The Breach
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[edit] General Description
The Breach is an area north of the Great Northern Wall, north-west of Ascalon City. In Pre-Searing, this area was known as The Northlands.
Like all the rest of Ascalon this area, once a beautiful land of green hills and lush foliage, has been completely ravaged in the Searing by the Charr. It is now a rough and dry land, with little to no plants, only rocks and a few thorn scrubs. Fresh water streams were turned into lakes of tar. All settlements lie in ruins.
For a long time, even before the Searing, this had been Charr territory. After the Searing the Ascalon Vanguard established an outpost in the ruins of Piken Square as a base for attacks against the Charr.
The Breach is often the first area a character newly arrived to Post-Searing faces severe challenges.
This area is also well known as a good place for higher level characters to farm Charr, thus gaining Charr Hide, which can be easily traded in Ascalon City for Fur Squares.
[edit] Exits
[edit] Towns and Outposts
[edit] Explorable areas
- Old Ascalon (south, through the Hammer Gate)
- Diessa Lowlands (west)
[edit] Points of Interest
- Hammer Gate
- There is a Mural of Lyssa in the southwestern corner of this area.
[edit] NPCs
Note: Numbers refer to the green Numbers used in the map
Joe (3) (only during quest Army Life)
Ascalon Warrior (1)
- Captain West (1)
- Old Mac (3) (only during quest Army Life)
Academy Monk (1)
[edit] Collectors
[edit] Skill Capture
- Shield Stance from Charr Captain and Gorgaan Hatemonger (not available before Dropping Eaves quest at Ettin's Back).
[edit] Monsters
Note: text refers to the red acronyms used in the map
- (Dev) Devourers:
- 8 (23) Carrion Devourers
8 (23) Plague Devourers
- (Spr) Sprouts:
- 5 (23) Crown of Thorns
- (Garg) Gargoyles:
- 2 (22) Resurrect Gargoyles
3 (22) Flash Gargoyles
- (Beh) Behemoth:
- 6 (23) Tar Behemoth
- (Charr) Charr
- 6 (23) Charr Axe Warrior
- 6 (23) Charr Blade Warrior
8 (23) Charr Hunter
- 5/6 (23) Charr Stalker
- 4 (22) Charr Martyr
- 6 (23) Charr Overseer
- 5 (23) Charr Ash Walker
- 8 (23) Charr Ashen Claw
5 (23) Charr Mind Spark
- 5/6 (23) Charr Fire Caller
- 8 (23) Charr Flame Wielder
[edit] Bosses
Note: Numbers refer to the red Numbers used in the map
- (3/4/5/6) Charr:
- 10 (27) Charr Captain (2) (only during quest The Siege of Piken Square)
- 7 (26) Gorgaan Hatemonger
- 7 (26) Drim Cindershot
- 7 (26) Grimm Sharpfang (1) (only during quest Hammer and Anvil)
- 7 (26) Taag Relicbinder
- 7 (26) Cess Corpselighter
- 10 (27) Kaargoth Bloodclaw (Not marked) (only during quest Charr Reinforcements)
- 7 (26)Mirash Dreambreaker
- 7 (26) Suurg the Hateful
[edit] Quests
- None
[edit] Notes
- Vanquishers must defeat 100-135 monsters in this area.
- Near the exit to Old Ascalon is a group of guards and an Academy Monk (possibly depending on certain quests, possibly a random spawn), if you bring an MM while vanquishing, you can get the monk to follow you as she tries to heal the minions. She can be very helpful when a Charr Mind Spark inevitably casts Power Block on your monk.
