Court in the Sands

Court in the Sands was the second quest in the main story of Ul'dah in the original Final Fantasy XIV. This quest was entitled "Some Like it Hot" in beta.

Walkthrough

 * 1) Speak to Momodi about Court in the Sands for a cutscene.
 * 2) Contact Momodi via linkpearl.
 * 3) Head to Camp Black Brush to activate the aetheryte crystal.
 * 4) Go back to The Hourglass & speak to Momodi about Court in the Sands.
 * 5) Speak to Momodi again about Court in the Sands.
 * 6) Head to Eshtaime's Lapidaries (Goldsmiths' Guild) (6-6) & speak with Elecotte for a cutscene and a 1000g reward.
 * 7) Head to The Coliseum (Gladiators' Guild) (5-5) for a cutscene and an instance.
 * 8) Go down the stairs on the southern end of The Coliseum and interact with the door.
 * 9) Fight the tourney gladiator. There will be a cutscene & instance after the fight.
 * 10) Contact Momodi via linkpearl.
 * 11) Head to Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern (Miners' Guild) (6-6) & speak to Linette about Court in the Sands for a cutscene & instance.
 * 12) Target F'lhaminn and do the following emotes:
 * 13) */furious
 * 14) */beckon
 * 15) */laugh
 * 16) */deny
 * 17) */upset
 * 18) */soothe
 * 19) Target the following NPCs and do the following emotes:
 * 20) */soothe the Manic Miner
 * 21) */upset the Maddened Miner
 * 22) */deny the Maddened Miner
 * 23) *A cutscene will occur.
 * 24) Speak to F'lhaminn for another cutscene.
 * 25) Head to the Gate of Nald.
 * 26) *This quest is bugged. If you head too far into Central Thanalan, you must turn back towards Ul'dah to activate the Duty Calls prompt.
 * 27) Follow F'lhaminn & protect her from harm by killing any Chinchillas along the way.
 * 28) In the instance, speak to Ascilia for a cutscene.
 * 29) Head back to the Miners' Guild for a cutscene & a 3,000g reward.
 * 30) Contact Momodi via linkpearl.
 * 31) Head upstairs to Frondale's Phrontistery (Alchemists' Guild) (5-6) & speak with Nogeloix for a cutscene.
 * 32) Go through the door to the south for a cutscene & an instance.
 * 33) Run all the way down the hall, turn left at the Worrisome Assistant, & go through the door at the end for a cutscene.
 * 34) Contact Momodi via linkpearl.
 * 35) Head back downstairs to the Quicksand & speak to Momodi about Court in the Sands for your 6,000g reward.

Journal
You have found the famous Quicksand, the Ul'dahn branch of the Adventurers' Guild, and had the pleasure of meeting its proprietor. Momodi, who caters to the shims of the region's adventurers with the tough love of a mother. Speak to Momodi again to learn even more of your brethren and their exploits in the south.

Momodi of the Quicksand has urged you to venture forth to Camp Black Brush and attune yourself with the aetheryte located there. Camp Black Brush is the closest of Thanalan's camps to the city. Any fledgling adventurer equipped with an adequate map should have minimal trouble in finding it.

Upon attuning to the aetheryte found at Camp Black Brush, Momodi of the Quicksand promptly contacted you via the linkpearl she fashioned you with earlier. She confessed to unabashedly smuggling a guildleve amongst your belongings, leaving the decision to undertake or not completely up to you. Whatever you choose to do, return to the Quicksand once you have adventured to your heart's content.

Speak again to Momodi, proud proprietor of the Quicksand.

Momodi of the Adventurers' Guild has told you of some of the other guilds to which Ul'dah is home. She has also suggested that the Velodnya cosmos you obtained at the parade may well fetch a hefty sum from the goldsmiths of Eshtaime's Lapidaries. In addition, you have learned that fighting at the Coliseum, home of the sword-wielding gladiators, is another means of earning potentially enormous sums of gil--should you be victorious. Visit these guilds and see what Ul'dah has to offer, using your map should you have need of it.

Visiting the Coliseum and Eshtaime's Lapidaries yielded a wealth of new information. Use your linkpearl to contact Momodi and speak to her of what you have learned.

Momodi has taught you of the Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern in Ul'dah, home to the Miner's Guild. Visit the Concern to continue in your efforts to learn all there is to know of this majestic city.

You witnessed an altercation of sorts break out at Amajina & sons Mineral Concern. It seems the thaumaturge Corguevais had stolen away into the shafts illegally with the intention of mining up whatever valuable ores and gems he could. Speak to the Songstress of Ul'dah, F'lhaminn, to discover some method of quelling the donnybrook.

F'lhaminn was kind enough to teach you the expressive motions "angry," "beckon," "laugh," "no", "upset," and "soothe." Use them wisely, and put an end to Corguevais's persecution at the hand of the enraged miners.

Your timely expressions spared Corguevais a horrible fate at the hand of the miners. Immediately afterwards, the Lalafell twin brothers Popokkuli and Seserukka appeared and chased off those causing the trouble. Speak to F'lhaminn to make learn what you might of events at the Miners' Guild.

The miners will not tolerate illegal mining within the shafts. You have been charged to take word of stricter punishments being levied against perpetrators to the poor living beyond the city. F'lhaminn has offered to go along with you. Prepare for the journey and meet her at the Gate of Nald in the north of the city.

You rendezvoused with F'lhaminn at the Gate of Nald and have set out from the city with a northerly bearing, bound for Camp Black Brush. Should you come under attack from any beasts or beastmen, you must protect F'lhaminn at all costs!

You arrived safely at Camp Black Brush together with F'lhaminn to find the people there in an agitated state. The camp had just come under attack from a beat of some sort, and a small girl named Ascilia was narrowly rescued from its clutches. When the thaumaturge Corguevais attempted to tend to her, she shied away from him and broke into a fit of crying. Try to talk to Acilia and find out the cause of her tears.

Your conversation with the camp leader revealed that a great disaster once occurred in Ul'dah's mines under the operation of Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern. The Concern taking whatever measures it must to prevent another such tragedy from happening. Your task, complete, return to the Miners' Guild with F'lhaminn.

F'lhaminn paid you her thanks for traveling to the camp with her. Contact Momodi of the Adventurers' Guild and tell her your tale.

Disaster has struck in the mines, and the dead and injured are vast. Go to Frondale's Phrontistery, using your map if need be, and see if there is any work to be had.

Nogeloix of Frondale's Phrontistery has told you that the guildmaster Faustigeant is on the premises and will give you orders to aid the alchemists' efforts. Follow the corridor leading into the Phrontistery and pass through the doors at the far end.

Within Frondale's Phrontistery, you find Master Faustigeant and Checheroya speaking about the accident in the mines. Upon learning that you have come to help, Master Faustigeant has ordered you to make the rounds of the sickrooms.

In one of the Phrontistery's sickrooms, you find young Ascilia, mourning the death of her father, Warburton. As Corguevais attempts to comfort her, she reveals that her father had said Ul'dah was in great danger, but she knows no further details. She has no family left to her, and no coin to pay for a proper funeral for her father. Contact Momodi of the Adventurers' Guild and tell her of this latest development.