Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (III)

"*I've been quite stymied by some villainous brigands! Do you think maybe you could defeat them for me?*" —*Le Mann*

**Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (III)** is a side story in *Octopath Traveler*. This chapter of the tale begins by speaking to Le Mann at the docks in the east section of Grandport Markets in Grandport after both Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I) and Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (II) have been completed.

## Resolution

###  Challenge /  Provoke

Use the Challenge or Provoke path action to duel the Wharf Thug (  Min Lvl: 20 /  [Strength:7, HP:24,320, Weak:] blocking the ship's gangway.Wharf Thug, Grandport Markets

The tale ends once the **Wharf Thug** is defeated.

"*Following in the footsteps of the great adventurer Dupone, Le Mann embarked on a journey across the sea to unseen lands.*"
## Epilogue

Upon completion of the side story, the following occurs:

* **Le Mann** permanently disappears from the game.
* **Wharf Thug** relocates away from the gangway of the ship to the base of the steps.
* **Erudite Graybeard** appears in Goldshore Manor District.
Wharf Thug, Grandport MarketsErudite Graybeard, Goldshore Manor District

## Trivia

* The **Erudite Graybeard** who appears in **Goldshore Manor District** after the side story is completed reveals himself to be Dupone, the adventurer who had inspired **Le Mann**. Upon inquiring or scrutinizing him, he further reveals that he, like **Le Mann**, was "charmed by the words of a famous adventurer in his youth, [and] embarked on a journey of his own".

 **Flatlands:** | Theracio's Tutelage (I/II/III)  •  The Prodigious Painting  •  Fit for a King  •  City of Gold  •  Zeph and Mercedes (II)\*  •  In Search of Father (I)†  •  The Gravekeeper's Grief  •  The Price of Vengeance  •  Mikk and Makk Make Good\*  •  Scaredy Sheep  •  Tilting at Windmills

 **Coastlands:** | Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I/II/**III**)  •  Love Unrequited  •  Princess Mary, Redux\*  •  In Search of Father (II)†  •  Left Behind  •  The Merchant's Path  •  Scourge of the Seas  •  An Exotic Aroma  •  The Diarist's Desire\*  •  Keeping Up with the Wyndhams\*

 **Highlands:** | Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (I/II/III)  •  Never Forget  •  Fertile Fields  •  Lost in Translation  •  A Royal Secret  •  Up to No Good  •  Russell's Repentance\*  •  Star of the Stage  •  Performance Art  •  At Journey's End†

 **Sunlands:** | Ria, Born to Roam (I/II/III)  •  Her Time to Shine  •  The Bouncer  •  The Adventures of Ali\*  •  In Search of Sweets  •  Shadow over the Sands  •  Back with Bale\*  •  The Prisoner's Plea  •  In Search of the Unknown  •  King Khalim's Conundrum\*

 **Riverlands:** | Meryl, Lost then Found (I/II/III)  •  For Want of Fish  •  A Sweet Reunion  •  Zeph and Mercedes (I)\*  •  Daughter of the Dark God (II)†  •  The Worrywart  •  The Pilgrims' Plight  •  A Corpse with No Name  •  The Hidden Hoard  •  The Adventuring Life  •  Friends Again\*  •  Hello Again, Harald\*

 **Cliftlands:** | Daughter of the Dark God (I)†  •  Kaia, Mother of Dragons (I/II/III)  •  The Bandits' Code  •  Sparks of Revolution  •  Heathcote's High Jinks\*  •  A Miner Dilemma  •  The Weaver's Predicament  •  Revello and Odette\*  •  On the Precipice  •  The Wayward Son

 **Woodlands:** | Ashlan the Beastmaster (I/II/III)  •  Rite of Passage  •  Way Through the Woods  •  Alphas and the Impresario†  •  Arena Aspirations  •  A Promising Venture  •  Into Thin Air  •  Again with Alaic\*  •  A Cub with No Name  •  Looting Grave Robber