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40TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000010_ILBERDHail to you, Scion. How might we serve you?
51TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000020_ILBERD...Commander Leveilleur bade you serve us?
62TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000030_ILBERDThese are welcome tidings indeed. Given the sensitive nature of the task, I could not rely on one of my own.
73TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000040_ILBERDThat which I am about to tell you, I tell you in the strictest confidence.
84TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000050_ILBERDSome days ago, we received certain documents from an anonymous source. They notified us of the presence of a Garlean agent within the ranks of one of the Grand Companies.
95TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000060_ILBERDFollowing some discreet inquiries, we identified a suspect among the Immortal Flames whom we detained for questioning.
106TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000070_ILBERDAlas, the man was not our agent. He was but one of many men in the agent's employ.
117TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000080_ILBERDWe pressed the traitor for a name, but he had none to give. He claims never to have met his master, whom he knows only as the Ivy.
128TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000090_ILBERDHe was, however, certain that this “ivy” had coiled itself around every part of the Immortal Flames. It would seem our quarry joined the company some time ago, and gradually recruited others to his cause.
139TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000100_ILBERDThese conspirators are the vines by which he learns our secrets, all without exposing himself.
1410TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000110_ILBERDIt won't be easy to identify the Ivy amidst this tangled mass of subterfuge. But we have a tendril in our hands, and we shall follow it all the way to the gnarled root.
1511TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000120_ILBERDNow, much as I would prefer to proceed with due discretion, circumstances demand that this matter be settled posthaste.
1612TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000130_ILBERDGarlemald's war of succession nears its end, and it is feared that the Empire will soon resume its march on Eorzea.
1713TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000140_ILBERDWhen it does, we can ill afford to have traitors in our midst. The Ivy must be rooted out now.
1814TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000150_ILBERDWe must begin by apprising General Raubahn of our findings. I would ask that you accompany me to the Hall of Flames, and remain on hand to see that things go smoothly.
1915TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000160_ILBERDAssuming the Ivy's tendrils are as widespread as we believe, he will be aware that an investigation is underway. And if that is the case, he may well move against us.
2016TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_000170_ILBERDWe must be prepared for anything, while taking care not to betray our purpose by <Emphasis>seeming</Emphasis> prepared. A simple enough task for a one-<If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> army like you.
2117TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100010_RAUBAHNWell, well. What brings you here, my friend?
2218TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100011_ILBERD<If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If> is here at my behest. Greetings, Raubahn. It has been a while.
2319TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100020_RAUBAHNIlberd, you old scoundrel! When they told me you'd be visiting, I scarce believed my ears!
2420TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100030_RAUBAHNBut look at you! The honored captain of the Crystal bloody Braves! Who'd have imagined, eh?
2521TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100040_ILBERDNot many. But fewer still would have imagined your destiny lay in politics, old friend.
2622TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100050_RAUBAHNAye...we've both come far, have we not?
2723TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100060_RAUBAHNLest you wonder, Ilberd and I go back a long way. We've been friends and rivals since we were lads.
2824TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100070_RAUBAHNThe last time we saw each other, Ala Mhigo had just fallen, so you can guess how many summers it's been. And in all that time, not a word from the fool!
2925TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100080_ILBERDAh, well, my dealings tended toward the modest and mundane...unlike some I could mention.
3026TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100090_ILBERDAs I hear it, no sooner did you reach Thanalan than the Brass Blades clapped you in irons and dragged you off to die on the bloodsands. But being a stubborn sort, you won a thousand matches, and earned yourself a place in the people's hearts while you were about it.
3127TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100100_ILBERDThen, with your mountain of prize money, you bought the Coliseum, and secured a seat on the Syndicate. Thal's balls, brother─rags-to-riches does not do it justice! You're a hero to the common man!
3228TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100110_RAUBAHNBah, spare me. I am no hero. If anyone is worthy of that title, it's our friend here. Next to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If>, I'm little more than a glorified butcher.
3329TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100120_RAUBAHNBut you, Ilberd─you sell yourself short. By all accounts, you were an adventurer of some standing.
3430TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100130_ILBERDI like to think that I did my part for the greater good. But if you are no hero, then I am no adventurer─not in <Emphasis>this</Emphasis> company. Anyway...
3531TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100140_ILBERDI have tidings.
3632TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100150_RAUBAHNSo there has been progress.
3733TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100160_RAUBAHNI've let it be known that this meeting is a reunion between old friends. None will give your visit a second thought.
3834TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100170_RAUBAHNTo convene elsewhere would only attract attention. Let us speak here, in plain view of all.
3935TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100180_RAUBAHN...So it is we who have been compromised.
4036TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100190_RAUBAHNTeledji Adeledji's machinations have shaken Ul'dah to her foundations. In such uncertain times, a man's loyalty may be bought for a fistful of gil...
4137TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100200_RAUBAHNBut if this snake has truly been in our midst for as long as you say, we must needs consider a far graver possibility: conspiracy. Could it be that the Monetarists have been in league with the Empire from the first?
4238TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100210_RAUBAHNVery well. I will have my most trusted men investigate the matter. Continue your inquiries in the meantime.
4339TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100220_RAUBAHNIt does me well to see you again, old friend. When next we meet, let it be over a flagon of ale.
4440TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100230_ILBERDI look forward to it. Let us reminisce of bygone days, and drink to the future of our homeland.
4541TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100240_ILBERDFlame General... You wear the mantle well, old friend. I must work hard if I'm to keep up.
4642TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_100250_ILBERDWell, it would seem your services were not required after all. I daresay we have Raubahn's prudence to thank for that. Still, I was glad of your presence. My thanks, Scion.
4743TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300010_HAURCHEFANTHave faith, my friend. You need only state your case with confidence and clarity.
4844TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300020_AYMERIC(-???-)Commander Leveilleur. It is both an honor and a pleasure to meet you.
