Ascalon Academy

General Information
The Ascalon Academy is the training facility of the Ascalon Army. It is located in Ascalon City.

Players enter the Academy by accepting the respective offer from Sir Tydus. He will only make the offer once you have got a secondary profession.

With his offer, Sir Tydus warns you prominently that, once you have joined the Academy, there is no turning back. That's because entering the Academy marks the step from Pre-Searing (the tutorial area of the game) to Post-Searing (the real game). After completion of the Academy training, and after a time warp of 2 years, you get to see the Searing happening in a cutscene. Afterwards you find yourself in the post-searing ruins of Old Ascalon.

The Academy itself is destroyed in the Searing, and the location is used for the Ascalon Arena in Post-Searing.

Players enter the Academy training to prove that they are ready for the real challenge. The academy training is split into 2 phases:
 * 1) a Competitive Mission (PvP)
 * 2) a Cooperative Mission (PvE)

Phase 1: Competitive Mission
This is the first ever Competitive Mission in the game. It is a very basic 4-vs-4 PvP arena fight. Team setup is random, with any recruits entering the Academy within a 3 minutes time frame, and then filled up to 4 with Henchmen.

Even though the arena setup is simple, new players will probably be confused with their first ever, fast-paced PvP fight. But don't worry: If you die, you will automatically be resurrected. And even if you lose the battle, you will still advance to the second phase.

''Note: This can be skipped by leaving the game at any time after entering the academy. The next time you log in you will start with Phase 2.''

Phase 2: Cooperative Mission
This is the first ever Cooperative Mission in the game.

The objective is simple: Kill Vatlaaw Doomtooth, the Charr boss, who is at the end of the passage through a number of caves guarded by Grawl.

The mission is rather easy and even if the party is low-level and inexperienced, you shouldn't have much of a problem completing the mission. But even if you have: Again, if you die, you will be resurrected and can repeat and until you have made it.

Unlike later missions, if Prince Rurik dies here, the mission won't be failed.

Note: If you leave the game during Phase 2, the next time you log in, you will start in Phase 2 again. There's no going back outside of the Academy into Pre-Searing Ascalon, nor can you skip over directly to Post-Searing.

NPCs

 * Prince Rurik
 * Corpral Timlin
 * Drill Sergeant Mahoney
 * Lieutenant Fisk

Monsters

 * Grawl:
 * Grawl
 * Grawl Shaman
 * Grawl Longspear
 * Charr:
 * Vatlaaw Doomtooth (Boss)