Main story #5Level 7
Quest giver Staelwyrn
in Middle La Noscea
Staelwyrn asks you to round up his slacking farmhands instead of doing their work, so they learn. All return except Sevrin
, who has slipped away from him countless times. He does not blame you and vows to put Sevrin in the dirt.
Plants the first threads: the tattooed men spying on the farm and Sevrin's betrayal lead to the Serpent Reavers.
is up in arms, as his hired hands are nowhere to be found. has work around Summerford Farms for his crew, but several of them are nowhere to be found. The old pirate captain requests that you round up the delinquent yeomen and send them back to him.. informs you that all the yeomen have returned to work except Sevrin. He is ill pleased by this, but does not hold you responsible for his own man's failings.Watch Sevrin, the one farm worker who won't come back to work. His secrets drive Double Dealing, Plowshares to Swords and Just Deserts (steps 6, 8 and 9).
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Oh, and just so we're clear─I don't care for landlubbers. Go find the chocobo you rode in on, and ride on out.
Sevrin's rude way of sending you away plays on the insult 'and the horse you rode in on'. People aim it at strangers who are not welcome. Here, Eorzea's chocobo takes the place of the horse.
Well, yer right about the “swill” part. I reckon it might be worth a day o' doin' Staelwyrn
There are no wrong answers here. Each slacker gives the same reply, whatever you guess. The reply is worded to fit both options. Wauter just confirms the 'swill' that both drinks share.
The orchard is part of the Admiral's plan to ban piracy. The plan puts ex-pirates to work on the land. Lawmakers offer to buy its crops at a fair price.
Watch Sevrin, the one farm worker who won't come back to work. His secrets drive Double Dealing, Plowshares to Swords and Just Deserts (steps 6, 8 and 9).
Staelwyrn's idle line explains the farm's name: 'All the seasons have their place, but Summerford was named after the one that suits her best.'
Washed up means your best days are behind you, and you have no future in your old job. That fits these ex-pirates. The Calamity sank their ship, and on land they are useless at farming.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Staelwyrn is angry because Sevrin and other farmhands have vanished just when there is work to do at Summerford Farms.
Staelwyrn asks you to round up his slacking farmhands instead of doing their work, so they learn. All return except Sevrin, who has slipped away from him countless times. He does not blame you and vows to put Sevrin in the dirt.
Sevrin is one of the ex-pirate farmhands at Summerford Farms. Staelwyrn calls him a sea-sloth who is never around when there is work.
Sevrin mocks you as Staelwyrn's errand runner and says he does not care for landlubbers. He tells you to ride off on your chocobo (riding bird). He promises to come, but he is the only one who does not return to work.
Aylmer is one of the ex-pirate farmhands at Summerford Farms, away from work when Staelwyrn calls for the crew.
Aylmer acts tough and claims to take no guff from 'glorified gardeners'. Still, Aylmer agrees to go and see what Staelwyrn wants, if only to stop the nagging.
Sozai Rarzai is one of the ex-pirate farmhands at Summerford Farms, away from work when Staelwyrn calls for the crew.
Sozai Rarzai says no one can work on an empty stomach and dares you to guess breakfast, which tasted like wood. Still, Sozai Rarzai does not refuse a summons from the captain.
Wauter is one of the ex-pirate farmhands at Summerford Farms, skipping work with a mug in hand.
Wauter says hands busy lifting a mug cannot work, and bets you cannot guess the drink. It is swill. Wauter agrees to do Staelwyrn's chores if that earns a taste of proper grog.
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 | 陸にあがった海賊 ‘Pirates Who Came Up onto Dry Land’ |
|---|---|
| French | Les pirates des vergers ‘The Pirates of the Orchards’ |
| German | An die Arbeit! ‘Get to Work!’ |
That sea-sloth Sevrin and his lot─never around when there's work to be done!
J'en étais sûr... Sevrin et sa clique ont encore décidé de jouer les filles de l'air. Ils savent pourtant que c'est l'heure de se mettre au boulot.
‘I knew it... Sevrin and his gang have decided to do a vanishing act again. And they know full well it's time to get to work.’
The idiom means to make off.
I'd sooner hire you for the sake of gettin' things done, but then the rapscallions would never learn.
Ça ne m'étonnerait pas qu'ils soient en train de se la couler douce quelque part dans les vergers.
‘It wouldn't surprise me if they were taking it easy somewhere in the orchards.’
おおかた、またどこかでサボってるんだろう。
‘Most likely they're slacking off somewhere again.’
English: he'd rather hire you to get the work done, but they'd never learn; French: they're probably idling in the orchards.
