Side questLevel 6
Quest giver Anaoc
in Lower La Noscea
Anaoc grumbles that the courier who usually takes the wool is lazing in bed. He asks you to bring the sack of fleece to Weitzaren
, the miller up north who turns the Stead's wool into felt (thick pressed cloth).
From Niniya
's second prank to a strike on the kobolds in the Blind Iron Mines; their hoarded crystals point to Titan
. Branch: Kobolds Ahoy.
A 7-quest arc (Ch. 2): kobold raids lead to a strike in the Blind Iron Mines, and their hoarded crystals point to Titan.
seeks an adventurer to assist the Red Rooster Stead. asks you to deliver wool to the Grey Fleet. Retrieve the sack of fleece from the sheep's pen. at the Grey Fleet. receives your delivery with equal parts exasperation and delight. Thanks to you, the miller may now begin making his felt.Next in the play order: Flour Power. Weitzaren, high miller of the Grey Fleet, loves grain even more than felting wool, and makes many mill puns.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Normally, the manic miller up north takes it and felts it for us.
Weitzaren, the 'manic miller', is wildly happy over just a sack of wool when you deliver it. Weitzaren acts like a villain in a play, evil laugh and all.
Bah! Let him count sheep in his bed! The wool is at last mine, and soon the felt shall be wrought! Mwahahaha...
Count the sheep puns. Anaoc hopes you don't 'feel sheepish'. Weitzaren tells the courier, whose only wool is 'his blanket', to 'count sheep in his bed'.
The sightseeing log says the Grey Fleet's mills use the steady winds of the Strait of Merlthor. The winds help them grind wheat and full (clean and thicken) the region's wool.
The title is a pun on 'a fool's errand', which means a pointless task. Here, the errand is a wool delivery that the lazy courier skipped.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Anaoc has a sack of wool from the Stead's sheep, shorn and cleaned, ready to go north. He needs someone to carry it.
Anaoc grumbles that the courier who usually takes the wool is lazing in bed. He asks you to bring the sack of fleece to Weitzaren, the miller up north who turns the Stead's wool into felt (thick pressed cloth).
Weitzaren is the miller at the Grey Fleet, north of the Red Rooster Stead. Anaoc calls him the "manic miller". He is waiting for the Stead's wool.
Weitzaren rants that a miller with no fleece is like an artist with no canvas, and curses the lazy courier. Once the wool is his, he is delighted and laughs like a villain in a play. Now he can make his felt.
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 | ラノシア名産ふわふわウール ‘Fluffy Wool, a La Noscean Specialty’ |
|---|---|
| French | Pas de feutre sans laine ‘No Felt Without Wool’ |
| German | Wolle für die Mühlen ‘Wool for the Mills’ |
I hope you don't feel sheepish about hauling a wee bit of wool. The flock's fleece is shorn and scoured, and the sack is all set to sail.
Au fait, jeunette/ot, tu as peut-être remarqué qu'on élève aussi des moutons, ici.
‘By the way, youngster, you may have noticed that we also raise sheep here.’
Hast du schon unsere Schafzucht bewundern können?
‘Have you had a chance to admire our sheep breeding yet?’
この農場では、シープの飼育もやっておってな。
‘On this farm, we raise sheep too, you see.’
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; French just notes they also raise sheep here.
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; German asks if you have admired their sheep breeding.
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; Japanese just says the farm also raises sheep.
I hope you don't feel sheepish about hauling a wee bit of wool. The flock's fleece is shorn and scoured, and the sack is all set to sail.
Auf die flauschige Wolle unserer Schafe sind wir ganz besonders stolz.
‘We are especially proud of the fluffy wool of our sheep.’
English says the fleece is shorn, scoured and the sack ready to go; German boasts of their sheep's fluffy wool.
Normally, the manic miller up north takes it and felts it for us.
C'est pour produire de la laine, que l'on envoie ensuite aux moulins de La Flotte grise...
‘It is to produce wool, which we then send to the mills of the Grey Fleet...’
Einmal geschoren, packen wir die Schafwolle in Leinensäcke und liefern sie zum Windpark nordöstlich von hier, wo sie zu Filz verarbeitet wird.
‘Once shorn, we pack the sheep's wool into linen sacks and deliver it to the wind farm northeast of here, where it is made into felt.’