4945TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300030_AYMERICI am Aymeric, lord commander of the Temple Knights.
5046TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300040_ALPHINAUDAlphinaud Leveilleur, at your service.
5147TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300050_ALPHINAUDYour reputation precedes you, Ser Aymeric. I think we will find that we have much in common.
5248TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300060_AYMERICSpeaking of reputations, yours towers over us all. Does it not?
5349TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300080_LUCIA(-Taciturn Temple Knight-)It does indeed, Lord Commander.
5450TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300090_AYMERICI am not too proud to admit that I have followed your activities with an interest bordering on fascination.
5551TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300100_AYMERICFull glad was I to learn that you would be joining us.
5652TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300110_AYMERICNow then, shall we begin?
5753TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300120_ALPHINAUDWe know full well that the Garleans will return in force ere long.
5854TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300130_ALPHINAUDWhat is more, we have yet to achieve a lasting victory over the primal menace. The beast tribes continue to summon their gods, and each incarnation is stronger than the last.
5955TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300140_ALPHINAUDIshgard is not immune to these threats. I must reiterate that it would behoove your nation to rejoin the Eorzean Alliance.
6056TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300150_AYMERICOnce again, I must respectfully disagree.
6157TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300160_ALPHINAUDOn what grounds?
6258TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300170_AYMERICDespite their presence in Coerthas, the Ixal do not concern us. Their territorial claims pertain to Gridanian lands, and it is the people of Gridania whom they harry.
6359TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300180_AYMERICConsequently, the Holy See judges this to be a Gridanian affair, and Ishgard does not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations.
6460TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300190_AYMERICEven were that not the case, our forces are wholly committed to the Dravanian conflict. We have not the knights to spare.
6561TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300200_AYMERICAs for the Garleans, we are not ignorant of history. We have observed the rise and expansion of the Empire, and we agree that it is only a matter of time before they resume their campaign in Eorzea.
6662TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300220_ALPHINAUDThen surely it would be in our best interests to present a united front?
6763TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300230_AYMERICMayhap one day, but not yet.
6864TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300240_AYMERICGaius van Baelsar is dead, and the legion of conscripts he left behind lacks the will to fight. We think it highly unlikely that they will emerge from behind the walls of their castra for some time.
6965TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300250_ALPHINAUDForgive me, but if Ishgard's position has not changed, why did you agree to this meeting?
7066TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300260_AYMERICIt was not only as a representative of Ishgard that I came here.
7167TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300270_ALPHINAUDPardon?
7268TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300280_AYMERICIt is not within my power to change Ishgardian policy, regardless of my personal feelings. There is, however, one area in which I may exert a measure of influence.
7369TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300290_AYMERICConcerns have been raised over the supplies House Fortemps has offered to Revenant's Toll. These have led to calls for restrictions on the provision of aid to foreign powers.
7470TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300300_AYMERICI can ensure that the shipments continue unabated.
7571TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300310_HAURCHEFANTSer Aymeric, we would be in your debt!
7672TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300320_AYMERICNo, you would not, for I require something in exchange.
7773TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300330_AYMERICOf late there has been a flurry of Dravanian activity, the purpose of which was not immediately clear.
7874TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300340_AYMERICHowever, our astrologians have since observed alarming changes in the heavens. The dragon star waxes unnaturally bright, and there are whispers that it portends the resurrection of Midgardsormr.
7975TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300350_ALPHINAUDThe fallen guardian of Silvertear Falls? That's absurd.
8076TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300360_AYMERICFull many times have I gazed upon the dragon's corpse, still wound around the <Emphasis>Agrius</Emphasis>, and wondered how different our world might be if it yet lived to plague the skies.
8177TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300370_AYMERICI do not know, and I do not wish to know. Nor does any son of Ishgard. Yet the mere presence of Dravanian forces is not sufficient grounds to send knights to Mor Dhona, whatever our astrologians say. As I told you before, we have not the forces to spare.
8278TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300380_ALPHINAUD...But we do. So, you will intervene on our behalf if we agree to watch over the Keeper of the Lake.
8379TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300390_AYMERICDo you accept these terms?
8480TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300400_ALPHINAUDI do. I will see that you are kept abreast of any developments.
8581TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300410_ALPHINAUDI regret that we could not come to a similar agreement on other matters, but I understand that you are not at liberty to make such decisions.
8682TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300420_ALPHINAUDNevertheless, I hope that what we have accomplished here today will serve to demonstrate to your countrymen that we can work together towards a common goal. Mayhap one day we shall look back on this moment as the first step towards a united Eorzea.
8783TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300440_AYMERICMayhap we shall, Commander.
8884TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300450_HAURCHEFANTWhat is the meaning of this!?
8985TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300460_CAVALRY02400The caravan, my lord! It's been attacked!
9086TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300470_CAVALRY02400It was <Emphasis>Iceheart</Emphasis>, my lord!
9187TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_300480_HAURCHEFANTWhat!? By the Fury! All our precautions were for naught!?
9288TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600010_ICEHEART(-???-)The tales do not do you justice, Warrior of Light.
9389TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600020_ICEHEART(-???-)Yes, I know who you are. And you know who I am.
9490TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600030_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)I was given the name Ysayle, but I earned the name Iceheart.
9591TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600040_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)This endless cycle of hatred, of bloodshed, of sorrow─ You would see it continue, O noble Warrior of Light?
9692TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600050_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)I would not. I <Emphasis>will not</Emphasis>. I will bring an end to this war between dragon and man─no matter the cost.
9793TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600080_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)In time, you will come to understand that what we do, we do for the greater good.
9894TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_600090_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)For Eorzea. For Hydaelyn.
9995TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900010_KANESENNAChange has come to the Garlean Empire, and we must discuss the implications.
10096TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900011_MERLWYBThe rumors are true then? The war of succession is ended?
