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40TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000010_MAXIMAThey're here, Commander.
51TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000020_RAUBAHNAnd I for one am grateful that they are. I'm told you've been busy since our paths last crossed at the Ghimlyt Dark.
62TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000030_RAUBAHNNot that I understand half of it. When the Scions spoke of other worlds, I'd struggle to describe what I pictured.
73TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000040_RAUBAHNMayhap things would seem clearer were I to hear the tale from your own lips, but I'm afraid the situation will not afford us that luxury.
84TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000050_RAUBAHNI trust you two require no introduction.
95TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000060_SHADOWHUNTERWe meet again, hero of Eorzea.
106TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000070_SHADOWHUNTERMust we repeat this ridiculous display? I pose no threat to you─though what I come to warn you of very well might.
117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000080_RAUBAHNHad he meant to do us harm, I hazard he would have kept to the shadows─and brought more than two companions.
128TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000090_RAUBAHNWe need not pretend to be the best of friends, but I hope we can put aside our differences for the present.
139TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000100_SHADOWHUNTERAs you are doubtless aware, Ser Estinien and I cooperated to rid the world of Black Rose in your absence.
1410TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000110_SHADOWHUNTEROur journey together took us as far as the imperial palace, where we witnessed Emperor Varis meet his death at Zenos's hand.
1511TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000120_SHADOWHUNTERBeing the sole witnesses to this crime, and in no position to defend our innocence, we were then forced to flee, each pursuing his own avenue of escape.
1612TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000130_SHADOWHUNTERWhen we were later reunited, Estinien claimed to have encountered an unfamiliar kind of machina during his flight. But to me, his description seemed anything but. And upon further investigation, I found that I was right.
1713TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000140_SHADOWHUNTERThe Empire is developing a new Ultima Weapon.
1814TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000150_KRILEWhat? That Allagan monstrosity? Created to vanquish primals? ...With which you yourself once thought to conquer Eorzea?
1915TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000160_SHADOWHUNTERThe same. In my foolishness, I sought to harness its power─and became the Ascians' pawn in so doing.
2016TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000161_SHADOWHUNTERBut you know as well as I how that tale ended.
2117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000170_SHADOWHUNTERThe Weapon itself, excavated from beneath this very city, was destroyed ere we could fully unravel its secrets. And that should have been the end of it.
2218TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000180_SHADOWHUNTERBut, unlikely as it sounds, the Empire's efforts to recreate it have somehow borne fruit─primarily through secret research conducted by the VIIth Imperial Legion, it would seem.
2319TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000190_KRILEWait. The VIIth was all but annihilated at Carteneau─along with its legatus.
2420TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000200_SHADOWHUNTERIndeed, few survived. The VIIth as it is now has little in common with the legion led by van Darnus, and its leadership has changed hands several times since.
2521TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000210_SHADOWHUNTERPrecisely how this project has continued despite such turmoil, and under whose auspices, remains a mystery.
2622TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000220_SHADOWHUNTERWhat we do know, however, is that a number of prototypes have been produced...and that one of them is on its way to Eorzea.
2723TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000230_SHADOWHUNTERWe attempted to stop it, but it was all we could do to slow its progress. So we resolved instead to bring you warning.
2824TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000240_MAXIMAAnd right glad are we that you did─though it soundly dashed our hopes that tensions might ease at last...
2925TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000250_RAUBAHNAs it is, we've begun to strengthen our presence in the Ghimlyt Dark, and are assembling a force to meet the coming threat. A force with you in its vanguard, I hope.
3026TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000260_RAUBAHNBefore you say anything, I know full well you have pressing concerns of your own. Your comrades remain in peril, and I would not ask you to forsake them.
3127TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000270_RAUBAHNBut the fact remains that you and you alone have faced the Ultima Weapon and emerged victorious. We need you.
3228TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000280_RAUBAHNAnd so, when the time comes─<Emphasis>if</Emphasis> your comrades can spare you─I bid you lend us your strength. I've assigned an officer to await your word.
3329TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000290_SHADOWHUNTERThe Ascians' downfall was to be the work of my remaining days...but it was my hand that kindled these flames, and I cannot allow them to spread any further.
3430TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000300_SHADOWHUNTERI will do what I must to see this mistake consigned to history once and for all...even if it means begging your aid. The fates will enjoy the irony, even as I endure the ignominy.
3531TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000310_MAXIMAI too shall make for the border and offer my skills, meager though they seem in such company. Mayhap we shall meet there anon.
3632TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000320_KRILEThough we can ill afford to ignore the coming of a new Ultima Weapon, our friends' plight grows ever more precarious, and none save you can join them in the First.
3733TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000330_KRILEI only hope you are not forced to make a choice...
3834TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000340_MYSTERYVOICENow that we're all here─what news from the Source?
3935TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000350_MYSTERYVOICENow that we're all here─what news from the Source?
4036TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000360_ALPHINAUDA new <Emphasis>Ultima Weapon</Emphasis>...? We must count ourselves lucky that Gaius has pledged his assistance.
4137TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000370_YSHTOLAWhile this is indeed a worrying development, I think the state of the Empire as a whole greater grounds for concern.
4238TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000380_YSHTOLAWith the Emperor slain and Zenos returned, it is impossible to predict how matters will unfold in Garlemald. The Ultima Weapon may be but the first of many unpleasant surprises.
4339TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000390_URIANGERThe situation beareth closer observation, of that there is no doubt─and doth compound our need to return unto the Source.
