An Egi-stential Crisis

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Principia pronounces that the third challenge is at hand. Although seemingly unable to reveal the exact nature of the trial, the familiar explains that you will once more require the cooperation of Dancing Wolf's neophyte summoners. Y'mhitra contacts the flame captain, and he gladly arranges for the mock battle to take place on Seal Rock. Meet Y'mhitra at the airship landing in Ul'dah.
* You arrive in Ul'dah only to learn that Dancing Wolf and his soldiers have come under attack on Seal Rock. A greatly concerned Y'mhitra urges you to inform the elite flyer of this development, and make an immediate departure for the island.
* You have rescued Captain Wolf and his soldiers from an ambush sprung by a mysterious and powerful summoner. Regroup with your companions at the airship landing in Ul'dah.
* Though it seems impossible, you discover that the enemy who attacked your comrades appears to be Sari─an Allagan master summoner who lived several thousand years ago. Speak with Dancing Wolf at the airship landing in Ul'dah, and discuss this unnerving development.
* Dancing Wolf and his summoner squad thank you for their rescue, but the identity and abilities of their attacker remain the source of much confusion. Return to Apkallu Falls and join Y'mhitra as she prepares to question Principia.
* After considering the facts at hand, you conclude that the Sari you encountered was most likely a clone of Principia's creator. Whatever the truth of the situation, however, the familiar's most precious summoning wisdom has been sealed behind an arcane lock. Y'mhitra vows to scour Allagan records for clues that will allow you to track this “Sari” down and claim the knowledge you have earned...
※The next summoner quest will be available from Y'mhitra upon reaching level 68.
==Objectives==
* Join Y'mhitra at the airship landing in Ul'dah.
* Speak with the Elite Flyer.
* Speak with Dancing Wolf.
* Speak with Y'mhitra in Gridania.
==Script==
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Principia 	One last challenge remains. Pray win through this trial, lest the higher knowledge I hoard remain lost.
 	
Ymhitra 	The time has come, [Player Name]! Prin is ready to administer the final trial.
Principia 	Yes, your third challenge is at hand, Mistress/Master. I shall be glad to at last share the wisdom that has long lain dormant within my pages.
Ymhitra 	Thus far we've had evaluations of raw power and refinement of skill. What, then, will this third challenge seek to test?
Principia 	...That, I cannot tell you.
Ymhitra 	Cannot...or will not?
Principia 	I do not keep this detail from you for the sake of my own amusement. It must be secret─were you aware of the test's purpose, such knowledge would unfairly affect its outcome.
Principia 	What I will tell you, however, is that this trial requires conditions that are akin to an actual battlefield.
Principia 	As such, I must ask that you call fellow summoners to your side, and arrange a location where you might join hands against a most-realistic primal threat.
Ymhitra 	Well, this ought to be welcome news for Captain Wolf. I shall see if his acolytes are available...
Ymhitra 	Greetings, this is Y'mhitra, I─ Y'mhitra. ...Of the Sons of Saint Coinach? Aye. I have a favor to ask...
Ymhitra 	Well, Captain Wolf was more than eager to accept our request. He even offered to arrange exclusive use of a section of Seal Rock.
Ymhitra 	It seems there will be an airship waiting in Ul'dah to fly us to the island. Shall we rendezvous at the landing once you are prepared, then?
Principia 	This will be the final and most grueling challenge. Pray ready yourself, Mistress/Master, that you are not reduced to so much gruel.
 	
Airman02104 	Captain Wolf and his squad of summoners await you on Seal Rock. Permission has been granted to use the island for your...exercise, but we must ask that you avoid damaging the relics.
 	
Principia 	This will be the final and most grueling challenge. Pray ready yourself, Mistress/Master, that you are not reduced to so much gruel.
 	
Ymhitra 	Make for Ul'dah when you are ready, [Player Name]. There should be an airship waiting to take us to Seal Rock.
 	
Principia 	This will be the final and most grueling challenge. Pray ready yourself, Mistress/Master, that you are not reduced to so much gruel.
 	
Ymhitra 	I don't know about you, [Player Name], but my nerves are beginning to get the best of me! Captain Wolf and the others have already landed on Seal Rock, so let us not delay the challenge any further.
Ymhitra 	Who could that be? ...Oh, Summoner Jajasamu, how might I─ Pardon!? ...By whom!? We─ ...Lieutenant!? Can you hear me!?
Ymhitra 	Blast! The call was cut off. [Player Name], our Immortal colleagues are under attack.
Ymhitra 	Their situation sounds dire indeed. All the summoners are crippled by injuries, and Captain Wolf alone fights to keep the foe at bay.
Ymhitra 	...Our planned battle has become rather more real than we anticipated. We'd best explain matters to the pilot, and arrange a rescue party!
 	
Ymhitra 	Captain Wolf needs our help, [Player Name]. We must inform the pilot at once!
 	
Principia 	The situation sounds grim, Mistress/Master. We should make for Seal Rock immediately!
 	
Ymhitra 	I know not what possessed us to return here, but Captain Wolf and his soldiers are in mortal peril! Quickly now, back to the landing in Ul'dah!
 	
Principia 	The situation sounds grim, Mistress/Master. We should make for Seal Rock immediately!
 	
Airman02104 	...Ambushed, you say!? Understood.
Airman02104 	I'll put in a call for reinforcements, but my ship is ready to depart now if you are. Shall we go in ahead?
 	
