Online:Jahones Valain
Jahones Valain | |||
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Home Settlement | Suran | ||
Location | Menaldinion's Clinic | ||
Race | Breton | Gender | Male |
Health | 15,000 | ||
Reaction | Friendly |
Jahones Valain is a Breton who can be found at the second floor of Menaldinion's Clinic in Suran. He is the father of Elic Valain and the father-in-law of Melvina Valain.
Related Quests[edit]
- The Wing of the Netch: Find the Netch Luminary and earn his sigil to power the Scribing Altar.
Quest-Related Events[edit]
Jahones Valain is dying in the bed. His son and daughter-in-law can be overheard.
- Elic Valain: "Father, I got here as soon as I could. Please. Can you hear me?"
- Melvina Valain: "I'm sorry, my love. He's very weak."
After you follow through the portal set up by Votary Nahlia you will find a fragment of his spirit in Dragon Bridge Smuggler Caves.
- Jahones Valain: "My first mission. My first brush with death. The Reachfolk had us on the run. I was so far from home and certain I'd die alone."
- Jahones Valain: "I fought with everything I had. My wife was at home by herself. She told me she had news for me for when I returned. I needed to know what it was."
- "I'm at the end, aren't I? Dragon Bridge. My blood warmed the icy water. I should have died that day.
Maybe I did. Marielle. Blackberry mead. Borderwatch. Elic, my life's pride. Were all those warm memories just the dreams of a dying young soldier?" - It wasn't a dream. Elic is waiting for you back in Suran.
- "Elic? Yes. This is where I learned of Elic. Near death. Perhaps nearer than I am now.
I remember tendrils cradling me. Lifting me to the water's edge. My wounds, closing. Pain, easing. A voice that was joyous and clear." - What did it say?
- "That I had to live for my son. I feared I'd never live to meet him. I was just glad I wouldn't die alone.
But when I woke later, no one was there. And when next I saw my wife, she handed me our child. A boy. My Elic. Where is he?" - He's with you right now in Suran.
You will find another piece of his soul in Borderwatch:
- Jahones Valain: "Borderwatch. The day I thought Elic would join me as a soldier in my new assignment. The day he would break my heart."
- Jahones Valain: "He was still a little boy when I put that wooden sword in his hands. I had convinced myself that he would aspire to be like me. That he was a fighter."
- "It was here at Borderwatch that I was given command so many years ago. I sent for my son, urging him to enlist. We would defend these walls together.
And he arrived, only to hand in his blade." - Why was it so important that he enlist with you?
- "Elic had such a love of history. I thought he'd relish the chance to stand with the soldiers that made it.
I wanted to fight side-by-side with my son, wanted that life so badly. Handing me his blade felt like he'd run it through my heart." - What did you say to him?
- "I told him he would be a failure. That he'd come crawling back.
What loving father does that? Divines, what possessed me to say such things?" - Then return to Suran. You can still reach him.
You will find the third and the last piece of his soul in Blight Bog Sump:
- Jahones Valain: "My final mission. My wife, long gone. My son, estranged and beyond my reach. I was alone. A soldier's worst nightmare."
You will find him beside Inevitable End. You can talk to him:
- "My final venture as a man of the sword.
I resigned my station and took to mercenary work. I had tracked a bounty to these ruins, filled with traps and monsters. I was lost. Injured. I fell and my torch went out. I was alone. So alone." - What happened?
- "I saw a shape in the darkness. Looming like a storm cloud. Tendrils swaddled me like a babe. I did not fight as they held me close, set me on my feet.
And I heard that laughing voice, from all those years before." - What did it say?
- "It told me of Elic's life. His wife. His work as a respected historian.
Elic was happy, and I was happy to hear it. I left these ruins, but I didn't have the courage to write my son until I fell ill. And then it was too late to make amends." - It's not too late. Elic is waiting for you in Suran.
As you return to Suran:
- Elic Valain: "Father! It's Elic. I'm here. Just be still."
- Jahones Valain: "My boy. I've much to say after coming so far. Just let me catch my breath."
You can talk to him:
- "You are not the same lighthearted presence I met in the darkness, but I feel comforted all the same."
After you talk to his son:
- Jahones Valain: "Elic, my life's pride, I'm so sorry. Those things I said to you—I wish I could take it all back."
- Elic Valain: "I know, Dad. I'm sorry I didn't give you the chance to make amends."
- Jahones Valain: "Shh, my boy. We're together now. That's all that matters."
- Votary Nahlia: "We've done all we can here. Let's head back to the Scholarium and speak with you know who."
You may speak with him once more:
- "Elic is here. If my last breath was an apology to him, it would have been worth it. But I have a few more left in me. And ears to listen.
Thank you, stranger, for guiding my spirit back to my boy."