The Key to the Castle

The Key to the Castle

Quest giver

Sul Uin

Location

Il Mheg (X:14.3, Y:31.1)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

73

Experience

 220,320

Gil

 4,493

Previous quest

Courting Cooperation

Next quest

A Visit to the Nu Mou

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 575 / 960 (59.9%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 34 / 157 (21.7%)

   

“

Sul Uin regards you with munificent expression.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

• 
  Dohn Mheg

Steps

• Investigate the Untouchable Gate.
• Enter  Dohn Mheg.
• Search for Urianger.

Journal

• Sul Uin regards you with a munificent expression.

• You speak unto Sul Uin your desire: entry to Lyhe Ghiah, that you might vanquish the Lightwarden of the land. Only then do you learn that your quarry is in fact the king and ruler of the faeries, Titania, who defeated a Lightwarden that had threatened Il Mheg, only to be corrupted by the aether that was subsequently released. Though the pixies are convinced that you will perish in the attempt, they readily agree to cooperate─if for no other reason than that it would prove interesting to watch. They duly bestow upon you a white dress, one of four relics required to lift the seal over the castle. If you are to obtain the first of the three remaining items, you will need to set forth for the Untouchable Gate by the lake to request an audience with the slippery Fuath.

• Standing before the Untouchable Gate, you call out to the Fuath, but there is no reply. While the party considers other ways to reach out to the creatures, the watery voice of a Fuath rings out. It agrees to give you the shell crown relic, but in exchange you must brave the dangers of their domain, Dohn Mheg, in a show of “thrilling sport.” With no other recourse, you make ready to sally forth into unknown waters.
  • ※To enlist your companion NPCs for this duty, speak with them near the entrance or access Duty Support via the main menu. Use the Duty Finder if you wish to complete the instance alongside fellow players.

• You fight your way through the Fuath's domain, providing them the sport they desired and earning the shell crown for your trouble.

• Before you can depart with your prize, the Fuath live up to their reputation by attempting to claim you for their own, and you are swallowed up by a mighty wave, everything turning black. Fortunately, your ability to breathe underwater saves you, and you awaken in the depths of the lake with Ardbert yelling in your ear. At his urging, you set out to rejoin the others back on dry land.

• Your comrades are relieved to see you none the worse for your soaking, and Alisaie presents you with the shell crown by way of reward for your doggedness. At that moment, Sul Uin flutters in with word that armed men are drawing close to Il Mheg─the Eulmoran Army in all likelihood. While the twins return to Lydha Lran with the pixie to assess the situation, you and the others agree to continue your quest to collect the remaining relics.

Dialogue

Quest Acceptance

Sul Uin: So, what is it that you desire? Rusty old coins like you mortals are wont to collect, perhaps?
Urianger: (Urianger shakes his head) We are resolved to vanquish the Lightwarden of this land. To that end, we desire entry to Lyhe Ghiah.
Sul Uin: What a strange thing to wish for! You might as well ask for your death! But if that is what you want, who are we to argue? Very well, I shall speak with the others.
Alisaie: You've clearly been busy, Urianger. Would you be so kind as to tell us what we've missed?

Alphinaud: ...So that was the purpose of the gifts.
Alisaie: Is there anything you can tell us about this Lightwarden?
Urianger: Aye, my lady. By circumstances most tragic, the Lightwarden of this land...
Sul Uin: ...Is our king and ruler, Titania.
Sul Uin: It was not always so, of course. Our king fought the first Lightwarden that threatened our home, you see. Fought it, and won. But all the horrible light that came out went and corrupted them, turning them into a new Lightwarden. Now, they're king only in name. Naught remains of the wise and just ruler that used to be. We had no choice but to seal them in the castle. The magick for breaking the seal, we divided into four, and wove each into a different relic, to be kept apart until the time was right...
Sul Uin: And this dress is one of them. It's been in our safekeeping for years and years, but we've decided to entrust it to you.
Alphinaud: Are you sure?
Sul Uin: Of course. Custom demands it. Though you're most certainly going to your deaths, we thought we should at least let you try. That way, we get to watch what happens! Of course, you can't break the seal unless you have the other relics too. The shell crown is with the Fuath, the stone scepter is with the Nu Mou, and the crystal shoes are with the amaro.  Good luck finding them all!

Urianger: The facts thus disclosed confirm mine own understanding. Our quest lieth now before us. First, let us hie to the lake, there to claim the shell crown from the Fuath. If we call to them before the Untouchable Gate, they will answer.

Thancred: During our sojourns in Il Mheg, we avoided the lake at all costs. Let that suffice to warn you of its dangers.
Minfilia: I was taught never to talk to the Fuath under any circumstances... Are you sure this is a good idea...?
Urianger: Through the gate lieth the domain of the Fuath.
Alphinaud: What a lot of leafmen...
Alisaie: I was about to say the Fuath couldn't be any more unreasonable than the pixies, but that's just asking for trouble.

