Side questLevel 7
Quest giver Ostfyr
in Middle La Noscea
Ostfyr is pained that travelers reach his gates hurt by yarzons at the Rogue River, but needs every man to hold the garrison. The Maelstrom's fleet is spread too thin, so Yellowjackets hold La Thagran. His name means 'East Fire' in old Roegadyn.
The La Thagran Checkpoint of MSQ #6; Ostfyr returns in Kobolds Ahoy.
The ex-pirate farm of Ch. 3: why the Admiral's settlement initiative struggles there.
hopes to assure the safety of wayfarers at the La Thagran Checkpoint by ridding the area of its dangerous denizens. know that the creatures will menace wayfarers no more.Next in the play order: Washed Up. Staelwyrn
asks you to round up his slacking farmhands instead of doing their work, so they learn.
This is a theme that keeps coming back in La Noscea. The Maelstrom's fleet is spread too thin, with too few people for all its jobs. So are the Yellowjackets who hold La Thagran. That is why adventurers get much of their work.
Ostfyr guards the La Thagran Eastroad, and his name fits the job. In the old Roegadyn language, Ostfyr means 'East Fire'.
The Rogue River did not exist before the Calamity split the ground open. After that, thieves used it to move their stolen goods. That is how it got its name.
Encyclopaedia Eorzea says the yarzons you thin out spray a victim's joints with bile that burns like acid. Then they pierce its skull and suck out the brain.
The title echoes 'Wax on, wax off'. That is Mr. Miyagi's training chant from the 1984 film The Karate Kid. Here, the quest's yarzons take the place of the wax.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Ostfyr wants the area around the La Thagran Checkpoint made safe, as travelers keep arriving bloodied and bruised.
Ostfyr is pained that travelers reach his gates hurt by yarzons at the Rogue River, but needs every man to hold the garrison. The Maelstrom's fleet is spread too thin, so Yellowjackets hold La Thagran. His name means 'East Fire' 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 | 行人を脅かすもの ‘That Which Threatens Travellers’ |
|---|---|
| French | Une rivière source de danger ‘A River That Is a Source of Danger’ |
| German | Gefahr am Schurkenstrom ‘Danger at the Scoundrels' Stream’ |
They tell me the yarzons harry them at the Rogue. It pains me to do nothing, but we need every man we have just to hold the garrison.
Die Yarzons verteidigen ihr Revier aggressiver als sonst.
‘The yarzons are defending their territory more aggressively than usual.’
German explains the yarzons are guarding their territory more aggressively than usual; English only says they harry travelers.
Ah, so you did for the vilekin? Every passer-through owes you a debt of gratitude.
Hast du den gefräßigen Yarzons ... Beine gemacht? Hihi. Entschuldige den Scherz, ich nehme die Bedrohung sehr ernst.
‘Did you send those greedy yarzons... legging it? Hee hee. Sorry for the joke, I take the threat very seriously.’
„jemandem Beine machen“, literally 'to make legs for someone', means to chase someone off, here a joke on the yarzons.
La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.
この関門は、本来は黒渦団が警備すべきほどの要所。だが、黒渦団は蛮族対策で手一杯のため、われらイエロージャケットが警備にあたっている。
‘This checkpoint is so important that the Maelstrom should really guard it. But the Maelstrom has its hands full with the beast tribes, so we Yellowjackets guard it.’
Tu l'ignores sans doute, mais ce poste devrait normalement être protégé par le Maelstrom. Malheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares.
‘You probably don't know, but this post should normally be guarded by the Maelstrom. Sadly, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.’
Eigentlich sollte sich der Mahlstrom um die Bewachung kümmern, doch der hat mit den Wilden Stämmen alle Hände voll zu tun.
‘Really the Maelstrom should handle the guarding, but it has its hands full with the Wild Tribes.’
Malheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares.
‘Unfortunately, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.’
Ostfyr's 蛮族 (banzoku) means the 'barbarian' beast tribes.
Like in Japanese, the beast tribes keep the Maelstrom away.
Here too the Maelstrom is too busy. Wild Tribes is the German name for the beast tribes.
French gives the reason the Maelstrom is absent: it is busy fighting the beast tribes.
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More and more travelers pass through these gates bloodied and bruised each day.
They tell me the yarzons harry them at the Rogue. It pains me to do nothing, but we need every man we have just to hold the garrison.
Die Yarzons verteidigen ihr Revier aggressiver als sonst.
‘The yarzons are defending their territory more aggressively than usual.’
German explains the yarzons are guarding their territory more aggressively than usual; English only says they harry travelers.
You would do us all a great service were you to thin the yarzon population for us. If you could clear out, say, three of their nests, we'd all be in your debt.
Ah, so you did for the vilekin? Every passer-through owes you a debt of gratitude.
Hast du den gefräßigen Yarzons ... Beine gemacht? Hihi. Entschuldige den Scherz, ich nehme die Bedrohung sehr ernst.
‘Did you send those greedy yarzons... legging it? Hee hee. Sorry for the joke, I take the threat very seriously.’
„jemandem Beine machen“, literally 'to make legs for someone', means to chase someone off, here a joke on the yarzons.
La Thagran is a vital stronghold, one the Maelstrom would defend themselves, had they the means. The fleet is spread too thin, which is why the Yellowjackets have been called in.
この関門は、本来は黒渦団が警備すべきほどの要所。だが、黒渦団は蛮族対策で手一杯のため、われらイエロージャケットが警備にあたっている。
‘This checkpoint is so important that the Maelstrom should really guard it. But the Maelstrom has its hands full with the beast tribes, so we Yellowjackets guard it.’
FrenchTu l'ignores sans doute, mais ce poste devrait normalement être protégé par le Maelstrom. Malheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares.
‘You probably don't know, but this post should normally be guarded by the Maelstrom. Sadly, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.’
GermanEigentlich sollte sich der Mahlstrom um die Bewachung kümmern, doch der hat mit den Wilden Stämmen alle Hände voll zu tun.
‘Really the Maelstrom should handle the guarding, but it has its hands full with the Wild Tribes.’
FrenchMalheureusement, ils sont trop occupés à repousser les tribus barbares.
‘Unfortunately, they are too busy pushing back the barbarian tribes.’
Ostfyr's 蛮族 (banzoku) means the 'barbarian' beast tribes.
Like in Japanese, the beast tribes keep the Maelstrom away.
Here too the Maelstrom is too busy. Wild Tribes is the German name for the beast tribes.
French gives the reason the Maelstrom is absent: it is busy fighting the beast tribes.
But our numbers are hardly inexhaustible, and your help goes a long way towards preserving the peace.
of the La Thagran Checkpoint returns in Kobolds Ahoy, and remembers an older kobold war, when they tried to take the west.