That None Shall Ever Again

That None Shall Ever Again

Quest giver

Alphinaud

Location

Kholusia (X:12.1, Y:19.8)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

78

Experience

 227,520

Gil

 803

Previous quest

Rich Veins of Hope

Next quest

A Breath of Respite

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 634 / 960 (66%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 93 / 157 (59.2%)

   

“

Alphinaud is bound for Amity.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 3   Woad Blue Dye
• 3   Storm Blue Dye
• 3   Abyssal Blue Dye
• 2   Nightworld Silver Piece

Steps

• Speak with Y'shtola.
• Speak with Y'shtola.
• Imbue the heartstone with magick.
• Speak with Chai-Nuzz.

Journal

• Alphinaud is bound for Amity.

Dialogue

Quest Acceptance

Alphinaud: Well, my friend, it appears we are the only ones left here.
Alphinaud: If you've no other pressing tasks, would you care to accompany me to Amity? There, Y'shtola is overseeing those who will imbue the Talos with magicks.
Alphinaud: Come, let us join them at once.

Speak with Y'shtola

Y'shtola: Ah, good of you to join us. I'm pleased to say we have gathered ample help for the imbuing.
Y'shtola: With Master Chai in the process of finalizing his design, I have taken the liberty of dispatching all hands to their positions.

Chai-Nuzz: You hurtle along as though I have my house in order, but quite frankly this is the most disorganized mess of a project I've ever overseen! And I haven't spent nearly as much time as I would like on my calculations!
Urianger: So thou hast proclaimed loudly and frequently, Master Chai. Yet from my perspective─a layman's though it may be─haste notwithstanding, thou hast gone to great lengths, abiding by proven methodology, to ensure the integrity of thy design.
Chai-Nuzz: Aye, well, that's just the bare minimum that's expected of us at the Stoneworks. Though our glory days are behind us, I've not forgotten our time-honored traditions.
Chai-Nuzz: Ah, but I should mention that the Exarch delivered the ore I asked for. Earthseed, I believe he called it.
Chai-Nuzz: In that quantity, I believe we can fashion a suitable heart for the Talos.
Alphinaud: Is there a problem?
Chai-Nuzz: In a Talos of, well, any reasonable size, a single heart will serve to circulate aether throughout the chassis. But given the unprecedented proportions of that which we seek to build, I doubt that will be the case.
Chai-Nuzz: By installing smaller peripheral hearts at intervals, I believe that we can maintain a stable aether flow, thereby solving the problem. However, we don't have enough ore for this purpose.
Chai-Nuzz: Naught for it but to procure more, I suppose...
Y'shtola: Runar, mayhap now is a good time to bring them out.
Runar: A moment, friends. There is something I would show you.

Urianger: I say, are these not heartstones?
Runar: They are. The most prized possession of we of the Night's Blessed. And these belonged to our kindred who have left us.
Y'shtola: Immersed in water imbued with fervent prayer, these stones harbor no small amount of magic.
Y'shtola: And we may imbue them with yet more prior to their installation on the Talos. What think you?
Chai-Nuzz: Being from a different region, these cannot be used for the main heart. The peripheral ones, on the other hand... Aye, I believe they will serve.
Runar: Excellent. When Master Matoya spoke to us of the role we are to play, the heartstones immediately came to mind.
Runar: Of course, before bringing them with me, I made certain to consult my fellows first. After all, the stones bear the precious lives of those who have gone to the sunless sea.
Runar: But we have now beheld the sunless sea with our very own eyes, and by the gentle lights that glimmer on high, we know that there is peace beyond.
Runar: Thus are we also at peace. If our heartstones may serve to restore night to all the world, gladly do we give them.
Y'shtola: So, Master Chai. If you could instruct us how to distribute the heartstones? (Chai gives a thumbs up)
Y'shtola: And [Forename]─for good luck, may I ask that you imbue one as well?

Speak with Y'shtola

Y'shtola: Rest assured it is not difficult. Simply raise your hand and focus as you would when attuning to an aetheryte.
Y'shtola: Imbue the jade-colored stone here, if you would be so kind.

Imbue the heartstone with magick

The familiar-looking heartstone appears to glow faintly.
Y'shtola: That will do. Thank you, [Forename]. 
Y'shtola: If this heartstone appears familiar, it is because it belonged to Toddia.
Y'shtola: It bears the collective hope of the Night's Blessed─the hope that none shall ever again be sacrificed to sin eaters.

Chai-Nuzz: Right, I've identified the spots on the Talos where the stones are needed. See that they're amply imbued, then install them as I've indicated on this diagram.
Y'shtola: Understood. We will set about the task at once.
Alphinaud: When the Talos awakens and the way to Mt. Gulg is secured, we shall sally forth.
Alphinaud: It promises to be a trying climb, so take what rest you can in the meantime. We will see you soon. 
Y'shtola: A moment, Urianger. You said that you would have measures ready in the event that our friend fails to contain the Light. Do you?
Urianger: Be assured that I do. All which I require lieth in this land.

What will you say? Don't worry, I'll be fine! / I trust you, Urianger. / So...what's the plan exactly?  -> So...what's the plan exactly? 
Urianger: To my deepest regret, I cannot reveal the plan to thee. In order for it to succeed, 'tis vital that thou remainest ignorant of its nature until the time is right.
Urianger: Yet though I may thus keep my counsel, know that I have only thy safety at heart. So rest easy, my friend, and take such ease as thou mayest, the better to be ready for the trials to come. 

Speak with Chai-Nuzz

Chai-Nuzz: I'm told the rock for the chassis is more or less ready─all quarried and shaped and laid out. That just leaves the imbuers to do their work.
Chai-Nuzz: I'll continue checking my calculations up until the very last moment, but it's only a matter of time now.
Chai-Nuzz: We managed to rally nigh everyone in Norvrandt for this endeavor. That's a remarkable feat in itself...but will it be enough?