Player! The Brigade General promised to send someone competent. I guess you'll do.

Hah! What? Not funny? Well, anyway, I've been trying to figure out a way to get the Aether generator working, but no luck. I just... don't understand why it worked perfectly in other areas and is malfunctioning here.

I don't have much to go on, but there is... something weird here.

Player: "What?"

Okay, just... keep your voice down, all right? There is a Reian tribe elder named Eddas around here somewhere. He's known to be familiar with all this, so I asked him for help.

He just waved me off! He's hiding something, I know it....

I can't get any answers from him. Can you try?

Player: "I'll do my best."

Gelkmaros has been my home for centuries. I know everything that happens, merely by viewing the flow of energy in the air....

I already know why you have come to me.

I have nothing to say to you.

Player: "Please.... This is important."

The reason I have enjoyed harmony with the other creatures here for so long is by not meddling.... Though, this may call for me breaking my rule, just this once, as it concerns the Elim. ... I will tell you one thing.

The energy flow of this area was disturbed from the moment Taloc's Messenger appeared in the Krug Basin. That trouble you're having with that device your people installed here is just a glimpse of a bigger disaster.

Doubtless, something terrible is happening inside Taloc. Go to Caspa's Messenger and ask him what you want to know. I cannot imagine he will part with the answers easily though, unless you are close with the Elim.

Player: "Thank you."

Many things are out of balanace.... There is dissonance in Taloc itself.

I was drawn to ask for help, to something at once Aether and non-Aether.

It was not what we thought. That device....

Player: "The Aether generator?"

Instead, I found you, shrouded by powerful, twisting breaths of Aether.

You are the one. You must fix what is broken. Go into Taloc--bring its fruit, and its tears.

Eating the Taloc Fruit will bring out your unrealized potential. The Taloc's Tears will aid you, should you find yourself in great need.

"Touch my branches. I will take you where you need to go.

Player: (Touch a branch.)

I saw your mysterious power. All that miracle... swirling inside you.

Who are you? Everything is returning to its proper place... because of you. Thank you.

Go forth and tell the one who studies your device, Vellun, that everything has been restored.

Player: "I will."

Fragments of Aion.... Amazing. All from the Cataclysm! It makes sense. The corruption must have driven Taloc's Messenger here.

In short, the artificial Aether generator broke down because it was affected by the energy of Taloc's Messenger. But that still leaves one question.... Most individuals who eat Taloc Fruit are completey unaffected. Some even suffer unfortunate side effects!

How were you able to transform that way?

There must be something unique about you. It's the only reason the fruit would have interacted with you in such a peculiar fashion. Your potential is as great as the Guardian Deity General! I pray that such an incredible power may be used for the benefit of Asmodae.