Wilred Wants You

Main story quest #74, level 27. 149th of 173 in play order.

Quest giver: Hremfing, Southern Thanalan (X 16.9, Y 14.3).

Next: Big Trouble in Little Ala Mhigo ›

Steps

Rendezvous with Wilred.
Question Wilred.
Report to Gundobald.

Journal

Hremfing has a secret message for you.
It seems a young fellow named Wilred wants a word with you in private. Make your way to the designated meeting point, a rocky area north of the settlement.
Somewhat predictably, the rendezvous turns out to be a trap. Wilred and his cronies fall upon you, but you succeed in overpowering them. Question Wilred and learn of his agenda.
Wilred manages to give you the slip, but not before mentioning a plan to bring down the Empire. Gundobald will want to know of this.
Gundobald is troubled to learn that Wilred and his companions will stop at nothing for their plan. What could the young ones possibly mean to do?

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FF nod 'Coeurl got your tongue?' swaps the cat in 'cat got your tongue?' for a coeurl. The coeurl is a big cat monster found in Final Fantasy games since Final Fantasy II.

Title reference The title plays on 'Lord Kitchener Wants You', a famous army poster where a man points at the reader to call him to join up. Here Wilred

wants you, but his call is a trap.

Characters 3

Gundobald
You have just finished talking with Gundobald, the old bear, who now trusts you.
What you know from earlier quests 5
- #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.
- #147 Come Highly Recommended: 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.
- #148 The Bear and the Young'uns' Cares: Gundobald says some young people here meet the masked man in secret. He knows their anger: two decades ago he and his brothers rose against Ala Mhigo's ruler, playing into the Empire's hands, and Ala Mhigo fell. He asks you to report their plans.
Hremfing
Hremfing meets you at the settlement after your talk with Gundobald, the old bear. Hremfing has a secret message for you.
Wilred
Wilred is a young man and a leader among the young ones at the settlement. He asks to meet you in private at a rocky area to the north.

What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest

Gundobald is shocked that Wilred and his friends attacked you for the sake of their plan. He fears the young fools may harm others or themselves, and wants to uncover their plan and stop it.
Hremfing passes on word from Wilred, a leader among the young ones. Wilred is impressed that you won Gundobald over and wants to meet you at the craggy area north of the settlement.
Wilred's meeting is a trap. He asks if the Empire sent you, then his Ala Mhigan friends attack you. Beaten, he swears to keep fighting and says they seek power to bring down the Empire and reclaim their homeland. He escapes.

Dialogue 13 lines

Accepting the quest

Hremfing

Hey, adventurer. You done talking with the old bear?

I've got a message for you from Wilred. Lad's something of a leader among the young ones here.

He's impressed that you've won over Gundobald, and wants a word with you. Says he'll be waiting over at the craggy area north of here.

Rendezvous with Wilred.

Wilred

Thanks for coming, friend. 'Tis no ordinary outsider who can gain the trust of the old bear. That's why I wanted to meet you, to discuss something in private.

Tell me...why are you snooping about? Did the Empire send you? Or someone else?

Coeurl got your tongue? Hmph, no matter. Whoever it is you work for, your meddling ends here. Get her/him!

DE Bist du die Handlangerin/der Handlanger eines Schleppers? ‘Are you the henchwoman/henchman of a people smuggler?’ English mocks your silence; German asks whether you work for a people smuggler.
JA 帝国のスパイか、人拐いの手先か……。 ‘An Imperial spy, or a kidnapper's lackey...’ English mocks your silence; Japanese asks whether you are an Imperial spy or a kidnapper's lackey.

Question Wilred.

Wilred

I won't let you foil our plan!

DE Ihr Südländer könnt überhaupt nicht verstehen, was wir fühlen - was wir durchgemacht haben! ‘You southerners can't understand at all what we feel - what we have been through!’ English vows not to let you foil their plan; German says southerners cannot understand what they feel.
JA お前ら内地の者に、オレたちの屈辱は理解できないッ！ ‘You inlanders can't understand our humiliation!’ English vows not to let you foil their plan; Japanese says inlanders cannot understand their humiliation.

(Defeat Ala Mhigan youths.)

Wilred

Y-You're stronger than you look...

DE Diesen Kampf magst du gewonnen haben, doch der Krieg hat gerade erst begonnen! ‘You may have won this fight, but the war has only just begun!’ English grudgingly admits you are stronger than you look; German taunts that the war has only just begun.

This changes nothing! Threaten us, beat us bloody all you like...but nothing short of death can make us give up our fight!

DE Wir werden nicht auf ewig in dieser finsteren, muffigen Höhle hausen. ‘We will not live forever in this dark, musty cave.’ English says only death will stop their fight; German says they won't live forever in this dark, musty cave.
JA 殴られたって止めるものか……薄暗い洞窟で死を待つだけが、オレたちの一生じゃない！ ‘Just waiting for death in a dim cave isn't all there is to our lives!’ English says only death will stop their fight; Japanese says their lives are more than waiting for death in a cave.

We're going to obtain the power to bring down the Empire, and with it we'll reclaim our homeland!

DE Dann hat dieses jämmerliche Dasein endlich ein Ende! ‘Then this miserable existence will finally come to an end!’ English says they will reclaim their homeland; German says their miserable existence will finally end.
JA 帝国を倒せば、こんな生活は終わるんだ。 ‘If we bring down the Empire, this life will be over.’ English says they will reclaim their homeland; Japanese says this life they lead will be over.

Report to Gundobald.

Gundobald

Attacked by Wilred and his cronies!? That they would go to such lengths for the sake of this plan of theirs...

Left to their own devices, the young fools are like to harm others, if not themselves. We must uncover their agenda and put an end to this madness.

DE Ich muss mich bei dir dafür entschuldigen, die Gefahr nicht erkannt zu haben. ‘I must apologize to you for not having recognized the danger.’ English calls for uncovering their plan and ending the madness; German apologizes for not seeing the danger.
JA お前には、すまないことをしたな。 ‘I have done you wrong.’ English calls for uncovering their plan and ending the madness; Japanese apologizes to the adventurer.
JA 若い衆が、そこまで追い詰められていたとは……。 ‘To think the young ones had been driven into such a corner...’ English warns the young fools may harm others; Japanese is shocked the young ones were so cornered.