Beginnings

Beginnings
Required Fame	Unknown
Level Restriction:	Level 40+ Blue Mage
Starting NPC	Waoud/Raubahn, Aht Urhgan Whitegate - (J-10)
Pack	Treasures of Aht Urhgan
Title	Branded by the Five Serpents
Repeatable	Yes, after Memory reset
Description	An unavoidable decision... If you would seek even greater power, meet with the Immortals stationed at the Azouph Isle, Dvucca Isle, Mamool Ja, Halvung, and Ilrusi staging points.

Previous Quest	Next Quest
An Empty Vessel	Omens
Requirements
Aht Urhgan Mission 2 Brand of the Springserpent Brand of the Galeserpent Brand of the Flameserpent Brand of the Skyserpent Brand of the Stoneserpent
Rewards
Immortal's Scimitar

Walkthrough

• Begin this quest by speaking to Waoud once your Blue Mage is level 40 and you have completed Aht Urhgan Mission 2. Waoud is the NPC that unlocked your Blue Mage job initially. You will need to speak to him again after zoning if you did not originally watch the "extra" scene for completing the quest An Empty Vessel. Tell Waoud that you want him to "Gaze Away" at your fate and the quest cutscene begins. The text in the quest log tells you that you actually have the quest from Raubahn, rather than Waoud, even though Waoud will act as your contact.
• In the cut scene select "i have"
• Once you have the quest started, you need to head to the five main Staging Points with Blue Mage as your main job. You do not need to speak to the guard at Nyzul Isle for this quest. At each Staging Point, you need to speak to the Immortals that usually oversee Assault.
  • If you have already attuned to the respective runic portals, the quickest way to get to each staging point is to use the Runic Portal at L-7 in Whitegate. Each warp will cost 200 Imperial Standing. Exchanging a single Copper Voucher will give you the required 1000 for all five warps. The warps will have no cost if done while under Assault orders for each location.
  • If you do not have the runic portals attuned, see the individual pages for the Staging Points below for alternate paths.
• You will obtain a Permanent Key Item after each cutscene:
  • Brand of the Springserpent from Meyaada at the Ilrusi Atoll Staging Point.
  • Brand of the Galeserpent from Nahshib at the Dvucca Isle Staging Point.
  • Brand of the Flameserpent from Waudeen at the Halvung Staging Point.
  • Brand of the Skyserpent from Daswil at the Mamool Ja Staging Point.
  • Brand of the Stoneserpent from Nareema at the Azouph Isle Staging Point.
• After you have all five Brand Key Items, speak to Waoud again to finish the quest.