Character throughline

Pact Commander

11 moments on the timeline — from Rise of Zhaitan to Visions of Eternity.

Appearances, in order

  1. 1325 AE1,835 CC1,525 DRFirm date

    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.

  2. 1326 AE1,836 CC1,526 DRFirm date

    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.

  3. 1335 AE (1845 CC)1,845 CC1,535 DRFirm date

    Cantha reopens its borders to the world

    Cantha

    After more than two centuries closed off under Emperor Usoku, the Empire of the Dragon reopens its borders to central Tyria, and the Aetherblades return north as the Pact Commander travels to Cantha.

  4. 1335 AE (1845 CC)1,845 CC1,535 DRFirm date

    Soo-Won is corrupted at Dragon's End

    Cantha · Dragon's End

    The Deep Sea Dragon Soo-Won — the One Elder Dragon and mother of the rest — is freed and begins to corrupt from Void magic, threatening a catastrophe should she die with that corruption unextracted.

  5. 1335 AE (1845 CC)1,845 CC1,535 DRFirm date

    Soo-Won falls and the Elder Dragon cycle ends

    Cantha · Dragon's End

    Lured to the Harvest Temple, the Void-corrupted Soo-Won is drained of her corruption and slain; Aurene absorbs the last of her power, ending the Elder Dragon cycle and becoming the sole conduit of Tyria's magic.

  6. 1336 AE1,846 CC1,536 DRFirm date

    The Kryptis breach Tyria and the Wizard's Tower is revealed

    The Crystal Desert · Amnytas

    Demonic Kryptis from the Mists realm of Nayos breach Tyria, the long-hidden Wizard's Court and its leader Isgarren reveal themselves, and the Commander joins the Astral Ward as the Wizard's Court loses control of Amnytas and the Wizard's Tower.

  7. 1336 AE–1337 AE1,846–1,847 CC1,536–1,537 DRFirm date

    Peitha overthrows Eparch and becomes Midnight King of Nayos

    Nayos · Inner Nayos

    The Kryptis lord Peitha allies with the Wizard's Court in 1336 AE, leads a rebellion against her tyrannical uncle Eparch, and by 1337 AE defeats him and becomes the new Midnight King of Nayos.

  8. 1337 AE1,847 CC1,537 DRFirm date

    The Tyrian Alliance forms and turns toward Janthir

    Janthir

    In the wake of the Kryptis war, the peoples of Tyria band together as the Tyrian Alliance, and an expedition sets out into the Janthir region — home of the lowland kodan — where titans are resurfacing.

  9. 1337 AE1,847 CC1,537 DRFirm date

    The titans resurface in the Janthir Wilds

    Janthir

    Titans — demonic beings forged long ago in the Foundry of Failed Creations — resurface in the Janthir region, spreading corruption and drawing power from the shards of a shattered bloodstone.

  10. 1338 AE1,848 CC1,538 DRFirm date

    The titans fall and the Foundry portal is closed

    Janthir

    Using the Heart of the Obscure to neutralize their bloodstone power, the Pact Commander and the Tyrian Alliance defeat the progenitor titans at Mount Balrior in 1338 AE and close the portal to the Foundry of Failed Creations.

  11. 1338 AE1,848 CC1,538 DRFirm date

    The Tyrian Alliance follows the Inquest to the lost island of Castora

    Castora

    In 1338 AE the Tyrian Alliance pursues the Inquest to Castora — a remote, ley-soaked island continent long dismissed as a sailors' myth — to stop them harnessing its abundant ley energy. The island lies behind a magical barrier the Seers raised in ages past.

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