4440TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000400_MYSTERYVOICEThen let us address that issue. Our long search for a means to see you safely home may well be nearing its conclusion.
4541TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000410_MYSTERYVOICEThanks in large part to Urianger and Beq Lugg's invaluable insight, we have succeeded in fashioning a vessel for the journey.
4642TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000420_BEQLUGGWe set out to create a crystalline container retaining the more useful properties of white auracite, but without its regrettable limitations. And after a good deal of trial and error, we made one.
4743TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000430_BEQLUGGAn ark for soul and mind both, that will allow your incorporeal self in its entirety to be ferried between worlds... A “spirit vessel,” if you will.
4844TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000440_BEQLUGGHowever...
4945TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000450_ALPHINAUDHowever?
5046TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000460_URIANGERThough the vessel is possessed of the requisite qualities to hold mind and memory, it wanteth yet for a means to <Emphasis>receive</Emphasis> of them. For that, we must needs imbue it with the Exarch's innate gift.
5147TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000470_YSHTOLAA gift that lives on only through the blood of the Allagan emperors...which certainly does not flow within auracite, or any other crystal.
5248TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000480_URIANGERJust so, milady. The blood serveth as a conduit of sorts─in its absence, memory cannot pass from mind unto mind, nor from flesh unto crystal.
5349TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000490_MYSTERYVOICEThat being the case, we must either alter the process of inheritance so as to require no such thing, or determine a means by which my blood may permeate the vessel.
5450TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000500_MYSTERYVOICEI am hopeful that the records found within this tower will yield the knowledge we require to pursue one or the other of these avenues.
5551TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000510_BEQLUGGAs well you should be! The Allagans' body of aetherological research is extraordinary. I can scarce believe it the work of ages past.
5652TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000520_BEQLUGGBut its underlying principles are not so very different from those of my own field of study. Given time, we will find the answers we seek.
5753TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000530_MYSTERYVOICEI know that you can ill afford to wait, and it pains me that I must ask you to do so. I can only reaffirm my promise to you that a solution will be found.
5854TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000540_MYSTERYVOICEWhatever it takes, I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> see you safely home.
5955TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000550_LYNAMy apologies.
6056TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000560_MYSTERYVOICEI do hope you haven't come to tell us that mortal peril fast approaches.
6157TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000570_LYNANo. I had hoped to speak with the Warrior of Darkness.
6258TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000580_LYNABut there is no need to cut short your meeting on my account. I will be waiting outside.
6359TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000590_MYSTERYVOICEWhy not speak in here─she knows I don't mind. Unless she didn't want to...
6460TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000600_ALPHINAUDPerhaps I might accompany you? Though I am woefully ill-qualified to assist in the Exarch's research, I may yet be of some use to Lyna.
6561TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000610_LYNADid you slay this eater? Your orders were to await the main force before engaging.
6662TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000620_RESOLUTESOLDIERNo, Captain! It wasn't us, I swear it! A man came out of nowhere and cut it down before we knew what was happening.
6763TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000630_LYNABy himself? Certainly it is no Lightwarden, but nevertheless...
6864TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000640_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's true! Felled it with a single swing of his axe, he did! Never seen anything like it!
6965TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000650_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)So I says to him, “Who are you, the Warrior of bleedin' Darkness!?”
7066TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000660_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)And he says, “No, I'm a Warrior of Light.” And that was it. Buggered off as quick as he came.
7167TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000670_ALPHINAUDA Warrior of <Emphasis>Light</Emphasis>?
7268TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000680_SOLDIER03608Why would someone go around calling himself that, though? It was those bastards who caused the Flood.
7369TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000690_SOLDIER03608I mean, if you were going to pretend to be anyone, it'd be <Emphasis><If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If></Emphasis>─the Warrior of Darkness!
7470TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000700_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)Eh? Oh! I─ I didn't know! It's an honor!
7571TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000710_LYNASince the eater is no longer a threat, our work here is done. Return to your posts.
7672TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000720_SOLDIER03608I had hoped to fight at your side today... But I'll continue to follow your example─and may we meet again!
7773TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000730_LYNAI apologize for the wasted journey. It seems I overestimated the threat.
7874TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000740_LYNAAs for this “Warrior of Light”... I do not know who would be brazen enough to take that mantle for his own. Whatever it may once have meant, it is forever tainted by the association with the Flood.
7975TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000750_LYNAThe Exarch told me the truth of Ardbert and his comrades' deeds, and I am aware they played some part in your own triumph. But to most, they are synonymous with the calamity that befell this world.
8076TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000760_LYNAStill, if this man is minded to destroy sin eaters, I may forgive him his unfortunate choice of alias.
8177TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000770_LYNABut that is neither here nor there. I thank you for accompanying me.
8278TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000780_ALPHINAUDWith that concluded, shall we return to the Crystarium? There is a proposal I should like to make...
8379TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000790_LYNAForgive me. There is one more thing.
8480TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000800_LYNAA personal concern of mine. I had hoped you might have a moment to speak privately.
8581TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000810_ALPHINAUDTake your time. I shall go on ahead.
8682TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000820_LYNAI will not mince words. This matter concerns the Exarch.
8783TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000830_LYNAThough his countenance belies his age, his demeanor never has. He has seen more than any man should, and grown ever more weary with time...
8884TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000840_LYNABut I see I give the wrong impression. While it is true he attempted to open a letter with his salmon fillet the other evening, we are not here because I suspect his mind is deteriorating.
