Heroines' Holdfast

Category:Side Quests
This side quest does not appear in the quest log.
== Walkthrough ==
*Once you enter the battlefield, you have 5 poles you can trigger, numbered 1 through 5. Those are numbered in order of difficulty. Each portal has a single dungeon floor, Nyzul Isle-style, but with very little randomization.
1 = Lion (Easiest) 2 = Prishe 3 = Nashmeira 4 = Lilisette 5 = Mumor (Hardest)
===Dungeon Sections===
*Lion's portal: Talk to Zeid to open the door, and then talk to Aldo to activate the Runic Lamp.
*'s portal: Kill Twinkling Treant or Gigantoad to activate the Runic Lamp. It's random which one will activate the lamp.
*'s portal: Kill one of the Dynamis-style beastmen, such as Warder Depredator, to activate the Runic Lamp. It's random which one will activate the lamp.
*'s portal: Kill either Miura or Toro to activate the Runic Lamp. It's random which one will activate the lamp.
*Mumor's portal: Kill Pyracmon and all Wraith Bats to activate the Runic Lamp.
*All portals: 
**You will encounter the following monsters, mostly nonaggressive, which can grant temporary items on defeat: Fortuitous Fenrir, Papa Monkey, Celebratory Coney, Bird of Wonder, Fortune Ram, Lucky Mouse, Wassailer Whitby, Unlucky Beak, Wood Bugard
**Speaking to various NPCs will grant you temporary items to heal and buff yourself.
===Lion===
*Enemy: Lion
*Cheerleader: Gilgamesh
*Pirate Pummel: Single target damage and high DoT Burn.
*Powder Keg: Conal damage, defense and magic defense down
*Grapeshot: Conal damage, stun
*Walk the Plank (used only at low HP after being prompted by Gilgamesh): AoE damage, knockback, bind, and dispel. 
===Prishe===
*Enemy: Prishe
*Cheerleader: Ulmia
*Auroral Uppercut (single target, damage and stun)
*Nullifying Dropkick (single target, damage and knockback)
*Knuckle Sandwich (conal, damage and inflicts temporary weakness)
*Benediction
*Hundred Fists
===Nashmeira===
*Enemies: Nashmeira, Mnejing, Ovjang
*Cheerleader: Luzaf
*Nashmeira herself is less dangerous than her puppets.
*Her weapon skill Imperial Authority causes damage to one target, knocks them back, stuns, and resets hate. She runs around randomly for a while after using this move.
*Nashmeira has a high reduction to damage taken until her automatons are defeated. 
*The real danger lies with her 2 puppets: Mnejing and Ovjang. 
*Ovjang is a Spiritreaver, spamming --ga IV and V spells.
*Mnejing is a Valoredge, focusing on Automaton Weapon Skills. 
*One strategy here is to kill the BLM first, then just go for Nashmeira.
*She has some abilities that can hurt a bit, but if you downed the BLM without too much trouble, you are essentially in the clear.
===Lilisette===
*Enemy: Lilisette
*Cheerleader: Cait Sith
*Lilisette uses standard dancer abilities, including repeated Trances, and spams AoE dispels.
*Sensual Dance: attack bonus for Lilisette, attack down for targets
*Thorned Stance: defense and magic defense bonus for Lilisette
*Vivifying Waltz: heals HP
*Whirling Edge and Dancer's Fury: deals damage
*When she reaches 50~25%, she splits into two.
*Both Lilisettes share a single HP bar, but you can only damage one of them at a time, which can make holding hate a challenge.
===Mumor===
*Enemy: Mumor
*Cheerleader: Uka Totlihn
*Mumor is the most dangerous one. 
*EXTREMELY high HP.
**On the test servers, with all have relic gear (no Item Levels) the fight literally took ~25mins.
*Mumor casts tier V nukes, and tier IV -ga and -ja nukes.
*Lovely Miracle Waltz: Single target damage, knockback, and terror
*Shining Summer Samba: Single target damage, defense and magic defense down
*Super Crusher Jig: Single target damage, knockback, full dispel
*Neo Crystal Jig: AoE damage, knockback, attack and magic attack down 
*Many of her abilities wipe shadow images.
**A well-geared paladin should be decent. 
*The meat of the fight happens at 25% when the music changes to the Shadow Lord theme.
*At this point, her HP is restored to 50%, she speeds up significantly, deals additional damage, and gains a damage reduction trait.
*New abilities in phase 2:
**Eternal Vana Illusion: Single target high damage
**Final Eternal Heart: 20' AoE Instant KO.
***She uses an ability below 25% that inflicts instant death to anyone who does NOT stand close to her. Once she is about to do this, Uka Totlihn will say in chat: "I have a bad feeling about this... All of you! Get close to Mumor before it's too late!" Roughly 15 seconds after, she does the ability.
===Completion===
*Once all five heroines have been defeated, the run will end immediately and the title "Unsung Heroine" will be granted to all party members.
===All together===
*If the Holdfast is reentered by someone who has already completed the battle and obtained the "Unsung Heroine" title , a new sixth lamp will be present.
*Teleporting through this lamp brings the party to a final battlefield where you must fight all of them at once: Lion, Prishe, Nashmeira, Lilisette, Mumor, Mnejing, and Ovjang. 
*Note that in this version, they don't have nearly as much HP, they do not use their 'nasty' abilities (e.g., Lilisette does not divide), and they aren't nearly as powerful. 
*One strategy is to have someone kite all of them around the room, while the rest of the group eliminates them in order: BLM pup, WHM pup, Prishe, Lilisette, Lion, Nashmeira and then Mumor. 
*Completing this final battle awards the title "Epic Heroine".
===Sources===
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/25812?p=341608#post341608
http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Heroines%27_Holdfast