Player! I'm glad to see you. The general promised to send someone competent!

I left Denskel at the test site and came here to figure out a solution, but haven't made much progress.

I don't understand why the Artificial Aether Generator is malfunctioning. None of the other areas seem to have a problem. I did discover something strange, though....

Player: "What's that?"

I heard there is a Reian tribe elder named Eddas in this campsite who knows a lot about Aether and Drana, so I asked for his help.

He claimed not to know what I was talking about, but it felt like he was hiding something...

Could you try to talk with him?

Player: "Sure, I'm great with people. And secrets."

I have lived in Gelkmaros for hundreds of years.

I understand the world around me simply by looking at the flow of energy in the air.

I already know why you have come, but I have nothing to say.

Player: "I don't mean to intrude, but..."

The reason I was able to live here in harmony with other races for so long is that I have not interfered with their affairs. However, I may have to break my rule, just once, for this. It relates to the Elim. So, I will tell you one thing.

The energy flow in this area was disturbed from the moment Taloc's Messenger appeared in the Krug Basin. The abnormality of the Artificial Aether Generators installed by your people may be an indication of future disaster. There is no doubt that something terrible is happening inside Holy Tree Taloc.

Go to Caspa's Messenger and ask him what you want to know. He will not give you the answer easily, unless you are close with the Elim.

Player: "I am a friend of the Elim. The task is mine!"

Many things have... gone awry. Even the... perversion inside Taloc... is incomprehensible....

I was drawn to... ask for help... with something Aether... and non-Aether related.

Something is hurting... Taloc... deep inside....

Player: "Go on..."

I found you... surrounded by strong Aether. You are the one... who must make a correction... by going inside... Taloc.

Receive these items.... Eat the Taloc Fruit... it will... bring out... the best within you. Only use Taloc's Tears... in an emergency.

Look for... Celestius inside... I will now send you... to Taloc's Hollow... are you ready?

Player: "I am."

I saw... your mysterious power. It is all... inside you... that miraculous power.

Who are you, Daeva... that could... remove leeching Komad boss... from Taloc's Blightroot?

Everything is back... to normal... thanks to your... help. Go forth... and tell the one who studies... your device, Vellun, that everything... has been restored.

Player: "I will go straightaway."

There was a fragment of the Aion Tower deep in Taloc's Hollow? Then the turmoil inside Taloc was a result of the Cataclysm... now it makes sense. Celestius was a parasite, sucking the energy out of the fragment, which contaminated the Aether that normally flows freely from Taloc.

And the Artificial Aether Generator broke down because of the contaminated energy discharged by Taloc's Messenger! Mystery solved, then.

One more thing... Most people who eat Taloc Fruit gain little to no benefits, and some even suffer from serious side effects. The power you gain from a Taloc Fruit comes from within... which leads me to believe you have some immense strength lying dormant inside of you... I'll pray to the Empyrean Lords that you only ever use that incredible power for the good of Asmodae.