Lady of the Vortex (Final Fantasy XIV quest)

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* Stirred by the familiar roar of the Enterprise's engines, Cid endeavors to recall his past; try though he might, he is unable to navigate the dark corridors of his mind alone. But what if he had company? Wielding the power of the Echo, you guide him through a series of forgotten memories, detailing the path that led the once-loyal engineer to turn his back on Garlemald and flee to Eorzea. When you finally awake from the visions, Cid triumphantly declares that he remembers everything─his name, his people, and his purpose. Shortly thereafter, he guides the Enterprise through Garuda's wall of wind without incident, delivering you to the Howling Eye at long last. Speak with Alphinaud before proceeding into the primal's sanctuary.
* Alphinaud declares that the end is at hand─be it Garuda's or your own. Strike fear into the hearts of beastmen across Eorzea by defeating the Lady of the Vortex.
※The Howling Eye can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
* Amidst the whirling winds, you succeed in striking down the Lady of the Vortex, only to see her rise once more, reinvigorated by the belief of her Ixali disciples. Yet the beastmen's prayers come to naught when Garuda's attempt to temper you fails, prompting a mysterious force to tear a Crystal of Light from her breast. It is at this moment that Gaius van Baelsar enters the fray, seemingly bent on goading the defeated primal into one final act of defiance. Garuda duly obliges, slaughtering her captive kobolds and Amalj'aa, whose cries of agony serve to summon their own patron deities. As Garuda prepares to consume the aether of her lesser brethren, the Black Wolf calls forth an unknown imperial weapon which summarily dispatches and seemingly absorbs all three primals. Wholly unprepared to face this awe-inspiring new foe, you have no choice but to flee for your life.
* Safely back aboard the Enterprise, with the imperial forces now fast-diminishing specks upon the horizon, Cid and Alphinaud begin to discuss how to address this grave new threat. Believing the best course of action is to reform the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, they decide to return to the Waking Sands. Having safely arrived in Ul'dah, speak with Alphinaud prior to continuing on to Vesper Bay.
* Alphinaud reiterates that the beast tribes and their primals are no longer a threat, and that all efforts must now be focused upon destroying the Empire's ultimate weapon. But having seen what you have seen, it is plain that this task will ask far more of you than any you have undertaken thus far. For Eorzea's sake, you must hope that you are up to the challenge.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Alphinaud.
* Use the Duty Finder to confront Garuda in the Howling Eye.
* Speak with Alphinaud.
==Script==
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Cid 	According to my tests, the device is now functioning in perfect harmony with the crystal─meaning we can leave whenever you're ready.
Cid 	But you must understand: tests can only tell one so much.
Cid 	Until we approach the Howling Eye─until we attempt to breach the barrier itself...I cannot be sure that this will work.
Cid 	I think it only fair to tell you that there is a small but statistically significant chance that the crystal could trigger a massive...
Cid 	Hmmm... Mayhap it is better that we remain positive.
Cid 	[Player Name], I want to thank you. For reuniting me with my ship, for trusting in me to develop this plan...for everything. You've helped me to rediscover a part of myself I'd forgotten. I am not the man I once was, and I do not know if I ever shall be...but I do know one thing: this feels right.
Cid 	...My apologies for the sudden outpouring of sentiment. I would have waited until after the mission, but...well, you understand.
 	
Cid 	There...she's ready...
 	
Alphinaud 	Ah, she stirs...
 	
Alphinaud 	To Coerthas! And an audience with the harpy queen Garuda!
 	
Alphinaud 	Enterprise...engage!
 	
Cid 	Phew...
 	
Cid 	Damn it!
 	
Cid 	I...I once flew in this airship. And I was not alone.
 	
Cid 	There were adventurers on board...adventurers like you.
 	
Cid 	Just how long have I worn these damn goggles?
 	
Cid 	Ah, yes. I fancied myself a trendsetter in my younger days.
 	
Cid 	The young prodigy, admired by all...exactly like his father.
 	
Cid 	Born and raised in Garlemald...
 	
Cid 	It was only natural that the precocious young student should become an engineer. Had his father not done the same?
 	
Cid 	Father... When did we stop seeing eye to eye?
 	
Cid 	When did Meteor become your everything, and your loved ones cease to matter?
 	
Cid 	You abandoned us all. But he was there for me, Father─there for me when you were not.
 	
Cid 	Though he proved no better in the end. Gaius was just another man with an all-consuming obsession.
 	
Cid 	And so I ran─left the Empire behind and came to Eorzea, where I built the Ironworks.
 	
Cid 	Ah, yes! It was then that I first donned these goggles.
 	
Cid 	Eorzea opened my eyes. It was home to so many manner of people, each with their own hopes and dreams. People worth saving. And so I fought beside them.
 	
Cid 	I wanted to prove that my knowledge could serve a nobler purpose.
 	
Cid 	I wanted to prove that there was another way...
 	
Cid 	And it all began that day, when I found my new home...
 	
Cid 	I had forgotten how wonderful it was. The wind in your hair, the endless sky...
 	
