A Hunter True

A Hunter True

Quest giver

Kuiyki

Location

Kugane (X:13.5, Y:10.2)

Quest line

Dawntrail Role Quests

Level

100

Required quest

Impostor Syndrome

Requirements

Melee DPS

Experience

 0

Gil

 1,000

Previous quest

Impostor Syndrome

Patch

7.0

Links

EDB GT

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Kuiyki is eager to discuss new developments with you.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 2   Savage Aim Materia XI
• 2   Savage Might Materia XI
• 2   Heavens' Eye Materia XI

Unlocks

•   Dreams Woven Anew
• 
  Melee DPS Role Quests (Dawntrail)

Walkthrough

Unbound: Silvertongue Samidare

You will be accompanied by Quickdart Kuiyki during this battle. Samidare will initially take the form of I'toca, Kuiyki's deceased sister. Samidare will have the Dreamwoven Mimicry buff on him for this battle, indicating he is mimicking another entity.

• Scathing Sunshot: Samidare jumps to one location and uses a wide telegraphed frontal conal AoE.
• Dawnlit Bolt: Spawns multiple circle AoE telegraphs, leaving some gaps.
• Thunderswarm: Samidare summons an untargetable Garula, who will tether Kuiyki and use a line stack AoE (Rush) on her, dealing unique damage.
• Afterwards, two untargetable Dzo will spawn and tether both you and Kuiyki with proximity tethers (Rush). Move away to mitigate damage.
• Two untargetable Steppe Eagles will spawn and target both you and Kuikyi with a spread marker physical AoE (Sonic Storm), while Samidare will use another Scathing Sunshot.
• The five adds will then become targetable and should be defeated. Kuiyki will significantly damage all of them with an AoE, so make sure to pull the mobs to be inside the blue telegraph.

Afterwards, Samidare will use Dreamweave Cocoon and take Magnai's form.

• The One Ruler: Enchains both you and Kuiyki with Fetters.
• Samidare will then take Sadu's form and summon a proximity AoE telegraph (Falling Dusk) in the middle, where you and your ally are chained.
• Complete the active time event to break out from the chains, then destroy the Filthy Shackle to free Kuiyki.
• Samidare will become targetable again. Move to the edge of the arena to mitigate the damage.

Samidare will use Dreamweave Cocoon and assume the Tamamo Gozen's form.

• Dancing Wind: A large point-blank AoE combined with a telegraphed draw-in, the latter of which will resolve first. Move out of the AoE telegraph quickly, or use   Arm's Length.
• Foxflare: Summons three untargetable Balls of Fire.
• Samidare will use Dancing Wind again, while the fireballs will each use a telegraphed line AoE
• Roar: Room-wide unique damage.
• Ninefold Curse: Room-wide unique damage and stuns both you and Kuiyki.
• Yoki: Spawns four targetable Balls of Naught. Destroy these before the duty gauge (Nine Tails' Yoki) reaches 100.
• Ninety-ninefold Curse: Four hits of magical room-wide damage that will increase based on how many Balls of Naught are still alive. Will result in death if the duty gauge reached 100.
• Samidare will be inflicted with Vulnerability Up after this ultimate attack, greatly increasing his damage received.
• Afterwards, finish off Samidare, who will continue to cast Roar.

Steps

• Gather information in Reunion.
  • Botokhui
  • Suvd
  • Yesui
• Speak with Kuiyki.
• Speak with Kuiyki.
• Speak with Kuiyki.
• Speak with Shashepya in Tuliyollal.