普段なら、北東にある風車へと運び、そこでFF07E7B8AEE7B5A8FF13E38197E38285E3818FE38198E38285E38186してフェルトに加工するんじゃが……
‘Normally we would carry it to the windmill in the northeast, where it is fulled and made into felt, but...’
English mentions a manic miller up north; French only says the wool is sent to the Grey Fleet mills.
English mentions a manic miller up north; German only says the wool goes to the wind farm northeast of here.
English mentions a manic miller up north; Japanese only says the wool goes to the windmill in the northeast.
But it seems the only wool his courier's tending to today is his blanket, the lackadaisical loafer.
荷運び役が、過労で寝込んでしまってのう。
‘The courier is laid up from overwork, you see.’
Malheureusement, la personne qui se charge du transport est alitée pour cause de surmenage.
‘Sadly, the person who handles the transport is bedridden from overwork.’
Der Lieferant ist vollkommen überarbeitet und braucht unbedingt eine Pause.
‘The courier is completely overworked and badly needs a break.’
The courier is not lazy but sick from work, and Weitzaren feels sorry for him.
Like in Japanese, the courier is ill and Weitzaren is kind about it. The English Weitzaren curses and gloats.
Here too he is worn out. Weitzaren just shrugs it off.
A miller with no fleece is an artist with no canvas! A poet with no words! A man with no purpose!
Mais qu'est-ce qu'ils fabriquent à la métairie du Coq rouge !?
‘But what on earth are they up to at the Red Rooster farm!?’
Wo bleibt denn nur die Schafwolle von der Gockelburg?
‘Where on earth is the sheep's wool from Gockelburg?’
「羊毛入りの麻袋」は、まだ来ねぇのか……。
‘Has the "sack of wool" still not come...?’
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; French asks what the Red Rooster farm is up to.
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; German asks where the wool from Gockelburg is.
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; Japanese complains the wool sack still hasn't come.
A miller with no fleece is an artist with no canvas! A poet with no words! A man with no purpose!
Die Mühlen stehen schon eine Weile still.
‘The mills have been standing still for a while now.’
そろそろ届かないと、期日までに羊毛の加工が間にあわねぇぞ……。
‘If it doesn't get here soon, the wool won't be processed in time for the deadline...’
German has him complain that the mills stand idle; English has a theatrical lament about artists and poets.
Japanese has him worry about missing a deadline; English has a theatrical lament about artists and poets.
Curse that blasted courier! Do the sheep stop growing? Does the mill stop churning? What entitles him to rest?
おや、いつもの荷運び係は、ダウンしちまったのか？羊毛刈りの時期で、休みなしだったからな。
‘Oh, the usual courier has collapsed? It's shearing season, and he had no day off.’
Le gars qui se charge de nous apporter la laine est souffrant ? C'est pas étonnant s'il a dû travailler sans arrêt pendant la saison de tonte des moutons.
‘The guy who brings us the wool is ill? No wonder, if he had to work non-stop through the sheep-shearing season.’
Tja, so ist das nun mal während der Schersaison, da gibt es im Wollbusiness keine Pause.
‘Well, that's how it is in shearing season: there's no rest in the wool business.’
C'est pas étonnant s'il a dû travailler sans arrêt pendant la saison de tonte des moutons.
‘No wonder, if he had to work nonstop during the sheep-shearing season.’
羊毛刈りの時期で、休みなしだったからな。
‘It was shearing season, so he had no days off.’
English resents the courier resting; French finds it no wonder, since he worked nonstop through shearing season.
English resents the courier resting; Japanese explains he had no days off during shearing season.
Curse that blasted courier! Do the sheep stop growing? Does the mill stop churning? What entitles him to rest?
Le gars qui se charge de nous apporter la laine est souffrant ?
‘The guy who brings us the wool is ill?’
Der übliche Lieferant ist zu erschöpft?
‘The usual deliveryman is too exhausted?’
おや、いつもの荷運び係は、ダウンしちまったのか？
‘Oh, so the usual porter has collapsed?’
English curses the courier; French just asks whether the man who brings the wool is ill.
English curses the courier; German just asks whether the usual deliveryman is too exhausted.
English curses the courier; Japanese just asks whether the usual porter has collapsed.
Bah! Let him count sheep in his bed! The wool is at last mine, and soon the felt shall be wrought! Mwahahaha...
