Another Turn in the Coil

Quest giver: Urianger
Location: The Waking Sands (X:6.0, Y:4.9)
Quest line: Bahamut Quests
Level: 50

Experience: 0
Gil: 2,064
Previous quest: Alisaie's Pledge
Next quest: Alisaie's Resolve
Patch: 2.2

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Urianger would have you delve deeper into the mysteries surrounding the elder primal Bahamut.

— In-game description

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Walkthrough

Because the Coils of Bahamut have a difficulty somewhere between (Extreme) and (Savage), these raids are not included in any roulette (even Mentor). As such, players queuing via Duty Finder will almost never be able to form a party.
That being the case, it is recommended that newer players use the Party Finder to seek the assistance of a couple of level-capped players for a "desync run" using the Unrestricted Party option. This will allow players to see the story at an appropriate point in their Main Scenario Quest progression.

Steps

Speak with Anaelle at Fallgourd Float.
Speak with the sharp-eyed serpent private.
Speak with Anaelle.

Journal

Urianger would have you delve deeper into the mysteries surrounding the elder primal Bahamut.

After sharing their findings with the Sons of Saint Coinach, Urianger and Alisaie have come to a conclusion: that the elder primal Bahamut can be banished into the aether if the colossal devices which hold him captive are deactivated. According to their information, the path to the second mechanism can be found in the North Shroud, where a gigantic fragment of Dalamud impales the ground. Make your way to Fallgourd Float and speak with Alisaie's assistant, Lieutenant Anaelle, to learn what dangers lie ahead.

Lieutenant Anaelle briefs you on the preliminary investigation made into the fragment, then requests that you speak with a colleague stationed nearer to the massive structure. Find the sharp-eyed private in Alder Springs, and listen to his more detailed report.

You return to the serpent lieutenant's post, but it is Alphinaud, and not Alisaie, who meets you there. Your fellow Scion asks that you watch over his sister, and help her find her true purpose. Wasting little time, he then takes his leave, keen that Alisaie should not learn of his visit. Prepare and provision yourself well, and speak with Anaelle when you are ready to begin exploring the Second Coil of Bahamut.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Urianger: A crystal-choked abyss lieth beneath the Carteneau Flats—the unholy cradle of an elder primal. And by thy hand were truths great and terrible wrested from those once-celestial depths.
Urianger: Yet, as is oft the case, an answer doth breed a profusion of questions, and the unknown doth beckon with irresistible allure. Ne'er have the mysteries of the red moon lain so neatly within our grasp...
Urianger: Lady Alisaie hath sent word of her coming. 'Tis time once more to brave the precipice, and leap, unflinching, into the jagged wound that doth gape beneath the land.

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Alisaie: Mine apologies. I trust I have not kept you waiting overlong?
Alisaie: [Forename]. I am both delighted and reassured to have you at my side once more.
Alisaie: I would not waste your time with trivialities—let us proceed directly to the discussion of that which we have learned, and that which we hope to learn anon.
Alisaie: Initially, it was evidence of a new primal that led us to delve into the cavern beneath Castrum Occidens, and to explore the subterranean scars left after the fall of Dalamud.
Alisaie: As you will well recall, what we found was a vast, largely intact fragment of the fallen satellite. And within the depths of that structure, we discovered not the new primal we had expected, but the broken form of Bahamut himself.
Alisaie: ...Yet even this great revelation would soon be overshadowed...by the appearance of my own dear grandfather.

Urianger: I have since shared our sundry findings with Rammbroes, preeminent scholar of the Sons of Saint Coinach, and he, in turn, did kindly furnish me with his theory concerning the elder primal's Allagan prison.
Urianger: 'Twould seem that Dalamud was constructed to gather unto itself the rays of the sun, and thence channel this radiant bounty unto the Crystal Tower.
Urianger: The ancients saw great potential in Bahamut's capacity to manipulate energies of otherwise unmanageable magnitude—'twas for this reason that they did bind him within the red moon to serve as its living core.

Alisaie: Do you remember the sight that greeted us at the culmination of our journey—the colossal devices that surrounded and seemed to cradle the incomplete form of the elder primal?
Alisaie: From the information provided to us by the Sons of Saint Coincah, we have learned that these contraptions were termed "internment hulks," and that each bore the designation "Ragnarok-class."
Alisaie: The purpose of these hulks is believed to be twofold. First, they are meant to act as binding coils, rendering Bahamut incapable of escape.
Alisaie: And second...
They are meant to feed him. Perversely, the selfsame energy which prevents him from moving also serves to sustain his corporeal manifestation. Bahamut is permitted neither to die, nor to truly live...he merely is allowed to be.

Urianger: For century upon century was the elder primal thus imprisoned—bound about in fetters so subtle in their working, and yet so adamant, that though his cell be destroyed, Bahamut lieth yet at the mercy of his long-departed captors.

Alisaie: ...It has long been held that the primals require the prayers of their faithful followers to exist, yet none alive worship Bahamut. Could it be, then, that the Allagans found a way to simulate prayer itself?
Alisaie: It seems the only logical explanation. I would postulate therefore that the regenerative mechanisms in question also supply something akin to the power of prayer.
Alisaie: Consequently, if all of the internment hulks were to be rendered inactive, Bahamut should dissolve into the aether.

Urianger: Upon the evidence of thy previous foray, we determined that the elder primal is sustained by three such binding coils. Thus did we commence to scour the realm, and found in the Twelveswood an as-yet-unexplored fragment of the lesser moon bearing a most familiar aetheric signature...

