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• You've come to Eztitl Grounds for our goods, no? The merchants here have many valuable things. I must warn you though. As you're leaving, head west, north, or east.
• Not south?
• Not since the Destroyers has Rata Sum come so close to disaster as when the city's golems began to malfunction and turn on their makers.
• Definitely not. There's a krait tower in the middle of the lake. It is not interesting, not fascinating, and definitely not for good folk. The krait enslave those they conquer, you know?
• They won't enslave me.
• I fret and I fret. When will they come again? Soon, I imagine. Tonight? Tomorrow? Are they watching me now?
• I'm watching you.
• Let them watch!
• Is who watching you?
• One must consider the current Peacemaker-to-golem ratio of 1:10 when gauging the potential for future recurrences.
• Oh no, oh dear. Oh my. Why did I ever come here? I don't have as much courage as I thought I did. The krait...the slimy, hissing, toothy krait just won't leave us alone!
• Dig deeper. It's in there somewhere.
• The krait...the slimy, hissing, toothy krait just won't leave us alone!
• The potential for cataclysm is unsettling, at best. For now, Inquest krewes remain part of our society, but their antagonism against the Council grows with each passing cycle.
• We must install countermeasures to ensure history does not repeat itself, this time with even more disastrous results.
• In this series of reports from the Hinterlands, Explorer Ket details what her research has uncovered about centaurs and their tribal society.
• Close collection.
• Centaurs can be found in many places throughout Tyria and as far away as Elona. Some tribes, such as the Orshad Raiders from the Crystal Desert, are known to eat human flesh.
• Centaurs are one of many races displaced by humans. The number of warring tribes far outweighs that of peaceful tribes.
• The rise of the Elder Dragons, especially Zhaitan and Jormag, has put centaurs in even greater conflict with humans in the Shiverpeaks and in the plains as the two races compete for territory.
• "Shadow of the Dragon" is the name assigned to Mordremoth's champion. This nightmarish creature has been spied in the Dream and in the world.
• While some believe it is immortal and cannot die, others do not. To date, there is no proof in either direction.
• Lilithiel Sythinine
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  Master necromancer
  The greatest curse she could lay on you
  Was to make you her target
• Scholar Caterin interviewed dozens of her fellow sylvari who claimed to have seen the Shadow of the Dragon in the Dream. She concludes that only one such report has any credibility, that of %str1%.
• Scholar Caterin interviewed dozens of her fellow sylvari who claimed to have seen the Shadow of the Dragon in the Dream. She concludes that only one such report has any credibility.
• Written by Ela Makkay, this collection of historic facts reveals the life and death of one of Ascalon's most notorious dukes.
• Though first in line to the throne, Duke Barradin did not object when the people called for Adelbern to be king instead. He spent his life on the Barradin Estate, making wine and training warriors.
• What?
• Duke Barradin was caught in the Foefire, and his ghost now causes regular trouble for the charr in the Plains of Ashford.
• If you're not mistaken, this ancient tome was written by someone known as the Apostate. It appears to describe something similar to what you saw in your vision of the Eternal Alchemy.
• The author calls it the Antikytheria, describing it as a cosmic mechanism made of many parts, all spinning around a central body known in ancient Krytan as Thyria.
• Six large bodies orbit the world, existing in primal symbiosis. The energies move with the push and pull of positive and negative, ever in motion.
• The Apostate says one thing that is especially troubling... "Should the energies become imbalanced, the world will tilt and all beings will fall off it into the void." It's probably a metaphor.
• This book, written by a royal scribe, has become one of the most beloved volumes in classrooms across Tyria.
• It's a revealing historical and cultural work, including various notes Symon could not resist putting into it. His ability to analyze political conflict and diplomatic maneuvering was unparalleled.
• The book includes coverage of the war between Ascalon and Kryta in great detail with insightful commentary and evaluation.
• This historical document is a record of the inhabitants of Ascalon prior to the Searing that destroyed their culture and killed so many.
• This is a placeholder book, left to indicate that the Tome of the Five True Gods is currently unavailable due to ongoing translation efforts.
• A scholarly argument for the symmetry between Elder Dragons and the human gods. Unfortunately, by the end, it is clear that no proof exists to support this theory.
• Warden Illyra delivers a primer on the history and nature of the Forgotten.
• What you need to know about the Forgotten is this: they once acted as wardens to ancient races in Tyria and shepherded their development from primitive to civilized.
• They served the beings known as the Five Gods, and they fought wars for them. They had a strong connection to Glint, and they left guardians with her for many centuries.
• During the last dragon cycle, it was the Forgotten who freed Glint from Kralkatorrik's corruption and control. In gratitude, she hid them from the Elder Dragons until they returned to sleep.
• If they remain in Tyria, they are elusive at best, and many believe they have gone back to the Mists from which they came—perhaps never to return.
• In a missive to Niamh in the Grove, Firstborn Dagonet describes the court politics of the Krytan royalty.
• Dearest Niamh, I write you from the beautiful gardens of Divinity's Reach. One day, you really must visit. You would be amused by the political maneuverings I witness here.
• The kingdom has two ruling bodies: the queen and the Ministry. Although the queen technically is in charge, the Ministry goes to great lengths to get what they want—and they're often successful.
• The Ministry is led by a bombastic human named Legate Minister Lord Caudecus Beetlestone the Wise. I kid you not. And if you think his name is dazzling, you should meet him. He's quite the charmer.
• But, he's no Queen Jennah, and try as he might, the people will not love him as they love her. She is the ruler of a diminished society of humans—the combination of Kryta and Ascalon.
• I am ever impressed at her ability to pull her people together to defend each other, their territory, and their beliefs. Humans have many flaws, but their nobility is sometimes as sincere as ours.