Journal

• Kuiyki is eager to discuss new developments with you.
• Kuiyki informs you that an old friend, Cirina, has come to visit you. The hunter brings the Mol maiden before you, but even you have grown wary of impostors, and attempt to prove her identity with a simple question. She provides a satisfactory answer, then explains the reason for her visit: Samidare appeared in the Azim Steppe, once more assuming your form in an attempt to incite war between the tribes and Doma. While his initial scheme failed, you and Kuiyki suspect he may still be in the area, and Cirina encourages a visit to Reunion to gather information.
• You speak with a number of merchants, and learn one interesting tidbit of information: Magnai has been acting strangely. Kuiyki will wish to hear of this.
• You soon learn Kuiyki has also heard similar rumors, including one that Magnai was recently seen entering Bardam's Mettle. It seems beyond doubt that Samidare now wears Magnai's face, and is unquestionably up to no good. Kuiyki cautions you to see to your preparations, as once you enter, the final battle will ensue.
• You make for Bardam's Mettle, yet nothing in all the shards combined could have prepared you for the sight that greets your eyes: Sadu and Magnai engaging in what appears to be a disturbing tryst. As you watch, you notice that each word Sadu utters is more unnatural than the last, and quickly discern that Samidare has taken on her form. You attempt to alert Magnai to this fact, but he is knocked out from behind before he has a chance to react. Samidare has lost patience with your frequent interventions, and takes on the late I'toca's form as you engage in battle.
• Despite transforming into a series of fearsome fighters and finally the guardian of Doma herself, Samidare is no match for you and the sharp-eyed Kuiyki. Seeing victory is out of the cards, he attempts to flee, but is shot down by Kuiyki, who at long last fulfills her promise to I'toca. Magnai, meanwhile, intends to make sure Samidare is punished for his crimes─and the shadow of shame he has cast over the Sun. With the Dreamweave Cocoon reclaimed at last, Kuiyki knows that the long journey home must begin─though she is uncertain how she will be greeted.
• As it was Shashepya who originally requested your aid, Kuiyki suggests you return to Tuliyollal together to let her know the cocoon has been reclaimed.
• Shashepya is surprised to see you return alone, but soon Kuiyki arrives to explain all. Shashepya is dismayed to learn of what befell I'toca, but is relieved Kuiyki has returned safely with the cocoon in hand. Yet Kuiyki insists her accomplishments will never bring I'toca back, nor pardon her failures, and so vows to exile herself. Shashepya rejects this immediately, reassuring Kuiyki that the forest is her home. Kuiyki eventually acquiesces to Shashepya, and thanks you for all you have done. She may not be her village's greatest hunter, but she is at least a hunter now worthy of the title. With the hope that your paths may one day cross again, she sets off with Shashepya to make her long overdue return home.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Kuiyki: Your timing could not have been more impeccable, Forename! A person claiming to be an acquaintance of yours stopped by just moments ago, wishing to have a word─about Samidare, no less.
Kuiyki: They're presently waiting in my room, so give me just a moment and I'll bring them here.

Cirina: You look well, Forename. Forgive me for eschewing pleasantries, but there is an urgent matter I wish to discuss.

What will you say?
> When we first met in Reunion, what did you purchase at the market?
> What did we eat the night before our trial in Bardam's Mettle?

< When we first met in Reunion, what did you purchase at the market? >
Cirina: Kinsai, as I recall. I had insufficient funds to purchase it myself, so you helped me gather whisperroot to trade for it instead.

< What did we eat the night before our trial in Bardam's Mettle? >
Cirina: Ah, I believe we feasted on gulo gulo meat. You and Hien competed to see who could bring back the greater haul.

Cirina: It would seem you, too, have grown wary of impostors. Then we can proceed straight into the heart of the matter.
Cirina: You appeared in Mol Iloh a few days ago, claiming Hien had been driven to madness. That he was assembling an army in Doma with plans to conquer the Azim Steppe.
Cirina: For a blessing, we'd already received word from a Doman envoy that an agitator was mimicking others, and saw the ruse for what it was.
Cirina: Unfortunately, when we attempted to capture them, the impostor transformed into a sheep and disappeared among the bands grazing on the plains.
Cirina: When I informed our friends in Doma of the incident, I was told you have been using Kugane as a base to track down the perpetrator, and thought it best I apprise you of this happening.

Kuiyki: Samidare... He won't relent. His schemes won't end until we make them end.

Cirina: You may discover a clue as to his whereabouts in Reunion. If anyone in the Steppe has seen him, that is where they will be.
Cirina: Now, I must alert the other tribes to this threat. May the winds speed your way.

Kuiyki: Off to the Azim Steppe, then. With any luck, someone in Reunion will have insight to offer.

Optional Dialogue

Kuiyki: Once more am I reminded of Xak Tural. I cannot help but feel at home among those who also live alongside nature.

Cirina: Samidare will find the Azim Steppe unreceptive to his overtures for war.

Gather information in Reunion

Botokhui

Botokhui: Someone stirring up trouble? A quarrel among the tribes is as common as the rising sun. Not a day goes by without it.
Botokhui: Now, if you will excuse me, I have goods to sell. Kindly continue your inquiries elsewhere.

