Main story #13Level 11
Quest giver H'naanza
in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
H'naanza sends you with a letter to Ahtbyrm
, the head shipwright at the Moraby Drydocks. Her guild forges the ship's parts, while the building happens at the docks. She sees passing on the armorer's skills as her "Builder-given duty".
The warship Victory, a symbol of Limsa's rebirth, and the pirate plot to sabotage it; a coded missive leads on.
, head of Naldiq & Vymelli's, wants you to assist with the workload over at the Moraby Drydocks. has requested your assistance in handling any miscellaneous tasks. Your first job requires you to deliver a missive to Ahtbyrm, the head shipwright at the Moraby Drydocks.Before the Calamity, only the Armorers' Guild could build at the Drydocks. This was to stop sabotage. Now they are short of workers, so they hire ex-pirates too. Remember this when the Victory is in danger (step 17).
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
We may have lost the bulk of our ships that fateful day, but starting with this beauty, we will restore the Maelstrom's fleet to its former glory. The Victory is more than a simple warship─it is the symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth from the wreckage wrought by the coming of the Seventh Umbral Era.
Since the Calamity, Eorzea is in its 'Seventh Umbral Era', an age of hardship. Astral eras bring good times. Remember this when you meet the Scions of the Seventh Dawn at step 29.
H'naanza sees it as her 'Builder-given duty'. That duty is to pass on the armorer's skills to the next generation of skilled workers.
Before the Calamity, only the Armorers' Guild could build at the Drydocks. This was to stop sabotage. Now they are short of workers, so they hire ex-pirates too. Remember this when the Victory is in danger (step 17).
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Forgemaster H'naanza heads Naldiq & Vymelli's. Her company struggles to build a huge warship because it is short of artisans.
H'naanza sends you with a letter to Ahtbyrm, the head shipwright at the Moraby Drydocks. Her guild forges the ship's parts, while the building happens at the docks. She sees passing on the armorer's skills as her "Builder-given duty".
Ahtbyrm is the head shipwright at the Moraby Drydocks. He is waiting for materials he ordered over a month ago.
Ahtbyrm is angry at another delay, then says sorry to you, the messenger. He leads work on the Victory, the first new warship since the Calamity, the disaster that sank most of their ships. To him it is a symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth.
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 | モラビー造船廠へ ‘To the Moraby Shipyard’ |
|---|---|
| French | Sur le chantier de la gloire ‘On the Worksite of Glory’ |
| German | Dockarbeit ‘Dock Work’ |
If you've no confidence in your sense of direction, you'd be best served making use of the chocobo porters. First floor of the Mizzenmast, in case you were wondering.
Falls du dir unsicher bist, wie du dort am besten hinkommst, dann nimm doch vom Erdgeschoss des Gaffelschoners aus einen Linien-Chocobo.
‘If you are not sure how best to get there, take a chocobo porter from the ground floor of the Gaff Schooner.’
The inn is named after a whole sailing ship, a gaff schooner, where the English Mizzenmast is a single mast.
Should you choose to make the trek on your own two feet, leave the city through the Tempest Gate and follow the road south. May the Navigator guide your steps.
C'est assez urgent, alors je compte sur toi pour te dépêcher.
‘It's rather urgent, so I'm counting on you to hurry.’
Und ich wäre dir dankbar, wenn du dich beeilen könntest.
‘And I'd be grateful if you could hurry.’
それじゃ、急いで頼むよ。
‘Well then, hurry, I'm counting on you.’
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; French says it is urgent and asks you to hurry.
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; German asks you to hurry.
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; Japanese asks you to hurry.
Blast and botheration! Another delay? I am well aware of the shortage of skilled artisans, but this is insufferable!
Mille sabords ! Encore des retards !?
‘Blistering barnacles! More delays!?’
Mille sabords !
‘A thousand portholes!’
Ahtbyrm swears a sailors' mock oath from adventure novels, best known as Captain Haddock's in Hergé's Tintin.
French uses a nautical oath, literally "a thousand portholes"; English says "Blast and botheration".
My apologies. The messenger does not deserve to bear the brunt of my frustration. Might I have your name?
Oh, excuse-moi, j'ai oublié de te remercier.
‘Oh, sorry, I forgot to thank you.’
English apologizes for venting his frustration at the messenger; French apologizes for forgetting to thank you.
We may have lost the bulk of our ships that fateful day, but starting with this beauty, we will restore the Maelstrom's fleet to its former glory. The Victory is more than a simple warship─it is the symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth from the wreckage wrought by the coming of the Seventh Umbral Era.
Die Victory ist nur der Anfang!
‘The Victory is only the beginning!’
English calls the Victory the symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth; German calls it only the beginning.
Yet even with such unprecedented measures, there are never enough hands to handle the abundance of tasks. Should you choose to linger at the docks for a time, there is no end of odd jobs for a hardworking adventurer. Be you fair warned─there is no place here for layabouts and troublemakers.
N'hésite donc pas à me demander, si tu veux contribuer au plus grand projet industriel limséen en cours.
‘So don't hesitate to ask me if you want to contribute to the biggest Limsan industrial project under way.’
冒険者のお前にも、頼みたい仕事が山とあるから、ぜひとも協力してくれよ、頼んだぞ。
‘There's a mountain of jobs I'd like to ask even you, an adventurer, to do, so please do lend a hand, I'm counting on you.’
