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Grimoire Fandango
Arcanist class quest, level 25. 101st of 102 in play order.
Quest giver: Thubyrgeim, Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X 4.7, Y 11.4).
Steps
- Speak with a local at Memeroon's
Trading Post. - Speak with the scholar at Thalaos.
- Find the hidden
slips of parchment. - Deliver the slips of parchment to Tanga Tonga
. - /dance before the old wooden box at Fool Falls.
- Open the old wooden box.
- Open the old wooden box.
- /dance for Memeroon at Memeroon's Trading Post.
- /dance for K'lyhia
in the Anchor Yard of Limsa Lominsa. - Hand over the
new grimoire to K'lyhia. - Report to Thubyrgeim at the Arcanists' Guild.
Journal
- Acting Guildmaster Thubyrgeim would have your assistance in tracking down a certain someone.
- You learn from Thubyrgeim that the elusive guildmaster, K'rhid Tia
, has at long last been spotted. She believes that the guildmaster holds the key to breaking K'lyhia free from her depression. Travel to Memeroon's Trading Post in upper La Noscea, and question a local as to K'rhid Tia's current whereabouts. - One of the trading post locals tells you of the guildmaster's intended destination. Travel next to Thalaos, and speak with the scholar who makes his camp in the area.
- The scholar Tanga Tonga has a message for you from the guildmaster. It appears you are to locate three slips of parchment upon each of which are written parts of a single clue.
- You have collected the three slips of parchment. Deliver the curious missives to Tanga Tonga.
- After deciphering the Allagan script, Tanga Tonga reads to you the guildmaster's instructions. Though the clues are somewhat cryptic, you determine that you are to travel to Fool Falls and /dance before an old wooden box found somewhere in the area...
- You have located the old wooden box and have danced for it like you've never danced before. Prise open the lid and see what wonders await you.
- You have defeated the tree slugs that sprung when you attempted to open the box. Ready yourself for anything, and attempt to open the box once more.
- The box holds no further nasty surprises for you, and you have found yet another slip of parchment within. The parchment has directed you to Memeroon's Trading Post in upper La Noscea, where you should seek out the owner and /dance for him.
- The guildmaster was watching as you performed your dance for Memeroon, apparently needing a diversion from his studies. After applauding your effort, he gifts you with a new grimoire and recommends you deliver it to K'lyhia. Follow the arcanist's instructions, and /dance for K'lyhia in the Anchor Yard of Limsa Lominsa.
- After performing a dance for K'lyhia, she deduces that you have met with Guildmaster K'rhid Tia. Hand over the new grimoire to the foreseer to answer her question as to why.
- You give the new tome to K'lyhia, and the foreseer soon realizes the significance of the gift: it is within her to shape the world into the reality she desires. And that reality is one in which she defeats Doesmaga
. Return to the Arcanists' Guild, and inform Thubyrgeim of the assessor's recovery. - Thubyrgeim appears relieved to hear the news of K'lyhia's decision to return to duty. The foreseer is, however, yet bound by the chains of her past. Focus your efforts on your training, and prepare yourself for the forthcoming confrontation with Doesmaga. ※The next arcanist quest will be available from Thubyrgeim upon reaching level 30.
Hidden
says the guildmaster avoids his own name. Among Seeker of the Sun men, the second name is a rank. Nunh is for a tribe's breeding male, and Tia is for the rest.Characters 4
Thubyrgeim is still worried about K'lyhia
, who walks about as if all joy has left her since her grimoire was ruined.What you know from earlier quests 6
- #4 Way of the Arcanist: Thubyrgeim says arcanima draws on aether, a living energy, lets you call a helper named Carbuncle, and needs calm thinking in battle. After a trial against pests, she welcomes you as an arcanist and gives you a hunting log. Her name means "Magic Jewel".
- #35 What's in the Box: Thubyrgeim reminds her arcanists to eat. Her guild inspects cargo at Mealvaan's Gate, so she sets you a practice cargo check. She calls K'lyhia odd but the guild's best tactician, and hopes you can widen K'lyhia's view beyond arcanima.
