Quest Text Archive entry 113184 — 194 steps

Will you continue to guard the doors?

Of course. If not us, then who?
This is the cradle and tomb of the Hashashins.
Things might have improved a bit,
but monsters still roam here in droves.
Edana... so you really intend to journey beyond?
I suppose I can no longer brand you reckless.

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Step 101
Even if we cannot wield them, passing on the legacy of our forebears...
Surely, such a choice demands a great resolve, does it not?
Step 102
To use what our ancestors left for this Sanctuary—
As the Qabal, such a decision should not be made lightly. Wouldn't you agree? Hmm?
Step 103
Objective ...What is it that you desire?
Summary Ahem! You understand quickly.
The Sanctuary's most urgent need is supplies above all else.
So, if you were to bring me a precious accessory,
I would gladly accept it in exchange for the piece.
All of it will be put to good use for the Sanctuary.
Let us aid each other for the good of all. What say you?
Step 104
Objective ...You've become quite the merchant, Bahram NPC Knowledge.
Summary Oh, come now! Everything I do is for the Sanctuary's sake.
No need to phrase it like that, eh, Ayawaka? Hmph.
...Ahem. In any case,
what the Sanctuary needs most right now is supplies.
So, if you could procure a rare accessory,
I would happily accept it—and hand over the piece in return.
Everything will be put to use for the Sanctuary's benefit.
Let us work together for our mutual good. What do you say?
Step 105
Ahem. After you took those records,
I too searched the archives of the Sanctuary.
Step 106
Now, show me the item.
I've already prepared the piece.
Step 107
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 108
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 109
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 110
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 111
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 112
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 113
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 114
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 115
Now, show me the item.
The piece is already prepared.
Step 116
Now, show me the item.
I've already prepared the piece.
Step 117
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 118
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 119
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 120
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 121
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 122
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 123
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 124
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 125
Now, show me the item.
The piece is already prepared.
Step 126
Now, show me the item.
I've already prepared the piece.
Step 127
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 128
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
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Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 130
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 131
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 132
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
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Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 134
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 135
Now, show me the item.
The piece is already prepared.
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Now, show me the item.
I've already prepared the piece.
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Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
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Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 139
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 140
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 141
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
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Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 143
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 144
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 145
Now, show me the item.
The piece is already prepared.
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Now, show me the item.
I've already prepared the piece.
Step 147
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 148
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 149
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 150
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, I shall give you the piece as promised.
Step 151
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Necklace.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 152
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Earring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 153
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Ring.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 154
Objective Hand over PRI (I) Deboreka Belt.
Summary Hmm. Excellent! This will more than suffice.
Now, here's the piece I promised.
Step 155
Now, show me the item.
The piece is already prepared.
Step 156
I humbly serve as the leader of Hakinza Sanctuary.
A pleasure to meet you.
Step 157
Hahaha! Feels like just yesterday we were in boot camp together,
but a decade's sands have slipped away already!
Step 158
For you all to come here in these troubled times,
perhaps Aal has not given up on this place after all.
Step 159
For Ayawaka to return now, in these difficult times,
perhaps Aal has not given up on this place after all.
Step 160
That's why I had to make an urgent request to the Society of Equilibrium.
Should this sanctuary fall, all hell will break lose, quite literally.
Step 161
That's why I had to make an urgent request to the Society of Equilibrium.
But with you back, Ayawaka, maybe fortune will favor us...
Step 162
They've gone deeper into Edania.
Looked like they were searching for something.
Step 163
They've gone deeper into Edania.
Looked like they were searching for something.
Step 164
Only the child of a criminal sentenced to annihilation of their bloodline,
or an orphan with nothing left, is given a chance.
Step 165
Grueling training makes it hard to shake stray thoughts.
Now, even the prophecy of the Blackstar, which so many relied on...
Step 166
But the "Red Star" that fell on Calpheon wasn't what we'd hoped for.
It carried within no savior...
