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Page #11: "Rite of Passage"
Dear diary, I have had an idea what locations to visit as per my task for the coming of age's rite of passage. I could visit the shrines of the Twelve, as a pilgrimage of sorts. Of course I would still return with flowers rare to each area, as proof of my journey. I have taken the liberty to begin researching this possibility. The locations are as follows; both the stones of Goddess Halone and Goddess Menphina, loved by the keeper Miqo'te, reside at the Coerthas Central Highlands. I haven't a clue what that place is, so it is an excellent opportunity for leaning and tourism. Thaliak the Scholar, patron deity of the Sharlayans, his stone is in Mor Dhona, what a place rich in lore and history of wars.
I would also see Lower La Noscea for the stone of Nymeia the Spinner, Limsa Lominsa for the stone of Llymlaen the Navigator (favoured so by the Roegadyn seafarers), then set for Outer La Noscea to see the stone of Oschon the Wanderer, who was once a great patron of the ancient city of Nym. Afterwards, I’ll return east in search of Little Ala Mhigo, and travel through Southern Thanalan for the stone of Rhalgr the Destroyer, who is venerated by the Hyur Highlanders. I’ll then journey on to Eastern Thanalan for the stone of the sun goddess Azeyma the Warden, so worshipped by the seeker Miqo'te.
While in the desert, there are the two stones of Nald and Thal in Ul'dah, not to mention their shrines Nald's Reflection and Thal's Respite in Southern Thanalan and Eastern Thanalan respectively. And of course Nophica's Wells in Western Thanalan. On the trip home, it would be wise to return through the South Shroud of the Twelveswood for the stone of Byregot and the stone of Althyk the Keeper. I’ll then arrive back at Old Gridania to give thanks to Nophica, the Matron at Her Altar. I must propose this plan to Brother E-Sumi.
Perhaps I'll set out scouting for a path out north, like the adventurers in mother's books. Then soon, I too shall become a woman, an adventurer of the greater world, to bravely go where no other has been before, to strike fast and strong at the befouling corruptions of darkness and heal the land anew. Pray, heed this call Eorzea, for here comes she, Lucy Ambers, bane of the wild plants, killer, of the phytopathogenic fungi!
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