Missions: Awakening of the Gods (Windurst 7-2)

I've fallen a bit behind on my entries here. I pretty much write them during my commute, but last week I actually read a book (shock!) - The Wolves of Paris, an interesting account of a pack of wolves that did what they needed to in France during the 1400s - and have been playing The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion on my PSP.

Just over a week ago, eleven Windurstians gathered together in Kazham to fulfill our duties for Mission 7-2, Awakening of the Gods. We had previously picked up our orders from the gate guard in Windurst. From there, we headed to the Rhinostery to talk to Leepe-Hoppe. He was concerned that Minister Rokususu has run off, and told us to see Kerutoto downstairs for more information. She told us we'll need to head to the Southern Continent to recover Rokususu.

In Kazham, we all spoke with Romaa Mihgo and Vanono, both of whom hinted that we should head to the Temple of Uggalepih.

Our group was made up of:

Yobun BLM73/RDM36
Midget THF70/NIN35
Diasuke SMN73/WHM36
Akuma BLM60/WHM30?
Izan DRG72/WAR36
Elboron BRD66/WHM33
Grymalkyn THF66/NIN33
Tsakiki PLD66/WAR33
Wendell WHM65/BLM32
Ryrra MNK65/WAR32
Vyce SAM60/WAR30

Yobun just came along to help us out, but the rest of us were all on the mission. We headed first to the Den of Rancor, since it was a lot quicker to get from there to the part of the Temple we needed to go to than if we'd gone in through the front entrance of the Temple. We camped right on the stairway at the entrance while Midget pulled mobs from the hallway above so we could clear our way. Every time we fought a Tonberry, we would Call For Help on it, in order to keep our hate down (Kiki and Grym had reset theirs to zero the previous evening, in preparation for this).

Once everything was clear, we moved near a Granite Door, behind which lives the Bonze Mayberry. We had to kill this Tonberry 5 times in order to get the 10 keys we needed for our alliance. With our large mob, he was no match for us. However, hate was pretty loose, so we got to see some interesting damage amounts on Everyone's Rancor. At one point, Diasuke's Garuda took 22,700 points of damage. I think Diasuke should clear his Tonberry hate some time; he spends a lot of time in the Temple of Uggalepih. On another fight, Izan was the target, and took over 5,000 damage. That was Izan's fifth death that day - he'd been on a bunch of not-too-successful Optical Hat runs before our mission, and lost level 73 in the process. Kiki's damage from Everyone's Rancor was negligable, and climbed to merely 300 by the 5th Bonze Mayberry. Clearing hate is a good thing.

After we got the ten Cursed Keys we needed, we headed to a nearby Granite Door and found Rokususu inside the room. After an interesting cutscene, we obtained the Book of the Gods, and headed back to Leepe-Hoppe in Windurst. Having completed the mission, we were rewarded with Rank 8 and 60,000 gil. No new title though.