...? But how does he keep them from attacking?
342338TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002960_KAISHIRR(-???-)Mercy... Mercy...
343339TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002970_ALPHINAUDBy the Twelve!
344340TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002980_ALPHINAUDKai-Shirr! What happened to you!?
345341TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_002990_VAUTHRYWho are these impudent louts? I do not recall requesting their presence.
346342TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003000_ALPHINAUDLord Vauthry! What is the meaning of this? Why is this poor man bleeding to death on your floor!?
347343TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003010_VAUTHRYWhy? You ask me why? Because criminals must be punished, and this man is guilty of fraud.
348344TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003020_VAUTHRYHe came to us claiming to be a man of business, yet his subsequent conduct has shown him to be anything but!
349345TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003030_VAUTHRYEulmore is a city built on love for one's fellow man. Those who have naught to give and live only to take are a blight upon our society!
350346TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003040_VAUTHRYTo atone for this crime, I ordered that he fling himself from the balcony.
351347TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003050_VAUTHRYAnd he had the <Emphasis>temerity</Emphasis> to weep! “Please, my lord! Anything but that!”
352348TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003060_VAUTHRYWhat then is a man of mercy to do, but offer the sinner another way to show his contrition?
353349TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003070_ALPHINAUD"Another way“ meaning what, exactly!?
354350TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003080_VAUTHRYSin eaters are part of Eulmore's society. But they must be fed with aether─<Emphasis>living</Emphasis> aether.
355351TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003090_VAUTHRYSo─I demanded an offering of flesh! Carved by his own hand, from his own hide!
356352TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003100_VAUTHRYAnd still! <Emphasis>Still</Emphasis>, he could not do as I asked!
357353TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003110_VAUTHRYA wholly unsatisfactory performance!
358354TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003120_ALPHINAUD'Tis true that Kai-Shirr won his place here by fraud. But his actions were driven only by a desire to share in your paradise.
359355TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003130_ALPHINAUDThat you would cast him out I could almost accept, but to humiliate him thus? To demand his very <Emphasis>life</Emphasis>!? Is this truly the way of Eulmore!?
360356TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003140_VAUTHRYOh, you dim, deluded child... Have you ever paused to consider what it takes to maintain such a paradise in this barren, broken world of ours?
361357TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003150_VAUTHRYThe guarantee of safety and stability. The knowledge that if one only abides by the rules, one has naught to fear.
362358TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003160_VAUTHRYI alone can offer these things, for I alone can command the sin eaters.
363359TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003170_VAUTHRYAnd thus am I alone the voice of justice─and any who oppose me villains to be punished!
364360TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003180_ALPHINAUDAnd people call this paradise...
365361TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003190_VAUTHRY<Emphasis>You</Emphasis> were granted a place in my city for a particular skill. What was it?
366362TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003200_ALPHINAUD...Painting.
367363TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003210_VAUTHRYOho, an artiste! Then you shall paint a picture for me. Of Eulmore.
368364TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003220_VAUTHRYIf I find your art <Emphasis>pleasing</Emphasis>, then I may excuse this display of insolence.
369365TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003230_VAUTHRYWho gave you permission to tend to that criminal's wounds!? I told you to paint me a picture!
370366TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003240_ALPHINAUDWhat you need is a mirror, not a painting. It will capture the horror I see before me far better than I ever could.
371367TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003250_ALPHINAUDCan you walk?
372368TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003260_KAISHIRRI think so...
373369TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003270_VAUTHRYDid...did that little worm just insult me?
374370TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003280_VAUTHRY(TWO LONG SCREAMS)
375371TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003290_VAUTHRYI─I─I'll kill them! I'll─I'll kill them all!
376372TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003300_VAUTHRYI'll enslave their minds! I'll─I'll torment them─torture them! Then tear out their hearts!
377373TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003310_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAmh Araeng. From this parched earth the nation of Nabaath Areng once rose.
378374TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003320_WARRIOROFDARKNESSWhen I journeyed here, long ago, I spoke with a sun-weathered elder.
