Extinguishing the Last Light

Extinguishing the Last Light

Quest giver

Chai-Nuzz

Location

Kholusia (X:18.6, Y:17.7)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

79

Experience

 228,960

Gil

 7,632

Previous quest

A Breath of Respite

Next quest

Reassuring the Masses

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 636 / 960 (66.3%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 95 / 157 (60.5%)

   

“

Judging by the portentous look in his eye, Chai-Nuzz has something important to tell you.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

• 
  Mt. Gulg
• 
  The Crown of the Immaculate
•   Warden of Light
• 
  Aether Current

Steps

• Speak with the Crystal Exarch.
• Speak with Y'shtola.
• Enter  Mt. Gulg.
• Confront Innocence in  The Crown of the Immaculate.
• Speak with Ryne.

Journal

• Judging by the portentous look in his eye, Chai-Nuzz has something important to tell you.

• Chai-Nuzz informs you everything is in place, and that the Talos is ready to be awakened. Only the imbuing remains to be done, after which the enormous golem will rise to take Mt. Gulg in its grasp─assuming all goes according to plan. Once the process is set in motion, there will be no turning back, so the Exarch bids you see to your battle preparations, that he might then give the order to begin.

• As all present hold their collective breaths, the Talos wakes to life and proceeds to reach out for the volcano. Excitement quickly gives way to dismay, however, as the sin eaters guarding Vauthry's domain converge upon the golem's vulnerable hands, threatening to end your mission before it has begun. For a blessing, help then arrives in the unexpected form of the fae folk, who engage the sin eaters from the air and allow the Talos to safely complete its task. With the route to Vauthry thus secured, you make haste to join your fellow Scions at the foot of Mt. Gulg.

• Your comrades all know their purpose, and there is no further need for words. In silence, you set forth for the grueling climb that will see you traverse the Talos's stony body on your way to Vauthry's newly built paradise.
  • ※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.

• Fighting your way through hordes of sin eaters, you arrive at the upper reaches of Mt. Gulg. The end is in sight.
  • ※In the event that you leave the instance, you may proceed to the Crown of the Immaculate by speaking with the sentry at the foot of Mt. Gulg.

• As you approach Vauthry's private sanctuary, he unleashes a horde of sin eaters upon you. While your comrades keep the creatures at bay, you must press on to fulfill your mission's objective: striking down the final Lightwarden.
  • ※The Crown of the Immaculate can be accessed via the Duty Finder.

• At the end of a furious encounter, you succeed in laying low Vauthry's ultimate incarnation, Innocence. Their own foes having fled, your comrades join you just in time to witness your broken adversary's final moments.
  • ※In the event that you leave the instance, you may proceed to the Crown of the Immaculate by speaking with the sentry at the foot of Mt. Gulg.

• Succumbing to his wounds at last, Vauthry's body dissolves into innumerable motes of light, which you stoically take unto yourself. At that instant, the blazing shroud covering the firmament falls away to reveal a peaceful night sky. You do not have a chance to relish the sight, however, as you find yourself pulled into a vision of Vauthry's past, when he was but a babe in the womb. He too, you discover, was a pawn of the Ascians, born as man and sin eater both to bring about the First's Rejoining.

Even as the vision fades, your entire being is racked by pain. What all had feared is coming to pass─you are unable to contain the combined power of all the Wardens. In that moment, the Crystal Exarch arrives, his true plan finally revealed. From the beginning, it was his intent to take your unbearable burden upon himself, and teleport into the rift in a final act of sacrifice. But before he can complete his ritual, a shot rings out and he crumples to the floor. Holding the smoking gun is none other than Emet-Selch, come to prevent his painstakingly amassed Light from being spirited away. Declaring you unworthy to be his ally, the Ascian leaves with the wounded Exarch, though not before inviting you to seek him out at his abode, in the dark depths of the Tempest.

Some time later, you awaken in your chambers with Ardbert watching over you. Your spectral companion duly explains the events that took place after you lost consciousness. You learn it is only thanks to Ryne's powers that you have not yet turned into a sin eater, but that it is only a matter of time. Bile rising in your throat, you throw open the window...and look out upon a land shrouded in Light once more─all of your efforts having come to naught. Seeing your despair, Ardbert urges you to get some fresh air outside the confines of your room.

※The next main scenario quest will be available from the manager of suites in the Pendants.