- #51 Tactical Planning: Thubyrgeim has you slay three roselings and three wild jackals, calling three the perfect sample size, then sends you with K'lyhia. Pleased, she allows you to train at other guilds, but advises mastering arcanima first. Off duty, the twenty-nine-year-old teaches children to read.
- #74 Topaz Teachings: Thubyrgeim notices you look tired and asks if you sleep properly, since reasoning suffers without rest. Each of her lessons starts with such a health check. She teaches you to summon Topaz Carbuncle, a magic ally, for use if the inspection turns sour.
- #75 Over the Rails: Thubyrgeim says the mercenaries are old hands at guarding K'lyhia. She tells you the captain was the pirate Doesmaga, exiled years ago, who has hurt K'lyhia before. She regrets sending her and urges you to turn your anger into training.
- #100 Pincer Maneuver: Thubyrgeim tells you K'lyhia's past: she was a young prisoner on Doesmaga's slave ship, and the guildmaster calmed her with a grimoire (a magic book). Thubyrgeim leads the ambush, calling out K'lyhia's combat patterns, and says there is still something they can do.
The absent guildmaster, K'rhid Tia, has at last been spotted near Memeroon's
Trading Post in upper La Noscea.What you know from earlier quests 1
- #4 Way of the Arcanist: K'rhid Tia is not at the guild. Murie
says he cannot be reached for now, and Thubyrgeim calls him a "wayward leader". He likes to roam and is often away, so Thubyrgeim does his duties.
- #4 Way of the Arcanist: K'rhid Tia is not at the guild. Murie
K'lyhia is still crushed by the loss of her grimoire and has not found her spirit again.
What you know from earlier quests 5
- #35 What's in the Box: Thubyrgeim chose her to guide your training. K'lyhia loves calculations: she puts your odds of becoming a notable arcanist at 90%. Her worn starter grimoire (spellbook) was the absent guildmaster's gift; she rose to foreseer with it. Then she leaves to test tactics in battle.
- #51 Tactical Planning: K'lyhia, a foreseer at Mealvaan's Gate, the city's customs, inspects the Boilstox, goblin peddlers suspected of smuggling. She plans tactics well but lacks the reflexes to use them. She teaches you to know your own strengths, and rates your chance of greatness 97%.
- #74 Topaz Teachings: K'lyhia checks merchant ships in Limsa Lominsa's ports daily for Mealvaan's Gate. She is about to board a ship suspected of smuggling and puts the odds of resistance at 75%. She requires you to learn Topaz Carbuncle first, and keeps asking until you agree.
- #75 Over the Rails: K'lyhia plans with odds and named tactics. Your skill reminds her of the guildmaster. You clear the pier and deck, but the captain, Doesmaga, an exiled pirate who hurt her before, terrifies her. He throws her grimoire (spell book) overboard and she faints.
- #100 Pincer Maneuver: K'lyhia was once a young prisoner of the pirate Doesmaga. The guildmaster gave her the grimoire (spell book) she has always carried. She plans an ambush to win it back, but seawater has ruined it; she puts repair at 0%. Crushed, she goes home.
- #35 What's in the Box: Thubyrgeim
Memeroon is the owner of Memeroon's Trading Post in upper La Noscea, where the guildmaster was spotted.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Thubyrgeim believes only the absent guildmaster can help K'lyhia, as he did once before. She tells you his name, K'rhid Tia, though he prefers not to use it. She is glad when K'lyhia recovers, and finds both her and the guildmaster hard to read.
- K'rhid Tia: You meet K'rhid Tia. The clues and the dancing were his way to meet you. He keeps notes on every guild member and loves to steer events. He gives you a grimoire for K'lyhia. Tia, his second name, is a Seeker of the Sun rank.
- K'lyhia's mind has gone silent in her sadness. She guesses that you met the guildmaster. His new grimoire matches the first one he gave her, and she reads his message: shape reality as she wants. She resolves to defeat Doesmaga and returns to duty.
