Subquest 5 - Ktjn's Road to Improvement
Location: Royal City of Rabanastre - Muthru Bazaar
Available: After escaping Barheim Passage (in Chapter 2)
What it is about: Ktjn of the Viera needs your advice in order to choose her path
How to proceed with this quest
After coming back to Rabanastre following your escape from Barheim Passage, you will spot a lone Viera sitting by the stairs north of Muthru Bazaar. Talk to her and you'll learn she's come to Rabanastre following on her sister's footsteps, but that she now feels the need to find her own path. Continue to talk with her and she'll eventually have a question for you, and you'll be given a choice as to which answer you might give her
If you come back to chat with her at regular intervals as the game progresses, she'll have more questions for you, until she finally chooses her way. What she will choose (and therefore, what you will get as reward), depends entirely on the answers you'll give her. You can't loose at this game (understand: you will get a reward no matter what) but some rewards are more desirable than others.....
You'll find below a chart with her questions and possible answers
| Question | Possible answer |
| Is the city not wonderful? I still lose my way on occasion, but I have come to know some of her walks and alleyways. But the land, I cannot hear it....should this not trouble me as a Viera? | - Yes, you should be ashamed - No, don't be silly |
| I knew my choice would bring hardship, yet.... | - You should've thought it through - Things will get better |
| I would be as she is. Do you think it possible? | - Sure, if you put your mind to it - I don't know your sister It'll never happen |
| What do you think? | - I think it's a good idea - I'm not sure |
When to visit Ktjn for new questions
Once you've given an answer to Ktjn, you will have to make the story progress up to a certain point for her to voice her next query: note that Ktjn only asks one question at a time, the next question only becomes available after you've made the main story progress to the next key point, as listed below. As you can see from the table above, there are four questions in all, but there are seven points along the main storyline at which she is susceptible to ask a new question. What it means is this: if you miss your next cue, she will withhold her next question until you finally visit her
Let's me illustrate this with an example. Say you've talked to Ktjn for the first time after escaping Barheim Passage. If you refer to the list, your next opportunity for her second question is after your first visit at Ondore's estate. But let's say you don't go back to Rabanastre until after you get the Dawn Shard. If you talk to Ktjn now she will ask you her second question, but you'll have to wait until the next key point for her to ask her third (whereas, had you come back to Rabanastre between the first visit at Ondore's and obtaining the Dawn Shard, she would have asked the third question already by the time you came back with the Dawn Shard in hand then) Note that if, for some reason, you haven't answered all four questions by the time the Bahamut begins moving, Ktjn will start asking a new question every 15 minutes. Mind you, if you haven't completed the quest by then, the rewards you might get probably won't be of much interest anymore....
Timing of Ktjn's next question
- After visiting Ondore
- Once obtaining the Dawn Shard
- After visiting Bur-Omisace
- After defeating Judge Bergan
- Once visiting Draklor Laboratory
- After getting the Strahl back and being able to set its course
- After the Bahamut starts moving
Completing the quest.....and your reward!
Once you've answered Ktjn's 4th question, she will leave her spot by the stairs. She will show up again in Rabanastre after you've made the story progress to the next key point as listed above. Where she shows up depends on the path she's chosen. Find her and talk to her then - she will eventually thank you and hand you a reward for your help
You'll find below the combinations of answers and the related rewards. Best combination is probably the top one, awarding you a Platinum Sword, which is a good piece of equipment, in particular if you finish this quest early
| Answer to 1st question | Answer to 2nd question | Answer to 3rd question | Answer to 4th question | Where to find Ktjn | Reward |
| "Yes, you should be ashamed" | "You should have thought it through" | "It will never happen" | "I think it's a good idea" | Training at Clan Centrio's headquarters | Platinum Sword |
| "Yes, you should be ashamed" | "You should have thought it through" | "I don't know your sister" | "I think it's a good idea" | Doorkeeper in front of Clan Centrio's headquarters | Paramina Bow |
| "No, don't be silly" | "Things will get better" | "I don't know your sister" | "I am not sure" | Barker for Migelo's Sundries | Firefly |
| "No, don't be silly" | "Things will get better" | "Sure, if you put your mind to it" | "I am not sure" | Shop employee in Miguelo's Sundries | Fuzzy Miter |
| Any other combination of answers | Continues to search for her own path * | Ether, 3x Hi-Potion | |||
