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Toys for the Children (Quest)

Last updated 2026-07-12

Toys for the Children is the third part of the Where Waves Meet the Reef Event.

Steps

  1. Wait until 07:00 – 10:00 two days from now
  2. Go to the event venue to meet up with Yelan and the rest
  3. Go to Ashvapati's hideout
  4. Investigate Ashvapati's hideout (0/3)
  5. Read the letter Ashvapati left behind
  6. Discuss what to do next
  7. Head to the meetup location

Dialogue

UI Quest Quest Description

With Yelan's help, you locate Ashvapati's hideout. There lies a past buried beneath the yellow sands, and with it, the truth behind the entire case...
(Pass time)
Media:vo nkeq103 99 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: We just got word from Yelan. Looks like she managed to track down Ashvapati. C'mon, let's go meet up with the others.
(Approach the event venue entrance)
Media:vo nkeq103 1 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: Took me a bit longer than I expected, but I've found where he's hiding.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: Let me just be sure of one thing... We're dealing with someone who has extremely dangerous weaponry in his hands. If it comes to it, are you prepared to handle the worst case scenario?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: Absolutely. You just need to trust us, just like we trusted you earlier.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 beidou 01.ogg Beidou: Yeah, we've got this. My crew's already locked and loaded.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: I'll take you at your word.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 01.ogg Navia: I know you said you wanted to keep this operation small. But, I still thought you could use some backup.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 02.ogg Navia: So, I chose a few promising young Spina members to help out. Clorinde and I have got things covered at the expo.
(The Traveler and Paimon arrive)
Media:vo nkeq103 1 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Guess we're ready to roll then.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 yelan 03.ogg Yelan: Now that you're here, I guess we can get this show on the road.
(The Traveler, Paimon, Chevreuse, and Yelan begin to leave)
Icon Dialogue Talk White Let's go.
(Ati, Neb, and Raya approach)
Media:vo nkeq103 1 raya 01.ogg Raya: Wait...
Media:vo nkeq103 1 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: I'm sorry, you can't come with us. You need to stay at the expo like we agreed. It's for your own safety.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 neb 01.ogg Neb: We know. It's just... Do you really think Uncle Ashvapati is working for the bad guys?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 chevreuse 04.ogg Chevreuse: I wish I could answer that question, but it would just be speculation, and I work based off evidence.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 neb 02.ogg Neb: He's been gone for two days now, and he just left us here... He's never done that before. Maybe he really is working for those people and was afraid of getting caught...
Media:vo nkeq103 1 neb 03.ogg Neb: But, if that's true, then... That means he must've been involved in making and selling weapons in the past, too. Wouldn't that make him a bad person...?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 03.ogg Navia: That's not for us to say. Take a look around the expo — there are plenty of other people making and selling weapons. Doesn't mean they're necessarily all bad people.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 neb 04.ogg Neb: Really?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 04.ogg Navia: The same is true for your uncle. Whatever he may have done in the past, the real question we need to ask is "why." There's a lot we need to know before we can judge a person.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 05.ogg Navia: In Fontaine, we have a long and complicated process in place just to make sure we get the right answer to that question.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 neb 05.ogg Neb: Yeah... Why would Uncle Ashvapati do something like that?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 06.ogg Navia: How about this? I'll make sure that Miss Chevreuse and Miss Yelan promise to bring your uncle back safe and sound.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 navia 07.ogg Navia: Then, you can ask him yourselves.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 ati 01.ogg Ati: Thanks, Miss!
(Ati, Neb, and Raya leave)
Media:vo nkeq103 1 clorinde 01.ogg Clorinde: This situation is complicated and unpredictable. Isn't it a bit early to be making those kinds of promises?
Media:vo nkeq103 1 beidou 02.ogg Beidou: Hahaha, it's alright. We're prepared for whatever we might face.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 chevreuse 05.ogg Chevreuse: Regardless, it's a promise we have to keep. After all, when the children get their answer, it will shape their understanding of what justice means.
Media:vo nkeq103 1 yelan 04.ogg Yelan: Then let's all do our part to make sure this ends as well as it possibly can.

