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Occupational Hazards
Map quest, level 22. 117th of 194 in play order.
Quest giver: Yoenne, South Shroud (X 18.2, Y 20.3).
Steps
- Speak with Irielle
. - Examine the strange shadow and slay chigoes.
- Speak with Irielle.
- Report to Yoenne.
Journal
- Yoenne wants you to check on the researchers surveying the ruins at Issom–Har.
- The researchers surveying the ruins at Issom–Har are overdue for their regular visit to Buscarron's
Druthers. Head south to the nearby ruins, and look for the researcher known as Irielle. - The unsuspecting victims of a swarm of chigoes, Irielle and her colleague had until recently been locked in a battle for their own survival. Though thankfully none the worse for the ordeal, Irielle asks that you discourage any further such attacks by summarily slaying five of the brood.
- You have exterminated the meddling chigoes and sent the rest of the brood scuttling back into the shadowy depths. Inform Irielle at Issom–Har of your deeds.
- Irielle and her colleague can now continue their survey, free of the insect menace. Report your success to Yoenne at Buscarron's Druthers.
- Yoenne is relieved to hear of her customers' safety, though at the same time disavowing all knowledge of Irielle's brother, or why she would be concerned with his safety.
Hidden
Chigoe Larva minion taking its 'blood pact' with you so seriously.: she claims to 'forget' the second researcher's name, then gets flustered when you pass on news of Irielle's brother. She seems sweet on him. and her brother, a swarm of chigoes is simply part of digging in old ruins.Characters 6
Yoenne
says the Issom-Har researchers usually come to Buscarron's Druthers every few days for a hot meal.What you know from earlier quests 2
- #115 The Trees Have Eyes: Ianna
says travelers come to the tavern for Buscarron's ale and tales of adventure, as much as for the peace of the Shroud. - #116 No Guts, No Glory: Auphiliot
says Buscarron always did right by him, no matter his past. Auphiliot does not like anyone making trouble for Buscarron, even fish, and asks you to put your skills to work for him.
- #115 The Trees Have Eyes: Ianna
Irielle is surveying the Issom-Har ruins with a colleague and has not visited the Druthers in nearly a week.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #75 The House That Death Built: Irielle is angry that the Wood Wailers forced the diggers out of the ruins. Whatever the danger, Irielle insists their work must go on.
Yoenne serves ale at Buscarron's
Druthers. She is worried because a team of researchers at the Issom-Har ruins has not come in for a meal in nearly a week.What you know from earlier quests 2
- #114 Cloven-hoofed Horrors: Ianna heard from an Ul'dah merchant about fierce scarred antelopes south of the Druthers. She gives you spiced
sparhawk egg soup to weaken them. She sees the Druthers as a second home and finds joy in defending it. - #115 The Trees Have Eyes: Ianna asks you to place
antelope umbles (innards) and 
kedtrap petals before a withered treant, a tree creature. She says it withered from the forest's changes after the Calamity, and that locals revere treants as forest guardians who deserve care in return.
- #114 Cloven-hoofed Horrors: Ianna heard from an Ul'dah merchant about fierce scarred antelopes south of the Druthers. She gives you spiced
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #116 No Guts, No Glory: You kill the orobon, and Auphiliot looks forward to fresh trout or pike. He says Buscarron always treated him well, whatever he did in his past. He trusts you now and wants you to keep helping Buscarron.
- #116 No Guts, No Glory: You kill the orobon, and Auphiliot looks forward to fresh trout or pike. He says Buscarron
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #75 The House That Death Built: Rolandaix is upset at being sent out with barely any explanation. Rolandaix fears a life of work in the ruins is being trampled and demands to know what is going on.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Buscarron: Yoenne says Buscarron can seem rough to strangers, but he would be crushed if anything happened to one of his regulars. Irielle looks forward to his meat and mead.
- Irielle and her colleague, her brother, just escaped a swarm of chigoes, insect pests from a pit. She has you kill five. She says the ruins are part of Gelmorra, an underground city where her Duskwight Elezen ancestors lived.
- Yoenne thanks you and says Buscarron would be crushed if one of his regulars came to harm. When you mention Irielle's brother, she gets flustered and says she has no idea who he is.
Dialogue 11 lines
Accepting the quest
Yoenne
Hail, friend! Would you fancy a flagon of ale, or perhaps─ah, an adventurer! I can scarce believe my fortune. I was just looking for someone who might assist me in checking on the welfare of a couple of regulars.