379375TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003330_WARRIOROFDARKNESSHe told me Amh Araeng meant “majestic land” in the language of his people.
380376TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003340_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAnd so it might still be...were it not for the Light's unrelenting onslaught...
381377TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q11_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
382378TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A11_000_001_NONE_VOICESo this is a Mord...?
383379TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A11_000_002_NONE_VOICEThat's a kobold!
384380TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A11_000_003_NONE_VOICEWhat beady eyes...
385381TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003350_CASSARDMaster Ghen Gen, this is the friend of the Exarch I was telling you about.
386382TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003360_GHENGENVery good, very good! Though friend or no, all are welcome in Mord Souq.
387383TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003370_CASSARD"Souq“ is Mordish for ”city.“ As things stand, this souq boasts the largest and busiest marketplace in all Amh Araeng.
388384TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003380_CASSARDYou'll find ore from the mines here, of course, but all manner of other things too─many of them rare.
389385TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003390_CASSARDAs I told you before, not many visit Amh Araeng by choice, but Mord Souq's a different story. Merchants come from malms around to purchase the relics the Mord dig up.
390386TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003400_GHENGENAye, that they do, for Mord do not dismiss the spoils of the earth. We clean them and polish them and reveal to the world their true value!
391387TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003410_GHENGENThat is why they come here! Come from far away! Come with much money!
392388TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003420_GHENGENAnd so our souq is always busy, busy, busy! No such thing as a thing no one needs!
393389TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003430_CASSARDYou say that every time, Master Ghen Gen! Some sort of family motto, wasn't it?
394390TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003440_CASSARDOr perhaps a Mord philosophy─for which we should all be very grateful. Would that everyone was so willing to take in refugees regardless of race or creed.
395391TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003450_CASSARDNow, then─if you intend to spend any time here, you'll want to gain the trust of the locals.
396392TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003460_CASSARDAnd there's a little custom all newcomers are expected to observe...
397393TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003470_GHENGENThe cracking of the coinpurse! You buy one thing from the market. Price can be low or high, just as long as you buy!
398394TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003480_CASSARD...As the good Mord says. In fact, the Exarch sent a little something to cover this very expense.
399395TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003490_CASSARDA Voeburt gold piece, no less! The first I've held in years.
400396TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003500_MORDMERCHANTAVoeburt gold!? <Emphasis>Real</Emphasis> Voeburt gold!?
401397TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003510_MORDMERCHANTBHere, newcomer! Crack your coinpurse with me!
402398TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003520_MORDMERCHANTCNo, no, you want my goods, newcomer! I have jars and pots, all smooth and shiny!
403399TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003530_MORDMERCHANTAOver here!
404400TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003540_MORDMERCHANTBCome and look!
405401TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003550_MORDMERCHANTCYou buy! You buy!
406402TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003560_GHENGENEnough of that! Calm, I say!
407403TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003570_GHENGENThis one must still journey through the barrens. Nothing bulky! Nothing heavy! No <Emphasis>pots</Emphasis>!
408404TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003580_GHENGENNothing better for the road than a full belly. Spend that piece at Rhon Ron's place, yes? Eat for three before you leave!
409405TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003590_ALISAIE(-???-)Get back here!
410406TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003600_ALISAIEIs that!? It can't be...
411407TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003610_ALISAIEHah!
412408TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q12_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
413409TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A12_000_001_NONE_VOICEImpressive!
414410TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A12_000_002_NONE_VOICEYou almost lost that one.
415411TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003620_ALISAIEJust a lesser sin eater. Nothing to write home about.
416412TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003630_ALISAIEI had it under control! ...Right up until the moment I didn't. I'll do better next time.
417413TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003640_ALISAIEI knew you'd turn up sooner or later, but I had been hoping for <Emphasis>sooner</Emphasis>.
418414TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003650_ALISAIEHow are you?
419415TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003660_ALISAIEWe've fought them to a standstill, then...
