A Greater Purpose

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
==Objectives==
* Speak with the administrative clerk.
* Wait at the designated location.
* Speak with the administrative clerk.
* Submit the visitor's writ application to the secretariat clerk.
* Find an empty seat.
* Speak with the secretariat clerk.
* Show the visitor's writ to Thancred.
==Script==
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Alisaie 	Well, that was an experience. I'm not sure I care for being treated like a child, but it did make asking questions less suspicious, I suppose.
Alphinaud 	We can compare notes once the others return. Hopefully then our next move will become clear...
Yshtola 	'Twould seem our conversations were much alike: a looming disaster, creation magicks running rampant, and this Convocation's efforts to bring salvation out of chaos.
Alphinaud 	I suppose there was talk of little else in the time when these events came to pass.
Yshtola 	Ah, Urianger, if I may. What are your thoughts on the ancients' art of creation?
Urianger 	A fascinating discipline, indeed. Aught the mind can conceive may be rendered in reality─all that is required is a clear “concept” upon which to focus one's will.
Urianger 	'Tis not dissimilar to the primal rites taught by the Ascians, wherein ritual ceremony breatheth life into figments of myth and legend.
Yshtola 	I see we arrived at the same conclusion, then.
Yshtola 	The people who lived in the age before the sundering were blessed with vast reserves of mana...
Yshtola 	No matter how draining these creation magicks must be, it seems they paid the cost with naught more than a fraction of the aether which coursed through their own bodies.
Yshtola 	If we were to attempt the same, such spells would soon deplete our energies, and then seek to draw the balance from elsewhere─from a hoard of crystals, mayhap, or from the very land itself.
Yshtola 	Thus when this art of creation was placed into our hands, it became, in effect, a means for destruction.
Alisaie 	An interesting matter which no doubt bears further study. But despite all these revelations, I worry we are no closer to finding Emet-Selch.
Alisaie 	Has anyone learned aught which might lead us to his location?
Thancred 	Not directly, mayhap, but from what we've heard, it seems the Convocation of Fourteen is sequestered in the nearby Capitol building.
Ryne 	When we went to see for ourselves, the attendant wouldn't let us through without a writ of permission...
Ryne 	So we tried our luck at the Bureau of the Administrator, where we thought these permissions might be issued. But the clerk there said he couldn't help us since our names didn't appear in the registry...
Thancred 	And that was where we gave up. I wonder, though, [Player Name]... Could you be eligible for one of these writs?
Thancred 	The voice in the lift seemed to know who you were─it might be that your name is registered at the bureaus as well. Worth a look, I'd say.
Thancred 	Meanwhile, I'll head back to the Capitol and search for a less “official” point of entry. Just in case.
Urianger 	Pray allow me to accompany thee on thy reconnaissance. An arcane perspective may prove needful.
Ryne 	Ahem, I... I think I'd like to speak with more of these ancients. Maybe they know something that could help cure [Player Name]'s condition.
Ryne 	...Would you mind coming with me?
Alisaie 	Of course I don't mind! Just lead the way!
Alphinaud 	Then Y'shtola and I will busy ourselves with further exploration. There is surely more intelligence to be had.
Alphinaud 	And so we part ways once more... This time, however, let us reconvene in front of the Capitol.
 	
Officiala03653 	F20223...A visitor's writ? Yes, I can assist you. Full name, please.01
Officiala03653 	F20223...[Player Name]. Please wait near the counter while I confirm your details.01
 	
Officiala03653 	F20223One moment, please. I need to check your details against the registry.01
 	
Officiala03653 	F20223[Player Name]. Your application is ready for collection.01
 	
Officiala03653 	F20223As your residency was approved by Emet-Selch himself, further forms of identification will not be required.01
Officiala03653 	F20223Here are your application documents. Submit them at the Bureau of the Secretariat and the clerk will issue you with a visitor's writ for the Capitol.01
 	
Officiala03653 	F20223Your visitor's writ will be issued at the Bureau of the Secretariat. Just submit those application documents to the clerk on duty...01
 	
