Side questLevel 8
Quest giver Weitzaren
in Lower La Noscea
Weitzaren, high miller of the Grey Fleet, loves grain even more than felting wool, and makes many mill puns. He has you slay the galagos and take the flour to Skarnmhar
at the Stead. His name means "Wheat Harvest" in the old Roegadyn language.
From Niniya
's second prank to a strike on the kobolds in the Blind Iron Mines; their hoarded crystals point to Titan
. Branch: Kobolds Ahoy.
A 7-quest arc (Ch. 2): kobold raids lead to a strike in the Blind Iron Mines, and their hoarded crystals point to Titan.
, high miller of the Grey Fleet, requires the help of an able adventurer. asks that you wreak vengeance on the galagos that robbed him of his milled grains, and recover the sacks of flour they stole. at the Red Rooster Stead. is appreciative of your help, but bemoans the fact the Stead hires no guards, and he must rely on the kindness of adventurers when things go awry.Next in the play order: Kobolds and Indigents. Skarnmhar sends you to help the coachman, Wahoy Mahoy
, who is plucky but alone.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Now, felting wool is all well and good for your run-of-the-mill miller, but you know what gets my grindstone spinning? Grain!
Weitzaren can't stop making puns about mills. Some of the lines are 'run-of-the-mill miller' and 'gets my grindstone spinning'.
It's a relief you were around, but at the end of the day we're still utterly unprepared should this sort of thing happen again.
Skarnmhar worries that the Stead has no guards of its own. This sets up what comes next: the kobolds are coming.
Weitzaren is crazy about grain, and it is even in his name. In the old Roegadyn language, Weitzaren means 'Wheat Harvest'.
The Red Rooster Stead is close to kobold land, so kobolds sometimes raid it. That is why it hired a levemete, Wyrkholsk
, to sign up adventurers.
The fixed reward suits a miller's quest. It is frumenty, 'a tasty gruel of cracked wheat, raisins, and spices boiled in aldgoat milk'.
The title is a pun on 'flower power', a hippie slogan of the 1960s. It swaps the flowers for the flour the galagos stole.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Weitzaren is at the Grey Fleet. Thieving galagos have stolen four sacks of his flour, and he wants revenge.
Weitzaren, high miller of the Grey Fleet, loves grain even more than felting wool, and makes many mill puns. He has you slay the galagos and take the flour to Skarnmhar at the Stead. His name means "Wheat Harvest" in the old Roegadyn language.
Skarnmhar works at the Red Rooster Stead. Weitzaren says Skarnmhar takes care of the flour once it reaches the Stead.
Skarnmhar is relieved to get the flour back; eggs and milk are useless without it. But he worries that the Stead hires no guards, relies on kind adventurers, and is not ready if trouble comes again.
Wyrkholsk is a levemete (someone who signs up adventurers for jobs) at the Red Rooster Stead. You do not meet Wyrkholsk in this quest.
The chart's notes say the Stead lies close to kobold land, and kobolds sometimes raid it. That is why it hired Wyrkholsk.
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 | 小麦粉泥棒 ‘The Flour Thief’ |
|---|---|
| French | Rouler les galagos dans la farine ‘Rolling the Galagos in Flour’ |
| German | Haltet den Mehldieb! ‘Stop the Flour Thief!’ |
Now, felting wool is all well and good for your run-of-the-mill miller, but you know what gets my grindstone spinning? Grain!
Ils sont équipés de meules en pierre pour la mouture des grains.
‘They are equipped with millstones for grinding grain.’
Nicht nur die Webstühle für Schafwolle, sondern auch Mahlsteine, welche Weizen zu Mehl verarbeiten.
‘Not only the looms for sheep's wool, but also millstones, which grind wheat into flour.’
たとえば、石臼をひいたりな。
‘For example, turning millstones.’
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; French plainly says the mills have millstones for grain.
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; German plainly lists millstones grinding wheat into flour.
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; Japanese plainly gives turning millstones as an example.
What worth has wheat? None! But once shred into fabulous flour, even the confounded galagos can't keep their hands off of it.
Comme la métairie du Coq rouge nous fournit également du blé, nous le transformons en farine... et d'ailleurs, des galagos nous en ont chipé quatre sacs avant que tu ne viennes.
