Character throughline
The Pact
8 moments on the timeline, from The Elder Dragons Awaken to Heart of Thorns.
Appearances, in order
- 1219 AE1,729 CC1,419 DR
Zhaitan awakens and raises drowned Orr, the Rising of Orr
Orr
The Elder Undead Dragon Zhaitan stirs and hauls sunken Orr back to the surface; the Great Tsunami floods Lion's Arch and drowns Old Kaineng, and the dead of Orr rise as Zhaitan's Risen.
- 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.
- 1325 AE1,835 CC1,525 DR
Claw Island falls, and the Pact is born
Kryta · Claw Island
Zhaitan's dragon champion Blightghast the Plaguebringer leads a Risen fleet against Claw Island, overrunning the Lionguard and threatening Lion's Arch; in response, Tyria's three great orders bury their rivalries and form the Pact under Trahearne and the Pact Commander.
- 1326 AE1,836 CC1,526 DR
The Pact destroys Zhaitan above Arah
Orr
After a grinding campaign through Orr that severs Zhaitan's supply lines and starves it of magic, the Pact airship The Glory of Tyria engages the weakened Elder Dragon above the ruined city of Arah and brings it crashing down, the first Elder Dragon known to be slain.
- 1327 AE1,837 CC1,527 DR
The Pact rallies the nations to face Mordremoth
Central Tyria
With Mordremoth risen, the Pact rallies the forces of the five great nations of Central Tyria and the world's leaders gather in summit to commit to a strike against the Elder Jungle Dragon.
- 1328 AE1,838 CC1,528 DR
The Pact Fleet is torn from the sky
The Maguuma Jungle · Heart of Maguuma
The Pact's great aerial assault on Mordremoth ends in disaster as Mordrem and corrupted sylvari sabotage the airships from within; the fleet falls into the Heart of Maguuma with catastrophic losses.
- 1328 AE1,838 CC1,528 DR
Into the Heart of Maguuma
The Maguuma Jungle · Heart of Maguuma
Stranded among the fallen airships, the Commander rallies Pact survivors and wins the aid of the jungle's peoples, the Itzel and Nuhoch hylek and the golden Exalted of Tarir, to march on Mordremoth.
- 1328 AE1,838 CC1,528 DR
The Jungle Dragon falls and Trahearne is slain
The Maguuma Jungle · Heart of Maguuma
After a 43-day campaign the Pact slays Mordremoth (the Commander destroying the dragon's mind within the Dream while allies break its body), but Marshal Trahearne, made the dragon's vessel, must die by the sword Caladbolg to end it for good.