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* Speak with {{NPCLink|Alisaie|52}} in front of {{ZONELink|Matoya's Cave (Zone)|Matoya's Cave}}.
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*You visit the Rising Stones to find Alisaie at her wit's end. Even as she wonders which of the Scions' mounting problems to tackle first, Krile arrives to bring calm to the situation. After examining the afflicted in the infirmary, Krile comes to the same conclusion as the Elder Seedseer: it's as if the souls of their companions have taken leave of their bodies. She offers to follow the trail of their aether, but to do so will require the use of Master Matoya's Crystal Eye. It seems a trip to the Dravanian hinterlands is in order.
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*You gather in Matoya's Cave, and Krile endeavors to track down your stricken companions' missing souls. Despite her best efforts, however, it appears that the threads of aether come to an abrupt end. Bemused and dismayed, you decide to focus instead upon the matters of the present. Alisaie has had word from Lyse that members of the Populares have defected from the Empire, and is desperate to learn of Alphinaud's fate.
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*You join Alisaie outside of Matoya's Cave. Despite the elder's brusque nature, it appears that her words have done much to boost Alisaie's spirits.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:59, 12 January 2019

Mainquest1 Icon.png Lv. 70   Soul Searching
Quest

Journal detail hr1 07.png Acquisition
Alisaie: The Rising Stones (x:6.2, y:5.9)
Journal detail hr1 08.png Requirements
071201.png70Prelude in VioletMainquest1 Icon.png Prelude in Violet (Level 70)
Journal detail hr1 03.png Rewards

1,331
Gil
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Journal detail hr1 04.png Description
Alisaie is at her wit's end.
Journal detail hr1 01.png Objectives
Journal detail hr1 02.png Unlocks Quests
071201.png70A Defector's TidingsMainquest1 Icon.png A Defector's Tidings (Level 70)

Journal detail hr1 07.png NPCs Involved
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MatoyaKrile
 

  • You visit the Rising Stones to find Alisaie at her wit's end. Even as she wonders which of the Scions' mounting problems to tackle first, Krile arrives to bring calm to the situation. After examining the afflicted in the infirmary, Krile comes to the same conclusion as the Elder Seedseer: it's as if the souls of their companions have taken leave of their bodies. She offers to follow the trail of their aether, but to do so will require the use of Master Matoya's Crystal Eye. It seems a trip to the Dravanian hinterlands is in order.
  • You gather in Matoya's Cave, and Krile endeavors to track down your stricken companions' missing souls. Despite her best efforts, however, it appears that the threads of aether come to an abrupt end. Bemused and dismayed, you decide to focus instead upon the matters of the present. Alisaie has had word from Lyse that members of the Populares have defected from the Empire, and is desperate to learn of Alphinaud's fate.
  • You join Alisaie outside of Matoya's Cave. Despite the elder's brusque nature, it appears that her words have done much to boost Alisaie's spirits.

Player7 Icon.png Voiced cutscene start.
I'm glad you've come, though I'm afraid there's little in the way of good news.

After you left, we reached out to both the Alchemists' Guild and Stillglade Fane, and attempted all manner of treatments...


But the results were always the same. Whatever the answer is, it's not alchemy or conjury...


Why did it have to be Y'shtola and Urianger, and not me? Out of all of us, they are the ones who could feasibly have solved this puzzle.


And Alphinaud's still missing. Gods, it's all going wrong... Where do we even start?
A grave situation, indeed. Might I be of some assistance?
Krile!
I did not think you well enough to travel...
When word reached me of the plight of our friends, I could not well stay away. As a fellow Scion, not to mention your erstwhile mentor, this is one of those times you should feel free to call on me─regardless of my personal circumstances.
I... Yes, I should have thought of that.
Thank you for coming, Krile. We would welcome your insight.
And I should be happy to provide it. Now, what's this I hear about Alphinaud heading into imperial territory? That boy always did have some funny ideas. Do you remember the speech he gave when he was accepted to the Studium?
“My life's goal is naught less than the salvation of this star!”
That particular grand pronouncement has been a source of great embarrassment to him, as you know. But the fact of the matter is, he meant every word, and has lived his life accordingly.
Yes, he remains altruistic to a fault. But I'm worried he was too fixated on his goals to see the dangers, as has happened before...
You needn't be so concerned. Though his values remain the same, Alphinaud is not the blinkered boy he once was. Slowly but surely, his eyes have been opened─thanks to a certain someone.

A certain someone whom he'd be mortified to learn had heard about his little speech. Mum's the word, eh?


