Waiting in the Depths

Waiting in the Depths

Quest giver

Thancred

Location

The Tempest (X:27.0, Y:4.4)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

79

Experience

 228,960

Gil

 1,068

Previous quest

To Storm-tossed Seas

Next quest

City of the Ancients
Ondo Dream of Oranges
Pearls of the Deep
Beware the Benthos
Beyond the Reach of Koal
Do the Chuckle
Strange Stew
Scales for the Scaled Ones
Secrets and Spears
Scavenger Deep
Mistake or Machination
Doggone Dagons
Koal of the Cups

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 641 / 960 (66.8%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 100 / 157 (63.7%)

   

“

Thancred casts his gaze across the waterless expance before you.

— In-game description

Steps

• Search for anything unusual on the Norvrandt Slope.
• Speak with the Ondo youth.
• Speak with Alphinaud.
• Defeat blue swimmers. 0/3
• Speak with Paushs Ooan.

Journal

• Thancred casts his gaze across the waterless expanse before you.

Dialogue

Quest Acceptance

Thancred: Now, as for where we should be looking, I rather doubt Emet-Selch will be sitting around out in the open.
Thancred: I propose we follow the slope down towards the deeper trenches, and keep an eye out for rock formations large enough to house a stronghold.
Thancred: Let's be off, then─but watch your footing. The ground is still wet, and like to be slippery.

Alisaie: I think Thancred has the right idea, but I can't help wondering what Emet-Selch would be doing down here without the aid of gills and fins.
Urianger: Hm. This outcrop seemeth natural enough...
Y'shtola: The ocean floor is a strange place to be, of course, but this aether...'tis like naught I've ever seen.w

Speak with the Ondo youth

Ondo Youth: <gasp> Ondo Youth runs off

Speak with Alphinaud

Ondo Youth: ...The finless ones! They followed me!
Ondo Youth: Why have you come! Was it you who took away our water!?
Alphinaud: Ah, so this is where the Ondo make their home. I had wondered...
Alphinaud: Pray forgive us any inconvenience we have caused─we were not aware your people lived here in the Tempest.
Alphinaud: We need this great dome of air that we might conduct a most urgent search, and thus beg you for your understanding...
Ondo Youth: Chieftain, what are we to do...?
Tolshs Aath: ...Are you emissaries of the ancient ones?
Tolshs Aath: The mysteries have ssstirred. We have ssseen the illuminated land shhhining through the gloom of the abyss...
Tolshs Aath: If you are the emissaries─the chosen─I bid you welcome. If you are not, I bid you leave.
Alphinaud: I am...not sure I understand. Would you be willing to elaborate...?
Tolshs Aath: ......
Alphinaud: ...It would seem not. I suggest we withdraw for the moment.

Thancred: So, what's the plan? Given your “condition,” I'm reluctant to suggest lingering here.
Thancred: That said, our presently meandering search would proceed far more swiftly if we could call upon the Ondo's local knowledge.
Ryne: Yes, I'd like to know more about this “illuminated land” the chieftain spoke of.
Ryne: Could it be Emet-Selch's stronghold, do you suppose? Perhaps he...lit the lanterns upon his return?
Alphinaud: We cannot dismiss the possibility, but if these Ondo refuse to speak with us...
Alphinaud: [Forename]─do you remember my first scheme for entering Eulmore? How I had planned to ingratiate myself by offering lucrative trading opportunities with the Ondo?
Alphinaud: The individual I dealt with was reticent in manner and curious in custom, but we were able to reach an agreement, nonetheless.
Alphinaud: I believe that with the right approach, we can build a similar relationship here.
Thancred: What kind of approach did you have in mind? That chieftain fellow didn't leave us many options.
Urianger: If we are to tread the swiftest course, then we must needs locate its beginning. 'Tis plain our all too dramatic arrival hath thrown this settlement into confusion...
Urianger: Were we to solve such problems as we have caused, and assure our hosts thereby that our purpose here is not inimical to them, they may yet prove amenable to reason.
Thancred: ...I smell chores. But very well─if it can be done quickly.
Alisaie: What do you think? I've nothing better to offer, but I do worry what will happen if the Ondo's tales end up leading us to a dead end.
Y'shtola: I cannot say for certain, but I sense this tribe has a deeper connection to the Ascians than first meets the eye.
Y'shtola: It warrants further investigation. Thus I cast my vote in favor of aiding the settlement for the time being.

What will you say? We will make allies of the Ondo! / Let's do what we do best! / I'll do what I can, I suppose... -> We will make allies of the Ondo! 
Alphinaud: Then it is settled. Y'shtola─pray proceed with your investigations. The rest of us will see about fostering some goodwill!

Speak with Alphinaud

Alphinaud: [Forename]! You won't believe who I've just bumped into!
Alphinaud: This is Paushs Ooan, the very fellow I did business with prior to our ill-fated stay in Eulmore!
Paushs Ooan: I waited, and you did not come. Then the Myssstel came, but his visits did not continue...
Alphinaud: I am truly sorry, Paushs Ooan─things did not proceed as planned. Is there aught we can do for you by way of an apology?
Paushs Ooan: Hmmm... Perhapsss... “Where the Dry Return,” a cavern to the north, is home to giant crabs. We do not fear the crab, for we are the swifter ssswimmers.
Paushs Ooan: But now there is no water. We run, and they ssscuttle close behind, snipping and sssnapping with their claws. There are too many of them. Too many...
Alphinaud: Ah, I believe I can be of assistance there.
Alphinaud: And what of you, [Forename]? If you've not found a task, you are most welcome to join me. Indeed, I should appreciate the company. “Where the Dry Return” has a rather ominous ring to it...