Dialogue

Quest Acceptance

Chai-Nuzz: Right, so, while the two of you were away, I received word that everything is in place, meaning we can proceed with awakening the Talos.
Chai-Nuzz: Once we imbue the magic, it will stir itself and immediately carry out its designated function: namely, taking Mt. Gulg in its grasp.
Crystal Exarch: [Forename], we may be certain that Vauthry will not look on in idleness as we beat a path to his front door. Once our plans are set in motion, there will be no turning back.
Crystal Exarch: So see to your preparations as meticulously as you may, and I will give the order to proceed as soon as you are ready.

Speak with the Crystal Exarch

Crystal Exarch: Give the word, and I will relay the order to awaken the Talos.

What will you say? ENGAGE! / Sorry, but I need more time. -> ENGAGE!
Crystal Exarch: Very well! Let us begin!

Y'shtola: Word from the Exarch. All is set on his side, and we may proceed when ready.
Thancred: Well, we have sufficient stone for our needs.
Urianger: Likewise, preparations for the imbuing have been made according to thine exacting instructions.
Alphinaud: Then you need only say the word!
Y'shtola: Let us begin. See that everyone is in position.
Y'shtola: We shall catch Vauthry, mountain and all!

Everyone looks to the sky, where a giant blast upwards is seen. Chai smiles
Chai-Nuzz: Here it comes! (A giant stone hand is visibly rising, and Ardbert is visible. The rest of the device begins to rise as Ardbert looks on in shock. Sin-eaters approach the statue, only to disappear)
Chai-Nuzz: Hah hah! Yes! Yes! You've not lost your touch, you clever old bugger! (The sin eaters begin to knock rocks off the giant Talos's hands)
Chai-Nuzz: Do you see what they're doing!? If its hands are damaged, it won't be able to cling to the mountain! Oh, I knew this was a terrible idea!
Crystal Exarch: Vauthry marshals the eaters to his defense. This was only to be expected.
Crystal Exarch: We must try and draw as many of them down to the ground as possible. It may not be enough, but we have no other choice.
Crystal Exarch: Is that─? (Titania is visible)
Titania: Such a heartless thing our sapling is! Cold and cruel and heartless!
Titania: Summon us in times of need, we expressly said─yet what should we find but the final battle joined without so much as a whisper of our name!
Titania: Yes, yes, we may also have said that we fae folk have no interest in the struggles of men─
Titania: But if our adorable sapling had come crying to us for help, we would of course have flown to her aid! Of course we would! What are we to do with her?
Titania: We are so very, very sad. You will play with us. Cheer us up again!
(The Talos begins to grab the mountain)

What will you say? Thank you, Feo Ul. / I think they're mad at me... -> Thank you, Feo Ul. 
Crystal Exarch: This I did not expect. But I will gladly accept the help.
Crystal Exarch: I will send word to Y'shtola and the others. Join them at the foot of Mt. Gulg and be ready to make the ascent!

Alphinaud: There you are, [Forename]!
Alisaie: It's time!
Ryne: Vauthry cannot hide from us now!
Thancred: Shall we?
Urianger: 'Twill not be long before the sin eaters mark our presence. We must expect fierce resistance.

Speak with Y'shtola

Y'shtola: Everyone is here. Good.
Y'shtola: The Talos has taken hold of the mountain. As planned, we will use its body as a bridge to reach Vauthry's sanctuary.
Alisaie: The sin eaters will make us work for every yalm, of course.
Alphinaud: But we will carve a path through their ranks, and meet with their master, regardless.
What will you say? For the First! / Last one there's a rotten egg! / Let's be careful, all right?  -> Last one there's a rotten egg!
A new regular duty has been added to the Duty Finder and Duty Support.

Y'shtola: In the guise of Master Matoya, I took great pains to cultivate an image of restraint. Yet I don't suppose they will be able to make out all that much from such a distance...meaning I may wreak havoc to my heart's content. I do believe I'm going to enjoy this.
Urianger: That which now graspeth the mountain is no mere man of stone. 'Tis the hopes of all who have dwelled in this world, both in the past and in the present. 'Tis the prayers of all who yearn for peace, be they near or be they far.
Ryne: Until Thancred freed me, I knew nothing of Norvrandt. But in the course of our journey, I've come to love this land and those who call it home. And I will give my all to protect them.
Alisaie: When our hunt for the Lightwardens began, I couldn't imagine ever being done with the task. Yet here we are, ready to lay the last one low. We'll get you there, [Forename]. Mark my words!
Alphinaud: Above us lies Vauthry's new paradise. A paradise swarming with sin eaters, in which his own people have no place...
Alphinaud: It ends here. And it ends now.