Into the Fire

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Gyoshin summons you to a meeting to discuss a matter of dire import. Though he never manages to explain, one can safely assume that, were he given the opportunity, he would say that the Namazu must improve their festival, lest they be annihilated in seven years. Seven years! With that in mind, Seigetsu the Enlightened suggests that they incorporate a bizarre ritual so the festival will be more like the “unforgettable spectacles” once held by the Namazu of yore. Having concluded that Master Matoya would be the best source of information on such rituals, you stow Gyoshin in your bag once again and prepare to make for the Dravanian hinterlands.※Please note that the difficulty of this quest has been synced to your current level. Furthermore, you may not proceed with a class or job that is different from when you accepted this quest.
* After some confusion on Gyoshin's part, you correctly identify Matoya and ask her about odd rituals. She recommends reviving the darkest of practices in order to create a spectacle memorable enough to avert the Namazu's prophesied demise, and swiftly prepares a reference tome on forbidden rituals for you. In the meantime, Gyoshin manages to drink too much tea for his own good, and will have to be carried back to Dhoro Iloh in your luggage.
* You arrive in Dhoro Iloh and release Gyoshin from his cloth prison only to find that he has befouled your bag. Alas, you have no time to process this sudden and unfortunate addition to your laundry pile, as a scuffle over Matoya's book ensues. Seigetsu the Enlightened sends the tome flying, and while Gyoshin manages to prevent it falling into the bonfire, he himself is not so lucky. The unique experience of being set ablaze inspires him to hold the Wicker Man ritual, and, seeing the fire in his eyes, none have the courage to stop him.
* Gyoshin puts you in charge of one of the components necessary for the Namazu to build an enormous effigy and hold a sacrificial burning. You are in no position to refuse, so all you can do is follow orders and hope for the best.
* You hand over your component and help the Namazu build the giant effigy, but Seigetsu the Enlightened points out that the ritual cannot be completed until a live sacrifice is burned. Thankfully, Gyorei is one step ahead of him, and prevents the squabble over who should be incinerated from escalating by offering cloth dolls as a substitute. The Namazu effigy can now continue burning merrily without any off-putting bloodshed.
==Objectives==
* Deliver Gyoshin to Matoya's Cave.
* Return Gyoshin to Dhoro Iloh.
* Speak with Gyoshin.
(DoH)
* Synthesize a set of effigy components.
* Deliver the set of effigy components to Gyorei.
(MIN)
* Mine a lava rock east of Mol Iloh.
* Deliver the lava rock to Gyorei.
(BTN)
* Gather a bundle of steppe sedge east of Mol Iloh.
* Deliver the bundle of steppe sedge to Gyorei.
(FSH)
* Catch an invisible catfish in Nem Khaal.
* Deliver the invisible catfish to Gyorei.
==Script==
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Gyoshin 	Attendees love our fins-on activities. Just look at that one over there, who seems most loath to let go of his horse! But we cannot afford to rest in our jars just yet. You see, our dramatic demise, our painful annihila─ Oh, I forgot to call Gyorei and Gyofun. One moment, please.
Gyoshin 	I have summoned you all here for one reason. Yes, ye─
Kofuinseigetsu 	I assume this will again be some nonsense about dreams and prophecies? You must recall that I cautioned you against eating unidentified plant matter.
Gyoshin 	If it comes from the ground, it is food! Yes, yes. Just because I was rendered violently ill, incapacitated for a fortnight by those green mushrooms does not mean... Wait, what were we talking about? Oh, yes, yes. I have continued to see our greatest grandsire in my dreams.
Kofuinseigetsu 	...Though the dreams of your addled mind are immaterial to my goal of enlightening one and all, I have identified an aspect in which our festival is lacking compared to those of our ancestors.
Gyoshin 	That is fantastic, Seigetsu the Enlightened. Yes, yes. Though I cannot help but worry that you are about to─
Kofuinseigetsu 	Allow me to elaborate in detail! Culture is an ever-evolving beast, you see. The radicalization of culture, in particular, results in unique cultural expressions that outsiders struggle to comprehend. When it is applied to ritual, festivals become true carnivals of the bizarre.
Kofuinseigetsu 	Given that our ancestors' festivals were known as “unforgettable spectacles,” should we not assume they had a fair few radical elements? In which case, our event must needs include at least one uniquely memorable ritual if we are to carry on their legacy.
Gyoshin 	That actually sounds interesting! I am most intrigued. What happens in these rituals that everyone finds so strange?
Kofuinseigetsu 	I haven't the foggiest! Religious rituals are secretive by nature, my dear Gyoshin!
Gyoshin 	Perhaps it is my own fault. Yes, yes. I neglected to remember Gyofun's unhelpfulness. I suppose we will put this matter to rest for now. Call it a day.
Kofuinseigetsu 	Now, hold on a moment! Your lack of intellectual curiosity is no fault of mine. The correct response would be to acknowledge our need to engage in further research.
Kofuinseigetsu 	Occidentalism makes mention of a Sharlayan society devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. One of their number might be privy to the information we seek.
Kofuinseigetsu 	One such as yourself must know Sharlayans of the intellectual persuasion we require. Preferably someone wizened. With arcane knowledge. Who is also an expert in rituals. Surely you know a few fitting that profile?
Kofuinseigetsu 	Master Matoya in Dravania, you say? Yes, she sounds ideal. It is so convenient that you foreigners all know each other.
Gyoshin 	Yes, yes. She sounds most convenient. Much more useful than Gyofun.
Gyoshin 	I hate─really hate─to ask, but could you convey me to Master Matoya's in your bag?
 	
