Futures Rewritten (quest)

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Just as you are about to return to the Rising Stones, a breathless Maelstrom officer rushes up and begs the Admiral to follow him. He duly leads you to the cliffs opposite the Floating City of Nym, where you espy a strange tower which─he claims─was not there when he began his daily patrol. But it is only when the Admiral subsequently receives a linkpearl communication from Maelstrom headquarters that the scale of the problem becomes clear. It seems that many more such structures─apparently of Garlean design─have materialized across the realm. Anticipating trouble, Merlwyb bids you join the Alliance forces on the eastern front, and you set forth for the Ala Mhigan Quarter to offer Commander Hext your support.
* Lyse has scarcely finished welcoming you when an enormous dragon passes overhead, seemingly bound for the palace. Giving chase, you emerge in the Royal Menagerie, where you come face-to-face with Asahi...or rather an Ascian in his body. With a self-indulgent flourish, your foe introduces himself as Fandaniel, and declares his intent to destroy the world in a recreation of the Final Days, in which the towers will play some unspecified part. When you move to apprehend him, his dragon─the so-called “Lunar Bahamut”─sets the rooftop garden ablaze, allowing the Ascian to take his leave─but not before informing you that his patron, Lord Zenos, awaits you at the heart of the chaos...
* The mood is subdued as you reassemble before the royal palace. With little information upon which to act, Lyse proposes sending a unit to investigate the nearby tower, and at Raubahn's insistence, you decide to return to the Rising Stones to recuperate while awaiting further developments.
* You arrive at the Rising Stones to find Y'shtola returned, and exchange news of your recent endeavors. It seems that after recovering her strength, Y'shtola delivered the first litter of porxies to the Immortal Flames in Ul'dah, while Krile investigated reports that towers had been sighted not only across Eorzea, but in Yanxia in the Far East. When thoughts subsequently turn to the new draconic foe you face in Lunar Bahamut, Krile and Tataru declare their intention to seek the aid of Estinien, leaving you and the others to take what rest you can. Though it feels like your efforts to bring lasting peace to Eorzea have been overshadowed, you know that the future of the star is yet unwritten, and that you and your comrades will stop at nothing to protect it.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Lyse in the Ala Mhigan Quarter.
* Speak with Lyse.
* Speak with Krile at the Rising Stones.
==Script==
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Merlwyb 	Savor the moment, girl/lad. Your next task can wait.
Ga Bu 	If I could befriend you all, then surely other kobolds can befriend men too. And I'll do everything I can to help them. Facilitate, assist, help.
Alisaie 	Ga Bu is wise beyond his years. It's all very well leaders signing peace treaties, but it falls to individuals to bridge the gap.
Grahatia 	I daresay we could all do with a rest, Alisaie not least of all, given the amount of aether she has been expending of late.
Eynzahr Slafyrsyn	Judging by the...<grunt>...complaints my back is making, I may have overreached myself. Ah, the ravages of old age...
storm officer 	Don't worry, [Player Name]/miss/sir/miss/sir─I'll keep watch over the tower. Your place is in Ala Mhigo.
Alphinaud 	It appears to be business as usual inside the city, but Lyse will be able to tell us if there have been any developments without.
Alisaie 	...Ga Bu? Don't worry. He's with our Maelstrom friends. Meaning we're free to deal with the latest problem to fall uninvited into our laps... <sigh>
Grahatia 	Though it isn't visible from here, the locals report that a tower-like structure has appeared to the south.
 	
Alphinaud 	Though our objectives were different, I could understand why Elidibus and his fellows acted as they did. But Fandaniel?
Alphinaud 	It will take me some time to make sense of it all...if indeed there is any sense to be found.
Alisaie 	Are you all right, [Player Name]? The rest of us are fine if a little singed.
Alisaie 	That dragon let us off lightly. Honestly, though─only a madman would choose the name “Lunar Bahamut.” Which just about sums up Fandaniel, I suppose...
Grahatia 	What part could these towers feasibly play in the Telophoroi's plans, do you think?
Grahatia 	I for one am at a loss. For now, we should bear word of these developments to the others. I only hope Thancred and Urianger are safe.
Raubahn 	Our scouts report that the Ascian and his dragon have left Gyr Abania. It seems this was purely a social visit.
 	
Lyse 	Thank goodness everyone's safe... We've managed to put out the fire, though not quickly enough to save the garden.
Lyse 	Raubahn─can I leave it to you to send word to the Alliance?
Lyse 	I'm going to take a unit and investigate the tower. We need to find out what it's for.
Alisaie 	We'll go with you.
Raubahn 	No you won't. You'll rest. From what Merlwyb tells me, you're due some time off duty.
Raubahn 	Should we learn anything about the tower, we'll be sure to share it with you. Until then, I want you to rest.
Alisaie 	...Very well. But if you need our help, don't hesitate. And take care. Both of you.
 	