(Approach the marked location)
Media:vo nkeq103 2 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: Stop right there!
Media:vo nkeq103 2 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Where is he?
Media:vo nkeq103 2 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: We missed him...
Media:vo nkeq103 2 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Looks like he left behind plenty of evidence, though. Search the area, let's see if we can find a lead.
(Talk to Chevreuse or Yelan, optional)
Media:vo dialog nkeq103 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: Search the area. Let's see if we can find a lead.
Media:vo dialog nkeq103 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: Strange... Did he lead us here on purpose?
(Investigate the notebook)
Media:vo nkeq103 5 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: These records look suspiciously familiar...
Media:vo nkeq103 5 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: Yeah... doesn't seem very coincidental to me, either.
Media:vo nkeq103 5 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: What is it?
Media:vo nkeq103 5 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Remember when I said this group's cover was ironclad? They were always careful never to leave a trail leading back to them...
Media:vo nkeq103 5 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: The one time they slipped up, it broke the case wide open. We found a cargo manifest left behind at the scene — that's the clue that led us to Nod-Krai.
Media:vo nkeq103 5 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: It was a similar story on our end.
Media:vo nkeq103 5 chevreuse 04.ogg Chevreuse: And now, that same manifest shows up here, among the records left behind by Ashvapati.
Media:vo nkeq103 5 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: So... he's the guy that slipped up back then?
Media:vo nkeq103 5 yelan 03.ogg Yelan: Unless it wasn't a slip-up at all... How does the same clue get left behind at two separate scenes, and picked up by two separate law-enforcement agencies? Thinking back on it now, it doesn't seem quite so accidental after all.
Media:vo nkeq103 5 chevreuse 05.ogg Chevreuse: No. Almost like he led us here on purpose... But, for what reason?
(Investigate the letter on the bench)
Media:vo nkeq103 6 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Hey, there's a letter here.
Media:vo nkeq103 6 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: Look at how it's positioned... it was begging to be found. I think it might be for us.
Media:vo nkeq103 6 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: You think he knew we would come here?
Media:vo nkeq103 6 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: If he did, he's a more impressive opponent than I anticipated.
Media:vo nkeq103 6 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Let's keep going. We can read it together when we debrief.
(Investigate the ballista)
Media:vo nkeq103 4 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Wait, is this what Paimon thinks it is?
Media:vo nkeq103 4 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: It's the display model that goes with the prototype... Guess that does make him our thief.
Media:vo nkeq103 4 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: What's worse is that, with his technical background, I bet he managed to bypass the security features on the prototype.
Media:vo nkeq103 4 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: You're saying, our guy has a battle-ready ballista in his possession, just waiting to be unleashed?
Media:vo nkeq103 4 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: This isn't looking good...
Media:vo nkeq103 4 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: Something isn't adding up... All the evidence suggests that he was here alone. Which begs the question: Why would he unlock the ballista's features before even meeting up with his boss?
Media:vo nkeq103 4 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: That's a question for another time. We need to focus on where he's going next.
(After investigating all three clues)
Media:vo nkeq103 7 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: This situation seems more complicated than we imagined. It looks like Ashvapati does have a connection to our criminal gang... But, it might not be what we thought at first.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: You don't think he's working for them?
Media:vo nkeq103 7 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: Unlikely. He lured us to Nod-Krai, prepared those weapons on his own, deliberately put us on his trail... This is looking more and more like the work of an independent actor.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Well, if we wanna get to the bottom of this, he's still our best lead.
Icon Dialogue Talk White Let's read the letter.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: That would seem to be our last remaining clue. Let's do it.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 ashvapati 01.ogg Ashvapati: To the officers of the Special Security and Surveillance Patrol and the Liyue Qixing. You certainly live up to your reputation. Within a single day, you were able to eliminate over half of the gang's forces. I appreciate the effort.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 ashvapati 02.ogg Ashvapati: I doubt my secret hiding spot will be a secret much longer, so I suppose it's my turn to throw my hat in the ring.
Media:vo nkeq103 7 ashvapati 03.ogg Ashvapati: I'm just glad I no longer have to run. So, before my day in court is upon me, allow me to confess to my crimes.
(A flashback begins — Ashvapati is walking through the Sumeru desert)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 01.ogg Ashvapati: It all started with a Kshahrewar researcher, expelled from the Akademiya for violating a taboo.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 02.ogg Ashvapati: He had dedicated his life to the pursuit of knowledge, but when he found himself in the desert, it wasn't even worth a pail of water to quench his thirst.
