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• Come to watch the clangtastic, crunchorrific battles in the Plaza?
• Shiro turned on his own ruler, slaying him, and was killed in the ensuing battle. His death wail unleashed all the magic he'd stolen and been gifted in what has come to be called the Jade Wind.
• So this is Battleground Plaza? I've heard of this place.
• The Jade Wind turned the Jade Sea into solid jade, encasing all its creatures forever, and had many other terrible repercussions.
• Shiro returned as a vengeful spirit, leading an army of magical constructs known as Shiro'ken. He attacked Cantha, but was eventually defeated and cast into the Realm of Torment.
• This is the one and only Battleground Plaza. The place where the different labs set their best golems head-to-head in battle to the death. Or, rather, to the malfunction.
• You built an arena for golem fights?
• Sounds like a great way to pass the time. Good-bye.
• Actually, this used to be a wading pool. But one day, during a spirited game of skelk-skelk-ooze, a fight broke out between rival researchers. When their slap fight escalated into a full-on golem battle, a crowd gathered to watch.
• Sounds...interesting.
• Next day, the pool was drained and converted to a battleground where labs could test their golems and claim bragging rights. Although once a year, they still fill it with water for the annual skelk-skelk-ooze championships.
• You asura are the kings of ingenuity. Good-bye.
• Once more, he returned to fight as Abaddon's general, ruler of the Realm of Torment. Only with great difficulty were the heroes of Tyria able to defeat him that time. He has not been seen since.
• So that story is actually true?
• You bet. Now, it's a battleground where labs could test their golems and claim bragging rights. Although once a year, they still fill it with water for the annual skelk-skelk-ooze championships.
• Maybe I'll stick around to watch a few fights.
• Hylek Lead Guard
• Written by Iowerth, this work is a psychological and historical look at the Nightmare Court. It offers several sound theories for why the Court tortures and kills so indiscriminately.
• Secondborn Cadeyrn founded the Nightmare Court, gathering its members from sylvari who had darkened hearts and cruel minds. Firstborn Faolain was one of the early converts.
• Nightmare courtiers believe that in order to have balance, one must allow darkness in. They seek to inject Nightmare into the Dream by torturing their fellow sylvari and breaking their minds.
• Stop these little thieves from stealing my supplies!
• Can do!
• The refugee camp has taken up all our excess supplies. We're stretched thin.
• They have no empathy for other creatures and will massacre a whole village if its citizens get in their way. The depth of their depravity has never been fully measured.
• If you're here to ask for handouts, I don't have any.
• Firstborn Faolain herself took over as the court's grand duchess. Obsessed with Caithe, she has tried on numerous occasions to introduce Caithe to Nightmare and convert her as well.
• Caithe continues to resist, though Faolain has taken extreme measures, including poisoning Caithe with Nightmare and forcing her to participate in Nightmare activities.
• Professor Portmatt
• Entry 47: I believe I have discovered the perfect location for trial 16. The geo-magnetical readouts are very, very promising.
• The Nightmare Court rejects Ventari's Tablet and its philosophies. The more time that passes, the more dangerous and unpredictable they become.
• In Consideration of Sacrifice by Evennia of the Shining Blade
• Read on.
• Rather unfortunate, it is, that I'm not the first to make this discovery. I saw Inquest technology nearby. Security measures will be required.
• A human lay upon the sacrificial altar. White Mantle braziers cast a demonic glow. Mursaat—they didn't touch the ground but floated above it, as if too good for our land.
• Entry 14: I've made gross under-estimations of the raw power requirement necessary to catalyze a core reaction underwater. I need more power—and fast!
• Still just recruits, my fellows and I had rushed into the depths of the Maguuma Jungle to make a difference. I watched the Mursaat drift toward the terrified captive. Our orders were to wait.
• They circled their victim, and his fearful cries rang out. I saw it then, the Scepter of Orr, raised high, glinting in the moonlight. "We have to go now!" I looked to our lieutenant. "Why do we wait?"
• Our lieutenant cast a warning glare at us. They were going to kill their prisoner, and we were waiting. I didn't understand.
• I could make reductions in defense grid consumption. The shielding matrix was, perhaps, a bit overzealous. Then again, a complete failure could be disastrous.
• The man screamed, a sound so full of pain I thought I was hearing his soul being torn from his body. I gripped my weapon tightly to keep from screaming with him. It was done. The man was dead.
• A wave of euphoria came over the White Mantle and their grotesque gods. They fell into chaos and let slip their vigilance.
• Excelsior! I'll reduce drain by cycling panels. If anyone tries to get in, they'll surely get stuck. Only a genius could find a hole in my patterns!
• My lieutenant raised his weapon and said, "To know when to sacrifice one for the many is never easy, but today, the Shining Blade will gleam with the blood of murderers. Charge!"
• Entry 49: It works; the core is stable! Not that I'm surprised. It was only a matter of time. My success, however, is dampened by a nagging fear.
• No one knows who wrote this, but it is an ancient letter to High Priest Zhellix, a Forgotten who led a historic assault on the Margonites (demon followers of Abaddon).
• To be noted: breaching the Ebony Citadel will likely kill you. Mallyx the Unyielding rules the four Lords of Anguish, and they will shred you.
• If they don't get you, Mallyx will. If you do succeed, Mallyx will embark on a mission of vengeance from which you are unlikely to escape.
• This technology has devastating ramifications. I can't let anyone get their filthy hands on this device. I'll have to protect it somehow.
• If you insist, do not use standard tactics against this demon. They will not work. Good luck. I hope I see you again.
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