The Warclaw
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This article is about the book. For other uses, see Warclaw (disambiguation).
“Double-click to read. Can be repurchased from Elvie the Warclaw Tender.
— In-game description
The Warclaw is a book about the nature of the Warclaw.
Acquisition[edit]
Sold by[edit]
- Additional copies can be bought only after acquiring this item.
| Vendor | Area | Zone | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elvie the Warclaw Tender
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Eternal Battlegrounds Blue Alpine Borderlands Green Alpine Borderlands Red Desert Borderlands Armistice Bastion |
Requires the achievement Savage Scholar. Limit 1 per account. |
Achievements[edit]
 Savage Scholar
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World vs World Warclaw | 4
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|---|---|---|
Collect pages of "The Warclaw" book.
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Collected 1 Book Page | 1
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| Collected 4 Book Pages | 1
| |
| Collected 8 Book Pages | 2
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- Interact with various scraps of paper scattered throughout the Eternal Battlegrounds to read their contents for the Savage Scholar collection. The complete book is awarded after interacting with all the scraps.
Text[edit]
- "The Warclaw, or: On the Nature of Magical Mists-Born Constructs" by Farris Goodwyn.
Rules of the Mists
- For as unpredictable as the Mists can be to the unseasoned scholar, their mysteries only exist as elements of a greater natural mechanism.
- Continue reading.
- So while it seems there is nothing but randomness and chaos within the Mists, everything therein must obey a base set of rules.
- Continue reading.
- Priory scholars don't fully understand how these rules function, which is why new discoveries like the warclaw can still upend years of scientific theory.
Back.
- Fractal State
- Warriors of all backgrounds have been venturing into the Mists for centuries to participate in a never-ending cycle of conquest colloquially known as the Mist Wars.
- Continue reading.
- We have long believed that these battlegrounds exist in a repetitious "fractal state." This term was coined by the asuran Mistlock Observatory, which is itself trapped within in a fractal state.
- Continue reading.
- (We are aware of the irony, although they may not be.)
- Continue reading.
- One of the chief characteristics of a fractal is its impermanence. Events eventually reset to a default origin state regardless of actions taken therein.
- Continue reading.
- The second chief characteristic is that subjects of a fractal cannot be removed from their environment just as a reflection cannot be removed from a mirror.
- Back.
- Mysterious Armor
- Needless to say, we were surprised when one of our Priory expeditions encountered an as of yet undiscovered piece of cavalry armor during a routine survey.
- Continue reading.
- The materials used in the armor's construction appeared Tyrian, but its style seemed to correspond to several cultures throughout different points in Tyria's history.
- Continue reading.
- Quite simply, there was no singular match—and our instruments indicated there was a greater mystery to the armor than its origin.
- Back.
- Reunited
- When tested, the armor gave off a strange magical signature that even our most accomplished analysts were unable to identify.
- Continue reading.
- But as the expedition team recovered additional matching pieces, they hypothesized that bringing all pieces together might reveal the nature of the entity the armor was meant to protect.
- Continue reading.
- They were correct, of course.
- Continue reading.
- When reunited, the pieces bound themselves together and the energy therein appeared to coalesce into its physical form: an enormous armored cat.
- Continue reading.
- We were quite terrified. It's not every day that a gigantic apex predator materializes in front of you.
- Back.
- Warclaw
- The beast could have easily ripped out our throats, but it instead deferred to the scholar who had assembled the armor.
- Continue reading.
- It imprinted on him, so it seemed only fitting that he be the one to name his discovery.
- Continue reading.
- Warclaw, he called it.
- Back.
- Spirit of the Armor
- The Priory has determined that the method of a warclaw's manifestation has some similarities to other well-documented creatures, such as the djinn sand jackals of Elona, the Exalted, and the Forged.
- Continue reading.
- The warclaw's armor appears to operate in a similar fashion, with the animal's spirit permanently bound to it.
- Continue reading.
- Assembling the armor allows the creature to manifest, and disassembling it will disperse the spirit back into its inert form.
- Continue reading.
- Whoever assembles the armor becomes bonded with that warclaw, although this process doesn't appear to be magical in nature.
- Continue reading.
- Warclaws display genuine affection for those who liberate them from their inert state, even though these creatures were clearly created for one purpose: combat.
- Continue reading.
- And they live for it.
- Back.
- Further Studies
- There are many additional questions we seek to answer, but these scientific pursuits have been delayed for a time as we seek to obtain our own warclaws for further study.
- Continue reading.
- Should the opportunity arise, the Priory highly recommends traversing the Mists to acquire a full set of this magical armor.
- Continue reading.
- Both Tyria and the Mists are filled with surprises that defy our most informed expectations—but it's difficult to be upset about that with a loyal warclaw at your side.
- Back.
Close the book.
Trivia[edit]
- Alex Kain wrote the narrative of the Warclaw collection.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tweet by Alex Kain, Twitter.com
