The impulse to strive for a better tomorrow
Ambition 夢 - Dream (perhaps "imagination"?)
Description and Story[]
Ambition is the final piece of heart that is made available to obtain, and is first given to Philip after defeating his nightmare and being taken from Oliver's own heart.
Take Heart[]
Ambitious souls can be found across the world - when approached and asked for permission, a piece of their ambition can be taken by casting Take Heart:
- A girl in Perdida is practicing to become a singer and striving towards travelling to Al Mamoon once she grows up – she has some ambition that which a piece can be taken once asked.
- In Castaway Cove, a boy is striving to grow up to become the “Pirate King of Justice” – this is something he is ambitious of, thus meaning he has a piece of ambition that can be taken once asked.
- A man in Al Mamoon wishes to discover plants that grow in even the arid climate of the desert – this proves his ambition, and a piece of it can be borrowed from him once asked.
- A fairy in the Fairyground wants the world to know of their local delicacy – fairy rarebit. It would seem he has some ambition to have such a meal be known worldwide, and a piece of it can be taken if asked.
- Another fairy in the Fairyground is setting his sights on becoming the best straight man act in the land – with such ambition, a piece can be taken from him once asked for it.
Give Heart[]
Certain individuals have had their ambition robbed of them, losing sight of reaching and achieving their dream. As long as there is a piece of ambition in the Locket, an individual may have their's restored by approaching them and casting Give Heart:
- In Al Mamoon, a woman in the northern part of town near the eastern milk fountain has lost her ambition to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a famous singer: Errand 029 involves finding and restoring said ambition for her.
- In Castaway Cove, Errand 030 can be completed by restoring a man’s ambition for sailing the seas.
- This is the same man that had his courage taken from him in Errand 006, which initially made him fearful of the seas he loves.
- A researcher standing at the southeastern balcony in Hamelin’s main street is set on abandoning his life’s work altogether. To rectify this, his ambition must be restored, which becomes the objective of Errand 031.
- This is the same researcher who had his belief and confidence taken from him in errands 014 and 024 respectively.
- In Perdida, a boy has given up on his dreams of becoming the best llapaca farmer in the village – he is lacking some ambition, and completing Errand 032 requires that it is restored.
- In Errand 040, the wife of the merchant couple standing by the entrance of Ding Dong Dell is having second thoughts about the whole venture of saving money to open their shop. It is apparent that she has been deprived of her ambition, and must have it restored.
- This errand serves as the conclusion to the set of errands where one must repeatedly restore pieces of the heart to the travelling merchant couple across different places in the world, since ambition is the last heart piece that is discovered and available to give/take.