Ariant is a resourceful place that has Lidium, an ore that can only be found at the Oasis and the Nihal Desert. No thanks to the greedy queen, who charges ridiculous amount of taxes, everyone's struggling these days. Apparently the queen is a fairy from Orbis... and she spends all of the tax money to bring in unfathomable amounts of treasures.

1. What does the Sultan do?

The Sultan? I heard Abdullah VIII was supposed to be a brilliant Sultan, but... I don't think I've ever seen him act brilliant. He certainly sleeps brilliantly, though...He's such a feeble Sultan that he has virtually no power. The word is, the queen put a spell on him to be like that...

1. Does anyone stop the queen?

Fortunately there are brave people like that here. They serve as inspiration to the residents of Ariant. If a heroic group of bandits called the Sand Bandits didn't steal the treasures from the queen and gave them out to the people here, then most everyone would have left here by now.

1. A heroic group? Sand Bandits? What should I do to meet them?

What? You want to join the Sand Bandits? I don't know what an outsider like you is thinking... but I don't think you have malicious intent or anything... do you want me to tell you more about them?

Sand Bandits are despised by the queen, so they try to disguise themselves as just another group of common folks. This is why you can't join them even if you want to. Contacting them is not impossible, however..

I heard a story that the Sand Bandits wrote hints on the wall of a house somewhere in town to contact them. Visit the wall, get to know the members, and maybe just maybe...you may become one of them...

Of course, that wall just looks like a regular wall at first glance. That's why you'll need to look through all the walls. Here's a clue... it might be closer than you think.

Well even if you find the wall and talking to the Sand Bandits, that doesn't mean you automatically become a member of the Sand Bandits, so don't put your hopes up too high. You didn't think it'd be easy to join, did you?

Are you afraid to do this? Sand Bandits may be considered cool, but they are a band of bandits that go against the Sultan, so if you aren't careful, you'll be in deep, deep trouble.

Did you find the wall?

1. I did, but... I have no idea what it's talking about.

If I had an iron hammer and a dagger... a bow and an arrow... what does that mean? Do you want me to tell you? I don't know myself. It's something you should think about. If you need a clue... it would go something like... a weapon is just an item... until someone uses it...?