In the Footsteps of Bardam the Brave

In the Footsteps of Bardam the Brave

Quest giver

Hien

Location

The Azim Steppe (X:11.3, Y:11.2)

Quest line

Stormblood Main Scenario Quests

Level

65

Experience

 105,000

Gil

 717

Previous quest

A Trial Before the Trial

Next quest

The Children of Azim

Patch

4.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 453 / 960 (47.2%)

   

Stormblood Progress: 74 / 162 (45.7%)

   

“

Hien is ready to undertake the challenge of Bardam's Mettle.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 1   Yol Whistle

In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:

• 1   Tigerskin Coat of Fending
• 1   Tigerskin Coat of Maiming
• 1   Kudzu Tunic of Striking
• 1   Kudzu Tunic of Scouting
• 3   Heavens' Eye Materia V

Unlocks

• 
  Bardam's Mettle

Steps

• Enter Bardam's Mettle.
• Speak with Lyse.

Journal

• If you are to participate in the Naadam and fight alongside the Mol, you must first be recognized as a warrior of the Steppe. To earn this honor, you will be required to complete a rite of passage involving walking in the footsteps of the legendary Bardam and taming a yol. Steeling yourselves, you and your comrades set forth upon the peril-fraught path of the hero's namesake.
  • ※Challenge Bardam's Mettle with other players via the Duty Finder, or with a party of NPCs via Duty Support. Both systems are accessible from the main menu as well as the dungeon's entrance point.

• At the end of a strange and bewildering journey through Bardam's Mettle, you manage to tame a wild yol in the traditional fashion. Trial complete, you leave to rejoin your comrades.

• Lyse emerges from the pass not long after you do, her trial also complete. However, there is still no sign of Hien or Gosetsu...

• Suddenly recalling the whistles entrusted to her by Cirina, Lyse brings them forth, handing one to you. With a blow, you summon your respective yols, which circle in the skies above in acknowledgment of your new bond. There can be no doubt: you are now warriors of the Steppe.

History

Prior to Duty Support being added to  Bardam's Mettle in patch 6.4, the Journal description was the following: "To earn this honor, you will be required to complete a rite of passage involving walking in the footsteps of the legendary hero Bardam and taming a yol. Each member of your party must do this by themselves, of course, and so you shall... though if by pure coincidence some of your fellow adventurers happened to have made the long journey to the Far East, and simply insisted on accompanying you... surely no one would be any the wiser?"

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Hien: Nothing left but to begin, then. 
Hien: To complete this trial, we must pass through Bardam's Mettle and each tame a yol. How precisely we are to do this, I am not sure, but since countless warriors before us have succeeded, I imagine we'll muddle through somehow... 
Hien: But enough talk! We have a Naadam to win!

Optional

Gosetsu: I have stood upon more battlefields than I can count and lived to tell the tale. No bird will be my downfall!

Lyse: First the trial, then the Naadam, then Doma, then Ala Mhigo! We'll be back home before you know it!

Hien: Quite frankly, if I cannot convince a large bird to follow me, then what do I have with the Xaela? Or my own countrymen, for that matter.

Entering Bardam's Mettle

Duty Dialogue

The Dusk Visage: Thus spoke Nhaama: "Hunters in whose veins flows moonlight, show me your mettle!"
The Dusk Visage: Pass, blood of my blood, for you are of the Dusk and of the Steppe.

The Dawn Visage: Thus spoke Azim: "Warriors in whose veins flows sunlight, show me your mettle!"
The Dawn Visage: Pass, blood of my blood, for you are of the Dawn and of the Steppe.

Bardam: Yea, you who would walk after Bardam! He who was as strong as the earth, swift as a horse, brave as the thunder!
Bardam: You who would become Warriors of the Steppe!
With death will you fance!
Bardam: The first trial is upon you...
Bardam: Be not deceived by demons...
Bardam: The second trial is upon you...
Bardam: Be not tempted to rest, but fly across the Steppe as the wind...
Bardam: The third trial is upon you... Be not afraid of falling stars...
Bardam: Yea, you worthy successors of Bardam! Yours is the Steppe and everything in it!

