Meteoric Lance

Meteoric Lance is a World Quest in In the Wake of Narcissus: Act I - Search in the Algae Sea. Start this quest by entering the Mysterious Ruins at Fort Charybdis Ruins.

There are two versions of this quest, depending on whether players started the World Quest Search in the Algae Sea in Series In the Wake of Narcissus: Act I - Search in the Algae Sea or not.

Steps[]

Find the Seal
Study the Riddle Slate
Look for a way forward
1. Solve the Operable Mechanism puzzle to raise the gate to the lift and descend to the next floor.
Solve the Orthant's puzzle
1. Solve the Operable Mechanism: Lifting Column puzzle to the east and descend to the lower floor.
2. Solve the Energy Flow puzzle and return to the second floor from the Regulating Valve it connects to.
3. Lead the Seelie to its Seelie Court to get access to the underwater area
4. Go down to the underwater area under the main machine in the middle of the room.
  - Underwater Patrol Mek ×2
5. Solve the Energy Flow puzzle and use the Xenochromatic Hunter's Ray to break the Fontemer Seagrass leading to the device, and Go Up twice.
6. Release the Energy Flow.
  - Recon Log Mek - Ousia ×2
Obtain the "Wish" piece

Gameplay Notes[]

Solving the first Operable Mechanism puzzle activates the Looking Glass in the room. Entering the Looking Glass takes players to a chamber in ???, where a Thundercraven Rifthound and a Luxurious Chest containing the blueprint for "Passage's Stable Storage" can be found.
- Opening the Luxurious Chest is required to access the Looking Glass which takes players back to the floor above the quest's starting area. The Operable Mechanism on this floor cannot be completed before opening the Luxurious Chest.
Another Looking Glass is found on the third floor and contains the blueprint for Linden Wood "Sweet Slumber" Bed.

Dialogue[]

Version 1[]

This version is obtained if players have not started Search in the Algae Sea.

(Enter the Mysterious Ruins)

(A man lies on the ground)

Paimon: Eek! Th—There's someone on the ground!

(Examine the fallen person...)

Paimon: Is... Is he...?

He's still alive, just unconscious.

Paimon: Phew! That's good.

Paimon: We have to get help! We can't just leave him like this!

You and Paimon deliver the unconscious man to Lumidouce Harbor.
The people there immediately take him to receive medical treatment.
Knowing that he is in good hands, the two of you return to where you were before.

(The camera zooms in on the Riddle Slate on the wall)

Paimon: Alright! Now let's have a look at this stone tablet.

Paimon: "Lo, this place is the Orthant of Wishes, the Temple of Wishes, the Room of Wishes..."

Paimon: "Often contradicting"... "Born in an instant, your company in eternal rest, never separated"... "The tainted fruits of sin"...

Paimon: Looks like a riddle!

Paimon: Hmm... What do you think the answer is then, (Traveler)?

A dream?

Paimon: Paimon doesn't think so... Just what kind of weird thing would you have to dream up for it to be a sin?
(Returns to option selection, removes this option)

Guilt?

Paimon: Paimon doesn't think that's it. Paimon only feels guilty about something for 15 minutes, tops.
(Returns to option selection, removes this option)

Life?

Paimon: Sounds strange. Can life really bear original sin?

Paimon: Still, Paimon thinks she might have heard that somewhere before. Let's go with that answer for now.

(Examine the mechanism)

You carefully inspect the top of the mechanism, but you don't find anything.

(If this is the first location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here?

Paimon: Oh no! It looks like someone already took whatever was here.

Paimon: But who?

(If this is the second location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here either...

(If this is the third location searched)

Paimon: Did someone... take whatever was here, too?

Version 2[]

This version is obtained if players started Search in the Algae Sea first.

Quest Description

Trace and find the Narzissenkreuz Ordo's seals.

(Approach the door): Seymour: Is this the place? I have confirmed the presence of another stone tablet in my field of view.

Ann: ...Shouldn't you be more concerned with the person lying on the ground in your field of vision?

Paimon: Huh? Wah! What happened...?

Seymour: My apologies, Miss. I prioritized the search for the stone tablet. Allow me to conduct a scan now...

Seymour: ...My apologies, Miss.

Paimon: What!?

Caterpillar: Though he's still alive, the breath of life has escaped his body through the orifices. I've seen this handiwork before...

Paimon: Eek! Paimon can't look.

Paimon: We have to get help! We can't just leave him like this!

Together, you deliver the unconscious man to Lumidouce Harbor.
The people there immediately take him to receive medical treatment.
Knowing that he is in good hands, you all return to where you were before.

Paimon: Alright! Now let's have a look at this stone tablet.

Seymour: "Lo, this place is the Orthant of Wishes, the Temple of Wishes, the Room of Wishes..."

Seymour: "Often contradicting"... "Born in an instant, your company in eternal rest, never separated"... "The tainted fruits of sin"...

Caterpillar: Another riddle.

Paimon: Why do something so scary here... Could it have something to do with the answer to the riddle?

Caterpillar: Well, Fontainians are "sinners," life tainted with original sin.

Caterpillar: For this reason, the answer is "life." I suppose I'd guessed it already.

Ann: Can you be sure that's the answer?

Caterpillar: I know the rhetoric and semiotics of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo all too well. Barring any surprises, that is the answer.

Caterpillar: Okay, it's time to make up for lost time. We need to hurry now.

(Check the altar)

You carefully inspect the top of the mechanism, but you don't find anything.

(If this is the first location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here?

Caterpillar: It looks like something was here, but someone else took it.

Paimon: Wait, doesn't that mean that our plan's already failed?

Caterpillar: The birth of "reason" requires the merging of the four orthants. If we can get the rest of them, we still have a chance.

Ann: In that case, we'd better hurry to the next area.

(If this is the second location searched)

Paimon: There's nothing here either...

Ann: What exactly are we looking for, Caterpillar?

Caterpillar: We're looking for the materials necessary to forge the Holy Blade of Narzissenkreuz.

Caterpillar: The Ordo was able to reproduce the four requisite hypothetical substances here in the material world, based on the esoteric philosophies of the underground kingdom and ancient Fontaine.

Seymour: I do not understand.

Caterpillar: These enigmatic substances are purely experiential. You could say they are even further beyond ordinary logic than elemental power.

Seymour: I entered all introductory to intermediate level textbooks from the Akademiya's Spantamad into my memory banks decades ago. There is nothing mysterious about elemental power.

Caterpillar: Is that so? Anyway, to sum up, this is born of the confluence of traditions from Fontaine and technology from the ancient underground kingdom.

Caterpillar: And thus, four types of substance came into being: Memory, Wish, Soul, and Persona.

Caterpillar: To avoid any possible ambiguity, let's call them the "Memory" piece, "Wish" piece, "Soul" piece, and "Persona" piece.

Paimon: Why are these used to make the Holy Blade?

Caterpillar: In the Narzissenkreuz Ordo's brand of mystical philosophy, the temple is a microcosm of the universe, the members are stand-ins for the gods, and the holy oil is tempered willpower.

Caterpillar: The Holy Blade, on the other hand, is "reason," that which cuts everything open. It can only be born out of consummate human will.

Quite abstruse.

Caterpillar: That's esotericism for you. You attach yourself to anything that looks similar enough, and when this sort of thing becomes magic, fiction becomes reality.

Caterpillar: Anyway, we should make our way to the next area now.

(If this is the third location searched)

Paimon: Did someone... take whatever was here, too?

Caterpillar: Looks that way.

Just who is...?

Caterpillar: It's Jakob.

Seymour: We had an altercation with him inside Elynas once... Clarification: Recently, not "once."

Caterpillar: When I saw that unfortunate victim at the gate, I knew it was his handiwork. It seems he's still active after all.

Paimon: Then what does he want with the stuff he took from here?

Caterpillar: Simple — He too wants to reforge the Holy Blade of Narzissenkreuz. The dream of the Ordo remains unrealized.

Caterpillar: Anyway, we should make our way to the final area now.

Interactables[]

Main article: Orthant of Wishes § Interactables

Excerpt[]

Unlike the barbarians or the witless creatures of the waters,

All our strength comes from our will.

Our will is that which we share with the noblest gods,

Just as flesh is what we have in common with the barbarous beasts.

Those who can truly use this wisdom,

May be able to forsake the bonds of flesh,

And when they use their will to command, the rest shall bow down and listen.

Copied from "Echoes Hallowed and Humble," Movement 5, Stanza 3.

Someone's Diary[]

...To think that we really did find Remuria's ruins at the indicated location. But was there ever any doubt...

...Mr. Ingold has arranged for plans for an official construction project to be drawn up. The people from the Palais Mermonia have already confirmed the location and the construction team has arrived... I suppose it was always better to report our deeds first rather than have them come knocking...

...The Marechaussee Hunters were called in to take charge of security. It might be too risky to think that this will completely allay their suspicions. Ms. Calafia is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but she is still a disciple of...

...The Master and Mr. Ingold brought an Oceanid to the as-yet incomplete tower. The deeper meaning behind this...

...Went to seek an audience with the Master to ask for advice... This time, I only met Mr. Ingold. He seemed to be looking for something...

...According to Mr. Ingold, the Master is performing "the Great Ritual." He said it has to do with the celestial bodies and the Primal Fire... The details are not to be divulged, or the "sanctity of silence and self-driven will" will be broken... Great focus and separation from the world must be maintained... For a time after this, Mr. Ingold will take charge of...

...Someone in the construction team has started spreading some strange rumors. Well, strictly speaking, those aren't "rumors," since...

Fortunately, Ms. Calafia seems to consider their tales the result of the workers' prejudices against archaeological work...

...Mental state is... Reported to Mr. Ingold. After receiving the report, he organized help for the affected...

...Calafia seems to have caught on somewhat. She even questioned Mr. Forsamiro to his face regarding the stone slates...

Madam Laveaux and Ms. Lenormand were able to ally her suspicions, but... It's only a matter of time before this gets to the Iudex.

...The work is completed. Mr. Ingold, representing the Master, gathered everyone to express... May the Master's Great Ritual go smoothly...

...Since it's Mr. Ingold saying it, I doubt there's any deception here... Still, I do find this a little strange...

...Ms. Zenaida came to see us in the dead of night. She claimed to be concerned about the Master's whereabouts. As such, the third time ██ fell, she secretly used ██'s ███ to perform divination... The results... worrying...

...She suspects that Mr. Ingold has not been truthful, and seeks to gather high-level members to submit a public inquiry to him... Already prepared a secret report...

...I should feign non-committance and ask that she reconsider. After all, my own divinations say that the Master is in the Tower, and hasn't left...

...After that, I should leverage Professor Griffin L. Randolph's social standing to release a cover story to the outside world... This reeks of tedium, but it will buy our Ordo some time... At least these nobles will make themselves useful, for once...

...I probed Madam Laveaux a little. She seemed unworried about the Master... Her divinations returned results similar to mine. The Master is alive and well and is within the tower...

...Pyromancy, hydromancy, astromancy, and ████mancy all gave the same results... Well, it seems that Ms. Zenaida was simply fearmongering...

...

...Ms. Zenaida and her supporters have abruptly left the Ordo. They left behind a single note, stating that they "were disappointed with the future"...

...Well, fair enough. After all, that ███ "divination" of hers seems to be nothing but the work of charlatans. It would be of no help to Narzissenkreuz's ideals anyway...

...Mr. Ingold seemed somewhat disappointed.

...

...Out of curiosity, I divined Ms. Zenaida's whereabouts...

...Something's wrong. They... those who left the Ordo previously are still within the tower...

...███'s divination method cannot be mistaken.

I must speak to Mr. Ingold in person.

Video Guides[]

Meteoric Lance Guide

Other Languages[]

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Meteoric Lance	—
Chinese (Simplified)	流星的投矛
Chinese (Traditional)	流星的投矛
Japanese	流星の矛 Ryuusei no Hoko	Meteoric Lance
Korean	유성의 투창 Yuseong'ui Tuchang
Spanish	La lanza meteórica	The Meteoric Lance
French	Lance météorique	Meteoric Lance
Russian	Метеоритное копьё Meteoritnoye kop'yo	Meteoric Lance
Thai	ขว้างหอกดาวตก
Vietnamese	Ngọn Giáo Sao Băng
German	Meteoritenlanze	Meteorite Lance
Indonesian	Tombak Meteor	Meteor Lance
Portuguese	Lança Meteórica
Turkish	Meteor Mızrağı
Italian	Lancia meteorica	Meteoric Lance

Change History[]

Released in Version 4.2

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