Side questLevel 16
Quest giver Wiltswys
in Western La Noscea
She sends a bottle of lowland wine to each of the two tidegate captains, as a small quartermaster's treat. The tidegates guard narrow channels against the Sahagin. She admits the captains are brothers who bicker almost all the time.
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 practically humming as she devises a new task for you to undertake. has a mind to send a bottle of lowland wine each to the captains of the two tidegates. First, take the wine to Captain Sthalrhet
at South Tidegate. is yours to decide. bids you take the second bottle to Captain Nortmoen
, brother to Sthalrhet. Deliver the wine to the good captain at North Tidegate. is taken with Wiltswys's choice of the vintage, until the alchemy of sibling rivalry transmutes the mild approval into love that pits brother against brother. How will the capable Wiltswys handle the logistics of this bizarre triangle?The brothers' long fight goes on after this quest. At level 48 it returns in Sibling Rivalry, a fitting name. There, two 'perfectly equal' sets of food rations still start an argument.
The journal jokes that it is 'yours to decide' how much of Sthalrhet's rude reply to pass on. Yet there is no real choice. Wiltswys only asks if he took it well.
The brothers' long fight goes on after this quest. At level 48 it returns in Sibling Rivalry, a fitting name. There, two 'perfectly equal' sets of food rations still start an argument.
The Lowland White you deliver has item text that praises its strong citrus taste. It also mentions hints of apple, pear and cinnamon. But most sailors say it 'tastes like wine'.
The title twists Cain's question 'Am I my brother's keeper?' (Genesis 4:9) for these rival brothers. It also adds 'a keeper', slang for a partner worth keeping.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Wiltswys, the quartermaster at Camp Skull Valley, has warmed up to you and is planning a new task.
She sends a bottle of lowland wine to each of the two tidegate captains, as a small quartermaster's treat. The tidegates guard narrow channels against the Sahagin. She admits the captains are brothers who bicker almost all the time.
Captain Sthalrhet commands South Tidegate, the gate that guards the narrow channel south of Camp Skull Valley.
He takes the wine as a sign that Wiltswys is sweet on him, and talks about her in a bold, flirty way. He boasts that women always liked him. He mentions his brother, the captain of North Tidegate.
Captain Nortmoen commands North Tidegate, the gate on the northern channel of Camp Skull Valley. He has no time for idlers.
He calls Wiltswys mousy but praises her taste in wine. When he hears his brother Sthalrhet got a bottle too, he gets jealous. He insists her gift is only professional, and vows to keep his brother away from "that lovely girl."
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 | 防波壁の兄弟 ‘The Brothers of the Seawall’ |
|---|---|
| French | Frères de garde ‘Brothers on Guard’ |
| German | Brüderliche Liebe ‘Brotherly Love’ |
Please take the first bottle to Captain Sthalrhet of South Tidegate.
Der Hauptmann des Südwalls ist Großsturmbootsmann Sthalrhet.
‘The captain of South Tidegate is grand storm boatswain Sthalrhet.’
Both tidegate captains hold this navy-style rank. Only their post makes them captains.
A bottle of lowland from Sergeant Wiltswys? Now isn't that something. And isn't she something─crisp yet full-bodied, is my guess. You know, didn't think I had a chance with a woman like that, but looks like she's sweet on me!
はは～ん、やっぱ俺にホの字だな！
‘Heh, so she's smitten with me after all!’
「ホの字」, 'the letter ho', is slang for being smitten. Ho is the first kana of 惚れる, 'to fall for someone'. The English 'sweet on me' drops the pun.
A bottle of lowland from Sergeant Wiltswys? Now isn't that something. And isn't she something─crisp yet full-bodied, is my guess. You know, didn't think I had a chance with a woman like that, but looks like she's sweet on me!
C'est vraiment adorable.
‘That's really adorable.’
English jokes that she is crisp yet full-bodied, like the wine; French just calls the gift adorable.
Always was popular with the fairer sex, if I say so myself. I have a brother, you heard about that? He's the captain of North Tidegate. Like as peas in a pod, they say, but they never popped those peas out of the pod, if you take my meaning.
北の防波壁にいるモテない馬鹿兄貴とは大違いだ！
‘I'm nothing like my idiot big brother who can't get a girl over at North Tidegate!’
Sthalrhet's words make Nortmoen clearly the elder. The English never says which is older.
Always was popular with the fairer sex, if I say so myself. I have a brother, you heard about that? He's the captain of North Tidegate. Like as peas in a pod, they say, but they never popped those peas out of the pod, if you take my meaning.
On ne s'entend pas très bien, lui et moi.
‘We don't get along very well, he and I.’
Der hat nämlich ein Auge auf Wiltswys geworfen.
‘He has his eye on Wiltswys, you see.’
