Character throughline

Zhaitan

4 moments on the timeline — from Age of Beasts to Rise of Zhaitan.

Appearances, in order

  1. UndatedContested

    The assault on Zhaitan fails; the mursaat feel betrayed

    Central Tyria

    The mursaat and Forgotten throw armies of jade constructs and enchanted armors against the Elder Dragon Zhaitan, but the Seers withdraw their forces to forge magic-storing artifacts instead. The attack fails with heavy mursaat and Forgotten casualties.

  2. 1219 AE1,729 CC1,419 DRFirm date

    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.

  3. ~1219 AE1,729 CC1,419 DRApproximate

    Kuunavang rouses Soo-Won to shield Cantha from the Great Tsunami

    Cantha

    When Zhaitan's awakening raises Orr and hurls a Great Tsunami toward Cantha, the saltspray dragon Kuunavang seeks out the Water Dragon Soo-Won — the only power able to stop the tide — and together they turn back the flood. Kuunavang bonds to Soo-Won as her champion, able to hear the dragon's thoughts yet never controlled by her.

  4. 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.

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