10197TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900020_KANESENNAIt is. A new emperor reigns in Garlemald.
10298TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900030_ALPHINAUDWho!?
10399TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900040_KANESENNAThe birth and all-too-rapid expansion of the Garlean Empire is commonly attributed to the strategic brilliance of Solus zos Galvus, yet he did not rule alone. Several members of the royal household also distinguished themselves during his reign.
104100TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900050_KANESENNANevertheless, it was the eldest son who stood to inherit the throne─until his most untimely passing.
105101TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900060_RAUBAHNI thought us fortunate when I learned that the emperor had died without naming a successor.
106102TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900070_ALPHINAUDWould that the Garlean Empire had died with him.
107103TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900080_RAUBAHN'Twas the grandson and his uncle who had the strongest claims, was it not?
108104TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900090_KANESENNAIndeed. Yet claims count for little without the power to assert them. High Legatus Varis yae Galvus is a respected military leader─not so, his uncle.
109105TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900100_MERLWYBSo, young Varis has torn the crown from his uncle's grasp, and taken his place at the head of the Empire.
110106TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900120_KANESENNAGiven the troubled nature of his succession, the new emperor will require time to seal his grip on power. Yet have no doubt but that he shall, for there are none left with strength enough to oppose him.
111107TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900130_RAUBAHNSince the success of Operation Archon, the remnants of the XIVth Legion and the forces occupying Ala Mhigo have done naught but fortify their positions.
112108TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900140_RAUBAHNBut you can be sure they'll be ready to march on us again, if their emperor gives the word.
113109TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900150_MERLWYB<Emphasis>When</Emphasis>, not if. They say this Varis was so set upon Eorzean annexation that he spoke out against the Meteor project.
114110TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900160_KANESENNAPlainly, the new emperor's intentions are of great concern to us all.
115111TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900170_KANESENNAI propose that we set aside the Carteneau dispute for the present and discuss what measures the Alliance might take to prepare for a resumption of hostilities with Garlemald.
116112TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900171_KANESENNAMoreover, I move that we reexamine the question of how our former allies in Ishgard might be persuaded to retake their place at our side. Could Eorzea but stand as one, 'twould deal a grave blow to our enemy's ambitions.
117113TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900180_ALPHINAUDWell, I suppose we should be grateful that they have finally acknowledged the inevitability of imperial attack. Who knows, they may even do something about it.
118114TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900190_ALPHINAUDIf only the leaders of Ishgard would follow their example, and stop hiding behind their gates, praying for the coming storm to pass them by.
119115TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900200_ALPHINAUDBut that is a discussion for another time. At present, I am more concerned by the fact that the Alliance's mooted preparations will be made known to the Garleans many moons before their coming.
120116TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_900210_ALPHINAUDSo long as the Ivy eludes our grasp, no secret is safe.
121117TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00010_MOENBRYDA(-???-)Minfilia, am I right?
122118TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00020_MINFILIANone other. I bid you welcome to Revenant's Toll, and thank you for traveling so far on such short notice.
123119TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00030_MOENBRYDA(-???-)Hah! As if I could ever say no to Urianger!
124120TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00040_MINFILIAMoenbryda is an accomplished Sharlayan scholar and an authority on aetheryte technologies.
125121TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00050_MINFILIAShe has played an invaluable role in our search for a means to capture Ascian souls.
126122TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_B00060_MOENBRYDACharmed, I'm sure.
127123TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00010_MINFILIAEveryone, if I could have your attention!
128124TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00011_MINFILIAWe have with us an esteemed guest who is come from Sharlayan to assist us.
129125TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00020_YDAMoen! Gods, it's been <Emphasis>ages</Emphasis>!
130126TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00030_MOENBRYDAOh, longer, sister!
131127TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00040_YSHTOLAA joyous reunion indeed.
132128TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00050_YDAWell, of course it is! Moen and I are like twin sisters!
133129TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00060_PAPALYMO...Save in appearance and aptitude.
134130TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00070_MINFILIAEveryone, please!
135131TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00080_MINFILIAI bid Moenbryda join us here that she might share with us her extensive knowledge of aetherytes.
136132TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00090_MINFILIAAlso, as many of you are already aware, she has been overseeing our research into white auracite─a sample of which she has been good enough to bring with her.
137133TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00110_MOENBRYDAWell, I had to come, didn't I? You'd have to be bloody <Emphasis>daft</Emphasis> to turn your nose up at a chance like this. Where better to conduct my final tests than a land so steeped in aether you can taste it!?
138134TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00120_URIANGER'Tis plain the passage of the years hath done little to dampen thy youthful spirits...
139135TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00130_URIANGER...And nothing at all to reform thy youthful manner.
140136TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00140_MOENBRYDAUrianger! Where in the hells've you been hiding?
141137TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00150_URIANGERUn...unhand me.
142138TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00160_MOENBRYDAI come all this way, and <Emphasis>that's</Emphasis> what you have to say to me!?
143139TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00170_MOENBRYDAI much preferred when you were pleading with me to drop everything and hurry to your side. What was it you said? “None save thee can satisfy this need─”
144140TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00180_THANCREDGo on...
145141TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00190_URIANGERTh-Thine artless attempts to misrepresent mine all-too-innocent motives do thee little credit!
146142TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00200_URIANGERMine intent, as well thou knowest, was but to impress upon thee the gravity of the circumstance. Lest thou doubt, a deiform entity shall shortly be summoned, save if thou, and no other, grantest my compeers thine aid.
147143TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00210_MOENBRYDAYou still haven't found it, then? Your missing aetheryte?
148144TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00220_MINFILIAWe have not, no.
149145TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00230_MINFILIAWe know that Iceheart teleported to an aetheryte not far from the first, yet even after careful analysis, we could not locate the second beacon.
150146TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00240_MINFILIAWe now suspect that the heretics destroyed the second aetheryte to impede our pursuit.
