Lord of the Inferno (quest)

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* In a bid to learn the whereabouts of the abductees, the Immortal Flames have devised a plan to capture Amalj'aa, using the false priest Ungust as bait. Minfilia bids you take part in the operation as the Scions' representative. Head for Camp Drybone and assemble with the Flames.
* You have been briefed on the details of the operation. The Flames anticipate that the Amalj'aa will offer fierce resistance, and you are urged to prepare accordingly. When you are ready, proceed to the Invisible City, and lie in wait at the designated location.
* Mere moments after surrounding the enemy, you learn that there is a traitor in the ranks, and are swiftly subdued. After an indeterminate amount of time, you awake to find yourself imprisoned within an Amalj'aa stronghold, along with the Flames. Speak with them to ascertain the situation.
* It appears the Amalj'aa mean to make an offering of you and your companions to their primal, Ifrit. If it must end, let it be with weapon in hand. Wait for the right moment, and strike back at the beastmen.
※The Bowl of Embers can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* It would appear that Ifrit has the power to bind mortals to his will, but for reasons yet unknown you are immune to his influence. Having failed to make you his minion, Ifrit elects to exterminate you instead, only to find himself outmatched. Quite how you found the strength to resist the godlike being is a question for another time. For now, make your way back to Camp Drybone, and speak with Thancred.
* Having lavished you with praise, Thancred takes his leave to return to the Waking Sands. Minfilia will be eager to hear back from you as well. Report to her at the earliest opportunity.
* At the Waking Sands, Minfilia and Thancred take turns bombarding you with information, explaining to you how the crystal robbery and the abductions served to advance Ifrit's cause. Thancred then reveals a disturbing truth: in order to prevent the primal from gaining strength, his “tempered” victims must be put to death. Though this revelation casts a grim shadow over your victory, you find yourself more determined than ever to play your part as a Scion.
==Objectives==
* Report to the flame sergeant at Camp Drybone.
* Lie in wait at the Invisible City.
* Speak with the flame sergeant.
* Use the Duty Finder to confront Ifrit in the Bowl of Embers.
* Speak with Thancred at Camp Drybone.
* Report to the Scion of the Seventh Dawn at the Waking Sands.
==Script==
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Minfilia 	Word has arrived from Thancred concerning our ongoing investigation.
Minfilia 	It appears he was able to extract some information from our friend Ungust, the false priest.
Minfilia 	He revealed that he is due to meet with the Amalj'aa to discuss their dealings.
Minfilia 	The Immortal Flames believe that the meeting will present an ideal opportunity to ambush and capture the Amalj'aa responsible for the abductions, and so they mean to have Ungust attend as planned.
Minfilia 	As the Amalj'aa are anticipated to offer fierce resistance, the Immortal Flames have requested our support.
Minfilia 	I would have you provide it to them, [Player Name]. Thancred is presently attending to another matter, but will join you as soon as he is able. Until such time as he does, you will be the Scions' sole representative on the ground.
Minfilia 	Before he left, he bade me tell you to “save some for him.” Such is his confidence in you─a confidence I share.
Minfilia 	When you have made ready, pray take yourself to Camp Drybone and report to the flame sergeant leading the mission. May you walk in the light of the Crystal.
 	
Flamesgt 	Ah, you're [Player Name] of the Scions? My thanks for coming, friend. We're stronger for your assistance.
Flamesgt 	Allow me to brief you on our mission. Our objective is to capture Amalj'aa and prise from them the whereabouts of the abductees.
Flamesgt 	The lizardmen aren't aware that their man, Ungust, has been exposed. When they come to the rendezvous point to meet the traitor, we'll spring the trap.
Flamesgt 	Owing to the clandestine nature of the mission, we can deploy only a small contingent. Every member must count, and so we requested the aid of the Scions.
Flamesgt 	The rendezvous will take place at the Invisible City. Please make your way there and lie in wait.
Flamesgt 	We stand to learn much and more of the Amalj'aa plot if the mission succeeds, [Player Name]. Let's make sure it does.
 	
