Gwen's Story

For the mission associated with this book, see The Flight North.

Contents

 * 1) [[Image:End of the World.jpg|thumb||87px]]End of the World
 * Her name is Gwen. This is her story.
 * She was ten years old when the Searing struck Ascalon. Gwen lost her family, her home, and her childhood in a matter of hours as the sky-summoned fury of the Charr Shamans shattered the world around her.
 * Thousands of Ascalonians died that day, and thousands more fled before the Charr Invasion. Gwen wandered alone in the wreckage of a nation searching desperately for the hand of a friend. Instead, she found the Charr. More to the point, they found her.


 * 1) [[Image:The First Escape.jpg|thumb||87px]]The First Escape
 * The Charr did not kill young humans. They enslaved them. For seven long years, Gwen toiled under the constant lash of her taskmasters. As fellow prisoners broke under the strain or were slaughtered out of hand, the embers of fear in her soul sparked into a blaze of hatred. When she finally saw her chance, Gwen fled into the wilderness, vowing never to be enslaved again.
 * She did not make it far...the Charr recaptured her easily. They judged her useless to them. She should have been slain on the spot, but her captors decided she could serve them, at least one more time, as entertainment.


 * 1) [[Image:Into the Arena.jpg|thumb||87px]]Into the Arena
 * The Charr build arenas within their military camps dedicated to the glory of the legions. Inside these cruel stadiums they set unarmed humans against wild creatures, reveling in the blood sport and applauding as the beasts disemboweled helpless humans.
 * Now it was her turn. She is just another prisoner in a holding pen awaiting a brutal death for mere amusement. She prays for the strength to endure her ordeal. And she prays for the chance to strike back...


 * 1) [[Image:Through the Ruins.jpg|thumb||87px]]Through the Ruins


 * 1) [[Image:The Ebon Vanguard.jpg|thumb||87px]]The Ebon Vanguard


 * 1) [[Image:Champion of Ascalon.jpg|thumb||87px]]Champion of Ascalon