Off the Record

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Y'mhitra has been unable to find significant mention of Sari in the usual histories, and decides to call on the assistance of her colleague, Rammbroes. Accompany Y'mhitra to Mor Dhona, and speak with the Roegadyn scholar at Saint Coinach's Find.
* Rammbroes considers your situation, and suggests you borrow the unread tomestones from Rowena's considerable stock. Head into Revenant's Toll, and deliver Rammbroes's letter into the merchant's hands.
* In exchange for summaries of their contents, Rowena has agreed to lend you a hefty pile of tomestone transcripts. Join Y'mhitra outside and begin sifting through the foreboding volumes.
* Y'mhitra discovers a passage of interest almost immediately, but realizes that further assistance will be needed to search through the mountain of material. She resolves to enlist Captain Wolf's squad of summoners, and Rammbroes offers the use of his tent. Return to Saint Coinach's Find and speak with Y'mhitra once more.
* With the aid of the summoner squad you learn the history leading to Sari's death, and construct a theory to explain the master summoner's simulacrum on Seal Rock. The acolytes head back to the island to search for further clues, and you return to Gridania with Y'mhitra to await their results.
* With the investigation on Seal Rock providing little in the way of new information, you prepare to make an expedition to the research facility on Azys Lla. Judging by Principia's explanation of the seal and the goading nature of the present-day Sari's parting words, it seems that your arrival will not be unexpected...
※The next summoner quest will be available from Y'mhitra upon reaching level 70.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find.
* Deliver Rammbroes's letter to Rowena in Revenant's Toll.
* Speak with Y'mhitra in Revenant's Toll.
* Speak with Y'mhitra at Saint Coinach's Find.
* Speak with Y'mhitra in Gridania.
==Script==
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Principia 	What misfortune that such an incident should occur on the cusp of your final challenge...
 	
Ymhitra 	I searched through the usual histories, but found scant mention of Sari. 'Tis as Prin has said: records of his existence have all but been expunged.
Principia 	And since my own knowledge is limited to the day I was stored away, we must rely on those lost Allagan records that escaped the purge.
Ymhitra 	My colleague, Rammbroes, may be able to help us there. Hardly a day goes past when his team does not lift some forgotten treasure from the ruins in Mor Dhona. Shall we pay him a visit?
 	
Ymhitra 	Ah, hello, [Player Name]. I've just been explaining our dilemma to Rammbroes here.
 	
Ymhitra 	Come, we should visit Rammbroes at Saint Coinach's Find. He's sure to have something that survived the purge of Sari's history.
 	
Principia 	I would tell you the story of spending several thousand years locked in a dark room, but I fear I slept through most of it...
 	
Rammbroes 	Y'mhitra has informed me of your search, and I shall be certain to contact you should our discoveries include any mention of this “Sari.” There may, however, be a swifter way to acquire the information you seek.
Rammbroes 	I know of a certain merchant who collects undeciphered tomestones with even greater zeal than the Sons of Saint Coinach.
Ymhitra 	Ah... You speak of Rowena.
Rammbroes 	Aye. We have formed something of a symbiotic relationship with her consortium. In return for financing our excavations, we provide Rowena with a selection of our finds. I'm sure you would find her amenable to a request for assistance.
Rammbroes 	After all, you would merely need to borrow her tomestones for a time, yes? Here, I've penned a letter with my personal reassurances that her stock will be returned none the worse for wear.
 	
Rammbroes 	Take that letter to Rowena and ask to borrow her tomestones. I'm sure you will have no trouble coming to a mutually beneficial agreement.
 	
Ymhitra 	You have Rammbroes's letter, yes? I'll let you do the haggling...
 	
Ymhitra 	[Player Name]? Were you not on your way to Revenant's Toll?
 ...Yes, yes, I will be there, don't you worry.
 	
Principia 	This merchant you go to see, she deals in Allagan records? How strange to think of history as currency...
 	
