Step Back From That Ledge, My Friend

Assist Eridia in cleansing Disciple Nikolon.

• Assist Eridia
• Speak to Fallen Disciple Nikolon
• Speak to Eridia

This disciple... such emotion...

<Eridia stares at Nikolon for a long moment.>

Rarely do ascended require such rigorous cleansing, but I cannot deny what is readily apparent. This disciple will fall if I do not intervene.

There is no time to lose. Come. I will instruct you.

... I only hope we are not too late.

You will receive:

• 8,500 XP

<Eridia grips her hammer with pale knuckles.>

How... how are they so numerous?

On accept:

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Follow Eridia and Nikolon outside, then speak with Eridia again:

• Such an intensive cleansing may require your martial expertise.
• Are you prepared to aid me?

Pelagos:

• He is... more fragile than most, when it comes to cleansing. I would not want him to lose his way. What we are about to do can be very unpleasant to witness.
• You... I very much get the sense that you can handle the occasional dramatic event.

Say 'Yes, Eridia':

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Five Nikolon's Uncertainties appear. Defeat them:

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Three Nikolon's Distrusts appear. Defeat them:

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Two Nikolon's Doubts appear. Defeat them:

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Nikolon's Despair appears. Defeat it:

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Speak with Fallen Disciple Nikolon:

• <The disciple breathes heavily.>
• This is... I am...
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Speak to Eridia again:

• I do not understand. Stand among...
• <Eridia's eyes widen.>
• No. That is impossible.

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A cutscene plays. Forsworn kyrian drop out of the skies, incapacitating kyrian and stealing their anima. On the other side of the cutscene, the Temple of Purity has been besieged by the Forsworn:

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• This quest's name may be a reference to the song "" by.

You have seen what happens when Aspirants exude their burdens.

• Description

They can be excised, removed, with some efficiency. But the process, if not undertaken carefully, can leave scars. It can cause a buildup of resentment and fear of that pain.

I fear Nikolon has allowed his scars to fester. He now harbors doubt of the process, doubt which can be very dangerous.

Come, I need your aid. Let us see if we can set him back on the path.