Lycopodium NPCs and strange lights?

[Teakwood]

Hello~

I noticed something really weird today on the way to Bastok [S]... On the ramp up the cliff, that's not there in the present day, there's this weird sparkling light, with a Lycopodium standing there staring at it like it's better than TV. If you talk to the Lycopodium, you get this weird camera pan and the message "Your memory is engraved with an image of your surroundings and the fragrance of flowers."

Does anyone have any idea what the hell this is for? I -know- this wasn't around before the patch and I'm really curious as to what it means, I'm going to look around for other sparkling lights like this in other zones I think.

Any quests that reference sparkling lights? I'm pretty sure it's not involved with the SCH and DNC AF, I asked my LS and none of them knew what it was for.

Thanks,

-Teak

Edit: Changed title to be slightly more relevant.

[Helm]

I don't know, but there is one in Garlaige Citadel [S] near the 2nd banishing gate as well.

[Ruin]

Yeh seen these, but no idea what they for

[Belkin]

Batallia Downs has one also.

[Vilurum]

I know in present Batallia (having clicked the Lycopodium in past Batallia), the light is still there in about the same spot, as a targetable blank spot. Clicking it gives a message to the tune of needing something to trigger your memory. Maybe trade a Lycopodium Bud?

[Gwynplaine]

Here's everything I could find in dats relating to it:
The lycopodium is entranced by a sparkling light...

Your memory is engraved with an image of your surroundings and the fragrance of flowers...

The ground is sparkling with a strange light.

The sparkling light seems vaguely familiar to you...

You sense that a certain trigger may awaken the memories slumbering in your mind.

Going to see what this thingy is all about. And fyi you might get more responses if you change the title of the thread to something like, Lycopodium NPC's.

[Vilurum]

Judging by all the locations mentioned so far, they all seem to be (in the past) at cliffs that are annoying to get up in the present, and I know the present-day light in Batallia is at the *bottom* of the cliff. Haven't checked Gustaberg or Sauromugue yet. Perhaps the effect (once it's figured out how to activate it) is to move you to the top of the cliff in the present, providing a neat little shortcut?

[Teakwood]

Went and smacked Lycopodia over the head for a few until I got a flower, tried to trade it to the sparkly spot in the present on both sides of the Gustaberg cliff, nothing happened. ~_~;

Any ideas? I'm gonna try trading a lycopodium flower to the NPC Lycopodium in the past, but I'm not really expecting that to do anything either ~_~;

Edit: Warped back to Windy[S], gonna try trading an Asphodel to both the NPC Lyco and the lights in the present. ::crosses fingers::

[Gwynplaine]

I looked through the zone dats, and the only zones that I saw with the Lyco NPC were the 3 mentioned. I may have missed one, but its listed at the near the very bottom so it's easy to see, so not likely.

[Teakwood]

Confirmed.

Trading an Asphodel to the sparkling light on one side of the cliffs in the present will take you to the other side of the cliff in the present, upon activating the sparkling light in the past.

[Gwynplaine]

That's nifty. Where do you get those Asflowers from?

[Teakwood]

Goblin next to the San d'Oria [S] Mog House sells them, thank you to viewtopic.php?f=53&t=31044 which made me go 'hmmm'.

No more needing to have 4 people to get GC coffer keys! Yay!

[Gwynplaine]

So these are shortcuts to get from west/east north gustaburg, eldieme necropolis banishing gates, and the beaucadine glacier to battalia downs ledge?

[Teakwood]

Garlaige Citadel banishing gates. =P

Otherwise, yes, they're equivalents to shortcuts in the present that the past had, which I think is an extremely cool move on SE's part.

Thank you to everyone who posted and helped figure this out, by the way =D

[Gwynplaine]

Ok cool.

For the love of god SE, put one of these in present Beaucadine Glacier when the zone's released.

[Rocl]

How does it work? Just one Asphodel and you're set for life? One for each light? One for each warp? etc Would test myself, but kind of busy right now ><

[Deftscythe]

I've circled the ledge in Sauro[S] like 3 times, top and bottom, and I can't find the Lyco npc, nor can I find it on widescan. Can someone give a more specific location for him, please?

[Kurgan]

Similarly, I saw a new NPC "Poroggo Servant" up at the northwest tower in West Sarutabaruta (S). If you click on him, it says something about him appearing to look hungry or something along those lines.

I did a search on Google and all I found was this Japanese page. Even using Google/Babelfish translator, I can't make enough sense of it, but it doesn't sound like the Japanese site knows exactly what it's for either.

Link: http://hipotama.way-nifty.com/sono1/200 ... rvant.html
Translated: link

Edit: Perhaps it's a new freelance NPC? o.O

[Gwynplaine]

I've circled the ledge in Sauro[S] like 3 times, top and bottom, and I can't find the Lyco npc, nor can I find it on widescan. Can someone give a more specific location for him, please?

It's inside garliage citadel itself.

Similarly, I saw a new NPC "Poroggo Servant" up at the northwest tower in West Sarutabaruta (S). If you click on him, it says something about him appearing to look hungry or something along those lines.

I did a search on Google and all I found was this Japanese page. Even using Google/Babelfish translator, I can't make enough sense of it, but it doesn't sound like the Japanese site knows exactly what it's for either.

I think it might be a new Campaign NPC.

[Kurgan]

I think it might be a new Campaign NPC.

I just added an edit saying I think it might be such.

I wonder if the Lycopodium might be, as well.