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Slave to the Code
Rogue class quest, level 15. 79th of 178 in play order.
Quest giver: Jacke, Western La Noscea (X 27.8, Y 28.4).
Steps
- Search the Flock for signs of the Jolly Merchants.
- Search the Flock for signs of the Jolly Merchants.
- Speak with Jacke at the Rogues' Guild.
Journal
- Jacke is determined to track down the remnants of the Jolly Merchants.
- Putting himself in his marks' shoes, Jacke hazards a guess as to where the last of the Jolly Merchants will likely be hiding. Head out to the Flock in western La Noscea and search for signs of the remaining slavers.
- After discovering a family of villagers tied up amongst the dodo nests, you are confronted by the final gang of slavers. One hectic and feather-filled battle later, the pirates are defeated and the Jolly Merchants no more. See to the well-being of the captive smallfolk.
- As you are tending to the traumatized villagers, you are approached by a trio of Yellowjackets led by one Captain Milala
. The Yellowjacket captain appears fanatically opposed to anything with the slightest connection to piracy, and challenges the Rogues' Guild to a contest to justify its very existence. Return to the guild and discuss this development with Jacke. - You return to the Dutiful Sisters to find Jacke still chafing over Captain Milala's presumptuous challenge. Bound by the code, however, the guildmaster fully intends to reclaim the stolen treasures even if it means dancing to the Yellowjacket's tune. Master the Mug ability and continue sharpening your skills that you might ensure victory for the guild. ※The next rogue quest will be available from Jacke upon reaching level 20.
Hidden
warning to the slavers, that they 'stifle yer victims' screams', echoes the title of the previous rogue quest, 'Stifled Screams'. teaches here, is a classic Final Fantasy thief move: one attack that also tries to steal an item., bound by that same code, must take up Captain Milala's challenge.Characters 4
Jacke wants to track down the last of the Jolly Merchants, a gang of slavers, somewhere in western La Noscea.
What you know from earlier quests 5
- #52 My First Daggers: Jacke asks if you are a pirate, then explains the job. Rogues enforce an old code in Limsa's back alleys: never rob fellow Lominsans, cheat a crew, or trade people. He gives you daggers and says to dress light.
- #53 Stabbers in Yer Fambles: Jacke sends you to fight lambs, rats and pugils, one at a time. He says a rogue is a dancer, not a butcher. Speed, precision and light gear matter more than force. He may have a job for you.
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Jacke explains privateers: pirates licensed to loot only imperial ships. He pairs you with Underfoot to recover a stolen firing mechanism. The Dainty Demolishers mistake him for an errand boy. He then tells how the Upright Thieves became the Rogues' Guild.
- #55 Stray into the Shadows: Jacke sends you after stolen muskets meant for the Yellowjackets, with V'kebbe
as partner. He secretly ate her egg sandwich. When Underfoot gives him away, V'kebbe strings him up. He says real code breakers suffer far worse. - #78 Stifled Screams: Jacke takes a secret job from Maelstrom Command against the Jolly Merchants, pirate slavers. He says the code is harsh on those who hurt the weak. He works with you to free the captives in Aleport and teaches you to throw daggers.
Perimu Haurimu is with the Rogues' Guild as it hunts the last of the Jolly Merchants.
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Underfoot is reluctant to guide a new recruit but agrees. Jacke calls him one of the best. He teaches you to dodge, sends you to I'tolwann
for news, watches the goblin camp, and lets you take the credit. - #55 Stray into the Shadows: Jacke sends Underfoot to fetch a fresh sandwich from the Bismarck, a restaurant. He returns and blurts out that Jacke ate a fellow rogue's supper. He calls V'kebbe's punishment the swiftest string-up he has seen.
- #78 Stifled Screams: Underfoot is angry that pirates rob honest folk and trade in slaves. Jacke sends him with V'kebbe to help the Maelstrom find the villagers already sold.
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: Underfoot is reluctant to guide a new recruit but agrees. Jacke
V'kebbe is with the Rogues' Guild as Jacke
hunts the last of the Jolly Merchants.What you know from earlier quests 3
- #54 A Dainty Dilemma: When the Dainty Demolishers barge into the guild, V'kebbe starts to explain that the doorman lets in only clients, recruits and one other sort. The captain cuts her off, and a fight starts.
- #55 Stray into the Shadows: V'kebbe, the Stray, is the guild's best at sneaking. She teaches you to hide and listen, plans the theft at the pier, and leads the guards away. Learning Jacke ate her sandwich, she strings him up. Limsa is her home.
