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A Leg Up
Map quest, level 28. 169th of 194 in play order.
Quest giver: Ademar, North Shroud (X 16.5, Y 29.3).
Steps
- Place ladders as directed by Ademar.
- Report to Ademar.
Journal
- Ademar could use a lift.
- Ademar would explore for new ore veins, and seeks your aid in setting up ladders that will grant him passage to hard-to-reach places.
- You have placed all three
ladders as instructed. Inform Ademar that the deed is done. - Ore veins are quick to run dry, and prospectors must ever be on the lookout for their next quarry. Ademar digs on, hoping that the day he finds his fortune is not far off.
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Title reference The title is the saying 'a leg up', first meaning a boost over a wall or obstacle. Here it is literal: Ademar's legs are too short, so you set up ladders for him.
legs are too short, so you set up ladders for him.Characters 5
Ademar wants to reach new veins of ore, but they sit in places too high for him to climb.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #163 Meals for Miners: Ademar curses the greedy adventurer who stole the miners' food. He can hardly believe it when you bring his
lunch, and he is glad some adventurers can still be trusted. - #168 Digging in the Dark: Ademar has heard that bright balloons sealed in lamps make good lanterns. You weaken the balloons, catch them, and bring him two lamps. He thanks you, sings about gold in the hills, and goes straight back to digging.
- #163 Meals for Miners: Ademar curses the greedy adventurer who stole the miners' food. He can hardly believe it when you bring his
What you know from earlier quests 4
- #160 Potable Perils: Aeluuin grumbles that guests who cannot hold their liquor should stick to tea. He thanks you warmly for the key. He says rumors of a suspicious masked man have him and his customers on edge.
- #161 Cleaning House: Aeluuin lends you his
chocobo duster, hoping his staff learn a lesson from seeing a guest work. He loves one painting upstairs of a lonely figure gazing into the distance. It moves him, but nobody knows who painted it. - #162 Trouble on the Road: Aeluuin fears the ill rumors and is relieved when you say the girl is safe. He almost mentions the masked man, then stops himself. He feels responsible for his guests and goes to prepare her a warm bed and hot meal.
- #163 Meals for Miners: Aeluuin explains that an adventurer once ate three lunches and ran off without paying. He is glad the prospectors enjoyed the food and says their gold helps the region thrive. He offers you a place at the Bobbing Cork any time.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #160 Potable Perils: Somerhild praises the tea, beds and ale of the Bobbing Cork inn. A traveler who drank with Somerhild lost his
room key. With rumors going around, Somerhild asks you to find the key and return it to the inn.
- #160 Potable Perils: Somerhild praises the tea, beds and ale of the Bobbing Cork inn. A traveler who drank with Somerhild lost his
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #164 Save the Trees: Oriane must fight the Ixal, the birdmen who raid the forest, so she cannot hunt the Shroud hares eating the trees. She gives you
flat ale to lure them. She tells you of Florentel, a hero who loved the forest, and his love for Eugenia. - #165 Pumiceous Pursuits: Oriane explains the living stone golems rose from the broken land after the Calamity and keep multiplying. She gives you a
sealing vessel to capture a golem's 
soulstone and sends you to the researcher Yhom Epocan
.
- #164 Save the Trees: Oriane must fight the Ixal, the birdmen who raid the forest, so she cannot hunt the Shroud hares eating the trees. She gives you
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #166 A Welcome Overstayed: Gogolata complains about a stingy wife, who hired a houseboy to bring him home. Gogolata has you give the man paid papers for a room and ale. The houseboy rushes off happily and now sleeps soundly at the inn.
- #167 No Place Like Home: Gogolata admits Qiqirn thieves stole his wares and he fears his wife's anger. When you bring them back, he is surprised, as if he never expected it. Still, he uses rumors of a masked man as a reason to stay longer.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Ademar asks you to set up ladders, since monsters make the area too dangerous for him. He thanks you warmly. He dreams of striking it rich and leaving this place for good.
Dialogue 5 lines
Accepting the quest
Ademar
Mayhap ye can help me again, friend. I've got me eyes set on new veins of ore, but these legs o' mine aren't quite long enough to get me there.
- DE Die Böden hier bergen reiche Erzvorkommen, doch die zerklüftete Gegend macht uns die Entnahme von Gesteinsproben nicht gerade leicht. ‘The ground here holds rich ore deposits, but the rugged terrain does not exactly make taking rock samples easy for us.’ English jokes his legs are too short; German blames the rugged terrain.
- JA しかし、ここら辺は段差が多いから、調査が大変でね。 ‘But there are lots of ledges around here, so the survey is hard going.’ English jokes his legs are too short; Japanese blames the many ledges in the area.
Might ye be so kind as to set these ladders up for me? I'd do it meself, but these parts have been terribly dangerous o' late.
- FR J'suis du genre maladroit, et j'aurais trop peur d'me blesser en essayant. ‘I'm the clumsy sort, and I'd be too scared of hurting myself trying.’ English says the area has been very dangerous lately; French says he is clumsy and fears hurting himself.
Place ladders as directed by Ademar.
//: place ladders
Report to Ademar.
Ademar
Truly, ye've done me well again. What with all those nasty critters lurkin' about, I never could have done the job meself.
I know not what manner of ore lies in wait, but mark me words: one day I'll strike it rich and leave this place behind fer good!
- DE Oben auf den Leitern ist man dann in relativer Sicherheit, man darf nur nicht runter auf die dort wuselnden Monster schauen. ‘Up on the ladders you are then relatively safe; you just mustn't look down at the monsters scurrying about there.’ English: he does not know what ore awaits; German: on the ladders you are safe if you ignore the monsters below.
- DE Drück mir die Daumen, dass es mich nicht auch erwischt. ‘Keep your fingers crossed for me that it doesn't get me too.’ English ends boasting he will strike it rich and leave; German ends hoping he won't die like his colleagues.
- JA 脚立に登っちまえば、魔物が足元をうろつくのは我慢ってもんさ。 ‘Once you're up the stepladder, you just have to put up with monsters prowling around your feet.’ English: he does not know what ore awaits; Japanese: on the ladder you just put up with monsters below.