420416TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003670_ALISAIEThe Exarch did say that the Empire seemed to have drawn back when he last looked in on the Source. But without knowing for sure how fast time was passing there, I couldn't help worrying that a lot might have happened since then.
421417TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003680_ALISAIEI'm heartily relieved to hear that it hasn't─just as Alphinaud must have been. As you can imagine, both he and Urianger were desperate to hear the news from home when I arrived.
422418TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003690_ALISAIEI haven't actually seen Thancred and Y'shtola yet, but they will have heard all the latest developments from the Exarch by now─or should have, at least.
423419TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003700_ALISAIEWhen I think of how frantic Tataru and the others must be, I want nothing more than to rush back and reassure them...
424420TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003710_ALISAIEBut we still haven't found a way to reverse the summoning. And even if we had, we couldn't just ignore Urianger's vision.
425421TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003720_ALISAIEHe may use ten words where one would suffice─and they may often obscure as much as they reveal...
426422TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003730_ALISAIEBut on this matter, he was as clear as day. I do not doubt for one moment that he saw what he claims.
427423TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003740_ALISAIENor how difficult it must have been to speak about them. The Eighth Umbral Calamity and your death aren't exactly topics for idle conversation.
428424TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003750_ALISAIEAs much as I might want to go home, I don't want to go home to that. We can't allow the Rejoining to happen, which means we have to save the First from the sin eaters.
429425TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003760_ALISAIEThat great wall of white is a remnant of the Flood.
430426TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003770_ALISAIEA hundred years ago, the balance in the First tipped decisively in favor of Light. From that moment, it rose and swelled with each passing day─and then, without warning, it burst forth like water from a broken dam.
431427TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003780_ALISAIE...A colossal wave of pure Light, drowning everything in its wake. Only Norvrandt was spared.
432428TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003790_ALISAIEFor the most part, living things are composed of aether of various different aspects.
433429TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003800_ALISAIEBut when exposed to such a flood, their aetheric harmony is shattered, and their natural form breaks down.
434430TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003810_ALISAIEThen they either perish...or are warped into mindless abominations.
435431TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003820_ALISAIEYes, that's how the sin eaters came to be. They were once living creatures─or people─that were caught in the path of the Flood.
436432TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003830_ALISAIEOnce the change is wrought, there is no going back. In that instant, they are gripped by an insatiable appetite for aether, and will happily gorge themselves on any living thing within reach.
437433TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003840_ALISAIEBut even that is not the worst of it. The stronger sin eaters can plant Light in us like seeds in soil, corrupting our aether, and triggering the birth of new monstrosities.
438434TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003850_ALISAIEThey are creatures of base instinct that exist only to feed and to multiply. They feel no pity, know no remorse, and are utterly deaf to reason. Which is why they must be destroyed. Every last one of them.
439435TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003860_ALISAIEThe infirmary is full of the sin eaters' victims, left here to spend their final hours waiting for the change to overtake them...
440436TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003870_ALISAIELook, over there─where the wall is broken.
441437TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003880_ALISAIEDo you see what lies beyond?
442438TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003890_ALISAIEThat's what the land became after the Light flooded in. An empty white nothingness.
443439TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003900_ALISAIELife cannot exist in such conditions. The primordial Light would wreak havoc on the body's aetheric balance.
444440TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003910_ALISAIEThat nectarine you bought...it's Halric's favorite fruit.
445441TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003920_ALISAIEMost of the patients, Halric included, survived the attacks of powerful eaters.
446442TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003930_ALISAIEBut their fate was sealed all the same. The monsters' corruption has entered their bodies, and their very essence is being subsumed by Light.
447443TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003940_ALISAIEThe twisted state of the world itself just makes matters worse. Under normal circumstances, a person's aether naturally tends to equilibrium, but for these poor souls, the opposite is true.
448444TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003950_ALISAIESooner or later, every single one of them will turn.
449445TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003960_ALISAIETesleen and the patients, they all know this. They know what has to be done before the change goes too far─before the eater within takes over.
450446TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003970_ALISAIEThe preferred method is mixing poison into their favorite food. In my time here, I've borne witness to a lot of last meals.