8985TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000850_LYNANor do I believe him to be so maddeningly unconcerned by the prospect of his own death as he once was. Indeed, the opposite is true.
9086TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000860_LYNAIt is for this reason that I seek your advice.
9187TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000870_LYNASince he returned from the Tempest, the Exarch is...not as he was.
9288TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000880_LYNAHe seems a different man. A <Emphasis>younger</Emphasis> man.
9389TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000890_LYNAI know not the details of his research, but when I saw him at work recently, there was a glint in his eye that I had never seen before. He looked <Emphasis>happy</Emphasis>.
9490TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000900_LYNAIt was as if he had peered into the future, and for the first time, found joy there.
9591TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000910_LYNAThough it gladdens me to see him thus, I wonder if I should not keep my distance. I fear that my presence will only anchor him to the past. Remind him of all the pain that came before.
9692TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
9793TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICEAnchors keep us where we have chosen to be.
9894TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICEHe's lost without you, you know. And he misses you already.
9995TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000920_LYNA...Is that so?
10096TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000930_LYNAHe─ Are you sure?
10197TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000940_LYNAThen perhaps we might remain as we were. As we have always been.
10298TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000950_LYNAWhat a relief.
10399TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000960_LYNAIn that case, I will have to speak with him about the amount of time he is spending at work.
104100TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000970_LYNAThis research is important, I know, but if he refuses to consider his own health, I will have to consider it for him.
105101TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000980_ALPHINAUDYes, this looks to be nearly everyone. Let us begin, shall we?
106102TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_000990_ALPHINAUDThough I am usually the first to hold forth at such events, I think, on this occasion, that honor should fall to you.
107103TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001000_YSHTOLAThey <Emphasis>would</Emphasis> be more inclined to take the word of the Warrior of Darkness.
108104TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001010_URIANGERIndeed. In light of the subject matter, who better than thee to speak these truths?
109105TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001020_SOLDIER03608Wicked white... The Warriors of Light did all that?
110106TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001030_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)So they never─ I mean, they only ever wanted to help? And when everything they'd done turned to ash, they <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> carried on...
111107TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001040_SOLDIER03608They gave everything to stop the Flood... First their lives, then their souls...
112108TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001050_SOLDIER03608And they managed it, too─in the end. They <Emphasis>saved</Emphasis> us. And we cursed their names.
113109TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001060_ALPHINAUDThis should go a long way towards clearing the air.
114110TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001070_ALPHINAUDImpossible...!
115111TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
116112TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICEYou can see him too?
117113TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICEI take it I'm not imagining this, then.
118114TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001080_ALPHINAUDI definitely see <Emphasis>something</Emphasis>. You don't think it's a ghost, do you?
119115TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001090_URIANGERNay. Yonder standeth no bloodless apparition, but a Warrior of Light and Darkness both. Ardbert.
120116TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001100_YSHTOLAWhat in the world...?
121117TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001110_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)It's you! The one who slew the eater...
122118TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001120_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)That it should be the Warrior of Darkness who brought the truth to light... You've saved me a fair bit of time─though I have a few words of my own to say, if I may.
123119TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001130_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)People of the Crystarium! I am Ardbert, one of those you know as a Warrior of Light.
124120TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001140_SOLDIER03608That's impossible! You should be dead...
125121TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001150_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Aye, that I should. But as the world has been given new life, so too have I.
126122TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001160_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)I know not why I, and I alone, have been gifted this chance. But I do know this: only by the will of the star itself could such a miracle come to pass.
127123TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001170_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)The hero who stands before you now─the Warrior of Darkness─is not of this world. And the day will come when <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> must return to <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> home.
128124TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001180_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)But this land is <Emphasis>our</Emphasis> home. And if it is to remain so, now and forevermore, it is <Emphasis>we</Emphasis> who must protect it.
129125TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001190_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)The time to rely on saviors from afar has passed. It is <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> who must rise. <Emphasis>You</Emphasis> who must become the new Warriors of Light!
130126TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001200_BRAVESOLDIER(-Gallant Guardsman-)Wha─ Us? Warriors of Light?
131127TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001210_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)None of us were born heroes, my friend. I was only ever a man with a thirst for adventure.
132128TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001220_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)But wherever my journeys took me, I was invariably confronted with the same choice: to lend what aid I could to those in need─or not. And I always chose the former.
133129TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001230_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Any one of you could do the same. All you need is the will to help your fellow man, and the resolve to see it through.
134130TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001240_URIANGERFrom thine own lips did we learn of Ardbert's fate, and by thy countenance, I gather thou art not inclined to recant thy testimony.
135131TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001250_URIANGERYet whosoever this man may be, his words hold truth─and resonate with the citizenry besides. For us to voice our doubts here and now would serve but to sow disquiet. 'Twere better we retired unto the Ocular, and there discussed this matter in private.
136132TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001260_ALPHINAUDGo. I will stay here and watch.
137133TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001270_MYSTERYVOICESo that is a Warrior of Light of the First.
138134TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001271_MYSTERYVOICEI have not had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, but as you all seem to be in agreement, I gather this is no simple case of mistaken identity.
139135TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001280_BEQLUGGAs far as I was able to discern, that was indeed Ardbert. It has been a long time, but not that long. Could he truly have been resurrected as he claims?
140136TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
141137TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE...<Emphasis>No</Emphasis>. Absolutely not.
