Their Greatest Contribution

Their Greatest Contribution

Quest giver

Emet-Selch

Location

Elpis (X:32.6, Y:22.2)

Quest line

Endwalker Main Scenario Quests

Level

86

Experience

 488,400

Gil

 1,312

Previous quest

Lives Apart

Next quest

Aether to Aether

Patch

6.0

“

Emet-Selch appears to be deep in thought.

— In-game description

Steps

• Speak with Hermes.
• Speak with Hermes again.
• Speak with Hythlodaeus.
• With the chat mode in Say, enter "I have a favor to ask" to Emet-Selch.
• With the chat mode in Say, enter "Please, Emet-Selch" to Emet-Selch.
• /wave to Emet-Selch from the edge of the isle.
• Speak with Emet-Selch.

Dialogue

Emet-Selch

• Not that I or anyone else would be able to make use of it even if we knew... But it irks me to discover that there is an entirely different form of energy -- and no one told me.
• That personal annoyance aside, Hermes's' knowledge is undeniably impressive. Given that there are none among the Fourteen who specialize in the celestial, he would be a welcome edition.
• Assuming he can be persuaded to join, that is. I still can't understand his hesitation...

"Why did you join the convocation?"

Hytlodaeus

• Oho, you wish to know why Emet-Selch was chosen for the Convocation? I should be glad to share the tale!
• Ahem. It began when...

Emet-Selch

• Not. Another Word.
• Lest you've forgotten, we're here to learn about Hermes. Not me. My misspent youth is not your concern.

Hermes

• My apologies for the wait. I have inspected the ampelos to my satisfaction.
• All is well with the creature, and I daresay it won't be long ere it is released unto the world.
• Another creation, however, reportedly isn't fairing so well -- the charybdis.
• That is what we shall tend to next.
• If you would follow me, my friends, we shall return to the main isle and head north.
• I understand there is a problem with one of the charybdis.

Troubled Observer

• Yes, that's right.
• As you know, the charybdis is based on a sea creature. Owing to adjustments to enhance its affinity to wind, it is capable of flight.
• The specimen created from the concept could all fly without issue, but a problem arose in subsequent generations.
• This third-generation creature was born with an aetheric balance leaning strongly towards water. Its aquatic origin reasserting itself, it would seem...
• The result being its affinity to wind is diminished, and it cannot fly. No matter what we try, we can't get it to rise even the slightest bit.
• For such change to manifest in so few generations... I fear they are too unstable. Flawed.
• With your permission, I will revert the creatures, and recommend to the bureau that the concept be revised.

Hermes

• ...With its aetheric balance leaning towards water, the charybdis would indeed struggle to manipulate wind.
• Yet it is too early to conclude that it cannot fly. Having failed at first, it may simply have developed a fear.
• I shall transform and fly with it, helping it to manipulate wind until it finds its wings.

Troubled Observer

• What!? Y-You needn't go to such lengths...

Emet-Selch

• You don't know? <sigh> But of course not...
• Transformation is an art in which one manipulates a vast quantity of aether to construct another body around oneself.
• In practice, this allows one to assume any conceivable form, and thereby transcend the limits of one's flesh.
• Yet convenient though it may be, transforming in the presence of others is considered vainglorious in the extreme. As uncouth and unseemly as running around robeless. Shameful.
• Am I to understand to make a habit of this?

Hermes

• N-Nothing of the sort. It's just that, when transformed, I can wield the wind and fly.
• It may seem excessive, but what is our shame next to the lives of these creatures?
• They deserve a chance, and we owe it to them to do all in our power!

Emet-Selch

• Be that as it may...

Hythlodaeus

• Hmmm...
• Yes, I believe I have a solution. Emet-Selch -- may I trouble you to move that charybdis away from its fellows? Somewhere out of sight.
• Meanwhile, I'd like the rest of you to help me prepare here.

Emet-Selch

• What mischief are you scheming now?

Hythlodaeus

• No mischief, I assure you. I would but spare you the need to report to your colleagues that Hermes committed an indiscretion.
• So have a little faith, and run along.

Emet-Selch

• I trust you don't mind?

Hythlodaeus

• Emet-Selch is out of sight? Good. Let's speak of the plan.
• It's a stroke of genius, really: we have Emet-Selch train the charybdis!
• Aside from being able to fly untransformed, he can readily see aether currents.
• And with his adept spellcraft, he can also employ suitable wind magicks to guide the creature along.

Hermes

• While he is indeed capable of all you described, it is not his duty. I am loath to trouble him with it.

