Sworn Upon a Lance

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Ser Alberic has just received word of an impending Dravanian offensive.

Quest description

Sworn Upon a Lance is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Journal[]

• Ser Alberic informs you that the dragon Graoully and his horde are advancing on Ishgard, and Heustienne is preparing to meet them in the field. Alas, with the majority of her fellow dragoons absent, she can muster only a token force of defenders, and so Ser Alberic bids you lend your lance to the mission. Make haste to the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly and join Heustienne ahead of her departure.
• Your offer of aid is received by Heustienne with thanks, and by her father with relief. After his daughter leaves, Montorgains asks that you watch over her, lest her desire to distinguish herself in battle cloud her judgment. Having given him your assurance, make now for the western highlands of Coerthas and rejoin your fellow dragoons.
• You arrive to find the battle already raging, with the dragoons incurring heavy losses. Together with Heustienne, you succeed in repelling the remaining enemy forces, but their leader, Graoully, is conspicuous in his absence. Just when it seems the dragon will not appear, his menacing shadow falls over you. Heustienne impulsively leaps at Graoully, piercing his hide with her lance, and you and Brucemont can only look on helplessly as she is borne away. Speak with Brucemont and see if aught can be done.
• Brucemont does not mince words: he is not hopeful of Heustienne's survival. He entrusts to you a fragment of her armor, broken off in battle, and bids you see it to her father's hands at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly.
• You deliver the fragment of armor to Montorgains in lieu of the tragic news, but he refuses to believe that Heustienne is gone. Upon hearing your account of events, he dares to hope that his daughter is still alive. Ser Alberic swears to do all in his power to find her, and bids you meet him at the Observatorium to deliberate a course of action.
• Alberic fears that Heustienne may have been taken deep into Dravanian territory, but he is determined to rescue her. While he tracks Graoully's movements to ascertain Heustienne's location, dedicate yourself to honing your lance arm, that you may be ready for the trials to come.
  
  ※The next dragoon quest will be available from Alberic upon reaching level 56.

Objectives[]

• Speak with Heustienne at the Congregation.
• Speak with Heustienne near the Pike.
• Speak with Brucemont.
• Deliver the armor fragment to Montorgains at the Congregation.
• Speak with Alberic at the Observatorium.

Script[]

Sworn Upon a Lance script
Alberic	Thank the Fury you're here! But moments ago, we received word that Graoully's horde is advancing on Ishgard!
Alberic	Even as we speak, Heustienne prepares to go and meet them in the field. Alas, with most of the dragoons absent on another mission, I fear she sorely wants for lances.
Alberic	I would have you lend her yours, [Player Name]. Pray make haste to the Congregation and join her!
Alberic	Heustienne sorely wants for lances in her mission, and I would have you lend her yours. Pray make haste to the Congregation and join her!
Heustienne	[Player Name]! You've come to aid us? This improves our chances tenfold!
Montorgains	Allow me to thank you as well, Mistress/Master [Player Name]. I am but a worried father, and it gives me heart to know that the Azure Dragoon shall fight beside my daughter.
Heustienne	Though my training is far from over, the situation will brook no delay. We must head off Graoully and his horde before they reach a populated area.
Heustienne	It shall be my honor to fight shoulder to shoulder with you. The experience alone will teach me much, of that I have little doubt.
Montorgains	Promise me you will be careful, Heustienne. Take no unnecessary risks. Do you understand me?
Montorgains	Remember, the dead cannot serve their nation. And what Ishgard needs above all are brave souls like you to protect her.
Heustienne	Worry not, Father. I swear I will return to you.
Montorgains	See that you do, my child. Now, before you go, there is something I wish you to have.
Montorgains	The lance Peregrine. It is yours now.
Heustienne	Wh-Why, this lance was bestowed upon your forebear by the archbishop himself! I am no true child of yours, yet you would entrust me with the family treasure...
Heustienne	I will not betray your faith in me, Father! With this lance, I shall strike down Graoully and protect Ishgard!
Brucemont	Heustienne. It is time.
Brucemont	It has been a while, my friend. I had the honor of overseeing your training when you were but a fledgling dragoon, and I shall be honored to fight beside you.
Heustienne	Comrades! At last report, Graoully and his horde had gained the western highlands. We shall lie in wait for them at the Pike. With me!
Montorgains	Mistress/Master [Player Name]. May I have a moment?
Montorgains	Each time I see my daughter off on a mission, we dance the selfsame dance. I tell her to be careful, and she promises to do so. But I know her all too well.
Montorgains	Heustienne burns to distinguish herself in battle, that she might repay me and my lady wife a perceived debt. I fear that, one day, that desire will cloud her judgment, and she will not come home. And so I beg you, pray watch over my daughter.
Brucemont	<pant> We were able to repel the first wave, but it cost us dearly... I am afraid the rest is up to you and Heustienne...
Thierremont	Our forces are in a bad way.
Heustienne	[Player Name]! Already, we've suffered heavy losses, and that was but the first wave!
Heustienne	They come! Brace yourself!
Heustienne	That was the last of them...yet Graoully is nowhere to be seen. Were the reports mistaken?
Heustienne	Such a price we have paid, only for our quarry to elude us!
Heustienne	So you finally show yourself!
Brucemont	What is she─!? Heustienne! Nooo!
Brucemont	By the Fury, this is a disaster! I...I know not how to say this, but Heustienne... Strong as she is, she cannot have survived that...
Brucemont	...Here, I discovered this in the aftermath. 'Tis a fragment of her armor. It must have broken off during the battle.
Brucemont	Pray see it to her father's hands. Knowing him, he will be at the Congregation, awaiting his daughter's return...
Brucemont	I must rest a while. Pray bear word back to Ishgard.
Thierremont	By the Fury... So many lives lost...
Alberic	I have heard the news. Pray go on ahead to Ishgard. I shall follow anon.
Montorgains	Mistress/Master [Player Name]. What has happened? Where is my daughter?
Montorgains	This scrap... A piece of her armor? But why bring it to me? No... No!
Montorgains	I refuse to believe that Heustienne is gone. It is too early to know for certain. Tell me everything that happened. Everything.
Alberic	So she leapt upon the dragon, piercing its hide, after which the creature carried her westward...
Montorgains	If none saw her fall, it means she may have managed to safely dismount! There is hope still!
Alberic	If Heustienne is out there, I shall not rest until I find her. [Player Name], I trust I can rely upon your aid. Let us speak further at the Observatorium.
Alberic	Without further ado, let us consider a course of action.
Alberic	As Montorgains dares to hope, if Heustienne was not shaken off Graoully's back, there is a chance that she yet lives.
Alberic	She will have ridden the dragon until such time as she saw an opportunity to dismount. The question is where.
Alberic	The worst possible outcome is that she has been taken deep into dragon-ruled lands, far away from her allies. While I pray that this is not so, we must be prepared for anything.
Alberic	Heustienne is one of our very best, and Ishgard can ill afford to lose her. For the nation's sake, and that of her father, let us find her and bring her home.
Alberic	I will track Graoully's movements in order to ascertain Heustienne's location. Like as not, the search will take us into the heart of enemy territory. Pray keep your lance arm honed, for we shall soon have need of it.
Quest complete.