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 dead rocks and a few thorn scrubs. Fresh water streams were turned into dead lakes of tar. All settlements lie in ruins.

For long time, even before the Searing this has 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 come 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
Note: (Numbers) refer to the fuchsia (Numbers) used in the map
 * Hammer Gate
 * Ascalonian Chests

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

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

Quests
The following quests start in :
 * None

Hard Mode
To receive credit for the Vanquisher title track in The Breach you must defeat 131 monsters in Hard Mode.