Quest Name	An Empty Vessel
Locations:	Aht Urhgan Whitegate, Aydeewa Subterrane, old Bastok zones (see below)
Estimated Time	Several earth hours, though not all at once
Special Items:	Valkrum Sunsand, Siren's Tear, or Dangruf Stone
Prerequisites	Level 30 job
Brief synopsis:	Answer some questions, bring the NPC an item he desires, then go out into the wilderness for a final cutscene

The blue mage flag quest is started by Waoud, who is located at (J-10) on the top level of the Aht Urhgan Whitegate. If you're just wandering town you'll probably run across him and answer his questions not to his satisfaction.

Tell him you want your divination told and he'll ask you a series of questions with some pretty cool music in the background. Though the questioning seems "open ended" you can get them "wrong" if you answer in a way he's not looking for. If you answer them incorrectly you will pay 1000 gil and have to wait until the start of the next in-game day to try again. He'll also talk about harvesting in nearby zones - ignore that. Just wait until next game day. So to avoid all the trial and error, here are the questions and the responses I gave to complete this quest:

The questions and my answers:

What is destiny?
Is Immutable	One forges for oneself	Is Unknowable
Does the acomplishment of a goal require sacrifice and hardship?
Not if you think hard enough	Occasionally	Absolutely
You hold in your hands a forbidden scroll. Reading it will bring you untold wisdom, but cost all that you own
Read the scroll?	Throw the scroll away?	Burn the scroll?
If the loss of one life would save ten thousand, would you offer yourself without hesitation?
Offer another...	I have no such courage	Without hesitation
Would you choose a tumultuous life where fame or fortune were attainable, or a tranquil life where both were forever beyond your reach?
A chaotic life	A tranquil life	A mix of both
You stand on the precipice between life and death. Would you choose to live life as a beast if it would save you from falling into the shadowy abyss of the underworld?
If it keeps me from dying...	Fall, and keep my humanity	Embrace life as a beast
A companion in battle turns against you, raising a weapon to attack.
Brace for the blow?	Try to reason with him?	Cut him down?
A loved one is afflicted with a terrible illuness and has little time left to live. You are asked to end that life by your own hand.
Seek a cure?	Leave the world together?	Grant the request?
You are in the midst of a fiece battle. The enemy lying at your feet was once a friend. His breath is ragged and weak.
Tend to his wounds?	End his pain?	Ignore your old friend?
A superior to whom you owe a great debt orders you to act in a way that violates your sense of justice.
Try to remove him from power?	Carry out the order?	Follow your sense of justice?

If you follow that order and have to pay 1000 gil, something is funky. The quest might be sligtly randomized, but based on what, no one is sure yet. Numbering the first question 1, the second 2, and the third 3, you can also try the combination 2312312312, or 3333333333. One of those should eventually work. Hopefully we'll figure out the true 100% order eventually. When you are successful in answering Waoud's questions he will ask you to find an item from the "middle lands" - i.e. the normal areas of the game away from Aht Urghan. Each of these items can be obtained pretty close to Bastok in an old quest you probably did around level 15 or so.

If he asks for...	He wants...	Which can be found...	See the quest
A pinch of golden sand	Valkrum Sunsand	At a ??? point in the Valkrum Dunes on the boat at (E-9) on Siren Sand beach during sandstorms	Stardust
A blue jewel	Siren's Tear	Checking a ??? at a stream in North Gustaberg at (J-8) with no weapon equipped	The Siren's Tear
A red stone	Dangruf Stone	Checking a ??? in Dangruf Wadi at (I-5)	Breaking Stones

He only asks for one of the items. If you're really bored you can get all three before starting the quest. However, you must wait one game day after the successful answering of the questions in order to trade the item. If you try to trade early he won't accept it and talking to him again he says "I won't ask payment on this day."


After the next game day Waoud will accept the trade and tell you to go to Aydeewa Subterrane. Head to Al Zahbi and out the north gate to Bhaflau Thickets. If you were vigilent in buying maps you'll have a map of this zone too. At (I-7) of your map there is a signal tower and a dead end path to the southeast of it. That dead end path is actually a zone to the Aydeewa Subterrane. Attercops (spiders) and Colibri don't aggro but Ameretats (molbors) and tigers do.


Once in the Aydeewa Subterrane take a right in the first open room and fall down a small ledge to a cavern full of diremites. These aggro so have sneak up. To your left you should see a rather big ledge leading down. Slide down to a room with a pool. Step into the center of the pool for a cutscene and take that man's hand.

After the (rather sinister) events you'll be warped back to Aht Urhgan Whitegate. Congratulations, you can now become a blue mage!.


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