The Secrets of Worship/Plot Details

===Cutscenes===
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===Game Script===
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The Secrets of Worship - Tavnazian Safehold
Ulmia: Prishe!
Prishe: Oh, hey everybody!
Prishe: Thanks for coming to visit. I've been so bored here, all alone in my room.
Tenzen: I am relieved to see that you are feeling better, Lady Prishe.
Tenzen: Please, let me apologize for my actions on Cape Riverne.
Tenzen: I did not realize that after returning to Tavnazia you would meet such a fate.
Prishe: You didn't realize? Does it look like I had any idea either?
Prishe: I was just trying to protect our criminal buddy, Player name. Who would have thought I'd be the one who got caught?
Prishe: Oh well. I'm sorry that I got you guys all worried over me.
Prishe: As everybody already knows, I'm often referred to as the abhorrent one. That's why I was locked up in the cathedral for a while there.
Prishe: When Miss Mildaurion became boss, she would often let me out of the church so I could roam around the town freely. It was pretty fun...
Prishe: During the Great War, I was able to help a lot of people, and before long everyone had started to forget why they feared me.
Prishe: But now look! They're never going to let me out of here again! Damn!
Ulmia: Prishe! 
You are not the abhorrent one! 
There is nothing abhorrent about you!
Ulmia: Yes, you were changed by that accident long ago, but you are still Prishe!
Tenzen: Changed? 
You mean that without that amulet, you...
Tenzen: I heard from the elder Despachiaire that Lady Prishe was troubled by a grave sickness, but...
Ulmia: That... That is...
Prishe: Come on, bowl-cut boy. Don't you get it? 
Player name, you understand what's going on, right?
:Do you understand?
::Yes. <----- Chose this option!
::No.
Prishe: That's right. Take a look at me. I haven't aged a day since that accident!
:Do you understand?
::Yes.
::No. <----- Chose this option!
Prishe: Huh? Have you been paying attention at all the past few days?
Prishe: Look at me. I haven't aged a single day since my accident.
Tenzen: That... That cannot be possible!
Prishe: The real reason I was locked up in the cathedral for so long was because I got too close to a certain object hidden deep below the church...
Prishe: I was about to touch it, and BOOM! There was this bright light, and I was left like this.
Prishe: If I were a Tarutaru, no one would have ever noticed, but I'm Elvaan. After a couple of years, people started to wonder why I wasn't getting any bigger.
Tenzen: Amazing... I would have never imagined...
Tenzen: But is that truly a reason for everyone to call you the abhorrent one?
Tenzen: There must be... Could it be that not only are you incapable of aging, but you cannot...
Prishe: Die? Hell if I know. And I'm not throwing myself off any cliffs to find out.
Prishe: But you know, since the accident, no monster has come near me. I guess you could say that's pretty close to immortality.
Tenzen: For centuries, the emperors of my nation have searched for the secrets of eternal life.
Tenzen: Never did I think I would be standing before that secret...
I can understand why Despachiaire would want to hide you from the others by branding you with the title of abhorrent.
Tenzen: ...To protect you from the teasing and the taunting of your peers, but more so from those who would use you for their own personal gain. People like the emperors of countries such as mine...
Ulmia: ...
Prishe: Woah, wait a minute! 
How do we know that you really came here to see Bahamut?
Prishe: You'd better not be thinking of auctioning me off to your leaders, 'cause I'm not for sale!
Tenzen: Of course I would never do such a thing, Lady Prishe!
My mission was to speak with Lord Bahamut. However, I did not know things would turn out as they did...
Prishe: What!? 
You've already met Bahamut!?
Prishe: Unbelievable! 
Why the hell didn't anybody tell me what was going on? 
Tenzen! If you want to apologize for something, start by apologizing for not taking me with you guys!
Prishe: While I'm sitting her twiddling my thumbs, the whole world's turning upside down, and you're the ones having all the fun!
Prishe: Well, now it's time for Prishe to get a piece of the action. I'll find that overgrown steam lizard and give him a piece of my mind!
Ulmia: I am sorry, Prishe, but that will not be possible.
Ulmia: Player name and Sir Tenzen must return to the Northlands.
Ulmia: And they will need the amulet you are currently borrowing...
Tenzen: Lady Prishe, will you accompany us to the Northlands, if only for a short period of time?
Tenzen: If we receive permission from Nag'molada, I am possible that elder Despachiaire will allow Prishe to leave this place.
Prishe: Fine by me... 
But why do we have to go back to the Northlands? That place is freezing!
Tenzen: To meet the boy...
Tenzen: Diabolos and Bahamut may have refused to help us, but we cannot sit back and allow the Emptiness to take over Vana'diel.