À La Flotte grise, nous comprimons la laine avec les mécanismes de nos moulins pour fabriquer du feutre.
‘At the Grey Fleet, we compress the wool with the mechanisms of our mills to make felt.’
Denn ohne Wolle stehen die Maschinen in den Mühlen still, die die Wolle befeuchten und zu Filz pressen.
‘For without wool, the machines in the mills that moisten the wool and press it into felt stand still.’
この風車では、中にある機械で、湿らせた羊毛に圧力を加えてフェルトにしてるんだ。
‘At this windmill, we use the machines inside to press moistened wool and turn it into felt.’
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; French calmly explains how their mills make felt.
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; German explains machines moisten the wool and press felt.
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; Japanese explains machines press moistened wool into felt.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
I hope you don't feel sheepish about hauling a wee bit of wool. The flock's fleece is shorn and scoured, and the sack is all set to sail.
Au fait, jeunette/ot, tu as peut-être remarqué qu'on élève aussi des moutons, ici.
‘By the way, youngster, you may have noticed that we also raise sheep here.’
GermanHast du schon unsere Schafzucht bewundern können?
‘Have you had a chance to admire our sheep breeding yet?’
Japaneseこの農場では、シープの飼育もやっておってな。
‘On this farm, we raise sheep too, you see.’
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; French just notes they also raise sheep here.
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; German asks if you have admired their sheep breeding.
English puns that you shouldn't feel sheepish hauling wool; Japanese just says the farm also raises sheep.
Auf die flauschige Wolle unserer Schafe sind wir ganz besonders stolz.
‘We are especially proud of the fluffy wool of our sheep.’
English says the fleece is shorn, scoured and the sack ready to go; German boasts of their sheep's fluffy wool.
Normally, the manic miller up north takes it and felts it for us.
Weitzaren, the 'manic miller', is wildly happy over just a sack of wool when you deliver it. Weitzaren acts like a villain in a play, evil laugh and all.
C'est pour produire de la laine, que l'on envoie ensuite aux moulins de La Flotte grise...
‘It is to produce wool, which we then send to the mills of the Grey Fleet...’
GermanEinmal geschoren, packen wir die Schafwolle in Leinensäcke und liefern sie zum Windpark nordöstlich von hier, wo sie zu Filz verarbeitet wird.
‘Once shorn, we pack the sheep's wool into linen sacks and deliver it to the wind farm northeast of here, where it is made into felt.’
Japanese普段なら、北東にある風車へと運び、そこでFF07E7B8AEE7B5A8FF13E38197E38285E3818FE38198E38285E38186してフェルトに加工するんじゃが……
‘Normally we would carry it to the windmill in the northeast, where it is fulled and made into felt, but...’
English mentions a manic miller up north; French only says the wool is sent to the Grey Fleet mills.
English mentions a manic miller up north; German only says the wool goes to the wind farm northeast of here.
English mentions a manic miller up north; Japanese only says the wool goes to the windmill in the northeast.
But it seems the only wool his courier's tending to today is his blanket, the lackadaisical loafer.
荷運び役が、過労で寝込んでしまってのう。
‘The courier is laid up from overwork, you see.’
FrenchMalheureusement, la personne qui se charge du transport est alitée pour cause de surmenage.
‘Sadly, the person who handles the transport is bedridden from overwork.’
GermanDer Lieferant ist vollkommen überarbeitet und braucht unbedingt eine Pause.
‘The courier is completely overworked and badly needs a break.’
The courier is not lazy but sick from work, and Weitzaren feels sorry for him.
Like in Japanese, the courier is ill and Weitzaren is kind about it. The English Weitzaren curses and gloats.
Here too he is worn out. Weitzaren just shrugs it off.
So, I hoped you might see to it the sack of fleece down by the flock's pen reaches the miller─Weitzaren is his name.
A miller with no fleece is an artist with no canvas! A poet with no words! A man with no purpose!
Mais qu'est-ce qu'ils fabriquent à la métairie du Coq rouge !?
‘But what on earth are they up to at the Red Rooster farm!?’
GermanWo bleibt denn nur die Schafwolle von der Gockelburg?
‘Where on earth is the sheep's wool from Gockelburg?’
Japanese「羊毛入りの麻袋」は、まだ来ねぇのか……。
‘Has the "sack of wool" still not come...?’