Summoningsystem 	Anomalous potential confirmed.
Commencing scan.
Summoningsystem 	Latent aetherial capacity: immeasurable.
Standard parameters exceeded.
Reinitializing system.
Dancing Wolf 	What, he wants to go another round!?
Principia 	Master Sari!? How have you come to be here?
Ymhitra 	Master...
Surely you do not mean that Sari!?
Sari 	Ah, Principia, they have woken you.
...This should suffice.
Ymhitra 	What did you do to Prin!?
Sari 	The construct is unharmed. I simply added another layer of...security.
Sari 	Do not disappoint me, summoner. I will be waiting.
Ymhitra 	How odd. The way he vanished was almost as if...
Dancing Wolf 	Thal's teeth! What was that all about!?
Dancing Wolf 	Bah! We'll discuss this back in Ul'dah after we've seen to the wounded.
 	
Ymhitra 	That summoner on Seal Rock, he...
I have so many questions.
 	
Principia 	My pages are all a-flutter.
Master Sari... Here... Now...
 	
Ymhitra 	Summoner Denise was gravely wounded. Had we arrived but a step or two later...
 	
Airman02104 	I thank you for saving my comrades. Your decisive action carried the day!
 	
Crispin 	That was like to a nightmare. What manner of summoner can command so many egi at once...?
 	
Denise 	I felt Thal's hand on my shoulder for a moment there, but Miss Y'mhitra's magicks brushed it away. Thank you for coming to our rescue!
 	
Jajasamulalasamu	That bloke called up an army all by himself, an' I'm pretty sure some of 'em weren't egi. I didn't know that kind o' thing was even possible...
 	
Dancing Wolf 	You arrived in the nick of time, [Player Name]! Thanks to you, my soldiers survived that ambush, and they'll be fit for duty again after a bit of rest.
Crispin 	Aye, you have our gratitude. If you hadn't plunged into the fray like that, we almost certainly would have perished.
Jajasamulalasamu	Ye said that bastard was “Master Sari,” didn't ye? A summoner of ancient Allag? Did them mages have some way o' comin' back to life?
Dancing Wolf 	Alright, Lieutenant, let's not jump to conclusions!
Denise 	Well, he was wielding summoning magicks unlike aught we've ever seen before. Maybe Prin has some idea...
Ymhitra 	...I'll be sure to ask. Come, [Player Name]. Let us return to Gridania.
 	
Principia 	What misfortune that such an incident should occur on the cusp of your final challenge...
 	
Dancing Wolf 	Y'mhitra surprised me once before with her cunning, but I knew in my gut that that ambush was no part of her agenda─it was too sudden; too brutal. Even worse, we're not even sure of who our foe actually was...
 	
Ymhitra 	Well, what was meant to be [Player Name]'s final trial was certainly testing, to say the least. Tell me, Prin: what makes you so sure that that was Master Sari?
Principia 	Based upon the evidence at hand, there can be no doubt. The vocal and aetherial signatures were identical to those exhibited by my creator.
Principia 	The only aspect that gives me pause is his behavior. Master Sari was never one to offer harm to others with such callous indifference.
Ymhitra 	Ah, I would say there is a larger inconsistency to consider here, Prin: your creator supposedly died several thousand years ago.
Principia 	There is one other possibility. The greatest minds of Allag unlocked a science known as “cloning,” by which they could artificially create a replicant of a living being.
Principia 	Seal Rock is, after all, a construction of the Allagan Empire. Assuming the individual you battled was indeed a clone of Master Sari, then my senses would recognize no appreciable difference.
Ymhitra 	An exact copy of the original person...
'Twould explain much, but the very thought of it is horrifying.
Ymhitra 	...Oh, and did he not tamper with your enchantments!? Are you truly unharmed?
Principia 	My faculties are undimmed, but the wisdom I was to impart to Mistress/Master has been sealed behind an arcane lock. I can do nothing─only my creator holds the key.
Ymhitra 	Then your secrets are lost to us! If only [Player Name] had been able to attempt that third challenge!
Principia 	Attempt? Mistress/Master has already passed it.
Principia 	Allow me to explain: the third challenge is a test of the summoner's nature. Thus does the trial require the presence of companions and a realistic threat. Master Sari's ambush did, of course, bring an unexpected dimension to proceedings.
Principia 	Yet Mistress/Master leapt to the aid of her/his fellow summoners without hesitation, and braved considerable danger to see that they were safely rescued─selfless acts that more than qualify Mistress/Master as a worthy successor.
Ymhitra 	I had wondered why power and skill were not sufficient... Sari wished to see his teachings passed on to summoners of noble heart.
Principia 	Correct. He could not countenance the idea that such knowledge might be put to evil ends. Now you understand why his display of violence so confused me...
Ymhitra 	Aye, and all the more reason to suspect an impostor. But whatever this man's identity may be, we will track him down and make him remove that seal. Your purpose is too important.
Principia 	And I will assist you in any way I can. The Master Sari that made me would not stand to see his memory profaned with such wickedness.
Ymhitra 	Well said, Prin. For an enchanted stack of ink and parchment, you have an impressively developed moral compass!
Principia 	I possess neither morals nor a compass─I merely follow my enspelled directions to guide worthy summoners. If I give the impression of such characteristics, then mayhap I am overstepping my bounds as a familiar?
Ymhitra 	No, no, you're fine, Prin! Forget I mentioned it.
Ymhitra 	I will see if I can unearth more detailed records of Master Sari. Mayhap the story of his later life will aid us in unraveling this present mystery...
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
==Etymology==
 Egis in Final Fantasy XIV function as partial summoning of Primals, based on their residual essence.
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