- Memeroon owns the trading post that bears his name. When you dance for him, he cheers in simple, broken words about a funny Miqo'te dance and asks if you dance too. K'rhid Tia is watching the whole show.
What the Japanese, French and German versions say 9
Japanese
EN Grimoire Fandango
JA 「洒脱なる陽動戦術」, 'the Urbane Diversionary Tactic' · 「一途なる挟撃戦術」, 'the Single-Minded Pincer Tactic', the earlier title
The title fits the guildmaster K'rhid Tia's breezy, refined style. The two titles mirror each other.
EN 'Before you give K'lyhia the grimoire, however, I must insist that you dance for her. I will know if you don't.'
JA 『た、だ、し。ク・リヒャに本を手渡す前には君の「踊り」を見せてあげてね、約束だよ～？』, 'How-ev-er. Before you hand K'lyhia the book, show her your dance, promise, okay?'
K'rhid Tia chats in a playful sing-song and spells words out syllable by syllable. The English voice is dry and aloof.
EN 'It is identical to the tome I received the first time I ever met our leader...'
JA 「初めてマスターに会った時も、キミとおなじようにマスターは踊りながら魔道書をくれたんですよ……。」, 'When I first met the master, he also gave me a grimoire while dancing, just as you did...'
At their first meeting, the guildmaster also gave K'lyhia a grimoire this way. The English loses this link.
French
EN 'Ah, now that was most entertaining.'
FR «Chapeau, l'arrrtiste ! Ça fait un bail que je n'avais pas vu quelqu'un danser aussi gracieusement.», 'Hats off to the arrrtist! It's been ages since I saw anyone dance so gracefully.'
Like in Japanese, K'rhid Tia is breezy and familiar. He also rolls his r's like K'lyhia, while the English one is aloof and formal.
EN 'A most cryptic set of instructions, I must say.'
FR «Mais qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire à dormir debout ? Je n'ai jamais entendu parler de boîtes qui se réjouiraient qu'on danse pour elles.», 'What on earth is this cock-and-bull story? I've never heard of boxes that would enjoy having someone dance for them.'
It means absurd nonsense. The English scholar only calls the note cryptic.
EN 'It is identical to the tome I received the first time I ever met our leader...'
FR «La première fois que je l'ai vu, il m'avait justement donné le mien en dansant...», 'The first time I saw him, he gave me mine while dancing, as it happens...'
Here too, K'lyhia's own grimoire came from the guildmaster this way. The English says only the new tome is identical.
German
EN 'Slip of Parchment: “If there are answers you would seek, Then to the trading post now go, Before the owner, be not meek, With your two feet, provide a show.”'
DE „Denn wer andere erfreut, findet den Weg in ihre Herzen und das Ende dieser Schnitzeljagd.“, 'For whoever delights others finds the way into their hearts, and the end of this paper chase.'
The guildmaster's note calls his riddle trail this, literally 'a hunt for scraps'. It fits his clues on slips of parchment. The English rhyme has no such word.
EN 'It is identical to the tome I received the first time I ever met our leader...'
DE „Als er mir meins gegeben hat, hat er mich auch tanzen lassen ...“, 'When he gave me mine, he made me dance too...'
Same here: K'lyhia had to dance when she got her grimoire. You repeat what she once did, and the English never mentions a dance.
EN 'I'm 100% certain of it.'
DE „Wir sehen uns wieder, dafür berechne ich eine hundertprophezentige Wahrscheinlichkeit. Es sei denn, du hängst die Hermetik an den Nagel.“, 'We'll meet again, I calculate a hundred-prophecent chance of it. Unless you hang up your Hermeticism for good.'
K'rhid Tia foresees meeting you again, unless you give up arcanima. To hang something on the nail means to quit it. The English has no such catch.
Dialogue 43 lines
Accepting the quest
Thubyrgeim
Have you come to ask about K'lyhia's condition? The foreseer is...unchanged. She walks about as if all the joy in life has been leeched from her soul.
