A Mother's Suffering

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The secretariat has urgent news for you.

Quest description

A Mother's Suffering is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Journal[]

• The Crushing Tide have struck again, and Candlekeep Quay is under attack. You prepare to contact the Company of Heroes and order them into battle, that the threat may be quashed before the residents suffer any casualties.
• You reach out to Wheiskaet and the Company via linkpearl and order them to defend Candlekeep Quay. With Landenel and U'odh Nunh already in the vicinity, you assign each their tasks and send them on their way, while resolving to join them as soon as possible.
• You arrive at Candlekeep Quay to find that the Company of Heroes succeeded in fending off the raiders and seeing the residents to safety. Interrogating two of the captured Crushing Tide after the battle, you learn that Doww is hiding out on a deserted isle that Merlwyb surmises is located in the Cieldalaes. All present resolve to set sail to promptly deal with the threat.
• On the isle you come face-to-face with Doww and the blasphemy, whose presence stirs the power of the Echo. You are granted a vision which reveals that the blasphemy was born of none other than the Indigo Matriarch, queen of the Sahagin, who was overcome with despair for the plight of her people. Regaining your senses, you and your companions confront the beast, only to be incapacitated by a devastating attack that saps your strength. Fortunately, you manage to escape unharmed thanks to a well-timed bullet fired by an unknown sharpshooter. Making for the docks, you regroup with your companions and consider your next course of action.
• The members of the Company vent their frustration at their failure to defeat the blasphemy. Noll, for his part, is deeply distressed by the revelation that the abomination was once his people's mother and queen. Together with Wheiskaet, you ponder the implications of what you have learned from your brief encounter, while Merlwyb declares her intent to dispatch scouts to track the escaped beast, and ascertain where it is taking shelter.
• Back at Maelstrom Command, Merlwyb considers how the beast might be dealt with. Reaffirming her confidence in you and the Company of Heroes, she muses about attempting to recruit the Company's missing commander to aid in your cause. She encourages you to rest up while you can, as your greatest challenge still lies ahead.

※The next role quest will be available from the Maelstrom secretariat upon reaching level 89 in any melee DPS class.

Objectives[]

• Speak with the storm runner.
• Speak with Wheiskaet at Candlekeep Quay.
• Speak with Merlwyb at the Lominsan Docks.
• Speak with Merlwyb again.
• Speak with Merlwyb at Maelstrom Command.

Script[]

