Onwards and Upwards

Onwards and Upwards

Quest giver

Emmanellain

Location

Fortemps Manor (X:5.9, Y:6.1)

Quest line

Heavensward Main Scenario

Level

50

Experience

 46,800

Gil

 517

Previous quest

The Better Half

Next quest

An Indispensable Ally
Bargaining Chip
Dragons in the Mist

Patch

3.0

Links

EDB GT

“

When a man like Lord Emmanellain is in high spirits, you can be sure that trouble is in store...

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

• 
  The Sea of Clouds (South)

Walkthrough

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Steps

• Speak with the airship ticketer and travel to the Sea of Clouds.
• Speak with Emmanellain.
• Speak with Laniaitte.

Journal

• When a man like Lord Emmanellain is in high spirits, you can be sure that trouble is in store...

• Emmanellain de Fortemps, second son of Count Edmont de Fortemps, has long dreamed of emerging from beneath his elder brother's shadow. Though he had always intended to use his mission to aid House Haillenarte to further this aim, he had not counted on having the famed Warrior of Light to assist him. Eager to take advantage of his good fortune, he makes haste for the airship landing and bids you follow.

• The attendant informs you that the airship bound for Camp Cloudtop will be departing shortly. Board it and journey to the Sea of Clouds.

• After an uneventful flight, you arrive in Camp Cloudtop. Speak with Lord Emmanellain and see what he would have you do next.

• After making mock of your loquacious nature, Lord Emmanellain bids you seek out and speak with Lady Laniaitte, the garrison commander in Camp Cloudtop.

• After treating you to an unexpectedly warm welcome, Lady Laniaitte explains that she is the elder sister of Lord Francel, whose unjust execution you prevented during your search for the Enterprise long ago. Her gladness at your presence does not extend to Lord Emmanellain, however, though the young lord seems oblivious to her low opinion of him.

Dialogue

Emmanellain: Shall we be off then, old boy/girl?
Emmanellain: Ah, but where are my manners. Emmanellain de Fortemps, second son of Count Edmont de Fortemps─trueborn, that is.
Emmanellain: Yes, yes─I know what you're thinking, and you are absolutely right. What ill fortune to be born second in a society where the eldest inherits all.
Emmanellain: Oh, my brother would never cut me off, 'tis true, but who could be satisfied subsisting on a meager allowance, forever overshadowed by his sibling? Not I, old boy/girl, not I!
Emmanellain: Which is why I need your help to ensure that this business in the Sea of Clouds goes swimmingly, so that the tales of my great deeds can win me a place in the people's hearts─or better yet, raise me higher in their estimations than Artoirel! Ambitious, I grant you, but then I do have a legendary hero to do my bidding! Hah hah hah!
Emmanellain: Oh, don't look at me that way! I jest, I jest! Anyway, we are to aid the good men and women of House Haillenarte. They have ever been steadfast friends to our house─though they've fallen on hard times since the Calamity, poor blighters.
Emmanellain: As for what precisely we will be doing, well... What fun would it be if I told you everything in advance?
Emmanellain: Just come along with me to the airship landing. We'll need to take the airship to Camp Cloudtop.
Emmanellain: Everything has been taken care of, old boy/girl. Simply tell the attendant when you are ready to board, and away we'll go!

Honoroit: Ah, my lord, there is still the matter of the bill...
Honoroit: Ah, Master/Mistress [Surname]! Lord Emmanellain would like to speak with you...

Airship Ticketer: Are you ready to depart, sir/madam? The airship bound for Camp Cloudtop will be leaving shortly.

Board the airship to Camp Cloudtop?
Yes
No

Emmanellain: Awfully cold up here... I mean, Coerthas may not be blessed with the warmest weather in the world, but compared to this, it seems positively balmy...
Emmanellain: ...And, of course, our hero is wholly unperturbed. You don't have to maintain that strong, silent persona all of the time, you know.
Emmanellain: ...Never mind. We need to find Lady Laniaitte─she is in charge of the garrison here. Oh, and when we find her, just...just follow my lead, yes? Excellent!

Honoroit: My lord, you mustn't wear your belt so loose, or you'll trip over your own sword!

Laniaitte: Master/Mistress [Surname]! Welcome! I am Ser Laniaitte de Haillenarte, commander of the forces stationed here at Camp Cloudtop.
Laniaitte: Strange though it may sound, I have long dreamed of meeting you. I am in your debt, you see, and shall ever remain so. Were it not for you, my younger brother Francel would have been executed upon the word of a false inquisitor.
Laniaitte: Alas, a knight must go where duty demands, and thus have I been unable to seek you out. But by the grace of Halone, I have been granted an opportunity to thank my brother's savior in person, and to call upon his/her generous aid besides. Truly, I know not what I have done to deserve this double blessing!

Emmanellain: Ahem! 'Tis a pleasure to see you again, my lady Laniaitte! You cut an elegant figure as always─a steel-clad rose, equally at home on a battlefield or in a ballroom.

Laniaitte: ...Lord Emmanellain, if it is not too much to ask, I should be grateful if you would allow me to finish speaking with Master/Mistress [Surname].
Laniaitte: Camp Cloudtop was established to provide early warning of impending Dravanian incursions. The high elevation afforded by the floating isles makes it ideal for this purpose.
Laniaitte: Naturally, it also makes us a ready target for attack. We are not defenseless, however. The Protector, our largest and most advanced airship, is capable of downing all but the mightiest dragons.
Laniaitte: Alas, as you may have noticed, it is currently undergoing repair. What is worse, our efforts have been hampered by an indigenous beast tribe known as the Vanu Vanu, with whom we have had several skirmishes already.

Emmanellain: No beastman is a match for a man of Ishgard! Bring me a birdman and I'll show him a thing or two!

Laniaitte: <sigh> I fear much and more may be asked of you in the days to come, Master/Mistress [Surname]...