142138TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICEIt looks like him and sounds like him. But it <Emphasis>isn't</Emphasis> him.
143139TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001290_URIANGERArdbert did entrust his very soul unto thee. I see no reason to question thy judgment.
144140TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001300_YSHTOLANor I. To my eyes, your aether burns as brightly as the day you slew Emet-Selch. That is proof that he is with you still.
145141TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001310_URIANGERYet that which standeth now before the people is far more than a passing imitation. I am reminded of the Cardinal Virtues...though a sin eater he is not.
146142TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001320_URIANGERWhich leaveth but one plausible explanation.
147143TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001330_YSHTOLAThat he is an Ascian.
148144TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001340_MYSTERYVOICEGiven their fondness for posthumous possession, I would have to agree.
149145TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001350_MYSTERYVOICEFrom what I understand, the Warriors of Light were laid to rest in Eulmore by those whom they had aided in life. At the time, some few still remembered them as heroes.
150146TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001360_MYSTERYVOICENeedless to say, four of them were subsequently exhumed to serve as the Virtues. And if one knew where to look, Ardbert too would not have been difficult to find.
151147TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001370_YSHTOLAAssuming then that this is indeed the work of an Ascian, my mind inevitably turns to the last remaining Paragon to survive the sundering...
152148TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001380_URIANGERElidibus.
153149TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001390_URIANGERThat Zenos hath reclaimed his own flesh is known.
154150TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001400_URIANGERThus evicted from his borrowed form...and cognizant, no doubt, of Emet-Selch's failure here in the First...
155151TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001410_URIANGER'Tis quite possible the emissary chose Ardbert for his next vessel.
156152TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001420_BEQLUGGInhabiting the flesh of the fallen... My, that is unsavory. And they do this often, you say?
157153TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001430_URIANGERVerily, for they possess no corporeal forms of their own. In what one may term their natural state, none save those gifted with the Echo can perceive them.
158154TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001440_URIANGERIndeed, when Elidibus intruded upon the Waking Sands, his presence did go unmarked by all save Minfilia and the Warrior of Light.
159155TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001450_URIANGEROn that occasion, I myself remained ignorant of his coming until after his departure.
160156TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001460_URIANGER'Twas only at a later juncture, when he deigned to appear before me in borrowed flesh that I was finally able to take the measure of him.
161157TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001470_URIANGERIn such puppetry do the Ascians engage when they seek to influence the course of history.
162158TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001480_YSHTOLAAnd they have gained much by it. Emet-Selch single-handedly built the Garlean Empire in this manner, while Lahabrea came close to conquering Eorzea having taken possession of Thancred's living body.
163159TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001490_URIANGERYet it must needs be noted that the Ascians cannot avail themselves of <Emphasis>all</Emphasis> mortal vessels. For were they able to do so, none would serve as a better pawn than our own redoubtable champion.
164160TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001500_URIANGERMayhap the blessing of Light shieldeth Hydaelyn's chosen from Ascian influence. Or mayhap other forces are at work. We cannot say for certain.
165161TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001510_MYSTERYVOICEWhatever the reason, I hope it holds true. I dare not contemplate what might come to pass otherwise.
166162TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001520_YSHTOLAIs it not peculiar, then, that Ardbert's mortal remains should be susceptible, given that he was once a Warrior of Light? Or did the final departure of his soul make it possible, perhaps?
167163TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001530_YSHTOLARegardless, to hear an Ascian use him to call forth new Warriors of Light boggles the mind.
168164TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001540_URIANGERElidibus hath ever been an enigma, his ostensible purpose being to preserve the balance between Light and Dark.
169165TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001550_URIANGERWhen he made overtures towards me, however, I was afforded a glimpse behind the mask of the self-appointed emissary.
170166TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001560_URIANGERI shall not defend mine actions, undertaken in pursuit of a better understanding of our foe, as either wise or prudent.
171167TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001570_URIANGERNevertheless, what little I did glean may now prove useful.
172168TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001580_URIANGERElidibus possesseth a subtle mind, practiced in the art of manipulation. That he coaxed this star's most valiant heroes as far as the Source with naught save half-truths is no trifling feat.
173169TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001590_URIANGERAnd now, I believe, he doth employ his skills once more to some as-yet-unknown end. Though naught is certain, should my suspicions prove true, we shall have need of all our wits if we are to uncover─and thereafter thwart─his plot.
174170TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001600_MYSTERYVOICEAgreed. 'Tis plain that simply speaking out against him will not avail us. At best, it would only serve to confuse the people.
175171TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001610_MYSTERYVOICEAnd I would hesitate to do anything which might tarnish Ardbert's reputation once more, nor yours by association.
176172TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001620_MYSTERYVOICEThat being the case, it may be wise to keep a covert eye on this “Ardbert's” movements as we attempt to discern his purpose and how best to mitigate his influence.
177173TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001630_BEQLUGGHis performance appears to have concluded. What now─go back out and follow him?
178174TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001640_URIANGER'Twould appear Master Alphinaud already hath pursuit in mind, and I suspect one pair of eyes shall better serve our cause than half a dozen. Let the rest of us maintain an inconspicuous distance─for the present, at least.
179175TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001650_ALMETCome. Our new discoveries are to be found this way.
180176TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001660_YSHTOLAThe people of Ronka are known to have venerated animals, but these features do not match those of any indigenous species. This is no common beast.
181177TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001670_YSHTOLAThough that much is plain from its proportions.
