Α Test of Wιll

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
==Journal==
* Though you and Estinien hoped to learn more of your surrounds, the dragon shade is committed to resuming its silent vigil. Nevertheless, what little insight you gained may prove to be beneficial, and so the two of you return to rendezvous with the other Scions.
* After discussing the collected results of your investigations of the island and its inhabitants, prospects for a path forward appear grim, until Y'shtola posits a theory based on Meteion's assertion that emotions dictate reality in this dominion of dynamis. Following Thancred's example, she suspects you must overcome the powerful emotions that maintain the island's current state. Hearing this, Urianger suggests speaking with Al End, a dragon whose sorrow is perhaps most pronounced among his kin. Countering his despair may serve to alter the island, and create a path by which you may advance.
* Estinien steps forward to confront Al End, and as their exchange grows more intense, something stirs within the timeworn dragon. With a terrible cry, he transforms into a small, black bird, and summons a swirling vortex that consumes Estinien. In the blink of an eye, another friend is lost, but in his wake a powerful wind begins to blow, and a path leading away from the island opens.
* You and your comrades follow the wind, until you reach a cliff with a localized cyclone at its edge. Alphinaud bids you go on ahead, that he might have a moment to gather his thoughts.
* Though Estinien is no more, he is still with you in spirit, as is Thancred. For their sake, and for all those who yet live on Etheirys, you press onward in search of Meteion.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Alphinaud.
* Speak with Al End.
* Speak with Alphinaud.
* Touch the wind confluence and wait for the others at the designated location.
==Script==
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Estinien 	They want only to brood in silence. To be left alone with their grief until time itself comes to an end.
Estinien 	The sole reward for senseless bloodshed. A pain I understand...and wish that I did not.
Estinien 	What fools we were...
Estinien 	But now isn't the time for such thoughts.
Estinien 	The others will want to hear what we've learned. Come.
 	
Alisaie 	Good to see you made it back in one piece. The more I see of this place, the more bewildering it becomes.
 	
Urianger 	I chanced to gain audience with several dragons ere we returned, though I expect their tales are much the same as those you heard.
 	
Yshtola 	We would hear what the dragons had to share with you. Even if it's no different from what they told Urianger, it would have value.
 	
Grahatia 	Did your exploration prove eventful? Converse with any dragons?
 	
Estinien 	With luck, they'll have learned something to help us devise a plan of action.
 	
Alphinaud 	Were you able to establish any meaningful contact with the dragons?
Alphinaud 	I see... They wish to escape what they perceive to be a cycle of conflict.
Alphinaud 	Thank you, [Player Name]. Estinien.
Alphinaud 	As for our part, I believe we are more acutely aware of our confines than before...
Alphinaud 	We started by traversing the perimeter of the island, to see if there might be a path leading off of it. Sadly, there was nothing to be found.
Estinien 	There's no small amount of debris floating about. Could there be enough to serve as a bridge to lead us elsewhere?
Alphinaud 	I considered that, and so I tried throwing a stone onto a potential platform to judge its integrity...
Alphinaud 	But it never reached its mark. As it crossed an invisible threshold just beyond the boundaries of this island, it vanished, only to reappear above me, and fall at my feet. I would not be too quick to presume that what we see outside this space is as it appears.
Alisaie 	Which is why I returned to the Ragnarok, and asked the Loporrits to search for a potential path.
Alisaie 	However, the ship's instruments failed to provide conclusive data on the surrounding area. Until we know more, I think it too risky to attempt flying to another island.
Grahatia 	What Meteion told us before─that emotions dictate reality here─might be the key. But I'm not entirely sure what emotion might manifest a bridge to lead us to safety.
Estinien 	So what you're saying is, we've no way forward.
Yshtola 	At present, aye. If it is indeed emotion that governs this island, perhaps it is not Meteion's, but the dragons' that holds us here.
Yshtola 	They tire of conflict, and have chosen a path of oblivion to escape it.
Yshtola 	Or rather, they have chosen no path at all. Meaning there is no way for the dragons, or anyone here on this island, to advance.
Grahatia 	A sound theory, disheartening though it may be.
Alphinaud 	If that is the case, what recourse do we have? They are not like to be persuaded to help us.
Alphinaud 	Their reasoning is built on a history of turmoil and strife. Without irrefutable proof the future is not as bleak as they believe it to be...
Yshtola 	Mayhap persuasion is not the answer.
Yshtola 	Meteion meant to unmake us then and there on the Ragnarok, and she would have succeeded if not for Thancred's determination.
Yshtola 	She conceded it was strong enough to overpower the despair that otherwise rules Ultima Thule, and reshape it to a degree. Perhaps it can be done again in like manner─by overpowering the prevailing emotions.
Urianger 	'Twas Ultima Thule's architect, Meteion herself, against whom Thancred did pit himself in a clash of wills. Though I marked no leader among them, as such, I did chance to encounter a dragon possessed of despair far more potent than most. Potent enough, mayhap, to dictate the course for others─and thus, their domain, to follow.
Urianger 	He spoke but few words, carefully chosen, their tone and timber alone threatening to rend my heart in twain. Challenging his desire to remain may allow us to alter the island upon which we stand.
Urianger 	Alas, I fear my vaunted rhetoric availed me naught against his calcifying heart. But mayhap one of you will fare better...?
Urianger 	Then I shall guide thee. Al End, they call him, in the dragon tongue. Thou wilt find him nearby, eyes fixed upon the water.
Alisaie 	Well, what have we to lose? Let's get going.
 	
Alisaie 	If I had known this place would claim Estinien too, I...
Alisaie 	No... No, it's what had to be done.
 	
Urianger 	As by the beating of mighty wings doth wind blow, where dragons may ne'er again touch the sky, he and the shade he bore shall soar free...
 	
Yshtola 	Must this always be the price paid for safe passage?
 	
Grahatia 	The wind has stayed the fog that covered this island. And the air... It no longer feels quite so stifling.
 	
Alphinaud 	Look there! The wind...
Alphinaud 	This is Estinien's doing. I'm sure of it. We should ride its flow, and see where it leads.
 	
Alphinaud 	Forgive me, [Player Name], but could you go on ahead? I... I need a moment. To gather my thoughts...
 	
Alphinaud 	He...he did it. He found a way forward for us.
Alphinaud 	The dragons remain trapped within a prison of their own making, lamenting the horrors of war. Yet Estinien knew them better than most.
Alphinaud 	He was a man of honor and a dear friend, willing to fight to the very end for what he believed was right...
Alisaie 	And he's still fighting, Alphinaud. Just like Thancred.
Alisaie 	Their sacrifices are why we can survive here. Why we still have a chance to stop her.
Alisaie 	Even in spirit, they're unwilling to give in to despair, and we mustn't either.
Yshtola 	Alisaie is right. We must press on. For their sake...
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
Category:Endwalker Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV