Stars in the Dark

Stars in the Dark

Quest giver

Hien

Location

The Azim Steppe (X:33.3, Y:29.0)

Quest line

Stormblood Main Scenario Quests

Level

65

Experience

 105,000

Gil

 752

Previous quest

An Impossible Dream

Next quest

A Warrior's Welcome
Oh Matron
A Dicey Situation
Absolute Faith
Silence of the Lambs

Patch

4.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 449 / 960 (46.8%)

   

Stormblood Progress: 70 / 162 (43.2%)

   

“

Hien is, if nothing else, an optimist at heart.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 1   Pine Composite Bow
• 1   Doman Iron Culverin
• 1   Durium Staff
• 1   Tigerskin Grimoire
• 3   Battledance Materia V

Steps

• Speak with Hien.
• Speak with Temulun.
• Speak with Cirina.

Journal

• Hien is, if nothing else, an optimist at heart.

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Hien: So─you too have heard of the Naadam.
Hien: "The great battle for supremacy of the Steppe.“ I learned of it during my stay with the Mol.
Hien: To my knowledge no foreigners have ever participated, much less triumphed in a Naadam. But, lack of precedent notwithstanding, I should think we would have good standing to bid them march with us to Doma─should we win. 

Gosetsu: Will they even permit us to fight, my lord? We belong to no tribe of the Steppe. 

Hien: We are not without options, given what Cirina has told me.
Hien: You see, in accordance with the gods' wishes, her people shall participate in the coming Naadam...
Hien: ...And when they take the field, I mean for us to fight alongside them as fellow warriors of the Mol.
Hien: But we need not discuss this at length here. Come, let us head north to Mol Iloh, where Cirina and her people have made camp for this season.

Optional

Lyse: Cirina came all this way by herself? She's braver than she looks. 

Gosetsu: The beasts are never far. I saw more than a few stalking us as we walked. Truly, these lands are fraught with peril.

Speaking with Hien

Hien: My friends, I give you Mol Iloh!
Hien: The khatun of the tribe, Temulun, resides in the largest yurt. We should go and make our introductions.

Optional

Lyse: It's smaller and more cozy than Reunion. And is that music I hear? It's strange...but somehow comforting...

Gosetsu: For all the grand promises my lord Hien has made, it would not do for us to falter now. We must earn the Mol's blessing.

Hien: I am told you have a knack for making excellent first impressions, [Forename]. Why don't you lead the way?

Cirina: Oh, it's you. Where are you comrades? Did you find Hien?

Speaking with Temulun

Temulun: At last, the traveler comes... 

Cutscene

Hien: Temulun Khatun, Cirina, I am returned. 

Cirina: Ah, you found each other! 

Temulun: Ours is the soil, Hien. The Doman's and the Eorzeans', too. 

Lyse: You know us? 

Temulun: The gods know you, child...as do the stars in the heavens, which shone bright at your coming. 

Cirina: The Mol hearken to the whispers of the elder gods, which guide us in our daily lives. We know them through the udgan─like my grandmother. 

Hien: Khatun, I am come to beg a boon of you and yours. That I might liberate my homeland, I seek to rally the strength of the Steppe. 
Hien: To that end, I wish to fight in the Naadam─as a warrior of the Mol. Will you grant me this honor? 

Cirina: To stand with the Mol is fruitless! Hien, do not do this! The gods may have willed that our tribe join in the Naadam, but...
Cirina: There is no path to victory! We are weak and our numbers few. Even with your help, it would be impossible. 

Hien: I thank you for your concern, Cirina. But it is precisely because of the seeming hopelessness of your cause that we must needs cast our lot with you.
Hien: Were we to join hands with a more favored tribe, our victory would inevitably be attributed to them. And no one would follow me to Doma. 

Temulun: 'Twas the gods' will that we fight. Mayhap this too is their design.
Temulun: Hear me, then. 
As khatun of the Mol, I invite you all to join with us in the Naadam.
Temulun: Will you look after them? 

Cirina: Come with me, friends. There is much I would show you. 

Temulun: You, wait. I would have words.
Temulun: A singular radiance. Shimmering. 
Like a jewel of the Dusk Mother, blinding in its brilliance.
Temulun: Stars flicker and flock to you. Before such gathered light, even the secrets of the gods may be laid bare. 
Temulun: Some are fated to rise in grace and glory. Others to falter and fade, though not from memory. Both will be your strength and salvation come the end.
Temulun: Cherish the stars and the light they bring you in the dark. 
For you are a traveler, are you not?

Optional

Temulun: Wheresoever you go, remember that you are not alone. Remember that you carry the fire for them, and they for you.

Lyse: I guess we'll have to beat some strong opponents to win this Naadam...
Lyse: But that's good, isn't it? I mean, if they were easy to beat, they wouldn't be worth taking back to Doma, would they?

Hien: Although I have spent much time with the Mol, I have yet to fully grasp the nature of the udgan and their insights.
Hien: That they value the chance encounter, and the potential fortune it brings, however, is plain. Let us try not to disappoint them!

Gosetsu: How confident and bold in speech he has grown. More and more he reminds me of his father in his youth...

Speaking with Cirina

Cirina: ...Thank you all for coming, and for offering to fight with us in the Naadam. Though I still fear our chances grim, I am grateful for your assistance.
Cirina: To be recognized as warriors of the Mol, there is a trial you must overcome.
Cirina: But before we speak of such things, there is another, more pressing matter!