Ankka
Ankka
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Younger Ankka as an Inquest Intern. |
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“You can't fix anything by playing it safe. You have to burn it down...so something better can grow in its place.
— Ankka
Ankka is an asuran Aetherblade and the first mate to Mai Trin, replacing Horrik. A long time ago, she used to work with Gorrik at the Thaumanova Reactor. She has a very negative view towards authorities and the leadership of Tyria, including the Pact Commander.[1]
| After ending up in Cantha with the remains of the Aetherblade fleet, witnessing the ruins left by the Great Tsunami which brought the Canthan empire down a century ago, and infusing herself with the late Elder Dragon Zhaitan energies without proper balancing, Ankka embraces being a nihilistic harbinger and ends up being influenced by the Void.[2] Believing Tyria to be doomed in its current state and in need of a hard reset, she usurps control of the Aetherblades from Mai Trin and begins manipulating events to infect the Elder Dragon Soo-Won with the Void and send her to spread the calamity across Tyria in order to speed up the world's destruction. The Void-corrupted Ankka is ultimately slain by the Pact Commander while dismissing Gorrik's accusations, questioning why people continue fighting to prevent the end which in her view the world desperately needs. |
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
Ankka worked as an Inquest intern at Thaumanova Reactor alongside Gorrik, and was present during its explosion.
After leaving the Inquest, she joined the Aetherblades and got to know First Mate Horrik and Captain Mai Trin, being encouraged by the former to embrace the free-spirited life of a pirate. Though she never had a run-in with the Pact Commander at the time, she was with Mai Trin in the Edge of the Mists on a mission for Scarlet Briar when the latter died during the Battle For Lion's Arch in 1327 AE. She helped Mai Trin remain composed and take control of the Aetherblades during the fall of Scarlet's Alliance, and in the years following she joined the Aetherblades in raiding the Fractals of the Mists to gather parts for their damaged airship fleet. While Mai Trin was disturbed killing her copies in the fractals in a continuous loop to salvage parts, Ankka seemed to show no emotion slaying reflections of herself.[3]
The Aetherblades ran into the Elder Dragon Kralkatorrik during his rampages through the Mists in 1331 AE. In panic to escape the Elder Dragon, they forced their way out of the Mists earlier than intended and went through a Mists Portal, escaping back to Tyria and ultimately finding themselves in Cantha. While in Cantha, Ankka hid with most of the non-human Aetherblades in the ruins of Old Kaineng while Mai Trin infiltrated Yu Joon's Xunlai Jade company.
During their time in hiding, Ankka learned of the harbingers, a Canthan necromancer branch, and studied their magic and techniques secretly in the ruins of Kaineng. Not taking heed of the harbingers carefully balancing different magics as she believed herself to be beyond such concerns, Ankka ended up fully channeling the late Elder Dragon Zhaitan's death magic and was thus subtly being influenced and eventually corrupted by the Void as a result. As Ankka was filled with the Void, witnessed Mai Trin getting too cozy with Joon instead of continuing the Aetherblades' pirate operations, and looked upon the ruins of Old Kaineng which had been devastated by Zhaitan's Great Tsunami, Ankka developed a nihilistic view of the world where existence was meaningless as it could be wiped out at any moment. As such dark thoughts filled her head even as the Aetherblades began building hideouts elsewhere in Cantha, she began devising a way to unleash her ideology upon the world and end Tyrians' millennia-spanning suffering in her own, twisted way.[2]
End of Dragons[edit]
Act 1[edit]
Ankka sent a message to Gorrik saying she had been tracking Jormag and Primordus and had some data to trade to him if he would meet her alone in Lornar's Pass. At the meeting location, she revealed that she was an Aetherblade and kidnapped Gorrik, taking him on to an Aetherblade airship and through a portal into the Mists. Aurene and the Commander pursued the Aetherblades to rescue Gorrik. During the chaos, Ankka ordered Renyak to prep the Extractor against Captain Mai Trin's orders. After going through another portal to exit the Mists at an unknown location, she fired cannons at the airship the Commander and Gorrik were on, then used the Extractor on Aurene. Aurene fell from the sky and the Commander's airship crashed, allowing Ankka and the Aetherblades to escape.