Investigate the Untouchable Gate

Urianger: Hearken to me, O spirits of the water. We are come with an entreaty.
Thancred: Not in a talkative mood, apparently.
Alisaie: I'm not exactly sure how the gate works...
Alisaie: But if the Fuath are water spirits, perhaps we should take our search into the lake.
Alphinaud: O-Oh? I...I suppose a brief dip wouldn't hurt...
Alisaie: We all know Thancred swims like an eel, but what about you, Minfilia?
Minfilia: I can swim well enough. Thancred taught me.
Alisaie: Excellent. What about you, Urianger? I'm not sure I've ever asked. (Urianger closes his eyes briefly)

Urianger: ...Rather than swim, mayhap it would be more...expeditious to walk upon the surface by means of magic.
Alphinaud: You too, Urianger!? That you should be a kindred spirit! Worry not, my friend. I know some helpful tricks, and I should be more than happy to share them with you. Together, we shall conquer the waves!

Watery Voice: Well, well, aren't we a lively lot! And you have an entreaty for us, you say? An entreaty from mortals─what a treat!
Urianger: Aye. My comrades and I are on a quest to vanquish the Lightwarden. To that end, we would humbly beg the loan of the shell crown, which we are given to understand is in the safekeeping of your people.
Watery Voice: Oh? Is that all? Of course, of course! You may have it! You shall have it!
Thancred: Just like that? What do you want from us?
Watery Voice: Ohoho, no need to be so suspicious! The crown simply doesn't mean much to us, is all. As a matter of fact, nothing means much to us. For we Fuath, it's over before it's begun, and we couldn't care less what becomes of the faerie king, nor the world for that matter. 

Watery Voice: Having said that...we do so seldom have mortal visitors, and it would seem a shame not to make the most of you...
Watery Voice: Touch the Untouchable Gate, and come hither to our domain, Dohn Mheg. In your tongue, it means “forbidden realm.” Sounds forbidding, yes? And so it should, for we are one with the water, our home wrought of ripples and waves and currents. Find your way through. Give us thrilling sport. And we will give you the crown!

Post-Battle

Amused Fuath: Hah hah! Well fought, well fought!
Aenc Thon: Ohh! You do not hold back... But I would have it no other way! Seldom have I enjoyed such sport!
Urianger: We have satisfied thy demands. Wilt thou now satisfy ours?
Aenc Thon: Of course! Of course...
Aenc Thon: There it is, the relic you seek! Yours for the taking. Have care you do not break it, though, yes? (Aenc stares at the Warrior of Light)

Aenc Thon: Ah, but you, my friend... You are mighty indeed...and pleasing to the eye besides!
Amused Fuath: More! I want to see more of her!
Mischievous Fuath: Yes, yes! I could watch her forever!
Enthusiastic Fuath: Why don't we just make her one of us?
Delighted Fuath: Yesss! One of us!

Aenc Thon: Wahaha! What a fine idea! Why ever didn't I think of that!? You may have the crown...but in exchange, we will have you! 

Underwater

Ardbert: Wake up! Wake up, damn you! Oh, you're alive! Thank the gods. I don't know where you learned to breathe underwater, but it's lucky you can. I'm sure you had your reasons, but the first rule of dealing with the Fuath...is do not deal with the Fuath.s said that they are born from the souls of the drowned. Were it not for your little trick, you'd have joined them. Your friends are safely back on dry land, in case you were wondering. They'll be searching for you, I expect.

Ardbert: That's the royal capital of the Kingdom of Voeburt down there. It's seen better days. They were a stubborn lot, the Voeburtites. Set in their ways. But once you got to know them, you couldn't find a more welcoming people. It always froze over in winter, being up in the mountains. So we'd pull up our chairs round the fire and trade tales over steaming bowls of lamb stew, while the street lamps burned hot and bright outside...
Ardbert: All dead and buried now. Them and anyone else who might remember. Everything we did...everything we gave... What was it for? I wond─ I hope you'll have a better answer than this when all's said and done. (Ardbert disappeared again)

Alisaie: <puff> <wheeze>

Search for Urianger

Alisaie: I'm...<huff>...I'm going back in.
Urianger: Nay, my lady. Exhausted as thou art, thou wouldst only endanger thyself. I prithee, rest a moment.
Thancred: There was nothing where we looked. [Forename]!

Alphinaud: Dear gods... Were it not for Soroban's blessing... But I need not labor the point. I am glad to see you safe and well, my friend.
Alisaie: Have you any idea how worried we were!? To wash up on the shore, only to find you weren't with us!? Oh, but I'm forgetting─here's your crown, Your Majesty! The Fuath kept that part of the bargain, at least!
Thancred: While there were certain twists and turns, our work here is done, with everyone none the worse for wetness.

Sul Uin: Oh! Thank goodness you're still here! A great big mob of mortals is marching to Il Mheg. Mortals with ugly weapons and uglier faces! They wouldn't happen to be your friends, would they?
Thancred: Rather the reverse, I fear. The Eulmoran Army, at a guess.
Sul Uin: Meaning...we can play with them?
Alphinaud: As much as you like. But just to be sure, I will return with you to confirm their identities. If they are who we suspect, we will require your aid.
Sul Uin: If Alphinaud is coming, then Alisaie will be too, yes? Can't have one without the other, you know!
Alisaie: <sigh> All right. Just remember, we're not your playmates this time.
Alphinaud: I'm afraid we must leave the rest of the relic hunt in your hands.
What will you say? Don't worry. I've done this sort of thing before. / It's fine. Defeating the Lightwarden would always have fallen to me.  -> It's fine. Defeating the Lightwarden would always have fallen to me. 
Alphinaud: Perhaps. But I would feel better if we were there to assist you. <sigh> Back to cheering you on from afar. See you afterwards, my friend.