War in Kryta



War in Kryta is the first storyline of Guild Wars Beyond. It includes a series of one-time quests, exclusive items, and repeatable quests. The events begin with the player as an observer to seemingly minor events and end by the player participating in an epic battle to defend Kryta from invaders.

There are two ways to go through the War in Kryta content: following an overarcing quest or without the quest. Regardless of which route you take, your character must have access to both Prophecies and Eye of the North and have completed at least one. The quest-method is quicker: it allows the player to skip some dialogues and encounters; it also directs you through each step. The do-it-yourself method gives the player a richer view of the events leading up to the conclusion. Each method has its own walkthrough:
 * The quests' walkthrough;
 * Or the original walkthrough.

History
During the Charr invasion, the King Jadon fled the throne, leaving Kryta leaderless and vulnerable. At that point, Saul D'Alessio founded the White Mantle in the name of his new-found gods, the Unseen Ones, and led them to victory against the Charr, beginning years of Mantle rule in Kryta. In 1072 AE, during the quest The Lost Princess, Watchman Arad finds that the king sired an illegitimate child who became a priestess at the Temple of the Ages, Salma, and pushed to get her to the throne. Their efforts gained the support of the Shining Blade, a rebel faction who oppose the White Mantle's rule. By the end of Guild Wars Prophecies, the White Mantle's gods have been exposed as the Mursaat and were nearly brought to extinction. The White Mantle themselves had lost their leader, Confessor Dorian, along with their Inner Council, loosening the White Mantle's grip over Kryta.

Since then, Kryta had been plunged into a civil war. Although the conflict is mainly between the Shining Blade and White Mantle, there are various other warlords who have been attempting to seize control themselves. In 1078 AE, the Shining Blade sought the help of the Asura to find a weapon of power to give them the upper hand in the war, but instead became embroiled in the battle against the Great Destroyer.

War in Kryta content
''War in Kryta content is available only to characters who have completed the Prophecies or Eye of the North campaigns. If you have completed Prophecies you must also own the Eye of the North expansion.''

Enemies
Once a character has completed either Prophecies or Eye of the North, different foes will appear in the Kryta regions of Tyria. These foes include:
 * Special White Mantle units and bosses.
 * Jade constructs, including a new Jade Cloak, who work with the mantle.
 * Peacekeepers, menacing thugs and hooligans who were hired from all the lands of Tyria to support the Mantle and seek out members of the Shining Blade and their supporters.

The War in Kryta enemies can drop unique items, miniatures, and Confessor's Orders.

Encounters with Peacekeepers
The hired hands of the Mantle are causing troubles to travelers throughout Kryta and there are a number of encounters available in Kryta.

Allies
Once your character has unlocked the new enemies they will also begin to enjoy the assistance of a variety of familiar allies who will appear as you enter many regions of Kryta.
 * Shining Blade allies will begin to spawn from the onset of the new content.
 * Ebon Falcons will begin to spawn as allies after viewing the Captain Langmar Arrives in Lion's Arch dialogue.


 * Courier Falken will begin spawning after viewing the Livia Recruits Zinn dialogue. He does not count as an escort.

Escorts
One of the following parties will join your party near the portal in every Krytan area except Talmark Wilderness, Scoundrel's Rise, Tears of the Fallen, Twin Serpent Lakes, and Stingray Strand. These allies automatically resurrect if they die.

Shining Blade

 * Shining Blade Recruit(s) - 1, 2, or 3 will join your party
 * 17(20) Shining Blade Recruit (warrior)
 * 17(20) Shining Blade Recruit (ranger)
 * / 20 Alari Doubleblade
 * / 20 Scout Melthoran
 * / 20 Shadow & 20(22) Carlotta
 * / 20 Snakebite

Ebon Falcons

 * 20 Lieutenant Thackeray
 * 20 Dian Fermati
 * / 20 Koro Sagewind
 * 20 Nola Sheppard
 * 20 Lawrence Crafton

Courier Falken

 * 20 Courier Falken

Courier Falken will sometimes appear at the portal as you enter North Kryta Province, Nebo Terrace, and Watchtower Coast areas. He does not count as a Shining Blade or Ebon Falcon escort, so you are able to have both in your party. After he spawns, he will run towards a distant portal, aggroing enemies in range as he goes, and causing groups of White Mantle to appear in his path. He will not resurrect if he dies. If you protect him and help him arrive safely at his destination, he will give you a reward.

Changes to familiar zones
Many of the regions of Kryta change as the character unlocks key portions of the evolving story.