151147TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00250_MINFILIAOur allies continue to scour Snowcloak for Iceheart's sanctuary, but we have no guarantee that they will find it. Yet it must be found, for even now Iceheart prepares to call upon Saint Shiva.
152148TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00260_MOENBRYDAI'm sorry but...if the aetheryte's been destroyed, then that's that.
153149TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00270_MOENBRYDAAlthough... You're absolutely sure she used the first aetheryte, are you? She didn't just use teleportation magicks?
154150TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00280_MINFILIAOne of our own bore witness to her escape. I can say with absolute certainty that Iceheart used the aetheryte.
155151TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00290_MOENBRYDAIn that case, there might be a way─so long as the aetherial current is still flowing.
156152TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00300_MINFILIATruly? How?
157153TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00310_MOENBRYDAWe use the current to recreate the beacon.
158154TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00320_MOENBRYDAAs you know, aetherytes are a bit like lighthouses. We use them to reconstitute our physical forms when crossing the aetherial sea. Without them, we'd lose all sense of direction and our essence would dissipate.
159155TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00350_MOENBRYDAHowever, we don't rely solely on these beacons. There are currents of aether which flow between them─currents which help guide us to our destination.
160156TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00360_MOENBRYDANow, these currents will gradually dwindle away to nothing if an aetheryte is destroyed. But if even a sluggish flow remains, we could theoretically use it to direct a surge of concentrated aether towards the void left by the beacon and thereby fill it up again.
161157TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00380_THANCREDLike opening the floodgates to fill a dry riverbed. Though, correct me if I'm wrong, but would we not need a veritable reservoir of aether?
162158TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00390_PAPALYMOIn concert, we <Emphasis>might</Emphasis> manage to channel a sufficient volume, yet that is not my chief concern.
163159TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00400_PAPALYMOTo direct the flow of so great a volume of aether with the requisite precision would be a nigh-impossible task in itself.
164160TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00410_YSHTOLAI barely succeeded in facilitating travel to an unattuned beacon. That which you describe sounds considerably more difficult.
165161TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00420_MOENBRYDAAnd dangerous! Every person who has attempted to teleport in this fashion has died in the process. They, however, did not have white auracite at their disposal!
166162TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00440_MOENBRYDAI can use it to channel all the aether you can give me into the aetheryte. However, white auracite cannot retain aether for an extended period of time, so we would need to infuse it immediately beforehand.
167163TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00450_MOENBRYDAJust so you know, I'd confidently give this plan better than even odds of success. And if the worst comes to the worst, your people won't suffer.
168164TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00490_MINFILIAThough it risk the lives of our best and brightest, we have not the time to seek other options.
169165TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00500_MINFILIAIf the aetherial current still flows, we shall carry out Moenbryda's plan.
170166TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_C00510_MOENBRYDAThat's the spirit! Let's roll the dice!
171167TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00010_ICEHEARTYou should never have come here, Warrior of Light. I labor only to forge a lasting peace.
172168TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00020_ICEHEARTA peace you would deny us out of ignorance and blind faith.
173169TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00030_ICEHEARTNo matter. If it is our fate to be at odds, then it is <Emphasis>mine</Emphasis> to strike you down.
174170TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00040_ICEHEARTWe whom gods and men have forsaken shall be the instruments of our own deliverance!
175171TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00050_ICEHEARTPartake of my flesh─fill this vessel with your light! Walk amongst your brothers and sisters once more!
176172TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00060_ICEHEARTO Saint Shiva, still the hatred within our hearts and bless us with eternal grace!
177173TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_D00070_SHIVAHmph...
178174TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00010_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Fool... Blind, bloody fool.
179175TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00020_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)You of all people should understand the suffering war begets─that no sacrifice is too great if it brings an end to the violence.
180176TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00021_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)<Emphasis>Mine</Emphasis> is the righteous cause!
181177TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00030_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)You fight in a war you do not understand─a pawn of liars and schemers.
182178TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00040_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)And they are no less ignorant than you! Following the creed of their fathers without question, never thinking to ask why.
183179TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00050_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Trapped in a delusion of their own creation and blind to the truth.
184180TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00060_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Warrior of Light, redemption is not beyond us.
185181TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00070_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)We who walk before may lead those who walk after.
186182TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00080_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Seek the Keeper of the Lake. See with eyes unclouded.
187183TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00090_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Do...do not squander Mother's gift.
188184TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00100_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Hear... Feel... Think...
189185TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00110_NABRIALES(-???-)<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>And so the vessel withdraws. A predictable outcome.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
190186TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00120_NABRIALES(-???-)<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Nevertheless, Lahabrea will be pleased.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
191187TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_E00130_NABRIALES(-???-)<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>How unfortunate.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
192188TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00010_AYMERICOn behalf of the Holy See of Ishgard, allow me to express my deepest thanks.
193189TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00020_AYMERICNever before have we been required to contend with a primal. Indeed, there were fears in some quarters that our knights might not be equal to the task.
194190TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00030_AYMERICFrom what we have now learned of these beings, I can say with certainty that we would have lost a great many men had the Scions not intervened.
195191TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00040_ALPHINAUDThen the argument for preemptive action should be self-evident. Perchance now you will reconsider my proposal that Ishgard move against Natalan?
196192TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00050_AYMERICEre we first met, a similar proposal was tabled─but the Holy See decreed that we were to observe, and that military action should be taken only in self-defense.
197193TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00060_AYMERICAll things considered, it was not an unreasonable decision. Since the Calamity, two vigils have fallen to the Horde, while Garuda has never shown any inclination to storm the Gates of Judgement.
198194TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00070_AYMERIC...Which is why this unprecedented crisis and its resolution may prompt a change in policy.
199195TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00080_AYMERICYou who have faced these primals know well the threat they pose. Ishgard did not─not until now.