- FR Elle a perdu toute motivation et ressemble plus à une marionnette de chair et d'os qu'autre chose. ‘She has lost all motivation and looks more like a puppet of flesh and bone than anything else.’ English says all joy has been drained from her soul; French says she is like a flesh-and-bone puppet.
- JA 生きる意欲を失い、息する人形みたいになってる。 ‘She has lost the will to live and has become like a breathing doll.’ English says all joy has been drained from her soul; Japanese says she is like a breathing doll.
I believe the only one who can help her now is the same person who broke K'lyhia out of her shell the first time: our absent guildmaster. And─though I am leery of the coincidence─the man himself has at long last been spotted.
- DE Wenn doch nur der Gildenmeister hier wäre und sie retten würde, so wie vor sechs Jahren - gerade als ich diesen Gedanken ausgesprochen hatte, erfuhr ich, dass jemand den Gildenmeister gesehen haben möchte. ‘If only the guildmaster were here and would save her, just like six years ago - just as I had said this, I learned that someone claims to have seen the guildmaster.’ English says he helped her "the first time"; German says six years ago.
- JA 6年前のように、マスターがあの娘を助けてくれれば……そう思っていたところ、ギルドマスターの目撃情報が入った。 ‘If only the master would help that girl like six years ago... just as I was thinking that, a report came in that the guildmaster had been seen.’ English says he helped her "the first time"; Japanese says six years ago.
Should you seek out his last known location, it is unlikely he will still be there. And even should you catch him, he may not deign to speak with you. Nevertheless, this may be our only chance.
- DE Erst müssen wir den Bericht verifizieren und dann, wenn er glaubwürdig erscheint, den Gildenmeister ausfindig machen. ‘The problem is: first we have to verify the report and then, if it seems credible, track down the guildmaster.’ English warns he has probably moved on already; German says the sighting report must first be verified.
Pray travel to Memeroon's Trading Post in upper La Noscea, and speak with anyone who might have seen the guildmaster. Oh, and one more thing: though he prefers us not to use it for some inexplicable reason, our leader's name is K'rhid Tia.
Speak with a local at Memeroon's Trading Post
Witness
Evening/Afternoon, miss/sir. Aye, I was the one as sent word to your guild about spotting your leader. It's a right rare sight to see K'rhid Tia roaming about! He asked me the way to Thalaos. Could be he was seeking to speak with the scholar who lives out there.
Speak with the scholar at Thalaos
Tanga Tonga
Hello there. Why, yes, I did receive a visit from a gentleman identifying himself as the arcanists' guildmaster. An odd fellow, but obviously possessed of a well-rounded education.
As it so happens, he bid me pass on a message to anyone who came searching for him. Ahem. “Reunited, the three slips of parchment hold the problem to the solution.”
- DE „Die drei versteckten sind des Rätsels Anfang und Ende. ‘By the way, he left a message in case someone came asking after him: "The three hidden are the riddle's beginning and end."’ German's clue calls them the riddle's beginning and end; English says they hold "the problem to the solution".
The guildmaster mentioned that the slips of parchment are concealed among the bones of Thalaos. I suppose you are expected to search for them.
- DE Wenn der Gildenmeister tatsächlich etwas versteckt haben sollte, dann wohl hier in der Nähe. ‘If the guildmaster really did hide something, then probably here nearby.’ English says the guildmaster told him where the parchments are hidden; German only guesses he may have hidden something nearby.
- DE Tja, mehr weiß ich auch nicht. ‘Well, I don't know any more than that either.’ In German the scholar knows nothing more and only guesses; in English the guildmaster told him where.
Deliver the slips of parchment to Tanga Tonga
Tanga Tonga
Have you tracked down those three slips of parchment?
Hm, interesting. They actually exist. To be perfectly honest, I thought you had been sent on a wild-dodo chase. Let's have a look at these, shall we? ...Well, well, penned in ancient Allagan, no less. Fortunately for you, I have a passing familiarity with the script...