(Ashvapati collapses and awakens to a group of Eremites approaching)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 03.ogg Ashvapati: *coughing*... Could you spare some water? I... I'm a Kshahrewar researcher. If you need something, I could—
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 01.ogg Khaemwaset: Researchers like you are a dime a dozen. Smart as a whip until you find yourself in the desert... Then, you're lucky to survive the night.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 04.ogg Ashvapati: Are... Are you mocking me?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 02.ogg Khaemwaset: No, son. Just still trying to figure out why I've got such a soft spot for strays like you... Here, give me your canteen.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 05.ogg Ashvapati: *gulp*...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 03.ogg Khaemwaset: You got somewhere to go?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 06.ogg Ashvapati: *coughing*... Not really. Thanks to this water, though, at least I can rule out the bottom of a vulture's stomach.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 04.ogg Khaemwaset: Haha... Now you're talking like desert folk. You could always join my band of misfits.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 07.ogg Ashvapati: What would I do?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 05.ogg Khaemwaset: Gather foods, guard our water source... just like everyone else I've taken in.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 06.ogg Khaemwaset: Of course, if you have something you're good at, you're welcome to show it off. Every little bit helps.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 08.ogg Ashvapati: All I know is... weapons.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 07.ogg Khaemwaset: Weapons?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 09.ogg Ashvapati: Yeah! I love studying them! Big and powerful ones, small and deadly ones, old ones, new ones...
(Visualizations of a Ruin Drake, a Primal Construct, and the Algorithm of Semi-Intransient Matrix of Overseer Network are shown)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 10.ogg Ashvapati: I believe the essence of Kshahrewar research is embodied in weaponry, and the pursuit of this kind of technology is what pushes the world forward.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 11.ogg Ashvapati: My lifelong goal has always been to become a foremost expert on all kinds of weapons so I can invent even more advanced ones!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 12.ogg Ashvapati: So, I might have "borrowed" a few sensitive texts without permission, but you see the vision, right? The higher-ups in the Akademiya just didn't understand...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 08.ogg Khaemwaset: Pfft. The Akademiya could have a thousand and one reasons for exiling you out here, and it still wouldn't matter to me, son. All I care about is what this "specialty" of yours can do for us.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 13.ogg Ashvapati: I... I can help upgrade your weaponry! That should come in handy in a dangerous place like the desert, surely?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 09.ogg Khaemwaset: True, weapons are essential to life here in the desert. Most folks get them when merchants happen to pass through.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 10.ogg Khaemwaset: But when it comes to protecting the people here, this scimitar in my hand is more than enough. The kind of weapons you're talking about are overkill for a place like this.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 14.ogg Ashvapati: Overkill? Really?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 11.ogg Khaemwaset: Our group is lucky. Our ancestors learned how to protect the oasis from the sandstorms to prevent it from drying up.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 12.ogg Khaemwaset: Plus, we're pretty far off the beaten path. Helps us avoid conflict with other bands of Eremites.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 13.ogg Khaemwaset: All in all, we don't have to travel to find water, we don't have to fight off other desert folk.... It's a real place to call home.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 14.ogg Khaemwaset: There are plenty of ways to die in the desert, but behind a lot of them lies too much ambition. So, having somewhere to settle down... is more than enough for me.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 15.ogg Ashvapati: I see... Guess I could do some odd jobs, then.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 15.ogg Khaemwaset: I've heard you Kshahrewar scholars are handy with all kinds of gadgets. You could always make something for the kids...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 16.ogg Ashvapati: You mean like... toys?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 16.ogg Khaemwaset: Yes, if you wouldn't mind. It'll give 'em something to do. Life can get boring out here.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 17.ogg Ashvapati: Alright then...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 18.ogg Ashvapati: And just like that, a Kshahrewar scholar at the cutting edge of his field ended up in the desert... making toys for children.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 19.ogg Ashvapati: It got boring from time to time, but all in all, those days were quite pleasant. The Eremites accepted me as one of their own, and all the children loved me.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 20.ogg Ashvapati: Looking back now, I wish I could have lived like that until the end of my days. But then those despicable people showed up, and it changed everything...
(Ashvapati in the flashback addresses a group of children)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 21.ogg Ashvapati: Don't rush me. These materials are in short supply.