Tenzen: We must find that boy and learn the truth that lies within the "will of Promathia"!
Prishe: The will of Promathia?
Tenzen: Do you not remember when the ruler of dreams told us that the Emptiness was the will of the Twilight God?
Tenzen: This terrible deity is said to have cast a hideous curse on the children of the Dawn.
Tenzen: His will can be nothing but pure evil!
Tenzen: And it is that will that calls the Keeper of the Apocalypse...
Ulmia: The will of Promathia calls the keeper...?
Parelbriaux: Excuse me milady, but elder Despachiaire has requested that you not bother Lady Prishe any longer.
Prishe: (So, what you really want to ask this boy about what Promathia's thinking, right?)
Tenzen: (Well, put simply...yes.)
Prishe: (Well, instead of wasting your time chasing after some crazy boy, why don't we go and ask Promathia ourselves?)
Prishe: (I know where we can find him.)
Tenzen: Wh-wh-wh-what!?
Prishe: (Heh heh. On the Misareaux Coast, there's a cave leading to the Sacrarium. Head there and you'll see what I'm talking about. But don't forget your preparations before you go...unless you really want to meet Promathia--just not in this world!)
The Secrets of Worship - Misareaux Coast
Tenzen: So, Player name, you have come as well.
Tenzen: As Prishe described, this is the entrance to the first basement of the Sacrarium.
Tenzen: The way is barred, but I believe Prishe holds the key to this dilemma.
Tenzen: We must return and borrow her amulet...
Prishe: Hiya! Sorry to keep you two waiting!
Tenzen: Lady Prishe!?
Prishe: I can get us past that door! 
It's time for us to pay a visit to Divine Promathia!
Tenzen: I did not expect Prishe herself to accompany us. 
I'm amazed she was allowed to leave her confines.
Prishe: C'mon! If you don't get a move on, I'll leave you behind!
Tenzen: Why do I get the feeling that something terrible awaits us...?
Tenzen: But I cannot allow that to deter me from my course. 
We must forge onward!
The Secrets of Worship (pt.1) - Sacrarium
Prishe: Can't we get this thing open?
Tenzen: It cannot be forced.
Tenzen: You say the reliquarium lies beyond this gate, but what business do we have inside, Lady Prishe?
Prishe: Isn't it obvious? 
This is where we're gonna find Promathia.
Tenzen: !?
Prishe: Hey, Player name! 
You're just in time.
Prishe: You can help us open this gate. 
We're almost at the end of our quest.
Tenzen: One moment, Lady Prishe. 
If Promathia is behind this gate as you say, would there not be some powerful seal in effect?
Prishe: Oh yeah, now I remember! 
I think I locked this gate after the war.
Tenzen: Locked it...?
Prishe: Player name, you and Tenzen go find the reliquiarium key. 
It's somewhere in the communion hall.
Prishe: Off you go now!
Tenzen: Lady Prishe!?
Tenzen: <Sigh> 
Let us begin our search for this reliquiarium key she speaks of.
Tenzen: She is such a demanding young lady. And I believed the imperious princesses of the Far East were hard on their subjects!
The Secrets of Worship (pt.2) - Sacrarium
Tenzen: This appears to be some sort of storage room. 
Can the God of Twilight truly reside here...?
Tenzen: !?
Tenzen: Is this the Twilight God, Promathia...?
Prishe: There you go.
Tenzen: But... 
But this is nothing more than a statue!
Prishe: Uh-huh. It was found by some thieves with more curiosity than sense. Lots of people lost their lives before this was finally brought here.
Tenzen: I see. I have heard tell that the nation of Tavnazia had strong ties with pirates and other bandit groups.
Prishe: The Tavnazian Cathedral used to buy up weird artifacts all the time to give its researchers something to study.
Prishe: It all began as a search for the "Paradise" of legend.
Prishe: You know, the place those ancient people tried to get to--the thing that ticked off Promathia so much.
Prishe: It is said that the gods sleep in Paradise.
Prishe: The former Tavnazian theologians thought they could go there and ask Altana to remove the curse of Promathia.
Prishe: If the curse of war and conflict vanished from the world, we would no longer have to fear the threat of the beastmen.
Prishe: But as things progressed, the aim of the cathedral's research shifted.
Prishe: As they continued to investigate the objects left behind by the ancient people, the theologians realized that the older civilization was way more advanced than their own.
Prishe: Even with their advanced culture, however, they were no match for Promathia. Their city was obliterated...
Prishe: So this is what the elders of the Tavnazian Cathedral proposed:
Prishe: What if they were to invite the Dawn Goddess to cross over into our world?
