For the Children

Main story quest #34, level 19. 104th of 173 in play order.

Quest giver: Isembard, Eastern Thanalan (X 13.9, Y 23.6).

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Steps

Speak with the uncombed urchin in the Golden Bazaar.
Save Sister Ourcen.
Report to Isembard at Camp Drybone.

Journal

Isembard is concerned about the questions surrounding Sister Ourcen's integrity.
Isembard refuses to believe that Sister Ourcen is behind the mysterious disappearances at Camp Drybone. To this end, he bids you speak with one of her favored children in the Golden Bazaar in order to learn more of her activities.
Upon arriving in the Golden Bazaar, you are told that Sister Ourcen left some time ago to search for the child's lost treasure. Fearing for her safety, the child pleads with you to go and find her.
You have rescued Ourcen from a grisly fate at the hands of undead soldiers. After expressing her gratitude, she takes her leave and returns to the Golden Bazaar. Make your way back to Camp Drybone and tell Isembard all that transpired.
After risking life and limb to recover the orphan's memento, Isembard is more convinced than ever that Sister Ourcen is not in any way responsible for the vanishings.

Characters 3

Thancred
Thancred is not here, but his suspicion of Sister Ourcen weighs on Isembard.
What you know from earlier quests 4
- #97 Into a Copper Hell: Thancred has watched you since you left Ul'dah and praises your work as envoy and your selflessness, though the rescue was a happy accident. Thancred asks about your visions, knows a woman with the same talent, and invites you to join the Scions.
- #99 The Scions of the Seventh Dawn: In one version of this scene, you come at Thancred's request, and Tataru is startled to hear the name.
- #100 A Wild Rose by Any Other Name: Thancred is an Archon, a charming bard, and the Scions' man in Ul'dah. He explains the caravan robbery and the missing people, which point to the Amalj'aa, worshipers of the primal Ifrit. He sends you to Isembard at Camp Drybone.
- #103 A Proper Burial: Thancred meets Isembard at Camp Drybone. He spoke with Ungust many times. He suspects Sister Ourcen, since people confess to her behind closed doors. Ourcen heard he took offense at the lichkeeper Marques, and he thinks he has seen that face before.
Isembard
Isembard is troubled by the suspicions about Sister Ourcen and does not want to believe them.
What you know from earlier quests 4
- #100 A Wild Rose by Any Other Name: Isembard has no official title, but the camp's people look to him to lead. Minfilia sent word that you were coming and warned him about the Amalj'aa. He gives his word to help bring the victims home safely.
- #101 Unsolved Mystery: Isembard says the Amalj'aa murdered visitors to the Church of Saint Adama Landama. He asks you to bring back the bodies for a proper burial and thanks you. He feels the Amalj'aa cannot be acting alone and suspects another hand.
- #102 What Poor People Think: Isembard sends you to Ungust with a note, calling him rough but the man who knows the locals best. He is not surprised Ungust was little help. He thinks the commonfolk speak freely only to their gods, so the clergy may know something.
- #103 A Proper Burial: Isembard trusts you to carry an embalmed body to the church for burial, and thanks you for it. When Thancred names Sister Ourcen as a suspect, Isembard is shocked and cannot believe she could do it.
Ourcen
Sister Ourcen is under suspicion, though Isembard cannot believe she has anything to do with the disappearances.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #103 A Proper Burial: Ourcen thanks you for the burial. The commonfolk confide in her and speak to their keeper Thal through her, but she knows nothing of the missing. She worries about Marques, scarred by the Calamity. Thancred suspects her; Isembard refuses to believe it.

What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest

Thancred: Isembard says Ourcen's risky search for an orphan's keepsake is not the kind of evil deed Thancred would have them believe.
Isembard admits Ourcen often visits the Golden Bazaar alone and talks to children. He sends you to a boy she likes. Hearing she risked her life for an orphan's ring, he is sure she is innocent and offers her a room at the inn.
Ourcen often reads to an orphan boy about Thal. She went out alone to find his lost ring, a gift from his late mother. You save her from undead soldiers. She thanks you and takes the ring back to him.

Dialogue 9 lines

Accepting the quest

Isembard

Sister Ourcen... It cannot be. Though, she is wont to travel to the Golden Bazaar on her own, and it is not uncommon to see her speaking to the children. But...no. It could not be she...could it?

Hmmm... I grow weary of these suspicions. I know there is one child in particular that she is fond of. Pray seek out the boy, [name], and see if you cannot glean something from him about Ourcen's activities.

DE Wir dürfen diese Spur jedenfalls nicht ignorieren, [name]. ‘In any case, we must not ignore this lead, [name].’ English has Isembard tired of the suspicions; German says the lead must not be ignored.

Speak with the uncombed urchin in the Golden Bazaar.

Please help! Sister Ourcen went out all on her own and hasn't come back!

She always reads to me right here, about Thal and the Order and the other side. I told her I lost my shiny thing and she went looking for it. But what if the monsters outside hurt her? Please find her!

What if the monsters outside hurt Sister Ourcen? Please find her!

Save Sister Ourcen.

Ourcen

You... You are the one from the church. Thank goodness you arrived when you did. It seems my gratitude is yours yet again.

You spoke with the child? Yes, well, I was able to find his lost trinket. It is a ring given him by his mother before she passed. I will see it safely back to him.

Report to Isembard at Camp Drybone.

Isembard

Sister Ourcen was attacked outside the Golden Bazaar? Gods forfend... I will secure a room at the inn for her should she require any rest.

Searching for the mementos of orphans? And risking her own well-being in the doing, no less? Certainly not the dastardly deeds Thancred would have us believe.