(A short distance from the oasis, Khaemwaset and two of his Eremites face Sennedjem and his men, who are on the ground)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerushouwei 01.ogg Eremite Guard: They've got a lot of nerve, showing their faces back here.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 17.ogg Khaemwaset: Sennedjem... It has been a while.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 01.ogg Sennedjem: Well, we have a right to this oasis too. Our ancestors were part of the group that discovered it!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerushouwei 02.ogg Eremite Guard: You hated this place! After that giant sandstorm, when everyone else was trying to figure out how to help, you got out of dodge the first chance you could get!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 02.ogg Sennedjem: Because I knew better than to be stubborn. Stay in one place too long around here, and it might just be your grave.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerushouwei 03.ogg Eremite Guard: You abandoned this place. If we'd done the same, the oasis wouldn't even exist anymore. You gave up your right to be here a long time ago!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumeruchengyuan 01.ogg Eremite: I heard they joined another band of Eremites after leaving us, but got kicked out. I bet they're only crawling back to us now because they've got nowhere else to go...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerushouwei 04.ogg Eremite Guard: Chief, should we drive them off?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 03.ogg Sennedjem: I'd like to see you try! I'm warning you... You won't get rid of us that easily!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 18.ogg Khaemwaset: ...Leave them be. This oasis has always been big enough to sustain more than one group of people. It's not worth spilling blood over.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 19.ogg Khaemwaset: All that matters is keeping the people here safe.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 22.ogg Ashvapati: At the time, I didn't think much of it. Just Khaemwaset being the kind-hearted man he always had been.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 23.ogg Ashvapati: And so, normal life continued, much unchanged. Well, mostly. You can take the scholar out of the Akademiya, but... Putting your life's work behind you is easier said than done.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 24.ogg Ashvapati: I often found myself flipping through my collection of blueprints and sketches. The Ruin Drakes scattered around Sumeru were of particular interest to me.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 25.ogg Ashvapati: As far as I knew, no one had been able to analyze or reproduce the technology within those mechanisms.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 26.ogg Ashvapati: But I was able to design a kind of "lure" to bait them into attacking a specific target — in effect, turning them into a weapon.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 27.ogg Ashvapati: Somehow, the new arrivals at the oasis must've caught wind of it, because they soon started taking an interest in me.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 04.ogg Sennedjem: Hope you don't mind me asking, but is that a weapon you're researching?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 28.ogg Ashvapati: ...I do mind, actually. It's none of your business.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 05.ogg Sennedjem: Rumor is, you used to be a researcher at the Akademiya. All that knowledge going to waste out here in the sticks ... what a shame.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 29.ogg Ashvapati: What do you want?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 06.ogg Sennedjem: I want to team up.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 07.ogg Sennedjem: The rules and red tape that got you kicked out of the Akademiya... They don't exist in the desert. You could take this research to the next level. As things stand, all you've got is a blueprint and a pipe dream.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 08.ogg Sennedjem: But what if... you had access to the right funds and materials?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 30.ogg Ashvapati: What are you suggesting?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 09.ogg Sennedjem: Me and my men can get you what you need. In return, all you gotta do is bring this sketch to life.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 10.ogg Sennedjem: We've always had a good eye for business, just never the right product. But this thing right here... the different bands of Eremites are gonna shell out Mora left and right to get their hands on it.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 31.ogg Ashvapati: You want to sell it?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 11.ogg Sennedjem: It's a win-win. You provide the goods, and I earn enough Mora from these people to fund the research of your dreams!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 32.ogg Ashvapati: I don't know...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 12.ogg Sennedjem: I understand what you're worried about. But listen, it won't come back to bite the people here.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 13.ogg Sennedjem: These people don't think bigger than this place. They don't get involved in conflict. I mean, c'mon, their biggest enemy is the weather.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 33.ogg Ashvapati: ...You've made a bad name for yourself around here. I don't want any part in this.
(Ashvapati begins to leave)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 14.ogg Sennedjem: Well, it's your choice. But it could be the last meaningful choice you ever get in life.
(Ashvapati stops)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 15.ogg Sennedjem: So I'll ask you again. Do you want to finally develop the weapons you've been dreaming of, and realize your academic ambitions? Or do you want to stay here building toys for kids?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 34.ogg Ashvapati: How I wish I'd made the right choice back then...
(Some time later)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 16.ogg Sennedjem: Yeah, we increased our prices. What about it? You gonna back out?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerumaijia 01.ogg Buyer: So, you're really as money hungry as they all say, huh.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 17.ogg Sennedjem: Cash is king. That's just business.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sumerumaijia 02.ogg Buyer: Hmph, fine.
