Bearing with It

Bearing With It

Quest giver

Y'shtola

Location

The Rak'tika Greatwood (X:38.4, Y:13.5)

Quest line

Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests

Level

75

Experience

 223,200

Gil

 1,033

Previous quest

The Burden of Knowledge

Next quest

Out of the Wood
The Stewards of Note

Patch

5.0

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Main Scenario Progress: 604 / 968 (62.4%)

   

Shadowbringers Progress: 63 / 157 (40.1%)

   

“

Y'shtola wears a haunted expression, Emet-Selch's words having clearly found their mark.

— In-game description

Steps

• Speak with Almet.
• Speak with Runar.

Journal

• Y'shtola wears a haunted expression, Emet-Selch's words having clearly found their mark.

Dialogue

Optional

Minfilia: Thancred did tell me about primals...but I don't fully understand what all of this means.

Urianger: 'Tis oft said truth is a matter of perspective. Yet upon this matter, there can be but one truth. I only pray it is not his.

Thancred: The eldest and most powerful of primals... Gods. If that were Hydaelyn's origin, then what would that make─
...No. No, I will not take the words of an Ascian on trust. It has to be a lie. 

Accepting the Quest

Y'shtola: Though recent events plainly warrant further discussion, I think it best that we wait until Alphinaud and the others are present.
Y'shtola: ...Emet-Selch included. How convenient that he should choose this moment to keep to the shadows. 
Y'shtola: Well...no matter. For the present, we should return to Fanow and make certain of the Eulmorans' withdrawal. 
Y'shtola: After that, Slitherbough. The Blessed are no doubt elated by what has become of the sky. 

Optional

Uimet: What has happened to the sky!? I have never seen anything like it!

Cymet: The sky, it...it is beautiful.

Speaking with Almet (Cutscene)

Almet: You are returned. And unharmed, I see. 

Y'shtola: Indeed. I am pleased to report that the Lightwarden is no more, thanks in large part to you. 

Almet: That the death of a single sin eater should make such a difference...
Almet: As our numbers waned, so too did our hope that the ruins we have devoted our lives to guarding would ever find purpose. 
Almet: Yet here you are, the allies for whom we have waited these many centuries. And with your arrival came the chance to pass on our legacy─the ancient wisdom of the empire. 
Almet: That alone would have been reward enough... Never did we imagine it would serve to banish the Light that pervaded these woods. 
Almet: On behalf of the Viis, our forebears, and the late emperor of Ronka, you have our deepest thanks. 

Y'shtola: It is we who should be thanking you. Our journey through the Qitana Ravel proved...most enlightening. 
Y'shtola: To be privy to such knowledge is an honor. One for which we never hoped... 

Cymet: Please, you need not be so humble! 

Almet: We but do our duty as decreed by the late emperor. Would that he were still with us to express his gratitude in person. 

Uimet: But Sister, does this not mean our duty is fulfilled? 

Almet: To our allies, perhaps, but the ruins cannot be left unguarded. 
Almet: So long as we live here in these woods, the secrets of Ronka must not fall into the wrong hands.

Minfilia: Is Runar still here? 

Almet: No, we escorted him back to Slitherbough shortly after you set out. 
Almet: If you would return to the Night's Blessed, we will not keep you any longer. I suspect they would be glad of your company. 

Y'shtola: Thank you, Almet. I look forward to a day when we might share a more leisurely visit to the ruins of Ronka. 

Almet: We will await your return, then. 

Optional

Almet: Should you have need of the wisdom of Ronka again, you know where to find us.

Uimet: Be it a year from now or ten, we look forward to your return.

Cymet: Perhaps someday we will visit your home instead.

Speaking with Runar (Cutscene)

Runar: Ah, you are returned! And none the worse for wear, I see. 

Y'shtola: You needn't worry about us. What became of the Eulmoran soldiers, more importantly? 

Runar: They turned tail and fled at the sight of the night sky. 
Runar: The Children of the Everlasting Dark have also retreated back to Woven Oath. 
Runar: Try as they might, they could not deny the truth of their own eyes... 
Runar: The sunless sea of heaven, full of love and grace, where none need know pain or suffering. 
Runar: In that moment, when the sky's light began to wane, I knew our prayers had been answered. 
Runar: ...That we were doomed to face oblivion at life's end no longer.  
Runar: When first we met, I harbored certain suspicions about you. Now I see that I was right. 
Runar: You are the Bringers of Shadow. The Warriors of Darkness. The saviors for whom we have prayed for so long.

Y'shtola: I suppose you're not entirely wrong... 
Y'shtola: But we are not worthy of your reverence, nor have we any desire to be worshipped. If you would pray, pray for your children, that they may one day know a better world. 

Runar: ...I will do as you say. But please, let us at least hold a feast to celebrate your victory. You deserve that much. 

Y'shtola: I am sorry, Runar, but there is still much to be done, and scant time in which to do it. 
Y'shtola: We must go─all of us. For we share the same path and the same fate. 

Runar: So be it. I ask only that you hold us in your hearts, as we will hold you in ours, now and ever after. By the boundless dark, this I swear.