The Holy Tree known as Taloc is a relic of the Cataclysm, created by shards that fell from the Tower of Eternity and settled inside it.

All that energy and power has made it grow vast and hollow, overflowing with Aether--which is a rarely found necessity in the new territories of Balaurea.

Garath works with Stigmas at the Gelkmaros Fortress and has focused on Taloc's Aether of late. He believes the two resources should be combined.

Go to him, see what good you can do together.

So you're not just here to purchase Stigmas? Well, that's refreshing.

I came to Gelkmaros to study, but hardly anyone's interested in helping me.

I'm positive that if we fuse the Aether of Taloc with Stigmas, we can develop something far more powerful from their commingling.

Yes it does. And others at the Aether Research Group Campsite in the Antagor Canyon agree.

I'd like to do more, but my work keeps me here most of the time. Perhaps you can look into it?

If you wish to explore Taloc's Hollow, talk with Caspa's Messenger, an Elim in the Krug Basin. He'll show you how to enter alone.

1. Talk with Garath in Gelkmaros.

Go to the Gelkmaros Fortress to meet Garath.

Dispatch Instructor Leopold told you a bit about Taloc's Hollow, then sent you to meet Garath in Gelkmaros, a Stigma Master who's interested in fusing Aether to make a stronger resource.

Garath asked you to look into it and explore the Hollow and meet up with the Aether Research Group in Antagor Canyon.