451447TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003980_ALISAIEI feel just as helpless as before. No matter how hard I fight, it's never enough.
452448TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_003990_ALISAIEBut it's a war I mean to wage, nonetheless. ...Speaking of wars, do you remember how I made you promise not to leave me, and then promptly collapsed?
453449TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004000_ALISAIEWell, let's just say I had a few choice words for the Exarch concerning the timing of his summons...
454450TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004010_ALISAIEBut even if the fault lay with someone else, I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd abandoned you on the battlefield.
455451TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004020_ALISAIESo I swore that I'd make up for my absence there by making a difference here.
456452TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004030_ALISAIEAnd that's what keeps me moving forward...even when things seem hopeless.
457453TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004040_ALISAIEOn which note, it's time we headed back. The longer we keep Tesleen waiting, the harder this will be for her...
458454TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004050_TESLEENSpeak up if you'd like another helping. I made a little bit more than usual today.
459455TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004060_ALISAIEAnd you've added something special to the broth, if I'm not mistaken?
460456TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004070_TESLEENAye, well, it's not often we have visitors from the Crystarium, so I may have thrown in a few extra bits and bobs.
461457TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q13_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
462458TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A13_000_001_NONE_VOICEYou needn't have gone to the trouble.
463459TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A13_000_002_NONE_VOICEI'll have another bowl, then!
464460TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004080_TESLEENOh, it's nothing, really! And we do so rarely have guests.
465461TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004090_TESLEENThat's what I like to hear! Give me a moment to warm up the pot.
466462TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004100_TESLEENIn a place like this, you learn to take what moments of happiness you can get.
467463TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004110_TESLEENI remember when I first came here with my mother. She was showing the early signs...
468464TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004120_TESLEENI knew there was no way to save her, but I just couldn't face what needed to be done. That's the way of it for most people─why they travel for malms to stay here.
469465TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004130_TESLEENBeaten, broken souls come to wait out the inevitable. To receive the mercy of a painless death.
470466TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004140_TESLEENWhen my mother finally left this world, I was mad with grief, but also thankful that her passing was a peaceful one.
471467TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004150_TESLEENIt's never easy, ending a life you've cared for. Even when you believe they go on to a better place.
472468TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004160_TESLEENI often find myself wishing the Warrior of Darkness would come and do that part for me.
473469TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004170_ALISAIEThe Warrior of Darkness...?
474470TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004180_TESLEENYou've never heard the tale? I'm not sure where it began, but every child in Norvrandt could tell you a version of it.
475471TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004190_TESLEEN"Warrior of Darkness, servant of death, take care of our souls at our dying breath...
476472TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004200_TESLEEN“Let sinners and eaters of sin go with thee, That all may return to the sunless sea.”
477473TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004210_TESLEEN...Well, that's the version I was taught anyway. It's just an old bedtime story─he's certainly never deigned to visit us here.
478474TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004220_ALISAIEWhich is a good thing, surely? He sounds rather ominous.
479475TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004230_TESLEENDo you think so? I always liked the idea that he treated every soul the same, even the sin eaters.
480476TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004240_JOURNEYSHEADPATIENTThey're coming...
481477TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004250_JOURNEYSHEADNURSETesleen!
482478TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004260_JOURNEYSHEADNURSEHave you seen Halric!? I swear, I only took my eyes off him for a moment...
483479TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004270_ALISAIEAny sign of him!?
484480TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004280_ALISAIENo luck, then. But he surely can't have gone far.
485481TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004290_ALISAIEWe should keep looking. The sin eaters are out in force, and if we don't find him soon, you can be sure they will.
486482TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004300_ALISAIEDid you see the size of that thing? It must be one of the nasty ones.
487483TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004310_ALISAIEWherever it's going, it can only mean trouble. After it!
488484TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004320_ALISAIEThere it is!
489485TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004330_ALISAIEIs that─ Oh...oh no!
490486TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004340_ALISAIEHalric!
491487TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004350_TESLEENWe have to run!
