Halloween

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Mad King Thorn and his ghoulish cohorts return to Tyria every year for a spooky festival full of malevolent mirth. Enjoy the ghoulish decorations, embark on Halloween quests, or take part in the Mad King's twisted games—if you dare!

— Official website

Halloween is an annual special event that takes place at the end of October that celebrates the return of Mad King Thorn from the Underworld. Some outposts celebrate Halloween by decorating them to have an appropriately ghoulish and ghostly appearance. Preceded by his undead herald, Bruce the Herald, and his undead horsemen entourage, the populace is warned of the Mad King's arrival.

Contents 1 Decorated outposts 2 Quests 3 Other festivities 4 Items 4.1 Headgear 5 NPCs 5.1 Prophecies 5.1.1 Ascalon City 5.1.2 Droknar's Forge 5.1.3 Lion's Arch 5.1.4 Henge of Denravi 5.2 Nightfall 5.2.1 Champion's Dawn 5.2.2 Kamadan, Jewel of Istan 5.2.3 Kodlonu Hamlet 5.2.4 Sunspear Great Hall 5.3 Core 5.3.1 Costume Brawl 5.3.2 Great Temple of Balthazar 6 Finale 7 Notes 7.1 Previously held festivals 8 Trivia

[edit] Decorated outposts

Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge, Kamadan, Jewel of Istan and Tomb of the Primeval Kings are all redecorated in a suitably festive (dark) style.

[edit] Quests

Underworld quest chain

1. Something Wicked This Way Comes
2. Don't Fear the Reapers
3. Stemming the Skeletal Tide
4. Every Bit Helps
5. The Waiting Game

Tyrian quest chain

1. Heirlooms of the Mad King
2. Commandeering a Mortal Vessel
3. An Ingenious Plan

Elonian quest chain

1. Til Death Do Us Part...
2. Open the Flood Gates of Death
3. The Killing Joke

[edit] Other festivities

Each Halloween will make the Costume Brawl and Scarred Psyche available for use as well. Trick-or-Treat Bags will also drop from PvE foes for the duration of the event.

[edit] Items

Icon	Item	Icon	Item
	Candy Apple		Squash Serum
	Candy Corn		Transmogrifier Tonic
	Ghost-in-the-Box		Trick-or-Treat Bag
	Phantasmal Tonic		Vial of Absinthe
	Pumpkin Cookie		Witch's Brew

[edit] Headgear

Participation in one of Mad King Thorn's appearances will earn you a Festival hat:

Year	Lion's Arch	Kamadan
2005	Pumpkin Crown
2006	Furious Pumpkin Crown	Wicked Hat
2007	Scarecrow Mask	Mummy Mask
2008	Zombie Face Paint	Lupine Mask
2009	Charr Hat	Skeleton Face Paint
2010	Furrocious Ears	Spectercles
2011	Tricorne	Reaper's Hood

[edit] NPCs

Note: Some NPCs are not available at the start of event and even offer different items; see the list of Halloween collectors for more details.

[edit] Prophecies

[edit] Ascalon City

• Horseman Nurmangor
• Horseman Irimund

[edit] Droknar's Forge

• Bobby (Costume Brawl)
• Horseman Vilneous
• Horseman Calstein
• Nameless Lich

[edit] Lion's Arch

• Bobby (Costume Brawl)
• Buried corpse
• Ghosts
• Horseman Vulgamor
• Horseman Malfein
• Horseman Sorcein
• Mad King's Guards
• Mad King Thorn (only during finale events)
• Mad King's Steward
• The Countess of Hakewood
• The Sorceress of Kessex
• Transformed Krytans

[edit] Henge of Denravi

• Horseman Saralim
• Horseman Darelum

[edit] Nightfall

[edit] Champion's Dawn

• Horseman Jaysin
• Horseman Bishma

[edit] Kamadan, Jewel of Istan

• Bobby (Costume Brawl)
• Buried corpse
• Emissary of King Thorn of Kryta
• Horseman Naramor
• Horseman Garthim
• Horseman Aramon
• Mad King Thorn (only during finale events)
• Mad King's Guards
• Mad King's Steward
• The Harbinger of King Thorn
• Transformed Elonians

[edit] Kodlonu Hamlet

• Horseman Kronar
• Horseman Vadir

[edit] Sunspear Great Hall

• Horseman Maxilus
• Horseman Nuher

[edit] Core

[edit] Costume Brawl

• Billy

[edit] Great Temple of Balthazar

• Bobby (Costume Brawl)

[edit] Finale

Main article: Halloween/Finale

Mad King Thorn will appear in the glowing circle, and the finale will only affect those in the circle. Throughout the finale, Thorn will shout commands and rewards those who do them with an item (in 2005 and 2006, it was a random item, from 2007 on it is a Trick-or-Treat Bag). Those who fail will be killed. Deaths do not increase the death count.

[edit] Notes

• The lands of Cantha do not celebrate this festival.
• You can view the official movie of the Halloween Festival for 2006 -- Halloween Memories -- here.
• Unlike previous years, all festival quests were removed from the quest log at the end of the 2010 event, even from other special events and one (The Waiting Game) that could previously be completed year-round.

[edit] Previously held festivals

• Halloween 2011 — Introduced new costumes, Costume Brawl disguises, and Scarred Psyche (a new challenge mission); the rewards for GvG were reduced. About two weeks after the end of the event, two Halloween 2011 hat givers, Aahtan and Erulis, were introduced and appeared for one week.
• Halloween 2010 — Added Tyrian and Elonian quest chains; introduced new costumes, Costume Brawl disguises, and a Costume Brawl map; added Trick-or-Treat Bag rewards and new NPC disguises to GvG.
• Halloween 2009 — Added Underworld quest chain.
• Halloween 2008 Redux
• Halloween 2008 — Added a new map to Costume Brawl.
• Halloween 2007 — Added Costume Brawl and Trick-or-Treat Bags
• Halloween 2006 — Added a finale, decorations, and collectors to Kamadan
• Halloween 2005 — Introduced Halloween; initial decorations were in Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge, and the Tomb of the Primeval Kings; initial collectors across Tyria; original finale in Lion's Arch.

[edit] Trivia

• There was a corresponding Halloween Art Contest for each Halloween from 2005 to 2011.

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Special events
Canthan New Year	2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
April Fools' Day	2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012
Birthday Celebration	2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th
Dragon Festival	2006 • 2007 (Redux) • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Wintersday in July	2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Halloween	2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 (Redux) • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Wintersday	2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 (Redux) • 2010 • 2011
Other annual events	Lucky Weekend • Special Treats Weekend • Sweet Treat Weekend • Talk Like a Pirate Event
One-time only events	Day of the Tengu • Farewell to Gaile