Slips of Parchment: “Seek the box at Fool Falls.” “Dance a jig for your wooden audience.” “Claim the secret from the opened heart.”
- DE am Narrenfall, von der Zeit gezeichnet Tanze und sieh, was sich ereignet Öffne die Schatulle ohne Sorg und Zweifel ‘at Fool Falls, marked by time, dance and see what happens, open the casket without worry or doubt’ German's rhyme tells you to open the casket without worry; English speaks of a secret in an opened heart.
- JA 「踊る」で喜んだ木箱を開けば、命題を得るだろう。 ‘If you open the wooden box made happy by the "dance", you will obtain the proposition.’ Japanese says the box is made happy by the dance and yields "the proposition"; English mentions an opened heart.
Tanga Tonga
A most cryptic set of instructions, I must say. Do you intend to follow them? This guildmaster of yours certainly enjoys his games...
- FR Mais qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire à dormir debout ? Je n'ai jamais entendu parler de boîtes qui se réjouiraient qu'on danse pour elles. ‘What on earth is this cock-and-bull story? I've never heard of boxes that would enjoy having someone dance for them.’ It means absurd nonsense. The English scholar only calls the note cryptic.
- JA それこそ、マスターに踊らされているだけなんじゃないか？ ‘If anything, aren't you just being made to dance by the master?’ English says the guildmaster enjoys his games; Japanese jokes that you are only being "made to dance" by him.
- DE Hast du etwa vor, diesen Unsinn auszuprobieren? ‘Do you really intend to try out this nonsense?’ German scholar calls the instructions nonsense; English only asks whether you'll follow them.
/dance before the old wooden box at Fool Falls
The box rattles and thumps about, as if something within seeks to be freed. It appears the lid has been loosened somewhat...
- FR Vous avez l'impression que quelque chose a changé, comme si s'était réjouie. ‘You get the impression that something has changed, as if (item) had been delighted.’ English says something inside wants to be freed; French says the box seems delighted.
- DE Es ist so, als würde sich die Schatulle oder irgend etwas darin über deinen Tanz freuen ... ‘It is as if the casket, or something inside it, were delighted by your dance ...’ English says something inside wants to be freed; German says the casket or something in it seems delighted by your dance.
- JA 箱の中で、何かがうごめき、まるで喜んでいるようだ。 ‘Inside the box something squirms, as if it were rejoicing.’ English says something inside wants to be freed; Japanese says it seems to be rejoicing.
The lid of the box is jammed shut.
Slip of Parchment: “If there are answers you would seek, Then to the trading post now go, Before the owner, be not meek, With your two feet, provide a show.”
/dance for Memeroon at Memeroon's Trading Post
Memeroon
Funny Miqo'te dance funny dance! You dance funny dance too?
- DE Miqo'te tanzen guuut, du schleeecht! Oder? ‘Miqo'te dance goood, you baaad! Right?’ English asks if you dance a funny dance too; German says Miqo'te dance well and you dance badly.
K'rhid Tia
Ah, now that was most entertaining. I must have something to amuse me during these little jaunts back to civilization, you understand.
- FR Chapeau, l'arrrtiste ! Ça fait un bail que je n'avais pas vu quelqu'un danser aussi gracieusement. ‘Hats off to the arrrtist! It's been ages since I saw anyone dance so gracefully.’ Like in Japanese, K'rhid Tia is breezy and familiar. He also rolls his r's like K'lyhia, while the English one is aloof and formal.
- DE Du solltest öfter mal vorbeischauen. ‘You should drop by more often.’ English says he needs amusement on his trips back to civilization; German tells you to drop by more often.
- FR Chapeau, l'arrrtiste ! ‘Hats off, arrrtist!’ French K'rhid Tia purrs his r's and applauds you as an artist; English is drily amused, no accent.
Based on my evaluation of your abilities, however, I calculated that you would arrive at this point somewhat earlier. You balked at the dancing, didn't you?
