Xudi

Xudi is an event-exclusive NPC who appeared in Summertide Scales and Tales Event.

Location

Quests and Events

Events

Summertide Scales and Tales
- "Good Shelf"

Dialogue

Xudi: Why, hello, dear guest! Come and give this Fantastical Fabricator a twist.

About these "Paper Models"...

Xudi: Oh! These paper model designs are based on my friends, who graciously agreed to my requests.

Xudi: See here? This squirrel is modeled after Clanche, who's always nagging me to try flying... And I have! I just, you know, spend more time on the ground than in the air.

Xudi: This toy soldier model is based on Devitt, who loves traveling and making toy models... but loves his hats even more.

Xudi: Last I met him, he was still in Constellation Metropole, tinkering with those hats of his.

Xudi: Ah, and look at this serious, solemn clockwork guard. That's based on Alof.

Xudi: Not the talking type, him, but ever loyal and dutiful. If I remember right, he's been busy training — not that he ever isn't.

Xudi: Ah, my apologies, I'm talking too much, aren't I? Well, activate the Fabricator, if you would.

Xudi: Dewdrops willing, a fine gift you shall receive, and with it the gift of a fine mood.

About the story of the "Good Shelf"...

Xudi: Oh, you'd like to hear the tale, then? Sure. Allow me to briefly introduce this widely-told tale, then.

Xudi: It is said that there was once a kingdom constructed of shelves of many colors.

Xudi: Each shelf had its own duty and objects that they would hold, but there came to be one, newly crafted shelf that was dissatisfied.

Xudi: "Why does that shelf get to hold jewelry, and that other hold paintings, while I am consigned to carry expired fruit?"

Xudi: "Enough! I've had enough. I'm leaving this place. I'm going to carry things that truly show my worth!"

(Keep listening.)

Xudi: After that, this shelf embarked on its journey, During this time, he was once the custodian of a wealthy figure's trove of gems and pearls, filling him full, and he also preserved the priceless pieces made by a prominent painter.

Xudi: But when the rich patron passed of an illness, his previous friends did an about-face, seizing all that jewelry for themselves, leaving not a brass bauble behind.

Xudi: And as the artist's inspiration faded and drew great masterworks no longer, his once-vaunted reputation was tarnished.

Xudi: People pilloried him as incompetent, and at last, the agonized artist accomplished arson against all his art, vowing never to paint again.

(Keep listening.)

Xudi: This shelf once had all it dreamed of, yet lost it all as well. He was exhausted... Once brand new and beautiful, he was now old and weathered, and missing a few of his boards to boot.

Xudi: Once the shelf of the wealthy, and of an artist... But now that these things that once filled his life were gone, who was he?

Xudi: Finally, the shelf returned to the kingdom, sequestering himself in the corner of a library, and there lived alone.

Xudi: "I'm a useless shelf," he thought sadly. "Bereft of those jewels and paintings, I am of no worth."

(Keep listening.)

Xudi: But just as the solitude and sorrow were soon to squash his soul, a girl holding books happened by.

Xudi: "Oh my, an empty shelf! What a lifesaver!" So she cried happily. "Dear shelf, could I place these books in your care?"

Xudi: "Of course you may — yet I am a worthless shelf. I do not know if I can even be of help to you," the shelf said sorrowfully.

Xudi: "But... Your frame is large, your boards flat and sturdy." The girl continued, surprised. "No matter how you look at it, you're a good shelf, and you can hold a whole bunch of books."

(Keep listening.)

Xudi: And so the shelf told the girl his story, of how he had once been a guardian of wealth and glory, but that loss and betrayal, too, had come to fill him.

Xudi: And now, he had nothing. He was a valuable shelf no longer.

Xudi: "Dear shelf, why does this matter trouble you so?" The girl laughed. "You've always done your duty, neatly carrying all the things given to you."

Xudi: "Those things are lost, broken, changed, but that has nothing to do with you. You've always been a good shelf."

Xudi: "Taking good care of those things is where your value lies. How could the things you kept define whether you are good or bad?"

Xudi: "So, please, I ask you to do your duty again. Help me take care of these books."

Xudi: "I'll come and sort them every day, and we can discuss this topic more then."

(Keep listening.)

Xudi: From that day onward, all the shelves of the kingdom heard that in a certain library, there was a smart, steady, incomparably sound shelf.

Xudi: He would never be happy or anxious because of the value of the things he carried, treasuring everything earnestly.

Xudi: Newly-made shelves would visit him and ask him all manner of questions.

Xudi: And when mentioning him, the new shelves would never fail to address him so—

Xudi: "Ah, you mean that 'Good Shelf'!"

(Stop listening...)

Goodbye.

Xudi: See you next time. May the dewdrops defend you.

Trivia

Xudi is mentioned in the descriptions of the following 12 Furnishings:

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Xudi
Chinese (Simplified)	许迪 Xǔdí
Chinese (Traditional)	許迪 Xǔdí
Japanese	シュティ Shuti
Korean	쉬디 Swidi
Spanish	Xudi
French	Xudi
Russian	Сю Ди Syu Di
Thai	Xudi
Vietnamese	Xudi
German	Xudi
Indonesian	Xudi
Portuguese	Xudi
Turkish	Xudi
Italian	Xudi

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