Good for the Soul is a level 80 main scenario quest. Beq Lugg is ready yo speak of the metaphysical. Category: Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) ⇒ Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests ⇒ The Voyage Home.
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FFXIV 5.1 MSQ 04: Good for the Soul
NPCs Involved: Beq Lugg, Alphinaud, Alisaie, Halric, Magnus, Thaffe, Jeryk.
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Alisaie | Amh Araeng (X:28.7 Y:27.5) |
Alphinaud | Amh Araeng (X:28.8 Y:27.5) |
Halric | Amh Araeng (X:28.7 Y:27.5) |
Halric | Amh Araeng (X:28.7 Y:27.5) |
Jeryk | Amh Araeng (X:11.7 Y:16.6) |
Magnus | Amh Araeng (X:11.8 Y:16.7) |
Thaffe | Amh Araeng (X:11.7 Y:16.7) |
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Related Quests | Title | Area | Level |
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Prerequisite Quest | Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) > Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests: A Welcome Guest | Lakeland | 80 |
Follow-up Quest | Main Scenario (Shadowbringers) > Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests: Nowhere to Turn | Amh Araeng | 80 |
Hydaelyn |
AlphinaudCorporeal and incorporeal aether... I confess I have never had cause to make the distinction. |
AlisaieDid they just say what I think they said? Might there really be a way to help Halric and the others? And help ourselves in the process? |
Halric...<mumble> |
Todden...<mumble> |
PawnilThis warmth in my chest...it's spreading. Can feel it...in my hands... |
VoyneStarting to think, maybe...maybe I'll get better...someday. Well enough...to go home... |
Beq LuggI suspect the Crystal Exarch has told you of my past. That I was once a mage of the royal court of Voeburt, and that soulcraft was my field of study.
The tonic you administered to the patients here is one of the fruits of my labors. I hoped to do great things for the kingdom... <sigh> But in the end, my knowledge brought only suffering. A plague the like of which none had ever seen. In the hands of unscrupulous men, what should have been my greatest triumph instead became my greatest shame... |
You mustn't dwell in the past. |
And now you have a chance to redeem yourself. |
At least the Warriors of Light brought those responsible to justice. |
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Beq LuggBut let us return to the task at hand--finding a means by which we might revitalize these people's incorporeal aether. |
AlphinaudDo you think it can be done? |
Beq LuggWere the skies still ablaze with primordial Light, I would call it an exercise in futility. But now--now we may have a chance.The method I have in mind will entail the conjuring of a familiar. They are able to amplify the energies poured into them, making them the perfect conduit for the aether-revitalizing magicks we will ultimately employ. |
AlisaieIf you're about to launch into a lengthy explanation of the metaphysics of your plan--don't bother. I'd rather get on with doing whatever it is that needs to be done, if it's all the same to you.Whatever reagents must be procured, or spells invoked--I'll do it. |
Beq Lugg...I admire your spirit.
