The Breach

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The Breach
Basic Info
Campaign: Prophecies Type: Explorable Area Part of: Ascalon
Neighbor(s)
Piken Square, Old Ascalon, Diessa Lowlands
Map
(click to enlarge)

Contents 1 General Description 1.1 Exits / Neighbour Areas 1.2 Towns 1.3 Points / Objects of Interest 2 NPCs 2.1 Collectors 3 Skill Capture 4 Monsters 4.1 Bosses 5 Quests 6 Notes

[edit] General Description

Region: Ascalon

The Breach is an area north of the Great Northern Wall, north-west of Ascalon City. In Pre-Searing, this area was known as The Northlands.

Like all the rest of Ascalon this area, once a beautiful land of green hills and lush foliage, has been completely ravaged in the Searing by the Charr. It is now a rough and dry land, with little to no plants, only rocks and a few thorn scrubs. Fresh water streams were turned into lakes of tar. All settlements lie in ruins.

For a long time, even before the Searing this had been Charr territory. After the Searing the Ascalon Vanguard established an outpost in the ruins of Piken Square as a base for attacks against the Charr.

The Breach is often the first area a character newly arrived to Post-Searing faces severe challenges.

This area is also well known as a good place for higher level characters to farm Charr, thus gaining Charr Hide, which can be easily traded in Ascalon City for Fur Square.

[edit] Exits / Neighbour Areas

• South: Old Ascalon (through the Hammer Gate)
• West: Diessa Lowlands

[edit] Towns

Piken Square

[edit] Points / Objects of Interest

• Hammer Gate
• Ascalonian Chests
• There is a beautiful Mural of Lyssa in the Southwestern corner of this area.

[edit] NPCs

Note: Numbers refer to the green Numbers used in the map

• Joe (3) (only during quest Army Life)
• Ascalon Warrior (1)
• Captain West (1)
• Old Mac (3) (only during quest Army Life)
• Academy Monk (1)

[edit] Collectors

• Sally Kaugie (2)

[edit] Skill Capture

• Shield Stance from Charr Captain and Gorgaan Hatemonger (not available before Dropping Eaves quest at Ettin's Back).

[edit] Monsters

Note: text refers to the red acronyms used in the map

• (Dev) Devourers:
  • 8 (23) Carrion Devourers
  • 8 (23) Plague Devourers
• (Spr) Sprouts:
  • 5 (23) Crown of Thorns
• (Garg) Gargoyles:
  • 2 (22) Resurrect Gargoyles
  • 3 (22) Flash Gargoyles
• (Beh) Behemoth:
  • 6 (23) Tar Behemoth
• (Charr) Charr
  • 6 (23) Charr Axe Warrior
  • 6 (23) Charr Blade Warrior
  • 8 (23) Charr Hunter
  • 5/6 (23) Charr Stalker
  • 4 (22) Charr Martyr
  • 6 (23) Charr Overseer
  • 5 (23) Charr Ash Walker
  • 8 (23) Charr Ashen Claw
  • 5 (23) Charr Mind Spark
  • 5/6 (23) Charr Fire Caller
  • 8 (23) Charr Flame Wielder

[edit] Bosses

Note: Numbers refer to the red Numbers used in the map

• (3/4/5/6) Charr:
  • 10 (27) Charr Captain (2) (only during quest The Siege of Piken Square)
  • 7 (26) Gorgaan Hatemonger
  • 7 (26) Drim Cindershot
  • 7 (26) Grimm Sharpfang (1) (only during quest Hammer and Anvil)
  • 7 (26) Taag Relicbinder
  • 7 (26) Cess Corpselighter
  • 10 (27) Kaargoth Bloodclaw (Not marked) (only during quest Charr Reinforcements)
  • 7 (26)Mirash Dreambreaker
  • 7 (26) Suurg the Hateful

[edit] Quests

The following quests start in The Breach:

• None

[edit] Notes

• To receive credit for the Vanquisher title track in The Breach you must defeat 100-135 monsters in Hard Mode.
• Near the exit to Old Ascalon is a group of guards and an Academy Monk (possibly depending on certain quests, possibly a random spawn), if you bring an MM while vanquishing, you can get the monk to follow you as she tries to heal the minions. She spams Orison and Heal Other and can be very helpful when a Charr Mind Spark inevitably casts Power Block on your monk.