- #78 Stifled Screams: Jacke sends V'kebbe and Underfoot to help the Maelstrom track the villagers already sold. She offers to join you and Jacke if you need extra hands.
Captain Milala leads Yellowjackets, the soldiers of Limsa Lominsa, under Maelstrom Command.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #55 Stray into the Shadows: Milala is unhappy that the Yellowjackets now owe the Rogues' Guild a debt, and wishes the rogues were jailed next to the thieving pirates.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Jacke guesses the slavers hide at the Flock and fights them with you. He tells a freed boy not to be like him and explains the code. He resents Milala's challenge but accepts it, since the theft breaks the code. He teaches you Mug.
- Perimu Haurimu, known as Underfoot, arrives at the Flock with V'kebbe as backup. He jokes that he is here to get underfoot, but no slavers are left standing. After Milala's challenge, he asks Jacke what comes next.
- V'kebbe arrives with Perimu Haurimu to back you up at the Flock, but the slavers are already beaten. When Milala scolds the guild, V'kebbe is puzzled and asks Jacke what she wants with them.
- Milala comes to lead the freed villagers to safety. She calls the rogues no better than pirates and wants all piracy gone. She challenges the guild to a race for three stolen treasures; if she wins, she seeks to close the guild.
Dialogue 76 lines
Accepting the quest
Jacke
Those last few Jolly Merchant bastards must be camped out somewhere in western La Noscea. Now, if I was a black-blooded, gil-grubbin' slaver, where would I be hidin'...?
Stow yer whids an' draw yer steel!
Always more of 'em...
These birds move slow, but they've a nasty peck!
Keep yer distance an' skewer 'em from afar! Aye, throw yer bloody daggers at 'em, lass/lad!
Ugh, more dodos!? Thought they was slavers, not bleedin' farmers!
Stay calm now, lass/lad! Take 'em one at a time!
An' still they come... Bene! Saves us the searchin'!
Get out o' here, [name]. Take the captives an' go...
No scraps for latecomers! The lass/colt an' me had a hunger!
You coves took yer sweet time! Let's mop this up already!
I like me slaves with a bit o' fight! Ye'll fetch a grand price on the block!
V'kebbe
This's a fine pile o' quarrons! There's naught for us to do...
Yer not the only ones with reinforcements!
Perimu Haurimu
Underfoot is here to get underfoot!
- FR Perimu Haurimu à la rescousse, Chef ! ‘Perimu Haurimu to the rescue, Boss!’ English puns on the nickname Underfoot; French just announces Perimu Haurimu to the rescue.
- JA お待たせしました、助っ人登場ですよ！ ‘Sorry to keep you waiting, the reinforcements are here!’ English puns on the nickname Underfoot; Japanese just announces that the reinforcements have arrived.
...Or, at least I would if any bugger was left standin'.
Jacke
There's naught to the west but the Sahagin pools; even those bollocks-for-brains pirates know better'n to trespass on fishback territory.
An' they won't want to chance runnin' into patrols near Aleport, so that just leaves us east. ...The Flock? Aye, they'll likely be nestled down in the ruins out there amongst the dodos.
That's where we'll try to pick up their trail. You head on over an' snilch the place while I send word to the Sisters an' the Maelstrom.
Search the Flock for signs of the Jolly Merchants.
Defeat the Jolly Merchants!
Speak with Jacke at the Rogues' Guild.
Jacke
Head on over to the Flock an' see if ye can't spy our missin' slavers. I'll be along once I've passed on word to the Maelstrom an' our fellow coves.
Thank you for freeing us! We've been tied up here since those awful pirates snatched us from our beds.
Jacke
Those are some interestin'-lookin' dodos ye've got there, [name]. ...No sign o' the Merchants, though, eh?
- FR Mon intuition avait donc été la bonne. ‘So my hunch was right.’ English jokes that the freed captives are odd-looking dodos; French has Jacke say his hunch was right.
- JA やっぱり、このあたりに潜んでやがったか……。 ‘So they were hiding around here after all...’ English jokes that the freed captives are odd-looking dodos; Japanese has Jacke say they were hiding here after all.
Their leader mentioned heading over to Aleport. He said something about there being no signal, and that was a signal that something was wrong.
They just left us hobbled here like lambs for the market; one of them japed about keeping the meat unsullied in case there was trouble... Pray let us flee this place before they return!
- JA 私たちは、場合によっては荷物になるからと、この場所に拘束されていたのです。 ‘We were held captive in this place because we might become a burden, depending on how things went.’ English says a pirate joked about keeping the "meat" unspoiled if trouble came; Japanese says they would have been a burden.
