Councillor Ludo
Councillor Ludo
- Race
- Asura
- Profession
- Mesmer
- Rank
- Normal
Legendary - Location
- Council Level
(Rata Sum)
Rata Novus
(Rata Novus) - Organization
- Arcane Council
Tyrian Alliance
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Councillor Ludo, sister of Councillor Zudo, is a member of the Arcane Council. She is the Dean of the College of Statics, specializing in the mesmeric arts.
Biography[edit]
Personal story[edit]
Living World Season 3[edit]
The Icebrood Saga[edit]
Following the Elder Dragon Jormag's awakening in 1333 AE, the Ice Dragon's champion Ryland Steelcatcher approached the Arcane Council with an offer to exchange knowledge and collaborate with the asura to defeat Primordus, Jormag's enemy, for good as the Fire Dragon's rise was inevitable. Ludo and the rest of the Council agreed to Jormag's terms and saw the truce as logical in order to finally destroy the Fire Dragon which had driven asuran ancestors from the Depths of Tyria centuries ago.
By the time the Pact Commander, Braham Eirsson and Rytlock Brimstone arrived at Rata Sum, they witnessed Ryland having a discussion with Ludo's sister Zudo and Councilor Vark. Zudo was the first to welcome the Commander to the city and introduced them to Ryland. When the Commander questioned why Ryland, who had helped Jormag awaken, was allowed in the asuran capital, Vark pointed out that Ryland's actions in the charr civil war at the Drizzlewood Coast did not concern the asura and that it was more important to focus on Primordus who was sure to rise again in Jormag's wake. Zudo backed up her fellow councillor's statement by mentioning that the Council was focused on the present and the future and that Jormag could be reasoned with. The Council believed that an alliance against a common enemy was logical and that the Commander should recognize the value of such an arrangement against the destructive Fire Dragon.
Vark, Zudo and her sister Ludo attended Taimi's briefing at the Advanced Metamystics Lab alongside the Commander, Rytlock and Ryland. Taimi explained that she had been using her network to track the recent earthquakes happening throughout Tyria although she was unsure if all of it was related to Primordus or movements of ley energy. Vark found Taimi's findings odd, though, as the Council had never seen any activity that far below the crust.
Suddenly, Taimi's readings indicated activity beneath Rata Sum. As if on cue, the city was invaded by Primordus's destroyers which proved to be stronger than previous destroyer generations. Ludo fought alongside the rest of the Arcane Council, Ryland's Frost Legion, Braham, Rytlock, Taimi and the Commander and forced the destroyers into retreat once they had felled the destroyer lieutenant leading the invasion force. As soon as the battle had concluded, her sister Zudo ordered the destroyer corpses to be studied so the asura could catalogue their evolutionary discrepancies and identify any weaknesses.
Ludo would eventually learn what Taimi and Gorrik had told Councillors Vark and Haia about their latest findings on Primordus in the wake of the destroyer attacks throughout Tyria: Kralkatorrik's death had amplified a feedback loop between Primordus and destroyers so that each of them strengthened the other in preparation for Primordus's rise.[1]
The Arcane Council's commitment to helping the Frost Legion with Primordus research ended up giving Jormag the upper hand in the conflict, and it was costing lives. To deprive Primordus of magic in the ever escalating arms race, Jormag began trapping innocents throughout Tyria in ice as the Frozen to both leech on their magic and preserving them for a future fight against the Fire Dragon, while destroyer attacks became more furious as a result. Realizing the suffering caused by the Ice Dragon's actions, the Council began bickering, trying to deflect the blame for their part in helping Jormag and framed it as all in service of protecting themselves from Primordus's threat. In a meeting with the Elder Dragon Aurene in 1334 AE, Councilor Vark acted as the Arcane Council's representative and voiced the Council's disagreement with the creation of the Frozen as they had never intended events to escalate as much as they had done. With the Council's data, the Pact's tacticians pinpointed a ley line nexus at Anvil Rock and decided to use Aurene's help to lure both rival Elder Dragons there to finish them off at the same time before their conflict would destroy Tyria.[2]
Following the deaths of Jormag and Primordus in a clash at Anvil Rock, the Arcane Council took credit of contributing to the victory with their research.[3] In subsequent weeks, the Council began fulfilling all of Taimi and Gorrik's resource requests for their study on the magic that the two Elder Dragons' demise had unleashed. Primordus's death had skyrocketed the council's approval metrics, and Gorrik surmised that their help with the magic research could be from guilt, or just spreading the wealth.[4]
Janthir Wilds[edit]
In 1337 AE, Ludo acted as the Arcane Council's emissary and attended a meeting with various faction leaders from across the known world with the intent to form a Tyrian Alliance.