(The buyer tosses over a bag as payment and leaves)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 35.ogg Ashvapati: ...I'm done. I want out.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 18.ogg Sennedjem: What are you talking about? We're making bank here.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 36.ogg Ashvapati: I know what the weapons have been used for, and I refuse to be an accomplice to all this any longer.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 19.ogg Sennedjem: An accomplice? Listen, that's got nothing to do with us. People would be at each other's throats with or without our weapons. So they die to a machine instead of a scimitar? What difference does it make?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 37.ogg Ashvapati: Can't you sell more than just weapons? Surely this can't be all the Eremites are interested in buying?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 20.ogg Sennedjem: If you wanna make the big Mora, you gotta push what sells. That's just how it is.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 38.ogg Ashvapati: *sigh*... And that right there is why I want out.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 21.ogg Sennedjem: Fine. I've made more than enough to leave this dump in the dust anyway. If you want out so bad, have it your way.
(A ruckus erupts nearby)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 39.ogg Ashvapati: What was that!?
(Ashvapati runs back to the oasis to find that Ruin Drakes have set the camp ablaze)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 40.ogg Ashvapati: No...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 41.ogg Ashvapati: Khaemwaset!
Media:vo nkeq103 8 khaemwaset 20.ogg Khaemwaset: ...
(Ashvapati looks around to see the bodies of the tribe members scattered across the area)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 42.ogg Ashvapati: How did this happen?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 22.ogg Sennedjem: You won't find a tribe in this desert without enemies. People have tried to steal water from this oasis in the past, but Khaemwaset drove them off. Guess his enemies have been holding a grudge this whole time...
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 43.ogg Ashvapati: You sold weapons to his enemies? But, he took you in when you had nowhere to turn! You owe him your life! Why would you do this!?
Media:vo nkeq103 8 sennedjem 23.ogg Sennedjem: It was the perfect excuse to drive up the price, that's why.
(Sennedjem and his men leave)
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 44.ogg Ashvapati: It was only later that I found out, this wasn't the first time Sennedjem and his men had turned around and stabbed their allies in the back. Let's just say... there was a good reason they had nowhere else to turn back then.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 45.ogg Ashvapati: I didn't chase after them or try to hold them accountable. In that moment, all I could think about was saving as many people as I could in a desperate attempt to atone for my sins.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 46.ogg Ashvapati: But once the weapons I designed were turned against us, the fate of this place was sealed... even I could do nothing to prevent it.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 47.ogg Ashvapati: In the end, despite all the burning tents I rushed into, I was only able to save three children.
Media:vo nkeq103 8 ashvapati 48.ogg Ashvapati: And now you know the full account of my crimes.
(Flashback ends)
Media:vo nkeq103 9 ashvapati 01.ogg Ashvapati: I've been raising them ever since, while attempting to hunt down the men who made them orphans in the first place.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 ashvapati 02.ogg Ashvapati: This confession is for the kids to read too, so I hope you'll pass it along to them. They deserve to know the full truth of what happened.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 ashvapati 03.ogg Ashvapati: I know I'm in no position to make requests, but... please help them find loving parents to take them in. Above all else, they deserve a true family.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 ashvapati 04.ogg Ashvapati: Back then, I failed to see this through to the end. But I won't make that mistake again.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Geez, if this is true...
Media:vo nkeq103 9 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: He's after the same target as us... and he's out for revenge.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: He even lured us to Nod-Krai to help him get it.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: I think I know what he's planning to do with those ballistas now. If I'm right, this doesn't bode well.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 paimon 02.ogg Paimon: Then we need to find him ASAP! It sounds like he's about to do something super dangerous, but we promised the kids we'd bring him back safe.
Media:vo nkeq103 9 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: I can't just let him get rid of our target either. This crime ring runs deep. There are still many other conspirators we need to track down.
Icon Dialogue Talk White So where do we go to find him?
Media:vo nkeq103 9 yelan 03.ogg Yelan: Hmm...
Media:vo nkeq103 9 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: Oh?
Media:vo nkeq103 9 paimon 03.ogg Paimon: You got something?
Media:vo nkeq103 9 yelan 04.ogg Yelan: He knew we'd be out of the picture investigating this place... I think he decided to spring the trap that we set up.
Icon Dialogue Talk White He's gonna ambush the target when he comes to pick up the goods...
Media:vo nkeq103 9 paimon 04.ogg Paimon: Oh, snap! He's not working for them, so our original plan could've worked all along!
Media:vo nkeq103 9 chevreuse 04.ogg Chevreuse: The meeting will be happening any time now. Quick, we need to head to the rendezvous point.