492488TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004360_ALISAIETesleen, no!
493489TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004370_TESLEENWe all deserve happiness...wherever we can find it...
494490TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004380_TESLEENThe time left to you...is precious... No one should die...in pain...
495491TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004390_TESLEENMother...Mother, I...
496492TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004400_TESLEEN(SCREAMING)
497493TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004410_TESLEEN(SCREAMING)
498494TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004411_TESLEEN(SCREAMING)
499495TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004420_ALISAIEOh no, no... No, no, no, no, no!
500496TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004430_TESLEENForgive me...Alisaie...
501497TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004440_MYSTERYVOICEAnd so you return.
502498TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004450_MYSTERYVOICEHave you gained a better understanding of the crisis now faced by the First?
503499TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004460_ALISAIE"Better“ is not the word I would use.
504500TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004470_ALISAIESome lands may have been spared the Flood, but the survivors live only to suffer. There seems no end to the horrors inflicted by the sin eaters.
505501TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004480_MYSTERYVOICEIndeed. Those abominations are a calamity in their own right. And I can well imagine how hopeless the task of eradicating them must seem to you.
506502TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004490_MYSTERYVOICEBut after countless battles and untold sacrifice, we have identified a potential weakness.
507503TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004500_MYSTERYVOICESin eaters are drawn to serve the strongest of their kind─a class of creature we call “Lightwardens.” And from what we have been able to ascertain, only a handful of these entities exist.
508504TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004510_MYSTERYVOICEJust as an ant colony will perish in the absence of its queen, we believe that the death of a Lightwarden will cause the lesser creatures within its sphere of influence to disperse.
509505TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004520_ALPHINAUDI have a feeling Eulmore might have something to say about any concerted action we take against these monsters.
510506TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004530_ALPHINAUDVauthry's command over the sin eaters is integral to Eulmoran society. In seeming to guarantee his people's safety, it guarantees their obedience.
511507TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004540_ALPHINAUDHe will not take kindly to us depriving him of such useful allies.
512508TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004550_MYSTERYVOICEAgreed. Thus we will need to occupy or otherwise divert his forces whilst we proceed with the business of eliminating the Wardens.
513509TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004560_MYSTERYVOICEUntil we have done so, all other considerations must be set aside if we are to forestall the Eighth Umbral Calamity.
514510TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q14_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
515511TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A14_000_001_NONE_VOICEAre you sure that eliminating the Wardens will be enough?
516512TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A14_000_002_NONE_VOICEI'm not sure I follow...
517513TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004570_MYSTERYVOICEYour uncertainty is understandable, given the circumstances. Perhaps a more detailed explanation is in order. To begin at the beginning, then...
518514TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004580_MYSTERYVOICEIn the ancient past, a single star was divided into fourteen worlds.
519515TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004590_MYSTERYVOICEThis is the Source─your home. These others are the thirteen shards, in whose number we find the First.
520516TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004600_MYSTERYVOICEThough physically separate, they retain a connection to each other, and with the Source especially.
521517TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004610_MYSTERYVOICENow, let us assume that a given element in one of the shards attains abnormal ascendancy.
522518TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004620_MYSTERYVOICEJust as water will flow from the highest point to the lowest, the excess energy will begin trickling into the Source...
523519TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004630_MYSTERYVOICEAnd such an influx of aether will of course exert a palpable influence.
524520TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004640_MYSTERYVOICEIf the element in question were fire, then drought and wild fires might ensue. If it were ice, one might expect the weather to turn bitterly cold.
525521TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004650_MYSTERYVOICEAs aether continues to pour in, such phenomena will become more and more extreme, until eventually, a single untimely event triggers a disaster which “cracks” the barrier dividing the two worlds.
526522TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004660_MYSTERYVOICEWhat was once a trickle now becomes a deluge, sweeping the shard along to be rejoined with the Source.
527523TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004670_MYSTERYVOICEAt the same time, the element which held sway in the shard is unleashed in full, its energies amplifying the original disaster to truly catastrophic proportions.