‘As the Red Rooster farm also supplies us with wheat, we turn it into flour... and in fact, some galagos swiped four sacks of it from us before you came.’
Auch der Sonnenweizen, den wir an der Gockelburg ernten, wird hier gemahlen und in Beutel abgefüllt.
‘The sun wheat we harvest at Gockelburg, too, is ground here and filled into bags.’
ここでも、レッドルースター農場で採れた小麦をひいて粉にしてるんだが……袋詰めにしておいた小麦粉を悪戯猿のガラゴが盗みやがった。
‘Here too we grind the wheat harvested at the Red Rooster farm into flour, but...’
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; French says the Red Rooster farm also supplies them with wheat.
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; German says the sun wheat harvested at Gockelburg is ground here too.
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; Japanese says they grind wheat harvested at the Red Rooster farm.
Which is precisely why I need you to slay them and recover the four sacks they pilfered!
Wenn du den Galagos eine Abreibung verpassen und mindestens vier der Beutel frisches Sonnenweizenmehl zurückholen würdest, werden sie die Lektion schon lernen und in Zukunft ihre Finger von unserem leckeren Sonnenweizenmehl lassen.
‘If you gave the galagos a thrashing and brought back at least four of the bags of fresh sun-wheat flour, they will surely learn their lesson and keep their fingers off our tasty sun-wheat flour in future.’
German wants the galagos thrashed so they learn a lesson; English asks you to slay them.
All the eggs and milk in the world don't matter a lick without flour.
J'étais persuadé d'avoir commandé quatre sacs de farine à Weitzaren.
‘I was sure I had ordered four sacks of flour from Weitzaren.’
Wo bleibt denn nur das Sonnenweizenmehl?
‘Where on earth is the sun wheat flour?’
ううん、「小麦粉袋」が届かんぞ……。
‘Hmm, the "sacks of flour" haven't arrived...’
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; French recalls ordering four sacks of flour from Weitzaren.
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; German asks where the flour is.
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; Japanese complains the flour sacks haven't arrived.
All the eggs and milk in the world don't matter a lick without flour.
まいった、このままだと出荷に影響が出ちまうな。
‘Damn, at this rate our shipments are going to be affected.’
Japanese has him fret that the late flour will delay shipments; English muses about eggs, milk and flour.
Not that flour's any good on its own, mind you. The galagos just hoard whatever they can get their filthy paws on.
Des galagos avaient volé ces quatre sacs de farine !?
‘Galagos had stolen these four sacks of flour!?’
Du musstest das Sonnenweizenmehl erst den Galagos abjagen?
‘You had to wrest the sun wheat flour from the galagos first?’
なるほど、お前が小麦をガラゴから取り戻してくれたのか。
‘I see, so you got the wheat back from the galagos for us.’
English quips that flour is no good on its own; French is shocked galagos stole the four sacks.
English quips that flour is no good on its own; German asks if you had to wrest it from galagos.
English quips that flour is no good on its own; Japanese notes you got it back from the galagos.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
Now, felting wool is all well and good for your run-of-the-mill miller, but you know what gets my grindstone spinning? Grain!
Weitzaren can't stop making puns about mills. Some of the lines are 'run-of-the-mill miller' and 'gets my grindstone spinning'.
Ils sont équipés de meules en pierre pour la mouture des grains.
‘They are equipped with millstones for grinding grain.’
GermanNicht nur die Webstühle für Schafwolle, sondern auch Mahlsteine, welche Weizen zu Mehl verarbeiten.
‘Not only the looms for sheep's wool, but also millstones, which grind wheat into flour.’
Japaneseたとえば、石臼をひいたりな。
‘For example, turning millstones.’
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; French plainly says the mills have millstones for grain.
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; German plainly lists millstones grinding wheat into flour.
English jokes that grain is what really gets his grindstone spinning; Japanese plainly gives turning millstones as an example.
What worth has wheat? None! But once shred into fabulous flour, even the confounded galagos can't keep their hands off of it.
Comme la métairie du Coq rouge nous fournit également du blé, nous le transformons en farine... et d'ailleurs, des galagos nous en ont chipé quatre sacs avant que tu ne viennes.