To be precise, I'm looking for an expedition team poking around in the ruins of Issom–Har, due south of here. They usually turn up at the Druthers every few days, covered in dust and hungering for a hot meal, but they've not been in for nigh on a week.
- JA 彼らはよく、うちの酒場でご飯を食べて、食料を買い込んでいくのですが……ここ数日、姿が見えないのです。 ‘They often eat at our tavern and stock up on food... but for the past few days they haven't shown up.’ English says they have not come in for nearly a week; Japanese says only for the past few days.
Could well be that they're simply occupied with scholarly business, but they'd be running low on supplies by now, and that concerns me. Please, pay them a visit at the ruins and see if aught's amiss. You're looking for one by the name of “Irielle,” by the way. I...ah...forget the other one's name.
Speak with Irielle.
Irielle
Yes, may I help you with something? Ah, Yoenne was concerned for our well-being? How positively sweet of her, but as you can see, we are both quite hale and decidedly not deceased.
We did, however, encounter certain practical difficulties when a veritable legion of chigoes burst forth from the depths of the pit. Your timing is impeccable, as we have only just succeeded in clambering out.
- DE Seither machen uns die Biester das Leben schwer und behindern unsere Forschungsarbeit. ‘Since then the beasts have been making our lives hard and hindering our research.’ English says they have only just clambered out; German says the pests keep hindering their research.
- JA ただ……遺跡の調査中に、大穴の奥から大量のゾワゾワ……がいっぱいでてきたのよぉーっ！！！ ‘But... during the survey of the ruins, from the depths of the great pit, a huge mass of creepy-crawlies... came pouring out!!!’ English calmly mentions practical difficulties; Japanese shrieks about creepy-crawlies pouring out.
In fact, since you are here, perhaps you might prevent a similar situation by slaughtering a number of the pests. Say, five or so? That should be sufficient to frighten the rest of the brood back to the shadows below.
- DE Kannst du hier in der Nähe der Grube nach den Biestern suchen und alle erschlagen, die du findest? ‘Can you search for the beasts near the pit here and slay all that you find?’ English suggests killing about five; German asks you to kill all you find.
- JA 岩場の奥に5匹くらい隠れたようだわ……大量の、思い出すだけでゾワゾワしちゃう！ ‘About five seem to have hidden deep among the rocks...’ English suggests killing about five to scare the rest; Japanese says about five are hiding among the rocks.
Speak with Irielle.
Irielle
My, my, that was marvelous work, adventurer. Many thanks. Perhaps now we might return to our research in relative peace. ...Hm? Oh, the ruins you can see down there are part of the ancient subterranean city known as Gelmorra.
For Duskwight Elezen such as ourselves, it represents a valuable and unexpected opportunity to learn more about the settlement where our ancestors once dwelled.
Yet...as fascinating as the ruins are, I do believe I have had my fill of the inside of that hole for the time being. At any rate, you can assure Yoenne that the two of us─ahem, particularly my brother─are quite well, and will soon be along to partake in Buscarron's finest meat and mead.
- DE Bitte überbring Yoenne unseren Gruß und sag ihr, dass es uns gut geht und wir uns auf ihre Gastfreundschaft freuen - besonders mein Bruder kann es kaum erwarten, sie wiederzusehen. ‘Please give Yoenne our regards and tell her that we are well and look forward to her hospitality - my brother especially can hardly wait to see her again.’ English stresses that her brother is quite well; German says her brother can hardly wait to see Yoenne again.
Report to Yoenne.
Yoenne
Thank you, friend. Buscarron might come off as rough-hewn to strangers, but I tell you, he'd be right devastated were anything to happen to one of his regulars.
- DE Es hätte mich sehr betrübt, wenn einem der beiden etwas zugestoßen wäre. ‘It would have saddened me greatly if anything had happened to either of them.’ English says Buscarron would be devastated; German says Yoenne herself would have been saddened.
What's that? Irielle assures me that her brother is in fine fettle as well? Why, I...I have not the slightest idea of whom she speaks, nor why that would concern me! Hmph!
- JA 私は、おふたりとも心配していたんですっ。 ‘I was worried about both of them!’ English Yoenne claims not to know the brother; Japanese Yoenne insists she worried about both equally.