Rowena 	Aye, what can I do for you?
 	
Rowena 	...So you've the backin' of old Rammbroes, eh? Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to lend you some o' my tomestones.
Rowena 	In fact, I'll do you one better and let you borrow the transcripts─courtesy o' the scribes at the Ironworks. As books, they're a damn sight heavier, but you don't need fancy machines when it's all penned down in ink and parchment.
Rowena 	Give me a summary of the contents when you're finished, and I'll consider that as payment. Collectors'll part with more coin if they know what they're gettin', and my time's too precious to waste on readin' ancient history!
Ymhitra 	Consider it a deal, Rowena, and thank you. Well, [Player Name], shall we get to work?
 	
Rammbroes 	Rowena lent you the transcripts? Well, I hope she also lent you a cart to carry them. Both mediums have their inconveniences, I suppose...
 	
Ymhitra 	Fancy that. I've barely begun skimming the very first volume, and there are already some promising passages. Let us wake Prin, and share our findings, shall we?
 	
Ymhitra 	Ah, Rammbroes. Have you come to check on our progress?
Ymhitra 	This charming tome is Principia, a sentient familiar of ancient Allag.
Principia 	A pleasure to meet you, Master Rammbroes. Pray call me “Prin,” if you prefer.
Rammbroes 	Thank you, Prin. And might I say what a privilege it is to meet such a rare and clever construct.
Ymhitra 	Clever? Well, yes, apparently Prin was written that way. In fact, we were just hoping to hear an opinion on a new snippet of information I've uncovered.
Ymhitra 	'Twas an order listed in a record of imperial military communications, commanding that “the fruits of the master summoner's research be seized.” It appears that the army had more than a passing interest in Sari's experiments.
Rammbroes 	Hmmm. And what exactly was the purpose of this research?
Principia 	Master Sari toiled to wed summoning magicks with aetherochemical technology. For example, he experimented with replacing grimoires with mechanical mediums, and sought to manifest egi of greater authenticity by utilizing high-speed computations.
Rammbroes 	...Simply put, he turned to machines to enhance traditional summoning methods. Is that the gist of it?
Principia 	Correct. But Master Sari was never one to abuse the success of his experiments, no matter how they magnified his power. He would not place his trust in machines─their inherently complex nature was too prone to error, he said.
Ymhitra 	The dates on these communications indicate a time in the latter half of Sari's life. Is it possible something could have occurred between crafting you and the execution of this order that may have greatly altered the summoner's outlook?
Principia 	There was, of course, the violent wave of anti-summoner sentiment that swept through Allag. It claimed the lives of many of Master Sari's disciples. Following their deaths, he began spending much of his time cloistered within his laboratory...
Rammbroes 	Such an incident could certainly be responsible for changing a man. And Principia, you were unaware of subsequent events once you fell into slumber, yes?
Ymhitra 	From what we've learned so far, 'tis safe to say that the foe we encountered is related to Sari's research in some way.
Ymhitra 	And there are likely more clues buried in these records. I shall speak with Captain Wolf, and ask to borrow the sharp minds of his summoner squad─'tis a rather intimidating pile to tackle on our own.
Rammbroes 	Well, seeing as you have the transcripts, there is no need to travel far. You are welcome to make use of my tent and the reference materials on Allag found therein.
Ymhitra 	That would be an enormous help, thank you! Let's haul these books to the dig site, shall we?
 	
Rammbroes 	I have been checking in on Y'mhitra, and it seems she and the summoners are making good headway into those records.
 	
Crispin 	Some people dislike this manner of task, but I never tire of dredging through pages that transport one to the past!
 	
Denise 	These Allagan records are like to make my skull burst! Opening portals to other worlds, forging new moons...and it's not even fiction!
 	
Jajasamulalasamu	I've been ignorin' aught that ain't to do with the military. 'Tis more efficient to have a narrow focus, I reckon.
 	
