Seeing Blood-red

Start NPC: Erlene - The Eldieme Necropolis (S) (J-8) Requirements: Scholar Level 50+ Items Needed: Unaddressed sealed letter Porting magic transcript Title: Summa Cum Laude Repeatable: No Reward: Scholar's Mortarboard Previous Quest: Downward Helix Next Quest: Survival of the Wisest

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Walkthrough

• Talk to Erlene to begin the quest (wait until next game day and zone after completing Downward Helix.)

• Return to the Indescript Markings at E-11 of Pashhow Marshlands (S). You will obtain an Unaddressed Sealed Letter.
• Return to Erlene for a cutscene.
• Read the Unaddressed Sealed Letter key item. Then talk to Erlene again to obtain a Porting Magic Transcript.
• Travel to Grauberg (S) and investigate the blank spot at E-10. You can find it in a cave in the north-west corner.
• Inspect the Indescript markings nearby to enter the BCNM.
  • If you fail the BCNM, Erlene will give you another Porting Magic Transcript, but will ask for a Sheet of Vellum in exchange.
  • The Boss does not need to be defeated, but only have his HP lowered to a certain percentage (possibly lower than around 15%).
• After completing the BCNM, return to Erlene for you reward.

BCNM Walkthrough

The battle is against a Humanoid-type SCH monster (possible spoilers in the name, so I will avoid that...) with a copious amount of MP. Will 2-hr around 50%hp, using tier-3 magic spells while spamming the AOE Strategem, making them into Area of effect versions of their spells. Will also use Protect III upon himself, and will talk to you throughout the fight. Unable to estimate HP, but is a good few thousand (possibly as high as 10k) as a rough guess. Unsure of his weaknesses, but can easily be duod by a pair of SMN or a WHM and a NIN.

• We did this with 75RDM and 75NIN, very easily. He admitted defeat at 25%.