- DE Hast du dir noch ein paar neue Tanzschritte überlegt? ‘Were you thinking up a few new dance steps?’ English says you hesitated to dance; German asks if you were working out new dance steps.
- FR Pourtant, d'après mes calculs, avec un quotient arcanico-algébrique pareil, tu aurais dû arriver plus tôt, à mon humble avis. ‘And yet, according to my calculations, with an arcano-algebraic quotient like that, you should have arrived sooner, in my humble opinion.’ French invents a mock-scientific "arcano-algebraic quotient"; English just says his evaluation of your abilities.
I never expected you to be so shy.
Heh heh, another variable to add to your list of characteristics. I keep extensive mental notes of all the guild's members, you see.
Heh heh. Fascinating.
- DE Verzeih mir. Du siehst aus wie jemand, der einen kleinen Spaß versteht. ‘Forgive me. You look like someone who can take a little joke.’ English just says "Fascinating"; German apologizes and says you look like someone who can take a joke.
As an arcanist, it was a simple matter to engineer events so that I might meet you face-to-face. After all, strategy is a tool used to manipulate one's situation into the desired reality.
And I do so enjoy seeing others dance in the palm of my hand, as it were.
- FR Autrrrement dit, je t'ai fait danser comme l'aurait fait un marionnettiste avec son pantin. ‘In other words, I made you dance the way a puppeteer with his puppet would have.’ French image is a puppeteer working his puppet; English has you dancing in the palm of his hand.
Here, you may have this. Think of it as payment for your...performance.
- FR Tiens, je te donne ça pour la peine que tu t'es donnée afin d'arriver jusqu'ici. ‘Here, I'm giving you this for the trouble you took to get all the way here.’ English calls it payment for your performance; French says it is for the trouble of getting here.
- JA ここまでたどり着いた、君へのご褒美だよ。 ‘It's a reward for you, for making it all the way here.’ English calls it payment for your performance; Japanese says it is a reward for making it this far.
Though you might consider passing the tome on to K'lyhia. That is the reason you sought me out, was it not?
Before you give K'lyhia the grimoire, however, I must insist that you dance for her. I will know if you don't.
- JA た、だ、し。ク・リヒャに本を手渡す前には君の「踊り」を見せてあげてね、約束だよ～？ ‘How-ev-er. Before you hand K'lyhia the book, show her your dance, promise, okay?’ K'rhid Tia chats in a playful sing-song and spells words out syllable by syllable. The English voice is dry and aloof.
All this banal interaction has simply exhausted me. It is time I returned to my studies.
- FR C'est que ça faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas eu à le faire... ‘It's just that it had been a long time since I'd had to do it...’ French blames being out of practice at talking; English dismisses the conversation as "banal interaction".
- DE Ich war schon so lange nicht mehr unter Leuten ... ‘... I haven't been among people for so long ...’ German says he's unused to company; English dismisses the conversation as "banal interaction".
- JA 久々に人としゃべったら、なんだか疲れちゃった……さてと、僕はこの辺で、おいとまするよ。 ‘Having talked with people for the first time in a long while, I've somehow got tired...’ Japanese says he's tired from talking to people after so long; English calls it "banal interaction".
You, on the other hand, should travel forthwith to the Anchor Yard in Limsa Lominsa. Be well, [name]. We shall meet again.
- DE Vielleicht kannst du berechnen, wen du dort triffst. ‘Maybe you can calculate who you will meet there.’ English says they will meet again; German suggests you calculate whom you will meet there.
I'm 100% certain of it.
- DE Wir sehen uns wieder, dafür berechne ich eine hundertprophezentige Wahrscheinlichkeit. ‘We will see each other again; for that I calculate a hundred-"prophecent" probability.’ German coins a pun blending "percent" and "prophecy" for his hundred-percent prediction.