(Approach the marked location)
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 01.ogg Sennedjem: Ashvapati?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 01.ogg Ashvapati: It's been a while, Sennedjem. Over a decade at least...
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 02.ogg Sennedjem: How did you find this place?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 02.ogg Ashvapati: All these years, and the signal you use for the meet-up point still hasn't changed. All I had to do was pose as your point of contact, and fish a time and date out of that scout you sent.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 03.ogg Sennedjem: Useless bunch of idiots... Just wait until my backup gets here.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 03.ogg Ashvapati: Oh, I think that might take a while. The Fontaine and Liyue authorities have your men locked down tight... Every last one.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 04.ogg Sennedjem: No... There's no way the cops could have known we'd be here.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 04.ogg Ashvapati: Unless, of course, someone deliberately left a trail of clues leading them straight to the expo. That would be a different story, now wouldn't it?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 05.ogg Ashvapati: If they hadn't taken your agents out of the equation, I doubt I would've been able to lure you here.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 05.ogg Sennedjem: Hmph, so now what? You gonna turn me in too?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 06.ogg Ashvapati: No. The authorities can have your men. But you're mine.
(A barrier appears around Ashvapati, Sennedjem, and his men)
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 06.ogg Sennedjem: Is that Fatui tech? Looks like your skills are as good as ever.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 07.ogg Sennedjem: Listen, I know you're mad that I've been racking up Mora without you all these years. But it looks like you still got it. If you want back in, we can work something out.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 07.ogg Ashvapati: After everything that happened, what makes you think I would want back in?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 08.ogg Sennedjem: Because what's the alternative? ...You're not here for revenge, are you?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 09.ogg Sennedjem: After Khaemwaset took you in, you really convinced yourself you were one of them, huh...
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 10.ogg Sennedjem: What you should have learned is that banking on "loyalty" and "belonging" is a losing hand. Better to cash out before you're in the hole.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 11.ogg Sennedjem: In the desert, my people live by one rule and one rule alone — the last laugh doesn't go to the righteous... it belongs to the one who knows how to cut their losses.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 12.ogg Sennedjem: Just look at me. When there's Mora to be earned in the desert, I'm a desert folk. When the opportunities in Fontaine are sweeter, I'm a Fontainian.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 08.ogg Ashvapati: You think everyone is as much of a lowlife as you?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 13.ogg Sennedjem: A lowlife? Heh, there's nothing Mora can't buy, Ashvapati... that includes prestige.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 14.ogg Sennedjem: You're talking to a renowned Fontainian philanthropist who lives in the Vasari Passage and spends his days going from one grand banquet to the next. Nobody who counts would dare call me a lowlife!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 09.ogg Ashvapati: Are you done?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 15.ogg Sennedjem: Tch... Clearly, there's no reasoning with you. Fine. Have it your way.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 16.ogg Sennedjem: But if you want me dead so bad, why'd you come to face me alone? That wasn't the wisest decision, now, was it?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 10.ogg Ashvapati: Oh, don't you worry — I brought plenty of firepower with me. You could've brought a whole army for all I care. These weapons will bury every last one of you!
(Projectiles begin to fly up into the sky from afar)
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 17.ogg Sennedjem: What the... Are you crazy!? If that thing fires, you're not getting out of here alive either!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 11.ogg Ashvapati: Yes, that's the plan. It's high time both of us paid the price for our sins!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 18.ogg Sennedjem: He's lost his mind... Get him! Start breaking his bones until he removes this barrier!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: Hold it right there, all of you! Otherwise, I've got enough firepower to go around too!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 sennedjem 19.ogg Sennedjem: The Maison Gardiennage...
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 12.ogg Ashvapati: You got here sooner than I expected...
Media:vo nkeq103 10 paimon 01.ogg Paimon: Hey, what's that in the sky? Looks like bad news...
Media:vo nkeq103 10 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Ashvapati, you have my word that these people will face the judgment of the Fontaine courts. Remove the barrier and come with us at once!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 13.ogg Ashvapati: Fontainian justice is too merciful for them... You should leave us.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: Stubborn fool...