French plainly says the brothers don't get along; English makes a bawdy peas-in-a-pod joke instead.
German: he says his "stupid brother" also fancies Wiltswys and will be gutted; no peas-in-a-pod joke.
Wiltswys, Wiltswys. Got a way about her, she does. Cool as spray, but there's fire there and welcome she is to show me the light and scorch off every stitch 'tween the two of us...
はぁぁ～、ウィルトスィスちゃん……。あの幸薄そうなカンジがたまらないんだよなぁ。
‘Sigh, Wiltswys-chan... That ill-starred, unlucky air of hers just gets me.’
A cutesy '-chan' is odd for a sergeant. Sthalrhet finds Wiltswys's gloomy look irresistible.
Wiltswys, Wiltswys. Got a way about her, she does. Cool as spray, but there's fire there and welcome she is to show me the light and scorch off every stitch 'tween the two of us...
Elle me plaît bien...
‘I quite like her...’
Ich werde die Flasche in aller Ruhe genießen.
‘I'll enjoy the bottle at my leisure.’
English hints she may scorch off every stitch between them; French simply says he likes her.
English hints she may scorch off every stitch between them; German says he will enjoy the bottle in peace.
Wiltswys, Wiltswys. Got a way about her, she does. Cool as spray, but there's fire there and welcome she is to show me the light and scorch off every stitch 'tween the two of us...
Bitte richte Wiltswys meine besten Grüße aus.
‘Please give Wiltswys my best regards.’
English admires the way she has about her; German asks you to pass on his best regards.
Wiltswys, Wiltswys. Got a way about her, she does. Cool as spray, but there's fire there and welcome she is to show me the light and scorch off every stitch 'tween the two of us...
あの幸薄そうなカンジがたまらないんだよなぁ。
‘That air of hers, as if she's had little luck in life, is just irresistible.’
English says she is cool as spray with fire beneath; Japanese loves her ill-fated, unlucky air.
Halt, adventurer! North Tidegate is no place for idlers.
Oh, guten Abend/Tag, Abenteurerin/Abenteurer!
‘Oh, good evening/day, adventurer!’
English gruffly halts you as an idler; German greets you politely.
Halt, adventurer! North Tidegate is no place for idlers.
ここは危険だぜ、怪我しないうちに帰りなよ。
‘It's dangerous here, go home before you get hurt.’
English says North Tidegate is no place for idlers; Japanese warns it is dangerous and to leave before getting hurt.
Wiltswys? The quartermaster, that mousy-looking girl? Still, she has excellent taste in wine. And must be a mind reader, for I've a supper of ocean cloud waiting that wants nothing more than a glass of lowland vintage.
Et on dirait qu'elle a lu dans mes pensées, parce que j'ai justement une assiette de sashimis de méduse qui n'attendait qu'un verre de bon vin.
‘And it seems she read my mind, because I happen to have a plate of jellyfish sashimi that was just waiting for a glass of good wine.’
Passt ja ausgezeichnet zu meinem Quallensteak, das ich mir für heute Abend aufgehoben habe.
‘It goes excellently with my jellyfish steak, which I saved for this evening.’
今晩は大好物の浮クラゲの刺身で酒盛りだな！
‘Tonight I am having a drinking bout over my favourite, sashimi of floating jellyfish!’
Nortmoen says plainly what he will eat. The English only calls the dish 'ocean cloud'.
German calls the dish a jellyfish steak; English names it "ocean cloud".
Japanese names the dish floating-jellyfish sashimi, his favourite; English calls it "ocean cloud".
Wiltswys? The quartermaster, that mousy-looking girl? Still, she has excellent taste in wine. And must be a mind reader, for I've a supper of ocean cloud waiting that wants nothing more than a glass of lowland vintage.
Wie aufmerksam von ihr.
‘How thoughtful of her.’
おお、気が利くねぇ～！
‘Ooh, how thoughtful of her!’
German has no dismissive "mousy-looking girl"; he is simply pleased with her.
Japanese Nortmoen is delighted from the start; English first dismisses her as mousy-looking.
So...sent you over with a bottle just for me, huh? What? Sent one to that backbirth in South Tidegate too? Oh, you know what he's going to think now, that she's his for the taking, that strutting...!
Habe ich es doch gewusst, dass Wiltswys auf mich steht ... Wen wundert's? Auf mich fliegen die Frauen.
‘I knew Wiltswys was into me... Who's surprised? Women fall for me.’
Nortmoen is as vain as his brother. In English he calls Wiltswys's gift purely professional.
So...sent you over with a bottle just for me, huh? What? Sent one to that backbirth in South Tidegate too? Oh, you know what he's going to think now, that she's his for the taking, that strutting...!
Auf mich fliegen die Frauen.
