War in Kryta/Walkthrough

Overview/Prerequisites
The flow chart provides an overview of the various tasks, quests, and dialogues that make up the War in Kryta and the dialogues between Gwen and Thackeray. Both new quest sequences require that your account includes both Prophecies and Eye of the North. The easiest way to meet all the prerequisites for the War in Kryta is to have finished EotN.


 * To participate in the War, you must also have completed either EotN or Prophecies plus Zinn's Task.
 * Further, you cannot begin the sequence if anyone in the party has already completed the War in Kryta.


 * To begin the dialogues leading to Thackeray preparing a Picnic for Gwen, you must also have completed EotN or participated in the Wintersday 2008 quest sequence involving the two NPCs. (The dialogues are also triggered if someone else in the party meets these requirements.)

War in Kryta

 * 1) To begin the WiK sequence, take the War in Kryta quest.
 * 2) Witness the Trial of Zinn. Map to Vlox's Falls and talk to Chark just outside. (Prerequisite: completion of EotN or Zinn's Task)
 * 3) Next, visit the Shining Blade camp in Southwestern Talmark Wilderness. Listen to the first set of dialogues and rezone through Tears of the Fallen to trigger the next one.
 * 4) * Dialogue 1: A scout brings a grim report.
 * 5) * Dialogue 2: Evennia and Livia leave to search for allies.
 * 6) Rezone one more time to the Shining Blade camp to unlock another dialogue:
 * 7) * Dialogue 4: Livia Recruits Zinn, which unlocks:
 * 8) ** Lion's Arch Keep, which has
 * 9) *** Shining Blade Bounty quests.
 * 10) *** Collectors for War Supplies and Confessor's Orders
 * 11) ** Hidden Asura lab in Divinity Coast.
 * 12) ** Escort missions for Courier Falken.
 * 13) Complete Thackeray's scavenger hunt
 * 14) * See Hearts of the North
 * 15) Exit Eye of the North to Ice Cliff Chasms to view Evennia and the Ebon Vanguard.
 * 16) Proceed to Lion's Arch Keep to see Captain Langmar's arrival in Lion's Arch. This opens up:
 * 17) * Possibility of Ebon Falcons allies.
 * 18) * Random dialogue in Shining Blade camp involving Lieutenant Thackeray.
 * 19) * Random dialogue in Lion's Arch Keep between 3 old men.
 * 20) Next, complete the first three (required) bounties: Wanted: Inquisitor Lashona, Wanted: Inquisitor Bauer, and Wanted: Inquisitor Lovisa. Unlike the other Wanted! quests, these can only be completed once and are required.
 * 21) Then, Salma will have a new chain of quests:
 * 22) Riverside Assassination
 * 23) A Little Help From Above
 * 24) Temple of the Intolerable
 * 25) Mustering a Response
 * 26) The Battle for Lion's Arch, which completes the War in Kryta.
 * 27) After completing The Battle for Lion's Arch, go to the Hall of Monuments to see the fate of Gwen.

Hearts of the North
If you have completed all of EotN or the Wintersday Quests involving Gwen and Thackeray, you can view an additional 6 dialogues between Gwen and Thackeray
 * 1) Visit the Hall of Monuments to begin the Gwen and Thackeray romance sequence.
 * 2) Next, you can find Lieutenant Thackeray in Ice Cliff Chasms outside Eye of the North. He will send you on a scavenger hunt for picnic items, including something sweet, something to drink, an exotic meal, and candles.
 * 3) * Ideally, give him 6 Votive Candles, 1 Birthday Cupcake, 1 Drake Kabob and 1 Hard Apple Cider or a combination of various other items.
 * 4) After giving him the last item, return to the Hall of Monuments for one more dialogue between the two Ebon Vanguard soldiers.
 * 5) * This also unlocks Evennia's recruitment of the Ebon Vanguard.
 * 6) * After this dialogue, the scavenger hunt ends and you will no longer be able to collect Paper Wrapped Parcels or Sacks of Random Junk.

War in Kryta follow-up

 * After completing The Battle for Lion's Arch, most of Kryta will return to its pre-WiK state:
 * Explorable areas no longer spawn WiK foes
 * Courier Falken and the various allies will no longer spawn.


 * These areas remain available:
 * Lion's Arch Keep (and the associated collectors and Wanted! quests)
 * Divinity Coast (explorable area), Riverside Province (explorable area), and D'Alessio Seaboard (explorable area).


 * If you have any Wanted! quest active, all explorable areas in Kryta will return to their WiK state, including the associated foes and allies.