Justin Augustine Task Force

The Saga of Faathim
Contact	Justin Augustine
Zone	The Chantry
Minimum Size	8 players
Coordinates	(8776, 1537, -5293.5)
Level Range	44-50
Merits	42
Badge	Protector of Kindness
Enemy Groups	Soldiers of Rularuu; Circle of Thorns;
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Overview

The Justin Augustine Task Force is a hero Task Force that is part of the Shadow Shard storyline. The Task Force is started off by Justin Augustine in The Chantry. The majority of the Task Force takes place in The Chantry, but also has missions in Firebase Zulu and one mission in Paragon City.

This is the third of four Shadow Shard Task Forces. It is preceded by the Dr. Quaterfield Task Force and the Sara Moore Task Force, and followed by the Faathim the Kind Task Force.

Merit Rewards: This activity awards 42 Reward Merits.

Missions

Agree to form a task force

Briefing

You can call me Justin Augustine. I'm a, well, a mystic of sorts. Working with the UN expedition. General Hammond's asked me to investigate some of the stranger things out here, and I think I may have found about the strangest. Floating out in the center of this area may be the key to understanding this whole place, but if I'm gonna figure it out, I'm gonna need help.

All right, Task Force Name, it's time to get on with what this is all about. Far out in the center of this region is a place called the Chantry. It's supposed to hold all kinds of vast and ancient secrets, including a powerful being the natives only refer to as 'The Kind One'. Now, a title like that can mean a lot of things in folklore, like trying to placate something monstrous. I think the key to understanding a lot of this place is going to be understanding the truth behind Chantry and what's inside it. And for that, I need your help.

Alright, before I send you deep into the islands around here, first order of business is to secure this position some. I've manage to keep the Rularuu from finding me here, but they're going to notice you lot coming and going. So, I want you to lower their numbers around the Path of Tears. Take out about 50 or so, that should put a dent in them.

General Hammond asked that I give you lot a code-name while you're working with me on this. He wants it to help keep track, but there's a whole other reason. Naming a thing, like a fellowship of heroes, is a powerful kind of magic. There's a lot aligned against us, so if we're going to succeed here, we'll need every advantage we can get. I'm going to give your group the title Task Force Name, and let's hope that the powers that be are smiling on us.

Mission Objective(s)

Battle Rularuu in Path of Tears
- Defeat 50 Soldiers of Rularuu

You have defeated enough of the Rularuu to secure the area.

Primary Enemies

Soldiers of Rularuu

Debriefing

Now that the Rularuu are a little less unruly, it's time to start the real work.

Travel to Bastion of Pain

Briefing

Time to do some investigation. Task Force Name, I'll need you lot to go to one of the island groups in here. It's called the Bastion of Pain, and it's the closest cluster of islands to where we are now. There's a monument there I'd like you to take a good look at, and get me some close-up photos.

This one's a two parter. First, you'll need to fight the Rularuu around the Bastion of Pain. Once you're fought enough to keep them from interfering, go to the monument and record it for me. I think I'll be able to translate it. That might tell us something about what's really going on here.

Mission Objective(s)

Battle on Bastion of Pain
- Defeat 50 Soldiers of Rularuu

You have defeated enough of the Rularuu around the Bastion of Pain.

Primary Enemies

Soldiers of Rularuu

Mission Objective(s)

Visit Monument of Pain

You have been to the Monument of Pain, and made records of it for Justin Augustine.

	Monument Records
	You recorded these photos and measurements of the monument on the Bastion of Pain for Justin Augustine.

	The Verse of Pain
	Justin Augustine's translation of the writing on the Monument of Pain reads: 'And the Kind One was made prisoner within his Chantry, And the Rularuu beset him in unending siege, And Faathim the Kind knew only anguish, For all his plans were cast down in ruin.'

Debriefing

Thanks for that one. you're all as good as gold. Now, give me a minute. This is very weird stuff.

Like trying to read Sumerian written with Aztec grammar and English slang.

I can give you a rough translation of this one, but we're gonna need to see more. Roughly, it would go:

'And the Kind One was made prisoner within his Chantry, And the Rularuu beset him in unending siege, And Faathim the Kind knew only anguish, For all his plans were cast down in ruin.'

Pretty heavy stuff, but it still doesn't tell us a lot. There's got to be more to this story.

Travel to Bastion of Denial

Briefing

The first monument you looked at on the Bastion of Pain seemed to be telling part of a story. The others may have more of it. I'd like you to travel to the Bastion of Denial, clear out some of the Rularuu, and take a look at the monument there. It may have more of this story, or at least help what we have to make sense.

This one's another two parter. Same set-up as the last one. You'll need to fight the Rularuu around the Bastion of Denial to get them off-balance, then get to the monument and take some recordings and stuff for me. Easy for you, I'm sure.

Mission Objective(s)

Battle on Bastion of Denial
- Defeat 50 Soldiers of Rularuu

You have defeated enough of the Rularuu around the Bastion of Denial.

Primary Enemies

Soldiers of Rularuu

Mission Objective(s)

Visit Monument of Denial

You have been to the Monument of Denial, and made records of it for Justin Augustine.

	Monument Records
	You recorded these photos and measurements of the monument on the Bastion of Denial for Justin Augustine.

	The Verse of Denial
	Justin Augustine's translation of the writing on the monument of Denial reads: 'And Faathim formed the Chantry from the very air, And Faathim alone was master of it, And within the Chantry Faathim stood shielded from Rularuu's will, Here Faathim schemed for his freedom and his oblivion.'

Debriefing

Great job, all of you. Let me take a look at this.

These are getting harder to understand. I could swear that's Greek, but that bit there looks like cuneiform, and I don't even know what that last bit it.

