Gone Like the Morning Dew
Gone Like the Morning Dew
- Quest giver
- Hien
- Location
- The Doman Enclave (X:7.8, Y:6.4)
- Quest line
- Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
- Level
- 70
- Experience
10,800- Gil
970- Previous quest
Gosetsu and Tsuyu- Next quest
- Fruits of Her Labor
- Patch
- 4.3
Main Scenario Progress: 522 / 960 (54.4%)
Stormblood Progress: 143 / 162 (88.3%)
“Though his face betrays little sign of panic, Hien is plainly desperate to find Yotsuyu before something terrible happens.
— In-game description
Rewards
- Choose one of the following options:
Steps
- Question the residents of Yuzuka Manor. 0/2
- Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
- Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
- Search for signs of Yotsuyu.
- Inspect the bamboo hat.
Journal
There are no journal entries for this quest.
Dialogue
Optional
Alphinaud: Without Tsuyu, I cannot see how the prisoner exchange─or indeed the peace process at large─can proceed. We have to find her, and soon.
Alisaie: Her memory must have returned. Why else would she run?
Accepting the Quest
Hien: It seems Tsuyu has gone unrecognized thus far, but kami help us if someone catches a clear view of her face. I must find her before that happens. Hien: The responsibility for her disappearance─for all of this─lies with me. But I would ask for your aid nonetheless.
Alphinaud: We are at your service, Lord Hien, now as before. Let us make the crossing and begin our search.
Alisaie: You go on ahead. Someone should let Yugiri know what we've learned. I'll join you on the other side.
Hien: We have no way of knowing where Tsuyu is headed, so we had best divide our forces. I will take Kusakari and its surrounds; Alphinaud, if you would take the road to Castrum Fluminis? Hien: [Forename]─forgive me, but could I ask you to interrogate the residents of Yuzuka Manor? One of the Namazu may well have seen our quarry. Hien: If everyone is in agreement, let us board the skiff, and hope the kami smile upon our efforts!
Questioning residents of Yuzuka Manor
Gyosan: Welcome to Yuzuka Manor. Yes, yes. If there is anything you care to know, you need only─ Hm? A pale-skinned woman? Gyosan: I have seen no such traveler, I am sorry to say. Most sorry. Scaly-skinned Namazu, on the other hand, we have in abundance! (Optional) Gyosan: No, no. Still no pale-skinned females here. Only grey.
Gyoku: ...Unusually pale skin? Yes, yes! I saw this woman on the way back from my fishing trip. Gyoku: She had just crossed the shallows east of here, and was headed in a northeasterly direction...for the most part. Her steps did not seem certain. If you hurry, you might still catch her. (Optional) Gyoku: I thought you would be on your way by now. Did you lose interest in finding your friend?
Searching for signs of Yotsuyu
System: You see no sign of Yotsuyu to the north. Perhaps she is somewhere farther off to the northeast...
Searching for signs of Yotsuyu
System: Still no sign of Yotsuyu. Perhaps she is yet farther to the northeast...
Searching for signs of Yotsuyu
System: Yotsuyu is nowhere to be seen, but lying on the ground a short distance to the north, you spy a familiar-looking wide-brimmed hat...
Inspecting the bamboo hat
System: A cursory glance is all that is required to confirm your suspicions: it is the same hat Yotsuyu was wearing when you found her in Sakazuki.
Cutscene
Hien: [Forename]! Before you ask, our search of Kusakari and its surroundings has yielded exactly naught─save this chance reunion with you, I suppose.
Yugiri: Mistress Alisaie has gone to assist her brother at the castrum. It was she who informed me of the situation. I joined Lord Hien here shortly thereafter.
Hien: How did you fare at Yuzuka Manor? Any sign of our missing guest? Hien: ...Towards Namai? By the kami! If the villagers recognize her, it will not end well. Hien: We must hurry. Yugiri and I will check the paddies; the village square is yours!
Cutscene
Yotsuyu: Greetings. Might I have one of y─ Wait! Please! ...I only wanted a persimmon.
Frightened Villager: Kami save us! Her spirit has returned!
Panicked Villager: She's back from the dead to seek her revenge!
Isse: It can't be! She couldn't have survived!
Yotsuyu: What did I... Wh-What did I do?
Isse: As if you don't know!
Hien: Good people of Namai─be at ease, I pray you! You have naught to fear!
Isse: My lord, forgive me but─what is that monster doing here!? They told us she was dead!
Hien: I too was surprised to learn of her survival. Hien: More even than you, I would hazard. 'Twas I who cut her down. I who left her to her fate. Hien: But it would seem the kami had other plans. By some miracle, both she and Gosetsu were spared when the keep collapsed─though Yotsuyu's preservation came at the cost of her memory.
Isse: You're saying she's forgotten? Forgotten everything she's done!?
Panicked Villager: Lies! Lies, my lord! She would say anything to escape punishment!
Frightened Villager: What does it matter!? We have not forgotten her crimes! And we demand justice! I beg of you, Lord Hien, draw your blade and rid us of this canker!
Yotsuyu: What I saw, then. It's all true. Yotsuyu: I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry...
Isse: You're “sorry”!? And what, we're supposed to forgive you?
Azami: Here, there's no need to cry. Azami: Can't you see how scared she is? How can you be scared of her? She's not the same.
Hien: Until such time as her memories return, this woman shall be known as “Tsuyu,” and treated as a citizen of Doma. Hien: I will, however, see that she is watched at all times. Rest assured that there will be no more unannounced visits to the village. As your lord, I ask that you leave her fate in my hands, and suffer her to live. For now.
Azami: Please, Isse...
Isse: All right. I'll keep my peace. Isse: As long as you're happy. That's all that matters.