Method in His Malice

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* After explaining your relic predicament, Adkin pronounces that he will craft a unique sphere scroll to win himself glory in Master Mutamix's eyes. He supposes that an ink distilled from the regal blood of four beings can contain the power of the materia you propose. The scholar bids you first slay “the king disfigured” in the Wanderer's Palace, and gather the blood it sheds.
※The Wanderer's Palace can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* You have procured a vial of tonberry king blood. Now present it to Adkin at the Bonfire.
* Adkin accepts the vial with untoward glee. Next, he asks you to obtain the blood of “the king imprisoned” in Copperbell Mines.
※Copperbell Mines (Hard) can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* The leader of the hecatoncheires is no more, and the vial of royal gigant blood is in your hands. Return now to the Bonfire and offer it to Adkin.
* Your latest prize now delivered to Adkin for distillation, the scholar now entreats you to drain the lifeblood of “the king unchained” on Hullbreaker Isle.
※Hullbreaker Isle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* You have released the kraken soul from its body and kept its blood as your prize. Adkin no doubt eagerly awaits its delivery at the Bonfire.
* You give the vial of kraken blood to an excited Adkin. All that is left is to obtain the life force of “the king forgotten,” found within the Sunken Temple of Qarn where it is said to animate the very stone statues therein.
※The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard) can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* You have obtained a vial of vicegerent blood. Return with it to Adkin at the Bonfire.
* After taking the last vial of blood, Adkin confidently promises he can concoct an ink of unparalleled aetherial conductivity for your sphere scroll. However, he lacks for a proper paper and the means to keep the ink adhered to it. Thus, he bids you procure and deliver a high-quality page of perfect vellum and a pinch of perfect pounce.
※Certain ingredients required to craft these items can be obtained by desynthesizing aged goods sold at the Silver Bazaar.
* Delivery of the requested goods seems to agitate Adkin, and he reveals his ink is lacking in the proper consistency and color. However, he also claims that it is complete but for a Bombard core to purify the blood, sacred spring water to suspend the distillation within, and furite sand found near Ishgardian castles to increase aetherial conductivity. Find and deliver all three.
* With every ingredient for both scroll and ink in hand, Adkin triumphantly fashions a Zodiac scroll. He gives it to you with a few words of encouragement on your quest to recreate a legendary arm, all the while crowing that his achievement will bring him all the closer to becoming Master Mutamix's favorite disciple.
※If you have obtained all four items requested by Gerolt, you may return to Hyrstmill to have your Zodiac Weapon forged.
==Objectives==
* Obtain a vial of tonberry king blood from the Wanderer's Palace.
* Deliver the vial of tonberry king blood to Adkin.
* Obtain a vial of royal gigant blood from Copperbell Mines (Hard).
* Deliver the royal gigant blood to Adkin.
* Obtain a vial of kraken blood from Hullbreaker Isle.
* Deliver the vial of kraken blood to Adkin.
* Obtain a vial of vicegerent blood from the Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard).
* Deliver the vial of vicegerent blood to Adkin.
* Deliver a page of perfect vellum and a pinch of perfect pounce to Adkin.
* Deliver a Bombard core, a bottle of sacred spring water, and a handful of furite sand to Adkin.
==Script==
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Adkin 	You! You are the one who's trafficked with Hubairtin in sphere scrolls, yes? Then stop moving towards him. I said stop moving!
Adkin 	Perhaps you do not yet know me, but you will. Soon, all will know Adkin, Master Mutamix's right hand! Now what is it you want?
Adkin 	A sphere scroll─I knew it! You came to sup of Hubairtin's “knowledge” without paying me any heed. Tut-tut, miss/sir!
Adkin 	No more, I say! Hubairtin has milked your dealings enough. Today, I shall fashion the scroll you seek, and gain Master Mutamix's respect in so doing!
Adkin 	Now hush─I must think. Channeling materia of power beyond compare into an empty host... Tricky.
Adkin 	Only an ink with an unholy level of aetherial conductivity would suffice. Hah, Hubairtin's beloved superior enchanted ink would combust, transferring such energy into a sphere scroll.
Adkin 	What was it Hubairtin's notes said? Something along the lines of “kill the four kings: disfigured, imprisoned, unchained, and forgotten.” But why? Ah, that's right─for their blood!
Adkin 	The answer, miss/sir, is an ink distilled from blood! Yesss, the blood of these so-called kings, which you will be harvesting! Now, your first target is the king disfigured. I believe it can be found in the Wanderer's Palace.
Adkin 	I am unsure what it actually is, so I say slay anything that moves. Yes, yes, the palace was once sacred ground, but neither the long dead of Nym nor myself care. Now go to your grisly task, and do not return without the blood!
Adkin 	Ah, my friend the slayer. What do you want now? Another!? Well, helping you last time did seem to improve my standing in Master Mutamix's eyes...
Adkin 	Fine. I will fashion another Zodiac scroll. I will not sully my hands getting the blood for the ink, though, so I hope you remember the method. Yes? Good. I will be waiting.
Adkin 	...Why are you still here? Must I think of everything!? Go and slay the king disfigured in the Wanderer's Palace, and do not return without its blood!
 	
Adkin 	Is the deed done, miss/sir? Have you a vial of the king disfigured's blood?
Adkin 	Yes, yesss, how disgusting! See how it oozes, miss/sir? This viscosity means untold power!
Adkin 	Ahhh, it seems powerful as ever─though I cannot say I've missed the feeling of bile rising in my gullet.
Adkin 	I shall begin to distill the essence from this blood─and you will not trouble me with lackwit questions while I am at it!
Adkin 	...By which I mean, miss/sir, that our cause will be better served if you make way to Copperbell Mines. It is home to Ouranos, the king imprisoned; we seek its blood. Now leave me to my experiments, and I'll leave you to the slaying─good-bye!
 	
