Sharpening the Sword

Category:QuestsCategory:San d'Oria QuestsCategory:Artifact Quests
This is the first Paladin Artifact Armor quest - otherwise known as AF1.
{|border="0" width="70%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"	  Start NPC: 	  Ailbeche - Northern San d'Oria (J-8)
  Requirements: 	  Paladin 40+ 	
  Items Needed: 	  None 	
  Title: 	  None 	
  Repeatable: 	  Yes, after AF is complete. 	
  Reward: 	  Honor Sword 	
 	 	
  Previous Quest:	  Father and Son and A Knight's Test	
  Next Quest: 	  A Boy's Dream 	
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=== Walkthrough ===
*Complete the Father and Son quest and make sure to give the Willow Fishing Rod back to the son. 
*Talk to Ailbeche again. "Make sure you get the "Ordelle Whetstone" dialogue.
*Talk to Sobane in (D-6) of Southern San d'Oria. Be sure to talk to her twice if you get a cutscene the first time - the cutscene is the beginning of the quest Signed in Blood and not part of this quest.
*Head to Ordelle's Caves, entering from F-6 then zone at F-7 from La Theine Plateau, hang left until you change maps, keep left until you get to G-8 then take the path east which you will see a few Dung Beetle, there are two paths so be sure to take the (H-9) one which has stairs, finally look for a stalagmite around (H-10) and don't fall in the hole by mistake(if you do take path north and hang left to find stairs again).
*Spawn and kill the NM Polevik, a lvl 45 Earth Elemental. (Note: Can be killed on any job 55+, as long as you have the quest. High defense like regular elementals) <---- Found to be untrue as a PLD56/WAR28 couldn't solo. Retail wiki suggests "Should be level 65+ to solo the fight."
*DONT FORGET TO Touch the stalagmite again to receive the Ordelle Whetstone.
*Talk to Ailbeche to complete the quest.
Testimonials:
-58 thf/nin took ~25 minutes to kill NM 
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===Game Description===
Client: Ailbeche (Parade Grounds, Northern San d'Oria)
Summary:
:The boy needs a whetstone to sharpen an old blade. Find one for him in Ordelle's Caves.