After the Aetherblades crashed around Shing Jea Island, Ankka and Renyak mutinied against Mai Trin and took command of the Aetherblades in full.
Act 2[edit]
During the Pact Commander's investigation into the source of power of the Jade Batteries, that power jade techonlogy across the whole Cantha and the cause of jade tech occasionally going hay-wire, Ankka orchestrated an assault on the Nahpui Lab. But it was a mere distraction to keep the Commander occupied.
In the mean time, Ankka, broke into the secret Yong Reactor, where the batteries where produced. After hacking into the system, overriding the security and revoking access of the owner of the said reactor—Joon—she sicced the local defense jade golems on the Commander and their crew, who were hot on her trail. This move won her so much time that she even was able to taunt the Commander while they were trying to reach the reactor through alternative route.
The Yong Reactor reminded her of the infamous Thaumanova Reactor, just like it did to her former co-worker Gorrik. And, likely, just like Gorrik, she was devasted by its destruction. But she still had to proceed with her plan because she believed that Joon's vision of controlling the Dragon Cycle was pure hubris. "You can't control chaos". And even Mai Trin's offer to relinquish authority over the Aetherblades didn't convince her otherwise, mostly because the Aetherblades were no longer loyal to their former captain.
As Ankka was about to unleash all the energy her Extractor stole from Aurene on the source of reactor's power, the Commander caught up to her, but was unable to stop the asura. The blast freed Soo-Won, who functioned as part of the Yong Reactor, helping Joon store dragon energy into the dragonjade batteries. Freeing the dragon was most likely the goal of this infiltration. Unleased extractor's energy destabilised the reactor and caused crystals, similar to those created by Aurene, to form all over the reactor's chamber. The whole building was about to explode. Xunlai Engineers were transformed into monstrosities and Ankka's persuers were knocked out by the shockwave allowing her to escape.
But she didn't go far. Just as Mai Trin managed to stabilize the reactor, Ankka confronted her. Shortly after revealing that her end game goal was signigicantly more humble than that of Joon — she simply wanted to kill the dragons rather than control them. The two shot each other with Ankka ending up victorious.
Act 3[edit]
After forcing all six domains of magic into Soo-Won to bring forth the Void, Ankka set out to find a working portal device to take her and the remaining Aetherblades back into the Mists in an attempt to survive the coming destruction of the world. While searching for salvageable jadetech to use, the Aetherblades detected a functioning portal device on Sayida the Sly's airship. However, the Commander reached Sayida first, and Dragon's Watch formulated a plan to ambush Ankka using the airship as bait. Despite finding out that it was bait, Ankka needed the device and attacked Dragon's Watch anyway.
After a confrontation with the Pact Commander, and fully tapping into the Void's power through her modified Harbinger magic, Ankka was defeated and killed. As one last spite against the Commander, she rigged her extractor to explode, preventing them from obtaining a critical piece in preventing the Void's outbreak.
Legacy[edit]
While visiting Amnytas, the Pact Commander met Healer Krys, a member of the Astral Ward, who explained to them that the Astral Ward had had a debate about Ankka and her disregard of morals and ethics. While some members had argued for the Ward's involvement during the Void crisis considering the near death state of Soo-Won and the unpredictable future the world faced as a result, it was ultimately decided against by their leaders Isgarren and Lyhr, two wizards from the Wizard's Court, as a chase for Ankka through the Mists would have taken too much power and potential casualties. However, there had been a caveat that should Ankka ever find her way into the Wizard's Court bank of created fractals, the Ward would intervene to prevent a massacre on similar scale she had wrought on the naturally forming ones and its denizens.
Locations[edit]
Story involvement[edit]
End of Dragons[edit]
- Act 1
- Old Friends
- Your Kind of People (voice only)
- Act 2
- Act 3
- To Catch a Spider (voice only)
- Empty
Combat abilities[edit]
Strike Mission skills[edit]
- Primary article: Strike Mission: Xunlai Jade Junkyard#Walkthrough
- Abilities
- Poisons
- Torments
- Inflicts Hallucinations
- Behavior
- Applies
Debilitating Void
- Effects
Necrotic Ritual - Protected from damage during the ritual.
Power of the Void - Damage and defense increased by 25% per stack. Attacks apply a 50% healing reduction. (Challenge Mode)
Enraged - ... (Challenge Mode)
- Skills
- Death's Embrace - Ankka pulls targets into Void-touched ground, dealing heavy damage over time.
- Death's Hand - A giant necrotic claw bursts from the ground underneath its target, dealing significant damage.
- Embalming Barrage - A barrage of pistol attacks that inflict poison.
- Embalming Shot - A pistol attack that inflicts poison.
- Grasping Horror - Grasping arms attack nearby targets, inflicting poison and torment.
- Hallucinating Shot - A special pistol attack loaded with Ankka's powerful hallucinogens.
- Hallucinating Shot (no skill recharge) - A special pistol attack loaded with Ankka's powerful hallucinogens.
- Imminent Death - A burst of necrotic energy. Causes instant death if it hits a target twice in quick succession.
- Stolen skills
- Blessing Seed
- Detonate Plasma
- Drink Ambrosia
- Soul Stone Venom
- Time in a Bottle
- Throw Cursed Artifact
- Throw Magnetic Bomb
- Throw Unstable Reagent
Story skills[edit]
Gallery[edit]
- Screenshots
Captain Mai Trin and Ankka watching Aurene fly by in the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons expansion trailer.
Ankka in Kurzick ruins in the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Gameplay Features trailer.
Ankka smirks.
Ankka's hologram.
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- Concept art
Empty loading screen with Ankka.
Concept art by DAZE.
Concept art by DAZE.
Related achievements[edit]
End of Dragons: Act 1: Bloodhound — Hunt down every lead in the Aetherblade investigation. (3
)- End of Dragons: Act 1: Log Date 1331 — Find the abandoned recording device. (1)
End of Dragons: Act 3: Evolution within Decay — Find Ankka's old journal. (1)- End of Dragons: Act 3: Boarding Party — Attempted to Board an Aetherblade Ship (0
) - End of Dragons: Act 3: Quiet Death — Defeat the chapter boss in the alloted time. (1)
- End of Dragons: Act 3: Things Were Different Back Then — Find a record of Ankka's early days. (1)
- End of Dragons: Act 3: Unruffled — Defeat the chapter boss without being downed. (1)
End of Dragons: Gaze into the Void — In the Xunlai Jade Junkyard Strike Mission with challenge mode active, defeat Ankka while she has 6 or more stacks of Power of the Void. (5
)- End of Dragons: Legendary Xunlai Jade Junkyard — Complete the Xunlai Jade Junkyard Strike Mission with challenge mode active. (5)
- End of Dragons: Undevoured — Complete the Xunlai Jade Junkyard Strike Mission without taking damage from Devouring Void while challenge mode is active. (5)
- End of Dragons: Weekly Cantha Strikes — Complete 4 unique Canthan strike within a week. (0
) - End of Dragons: Xunlai Jade Junkyard — Complete the Xunlai Jade Junkyard Strike Mission. (5
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Crushing Weight: 
Notes on Wildlife Corruption — As a ranger, complete the Ankka story instance or strike.- Percussive Maintenance: Notes on Jade Tech — As an engineer, complete the Ankka story instance or strike.
- Possession: Notes on Shadow Magic — As a thief, defeat Ankka in the End of Dragons story instance or strike mission.
Trivia[edit]
- Ankka is voiced by Sarah Sokolovic.[4]
- Ankka means 'duck' in Finnish.
- Younger versions of Ankka and Gorrik were retroactively added to the Thaumanova Reactor Fractal in the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons release.
- Ankka has heterochromia, as her right eye is blue, and her left is pink. Other story characters with heterochromia include Halvora Snapdagger and Torga Desertgrave.
See also[edit]
- Associated items
