Yarzon, Yarzoff

Side quest, level 7. 38th of 102 in play order.

Quest giver: Ostfyr, Middle La Noscea (X 25.2, Y 27.3).

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Steps

Jostle the yarzons out of their nests and slay them.
Report to Ostfyr.

Journal

Ostfyr hopes to assure the safety of wayfarers at the La Thagran Checkpoint by ridding the area of its dangerous denizens.
You learn that the Rogue River has been particularly perilous of late. Overturn three yarzon nests, and extirpate the yarzons that appear.
You have considerably thinned out the yarzon population at the Rogue River. Return to the La Thagran Checkpoint to let Ostfyr know that the creatures will menace wayfarers no more.
The Yellowjackets are too few in number to guard the La Thagran Checkpoint, and the surrounding regions have not a man to spare. They need your help.

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Lore This is a theme that keeps coming back in La Noscea. The Maelstrom's fleet is spread too thin, with too few people for all its jobs. So are the Yellowjackets who hold La Thagran. That is why adventurers get much of their work.

Lore Ostfyr

guards the La Thagran Eastroad, and his name fits the job. In the old Roegadyn language, Ostfyr means 'East Fire'.

Lore The Rogue River did not exist before the Calamity split the ground open. After that, thieves used it to move their stolen goods. That is how it got its name.

In-game text Encyclopaedia Eorzea says the yarzons you thin out spray a victim's joints with bile that burns like acid. Then they pierce its skull and suck out the brain.

Title reference The title echoes 'Wax on, wax off'. That is Mr. Miyagi's training chant from the 1984 film The Karate Kid. Here, the quest's yarzons take the place of the wax.

Characters 1

Ostfyr
Ostfyr wants the area around the La Thagran Checkpoint made safe, as travelers keep arriving bloodied and bruised.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #29 Kobolds Ahoy: Moegramm's report opens Ostfyr's eyes to the kobold danger. He wants stronger patrols of the lowlands, or the region may be lost. He remembers when kobolds tried to seize the west, and asks you to warn Staelwyrn at Summerford Farms.

What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest

Ostfyr is pained that travelers reach his gates hurt by yarzons at the Rogue River, but needs every man to hold the garrison. The Maelstrom's fleet is spread too thin, so Yellowjackets hold La Thagran. His name means 'East Fire' in old Roegadyn.

What the Japanese, French and German versions say 5

Japanese

EN 'La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.'

JA 「この関門は、本来は黒渦団が警備すべきほどの要所。だが、黒渦団は蛮族対策で手一杯のため、われらイエロージャケットが警備にあたっている。」, 'This checkpoint is so important that the Maelstrom should really guard it. But the Maelstrom has its hands full with the beast tribes, so we Yellowjackets guard it.'

Ostfyr's 蛮族 (banzoku) means the 'barbarian' beast tribes.

French

Name

EN 'You learn that the Rogue River has been particularly perilous of late.'

FR «On a signalé aux gardes du poste de la Thagran que des monstres s'attaquaient aux voyageurs près de la rivière des requins.», 'The guards of the La Thagran post were told that monsters were attacking travellers near the river of sharks.'

The name promises predators in the water, not just rogues.

Different

EN 'La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.'

FR «Tu l'ignores sans doute, mais ce poste devrait normalement être protégé par le Maelstrom. Malheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares.», 'You probably don't know, but this post should normally be guarded by the Maelstrom. Sadly, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.'

Like in Japanese, the beast tribes keep the Maelstrom away.

German

Wordplay

EN 'Ah, so you did for the vilekin?'

DE „Hast du den gefräßigen Yarzons ... Beine gemacht? Hihi. Entschuldige den Scherz, ich nehme die Bedrohung sehr ernst.“, 'Did you send those greedy yarzons... legging it? Hee hee. Sorry for the joke, I take the threat very seriously.'

„jemandem Beine machen“, literally 'to make legs for someone', means to chase someone off, here a joke on the yarzons.

Different

EN 'La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.'

DE „Eigentlich sollte sich der Mahlstrom um die Bewachung kümmern, doch der hat mit den Wilden Stämmen alle Hände voll zu tun.“, 'Really the Maelstrom should handle the guarding, but it has its hands full with the Wild Tribes.'

Here too the Maelstrom is too busy. Wild Tribes is the German name for the beast tribes.

Dialogue 6 lines

Accepting the quest

Ostfyr

More and more travelers pass through these gates bloodied and bruised each day.

They tell me the yarzons harry them at the Rogue. It pains me to do nothing, but we need every man we have just to hold the garrison.

DE Die Yarzons verteidigen ihr Revier aggressiver als sonst. ‘The yarzons are defending their territory more aggressively than usual.’ German explains the yarzons are guarding their territory more aggressively than usual; English only says they harry travelers.

You would do us all a great service were you to thin the yarzon population for us. If you could clear out, say, three of their nests, we'd all be in your debt.

Report to Ostfyr.

Ostfyr

Ah, so you did for the vilekin? Every passer-through owes you a debt of gratitude.

DE Hast du den gefräßigen Yarzons ... Beine gemacht? Hihi. Entschuldige den Scherz, ich nehme die Bedrohung sehr ernst. ‘Did you send those greedy yarzons... legging it? Hee hee. Sorry for the joke, I take the threat very seriously.’ „jemandem Beine machen“, literally 'to make legs for someone', means to chase someone off, here a joke on the yarzons.

La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.

JA この関門は、本来は黒渦団が警備すべきほどの要所。だが、黒渦団は蛮族対策で手一杯のため、われらイエロージャケットが警備にあたっている。 ‘This checkpoint is so important that the Maelstrom should really guard it. But the Maelstrom has its hands full with the beast tribes, so we Yellowjackets guard it.’ Ostfyr's 蛮族 (banzoku) means the 'barbarian' beast tribes.
FR Tu l'ignores sans doute, mais ce poste devrait normalement être protégé par le Maelstrom. Malheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares. ‘You probably don't know, but this post should normally be guarded by the Maelstrom. Sadly, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.’ Like in Japanese, the beast tribes keep the Maelstrom away.
DE Eigentlich sollte sich der Mahlstrom um die Bewachung kümmern, doch der hat mit den Wilden Stämmen alle Hände voll zu tun. ‘Really the Maelstrom should handle the guarding, but it has its hands full with the Wild Tribes.’ Here too the Maelstrom is too busy. Wild Tribes is the German name for the beast tribes.

But our numbers are hardly inexhaustible, and your help goes a long way towards preserving the peace.