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Signed in Blood  

Realm:San d'Oria
Start Area: Southern San d'Oria
Start NPC:Sobane (D - 6)
Type:General
Related Areas:Fort Ghelsba
Selbina
Min Level:1
Max Level:75
Grants Gil:3500
Rating
*****
(Average from 51 ratings)
Items Required:Cathedral Tapestry
Ordelle Chest Key
Torn-Out Pages
Items Granted:Cunning Earring
Last Updated: Thu Aug 20 05:58:37 2009

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Summary

Sobane has heard some disturbing news from her husband, the head royal chef. She wishes to make a request concerning that tale, but first requires you to bring a "cathedral tapestry" to prove your integrity.

Walkthrough

  • Talk to Sobane in Southern San d'Oria. She'll have a quest for you she wants kept secret... and to prove you'll keep your lips shut she'll want a cathedral tapestry.
  • Get a cathedral tapestry off of Orcish Fighters in Yughott Grotto or Fort Ghelsba.
  • Speak to Sobane.
  • Head to Selbina, where you will find that the person you are looking for is nowhere to be found. Talk to the mayor, and he'll have no idea what you're talking about (liar). He will mention something about a diary he found, and that some key pages are missing... perhaps his lips will loosen if you help him find them.
  • Travel to Ordelle's Caves and hunt for an Ordelle Chest Key. Once you find a key, look for a Treasure Chest and open it. (Only people who have this quest flagged will receive some Torn-Out Pages. Thieves can open the chest and receive the key item using Thief's Tools or Living Key.
  • Return to Selbina and talk to the mayor again. He'll reveal some information to you which Sobane should find interesting.
  • Return to Sobane to complete this quest and to receive your reward.

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hmm
# Jan 10 2005 at 12:55 AM Rating: Decent
Tapestry dropped like crazy and I was lucky, got key from second kill and I was standing right next to a chest. I wonder if there's more after though...maybe talk to that guy in Carpenter's Landing?
Fame
# Jan 09 2005 at 2:33 PM Rating: Decent
Anyone have an idea of what fame you need for this?
I have hero San d'Orian fame and she just says... "My name is Sobane, and i'm sharpening my knives."
Getting annoyed...
# Jan 07 2005 at 1:58 AM Rating: Decent
I feel up for some questing so I go to do this one. Took me HOURS to get a key and I am having no luck finding a chest. What gives here? My RSE NEVER took this long. Have the drop rates and spawn rates been screwed with or has my lucky streak today just come to a crashing halt?
gilsquatters
# Jan 06 2005 at 7:27 PM Rating: Decent
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Man i did this quest last night and it was a pain. I did the Ghelsbah/Grotto part a few weeks ago so Ordell's was last. I was posted in a room waiting for Stroper's to spawn. Somehow the "cool" surnamed gilsellers took me as a threat. So they called in more of there buddies to camp for chyme. so it was 1 of me vs. 8 of them..not fun I assure you. So to add tot he mirth I started to camp chyme. Well Faux camp him. then to add more spice i would heal the gilsellers right before attacking so I'd delay them. All and all I got my chest,key, earring...just took longer then expected due to a large distraction.
reepetable?
# Dec 31 2004 at 6:05 AM Rating: Decent
is this quest repeetable?
Orcish Fighters
# Dec 27 2004 at 3:31 PM Rating: Default
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If you are having trouble getting the Cathedral Tapestry to drop in the Grotto, only fight Orcish Fighters. My buddies and I fought 4 of them and got 3 drops with TH2! I don't think the other mobs drop the tapestry since we didn't have any luck with them using TH2.
RE: Orcish Fighters
# Jan 06 2005 at 4:06 AM Rating: Decent
I cleared the entire higher end of the grotto of orcs, and my tapestry dropped from an Orcish Fighter as well.

Also added note, did the Ordelle chest with 3 buddies, chest spawns instantly like if you were doing RSE. Appeared in same spawn twice in a row, in under a minute. So don't feel bad about opening it during RSE time!
Gilsellers stink
# Dec 25 2004 at 9:08 PM Rating: Decent
After finding the Tapestry, I went ahead and did this quest. On Gilgemesh, we have the infamous Hair- gilsellers in Ordelle's Cave literally 24/7 so it does indeed take awhile to find a chest. Good news: I grabbed Stroper Chyme 5 times, making them quite angry with me. (And I suppose they should, because as a 56 BRD/28 WHM, I was claiming him w/ Foe Lullaby).
RE: Gilsellers stink
# Mar 01 2005 at 2:30 AM Rating: Decent
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My hat's off to you. Gilselers should die!

Mayra.

41WHM/19BLM, PLD20/WAR10, 22RNG/11NIN
Asura
CoP Quest
# Dec 24 2004 at 1:34 AM Rating: Decent
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Yes, this IS a CoP quest. If you watch the cutscene after you return the Cathedral Tapestry to Sobane, everyone is in the new ~Lv30 gears that came out with CoP. It also mentions Carpenter's Landing... also a CoP zone.

Just thought I'd let you know.
Chest Location
# Dec 23 2004 at 3:39 AM Rating: Decent
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I found my chest in the room with the shriekers and waterfall. As you go deeper in the caves, it was on my left. About 20 yards before that tunnel with the wall that you can't climb up, but can come down. Sorry, I forgot to get the position. I thought this might help out a few people that have never hunted coffers in ordelles before.
COP
# Dec 23 2004 at 12:43 AM Rating: Default
Does this quest require Chains of Promathia? If it does this totally stinks. Im not gonna spend $30 for something that im just using for a quest but im not gonna farm 50k for a simple earring. Please answer!
RE: COP
# Dec 29 2004 at 5:18 PM Rating: Decent
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No you don't need COP to do the actuall quest, but hey why not get it for the fun of COP?
solo
# Dec 20 2004 at 7:07 PM Rating: Good
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As Drk,40+ to be safe.
lvl Req
# Dec 20 2004 at 8:33 AM Rating: Decent
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anyone know at what lvl i can solo the Ordelle's part? I'm currently a 36drk/thf. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. ^.-
lol
# Dec 19 2004 at 9:55 PM Rating: Default
i went killing mobs in grotto, and tapestry dropped. looked it up and went O_O

so off i went. Got my key on the 2nd mob right around from the corner where i found a chest. =D
# Dec 19 2004 at 5:52 AM Rating: Decent
pretty easy...started the quest, helped someone do 2-3...tapestry dropped on like the 4th kill..


Took it back to town, got a cutscene, went to selbnia, got a cutscene, went to ordelles.


Had a friend help me, as we were about to drop down to where teh stropers spawn I saw a chest, so I stayed in the hole room, he fell down and started killing stuff...got a couple of malboro vines and a Key, again 3rd, 4th kill, took it back to selbina, then went to Sobane again for a fiant cutscene and my rewards.



And yes, this does require CoP, the song played during the 3nd scene with the mayor is a CoP file.
To answer my own question...
# Dec 18 2004 at 12:17 PM Rating: Good
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Tried this on a RSE day. Got the key item only.
So it likely takes precedence over Magic Patterns.

Despite what the guide here says, Abelard described the other visitor looking for Leffine as a young hume female.
RE: To answer my own question...
# Jan 01 2005 at 3:52 AM Rating: Decent
Yes It Does Over ride RSE i was Doing Elvaan Male RSE today and i opende the Chest and i got The Torn out Pages It Suxs so if your gonna Do RSE in Ordelles do this quest 1st then do or do it Somewhere else easy like Gusgen (i Got 3/4 of RSE gear in Gusgen) or Maze Thats where im going to get the last piece i need Wish em Good Luck i hope this helps Someone ^^
Sounds good, but...
# Dec 18 2004 at 7:32 AM Rating: Decent
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Is this a Chains of Promathia quest, or can it be done without the expansion pack?
RE: Sounds good, but...
# Dec 18 2004 at 1:48 PM Rating: Decent
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A friend of mine who doesn't have the expansion, but does have Max San d'Orian Fame could not get this quest (he even has the tapestry in his inventory).

RE: Sounds good, but...
# Feb 09 2005 at 1:30 PM Rating: Decent
I can conferm that its a CoP quest.

I was playing on my friend's PS2(no CoP) and tryed to get it, and all I got was talk of her knives. Went back home(I have CoP), walked in there and BAM, cutsence.

The only thing that I had done inbetween was to hit level 54, but I very much dought thats it...
RE: Sounds good, but...
# Dec 21 2004 at 10:47 PM Rating: Default
how about if i have it installed but not registered? It's stupid that id have to pay for something i can quest easally.

man don't ask, my code seems to be in use allready and the prick GM's won't help me. I think i'll just rip off a code from some store....
RSE+Pages Possible?
# Dec 18 2004 at 12:34 AM Rating: Decent
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Anyone tried doing the chest part on a RSE day?

Is it an either/or, or maybe a both pattern and pages reward?

Call me greedym but I'm going to try this later.
RE: RSE+Pages Possible?
# Dec 30 2004 at 6:49 AM Rating: Default
When doing RSE, you only get your Magical Pattern if you have activated the quest, otherwise you get anything the chest will give (gil, items, etc). Again, this is a quest, so even if it is RSE Day, you will still get the papers.

If, for some reason, you have the RSE quest activated and the quest for the Cunning Earring, I do not know which would take precedence. But yes, even if it is RSE day (and you don't have RSE quest activated I'm assuming) you will get the papers.

As for getting both? That will not happen. You will get one or the other. Same with when hunting AF, you can have AF quest activated, but if you open coffer to an area you don't have the map (if obtained via these means), you will get the map and not your AF piece.

Edited, Thu Dec 30 06:50:34 2004
Fun with gillsellers
# Dec 17 2004 at 11:38 PM Rating: Default
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Finshed this quest the other day, not too hard, got tapestry from the 2nd fighter I killed, ordelle's chest took awhile tho due to the gilsellers snatching up all the chests. In the meantime i beat the gilsellers to chyme twice :D If you're on Ramuh and want to have some fun with the gilsellers, camp where Orcpppooo does, he's a moron and easy to beat to stroper chyme. The others like Surfeya and Ooeooe are a little better at camping and harder to beat, so I would probably justm leave them be lol.
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