200196TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00090_AYMERICAnd there is naught like a brush with death to change a man's outlook.
201197TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00110_HAURCHEFANTAt the very least, this should silence any lingering objections to our arrangement with Revenant's Toll.
202198TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00120_HAURCHEFANTThe Holy See may even feel moved to grant us its formal endorsement.
203199TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00130_AYMERICSo far as it is possible, the Scions shall be compensated for their service.
204200TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00140_ALPHINAUDWe should be grateful for any aid you can provide.
205201TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00150_AYMERICAs a gesture of good faith, I shall withdraw my previous request. Your people are doubtless needed elsewhere.
206202TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00160_ALPHINAUDThat will not be necessary.
207203TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00170_ALPHINAUDWe too have a vested interest in watching Dravania's movements.
208204TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00171_AYMERICI see. Once more, I must thank you.
209205TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00172_ALPHINAUDSer Aymeric, if I may... Do you truly believe that Midgardsormr could return?
210206TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00180_AYMERICThe heavens are a window unto truth, but those who interpret their movements are not infallible. I requested your involvement as a precautionary measure.
211207TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00190_ALPHINAUDBut of course... You sought an excuse to <Emphasis>compensate</Emphasis> us from the first, mindful of what would happen if Revenant's Toll were taken by your enemies.
212208TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00200_ALPHINAUDIshgard is not wont to aid its neighbors, but that does not preclude it from manipulating them to serve its own interests.
213209TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00210_LUCIA(-Taciturn Temple Knight-)Choose your next words carefully.
214210TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00220_AYMERICDo you know what sort of man becomes lord commander of the Temple Knights?
215211TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00230_AYMERICOne who comes from good stock. I did not, yet here I am. Now why do you suppose that is?
216212TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00240_AYMERICBecause I swiftly learned to tell the difference between words, deeds, and beliefs.
217213TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00250_AYMERIC...You are correct, Master Leveilleur. Ishgard desires to see Revenant's Toll flourish, as it would present a troublesome obstacle to our enemies from the south.
218214TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00260_ALPHINAUDWe are so glad to be of use to you.
219215TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00270_AYMERICAs we are to you. Ours is a mutually beneficial arrangement, lest we forget. One born of necessity.
220216TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00280_AYMERICThe dragons grow more restless by the day, and the heretics harry us nigh without cease.
221217TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00290_AYMERICWe have contended with such troubles for centuries, but there are limits to even our endurance.
222218TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00300_AYMERICYet as a pauper is loath to part with his meager possessions, the leaders of Ishgard are not wont to render up their trust to outsiders.
223219TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00310_AYMERICBut with perseverance on <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> part, they may yet be made to see the light.
224220TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00320_AYMERICNevertheless, one must take care when walking the road less traveled.
225221TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00330_ALPHINAUDWise words, Ser Aymeric. I shall make a point to remember them.
226222TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00340_ALPHINAUDI must apologize for my earlier outburst. I hope it will not sour our good relations.
227223TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00350_AYMERICNot at all. You but spoke from the heart.
228224TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00360_AYMERICI trust you understand that, at times, my duties may prevent me from meeting with you.
229225TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00370_AYMERICOn such occasions, my second-in-command will speak for me.
230226TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00380_LUCIA(-Lucia-)Lucia, at your service.
231227TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00390_LUCIA(-Lucia-)Pray excuse our reticence. We are but wary of speaking too freely, lest our sentiments be made known to our enemies.
232228TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00400_LUCIA(-Lucia-)Know that the lord commander and I are of one mind. For the sake of Ishgard─and of Eorzea at large─I pray our peoples can put aside their differences.
233229TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00410_LUCIA(-Lucia-)Those who dwell in the past risk losing sight of their future.
234230TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00420_AYMERICShould aught befall one of our shipments, pray inform Lucia immediately. You may also relay to her any words you might have for me alone.
235231TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00430_AYMERICNot being of Ishgardian birth, she owes no allegiance to any noble house, making her as near to incorruptible as one can find in my homeland. Suffice it to say, I trust her completely, and so may you.
236232TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00440_AYMERICWhich reminds me─ Lord Haurchefant, if you would be so kind.
237233TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00450_HAURCHEFANTCertainly.
238234TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00460_AYMERICIn times such as these, trust is ever in short supply. Mayhap this will go some way to rectify the problem.
239235TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00470_AYMERICThe results of our investigation into the heretics' recent attacks, as well as our interrogation of the merchant you detained.
240236TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00480_ALPHINAUDSer Aymeric... I cannot thank you enough.
241237TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00490_AYMERICThink nothing of it. Ishgard may be many things, but it is no friend to Garlemald.
242238TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_F00500_HAURCHEFANTDid I not tell you to have faith, my friend?
243239TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00010_MINFILIAWords cannot well express how glad I am to see you returned to us hale and whole.
244240TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00011_MINFILIANeedless to say, I am most eager to hear your account of that which occurred in Coerthas─assuming you are ready to speak of it?
245241TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00020_MINFILIAExcellent. I shall summon the others at once.
246242TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00030_MINFILIAIceheart used <Emphasis>her own body</Emphasis> as a vessel for a primal's soul?
247243TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00040_YSHTOLAMaster Louisoix's writings make no mention of such a possibility. Can we be certain this entity was a primal?
248244TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00050_PAPALYMOAs certain as we can be that Good King Moggle Mog XII was a primal, I should think. Both were ostensibly summoned.
249245TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00060_THANCREDLet's not quibble over definitions. Of more concern is the implication that Iceheart retained her will even after she was possessed. We are talking about a mortal wielding the power of a primal!
250246TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00070_YDAIt can't possibly be that easy, can it? There must be some sort of sacrifice required. Or maybe she's just special?
251247TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00080_URIANGERWhat qualities this woman possesseth, I know not, but full sure am I that she was groomed for this role.
