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Glory Days
Side quest, level 4. 11th of 102 in play order.
Quest giver: S'dhodjbi, Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (X 11.1, Y 11.0).
Steps
- Speak with Klindrael
. - Slay aureliae.
- Deliver the
aurelia umbrellas to Baderon
.
Journal
- S'dhodjbi needs your help to prepare a treat for Baderon.
- S'dhodjbi wants to present several aurelia umbrellas to Baderon as a gesture of appreciation for all his hard work. Speak with Klindrael for more information about where to find the creatures.
- Though repulsed by the thought of eating aureliae, Klindrael directs you to the river past the Tempest Gate and to the east. Slay the creatures and obtain four of their umbrellas.
- You remove four slimy umbrellas from the carcasses of the foul beasts. Present them to Baderon on behalf of S'dhodjbi.
- It seems S'dhodjbi misinterpreted her employer's drunken ramblings, as Baderon states that aurelia umbrellas are the most vile, disgusting food he has ever tasted. Even so, the former sellsword cannot help but laugh as he reflects on his glory days.
Hidden
was a sellsword, a fighter for hire. The aurelia umbrellas in this quest were the worst thing his band of sellswords ever ate. his nickname, 'Tenfingers'. It is a mark of respect, because few sellswords leave that life with all their fingers whole. tells how Baderon found her passed out outside his place one morning. Baderon took her in, cleaned her up and helped her give up the worst of her drinking. about the tavern's name, and she just laughs. The girl in the name isn't drowning in water. The name has more to do with far too much ale. name means 'Child Doe' in the traditional Roegadyn language.Spoiler about later in the story
Foreshadowing Remember S'dhodjbi, who works for Baderon at the Wench. She is at the center of a later Limsa quest, Beauty Is Only Scalp Deep. That quest unlocks the aesthetician.
aurelia umbrella is a special treat in Othard. There, its soft, jelly-like body is dried and sliced. Then it is mixed with oil of sesame and dragon peppers. laughing about his days as a sellsword.Characters 3
Baderon is at the Drowning Wench, so busy looking after others that he neglects himself.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #1 Coming to Limsa Lominsa: Baderon registers you at the Adventurers' Guild. He says the Calamity, a disaster, blurred everyone's memories, even of the heroes called Warriors of Light. He shields you from a suspicious Yellowjacket. He is the only son of Lodewicus, the guild's founder, and left home young.
- #10 Close to Home: Baderon sends you to touch the aetheryte, a travel crystal, to see Swozblaet
with an old 
octant, and to visit the Arcanists' Guild. He blames the Calamity, or the ale, for his poor memory. He urges you to help people in need.
S'dhodjbi works for Baderon
at the Drowning Wench. She worries he is so busy looking after others that he neglects himself.Klindrael stands by the Aftcastle and knows where wild beasts gather.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Baderon laughs at the gift: he has hated aurelia umbrellas since his days as a sellsword, a fighter for hire, when even salt and a campfire did not help. Few sellswords keep all their fingers, so he earned the respected nickname "Tenfingers".
- S'dhodjbi wants to treat Baderon to aurelia umbrellas, slimy parts of creatures he ate in his old days. She misread his drunken talk: he hates them. She says Baderon once found her passed out, took her in and helped her drink less.
- Klindrael is disgusted that Baderon likes aurelia umbrellas and never thought of eating such foul things. Still, she sends you to the river past the Tempest Gate, to the east, to find aureliae. Her name means "Child Doe" in Roegadyn.
What the Japanese, French and German versions say 7
Japanese
EN Glory Days
JA 「溺れた海豚亭の裏メニュー」, 'the Drowned Dolphin's Secret Menu'
It is a dish not on the menu, for those in the know. It is jellyfish sashimi from Baderon's days as a sellsword.
EN 'We tried sprinklin' it with salt and cookin' it o'er a campfire, but 'twas still little better than chewin' on driftwood.'
JA 「生じゃ噛みきれたもんじゃねぇが、食塩とアルメンで漬け込みゃ、食えんことはねぇぞ。」, 'Raw, there's no biting through it, but pickle it in salt and alum and it's edible enough.'
Pickled this way, the jellyfish becomes edible. The English Baderon cooks it over a fire instead, and it stays like driftwood.
EN 'Whenever he's in his cups and starts speaking of the old days, he never fails to mention aureliae. Seems he and his mates used to eat the creatures on occasion.'
JA 『なんでも、傭兵時代に食材がなくて、やむなく食った「浮クラゲの刺身」の味が忘れられないんだとか……。酔うと、必ずその話をするんだよね。』, 'They say that in his mercenary days, short of food, he had to eat floating jellyfish sashimi, and he can't forget the taste... When he's drunk, he always tells that story.'
S'dhodjbi took this as fondness. Baderon meant it the opposite way.
French
EN Glory Days · 'You remove four slimy umbrellas from the carcasses of the foul beasts.'
FR «Une saveur médusante», 'A stupefying flavour' · «Vous avez obtenu quatre tranches de chair de méduse.», 'You have obtained four slices of jellyfish flesh.'
The title's «médusante», 'stupefying', hides «méduse», 'jellyfish', the word used all through this quest. So it promises a jellyfish taste that stuns you.
EN 'Present them to Baderon on behalf of S'dhodjbi.'
FR «Apportez-les à Baderon du Dauphin noyé.», 'Bring them to Baderon of the Drowned Dolphin.'
The pub is «le Dauphin noyé», 'the Drowned Dolphin', the same image as its Japanese name. The English Drowning Wench swapped the dolphin for a wench.
EN 'S'dhodjbi wants to present several aurelia umbrellas to Baderon as a gesture of appreciation for all his hard work.' · 'We tried sprinklin' it with salt and cookin' it o'er a campfire, but 'twas still little better than chewin' on driftwood.'
FR «S'dhodjbi désire offrir du sashimi de méduse à Baderon pour le remercier de sa gentillesse.», 'S'dhodjbi wants to give Baderon jellyfish sashimi to thank him for his kindness.' · «Nature, il faut l'avouer, c'est assez infâme, mais en laissant macérer avec du sel et du cristal d'alun, ça devient plus ou moins mangeable.», 'Plain, I must admit, it's pretty foul, but if you let it steep with salt and alum crystal, it becomes more or less edible.'
Like in Japanese, only salt and alum crystal make it edible.
German
EN 'It's obvious he still has fond memories of that life, so I'm thinking a few aurelia umbrellas might be something he'd appreciate.' · 'I've 'ated aurelia umbrellas since I was a sellsword.'
DE „Ich bin mir sicher, dass er sich freuen wird, nach so langer Zeit noch einmal diesen unvergesslichen Geschmack zu erleben.“, 'I'm sure he'll be glad to taste this unforgettable flavor again after so long.' · «Also, als ich sagte, dass der Geschmack „unvergesslich“ sei, hatte ich das eigentlich anders gemeint ...», 'Well, when I said the taste was unforgettable, I actually meant it another way...'
Here too, the mix-up hangs on one word. Baderon meant unforgettably awful.
Dialogue 10 lines
Accepting the quest
S'dhodjbi
These days, poor Baderon's so busy looking after others, he hasn't been able to look after himself. He deserves something for his efforts.
Whenever he's in his cups and starts speaking of the old days, he never fails to mention aureliae. Seems he and his mates used to eat the creatures on occasion.
- JA なんでも、傭兵時代に食材がなくて、やむなく食った「浮クラゲの刺身」の味が忘れられないんだとか……。酔うと、必ずその話をするんだよね。 ‘They say that in his mercenary days, short of food, he had to eat floating jellyfish sashimi, and he can't forget the taste... When he's drunk, he always tells that story.’ S'dhodjbi took this as fondness. Baderon meant it the opposite way.
- FR Quand il est ivre, il se met toujours à parler du temps où il était mercenaire, notamment du fait qu'il ne mangeait rien d'autre que du sashimi de méduse. ‘When he's drunk, he always starts talking about the time he was a mercenary, notably the fact that he ate nothing but jellyfish sashimi.’ English says he and his mates ate them on occasion; French says he ate nothing but jellyfish sashimi.
- DE Es gab so wenig zu essen, dass er oft nichts als Quallen zu essen hatte. ‘There was so little to eat that he often had nothing but jellyfish to eat.’ English says he and his mates ate them on occasion; German says he often had nothing else to eat.
- JA なんでも、傭兵時代に食材がなくて、やむなく食った「浮クラゲの刺身」の味が忘れられないんだとか……。 ‘Apparently he can't forget the taste of the "floating jellyfish sashimi" he reluctantly ate because there was no food in his mercenary days...’ English says they ate them on occasion; Japanese says he ate it unwillingly because there was no other food.
It's obvious he still has fond memories of that life, so I'm thinking a few aurelia umbrellas might be something he'd appreciate. Could you help me by procuring four of them?
- DE Ich bin mir sicher, dass er sich freuen wird, nach so langer Zeit noch einmal diesen unvergesslichen Geschmack zu erleben. ‘I'm sure he'll be glad to taste this unforgettable flavor again after so long.’ Here too, the mix-up hangs on one word. Baderon meant unforgettably awful.
If you're willing to help, speak with Klindrael, by the Aftcastle. She knows where various wild beasts congregate.
Speak with Klindrael
Klindrael
Baderon actually likes aurelia umbrellas!? Gods, I'd never even considered trying to eat one of those foul things!
- FR La chair de ces animaux est pourtant élastique et pas vraiment succulente. ‘Yet the flesh of these animals is rubbery and not really tasty.’ French Klindrael calmly describes the flesh as rubbery; English has her appalled at the idea of eating it.
Nevertheless, if it's aureliae you seek, you ought to find plenty by the river just past the Tempest Gate and to the east.
Deliver the aurelia umbrellas to Baderon
Baderon
S'dhodjbi said an adventurer might be droppin' by to deliver somethin' special. That you, lass/lad?
- FR S'dhodjbi m'a expliqué qu'elle avait commandé quatre tranches de méduse pour moi, mais en réalit... ‘S'dhodjbi explained to me that she had ordered four slices of jellyfish for me, but in realit...’ English leaves the delivery as something special; French already says it is four jellyfish slices.
- JA 「浮クラゲの切り身」を4つほど用立てたと、給仕のス・ホジュビが、嬉しそうに言ってきたんだが…… ‘The waitress S'dhodjbi happily told me she had arranged about four "floating jellyfish fillets", but...’ English leaves the delivery as something special; Japanese already says it is four jellyfish fillets.
Ah, 'ells, lass/lad, ye didn't 'ave to go to all this trouble!
- DE Igitt, das sind ja Quallenstückchen! ‘Yuck, those are jellyfish pieces!’ English thanks you for going to all this trouble; German cries out in disgust at the jellyfish pieces.
Ahahaha! This godsdamned smell! I've 'ated aurelia umbrellas since I was a sellsword. 'Tis only the nastiest shite I ever put in me mouth!
- DE Also, als ich sagte, dass der Geschmack „unvergesslich“ sei, hatte ich das eigentlich anders gemeint ... ‘Well, when I said the taste was unforgettable, I actually meant it another way...’
- FR Je n'en ai jamais été très friand, en vérité. ‘I was never very fond of it, truth be told.’ English calls it the nastiest thing he ever put in his mouth; French says he was never very fond of it.
- JA 浮クラゲの刺身ねぇ……あれは確かに忘れられねえ味だったぜ。ただし、好物とは逆の意味でな。 ‘That sure was an unforgettable taste. Only, in the opposite sense from a favourite.’ English says he has hated them since his sellsword days; Japanese jokes the taste was unforgettable, but not as a favourite.
We tried sprinklin' it with salt and cookin' it o'er a campfire, but 'twas still little better than chewin' on driftwood. Try it fer yerself, lass/lad─ye'll see what I mean!
- JA 生じゃ噛みきれたもんじゃねぇが、食塩とアルメンで漬け込みゃ、食えんことはねぇぞ。 ‘Raw, there's no biting through it, but pickle it in salt and alum and it's edible enough.’ Pickled this way, the jellyfish becomes edible. The English Baderon cooks it over a fire instead, and it stays like driftwood.
- FR Nature, il faut l'avouer, c'est assez infâme, mais en laissant macérer avec du sel et du cristal d'alun, ça devient plus ou moins mangeable. ‘Plain, I must admit, it's pretty foul, but if you let it steep with salt and alum crystal, it becomes more or less edible.’
- DE Dass S'dhodjbi sich solche Mühen macht, um mir eine Freude zu bereiten ... das rührt mich. ‘But nonetheless: that S'dhodjbi goes to such trouble to bring me some joy... that touches me.’ English describes salting and cooking it over a campfire; German says instead he is touched by S'dhodjbi's effort.
- DE Was für ein gutes Mädchen! ‘What a good girl!’ English invites you to try it yourself; German instead praises S'dhodjbi as a good girl.