Okay, here's my best go:

'And Faathim formed the Chantry from the very air, And Faathim alone was master of it, And within the Chantry Faathim stood shielded from Rularuu's will, Here Faathim schemed for his freedom and his oblivion.'

I'm not completely sure that's right, but it's at least close. I think. We need to find out more.

Travel to Bastion of Guilt

Briefing

The first two monuments seemed to be telling part of a story, but we only have pieces of it. They're getting harder to translate, but we'll have to see what we can get from the next one, in the Bastion of Guilt.

You lot should have this set-up down by now. First thing to do is clear out some of the Rularuu, then get recordings of the monument for me. I'll see what I can do to translate them, and we'll go from there.

Mission Objective(s)

Battle on Bastion of Guilt
- Defeat 50 Soldiers of Rularuu

You have defeated enough of the Rularuu around the Bastion of Guilt.

Primary Enemies

Soldiers of Rularuu

Mission Objective(s)

Visit Monument of Guilt

You have been to the Monument of Guilt, and made records of it for Justin Augustine.

	Monument Records
	You recorded these photos and measurements of the monument on the Bastion of Guilt for Justin Augustine.

	The Verse of Guilt
	Justin Augustine's translation of the writing on the monument of Guilt reads: 'And when the world was split the Strong one Remained Loyal, And the Strong One called Faathim Traitor for his plans, And the Strong One called Faathim Traitor for his actions, For Strength would let none stray from Rularuu'

Debriefing

Great work, all, these are the best yet. Not too sure how much good it will be, though. I'm able to recognize less and less of this. Let me see if I can get anything.

Alright, I'll give it a bash, but I can't promise that this is anything close to accurate:

'And when the world was split the Strong one Remained Loyal, And the Strong One called Faathim Traitor for his plans, And the Strong One called Faathim Traitor for his actions, For Strength would let none stray from Rularuu'

I'm not that confidant about that, but it's the best I can do. At least I think I know what the next step's going to have to be.

Enter the Chantry and speak with Faathim the Kind

Briefing

I've done about all the translating that can be done without a better knowledge of the languages used. So, now's the time to try and find out more about the whole thing right from the source. Task Force Name, I need you to go into the Chantry itself and talk to Faathim the Kind.

The good news it I don't think Faathim will be out-right hostile. Bad news, of course, is that there's a lot of things surrounding the entrance who probably will be hostile.

Mission Objective(s)

Speak to Faathim

Missing Completion Message

Faathim the Kind

Debriefing

I am Faathim, called the Kind One. You are all welcome before me, members of Task Force Name. I have watched you from within my Chantry, and I know what you seek. I will tell you that you have learned nothing untrue or false.

I am the master of the Chantry,
and I am its prisoner,
and I am a traitor above all.

But there is more than those three elements. I will provide you with this. It is a series of tasks that need the attention of heroes and it is written in languages that Justin Augustine will understand. You reward shall be righteousness in your work, and furtherance of your knowledge.

I ask only this: You must remember that something learned cannot be unlearned, and nothing can ever be undone.

	An Engraved Tablet
	This stone tablet has been engraved in what looks like a series of ever more complex languages by Faathim the Kind.

Debriefing

Glad to hear you got such a welcome reception, if a bit on the cryptic side. Still, this list of Faathim's could be very useful. Give me a bit, I'll see what I can get out of this.

Battle the Rularuu around the Path of Rage

Briefing

I've been able to translate some of this list of 'Heroic Deeds' Faathim gave you. First one sounds like something you can handle. It's a request to battle the Rularuu down around the Path of Rage near the Chantry. Might be a good idea to do it at that.

I'm not sure exactly what Faathim the Kind wants with this task, but it seems pretty innocuous. While you're working on that, I'm going to look back over my notes with what I've learned from translating the first part of this.

Mission Objective(s)

Battle Rularuu in Path of Rage
- Defeat 50 Soldiers of Rularuu

You have defeated enough of the Rularuu to complete Faathim's first mission.

Primary Enemies

Soldiers of Rularuu

Debriefing

All right, now that I've had a bit of time, I think I may have made a breakthrough on this. It might shed a light on a lot of things we've found already. How would you all like to take a visit back to Firebase Zulu?

Help Dr. Boyd in Firebase Zulu

Briefing

Just translating the list of tasks Faathim gave you is teaching me a lot about the languages used here. In fact, some of what I've learned may be very useful to some of the other people working in the Shard. I've been communicating with Dr. Boyd, over in the Firebase Zulu area. He thinks he might be on the verge of a breakthrough in his own translations due to this new information, but he's going to need some help. While I'm working on translating more of Faathim's list, how about you lot go over and lend him a hand?

Thanks. I hope that Dr. Boyd's work will shed some light on my own. The more I understand, the stranger this gets.

Mission Objective(s)

Meet with Dr. Boyd

Dr. Boyd

Briefing

Ah! Hello there! So, would the illustrious Task Force Name, eh? Goodgoodgood. Now, I've asked for your assistance for two major things. First, with the new translations by Mr. Augustine we're getting closer to understanding what these amazing monuments may really mean. That's really the trick you see: Meaning. They have different levels of them. The monuments, I mean. We already know something about them, but that's like knowing a bit about nuclear engineering. Don't want to go building a reactor when you haven't gotten to the chapter on cooling system. With some of the powerful beings reported out here, well, you get the analogy. So, I need new, fresh records of several Monuments around the area. Many of them were damaged at some time in the past, so getting close-up images is vital. Which was the second thing. The, ah, Rularuu have gotten very agitated about my work recently, which is the other reason I requested your aid. Be on the lookout for them.

Mission Objective(s)

Record monument at Echo