528524TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004680_MYSTERYVOICEAn earthquake thus magnified might strike with enough force to shatter continents; a tidal wave might swell to a size capable of drowning entire nations.
529525TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004690_MYSTERYVOICEThese devastating events are what we refer to as “Umbral Calamities.”
530526TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004700_MYSTERYVOICESeven times has a calamity befallen the Source; seven times has a shard been absorbed.
531527TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004710_MYSTERYVOICEAt present, the Light-drowned realm of the First stands perilously close to meeting the conditions for a Rejoining.
532528TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004720_MYSTERYVOICEIt is the sin eaters who are to blame for the Light's continued dominance.
533529TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004730_MYSTERYVOICEIn addition to attracting their lesser kin, the Lightwardens I mentioned earlier radiate aether, saturating every corner of their territory with Light.
534530TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004740_MYSTERYVOICEEven here in the Flood-spared region of Norvrandt, their influence is strong enough to banish night from the sky.
535531TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004750_MYSTERYVOICEThus, if we are to restore balance to the First and head off a potential calamity, it is imperative that we put each and every Lightwarden to the sword.
536532TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004760_ALISAIEWe've been doing our best to take the fight to the enemy ever since we first heard the Exarch's explanation.
537533TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004770_ALPHINAUDThough we have yet to claim any meaningful victories, if truth be told.
538534TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004780_ALPHINAUDApart from being confoundingly elusive, the Lightwardens possess a troublesome quality which compelled us to delay our plans until such time as you arrived.
539535TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004790_LYNAForgive the interruption, my lord, but Holminster Switch is requesting reinforcements!
540536TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004800_LYNAThey say the sin eaters are attacking in force, and the village could soon be overrun.
541537TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004810_MYSTERYVOICEAlert the guard. We should be prepared in case the fighting reaches the Crystarium.
542538TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004820_MYSTERYVOICEYou have command of our forces in the field, Captain, but hold off on entering the town until I arrive. That goes for Alphinaud and Alisaie as well.
543539TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004830_LYNAMy lord!
544540TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004840_MYSTERYVOICEPray, lend us your strength. Such a fight will provide you with far greater insight than any explanation I could offer.
545541TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004850_LYNAIt's releasing its aether. Fall back!
546542TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004860_LYNAWe cannot let it touch us. Quickly, my lord, we must withdraw!
547543TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004870_MYSTERYVOICEThat will not be necessary, Captain.
548544TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004880_MYSTERYVOICE...Though I appreciate your concern. The eternal Light of these creatures has confounded us for nigh on a hundred years. For each we have put down, another has risen up in its place, born of the selfsame aether relinquished by its predecessor.
549545TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004890_MYSTERYVOICEBut now we have a way to contain that corruption.
550546TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004900_MYSTERYVOICEThe blessing of Light! And the hero who wields it now stands before you!
551547TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004910_MYSTERYVOICEThe blessing of Light! And the hero who wields it now stands before you!
552548TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004920_MYSTERYVOICEBehold! The monster's power is broken! And the world twisted by its touch returns to its rightful form!
553549TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004930_CRYSTARIUMMANThe sky!
554550TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004940_CRYSTARIUMWOMANIt can't be...
555551TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004950_CRYSTARIUMOLDMANWhat's happening...?
556552TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004960_CRYSTARIUMGIRLIt's so beautiful...
557553TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004970_MORENThe sunless sea...
558554TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004980_MORENThe Warrior of Darkness has come!
559555TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_004990_LYNAIs that...what I think it is?
560556TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005000_ALPHINAUDThe night sky, as it should be.
561557TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005010_LYNAWho <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> you people?
562558TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005020_LYNAYou killed a Warden, then bathed in its aether as if it were a spring shower, and now the sky...? The legends are true!
563559TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005030_LYNAMy lord...?
564560TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005040_MYSTERYVOICEHow many years have I waited for this moment...
565561TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005050_MYSTERYVOICEFor the one possessed of Her blessing. For you.