Gyorei 	I realize that looking after Gyoshin can be exhausting. Yes, yes. In a variety of ways.
 	
Matoya 	...I don't suppose you've a reason for lugging that thing around?
 	
Gyoshin 	Is this the place? Please tell me this is the place.
Gyoshin 	Hello, hello! Are you Master Matoya? I am relieved to see you so moist, so slimy. From [Player Name]'s description, you sounded most dry and intimidating!
Matoya 	Eager to get off on the wrong foot, aren't we?
Gyoshin 	...Oh. Oh no. The scary lady is Master Matoya?
Gyoshin 	I am so sorry. Most apologetic! I was confused.
Matoya 	Well, since you and your bumbling companion have already disrupted my routine, I suppose I'll hear you out. I presume you've a reason for coming here other than to annoy me?
Matoya 	Oh, the world is hardly short on carnivals of the bizarre.
Matoya 	Competitive cheese-rolling, fertility rituals where the bride gets whacked with a stick─I tell you if someone tried that with me, they'd be out an eye─whatever nonsense you can imagine, someone's getting up to it.
Matoya 	But if you seek to avert a calamitous fate, I trust you'll want to do better than those half-baked traditions.
Matoya 	For a truly memorable spectacle, you'll want to revive a ceremony so terrible, so horrible that few would dare to even whisper of it. One so steeped in evil that men swore never again to perform it!
Gyoshin 	Oooh, evil! Darkness! Tell me more! Tell me more!
Matoya 	If you shrink not from these horrors, I assume you are prepared to not only sully your hands, but your very soul.
Gyoshin 	Yes, yes! I will save the Namazu, even if I must endure a never-ending celebration. Even if I must work my fins to the bone.
Matoya 	Color me impressed. Confused, but impressed.
Matoya 	I'll prepare a simple manuscript on forbidden rituals for you. Just stay put. Have some tea. Do whatever it is you Namazu do.
Matoya 	Here we are. Only three hundred pages, but it should serve.
Gyoshin 	Thank you─<hic>─thank you!
Matoya 	Ah, right. Tea makes Namazu tipsy. Lucky you.
Matoya 	It's a miracle they've survived this long. Well, back in the sack with him!
 	
Matoya 	Had anyone else shown up on my doorstep with a Namazu in tow, I would've had my poroggos deal with them. I'm still not quite sure what you're about, but if it gets you to stop fighting every other god or dragon for a spell, it can't be all that bad.
 	
