Beyond the Great Wall

Beyond the Great Wall

Quest giver

Alphinaud

Location

The Rising Stones (X:6.0, Y:5.9)

Quest line

Stormblood Main Scenario Quests

Level

60

Experience

 100,000

Gil

 1,498

Previous quest

The Far Edge of Fate

Next quest

Lyse Takes the Lead

Patch

4.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 380 / 960 (39.6%)

   

Stormblood Progress: 1 / 162 (0.6%)

   

“

Alphinaud is a man with a great deal on his mind.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

• 
  The Fringes (West)
• 
  Castrum Oriens

Steps

• Speak with Alphinaud.

• Speak with Alphinaud at Amarissaix's Spire.

• Speak with the serpent officer.

• Speak with Raubahn.

Journal

• Ilberd's assault on Baelsar's Wall and subsequent summoning of the primal now known as “Shinryu” left the Eorzean Alliance with little choice but to occupy Castrum Oriens -- an act almost certain to be interpreted as the prelude to a full-scale invasion. Yet if the Alliance must go to war, it would not do so alone. General Raubahn Aldynn has asked that the Scions of the Seventh Dawn secure the support of the Ala Mhigan Resistance, that they might join forces with the Alliance and drive the legions of Garlemald from Eorzea once and for all. This formal request for aid was not unanticipated, and you and your fellow Scions take little time to reach a consensus. To Ala Mhigo you will go -- with Lyse to lead the way, given her ties to the Resistance.

• As you are preparing to leave the Rising Stones, you are met by Yugiri and Gosetsu. The pair have resolved to return to the nation of Doma, in the Far East, to aid their comrades in the fight against Garlemald. Though your battlefields are a thousand malms apart, your purpose is one and the same, and so you bid them farewell, hoping that you might meet again one day to celebrate the liberation of two lands.

• From Amarissaix's Spire, you and your fellow Scions look on Baelsar's Wall, and Castrum Oriens. Beyond them lies Gyr Abania, which has languished under imperial rule for twenty long years...

• The serpent officer knows you at once. His man stands ready to escort you to the Wall, where the soldiers of four great nations have gathered in preparation for a long and bloody campaign.

• At last you come to the fringes of Gyr Abania. To a new war -- to a new front line. In the command center, the Flame General pores over a stack of maps, deliberating his next move.

• Raubahn welcomes you warmly to Castrum Oriens, and restates his position that the Alliance will not advance further without the cooperation of the Ala Mhigan Resistance. As you make ready to depart on your mission, Cid Garlond appears and apprises you of the latest developments in the search for Omega and Shinryu: namely, that there have not been any, the fate and whereabouts of both remaining unknown. All the more reason to secure the support of the Resistance, then, as the Ironworks search parties cannot safely venture any deeper into occupied territory...

Dialogue

Speak with Alphinaud

Alphinaud: The question is, how will the Empire respond to the disappearance of Omega and the primal... Oh, I didn't see you there. Forgive me. Word from Baelsar's Wall is proving long in the coming, and my mind cannot help but stray to grim places. 
Tataru: Alphinaud! A message from the Alliance!
Alphinaud: It's about time! Pray summon the others at once. 
Tataru: Yes, sir! 

Alphinaud: ...General Aldynn reports that his forces have secured the breach in Baelsar's Wall. 
Y'shtola: And what of the primal and Omega? 
Alphinaud: There is still no sign of either at this time. He writes that they will begin a more thorough investigation shortly... And, as expected, he wishes to petition the aid of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. 
Lyse: As expected? 
Alphinaud: The Alliance's decision to capture a part of Baelsar's Wall is...open to interpretation. 
Alisaie: The Wall serves to demarcate imperial territory, Ala Mhigo included, from the rest of the Eorzea. To an observer, the Alliance's actions could be seen as a prelude to invasion. 
Alphinaud: Indeed. And the Alliance leaders have no wish to be branded invaders. 
Lyse: You're saying they won't fight for Ala Mhigo? Even after everything that's happened? 
Alphinaud: Not without the consent of her people, no. Make no mistake, Lyse - the Alliance is in complete agreement that the Empire must be purged from Eorzea. However, they will not set foot in Gyr Abania until they have formally secured the consent and cooperation of the Ala Mhigan opposition. 
Y'shtola: ...They would have us act as intermediaries? 
Alphinaud: Precisely. The Scions are uniquely qualified to serve in this capacity - that is to say, Lyse is, given her personal connection to the Resistance. Who better than you to broker an agreement between the Alliance and the people of Ala Mhigo? ...Assuming you are willing, of course? 
Lyse: Of course I am. You know I'd like nothing more! 
Alphinaud: As for who should accompany you on said diplomatic mission...I had a mind to volunteer myself. 
Lyse: Well, that covers the talking part. But you just know there'll be trouble along the way. (Glances at Warrior of Light). Are you available? 
Warrior of Light: (What will you say?) (As if you have to ask! / ...) -> As if you have to ask! 
Lyse: Thanks. It means a lot, knowing you'll be there. 
Y'shtola: I too shall accompany you. Such endeavors are seldom hampered by a surfeit of healers. 
Krile: Good point! Allow me to offer my services as well. 
Alisaie: I have spent quite enough time here of late, so I'll be coming, but we will need someone to keep an eyes on things. I trust you have no objections? 
Urianger: None, my lady. Gladly shall I continue to serve as caretaker of the Waking Sands, and there keep watch for signs of primal and Ascian activity both. 
Thancred: As capable as my learned friend undoubtedly is, there are some troubles that may prove too much for a single Scion - on account of which, I mean to stay. 
Alphinaud: It is settled, then. Let us each see to our preparations.