Then a Sapling, Now a Giant Shade
Last updated 2026-01-01
Then a Sapling, Now a Giant Shade is an Achievement in the category The Memories We Share.
To unlock this achievement, the player must glimpse all Fragments of Recollection in "Radiant Scarwood" Grove of Epiphany.
Locations
1st Location
Activate Fragments of Recollection
Investigate- Terravox: Thank you, Geocles, for convincing the scholars of the Grove to let me study here.
- Geocles: Even in the tolerant academic atmosphere of the Grove of Epiphany, people were surprised that the visiting scholar was a dromas rather than a Mountain Dweller... It took quite some effort to explain that one.
- Geocles: But none of that matters, old friend. Tell me, what else can I do for you?
- Terravox: You've done more than enough, my old friend. I'm just here to use the scholar's projection device to gaze upon the starry skies of days past.
- Geocles: As children of Earth, must we gaze up at the stars?
- Terravox: Heh, it's precisely because we're children of Earth that we must gaze up at the stars.
- Terravox: A scholar once said that the starry sky isn't just a collection of lights up above, but rather, endless distant stretches of "earth."
- Terravox: My old friend, can you imagine? There's mountains and plains there too, with countless creatures running free.
- Geocles: No, I'm not as tall as you. I can't see that far.
- Geocles: Just watching the tension building between the Mountain Dwellers and Okhema leaves me no room to think of anything else.
- Terravox: ...My apologies.
- Geocles: That's not what I meant...
- Geocles: Never mind, I'm just being overly anxious. You're free to look up at the stars. Things aren't that bad yet.
- Terravox: Old friend, you've been watching that approaching destiny before us, and that's exactly why we've made it this far together...
- Terravox: Let me invite you to gaze at the stars together. Therein lies our future destiny, the compass of all we may achieve.
- Geocles: The future destiny? In such a destiny, will you and I still exist?
- Terravox: ...I'm afraid by then, neither you nor I will exist anymore.
- Terravox: But destiny isn't just a single moment. Our destiny will be passed on to the descendants of Georios, and theirs into the hands of a future even farther away. That's how destiny manifests itself.
- Terravox: When that time comes, those who inherit our destiny, be they descendants of Georios or Kephale, or visitors from beyond the sky, our fate shall follow their path.
- Geocles: Beyond the sky? Then... what about the "Earth" that Georios bestowed upon us?
- Terravox: Earth was never just a piece of land somewhere. Wherever life dwells, there is Earth — Earth exists wherever we choose to stand.
- Terravox: We've been chatting for far too long... Let's go, the scholar's been waiting for us already.
- Geocles: Today, I'll try looking up at the starry sky too.
2nd Location
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- Investigate
- "Dan Feng": So you noticed. The Roaming Dragon Bracer on Yingxing's arm and the one on yours were made by the same craftsman. They're a matching pair.
- Dan Heng: I know. It was also left behind by you.
- "Dan Feng": Yingxing and I made a promise to each keep one of them, a testament to our trust and camaraderie as comrades. But in your memories, that Stellaron Hunter Blade... or I should say "what became of Yingxing," has been haunting you.
- Dan Heng: We've crossed blades countless times already, but thinking back... he never wore this bracer.
- "Dan Feng": Really? Someone who can't let go of the past, yet can throw away old belongings. What about you? If you're so determined to bid farewell to the past, why do you still keep this bracer?
- Dan Heng: To you, does letting go of the past mean throwing away everything that was "past"?
- Dan Heng: Dan Feng's belongings, Dan Feng's name, Dan Feng's strength... Would abandoning them truly mean saying goodbye to the past?
- "Dan Feng": So you're saying it's just "running away"?
- Dan Heng: Exactly. I believe that being determined to bid farewell to the past isn't about "not seeing it," but rather "seeing it as ordinary."
- Dan Heng: To you, this Roaming Dragon Bracer represents trust and camaraderie between comrades. To me, it's just a well-crafted bracer: practical and convenient... It's been with me all this time, so why bother taking it off?
- Dan Heng: When I woke up, it was there alongside Cloud-Piercer and the jade pendant. I suppose it must have held some special meaning to me.
- Dan Heng: As for the owner of the other one, how he deals with his old possessions, whether lost by accident, discarded by choice, or sealed away forever — that's his business.
- Dan Heng: I accept the past and give it meaning that belongs to me alone. That is my way.
- "Dan Feng": Saying goodbye to the past means accepting it.
- "Dan Feng": ...Well said.
- Dan Heng: ...Why bring up these bracers all of a sudden?
- "Dan Feng": Just seeing it reminded me of someone, that's all.
- "Dan Feng": Unlike saying goodbye to your past, I am the past itself. I miss those life-and-death moments with those four.
- "Dan Feng": ...So, thank you for keeping this bracer. To you, it's just a craftsman's handiwork. But to me, it means much more than that.
- Dan Heng: It's nothing. I just never expected it to meet its former owner again.
- "Dan Feng": Alright, enough chit-chat. Let's keep moving.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Then a Sapling, Now a Giant Shade |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 今已亭亭如盖 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 今已亭亭如蓋 |
| Japanese | 今すでに亭々として傘のごとし |
| Korean | 이제는 우산처럼 우뚝 자랐네 |
| Spanish | Antes un retoño, ahora una gran sombra |
| French | Petit arbrisseau devenu grand |
| Russian | Когда- |
| Thai | บัดนี้เติบโตแผ่ร่มเงา |
| Vietnamese | Nay Đã Vươn Mình Thành Bóng Cả |
| German | Vom Setzling zum Schattenspender |
| Indonesian | Sekarang Sudah Tinggi Sekali |
| Portuguese | Primeiro Um Broto, Agora Uma Sombra Gigante |
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Released in Version 3.6
