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Call of the Forest

Quest giver Baderon in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks

Summary and analysis

SummaryAnalysis

He admits he knows nothing more about the task, but trusts you after the chaos in Sastasha. He sends you to Mother Miounne, his counterpart in Gridania. Miounne calls him a "foul-mouthed rogue."

The envoy's tour

The envoy's tour takes you beyond Limsa: three dungeon quests, at Sastasha, in Gridania and in Ul'dah.

What happens, step by step

  1. Baderon has information on a new task.
  2. According to Baderon, the Adventurers' Guild in Gridania is recruiting people for an as-yet-undisclosed task. You can learn more by speaking with Miounne, the proprietress of the Carline Canopy.
  3. You have expressed your interest in the task to Miounne. Let her know when you are ready to hear the details.
Where it leads

Next in the play order: Fire in the Gloom. She describes the Tam–Tara Deepcroft, a Gelmorran settlement where Gridanians bury their dead.

Key lines explained

The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.

Speak with Miounne at the Carline Canopy in Gridania.

MiounneOh? Not here to dine? Dare I hope that you're the adventurer Baderon sent word about? ...You are!? The Matron be praised!
Lore

Limsans swear by the Navigator, Llymlaen. Miounne says 'The Matron be praised!', and the Matron is Nophica. Nophica is Gridania's guardian goddess. In myth, Nophica is also Llymlaen's younger sister.

Characters

Who they are, and what they do in this quest.

Baderon

Baderon has a new job for you, sent by the sister guild in Gridania.

He admits he knows nothing more about the task, but trusts you after the chaos in Sastasha. He sends you to Mother Miounne, his counterpart in Gridania. Miounne calls him a "foul-mouthed rogue."

Mother Miounne

Mother Miounne runs the Carline Canopy in Gridania. She is Baderon's counterpart there.

She first greets you as a diner, then is delighted to learn you are the adventurer Baderon sent. She offers to brief you when you are ready. She cries "The Matron be praised!" A chart note says the Matron is Nophica, Gridania's guardian goddess.

Other languages

The game was written in Japanese and rewritten, not just translated, for each language. Here is what the other versions say, next to the English.

Japanese森都で待つ仕事
‘A Job Awaiting in the Forest City’
FrenchL'appel de la forêt
‘The Call of the Forest’
GermanDer Ruf des Waldes
‘The Call of the Forest’
English, Miounne

The foul-mouthed rogue sends me word that an adventurer might be along for the job, and it turns out to be you! Well, this makes things a lot easier, doesn't it?

German

Der schmierige Thekenhai hat eine Abenteurerin/einen Abenteurer angekündigt, aber ich hätte nicht mit dir gerechnet.

‘The greasy bar shark announced an adventurer, but I wouldn't have reckoned on you.’

German insult for Baderon is "greasy bar shark"; English says "foul-mouthed rogue".

English, Miounne

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Miounne, and the Carline Canopy is my place.

Japanese

僕がミューヌさ。この茶房「カーラインカフェ」のマスターだよ。

‘I'Miounne, that's me. I run this tearoom, the Carline Canopy.’

「僕」 (boku) means 'I', a word normally used by men and boys. Miounne talks in a breezy, boyish way the English does not keep.

English, Miounne

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Miounne, and the Carline Canopy is my place.

German

Das Hexenstübchen trägt ja nicht umsonst meinen Namen.

‘It's not for nothing that the Witch's Parlor bears my name, after all.’

English simply says the Carline Canopy is her place; German jokes the Witch's Parlor bears her name for good reason.

Full dialogue

Read all 9 lines, with the notes

Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.

Accepting the quest

Baderon

Ready to 'ear about that job, then? Like I said, the request comes from our sister guild in Gridania.

Baderon

...An' that's all I know. But whatever it is ye get asked to do, I some'ow doubt it'd pose any trouble fer a 'venturer as survived the bedlam in Sastasha.

Baderon

If ye think ye might be interested, ye'll want to 'ave words with Mother Miounne, me counterpart in Gridania. Good luck, lass/mate!

Speak with Miounne at the Carline Canopy in Gridania.

Miounne

Take a seat wherever you like, friend. Our waitress will come to take your─

Miounne

Oh, it's you, your name! 'Tis so good to see you again! ...What's that? Here at Baderon's suggestion, you say?

Miounne

The foul-mouthed rogue sends me word that an adventurer might be along for the job, and it turns out to be you! Well, this makes things a lot easier, doesn't it?

Miounne

Oh? Not here to dine? Dare I hope that you're the adventurer Baderon sent word about? ...You are!? The Matron be praised!

Miounne

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Miounne, and the Carline Canopy is my place.

Miounne

With regard to the task in question, there is a fair bit to tell. Let me know when you're ready to hear the details, and I shall brief you.

Where it sits in the play order, on Quest Order Wiki