182178TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001680_CYMETLifelike, is it not? One could almost imagine it breathed.
183179TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001690_UIMETGrrr!
184180TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001700_CYMETAaah!
185181TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001710_UIMETHahaha!
186182TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001711_CYMETWhy, you...
187183TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001720_YSHTOLAThis owl, by contrast, seems no different from the others we've seen.
188184TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001730_ALMETThe sealed door lies ahead.
189185TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001740_ALMETAs you see, one statue is missing. I expect we are meant to replace it, as before.
190186TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001750_YSHTOLAToo simple. There will be some additional defense mechanism.
191187TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001760_YSHTOLAJust a moment─there are words carved into the stone.
192188TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001770_YSHTOLAHe...who would disturb...a hero's deserved slumber...
193189TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001780_YSHTOLAShall instead...waken the beast...and know...his folly...
194190TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001790_YSHTOLAWait! Don't!
195191TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001800_UIMETWh-What? But I only─ What is happening!?
196192TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001810_CYMETOh no... Oh no, no, no... I-It lives!
197193TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001820_YSHTOLAWhy am I not surprised? Prepare yourselves!
198194TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001830_YSHTOLA'Twould seem the magicks have returned us. How polite.
199195TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001840_YSHTOLANow, what have we learned?
200196TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001850_UIMETOh, we were bound to run into a living statue eventually. And now we can open the door!
201197TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001860_YSHTOLA“He who would disturb a hero's deserved slumber...”
202198TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001870_YSHTOLAA tomb, just as I thought. Befitting a hero.
203199TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001880_ALMETShe is Viis! Could it be the archmage Tiuna?
204200TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001890_ALMETA legendary hero of Ronka, as you surmised. The tales tell of how she smote entire armies with a single incantation, so potent was her spellcraft─though she ever fought in the name of peace.
205201TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001900_UIMETI thought them no more than tales. To think she really existed...
206202TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001910_CYMETWell, I for one always believed!
207203TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001920_YSHTOLAI wonder...
208204TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001930_YSHTOLABy the light...of fallen stars...great power awakens...
209205TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001940_ALMETTiuna was not only a master of spellcraft. It is said she could see truths long lost and hear the voices of men's hearts.
210206TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001950_YSHTOLANaught less than the Echo.
211207TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001960_YSHTOLAIn which case...none of this is mere coincidence.
212208TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001970_YSHTOLAA shower of stars setting the sky aflame─and in both this world and the Source, we find individuals within whom a mysterious power awakened at the sight.
213209TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001980_YSHTOLAWe could never unpick the why of it. Now, however...I believe we might.
214210TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_001990_YSHTOLADoes the scene depicted here not resemble the one we saw when we first ventured into the Qitana Ravel?
215211TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002000_YSHTOLAMoreover, does it not recall that which Emet-Selch invited us to witness in Amaurot?
216212TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002010_YSHTOLAThe Final Days.
217213TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002020_YSHTOLAIf, as the Exarch's research suggests, soul and mind share a fragile yet profound bond, might it not be possible for an event to leave such a deep imprint upon the soul that it could be perceived eons later─given a suitable trigger?
218214TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002030_YSHTOLAThe Echo defies explanation by conventional aetherological theory. Or shall we say, modern aetherological theory.
219215TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002040_YSHTOLABut if it is a power that once belonged to the ancients, to souls yet undivided...
220216TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002045_YSHTOLA...Ah.
221217TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002050_YSHTOLAIt would seem I have entered the realm of pure speculation. And I call myself a scholar.
222218TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002060_YSHTOLAI shall refrain from making any further wild claims until such time as I have evidence.
223219TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002070_YSHTOLAStill, I cannot choose but be reminded of our experience in Amaurot...
224220TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
225221TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICEThen you must recall Emet-Selch's dying request.
226222TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICEI will not soon forget it.
227223TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002080_YSHTOLA“Remember us.”
228224TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002090_ALMET“History is learned, not lived.”
229225TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002100_ALMETWe have always protected the tales of Ronka, just as we have protected this place. But we are mindful of what our mothers taught us.
230226TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002110_ALMETWe see the past through our own eyes, and speak of it with our own words. Thus do we come to understand it, in our own way. But this is not the same as remembering.
231227TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002120_YSHTOLAYour mothers were wise.
232228TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002130_YSHTOLAThough we witnessed the Final Days, our impressions could not fail to be colored by our own experiences and expectations. Those who lived through it would have perceived the event quite differently.
233229TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002140_YSHTOLAWe must bear in mind that it is no simple matter to keep the truth alive, or it will die with Emet-Selch and his kin.
234230TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002150_YSHTOLABut we have disturbed Tiuna long enough. Fanow will serve similarly well as a venue for our contemplations.
235231TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002160_THANCREDIf you were hoping to vent your frustrations on our eater friend here, I can only apologize.
236232TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002170_RYNEFew as they are now, it took us no time at all to track it down.
237233TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002180_ALPHINAUDThat suits our purpose perfectly. Now we need only wait for Ardbert to arrive.
238234TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002190_ALISAIEWeren't you two meant to be attending to the Empty?
239235TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002200_THANCREDWe were, and are. But we can hardly ignore the rest of the world, so we thought we might see how things were coming along. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”
240236TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002210_THANCREDWe were indeed, and we've made a certain amount of progress. So we thought we might see how the rest of the world was getting on. From what we can gather, the answer is “strangely.”