Hythlodaeus

• Don't be! As I mentioned, it would also be for his own sake. With that settled, let's begin at once!
• Player -- I want you to go to Emet-Selch. Tell him that you have a favor to ask.
• He will be disinclined to cooperate at first, but you mustn't be discouraged. With our friend, the trick is to be unflaggingly persistent.
• Off you go, now, and good luck!

Emet-Selch

• Oh no you don't! I'm not lifting a finger!
• Ugh. I don't know what Hytlodaeus is up to, and I will not be made to know. I refuse!
• No, no, no, you are not foisting this nonsense on me!

Hermes

• I'm given to understand you have the power to help the charybdis -- and should be quite willing to do so.
• And so I appeal to your better nature, most benevolent Emet-Selch. Please teach it to fly!

Meteion

• Or else Hermes will transform! Right now!

Hythlodaeus

• Now now, there's no need to go quite that far. Altruism is its own reward, as I'm sure he would agree.

Emet-Selch

• Oh would he now? And who contrived to put me in this position, pray tell?

Hythlodaeus

• Nothing so devious. I merely suggested a possible course of action.

Meteion

• Please, Emet-Selch! Please!

Emet-Selch

• I did not come all this way to play nursemaid to your creations. I'd thank you to remember this favor...and let it be the last.
• I will aid it once it has taken to the air. It falls to you to shepherd it skyward.

Hythlodaeus

• Well, let's relax and enjoy the spectacle, shall we?
• You were wondering why Emet-Selch joined the Convocation.
• Truth be told, he wasn't the first choice for the office. I was -- on the strength of my ability to see aether.
• But I declined the offer. For though my vision is exceptional, I am pedestrian in all other aspects. Worse, even.
• Quite abysmal when it comes to manipulating the aether, for example. Couldn't transform even if I had a mind to do so.
• What good is the ability to perceive a problem if one cannot act to address it?
• Emet-Selch has no such shortcomings. He excels in vision and manipulation both -- the latter to an extraordinary degree.
• If there is a mage more powerful, I do not know of them.
• Thus did I recommend him for the office in my stead. And I wasn't the only one. Far from it.
• Countless others vouched for his skill and character. People the world over, to whom he had previously lent a helping hand.
• Oh how surprised he was. Claimed he hadn't done anything remarkable for anyone. Modest to a fault.
• He deserved every bit of acclaim he received. Yet he may well have gone unappreciated were it not for a mutual friend.
• A singular soul who can't help but involve herself in the business of others. Where she walks, excitement is certain to follow.
• Her antics irritate Emet-Selch to no end, but much of his grumbling stems from genuine concern.
• When our friend calls, he never fails to answer and lend his talents.
• And in the course of doing so, he himself came to be recognized and respected by those around him.
• They are truly remarkable individuals, and I'm proud to call them friends.
• To help them realize their dreams -- this will be my greatest contribution to our world.
• And when they have fulfilled their respective purposes...
• So too shall I have fulfilled mine, and together we may return to the star.
• Look at me, spilling my innermost secrets. I can't seem to help it with you.
• I can only assume it is due to the color of your soul. I just don't understand how you can be so alike and yet so different.

Meteion

• Well done, my pet! Well done!

Hythlodaeus

• Ah yes, I daresay the charybdis will be fine hereon.
• Why don't you go and signal to Emet-Selch. Let him know his arduous task is at an end.

Talking to Emet-Selch right after picking up the quest.

"I want to learn about the Convocation"

Emet-Selch

• Hmmm... If you would accompany us, I suppose you should at least now that much.
• The Convocation of Fourteen is a governing body that determines myriad policies. Our goal is to ensure that all is right in creation, that our star may know a brighter future.
• As the name suggests, the council is comprised of fourteen offices, each of which is heald by an individual chosen for their surpassing abilities.
• Depending on the office, one is required to either be an authority in a certain field, or possess skills that would facilitate the performance of their stipulated duties.
• The former category includes Mitron, specialist in aquatic life; Loghrif, specialist in terrestrial life and husbandry...
• Halmarut, specialist in fungal and plant life; Emmerololth, specialist in medicine and healing...
• And Lahabrea, specialist in creation magicks, who has brought forth phantom beings of the highest complexity.
• As for the latter category, there is Altima, advocate of the arts; Igeyorhm, champion of enlightenment and rhetoric; Pashtarot, preserver of discipline and order...
• Emet-Selch, keeper of the aetherial realm─or “Underworld” in the vernacular; Fandaniel, pursuer of extant phenomena...
• And Azem, traveler of the world and counselor to the people.
• ...What? Should I be revealing such details to you? Don't be silly. Even children know this much, and you would do well to remember it all.