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But through your decision, it was revealed there was no salvation.
It was a bitter pill, but it came at a critical moment.
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Objective You said... "troubled times."
Summary Since you're Edana, I shall speak plainly—
Hakinza Sanctuary is at the brink of demise.
The rules governing reinforcements are so inflexible,
new recruits dwindle by the day, and casualties just keep rising.
Recently, monsters have multiplied explosively,
and we've even suffered devastating losses. Honestly, it's hopeless.
Step 169
Objective You said... "difficult times."
Summary No reason to hide anything from you, so honestly,
Hakinza Sanctuary is at the brink of demise.
The rules for recruiting are exactly the same as before you left!
New recruits dwindle by the day and casualties just keep rising.
Recently, monsters have multiplied explosively,
and we've even suffered devastating losses. Honestly, it's hopeless.
Step 170
Objective Then why turn away adventurers who come?
Summary No matter how exceptional their reputation outside,
here, they're just normal people like everyone else.
Of course, there are adventurers who passed Wariyana NPC Knowledge's test.
If they're strong, we have no reason to turn them away, right?
I suppose those are the ones coexisting with a Black Spirit NPC Knowledge.
So, where are those who passed the test now?
Step 171
Objective Then why turn away adventurers who come?
Summary No matter how much they accomplished in the outside world,
here, they're just ordinary people like anyone else.
You shared both hardship and joy with us in the Sanctuary,
so you know how it is. We just want to avoid pointless sacrifices.
Of course, some adventurers passed Wariyana NPC Knowledge's test.
If they're strong, we have no reason to turn them away!
I heard Wariyana put you through the test, too?
Seems you haven't lost your touch. Hahaha!
I suppose those are the ones coexisting with a Black Spirit NPC Knowledge.
So, where are those who passed the test now?
Step 172
Objective Why is it so hard to bring in new Hashashins?
Summary This is a place quietly protecting the world
in the shadows at the edge of all existence.
For people like us, there's no family to go back to, no land to feed family,
no property to build on. Not a single thing is given.
All that's permitted is honor alone, so only those
who need nothing but honor can become Hashashin.
Step 173
Objective You still recruit rookies the same old way?
Summary I know you've been away for quite some time,
but knowing how things are, must you ask?
You know how tough a decision it is to become Hashashin.
You're the one who cared about honor more than anyone.
No matter how skilled, if someone did not value honor,
you never let them be. Hahaha!
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Objective You've been fighting an endless battle all this time.
Summary Honor and faith—those are what have sustained us.
Once, we waited for the Blackstar.
Some believed the Blackstar sent by Aal would deliver salvation
and lead us into paradise.
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Objective The Blackstar I went searching for...
Summary I know. I know!
Maybe, deep down. we already knew the truth.
No place to return to, surrounded by a harsh environment,
brothers falling one after another... we thirsted for salvation.
If not for those sweet whispers,
many of our brothers would not have made it through!
Step 176
Objective Will you keep waiting for the Blackstar?
Summary No one here still believes in the Blackstar.
Despair is eating away at us instead of hope.
Step 177
Objective Will you... still wait on the Blackstar?
Summary No one here still believes in the Blackstar.
Despair is eating away at us instead of hope.
Step 178
Well... it's not a difficult task,
but I doubt it will help much.
Step 179
Paradise, salvation. Every legend and tale about those words
have been passed on over eons.
Step 180
If you're curious, why not search the old records?
They are traces of people who dreamed as we did.
Step 181
This is one of what the past generations of Hashashin left behind
imagining the days when this place was called Alyaelli.
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Objective Legend?
Summary Now, they're just empty dreams,
but they were our hope and our goal once.
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Objective Alyaelli...
Summary Bahram NPC Knowledge, with your permission,
may the Society entrust this record to their keeping awhile?
I just feel... there are parts that seem worth cross-referencing
with what I saw recently in the archive.
Well... do as you wish. What matters to us now
isn't some old dream, but the reality staring us in the face.
Step 184
We're under attack!!!!
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W-what?! We can't have rookies at the front at a time like this!
Edana! Help us! We cannot lose those brothers!!
Step 186
W-what?! We can't have rookies at the front at a time like this!
Ayawaka! Help us! We cannot lose those brothers!!
Step 187
Well... it's not a difficult task,
but I doubt it will help much.
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...And how desperately we clung to that single promise.
All sorts of myths multiplied until they eclipsed reason.
Step 189
Would you look at the old records again?
The traces of those who shared our dreams.
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Those are old records left by those who tried to imagine the time
when this place was called "Alyaelli." Do you still remember?
Step 191
Ah, look at me. Almost forgot!
Here, Ayawaka. Take this token.
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Objective ...Myths?
Summary What was once our hope and ambition...
has now revealed itself to be just a legend.
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Objective I've read and re-read it, countless times.
Summary Bahram NPC Knowledge, with your permission,
may the Society entrust this record to their keeping awhile?
I just feel... there are parts that seem worth cross-referencing
with what I saw recently in the archive.
Well... do as you wish. What matters to us now
isn't some old dream, but the reality staring us in the face.
Step 194
Objective Is this... the Qabal's Token?
Summary Sure, most here are your juniors,
but not many people left will recognize your face.

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