The Shining Blade Camp
The southern area of Talmark Wilderness features encounters with Shining Blade scouts, while Dakutu Village has been settled as the Shining Blade Camp.
 * The camp is permanent, but the NPCs appearing here change as the story progresses.
 * This location is where you will encounter the majority of the main dialogues which progress the story of the War in Kryta and unlock new content.

Other appearances

 * Chark will appear in Arbor Bay once you have completed either EotN or the quest Zinn's Task. He will lead you to the Trial of Zinn.
 * Lieutenant Thackeray will appear in the Hall of Monuments upon completion of EotN or Wintersday Cheer or A Good Deed, and begin dialogues with Gwen. These dialogues are part of Hearts of the North, but are required for the War in Kryta content.
 * Following the dialogues with Gwen, Thackeray will appear in Ice Cliff Chasms, asking for help with a picnic. Completing his task will return him to the Hall of Monuments again, where you witness one more dialogue. After this, and once your character has seen the second dialogue at the Shining Blade Camp, Evennia will appear in the Ice Cliff Chasms with more dialogue.
 * Captain Langmar will appear in Lion's Arch Keep after the dialogue with Evennia in Ice Cliff Chasms.

New Explorable areas
Several areas are available only to supporters of the revolution. They can be unlocked by watching the appropriate War in Kryta dialogues. (See the flowchart and the walkthrough section of this article for more detail on unlocking content.)


 * After watching Livia recruit Zinn
 * Lion's Arch Keep &mdash; from Lion's Arch; speak to the Lion's Arch Keep Gate Guard.
 * Divinity Coast (and Zinn's Laboratory) &mdash; through the Secret River Passage, near the North East portal in Talmark Wilderness (War in Kryta).


 * After Salma takes up residence in Lion's Arch Keep
 * Riverside Province &mdash; from Sanctum Cay (outpost); speak to Blade Operative Paulina.
 * D'Alessio Seaboard &mdash; from Lion's Arch; speak to Jiaju Tai (at the docks).

Shining Blade quests
Once you have unlocked Lion's Arch Keep, you can access new quest content.

Wanted / Shining Blade bounty
Wanted by the Shining Blade is a quest series available in Lion's Arch Keep similar to Zaishen Bounties that targets White Mantle and Peacekeeper Bosses. Various gold and collector rewards are available. Speak to Salma to receive the rewards.

Covert Operations
Princess Salma offers the following quests once certain Shining Blade bounties are completed (see the quest page for details).
 * Riverside Assassination
 * A Little Help From Above
 * Temple of the Intolerable
 * Mustering a Response
 * The Battle for Lion's Arch

Collectors and items
The War in Kryta also includes items and collectors otherwise unavailable in Guild Wars.

Items
There are several items exclusive to the War in Kryta:
 * Confessor's Orders drop from the White Mantle and Peacekeepers; they can be traded for War Supplies.
 * War Supplies, obtained by completing Shining Blade Bounties, by assisting Courier Falken, or from collectors in exchange for Confessor's Orders.
 * Medals of Honor are available by completing certain quests or by exchanging War Supplies. They can be exchanged with collectors for Oppressor's Weapons or commemorative War in Kryta Weapons.
 * Royal Gifts are similarly available through quests or exchange. When opened, they drop items including some available elsewhere in Guild Wars and also several items exclusive to the War in Kryta:
 * 3 miniatures: Evennia, Livia, Salma
 * 3 consumables: Krytan Brandy, Krytan Lokum, and Shining Blade Rations
 * 1 summoning stone: Shining Blade War Horn
 * 2 miniatures are available as random drops from the White Mantle: Confessor Dorian and Confessor Isaiah
 * 1 miniature is available as a random drop from the Peacekeepers: Peacekeeper Enforcer
 * 16 unique items are available as random drops from War in Kryta mobs: List of War in Kryta unique items (those not followed by "Commemorative Weapons")

Trivia

 * ArenaNet conducted a viral marketing campaign in association with the War.
 * The multimedia part of the updates began with small pieces of information and clues about the growing conflict between the White Mantle and Shining Blade being released over several weeks. Each new image and piece of information was investigated thoroughly for possible clues as to what the impending update would hold.
 * It continued in-game starting with the April 8th update and on the official website with reports of the events across Kryta by Murro the Scribe in War Chronicles.
 * The game content for the war was released in 10 different game updates: (April 2nd, 2010, April 8th, 2010, April 15th, 2010, May 6th, 2010, May 14th, 2010, May 21st, 2010, June 3rd, 2010, June 10th, 2010, June 17th, 2010, July 8th, 2010)