Ministry of Oppression

Overview
Summary
 * 1) Arrive at the rally before the Ministry of Purity and warn Xin Ji of the attack.
 * 2) Escort Xin Ji and the other demonstrators to Xaquang Skyway.
 * 3) Xin Ji must survive.
 * 4) See Guardsman Qao Lin for your reward.

Obtained from
 * Guardsman Qao Lin in Kaineng Center

Requirements
 * There Goes the Neighborhood

Reward
 * 2,500 XP
 * 1,000 Gold
 * Imperial Guard Requisition Order
 * Imperial Commendation

Dialogue
 * , thank the gods you are here! A group of peasants have taken to the streets to protest the Ministry of Purity's increase in power, and show opposition to the ever-restrictive policies they have enacted. While they are unarmed and have made it clear this is an entirely peaceful rally, the Ministry of Purity has dispatched a squad to intercept them and suppress the demonstrators by "whatever means necessary." One of my men saw their orders, and Reiko has declared them "militant partisans" and given her men orders to kill them on sight!
 * We have protested this, but are tied down by bureaucratic nonsense. They say it can take days for a resolution permitting us to intervene or ordering the Ministry to stand down, and by then the demonstrators will be nothing but unmarked graves! Please, go and warn the demonstrators. If you can get them to Xaquang Skyway, there are places they can hide until the Ministry calls off their search. Speak with me when you are ready to travel, I have a boat waiting.


 * Accept: I will stop this bloodbath before it starts!
 * Reject: I had a bad experience at a political rally recently... count me out.
 * When asked about quest: ''

Intermediate Dialogue 1 (approach the demonstrators)
 * Xin Ji: Are we going to sit here, silently obeying the Ministry of Purity while our friends and family keep on disappearing at night for speaking against them?
 * Xin Ji: Are we going to...
 * : I hope you're going to end that sentence with "run" and the answer is yes, because the Ministry of Purity is on their way here now, and they don't have arrest in mind for you.
 * Xin Ji: Those tyrranical... naga-loving...
 * : Can you please insult them and run at the same time? We really need to get out of here.

Intermediate Dialogue 2 (on the run)
 * Xin Ji: I don't like all this running and hiding. We shouldn't be forced to flee from our government just for speaking our minds! It feels like we are letting them win!
 * : You seem to be some of the few people around here who aren't blinded by the Ministry of Purity's propaganda. Standing there and letting them slaughter you and say you attacked them would be letting them win.
 * Xin Ji: Sometimes people need to give their lives before others realize the direness of a situation. If we cannot solve this peacefully, I will die fighting them!
 * : Martyrdom only works if people know you were martyred. We didn't save your life only to have you throw it away and be deemed a traitor.
 * : Good people, human and Tengu alike, died so you could live. If you wish to make such a sacrifice for others, make sure you are not doing so frivolously.
 * Xin Ji: How can you sit there and tell me to do nothing while you take up arms against the Ministry of Purity? I know your history. you are a hero, you are...
 * : A killer? It isn't as noble when you say it like that, is it?
 * : I have slaughtered thousands simply because someone told me it was for a just cause. But something you'll learn over time is, everyone thinks their cause is just.
 * : The Ministry of Purity feels their cause is just. Reiko may be evil, but the men and women she has tricked into obeying her are as much victims as the rest of Cantha.
 * : So, yes, I kill them like the killer I am. And if they were given the chance, they would kill me like the killers they have become. But that does not mean I have to like it.
 * Xin Ji: So, what? The great hero of Cantha is to become a pacifist? You've suddenly grown a conscience after years of fighting wars, slaying beasts, and defeating armies?
 * : It is true. I have spent many years in combat and taken many lives. Each time I've felt that I have allowed good to triumph over evil...
 * : But now I see the Ministry of Purity. An army so intent on defeating evil that they have become the very thing they wished to eradicate.
 * : I looked at them and I saw myself. Gullible. Idealistic. Willing to do whatever was asked of me, so long as the intentions were good.
 * : Evil acts with good intentions are still evil acts, Xin Ji.
 * : Make sure that in your quest to destroy evil, you don't become it.
 * Xin Ji: It seems you aren't the emotionless killer I thought you to be. I'm sorry.
 * : Don't be. Truth be told, I was rather surprised myself. I guess years of this stuff can impact you in unexpected ways...
 * Xin Ji: Unexpected as it may be, you're starting to sound a whole lot less like a killer, and a whole lot more like a hero.
 * Xin Ji: Thank you, . I know now the burden you carry, and I am honored to call you a friend.

Cutscene (when you reach Xaquang Skyway)
 * Initiate Zei Ri: I cannot allow you to pass. Why do you insist on creating turmoil on our lands?
 * : Creating turmoil? Zei Ri, the Ministry of Purity was sent here to murder these people!
 * Initiate Zei Ri: I... I don't believe you! The Ministry wouldn't do that. Reiko would never allow it!
 * : Reiko ordered it herself! Don't believe me. Go speak with your allies, and ask them whose blood taints their blades.
 * : But the answer should be clear to you after seeing the terror on the faces of your countrymen.
 * : Do what you know is right, Zei Ri. Do what would make your father proud.
 * Initiate Zei Ri: Very well. Go now, and I will buy you some time.
 * Initiate Zei Ri: Go! Before I change my mind!

Reward Dialogue

Follow-up
 * Raid on Shing Jea Monastery