A Mother's Suffering script
Limsasecretary	Grave news, [Player Name]. We've just received word that Candlekeep Quay is under attack.
Limsasecretary	It would seem the Crushing Tide has struck again. The Admiral asks that you deploy the Company of Heroes at once. Our man here will act as your signaler.
Limsasignaller	The Company of Heroes is awaiting your orders!
Wheiskaet	Candlekeep Quay!?
Wheiskaet	Both Landenel and U'odh Nunh should be close by. What are your instructions?
Landenel	Consider it done, Commander!
Uodhnunh	Understood.
Wheiskaet	The rest of us will head there at once!
Limsasecretary	I'll tell the Admiral you and the Company of Heroes are on your way. Godsspeed!
Limsasecretary	Our communications officer will assist in relaying your orders.
Wheiskaet	Worry not. The tide has already ebbed, if you follow my meaning.
Wheiskaet	Perhaps you're curious how your men carried out your orders?
Wheiskaet	You'll be pleased to hear that Landenel led the attack with his characteristic aplomb. Dancing amongst his foes with such speed and ferocity that were dizzying to watch.
Wheiskaet	Landenel managed to see every last man, woman, and child to safety─albeit grumbling all the while about how he'd rather be skewering fishbacks.
Wheiskaet	U'odh Nunh made full use of his talents in neutralizing our foe's attack. Mere moments after he arrived, he devised and enacted the perfect defense plan, using the terrain to his advantage.
Wheiskaet	U'odh Nunh made full use of his talents in leading the rescue effort. Not a single man, woman, or child suffered so much as a scratch.
Wheiskaet	I had my doubts at first, but you've passed your first trial as acting captain with flying colors.
Wheiskaet	By sending both men to the front lines, you left the residents open to an attack. Fortunately, I came along in time to escort them to safety─but a few stragglers were wounded in the chaos.
Wheiskaet	By assigning both men to the rescue effort, you left the quay itself vulnerable to attack...and the damage was as severe as you might expect. I advise you to consider your orders more carefully in the future.
Wheiskaet	Pardon my bluntness, but you have much to learn about being an effective leader. You'd best be a quick study, or the consequences will be dire.
Merlwyb	The battle is over, I see. 'Tis good to see the Company of Heroes can still live up to its name.
Merlwyb	I demand answers. Why did you target Candlekeep Quay?
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! I ssspit on your questions, filthy shhhorewalker!
Wheiskaet	I was hoping we might do this the easy way, but if you insist...
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! So you would torture us? You shorewalkers are all the same─sssavage brutes, the lot of you!
Shamani Lohmani	Torture? Please─we are not so uncivilized as that, my slippery friend.
Brayflox	Pshhh... Shkohhh... Brayflox's shiny treasure will have fishman trading tongueflaps in no time!
Wheiskaet	Allow me to explain: Shamani Lohmani and Brayflox are well practiced in the art of interrogation.
Wheiskaet	Shamani has a sharp mind, as I'm sure you've noticed, and a knack for getting information out of uncooperative types with a minimum of fuss.
Wheiskaet	Brayflox, on the other hand... Her methods can be...unconventional, to say the least. But it's hard to argue with the results.
Wheiskaet	Well, Commander? The choice is yours to make.
Shamani Lohmani	But of course, Commander. Watch as I get him talking without so much as lifting a finger.
Shamani Lohmani	They tell me your kind are particularly fond of La Noscean oranges. Might I interest you in a glass of delightful orange wine brewed from our latest harvest?
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! Thisss... This is─!
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! Another glass, shhhorewalker! I demand it, in return for the crimes you have committed against my spawnbrothers!
Shamani Lohmani	A mere glass, my friend? Why, I'd be more than happy to offer you a full bottle─nay, an entire cask! If you provide us with the answers we seek...
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh... We have a deal, Shorewalker. For a cask of that blisssful beverage, I will tell you all my secrets!
Brayflox	Pshhh... Shkohhh... If fishman will not spit out truthywords, Brayflox's treat will have fishman spit out something else...
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! Wh-What...what is this!?
Enemysahagina04117	Ngaaaaaah! So vile, so putrid this stench!
Enemysahagina04117	Unnnghhh... Bleeeccchhhhhhhhh!
Brayflox	Pshhh... Shkohhh... Stinkysweet of aged gobbiecheese is strong, yes? Makes many nosetickles and stomachturns.
Uodhnunh	Our finned friend's spit something up, all rrright. Though I'd rather he hadn't...
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! F-Fine! I will speak, dirty shorewalkers! J-Just...just get that foul poison away from me!
Merlwyb	Again, I ask: why did you target Candlekeep Quay?
Enemysahagina04117	...Doww himself gave the order. Said we must essstablish a foothold in preparation for our assault on the city.
Merlwyb	He means to attack Limsa Lominsa itself? But with your numbers, that would be folly.
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh! Speaker Doww commands power beyond the comprehension of you shorewalkers!