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; French asks what the Red Rooster farm is up to.
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; German asks where the wool from Gockelburg is.
English compares a fleeceless miller to an artist without canvas; Japanese complains the wool sack still hasn't come.
Die Mühlen stehen schon eine Weile still.
‘The mills have been standing still for a while now.’
Japaneseそろそろ届かないと、期日までに羊毛の加工が間にあわねぇぞ……。
‘If it doesn't get here soon, the wool won't be processed in time for the deadline...’
German has him complain that the mills stand idle; English has a theatrical lament about artists and poets.
Japanese has him worry about missing a deadline; English has a theatrical lament about artists and poets.
Curse that blasted courier! Do the sheep stop growing? Does the mill stop churning? What entitles him to rest?
おや、いつもの荷運び係は、ダウンしちまったのか？羊毛刈りの時期で、休みなしだったからな。
‘Oh, the usual courier has collapsed? It's shearing season, and he had no day off.’
FrenchLe gars qui se charge de nous apporter la laine est souffrant ? C'est pas étonnant s'il a dû travailler sans arrêt pendant la saison de tonte des moutons.
‘The guy who brings us the wool is ill? No wonder, if he had to work non-stop through the sheep-shearing season.’
GermanTja, so ist das nun mal während der Schersaison, da gibt es im Wollbusiness keine Pause.
‘Well, that's how it is in shearing season: there's no rest in the wool business.’
FrenchC'est pas étonnant s'il a dû travailler sans arrêt pendant la saison de tonte des moutons.
‘No wonder, if he had to work nonstop during the sheep-shearing season.’
Japanese羊毛刈りの時期で、休みなしだったからな。
‘It was shearing season, so he had no days off.’
English resents the courier resting; French finds it no wonder, since he worked nonstop through shearing season.
English resents the courier resting; Japanese explains he had no days off during shearing season.
Le gars qui se charge de nous apporter la laine est souffrant ?
‘The guy who brings us the wool is ill?’
GermanDer übliche Lieferant ist zu erschöpft?
‘The usual deliveryman is too exhausted?’
Japaneseおや、いつもの荷運び係は、ダウンしちまったのか？
‘Oh, so the usual porter has collapsed?’
English curses the courier; French just asks whether the man who brings the wool is ill.
English curses the courier; German just asks whether the usual deliveryman is too exhausted.
English curses the courier; Japanese just asks whether the usual porter has collapsed.
Bah! Let him count sheep in his bed! The wool is at last mine, and soon the felt shall be wrought! Mwahahaha...
Count the sheep puns. Anaoc hopes you don't 'feel sheepish'. Weitzaren tells the courier, whose only wool is 'his blanket', to 'count sheep in his bed'.
À La Flotte grise, nous comprimons la laine avec les mécanismes de nos moulins pour fabriquer du feutre.
‘At the Grey Fleet, we compress the wool with the mechanisms of our mills to make felt.’
GermanDenn ohne Wolle stehen die Maschinen in den Mühlen still, die die Wolle befeuchten und zu Filz pressen.
‘For without wool, the machines in the mills that moisten the wool and press it into felt stand still.’
Japaneseこの風車では、中にある機械で、湿らせた羊毛に圧力を加えてフェルトにしてるんだ。
‘At this windmill, we use the machines inside to press moistened wool and turn it into felt.’
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; French calmly explains how their mills make felt.
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; German explains machines moisten the wool and press felt.
English gloats "Mwahahaha" that felt will soon be wrought; Japanese explains machines press moistened wool into felt.
fools you twice: the 'dream flowers' of Making a Name, then the job at the Eyes that opens the kobold chain. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
keeps his sheep and dodos there, the kobold chain is set around it, and Moegramm's warning starts Kobolds Ahoy.
, the pumpkin grower with 'new cultivation methods', plans the kobold ambush in Bait and Swat.
's worry about the Grey Fleet mill turns out to be kobolds. Easy to miss if you skip it.
, whose mine you clear of gas, guides you through them in Kobolds Ahoy, and the kobolds hide there in Kobolds and Indigents and Bait and Swat.
of the La Thagran Checkpoint returns in Kobolds Ahoy, and remembers an older kobold war, when they tried to take the west.
says 'an onze o' prevention's worth a ponze o' cure'.