Optional Dialogue

Botokhui: Stories of quarrels in this land are as common as grazing sheep. Perhaps someone else can help you.

Suvd

Suvd: Conflict is forbidden in Reunion. This is known. As for my tribe, all is at peace. 
Suvd: I heard a rumor of interest, however. It seems Magnai of the Oronir has been behaving strangely of late. Perhaps that is related to the matter you are investigating?

Optional Dialogue

Suvd: Consider looking into the rumors about Magnai. You may find what you're looking for at the end of that trail.

Yesui

Yesui: Conflict? Naught besides the normal quarrels between tribes. Certainly no disputes on the scale you speak of.
Yesui: But I have heard rumors that Magnai has been sneaking out from the Dawn Throne. Where could he be going, and to do what, I wonder...?

Optional Dialogue

Yesui: What could Magnai be up to, I wonder...

Speak with Kuiyki

Kuiyki: Were you able to learn anything of interest?
Kuiyki: I've also heard the rumors pertaining to this Magnai. One person even stated they saw him headed towards a place called Bardam's Mettle not long ago.
Kuiyki: Mayhap his is the form Samidare has chosen to take on.
Kuiyki: Whatever the case may be, we'll find the answer at Bardam's Mettle. We can't allow Samidare's depravities to go on any longer. Steel yourself, for when next we face him, we're putting an end to all of this.

Speak with Kuiyki

Kuiyki: Good, you're ready. Once the battle begins, there's no telling which form Samidare might take. An eminent warrior, a fearsome beast...or worse.
Kuiyki: He's also shown more scrupulous behavior in his preparations of late. Whatever his form, we would do best to assume that he has thoroughly studied its strengths, and will use them to full effect.
Kuiyki: Yet I am not the feeble hunter I was before. Together, with your martial might and my exacting eye, we will defeat him!
Kuiyki: At long last, I'toca shall have her vengeance, and my village shall see the cocoon returned!

Cutscene

Sadu: My beautiful, bright sun... I would bask in your warmth till my flesh returns to the earth.

Magnai: H-Has the feral dog gone rabid!? You speak these honeyed words to lure me into your cot, only to slit my throat as I sleep!

Sadu: Hush, fool. I am your Nhaama. Though we've had our disagreements in the past, I've come to understand my actions were born of love.
Sadu: Yet only now that I am forced to wed do I realize this. Despite my shame, I wished to confess my feelings before it's too late.

Magnai: Wed? A Dotharli beast like you? To whom? To what?

Sadu: Hien of Doma. By becoming kin, he seeks to leverage the influence of the Dotharl to claim dominion over the Steppe.

Magnai: The Doman knows no shame...
Magnai: V-Very well, I will consider your proposal. Far-fetched though it may be, I cannot overlook the possibility that you are my Nhaama.
Magnai: But first, we must gather our warriors. The Doman's impudence cannot go unpunished. We march for Doma come morrow's dawn.

What will you say?
> That's not Sadu!
> That is not your moon!

Magnai: You... What are you doing here?

Sadu: Is it not obvious? They are spies of Doma, come to quash any thought of resistance. You must kill them. Quickly.

Magnai: But...(s)he is the khagan...

Samidare: You two are quite the persistent pair. I had hoped to strike at your backs from the shadows, but now you've forced my hand.
Samidare: I will select from my repertoire the greatest warriors I have witnessed, and use their strength to give you the death you so crave.
Samidare: Beginning with her!

Kuiyki: How dare you!? When my arrow pierces your breast, I'toca will finally know peace!

Solo Instance

Quickdart Kuiyki: I'm taking back what you stole!

Silvertongue Samidare: Take it if you dare─from the hands of I'toca herself!
Silvertongue Samidare: I'm going to enjoy this!
Silvertongue Samidare: With this artifact, her mastery is mine to wield!
Silvertongue Samidare: Even her command over beasts! Now, come forth, and swarm my foes!

System: A horde of beasts hearken to Samidare's call!

Silvertongue Samidare: Let us see how fleet of foot you are!
Silvertongue Samidare: Crush them!

Quickdart Kuiyki: There are so many... But I can bury them in a volley of arrows!

Silvertongue Samidare: Hmph, stubborn fools! Very well, I shall borrow the might of that brutish Oronir!
Silvertongue Samidare: You will scuttle about no more!

Quickdart Kuiyki: Ugh! I can't move!

