The Rise and Fall of Gentlemen

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Nashu, former assistant of the late inspector Hildibrand, is investigating rumors regarding unusual zombie behavior. However, she has made little progress thus far, and so Wymond has asked you to seek her out and offer whatever assistance you can. Considering her recent frustrations, Wymond suspects that Nashu can be found praying at the grave of her mentor in Camp Drybone's lichyard.
* After waiting five years for her mentor to return, Nashu was devastated by the revelation that Inspector Hildibrand did not survive his journey to Dalamud. She then swore to carry on his legacy as an inspector herself, but has struggled to live up to his example. Her current investigation into a horde of dapper zombies had reached a standstill; however, with your help, she believes she might finally locate the zombies' leader. Travel to southern Thanalan and attempt to befriend any dapper zombies you encounter, or─failing that─slay and search them for clues.
* Your attempts to befriend the zombie populace met with dismal failure. However, your efforts were not for naught, as a curious parchment found in their possession appears to be a map of some sort. Return to the lichyard in eastern Thanalan and show the parchment to Nashu.
* Nashu confirms your suspicions that the parchment is a map, though she is unable to determine the significance of the phrase, “A gentleman is, rather than does.” In any case, she bids you follow her to the Sagolii Desert in southern Thanalan, to the destination marked on the map.
* Deducing that the phrase is a password, you call out to the dapper zombies, who surround you and Nashu with malicious intent. Fortunately, before you are forced to defend yourselves, a disheveled Inspector Hildibrand appears and commands his loyal minions to spare you and Nashu. The reunion between mentor and assistant nearly ends in tragedy, as Nashu resolves to restore Inspector Hildibrand's lost memories via liberal use of explosives. Inexplicably, her plan works. Afterwards, you use the power of the Echo to delve into Inspector Hildibrand's memories in a vain attempt to learn how he survived his fall, as well as being buried alive. Alas, you soon discover that there are mysteries in this world that defy all reason and explanation.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Nashu Mhakaracca at the lichyard in eastern Thanalan.
* Participate in the FATE “Fallen Corpses Writhe in Style” in southern Thanalan.
* Show the curious parchment to Nashu Mhakaracca.
* Speak with Nashu Mhakaracca in the Sagolii Desert.
==Script==
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Wymond 	I hear you've been busy as a bee, [Player Name]. Seems half the whispers what come my way relate to your comin's an' goin's.
Wymond 	Bein' the active type you are, I reckon you'd be interested in investigatin' some queer rumors, am I right? But before that, let me ask: ever heard of a man named Hildibrand?
 	
Wymond 	To hear him tell it, he was Eorzea's greatest an' most famous inspector. Still, can't say I'm surprised you don't know him.
Wymond 	To his credit, Hildibrand an' his assistant had a knack for showin' up when somethin' shady was afoot. As for sussin' out the culprits, well...he had his moments, though I hesitate to give him sole credit.
Wymond 	Anyroad, five years ago he gets it in his head that he's “cracked the code” of Mezaya's seventh verse. Dalamud, the Calamity─all of it can be stopped, he says, so long as he finds the hero of prophecy. An' wouldn't you know it─the hero was Hildibrand himself!
Wymond 	So he flies off towards Dalamud. Aye, that's right: he flew. Launches himself straight into the air somehow, ridiculous as it sounds. 'Course, it's only logical that he's got to come back down─though it was only recently that we found his body.
 	
Wymond 	Oi, you don't mean to say you knew the bugger!? I know he thought himself famous, but thinkin' it don't make it true.
Wymond 	Shame that he had to go an' get himself killed. All that nonsense about stoppin' Dalamud himself─what in the seven hells was he thinkin'!?
Wymond 	Least it was mercifully quick. Still, judgin' from the depth of the crater, he must've fallen from an unfathomable height.
Wymond 	Gods only know what was goin' through his mind as he watched the ground rush up to meet him... <shudder>
Wymond 	Amazin' how well the body was preserved, though. Hells, it's amazin' there was a body left to bury at all!
 	
Wymond 	Hmmm... I had reason for bringin' this up... Ah, right. So Nashu, Hildibrand's erstwhile assistant, has since become an inspector in her own right. At present, she's investigatin' the queer rumors I mentioned earlier.
Wymond 	She's a sweet lass─a bit daft, but sweet nonetheless. So when I hear she's at wit's end, I want to help. Thing is, I prefer to meddle in the affairs of the livin'─zombies are most definitely not my forte.
Wymond 	So, if you're willin', I'd be grateful if you lent her a hand. As for where to find her, she's like to visit Hildibrand's grave in the lichyard when she's frustrated. Try lookin' for her there first.
 	