Flamesgt 	We stand to learn much and more of the Amalj'aa plot if the mission succeeds, [Player Name]. Let's make sure it does.
 	
Flamesgt 	Is the bait in place?
flame private 	Our man is in position, sir.
Flamesgt 	Good. We make our move as soon as the Amalj'aa appear.
flame private 	Yes, sir!
Trafficker 	Uwaaah!
Amaljaa 	What is the meaning of this!?
flame private 	Wait. Something's amiss...
Trafficker 	Hee hee hee...
Flametraitor 	Ahahahahaha!
Flametraitor 	I'm afraid your little ambush ends here!
Trafficker 	I eluded the Immortal Flames' clutches for moons before finally being caught. Did you not wonder how I managed it?
Flametraitor 	'Twas almost as if someone was feedin' him information from the inside! Gahahaha!
Trafficker 	Aye, your every movement was known to me ahead of time! Hee hee hee!
Trafficker 	Now, as much as I'd love to chat awhile, I have appointments to keep.
Flametraitor 	They're all yours!
 	
Flametraitor 	Put up your weapon, or your comrade's a dead man!
flame private 	Behind you!
Trafficker 	Bring her/him.
Flametraitor 	The rest of you, march!
Flamesgt 	Traitorous scum...
 	
Flamesgt 	I fear the Amalj'aa mean to give us to their god as an offering. If I must die, then let me die a soldier's death─with steel in hand!
 	
flame private 	The lizardmen marched us to their stronghold.
flame private 	They're preparing for something...and I for one do not want to be around when they finish.
Flamesgt 	Damn it all... A traitor in the Flames! What has become of us...?
Flamesgt 	I'm sorry you were dragged into this. Were I a better judge of character, we wouldn't be in this mess...
flame private 	They're going to kill us, aren't they!? Gods, I don't want to die! I want to go home! <sob>
Amalja 	Rejoice, heathens, for your worthless lives shall soon have meaning!
 	
Adala 	<gasp> You mean to go and rescue our comrades!?
 	
Amaljaa 	Lord of the Inferno, hearken to our plea!
Lord of the Inferno, deliver us from our misery!
Temugg Zoh 	O mighty Ifrit, Lord of the Inferno!
Temugg Zoh 	Your humble servants beseech You! Grace us with Your divine presence!
Temugg Zoh 	O mighty Ifrit! We bring before You ignorant savages who know not Your godhead!
Temugg Zoh 	If it please You, Lord, scorch their heathen souls with Your cleansing flame, and mark them as Your own!
Flamesgt 	B-Bloody hells...
Amaljaa 	Bring those two as well!
Trafficker 	Unnngh...
Flametraitor 	Wh-What's going on!? Th-This ain't what we agreed!
Amaljaa 	None but servants of Lord Ifrit may behold the rite of summoning. The souls of unbelievers are forfeit!
Trafficker 	Nooo! Spare me, I beg you!
Ifrit 	Pitiful children of man! By my breath I claim you!
Ifrit 	Arise once more as my loyal minions! Feed my flames with your faith, and all who stand against us shall burn!
Flamesgt 	O mighty Ifrit...
flame private 	My one true god...
Flametraitor 	Your words are my bread...
Temugg Zoh 	Impossible! By what sorcery do you resist my master's will!?
Temugg Zoh 	Could it be...?
Temugg Zoh 	Your soul already belongs to another!? Yes, that is the only explanation!
Ifrit 	Forsooth, thy frail mortal frame can serve as vessel to the blessing of but One.
Ifrit 	Yet I smell not the taint of another upon thee...
Ifrit 	The truth of thine allegiance waxeth clear─thou art of the godless blessed's number.
Ifrit 	The Paragons warned of thine abhorrent kind. Thine existence is not to be suffered.
 	
