A Winter's Sale

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Elde has her sights set upon a great commission─leather armor for the Temple Knights. You learn that Ortefauchel is in fact a member of the order, and has himself petitioned for lighter, more flexible armor. However, the tradition of using plate mail is deeply rooted, and no one man can overcome it. Unsure of how to proceed, Elde bids you return to the Leatherworkers' Guild with a letter, and pick Geva's brain over how to sell her idea.
* Geva's general feeling about your current conundrum is that you ought to know how to market leather armor by this point. Nevertheless, she tells you the tale of one Ciceroix Pondefout. This Ishgardian craftsman worked with the guildmaster several generations back to create the leather-hardening process still used in Wood Wailer and Gods' Quiver armor. Armed with this hopefully useful story, return to Elde along the Jeweled Crozier.
* You find Elde about to discuss raising the issue of leather armor with the Temple Knights. When your turn comes to chime in, you mention Ciceroix Pondefout, and learn this was none other than Elde's grandfather. The artisan had once tried to sell leather armor to the order, but failed and left for Gridania. Elde remembers that she has one old design of his─a chivalric longcoat of aiming─and asks that you fashion this hardy armor now.
In order to complete this quest, you must have learned the advanced recipes contained within Master Leatherworker III.
* As always, your work is met with rave reviews. With this armor, Elde says, she cannot fail to see her grandfather's dreams realized. Go to the Lightfeather Proving Grounds, and speak with Ser Ortefauchel.
* Ser Handeloup himself comes to evaluate the leather armor. After watching Ser Ortefauchel dodge a beast's attack and survive one savage blow, he gladly vows to buy more of the same for the Temple Knights. Elde is overjoyed to hear the news, both for herself and for her grandfather, and summons you back to her shop for one last meeting.
* Elde offers her heartfelt thanks to you again, and promises that she will continue expanding her business. However, she will never forget the leatherworker who so selflessly aided her, and thus promises to name her brand after you as a new standard by which to measure excellence.
※The next leatherworker quest will be available from Geva once you have met the following requirements:
※ You must have registered a product key for FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood to your service account.
※ You must have completed the main scenario quest “The Far Edge of Fate.”
==Objectives==
* Deliver the letter to Geva at the Leatherworkers' Guild.
* Report to Elde.
* Craft a chivalric longcoat of aiming/Deliver the chivalric longcoat of aiming to Elde.
* Speak with Ortefauchel in front of the Lightfeather Proving Grounds.
* Report to Elde.
==Script==
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Elde 	[Player Name], my business is on the cusp of great growth─I can feel it!
Ortefauchel 	Elde, your business is threefold larger than when we met. How could you possibly expand it more than you already have?
Elde 	With a commission of great size: armor for the Temple Knights! Until now, the Holy See's own craftsmen made all of it. But not any longer!
Ortefauchel 	Strange you should mention that, actually. There are calls within the order to create a more mobile band of knights. They ought to be discussing what armor will let them move swiftly and silently.
Elde 	Aha! If they choose leather, just think of the rewards we shall reap!
...But how did you come to know the inner workings of the order?
Elde 	For that matter, why do you spend your every free moment here? Who...who are you, Master Ortefauchel?
Ortefauchel 	Ser Ortefauchel, if you must know. I'm a Temple Knight. A currently homeless Temple Knight.
Ortefauchel 	My wife─kindly soul that she is─threw me out. Even that leather bag did not soothe her savage temper. So I've taken a cheap room at Cloud Nine, and wander the town by day.
Ortefauchel 	Which is partially because I am charged with supplying the order. I've been looking into leather armor, and have heartily suggested it. But I'm alone in saying so, and my voice carries little weight.
Ortefauchel 	It's customary for the order to armor itself in plate and chainmail. Simply put, no one will give that up in favor of leather.
Elde 	But the Wood Wailers and the Gods' Quiver have long used leather armor─surely that is proof enough of its worth!
Elde 	...Well, I'd anticipated some opposition. I drew up a letter to ask Guildmaster Geva's advice on selling leather armor. Could you take it to her and explain the situation, [Player Name]?
Elde 	In the meantime, Ortefauchel and I─ Pardon me, Ser Ortefauchel and I will discuss how best to approach the order.
Elde 	I wonder what Guildmaster Geva will have to say? The Wood Wailers and the Gods' Quiver traditionally use leather armor... Perhaps she's never run into this problem before.
 	
Geva 	[Player Name]. I haven't heard a peep from Elde or you. I take it the two of you have worked out a deal?
Geva 	Well, it sounds as if you've used your time well enough. And getting a commission from the Temple Knights would be a feather in Elde's cap.
Geva 	However, I don't see why you need my help selling this idea. You know leather armor is light and flexible. The knights likewise know plate mail is heavy and stiff. That should be enough.
Geva 	If the order is choosing metal because they think it protects them better, then you provide them proof to the contrary. Simple, no?
Geva 	Ah, and should they want precedence, tell them of Ciceroix Pondefout. He was a leatherworker who visited from the Holy See in the time of my grandfather.
Geva 	Ciceroix, though skilled in his own right, needed Gridanian expertise to craft armor impervious to pincers, stingers, claws, and fangs. With the guildmaster's help, he succeeded.
Geva 	To this day, no one has devised a better leather-hardening technique. It's used in every suit of armor for the Wood Wailers and the Gods' Quiver. You have inherited it as a pupil of mine, in fact.
Geva 	Well, there you have it. Win the commission with that tale of friendship between nations. Failing that, fashion a suit of armor with your customary care, and demonstrate its effectiveness. Now, are you quite finished wasting my time?
 	
Geva 	I told you already─the answer to your problem was inside you all along. So why do you continue to hound me?
 	