???: An' who are you to just sidle in an' set loose our 'ard-won prizes? Hm?
'Twas the damndest thing. We'd 'alf a crew lodgin' in Aleport, an' not a one of 'em survived the night. Done in by a couple o' sneaky curs what favored the shortblades, they say.
- FR Vous saviez que nos compères qui s'étaient réunis à Port-aux-Ales ont tous été décimés en l'espace d'une nuit par des assaillants inconnus ? ‘Did you know that our pals who had gathered at Port-aux-Ales were all wiped out in a single night by unknown assailants?’ English says the killers were a pair favoring shortblades; French calls them unknown assailants.
...I'm supposin' that was you two. Seems ye've a bone to pick with our choice o' “trade.”
Jacke
Aye, I can't say as I've much use for slavers...'cept as a place to bury me knives. Oh, an' I wouldn't bother yerself with waitin' on yer ship to come back neither. The Jolly Merchants are done for.
Hee hee hee! Ye might have the right of it, lad!
But then ye wouldn't know the kind o' coin three 'ealthy slaves like them ones'll bring us. I'll 'ave a new ship an' a new crew afore a single moon 'as passed.
Ye 'ear that, chattel? Yer each worth a shinin' bloody fortune! An' ye've me to thank for 'elpin' ye learn yer true worth!
Jacke
Ignore this bleatin' sod. In fact, why don't ye step back a ways?
These coves are about to learn the consequences o' breakin' the code, an' the discussion is like to get messy.
Did ye not think we'd come for ye? Ye can try to stifle yer victims' screams in the darkmans, but the shadows are always listenin'!
- FR Je ne suis peut-être qu'un rustre moi aussi, mais je sais ce que ça fait de crier à l'aide et de n'avoir personne qui réponde à l'appel ! ‘I may be nothing but a brute myself, but I know what it's like to cry for help and have no one answer the call!’ English warns that the shadows always hear victims' screams; French has Jacke recall crying for help with no one answering.
- JA 裏社会の闇に、助けを求める声まで呑まれたときの絶望は、嫌ってほど知ってるからな……！ ‘Because I know all too well the despair of having even your cries for help swallowed by the darkness of the underworld...!’ English warns that the shadows always hear victims' screams; Japanese has Jacke recall the despair of unheard cries for help.
Thank you. I shudder to think what horrid fate awaited us had you not helped us to escape...
I knew someone would come! You're just like the heroes in the stories!
They always arrive at the perfect time and triumph over the villains! Do you think I could be a hero like you? I know I could be brave and strong, too. I just know it!
Jacke
I... Ye don't want to be like me, lad.
- FR On ne devient pas surineur du jour au lendemain, tu sais. ‘You don't become a rogue overnight, you know.’ English Jacke says the boy should not want to be like him; French says becoming a rogue simply takes time.
Listen, now. Me an' those coves there, we're the ones what the scary folk are afraid of. An' that's 'cause we keep the rules for the world they live in.
We don't much care if ye shirk yer chores, or get into fights...
But if ye ever break the code an' betray yer mates, then that's when we'll come after ye─no matter how far ye run or how well ye hide!
Live yer life like the hero ye want to be, though, an' ye'll never need worry about that.
- FR Si tu veux éviter ça, tu n'auras qu'à suivre les préceptes du code d'honneur et tout ira bien. ‘If you want to avoid that, you'll only have to follow the precepts of the code of honor and all will be well.’ English tells the boy to live like the hero he wants to be; French tells him to follow the code of honor.
Aye? You two can stubble it, an' all!
Milala
Yellowjacket Soldier: I assume you are the citizens who were abducted by the Jolly Merchants?
I am Captain Milala of the Yellowjackets. Maelstrom Command has entrusted me with conducting you to safety.
- JA わたくし、イエロージャケット陸士長の「ミリララ」と申します。 ‘I am called "Milala," leading private of the Yellowjackets.’ English gives Milala the rank of captain; Japanese gives her the rank 陸士長, a junior enlisted rank.
Jacke
It's all right, lad, these folk'll take care of ye. ...Go on, ye'd best not get left behind.
Was there aught else, Captain? Word on a new job?
Milala
A job? From me? ...For you?
How patently absurd! Why, I'd rather hire a sewer rat to mind my larder!
- FR Je DÉTESTE les surineurs, vous m'entendez ? ‘I HATE rogues, do you hear me?’ English says she would sooner hire a sewer rat to guard her larder; French simply says she hates rogues.