252248TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00090_URIANGERFew are privy to the secrets of summoning, and but a single party standeth to profit from their dissemination.
253249TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00100_MOENBRYDAWell, I wouldn't presume to comment on how the lass came to know about summoning, but I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> say that what she summoned was a primal. The readings were the same, or near as damn it.
254250TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00110_MOENBRYDAStrange as it all sounds, it's really no different from what you've faced before.
255251TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00120_YSHTOLAThen mayhap it is time that we reexamined our previous encounters.
256252TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00130_PAPALYMOPack your things, Yda. We're going back to Gridania.
257253TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00140_YDAYes sir!
258254TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00150_MINFILIAAbout Iceheart's final words to you...
259255TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00200_MINFILIA"Hear... Feel... Think...“
260256TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00210_MINFILIAHydaelyn speaks to <Emphasis>her</Emphasis> as well.
261257TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00211_MINFILIAIf Iceheart is blessed with the power of the Echo, she will doubtless have used it to further her goals.
262258TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00212_MINFILIA...Or could it be that it was a revelation granted her by the Echo which first set her on this path? She did say that the Ishgardians were blind to the truth.
263259TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00213_MINFILIADo you think she has knowledge of the origins of the Ishgardian-Dravanian war? It would do much to explain her unwavering conviction.
264260TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00220_URIANGERDid not the Lady Iceheart implore thee to seek the Keeper of the Lake? And did she not imply that in so doing thou wouldst come to see with eyes unclouded?
265261TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00230_MINFILIAMidgardsormr was a king amongst kings who reigned for centuries on end... But he is dead, and his wisdom lost to the ages─unless the Ishgardians' fears are well founded...
266262TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00240_MINFILIAIt would seem we have yet another reason to stand watch over the Keeper of the Lake. For a mercy, we are well positioned to do so.
267263TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_G00280_MINFILIAIceheart, Shiva, Ascians, and Midgardsormr. I shudder to think how they are all connected...
268264TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00010_TELEDJIADELEDJII have heard. Truly bothersome business.
269265TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00020_TELEDJIADELEDJINo, I do not foresee a problem on that front. The main concern is Raubahn─there is no telling what the brute might do.
270266TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00030_TELEDJIADELEDJIHave the Blades watch him and the Flames day and night.
271267TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00040_TELEDJIADELEDJIYou may leave the sultana to me. I shall personally attend Her Grace.
272268TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00050_TELEDJIADELEDJI<sigh>
273269TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00060_TELEDJIADELEDJISever one of the East Aldenard trade routes. That ought to keep Lolorito occupied for a while.
274270TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_H00070_TELEDJIADELEDJINanamo Ul Namo... For my sake, pray be a good little sultana to the last.
275271TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00010_MINFILIAWelcome back, my friend. I have already received word from Alphinaud.
276272TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00011_MINFILIATo think that Flame Marshal Roaille was the Garlean agent... I know not what to say.
277273TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00020_MINFILIATogether with Raubahn, Eline lent us much-needed aid at the time of our order's founding. She was particularly passionate about the need to tackle the primal threat.
278274TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00030_MINFILIAWhen we discussed the subject, her eyes fairly shone with determination. Whatever else she may have been, I choose to believe that it was her true self with whom I spoke then...
279275TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00040_MINFILIABut now is not the time to dwell on such matters.
280276TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00050_MINFILIAI have an important announcement to make regarding our effort to defeat the Ascians. We shall begin as soon as everyone is assembled.
281277TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00060_MINFILIAMy thanks for coming, friends. Moenbryda, the floor is yours.
282278TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00070_MOENBRYDABy now, I'm sure you're all familiar with white auracite, the miraculous material that'll allow us to capture Ascian souls.
283279TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00080_MOENBRYDABack at Snowcloak, we verified its ability to absorb vast amounts of aether.
284280TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00090_MOENBRYDAAlas, it leaves something to be desired in the area of stability. The stone can only store aether for a short while before expelling its contents.
285281TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00100_URIANGERIn addition to auracite's inherent limitations, we must needs be wary of our enemy's strength.
286282TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00110_URIANGEROur foe draweth upon an infinite wellspring of power. Even should we succeed in entrapping him, the stone will not long contain his wrath.
287283TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00120_MOENBRYDAMeaning that if we want to kill the swine, we'll have to be quick about it.
288284TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00130_URIANGER'Tis our belief that an Ascian soul may be permanently undone if smitten by a sufficiently concentrated burst of pure aether.
289285TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00140_MOENBRYDAThe only trouble is, we can't say for sure how concentrated the burst needs to be... Without knowing how much aether an Ascian soul is composed of, we're basically guessing.
290286TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00150_URIANGEROur sole clue lieth in thy struggle with Lahabrea.
291287TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00160_MINFILIADuring that encounter, Hydaelyn bid you forge what She called “a blade of Light,” a weapon which took the form of a luminous stream of energy.
292288TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00170_MINFILIABased on your description, we believe the “blade” with which you vanquished your foe was composed of aether.
293289TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00180_MINFILIAAdmittedly, your victory proved ephemeral, as Lahabrea was able to use a Crystal of Darkness to flee into the space that lies between our world and the void.
294290TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00190_MINFILIAThe fact remains, however, that Hydaelyn placed the means to destroy the Ascians in your hands.
295291TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00200_MINFILIABe that as it may, it would be unwise to assume that She will do the same when next we encounter such a foe.
296292TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00210_URIANGERQuite so, my lady. We must needs find the means to forge our own blade of aether─one to equal that which Hydaelyn did benevolently bestow upon Her champion.
297293TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00220_PAPALYMOThat is all well and good, but it seems to me that producing such a blade will require a prodigious quantity of aether. Whence will it come, pray tell?
298294TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00230_YDAUmmm... Oh! What if we had <Emphasis>two</Emphasis> pieces of white auracite? One to trap the Ascian, and the other to store the aether for the blade!
