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Newborn Skyscales

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Newborn Skyscales is a War Eternal achievement and the first step of the Skyscale collection. This achievement can only be started by the character who received the mail from Gorrik after completing Descent, the final story mission of War Eternal. After it has been started it may be completed by any character on the account.

Achievement[edit]

Newborn Skyscales War Eternal 5Achievement points
Something is wrong with the skyscales.
Prerequisite: Heart to Heart

Collection
Completed 8 Steps 5Achievement points

Collection items[edit]

Collectible Type Subtype Notes

Dialogue[edit]

Received upon completing War Eternal story the first time

Mail.png

Gorrik

Come quick!


Commander! Please return to Dragonfall with all possible haste. Something strange is going on with the skyscales and I need your assistance. The necessary measures will involve getting close to the beasts, and... well, my attempts to do so have resulted in rather painful wounds. You forged a rapport with them, so you are uniquely qualified for the endeavor. Please hurry back to Dragonfall.

—Gorrik

Approaching Gorrik
Gorrik: Not a moment too soon, Commander. The skyscale situation is intensifying. They're experiencing a pronounced dysecdysis.
Initial Dialogue
Gorrik: Not a moment too soon, Commander. The skyscale situation is intensifying. They're experiencing a pronounced dysecdysis.
Talk more option tango.png Dyze-what?
A drastically abnormal shedding or molting cycle. Now, I know what you're thinking—how do we know what's abnormal in a species that's never existed before?
Talk more option tango.png That's a good place to start.
All I can say is, what i'm observing would be a clear-cut indication of disease among all other reptilia. From Acrochordus granulatus to Vermicella annulata
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
There may be something we can do, but I'll need freshly shed samples of the skyscales'...uh, scales. Only that will provide the data to diagnose.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
Now being that, one, they seem averse to my proximity, and, two, I would prefer to keep all my fingers, might you procure the needed specimens? In the name of science?
Talk more option tango.png I'm in. Where should I go?
Superb! Scales can be found across the area. Oh, and we need a broad-spectrum medication to bolster the afflicted skyscales' immune systems. Bring me these ingredients, and I'll prepare it.
Talk collection option.png Sure thing. Hang tight. (Unlock Newborn Skyscales, Skyscale Medicine and Skyscale Scales achievements)
Talk end option tango.png No thanks, Gorrik.
Talk end option tango.png I must be going.
Talk end option tango.png I must be going.
Talk end option tango.png I must be going.
Talk end option tango.png Not right now. Maybe later.
After collecting the scales and medicine
Gorrik: Welcome back, Commander. I've made considerable progress on my end.
Talk more option tango.png Here. Fresh skyscale scales and the raw materials for the medicine.
Excellent. Now, give me a moment to prepare the medicine...
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
Ah, here we are. This may not cure the skyscales, but with any luck it will slow the affliction's march. Go administer it to the population while I study these scales.
Talk collection option.png I'm on it. (Unlocks Skyscale Fever achievement)
Talk end option tango.png Maybe later. I gotta run.
Talk collection option.png Show me my progress. (Opens Newborn Skyscales achievement window)
Talk end option tango.png Not yet.
After completing Skyscale Fever
Gorrik: You're back! Uh, great. So, a new hypothesis has come to light that, well, makes the meds you administered, um, moot.
Talk more option tango.png Come again?
To be plain, what ails the skyscales is no mere illness—some force appears to be aging them prematurely. They're dying of old age, and there's nothing we can do to stop it.
Talk more option tango.png How is that possible?
If I'm right, the unnatural means by which they were created, already at full maturity, has kicked their aging processes into overdrive.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
Successive generations will likely not be burdened with this ailment, provided they're birthed naturally. But that may prove difficult if there are no skyscales left alive to rear them.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
Unless we intervene, the skyscales will almost certainly fail to produce a second generation. The probability of extinction is quite high.
Talk more option tango.png So we intervene. What can we do?
Not much of anything if their eggs are left alone out in the wild. We need to collect as many as we can to ensure that some portion of the population will survive.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
You do that while I continue my research and figure out our next steps.
Talk collection option.png All right. I'll be back soon. (Unlocks Skyscale Eggs achievement)
Talk end option tango.png I should go.
Talk end option tango.png That's terrible. Keep me apprised.
Talk end option tango.png I should go.
Talk end option tango.png I should go.
Talk end option tango.png I should go.
Talk collection option.png Show me my progress. (Opens Newborn Skyscales achievement window)
Talk end option tango.png I should go.
Before completing Skyscale Eggs
Gorrik: Have you found a sufficient supply of skyscale eggs yet?
Talk collection option.png Show me my progress. (Opens Newborn Skyscales achievement window)
Talk end option tango.png Still working on it.
After completing Skyscale Eggs
Gorrik: I'm okay, I'm okay. Where were we?
Talk more option tango.png Next steps for the eggs.
Of course, right. I'll find a safe place to nest them—somewhere clean, ideally climate controlled—and let you know once they're settled.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
You've done good work here today, Commander. Spared a species from the abyss. Though it's not as flashy as slaying an Elder Dragon or a god, this is still a substantial achievement.
Talk more option tango.png Go on.
I'll be in touch just as soon as I've found a suitable location for our ad hoc hatchery. And talked to Taimi—I've hit something of an impasse and could use her expertise.
Talk collection option.png Love the optimism. Keep me apprised, Gorrik.
Talk end option tango.png See you later.
Talk end option tango.png See you later.
Talk collection option.png Show me my progress. (Opens Newborn Skyscales achievement window)
Talk end option tango.png Actually, got to go. I'll come back later.

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