Thancred 	Pray forgive my lateness!
Thancred 	I was delayed by a congregation of Amalj'aa zealots. I swear, each seemed more evangelical than the last.
Thancred 	Hmph! Persistent lot!
Thancred 	Phew...
Thancred 	I see the Bloodsworn wasted no time extracting the captives. No less than I'd expect from the Flame General's handpicked men.
Thancred 	As for those two...it is fair to say their hardships have only just begun. They have much to answer for.
Thancred 	I feel I owe you an apology, [Player Name]. Had I known this mission would prove so dangerous, I would never have left you to face it alone. You have been given a veritable baptism of fire.
Thancred 	But let us continue this conversation in more agreeable surrounds. Camp Drybone, shall we say?
flame soldier 	This way, sir!
Nero 	So that was the mighty Ifrit...
Nero 	And what a disappointment he was. The readings are nowhere near what I had anticipated, even taking Ul'dahn interference into account.
Livia 	You should know better than to rely upon five-year-old data left by the VIIth Legion.
Livia 	Nor can we expect any form of support from the motherland, given the troubles at court. We have only ourselves to rely upon.
Nero 	Ever the pessimist, my dear Livia. Promise me you'll never change.
Livia 	We've wasted enough time here. That meter of yours is too old to give any reading worth a damn.
Nero 	Not that there was aught worth a damn for it to read...but I take your point. I suppose we must content ourselves with the knowledge that we've achieved our primary objective.
Nero 	Yet I find that I am troubled by that adventurer's unexpected show of strength. Could such a foe prove a hindrance to our plans?
Livia 	Perhaps─but that is a consideration for another time.
Livia 	You have been given a task. That is your priority. I suggest you treat it as such.
 	
Livia 	Fail to do as my lord commands...
Livia 	...And I will spare him the trouble of punishing you.
Nero 	With allies like that...
Nero 	Beware a woman in love. I shall need to be on my best behavior.
 	
Thancred 	Ah, there you are, [Player Name]. Come, rest awhile─you will have no better opportunity. After witnessing their god's ignominious defeat, the Amalj'aa will be less inclined to risk our wrath─for a time, at least.
Thancred 	Now, where were we? Ah yes, I was in the process of apologizing. I do hope you can forgive me. I arrived too late to be of any use...to you or the abductees.
Thancred 	They may be whole of body, but the same cannot be said of their minds. For once a man is tempered...
Thancred 	Ah, but it ill suits me to dwell on the negatives. Amidst all our misfortunes, there is still reason to rejoice. Ifrit is slain, and by your hand, no less!
Thancred 	That is the deed of no ordinary individual, [Player Name]. Not that I ever thought you were ordinary. On the contrary, I have long suspected that you have the potential to shape the fate of this realm. What can I say? My fine eye for talent remains undimmed.
Thancred 	Minfilia will be proud beyond all reckoning when she hears of your deeds. I trust you shan't object to my bearing the tidings to her. That way I can claim to have contributed something to this mission.
Thancred 	You, meanwhile, have earned yourself a rest. Take some time to relax, and return to the Waking Sands when you are good and ready. We can discuss matters in more detail then. Just don't take too long, will you? The realm's problems won't solve themselves.
 	
Guide 	Ah, the triumphant hero returns!
Guide 	Thancred told us the news upon his arrival. He is presently in the solar, giving a full report to Lady Minfilia.
Guide 	You should join them at once. Lady Minfilia is most eager to see you.
 	
