One Final Wish
One Final Wish
- Quest giver
- Lahabrea
- Location
- The Gates of Pandaemonium (X:21.5, Y:19.0)
- Quest line
- Pandaemonium Quests
- Level
- 90
- Gil
3,000- Previous quest
Servant of Violence- Next quest
- Truth Imperfect
- Patch
- 6.2
“Erichthonios seems eager to dispel Lahabrea's doubts.
— In-game description
Rewards
- In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:
- Unlocks
Steps
- Enter Abyssos: The Eighth Circle.
- Speak with Lahabrea.
Journal
- Lahabrea would speak further of Athena's fate.
- With Pandæmonium free from Hephaistos's control, the way forward is clear of obstacles. Lahabrea senses that his other half is cloistered away within the depths of Tartaros, where Athena carried out her most clandestine research. Themis makes ready to send you and the chief keyward to confront Hephaistos, that you might rid the world of his wickedness once and for all.
- ※Abyssos: The Eighth Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
- In the heart of Tartaros, you find yourself embroiled in a frenetic battle that sees Hephaistos taking form after form, stretching the very boundaries of creation magicks. In the end, however, even the purloined power of Pandæmonium's prisoners is no match for your own, and the would-be god falls to you and your phantom band. At your heels, Lahabrea stands ready to at last set right the mistake of his past.
- As Lahabrea is about to deal the killing blow, Hephaistos shields himself with the insensate Erichthonios, prompting Lahabrea to at last reveal the truth of Athena's intentions before his son. A few well-placed words stir Erichthonios from his stupor, and gathering what strength he can, the keyward breaks free from the magic binding him. He inters Hephaistos in an aetherial casket, around which Lahabrea works his own magicks until all that remains is a fiery red crystal.
- You take a moment to check in with Lahabrea, who is impressed that his son was able to work the magic of interment so adeptly, and even verbalizes the sentiment. With the immediate threat vanquished, there are questions that demand answers, and truths that demand to be told.
Walkthrough
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Dialogue
Lahabrea: The vision you saw told the story far more eloquently than I ever could. Athena was consumed by her research, and was willing to sacrifice her own child if it hastened her progress.
Lahabrea: She did not offer him a position here out of a sense of love or pride─'twas merely because she knew he would be the most pliable test subject.
Themis: I see now why you hid the truth from him. I cannot say with certainty that Erichthonios could handle the weight of such betrayal, after holding his mother on a pedestal for so long...
Lahabrea: Unfortunately, it seems not even her death has ensured his safety. Hephaistos has taken up Athena's research, and succeeded in creating hemitheoi.
Lahabrea: I know not what his ultimate end is, but 'tis plain it is connected with the resurrection of Athena.
Themis: That knowledge alone is sufficient to direct our next course of action. As for the rest of your story, we shall hear it after we have returned Erichthonios to safety, in accordance with Agdistis's last wish.
Lahabrea: ...Very well.
Themis: I can, at least, assure you that finding him shall prove relatively simple now that Hephaistos can no longer bend Pandæmonium to his will.
Lahabrea: There is but one place left for him to find refuge: the black heart of Tartaros, where Athena built her testing compound.
Themis: We can assume that Hephaistos will offer fierce resistance. I must focus my every effort on securing a safe means of approach.
Themis: Lahabrea, I would ask that you assume the duty of summoning Bunne's phantom warriors.
Lahabrea: ...I have no objections. My ability to fight within Tartaros would be greatly diminished in any case.
Lahabrea: However, I wish to deal the final blow to Hephaistos myself. There is no need to dirty your hands with such a deed.
Themis: I take it, then, that you have no intent to seal him away as before.
Lahabrea: The presence I felt when I encountered Hephaistos bore little resemblance to the entity I created. By his own hand he has become something far more wicked, and the same magicks that once shackled him may very well shatter before the power he wields.
Lahabrea: On my pride as a researcher, I am loath to repeat the same mistake twice. I would not see these events play out again, and so he must be extinguished.
Themis: Well then, I shall open the way forward. May we finish this─together!
“One Final Wish” accepted.
The Duty Finder has been updated with a new regular duty.
Themis: The end is in sight. Return to me safely, friend.
Lahabrea: If Hephaistos truly means to continue Athena's research, then Erichthonios is indispensable to his goals. He is safe, but for how much longer I cannot say...
[Themis is very glowy here.]