Locations[edit]
Story involvement[edit]
Personal story[edit]
- Chapter 1: Experiments Gone Wrong
- Chapter 2: Interested Parties
- Chapter 3: Rescue Researcher
Living World Season 3[edit]
- Episode 1: Out of the Shadows
- Episode 2: Rising Flames
The Icebrood Saga[edit]
- Episode 5: Champions
Janthir Wilds story[edit]
Dialogue[edit]
- Hello, there. I was just filling my sister Zudo here in on our latest interminable Council meeting.
Tell me, what did I miss?
- It was the usual filibustering over project approvals, before Yahk proposed deferring responsibility to the Inquest, also as usual.
- Councilor Yahk got away with proposing something like that?
- Of course! It was a large weight off our shoulders. We've all long since wearied of our own endless gridlock.
- Isn't project evaluation the main business of the Arcane Council? (Same as "What holds up these project approvals?" below)
- Why can't the Council agree on any project approvals? (Same as "What's your role on the Council?" below)
- What's your role on the Council? (Same as "What's your role on the Council?" below)
That's terrible.
- What holds up these project approvals?
- Inevitably, most prove too newfangled or unorthodox for our elder members, like old Phlunt here.
- Isn't project evaluation your main business? (Same as "And do you enjoy your work on the Arcane Council?" below)
- What's your role on the Council? (Same as "What's your role on the Council?" below)
- That's terrible.
- What's your role on the Council? (Same as "What's your role on the Council?" below)
- That's... distressing.
- What's your role on the Council?
- Councillor Zudo: Are you asking me, or my sister?
- I'm sorry, I was addressing you.
- Councillor Ludo: I'm Ludo, Dean of the College of Statics and an adept of the mesmeric arts.
- And what about your lovely sister, here? (Same as "I meant the other of you" below)
- And do you enjoy your work on the Arcane Council?
- None of us really wants to be on the Council. We're the ones left to obsess over minutia while everyone else explores the world.
- I'm sorry to hear that you feel that way.
- A pleasure to meet you.
- I meant the other of you.
- Councillor Zudo: I'm Zudo, Dean of the College of Dynamics, specializing in the necromantic arts.
- And what about your delightful sister, here? (Same as "I'm sorry, I was addressing you." above)
- And do you enjoy your work on the Arcane Council? (Same as above)
- I'm honored to know you.
- Never mind. Carry on.
- Pardon my interruption, then.
Quotes[edit]
- Greets
- Do you work for me?
- Salutations.
- Fascinating.
- We all have a place in the Eternal Alchemy. Even you.
- Excelsior.
Gallery[edit]
Ludo attends the meeting of the Tyrian Alliance.
Notes[edit]
- Councillor Ludo has the legendary rank during the Janthir Wilds storyline.
References[edit]
- ^ Jormag's World
- Councilor Haia: Defeating Primordus will take more than just a Pact. Or its commander.
- Councilor Vark: Information is more precious than munitions in this war. Jormag's champion came to receive it. As have you, I imagine.
- Taimi: That link we discovered between the destroyers and Primordus? A feedback loop, amplified by Kralk's death.
- Gorrik: Destroyers burn more, Primordus gets stronger, destroyers get more rabid. The effect is exponential.
- Gorrik: With Ryland's help, we've identified and measured the ice dragon's cumulative power, versus that of the fire dragon.
- Taimi: Jormag and Primordus are polar opposites; the scales should be level. But they're not—not anymore. Fire is winning.
- Gorrik: We need to find a way to cut Primordus off from the flow, or reverse it back to the destroyers.
- Councilor Haia: Or boost Jormag's power to level the field again.
- ^ Dragonstorm
- Aurene: Champion, the Arcane Councilor has arrived. They've reconsidered aligning with Jormag; they're willing to work with us. Come quickly.
- Councilor Vark: Make no mistake: Primordus's death is our priority. Our intention was never to contribute to the...atrocity of the Frozen.
- <Character name>: We've all made mistakes. We just can't make any more.
- Taimi: Commander! We have a plan! Or the beginnings of one. First, Braham and the Spirits of the Wild did help even the odds.
- Councilor Vark: Fire and ice forces are clashing with increasing frequency. The death toll is staggering. It will only get worse. [...]
- Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir: With the Arcane Council's data, our tacticians have pinpointed a ley-line nexus with increased dragon minion activity. We'll engage the minions to hopefully draw out the Elder Dragon champions. [...]
- Story journal: I walked in to find members of the Arcane Council bickering over the current situation, trying to deflect the blame for their Elder Dragon research resulting in Jormag getting the upper hand. They framed it as all in service of protecting themselves from the fire dragon threat, but anyone who was paying attention knew that their plan would cause collateral damage. Both Ryland and Braham had been wreaking havoc around Tyria. The loss of life was incalculable.
- ^ Champion's End
- Councillor Phlunt: As I predicted, Primordus is now off the table, so to speak, and my forebears avenged. And it wouldn't have been possible without asuran research and support!
- ^ Gorrik dialogue at Eye of the North