Ymhitra 	We should make our way to Saint Coinach's Find. 'Twouldn't do to leave Rowena's transcripts unattended!
 	
Principia 	I did not count the days as I slept, but it truly has been millennia, hasn't it? In this age, the Master Sari I knew exists only in my memories...
 	
Ymhitra 	Our summoner colleagues arrived with a swiftness after I relayed to them our request. 'Tis well to see them recovered from their injuries!
Ymhitra 	With everyone pitching in, we stand a good chance of finding something useful...
 	
Jajasamulalasamu	Ah, here's the bugger I was lookin' for! This's a record of when the military finally caught up with Sari. It says here the summoner was found dead─killed by someone else, it seems.
Crispin 	Then we have proof of the original Sari's demise in the Third Astral Era. Now there remains the question of who─or what─attacked us in this age...
Denise 	My coin is on one of those “clone” creations! ...Is there aught more to the story, Lieutenant?
Jajasamulalasamu	Aye, it goes on to describe how the imperial army took over Sari's research, laudin' his experiments as “exceptionally dangerous, but ripe with potential applications.”
Jajasamulalasamu	They shifted operations to an artificial island soon after an' began practical testin'. ...One cataclysmic accident later, though, an' that was the end o' that.
Ymhitra 	This artificial island must be a reference to Seal Rock─the very site of our encounter with the present-day Sari.
Principia 	During the battle, my creator's simulacrum exhibited the ability to summon multiple egi simultaneously, as well as manifest highly authentic facsimiles of flesh-and-blood entities.
Principia 	The basis for every one of these unorthodox techniques can be traced back to Master Sari's research into machine-enhanced summoning.
Crispin 	I'd say we have enough evidence to support a working theory, then. Namely that the Allagan military was using a clone of the deceased Sari to perform hazardous experiments─tests which explored the feasibility of aetherochemically bolstered summoning magicks.
Denise 	And when we landed on Seal Rock, we must have somehow awoken the remnants of those experiments!
Ymhitra 	Mayhap we have solved the mystery of who the attacker was, but now I would know the place to where he fled. What refuge exists for such a being?
Jajasamulalasamu	From what I can gather, the results o' Sari's work were bundled off to some secret laboratory called the “Aetherochemical Research Facility.”
Denise 	You know of this place, miss/sir? Is it far?
Crispin 	Azys Lla!? If that's where they were keeping Sari's research, then it's possible the clone may have headed there.
Denise 	Our squad will fly back to Seal Rock and make further investigations. The relics of the past may hold some hint we haven't yet considered.
Ymhitra 	An excellent idea, thank you. We shall return to Gridania for the time being.
 	
Rammbroes 	You found what you were looking for, then? Very good. 'Twould seem that many hands made light work. Speaking of which, do not concern yourself with the transcripts─I shall arrange for them to be returned to Rowena with summaries attached.
 	
Principia 	This simulacrum of Master Sari has sought to obstruct my creator's will, and I shall offer it no quarter. You deserve to learn the wisdom within my pages!
 	
Ymhitra 	I've received an update from Captain Wolf regarding their investigations on Seal Rock. 'Twould seem that certain of the Allagan relics have shown signs of recent activation!
Ymhitra 	The mechanisms were too heavily damaged to offer more in the way of useful information, however. I fear we must brave this Azys Lla facility and search for Sari ourselves. ...Is that what he was hoping for when he said “I will be waiting”?
 	
Principia 	It is possible. I did not think the detail important at the time, but the lock engaged by Master Sari's simulacrum was not of the strictest tier.
Principia 	Rather, the seal is one which fades upon the sealer's demise.
Ymhitra 	Then he was goading us into finding and defeating him? Another challenge...or is it simply a trap?
Ymhitra 	I am not fond of rushing into the unknown. Gird yourself for the worst, [Player Name], and I will learn the present circumstances of the research facility.
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Disciple of Magic Job Quests in Final Fantasy XIV