Thancred 	...My late arrival nearly cost [Player Name] her/his life. I wasn't there when the Amalj'aa took her/him prisoner...
Thancred 	And I wasn't there when they served her/him to Ifrit...
Thancred 	Yes, by some miracle, s/he survived─but that does not excuse the fact that s/he should never have had to face such dangers alone. I failed her/him utterly.
Thancred 	Just as I'm failing you all...
Minfilia 	What's done is done, Thancred. You can ill blame yourself for every─
Minfilia 	[Player Name]! It is so good to see you again!
Thancred 	Impeccable timing, my friend. I had just finished regaling Minfilia with your heroic exploits.
Minfilia 	Thancred has told me everything. You have done well to return to us.
Thancred 	The perils you faced were undeniably great, yet a part of me believes that I had no cause to fear. And now we can put paid to our long investigation.
Thancred 	As we suspected, the Amalj'aa undertook both the robbery and the abductions with the aim of summoning their primal, Ifrit.
Minfilia 	Nor is this tale limited to Ul'dah. Similar incidents have been rife in both Limsa Lominsa and Gridania of late.
Thancred 	I daresay you've been curious as to how these crimes are linked to the primals. Permit me to explain.
Thancred 	Having manifested in the physical realm, primals must consume aether if they are to maintain their presence here. And the stronger they become, the more aether they require.
Thancred 	Now, aether exists throughout creation. It flows through all life, and permeates the very air that we breathe.
Thancred 	Alas, this alone will not suffice to sustain the likes of Ifrit. Nay, he and his kind require a more concentrated source of aether─crystals.
Minfilia 	It is for this reason that incidents involving crystals can often be traced back to a primal.
Thancred 	Which leaves us with the why of the abductions. To understand this, you must first understand how primals are born.
Thancred 	When all is well with the world, primals possess no physical form. Their essence is dispersed across the great river of aether.
Minfilia 	However, when the world is plunged into chaos, those who worship the primals cry out to their gods for deliverance from suffering.
Minfilia 	These cries serve as a beacon toward which a primal's essence is irresistibly drawn. It is this coming together─or “aetheric coalescence”─which grants the beings physical form.
Minfilia 	Once born, a primal gains strength from its followers' worship. The more numerous and fervent they are, the more powerful their god becomes.
Thancred 	But the primals are seldom satisfied with such reverence as their adherents freely give, and in order to gain more power, they do not scruple to create followers. They do this by “tempering” mortals─a process to which you yourself were subjected.
Minfilia 	Yet even as Ifrit took your comrades in his thrall, you alone remained unaffected. This is thanks to the power you possess─the Echo.
Minfilia 	We know not the why of it, but those blessed with the Echo are immune to primal influence.
Minfilia 	It is as though a greater power protects us...
Minfilia 	When first you came to us, I told you that the Echo would be instrumental in dealing with the primal threat. I trust you now begin to see why.
Thancred 	The recent incidents all share a common trait: meticulous planning. Such elaborate designs are a new development, and one which fills me with an unshakable sense of foreboding.
Minfilia 	While I share your concern, my presiding feeling is one of relief at your safe return.
Minfilia 	Ah, the Immortal Flames assured me that they will deal with the aftermath, so you need not concern yourself with that. We may rest easy for a time.
Minfilia 	I suggest you take full advantage of the respite, [Player Name].
Minfilia 	You may be sure it won't last long. Once the people learn the identity of the hero who felled Ifrit, I fear you will have nary a moment to yourself!
Thancred 	Whether she intended to or no, Minfilia neglected to tell you something─something I think it would be best you heard from one of us.
Thancred 	It concerns the tempered abductees that were rescued... I am sorry to report that all are to be put to death, the Flames with whom you were imprisoned included. Needless to say, this information must not be made known to the public.
Thancred 	I swear to you that we would not do this if there were any other recourse─but once a man is tempered, he is tempered for life. His very existence lends strength to the primal whom he cannot choose but worship.
Thancred 	And so we Scions continue our fight, that no more innocents need be sacrificed. I hope that you will continue to stand with us, [Player Name].
Thancred 	But I should be going. I must offer my apologies to the Flame General for the losses his people suffered. Till next time!
Thancred 	Gods forgive me... How many more lives...? Louisoix would never have allowed this to happen.
Thancred 	I have to do better... I have to be stronger...
Thm 	N-Not here...not like this...
Pgl 	Arrrgh!
Gla 	Tell my daughter...I love her...
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
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