Hey! Did Hildebrant over at Krotan Refuge send you?

It doesn't matter, I suppose. We need your help!

This crazy heat is warping our weapons even as they leave our scabbards!

• "Do you know how?"

Kysis Isle is a furnace, and scorching heat can deform a weapon. But I think this is more than hot air...the Abyss changes everything it touches.

I'm new here, so when our weapons started deforming before our very eyes, I sent runners to Hildebrant over at Krotan Refuge. My missive might have been a little on the, um, panicky side.

But she shared with me the technique they're using over on Krotan, something I'd like to try. Can you help?

• Accept.
• Decline.

Hildebrant says melting the hearts of Ravenous Pretors yields a fluid that protects weapons from warping.

A melted weapon is useless, and a weaponless soldier is almost useless, so I'll try anything. Can you hunt Greedy Pretors and bring their Greedy Pretor Hearts to me?

Ten hearts will be enough for one batch of fluid.

• "Can't leave you unarmed, eh?"

Gather the Hearts of Ravenous Pretors used to make weapons resistant to the strange heat of Kysis, then bring them to Etzel.

Did you get the Greedy Pretor Heart we need?

I hope this works. I had a dagger knot itself before my eyes just a few minutes ago.

Show me what you've got.

• "Here you go."

What's this? I need ten Greedy Pretor Hearts.

Hurry! I'm eager to see whether this trick will keep our weapons from warping.

• "On my way."

Ooh, did you feel these? They're as cold as ice!

Hildebrant didn't mention that in her instructions. Let me see...where did I leave that parchment...?

Oh, before I forget, take this. Lucky they give me disbursement authority, eh?

The Abyssal heat of Kysis Isle warps weapons, so Etzel's soldiers can't defend the fortress.

Another commander melts the hearts of heat-tolerant Ravenous Pretors and spreads the resulting oil on weapons. Etzel wanted to try that, but had no Pretor hearts.

You hunted Ravenous Pretors and returned with their hearts as Etzel instructed.