Amaurotadministrator	F20223Next, please...01
Amaurotadministrator	F20223...Visiting the Capitol, are we? Please take a seat. Your name will be called once your application has been processed.01
 	
Amaurotadministrator	F20223I will process your application in turn. Please take a seat so that others might state their business.01
 	
Amaurotadministrator	F20223...Your visitor's writ, as requested.01
Amaurotadministrator	F20223When you wish to gain admittance to the Capitol, simply present the document to the attendant within.01
 	
Amaurotadministrator	F20223It seems no else is waiting. My duty is done for another day...01
 	
Alphinaud 	Y'shtola and I have just returned from an institution the locals called the “Akadaemia Anyder.” Well, from its public offices, at least.
Alphinaud 	We thought an Ascian place of learning the ideal spot to research your condition, but it seems we lacked the credentials to enter the Akadaemia proper...
 	
Alisaie 	Ah, [Player Name]...
 	
Ryne 	...
 	
Urianger 	...Master Thancred can best describe our chances for infiltrating the Capitol. I only hope thine efforts to secure permissions were successful.
 	
Yshtola 	Ah, good, you're here. Everyone seems to be present and accounted for...
 	
Thancred 	Finally! You were gone so long, I was on the verge of mounting a rescue party. How fared you in your bureaucratic ventures?
Thancred 	Ah, I see my instincts were correct!
Thancred 	And a good thing, too. Urianger and I weighed our chances of breaking into the Capitol, and an official entrance is by far the more attractive option.
Urianger 	The Capitol boasteth not a single armed sentry. 'Twould seem that in their time, they did not deem it needful to post guards.
Urianger 	The windows and doors, however, appear heavily warded. Though mightily did we strive, with strength mundane and magical, we failed to budge them even a fraction of one ilm. Mayhap 'twas simply the case that Emet-Selch's recreation did not extend to their usual function.
Thancred 	We didn't try everything, of course, but we thought it best to conserve our time and energy for more pressing matters.
Alisaie 	...Speaking of which, Ryne and I tried asking about a cure for you.
Alisaie 	The problem is, these ancients didn't exist beyond Amaurot's “today.” They will happily tell their own tales, but whenever we attempted to explain our situation, the conversation quickly became muddled...
Yshtola 	What of you, [Player Name]? Was aught worthy of interest said during your efforts to obtain a writ?
Alphinaud 	A great sacrifice of life in exchange for their brethren's resurrection... And you say all the Ascians' scheming has been leading to this!?
Alphinaud 	All this time... But if they still mean to enact this plan, then things won't end with the Rejoining...
Yshtola 	...Aye, I thought we knew their intentions in full: restore the world to its former glory, and, in turn, empower Zodiark to reclaim His throne as the will of the star.
Yshtola 	Yet that was merely a step along the way. I hesitate to put it into words, but we have to assume that following the final Rejoining, the Ascians mean to draw on the lives of the Source to make their sacrifice to Zodiark.
Alphinaud 	That does seem the most likely scenario. Mayhap those who ally with the Ascians would be spared that fate...
Alphinaud 	But what value is there in surviving when all our history, all our struggles will be erased? I cannot conscience such an act.
Alisaie 	Of course not. And that's to say naught of what Emet-Selch plans for the Exarch's power. Do we stand by and let him threaten our future as well as our past?
Alisaie 	We need to find him, [Player Name]. And when we do...
Alisaie 	Make your mark. Change the course of history in a way that's felt by those who came before, and those who came after; by everyone you've ever met.
Alisaie 	Change things so that even my other self, dying somewhere in that future Calamity will smile and say, “I knew you would win.”
Ryne 	...Is fighting Emet-Selch the only way?
Ryne 	He created an entire city. It will take everything we have to defeat him...if we even can.
Ryne 	And if you push that hard in your current state, the Light will break free...
Yshtola 	The decision to press on lies with you. Just as it lies with each and every one of us...
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV