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Honoring the Dead
Map quest, level 18. 92nd of 180 in play order.
Quest giver: Eaduuard, Eastern Thanalan (X 11.1, Y 21.5).
Steps
- Obtain a
slab of cloud marble. - Deliver the cloud marble to Brother Esmour
. - Report to Eaduuard.
Journal
- Eaduuard wants to make a tombstone for his late sister.
- Eaduuard wants a solemn tombstone made that is worthy of his late sister. Find for him some cloud marble in the outcrops to the east.
- You have obtained the cloud marble. Take it to Brother Esmour at the Church of Saint Adama Landama.
- Brother Esmour seems displeased at Eaduuard's adamance for getting the cloud marble, but he understands the child's need to grieve in his own way. Speak with Eaduuard and let him know his stone has been acquired.
- Eaduuard is relieved that the tombstone for his sister can now be prepared using the proper materials. However, it seems he will have to work at the church for a while in order to cover the expenses of the funeral.
Hidden
belief that 'It'll take coin' to send his sister to Thal has roots. In Ul'dah, the Order of Thal ties a good place in the afterlife to how generous the faithful were in life, above all to the Order.Characters 3
Brother Esmour is at the Church of Saint Adama Landama, where you have met him before.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #91 Buzzing at Church: Esmour asks you to slay blowfly swarms drawn by the dead, since they spread sickness. Esmour thanks you, glad the grieving can pray in peace for their dead.
Eaduuard is a young boy whose little sister has died. He wants a fine tombstone for her, but he has no gil and is too young to face wild beasts.
Sister Airell serves at the Church of Saint Adama Landama, where Eaduuard
wants his sister buried.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Esmour calls Eaduuard trouble and says he barely stopped the boy from looking for a stone alone. Still, he knows grief is hard, thanks you, and promises to use the marble as Eaduuard wishes.
- Eaduuard asks you for cloud marble, a stone his sister would have liked. Once it reaches Brother Esmour, he decides to stay and work at the church to pay for her funeral himself.
- Airell: Eaduuard mentions Sister Airell as one of the good folk at the church. She and Brother Esmour tell him he needs no gil to bury his sister there.
Dialogue 9 lines
Accepting the quest
Eaduuard
You're one of them 'venturer folk, ain't ye? I'd be much obliged for a li'l help. I'd like to make a tombstone for my kid sister what passed, ye see...
But I ain't got the gil to get it done. I hear there's nice rocks for the takin' a ways from here, but I ain't old enough to fend off no wild beasts or such.
Was hopin' for a bit o' cloud marble. She really woulda liked that. Crops right up out the ground to the east o' here, they say. If you could find a bit and see it to Brother Esmour, me and my sis'd be ever so grateful.
Deliver the cloud marble to Brother Esmour.
Esmour
Have you business here again, friend?
Cloud marble? To make into a tombstone for Eaduuard's sister? That boy is nothing if not trouble.
- DE Und etwas geschliffen wird er dem teuersten Marmor an Schönheit nicht nachstehen! ‘And with a little polishing, it will be no less beautiful than the most expensive marble!’ English grumbles that the boy is trouble; German praises the stone's beauty.
It was all I could do to convince him not to go looking for a stone on his own. Still, I suppose it cannot be helped, and losing a loved one is never easy. Thank you for your part in this. I will see the marble is used as Eaduuard wishes.
- FR Il faut toujours qu'il ait le dernier mot ! ‘He always has to have the last word!’ English sympathizes with the boy's grief; French is exasperated that he always gets his way.
Report to Eaduuard.
Eaduuard
Gods, you 'venturers sure are kind folk! Now all I need is coin for the funeral. I'm gonna stay on here at the church for a bit and help out.
Wouldn't be right to leave everythin' up to someone else. It'll mean more to my sis if I do what I can on my own.
- DE Die Leute hier sind schon großzügig genug und ich weiß, dass die Kirche selbst nicht besonders viel Geld hat. ‘The people here are generous enough already, and I know the church itself doesn't have much money.’ English says doing it himself means more to his sister; German cites the church's lack of money.
Brother Esmour and Sister Airell are good folk, too. They say I don't need no gil to bury my sis here, but I know how it works. It'll take coin to send her over to Thal proper.
- DE Wir sind doch keine Bettler! ‘We're not beggars, after all!’ English says he knows burial costs money; German says proudly they are not beggars.
- DE Vielleicht gibt er meiner Schwester dann ein extragroßes Stück Kuchen! ‘Maybe he'll give my sister an extra-large piece of cake then!’ English says it takes coin to send her to Thal; German hopes Thal gives her an extra-large slice of cake.