Very well. Your first task will be to gather the necessary materials. The purest of waters and finest of clays, as well as a fae lantern brimming with pixie magick. |
AlisaieIf you're convinced the resulting familiar could help the patients--fine.Alphinaud--the water and clay will be simple enough, but I think you know what we'll have to do to get the lantern. |
AlphinaudYou don't mean-- |
AlisaieThe pixies took quite a liking to us before. If we humor them with our company, I'm sure they'll be willing to help us. |
Alphinaud......Fine. We'll pay a visit to Il Mheg. Though I never thought you would be the one to suggest going back there. |
Beq LuggI'm impressed you've been there at all, let alone befriended the fae folk.Oh, while you're about it, seek out the Nu Mou of Pla Enni. They will be able to supply you with water suitable for our needs. |
AlisaieRight. Let's get this over with, shall we. |
Beq LuggThere still remains the matter of the clay. Might I prevail upon you to find it? |
Beq LuggClay from Amh Araeng would likely be best. Know you of anyone who might be able to assist us? |
I could ask the miners at Twine. |
Well, there are the scavengers at Mord Souq. |
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Beq LuggI have no doubt that the miners of Twine can help you find what we need. While you are away, I will do what I can to learn more about the nature of the patients' affliction. |
JerykI can't stop thinking about that giant Talos we built. Can you imagine what it could do with a matching trolley? It feels like a waste not to build one. |
Thaffe<sigh> Sometimes I wish we'd never got that trolley running again. Now Jeryk wants more of the bloody things, and refuses to shut up about it. |
MagnusForename! Well, what a coincidence! |
ThaffeYou've come at a good time. We've just this moment finished repairing the Talos and trolley you lot took to Nabaath Areng. |
MagnusThe trolley was no trouble, but the Talos would have been another matter, had we not had a visit from Master Chai.He offered us a share of the leftover building materials from Daedalus Stoneworks, as well as a few trade secrets to help us along. |
JerykClever man, that Chai-Nuzz. He seemed pretty keen on the ideas I had for putting the giant Talos to work.Like a giant trolley! But Magnus still refuses to see all the good we could do with it... |
ThaffeYou're entitled to your dreams, Jeryk, but that doesn't mean you can go harassing our guests with them. Master Chai was just being polite. |
MagnusAnd something tells me Forename here didn't come all this way to talk about trolleys. What is it you need, friend?I see. And this...familiar requires clay from Amh Araeng. |
JerykWell, look no further. If anyone can find you some quality clay, it's us. |
ThaffeSaying that, it isn't exactly a commodity nowadays... But there must be some lurking somewhere or other, waiting to be dug up. |
MagnusIf I'm not mistaken, there was a time when they used to take clay from Mount Biran Mines to make adobe bricks.Place is swarming with coyotes now, but if you're after the good stuff, you could do worse than to look there. |
JerykI still say a trolley for that Talos is a good idea. You agree, don't you? |
ThaffeYou'll want to be on your guard at the mines. Spend too long peering at the ground, and a coyote is sure to come and bite you on the arse. |
MagnusStay safe out there. And remember: you don't need an excuse to come and visit us. |
AlphinaudThe pixies were constantly confusing me with Alisaie. In jest, I assume. I mean, it's not as if we look that much alike! We, uh...don't look that much alike, do we? |
AlisaieThat had better be the only thing we need from the pixies. If I have to endure one more prank, so help me gods... |
Beq LuggThe twins have returned, and in one piece at that. I was convinced the pixies would turn at least one of them into a garden ornament...but no.
...You have the clay, I take it? Wonderful. We need but combine the clay and the water, then heat the mixture with the fae lantern. After that, it will be a simple matter of settling upon a suitable form, and performing the necessary incantation. |
AlisaieBeq Lugg. I have a question. In the event that we had need of this spell and you weren't around, would it be possible for another to perform the incantation? |
Beq LuggAssuming they possessed the requisite skill, yes. |
AlisaieHalric and the others have suffered so much, and I swore to do everything in my power to save them. If there is a chance this spell could do that, I would be the one to invoke it. |
Beq Lugg...Hmmm. Mayhap you should be the one to do so.A deep understanding of the subjects' physical state, combined with a strong desire to help them, can drastically increase the magick's effect. And you are plainly more familiar with these people than I. |
AlphinaudI daresay there are few in all of Norvrandt more dedicated to finding a cure. Is that not so, Forename? |
Absolutely. She's the best woman for the job. |
Very few. But if aught should go awry...I'll see what I can do. |
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Beq LuggThen we are all of a mind on the matter. Alisaie shall be the one to conjure the familiar. |
Beq LuggLet us begin.
I trust you've prepared the clay? Very good. Now, I would have you sculpt for me...a porxie. Plump, with floppy ears, and a short, curly tail. |
AlisaieA porxie. I...I think I know what you mean...There we are. H-how's that? |
AlphinaudWell... It is certainly creative. There's no denying that. |
AlisaieYes, yes, I'm no artist. Very funny! |
Beq LuggPay him no mind, child. Though it may look like a grotesque parody of reality, it is what the invoker believes that matters. |
AlisaieYou're not helping. |
Beq LuggBut I speak the trust. If successful, this incantation will turn imagination into reality.
