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Guildmaster Geva has a task she believes appropriate for a leatherworker of your burgeoning abilities.

Quest description

Lead by Example is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Journal

• Guildmaster Geva has singled you out to craft a pair of boarskin ringbands to serve as an example to the laggards and loafers of the guild. Produce ringbands worthy of her exacting standards and deliver them forthwith.
• Geva lavishes uncharacteristic praise upon your craftsmanship, and expresses a desire to delegate work to you while she devotes herself to preparing for the upcoming exhibition. Continue to hone your skills so as not to let her down.

※The next leatherworker quest will be available from Geva upon reaching level 40.

Objectives

• Deliver a pair of boarskin ringbands to Geva.

Script

Lead by Example script
Geva	Sluggards and slouches, the lot of them!
Geva	[Player Name]. Don't tell me you haven't noticed as well.
Geva	Uneven seams, slipshod stamping─the work produced by the guild's rank and file in recent days simply isn't up to snuff.
Geva	Whether it be the impending exhibition or this whole Angrbotha business that is distracting our craftsmen, I do not know. What I do know is that if they don't get their act together─and soon─we're at risk of actually losing business to those charlatans.
Geva	I will not stand idly by as a lack of discipline undoes the reputation that our guild has worked so long to achieve!
Geva	Someone needs to remind those slouches why they became leatherworkers in the first place, and I've decided that person will be you. Yes, you, [Player Name].
Geva	Surprised, are you? Hah! I may question your skills, but not your dedication to our craft. Bring me the finest pair of boarskin ringbands you can craft and show me that my trust hasn't been misplaced.
Geva	It would be only the slightest of exaggerations to say that the future of this guild─not to mention your future─hangs in the balance. Now get to it, and show your good-for-nothing guildmates how it's done.
Geva	Well, [Player Name]? Have you crafted for me the finest boarskin ringbands this guild has ever seen? No pressure, of course.
Geva	Hmph... Is that a smudge? One could hardly call this perfect.
Geva	Fortunately, it is not perfection I sought of you, but pure, single-minded devotion to the craft. And from the moment I took this ringband in hand, I knew you had not let me down.
Geva	Clearly, you possess a keen understanding of the ideal ringband. The boarskin─light, sturdy, and resistant to friction─is reinforced by steel links to afford protection without weighing down the wearer.
Geva	Clumsily crafted ringbands have been known to distract those that would wield magic. Yours, however, are so well balanced that one might forget that she is wearing anything at all.
Geva	This is a true accomplishment of leatherworking, and will serve as a clarion wake-up call to any loafer content with churning out substandard work.
Geva	I will be honest with you, [Player Name]. When you first came stumbling through our doors, I reckoned I'd have an easier time making you into a saddle than a respectable leatherworker.
Geva	How pleased I am to have been proven wrong. You have risen to the challenge and become a model to the entire guild. Which reminds me...
Geva	I have spoken to you of the Gridanian exhibition, yes? The day of opening draws near, and I must devote myself fully to producing our new line of leather fashions.
Geva	As this will afford me little time to devote to everyday affairs, I require someone to handle the more demanding commissions until the exhibition has come and gone. I have decided that you are the woman/man for the job.
Geva	That's right─your next task will be to serve as my personal assistant. Don't even think about neglecting your training. Is that clear?
Quest complete.