Secret Source Servant (NPC)

This article is about the NPC. For for the Automaton family it belongs to, see Secret Source Servant.

Secret Source Servant is an open-world NPC that appears in the World Quest In Search of a Hidden Heart in Series Chronicler of the Crumbling City. Its name is later revealed to be "Kukulkan."

Location

Profile

It is a Secret Source Servant prototype that was created by Xiuhcoatl to assist with information recording. It initially describes itself as "unnamed," as well as the only intelligent Secret Source Servant without a designated master.

Once its data is fully retrieved, it recalls being named after the kinsman that Xiuhcoatl cherished most and had accompanied him since birth: Kukulkan.

Appearance

It is slightly larger than other Secret Source Servants, apparently because subsequent models were purposefully made smaller in order to not "usurp" its "magnificence."

Quests and Events

World Quests

Chronicler of the Crumbling City
- In Search of a Hidden Heart

Dialogue

Available after An Omen of Annihilation and the Final Entreaty has been completed.

(Talk to the Secret Source Servant)

Secret Source Servant: Greetings. New data recovery category detected.

Secret Source Servant: Thank you... for your help. I have... recalled my name from the retrieved data.

Secret Source Servant: At the time, my creator, Lord Xiuhcoatl, was exhibiting signs of memory degradation and distortion, and the kinsman he cherished most had already severed ties with him...

Secret Source Servant: Perhaps he meant to fill the void left by one who had accompanied him since birth, and thus, on the day I was created...

Secret Source Servant: "Then, you shall be 'Kukulkan'. I imagine that fellow could hardly care less about that name by now..."

Secret Source Servant: As such, I am not a nameless Secret Source Servant. Rather, my name is...

Kukulkan: "Kukulkan."

(Subsequent interactions start from here)

"Kukulkan": Do you have any queries?

Let's access the data we've recovered...

"Kukulkan": Reading corresponding content... What records do you need to access?

Read me the entries marked "Creating the Secret Source Servants..."

"Kukulkan": Of course. Now reading, please wait.
(Opens Records Regarding "Creating the Secret Source Servants..."): Records Regarding "Creating the Secret Source Servants..."
...
To test the efficiency of complex structures and the Phlogiston power unit, such that a Secret Source Servant can be manufactured for the purposes of record-keeping...
Intended to perform precise adjustment and control of Phlogiston during the second stage of the plan, and to provide insurance in case of contingencies.
If the full-scale Phlogistonization experiment becomes unstable, a physical system will be required to maintain a quasi-Phlogiston state. In this scenario, we will need to rely on these small mechanisms to perform maintenance duties.
...
To think my memory had been corroded to such an extent by the time the prototype could be constructed...
I can no longer even recall... how long it has been since the days when my people would unfurl their wings and soar freely above this land.
I cannot even... Haha. I cannot even recall the figure who should have stood beside my empty throne.
Never mind... He shall one day return to this city. This I believe.

Comments on the Phlogiston Records: Part I
Time of Comment:
Unknown
Comment:
I can understand the need for Secret Source Automatons to maintain the mechanisms, and as a backup plan for the second stage...
But must they have been constructed in such a way? Other shapes would have made more efficient use of the energy source...
Moreover, my pitiable brother, lost to delusions... Know that your descendants merely copying your prototype blindly, having no comprehension of its significance.
Their ignorance is such that the Secret Source Servants they create are even smaller than your prototype — so as not to "usurp" the magnificence of your creation.
Laughable, isn't it, how this non-uniformity creates unnecessary wastage in their assembly...

Comments on the Phlogiston Records: Part II
Time of Comment:
Unknown
Comment:
...Who would have imagined that these Secret Source Servants, built merely to maintain mechanisms and unarmed to boot, would manage to survive the war?
It appears that — in imitation of your ways — they left their own marks at the cores of the Secret Source Servants they created.
By this can I tell these identical facsimiles apart and know who created each one.
...I have given them the names of their creators... For what purpose, one might ask? Remembrance, perhaps?
If you could see me now, brother, you would laugh at my foolishness.
It seems that in this withered city whose life has run its course... I, too...

