The Heart of a Dragon

The Heart of a Dragon

Quest giver

Kal Myhk

Location

The Dravanian Forelands (X:18.2, Y:26.1)

Level

53

Experience

 12,285

Gil

 626

Previous quest

Between Friends and Family

Next quest

Let Bygones Be Bygones

Patch

3.0

“

Kal Myhk looks at you with a sense of unease.

— In-game description

Steps

• Try to /soothe Kal Myhk's fearful mind.

• Speak with Gullinkambi.

• Speak with Kal Myhk.

• Meet Kal Myhk on the mountain path.

• Follow Kal Myhk up the mountain.

• Follow Kal Myhk further up the mountain.

• Follow Kal Myhk down the mountain.

• Search for the lost records.

• Show the begrimed tablet to Kal Myhk.

• Take the begrimed tablet to Gullinkambi.

Journal

• Kal Myhk looks at you with a sense of unease.

• The retelling of his brother's brush with death at the hands of men has left Kal Myhk conflicted. Though he has enjoyed your time together, he now wonders if you would have slain him had you met under different circumstances. Do what you can to /soothe him and cast aside his fearful thoughts.

• You manage to calm down Kal Myhk. Though he will not deny what happened to his brother, you have helped him understand that not all men are evil. Freed from the burdens of fear and doubt, he wants to find a way to help his brother heal. He suggests speaking with his mother in the tower of Anyx Trine.

• You speak with Gullinkambi hoping to find a method for rehabilitating dragons. She tells you that dragons have always followed the natural order of things. However, she also recalls a man who created drugs that proved effective in healing dragons. Records of his work may still exist somewhere in the Abalathai Foothills. Speak with Kal Myhk and discuss your next course of action.

• Gullinkambi was not clear in where to find the records you need, but Kal Myhk believes he has seen the ruins she spoke of. Meet with him outside on the path up the mountain.

• Following the path up the Abalathia Foothills, you find Kal Myhk where the path splits in opposite directions. He urges you upward, and moves ahead to make certain of where to go next. Take the path upward and search for Kal Myhk.

• You find Kal Myhk further up the mountainside, and he says you are nearly there. Follow Kal Myhk up the narrow path once more.

• You find Kal Myhk at the end of the path, but there is no sign of the ruins you seek. He tells you that, rather than climb up, you must now climb down the mountainside to a new path. Make your way down the mountainside and follow the path to find Kal Myhk.

• You follow yet another path along the mountainside and find Kal Myhk standing before the ruins from his mother's story. Search the building for signs of the missing records.

• You find a tablet amidst the rubble. The letters are faded, but you are certain it holds the information you need. Show Kal Myhk what you found.

• You show the begrimed tablet to Kal Myhk, and he is excited to be one step closer to helping his brother. Return to Anyx Trine and show the tablet to his mother.

• You present the tablet to Gullinkambi, and after briefly examining it, she confirms you have found the lost records. With the tablet in hand, you can at last grant succor to Kal Myhk's brother.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Kal Myhk: Tell me, [Forename]... what would have happened had we met under different circumstances? Would you have attacked me like those men attacked Brother?
Kal Myhk: <sigh> Perhaps that is better left unanswered. I doubt any answer could soothe my troubled mind...
(Optional Dialogue)
Kal Myhk: Am I really any different from other creatures that have fallen at your hands?

/sootheing Kal Myhk

Kal Myhk: You would still help us? After everything Brother said?
Kal Myhk: I was wrong to have doubted you. Not all men are the same. Some are cruel, like those who hurt my brother. But you are not like them.
Kal Myhk: And with your help, we will heal Brother, and he too will understand this.
Kal Myhk: Let us speak with Mother. She will know of a way to heal him.
Optional: 
Kal Myhk: I know nothing in the ways of healing, but Mother is sure to know.

Speaking with Gullinkambi

Gullinkambi: [Forename], Kal Myhk, you seem ill at ease. Tell me, what has happened?
Gullinkambi: ...Attacked in Coerthas? He was warned not to venture near Ishgard. He pays for his disobedience in blood. Time may heal his wounds. Or it may not.
Gullinkambi: Oh! Ahs will sleep until he recovers, or he will sleep for eternity. Whatever is to become of his injuries, we do not interfere.
Gullinkambi: ...However, if you are determined to seek the medicines of man, there may be a way.
Gullinkambi: Long ago, a man once labored to grant dragons succor. The fruits of his research may still linger, engraved upon stone. You must find the place he once called home. A hovel of rocks, high along the mountainside.

Kal Myhk: Thank you, Mother. We will find it.

(Optional) 
Gullinkambi: Seek the hovel of stone high in the foothills. There you may find the fruits of his research.

Speaking with Kal Myhk

Kal Myhk: I have seen the place she speaks of. The path is narrow, but I can take you there. Meet me outside where the mountain path first parts.

Meeting Kal Myhk on the mountain path

Kal Myhk: Follow me.

Following Kal Myhk up the mountain

Kal Myhk: This is the way. Come, we must go further.

Following Kal Myhk further up the mountain

Kal Myhk: We must descend to the path below, but it's not much farther. Be careful.

Following Kal Myhk down the mountain

Kal Myhk: This is the place Mother spoke of, though I'm not sure what we're looking for.
(Optional)
Kal Myhk: Have you found anything yet?

Showing the begrimed tablet to Kal Myhk

Kal Myhk: This is the research? Excellent! Let us hasten back to Mother–she will know what to do with it.
(Optional)
Kal Myhk: Show what we found to Mother. She will know what must be done.

Taking the begrimed tablet to Gullinkambi

Gullinkambi: Did you find that which you sought?
<Hand over Begrimed Tablet>
Gullinkambi: These markings... Yes, this is his work.

Kal Myhk: You knew the person who made this?

Gullinkambi: Aye, I did. He was a dear friend from another age–an age when man and dragon yet lived together in harmony.
Gullinkambi: He labored to prolong our longevity when his was all too fleeting. An interesting man...
Gullinkambi: Though he is no longer of this world, it gladdens me to know his efforts will not be wasted.