The End of a World

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
==Objectives==
* Investigate the imposing doors.
* Speak with Alisaie.
* Gather information in Amaurot.
* Speak with Alphinaud.
==Script==
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Alphinaud 	Emet-Selch holds the Exarch captive somewhere within that vast city... Yet even if we must search every alleyway, we will find them!
 	
Thancred 	It's big, I'll grant you. But cluttered city streets are far more conducive to infiltration than wide-open spaces. This will work to our advantage. Trust me.
 	
Ryne 	You'd think all those tall, dark buildings would be frightening, but for some reason they just make me feel sad...
 	
Urianger 	One cannot blame the Ondo for fleeing the spectacle of these brooding edifices. We, however, have not the luxury of fear...
 	
Yshtola 	We have found our destination, but how to descend into the city itself...?
 	
Alisaie 	It's intimidating, yes, but we have to start somewhere...
Alisaie 	Why don't we have a closer look at that tower to the southeast? We might be able to reach it from the edge of the trench.
 	
Alphinaud 	Look at the size of those doors... Now I know how pixies must feel.
Elevator03652 	[Player Name] recognized...
Welcome to the city of Amaurot.
Elevator03652 	Will you be riding the lift?
Alisaie 	Wh─!? Did the building just welcome you?
Urianger 	Mayhap it is not so passing strange... Did Emet-Selch not invite [Player Name] to visit his abode?
Urianger 	'Tis plain thy coming was expected.
Yshtola 	And where will this lift be taking us?
Elevator03652 	The lift services every level of Achora Heights, but is presently configured to convey passengers directly to the ground floor.
Yshtola 	Well, there you have it. In the absence of some few hundred yalms of rope, we have little choice but to accept the offer.
Alisaie 	With emphasis on the we. I'm not about to let you walk into that place alone.
Elevator03652 	As you wish.
The lift will arrive shortly.
Elevator03652 	Next stop: Ground Floor.
Facilities include the Bureau of the Administrator, the Bureau of the Architect, and the Capitol...
 	
Alphinaud 	Each of these towers seems a veritable city in itself... Even a gigas would feel inadequate in such surroundings.
 	
Thancred 	Seems peaceful enough─he said, tempting fate.
 	
Ryne 	I just can't believe how tall everything is!
 	
Urianger 	If mine eyes do not deceive, we stand in some manner of communal square...
 	
Yshtola 	Just a moment. I thought I saw something.
 	
Alisaie 	It's only at this distance that you start to realize just how big the buildings truly are... What did that voice call the city? “Amaurot”?
Thancred 	Look! Over there!
Thancred 	Is that...a person? Ah, no, my mistake. That's a giant.
Thancred 	It doesn't seem to have noticed us yet...
Alphinaud 	Giant or no, a resident of this place may have much and more to tell us. I say we make the first move.
Alisaie 	Alphinaud, you can't just─ Ugh!
Alphinaud 	Pray excuse my boldness, but might I ask you a few questions...?
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Oh, what adorable costumes. Are you children on an excursion? This district has much to teach you.01
Ryne 	How odd... That sounded like no language I've ever heard, and yet I understood every word...
Yshtola 	Just as he understood us.
Alphinaud 	Ahem. And which district is this, exactly?
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223You must be lost, poor things.01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223You stand in the Polyleritae District, wherein lie the institutions most vital to the management of our star.01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Ah, I see. You've come to marvel at the workings of the Convocation of Fourteen.01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Who rules...? What a curious question. Mayhap you refer to our supervising body, the Convocation of Fourteen?01
Alisaie 	So Emet-Selch isn't the leader here...
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Emet-Selch is a member of the Convocation. Were you hoping to witness its deeds firsthand?01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Hm hm hm... Hardly surprising, I suppose. The whole world holds its breath as the Final Days draw near, and our brightest minds race to implement their plans.01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223...Thus you must understand that gaining an audience at this time will be next to impossible.01
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223You should hurry home now, before your families begin to worry. Do you need me to walk you back?01
Alphinaud 	N-No thank you. We will be fine.
Amaurotresident03652 	F20223Very well. Take care, little ones...01
Alisaie 	What was that all about...?
Yshtola 	To my eyes, these people appear as arcane entities. I suspect Emet-Selch wove them from aether, much as he reconstructed the rest of the city...
Urianger 	The Final Days...
Urianger 	Such words well befit the oblivion described to us by our Ascian foe.
Urianger 	A catastrophe of unprecedented scale, which did set in motion the summoning of Zodiark...and thence Hydaelyn Herself.
Ryne 	But...that happened centuries and centuries ago, didn't it?
Ryne 	That man spoke as if they were rushing to avert a disaster here and now.
Alphinaud 	Unless... For these people, the distant past is the here and now!
Urianger 	I believe thou hast the right of it, Master Alphinaud. This aetherial Amaurot and its residents appear to be phantoms of a different age.
Urianger 	Emet-Selch hath resurrected a memory─a moment in time from before the star was sundered.
Thancred 	So, we find ourselves in a long-destroyed city inhabited by the long-departed. An unusual situation, to be sure─but at least we're able to parley with these ancients.
Thancred 	...In fact, they seem downright eager to chat. I say we use this to our advantage─split up, strike up some conversations, and see if we can't learn the location of our quarry.
Thancred 	And while we're at it, it wouldn't hurt to wheedle out a few more details regarding this Convocation of Fourteen and their impending disaster.
Thancred 	To mingling, then. Let's meet back here when our jaws start aching.
 	