299295TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00240_MOENBRYDANice try, but it's as I said: the stone won't hold aether for any length of time. We'd still need to collect the stuff there and then, sorry to say.
300296TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00250_THANCREDAnd therein lies the rub: finding a way to create the blade whenever and wherever we choose.
301297TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00260_YSHTOLA'Twould seem more research is in order.
302298TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00270_MOENBRYDAI'm going to linger awhile─perform a few more tests on the auracite.
303299TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00280_MOENBRYDAAnd I could do with some help. Urianger, why don't you lend me a hand?
304300TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00290_URIANGERM-Mine apologies, but I am required at the Waking Sands.
305301TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00300_URIANGERLady Minfilia hath given me sole charge of the premises. 'Twould be unseemly to leave them unattended.
306302TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00310_MOENBRYDA"Sole charge,“ you say? So...you're basically <Emphasis>alone</Emphasis> there, then? Well, that settles it! I'll just have to come to you!
307303TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00320_MINFILIAWhile you were afield, word arrived from the Sharlayan motherland.
308304TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00330_MINFILIAYou will recall that a survey party was dispatched to investigate the incident at the Isle of Val. What they discovered was troubling to say the least.
309305TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00340_MINFILIAAccording to the report, the isle has been erased from existence. 'Twas as if a hole had been torn in the very fabric of reality.
310306TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00350_URIANGERAye...yet the mystery endeth not with the isle's disappearance.
311307TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00360_URIANGERIt hath come to light that a number of scholars in various other locales were reported missing at a similar juncture.
312308TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00370_MOENBRYDAWhat's more, they all had something in common with the head of the Students of Baldesion. Every last one of them was researching a phenomenon called dimensional compression─or the “Rejoining,” as the ancient texts call it. I'll be damned if <Emphasis>that's</Emphasis> a coincidence.
313309TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00380_MINFILIAAll indications suggest Ascian involvement, but I sense that a force greater still is at work─the entity the dark beings call “the one true god”...
314310TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_I00390_MINFILIAWe must pray that my dear friend Krile regains consciousness soon. If she bore witness to the Isle of Val's final moments, she may be able to shed some light on this mystery...
315311TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00010_RAUBAHNFollowing the Calamity, the forces of the XIVth Imperial Legion entrenched themselves in strategic locations across Eorzea.
316312TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00020_RAUBAHNSo swiftly did they accomplish this, it was suspected that they had received help. To think that it came from Roaille... My right hand.
317313TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00030_ILBERDThere is more. We have reason to believe that Roaille didn't deal exclusively with the XIVth. She also answered to a higher authority in Garlemald.
318314TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00040_ILBERDBut this higher authority could not have been the Emperor. By consenting to the Meteor project, Solus zos Galvus showed himself to be more concerned about preventing the spread of primal influence than claiming Eorzea for the Empire. He would happily have seen the lot reduced to ash.
319315TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00050_ILBERDWe believe a number of high-ranking figures within the royal household were against the decision, but that they knew better than to oppose the Emperor openly. Of course, this didn't prevent them from making clandestine provisions, in which Roaille played a part.
320316TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00060_ALPHINAUDAlas, these provisions did not prevent Dalamud from falling, and the ensuing chaos changed the face of the realm forever. Yet Eorzea survived.
321317TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00070_ALPHINAUDTo all intents and purposes, the Meteor project had failed, and the Empire was left to rue its lack of a decisive means to eliminate the primals. Until, that is, it stumbled upon the Ultima Weapon.
322318TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00080_RAUBAHNEven before the accursed thing was dug up, it seemed to me the XIVth had the might to overwhelm our weakened armies. Yet they chose to hide behind their walls. Why?
323319TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00090_ALPHINAUDThe Black Wolf was wary of making the denizens of Eorzea desperate, lest more primals emerge to bleed the land. The discovery of the Ultima Weapon, however, emboldened him to resume his war of conquest in earnest.
324320TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00100_ILBERDBut there was one in Garlemald who believed that van Baelsar's actions were premature─one who stood higher in the imperial army's chain of command. He ordered the legatus to halt his advance, only to find that the Black Wolf had slipped its leash, and that the XIVth now acted alone.
325321TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00110_ILBERDIn a bid to bring van Baelsar to heel, he used the agent he had planted in Ul'dah prior to the Calamity to undermine the legion's efforts.
326322TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00120_RAUBAHNA man who outranks van Baelsar, yet opposed the late emperor's decision to annihilate Eorzea... This could only be the former high legatus of the Garlean Army, now known as Emperor Varis zos Galvus.
327323TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00130_RAUBAHNSo he was Roaille's true master...
328324TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00140_ILBERDBut one of several, in actual fact. We've learned that even as Roaille served the Empire's interests, she sold imperial secrets to a certain faction in Eorzea.
329325TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00150_ILBERDIn so doing, she helped to maintain the status quo, thus prolonging the conflict. Considering who stands to profit from war, it isn't hard to imagine who her other masters were.
330326TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00160_RAUBAHNSeven hells... You mean to say that she was a double agent?
331327TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00170_ILBERDTriple, if you consider her services to van Baelsar and the new emperor as separate.
332328TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00180_ALPHINAUDAs neatly as these pieces seem to fit, one aspect of the puzzle remains unclear to me.
333329TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00190_ALPHINAUDBy whose will was the marshal feeding intelligence to the heretics? Try as I might, I fail to see how aiding their cause would profit either her imperial or Monetarist masters.
334330TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00200_ALPHINAUDCould it be that another hand is at work here? If so, Roaille must be made to reveal whose it is.
335331TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00210_RAUBAHNNot only have I lost a trusted friend; now I must interrogate her as a stranger.
336332TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00220_ILBERDNot a pleasant task, I grant you, but a necessary one. Unless we weed out the Ivy, root, stalk, and stem, it will simply grow back.