Silvertongue Samidare: Now to deliver the coup de grâce with that Dotharli devil!
Silvertongue Samidare: Hahaha! Naught of you will remain!

System: Destroy the filthy shackle and free Kuiyki!

Quickdart Kuiyki: You're a lifesaver!

Silvertongue Samidare: Damn you! So be it─I will assume her form...
Silvertongue Samidare: Tremble before the mighty auspice, Tamamo Gozen!

Quickdart Kuiyki: Not good─we need to spread out!

Silvertongue Samidare: I'm not finished yet!
Silvertongue Samidare: A curse to spell your doom...

Quickdart Kuiyki: Such power...

Silvertongue Samidare: I shall drink deep of the ambient aether and render you to ash!

Quickdart Kuiyki: Such baleful energy... We'll be in trouble if we don't do something!

System: 10 seconds to Ninety-ninefold Curse
System: 5 seconds to Ninety-ninefold Curse
System: 4 seconds
System: 3 seconds
System: 2 seconds
System: 1 second

Silvertongue Samidare: You're finished!
Silvertongue Samidare: <pant> You...<pant>...survived...?

Quickdart Kuiyki: He's winded! Now's our chance!

Silvertongue Samidare: It matters not! So long as I have this power, my victory is assured!
Silvertongue Samidare: No! I will not lose to vermin like you!

Cutscene

Samidare: N-No!

Kuiyki: I'toca... It's finally done.

Magnai: What am I doing here? I feel as though I have just woken from the strangest dream...

Timid Swordsman: E-Erm... Well, you see...

Daring Warrior: Th-This cowardly cur assaulted you from behind, and knocked you unconscious!

Magnai: You have shown the Sun disgrace this day. You will feel his scorn impressed upon your flesh. You shall forget the warmth of his radiance. In the shadows will you scream, yet none will hear. Prepare yourself.

Kuiyki: Death would have been too good a fate for him. He deserves to spend the rest of his days feeling the weight of his crimes. Now we've honored I'toca's memory, and reclaimed the cocoon. No words can express my gratitude, Forename.
Kuiyki: I can finally go home... But my community awaits our foremost hunter's triumphant return.
Kuiyki: What expression will come over their faces when the village disgrace arrives instead? I don't know if I can bear to see...

Speak with Kuiyki

Kuiyki: Our journey to reclaim the Dreamweave Cocoon has come to an end at long last. Would that I could return home in high spirits.
Kuiyki: As I recall, you said Shashepya is the one who requested your help, yes? Let us make the journey back to Tuliyollal, and report to her all that has happened.

Speak with Shashepya in Tuliyollal (cutscene)

Shashepya: You're back! Were you able to retrieve the Dreamweave Cocoon?
Shashepya: I'toca isn't with you?
Shashepya: Kuiyki!? Thank goodness, you're alive!

Shashepya: May her soul rest in the cocoon's embrace. I can't believe I'toca is gone...

Kuiyki: Yes. Our village's greatest hunter is lost to us, while its greatest failure survives.
Kuiyki: Here, take the cocoon back where it belongs─home. I have no right to return.

Shashepya: Don't be ridiculous!
Shashepya: You are a child of the forest─you are our dear sister! You can always, always come home!
Shashepya: The entire village has been worried sick about you. We all saw how crestfallen you were, so when you suddenly disappeared, we feared you took your life... For three days and three nights, we scoured land and water to find you.
Shashepya: Yet look at you now, Kuiyki. Not only are you hale and whole, but you have reclaimed the cocoon too. I'm sure that I'toca's spirit, hunting in the forests above, is smiling down at you with pride.
Shashepya: And she would much rather you take up her mantle and protect the village than wallow in guilt over her death.
Shashepya: Nothing escapes your gaze now, after all. Isn't that right?

Kuiyki: ...Thank you, Shashepya.

Shashepya: It's settled. You will return home with me, and finally our village can breathe a sigh of relief.
Shashepya: And it would be remiss of me not to thank you properly, Forename. For assisting Kuiyki in reclaiming the Dreamweave Cocoon, you have my heartfelt gratitude!

Kuiyki: I was little more than a liar and a hypocrite when we first met.
Kuiyki: But during our time together, I discovered that I'm so much more than that. That with the right tools, even I could become a hunter worthy of following in I'toca's footsteps. I'm truly grateful to you for helping me to see that.
Kuiyki: Farewell for now, Forename. I hope that one day, our paths may cross again.