Icon Dialogue Talk White Ati, Neb, and Raya are waiting for you!
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 14.ogg Ashvapati: I don't deserve them... I have to atone for the things I've done.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 01.ogg Yelan: What is it you feel you need to atone for? Weapons research?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 15.ogg Ashvapati: ...You're from Liyue, right? Your ancestors were the first people to master the recipe for gunpowder. And yet, they turned it into fireworks and firecrackers that even children could play with.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 16.ogg Ashvapati: Surely, it's choices like that which make Liyue what it is today... I hear that it's a very peaceful place to live for the most part.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 17.ogg Ashvapati: But me? I chose to use my research skills to create weapons of war that brought death to countless people and destroyed the only home those kids had... That's why I have to atone. Because I have blood on my hands.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 02.ogg Yelan: Sounds like you don't know as much as you think about fireworks. They might be harmless fun in this day and age, but they started out as weapons too, y'know.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 18.ogg Ashvapati: ...What?
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 03.ogg Yelan: That's right. Fireworks and firecrackers were originally developed for use as weapons. They needed something a little more powerful than usual for purging evil forces and scaring off wild beasts.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 04.ogg Yelan: Over time, evil spirits learned to fear the sight of flames, and the beasts retreated into the mountains. That's when people started repurposing fireworks for entertainment purposes.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 05.ogg Yelan: The peace we enjoy today isn't because we chose to make toys instead of weapons.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 06.ogg Yelan: The weapons are what secured us the peace in the first place. Only then did we have the luxury of choosing to turn them into toys instead.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 07.ogg Yelan: It's people, not weapons, that commit acts of evil. And when people are as bent on destruction as the evil forces and beasts faced by our forebears, whatever tools they have at their disposal end up as weapons.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 ashvapati 19.ogg Ashvapati: ...Time is running out. Please, leave while you still can.
Media:vo nkeq103 10 yelan 08.ogg Yelan: Relax. Now that we have these guys in custody, I think we can find a way of repurposing these ballistas for the children's amusement.
(A cinematic plays)
(The punk from before returns to bully Neb, Ati, and Raya)
(A robot knocks him to the ground, and along with Jahoda, Aino, and Ineffa, scare him off)
Jahoda: I knew they were looking for trouble
Jahoda: But they messed with the wrong manager!
(The Alcor-class No. 2 sails by the venue, attracting everyone's attention)
Aino: Wooow!
(The projectiles continue to fly towards Ashvapati while the crew rush to execute their plan)
Xu Liushi: Captain, we're in position!
Beidou: Prepare to intercept
Beidou: On my signal!
(The onboard ballista tracks down the projectiles in the sky)
Beidou: Fire!
Ashvapati: But how...?
(The projectiles from the Alcor-class No. 2 fly into Ashvapati's projectiles, exploding into a display of fireworks)
Dori: Huh?
Liben: A fireworks show?
Ineffa: Recording Mode, on
Jahoda: (Has this... always been part of the show?)
(Cinematic ends)
(The Maison Gardiennage members bring Sennedjem and his men away)
Media:vo nkeq103 11 fontaineduiyuan 01.ogg Special Security and Surveillance Patrol Member: No funny business!
Media:vo nkeq103 11 ashvapati 01.ogg Ashvapati: I never imagined the Guizhong Ballista could be used for something so beautiful...
Icon Dialogue Talk White I saw this coming.
Icon Dialogue Talk White I didn't see this coming, either.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 chevreuse 01.ogg Chevreuse: If you'll agree to come with us and answer some questions, it would be a big help to our investigation.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 ashvapati 02.ogg Ashvapati: Of course. You'll have my full cooperation. I know I'm guilty, just... not sure of the precise crime at this point.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 chevreuse 02.ogg Chevreuse: Honestly, me neither. I'm sure a case like yours would have Fontaine's top legal experts scratching their heads.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 chevreuse 03.ogg Chevreuse: As for these arms dealers, though... I can confidently say that none of them will be getting away with this. So at least you can take some solace in that.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 chevreuse 04.ogg Chevreuse: I know, there's no sentence the court can give them that will satisfy you. But at least the trial will be a public declaration of their crimes and the punishment they will receive. The victims deserve that much.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 chevreuse 05.ogg Chevreuse: Considering the alternative was them dying in obscurity to a revenge-killing, with no one left behind to tell the story... This looks more like real justice to me.
Media:vo nkeq103 11 ashvapati 03.ogg Ashvapati: ...I guess you're right.