English: he'd rather hire you to get the work done, but they'd never learn; Japanese: they're probably slacking off somewhere.
Round them up and let them know that Staelwyrn would like a word... And don't take no for an answer!
Ils refuseront sûrement d'obéir simplement aux ordres de quelqu'un qui n'a pas été pirate comme eux, mais si tu joues leur jeu, ça devrait marcher.
‘They'll surely refuse to simply obey orders from someone who wasn't a pirate like them, but if you play their game, it should work.’
English: don't take no for an answer; French: play along with their game and it should work.
Aye, I'm Sevrin. You the old man's errand girl/boy, now?
Y peut pas me foutre la paix, le vieux...
‘He can't bloody well leave me in peace, the old man...’
Der Alte kann aber auch nichts alleine machen!
‘The old man really can't do anything on his own!’
ああ、確かに俺がセヴリンだが……あんた、シュテールヴィルンの爺さんと話してた冒険者か。
‘Yeah, I'm Sevrin all right, but... you're the adventurer who was talking with old man Staelwyrn, huh.’
French has Sevrin gripe that the old man won't leave him alone, rather than mock you.
German mocks Staelwyrn as unable to do anything alone; English mocks you as his errand runner.
Japanese has Sevrin merely recognise you from earlier; no "errand girl/boy" jibe.
Tell my dear old captain not to wet his britches. I'll be along.
Mal sehen, welche Sklavenarbeit sich der Alte diesmal für uns ausgedacht hat.
‘Let's see what slave labor the old man has come up with for us this time.’
English jokes the captain shouldn't wet his britches; German grumbles about the old man's slave labor.
Tell my dear old captain not to wet his britches. I'll be along.
J'vais aller voir l'autre antiquité.
‘I'll go and see that old antique.’
爺さんめ、余計なマネを……ふん、じゃあ行ってやるよ。
‘That old man, meddling where it isn't wanted... hmph, fine, I'll go then.’
French calls Staelwyrn an "antique"; the English jibe about wetting his britches is absent.
Japanese has Sevrin grumble about the old man's meddling; no britches jibe.
Oh, and just so we're clear─I don't care for landlubbers. Go find the chocobo you rode in on, and ride on out.
お前のような、どこのチョコボの骨かわからんヤツとは、関わらないに越したことないからな、あばよ！
‘Best not to get mixed up with the likes of you, some nobody from who knows whose chocobo stable. So long!’
It bends the insult 'some horse's bones', for a nobody of doubtful origin. Both versions swap the horse for a chocobo.
Oh, and just so we're clear─I don't care for landlubbers. Go find the chocobo you rode in on, and ride on out.
D'toute façon, j'ai pas trop envie de perdre mon temps avec une cruche/un guignol de ton genre.
‘Anyway, I don't much feel like wasting my time with a dimwit/a clown of your sort.’
French insults you as a dimwit or clown; no "landlubber" or chocobo line.
Oh, and just so we're clear─I don't care for landlubbers. Go find the chocobo you rode in on, and ride on out.
Halt dich in Zukunft da raus, klar?!
‘Stay out of it in future, clear?!’
German tells you to keep out of their business; no "landlubber" or chocobo line.
So, Staelwyrn sent you. And what do you reckon I say to that?
Aber wenn du auch nur ein bisschen Sympathie für mich aufbringst, komme ich glatt mit.
‘But if you can muster even a little sympathy for me, I'll come right along.’
German asks for sympathy as the price of coming; English asks you to guess his answer.
Damn right! Didn't get where I am by takin' guff from any glorified gardeners! ...But I s'pose I could see what he wants to get him off my back.
Prendre la poudre d'escampette, c'est ma grande spécialité... mais comme tu as deviné juste, je vais sagement aller travailler.
‘Taking to my heels is my great specialty... but since you guessed right, I'll dutifully go to work.’
Es fällt mir nicht leicht, mich an das sesshafte Leben an Land zu gewöhnen.
‘It's not easy for me to get used to settled life on land.’
オレの自慢といえば、逃げ脚だけでね……まあ、今回は約束どおり、逃げずに仕事に行ってやるよ。
‘All I can boast of is my legs for running away... well, this time, as promised, I'll go to work without running off.’
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; French: running off is his great specialty.
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; German: he finds settled life on land hard.
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; Japanese: running away is the only thing he can boast of.
Damn right! Didn't get where I am by takin' guff from any glorified gardeners! ...But I s'pose I could see what he wants to get him off my back.
Aber ich will es noch einmal versuchen, schließlich habe ich mein Piratenehrenwort gegeben.
‘But I'll try once more; after all, I gave my pirate's word of honor.’
