I've been waiting for you. I've been bugging Brigade General Versetti for backup, and he answered my prayers by sending you!

Have you heard of Taloc? There's almost no Aether in Balaurea except, interestingly, in Taloc's Forest. Aether is abundent there! There are only a few places like it here in Balaurea.

I tried to find out why, and discovered Taloc, the Holy Tree of the Elim, in the center of the forest near Arbolu's Haven.

"Interesting."

Aether is scarce here, and Taloc holds the key to unlocking it. I'm sure of it! I want so badly to figure this out, but there's a problem.

I work for a different group, so the official Taloc researchers are reluctant to accept my help.

But you're like a freelancer, [%username]! They have no reason to say no to you! The Taloc researchers are lead by a Daeva of Life named [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Dorsia]. Go on, go on!

"Ah, right."

Ah, I see Inggison did send somebody, at last. It's about time we get some real help around here. Crosia's been bugging us for weeks.

I don't know if you've heard, but incredible Aether energy is radiating the great tree, Taloc.

We're hoping to solve not just the matter of the Obelisk, but the entire Aether shortage problem of Inggison!

"Ambitious."

So a while ago, we encountered an Elim called [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Elim_DF4_01]. Well, it wasn't really an Elim, but rather a part of Taloc. It told us that there was a big problem inside the great tree.

We thought it was a good opportunity. Elims are a race that don't forget any help it receives. But every subordinate sent to Lothas failed and returned.

They all had to leave almost right away after eating the [%dic:STR_DIC_I_L_SHAPE_IDELIM_LGUARDIANCHIEF] Lothas gave to them. The sudden increase of power from eating it was too much for them to bear. So we still haven't identified what exactly is going on inside Taloc.

If you want to help, [%username], you should talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Elim_DF4_01].

"I'm on my way."

I feel it, the pain of Taloc.

A catastrophe there will be, if it continues....

Save Taloc from anguish we must, before a calamity befalls the forest!

"I'm here to help."

Take these... the [%dic:STR_DIC_I_L_SHAPE_IDELIM_LGUARDIANCHIEF] and [%dic:STR_DIC_I_KASPA_GODSKILL_ITEM].

Eat the Taloc Fruit, and reach the limit of your power. Use Taloc's Tears only in the most desperate of times.

I shall let you inside. Grab my branch when you are ready.

"Here goes."

Why have you emerged without fulfilling your purpose?

But astonished, Taloc is, at the immense power that has not been felt before.

Taloc wants your help, Daeva. Grab my branch if you wish to go again.

"Back into it...."

Taloc does not want help from many.

Go alone. Taloc commands you go alone.

"Right."

Taloc rejects you, Daeva.

Your strength is too great....

"I'm both flattered and insulted."

Who are you, Daeva, one with the power of an Empyrean Lord?

Never have I seen a Daeva who can wield such enormous power....

Did you find what disrupted the flow of Aether?

"I did, and I brought you its heart."

Such a twisted, corrupted heart.... not unlike Taloc's own.

You have fixed it, Daeva. You have saved Taloc.

I thank you, [%username], mighty Friend of Elim. I will not forget what you did for us today.

"Of course."

It is hurting. Something that absorbs the energy of Aether....

The peace of the forest will be shatered if it is allowed to continue.

Bring it to me, O mighty Daeva.

"I will."

You've come back at last, [%username].

Not long after you left, Dorsia said the distorted Aether energy that enveloped the forest disappeared, So I figured something enormous must be happening.

Did you go inside Taloc? What in the world had happened in there?

"Well...."

There was a fragment of the Aion Tower deep inside Taloc? I always wondered how a forest like this could exist in the desolation of the Balaurea, and that explains it!

So it was a fragment of Aion that created the space inside Taloc, and that was why the Aether energy dispersed when a parasite attached itself to the fragment. If you hadn't killed that monster, the disturbance in the balance of the forest would've created even more monsters.

Thanks to you, [%username], we can expect assistance from Taloc. I'll report this to Brigade General Versetti in the fortress.

Go to the Taloc Research Campsite and talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Crosia].

Talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Dorsia].

Talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Elim_DF4_01].

Move inside Taloc.

Use a [%dic:STR_DIC_I_L_SHAPE_IDELIM_LGUARDIANCHIEF] to maximize your power.[%14]

Use a [%dic:STR_DIC_I_KASPA_GODSKILL_ITEM] to cleanse the inside of Taloc ([%17]/20)

Vanquish [%dic:STR_DIC_M_IDElim_3F_KomadeNM_53_Ae] and take its heart to [%dic:STR_DIC_N_CaspaGhost_01].

[%collectitem]

Talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_CaspaGhost_01] and leave the area deep inside of Taloc.

Talk with [%dic:STR_DIC_N_Crosia] in the Taloc Research Campsite.

Orders: The research team that has gone to investigate Taloc has encountered a problem. Go to the Taloc's Forest and solve the problem.

Crosia at the Taloc Research Campsite said the researchers wouldn't accept his help with the Holy Tree Taloc, and asked you to speak to Dorsia, the leader of the researchers.

Dorsia said many Daevas have gone to help Taloc, but none could handle the excessive Aether energy and returned in vain. When you entered Taloc with the help of Lothas and ate a Taloc Fruit, you were suddenly able to wield a great power. With that power, you vanquished the being that was leeching off the Aion fragment embedded inside Taloc.

When you filled Crosia in on this, he said he'll report everything back to the brigade general in the fortress.

Mission in progress: [%questname]