Side questLevel 16
Quest giver Falkbryda
in Western La Noscea
She has a dispatch from Commodore Reyner
: an adventurer is taking over the Sastasha Seagrot work, and it is you. She is happy to pull her men out, since forces are spread too thin. She sends you to relieve Catguistl
.
Camp Skull Valley's fight against the Sahagin: Halfstone fell when Leviathan
rose. It ends with the watch over Sastasha (MSQ #24).
Aleport and Camp Skull Valley (Ch. 7): the coast where the envoy's tour begins, facing the Sahagin and pirate smugglers.
is a happy woman, for Maelstrom Command has relieved her men of investigating the Sastasha Seagrot. Of course, what she learned this morn, you knew some time ago for the replacement is none other than yourself. You must now find Sergeant Catguistl near the cave and relieve him. has left you if not apprehensive, then certainly contemplative of entering the Seagrot.Next in the play order: My Brother's Not a Keeper. She sends a bottle of lowland wine to each of the two tidegate captains, as a small quartermaster's treat.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Halt, adventurer! Do you mean to enter the Sastasha Seagrot? I would advise against it. You'll likely perish in its labyrinthine depth. Trust me─were it not for sheer strength of will, I'd not be standing here.
Catguistl calls the Seagrot 'labyrinthine', like a maze, four times in one short talk. He says it once more in his idle line. He insists that only pure willpower kept him alive.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Commodore Reyner of the Yellowjackets sends orders from Maelstrom Command. He does not appear himself.
Falkbryda reads his dispatch. He has hired an adventurer "of excellent repute and pleasing manner" to finish the Seagrot work, and that adventurer is you. Like Falkbryda, he feels their forces are spread too thin.
Commander Falkbryda leads Camp Skull Valley. She wants a word with you before you leave the camp.
She has a dispatch from Commodore Reyner: an adventurer is taking over the Sastasha Seagrot work, and it is you. She is happy to pull her men out, since forces are spread too thin. She sends you to relieve Catguistl.
Chief Sergeant Catguistl is the officer in charge at the Sastasha Seagrot, a cave. You find him standing outside it, not inside.
He warns you the cave is a deadly maze and says only willpower kept him alive. He gladly hands the job to you and heads back to Skull Valley. He calls the cave "labyrinthine" (like a maze) four times in one talk.
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 | 重要任務はお役御免 ‘Relieved of an Important Duty’ |
|---|---|
| French | Intrigues à Port-aux-Ales ‘Intrigues at Aleport’ |
| German | Heiß erwartete Ablösung ‘Eagerly Awaited Relief’ |
I hear you're leaving us, your name─news travels fast in an encampment. Mayhap you can assist us one last time on your journey out. I have a dispatch here from Maelstrom Command─from Commodore Reyner of the Yellowjackets.
Ich habe dir etwas Erfreuliches mitzuteilen.
‘I have some pleasing news for you.’
English asks for your help one last time; German says she has good news for you.
We have been investigating the Sastasha Seagrot on their orders, but it seems they have taken on an adventurer─“of excellent repute and pleasing manner,” the commodore writes─to complete the work.
Es geht um eine Untersuchung der Sastasha-Höhle, für die der Kommandant eine fähige Heldin/einen fähigen Helden sucht.
‘It concerns an investigation of the Sastasha cave, for which the commander is looking for a capable heroine/a capable hero.’
German: Reyner is still looking for a capable hero; English: he has already hired an adventurer of excellent repute.
Now, if you...yes? Ha! This is you he speaks of? Of course! Well, Camp Skull Valley would be glad to add to the burnish of your repute. You have carried out your commissions admirably well.
いや、縁というものは奇なものだ。
‘Well, fate works in strange ways.’
Falkbryda echoes a proverb about bonds that form in ways no one can foresee. Fate sends you, of all people, to take over.
Now, if you...yes? Ha! This is you he speaks of? Of course! Well, Camp Skull Valley would be glad to add to the burnish of your repute. You have carried out your commissions admirably well.
Ich wollte gleich ausrücken, aber dann fiel mir auf, dass damit selbstverständlich du gemeint bist!
‘I was about to march out at once, but then it occurred to me that of course it is you who is meant!’
German: she nearly set out herself before realising the hero meant is you; English: she learns it from you.
Halt, adventurer! Do you mean to enter the Sastasha Seagrot? I would advise against it. You'll likely perish in its labyrinthine depth. Trust me─were it not for sheer strength of will, I'd not be standing here.
Ein Höllenschlund ist das!
‘That place is the jaws of hell!’
Catguistl first calls the cave ein Höllenschlund and warns you off. Once he learns you are his relief, he cheerfully calls the job easy. The English keeps warning you.
Halt, adventurer! Do you mean to enter the Sastasha Seagrot? I would advise against it. You'll likely perish in its labyrinthine depth. Trust me─were it not for sheer strength of will, I'd not be standing here.
