The Black Wolf's Pups

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Though you saved Wercrata from a grisly end at the hands─or more accurately the jaws─of the Qiqirn, you barely had a moment to speak with him before he fled the Ziggurat, exclaiming that he had to deliver the tributum in his care to the imperials. Needless to say, Lyse is reluctant to let him go, and insists that you follow the poor man─not to interfere, but simply to see that he makes it safely to his destination.
* You spy a feather in the dirt, which Meffrid confirms is from Wercrata's chocobo. By his reckoning, the villager headed west past a collapsed bridge. Fortunately, there are plenty of places from which you should be able to observe Wercrata discreetly...
* From a distance, you observe Wercrata meeting with the Skulls─a unit of Ala Mhigan conscripts, judging by their accents. The encounter soon turns violent, with the soldiers beating the prostrate villager while simultaneously berating him for defying the imperials and giving them reason to mistrust all Ala Mhigans. Unable to bear the injustice, Lyse rises to intervene but is stopped by Meffrid, who tells her that saving the man would only invite reprisals against his family, if not his whole village. For a mercy, the Skulls' commander eventually orders them to stop, as they are needed elsewhere. Wercrata will live to see another day.
* It sickens Meffrid to the soul to see his countrymen doing the bidding of the viceroy. But they have made their choice, and he is prepared to cut down every last one of them if it comes to it.
==Objectives==
* Search for Wercrata's trail near the Ziggurat.
* Follow Meffrid.
* Speak with Meffrid.
==Script==
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Meffrid 	Aan like him are barely considered people under imperial rule. They're to work hard and pay their taxes, and if they don't, there'll be seven hells to pay. Beatings, imprisonment, enslavement─and as for your womenfolk, well...
 	
Lyse 	Listen, [Player Name], Meffrid... I think we need to go after Wercrata.
Meffrid 	Wait─you had better not be thinking of stopping him! You heard what he said─if they don't pay one way, they'll pay another!
Lyse 	I know that, I do, and I don't want to interfere! I just...I just want to see that he makes it there safely.
Meffrid 	...If that's the sum of it, then fine. Let's head down and see if we can't pick up his trail.
 	
Lyse 	Any luck?
Meffrid 	A chocobo feather, is it? Aye, by my reckoning, it came from Wercrata's bird, in which case...
Meffrid 	There's a collapsed bridge just around the bend. Hug the rocks and stick to the shadows. We'll find him soon enough.
Lyse 	Can they really see us all the way up there in the tower?
 	
Meffrid 	Any minute now, I expect he'll come thundering 'round the bend and─ Hear that? Get to cover, quickly now!
 	
Lyse 	We...we could've done something, instead of just...of just letting it happen...
 	
Meffrid 	I'd heard their commander was keen-eyed but gods, that was a near thing...
Meffrid 	It tears me up inside to see our own kinsmen doing the bidding of the viceroy. But they made their choice, and if it comes to it, I'll cut down every last one of them myself.
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Stormblood Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV