Sharp Eyed Man

- You have too many items to do this quest. -

He won't look at you. It's like he's not interested at all.

[Loki]

So you've passed through the forest.

It seems Niddy has something to say to you.

Nydhogg was one of the guardians of the World Tree.

But he abandoned his duties as a guardian when he gave in to Morocc's temptation.

Some fools performed a ritual to break the seal that held Morocc.

But the ritual didn't work right. The servant of Morocc failed to break the seal.

But the seal is so weak that it can break open any time.

It's Yggdrasil the World Tree's will that has kept the seal from breaking.

[Nydhogg the Guardian]

That's right. The power of the World Tree is linked to the whole world.

When the bond between the guardians and Yggdrasil broke, Yggdrasil became unstable.

That's why all those disasters happened to Yggdrasil.

As the World Tree became unstable, the influence it had on the seal grew weak.

And Morocc broke himself free from the seal.

Although it seems like he used most of his powers just to break the seal...

It's all my fault.

I couldn't break free from Morocc's temptation.

For too... too long...

...I wanted to be relieved of my thousands of years of loneliness.

I wasn't in my right mind then.

It was none other than I that broke my bond with Yggdrasil.

I lost control of myself, and did what I shouldn't have done.

The other side of me became a shadow and a reckless tyrant.

Facing the world, I realized...

I felt too great a sense of loss... it was much more painful than the loneliness I had endured for thousands of years.

That's how I was left alone.

So I became a sinner, forgotten to the world.

It's not too late.

You're still a guardian.

You still have things to do.

...Oh, yes. It's late, but I have to fulfill my duties as a guardian.

Now I know. I'll destroy Morocc with my own hands.

I will fulfill my duties as a guardian.

You're right.

It may be why I haven't been forsaken - to realize that I'm not alone.

You are a kind soul.

But this is my atonement.

I'm happy, though.

I don't have to fight the loneliness any more.

Thanks for listening to my long story.

It's what I always have with me.

I'm sure it will protect you someday.

(Removes his scarf from around his neck and hands it to you.)

May the blessing of Mother Yggdrasil be with you...

I'll be staying here for a while.

We may meet again.

The day when Morocc reveals his despicable nature...

I will be waiting for him.