‘As the Red Rooster farm also supplies us with wheat, we turn it into flour... and in fact, some galagos swiped four sacks of it from us before you came.’
GermanAuch der Sonnenweizen, den wir an der Gockelburg ernten, wird hier gemahlen und in Beutel abgefüllt.
‘The sun wheat we harvest at Gockelburg, too, is ground here and filled into bags.’
Japaneseここでも、レッドルースター農場で採れた小麦をひいて粉にしてるんだが……袋詰めにしておいた小麦粉を悪戯猿のガラゴが盗みやがった。
‘Here too we grind the wheat harvested at the Red Rooster farm into flour, but...’
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; French says the Red Rooster farm also supplies them with wheat.
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; German says the sun wheat harvested at Gockelburg is ground here too.
English scoffs that wheat is worthless; Japanese says they grind wheat harvested at the Red Rooster farm.
Which is precisely why I need you to slay them and recover the four sacks they pilfered!
Wenn du den Galagos eine Abreibung verpassen und mindestens vier der Beutel frisches Sonnenweizenmehl zurückholen würdest, werden sie die Lektion schon lernen und in Zukunft ihre Finger von unserem leckeren Sonnenweizenmehl lassen.
‘If you gave the galagos a thrashing and brought back at least four of the bags of fresh sun-wheat flour, they will surely learn their lesson and keep their fingers off our tasty sun-wheat flour in future.’
German wants the galagos thrashed so they learn a lesson; English asks you to slay them.
Once you have done so, take the sacks of flour down to the Stead, and Skarnmhar will take care of the rest.
J'étais persuadé d'avoir commandé quatre sacs de farine à Weitzaren.
‘I was sure I had ordered four sacks of flour from Weitzaren.’
GermanWo bleibt denn nur das Sonnenweizenmehl?
‘Where on earth is the sun wheat flour?’
Japaneseううん、「小麦粉袋」が届かんぞ……。
‘Hmm, the "sacks of flour" haven't arrived...’
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; French recalls ordering four sacks of flour from Weitzaren.
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; German asks where the flour is.
English says eggs and milk are worthless without flour; Japanese complains the flour sacks haven't arrived.
まいった、このままだと出荷に影響が出ちまうな。
‘Damn, at this rate our shipments are going to be affected.’
Japanese has him fret that the late flour will delay shipments; English muses about eggs, milk and flour.
Not that flour's any good on its own, mind you. The galagos just hoard whatever they can get their filthy paws on.
Des galagos avaient volé ces quatre sacs de farine !?
‘Galagos had stolen these four sacks of flour!?’
GermanDu musstest das Sonnenweizenmehl erst den Galagos abjagen?
‘You had to wrest the sun wheat flour from the galagos first?’
Japaneseなるほど、お前が小麦をガラゴから取り戻してくれたのか。
‘I see, so you got the wheat back from the galagos for us.’
English quips that flour is no good on its own; French is shocked galagos stole the four sacks.
English quips that flour is no good on its own; German asks if you had to wrest it from galagos.
English quips that flour is no good on its own; Japanese notes you got it back from the galagos.
But now we've got the whole kit and caboodle, thanks to you.
It's a relief you were around, but at the end of the day we're still utterly unprepared should this sort of thing happen again.
Skarnmhar worries that the Stead has no guards of its own. This sets up what comes next: the kobolds are coming.
fools you twice: the 'dream flowers' of Making a Name, then the job at the Eyes that opens the kobold chain. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
keeps his sheep and dodos there, the kobold chain is set around it, and Moegramm's warning starts Kobolds Ahoy.
, the pumpkin grower with 'new cultivation methods', plans the kobold ambush in Bait and Swat.
's worry about the Grey Fleet mill turns out to be kobolds. Easy to miss if you skip it.
, whose mine you clear of gas, guides you through them in Kobolds Ahoy, and the kobolds hide there in Kobolds and Indigents and Bait and Swat.
of the La Thagran Checkpoint returns in Kobolds Ahoy, and remembers an older kobold war, when they tried to take the west.
says 'an onze o' prevention's worth a ponze o' cure'.