English: he'll go to get Staelwyrn off his back; German: he'll go because he gave his pirate's word.
Axes were made for splittin' skulls, not stumps! You know what I did in my sailin' days?
Löwenzahn pflücken ist doch keine Arbeit für einen Seebären wie mich.
‘Picking dandelions is no work for an old sea dog like me.’
木いじりなんざ、俺の自慢の斧が泣くぜ……おまえ、俺が昔、船で何してたか、わかるか？
‘Fiddling with trees — my prized axe would weep...’
English: axes are for splitting skulls, not stumps; German: picking dandelions is no job for a sea dog.
Japanese says his prized axe would weep at tree work; no skull-splitting line.
You bet your bosom/beard I did, lass/lad! Aye, those were the days... I reckon now I'll have to be satisfied takin' my axe to the trees.
Und jetzt mach ich mich auf den Weg, um Löwenzahn zu pflücken!
‘And now I'm on my way to pick dandelions!’
English: now he'll take his axe to the trees; German: now he's off to pick dandelions.
You bet your bosom/beard I did, lass/lad! Aye, those were the days... I reckon now I'll have to be satisfied takin' my axe to the trees.
Zack, ein Arm! Wusch, ein Bein!
‘Whack, an arm! Whoosh, a leg!’
船じゃ毎日、誰かの手足をぶった切ってたもんさ。
‘On the ship I used to hack off somebody's arms and legs every day.’
German acts out chopping off an arm and a leg; English only sighs "those were the days".
Japanese says he hacked off limbs daily aboard ship; English only sighs "those were the days".
Wha─ Gods, how'd you know!? It's my breath, ain't it? It probably smells as wooden as the food tasted... But I know why you're here. I'd just as soon get some real food in me, but I ain't one to reject a summons from the cap'n.
Mais j'imagine que je n'ai qu'à travailler si je veux manger de la bonne viande juteuse...
‘But I suppose I just have to work if I want to eat good juicy meat...’
Aber nur, bis ich mir genug Geld für ein gutes Stück Pökelfleisch verdient habe.
‘But only until I've earned enough money for a good piece of cured meat.’
肉を買うために、少しは働くか……
‘Guess I'll work a little to buy some meat...’
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; French: he'll work to afford good juicy meat.
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; German: he'll work only until he can afford cured meat.
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; Japanese: he'll work a bit to buy meat.
Work? Ha! Can't work when me hands are full liftin' this mug. Ye know, I'd wager me last gil ye'd never guess what I'm drinkin'.
Mais j'ai vraiment pas envie de travailler, là...
‘But I really don't feel like working right now...’
Wir waren doch erst letzte Woche auf dem Acker.
‘But we were out in the fields only last week.’
だが、気が乗らねえな……今、オレが飲んでるモンを、お前が当てたら行ってやるか。
‘But I'm not in the mood... if you can guess what I'm drinking right now, maybe I'll go.’
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; French: he just doesn't feel like working.
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; German: they already worked the fields last week.
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; Japanese: he's just not in the mood.
Well, yer right about the “swill” part. I reckon it might be worth a day o' doin' Staelwyrn's chores if it'll afford me a taste o' proper grog.
Davon kann man ein ganzes Fass saufen und hat immer noch die gleichen Sorgen, sogar eher mehr ...
‘You can swill a whole barrel of it and still have the same sorrows, if anything more ...’
German says a whole barrel of it won't drown his sorrows; English just calls it "swill".
But rest assured, the next time I see him, I'll put him squarely in the dirt, where all such worms belong.
Il va falloir faire preuve de patience avec cet oiseau-là.
‘It's going to take showing patience with that bird.’
Ich muss mir ernsthaft überlegen, was ich mit ihm machen will ...
‘I have to think seriously about what I want to do with him ...’
ヤツに関しては、腰据えて対処してくしかねえさ。
‘As for him, there's nothing for it but to settle in and deal with him patiently.’
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt with the worms; French says patience is needed with him.
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt; German: Staelwyrn must seriously consider what to do with him.
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt; Japanese: he must be dealt with patiently over time.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
That sea-sloth Sevrin and his lot─never around when there's work to be done!
J'en étais sûr... Sevrin et sa clique ont encore décidé de jouer les filles de l'air. Ils savent pourtant que c'est l'heure de se mettre au boulot.
‘I knew it... Sevrin and his gang have decided to do a vanishing act again. And they know full well it's time to get to work.’
The idiom means to make off.
I'd sooner hire you for the sake of gettin' things done, but then the rapscallions would never learn.
Ça ne m'étonnerait pas qu'ils soient en train de se la couler douce quelque part dans les vergers.
‘It wouldn't surprise me if they were taking it easy somewhere in the orchards.’
Japaneseおおかた、またどこかでサボってるんだろう。
‘Most likely they're slacking off somewhere again.’
English: he'd rather hire you to get the work done, but they'd never learn; French: they're probably idling in the orchards.
English: he'd rather hire you to get the work done, but they'd never learn; Japanese: they're probably slacking off somewhere.
Round them up and let them know that Staelwyrn would like a word... And don't take no for an answer!
Ils refuseront sûrement d'obéir simplement aux ordres de quelqu'un qui n'a pas été pirate comme eux, mais si tu joues leur jeu, ça devrait marcher.
‘They'll surely refuse to simply obey orders from someone who wasn't a pirate like them, but if you play their game, it should work.’
English: don't take no for an answer; French: play along with their game and it should work.
Aye, I'm Sevrin. You the old man's errand girl/boy, now?
Y peut pas me foutre la paix, le vieux...
‘He can't bloody well leave me in peace, the old man...’
GermanDer Alte kann aber auch nichts alleine machen!
‘The old man really can't do anything on his own!’
Japaneseああ、確かに俺がセヴリンだが……あんた、シュテールヴィルンの爺さんと話してた冒険者か。
‘Yeah, I'm Sevrin all right, but... you're the adventurer who was talking with old man Staelwyrn, huh.’
French has Sevrin gripe that the old man won't leave him alone, rather than mock you.
German mocks Staelwyrn as unable to do anything alone; English mocks you as his errand runner.
Japanese has Sevrin merely recognise you from earlier; no "errand girl/boy" jibe.
Tell my dear old captain not to wet his britches. I'll be along.
Mal sehen, welche Sklavenarbeit sich der Alte diesmal für uns ausgedacht hat.
‘Let's see what slave labor the old man has come up with for us this time.’
English jokes the captain shouldn't wet his britches; German grumbles about the old man's slave labor.
J'vais aller voir l'autre antiquité.
‘I'll go and see that old antique.’
Japanese爺さんめ、余計なマネを……ふん、じゃあ行ってやるよ。
‘That old man, meddling where it isn't wanted... hmph, fine, I'll go then.’
French calls Staelwyrn an "antique"; the English jibe about wetting his britches is absent.
Japanese has Sevrin grumble about the old man's meddling; no britches jibe.
Oh, and just so we're clear─I don't care for landlubbers. Go find the chocobo you rode in on, and ride on out.
Sevrin's rude way of sending you away plays on the insult 'and the horse you rode in on'. People aim it at strangers who are not welcome. Here, Eorzea's chocobo takes the place of the horse.
お前のような、どこのチョコボの骨かわからんヤツとは、関わらないに越したことないからな、あばよ！
‘Best not to get mixed up with the likes of you, some nobody from who knows whose chocobo stable. So long!’
It bends the insult 'some horse's bones', for a nobody of doubtful origin. Both versions swap the horse for a chocobo.
D'toute façon, j'ai pas trop envie de perdre mon temps avec une cruche/un guignol de ton genre.
‘Anyway, I don't much feel like wasting my time with a dimwit/a clown of your sort.’
French insults you as a dimwit or clown; no "landlubber" or chocobo line.
Halt dich in Zukunft da raus, klar?!
‘Stay out of it in future, clear?!’
German tells you to keep out of their business; no "landlubber" or chocobo line.
So, Staelwyrn sent you. And what do you reckon I say to that?
Aber wenn du auch nur ein bisschen Sympathie für mich aufbringst, komme ich glatt mit.
‘But if you can muster even a little sympathy for me, I'll come right along.’
German asks for sympathy as the price of coming; English asks you to guess his answer.
Damn right! Didn't get where I am by takin' guff from any glorified gardeners! ...But I s'pose I could see what he wants to get him off my back.
Prendre la poudre d'escampette, c'est ma grande spécialité... mais comme tu as deviné juste, je vais sagement aller travailler.
‘Taking to my heels is my great specialty... but since you guessed right, I'll dutifully go to work.’
GermanEs fällt mir nicht leicht, mich an das sesshafte Leben an Land zu gewöhnen.
‘It's not easy for me to get used to settled life on land.’
Japaneseオレの自慢といえば、逃げ脚だけでね……まあ、今回は約束どおり、逃げずに仕事に行ってやるよ。
‘All I can boast of is my legs for running away... well, this time, as promised, I'll go to work without running off.’
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; French: running off is his great specialty.
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; German: he finds settled life on land hard.
English: he won't take guff from glorified gardeners; Japanese: running away is the only thing he can boast of.
Aber ich will es noch einmal versuchen, schließlich habe ich mein Piratenehrenwort gegeben.
‘But I'll try once more; after all, I gave my pirate's word of honor.’
English: he'll go to get Staelwyrn off his back; German: he'll go because he gave his pirate's word.
Axes were made for splittin' skulls, not stumps! You know what I did in my sailin' days?
Löwenzahn pflücken ist doch keine Arbeit für einen Seebären wie mich.
‘Picking dandelions is no work for an old sea dog like me.’
Japanese木いじりなんざ、俺の自慢の斧が泣くぜ……おまえ、俺が昔、船で何してたか、わかるか？
‘Fiddling with trees — my prized axe would weep...’
English: axes are for splitting skulls, not stumps; German: picking dandelions is no job for a sea dog.
Japanese says his prized axe would weep at tree work; no skull-splitting line.
You bet your bosom/beard I did, lass/lad! Aye, those were the days... I reckon now I'll have to be satisfied takin' my axe to the trees.
Und jetzt mach ich mich auf den Weg, um Löwenzahn zu pflücken!
‘And now I'm on my way to pick dandelions!’
English: now he'll take his axe to the trees; German: now he's off to pick dandelions.
Zack, ein Arm! Wusch, ein Bein!
‘Whack, an arm! Whoosh, a leg!’
Japanese船じゃ毎日、誰かの手足をぶった切ってたもんさ。
‘On the ship I used to hack off somebody's arms and legs every day.’
German acts out chopping off an arm and a leg; English only sighs "those were the days".
Japanese says he hacked off limbs daily aboard ship; English only sighs "those were the days".
How am I supposed to work on an empty stomach? Go on, have a guess at what I had for breakfast.
Wha─ Gods, how'd you know!? It's my breath, ain't it? It probably smells as wooden as the food tasted... But I know why you're here. I'd just as soon get some real food in me, but I ain't one to reject a summons from the cap'n.
Mais j'imagine que je n'ai qu'à travailler si je veux manger de la bonne viande juteuse...
‘But I suppose I just have to work if I want to eat good juicy meat...’
GermanAber nur, bis ich mir genug Geld für ein gutes Stück Pökelfleisch verdient habe.
‘But only until I've earned enough money for a good piece of cured meat.’
Japanese肉を買うために、少しは働くか……
‘Guess I'll work a little to buy some meat...’
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; French: he'll work to afford good juicy meat.
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; German: he'll work only until he can afford cured meat.
English: he never refuses a summons from the captain; Japanese: he'll work a bit to buy meat.
Work? Ha! Can't work when me hands are full liftin' this mug. Ye know, I'd wager me last gil ye'd never guess what I'm drinkin'.
Mais j'ai vraiment pas envie de travailler, là...
‘But I really don't feel like working right now...’
GermanWir waren doch erst letzte Woche auf dem Acker.
‘But we were out in the fields only last week.’
Japaneseだが、気が乗らねえな……今、オレが飲んでるモンを、お前が当てたら行ってやるか。
‘But I'm not in the mood... if you can guess what I'm drinking right now, maybe I'll go.’
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; French: he just doesn't feel like working.
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; German: they already worked the fields last week.
English: he can't work with his hands full lifting a mug; Japanese: he's just not in the mood.
Well, yer right about the “swill” part. I reckon it might be worth a day o' doin' Staelwyrn's chores if it'll afford me a taste o' proper grog.
There are no wrong answers here. Each slacker gives the same reply, whatever you guess. The reply is worded to fit both options. Wauter just confirms the 'swill' that both drinks share.
Davon kann man ein ganzes Fass saufen und hat immer noch die gleichen Sorgen, sogar eher mehr ...
‘You can swill a whole barrel of it and still have the same sorrows, if anything more ...’
German says a whole barrel of it won't drown his sorrows; English just calls it "swill".
You continue to impress, lass/lad. All but Sevrin are accounted for.
It's no fault of yours he squirmed out. I've let that worm wriggle through my fingers more times than I can count.
But rest assured, the next time I see him, I'll put him squarely in the dirt, where all such worms belong.
Il va falloir faire preuve de patience avec cet oiseau-là.
‘It's going to take showing patience with that bird.’
GermanIch muss mir ernsthaft überlegen, was ich mit ihm machen will ...
‘I have to think seriously about what I want to do with him ...’
Japaneseヤツに関しては、腰据えて対処してくしかねえさ。
‘As for him, there's nothing for it but to settle in and deal with him patiently.’
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt with the worms; French says patience is needed with him.
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt; German: Staelwyrn must seriously consider what to do with him.
English threatens to put Sevrin in the dirt; Japanese: he must be dealt with patiently over time.