Online:Jahones Valain

Jahones Valain
Home Settlement	Suran
Location	Menaldinion's Clinic
Race	Breton	Gender	Male
Health	15,000
Reaction	Friendly

Jahones Valain

Jahones Valain is a Breton who can be found at the second floor of Menaldinion's Clinic in Suran. He is the father of Elic Valain and the father-in-law of Melvina Valain.

Related QuestsEdit

• The Wing of the Netch: Find the Netch Luminary and earn his sigil to power the Scribing Altar.

Quest-Related EventsEdit

A part of Jahones Valain's spirit

Jahones Valain is dying in the bed. His son and daughter-in-law can be overheard.

Elic Valain: "Father, I got here as soon as I could. Please. Can you hear me?"

Melvina Valain: "I'm sorry, my love. He's very weak."

After you follow through the portal set up by Votary Nahlia you will find a fragment of his spirit in Dragon Bridge Smuggler Caves.

Jahones Valain: "My first mission. My first brush with death. The Reachfolk had us on the run. I was so far from home and certain I'd die alone."

Jahones Valain: "I fought with everything I had. My wife was at home by herself. She told me she had news for me for when I returned. I needed to know what it was."

Eventually, you will find his spirit standing near a river with a wraith by his side. When you approach him, the wraith will disappear. You will reassure him that his son is waiting for him to come back:

"I'm at the end, aren't I? Dragon Bridge. My blood warmed the icy water. I should have died that day.
Maybe I did. Marielle. Blackberry mead. Borderwatch. Elic, my life's pride. Were all those warm memories just the dreams of a dying young soldier?"

It wasn't a dream. Elic is waiting for you back in Suran.

"Elic? Yes. This is where I learned of Elic. Near death. Perhaps nearer than I am now.
I remember tendrils cradling me. Lifting me to the water's edge. My wounds, closing. Pain, easing. A voice that was joyous and clear."

What did it say?

"That I had to live for my son. I feared I'd never live to meet him. I was just glad I wouldn't die alone.
But when I woke later, no one was there. And when next I saw my wife, she handed me our child. A boy. My Elic. Where is he?"

He's with you right now in Suran.

You will find another piece of his soul in Borderwatch:

Jahones Valain: "Borderwatch. The day I thought Elic would join me as a soldier in my new assignment. The day he would break my heart."

Jahones Valain: "He was still a little boy when I put that wooden sword in his hands. I had convinced myself that he would aspire to be like me. That he was a fighter."

You will reach the Borderwatch Courtyard where Jahones's spirit will be waiting at the graveyard with the same wraith following him. He will reveal the fallout he had with Elic and regretted his last words said to his son:

"It was here at Borderwatch that I was given command so many years ago. I sent for my son, urging him to enlist. We would defend these walls together.
And he arrived, only to hand in his blade."

Why was it so important that he enlist with you?

"Elic had such a love of history. I thought he'd relish the chance to stand with the soldiers that made it.
I wanted to fight side-by-side with my son, wanted that life so badly. Handing me his blade felt like he'd run it through my heart."

What did you say to him?

"I told him he would be a failure. That he'd come crawling back.
What loving father does that? Divines, what possessed me to say such things?"

Then return to Suran. You can still reach him.

You will find the third and the last piece of his soul in Blight Bog Sump:

Jahones Valain: "My final mission. My wife, long gone. My son, estranged and beyond my reach. I was alone. A soldier's worst nightmare."

You will find him beside Inevitable End. You can talk to him:

"My final venture as a man of the sword.
I resigned my station and took to mercenary work. I had tracked a bounty to these ruins, filled with traps and monsters. I was lost. Injured. I fell and my torch went out. I was alone. So alone."

What happened?

"I saw a shape in the darkness. Looming like a storm cloud. Tendrils swaddled me like a babe. I did not fight as they held me close, set me on my feet.
And I heard that laughing voice, from all those years before."

What did it say?

"It told me of Elic's life. His wife. His work as a respected historian.
Elic was happy, and I was happy to hear it. I left these ruins, but I didn't have the courage to write my son until I fell ill. And then it was too late to make amends."

It's not too late. Elic is waiting for you in Suran.

As you return to Suran:

Elic Valain: "Father! It's Elic. I'm here. Just be still."

Jahones Valain: "My boy. I've much to say after coming so far. Just let me catch my breath."

You can talk to him:

"You are not the same lighthearted presence I met in the darkness, but I feel comforted all the same."

After you talk to his son:

Jahones Valain: "Elic, my life's pride, I'm so sorry. Those things I said to you—I wish I could take it all back."

Elic Valain: "I know, Dad. I'm sorry I didn't give you the chance to make amends."

Jahones Valain: "Shh, my boy. We're together now. That's all that matters."

Votary Nahlia: "We've done all we can here. Let's head back to the Scholarium and speak with you know who."

You may speak with him once more:

"Elic is here. If my last breath was an apology to him, it would have been worth it. But I have a few more left in me. And ears to listen.
Thank you, stranger, for guiding my spirit back to my boy."