The House That Death Built

Quest giver: Nojiro Marujiro
Location: New Gridania (X:12.0, Y:13.1)
Quest line: New Gridania Quests
Level: 17

Experience: 3,640
Gil: 566
Previous quest: Into a Copper Hell
Next quest: What Lies Beneath
Patch: 3.35

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Nojiro Marujiro has a glut of gossip he has been dying to share with someone.

— In-game description

Walkthrough

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Steps

Speak with the Issom-Har in the South Shroud.

Speak with the Quarrymill.

Journal

Nojiro Marujiro has a glut of gossip he has been dying to share with someone.

Nojiro tells you of a portal in the South Shroud that has set Gridania's rumor mill to spinning. While it sounds like nothing more than a fanciful fabrication, he explains his tale comes straight from the Wood Wailers who dared to enter. As he heard it, the portal leads to a labyrinth that changes its design every time scouts enter its long-abandoned halls. Though the potential for spoils intrigues him, he finds the risk is not worth the reward. If you should be bold enough to enter, however, he bids you speak with the Wood Wailers at the mouth of Issom-Har to learn more.

You find a dutiful Wood Wailer keeping watch over the entrance to Issom-Har. He directs you to Quarrymill, where their reconnaissance team is recruiting adventurers willing to brave the depths of the ruins.

The head of the Wood Wailers' reconnaissance team explains to you their dire situation. Though they have had little success in navigating the ruins, a padjal mage in their company has devised weaponry to aid those willing to enter. With a plan of action and equipment in hand, the Wood Wailers bid you venture into the depths of the ruins to discover what secrets lie within.

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Nojiro Marujiro: If you're poking around looking for work, you must be an adventurer too, am I right? You won't find much here, I'm afraid. Seems the only thing people talk about these days is that nasty bit of business down near Issom-Har.

Nojiro Marujiro: Surely you've heard the stories. Of a strange portal suddenly appearing in the ruins down there.

Nojiro Marujiro: Hey, don't give me that look. I'm only telling you what I overheard from the Wailers. They say on the other end of it is some sort of labyrinth. The thing is, every time they go down there to map the place out, nothing is the same. A mystery if I've ever heard one.

Nojiro Marujiro: Frankly, I'm more than happy to let it stay a mystery. Strange apparitions, booby-trapped corridors─going down there is nothing short of suicide.

Nojiro Marujiro: Still, the prospect of treasure is awful tempting... Ahem. Don't take my word for it, though. Head down to Issom-Har and you can hear it straight from the chocobo's mouth.

Speaking with the Wood Wailer Expeditionary Captain at Issom-Har in the South Shroud