- JA わたくし、双剣士が大っっっっっっ嫌いですの！！ ‘I absolutely haaaaaate rogues!!’ English says she would sooner hire a sewer rat to guard her larder; Japanese simply says she hates rogues.
Was it during one of your “jobs” that you turned Aleport into a slaughterhouse? What dark age is this that we must employ assassins to enforce the law!?
It is this continued dalliance with underworld miscreants such as you that prevents Limsa Lominsa from ever fully expunging the stain of piratical infection!
Look at these weapons you bear! A civilized person uses such implements to carve meat or peel fruit, and leaves them at table where they belong!
Do you perhaps clench them 'twixt your teeth as you swing over rails like the pirates you hunt? Our fair city has no place for those who refuse to abandon the brutish ways of the past...
- FR Vous vous croyez fins avec vos moulinets de bras et vos sauts de lapin, mais vous n'êtes qu'une ridicule bande de pirates sans aucune morale, c'est tout ! ‘You think you're so clever with your arm-windmilling and your bunny hops, but you're nothing but a ridiculous band of pirates with no morals, that's all!’ English mocks daggers clenched in teeth while swinging over rails; French mocks arm-waving and bunny hops.
The only champions of justice this nation requires are the valiant and forthright soldiers of the Yellowjackets!
V'kebbe
Jacke... What the bloody hells does this cull want with us?
Jacke
I've not the foggiest idea, love. Just smile an' nod.
- FR Elle a l'air d'aimer être au centre de l'attention, ne la privons pas de ce plaisir. ‘She seems to like being the center of attention; let's not deprive her of that pleasure.’ English Jacke has no idea what she wants and just humors her; French says she simply likes attention.
- JA 装備を自慢したいだけの、派手女だ。 ‘She's just a flashy woman who wants to show off her gear.’ English Jacke has no idea what she wants; Japanese says she is a flashy woman showing off her gear.
Milala
I've not come here to be patronized─I've come to put a decisive end to piracy in all its forms! Consider this visit a gauntlet thrown at the collective feet of the Rogues' Guild!
Heed well my words. Just before dawn this very morn, a Maelstrom vessel stocked with provisions was boarded and looted by pirates.
Much of the cargo was stolen, and that is vexing indeed. But it is the theft of three items in particular─three unique treasures of nigh-incalculable worth─that most distresses my martial colleagues.
As for the brigands, they made well their escape, disappearing into the dawn's mist along with their precious plunder...
Jacke
A rum tale. What's it to do with us?
Milala
I challenge you! A contest to reclaim these stolen treasures!
Should my Yellowjackets and I succeed in retrieving the greater share, I shall formally propose the abolition of the Rogues' Guild. Upon review of our achievements, the Admiral will surely concede that your unscrupulous institution has outlived its usefulness.
Jacke
Ah, blow it out yer wattle. I've better ways to spend me time.
Milala
Oh, do you now? This incident constitutes a theft against the nation of Limsa Lominsa. Does that not violate your beloved code?
If I'm not mistaken, you've no choice but to rise to the occasion. ...Unless of course, you mean to slink back into your hole and abandon the fundamental precepts of your “duty”?
Jacke
All right, all right, ye screechin' shrew─ye've made yer bloody point. An' ye'll be sorry that ye did, I promise ye that.
Milala
Your paltry promises amount to naught in the face of my conviction. I shall not rest until Limsa Lominsa is free of every last buccaneer, scoundrel, and shadow-dwelling ne'er-do-well!
Perimu Haurimu
...What now, Jacke?
Jacke
For right now? We head back to the Sisters.
For a wee lass, that Milala's got some bollocks. An' it seems she's well done with aught what whiffs o' pirate stock.
- FR Pourquoi cette capitaine aux grands airs nous en veut à ce point ? ‘Darn... Why does that high-and-mighty captain have it in for us so much?’ English grudgingly admires Milala's nerve; French wonders why the haughty captain resents them so.
- JA ったく……何なんだよ、あの派手女は。 ‘Geez... what's with that flashy woman?’ English grudgingly admires Milala's nerve; Japanese is only exasperated with the "flashy woman."
Hmph. I don't take kindly to culls pullin' me strings, but the shrew is right─the code's been broken an' we've a job to do.
From the sounds of it, though, them coves knew what they were about when they cloyed them treasures. I'll need ye at yer best.
It's time ye learned the art o' muggin'! Rough up a cull in just the right way, an' he'll give up more than what ye'd get if ye just plain knocked him on his arse.
Me an' the lads'll be busy whiddlin' the story on them bitten baubles, so yer free to head out an' sharpen yer skill─might even be as ye'll pocket some extra blunt while yer at it, eh?