Wymond 	How did I know Hildibrand? Hah! Next you'll be askin' me how he was always in the right place at the right time. You're too clever to be that daft.
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	Oh, if only you were still alive, Inspector. You'd know how to stop these zombies...
Nashu Mhakaracca	Ah! You there! Could it be...?
Nashu Mhakaracca	You've come to offer your services to me!?
Nashu Mhakaracca	Oh, but where are my manners! Allow me to introduce myself. Ahem. My name is Nashu, agent of inquiries! Extraordinary inspector!
Nashu Mhakaracca	At least, that's what I'm trying to be. It's not quite as easy as he made it look...
Nashu Mhakaracca	Inspector Hildibrand was a great man─a real Eorzean hero!
Nashu Mhakaracca	We traveled the world, me and him, solving cases and thwarting evil! No matter the mystery, you could always count on the inspector to solve it with grace and style!
Nashu Mhakaracca	But then there was the final case. “The case of the century,” he called it─how to stop the red moon from destroying the world.
Nashu Mhakaracca	To save us all, he flew into the sky, and all I could do was watch...
Nashu Mhakaracca	But then...then he came back down, and he...he...
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	This is all a joke─a big, funny joke. Right, Inspector? Any moment now, you'll burst out of the ground and shout, “Surprise! Had you fooled, eh?” And...and we'll laugh and laugh...
Jimaku 	Hildibrand Manderville
Beloved Son
Nashu Mhakaracca	<sniffle> <sob> They say...they say no one remembers the Warriors of Light. Their names, their faces...all gone forever.
Nashu Mhakaracca	But I remember you, Inspector─no, Gentleman Hero Hildibrand!
Nashu Mhakaracca	I can never be the hero you were, but I'll do my best to try!
Nashu Mhakaracca	I, Nashu, inspector extraordinaire, will carry on your legacy!
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	...So I told myself, well, Nashu, there must be a leader─a head zombie, who tells the rest what to do! Therefore, all we need to do is kill him─again, that is.
Nashu Mhakaracca	Unfortunately, I don't know where he is, or how to find him. But now that you're here, my faithful assistant, you can try the one good idea I've come up with so far!
Nashu Mhakaracca	If you go to where these dapper zombies were last seen in southern Thanalan, you might find them! And then you could...um... Ah! You could become their friend and ask to meet their leader! Yes, that's sure to work!
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	I've never tried making friends with a zombie, but I don't see why it would be hard. Just moan, groan, and pretend to be dead.
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	Did you find the zombies? You did!? That's wonderful! I've been busy, too─the head zombie will rue the day he meets me, you'll see. So, tell me: what did you learn?
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	Oh, so you weren't able to make new friends. That's a shame. But this parchment... This is a map of the Sagolii Desert. There's a spot marked here in the south, and look─there's something written here.
Nashu Mhakaracca	“A gentleman is, rather than does.”
Nashu Mhakaracca	That sort of reminds me of...um... Well, no matter─let's see where this map takes us, assistant! Onward, to the Sagolii!
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	I don't think I misread the map... Maybe they're just shy, though. I say we call out to them and let them know we come in peace─and when the leader shows himself, we strike!
Q2a1 	I will go whither the wild rose blooms!
Q2a2 	A gentleman is, rather than does!
Q2a3 	Show yourselves, foul fiends!
Q2a4 	Nothing.
 	
Nashu Mhakaracca	Hmmm... That didn't seem to work. Maybe you should try shouting something else?
 	
Zombiea 	Urrrgggh... Hurrrggghhh...! Who summons the Gentle Dead Men?
Zombieb 	They live, they live! And we...we hunger...
Hildibrand 	My brothers, lend me your ears! A gentleman does not dine upon his guests!
Hildibrand 	Spare these two fair ladies/this fine gentleman and fair lady your mastications. Withdraw, I say, and harass them no more!
Nashu Mhakaracca	Up in the sky, look! It's a bird─ No, it's an airship─ No! It's the inspector!
Zombiea 	We hear, and we obey!
Nashu Mhakaracca	It is you, it really is you! I knew nothing could kill the great inspector Hildibrand!
Hildibrand 	Hildibrand? Who is this Hildibrand of whom you speak? My name is Zombibrand, devourer of brains! Undead overlord extraordinaire!
Nashu Mhakaracca	What are you saying!? You're not an undead overlord─you're a gentleman inspector!
Hildibrand 	Urrrgggh... Hurrrggghhh...! Inspector... Overlord... Inspector... Overlord...
Nashu Mhakaracca	Oh, Inspector, you're just confused is all. Don't worry─I'll knock some sense back into that noggin of yours!
Hildibrand 	St-Stay your hand, m'lady. You know not what you do...
Hildibrand 	Even if I were the esteemed gentleman you purport me to be, the concussive force of the blast is more like to liquefy my─
Nashu Mhakaracca	If crashing into the ground made you forget, then an explosion of equal force ought to make you remember! I'll save you, Inspector─or kill you trying!
Hildibrand 	See!? Even you acknowledge the possibility that this plan will result in my─
Hildibrand 	Death...
Hildibrand 	Normally I would applaud your ingenuity, Nashu, but I would have preferred that you found a more elegant solution!
Nashu Mhakaracca	Ah! He remembers me! Inspector Hildibrand remembers me!
Hildibrand 	Yes, yes, I remember you, my faithful assistant. What I do not quite remember is how I came to be here...
 	
Hildibrand 	Ahhh! Such a wonderful dream. I slew a dragon, and─
Hildibrand 	Hm? What is this place? And for that matter...who am I?
 	
Hildibrand 	I, Hildibrand, agent of enquiry, inspector extraordinaire, have awoken at last!
Nashu Mhakaracca	I─ <sniffle> <sob> I always knew you'd come back to us!
Hildibrand 	Be it red moon or black dragon, no fiend is a match for my legendary might!
Hildibrand 	And who might this fine lady/gentleman be? Hmmm, could s/he perhaps be one of my many admire─
Hildibrand 	Oh, but what is this faint tingling sensation in my arm!? This ringing in my ears, this dizziness... Could it be...a case?
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Side Story Quests in Final Fantasy XIV