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Save the Trees
Map quest, level 28. 164th of 194 in play order.
Quest giver: Oriane, North Shroud (X 15.6, Y 25.5).
Steps
- Pour
flat ale on the scarred trees and slay Shroud hares. - Report to Oriane.
Journal
- Oriane of Florentel's Spire is concerned for the trees.
- Their resources needed to stave off Ixali raids, Oriane and her fellow Wood Wailers cannot attend to the baneful hares that are ravaging the flora of the Twelveswood. Pour flat ale on scarred trees to attract the pests, then slay them.
- The bark-chewing, leaf-eating hares will feast on local flora no more. Report your success to Oriane.
- Oriane thanks you for your efforts. She is resolved to protect the Twelveswood to honor the memory of Florentel, the legendary hero whose name the spire bears.
Hidden
only calls it 'week-old ale', but the item text says it is a cheap brew from Aleport, left open for days until all its bubbles were gone.Characters 4
Oriane is a Wood Wailer at Florentel's Spire. She is worried about the trees of the Twelveswood.
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 1
- #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.
- #163 Meals for Miners: Ademar curses the greedy adventurer who stole the miners' food. He can hardly believe it when you bring his
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- 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.
Dialogue 7 lines
Accepting the quest
Oriane
As a Wood Wailer, it is my sworn duty to protect my nation from the Ixal. Yet as a Gridanian, it pains me to see the trees around me wither and die while we are off fighting battles.
Shroud hares have grown destructive of late, gnawing away at trees and ripping shrubs from the ground. Yet we cannot very well tell the birdmen to stay their spears while we hunt oversized slugs, can we?
...And so I turn to you, adventurer. Pour this week-old ale over the scarred trees, and the culprits should be along in short order. You would bring the wood much succor if you could put them down.
Pour flat ale on the scarred trees and slay Shroud hares.
//: pop hares and kill them
Report to Oriane.
Oriane
Thank you, adventurer. I can battle the Ixal with a clear conscience now, knowing that those like you are friends to the forest.
- FR Je vais pouvoir combattre les Ixali la conscience tranquille, maintenant que je sais hors d'état de nuire. ‘I will be able to fight the Ixali with a clear conscience, now that I know [] can no longer do any harm.’ English is reassured that people like you befriend the forest; French is reassured the pests can do no more harm.
Florentel, whose name this spire bears, was one of the greatest heroes from the time of Gridania's founding. His martial exploits were exceeded only by his love for the forest.
...And his love for Eugenia─the namesake of our sister spire. Ah...do such tales of yore not set your heart aflutter?