‘Women fall for me.’
いや～照れるぜ。
‘Oh man, I'm blushing.’
English fumes that his brother got a bottle too; German boasts that women fall for him.
English fumes that his brother got a bottle too; Japanese just blushes, sure that she likes him.
So...sent you over with a bottle just for me, huh? What? Sent one to that backbirth in South Tidegate too? Oh, you know what he's going to think now, that she's his for the taking, that strutting...!
それにしても……ウィルトスィスちゃんは、やっぱり俺のこと……ぐふふふ……。
‘Even so... Wiltswys really does — me — heh heh heh...’
Japanese: he only gloats that she must like him; he never hears his brother got a bottle too.
Well, he's got another think coming, misunderstanding an innocent kindness like that. She's a quartermaster, doesn't he know this is a─a professional interest? That goatish fool! I won't have him bothering that lovely girl!
Der Arme hat sich in Wiltswys verknallt, obwohl sie doch nur Augen für mich hat.
‘The poor guy has a crush on Wiltswys, even though she only has eyes for me.’
Well, he's got another think coming, misunderstanding an innocent kindness like that. She's a quartermaster, doesn't he know this is a─a professional interest? That goatish fool! I won't have him bothering that lovely girl!
Na, Pech für ihn!
‘Well, tough luck for him!’
どっかの出来の悪い弟が、横恋慕を仕掛けてきやがるが、俺の鉄拳でブッ飛ばしてやるぜ！
‘Some good-for-nothing younger brother is trying to cut in, but I'll send him flying with my iron fist!’
English vows to stop his brother bothering her; German just gloats that it is tough luck for him.
English won't let his brother bother her; Japanese vows to knock his brother flying with his fist.
Well, he's got another think coming, misunderstanding an innocent kindness like that. She's a quartermaster, doesn't he know this is a─a professional interest? That goatish fool! I won't have him bothering that lovely girl!
あのコを幸せにするのは……俺だけだぁ！
‘The one who'll make that girl happy is... me alone!’
English claims her kindness is a professional interest; Japanese says only he will make her happy.
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Camp Skull Valley was built to hold against attacks from the sea. To the north and south lie narrow channels, with a tidegate each to hold the Sahagin at bay.
Will you deliver a bottle of lowland wine to the captains of North and South Tidegate? Call it a small privilege of the quartermaster.
Please take the first bottle to Captain Sthalrhet of South Tidegate.
Der Hauptmann des Südwalls ist Großsturmbootsmann Sthalrhet.
‘The captain of South Tidegate is grand storm boatswain Sthalrhet.’
Both tidegate captains hold this navy-style rank. Only their post makes them captains.
Hail, adventurer. What brings you to South Tidegate?
A bottle of lowland from Sergeant Wiltswys? Now isn't that something. And isn't she something─crisp yet full-bodied, is my guess. You know, didn't think I had a chance with a woman like that, but looks like she's sweet on me!
はは～ん、やっぱ俺にホの字だな！
‘Heh, so she's smitten with me after all!’
「ホの字」, 'the letter ho', is slang for being smitten. Ho is the first kana of 惚れる, 'to fall for someone'. The English 'sweet on me' drops the pun.
C'est vraiment adorable.
‘That's really adorable.’
English jokes that she is crisp yet full-bodied, like the wine; French just calls the gift adorable.
Always was popular with the fairer sex, if I say so myself. I have a brother, you heard about that? He's the captain of North Tidegate. Like as peas in a pod, they say, but they never popped those peas out of the pod, if you take my meaning.
北の防波壁にいるモテない馬鹿兄貴とは大違いだ！
‘I'm nothing like my idiot big brother who can't get a girl over at North Tidegate!’
Sthalrhet's words make Nortmoen clearly the elder. The English never says which is older.
On ne s'entend pas très bien, lui et moi.
‘We don't get along very well, he and I.’
GermanDer hat nämlich ein Auge auf Wiltswys geworfen.
‘He has his eye on Wiltswys, you see.’
French plainly says the brothers don't get along; English makes a bawdy peas-in-a-pod joke instead.
German: he says his "stupid brother" also fancies Wiltswys and will be gutted; no peas-in-a-pod joke.
Wiltswys, Wiltswys. Got a way about her, she does. Cool as spray, but there's fire there and welcome she is to show me the light and scorch off every stitch 'tween the two of us...
はぁぁ～、ウィルトスィスちゃん……。あの幸薄そうなカンジがたまらないんだよなぁ。
‘Sigh, Wiltswys-chan... That ill-starred, unlucky air of hers just gets me.’
A cutesy '-chan' is odd for a sergeant. Sthalrhet finds Wiltswys's gloomy look irresistible.
Elle me plaît bien...
‘I quite like her...’