Cid 	That light─it was you, wasn't it?
 	
Cid 	It's surprising how few people know this, but all pureblood Garleans have a third eye.
 	
Cid 	Perhaps mine helped me recognize you─or perhaps it was just a lucky guess.
 	
Cid 	The Enterprise was made for this! To carry Eorzea's protectors into battle!
 	
Cid 	I am proud to be able to call her my own.
 	
Alphinaud 	Cid─what exactly do you remember?
 	
Cid 	Alphinaud, my boy─sorry to have been such a burden.
 	
Cid 	I remember everything...
 	
Cid 	My name, my people, and my purpose. Everything.
 	
Cid 	Come! It would be rude to keep Garuda waiting!
 	
Cid 	It took a while for the memory to return, but I remember you.
 	
Cid 	The floating isle, van Darnus... We ended it, that day─or so we thought.
 	
Cid 	Listen─let's keep this between the two of us, for the time being.
 	
Cid 	If word got out that one of the Warriors of Light had returned, the eyes of the world would soon be upon us─our enemies' included. And that's the kind of attention we could well do without.
 	
Cid 	What, isn't it enough that I know the truth?
 	
Cid 	Don't worry. A woman/man of your talents won't go unnoticed for long. Someday, they will remember you─and you'll never know another moment's peace!
 	
Cid 	There, up ahead! Ready, old friend?
 	
Cid 	Hah! Some things never change! We're going in!
Alphinaud 	All our efforts...all our travails...all of it was for this.
Alphinaud 	Make ready, [Player Name], for the end is nigh─be it hers or our own.
Alphinaud 	Beyond those gates awaits our foe. Are you prepared to meet with her?
 	
Garuda 	Who dares intrude upon my sanctuary!?
Garuda 	Your insolence shall not go unpunished, landwalkers!
Alphinaud 	Twelve preserve...she's...she's huge!
Cid 	As I live and breathe...
Cid 	Over there─look.
Cid 	Amalj'aa and kobold prisoners. But why would the Ixal bring them here...?
Garuda 	Heehee HAHA hahaha HEEHEE haha HEEEEEE!!!
Garuda 	Wherefore come you hither, foolish mortals!?
Alphinaud 	Garuda! We are come to put an end to your reign of terror!
Garuda 	Hear you this blasphemy, my children? These landwalkers would bring me low!
Garuda 	You who are bound to crawl upon the earth should revere me─FOR I AM THE WIND!
Cid 	Did we not take to the skies, and slip your defenses!? We are bound by nothing, Garuda!
Garuda 	You think your playthings give you strength?
Garuda 	They will not help you here, landwalker. This is my realm, where none can challenge my supremacy! Struggle though you may─I shall slake the roots with your blood, and festoon the canopy with your ENTRAILS! HAHAHAHAHAAA!
Ixalguru 	Squaaawk! Slay the unfeathered ones, we shall! As an offering to Garuda, they will serve!
Cid 	Leave the Ixal to us, [Player Name]! We will keep them distracted while you deal with her!
Alphinaud 	Do not fail, [Player Name]! Remember: you fight for the Scions! For Eorzea!
Garuda 	This worm would die by mine own hand! Come, then...I shall grant you that which you seek!
 	
Garuda 	No... Nooo! NO! NO!!!
Cid 	What!? How in the hells─!?
Garuda 	HAHAHAHAHAAA! This...is...MY REALM! You have no hope here! None! NONNNE!!!
Garuda 	Did you truly believe you could defy a god, landwalkers!?
Garuda 	My power is limitless! My children legion!
Garuda 	And they have rendered unto me a wealth of crystals.
Garuda 	Their gifts sustain me, their faith empowers me!
Garuda 	None save my children will escape the reckoning, mortals! And those who would use my crystals to waken the rest shall realize the folly of their faith!
Garuda 	Then all shall worship none but me! The one true god! HEE HEE HEE HEE HEEEEEE!!!
Alphinaud 	...Of course! Worship! So long as the Ixal keep praying, she will never fall!
Cid 	Then let's stop them!
Alphinaud 	Ugh!
Garuda 	HAHA hahaha HEEHEE heehee HAHAHA!!!
No harm will come to you, my children!
Garuda 	This is only the beginning, landwalkers! All who oppose me shall suffer for their defiance!
Garuda 	Soon, the worms of the forest shall receive my judgment! The desert vermin next─their walls of stone will not shield them from the tempest!
Garuda 	And then will I take vengeance on the sea lice! Their wooden boats cannot outrun the wind!
Garuda 	Tremble, mortals, for I shall visit you all in time! And all shall be mine! ALL MIIINE!!!
Garuda 	You, landwalker─you who dared to raise your hand against me─you shall be the first to pay for your sins! Not with your death─but with your LIFE!
Garuda 	You will serve me, landwalker...to your last breath!
Garuda 	No, NO!!! I claimed you! You should be MINE!
Garuda 	What...what are you? What have you done to me!?
Garuda 	No mortal should possess such power! This...this is impossible!
 	