241237TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002220_RYNERight now, we think we can do more good here.
242238TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002230_YSHTOLAIt is heartening to have all present.
243239TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002240_ALPHINAUDIndeed! We will be glad of the additional hands should matters escalate.
244240TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002250_URIANGEROur quarry is come.
245241TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002260_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Hah. It seems I've lost this particular race.
246242TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002270_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Ah, though I suppose it's only fair.
247243TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002280_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)When we first met, it was I who outpaced you. Ravana, was it?
248244TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002290_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)But where are my manners? I wouldn't be here were it not for you, and I have yet to say a word of thanks!
249245TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you do?
250246TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICEExtend a friendly fist.
251247TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICEAsk whether he wishes Seto were here.
252248TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002300_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Arm giving you trouble? You should have it examined.
253249TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002310_DUMMYARDBERT(-Ardbert-)Poor fellow. He will be sorely missed.
254250TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
255251TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICEIndeed...<Emphasis>Ardbert</Emphasis>.
256252TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICEI thought you were supposed to be good at this.
257253TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002320_DUMMYARDBERT(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
258254TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002330_ELIDIBUS(-“Ardbert”-)Very well. Let us forgo this pretense.
259255TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002340_DUMMYARDBERT(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive.
260256TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002350_ELIDIBUS(-“Ardbert”-)After all, it was never you that I needed to deceive.
261257TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002360_ELIDIBUSYes, it is I, Elidibus.
262258TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002370_ELIDIBUSThrough your time in Emet-Selch's imitation of our home, I daresay you have gained a better understanding of my role since last we met. Not that it matters.
263259TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002380_ALPHINAUDWe understand your role, Emissary, but not your goal. What is it that you seek to achieve?
264260TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002390_ELIDIBUSI seek to enact the will of the Convocation, of course. If it helps you to think of me as but another Ascian, no different in nature or purpose from the rest, you are welcome to do so.
265261TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002400_ALPHINAUDOnce, I would have said your goal was destruction alone.
266262TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002410_ALPHINAUDNow I understand that you fight for something you love, just as we do.
267263TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002420_ALPHINAUDYet though we seem doomed to clash, I bid you consider Emet-Selch's final words.
268264TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002430_ALPHINAUD“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus.
269265TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002440_ALPHINAUD“Remember that we once lived,” he said. Had he not seen some glimmer of hope in our kind, I do not believe he would have spoken thus.
270266TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002450_YSHTOLANone better understood your plight than he. His words must surely be worthy of your consideration.
271267TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002460_ELIDIBUSEmet-Selch...
272268TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002470_ELIDIBUSHow very unlike you, to err so gravely.
273269TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002480_ELIDIBUSThat one should stray at the end of so onerous a path is understandable, but I had thought you above such weakness. Mayhap you thought the same. Would that I had been present to offer correction...
274270TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002490_ELIDIBUSBut I shall do so now, as is my duty, and return all to its proper course.
275271TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002500_ELIDIBUSAs for you... Look at yourselves. Look at your <Emphasis>history</Emphasis>. Look back one hundred short years, to how your greatest warriors were undone.
276272TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002510_ELIDIBUSAnd now? At but a word from me, you raise your hands in answer like the puppets you are.
277273TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002515_ELIDIBUSNaught has changed.
278274TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002520_ELIDIBUSYou fail and you fail and you learn nothing─allow that which is most important to slip through your fumbling fingers like so many grains of sand. Again and again and <Emphasis>again</Emphasis>. And you would remember <Emphasis>us</Emphasis>? You do forget yourselves.
279275TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002530_ELIDIBUSThere is no common ground to be found between you and I. Nor do I require any.
280276TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002540_ELIDIBUSI have my duty.
281277TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002550_YSHTOLAWait!
282278TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002560_ALPHINAUDWell...we have confirmed the identity of our foe, at least. And 'tis safe to say his objective is the Rejoining.
283279TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002570_ALISAIEBut we still have no idea how playing the part of a Warrior of Light will further his cause, nor why he would spur others to do the same.
284280TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002580_YSHTOLAAnother visit to the Tempest may shed some light upon these mysteries.
285281TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002590_YSHTOLAWhether we are to exchange words or blows with Elidibus at our next meeting, the fact remains: we know too little.
286282TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002600_YSHTOLAEre our paths cross again, I would learn more of the world that once was─and of Elidibus himself.
287283TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002610_YSHTOLAIn this, we would be best served going directly to his home, much as Emet-Selch came to ours.
288284TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002620_URIANGERThough I see the wisdom in thy suggestion, the Amaurot we visited is but a phantom born of Emet-Selch's memory. I fear it will teach us little that we do not already know.
289285TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002630_YSHTOLAI quite agree. Yet the ruins of the actual city remain unexplored.
290286TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002640_YSHTOLAGiven the vastness of the Tempest, I should not be surprised were there more such structures like to those in which the Ondo reside.
291287TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
292288TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICEIf there's aught to be learned, I want to know.
293289TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICEFor want of a better option...
294290TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A7_000_003_NONE_VOICEAs long as you don't make me do any more chores.
295291TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002650_YSHTOLAA <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> after my own heart.
296292TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002660_YSHTOLAMayhap your skepticism will leaven my curiosity.
297293TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002670_YSHTOLAKeep that up and I'll send you to bed without supper.
