The Caged Bird Sings

The Caged Bird Sings
Category	Quests
Type	Side Story
Repeatable	False
Rewards	3810Resonance 398Memory Fragment 6Large Wayfinder Resonance Cache Meatgrinder Boom! Mini Kestrel 2000Reward Tower XP

The Caged Bird Sings is a side story quest in Wayfinder.

Description

Start

The Shrikes have unknowingly unleashed a mechanical catastrophe in the Godsblood mines. Dismantle the Bloodbore before it destroys the mines, and our source of Godsblood, for good.

Active

Rook designed an advanced drill machine, called the Bloodbore, to dig into the depths of the Godsblood mines. The Shrikes have unknowingly unleashed it, unaware that its operation could spell catastrophe. Dismantle the Bloodbore before it's too late.

Clear

You dismantled the Bloodbore and, in the process, learned that Rook, Kestrel's old partner, had not betrayed her a year ago. Instead, he'd hidden a cache of invaluable supplies for Kestrel and Skylight, though died by the Raven's hands. Now, Kestrel has sworn revenge. For Rook, and the Shrike Syndicate that she once loved.

Requirement

Prerequisite

Clear Birds of a Feather.

Start quest

Talk to Kestrel in the Highlands.

Questline

1. The Kestrel and the Rook
2. Birds of a Feather
3. The Caged Bird Sings

Objectives

• Phase 1
  • Craft a Gloomtrace for the Bloodbore Hunt
• Phase 2
  • Complete the Bloodbore Hunt
    Hunt: The Bloodbore
• Phase 3
  • Inspect the Bloodbore Area for Signs of Rook
    Hunt: The Bloodbore
• Phase 4
  • Return to the Highlands
    Highlands
• Phase 5
  • Find the Cache Near the Bell Tree
    Highlands
• Phase 6
  • Return to Kestrel's Hideout in Lower Skylight
    Highlands
• Phase 7
  • Speak With Kestrel
    Highlands

Dialogue

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Clear Phase 2

Kestrel

That machine… it seemed to be operating entirely on its own. And still no sign of Rook. Do me a favor and look around the area. There has to be something we missed.

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Clear Phase 3

I don't know how this survived, but this note looks important. Better read it in a safer place than here.

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Clear Phase 4

Kestrel

I… read the letter as you did. Through that damned dagger of yours.

Rook. I can't believe he…

I was so angry at him. And now… he's gone.

Sorry, love. I… need a minute. Check out the spot he mentioned, would you?

We met in the Highlands. Beneath the old Bell Tree. It's a quiet spot. Used to spend a lot of time there together.

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Clear Phase 5

Looks like a ton of materials are buried under here. We'll need a team to dig them all up. I should tell Kestrel.

Rook's Note

You found remains in the shadow of the Bloodbore. Whether they were killed by the rampaging machine, or the Shrikes is unclear, but they died clutching a note. It reads...

Long time, love bird. I tried to brand each part of this project with our old meeting cant. I can't know for sure that you'll ever see it. But you were always clever. I believe.

I wanted to show for our meet so badly all those years ago, but the Raven caught onto the job, and I had to act fast. You're tougher than the rest. You always were.
I knew you'd survive the Raven's ambush. Well, prayed you would. But Skylight wouldn't've if the Shrikes got ahold of that cache I pilfered.
Been caged down here, building machines for them, for nearly a year now. Tried to escape so many times. The Raven wants results. I think she knows I'm holding out.
Don't figure I have much time left 'fore she offs me. If I must go, I'm taking their whole operation with me. The M.L.U. I've installed in the Drill should do that much, at least.
I stowed the cache. For you. For Skylight. It's buried beneath the place we first met. If this note goes up in flames with me, maybe, you'll happen upon it by chance.

This past year in this cage. It wasn't Skylight that kept me going. It wasn't a desire to see an open sky again. It was you. It's always been you. I'm sorry. Take care.

— Rook