Tenzen: Invite the Goddess...!?
Prishe: But before this incredible event was to happen, Cardinal Mildaurion arrived, and Tavnazia was destroyed not long after.
Prishe: Anyway, I found out something that'd give Ulmia's granpere a heart attack.
Prishe: You see that stone stuck in there? 
If you stand here and do this, you can hear the voice of Promathia...
Tenzen: Lady Prishe!?
???: So this is the Tavnazian child known as the abhorrent one.
???: It seems she caused a terrible accident during the baptismal ceremony.
???: Many of the clergy lost their lives during the incident, and those who survived told of terrifying dreams of the cursed deity...
???: What truly proves this child's damnation is her ever youthful form. 
That, and the rumors of her ability to read people's minds...
???: Why does this new cardinal allow the child to walk freely after the cathedral had taken steps to ensure her eternal confinement? 
And why bring her here to San d'Oria...?
Muchavatte: According to Cardinal Mildaurion, the birth of such a child is a sign that our most desperate wish is about to be granted.
Muchavatte: I speak of the treasure entrusted to Tavnazia.
Muchavatte: What generations of cardinals have hidden from in fear, this Mildaurion has chosen to reveal to the San d'Orian Cathedral.
Muchavatte: If Tavnazia's treasure is brought together with the holy artifact we hold, the Gates of Paradise will not long remain closed...
???: Prishe, you are a child of destiny.
???: However, your part in this is over. 
There is nothing left within you...
Diabolos: You... 
Why are you here?
Diabolos: You should have met your demise in the city of Al'Taieu, along with the Keeper of the Apocalypse...
Diabolos: Does this mean the battle still rages?
Diabolos: Or do you mean to tell me you fled from the battlefield?
???: Battle? What battle is this?
Diabolos: The battle upon which rides the fate of the world!
Diabolos: The image of Promathia I revealed to you... 
It was your task to travel to Al'Taieu and regain that form.
???: ...
Diabolos: At first I thought those Zilartian fools were to blame for the spreading Emptiness that once again slowly devours Vana'diel...
Diabolos: Have you been taken by the Emptiness? Were you defeated at the last battle of Al'Taieu?
???: Was I defeated? Was I victorious? I know nothing of what you speak.
Diabolos: How can this be!?
???: My own existence is forfeit. But I have saved that which must be protected.
Yve'noile: Welcome to the Hall of the Gods. 
Hast thou come seeking the salvation of Altana, my child?
???: I seek no salvation. 
I only wish to know the truth.
???: Dawnmaiden Yve'noile. 
You, who resonates with the Spirit of the Goddess, should be able to answer my question.
???: Was I born to carry out the will of Divine Promathia?
???: Or was I born to thwart his designs?
Yve'noile: Ah, a most interesting dilemma...
Yve'noile: Why dost thou think the face of Promathia is smooth and unfeatured?
???: I don't know...
Yve'noile: All those who follow the Lady of the Dawn gaze upon her visage.
Yve'noile: However, none have ever seen the face of Promathia...
Yve'noile: He vanished from Paradise upon his death. 
That is why we pray for his resurrection.
Yve'noile: For his resurrection, and his destruction...
Tenzen: Has your strength returned? 
That even one such as yourself was overwhelmed... 
This is truly an unexpected turn of events.
Tenzen: Lady Prishe seems to have survived none the worse for wear. 
Or, at least she appears unharmed.
Ulmia: Prishe! 
What in Vana'diel's name were you thinking!?
Ulmia: Why would you ever lay a hand on that horrid statue!
Ulmia: Have you forgotten the warning of Cardinal Mildaurion?
Ulmia: That statue has the power to bring out the worst in people. 
We were never supposed to touch it. Ever!
Prishe: I thought if I was able to figure out the will of Promathia, I'd have a better idea of what the hell's going on.
Prishe: And I think I've managed to do just that. 
What the Twilight God desires is his own resurrection, and his own death...
Tenzen: What can this mean!? 
Death and resurrection? Why this contradiction!?
Justinius: Prishe, you communed with the statue of the Twilight God...?
Prishe: Um...I guess I did...
Ulmia: Could you truly be...?
Prishe: Ulmia. Are you afraid of me?
Ulmia: Of course not!
Ulmia: But Granpere will not likely--nay, will most definitely not--forgive this transgression. 
Do you realize what you have done...?
Prishe: But you believe me, don't you, Ulmia?
Ulmia: Yes...I believe you. 
But Granpere...
Ulmia: Let us return to the safehold. 
The air here is...stifling.
Prishe: Ulmia...
Justinius: Yes, there's nothing left for us to do here. 
Come on, Prishe. Let's go home.