566562TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005060_MYSTERYVOICEYou have vanquished the Lightwarden of Lakeland, and for the first time in a century darkness has returned to the mantle of night.
567563TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005070_MYSTERYVOICEWithout the ever-present Light to sustain them, the sin eaters will have no choice but to retreat.
568564TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005080_MYSTERYVOICE...Yet our victory is far from complete.
569565TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005090_MYSTERYVOICEThough darkness has fallen here, the other Wardens yet bask beneath burning skies, feasting upon what little life remains.
570566TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005100_MYSTERYVOICEEven should it cost me all I have, I would see each and every one of them slain, that this world might be spared from oblivion!
571567TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005110_MYSTERYVOICENot only for the First, but for the Source as well! Save one and we save the other! But...be that as it may...I concede it was wrong of me to summon you to this fight against your will.
572568TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005120_MYSTERYVOICEI swear on my life, I will one day atone for that deed. But for the present...
573569TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005130_MYSTERYVOICEI beg you stay and see this fight to its conclusion. Cast down the Wardens, and restore Darkness to the First!
574570TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q15_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
575571TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A15_000_001_NONE_VOICEI will become the Warrior you need.
576572TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A15_000_002_NONE_VOICEIt sounds like a glorious adventure!
577573TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A15_000_003_NONE_VOICEIt seems I've no choice but to fight.
578574TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005140_MYSTERYVOICEOn behalf of the First, I offer you my deepest thanks.
579575TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005150_ALISAIEI understand there is much at stake here, Exarch, but why do you risk yourself so readily? It must have been a dangerous drain on your aether to summon even one person across the rift.
580576TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005160_MYSTERYVOICEI do it for my people, of course─to give the Crystarium the tomorrow it deserves.
581577TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005170_ALISAIEThat is true <Emphasis>now</Emphasis>, yes─but the city had yet to be built when you first called forth the Crystal Tower.
582578TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005180_ALISAIEI'm simply curious to know what prompted you to commit yourself so completely to this particular course.
583579TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005190_MYSTERYVOICEThere are...things which we can ill afford to lose.
584580TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005200_MYSTERYVOICEAnd...I sensed from the first that I had a part to play in preserving them.
585581TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005210_MYSTERYVOICEForgive me. I fear the events of the day may have taken their toll.
586582TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005220_MYSTERYVOICEDespite appearances, I am an old man─one burdened with many...difficult memories, some too painful to recall.
587583TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005230_ALISAIEWell, then I'm sorry for pressing you. It's a family failing, I'm afraid.
588584TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005240_ALPHINAUDHmph. One which has served us well, more often than not. Needless to say, we will continue to fight at your side until the last sin eater is defeated.
589585TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005250_MYSTERYVOICECome then, my Warriors of Darkness─let us gather the surviving villagers, and make our way back to the Crystarium.
590586TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005260_WARRIOROFDARKNESSSo it's your lot's turn to be the Warriors of Darkness, is it? It's funny how things work out.
591587TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_Q16_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
592588TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A16_000_001_NONE_VOICEBeen watching, have you?
593589TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_A16_000_002_NONE_VOICEThese are my “private” quarters...
594590TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005270_WARRIOROFDARKNESSWell, I did warn you. I followed you to Eulmore and then on to Amh Araeng. And I was there when you slew the Lightwarden.
595591TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005280_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAye, I know. Just the place.
596592TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005290_WARRIOROFDARKNESSIn case you've forgotten, you're the only one who can see me. If we had one of our little chats in public, people might start thinking you'd lost your wits.
597593TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005300_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThose white-haired twins who were with you... I remember them from our battle in the Source.
598594TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005310_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAre they your friends, then? Through thick and thin?
599595TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005320_WARRIOROFDARKNESSAye...
600596TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005330_WARRIOROFDARKNESSThen I suggest you keep them close. It's when you charge ahead trying to save someone else that you end up losing those you love.
601597TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005340_WARRIOROFDARKNESSNot that you need telling. I'll bet you've lost plenty. But I wonder...what will it cost you this time?