Elde 	Welcome back, [Player Name]! We were just about to begin our discussion.
Ortefauchel 	I raised the issue of leather armor with the other knights, but not a man among them will give up his plate mail. Moreover, someone brought the same idea to the order years ago, and was dismissed on the basis of tradition.
Gerhardt 	Heavens know I care deeply for tradition, but now isn't the time. The Calamity has changed us─changed everything─and we cannot pretend otherwise. Just look at the weather.
Gerhardt 	deleted
Ortefauchel 	A good point, Gerhardt. It's cold now, and like to get colder. Wearing woolen tunics underneath plate mail is a cumbersome affair. Leather armor offers more warmth, and greater ease of movement.
Elde 	I don't think that alone will be enough, though... [Player Name], what did Guildmaster Geva have to say?
Ortefauchel 	So our ideal armor will be slightly thicker for warmth, and bear the brunt of even a behemoth's attack. But such is possible, yes?
Gerhardt 	An Ishgardian artisan came up with this, eh? Well, add to that the fact that the Wood Wailers and Gods' Quiver use this technique still, and maybe we'll make the sale.
Elde 	Sorry, what did you say the name of the artisan was?
Gerhardt 	Ciceroix Pondefout!? Good heavens, Elde's grandsire!
Ortefauchel 	I've seen his name in our records! He was the one who brought leather armor before the Temple Knights, and left for Gridania after being turned down.
Elde 	...We must get this commission.
Elde 	My grandsire left me little, save one set of designs for leather armor. They've always been beyond my skill to craft─but I daresay you could manage it.
Elde 	You know the technique he spent his life perfecting, [Player Name]! Please, use it to fashion his chivalric longcoat of aiming.
 	
Gerhardt 	I've a feeling this will be a sight to see!
Ortefauchel 	If we succeed, this will make a good story. If we fail, then we've let down two generations at one go...
 	
Gerhardt 	Ah, good. You've arrived just in time for the meeting.
Elde 	Have you had any difficulty reading my grandsire's notes, [Player Name]? I'll admit, the squiggles are hard to decipher...
Elde 	Gods above... This armor is more splendid than I could have imagined! Every stitch is careful, precise, and yet it has the same sense of warmth as my grandfather's work.
Elde 	He was praised as genius, so revolutionary were his designs. But he had no sense for business, and died having never lived up to his potential.
Elde 	I chose to become a merchant because of that. Quality and craftsmanship are important, but they mean nothing if a product never reaches the customer.
Elde 	I'll never be his equal as a leatherworker, but I can serve the people in ways he never could. My dream is a shop in every town, each delivering fine goods to those who need them.
Elde 	And I can only do that if we succeed today. Come, let us go before the Temple Knights, and triumph where Grandfather failed!
Elde 	They will receive us at the Lightfeather Proving Grounds. I will go ahead with Ser Ortefauchel. Meet us there, my friend.
Elde 	deleted
 	
Elde 	Just leave the selling to me, [Player Name].
Ortefauchel 	I'll change into the longcoat in my chambers, and meet you at the proving grounds.
 	
Ortefauchel 	Not bad on me, eh? Now, let us see if we can't sell a hundred sets to the order!
Ortefauchel 	deleted
Elde 	Just leave the selling to me, [Player Name].
Handeloup 	...As you say, Mistress Elde, we do suffer from the ever-present snows. I also do not deny that a number of my knights have succumbed to frostbite, and their metal armor was a factor. But even so, few amongst us would trust our lives to the strength of leather.
Ortefauchel 	Then allow us to put your worries to rest, Ser Handeloup.
Ortefauchel 	What do you say to that display, Commander!?
Handeloup 	Mayhap there is merit in leather armor, after all. I think it would serve well for scouting and stealth.
Handeloup 	We will continue our talks later, though I ask you give me some time─the order has never gone outside of the Holy See for its armor. But I give you my word that my knights will don your leathers.
Elde 	Ser Handeloup, you have my sincerest thanks!
Handeloup 	I need no thanks, Mistress Elde. Ser Ortefauchel's armor protected him, and that is proof enough for me. Tell me, who crafted it?
Elde 	[Player Name], my lord, a leatherworker of incomparable skill.
Handeloup 	I had not known you were so skilled an artisan, madam/sir. But great talent must never go unrecognized. I will personally see that it does not.
Elde 	[Player Name], I am a step closer to my dreams thanks to you.
Elde 	Well, let us return to my store. The place will grow busier and busier from here onwards!
 	
Elde 	I could not have done this without you, my friends!
Gerhardt 	But what a strange chain of events... Elde, your grandsire ventured to Gridania, where he planted the seeds of his technique. And the flowers that bloomed from them returned to Ishgard in [Player Name]'s hands. We were fantastically lucky.
Elde 	Perhaps we were, Master Gerhardt. But luck means little without skill and effort. I have greater dreams for my shop yet, and I'll achieve them only by striving harder.
Gerhardt 	Knowing how hard you strive, my dear, I think I'd better start rebuilding my storehouses as proper workshops!
Elde 	[Player Name], thank you again. My grandsire's technique returned with you to Ishgard, and I will see that my own craftsmen put it to good use.
Ortefauchel 	Well, you have the Temple Knights clamoring for leather armor. They would like the name of the artisan.
Elde 	The artisan's name... Why, I have a splendid idea about that!
Elde 	I'm going to build new workshops, and I'm planning to put your name on the signs outside. Just as Fen–Yll is known in Gridania, so too shall your name become a brand, and a new standard of excellence, [Player Name]!
 	
Gerhardt 	Hah! We're unstoppable! And all thanks to you, [Player Name]!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Disciple of the Hand Quests in Final Fantasy XIV