English warns that layabouts and troublemakers have no place here; French invites you into Limsa's biggest industrial project.
English warns that layabouts and troublemakers have no place here; Japanese warmly asks for your help.
Yet even with such unprecedented measures, there are never enough hands to handle the abundance of tasks. Should you choose to linger at the docks for a time, there is no end of odd jobs for a hardworking adventurer. Be you fair warned─there is no place here for layabouts and troublemakers.
Also, falls du uns helfen möchtest, jederzeit!
‘So, if you would like to help us, any time!’
German ends with an open invitation to help; English ends warning off layabouts and troublemakers.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
What say you to taking on some work from Naldiq & Vymelli's? We've a great hulking warship to build and could certainly use an extra hand for any number of tasks.
For your first job, I need you to run this missive over to Ahtbyrm, the head shipwright at the Moraby Drydocks.
We forge most of the ship's bits and pieces here at the Armorers' Guild, but the actual construction takes place at the docks found in the south of lower La Noscea.
That's also where you'll find the main offices of Naldiq & Vymelli's. The Moraby Drydocks is one of Limsa Lominsa's most important districts─at least as far as I'm concerned─and I'm sure you'll not regret attuning yourself to the area's aetheryte.
If you've no confidence in your sense of direction, you'd be best served making use of the chocobo porters. First floor of the Mizzenmast, in case you were wondering.
Falls du dir unsicher bist, wie du dort am besten hinkommst, dann nimm doch vom Erdgeschoss des Gaffelschoners aus einen Linien-Chocobo.
‘If you are not sure how best to get there, take a chocobo porter from the ground floor of the Gaff Schooner.’
The inn is named after a whole sailing ship, a gaff schooner, where the English Mizzenmast is a single mast.
Should you choose to make the trek on your own two feet, leave the city through the Tempest Gate and follow the road south. May the Navigator guide your steps.
C'est assez urgent, alors je compte sur toi pour te dépêcher.
‘It's rather urgent, so I'm counting on you to hurry.’
GermanUnd ich wäre dir dankbar, wenn du dich beeilen könntest.
‘And I'd be grateful if you could hurry.’
Japaneseそれじゃ、急いで頼むよ。
‘Well then, hurry, I'm counting on you.’
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; French says it is urgent and asks you to hurry.
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; German asks you to hurry.
English ends with a blessing from the Navigator; Japanese asks you to hurry.
You have a missive for me from Forgemaster H'naanza? I assume it pertains to the pending arrival of the materials I ordered over a moon past. Let's see it, then.
Blast and botheration! Another delay? I am well aware of the shortage of skilled artisans, but this is insufferable!
Mille sabords ! Encore des retards !?
‘Blistering barnacles! More delays!?’
FrenchMille sabords !
‘A thousand portholes!’
Ahtbyrm swears a sailors' mock oath from adventure novels, best known as Captain Haddock's in Hergé's Tintin.
French uses a nautical oath, literally "a thousand portholes"; English says "Blast and botheration".
My apologies. The messenger does not deserve to bear the brunt of my frustration. Might I have your name?
Oh, excuse-moi, j'ai oublié de te remercier.
‘Oh, sorry, I forgot to thank you.’
English apologizes for venting his frustration at the messenger; French apologizes for forgetting to thank you.
your name, is it? Well, your name, this proud maiden you see taking shape before you is the Victory, the first new vessel to grace the docks since the Calamity.
We may have lost the bulk of our ships that fateful day, but starting with this beauty, we will restore the Maelstrom's fleet to its former glory. The Victory is more than a simple warship─it is the symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth from the wreckage wrought by the coming of the Seventh Umbral Era.
Since the Calamity, Eorzea is in its 'Seventh Umbral Era', an age of hardship. Astral eras bring good times. Remember this when you meet the Scions of the Seventh Dawn at step 29.
Die Victory ist nur der Anfang!
‘The Victory is only the beginning!’
English calls the Victory the symbol of Limsa Lominsa's rebirth; German calls it only the beginning.
Thus we are striving to complete her construction as swiftly as possible, even going so far as to hire veteran shipwrights from outside the thalassocracy.
Yet even with such unprecedented measures, there are never enough hands to handle the abundance of tasks. Should you choose to linger at the docks for a time, there is no end of odd jobs for a hardworking adventurer. Be you fair warned─there is no place here for layabouts and troublemakers.
N'hésite donc pas à me demander, si tu veux contribuer au plus grand projet industriel limséen en cours.
‘So don't hesitate to ask me if you want to contribute to the biggest Limsan industrial project under way.’
Japanese冒険者のお前にも、頼みたい仕事が山とあるから、ぜひとも協力してくれよ、頼んだぞ。
‘There's a mountain of jobs I'd like to ask even you, an adventurer, to do, so please do lend a hand, I'm counting on you.’
English warns that layabouts and troublemakers have no place here; French invites you into Limsa's biggest industrial project.
English warns that layabouts and troublemakers have no place here; Japanese warmly asks for your help.
Also, falls du uns helfen möchtest, jederzeit!
‘So, if you would like to help us, any time!’
German ends with an open invitation to help; English ends warning off layabouts and troublemakers.