298294TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002680_ALPHINAUDAssuming we are all in agreement, then, I suggest we first pay a visit to the Ondo. If anyone can tell us where more ruins are to be found, it is them.
299295TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002690_YSHTOLAThis structure must have served an important function. And here are yet more crystals...
300296TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002700_ALPHINAUDI too noted the crystal repository on the way. The benthos seem to employ them in their spellcasting.
301297TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002710_URIANGERIn such vessels did the ancients preserve concepts─ideal forms to be drawn upon in the act of creation.
302298TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002720_URIANGERThat so great an abundance should reside here lendeth credence to Y'shtola's conclusion. This facility held great significance.
303299TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002730_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Thank you all for joining us at Anyder in these most perilous of times.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
304300TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002740_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>By the summoning of Zodiark have we been granted a reprieve. Yet immutable as the laws He has woven may seem, they will not serve to forestall our doom.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
305301TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002750_ANCIENTSB<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Nay. Should we continue down this path, our fate will be the same.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
306302TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002760_ANCIENTSB<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I said as much to the Convocation, of course, but the stubborn fools turned a deaf ear to my warnings.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
307303TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002770_ANCIENTSB<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I had hoped that the defector, at least, would side with us, but I regret to report our overtures have gone unanswered.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
308304TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002780_ANCIENTSB<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Whither tend your thoughts, Venat? Where you lead, we will follow.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
309305TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002790_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I shall not speak ill of the Convocation─they too seek only to secure the future of our star.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
310306TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002800_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Yet it is plain they will not countenance a permanent solution. That being the case, we must ask ourselves a simple question: are we prepared to pursue our chosen course, even should it mean suffering the eternal condemnation of our brethren?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
311307TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002810_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If so, I see no further reason to demur.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
312308TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002820_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Let us bring forth the Light that shall ever after keep the Darkness in check.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
313309TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002830_YSHTOLASo...it was they who first summoned Hydaelyn.
314310TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002840_ALPHINAUDTheir discussion did seem to imply as much, yes. I cannot say I have ever heard of this “Venat” before.
315311TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002850_URIANGERFor a certainty, Emet-Selch never uttered the name, speak though he did of the schism which Zodiark's advent wrought upon mankind.
316312TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002860_URIANGERSome were of the viewpoint that His power must needs be restrained, and to that end did they call forth She who would serve as His shackles.
317313TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002870_URIANGERWe know now that it was this Venat to whom they looked for leadership.
318314TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002880_YSHTOLAAnd that this place, in all likelihood, served as their headquarters. The presence of such intimate records attests to that.
319315TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002890_YSHTOLAI would hear what else they have to tell us. All of it. Did anyone see the source of the image?
320316TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002900_YSHTOLAThe device there? Then let us see what other secrets it holds.
321317TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002910_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Venat, please... Why must it be you?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
322318TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002920_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If I may speak plainly, I would sooner it were another─<Emphasis>any</Emphasis> other. You are our <Emphasis>leader</Emphasis>. None can take your place.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
323319TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002930_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
324320TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002940_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
325321TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002950_VENAS<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>Rest assured, however: I shall not vanish from this world. The form I take shall ever remain my choice.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
326322TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002960_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>...Then I will press you no more. Only know this...you will be sorely missed.<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
327323TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002970_ANCIENTSA<UIForeground>F20223</UIForeground>I wonder...is this how the Convocation felt about Elidibus?<UIForeground>01</UIForeground>
328324TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002980_YSHTOLAWhat?
329325TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_002990_YSHTOLAForgive me, but did that not strongly imply that Elidibus sacrificed himself to become Zodiark's heart?
330326TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003000_ALISAIESeven hells... Then who─or <Emphasis>what</Emphasis>─are we dealing with?
331327TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003010_ALPHINAUDDare I ask what's going on?
332328TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003020_MYSTERYVOICEAh, excellent timing. For me, in any case. We have a problem.
333329TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003030_MYSTERYVOICEThe vast majority of those gathered here are presently in the employ of the guard or else one of the facets...and no longer wish to be so.
334330TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003040_MYSTERYVOICEIn principle, all are free to change vocation at any time─but a city does require a certain number of people in these positions if it is to continue to function. For the moment, I have asked them to postpone their resignation until such time as replacements can be found.
335331TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003050_MYSTERYVOICEAs you may have surmised, we have the “Warrior of Light” to thank for this...
336332TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003060_BRAVESOLDIERIt's you! The Warrior of Darkness!
337333TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003070_BRAVESOLDIERYou understand, don't you?
338334TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003080_BRAVESOLDIERSomeone's going to have to look after this place once you're gone. We just want to be ready to do our bit when the time comes.
339335TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003090_SOLDIER03608And not only here, but everywhere! Which is why we've got to get out there, and lend a hand to those in need.
340336TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003100_SOLDIER03608That's what you did, isn't it? Even if it was just little things, at the start. You helped people.
341337TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICEWhat will you say?
342338TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICEPeople, chocobos, you name it.
343339TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICEWell, yes...
344340TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_A8_000_003_NONE_VOICE...
345341TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003110_SOLDIER03608And we're trying to do the same! We may have our sky back, but there's no shortage of people who still need help.
346342TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003120_SOLDIER03608Strong and silent─just as a hero should be! You let your actions speak for you, and we mean to do the same. We might have our sky back, but there are still people who need help.
347343TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003130_SOLDIER03608If we follow in your footsteps, then I choose to believe we too can be heroes one day. Even Warriors of Light.
