# Caphras's Worn Record #1

**Quest Group**: 123544
**Steps**: 13

## Summary

These records? Whether you choose to read them or discard them, it's up to you.
No need to hang around and get me all concerned.
(You grab the journal placed near O'Arma.
The following is written within the journal.)
In my worldly travels, I've seen countless things.
And yet, I've always felt there was something strange I just couldn't grasp.
At the end of many trials and errors, I came to one conclusion.
"Something is hidden in the shadow of the world."

## Walkthrough


### Step 1

- **Dialogue**: Hmph. The Blackstar is destined to become O'dyllita's heart.
Enough with the commotion. Let's take our share and leave!


### Step 2

- **Objective**: Caphras's Worn Record #1

- **Summary**: These records? Whether you choose to read them or discard them, it's up to you.
No need to hang around and get me all concerned.
(You grab the journal placed near O'Arma.
The following is written within the journal.)
In my worldly travels, I've seen countless things.
And yet, I've always felt there was something strange I just couldn't grasp.
At the end of many trials and errors, I came to one conclusion.
"Something is hidden in the shadow of the world."


### Step 3

- **Objective**: Caphras's Worn Record #2

- **Summary**: Rummaging through ancient texts, I found a major clue regarding the shadow.
A record of the war in which the God of Hope was revealed to be Kzarka.
Those who fought alongside Kzarka were exiled to his darkness
by the power of the relic known as the "Gem of Balance"... I must find that relic.


### Step 4

- **Objective**: Caphras's Worn Record #3

- **Summary**: I've been able to decipher the makeup of the Gem of Balance from the texts.
And yet, I lack a single ingredient that would enable me to craft one myself.
"The soul of the tainted before being consumed by darkness..."
If such a soul exist, I know not, but if it does, I will find it.


### Step 5

- **Objective**: Caphras's Worn Record #4

- **Summary**: Finally, I've been able to successfully craft the Gem of Balance.
Though the guilt over sacrificing all those villagers weighs heavily, I must press onward.
For I will do whatever it takes to right my mistake.
Now, the time has come to make my way to the Altar of Blood.


### Step 6

- **Objective**: [EXC] Mass of Pure Magic

- **Summary**: Harbinger of Calamity. That's interesting.
Here, this should be a generous amount. What do you think?


### Step 7

- **Objective**: [Knowledge] Flare of the Ancients

- **Summary**: The Flare of the Ancients? I heard it's a powerful light
of concentrated ancient power that Caphras used at the Altar of Blood.
It could grant you great strength...
if you manage to find it, that is.


### Step 8

- **Objective**: [Knowledge] Dim Origin of Clear Water

- **Summary**: There was an orb imbued with power to forge the Flare of the Ancients...
Look through the records if you're so curious.


### Step 9

- **Objective**: [Knowledge] Dim Origin of Crimson Flame

- **Summary**: There was an orb imbued with power to forge the Flare of the Ancients...
Look through the records if you're so curious.


### Step 10

- **Objective**: [Knowledge] Dim Origin of Earth

- **Summary**: There was an orb imbued with power to forge the Flare of the Ancients...
Look through the records if you're so curious.


### Step 11

- **Objective**: [Knowledge] Nightmare Fragment

- **Summary**: Curious about the nightmares of the Altar of Blood?
How foolish. Do you revel in fear?


### Step 12

- **Objective**: Into the abyss, the Altar of Blood...

- **Summary**: Ah, so you've read Caphras's Journal...
Do you seek to uncover the secrets of the Altar of Blood?
Alas, it remains closed for now. 
Yet, mark my words, the darkness shall soon return...


### Step 13

- **Objective**: Into the abyss, the Altar of Blood...

- **Summary**: Ah, so you've read Caphras's Journal...
Do you seek to uncover the secrets of the Altar of Blood?
A deep darkness dwells there...
You'd best cast aside any foolish courage.