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Hm? 'Twould seem the Hall is host to a most precocious visitor this day. And what, pray tell, shall be the subject of our discussion, young one?01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Ah...the Convocation and their handling of the coming peril. 'Tis only natural that you should have questions.01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Shall we begin with the members themselves? As all know, the Fourteen are the wisest and most puissant among us. They are the stewards of order, responsible for decisions which keep this star turning season after season.01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Be it the speaker, Lahabrea, or the emissary, Elidibus, each seat is occupied by an elected sage of surpassing intellect.01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Loghrif, Mitron, Emet-Selch... Their individual titles have, as a gesture of respect and a matter of tradition, become synonymous with their incumbents.01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223Thus it is with great incredulity that I greet this recent rumor that a seat in the Convocation is soon to be left vacant.01
Amaurotresidenta03652	F20223If proven true, 'twould be an unprecedented development─and testament to the immense pressure under which our saviors are toiling... In any event, I for one am confident they shall deliver our star unto salvation.01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223Good gracious, child, where is your family? You should not be alone at a time like this. Run along home. Quickly now!01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223Have you not heard? Though yet confined to the lands across the sea, a terrible phenomenon afflicts our star. They are calling it the “Final Days.”01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223'Tis said it starts suddenly, a cacophonous keening from beneath the earth. The sound distorts all living things within earshot, and wrests from us control of our creation magicks.01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223Once that happens, all is lost. Fear, pain, despair...every dread impulse is siphoned from our minds and given substance: an eternal fall of fiery rain; an incessant spawning of nightmarish beasts...01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223None can point to the source of the phenomenon. 'Tis as if the star itself has fallen ill─as if a force inimical to life now festers and spreads.01
Amaurotresidentb03652	F20223'Tis only a matter of time until Amaurot, too, resounds to that discordant squall. You should stay with your loved ones, child... Stay with them...01
Amaurotresidentc03652	F20223An audience with Emet-Selch? I am afraid you have the wrong office, little one. And besides, he will be far too busy to field the questions of curious children.01
Amaurotresidentc03652	F20223Surely you have been told of the looming catastrophe? Every resource available to the Convocation must be spent upon ensuring our world survives.01
Amaurotresidentc03652	F20223They have yet to make an official announcement, but it is said the Fourteen are moving forward with a plan of scarce credible proportions─one which promises to grant will to the very star itself!01
Amaurotresidentc03652	F20223They will invoke our mightiest spells of creation to birth an entity of all-encompassing magnificence...and then they will rewrite the laws of existence.01
Amaurotresidentc03652	F20223'Tis a huge undertaking, and it must be completed ere the corruption spreads this far. Thus I say to you again: do not hold out hope for an audience...01
 	
Alisaie 	Well, that was an experience. I was never very fond of being treated like a child, but it did make asking questions less suspicious.
 	
Alphinaud 	[Player Name]. If I was not certain before, then I am now─the people of this city believe they face the end of the world.
Alphinaud 	I cannot imagine what purpose compelled Emet-Selch to recreate this ancient “Amaurot.”
Alphinaud 	And yet...I fancy I hear his words to us echoing throughout this ocean trench. He would have his story known.
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV