Vizunah Square

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This is a mission entry. For information on the mission outposts, see Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter) and Vizunah Square (Local Quarter)

Vizunah Square
Campaign	Factions
Region	Kaineng City
Type	Cooperative
Party size	8
Duration	Medium
Preceded by	Mayhem in the Market or Welcome to Cantha
Followed by	Finding The Oracle

In this mission a team of characters from outside Cantha accompanied by Mhenlo meet with a team of Canthan native characters with Master Togo. Together the teams fight through droves of afflicted to find the source of the plague in Kaineng City.

The Canthan team starts from the Vizunah Square (Local Quarter) outpost, while the Prophecies and/or Nightfall team starts from Vizunah Square (Foreign Quarter) outpost. Although these show up as separate locations on the map, with their own mission symbols, they both refer to the same mission.

[edit] Mission information

[edit] Objectives

Locate the source of the plague in Kaineng City

• Mhenlo must survive
• Master Togo must survive
• Added Destroy Shiro's Construct

[edit] Reward

[edit] Walkthrough

Both teams start at separate locations. While the Canthan team together with Master Togo is immediately faced with spawning afflicted, the foreign team with Mhenlo has to fight several groups of (easier) human enemies first to make their way to the meet up point, unless the foreign group is completely computer controlled, in which case they do not need to fight anyone before the teams merge. Since Togo has to be kept alive, a common reason to fail the mission is for the Canthan team to get overwhelmed and lose Togo before reinforcements arrive. To prevent this, the Canthan team should place more emphasis on healing compared to the foreign one. Once the two groups meet, healers from both teams are able to heal both NPCs. After the first battle, the mission follows a straight forward path, including two big fights at afflicted spawning points. During those fights multiple waves of afflicted spawn (and respawn) from three separate points. The Afflicted Soul Explosion can overwhelm parties in these situations. Spread apart and try to intercept the spawns with three "mini-parties" instead of fighting them all in one big melee.

Note that while you can heal members of the other group, you can not resurrect them. Each party has to provide for their own means of resurrection.

[edit] Skill recommendations

In this mission, a total of 16 characters plus Master Togo and Brother Mhenlo will fight on your side. Compared with the normal 8 character party, all skills that affect allies or an area work especially well. Elementalists' wards and Ritualists' healing spirits, but also shouts and chants provide great value since they affect the other group as well. Furthermore, the fighting is tight and packed. AoE damage of all forms will be of great use. Finally, there is an abundance of corpses, making the mission a minion master's paradise, and each group should think about bringing one. There are usually enough corpses to support 2 or 3 Minon Masters, note that Blood of the Master can cause large life sacrifices due to it healing all allied minions and not just the caster's own. Warriors should also consider bringing "I Will Avenge You!" as the NPCs killed throughout the mission will trigger its effects, providing an almost continuous buff.

When attempting this on hard mode, the biggest threats to the team are in the form of the Afflicted Ritualists who are very potent healers and can revive their allies as well. Skills which shut these healers down come highly recommended.

[edit] Mission NPCs

[edit] Allies

• 20 Mhenlo
• 20 Master Togo
• 20 Canthan Guards
• 10 Canthan Peasants

[edit] Henchmen from the Foreign Quarter if no players joined there

• 20 Jamei
• 20 Devona
• 20 Cynn
• 20 Aidan
• 20 Chiyo
• 20 Headmaster Vhang
• 20 Eve
• 20 Emi

[edit] Henchmen from the Local Quarter if no players joined there

• 20 Sister Tai
• 20 Talon Silverwing
• 20 Kai Ying
• 20 Zho
• 20 Professor Gai
• 20 Lo Sha
• 20 Su
• 20 Panaku

[edit] Foes

Afflicted

• 20 (26) Afflicted Warrior
• 20 (26) Afflicted Ranger
• 20 (26) Afflicted Monk
• 20 (26) Afflicted Necromancer
• 20 (26) Afflicted Mesmer
• 20 (26) Afflicted Elementalist
• 20 (26) Afflicted Assassin
• 20 (26) Afflicted Ritualist

Am Fah

• 20 (26) Am Fah Marksman
• 20 (26) Am Fah Healer
• 20 (26) Am Fah Necromancer
• 20 (26) Am Fah Assassin

Shiro'ken

• 28 (30) Shiro'ken Ranger
• 28 (30) Shiro'ken Mesmer
• 28 (30) Shiro'ken Ritualist
• 28 (30) Shiro'ken Necromancer

[edit] Bosses

Any four of the following eight bosses will appear in the mission:

Afflicted

• 24 (30) The Afflicted Ako → Enraged Smash
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Huan → Broad Head Arrow
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Miju → Ray of Judgment
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Thu → Order of Apostasy
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Li Yun → Stolen Speed
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Kam → Mind Burn
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Soon Kim → Shadow Form
• 24 (30) The Afflicted Hakaru → Weapon of Quickening

[edit] Dialogue

[edit] Opening Cinematic

Canthan Man: "What the...?"

Canthan Woman: "May the gods have mercy on our souls."

<local quarter party leader>: "Are we too late?"

Master Togo: "Not yet, but we must not allow those plague beasts to spread their affliction any further."

Master Togo: "If they do, everyone in this province will be in danger."

Brother Mhenlo: "Master Togo is down there, and he's in trouble."

<foreign quarter party leader>: "What are we going to do?"

Brother Mhenlo: "Well, I don't know about you, but I didn't come all the way from Lion's Arch for a funeral."

Fortune Teller: "I see great things in your future."

Fortune Teller: "Yours will be a story told by generations."

Fortune Teller: "Your swords will be sought by many."

Shiro Tagachi: "Nonsense."

Fortune Teller: "Yes. Yes. You will do things no other man would dare."

Fortune Teller: "Your name will live on for a thousand years."

Shiro Tagachi: "Shut your mouth. Old fool."

Fortune Teller: "Look for fortune to come your way."

[edit] Initial dialogue

From the local quarter.

Master Togo: "The most recent outbreak of the plague originated in this district. I have asked Brother Mhenlo of Ascalon, a skilled healer and former student of mine, to meet us here."

Master Togo: "Perhaps with his help, we can determine the true nature of this affliction. Come, students, he is expecting us in Vizunah Square."

Master Togo: "Follow me, students. Vizunah Square is not far from here."

From the foreign quarter.

Brother Mhenlo: "Master Togo will meet us in Vizunah Square. I expect it is no coincidence that our destination is in a part of the city that has been sealed off due to the plague."

Brother Mhenlo: "I've "convinced" this guard to open the gates and let us through. Come, let us find Master Togo."

Brother Mhenlo: '"Follow me, friends. Vizunah Square is not far from here."

[edit] Intermediate Cinematic

Master Togo: "Ah, Mhenlo, it is good of you to come. And not a moment too soon."

Brother Mhenlo: "Master Togo, I am at your disposal."

Master Togo: "I will make the introductions later, for now we have a fight on our hands. Come."

[edit] Intermediate dialogue

After the final afflicted group is defeated at the first choke point.

Master Togo: "This district has been overrun with the plague while others have been spared. Let us find out why."

Brother Mhenlo: "I am certain that this is no natural affliction. It corrupts not only the body but also the soul."

Master Togo: "I agree that the cause of the plague is something supernatural...and I believe we will find it in this district."

After leaving the first choke point.

Canthan Guard: "Leave the city or fend for yourself. We cannot protect you within the city walls."

When a group of Am Fah spawn.

Brother Mhenlo: "Am Fah! No doubt these scoundrels are trying to capitalize on the chaos the plague is causing."

Master Togo: "I doubt they are responsible for the plague, but I'm not surprised to find them in its midst. The city guards are too busy to keep them at bay."

After the final afflicted group is defeated at the second choke point.

Master Togo: "We suffered an outbreak of this same disease back on Shing Jea Island. The corruption emanated from a temple that bore the mark of Shiro Tagachi."

Master Togo: "But it has been two hundred years since Shiro killed the emperor he was sworn to protect. Why would his curse take so long to manifest?"

Brother Mhenlo: "It might not be a curse. There are tales of evil spirits causing physical corruption. If Shiro's spirit has returned somehow, it could cause a plague. We should search for signs of him."

After the final afflicted group is defeated at the third choke point.

Master Togo: "There was great evil here...I can feel it. I think you are right, Mhenlo. The very spirit of Shiro Tagachi has returned. But why here?"

Brother Mhenlo: "I remember this bookstore, Master. It held magic and religious text from across the world."

Master Togo: "I thought our temple was defaced because it was a holy place, but it too was a center of learning... Shiro must be looking for something. We must find him before he finds it."

When reaching a closed, guarded gate.

Master Togo: "In the name of the emperor, open this gate!"

Canthan Guard: "You will find nothing but trouble this way. With all the chaos, the Am Fah are running things down here."

Brother Mhenlo: "The Am Fah? Petty street criminals do not concern us."

When coming into range of the final afflicted group.

Shiro'ken: "I am no mere spirit, mortal. Like a god I have breathed life into this body. Come feel the bite of my blades if you doubt me."

Master Togo: "Shiro Tagachi, I adjure you... Show yourself, foul spirit! I will bind you and return you to the Underworld.

Brother Mhenlo: "We do not fear your blades or your black magic. Prepare yourself. You are not long for this realm!"

[edit] End Cinematic

Messenger Vetaura: "We cannot stand by while Shiro continues to meddle in the affairs of the mortal."

Emissary Heleyne: "His duty is to shepherd the newly dead to the gates of the Mists."

Emissary Heleyne: "He's shirking his responsibility as an Envoy."

Courier Torivos: "For every disembodied spirit that he lets loose here in the mortal realm, the delicate equilibrium between worlds tips further out of balance."

Courier Torivos: "Whatever his plan is, it must be stopped."

Herald Demrikov: "But how? We are only Envoys ourselves. We cannot fight Shiro."

Emissary Heleyne: "We can combat Shiro by acting like Shiro."

Messenger Vetaura: "We are the Envoys to the next world."

Messenger Vetaura: "The shepherds who guide the newly departed to Eternal Paradise within the Mists."

Messenger Vetaura: "We were sent here to show you the path to the afterlife."

Herald Demrikov: "But it's not your time. We will not guide you today."

Courier Torivos: "We return you your departed spirits."

Courier Torivos: "We give back to you the gift of life."

Emissary Heleyne: "But it comes with a price."

Herald Demrikov: "In return, we ask your help in defeating Shiro."

Messenger Vetaura: "Seek out Suun, the Oracle of the Mists."

Messenger Vetaura: "He will show you how to become Weh no Su, Closer to the Stars."

Master Togo: "Ah, Weh no Su. The Celestial test. Mhenlo and I know it well."

<party leader>: "I do not understand. Why do you wish us to pass this test?"

Courier Torivos: "Spirits in this realm can hide themselves from the view of the mortals."

Courier Torivos: "Until you have become Closer to the Stars, you will not be able to see Shiro, let alone fight him."

<party leader>: "I see."

Messenger Vetaura: "We are counting on you to help us return the balance that Shiro has undone."

Messenger Vetaura: "We will be watching."

[edit] Notes

• The pre-programmed deaths caused by Shiro during the cutscene at the end of the mission do not count toward the death count, as noted in the Survivor article.
• The envoys are fleshy creatures, as they seem to bleed when struck by jagged horrors during the end cinematic.
• Morale boosts are only awarded to the team that kills the boss.

Bug.

If a party has a Minion Master in their ranks, there is a chance that Mhenlo will ignore his pathing and instead tag along trying to heal the minions. Because of this pathfinding error, Togo's AI will not follow because Mhenlo is not following. Therefore, Togo and Mhenlo fail to follow you and do not move when talked to.

Bug.

If you start out with Togo, sometimes Mhenlo and Devona get stuck behind a Canthan Chest before reaching the square, causing you to have to abort the mission.

Bug.

Sometimes you may experience that in the ending cutscene the leader's voice is on another party member.

Bug.

Sometimes if henchmen are the other team players they will get stuck on the path and you will need to restart the mission

Anomaly.

If you have both Local Quarter and Foreign Quarter showing on your map, this mission will count twice for the Protector and Guardian titles.

Anomaly.

Completing this mission in either Foreign Quarter or Local Quarter will complete this mission for both Quarters.

Bug.

There have been cases where the mission can soft-lock, after clearing the initial battle with the merged Foreign and Local quarter groups, the gate that allows access to the rest of the mission might not open.