Merlwyb	We have dealt with Leviathan before.
Enemysahagina04117	You misunderstand. Speaker Doww says it is a greater power ssstill. The very first being blessed by our Lord...
Merlwyb	The blasphemy...
Merlwyb	Tell me where Doww is.
Enemysahagina04117	Pshhh... An island far to the sssouth and eassst... There, he performs the rite that will sssummon forth the divine one and deliver my brothers and I to glory!
Merlwyb	...Thank you for your cooperation.
Merlwyb	I suspect that Doww is hiding out somewhere in the Cieldalaes─a deserted isle, most likely.
Landenel	I don't know much about these so-called “blasphemies,” but can they truly be tamed so easily?
Merlwyb	We have no evidence they can─but we must operate under the assumption that Doww has found a way.
Merlwyb	I will ready a ship─we set sail for the Cieldalaes at once. Prepare yourselves, and meet me at the docks as soon as you are ready.
Wheiskaet	I'll have Shamani and Brayflox continue the interrogation in the meantime. Our friends here might still be hiding something from us.
Landenel	You kept us waiting long enough, Commander. Not that I'm complaining─more fishmen for me to skewer.
Uodhnunh	Is that all? And I was just getting warrrmed up...
Shamani Lohmani	Good to know my colleagues haven't grown rusty in the years since we disbanded.
Brayflox	Pshhh... Shkohhh... Brayflox's treasures go boom! Blast fishymen to bittybits!
Limsasecretary	You have orders from the Admiral to make for Candlekeep Quay and provide support for the Company as needed.
Limsasignaller	To think I'd live to see the famed Company of Heroes not only reform, but fight at our side.
Merlwyb	Everyone is here? Good. We make for the Cieldalaes in search of Doww's hideout.
Merlwyb	Our friend Noll will be waiting for us there.
Merlwyb	The blasphemy, too, may be present. Be vigilant and keep your weapons at the ready.
Merlwyb	Well, Commander? Do you have any words for your men on the eve of battle?
Landenel	...Is to protect the weak!
Uodhnunh	Hmm? Can't say I've hearrrd that motto before...
Wheiskaet	Nor I. At any rate, let's be about it!
Merlwyb	We meet again, Doww.
Merlwyb	Where is the blasphemy? Tell us now so we may end this madness.
Doww	Pshhhhhhhhh... Heh heh heh...
Wheiskaet	Speak of the bloody devil!
Noll	Pshhh... There it is... The dread beassst I saw beneath the waves...
Merlwyb	The source of our woes...
Merlwyb	The Echo...!? Of all the times!
Wheiskaet	Defend the commander!
Doww	Pshhh... I bring grave tidingsss, my queen. The wretched shhhorewalkers poison the minds of my ssspawnbrothers with false words and foul magicks!
Doww	Our poor, beguiled brethren renounce Lord Leviathan and name Him a false god! They treat with Limsa Lominsa, and some even call for an alliance!
Doww	We must sssummon Him, that the lost might receive of His blesssing anew! This I would gladly do had our ssstock of crystals not run dry...
Sahaginmother	Ssspawning time is nearly upon us...yet you fight and bicker amongssst yourselves... How am I to birth a new brood when my children grown ssstand divided?
Doww	Who dares enter the sssacred chamber!?
Reconciledsahagin04117	Pshhh... Forgive my intrusion, Queen Mother. I speak for the Sahagin who seek an accord with the shhhorewalkers.
Reconciledsahagin04117	A new age is upon usss... We needn't turn to false gods, nor foment bitterness and bloodshed in our precious ssspawning grounds...
Reconciledsahagin04117	The shhhorewalkers have changed. They endeavor to understand us. To shhhare these lands with us, that they may have peace, and we our ssspawning grounds.
Sahaginmother	Could thisss be true...?
Doww	Lies, lies! Do not be deceived by that one's delusions, my queen! He is a heathen who has ssstrayed from Lord Leviathan's light!
Doww	The shhhorewalkers are oathbreakers, now and forevermore! As they extend one hand in friendship, they clutch a dagger in the other. We are beasts in their eyes, deserving of naught but ssslaughter!
Sahaginmother	Oh... Oh, for a blessed moment, I felt the faintest touch of hope... But you are right, Doww. They are demons...and we are damned...
Sahaginmother	O, for woe! My poor children have lossst their faith! Their minds poisoned by lies, they turn away from the Lord of the Whorl, and cassst their lot with the enemy...
Doww	'Tis so, my queen, 'tis so. We will have no choice but to abandon our sssacred spawning grounds, and sssink to the ocean's floor to rot and decay.
Sahaginmother	Doww, dearessst of my children... You tell then that we have no future...?
Sahaginmother	How can I bring new life into this world, knowing that my brood will have their hearts ssstolen and abandon me? How can I bear this unbearable sssadness?
Sahaginmother	I cannot!
Reconciledsahagin04117	Pshhh─!? Wh-What's happening!?
Reconciledsahagin04117	Please, my queen! You mussst calm yourself!
Reconciledsahagin04117	Pshhhaaaaaaaaagh!
Doww	Such...such power! Sssuch beauty! A blessing from Lord Leviathan Himself!
Wheiskaet	<pant> So this is a blasphemy, eh? I can see what all the fuss was about...
Merlwyb	Have your wits about you? Good. If you can fight, now is the time.
Doww	Pshhh... Strike now, my queen! Send the shhhorewalkers and their honorless leader to her death!
