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Come Highly Recommended
Main story quest #72, level 27. 147th of 173 in play order.
Quest giver: Meffrid, South Shroud (X 25.6, Y 20.7).
Steps
- Show
Meffrid's recommendation to Gundobald
at Little Ala Mhigo.
Journal
- Meffrid wishes to repay your kindness.
- Grateful for your many acts of kindness, Meffrid is happy to recommend you to his comrades in the Ala Mhigan Resistance. He provides you with a
letter of introduction, and instructs you to show it to Gundobald at Little Ala Mhigo. - Thanks to Meffrid's letter, Gundobald casts aside his mistrust and offers you his hand in friendship. At long last, you may learn something that will lead you to Lahabrea.
Characters 2
Gundobald still does not welcome you at Little Ala Mhigo.
What you know from earlier quests 3
- #140 On to Little Ala Mhigo: Gundobald meets you coldly and asks why his people should help an outsider. He says they struggle enough already. He tells you that you are not welcome and orders you to leave.
- #141 Tea for Three: Gisilbehrt
mentions him as a bristly old bear and has no doubt that he told you to leave. - #142 Foot in the Door: Gisilbehrt mentions that Gundobald belongs to the Ala Mhigan Resistance. So the best person to vouch for you is someone from the same group.
Meffrid wants to repay you for all your help to his people.
What you know from earlier quests 4
- #143 Meeting with the Resistance: Albreda
points Meffrid out to you at Quarrymill and names him as a captain of the Resistance. She hopes he can give you what you need. - #144 Killing Him Softly: Meffrid's man Gallien
has a festering wound and a fever. Meffrid begged the villagers on his knees, but they refused to help. Too angry to plead well, he asks you to try through Albreda. The Hearer's refusal enrages him, and he curses the elementals. - #145 Helping Horn: Meffrid wants to leave Quarrymill, but some of his men cannot travel. He asks you for four
long antelope horns, an Ala Mhigan cure for poison. He thanks Rhalgr for you and sends you to Buscarron's
tavern to prepare them. - #146 He Ain't Heavy: Meffrid is frantic when Gallien goes missing and calls him a big sentimental fool. Finding him, Meffrid says Ala Mhigans never forsake one another and recalls their oath to retake their homeland together. He thanks you for saving Gallien.
- #143 Meeting with the Resistance: Albreda
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Gundobald is moved to hear from Meffrid, whom he feared dead. Any friend of Meffrid is his friend, he says. He drops his mistrust and agrees to tell you what he knows of the masked stranger.
- Meffrid offers you anything he can give. Surprised you only want the help of Little Ala Mhigo, he writes you a letter for Gundobald. Gundobald was his mentor in the Resistance, intimidating to strangers but caring for his own.
Dialogue 7 lines
Accepting the quest
Meffrid
Now that things are relatively settled, I seem to recall that you wanted something of me.
You've proven a true friend to my people. Ask of me anything, and it's yours, so long as it's mine to give.
The cooperation of the people of Little Ala Mhigo? That's all? Far be it from me to question your desires, of course... Very well, I will provide you with a letter to show to Gundobald.
The old bear was my mentor when I first joined the Resistance. He's intimidating to those who don't know him, but he takes care of his own. I've no doubt that he will do all in his power to aid you.
- FR Ce vieux briscard était mon mentor quand j'ai rejoint la résistance. ‘That old campaigner was my mentor when I joined the resistance.’ English nicknames him "the old bear"; French calls him an old campaigner.
Show Meffrid's recommendation to Gundobald at Little Ala Mhigo.
Gundobald
Why have you returned? You are not welcome here; I thought I made that clear.
You...you spoke with Meffrid? It has been so long since I last heard from him, I had feared him dead... Twelve be praised...
- DE In den Wirren des Krieges haben wir uns aus den Augen verloren, aber vergessen hab ich ihn ebenso wenig wie unsere Lieder oder den Geschmack des mhigischen Weines ... ‘In the chaos of war we lost sight of each other, but I have forgotten him no more than our songs or the taste of Mhigan wine...’ English says he had feared Meffrid dead; German says he never forgot him, like their songs and Mhigan wine.
- JA 戦火の中で別れてからずいぶん経つが、その名は故郷の歌や酒と共に、心の臓に刻まれている。 ‘It has been a long time since we parted amid the fires of war, but his name is carved into my heart along with the songs and wine of home.’ English says he had feared Meffrid dead; Japanese says his name is carved in his heart with home's songs and wine.
Whoever you are, Meffrid sees you as a friend, and any friend of Meffrid is a friend of mine. I know of this masked stranger you seek, and will tell you what I can.