Duty Support

Mol Youth, Hien, and Lyse

Lyse: So this is the hero's path... Let's prove ourselves worthy!

Hien: Nice of them to afford us the chance to limber up.

Lyse: A herd of beasts!?

Lyse: That fellow knew how to charge...

Hien: You truly get the sense that this is sacred ground. 

Lyse: Indeed! Give me chills just to be here!

Lyse: Uwaaah! A golem!?

Hien: Are those seals or hammers in its hands? 

Lyse: Why not both?

Hien: Nothing to it!

Hien: It certainly kept us on our toes!

Lyse: Is it over...? My head's spinning something fierce. 

Hien: It seems that was a test of judgement in the heat of battle.

Lyse: Ahhh, that was refreshing! 

Hien A cavern now... This is turning out to be quite a tour.

Lyse: A cavernous space behind a portentious gate... This ought to be good!

Hien: This is it my friends—the final test! 

Lyse: So that's a yol!

Gosetsu, Lyse, and Hien

Hien: This day, we shall be as warriors born anew! 

Gosetsu: Hear, hear!

Lyse: One test down! 

Gosetsu: There is no telling what awaits. Let us remain vigilant.

Gosetsu: It appears these beasts are our next test. 

Hien: No mistaking who the leader is.

Hien: That creature was utterly fearless. 

Gosetsu: Aye, a warrior in its own right.

Hien: You truly get the sense that this is sacred ground. 

Lyse: Indeed! Give me chills just to be here!

Gosetsu: The stone is alive! What sorcery is this!? 

Hien: Whatever it is, it's ingenious!

Hien: Are those seals or hammers in its hands? 

Lyse: Why not both?

Hien: Nothing to it!

Hien: It certainly kept us on our toes!

Lyse: Is it over...? My head's spinning something fierce. 

Hien: It seems that was a test of judgement in the heat of battle.

Lyse: Ahhh, that was refreshing! 

Hien A cavern now... This is turning out to be quite a tour.

Gosetsu: This bird motif... 

Hien: I daresay we are come to the yol's nest!

Hien: This is it my friends—the final test! 

Lyse: So that's a yol!

Gosetsu, Mol Youth, and Hien

Hien: This day, we shall be as warriors born anew! 

Gosetsu: Hear, hear!

Hien: Nice of them to afford us the chance to limber up. 

Gosetsu: It appears these beasts are our next test. 

Hien: No mistaking who the leader is. 

Hien: That creature was utterly fearless. 

Gosetsu: Aye, a warrior in its own right.

Gosetsu: That such a place should exist in the Steppe!

Gosetsu: The stone is alive! What sorcery is this!? 

Hien: Whatever it is, it's ingenious!

Gosetsu: What an enormous foe!

Hien: Nothing to it!

Hien: It certainly kept us on our toes!

Gosetsu: Whew, such a scramble that was...

Gosetsu: After that dip, I'm glad for the warmth of the torches. 

Gosetsu: This bird motif... 

Hien: I daresay we are come to the yol's nest!

Gosetsu: 'Twould seem we've reached the path's end.

Optional

Gosetsu: One fiendish contraption after another... I shall not soon forget that place. 

Hien: What's the matter, Gosetsu? Don't tell me you've thrown out your back.

Speaking with Lyse

Lyse: Well fought back there, [Forename]. Things got hairy at times, but I knew we'd manage! 
Lyse: Oh, right. I've still got those whistles Cirina gave me. 
Lyse: Here's yours. I suppose we ought to give them a try like she said. 

Cutscene

Lyse: >> Up there, look! << 
Lyse: I think this means we've won them over. That one there is yours, right? The other one is mine. Awww... 
Lyse: So that's that, then! We're officially warriors of the Steppe!