Comments on the Phlogiston Records: Part III
Time of Comment:
Unknown
Comment:
How peculiar... I am unable to change the name of your prototype... It seems that even I lack the relevant authority. It is hard to believe... that you would leave something such as this for yourself.
Perhaps it is because the Abyssal corruption of the Sacred City is so severe. In this colossal metropolis constructed from Phlogiston... data and structure exist as one.
Yes... The city itself is built of data sectors made manifest... so if the sector containing the prototype's data has been corrupted, the name cannot be read, and therefore cannot be changed.
I wonder... What name did you give this machine?
Or have names themselves lost all meaning in this place? Perhaps you never gave it a name to begin with...

"Kukulkan": Record playback complete.

Show me the entries for "Humans... and Exceptional Individuals Thereof"

"Kukulkan": Of course. Now reading, please wait.
(Opens Records Regarding "Humans... and Exceptional Individuals Thereof"): Records Regarding "Humans... and Exceptional Individuals Thereof"
...I know not how long I have slept under the influence of the shadow... Ah, my poor brother...

...When will he understand that if he keeps treating his own kin as nothing more than insects, then those of them who share the same burning fire of knowledge that he does will always view him as their foe...

...Even now, despite having failed once already, he persists in pursuing his ludicrous plans. The aberration he cultivated did not succeed in taking the throne of humankind, as he had so wished...

..."My beloved son will one day rule over both races. He possesses a lifespan far longer than that of ordinary humans. The only downside is that achieving this may take a little longer than anticipated."

..."Not to mention how this proves that humanity holds possibilities beyond what fate has ordained."

...But our enemies are not as simple as he imagines. When will he awaken from his delusions?

...Though, I must admit, if he were to achieve his aims and array his pieces on the board before me...

...That would make for an intriguing game indeed. Show me, my poor brother, your ambition. How far will your path take you...

"Kukulkan": Record playback complete.

Show me the records concerning "Corrosion and Physical Conditions"...

"Kukulkan": Of course. Now reading, please wait.
(Opens Records Regarding "Corrosion and Physical Conditions"): Records Regarding "Corrosion and Physical Conditions"
...All that once granted me form is fading. I can feel the power being twisted, diluted... to nourish, to form, ah... Something from beyond, our shadowy bane...

...Time is running low. Before all things terminate, I must find a new path for my people... A path forever lit and free from the darkness of shadows...

...Even if no glorious end awaits... If I shall be swallowed by shadows, ravaged by flame... It matters not...

...But how can I forsake... the future of my kin...

"Kukulkan": Record playback complete.

It's fine. There isn't anything I'd like to read right now.

"Kukulkan": Understood.

I have no more questions...

"Kukulkan": Understood.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Secret Source Servant	—
Chinese (Simplified)	秘源龙仆 Mìyuán Lóngpú	Secret Source Dragon Servant
Chinese (Traditional)	秘源龍僕 Mìyuán Lóngpú	Secret Source Dragon Servant
Japanese	秘源の龍従 Higen no Ryuushou	Secret Source Dragon Servant
Korean	비밀근원 하인 Bimilgeunwon Hain	Secret Source Servant
Spanish	Dragosirviente fuentenigma	Secret Source Dragonservant
French	Serviteur de source secrète	Secret Source Servant
Russian	Слуга источника Sluga istochnika	Source Servant
Thai	บริวารมังกรแดนลับ Bo-ri-wan Mang-kon Daen-lap	Secret Realm Dragon Servant
Vietnamese	Hầu Cận Rồng	Dragon Servant
German	Geheimquellen-Drachenknecht	Secret Source Dragon Servant
Indonesian	Pelayan Naga Sumber	Source Dragon Servant
Portuguese	Servo do Dragão da Fonte Secreta	Secret Source Dragon Servant
Turkish	Gizli Kaynak Hizmetkarı	Secret Source Servant
Italian	Servitore della Fonte segreta	Secret Source Servant

Change History

Released in Version 5.5

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