Eh bien, je mets au point ma stratégie d'infiltration de la grotte marine de Sastasha.
‘Well, I'm working out my strategy for infiltrating the Sastasha Seagrot.’
English warns you against entering the Seagrot; French has him say he is planning his own way in.
Halt, adventurer! Do you mean to enter the Sastasha Seagrot? I would advise against it. You'll likely perish in its labyrinthine depth. Trust me─were it not for sheer strength of will, I'd not be standing here.
お前弱そうだし、絶対死ぬぜ？
‘You look weak, and you'll definitely die, you know?’
English warns you may perish in its labyrinthine depth; Japanese rudely says you look weak and will surely die.
What am I doing out here, you ask? This is a comely spot for strategizing, I find. Far better than the labyrinthine depth of the cave, friend. In there, none shall hear you scream─particularly since everybody else has been reassigned.
Mit mir selbst, weil man mich ja mit der Aufgabe alleine gelassen hat! Man hält mich wohl für die neue Geheimwaffe des Mahlstroms ... oder will man mich etwa loswerden?
‘With myself, since they left me alone with the job! They must take me for the Maelstrom's new secret weapon... or do they want to be rid of me?’
Left alone at the cave, Catguistl can't tell if he is prized or dumped. The English just says the others were sent elsewhere.
What am I doing out here, you ask? This is a comely spot for strategizing, I find. Far better than the labyrinthine depth of the cave, friend. In there, none shall hear you scream─particularly since everybody else has been reassigned.
Man hält mich wohl für die neue Geheimwaffe des Mahlstroms ... oder will man mich etwa loswerden?
‘They must take me for the Maelstrom's new secret weapon ... or do they want to get rid of me?’
俺は「黒渦団」のエリートで期待の新人だからして～。
‘Because I'm the Maelstrom's elite, its promising new recruit~.’
English jokes no one would hear you scream in the cave; German wonders if he is a secret weapon or being got rid of.
English jokes no one would hear you scream in the cave; Japanese boasts he is the Maelstrom's elite rookie.
What am I doing out here, you ask? This is a comely spot for strategizing, I find. Far better than the labyrinthine depth of the cave, friend. In there, none shall hear you scream─particularly since everybody else has been reassigned.
Mit mir selbst, weil man mich ja mit der Aufgabe alleine gelassen hat!
‘With myself, since they have left me alone with the task!’
ひとり作戦会議！
‘A one-man strategy meeting!’
German joke: he is holding a tactical briefing with himself, having been left alone.
Japanese joke: he is holding a strategy meeting all by himself.
My place is at a fort or on the battlefield, not crawling around a dank cave with coils of rope and sheaves of paper, fearing I shall never see daylight again. I warn you friend, there is much danger in those depths. It is─what is the word─labyrinthine, I tell you.
Es ist ein Traumjob! Ein Kinderspiel!
‘It's a dream job! Child's play!’
My place is at a fort or on the battlefield, not crawling around a dank cave with coils of rope and sheaves of paper, fearing I shall never see daylight again. I warn you friend, there is much danger in those depths. It is─what is the word─labyrinthine, I tell you.
Ach, du bist die Ablösung!?
‘Oh, you're the replacement!?’
いや～残念だなぁ、俺のホンキ見せたかったなぁ……。
‘Man, what a shame, I wanted to show you me getting serious...’
English says he belongs at a fort or battlefield, not a cave; German just realizes you are the replacement.
English says he belongs at a fort, not a dank cave; Japanese pretends to regret not showing his true strength.
My place is at a fort or on the battlefield, not crawling around a dank cave with coils of rope and sheaves of paper, fearing I shall never see daylight again. I warn you friend, there is much danger in those depths. It is─what is the word─labyrinthine, I tell you.
Es ist ein Traumjob!
‘It's a dream job!’
English warns of much danger in those depths; German calls it a dream job, child's play.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
I hear you're leaving us, your name─news travels fast in an encampment. Mayhap you can assist us one last time on your journey out. I have a dispatch here from Maelstrom Command─from Commodore Reyner of the Yellowjackets.
Ich habe dir etwas Erfreuliches mitzuteilen.
‘I have some pleasing news for you.’
English asks for your help one last time; German says she has good news for you.
We have been investigating the Sastasha Seagrot on their orders, but it seems they have taken on an adventurer─“of excellent repute and pleasing manner,” the commodore writes─to complete the work.
Es geht um eine Untersuchung der Sastasha-Höhle, für die der Kommandant eine fähige Heldin/einen fähigen Helden sucht.
‘It concerns an investigation of the Sastasha cave, for which the commander is looking for a capable heroine/a capable hero.’
German: Reyner is still looking for a capable hero; English: he has already hired an adventurer of excellent repute.
