The Key to Victory

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Speak with Lyse.
* Speak with Lyse.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Lyse.
==Script==
script 	script
 	
Lyse 	Cotter built those walls to give shelter to his brothers and sisters. And now our people's freedom rests on us tearing them down...
 	
Mnaago 	Most of the Ala Mhigans in the residential district are Aan, so I doubt we'll have to deal with many imperial sympathizers.
 	
Arenvald 	The battle for Castrum Abania was brutal, but the one for Ala Mhigo will be unlike any we have ever known...
 	
Vmahtia 	The end is in sight. It has been a long time coming...
 	
Jmoldva 	"A storm of blood approaches fast... Hells open, Heavens weep...“
Alphinaud 	For all our other accomplishments, Krile remains in the hands of our enemy, and I find myself wondering if we─if I could have done more. Though we know now that she was taken to the city, we have found nothing which might tell us where she is being held.
Thancred 	You know, you could just ask me.
Alphinaud 	Thancred! What have you learned?
Thancred 	I shall spare you the particulars of my infiltration and simply state that I have seen her with my own eyes. She is being held within the residential district south of the city proper.
Thancred 	I tracked her to the ruins of an old temple of the Fist of Rhalgr, within which the imperials have constructed a research facility...
Alphinaud 	A research facility? What manner of research?
Thancred 	Why...methods to imbue Garleans with the power to manipulate aether. In pursuit of which goal, their scientists have, I am sorry to report, performed many questionable experiments─on living subjects.
Alphinaud 	What!?
Lyse 	Calm down, Alphinaud. We've already been tasked with securing the Ala Mhigan Quarter. This just gives us a reason to do it faster.
Thancred 	I entered and exited the facility by stowing aboard imperial transports, but that method is not suitable for a larger force.
Thancred 	And it goes without saying that a direct assault on the rather substantial main gates would be ill-advised.
Mnaago 	I think I might know someone who can help.
Mnaago 	One of my men. He had an idea about how to get into the city─ Actually, it might be best if I let him explain it himself.
Wiscar 	It's been a while. I'll not take offense if you don't remember. Might even be glad of it.
Lyse 	...Ala Gannha, am I right?
Wiscar 	Aye. Wiscar's the name. I was raised in the Peaks, but my mum grew up in the city.
Wiscar 	Er...anyroad, I reckon we can get inside the Ala Mhigan Quarter by way of Loch Seld.
Lyse 	What? How?
Wiscar 	It was a story my mum told us which made me think of it. She was always going on about what life was like when she was a girl, see...how they used to have to boil the water from the well before they could drink it, since it was full of salt─
Lyse 	They were drawing saltwater from the lochs! Which means that there must be an underwater tunnel or something.
Wiscar 	Aye, that's it. But it won't be as simple as going for a swim.
Wiscar 	The well was closed, see. Apparently, Theodoric decided one day he wanted to control the water supply and forbade water trading. So even if you come up through it, you'll find yourself on the wrong side of a locked gate.
Wiscar 	At the time, my grandfather, being an enterprising sort, befriended a guard and lifted the key from his belt. He made a copy and carried on selling water until the imperials invaded, and he ended up working at the Saltery...
Thancred 	In short, we need your grandfather's key. Assuming he still has it.
Wiscar 	I'm certain he does. And I can take you to him. But it'll be dangerous.
Lyse 	Don't you worry about that. We're used to dangerous.
Lyse 	Naago and Arenvald will assemble a squadron while the rest of us go and get that key.
 	
Thancred 	Had I judged it possible to rescue her myself, I would have. But there were too many guards; too many ways it could have ended badly. I knew at once I would need your help.
 	
Mnaago 	Meffrid told me about your time in Ala Gannha─how a certain someone gave you a piece of his mind when you first met. Try not to hold it against him.
 	
Arenvald 	If there's a chance we can rescue Krile, I want to be involved. I owe her that much.
 	
Alphinaud 	Hold on, Krile. We're coming...
 	
Wiscar 	We couldn't've had more than a few days' training when the imperials attacked the Reach, but I've seen my share of combat since! I may be no hero like you, but I can hold my own against imperial regulars─you'll see!
 	
Lyse 	Let's not waste any more time, then, shall we?
Wiscar 	My mum said Grandad kept the key with him at all times as a lucky charm. If he hasn't got it, then, well...
Lyse 	Then we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Ready, [Player Name]? We may have to deal with a few imperial patrols, or worse...
Wiscar 	This is it. This is the monastery. They have to be around here somewhere...
Wiscar 	Watt! Watt! It's me, Wiscar! Your grandson!
Watt 	...Wiscar? By Rhalgr, is that really you?
Watt 	...Oh, it's good to see you alive and well, lad! But who are these other ones?
Wiscar 	The Resistance, Grandad. My, er...my comrades-in-arms.
Watt 	She told you all about me thumbing my nose at the mad king, did she? Heh. Daft sods never caught me neither...
Watt 	It wasn't much, but it was my way of rebelling against his rule. Glad to see you've got higher aspirations. Here─make our family proud.
Wiscar 	I will, I swear! Rhalgr as my witness!
 	
Thancred 	The revolutionary spirit runs in the family, I see.
 	
Wiscar 	I'll make him proud. I'll make them all proud!
 	
Alphinaud 	We should go. Arenvald and the others are waiting.
 	
Watt 	If I were ten years younger...but I'm not. Look after my grandson.
 	
Lyse 	I was worried when he wasn't at the Saltery. But we found him in the end.
Lyse 	Now that we've got the key, it's time to find that underwater tunnel!
 	
Wiscar 	The Saltery's not far. Follow me!
Wiscar 	We're here, but...this isn't right. Where is everyone?
Alphinaud 	Word of the Alliance's advance has surely reached their ears. Mayhap they sought refuge elsewhere? We should search the buildings for clues.
 	
Wiscar 	The Sali Monastery! That's to the south. I'll lead the way!
Lyse 	Not after that ambush you won't! It's too dangerous! [Player Name], we'll follow you. Keep your eyes peeled for more magitek!
Wiscar 	Godsdammit! I don't think there's a way round...
Lyse 	Then we'll just have to go through him!
Lyse 	He won't be getting up after that! Now, let's find our man!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
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