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Savage Snares

Map quest, level 26. 147th of 194 in play order.

Quest giver: Balan, South Shroud (X 25.0, Y 20.6).

Next: Forest Law ›

Steps

  1. Disarm iron leg traps.
  2. Report to Balan.
Journal
  1. Balan of the Wood Wailers at Quarrymill seeks an adventurer to help him settle the score with some poachers.
  2. Hunting snares set by poachers in the surrounding woods pose considerable danger for local fauna and unsuspecting travelers. Disarm the iron leg traps and deal with any poachers you encounter.
  3. Both the snares and the poachers have been dealt with. Inform Balan of your deeds.
  4. The poachers' traps have grown more deadly and numerous of late. Balan is convinced that the leader of the gang, the self-crowned King of the Coeurlclaws, is responsible.
Hidden
Lore The Wood Wailers guard Gridania's forest. They even have a company, the Ninth Spears, whose whole job is stopping poachers in popular hunting areas.
Spoiler about later in the story

Foreshadowing Remember the name of the poachers' self-styled leader, the 'King of the Coeurlclaws'.

FF nod The Coeurlclaws are named after the coeurl, a leopard-like beast with long whiskers. It has been a recurring Final Fantasy monster since Final Fantasy II.
Characters 5

  • Balan

    Balan is a Wood Wailer at Quarrymill. Poachers are setting cruel snares in the woods, and he wants an adventurer to help him settle the score.

  • Deidra

    What you know from earlier quests 1
    • #142 An Apple a Day: Deidra sends you to old Fawkes in the orchards to the north, who has a big harvest this year and could use a helping hand.

  • Fawkes

    What you know from earlier quests 2
    • #142 An Apple a Day: Fawkes has you pick six sprite apples and clear out pests. He loves your harvest and says he has a child about your age. He invites you to settle in his orchard when you finish adventuring.
    • #143 A Bumper Crop: Fawkes fears the poachers too much to make the offering himself, so he sends you. He also sends an apple to Castellaint, who has looked thin lately. Castellaint calls him too kind.

  • Aedoc

    What you know from earlier quests 2
    • #145 The Marvelous Mun-Tuy Bean: Aedoc sends you to Masher Erimmont at the Mun-Tuy Cellars for more sauce. Erimmont says she has run out again because she never orders in bulk.
    • #146 Masher for a Day: Aedoc is overjoyed when you bring the sauce. She says she overheard a Wood Wailer joke about tossing her into the cauldron. She praises Erimmont's secret spices and thanks you for stopping a mutiny.

  • Erimmont

    What you know from earlier quests 2
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
  • Balan cannot leave his post, so he sends you to disarm iron leg traps and fight poachers. He cares about small animals and travelers. He thanks you, but blames the self-styled King of the Coeurlclaws and urges more vigilance.
Dialogue 5 lines

Accepting the quest

Balan

Greetings, adventurer. Perhaps you have heard, but these forests have fallen prey to a band of poachers. They litter the ground with dastardly snares, caring not a whit for the innocents─small animals and travelers alike─caught in their vile clutches.

  • DE Die Wilderer jagen nicht zur Selbstversorgung, sondern um sich auf Kosten der Natur zu bereichern. ‘The poachers do not hunt to feed themselves, but to enrich themselves at nature's expense.’ English stresses harm to innocent animals and travelers; German stresses that they hunt for profit, not food.

//: disarm iron leg traps and kill poachers

A furtive figure jumps out from the shadows!

Balan

I am forbidden to leave my post, but perhaps you could scour the area and see to any ghastly steel maws that you encounter. Be careful─the poachers themselves may be lying in ambush, awaiting their prey.

  • DE Außerdem sind die Fallen mittlerweile so raffiniert versteckt, dass sie auch eine Gefahr für die Bewohner von Mühlenbruch darstellen. ‘Moreover, the traps are now so cleverly hidden that they also pose a danger to the residents of Quarrymill.’ English says it cannot leave its post; German warns the traps endanger Quarrymill's residents.
  • JA 罠を放置しておけば、幼い獣が狩られるだけではなく、無関係な民が巻きこまれ、大怪我を負いかねない。 ‘If the traps are left, not only will young beasts be caught, but innocent people could get caught up and badly hurt.’ English says it cannot leave its post; Japanese warns that innocent people could be badly hurt.

Report to Balan.

Balan

You've done good work today, friend. Still, with that self-styled “King of the Coeurlclaws” running the operation, the poachers are not like to yield easily. No, we must be more vigilant than ever.