Adkin 	Ouranos's might is quite legendary─are you certain you can handle the leader of the hecatoncheires?
Adkin 	Yes, yesss! Spending three centuries beneath the ground has imbued the hecatoncheires with unnatural vitality born of malice. I am astounded that you survived, in truth.
Adkin 	You are something, miss/sir─back at the Bonfire with royal gigant blood in hand. Yesss, your will is frightfully strong.
Adkin 	We draw nearer and nearer to our goal. You have no qualms with drawing blood again, yes?
Adkin 	Good. Then cross the Doxy's Pull to Hullbreaker Isle, and kill the king unchained!
 	
Adkin 	What is that awful scent? Oh, it's you...and the stench of the Doxy's Pull, I suppose.
Adkin 	...Have I lost my mind, or is this blood blue!? <sniff> Blech! And what a foul stench!
Adkin 	Only one azure liquid in the realm smells more rank than a midden─kraken blood. Blech, utterly nauseating!
Adkin 	Still, it ill suits an alchemist of my status to bemoan the odorous. And Master Mutamix will no doubt look on me with respect if I can transform this gunk into ink.
Adkin 	Of course, all this rests upon you obtaining four kinds of blood. You must still slay the king forgotten, miss/sir. The Sunken Temple of Qarn is where you are like to find it.
Adkin 	Nothing is known of the blood's owner, but the substance itself is said to be full of magicks. Why, I have even heard it can animate stone! Perhaps a walking statue is the king forgotten?
 	
Adkin 	Huuubairtiiin, oh, Huuubairtiiin! I am worthier than you, and when you have fallen from Master Mutamix's good graces, I shall laugh and laugh and laugh!
Adkin 	Huuubairtiiin, oh, Huuubairtiiin! How shall I humiliate you next? Perhaps another Zodiac scroll─how would you like that!? Ahahaha, yes, yesss!
Adkin 	So this is the blood of the king forgotten! Yesss, you have done alchemy a great service by finding this, miss/sir!
Adkin 	Ahahaha, well done, miss/sir! Gods above, have you no qualms killing for another vial of vicegerent blood!?
Adkin 	Well, can we not now distill four kings' blood into an ink most conductive of aether?
Adkin 	No. Not yet. This ink is my alchemical masterpiece, and I shall not see its power lessened by something so base as parchment.
Adkin 	So while I finish mixing the elements of the ink, you may busy yourself with finding a page of perfect vellum to write upon, and a pinch of perfect pounce to ensure the ink's adhesion.
Adkin 	It matters not to me whether you pilfer or purchase them. Make them by reusing pieces of aged goods from the Silver Bazaar for all I care. One way or the other, kindly go away now─a genius is working!
 	
Adkin 	Blast! ...By which I mean, oh, happy, happy day, you are returned, miss/sir! And no doubt with the vellum and pounce, yes?
Adkin 	Yes, yes, exquisite, really. I owe you a debt of gratitude...or something. But really, must you always be so damned quick!?
Adkin 	...My apologies, miss/sir. I simply need more time, confound it! The ink is proving trickier than I anticipated. My best attempts are...are failures, and I do not like it!
Adkin 	I...I do sincerely apologize, miss/sir. Despite my past success, I am stumbling where I did before. It is...frustrating, to say the least.
Adkin 	But you will help just one last time, yes? What am I saying─of course you will!
Adkin 	Now, I need a Bombard core to heat the blood and sacred spring water in which to suspend the distillation.
Adkin 	Ah, and furite sand should bring the aetherial conductivity of the ink to new heights. No doubt you can find the pulverized alloy somewhere in the north. After all, those Ishgardians use it in the building of their castles.
 	
Adkin 	Yes, yes, yesss─victory shall be mine! Soon, so soon, I will complete my long labors and take my rightful place beside Master Mutamix.
Adkin 	Miss/Sir, you have what I desire, yes?
Adkin 	Oh, how wonderful a friend, how true an ally! I will dip my quill into our ink, and with trembling fingers draw symbols of power upon the vellum. The completion of your scroll is now at hand!
Adkin 	Yes, yesss! I need but a few moments─alone! You may have the scroll, but not the secrets of my craft. They are mine, I tell you! Mine!
Adkin 	Done... It is done! Ahaha, this contrivance will surely make me Master Mutamix's strong right hand. Hah! Hubairtin's day is done, and mine is newly dawned!
Adkin 	Yet...well, I suppose it was Hubairtin who taught me the theory of sphere scrolls. And the adventurer did work long and hard in service of this. Perhaps I should offer my thanks to the pair?
Adkin 	Ahaha, I do so amuse myself. The very notion that my genius is less than anyone else's is ludicrous! But their contributions shall not be forgotten when I become Master Mutamix's right hand.
Adkin 	Well, miss/sir, here it is: Eorzea's first Zodiac scroll! Take it, with my wish that it serves in your pursuit of the perfect weapon! Ahahaha!
Adkin 	I am triumphant once again! Twice, twice I have done the impossible. No one can deny my genius now. Why, in a few bells Master Mutamix himself shall invite me to be his right hand, yes, yesss!
Adkin 	Ahaha, take this Zodiac scroll, my friend, take it with my thanks! May it serve to imbue your weapon with the power of materia!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Side Story Quests in Final Fantasy XIV