
Mantis Pose
Get the lay of the land. Head out into Seitung Province. Find a fisherman to guide you to Aurene's cave. Travel to Aurene's cave. Talk to your friends. Follow Caithe into the cave. Talk to Aurene. Talk with Marjory. Catch a fish for Aurene. Give Aurene a snack. Head back out to wider Seitung Province. Talk to Rama at the training grounds. Dodge five attacks in a row from Trainer Stone Fist. (Complete combo field challenge.) Perform combo attacks for Trainer Raji: x/3 (Complete the defiance bar challenge.) Break the defiance of the training mech: x/2 Check back in with Rama. Challenge the jade mech. Report to Rama. Check in with Kasmeer. Meet Kasmeer and Taimi. Meet Kasmeer at the royal court. Attend court. Head into the court meeting. Wait to be called. Present your case. Approach Empress Ihn. Speak to Minister Li about it. Talk to Joon.
The chapter begins with a comms call from Kasmeer, Taimi and Caithe giving you the option to either first look for a boat ride to Aurene's Enclave or meet Detective Rama at the Training Grounds first instead. Find a fisherman to guide you to Aurene's cave A Fisher, who offers the commander a lift in his boat, can be found on the northern Docks in Seitung Harbor. Accepting the offer leads to the instance Outreach. One scenic boat ride later you arrive at the prismatic branded cave, guarded by the Crystal Bloom and their leader, Myrun Skialkin, to meet up with Caithe, Marjory and Taimi to see Aurene. In an attempt to cheer up the exhausted prismatic Elder Dragon Marjory gives the commander a Borrowed Fishing Lure and a Borrowed Bait to catch a fish for Aurene. This serves as an introduction to the Fishing minigame unlocked in the previous chapter. Deliver the tempting snack and catch up with her. You can leave Aurene's cave to let her rest as agreed or stay in the instance for another conversation and get reprimanded by Caithe. Talk to Rama at the training grounds Rama needs the commander to go through Monastery Training to sign their medical release form. Proving good health takes the completion of three tasks, that serve as a reminder of game mechanics or an introduction to them. For in-game guidance, talk to Instructor Bureku. Breaking the Defiance Training Mech's defiance bar two times This requires quickly using crowd control. To find out which of your skills will accomplish this either hover over them to read their tooltips and look for purple icons or turquoise text denoting how much Defiance Break they do, or check available options for your class on this page Combo skills by profession. Step into the ring and use them once the turquoise defiance bar appears. Performing three Combo Attacks with Trainer Raji Performing a combo attack takes two steps, first the placement of a combo field AoE, then the use of a skill acting as a combo finisher. To find out which of your skills act as either, read through their tooltips for the words "Combo Field: " and "Combo Finisher: " or read the linked wiki page on combo finishers. Placing down a combo field will also highlight combo finisher skills with a pulsating white border around them. Standing inside the ring without performing a combo for a few seconds will grant the special action skill Instructor-Assisted Combo Field that serves as a suitable AoE. You need to perform three combo attacks of the same or different type. Dodging five attacks in a row Trainer Stone Fist will use different attacks, such as a charged up melee attack, cone or circle AoE and a shockwave. They can all be mitigated in different ways and not just by using dodge: shockwaves can be jumped over, AoE outrun before it hits and melee attacks blocked with blocks or invulnerability. Skills with evade or distortion also work. All of these effects will be described in the respective skill's tooltip. Don't get hit for five consecutive attacks without leaving the ring. You can optionally seek out Gorrik, who is found up on the Obstacle Course, for the achievement [[#Mantis Pose|Mantis Pose]] prior to speaking with Rama. After speaking with Rama, there is a final test; defeating the hero challenge Veteran Jade Bulwark, that will require applying all of the previously learned techniques. Talk to Rama again after to be given freedom of the island. Audience at the imperial court When both previous tasks have been completed, the commander will call ambassador Meade on comms to arrange an audience with Empress Ihn, to ask for authorization on accessing classified info pertaining to the Aetherblades. Meet her and Taimi in front of the Royal Court in Shing Jea Monastery before entering the instance Empress Ihn's Court. To get the achievement All Due Respect and leave a good impression, closely follow Kasmeer's behaviour by emote'ing - be careful not to step closer than Kasmeer does. Following the audience with the Empress, go to the antechamber to speak to Minister Li and be introduced to Joon. Staying in the instance prompts an additional exchange between Taimi and Joon.