Landenel	Wh-What's happening!? I can't feel my legs!
Radicalsahagina04117	Pshhh... Wh-Why, Mother...? Are we not your children...too...?
Merlwyb	Dammit! We cannot weather another blow like the last!
Landenel	I still don't know what in the seven hells just happened, but I'll be damned if I'm going to go down without a fight!
Wheiskaet	Steady! The beast is feeding on our aether. We'll not survive a head-on fight!
Wheiskaet	Landenel! U'odh! Remember the Company stratagem when faced with overwhelming odds!
Wheiskaet	Retreat! Retreat! Let's get ourselves the bloody hells out of here!
Wheiskaet	Let's see how this blasphemy likes my axe between its eyes.
Landenel	I don't know a blasphemy from a hole in the ground. All I know is that I'm ready to kill the bleedin' thing!
Uodhnunh	This is the enemy's stronghold. Never forget that they have the advantage.
Shamani Lohmani	Don't you worry─Brayflox and I have the situation under control.
Brayflox	Pshhh... Shkohhh... Brayflox keep watcheyes on this place.
Merlwyb	Damn it all! We'd have better luck holding back the tide!
Shamani Lohmani	How goes it, friends...is what I would normally ask, but judging from the muttered cursing, I gather it did not go all that well.
Wheiskaet	We barely escaped with our lives. To think the damned beast had the power to stop us in our tracks─literally.
Uodhnunh	What do we know of the creature's origins? Was it once a Sahagin as you suspected?
Merlwyb	Mayhap the Echo afforded [Player Name] some insight.
Noll	Pshhh! Doww's villainy knows no bounds! Sssowing seeds of dessspair in our queen mother's heart, that she might transssform into that monstrosity!
Shamani Lohmani	If she was the first to turn, then there was nothing deliberate about it. Still, it's clear that his words served as a catalyst.
Landenel	If we kill the blasphemy, it'll be tantamount to killing the Sahagin's queen. That's not going to endear us to them one bit.
Noll	Pshhh... I cannot turn my ssspear against the mother who birthed me, let alone take her life...
Landenel	Out of curiosity, did anyone see who fired that shot? Were it not for them, we'd all be dead.
Merlwyb	I know not, but we must formulate a plan─and quickly. My scouts tell me that the blasphemy has left the island, and now roams the open sea.
Merlwyb	I will order them to continue the search. In the meantime, we must find a means to overcome the beast's formidable offense.
Wheiskaet	Leave that to us. Time and again, we've used our wits and experience to triumph over the longest odds.
Wheiskaet	To defeat your enemy, first you must know your enemy. Tell me, Commander...what do you reckon was the most valuable knowledge we gleaned from our initial encounter?
Wheiskaet	Indeed. If the beast still has some memory of what it once was, we may very well be able to predict its future actions.
Wheiskaet	I concur. Now that we know how the beast disables its foes, we can use this knowledge to devise a proper defense against it.
Wheiskaet	...But that is not all we have learned. While the blasphemy can maneuver through the water, it also frequents caves and the like. Our best chance of defeating it would be in such a place.
Merlwyb	Our only chance, I daresay.
Merlwyb	I will send scouts to identify any and all large caverns and coastal areas that could serve as shelter for a massive creature.
Merlwyb	To ensure the safety of our people─and to have any hope for peace with the Sahagin─this is a battle that we must win. All your strength and wisdom will be needed in the days to come. Dismissed.
Noll	......
Merlwyb	Come, let us share our findings with the Maelstrom.
Wheiskaet	When no path to victory can be found, flee and fight another day. It might not be the kind of approach that make a bard sing your praises, but it's kept us alive, and that's enough.
Landenel	Face-to-face with the damned beast, and I could barely lift my spear! Next time, mark my words, that bastard fish is going to pay...
Uodhnunh	So that was the blasphemy. Intrrriguing creature. For the first time in many summers, we find ourselves with a worthy foe.
Noll	Pshhh... Were the other beasssts we faced also once my ssspawnbrothers? I...I cannot bear the thought...
Merlwyb	Now that we have seen what the blasphemy is capable of ourselves, 'tis more plain to me than ever that it must be slain.
Merlwyb	Reach out to all trade ships entering and departing Limsa. Inform them that any sightings of the blasphemy are to be reported to Maelstrom Command at once.
Limsasecretary	Understood. But given the beast's abilities, how do you intend to overcome it?
Merlwyb	I trust that the Company of Heroes and [Player Name]─experienced primal-slayers all─will find a way.
Merlwyb	...And yet I would leave no resource untapped. There is one more whose expertise I would call upon─if he would agree.
Merlwyb	Even Wheiskaet is at a loss as to his former commander's whereabouts. But mayhap Eynzahr could offer some guidance...?
Merlwyb	No doubt you are still fatigued from the battle with the blasphemy. Pray rest while you are able.
Merlwyb	When we are ready to take further action, you will hear from me. Till then, take care.
Limsasecretary	The Admiral told me of your encounter with the blasphemy. The result may not have been ideal, but I am heartened to see you return safely.
Quest complete.