Raubahn 	If an Ascian is on the prowl, it will not be long before we call on you and yours again. Rest now, while you still can.
Lyse 	So you really did it─you found a cure for tempering! Oh, it makes me want to do something heroic, right now! Speaking of which, I'd better get ready and set out for the tower!
Alphinaud 	Ah, how good it feels to come home to the Rising Stones. It's here my heart feels most at peace, and my mind the clearest.
Alisaie 	Y'shtola returned just before us. And it seems she knows about the towers too.
Grahatia 	Though my new...or rather old...by which I mean young... Ahem. Though this body has a good deal more stamina than the one I wore out in the First, I confess I've been looking forward to a moment's respite. We've had a busy few days, have we not?
Yshtola 	It would seem you have had quite an eventful time in my absence. But I am fully rested now and ready for more.
Tataru 	Welcome back, [Player Name]! Make yourself comfortable, and let me know if I can get you anything.
 	
Krile 	Ah, you're back too. Good. We've received the reports from the Alliance.
Krile 	Since we are all here, perhaps those who bore witness to the events in Ala Mhigo could treat the rest of us to a firsthand account?
 	
Yshtola 	No sooner do we overcome one problem than another appears. It would all seem tediously predictable but for the endless variety of our foes. This Fandaniel sounds even more unhinged than his patron.
Alphinaud 	Unhinged, perhaps, but no fool. For all his pantomime theatrics, he gave away little about his plot. We know only that he intends to recreate the Final Days, and that the towers will somehow facilitate this.
Alisaie 	He also called his dragon “Lunar Bahamut.” Let's not forget that little detail.
Alisaie 	And the creature did resemble the descriptions I've seen of the elder primal.
Alisaie 	And the creature certainly did resemble the elder primal.
Grahatia 	That may be...but the fact that it answered to Fandaniel would suggest they are not one and the same entity. I think it more probable that it is some manner of simulacrum born of Ascian magicks.
Alphinaud 	Whatever it is, for now we can but work closely with the Alliance and remain vigilant.
Alphinaud 	I believe that concludes our news. What of yours, Y'shtola?
Yshtola 	I have been to see the sultana. Knowing how quick the Immortal Flames are to dispose of their tempered, I judged it best to provide them with the cure first.
Yshtola 	As soon as I had sufficiently recovered, I traveled to Ul'dah and delivered the porxies to Her Grace, along with detailed instructions on their use.
Yshtola 	Yet my visit chanced to coincide with the arrival of some troubling tidings. The Immortal Flames had been on the cusp of agreeing to a truce with the Amalj'aa when negotiations abruptly collapsed.
Yshtola 	The Amalj'aa claim that a number of their kind have been abducted...and that men are responsible.
Yshtola 	Naught is known of the perpetrators as yet. But as the Immortal Flames went about investigating the abductions, they came upon one of Fandaniel's towers.
Krile 	On the subject of the towers, you may be interested to learn that they are not an exclusively Eorzean phenomenon. According to the Alliance, they have been sighted as far afield as Yanxia.
Alphinaud 	Then it would seem reasonable to assume that they are everywhere. We simply have not found them.
Krile 	Well, as you said yourself, we can do little for now save remain vigilant. And since we are dealing with a dragon─ostensibly, at least─I believe it would behoove us to enlist the aid of an authority on such foes.
 	
Tataru 	Estinien!
Alphinaud 	Estinien? Now just a moment... If he could be persuaded to lend us his lance, I would be the first to welcome it, but the truth is, we will struggle even to find him.
Tataru 	Hehe! You let me and Krile worry about that. We'll sniff him out, no matter where he's hiding!
Krile 	If indeed he is hiding. We have ways of locating him, regardless. So if there are no objections, we shall depart at once.
Alisaie 	Well, rather than sitting around, I think I might go to each of the city-states and educate them in the use of the porxies.
Alphinaud 	They would doubtless appreciate it. But might you consider taking a moment to rest before leaving? You would be fresher for the tasks ahead.
Grahatia 	Well, my friend...our moment of triumph did not last long.
Grahatia 	And save it we shall. I for one do not intend to allow a nihilistic madman to take us all to the grave with him. Not when the future holds such promise.
Grahatia 	Nay, I will do all in my power to protect those whom I hold dear. Just as you have always done.
Grahatia 	Come now, I didn't say that. While it may not be the most carefree experience, there is nothing in this world I would rather do than write a new future with you.
Grahatia 	A long future, mind, whatever the Telophoroi might hope. We'll stop them, won't we. Together.
Grahatia 	Then why not have one now? If anything happens, I promise I will come and wake you.
Grahatia 	As much as I enjoy our adventures together, I am conscious of the toll they take. So let us gather our strength while we can, that we might rise to the challenges of the unwritten future.
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests II in Final Fantasy XIV