Map questLevel 13
Quest giver Hezzkhezl
in Lower La Noscea
Hezzkhezl heats rivets with the white-hot cores of lightning sprites, a kind of monster, and needs more. Delighted when you bring three, he can head to the alehouse. He credits foreman Ahtbyrm
with the idea. His name means "Hot Kettle" in old Roegadyn.
The workers behind the warship Victory; the lumber count shows Limsa may need Gridania's wood, and the story soon sends you there (MSQ #22).
needs help heating his rivets.. is delighted at your return, and tells you that it was Victory foreman Ahtbyrm who originally conceived the idea of using sprite cores to heat rivets.Next in the play order: Righting the Shipwright. Haldbroda
tells you to stop questioning his character and help search the Salt Strand for survivors of the wreck.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Leviathan's eye! Ye really done gone an' fetched me the blinkin' cores! Ahtbyrm
Sailors here swear by 'Leviathan's eye'. Also, 'fishback' is Lominsan slang for a Sahagin. Keep both names in mind, because they matter in La Noscea's main story.
In idle talk, Hezzkhezl remembers the Calamity's big wave crashing onto the coast of Limsa. Hezzkhezl also remembers how the Gods' Grip protected the docks from the worst of it.
The rivet-heater's name is a joke of its own. In old Roegadyn, Hezzkhezl means 'Hot Kettle'. That fits a man whose job is heating rivets.
The clever foreman behind the sprite-core trick has a name with a meaning too. Ahtbyrm means 'Eight Tree' in the ancient Roegadyn language.
The item text backs up the riveter's method. Blacksmiths and armorers sometimes use these white-hot cores to give heat. They do this when they drive rivets into metal plate.
The title 'Nailed It' is slang for a job done perfectly. It suits a quest for a riveter. The riveter's rivets are hammered in, much like nails.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Ahtbyrm is still leading the work on the Victory at the Moraby Drydocks.
Ahtbyrm does not speak here. Hezzkhezl mentions him as the clever foreman who thought of heating rivets with sprite cores, and says that is likely why he became chief so fast. Ahtbyrm's name means "Eight Tree" in old Roegadyn.
Hezzkhezl is a shipwright of Naldiq & Vymelli's who drives rivets, metal pins joining steel plates, on the Victory. He boasts no one rivets better.
Hezzkhezl heats rivets with the white-hot cores of lightning sprites, a kind of monster, and needs more. Delighted when you bring three, he can head to the alehouse. He credits foreman Ahtbyrm with the idea. His name means "Hot Kettle" in old Roegadyn.
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 | リベット打ちの秘訣 ‘The Secret of Riveting’ |
|---|---|
| French | Des rivets fulgurants ‘Lightning-Fast Rivets’ |
| German | Heiße Nieten halten länger ‘Hot Rivets Hold Longer’ |
When it comes to rivetin', ye could search the realm over, but ye won't find none better than Hezzkhezl. Ten score rivets a bell, I drive. Twice that if I'm not in me cups!
Moi, je me charge de souder les rivets pour assurer que les plaques de fer du navire sont bien fixées les unes aux autres.
‘Me, I take care of fixing the rivets to make sure the ship's iron plates are firmly joined to one another.’
Platten, die ich vernietet habe, sind wasserdicht auf tausend Jahre!
‘Plates that I have riveted are watertight for a thousand years!’
水漏れせんように、鉄板をガッチリと接合するにゃ、真っ赤に焼けたリベットを打ち込まにゃならん！
‘To join iron plates tight so they don't leak, you've got to drive in red-hot rivets!’
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; French just explains he rivets the ship's iron plates.
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; German boasts his plates stay watertight a thousand years.
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; Japanese explains red-hot rivets keep plates from leaking.
When it comes to rivetin', ye could search the realm over, but ye won't find none better than Hezzkhezl. Ten score rivets a bell, I drive. Twice that if I'm not in me cups!
Tu es l'aventurière/er qu'Ahtbyrm a à la bonne, n'est-ce pas ?
‘You're the adventurer Ahtbyrm has taken a liking to, aren't you?’
French opens by noting Ahtbyrm likes you; English opens with a boast that he is the realm's best riveter.
The key to drivin' rivets proper-like is how hot ye can get the buggers. The hotter the rivet, the stronger the bond she'll make with the steel plate. Problem bein', was I to heat me rivets in the forge, they'd be cold as a dead whore's crotch by the time I hauled 'em back to the Victory.
Und meine Kreiselhiebtechnik hat natürlich auch etwas damit zu tun.
‘And my spinning-strike technique naturally has something to do with it too.’
English says forge-heated rivets would go cold on the way; German credits his own spinning-strike technique.
Three cores, and I can be done with the day's work and back at the alehouse, where I belong.
Il n'y a pas mieux pour fixer les rivets.
‘There's nothing better for fixing rivets.’
リベットの加熱には、そいつがいちばん具合がいいからな。
‘For heating rivets, those work best.’
English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; French says nothing beats them for rivets.
English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; Japanese says they work best for heating rivets.
'Twas the foreman what came up with the idea to use cores to heat the rivets. A clever one, that man. Sharper than a fang in a fishback's beak. Probably is why he made chief so quick, like.
あの方は、本当に大した器だよ。造船師を志したのは、遅い方だってのに、あっという間に筆頭造船師に上りつめたからな。
‘He is truly a man of great stature. He set out to be a shipwright rather late, yet he rose to chief shipwright in no time.’
C'est vraiment quelqu'un d'admirable, tant pour son génie que pour ses qualités humaines. D'ailleurs, bien qu'il soit entré tard dans le métier, il ne lui a fallu que peu de temps pour se retrouver au poste qu'il occupe actuellement.
‘He's truly admirable, as much for his genius as for his qualities as a person. What's more, though he came to the trade late, it didn't take him long to reach the post he holds now.’
Hezzkhezl says this of Ahtbyrm. It fits a later reveal: his pirate father wanted him in the family trade. The English never says he started late.
Here too, Hezzkhezl says Ahtbyrm came late. The English praises only his cleverness.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
When it comes to rivetin', ye could search the realm over, but ye won't find none better than Hezzkhezl. Ten score rivets a bell, I drive. Twice that if I'm not in me cups!
Moi, je me charge de souder les rivets pour assurer que les plaques de fer du navire sont bien fixées les unes aux autres.
‘Me, I take care of fixing the rivets to make sure the ship's iron plates are firmly joined to one another.’
GermanPlatten, die ich vernietet habe, sind wasserdicht auf tausend Jahre!
‘Plates that I have riveted are watertight for a thousand years!’
Japanese水漏れせんように、鉄板をガッチリと接合するにゃ、真っ赤に焼けたリベットを打ち込まにゃならん！
‘To join iron plates tight so they don't leak, you've got to drive in red-hot rivets!’
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; French just explains he rivets the ship's iron plates.
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; German boasts his plates stay watertight a thousand years.
English boasts "ten score rivets a bell", twice that when sober; Japanese explains red-hot rivets keep plates from leaking.
Tu es l'aventurière/er qu'Ahtbyrm a à la bonne, n'est-ce pas ?
‘You're the adventurer Ahtbyrm has taken a liking to, aren't you?’
French opens by noting Ahtbyrm likes you; English opens with a boast that he is the realm's best riveter.
The key to drivin' rivets proper-like is how hot ye can get the buggers. The hotter the rivet, the stronger the bond she'll make with the steel plate. Problem bein', was I to heat me rivets in the forge, they'd be cold as a dead whore's crotch by the time I hauled 'em back to the Victory.
Und meine Kreiselhiebtechnik hat natürlich auch etwas damit zu tun.
‘And my spinning-strike technique naturally has something to do with it too.’
English says forge-heated rivets would go cold on the way; German credits his own spinning-strike technique.
'Tis why I use the white-hot cores o' lightnin' sprites...but as ye can see, me supply's runnin' a tad low. If it ain't too much trouble, would ye be so kind as to fetch me some? Ye look as if ye could take on a whole pack o' sprites with one hand tied behind yer arse.
Three cores, and I can be done with the day's work and back at the alehouse, where I belong.
Il n'y a pas mieux pour fixer les rivets.
‘There's nothing better for fixing rivets.’
Japaneseリベットの加熱には、そいつがいちばん具合がいいからな。
‘For heating rivets, those work best.’
English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; French says nothing beats them for rivets.
English says three cores let him finish work and return to the alehouse; Japanese says they work best for heating rivets.
Leviathan's eye! Ye really done gone an' fetched me the blinkin' cores! Ahtbyrm'll be right pleased to see that, he will.
Sailors here swear by 'Leviathan's eye'. Also, 'fishback' is Lominsan slang for a Sahagin. Keep both names in mind, because they matter in La Noscea's main story.
'Twas the foreman what came up with the idea to use cores to heat the rivets. A clever one, that man. Sharper than a fang in a fishback's beak. Probably is why he made chief so quick, like.
あの方は、本当に大した器だよ。造船師を志したのは、遅い方だってのに、あっという間に筆頭造船師に上りつめたからな。
‘He is truly a man of great stature. He set out to be a shipwright rather late, yet he rose to chief shipwright in no time.’
FrenchC'est vraiment quelqu'un d'admirable, tant pour son génie que pour ses qualités humaines. D'ailleurs, bien qu'il soit entré tard dans le métier, il ne lui a fallu que peu de temps pour se retrouver au poste qu'il occupe actuellement.
‘He's truly admirable, as much for his genius as for his qualities as a person. What's more, though he came to the trade late, it didn't take him long to reach the post he holds now.’
Hezzkhezl says this of Ahtbyrm. It fits a later reveal: his pirate father wanted him in the family trade. The English never says he started late.
Here too, Hezzkhezl says Ahtbyrm came late. The English praises only his cleverness.