Echoes of an Echo

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
==Objectives==
* Speak with the Resonatorium guard.
* Speak with Raubahn.
* Gather information at the Resonatorium.
* Report to Raubahn.
* Speak with Lyse.
==Script==
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Alphinaud 	The capacity to experience such visions of the past had always seemed to me to be a most desirable talent, but I see now that it is as much a burden as a blessing.
 	
Arenvald 	Sorry about that... I let my emotions get the better of me. It's just that she and I are of an age, and we're neither of us one thing or another... I can't help but feel like she's my problem to solve.
 	
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Lyse 	I don't know that we solved anything exactly, but we've given Fordola something to think about at least.
Arenvald 	Aye... And I've found something new to think about too.
Arenvald 	I don't know about you, [Player Name], but the visions only come to me every now and then. From the way Fordola kept wincing, though, I get the feeling she's having them almost all the time. That's a lot of bad memories to deal with...
Alphinaud 	Hmmm... I wonder... Could there be some fundamental difference between one who is born with the Echo and one who has been artificially imbued with it?
Lyse 	Well, the Immortal Flames have been scouring that research facility ever since the liberation. There's a chance they might have some answers for us.
Lyse 	General Aldynn's there overseeing the investigation. Let's go and pay him a visit, shall we?
 	
Resonatorium guard	General Aldynn is inside, aye. Will you be joining him?
 	
Alphinaud 	Seeing this facility, I am reminded of what they did to Krile...
 	
Arenvald 	Eurgh... They should burn this place to the ground and be done with it...
 	
Lyse 	Come on, let's talk to Raubahn.
Resonatorium guard	Will you be going inside, miss/sir?
 	
Raubahn 	What news? You spoke with Fordola, I take it?
Lyse 	Yes. As expected, she didn't say very much, but it wasn't a total waste of time. Arenvald noticed something odd about her. He thinks she might be having visions almost constantly, which is not how the Echo normally works. Have you found anything here which might explain why it's so different for her?
Raubahn 	Hmph. We've been hard-pressed just to organize the research materials, let alone study them. To be frank, I'd welcome the Scions' expert assistance, if you have time to lend a hand.
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Alphinaud 	For a race with no innate capacity to manipulate aether, the Garleans have conducted some exceedingly elaborate aetheric experiments...
 	
Arenvald 	These bastards would fiddle with a man's very soul if it served their purpose. Nothing is sacred to them. Nothing.
 	
Lyse 	Leave this section to me.
 	
Raubahn 	Bring whatever you discover to me, and I'll put all our findings together.
Ironworks engineer	We received a request from the Alliance to analyze these devices, and I've been recording everything of interest.
Flamedoctor 	So many bodies...
 	
Ironworks engineer	The Ironworks received a request from the Alliance to analyze these devices, and I've been recording everything of interest. Did you notice the labeling?
Ironworks engineer	All the pods are designed to drain the aether of the occupant...save that one right there.
Ironworks engineer	Unlike the others, the interior's been fitted with an array of sensors to measure aetheric wave forms. To what purpose, however, I couldn't tell you.
Ironworks engineer	All the pods are designed to drain the aether of the occupant...save that one right there.
Ironworks engineer	Unlike the others, the interior's been fitted with an array of sensors to measure aetheric wave forms. To what purpose, however, I couldn't tell you.
Flamedoctor 	So many bodies... Every one of them a victim of these “experiments.”
Flamedoctor 	Few show any signs of external injury. From what we've been able to determine, they perished from forcible aether extraction. Such a miserable way to die...
Flamedoctor 	We've recovered scores of bodies from those devices. What could possibly justify the deaths of so many...?
 	
Raubahn 	I know little and less of science, so any light you can shed on this facility's operations would be much appreciated. [Player Name], shall we start with you?
Alphinaud 	Taken in combination with the testimonies of Krile and Thancred, I do begin to see exactly what the imperials were attempting here.
Alphinaud 	The enhancement procedure entailed infusing a single candidate with aether siphoned from a multitude of “supply subjects.”
Alphinaud 	As for the “master subject”─in this case, Krile─the patterns of her aetheric activity would provide the model upon which they would artificially engineer the candidate's aura.
Lyse 	...In other words, they were trying to recreate Krile's Echo?
Alphinaud 	I believe so─which would explain our prisoner's present state. Krile is possessed of an unrivaled ability to hear the whispers of the soul, and it seems probable that the procedure engendered the same acute sensitivity in Fordola.
Lyse 	The soldiers who guard Fordola...many of them lost friends and family to the Skulls.
Lyse 	And there's a sentry at her door, night and day. If she can't help sensing their thoughts and seeing their past─
Arenvald 	But you don't just see their past─you live it. All the emotions; all the pain. Imagine what it'd do to you. You'd never be the same again.
Alphinaud 	Indeed. As you may recall, Ysayle was completely transformed by a single glimpse of Hraesvelgr's past.
Alphinaud 	Fordola has been forced to experience the agony of those whose lives she destroyed. The guilt must be unbearable.
Lyse 	That explains her request to be executed...
Raubahn 	Sounds to me like a kind of justice. Regardless, she can suffer on for now. We have more pressing matters to consider.
Raubahn 	If the results of these experiments have been relayed back to Garlemald, there will be naught to stop the Empire from repeating the trick. They could give the Echo to anyone─to an entire legion.
Raubahn 	We must be ready. We must learn all we can of these godsforsaken procedures─and Fordola remains our best source of information. She'll not be getting her wish. Not yet.
Lyse 	Right...
Raubahn 	Keep faith, lass. If you're to convince others to follow you, you must believe what you're telling them. People will respond to passion─but not if it's feigned.
Lyse 	I understand. Thank you, General.
Lyse 	We should leave the Flames to it. Let's go.
 	
Alphinaud 	The forcible extraction of aether from a living subject is invariably fatal. How many died that Fordola might gain her new abilities?
 	
Arenvald 	I've never known why I was given the Echo...but this makes me want to put it to good use.
 	
Lyse 	<sigh> I go looking for answers about the Echo, and end up getting schooled by Raubahn. Yet more evidence that I don't know what I'm doing. It's no wonder people listen to him and not me.
Alphinaud 	General Aldynn is a veteran of countless campaigns, Lyse. You cannot compare yourself to a commander of his experience.
Lyse 	I know. But I also know that I couldn't have convinced that mob to give up and go home. It makes me realize how much we rely on his authority...and how much I still have to learn.
Arenvald 	I wonder what he'll do when everything here is settled... I mean, it's his homeland. After going to the trouble of winning it back, might he not want to stay?
Alphinaud 	'Tis a quandary which countless refugees now face: to continue the life they built in Ul'dah, or start again in the land of their birth...
Pipin 	[Player Name]! A moment!
Pipin 	I am newly returned from Ul'dah, with a message from the sultana.
Pipin 	Her Grace desires an audience with you. She understands that you have responsibilities here, but asks that you visit the palace at your earliest convenience.
Pipin 	Well, I must away and attend to other business. Until next time, my friends!
Alphinaud 	An audience with the sultana! Depending on the nature of her consultation, this might be the perfect opportunity to inquire about the General's future plans.
Lyse 	Yes, we'd all like to know about those, Alphinaud─but not everyone's as comfortable interrogating royalty as you. Take no notice of him, [Player Name].
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV