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Without a Doubt

Quest giver Ahtbyrm in Lower La Noscea

Summary and analysis

SummaryAnalysis

Fyrilsmyd was never late in twelve months. Ahtbyrm doubts Haldbroda at Candlekeep Quay, who claims he never saw Fyrilsmyd. Ahtbyrm cannot leave his post, so he sends you to threaten Haldbroda with a move to lonely Turtleback Island.

Moraby Drydocks and the plot against the Victory

The warship Victory, a symbol of Limsa's rebirth, and the pirate plot to sabotage it; a coded missive leads on.

Pirates and the Admiral

What happens, step by step

  1. Ahtbyrm is looking for a member of his crew and the items he was supposed to deliver.
  2. Take the road leading west from the Moraby Drydocks and speak with Haldbroda regarding the whereabouts of one Fyrilsmyd, making sure to express your /doubt concerning his honesty.
  3. It appears that Haldbroda truly does not recall ever seeing Fyrilsmyd. Could it be that the young shipwright was somehow caught up in the tragedy that claimed a ship off of the Salt Strand?
Where it leads

Next in the play order: Failure to Lunch. Wafufu gets very anxious.

Worth knowing

Lore

In idle talk, Haldbroda explains the ferries from Candlekeep Quay. They are the main way to travel by water between island ports like Limsa Lominsa and Aleport.

Easter egg

Ahtbyrm threatens to send Haldbroda to rot on Turtleback Island. In the original 1.0 game, it was a Skirmish isle. There the Alliance let monsters loose for joint training.

Title reference

The title takes the saying 'without a doubt' word for word. You must use the /doubt emote on Haldbroda to question his honesty.

Characters

Who they are, and what they do in this quest.

Ahtbyrm

Ahtbyrm is worried and angry: his young shipwright Fyrilsmyd went to fetch supplies two days ago and has not come back.

Fyrilsmyd was never late in twelve months. Ahtbyrm doubts Haldbroda at Candlekeep Quay, who claims he never saw Fyrilsmyd. Ahtbyrm cannot leave his post, so he sends you to threaten Haldbroda with a move to lonely Turtleback Island.

Haldbroda

Haldbroda works at Candlekeep Quay. In his letters to Ahtbyrm, he says he never saw the missing shipwright Fyrilsmyd or his supplies.

Haldbroda calls Ahtbyrm a "self-righteous dog" and is shaken by the Turtleback Island threat. He swears on his grandmother's grave that he knows nothing. The Quay has been overwhelmed since a Lominsan cargo ship sank off the Salt Strand.

Other languages

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帰らぬ造船師
‘The Shipwright Who Does Not Return’
FrenchL'ouvrier en retard
‘The Late Worker’
GermanTrau keinem Seemann
‘Trust No Sailor’
English, Ahtbyrm

I have sent several missives to Haldbroda, but his replies are always the same. He does not recall ever seeing the wright, nor the supplies he was scheduled to collect. That man knows something, and I severely doubt he is telling me the whole truth.

French

Ça m'inquiète vraiment, tout ça.

‘All this really worries me.’

Japanese

奴が乗った連絡船なら、キャンドルキープ埠頭にもうついてるはずなんだが……

‘The ferry he took should already have reached Candlekeep Quay, but...’

French

Pourtant, le bac qu'il a pris pour rentrer doit déjà être arrivé au quai de la Torche...

‘And yet the ferry he took to come back must already have arrived at the Torch quay...’

English suspects Haldbroda is not telling the whole truth; French only says the situation worries him.

English suspects Haldbroda is not telling the whole truth; Japanese only says the ferry should already be in.

French Ahtbyrm is simply worried, since the ferry should have arrived; English Ahtbyrm suspects Haldbroda of lying.

English, Ahtbyrm

As I cannot leave my post, I would ask you to travel to Candlekeep Quay in my stead and inform Haldbroda that if he insists on playing these games, I will personally see that he is transferred to Turtleback Island, where he can rot alone in the middle of the sea for eternity.

French

Dis, tu ne voudrais pas aller là-bas et demander ce qu'il en est à Haldbroda ? Ce marin n'est pas très loquace, mais si tu le questionnes, il sera forcé de te dire ce qu'il sait.

‘Say, would you go there and ask Haldbroda what is going on? This sailor is not very talkative, but if you question him, he will have to tell you what he knows.’

Here the emote is /questionner, not /doubt. Ahtbyrm is merely worried and suspects no liar.

English, Ahtbyrm

As I cannot leave my post, I would ask you to travel to Candlekeep Quay in my stead and inform Haldbroda that if he insists on playing these games, I will personally see that he is transferred to Turtleback Island, where he can rot alone in the middle of the sea for eternity.

German

Falls er sich weiter dumm stellt, dann beschuldige ihn in aller Öffentlichkeit!

‘If he keeps playing dumb, accuse him in public!’

Your emote is /schuld, 'blame', instead of /doubt.

English, Ahtbyrm

As I cannot leave my post, I would ask you to travel to Candlekeep Quay in my stead and inform Haldbroda that if he insists on playing these games, I will personally see that he is transferred to Turtleback Island, where he can rot alone in the middle of the sea for eternity.

French

Ce marin n'est pas très loquace, mais si tu le questionnes, il sera forcé de te dire ce qu'il sait.

‘This sailor isn't very talkative, but if you question him, he'll be forced to tell you what he knows.’

Japanese

悪いが、キャンドルキープ埠頭まで行って、連絡船を管理してるハルドブロダに、運航状況を「問い詰め」てみてくれ。

‘Sorry, but go to Candlekeep Quay and, with Haldbroda who manages the ferry, try "pressing" him about how the service is running.’

English threatens to have Haldbroda sent to rot on Turtleback Island; French says questioning will force him to talk.

English threatens to have Haldbroda sent to rot on Turtleback Island; Japanese just asks you to press him about the ferry.

English, Haldbroda

Eh? Does that self-righteous dog Ahtbyrm doubt that I've never told him anything less than the truth!?

French

Tu veux me questionner ou quoi ?

‘You want to question me or what?’

Japanese

「問い詰め」られたら、どうしよう……。

‘What'll I do if I get "pressed"...’

English Haldbroda angrily insults Ahtbyrm for doubting him; French Haldbroda asks whether you want to question him.

English Haldbroda angrily insults Ahtbyrm for doubting him; Japanese Haldbroda nervously worries about being pressed.

English, Haldbroda

Eh? Does that self-righteous dog Ahtbyrm doubt that I've never told him anything less than the truth!?

French

Qu'est-ce que t'as à me regarder comme ça...

‘What are you looking at me like that for...!?’

French Haldbroda snaps at you for staring; he neither mentions nor insults Ahtbyrm.

English, Haldbroda

Turtleback Island!? He cannot do that...can he?

German

Jetzt reicht es mir aber!

‘Now I've had enough!’

Japanese

実は、連絡船の海難事故が発生したんです!

‘Actually, the ferry has had an accident at sea!’

English Haldbroda is frightened by the Turtleback Island threat; German Haldbroda angrily says he has had enough.

English Haldbroda panics about being sent to Turtleback Island; Japanese reveals the ferry had an accident at sea.

English, Haldbroda

I swear on my poor nana's grave, Navigator rest her soul, I know naught of this Fyrilsmyd, nor his precious supplies.

French

Le chef du chantier naval de Moraby s'inquiète de ne pas voir revenir un de ses ouvriers, tu dis ?

‘What!? The head of the Moraby shipyard is worried because one of his workers hasn't come back, you say?’

Japanese

なんと、モラビー造船廠の造船師さんが、予定を過ぎても、まだ戻らないと!?

‘What, a shipwright from the Moraby Drydocks still hasn't come back, even past the scheduled time!?’

English swears on his nana's grave he knows nothing of Fyrilsmyd; French is surprised to hear a worker hasn't returned.

English swears on his nana's grave he knows nothing of Fyrilsmyd; Japanese is shocked to hear a shipwright hasn't returned.

English, Haldbroda

Hells, we here at the Quay have had enough trouble these past few suns, what with the sinking of that Lominsan cargo ship off the Salt Strand. I haven't the time to take a proper piss, let alone make note of every scrag that wanders in off the Grip.

French

S'il était à bord du bac, il est peut-être tombé au moment de l'accident.

‘If he was aboard the ferry, maybe he fell when the accident happened.’

German

Es könnte sein, dass er auf dem gekenterten Schiff war, aber das lässt sich nur schwer nachprüfen.

‘It could be that he was on the capsized ship, but that is hard to check.’

Japanese

もしかして、事故で海に放り出されたんじゃ……!?

‘Could he have been thrown into the sea in the accident...!?’

English says he is too busy to notice every stranger; French suggests the man may have fallen during the ferry accident.

English says he is too busy to notice every stranger; German suggests the man may have been on the capsized ship.

English says he is too busy to notice every stranger; Japanese fears the man was thrown into the sea in the accident.

Full dialogue

Read all 8 lines, with the notes

Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.

Accepting the quest

Ahtbyrm

Where in the seven hells is that man!? Not once in twelve moons has he been late with a shipment, and now two whole turns of the sun without a single word.

Ahtbyrm

A shipwright of mine─a young man named Fyrilsmyd─recently left Candlekeep Quay to retrieve several crates of supplies ordered from Limsa Lominsa...but has yet to return.

Ahtbyrm

I have sent several missives to Haldbroda, but his replies are always the same. He does not recall ever seeing the wright, nor the supplies he was scheduled to collect. That man knows something, and I severely doubt he is telling me the whole truth.

Ahtbyrm

As I cannot leave my post, I would ask you to travel to Candlekeep Quay in my stead and inform Haldbroda that if he insists on playing these games, I will personally see that he is transferred to Turtleback Island, where he can rot alone in the middle of the sea for eternity.

Journey to Candlekeep Quay and relay Ahtbyrm's /doubt to Haldbroda.

Haldbroda

I swear on my poor nana's grave, Navigator rest her soul, I know naught of this Fyrilsmyd, nor his precious supplies.

Haldbroda

Hells, we here at the Quay have had enough trouble these past few suns, what with the sinking of that Lominsan cargo ship off the Salt Strand. I haven't the time to take a proper piss, let alone make note of every scrag that wanders in off the Grip.

Where it sits in the play order, on Quest Order Wiki