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Soundtracks

No.Soundtrack NameAlbumPlayed In
23Slight DistressCity of Winds and IdyllsKnights of Favonius (Quest) (cutscene and dialogue), Wild Escape, Behind the Scenes, Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land (Quest), The Fond Farewell, Defender of Childhood Dreams, Dishonorable Trial, A Flower Blooms in a Prison, Victory Banquet, The Oni's Pride, Jnagarbha Day, Dream of Falling, Unfathomable Defenses, The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call, A Thorough Investigation, The Lone Isle Glimpsed Through Fog (Quest), Stained Spots, Birds in a Cage, Vanquishing Phantoms, Switcheroo, Until the End of the World, Top Note: Floral Debt, The Funeral Parlor Has No Master, Yujing Terrace Calls the Troops, Special Training (Story Quest), In the Shadows of Night, Fate's Accursed Wiles, The Solution of Fate, Now's No Time for Tears (Quest), The First Sliver of Moonlight, Triumphant Warrior, Fated Warrior, Toys for the Children (Quest), A Knight's Merit, A Knight's Resolve
Domains
42A Shallow PromiseForest of Jnana and VidyaToys for the Children (Quest)
Locations, Domains
79In a Forgotten TongueForest of Jnana and VidyaToys for the Children (Quest)
Locations
80Ruinous ClamorOutside It Is Growing DarkReunion Beneath the Moonlight, The Ashen-White Order Burns, Special Operation, All Is Foretold, Echoes of Fate, In the Shifting Light of the Moon, Descending Moon, Triumphant Warrior, Toys for the Children (Quest), A Divergence Leading to Oneself
56Glowing EmbersThe Shimmering Voyage Vol. 3What Shape Does the Self Hold (cutscene), Treehouse Theater: Candlelit Shadows Dancing, All the World's a Stage, Toys for the Children (Quest)
71As the East Wind RisesThe Shimmering Voyage Vol. 6Toys for the Children (Quest) (cutscene)
90Nebulous DunesThe Unfathomable Sand DunesToys for the Children (Quest)
Locations
93Solitary Night WanderingsThe Unfathomable Sand DunesToys for the Children (Quest)
Locations

Trivia

  • During the cutscene's "firework show," Liben is incorrectly depicted with a short beard rather than only having a moustache.

Other Languages

LanguageOfficial NameLiteral Meaning
EnglishToys for the Children
Chinese
(Simplified)
留给孩子们的「玩具」
Chinese
(Traditional)
留給孩子們的「玩具」
Japanese子供たちに贈るおもちゃ
Korean아이들을 위한 「장난감」
Aideureul Wihan "Jangnan'gam"
SpanishJuguetes para los niños
FrenchJouets pour enfantsToys for Children
RussianИгрушки для детей
Igrushki dlya detey
Thai"ของเล่น" ที่เหลือไว้ให้พวกเด็ก
Vietnamese"Đồ Chơi" Dành Cho Bọn Trẻ
GermanSpielzeug für die KinderToys for the Children
Indonesian"Mainan" untuk Anak-Anak
PortugueseO "Brinquedo" Para as Crianças
TurkishÇocuklar İçin Oyuncaklar
ItalianGiocattoli per bambini

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