A Hunger for Trade

A Hunger for Trade

Quest giver

Ponderous Porter

Location

The Peaks (X:27.7, Y:28.7)

Level

68

Required quest

Where Courage Endures

Experience

 116,100

Gil

 738

Patch

4.0

“

The Ponderous Porter appears to have a request for you.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

• 
  Aether Current

Steps

• Speak with the testy trader.

• Deliver the imperial supply crate to the Highlander merchant.

• Deliver the sack of foodstuffs to the testy trader.

• Speak with the ponderous porter.

Journal

• The ponderous porter appears to have a request for you.

Walkthrough

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Dialogue

Ponderous Porter: ...You're not from around here, are you? You'd never see an Ala Mhigan strike up a conversation with a Radiata resident.

Ponderous Porter: But seeing as we're already talking, I have a job that's just right for an outsider like you. Talk with the girl behind that building over there, and she'll give you all the details. She's a bit testy, mind you.

Testy Trader: About bloody time. Here, take this supply crate and trade it with the merchant in Ala Ghiri for food. He's usually lurking in an alley somewhere. Shifty bastard. You'll know him when you see him.

Testy Trader: Do not tell him a Radiata native sent you. There'll be no grub for us if you do.

Highlander Merchant: You want to trade, you'll show me the goods first. Then maybe we'll deal.

Highlander Merchant: Gods, these are military-issue Mark XLIII sedatives! High quality stuff. Someone snatched a batch a while ago, but you wouldn't believe how quickly imperial medicines sell.

Highlander Merchant: Folk are always on edge around here, you see, never knowing when the Empire might decide to launch an assault. Some get so worked up that they can scarcely sleep without a little alchemical encouragement.

Highlander Merchant: How much do you want for them? I'm a bit curious how you came by this stash, but I'll take it off your hands all the same.

Highlander Merchant: ...Food? That's it─just food? All right, well here's a sackful of assorted edibles. Nice doing business with you!

Highlander Merchant: If you come across any more of those sedatives, you know where to find me! [Talking with him on the "deliver the foodstuffs" step]

Testy Trader: Did you get the food? Tell me you got the food...

Testy Trader: Oh, praise the heavens! And praise you, too, stranger. This'll be the first proper meal we've had in days...

Testy Trader: Go back and speak with my large friend, if you would─I'd wager he'd like to show his thanks as well.

Ponderous Porter: Surprised to see us trading in imperial supplies? My quick-fingered friend once worked in a storeroom in Castrum Abania, and swiped those sedatives before she left.

Ponderous Porter: This settlement's full of those as used to labor for the imperial army. The folk in Ala Ghiri may have traded with the Empire, but even they spit on Radiatans─the army's “whipped curs,” they call us.

Ponderous Porter: That's why we needed you to make the deal. If one of us dared to set foot in that town, they'd chase us out with a hail of stones. Or worse.

Ponderous Porter: But now we can eat our fill, get our strength back, and try to move on. Kind-hearted heroes like you are a godssend...