Character throughline

Branded

6 moments on the timeline, from Rise of Zhaitan to Path of Fire.

Appearances, in order

  1. 1320 AE1,830 CC1,520 DR

    Kralkatorrik wakes and burns the Dragonbrand

    Ascalon

    The Elder Crystal Dragon Kralkatorrik awakens and flies south over the charr territory of Ascalon to hunt down his treacherous scion Glint, scorching a swath of crystalline corruption (the Dragonbrand) across the land.

  2. 1320 AE1,830 CC1,520 DR

    Destiny's Edge breaks against Kralkatorrik

    The Crystal Desert · Crystal Desert

    The hero-guild Destiny's Edge confronts the waking Kralkatorrik alongside Glint, but the plan collapses: Glint and the asura Snaff are slain, the dragon escapes, and the embittered guild disbands.

  3. 1320 AE1,830 CC1,520 DR

    Almorra founds the Vigil from a Branded tragedy

    Ascalon

    When Kralkatorrik's passage Brands her entire warband, the Blood Legion Legionnaire Almorra Soulkeeper is forced to cut them down, then channels her grief into founding the Vigil, a multiracial order sworn to destroy the Elder Dragons.

  4. 1320 AE1,830 CC1,520 DR

    Branded ogres besiege Ebonhawke

    Ascalon · Ebonhawke

    Newly Branded ogres and hyenas under Chief Kronon storm the human stronghold of Ebonhawke during a celebration for Queen Jennah; the shared threat of Kralkatorrik's corruption begins to turn old human and charr enemies toward fighting side by side.

  5. 1328 AE1,838 CC1,528 DR

    Kralkatorrik turns toward Elona

    The Crystal Desert

    Kralkatorrik, the Elder Dragon of Crystal and Fury, begins moving toward Elona, a drift south that foreshadows the war soon to engulf the Crystal Desert.

  6. 1331 AE1,841 CC1,531 DR

    The Crystal Dragon rampages through the Mists

    The Mists

    Maddened and bloated with stolen magic, Kralkatorrik tears into the Mists, and the spirit of his former scion Glint rallies an army of spirits to resist him.

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