GermanIch werde die Flasche in aller Ruhe genießen.
‘I'll enjoy the bottle at my leisure.’
English hints she may scorch off every stitch between them; French simply says he likes her.
English hints she may scorch off every stitch between them; German says he will enjoy the bottle in peace.
Bitte richte Wiltswys meine besten Grüße aus.
‘Please give Wiltswys my best regards.’
English admires the way she has about her; German asks you to pass on his best regards.
あの幸薄そうなカンジがたまらないんだよなぁ。
‘That air of hers, as if she's had little luck in life, is just irresistible.’
English says she is cool as spray with fire beneath; Japanese loves her ill-fated, unlucky air.
Ah, there you are. Did Captain Sthalrhet receive it well? The other bottle is for Captain Nortmoen of North Tidegate.
I should have mentioned, they're brothers in blood as well as arms. You'd think them closer for it, but the bickering is well-nigh constant.
Oh, guten Abend/Tag, Abenteurerin/Abenteurer!
‘Oh, good evening/day, adventurer!’
English gruffly halts you as an idler; German greets you politely.
ここは危険だぜ、怪我しないうちに帰りなよ。
‘It's dangerous here, go home before you get hurt.’
English says North Tidegate is no place for idlers; Japanese warns it is dangerous and to leave before getting hurt.
Wiltswys? The quartermaster, that mousy-looking girl? Still, she has excellent taste in wine. And must be a mind reader, for I've a supper of ocean cloud waiting that wants nothing more than a glass of lowland vintage.
Et on dirait qu'elle a lu dans mes pensées, parce que j'ai justement une assiette de sashimis de méduse qui n'attendait qu'un verre de bon vin.
‘And it seems she read my mind, because I happen to have a plate of jellyfish sashimi that was just waiting for a glass of good wine.’
GermanPasst ja ausgezeichnet zu meinem Quallensteak, das ich mir für heute Abend aufgehoben habe.
‘It goes excellently with my jellyfish steak, which I saved for this evening.’
Japanese今晩は大好物の浮クラゲの刺身で酒盛りだな！
‘Tonight I am having a drinking bout over my favourite, sashimi of floating jellyfish!’
Nortmoen says plainly what he will eat. The English only calls the dish 'ocean cloud'.
German calls the dish a jellyfish steak; English names it "ocean cloud".
Japanese names the dish floating-jellyfish sashimi, his favourite; English calls it "ocean cloud".
Wie aufmerksam von ihr.
‘How thoughtful of her.’
Japaneseおお、気が利くねぇ～！
‘Ooh, how thoughtful of her!’
German has no dismissive "mousy-looking girl"; he is simply pleased with her.
Japanese Nortmoen is delighted from the start; English first dismisses her as mousy-looking.
So...sent you over with a bottle just for me, huh? What? Sent one to that backbirth in South Tidegate too? Oh, you know what he's going to think now, that she's his for the taking, that strutting...!
Habe ich es doch gewusst, dass Wiltswys auf mich steht ... Wen wundert's? Auf mich fliegen die Frauen.
‘I knew Wiltswys was into me... Who's surprised? Women fall for me.’
Nortmoen is as vain as his brother. In English he calls Wiltswys's gift purely professional.
Auf mich fliegen die Frauen.
‘Women fall for me.’
Japaneseいや～照れるぜ。
‘Oh man, I'm blushing.’
English fumes that his brother got a bottle too; German boasts that women fall for him.
English fumes that his brother got a bottle too; Japanese just blushes, sure that she likes him.
それにしても……ウィルトスィスちゃんは、やっぱり俺のこと……ぐふふふ……。
‘Even so... Wiltswys really does — me — heh heh heh...’
Japanese: he only gloats that she must like him; he never hears his brother got a bottle too.
Well, he's got another think coming, misunderstanding an innocent kindness like that. She's a quartermaster, doesn't he know this is a─a professional interest? That goatish fool! I won't have him bothering that lovely girl!
Der Arme hat sich in Wiltswys verknallt, obwohl sie doch nur Augen für mich hat.
‘The poor guy has a crush on Wiltswys, even though she only has eyes for me.’
Na, Pech für ihn!
‘Well, tough luck for him!’
Japaneseどっかの出来の悪い弟が、横恋慕を仕掛けてきやがるが、俺の鉄拳でブッ飛ばしてやるぜ！
‘Some good-for-nothing younger brother is trying to cut in, but I'll send him flying with my iron fist!’
English vows to stop his brother bothering her; German just gloats that it is tough luck for him.
English won't let his brother bother her; Japanese vows to knock his brother flying with his fist.
あのコを幸せにするのは……俺だけだぁ！
‘The one who'll make that girl happy is... me alone!’
English claims her kindness is a professional interest; Japanese says only he will make her happy.
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).