Gyorei 	Welco─ What is that smell?
Gyoshin 	...Fresh air at last. <groan> You might want to wash that. It smells like vomit in there.
Gyoshin 	A-Anyway, we should focus on this tome Matoya so kindly, most generously gave us.
Kofuinseigetsu 	A manuscript penned by the Sharlayan scholar herself? I must peruse it without delay!
Gyoshin 	Yes, yes. It is most illuminating. So full of information on fascinating rituals that I can hardly decide which we should attempt!
Kofuinseigetsu 	Relinquish that this instant! I must read it!
Gyoshin 	Just a moment, please, please. This one is just so... Oh, but this one is also...
Kofuinseigetsu 	Give it here, I say. Now. NOW!
Gyoshin 	Whoa! Wait, wait!
Kofuinseigetsu 	...Fascinating.
Gyoshin 	Owowowowowowowowow!
Gyorei 	Are you...all right?
Gyoshin 	...
Gyoshin 	Yes, yes! There can be only one! No other!
Gyoshin 	This “Wicker Man” is the perfect choice. We must incinerate a live sacrifice inside a massive effigy!
Gyoshin 	It is the only way to avert total Namazu annihilation! Yes...yes...
Kofuinseigetsu 	I...daresay he ought to be stopped, but it may be unwise to anger him just now.
 	
Gyoshin 	To work! We require a large Namazu effigy. You must help me build it. You will not defy me, no, no?
Gyoshin 	You will find materials to create a metal clamp in the crate. I expect you to bring me the finest you have ever made, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	You will find materials to create papier-mache in the crate. I expect you to bring me the finest you have ever made, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	You will find materials to create fuel in the crate. I expect you to bring me the most flammable you have ever made, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	There are heat-resistant lava rocks in the deposits east of Mol Iloh that can be used in the effigy's base. I expect you to bring me the finest one you can find, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	There is steppe sedge among the vegetation patches east of Mol Iloh that can be used for the papier-mache. I expect you to bring me a bundle of the finest you can find, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	There are invisible catfish in Nem Khaal, easily caught with salmon roe. We will need one for the ceremonial offering that will accompany the effigy burning. I expect you to bring me the finest one you can find, yes, yes.
Gyoshin 	Gyorei will be the one collecting the components─all one hundred and seven of them. So speak to her when you are ready.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right. Try the crate for more materials.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right. Try the crate for more materials.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right. Try the crate for more materials.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right, Gyorei will collect your component.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right, Gyorei will collect your component.
Gyoshin 	And how it shall burn... Oh, you are still here? Right, right, Gyorei will collect your component.
 	
Gyoshin 	You brought what I requested? That is a wise choice. An excellent decision!
Gyorei 	I cannot say I expected us to go the “live sacrifice” route. No, no.
 	
Gyorei 	Gyoshin seems a bit odd. Though I suppose he is always odd...
Gyorei 	Ah, the final component! Thank you, thank you. Now let us see what comes of this.
Gyoshin 	Wow, it is like looking into a stream. A reflection staring back at me! Most imposing. Quite impressive.
Kofuinseigetsu 	Gyoshin, are you not forgetting something? Yet again?
Gyoshin 	...
Kofuinseigetsu 	The live sacrifice, you imbecile!
Gyoshin 	Oh! Thank you so much for volunteering!
Kofuinseigetsu 	I most certainly am not volunteering! Should it not be the artist who sees his work through to the end?
Gyoshin 	Hm. Well, I am quite sure, indeed confident that [Player Name] provided the most important parts...
Gyorei 	Oh, for the Big One's sake! You need not be in such a hurry to set each other aflame. According to Matoya's manuscript, a cloth doll is a perfectly acceptable substitute for the sacrifice. Yes, yes.
Gyorei 	I set my fins to sewing a few some time ago. And I followed the instructions to the letter, so they should be more than sufficient.
Gyoshin 	Gyorei! You are a lifesaver!
Gyoshin 	Let us get this fire started!
 	
Kofuinseigetsu 	I daresay it is impossible to discern the meaning or purpose behind this peculiar ritual. Indeed, it is nothing less than the epitome of enlightenment!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Namazu Quests in Final Fantasy XIV