Ascalon City (pre-Searing)

This article is about about Ascalon City before the Searing. For the post-Searing version, see Ascalon City.

Ascalon City (pre-Searing)
File:Ascalon City (pre-Searing).jpg
Campaign	Prophecies
Region	Ascalon (pre-Searing)
Type	Outpost
Party size	4
Exit(s)	Ascalon Academy Lakeside County

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The largest city in the kingdom, Ascalon City is known for its beautiful architecture, numerous libraries, and bountiful shops. Because it is where many noble families makes[sic] their home, it tends to receive the largest number of visitors and has become the cultural center of Ascalon.

— in-game description

Ascalon City is the largest city in the Kingdom of Ascalon, on the continent of Tyria. It serves as the primary hub and cultural/economic center of the Kingdom of Ascalon. It features a parts of the Great Northern Wall, a central lake, noble residences and views of the ongoing skirmishes with the Charr just beyond the walls. Newly created Prophecies characters begin here after the introductory cinematic. It is inaccessible after progressing to the Ascalon Academy mission.

Quests available

• Armin Saberlin
  • A Second Profession Primary quest
  • The Path to Glory Primary quest
• Baron Egan
  • Bandit Raid
  • The Poison Devourer
• Namar
  • Poor Tenant
• Prince Rurik
  • Charr at the Gate
  • Charr in the Catacombs
• Sandre Elek
  • The Wayward Wizard
• Sir Tydus
  • War Preparations Primary quest
• Town Crier
  • Getting Started in Guild Wars Primary quest
  • Message from a Friend
  • Trouble in the Woods
• Lieutenant Langmar
  • Vanguard Quest

NPCs

Allies

Services

Ghosts

• 20 The Purveyor (bonus merchant)

Humans

• 2 Arthur Ayala (weaponsmith)
• 2 Elias (weaponsmith)
• 5 Gift-Giver Pinn (collector for 1 Birthday Present Voucher)
• 2 Gilderoy Le Fleur (stylist)
• 2 Guild Registrar (guild registrar)
• 5 Halbrik (skill trainer)
• 10 Keeth (festival hat maker)
• 2 Sanura (merchant)
• 10 Serenity (costume maker)

Other allies

Humans

• 5 Ascalon Scribe
• 1 Ascalonian Townsfolk (see notes)
• 5 Cynn
• 1 Gwen (see notes)
• 2 Kimmes The Historian
• 1 Namar
• 1 Sandre Elek
• 2 Town Criers

Humans (Ascalon Army)

• 5 Academy Monks
• 2 Armin Saberlin
• 2,3 Ascalon Guards
• 7 Baron Egan
• 10 King Adelbern (see notes)
• 20 Lieutenant Langmar
• 10 Prince Rurik
• 2 Sir Tydus

Foes

Note: enemies cannot be reached by players.

Charr

• 6 Charr Flame Wielder
• 7 Charr Axe Fiend
• 5 Charr Stalker

Interactive objects

• Shrine to Godly Accoutrements

Gallery

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• Ascalon Academy 01.jpg
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• SS-Ascalon-City3.jpg

Notes

• When sitting on the north wall in Ascalon, death can occur from a Charr attack or spell.
  • Characters in outposts and towns do not gain natural health regeneration.
  • This does not affect the Survivor title.
• King Adelbern appears in two different spots: with the Ascalon Scribe looking over the battle, and on the stairs on the northern side of the lake where Sir Tydus is in Post-Searing.
• The small lake near Sir Tydus is the new location of Ascalon City after the Searing.
• Behind a wall, near the site of the battle, there seems to be a Resurrection Shrine, since all the Ascalonian Guards' corpses appear there after death and, after a few seconds, they do the normal resurrection shrine animation, then rejoin the battle.
• If you hold down the Show Others key (Left Alt by default), you can see Gwen behind the western wall of the city. She, and 3 townsfolk are standing near where Lady Althea stands when you go outside the town, near her theatre.
• Newly created Prophecies role-playing characters are visible to other players while watching the Last Day Dawns cinematic. The area in which they stand is unreachable, close to King Adelbern and the Ascalon Scribe.
• The patrolling Ascalon Guards can be bodyblocked by players. Some do this intentionally to get them stuck.

Anomaly.The Guild Registrar (NPC) is missing from International Districts.

Trivia

• Ashkelon was a large and important seaport in ancient Canaan. Its name was later interpreted as "Ascalon" by the English Crusaders. The "Battle of Ascalon" is generally considered to be the last battle of the First Crusade. It was finally destroyed for the last time in 1270 CE by the Mamluks. The ruins rest in what is now Israel's South District.

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