Garuda 	Why do you not tremble at my might? Why do you not beg for mercy!? Why do you not DIE!?
 	
Alphinaud 	We've done it!
 	
Ixal 	Squaaak! Impossible, it is!
 	
Ixal 	Garuda, kill you all!
 	
Gaius 	Is that all!?
 	
Gaius 	O Lady of the Vortex! O mighty Garuda!
 	
Gaius 	Of all primals, the most terrible. I say again...IS─THAT─ALL!?
 	
Cid 	Gaius!?
 	
Gaius 	Ah, Cid, my boy. You look well─for one who has forsaken kin and country. I wonder, what else you will forsake before the day is done.
 	
Cid 	What!?
 	
Gaius 	What exactly did you hope to accomplish here this day?
 	
Cid 	I...
 	
Gaius 	Well, I shall accomplish far more!
 	
Garuda 	...Is that all? IS THAT ALL!?
 	
Garuda 	Insolent mortal! I shall make you suffer!
 	
Garuda 	That foul stench... I see now... She has touched you!
 	
Garuda 	Very well...
 	
Cid 	Seven hells, does she still mean to fight!?
 	
Alphinaud 	What is she─ Twelve preserve, she cannot mean to─
 	
Amaljaa 	O Lord of the Inferno! Almighty Ifrit! Grant us succor in our hour of need!
 	
kobold 	Save us, Titan, Lord of Crags! Ah, it hurts us so, the pain, the pain...
 	
Alphinaud 	No... No, this is all wrong...
 	
Cid 	Stop gawping, boy! We must run!
 	
Garuda 	Surrender yourselves unto me... I would feast upon your aether. NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST THE WIND!
 	
Gaius 	BEAR WITNESS TO THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!
 	
Gaius 	It is you who will suffer, Garuda!
 	
Gaius 	Ancient Allag had ways of dealing with your kind. Now, look on their ultimate weapon, eikon, and despair!
 	
Garuda 	No... Nooo! NOOO!
 	
Gaius 	Magnificent! It exceeds all expectation!
 	
Lahabreaeorzea 	With each primal it consumes, it grows more powerful. A marvel, is it not?
 	
Gaius 	Such is the fate of those who oppose the Empire!
 	
Gaius 	There will be no Warriors of Light to save you this time.
 	
Gaius 	If your leaders are as wise as they are reported, they will surrender.
 	
Gaius 	Your skills are impressive, but they will not be enough.
 	
Alphinaud 	Twelve have mercy! What chance have we against such an ungodly creation!?
 	
Alphinaud 	And who was that armored devil!?
 	
Cid 	That was Gaius van Baelsar, legatus of the XIVth Imperial Legion, and supreme commander of the Garlean invasion force in Eorzea.
 	
Alphinaud 	Of course, the Black Wolf─how could I not realize? Grandfather mentions him in his journal!
 	
Cid 	I was never so naive as to think the man would abandon his ambitions, but these developments are beyond my worst expectations...
 	
Cid 	What have you been doing these past five years? How could something of this magnitude have escaped the Alliance's attention?
 	
Alphinaud 	We heard no whispers, saw no signs. In the wake of the Calamity, the Empire seized land and built outposts, but that was the extent of their aggression.
 	
Cid 	Damn it, Gaius, where in the seven hells did you find that thing?
 	
Alphinaud 	It has been a day of unexpected developments, but the fact remains: Garuda is no longer a threat.
 	
Alphinaud 	While I take no comfort in the manner of her downfall, it does mean that we may safely put the matter of the primals to one side─for the time being, at least.
 	
Cid 	Which just leaves the matter of Gaius's new toy.
 	
Alphinaud 	Indeed. That weapon poses the greatest threat to Eorzea. It must be destroyed.
 	
Alphinaud 	But first, we must needs find out all we can.
 	
Alphinaud 	Let us make for Vesper Bay. We shall rebuild the Scions.
 	
Alphinaud 	All is not yet lost, my friend─for we bear the light, and shall surely lead our people from the darkness.
Alphinaud 	Well, that was an experience I would rather not have again.
Alphinaud 	Something has been troubling me, [Player Name]. Shortly before the Black Wolf took center stage, when Garuda attempted to claim you as her own, I could have sworn I saw...
Alphinaud 	Ah, but I'm sure I was mistaken. In times of great stress, the evidence of the eye is apt to be misread by even the most inquiring mind. Forget I mentioned it.
Alphinaud 	Returning to the subject of our earlier discussion, we may consider the matter of the primals closed until further notice. No beast tribe will dare summon their god so long as that weapon exists.
Alphinaud 	Truly, a more effective deterrent I could not imagine. It almost seems a shame to plot its destruction...
Cid 	You know, it's not easy guiding the Enterprise through a ceaselessly swirling wall of wind. I would rather not risk our lives again until you're sure─meaning absolutely certain─that you're ready. Are you?
Lionnellais 	Greetings, madam/sir. Do you wish to proceed to your vessel?
Elyenora 	Greetings, madam/sir. Do you wish to proceed to your vessel?
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV