Heroic Dreams

Heroic Dreams

Quest giver

Eirwel

Location

The Crystarium (X:10.6, Y:10.2)

Quest line

Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

80

Required items

3   Heat Lure
1   Vampire Bat Fang

Experience

 22,440

Gil

 0

Previous quest

In the Name of the Light

Next quest

Fraying Threads

Patch

5.3

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Main Scenario Progress: 669 / 960 (69.7%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 128 / 157 (81.5%)

   

“

Eirwel regards you expectantly.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 2   Pickled Herring
• 2   Mors
• 2   Honey Croissant
• 2   Nightworld Silver Piece

Steps

• Speak with Alisaie at the Exarch gate.
• Use heat lures to draw out vampire bats and slay them for their fangs. 0/3
• Deliver bat fangs to Ryne.
• Go to the lookout in the Crystarium.
• Speak with the Crystal Exarch.

Walkthrough

Though only three are required more than three locations are specified as different locations spawn different numbers of bats.
The following spots will each spawn 3 bats: Northmost spot (x:37.7, y: 21.6) and two southmost spots (x: 33.5, y: 35.6) and (x: 25.0, y: 35.5)

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Eirwel: Warrior of Darkness! If you've finished helping Riqi, won't you show us some fighting? Not play fighting, but honest-to-gods fighting? We already have some enemies that you can deal with: vampire bats! The guards say they've become a pest around the Crystarium of late. We tried to sneak outside to hunt them, but the guards caught us and sent us home...But they shouldn't mind if you were doing the fighting and we were just watching!

Alisaie: The children told us as much while you were away. And in preparation, Chessamile kindly furnished us with some lures for the bats. While the creatures won't give you any sport, bear in mind that the younglings will be watching. That's to say: put on a good show, yes? Right let's head outside at once. Everyone, follow me!

Ryne: A-Alisaie, wait just a─ <sigh> Come on, then, children.

Outside the Exarch Gate

Alisaie: Everyone's here. Good. Let's get started, shall we? As their name suggests, vampire bats feed on blood. And originally being nocturnal creatures, they've grown more active with the return of night and become a nuisance. To draw them out, we'll use Chessamile's lures, which work by exploiting their heat-seeking behavior. The bats are wont to nest under the eaves, so you are like to attract more if you place the lures near buildings.

Alisaie: I have here six lures─three each for you and me. As proof of a successful kill, I want you to gather up their fangs. Whoever collects the most is the winner!

Eirwel: Oh? You're hunting too?

Alisaie: Y-Yes, well, there's nothing like friendly competition to bring out the best in [Player]. Anyway! While we hunt the bats, the two of you are to stay with Ryne. She's really strong too, and will keep you safe. Without further ado, then, let the contest begin!

After Retrieving the Bat Fangs

Ryne: Well fought, [Player]! The children were hanging on your every move!...As was I, to be honest. Though I know the tally, may I see your fangs for good measure?

Alisaie: Apologies for the wait. My fangs. Not a bad haul, even if I do say so myself.

Ryne:...Five, six, seven. Seven fangs from Alisaie.

if more than seven have been collected, the following dialogue sequence appears

Ryne:...Which means that victory goes to [Player], who collected [number collected].

Alisaie: Bah, seems you found the better spots for the lures. I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed, but you're still within reach. I'll get the better of you next time!

if exactly seven have been collected, the following dialogue sequence appears

Ryne:...Which means that we have a draw! [Player] also collected seven fangs!

Alisaie: Argh, why does this feel even worse than losing? Just another measly fang and victory would have been mine!

Alisaie: Don't look so surprised! I've no intention of remaining lost in your wake forever, you know!

if fewer than seven have been collected, the following dialogue sequence appears

Alisaie: Hah, I did it! I bested [Player]...

Alisaie: ...In another godsdamned life! You didn't even try, did you!?

Alisaie: <sigh> And there I was taking it seriously... Spare me your pity next time, will you?

Alisaie:...So children─you've now seen the Warrior of Darkness in action. What are your impressions?

Eirwel: They're incredible, miss! The bats were down before they knew it! Our guards are strong, but the Warrior of Darkness is much, much stronger! We want to be just like them!

Alisaie: Good. If you're looking for an example to emulate, you may as well pick the best. I want you to remember how you felt when you watched [Player], and train hard. Keep at it long enough and you'll be strong too.

Ryne: If you don't mind telling us, when did you decide that you wanted to become Warriors of Light?

Eirwel: Well, we were there listening with everyone when Ardbert appeared, but I've wanted to be strong since before I came to the Crystarium. The sin eaters killed my father and my sister, see, and I promised myself I'd learn how to protect people one day. Like Ardbert said, this is our home. We're the ones who have to protect it. We're the ones who have to rise up as new Warriors of Light!

Ryne: What about you, Arkil?

Arkil: M-Me? To be honest, I'm still not sure what I want to do. But if my friends were in trouble, I know that I would want to help them. And...I want to go on adventures with them. See the world together.

Ryne: That's a wonderful goal.

Arkil: You...really think so? It's hard to explain... but it's something I felt when I saw the starshower the other day. I felt as though...there was something I'd lost, and that I had to go out there and find it.

Alisaie: Well, for the both of you, there's nothing for it but to train. When we return to the city, I'll teach you some exercises you can do by yourselves.

Arkil: Thanks for showing us your fighting skills, Warrior of Darkness! We'll never forget it!

Alisaie: I understand how Arkil feels. The starshower didn't awaken me to Hydealyn's voice. But that vision of the Final Days, of Amaurot burning...It filled me with sadness to the very pit of my being. Things I once knew, people I once loved, promises I once made...It felt as though long-forgotten memories were dancing at the edges of my mind. But when I try to focus on them, they simply fade away.

Alisaie: An effect of having a fractured soul, I shouldn't doubt. But lest you worry, I'm perfectly happy to remain fractured and have no intention of donning an Ascian mask. <sigh> I just wish we knew what Elidibus was plotting...Hah, but look at this pair of incurable brooders...If we're going to stand around, lost in thought, we may as well do it back in the city. Rest assured, Ryne and I will take the children from here. Their heads will be in the clouds after meeting you, but we'll see to it their feet remain firmly planted on the ground.

Alisaie: ...! It's nothing. Just a dizzy spell. Seems I tried a little too hard to beat you. I'm fine now, not to worry. I'll see you soon.

As you ponder Alisaie's words,you are taken by an urge to revisit the scene of that fateful meeting...

At the Lookout

Elidibus: Why am I...? Was it you who called me here?

Convocation Speaker: On behalf of the Convocation, I bid you welcome to our order. At times you will stand with us. At times you will stand against us. All that you might steer mankind and the very star upon their true course. For yours is the seat of Elidibus, the Emissary, and by this name shall your every action be guided.

Elidibus: So you peered into my memories... No matter. You will have found little of import. But I see you intended to summon me here no more than I intended to come. The fault is mine. Such is the burden of hope...

Player: Give back Ardbert's body / Why must you embroil the people in your plans? / What are you plotting?

Elidibus: What fool would relinquish his weapon on the eve of battle? That which I do is no different from that which you have done so many times, Warrior of Darkness. I arm myself. I hone my skills. I make ready to vanquish my enemy─you. You who have murdered my brothers─who have taken their selfless labors in service to the one true world and turned them to ash.

Elidibus: I see you for what you are. You are death, and only in death shall you serve any purpose. The Convocation charged me to steer mankind and the very star upon their true course. As Elidibus, it is my duty. And I shall see it done. I will strike you down... Destroy you body and soul, all else must wait. Ere long I will come for you, Warrior of Darkness. And I will save the world.

Elidibus: One last matter. I bore witness to your final struggle with Emet-Selch. It seemed as if he saw something familiar in you. As if he mistook you for another.

Player: Hythlodaeus called me his "new old friend." / ...

Elidibus:...No. I recall not of whom he spoke. Mayhap I never knew you. Or mayhap it is another fragment lost.

Crystal Exarch: Ah, I wasn't aware you already had a guest. If the conversation is constructive, I shall not intrude. But if you seek to stir up trouble, Elidibus, then I must insist you leave at once.

Elidibus: Though you lack Her blessing, your soul is surprisingly dense...Hmph.

Crystal Exarch: Worry not, I seem to be unharmed. Oh, this...This is my own doing─the consequence of my recent exertions. It is the tower's way of compensating me for the demands I have placed on it. Rest assured, it is no great inconvenience at present. Indeed, I told Beq Lugg as much...but they would not be persuaded, and sent me away to rest.

Crystal Exarch: No need to make a fuss. Strange as it may sound, I consider it something of a badge of honor. One of the brave souls who saw me delivered unto the First once said...That the world shall ever have a place for tales of heroism, so long as we have need of inspiration in our lives. Though he and his fellows had no way of knowing whether their mad scheme would amount to anything, they knew that the attempt alone would inspire hope. Or so they hoped.

Crystal Exarch: A more optimistic lot, one would be hard-pressed to find. They said they would find a means to save our godsforsaken world-just as soon as they had sent me on my way. Said it with such confidence that, for a fleeting moment, I half-believed them. Such faith, such courage in the face of unrelenting despair. For a long time, it was more than I could bear to remember them. But having come this far─having sent full many on their way myself─I see things more clearly.

Crystal Exarch: To take action is to hope. To believe─to choose to believe is to take the first step towards a brighter future. And why do I tell you this? Because I want you to indulge me in a little recklessness. Needless to say, I have a plan. And...when all is said and done, I will ask yet another favor of you.

Ryne: You're both here! Thank goodness!

Crystal Exarch: What's wrong?

Ryne: It's Thancred! He's collapsed!

Finishing the Quest

Crystal Exarch: The fates seem determined not too allow us a quiet moment. But come, let us have the details from Ryne.