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Expanding the point about it not mattering which nation you join.

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{{Mission Header
|Mission Name=Back to the Beginning
|Expansion=Wings of The Goddess
|Start=
|Description=Hideous statues. Monstrous beasts. The otherworld that lies in between. Could this war-torn land you have been thrust to truly be the outskirts of [[Jeuno]]...?
|Level=
|Repeatable=
|Previous=Cavernous Maws (Mission){{!}}Cavernous Maws
|Next=Cait Sith (Mission){{!}}Cait Sith
|Title=Cait Sith's Assistant
|Reward=[[Lightsworm]]
|Image=Back to the Beginning.jpg
}}

==Walkthrough==

*In the last mission you had been asked to go to a nearby Allied fortress, one of the three dungeons near [[Jeuno]]: [[Garlaige Citadel (S)]], [[Crawlers' Nest (S)]], or [[The Eldieme Necropolis (S)]].<br />It is there you can pick up a recommendation letter that is required to join the [[Allied Campaign]].
*There are three potential recommendation letters that may all be obtained, but you may only be allied to one nation at a time.
*Your choice of [[:Category:Campaign#Changing_Alliance|nation allegiance]] has no impact on the mission progression.
**After you've joined a nation, you can do any of the three nation's quests to progress the missions or even do all three in parallel. Joining a nation doesn't require you to do that nation's quests and the contents of the quests don't change based on your allegiance.
**The nation you join will charge less for their [[Allied Notes]] items. Due to their new alliance, Allied Notes can be redeemed at any vendor in any nation but buying from other nations has a 50% markup.
**Your allied nation determines the destination of the [[Retrace]] / [[Instant Retrace]] spell.
**It doesn't matter for anything relevant.
:*'''Joining {{icon|San d'Oria|small}} San d'Oria''':
::*Speak with [[Randecque]] in [[Garlaige Citadel (S)]] at (I-6) on the second map.
:::*Zone in and follow the left wall (at ''any'' intersection) until reaching the Planar Rift (H-7).
:::*Make a right at the Planar Rift and head through the Heavy Iron Gate.
:::*Follow the path through a second Heavy Iron Gate and continue until you run into [[Randecque]].
::*[[Randecque]] will give you a {{KI}} [[Red recommendation letter]] and tell you to proceed to [[Southern San d'Oria (S)|San d'Oria]].
:*'''Joining {{icon|Windurst|small}} Windurst''':
::*Speak with [[Kalsu-Kalasu]] in [[Crawlers' Nest (S)]] at (L-8) (near the entrance).
:::*They will give you the {{KI}} [[Green recommendation letter]] and tell you to proceed to [[Windurst Waters (S)|Windurst]].
:*'''Joining {{icon|Bastok|small}} Bastok''':
::*Speak with [[Turbulent Storm]] in [[The Eldieme Necropolis (S)]] at (J-9) (near the entrance)
:::*Enter from [[Batallia Downs (S)]] at (J-10).
::*They will give you the {{KI}} [[Blue recommendation letter]] and tell you to proceed to [[Bastok Markets (S)|Bastok]].

===Delivering the Letter===
*You will have to take at least one these recommendation letters to a town by crossing through several Shadowreign areas.
:*Most of the maps in-game will appear the same as they do in the present and will not display any differences, such as new zone lines. The paths are as follows:

:*{{icon|San d'Oria|small}} San d'Oria:
::*[[Batallia Downs (S)]] -> northern [[Jugner Forest (S)]] -> [[Vunkerl Inlet (S)]] -> southern [[Jugner Forest (S)]] -> [[East Ronfaure (S)]].
:*{{icon|Windurst|small}} Windurst:
::*[[Sauromugue Champaign (S)]] -> [[Meriphataud Mountains (S)]] -> [[Fort Karugo-Narugo (S)]] -> [[West Sarutabaruta (S)]].
:*{{icon|Bastok|small}} Bastok:
::*[[Rolanberry Fields (S)]] -> [[Pashhow Marshlands (S)]] -> [[Grauberg (S)]] -> [[North Gustaberg (S)]].

*'''Note''': At this point, the maps of [[Vunkerl Inlet (S)]], [[Fort Karugo-Narugo (S)]], and [[Grauberg (S)]] will be absent. (These maps are obtainable from the Magical Map Vendors for 30k Gil in the present, or may be obtainable for only 3000 gil from the vendors in the past/Shadowreign areas. Currently confirmed for [[Map of Fort Karugo-Narugo]].)
:*They may be obtained from quests within the area of the three Allied fortresses and do not require any sort of fighting.
::*These quests are, respectively: [[The Flipside of Things]] (Vunkerl), [[The Weekly Adventurer]] (Fort Karugo-Narugo), and [[Lost in Translocation]] (Grauberg).

*Once you reach one of the capitals, you will have to prove your worth to whatever faction you intend on joining. After arriving at the nation you wish to support, proceed to the section below on this page called "Follow-Up Quests".
:*Allegiance is not dependent on the present. The recommendation letter will be taken and an initial quest will have to be completed.
::*Once this is done, you will need to complete two more quests. The initial quest can be canceled and the recommendation letter returned.
:*Completing the initial quest will switch your allegiance. Unlike manually switching your allegiance, there is no penalty or cost and no restriction.
::*If you wanted to complete all three quest, simply do them in a fashion that places your permanent nation last.
:::*The two follow-up quests from any nation can be done once any single initial quest has been completed and are optional.

===Follow-Up Quests===
{{icon|San d'Oria|small}} '''[[Knights of The Iron Ram]]'''
*Once you arrive in [[Southern San d'Oria (S)]] give the {{KI}} [[Red recommendation letter]] to [[Mainchelite]] at (I-9) located next to a command post (which you would be more familiar with as the place where the auction house is in the present era) and complete the quest [[Steamed Rams]] he gives you; '''if''' you only want to join the nation (for now) and unlock the right to be sent back here via [[Retrace]] from here on.
**Finishing the above step will declare your allegiance with [[Southern San d'Oria (S)|San d'Oria]].
*Complete the following quests: [[Gifts of the Griffon]] and [[Claws of the Griffon]] to continue with [[Southern San d'Oria (S)|San d'Oria]].
**Please note if your trying to progress in [[Voidwatch]] towards Jeuno-Abyssite access consult this link here -> [https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Guardian_of_the_Void#Walkthrough].

{{icon|Windurst|small}} '''[[The Cobras]]'''
*Speak with [[Miah Riyuh]] (western (H-9) of [[Windurst Waters (S)]] ) to begin the quest [[Snake on the Plains]].
*Complete the following quests: [[The Tigress Stirs]] and [[The Tigress Strikes]].

{{icon|Bastok|small}} '''[[Republican Legion's Fourth Divison]]'''
*Speak with [[Adelbrecht]] ( (E-8) of [[Bastok Markets (S)]] ) to begin the quest [[The Fighting Fourth]].
*Complete the following quests: [[Better Part of Valor]] and [[Fires of Discontent]].

*Once a single questline has been completed, touch any of the three [[Cavernous Maw]]s outside [[Jeuno]] '''in the past''' to get a cutscene for [[Cait Sith (Mission)]]. You will receive the title "Cait Sith's Assistant" when it finishes.
**{{color|red|Note: }} Present day [[Cavernous Maw|maws]] surrounding [[Jeuno]] can also be used, provided you have unlocked them beforehand.
**If you have not unlocked these maws, your only present-day option is the randomly-generated zone that you first landed into during the previous [[Cavernous_Maws_(Mission)|mission]].
[[Category:Wings of the Goddess Missions]]

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