Alisaie: And after conducting a preliminary investigation, we believe we have discovered a point from which this North Shroud fragment—and the second of the internement hulks—can be entered.
Alisaie: As Eorzea's sword in the darkness, I would have you once more lead the charge.
Alisaie: I will, of course, be there at your side.
Alisaie: Once you have made your preparations, head to Fallgourd Float and make yourself known to my assistant, Serpent Lieutenant Anaelle. The fallen fragment is not far from the settlement, and her position provides a convenient rendezvous point.
Alisaie: I will break these Allagan fetters. For they bind by grandfather as surely as they bind Bahamut...

Optional Dialogue

Urianger: We have bent our backs in an effort to erase the scars of the Calamity, all in ignorance of the monumental mystery that slumbered 'neath our feet.
Urianger: We must needs uncover aught we may concerning Bahamut and his Allagan prison, lest the dearth of understanding invite an unimaginable demise.

Speaking with Anaelle at Fallgourd Float

Anaelle: [Forename] [Surname]? I have been expecting you. My name is Anaelle.
Anaelle: I have been accorded the rank of lieutenant within the Order of the Twin Adder that I may better assist Lady Alisaie with her endeavors here in the Twelveswood.
Anaelle: Such authority has allowed me to act without interference from the local soldiery, and to conduct a preliminary investigation of the Alder Springs fragment.
Anaelle: From what we have seen of the exterior, the structure shares many common features with the one you explored in La Noscea, and likely plays host to a similar complement of guardians.
Anaelle: But I fear words alone will do little to prepare you for what lies ahead. Pray seek our my comrade to the south and west. He is charged with observing all that occurs in the vicinity of the fragment, and will be well placed to show you the thing if nothing less.
(Optional)
Anaelle: Have a care when exploring the southern reaches of Alder Springs. Though I understand the desire to examine that massive structure up close, the surrounding area is rife with lumbering golems.

Speaking with the sharp-eyed serpent private (Cutscene)

Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: What business brings you to this broken land? Unless you fancy being ground to a bloody pulp under the granite fists of a wandering golem, I suggest you bugger o—
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: Oh! My apologies, miss/sir! Lady Alisaie did send word of your impending arrival, but 'twould seem I've grown rather too accustomed to shooing away curious sellswords and reckless explorers.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: Behold, if you will, one of the fallen shards of the red moon, Dalamud.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: Our initial survey uncovered no evidence of the Empire's presence, which, while fortunate in itself, meant that the approach to the fragment had yet to be cleared.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: After much effort, however, we succeeded in carving out a semblance of a path which should grant you access to the entrance. And that, I'm afraid, is where our progress ended.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: The interior? Well, assuming that the architecture of this hulk resembles the first, the master controls you seek will be located on the bottommost layer—past all the ingenious and deadly defenses of which the ancient Allagans seemed so indecently fond.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: If you would know more, I'm afraid there is nothing for it but to brave the depths of the fragment yourself.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: Lady Alisaie will soon be arriving at Fallgourd. Pray do not tarry on your way back to the lieutenant's post—I imagine our young mistress will be most eager to commence the expedition.
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: The road ahead promises peril aplenty, and I would humbly suggest that this is not the occasion to stint on preparation or provisions. May the Twelve watch over you...
(Optional)
Sharp-eyed Serpent Private: Pray return to Fallgourd Float and await Lady Alisaie's arrival. Oh, and...do take care when you're exploring.

Speaking with Anaelle

Anaelle: Master [Surname]. I trust the private's explanation was worth the journey?
Anaelle: Simply securing an approach to the fragment's entrance proved a monumental task. I dare not think what defeating its inner defenses will entail. If there is aught I might do to aid you—
Anaelle: Ah, Lady Alis—Oh! My apologies, Master Alphinaud! Has there been a change of plan?

Alphinaud: Urianger informed me of the impending expedition. I merely came to exchange a few words with my fellow Scion before she/he disappeared into the depths of the second coil.
Alphinaud: [Forename]—though I would strenuously deny it were she present, my sister's admiration and affection for our grandsire exceeds even mine own.
Alphinaud: Upon the matter of his legacy, therefore, Alisaie is wont to go above and beyond the call of duty. In our grandfather's absence, she has made the salvation of Eorzea her personal crusade.
Alphinaud: 'Twas that which prompted her to brave the perils of the first coil. Yet the fact that she risks her life in this manner is not the greatest of my concerns. No, it is her subsequent fixation upon my grandfather's shade that worries me most. This quest to rid the world of Bahamut must not become a quest to “save” a man long dead.
Alphinaud: My sister must needs have a better reason to fight. A time will come when the fate of the realm rests upon our shoulders, and when it does, we must be strong in our resolve─and certain of the stakes for which we risk all.
Alphinaud: There is a wide difference between fighting for the good of Eorzea, and fighting for the love of a man who died for the good of Eorzea. Alisaie must choose her own path. She cannot rely on Grandfather to choose it for her, for he is gone.
Alphinaud: ...I am glad that it is you with whom she makes this journey.
Alphinaud: If Alisaie is to discover a deeper purpose, then where better to find one than at the side of Eorzea's greatest champion? ...'Twas there that I found mine, after all.
Alphinaud: But 'tis past time I was gone! Fair fortune in your endeavors, [Forename].
Alphinaud: Ah. Lieutenant Anaelle, was it? I would appreciate you making no mention of my presence here to my sister.

Anaelle: Lady Alisaie is due to arrive at any moment. I shall abide in confident expectation of your triumphant return!