Which is why the only thing of import is what you believe this figure embodies. You must focus. Hold the porxie's image steady in your mind's eye. Now then, as I taught you. Relax, and allow your energies to flow. |
AlisaieWish flesh of clay I bid thee rise,
On wings of dreams to touch the skies. What once was idle fantasy, I call forth to reality! |
Beq LuggHmmm. Not bad for a first attempt.
Now, let us see what can be done for young Halric. Through the operation of the magicks you invoked to animate this familiar, it is now replete with the energies required to stir the boy's soul. You need but give it a name, and it will do as your heart desires. |
AlisaieA name...
All right, I've decided. Now... Go, Angelo! |
HalricM... Mother... I... |
AlphinaudBy the Twelve! Though it was only for a moment, he spoke! There may yet be hope for these people! |
Beq LuggThe girl's resolve is quite impressive. One might almost think she drew strength from another... |
HalricM... Mothe... Al... |
AlisaieHow is he, Beq Lugg? Did it work? |
Beq LuggI believe it did. You and your fledgling familiar have done well. |
Beq LuggIf my eyes do not deceive, a hint of color has returned to his soul. |
AlisaieGods... I would jump for joy if I weren't so exhausted. |
AlisaieWe're so close now, Halric... |
Beq LuggAs you are even now in the process of discovering, this magick asks much of the invoker. What you may not have realized is that the same is also true of the subject. As such, we must proceed with caution. However, with further treatment, I have the utmost confidence the boy will make a full recovery.Observing the reanimation of his stagnant soul has been most enlightening. I will need time to put my theories to the proof, but I believe I can fashion a spell to produce the opposite effect. That is, to induce stagnation. |
AlphinaudThus enabling our safe transport back to the Source via auracite! |
AlisaieA thought occurred to me--about this treatment.
Beq Lugg said when the soul is rendered dormant, the mind is separated from the body. That a person becomes incapable of interacting with the world around them. Does that not sound a lot like some of the tempered back in the Source? |
AlphinaudNot really. It is the fate of most tempered to become slaves to primals--save in a handful of cases. Or am I missing something? |
AlisaieIf I can master this technique--the art of revitalizing the soul--I know of at least one in the Source who could desperately use such treatment. |
I'm not sure I follow... |
Ga Bu. |
Do you really think it could work? |
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Beq LuggForgive me, but who is this Ga Bu fellow of whom you speak? |
Beq Lugg...I see. His condition does sound similar...yet there is much and more about the soul that remains unknown even to me. I say this not to discourage you, you understand, but to remind you that this is delicate work we do here. Work requiring patience. |
AlisaieOf course. And as long as there is hope for the patients here, I will devote whatever time is needed to see this through.
But I refuse to spend that time in idleness. If it's all the same to you, I'd like to stay here with Angelo and continue with their treatment. The two of you should return to the Crystarium with Beq Lugg and see if you can't make some headway with their newly posited theories. |
Beq LuggI would tell you to rest first, but I see you're not to be convinced. Ah, the fire of youth. |
AlphinaudLet us return to the Crystarium, then. |
???Finally! I've found you! |
AlphinaudKai-Shirr!? What are you doing all the way out here? |
Kai-ShirrThere's trouble back in Eulmore. Lady Chai's beside herself. Sighing, pacing, the whole lot. Near enough begged me to go and find you. |
Alphinaud...Sighing and pacing, you say? It must be urgent. |
Beq LuggI take it I will be returning to the Crystarium alone. Go on, then. It's not as if I have anything for you to do. |
AlphinaudThank you, Beq Lugg. |
Kai-ShirrSorry for bothering you and all that, but she says the future of Eulmore's at stake. |