602598TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005350_WARRIOROFDARKNESSI don't remember when it was that I learned regret wasn't worth the bother.
603599TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005360_WARRIOROFDARKNESSYou get numb to it all over the years. The lost comrades, the broken promises, the abandoned principles─just more nagging burdens to ignore.
604600TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005370_RYNE(-???-)So this is what the Light was hiding...
605601TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005380_RYNE(-???-)<If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If>'s here. I must go to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If>.
606602TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005390_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEMeanwhile, inside an imperial magitek facility in the Source...
607603TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005400_GARLEANGENERAL(-Imperial Pilus Prior-)Intruders! Fan out and find them!
608604TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005410_ESTINIENOut of my way!
609605TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005420_SHADOWHUNTER(-???-)Stay your weapon. We are not your enemy.
610606TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005430_SHADOWHUNTERWhen the alarum sounded, I wondered what we had done to betray our presence. But I see now we were not the only intruders.
611607TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005440_SHADOWHUNTERSer Estinien, I presume─the dragoon who plucked the Warrior of Light from the jaws of death. Your armor is most distinct.
612608TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005450_ESTINIENMuch as yours once was. But even without it, I see a former legatus still has eyes and ears in unexpected places.
613609TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005460_ESTINIEN"Van“ Baelsar, in the flesh. Though I understand you prefer ”Shadowhunter“?
614610TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005470_SHADOWHUNTERHmph. You are in contact with the Scions, I take it.
615611TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005480_ESTINIENHmph. Through no choice of my own. They tracked me down, and conscripted me to their cause.
616612TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005490_ESTINIENI swear their receptionist was trained as a spy. Not that anyone can escape that Baldesion woman once she has caught the scent of your aether...
617613TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005500_SHADOWHUNTERIf they have resorted to using freelancers, I must assume their attempts to wake the afflicted have failed...
618614TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005510_SHADOWHUNTERAnd what of their champion?
619615TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005520_ESTINIEN...Away on other business. Thus it has fallen to me to root out any trace of the Empire's new weapon.
620616TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005530_SHADOWHUNTERIf it is Black Rose you seek, you are too late. My people have already completed your mission here.
621617TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005540_SHADOWHUNTERYet this is but one factory among many. When they caught wind of our efforts, they built additional facilities to ensure production continues unabated.
622618TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005550_SHADOWHUNTERThere will be no one left in the lands they conquer. No citizens to conscript, no skills to exploit, nothing the Empire needs. And they will call it <Emphasis>victory</Emphasis>.
623619TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005560_ESTINIEN...What exactly does this Black Rose do?
624620TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005570_SHADOWHUNTERThe gas is described as a poison, but its actual effect is more arcane in nature.
625621TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005580_SHADOWHUNTERIt was created to disrupt the aether in living beings─to bring the flow of their life energies to a standstill.
626622TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005590_SHADOWHUNTERInhaling even the tiniest amount will cause all bodily functions to cease, much as a potent venom will stop a man's heart.
627623TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005600_SHADOWHUNTERReleased over a city, Black Rose could conceivably kill every inhabitant, and all without damaging a single structure.
628624TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005610_GARLEANGENERAL(-Imperial Pilus Prior-)Search every corner! Rouse the barracks if you have to! I want this facility secured!
629625TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005620_ESTINIENI have more questions, but now is not the time.
630626TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005630_SHADOWHUNTERSer Estinien. I have an offer for you, but I will make it only once.
631627TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005640_SHADOWHUNTERSince it would seem we seek the same answers...you are welcome to join us.
632628TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005650_ESTINIENHah! From what I hear, you need all the help you can get.
633629TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005660_ESTINIENIn case you don't know, Varis himself confessed that your empire was a creation of the Ascians.
634630TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005670_SHADOWHUNTERI am aware of what His Radiance said at the parley.
635631TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005680_SHADOWHUNTERThus I would return to the capital, that I might behold the truth of this corruption with my own eyes.
636632TEXT_VOICEMAN_05000_005690_SHADOWHUNTERMy path leads to Garlemald.