The Breach

General Description
Region: Ascalon

The Breach is an area north of the Great Northern Wall, north-west of Ascalon City. In Pre-Searing, this area was known as The Northlands.

Like all the rest of Ascalon this area, once a beautiful land of green hills and lush foliage, has been completely ravaged in the Searing by the Charr. It is now a rough and dry land, with little to no plants, only rocks and a few thorn scrubs. Fresh water streams were turned into lakes of tar. All settlements lie in ruins.

For a long time, even before the Searing this had been Charr territory. After the Searing the Ascalon Vanguard established an outpost in the ruins of Piken Square as a base for attacks against the Charr.

The Breach is often the first area a character newly arrived to Post-Searing faces severe challenges. This area is also well known as a good place for higher level characters to farm Charr, thus gaining Charr Hide, which can be easily traded in Ascalon City for Fur Square.



Exits / Neighbour Areas

 * South: Old Ascalon (through the Hammer Gate)
 * West: Diessa Lowlands

Towns
Piken Square

Points / Objects of Interest

 * Hammer Gate
 * Ascalonian Chests
 * There is a beautiful Mural of Lyssa in the Southwestern corner of this area.

NPCs
Note: Numbers refer to the green Numbers used in the map
 * Captain West
 * Old Mack (only during quest Army Life)
 * Joe (only during quest Army Life)
 * Ascalon Warrior
 * Academy Monk

Collectors

 * Sally Kaugie

Skill Capture

 * Shield Stance from Charr Captain and Gorgaan Hatemonger (not available before Dropping Eaves quest at Ettin's Back).

Monsters
Note: text refers to the red acronyms used in the map
 * Devourers:
 * Plague Devourers Lvl 8 (23)
 * Carrion Devourers Lvl 8 (23)
 * Sprouts:
 * Crown of Thorns Lvl 5 (23)
 * Gargoyles:
 * Flash Gargoyles Lvl 3 (22)
 * Resurrect Gargoyles Lvl 2 (22)
 * Behemoth:
 * Tar Behemoth Lvl 6 (23)
 * Charr
 * Charr Ash Walker Lvl 5 (23)
 * Charr Ashen Claw Lvl 8 (23)
 * Charr Stalker Lvl 5/6 (23)
 * Charr Mind Spark Lvl 5 (23)
 * Charr Fire Caller Lvl 5/6 (23)
 * Charr Martyr Lvl 4 (22)
 * Charr Blade Warrior Lvl 6 (23)
 * Charr Axe Warrior Lvl 6 (23)
 * Charr Hunter Lvl 8 (23)
 * Charr Flame Wielder Lvl 8 (23)
 * Charr Overseer Lvl 6 (23)

Bosses
Note: Numbers refer to the red Numbers used in the map
 * Charr:
 * Cess Corpselighter lvl 7 (26)
 * Mirash Dreambreaker lvl 7 (26)
 * Drim Cindershot lvl 7 (26)
 * Suurg the Hateful lvl 7 (26)
 * Taag Relicbinder lvl 7 (26)
 * Gorgaan Hatemonger lvl 7 (26)
 * Grimm Sharpfang Lvl 7 (26) (only during quest Hammer and Anvil)
 * Charr Captain  Lvl 10 (26) (only during quest The Siege of Piken Square)
 * (Not marked) Kaargoth Bloodclaw Lvl 10 (26) (only during quest Charr Reinforcements)

Quests
The following quests start in :
 * None