Karei
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| Karei | |
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| Affiliation | Not specified |
| Type | Ghost |
| Profession |  Monk
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| Level(s) | 20 |
| Campaign | Factions |
Spoiler alert: The following text contains spoilers relating to the story of the Factions PvE campaign.
During Shiro Tagachi's return, he and his army of Afflicted claim the temple, and traps Karei and the other spirits within Spirit Binders, transforming them into bound spirits. The players storm the temple, slaying the Afflicted and defeating Bound Karei, as well as the bound forms of the others, freeing them from Shiro's grasp. He later can be revisited and spoken with.
[edit] Karei's heroism
The plaque alongside his statue in the temple explains Karei's reason for induction into the temple:
- Karei was a powerful healer who lived seven hundred years ago. For most of his life, he tended a small village in northern Cantha, curing ills and setting broken bones, refusing pay and accepting only food and basic supplies from the community. One day a wealthy Canthan noble and his small entourage passed by Karei's village and were attacked by bandits in the nearby woods. The noble suffered a grievous wound, and after killing the bandits, his guards brought him to Karei, who healed him easily. When the wealthy man attempted to pay him in gold, the Monk refused. Next the noble offered Karei employment on his lavish estate; again the Monk refused. Finally, the noble offered to give the Monk great powers that would make him a god among men, but Karei would not be moved. Smiling, the noble stood and let his cloak fall away, and as he did, he was transformed into a beautiful woman. The goddess Dwayna herself stood before Karei and placed a hand upon his head. "Thrice I have tempted you and thrice you have resisted. I choose you." Called by his goddess, Karei could not refuse his new appointment as Master of the Kaziin Monastery, where he lived out his days training young Monks and healing any sick or broken who came his way. Upon his death, Dwayna herself inducted him into Tahnnakai.
[edit] Dialogue
- "While I lived, I wished only to heal the sick and injured. I never asked for glory. Now look at me...encased in this vile form and forced to do harm..."
After Tahnnakai Temple:
- "I thank you for freeing me, and I thank you also for what you must do: kill Shiro! But first you must travel to Echovald Forest and gain the sacred Urn of Saint Viktor."
[edit] Notes
- Strangely, Karei appears in his spirit form as what appears to be an Ascalonian. The plaque claims he had grown up in Cantha, however. Either he moved to Cantha at an early age, or this is an oversight.
- There is a skill, Karei's Healing Circle, named after him.
