By Your Bootstraps

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Though you have gone to speak with Elde about joining her store as an advisor, the first thing she asks you to do is deliver a donation of coin to a nearby merchant. While you are unsure as to why this falls to you, make your way up the Jeweled Crozier to Mistress Elaisse regardless.
* Elaisse accepts the donation, noting that these are funds to support the fledgling Ishgardian Mercantile Guild. As way of thanks, she bids you tell Elde to beware of Gerhardt. Return now with this ominous message.
* Elde appreciates Elaisse's concern, but she disregards the warning. Now, she finally asks for your help with her plan. Since the climate changes in Coerthas, it appears that warm footwear is in great demand amongst Ishgard's commoners. Ortefauchel, who seems quite taken with Elde's shop, seconds this opinion. Subsequently, Elde asks that you fashion a pair of high-quality wyvernskin workboots─not to sell, but rather to use as a pattern for her own craftsmen.
* Elde is pleased with your boots, as is Ortefauchel, who orders a pair immediately. A passing fellow also takes a fancy to the footwear, going so far as to dub you a “Gridanian master.” Much encouraged, Elde prepares to put her plan into motion.
※The next leatherworker quest will be available from Elde upon reaching level 55.
==Objectives==
* Deliver Elde's donation to Elaisse.
* Report to Elde.
* Craft a pair of wyvernskin workboots /Deliver the pair of wyvernskin workboots to Elde.
==Script==
script 	script
 	
Ortefauchel 	deleted
Elde 	deleted
Elde 	Ah, my friend! Before we begin, could you take this missive to Mistress Elaisse?
Elde 	I know this isn't a task fit for my advisor, but I'm taking inventory of a new shipment of bags, and I can't be away just now.
 	
Elde 	Do you know where Mistress Elaisse is? Oh, dear me, you don't! She's just up the steps.
 	
Elaisse 	Hello again, miss/sir. What can I do to assist you today, hm?
Elaisse 	Ah, Elde's contribution to the Mercantile Guild. And to judge by the weight of these funds, I daresay selling to the common man is proving profitable.
Elaisse 	But her ideas don't sit well with everyone. She needs to be particularly mindful of Gerhardt. Suffice it to say that he's the hammer that pounds down any upstanding nails.
 	
Elaisse 	Elde does not want Gerhardt as an enemy. I'll thank you to tell her as much, miss/sir.
 	
Elde 	Thank you so much, friend! Really, I ought to have gone myself. But I had to find the best bag for this gentleman here, as I promised.
Ortefauchel 	Haha, am I to blame for this little debacle? Pardon me. I arrived earlier than planned. I couldn't keep my wife waiting for her present, you see. Ah, and excuse me again─I seem to have interrupted you, adventurer.
Elde 	Oh... Well, I appreciate Mistress Elaisse's concern. But I don't care. The time has come to breathe new life into the Crozier, and if Gerhardt doesn't like it, too bad!
Elde 	So...can I count on you to help as my advisor?
Elde 	Wonderful! With an adept of the Leatherworkers' Guild at my side, nothing can stop me! [Player Name]─can I call you [Player Name]?─thank you for helping.
Ortefauchel 	The Leatherworkers' Guild? You know, I've always wanted to ask─are Gridanian boots really as good as everyone says?
Ortefauchel 	Coerthas has been growing colder since the Calamity. Finding warm footwear is hard, and anything cheap is like to send you head over arse! That's been my...tender experience, at least.
Elde 	Yes... Commoners do urgently need proper footwear. I had a plan to use wyvern leather, but my craftsmen don't know how to work it.
Elde 	But, [Player Name], couldn't you fashion a pair of sturdy workboots? My own craftsmen could use them as a pattern of sorts, and begin production on their own!
Ortefauchel 	Wyvernskin workboots? After my last tumble, I could use a pair myself. I'll await your creation, friend.
Elde 	deleted
 	
Ortefauchel 	I'm curious to see what, exactly, a Gridanian leatherworker can do.
 	
Elde 	Have you finished cutting and stitching the wyvernskin workboots?
Elde 	Goodness, [Player Name]! Even the artisans of the High Houses would struggle to make such splendid footwear! You clearly put great thought into comfort, and wyvern leather will last a lifetime.
Elde 	I am very impressed! I'll give these to my own leatherworkers to study forthwith. We've a best seller on our hands─or at our feet. I can feel it!
Ortefauchel 	I'm no artisan, but I like what I see. Sign me up for a pair, if you'd be so good.
Aubrenard 	Excuse me─I'm looking for a pair of boots, and those caught my eye. Could I try them on?
Aubrenard 	My, these are easy on the feet! And I have never seen this design before. Did this lady/gentleman here fashion them, perchance?
Elde 	Indeed s/he did! This is [Player Name], the consulting artisan for my shop, and a member of the guild in Gridania.
Aubrenard 	Hmmm. A Gridanian master come to save the feet of Ishgard─perhaps I can find some inspiration in that... Ah, excuse me. Pray, name your price for these boots. I would like to wear them home.
Elde 	Oh... Sir, I promise you, I will have many of the same soon, but that particular pair isn't for sale.
Aubrenard 	Well, that is a pity. Pray save a pair for me when you do put them to market.
Elde 	You may consider it done!
Elde 	Two orders in as many bells─this bodes very, very well, [Player Name]! Boots based on designs by a “Gridanian master” will sell nicely.
Ortefauchel 	And quickly, too. That was Aubrenard, a bard of no small repute. If his admirers see him in your boots, Elde, you'll be fending shoppers off with a stick. Makes me glad I reserved my pair before him.
Elde 	Everything is coming together nicely. There is a fair wind coming to the Crozier─one that will waft us to success!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Disciple of the Hand Quests in Final Fantasy XIV