337333TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00230_RAUBAHNI know that full well. Those closest to Roaille have already been detained, and I will question them alongside her.
338334TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00240_ALPHINAUDGeneral. Pray keep in mind that there may be unwitting abettors among them.
339335TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00250_RAUBAHNAll will be treated fairly─on that you have my word. Those who are innocent have no cause to fear.
340336TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00260_ALPHINAUDYou have ever been a friend of truth, General. I hope the unpleasant task of weeding out falsehood will not detain you too long. Though it be for the sake of Eorzea, doubting one's comrades is poison to the soul.
341337TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00270_ALPHINAUD...And with that, I take my leave.
342338TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00280_RAUBAHNAll these years, I've been made to dance to their tune...
343339TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00290_RAUBAHNHow could you, Roaille? How could you side with <Emphasis>them</Emphasis>...?
344340TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00300_RAUBAHN...Those <Emphasis>cankers</Emphasis> who take from this land and give naught in return─who use their power to disempower, and grow fat while the people starve!
345341TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00310_RAUBAHNI know you can hear me, Monetarist scum! Your crimes will not go unpunished!
346342TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00320_RAUBAHNOne day, I will purge this land of your sickness! Before the eyes of the Twelve, I swear it!
347343TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_J00330_RAUBAHNRaaaaaargh!
348344TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00010_NANAMOULNAMOI shall have no further need of you this day.
349345TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00020_LADYINWAITING2(-Lady-In-Waiting-)Your Grace.
350346TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00030_NANAMOULNAMOI fear that not even mine own chambers shall remain private for long.
351347TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00040_KANESENNAHas the situation grown so grim?
352348TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00050_NANAMOULNAMOEver since he proposed the Carteneau Reclamation Bill, Teledji Adeledji has risen to greater prominence upon the backs of impoverished refugees.
353349TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00060_NANAMOULNAMOThe Monetarists were ever united in their pursuit of profit, but the man's actions have torn a rift in their ranks. They snap at each other as rabid dogs.
354350TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00070_NANAMOULNAMOYet now is not the time to be bickering among ourselves.
355351TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00080_MERLWYBIf this bickering is a threat to law and order, might you not have grounds to dissolve the Syndicate?
356352TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00090_NANAMOULNAMOWould that the solution were so simple, Admiral. Alas, my moving to dissolve the Syndicate is certain to spark outrage among the influential merchant class, whom the cabal represents.
357353TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00100_NANAMOULNAMOThis would serve to exacerbate the current unrest, and peace would slip still further away.
358354TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00110_NANAMOULNAMOBe they rich or poor, natives or refugees, all who reside in Ul'dah have a right to pursue happiness. It is the duty of a ruler to protect this right.
359355TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00120_NANAMOULNAMOIf I am to perform my duty, I must needs tread warily. It would not do to make enemies heedlessly.
360356TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00130_NANAMOULNAMOWere Lord Lolorito here, he would doubtless say that I have my head in the clouds.
361357TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00140_KANESENNAA ruler is required to take a wide view. Try as we might to cater to all needs, some will inevitably be overlooked. As such, there shall ever be citizens who feel aggrieved. It cannot be helped.
362358TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00150_KANESENNABut as you have informed us, the Monetarists take no view but their own. They hunger for power while the masses starve.
363359TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00160_KANESENNAIn the absence of a common cause, it seems beyond any one individual to make Ul'dah whole.
364360TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00170_MERLWYBAnd the presence of a Garlean agent within the Immortal Flames only makes matters worse.
365361TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00180_MERLWYBEven accounting for Ul'dah's historic reliance upon mercenaries, such a grievous breach of security is unprecedented. I fear this business will provide the Monetarists with a rod to beat Raubahn.
366362TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00190_KANESENNAEorzea can ill afford for the Immortal Flames to be dampened now. Ere long, the Garleans will turn their ravenous gaze toward our lands once more. If we are to resist their might, our nations must stand together.
367363TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00200_KANESENNAYet for this to happen, our nations must be whole. Can naught be done to improve the situation in Ul'dah?
368364TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00210_NANAMOULNAMOThe true wealth of Ul'dah lies in the health, happiness, and hopes of her citizens. Alas, the citizens shall never know these things so long as their lives are ruled by the ambitions of the few.
369365TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00220_NANAMOULNAMOThe Monetarists claim to represent the best interests of the people, but in sooth they desire only to manipulate them for their own selfish ends.
370366TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00230_NANAMOULNAMOFor the government to serve the people, it must be formed of the people.
371367TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00240_NANAMOULNAMOFor Ul'dah to move forward, it is not only the Syndicate that must be dissolved.
372368TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00250_MERLWYBNay... You jest...
373369TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00260_NANAMOULNAMOMy friends─it was for no other reason than to make known to you mine intent that I requested your presence here.
374370TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00270_NANAMOULNAMOWhen I make my declaration to the people, chaos shall inevitably ensue.
375371TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00280_NANAMOULNAMOAs the last monarch in the line of Ul, I make unto you this request.
376372TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00290_NANAMOULNAMOHelp Raubahn to preserve order, and protect the people. Forsake them, and you forsake yourselves, for a strong Eorzea will ever have need of a strong Ul'dah.
377373TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00300_KANESENNAYour Grace... Are you certain of this?
378374TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00310_NANAMOULNAMOThere is no other way.
379375TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00320_NANAMOULNAMOWhen the time is ripe, the nation shall become a true republic. Both Royalists and Monetarists shall cease to be.
380376TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00330_NANAMOULNAMOUl'dah will no longer belong to kings or queens or merchant princes, but to her people.
381377TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00340_NANAMOULNAMORaubahn... Forgive me for casting aside all that you have toiled for in my name...
382378TEXT_VOICEMAN_02400_K00350_NANAMOULNAMOBeyond this gesture, I am powerless to help my subjects.