Right, I had better have a look at our patients. They're in the infirmary, I assume? I'll need absolute quiet, so it would be best if I did this alone. If you'll excuse me...
All three are in fine physical health. At a glance, I would say they were merely sound asleep...
...Except for the fact that I couldn't sense the slightest trace of “them” in their bodies. It's as if their souls have taken leave of their physical forms.
Ah. Yes. The Elder Seedseer made a similar observation.
I've read the report. When you heard this mysterious voice, you described feeling as if you were “somewhere else,” yes?

If we assume the aether which comprises your essence is being drawn to some other place...


Then it may be possible to follow the trail it leaves behind, just as we did in our search for Thancred.
I wasn't around for that. But I can't imagine it was easy.
Oh, it wasn't. But that's no reason not to try. I will have need of Master Matoya's Crystal Eye if I'm even to make the attempt, so I suggest we pay her a visit.
Player7 Icon.png Voiced cutscene end.
Quest Accepted
Their souls have left their bodies, yet they still live? I didn't know such a thing was even possible...
Please do keep Alphinaud's little speech to yourself. He can be awfully sensitive at times...
I'd heard Master Matoya was something of a recluse, but this seems...extreme. Still, I'll happily overlook her eccentricities if she agrees to help us.
Player7 Icon.png Voiced cutscene start.
Come to disturb my peace again, have you? I hide myself away in a cave, and still you people insist on pestering me with your problems.
Oh. I mistook you for young what's-his-name, but I see now you're the sister. Weren't you supposed to be the lively one? I've seen happier faces at a rain-sodden burial.
Well, I'm sorry to dash your expectations, but the situation isn't exactly conducive to gaiety.
Ah, that's more like it. Shtola used to spit and hiss like a wildcat, too. Better for a young thing like you to be filled with fire, and leave the doom and gloom to your elders.
Now, what exactly does this tragic situation of yours have to do with me?
If I may, Master Matoya, we have need of your Crystal Eye once more...
And Shtola is one of the afflicted, is she?
Very well. She may be an ungrateful stray, but she's my ungrateful stray. And I'll not see her buried before I am.
Right. Let us see what we can see.
I'll begin from where our friends first fell, and cast my senses out from there...
...What is it? Did you find them!?
Th-This doesn't make sense. How is it even possible...?
How is what possible!? Krile, what did you see!?
Th-The threads, they just...they just ended. And, no, I didn't lose track of them─I followed them as far as they went. It's as if─ It's as if they were cut off.
Could their aether have dissipated? If it had─ Oh gods...
Their bodies are just husks. It's like the broodmother's daughter all over again...
No, no, this is different. The Qalyana girl was already dead, body and soul, when Lakshmi effected her resurrection.
Aye, let's not jump to conclusions. If their physical forms yet breathe and show no signs of wasting, then it follows that their souls must still be intact somewhere.
But where!?
That's the question, isn't it, girl? Death has not taken them to the aetherial sea, yet there are no tracks left for us to follow.
We're no closer to an answer than when we started. But knowing their souls are still out there is progress of a sort. We just have to keep looking.

Pray excuse me a moment.


Yes? ...I remember, but─ ...What, to Ala Mhigo!? We're on our way!


That was Lyse. Apparently, a group of Populares have defected to Ala Mhigo, and Maxima─the envoy Alphinaud left with─is one of them!


I'm sorry, I realize we've barely begun here, but...
Go, child, go. You've made up your mind, and life's too short for dithering.
I'll do some digging in the meantime, and see if there isn't some other method we could use to continue the search.
Let's be off, then!
Bah, not again... The enchantment barely seems to take, these days. I'd chalk it up to old age, but I rather doubt it's that simple.
Before they...took ill, Y'shtola and Urianger were sharing notes on a “thinning” of the aether. It seems to be happening all over.
Does it now? And here I was, all set to blame my woes on that creaking mountain of refuse clogging up the Thaliak.
I fear something has gone awry. Still, there's naught to be gained from starting at shadows. You can only do what can be done, and that but one thing at a time!
Player7 Icon.png Voiced cutscene end.
Don't look like that. Shtola survived being cast adrift in the Lifestream, didn't she? Her soul is nothing if not resilient─and the same goes for all of Louisoix's students. So stop worrying about whether you'll see them again, and focus on what can be done in the here and now.
I'm sorry I couldn't do more. I've never seen a soul's thread end so abruptly before...
So that was the woman who tamed Y'shtola... I had the distinct feeling of being grabbed by the scruff of the neck and having the nonsense shaken out of me.
When Alphinaud is back, I'd like to visit again and ask her what tales she has of Grandfather.
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