/dance for K'lyhia in the Anchor Yard of Limsa Lominsa
K'lyhia
My mind is ordinarily a whirlwind of probabilities and feints and counterattacks, but now there is naught but silence. This is how it once used to be...and perhaps how it always will be from now on.
- FR C'est pas plus mal, dans le fond... ‘It's not so bad, really...’ English fears it may stay this way forever; French says it is not so bad after all.
- DE Wie damals, mit der Kette am Bein ... ‘Like back then, with the chain on my leg ...’ English says this is how things once were; German says like back then, with a chain on her leg.
- JA もはやこれで、いいのです……昔も、こうでしたから。 ‘It is fine this way now...’ English fears it may stay this way forever; Japanese says it is fine this way.
Were you always one for dancing? I don't recall any such pref─ ...Ah. You have met with our guildmaster, haven't you?
That would explain your odd behavior. He does so enjoy seeing people perform unexpected acts of frivolity.
It is typical of him to offer no introduction, but there is no mistaking the identity of the man you met. No one else takes such delight in seeing people perform unexpected acts of frivolity.
But what could have spurred our reticent guildmaster to speak with you in person?
Hand over the new grimoire to K'lyhia
K'lyhia
He gave you this grimoire to give to me? Uncanny... It is identical to the tome I received the first time I ever met our leader...
- FR Mais c'est son grrrimoire ! ‘Oh!? But it's his grimoire!’ English asks if he sent this grimoire for her; French says it is the guildmaster's own grimoire.
- JA これ……マスターの魔道書ですよね？ ‘This... is the master's grimoire, isn't it?’ English asks if he sent this grimoire for her; Japanese says it is the master's own grimoire.
You have my thanks, [name]. The guildmaster is fond of games and mischief, and I understand the troublesome trials he likely put you through before deeming you worthy of his attention.
With this gift, however, his message to me is abundantly clear: I am to shape reality into the one I desire.
And that means defeating Doesmaga!
Gods, my mind is alive again with strategies! I must have time to think. Pray inform Mistress Thubyrgeim of my return to duty.
Report to Thubyrgeim at the Arcanists' Guild
K'lyhia
Assuming Precondition C, the introduction of Variable M would alter Scenario A in a manner which would perforce require...
- FR Alorrrs, pour une situation éthéro-équilatérale X... et si la condition mana-variable M est reconnue... alors, l'équation phénoméno-surnaturelle C conduit au résultat intégral... ‘Sooo, for an aethero-equilateral situation X... and if the mana-variable condition M is recognised... then the phenomeno-supernatural equation C leads to the integral result...’ French fills her muttering with invented mock-scientific jargon; English uses plain Precondition, Variable and Scenario.
Thubyrgeim
K'lyhia has recovered from her despondency? This is wonderful news, and we have you to thank for it.
It is unfortunate, however, that both K'lyhia and our guildmaster are possessed of such impenetrable personalities. But at least in the case of the foreseer, we have an inkling as to the nature of the cage that imprisons her.
- FR Enfin, tout aurait été plus simple et plus rapide, si Maître K'rhid Tia n'avait pas cette fâcheuse habitude de jouer avec les gens. ‘Well, everything would have been simpler and quicker if Master K'rhid Tia didn't have this annoying habit of toying with people.’ English says both K'lyhia and the guildmaster have impenetrable personalities; French blames only K'rhid Tia's habit of toying with people.
- DE Jetzt hat sie die Gelegenheit, mit der Vergangenheit abzurechnen und ihre Fesseln für immer abzuwerfen. ‘Now she has the chance to settle accounts with her past and cast off her shackles forever.’ English says they only have an inkling of what imprisons her; German says she can now cast off her shackles forever.
I continue to hope that her partnership with you shall gradually pry those bars apart. Return to your training, [name], and prepare yourself for the demanding tactics K'lyhia is sure to formulate in the days ahead.
- DE Es wird zu einer Begegnung mit Doesmaga kommen. ‘There will be an encounter with Doesmaga.’ English hopes working with you will free K'lyhia; German announces a coming encounter with Doesmaga.