Shedding Light on the Myth

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
==Objectives==
* Gather information in Lydha Lran.
* Speak with Qeshi-Rae.
* Search for Mao-Ladd.
* Gather a shred of ancient animal skin at Timh Gyeus/Deliver the shred of ancient animal skin to Qeshi-Rae.
* Speak with Qeshi-Rae at the Crystalline Mean.
==Script==
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Qeshirae 	Yes, this is truly a mystery... We know that the samiel is out there─it's left plenty of evidence of its passage. So why can't we find it?
Yalana 	<huff> <wheeze> Ch-Chief! We have a problem!
Qeshirae 	Yalana, you should know better than to run at full tilt! You're an academic─you're liable to kill yourself!
 	
Yalana 	N-Never mind me! It's Mao─he's gone off to Il Mheg to search for the samiel...alone!
Qeshirae 	He's what!?
Yalana 	The other researchers, they blamed him for putting the idea of the samiel into your head. “It's because of you she's chasing some fool myth,” they jeered.
Yalana 	Mao couldn't bear their barbs, and in his anger, he rushed off with little more than the clothes on his back!
Qeshirae 	There's no time to waste! We must find him before he runs afoul of the faeries!
Yalana 	B-But, Chief! What if we run afoul of the faeries?
Qeshirae 	We'll have [Player Name] with us. She/He has friends among the pixies. Isn't that right?
Yalana 	I see... Yes, we'd be much assured if you could ask the pixies of Lydha Lran after Mao's whereabouts.
Qeshirae 	While you see to that, Yalana and I will cast around by the entrance. Come and find us after you've made your inquiries. Now then, let us hurry!
 	
Pixie03237a 	The man with the big ears? Ooh, yes, I know the one! Was chasing him, as a matter of fact!
Pixie03237a 	Unfortunately, I lost sight of him west of the lake. If I see him again, I'll turn him into a cute leafman! Tee hee!
Pixie03237b 	What!? A mortal's come here to play!? Nobody told me that! That's not fair! I'm so bored! Bored, bored, bored! I want to play with him too!
Pixie03237c 	Hmmm? That mortal's your friend, you say? Had I known that, I would've greeted him with a shove into the lake! Tee hee hee!
 	
Qeshirae 	I've only dared set foot in Il Mheg a few times. The place is at once beautiful and terrifying.
Yalana 	Oh, where are you, Mao?
Pixie03237a 	I lost sight of the man with the big ears west of the lake.
Pixie03237a 	If I see him again, I'll turn him into a cute leafman! Tee hee!
Pixie03237b 	Nobody told me about the mortal! That's not fair! I'm so bored! Bored, bored, bored! I want to play with him too!
Pixie03237c 	Had I known that mortal was your friend, I would've greeted him with a shove into the lake! Tee hee hee!
Qeshirae 	There you are. Were you able to learn anything about Mao's whereabouts?
Qeshirae 	Truly? Thank you, [Player Name]! We could never have located him without your help!
Qeshirae 	Come, let's make haste to Longmirror Lake. Quickly and quietly does it...
 	
Qeshirae 	What were you thinking, lad? You could've been killed, or worse!
Yalana 	He's safe, thank goodness. It's a miracle he managed to come this far unharmed.
 	
Maoladd 	[Player Name]! I'm so sorry for all the trouble!
Yalana 	And so you should be! The chief alone is enough of a handful─I can't chase you down as well!
Maoladd 	B-But the others, they spoke ill of the chief. I couldn't just stand by and take it.
Maoladd 	I know it was reckless of me to come out here alone...but thanks to that, I was able to find an actual part of the samiel!
Maoladd 	There's...er, just one problem─in my haste, I forgot my tools. [Player Name], you seem to have yours. Could you do the collecting in my stead?
Maoladd 	Lest you wonder, it's a shred of scaly skin. I spotted it in this area, Timh Gyeus, after noticing rub marks on the trees and rocks.
 	
Maoladd 	I spotted the skin in this area, Timh Gyeus, after noticing rub marks on the trees and rocks. Please collect it in my stead.
 	
Yalana 	While droppings can tell us much about a creature, there's no substitute for an actual piece of it. In spite of myself, I'm quite excited, I must admit!
 	
Qeshirae 	So, did you find the shred of skin?
Qeshirae 	Mmm-hmmm! While it's a little on the shriveled side, this is indeed skin from the creature. It was likely molting.
Yalana 	A molting creature! That's one more thing we know about it! I can't wait to see what else this specimen can tell us!
Maoladd 	The s-s-samiel! It's b-b-behind you!
Qeshirae 	Hm? I don't see anything.
Yalana 	Me neither.
Maoladd 	Th-That's odd... It was there just a moment ago. And its shape─I'd swear it matches that of the shadow I saw in Amh Araeng.
Maoladd 	I don't know how, but it literally disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Maoladd 	[Player Name], you saw it too, didn't you? It wasn't just my imagination?
Qeshirae 	Truly!? It was right there, and I missed it!? Gah, of all the rotten luck!
Qeshirae 	Tell me, what did it look like? What was its color? Smell? Size?
Yalana 	Chief, perhaps we should save the questions for after we leave this place. Even with [Player Name], it may not be entirely safe for us here.
Qeshirae 	Yes, you have the right of it. It wouldn't do to have the faeries get their hands on our precious specimen. Come, let's return to the Crystarium.
 	
Yalana 	Thank you for helping us to find Mao-Ladd. I shudder to think what may have happened to him.
Maoladd 	Anger carried my steps to Il Mheg, but it quickly gave way to terror. I'm in your debt.
 	
Qeshirae 	Well, that was certainly a harrowing outing, but it wasn't without fruit─in the form of a piece of the samiel itself! Ahhh, to feel the scaly texture in my hands and breathe in its mysterious smell... Pure bliss, I tell you!
Qeshirae 	Alas, Yalana snatched it from me before I could have a little taste...
Qeshirae 	Well, for now we'll just have to leave her to her task. I'm sure she'll have new information for us before long, so do not wander far!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Crystalline Mean Quests in Final Fantasy XIV