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The Chieftain's Duty - Story Behind Ottuk Taming
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We've already reported that
Ottuk Taming is rewarded from the questline A Chieftain's Duty
, which becomes available at Renown 11 with the Iskaara Tuskarr. The questline itself really takes the time to explain ottuk taming and how strong the bond between Tuskarr and their ottuk can be!
The Chieftain's Duty
The questline begins with the Iskaara Tuskarr sending you to check up on the Uktulut tribe in the Waking Shores, who have gone silent lately, ending all trade. You arrive to find the Uktulut Chieftain, Tutaqan, to be the source of the problem - he seems to have grown despondent, refusing to send Tuskarr outside the village to fight their enemies or gather supplies, despite the appeals of his own people.
Crafter Kuliqa says: A fine chieftain and huntmaster you are, hiding away while the djaradin push us out!
Elder Unujaak sighs heavily, wringing his hands.
After helping out around the camp a little, Tutaqan finally approaches you. He tells you about a recent tragedy - many of the tribe's Ottuks swam too close to djaradin territory. The ones who were recovered were not found alive, and Tutaqan's own Ottuk, Ipko, is missing.
We could not find my ottuk, Ipko. She has been my hunting partner for many years. If she...
<He shakes his head.>
Please... aid me. If you search the river, I will search the shore.
Devastatingly, this quest ends in tragedy. We find only Ipko's body, which we return to Tutaqan.
Tutaqan yells: Ipko! Give her to me, please!
Tutaqan says: Is she...? No, she's... gone.
To help the Chieftain with his grief, we assist the Tuskarr Elder Unujaak in a ritual to honor the fallen ottuk and help her spirit move on. As we watch, Ipko's spirit ascends, accepted by the Tuskarr god of death.
Elder Unujaak says: Ancestors, just as this smoke rises to the skies, embrace our fallen friend as she rises to rejoin you.
Elder Unujaak says: Ipko led many great hunts alongside our chieftain, protecting our people from enemies and from hunger. Accept this offering, the fruits of one of her many victories.
Elder Unujaak says: Ipko has been one of our greatest--a hunter, a warrior, and a friend. But we remember always that oil unshared...
Tutaqan says: ...can light only one lantern.
Elder Unujaak says: Karkut has accepted her. May she stand at the ancestors' side now.
Elder Unujaak admits that he didn't realize how much the fate of the ottuks had affected the Chieftain. While the Elder understands, the Uktulut Tuskarr need their Chieftain.
Tataqan does not react as you approach. He appears focused on the nearby ottuks, his eyes still wet.
The chieftain is well aware that he is failing his village, but explains how hard it's been to feel like he can protect his people when he couldn't even protect Ipko. Still, he realizes that he has to at least try. If he is going to resume his duties, he has to find a new ottuk companion first. It's an important bond - the hunter is as much chosen by the ottuk as the ottuk is chosen by the hunter.
We find a peaceful ottuk, who comes with us happily. A territorial ottuk takes more persuading, but we manage to lure her with a stuffed duckling toy on a fishing pole. Finally, we find a dutiful ottuk, who is only willing to come after making sure the other ottuk are safely fed. It is this dutiful ottuk who is chosen by the chieftain.
Tutaqan says: Oh, what a very sweet friend you are! So calm... so serene!
Tutaqan says: Unfortunately, he's still too young and soft-hearted. The tides of the world are rough. Let him keep to his holt a while longer.
Tutaqan says: Little one, I have no desire to fight you. I know the village is large and you feel as though you cannot control it. But control is not the armor you think it is.
Tutaqan says: Just like tuskarr, some ottuks can be glory-eager. But I do not fight for the sake of fighting.
Tutaqan says: We have a word for this--a type of duty that is known, not taught. As innate to a tuskarr as breathing. That word is "qipi". We have many stories that teach its importance.
Tutaqan says: A fitting name, I think, if you will accept it.
The ottuk chirps once and presses the side of his face into Tutaqan's hand.
With the ottuk Qipi by his side, Tutaqan is finally ready to rise to the challenge when another djaradin attacks.
Guard Hakota says: It falls to us to cut him down! We have all the spears you need. Even without our chieftain, we will--
Tutaqan says: You are not without your chieftain. We will put an end to this threat today.
Guard Hakota says: Ready to fight again, eh?
Tutaqan says: I stand by what I said. I won't lose anyone else to the djaradin.
Sure enough, Tutaqan and Qipi are triumphant against the giant. Thanks to your help, the Uktulut Tuskarr have their chieftain back, the trade routes have opened again, and Hunters will have learned how to tame ottuks!
Tutaqan says: ...and we will stand stronger than ever because of it. We may be tucked away here, far from Iskaara, but that distance need not truly separate us.
Tutaqan says: Trade will start again as soon as possible. I will personally gather our hunting party to protect our workers for as long as we are needed. Uktulut will flourish again.
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