348344TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003140_ALPHINAUDWhat are we to say to that? We can hardly tell them they are mistaken.
349345TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003150_ALPHINAUDThey seek but to do good, as you have.
350346TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003160_URIANGERBut no more can we stand idly by and suffer a Paragon's scheme to proceed unchallenged.
351347TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003170_FEARFULCITIZENAWhat...what's happening to the sky?
352348TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003180_FEARFULCITIZENBAaah!
353349TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003190_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENAWicked white!
354350TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003200_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENBOh no!
355351TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003210_ALPHINAUDBy the Twelve...
356352TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003220_URIANGERA starshower...
357353TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003221_HYDAELYNHear... Feel... Think...
358354TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003230_SOLDIER03608I─ I hear a voice!
359355TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003240_BRAVESOLDIERYou and all? Then why does it feel like it's inside my head!?
360356TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003250_BRAVESOLDIERHear... Feel... Think...?
361357TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003260_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENCI hear it!
362358TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003270_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENDMe too!
363359TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003280_DUMMYARDBERT(-???-)Did I not tell you, my friends!? You are Warriors of Light!
364360TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003290_SOLDIER03608You're back!
365361TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003300_DUMMYARDBERTWhat you hear is the voice of Light itself, and it has blessed you with its power. Welcome to the fold!
366362TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003310_SOLDIER03608I'm a Warrior of Light...
367363TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003320_BRAVESOLDIERI've been chosen!?
368364TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003330_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENDCan it be?
369365TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003340_CRYSTARIUMCITIZENCMe, a hero?
370366TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003350_ALPHINAUDWait!
371367TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003360_ALPHINAUDThe falling stars─were they your doing? And why do you need Warriors of Light?
372368TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003370_ELIDIBUSWhat, am I to reveal my plans simply because you asked?
373369TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003380_ELIDIBUSNay, I think not─though the stars I acknowledge mine. A convenient illusion apt to awaken what little is left of the power that once resided in your sundered souls.
374370TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003390_ELIDIBUSThat which you and yours call the Echo.
375371TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003400_ELIDIBUSAnd an echo it is. Of a symphony. But a fraction of what men, in their completeness, once possessed.
376372TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003410_ELIDIBUSEven those among you who tower over others in the gift have only the faintest trace of it.
377373TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003420_ELIDIBUSBut though sundered and forgotten, through death and mocking rebirth, it has persisted. A whisper of our past, burned into your very aether─along with the sight of our end.
378374TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003430_ELIDIBUSThrough the rekindling of memory, I have awoken the ability─just as Hydaelyn is wont to do when She has need of new minions.
379375TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003440_URIANGERThe Echo hath ever been thought a gift from Hydaelyn─a boon granted solely to Her chosen. Yet thou wouldst claim She merely awakeneth the power, that men should hearken unto...?
380376TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003450_URIANGERAh.
381377TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003460_URIANGER...Her voice. Given the perceived simultaneity of Her call and the awakening of Her chosen's capacity to hear it, 'tis only natural that we thus attributed the source of the gift. Yet if, in truth, the Echo is a prerequisite for hearing Her voice...
382378TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003470_URIANGEROne might surmise that Her call never ceaseth, such that all who awaken to their innate gift might receive of the blessing of Light at the selfsame instant.
383379TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003480_URIANGERIn sooth, we bore witness to this but moments ago. At the sight of the starshower, full many in the crowd did speak of hearing a voice in their minds, did they not?
384380TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003490_ELIDIBUSJust so. And whenever Hydaelyn has need of new servants, She is quick to pluck comets from the heavens, or create illusions of the same.
385381TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003500_URIANGERWhy, then, didst thou conjure this vision, full knowing that thine age-old foe would thus claim those awakened to the gift?
386382TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003510_ELIDIBUS“Foe”? You must be mistaken. As you see, I am a Warrior of Light.
387383TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003520_ELIDIBUSAnd together with my comrades-in-arms, I shall save the world. Just like you.
388384TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003530_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEMeanwhile, in the Crystal Tower's Umbilicus...
389385TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003540_MYSTERYVOICEFoiled again...
390386TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003550_MYSTERYVOICEIf I cannot imbue the infernal thing with my power via magical means, we may need to devise a way to infuse the vessel with my blood after all...
391387TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003560_MYSTERYVOICEAh!
392388TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003570_URIANGERArt thou unwell?
393389TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003580_BEQLUGGPerhaps a brief respite? It wouldn't do to overtax yourself.
394390TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003590_MYSTERYVOICEI'm fine...
395391TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003600_MYSTERYVOICEAnd given to stubbornness, I'm afraid. Especially when I have a stake in the outcome.
396392TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003610_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICEMeanwhile, in the Source...
397393TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003620_ZENOSThat dream again...
398394TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003630_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATORA recurring dream? They do so fascinate me. Might I trouble you for the details?
399395TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003640_ZENOSI have always dreamed of it... Fire falling from the heavens, and the city─nay, the whole world ablaze.
400396TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003650_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATORIndeed... Could Emet-Selch have found a way...? Precious few possess memories of the Final Days.
401397TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003660_ZENOSThe Final Days?
402398TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003670_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATORWhy yes. Admittedly, my knowledge is mostly secondhand, but if you are interested, I will gladly tell you the tale...
403399TEXT_VOICEMAN_05200_003680_MYSTERIOUSCOOPERATORThe tale of the world's end.