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• Recording: Leaving Lion's Arch
• *"As a child, I'd heard my parents weave stories of their home, Istan. Early on, I suspected 'Bryn might be a djinn. No one in the Collective has ever seen him outside his projected form, and it's become sort of an in-joke for new recruits to speculate wildly. It IS a handsome projection, and yes, I'd asked, and no, he was flattered but uninterested. His loss."* —Journal of Fourth Veil, Nemah In the weeks following, after the charr invasion of Kryta was routed by the White Mantle and their masters, their occupation of Kryta began. The remaining mesmers decided they would not abandon Kryta to its new regime. There, Adelaide, Velise, Gauvain, Nemah, and Obryn would form the first inner council of the Mesmer Collective, a fledging network of spies and informants that would serve Kryta in the formative years of the Shining Blade and, later, their own kinsfolk in the Ascalonian settlement. In time, the Collective's numbers would grow. Individuals with ties and connections to larger Krytan towns would form the first outer council and, eventually, the first members of the Shroud. The truth of King Jadon's disappearance and death remains a secret to this day, known only to a privileged few outside of the Collective. Even after Queen Salma reclaimed the throne, the young Mesmer Collective deemed it best that the truth remain buried, worried that Jadon's death under the protection of Ascalonian diplomats would rouse suspicion and undermine the burgeoning trust between the new Ascalonian refugees and the Krytan people.
• Farshore Ward
• Oh no, you're right. What will they do to us when they find out... Balthazar, forgive us...
• Central Mausoleum
• R'tchikk and Gladium are very honored to work alongside the esteemed Pact commander.
• The Bastion of Strength may be powerful, but knowledge is also power. The Kryptis would do well to remember that.
• It's an ambush!
• Then I will turn my hatred on the Forged for now. And maybe, when this is all over, I'll think about forgiving you.
• Story Instance: Battle on the Breachmaker
• Spirit Energy
• You look like you've seen a ghost.
• Frode and Uenno sent me to help. It sounds like we're working against the clock.
• In the weeks following, after the charr invasion of Kryta was routed by the White Mantle and their masters, their occupation of Kryta began. The remaining mesmers decided they would not abandon Kryta to its new regime. There, Adelaide, Velise, Gauvain, Nemah, and Obryn would form the first inner council of the Mesmer Collective, a fledging network of spies and informants that would serve Kryta in the formative years of the Shining Blade and, later, their own kinsfolk in the Ascalonian settlement. In time, the Collective's numbers would grow. Individuals with ties and connections to larger Krytan towns would form the first outer council and, eventually, the first members of the Shroud.
• Watch out!
• Memories in Your Hand
• Lyhr
• Having reached the gates of Lion's Arch, the duchess and her attaché were finally granted entry into the city. They were escorted to the palace by the Lionguard; it was "a humid evening, despite the coastal breeze." Even at that hour, King Jadon was engaged in council with his advisors as charr forces amassed on the eastern Krytan border. Duchess Adelaide presented the king with the diplomatic parcel as he made introductions. When King Jadon addressed the emissary from the White Mantle, the duchess noticed three imposing figures garbed in golden robes and armor, with multiple sets of dark ethereal wings emerging from their backs. They hovered quietly, flanking the "stout but stern man in unusually vibrant attire" in a corner of the inner chamber. Unknown to most, the duchess was in possession of a relic stolen from Orr early in the Third Guild War. The Veil of Ilya, an elegant but otherwise visibly unremarkable domino mask, was rumored to pierce the curtain of reality, to look upon things not normally seen by mortal eyes. Its passive magic would allow the wearer to perceive things hidden by illusion or that exist out of phase with Tyria proper as if they were there normally. Should the wearer actively draw upon the Veil's well of power, they may reveal these things to those around them within a defined space and for a short period of time. Before the Unseen could act, the duchess exposed them with the full power of the Veil. It was said that the mursaat attacked with powerful magics, killing the king's advisors and royal guard in seconds. Adelaide and her companions came to the king's defense with combined feedback spells, evacuating His Royal Highness through secret corridors at his direction.
• Speak to Lyhr's facets.
• Both of them!
• I understand—
• Reflective Koi Greatsword Skin[s]
• Ley-Line Anomaly
• A jotun wizard?
• Page Cost
• There are too many of them!
• Damn! We're being overwhelmed. Let's pick up the pace.
• The bastion's safe again! Thanks for your help!
• It was the early months of the Searing. Duchess Adelaide Barradin had received a private summons from Prince Rurik and was tasked with leading a diplomatic mission to Kryta. Having recently served as a diplomat to both Kryta and Orr at the end of the Third Guild War, she had the respect of the Krytan royal court. By her own discretion, the duchess handpicked a small but elite detachment of her own students and contemporaries, many of whom welcomed the reprieve from the front lines, while others worried for the comrades they left behind. The coterie of mesmers were to deliver correspondence and crucial tactical information to King Jadon of Kryta on the prince's behalf. In her later journals, she would reflect on this moment as the last time she would speak to her daughter and her husband.
• Nothing like that.
• The Cursed
• I'll wait until that day, then.
• Portage Hills
• Location 36
• ((1056568))
• (Optional) Gather essences from completing hunts and events across the islands.
• Another rift. That's where Dagda'll be. I...I can feel her. And...
• Command of the Lion's Champion
• Oh, wow, we should do that again sometime! No, really, I dare you to tell Zinnia that you have one more puzzle to solve...
• Gather with your allies outside of the cave to the Cosmic Observatory.
• Oh, R'tchikk is at your service. Skritt is a big fan of your work. Big fan.
• Nor was it mine.
• Inner Harbor
• I know the risks. I'm ready to go.
• We shouldn't overwhelm her. I'd recommend that Zojja and the commander move ahead without us.
• Isgarren
• Frode, is it? You wanted to speak with me?
• Coalescing Haze
• Recording: Scarlet's Ultimate Weapon?
• West Mausoleum