Now, if you...yes? Ha! This is you he speaks of? Of course! Well, Camp Skull Valley would be glad to add to the burnish of your repute. You have carried out your commissions admirably well.
いや、縁というものは奇なものだ。
‘Well, fate works in strange ways.’
Falkbryda echoes a proverb about bonds that form in ways no one can foresee. Fate sends you, of all people, to take over.
Ich wollte gleich ausrücken, aber dann fiel mir auf, dass damit selbstverständlich du gemeint bist!
‘I was about to march out at once, but then it occurred to me that of course it is you who is meant!’
German: she nearly set out herself before realising the hero meant is you; English: she learns it from you.
Commodore Reyner and many others in command are of the same mind as I, that we have spread our forces too thin with these tasks. I am all too happy to withdraw our men from the caves, truth be told.
Chief Sergeant Catguistl is the ranking officer at the Sastasha Seagrot. Locate him and tell him that his mission is complete, and he is ordered to report back to Skull Valley.
Halt, adventurer! Do you mean to enter the Sastasha Seagrot? I would advise against it. You'll likely perish in its labyrinthine depth. Trust me─were it not for sheer strength of will, I'd not be standing here.
Catguistl calls the Seagrot 'labyrinthine', like a maze, four times in one short talk. He says it once more in his idle line. He insists that only pure willpower kept him alive.
Ein Höllenschlund ist das!
‘That place is the jaws of hell!’
Catguistl first calls the cave ein Höllenschlund and warns you off. Once he learns you are his relief, he cheerfully calls the job easy. The English keeps warning you.
Eh bien, je mets au point ma stratégie d'infiltration de la grotte marine de Sastasha.
‘Well, I'm working out my strategy for infiltrating the Sastasha Seagrot.’
English warns you against entering the Seagrot; French has him say he is planning his own way in.
お前弱そうだし、絶対死ぬぜ？
‘You look weak, and you'll definitely die, you know?’
English warns you may perish in its labyrinthine depth; Japanese rudely says you look weak and will surely die.
What am I doing out here, you ask? This is a comely spot for strategizing, I find. Far better than the labyrinthine depth of the cave, friend. In there, none shall hear you scream─particularly since everybody else has been reassigned.
Mit mir selbst, weil man mich ja mit der Aufgabe alleine gelassen hat! Man hält mich wohl für die neue Geheimwaffe des Mahlstroms ... oder will man mich etwa loswerden?
‘With myself, since they left me alone with the job! They must take me for the Maelstrom's new secret weapon... or do they want to be rid of me?’
Left alone at the cave, Catguistl can't tell if he is prized or dumped. The English just says the others were sent elsewhere.
Man hält mich wohl für die neue Geheimwaffe des Mahlstroms ... oder will man mich etwa loswerden?
‘They must take me for the Maelstrom's new secret weapon ... or do they want to get rid of me?’
Japanese俺は「黒渦団」のエリートで期待の新人だからして～。
‘Because I'm the Maelstrom's elite, its promising new recruit~.’
English jokes no one would hear you scream in the cave; German wonders if he is a secret weapon or being got rid of.
English jokes no one would hear you scream in the cave; Japanese boasts he is the Maelstrom's elite rookie.
Mit mir selbst, weil man mich ja mit der Aufgabe alleine gelassen hat!
‘With myself, since they have left me alone with the task!’
Japaneseひとり作戦会議！
‘A one-man strategy meeting!’
German joke: he is holding a tactical briefing with himself, having been left alone.
Japanese joke: he is holding a strategy meeting all by himself.
Me, as well, you say? Back to Camp Skull Valley, and away from the labyrinthine depth of that hellhole? Most excellent. I have my principles and would willingly have sacrificed my life for the mission, but I am not grieved to cede that prospect to you─and bid this grot good day!
My place is at a fort or on the battlefield, not crawling around a dank cave with coils of rope and sheaves of paper, fearing I shall never see daylight again. I warn you friend, there is much danger in those depths. It is─what is the word─labyrinthine, I tell you.
Es ist ein Traumjob! Ein Kinderspiel!
‘It's a dream job! Child's play!’
Ach, du bist die Ablösung!?
‘Oh, you're the replacement!?’
Japaneseいや～残念だなぁ、俺のホンキ見せたかったなぁ……。
‘Man, what a shame, I wanted to show you me getting serious...’
English says he belongs at a fort or battlefield, not a cave; German just realizes you are the replacement.
English says he belongs at a fort, not a dank cave; Japanese pretends to regret not showing his true strength.
Es ist ein Traumjob!
‘It's a dream job!’
English warns of much danger in those depths; German calls it a dream job, child's play.
of Camp Skull Valley: she takes over S'nairoh
's chain (Nest We Forget) and returns at the end of Ahldfoet
's (Scythe Extra Large, I Hereby Relieve You).