Outskirts Investigations

Wyndam

Hey everyone! I know everyone's been enjoying the Flower Festival and fun that Holiday Hills brings!

Wyndam

...but recently, we've received word from a few concerned citizens across the Great Ocean. There haven't been that many but it's pretty worrying anyway. Sightings of some really strange things that are probably gonna sound crazy to be totally honest.

But with everything that had gone on with Orion and Cassiopeia and the wormholes, we should at the very least check it out!

Wynton

While the Bounty Hunters and Rescuers have their own assignments on specific islands, our tasks are going to be taking us all over the place.

We'll be getting ready to send teams out to the Isle of Steam, the Desert Region, and the Draconian Peaks so be prepared for the journey!

Wyndam

So, we all know that dungeons can be kind of weird and unpredictable. Stuff is changing around all the time in them. But lately, people have been reporting sightings of these weird "walls" that will suddenly appear in dungeons.

The size seems to vary -- sometimes they can close off an entire dungeon floor and other times, they're only about the size of a garden fence. Most of the time, they stand out though so it's obvious they're not supposed to be there. But then, out of nowhere, they'll just kind of... vanish. Like they were never there.

Our job is to look into a few of the most recent dungeons where this has taken place.

Reports say that the walls are almost always made of gray brick, so that's what we're looking for. And, uh... people have said that they get this eerie sense of being "watched" whenever they've been around one of these structures...

Wyndam

So... look out for that too, I guess!

Assignments will be taking place at the Cursed Clockwork and the Abandoned Ironworks on the Isle of Steam, the Ancient Ruins in the Desert Region, and the Ruined Colosseum at the Draconian Peaks.

Good luck, and remember to report back with whatever you uncover!

Wynton

While Wyndam is handling the operations within the dungeons, I have another task for us to be tackling while we're out on location for anyone who may not be keen on dungeon-delving.

The common thread between the sightings of the "walls" is that there's usually been some form of destruction that occurs nearby. A couple of the help requests we've gotten have been from settlements that are in... well, in a bit of a frenzy.

Wynton

While some residents are chocking it up to buildings collapsing, others insist that their buildings have been smashed. Like something took a stroll through town and managed to wreck their structures outside of a dungeon.

Which should be impossible.

Wynton

Whatever the truth is, we have a responsibility to look into the matter and we should help those people out where we can. So, we have a few things to take care of while we're out:

Visit the towns that were affected and help clean up the wreckage if you can. While you're there, see if anyone can tell us anything about what they saw.

It'd probably be a good idea to see where this... thing went too if it really did stomp through a town and then keep wandering. More populated places like Allurian and Sepsuthus see a lot of traffic, so it wouldn't be a terrible place to ask around.

As for the Draconian Peaks, there aren't as many established cities but you might be able to find a traveller who could've seen something. Be sure to report back to the guild if you find anything!

Leilani

Hey, you wayfarers are really spread out right now so I have to be quick so I can get the word out to the others!

Wyndam and Wynton want you to stop what you're doing and head over to the Draconian Peaks ASAP! Turns out, a huge collection of those gray bricks you've been looking into is on the island!

Even weirder, it seems like the walls from other parts of the Great Ocean have been... uh... well, disappearing. Like they all got up and walked away. And that's kind of exactly what happened.

Leilani

There's been sightings of this thing -- it's got four sturdy walls made of stuff identical to the bricks you've been finding everywhere. There's something making the individual bricks move and kinda gather together to form this cube-like structure. But even more than that, it's not just a stationary thing, it's been mobilizing in plain sight!

The thing is massive and it's been stomping all over the island lately, causing all sorts of commotion and destruction! For now, we've been calling it the Rampart.

Leilani

You're not gonna like this but I think Mili and I know why it's acting like this.

A little while ago, those Cosmogs from your guild disappeared, right? Well, around the same time, the Rampart started acting up; enough that people were finally able to observe it. I'm not 100% certain but I think there's a good chance the two events are connected. It's probably hunting the little one.

You gotta grab your friends and find the kid before something happens to them. But seriously, be careful. I wasn't kidding when I said the thing is huge!