Voices beyond the Veil

Voices beyond the Veil

Year

1336 AE

Storyline

Secrets of the Obscure

Chapter

Voices beyond the Veil

Location

Skywatch Archipelago
(Horn of Maguuma)

Level

80

Preceded by

Mother of Stars

Followed by

The Missing Facet

API

686

Voices beyond the Veil is the fourth chapter of the Secrets of the Obscure story.

Objectives

Keep working with the Astral Ward in Skywatch Archipelago.

• Return to the Rift Hunters' makeshift camp at the Beacon of Ages.
• Check in on Dagda.
• Speak to Frode.
• Meet with Rian to get more targets.
• (Optional) Speak with R'tchikk and Gladium.

Help the Astral Ward deal with threats across Tyria.

• (Continue using the Heart to track and close rifts.)
• Continue Tracking and Closing Rifts with the Heart
  

Regroup with the Astral Ward at the Beacon of Ages.

• Return to the Rift Hunters' makeshift camp at the Beacon of Ages.
• Make plans with your allies.

Rewards

First Time

• Bag of Loot (3)
• Deluxe Gear Box
• Tale of Adventure

Replay

• Tale of Adventure (5) (once per day)

Walkthrough

Follow the story markers to listen to various dialogues.

During the "Help the Astral Ward deal with threats across Tyria" section, participate in rift hunting events in Skywatch Archipelago until the progress bar is completely filled. You will need four full rift events to complete this section. Use "scan for rift" function under mastery skills (located beneath "swap weapon sets").

Go back to the Beacon of Ages Command Center to listen to the final dialogue and finish the story chapter.

Achievements

Voices beyond the Veil	Secrets of the Obscure: Act 2	1  1
Continue working with the Rift Hunters.Journal: Voices beyond the Veil Reward: Stash of Astral Coins	Completed "Voices beyond the Veil"	1

• Complete the story mission.

NPCs

Allies

Charr

• Gladium

Demons

• Peitha / Strange Voice (at the beginning) (voice only)
• Strange Voice (Eparch) (later, during Rift Hunting) (voice only)

Humans

• First Hunter Rian

Jotun

• Dagda

Norn

• Frode

Skritt

• R'tchikk

Dialogue

On exiting the previous story instance

Strange Voice: You're breathing. That's good

<Character name>: And you're still here. Am I possessed?

Strange Voice: No. You are not.

<Character name>: Then who are you?

Strange Voice: Peitha.

<Character name>: And what do you want, Peitha?

<Character name>: Now you choose silence.

Speaking to Dagda

<Character name>: I see you're on your feet.

Dagda: That I am.

Zojja: I think we're ready for some proper introductions. Dagda, Commander. Commander, Dagda.

Zojja: She helped Mabon heal me when I first got here. You should have seen me. I was a mess...

<Character name>: Dagda.

Dagda: Commander. I apologize for my hostility at our first meeting.

<Character name>: I understand—

Dagda: You did not deserve my ire, but I maintain my caution. We don't know you.

<Character name>: I was pulled into that rift. I'm happy to help Zojja—to help you—but this was not my choice.

Dagda: Nor was it mine.

Zojja: Okay, we're still feeling grumpy.

Zojja: Let's not get distracted from the end goal here: to stop the Kryptis. And, well, we need all the help we can get.

Dagda: This is true.

Zojja: Frode was looking for you, Commander. Why don't you track him down?

After leaving the infirmary

Peitha: Does that make you angry?

<Character name>: Does what make me angry?

Peitha: The fact that everyone doesn't immediately bathe in your excellence.

<Character name>: They don't know me. Neither do you.

Peitha: But I'm starting to, and I don't think you liked that very much.

Approaching Frode

R'tchikk: R'tchikk is terribly concerned with Lyhr's...pardon R'tchikk, but Lyhr's stuffiness.

Gladium: (gestures)

R'tchikk: Gladium agrees with skritt.

Frode: Dagda's doing better. If I were still a shaman, I'd owe you a blessing.

<Character name>: Oh, I saw. Still less than thrilled to see me.

Frode: Dagda's incredibly protective the Astral Ward. Like I said, she'll come around. Eventually.

R'tchikk: This is...the commander?

R'tchikk: Oh, R'tchikk is at your service. Skritt is a big fan of your work. Big fan.

Frode: This is R'tchikk and Gladium, two of my scouts. I've currently tasked them with tracking Lyhr.

R'tchikk: Both of them!

Frode: We know that the Facet of Emotion is working with Mabon to break down the tower's defenses, but his other half is...

R'tchikk: Not counted for. Glade has an ominous feeling...

Gladium: (gestures)

Frode: As do I. But there are still Kryptis feeding on the fractals and their inhabitants.

Frode: If we don't help them, we treat them no better than dolyaks.

Frode: Commander, frankly I could just use your help in the field. The Rift Hunters and my scouts have their hands full.

<Character name>: I'll check with Rian, see what the hunters need.

Talking to R'tchikk

R'tchikk: R'tchikk and Gladium are very honored to work alongside the esteemed Pact commander.

<Character name>: The title might be a little dated, but I appreciate the sentiment.

R'tchikk: Oh, R'tchikk could write ballads of your glory. Truly. Gladium too—

Gladium: (bows)

R'tchikk: R'tchikk presents Gladium! She is my oldest companion. R'tchikk can read her movements.

R'tchikk: Gladium cannot speak, or hear skritt very well for that matter. The legions...were not kind to her.

R'tchikk: But Gladium is as strong and intelligent as the commander.

Gladium: (gestures)

<Character name>: It's good to meet you both.

R'tchikk: As R'tchikk and Gladium are glad to meet you.

Talking to R'tchikk again

To be honest, this isn't the first time Lyhr has split into two only for one of his halves to run away... It's quite frustrating, if skritt can be open.

Sounds frustrating. I'd love to know more about that ability, though.

Oh, of course! R'tchikk would love to better educate the commander on all things Astral Ward! A few of the wizards have some mystical powers that set them apart from the rest.

And Lyhr's allows him to split his consciousness in two?

Correct! Just as Dagda channels the stars, and Isgarren and Waiting Sorrow formed the fractals together. Mabon... Mabon is more of a mystery to skritt. It may very well be his empathy.

I supposed Lyhr's ability is especially helpful against the Kryptis.

R'tchikk agrees. It keeps him from being fully overwhelmed. It also makes for some very...colorful debate halls. He's been known to argue with himself on the stand. Glade witnessed this firsthand.

That certainly sounds exciting. Thanks, R'tchikk and Glade.

Talking to First Hunter Rian

First Hunter Rian: You've returned. I'm sure I speak for all the hunters when I say job well done.

<Character name>: I had a lot of help from Zojja, but thank you. Frode made it sound like things might be urgent...

First Hunter Rian: Dagda may be back on our side, but the Kryptis have stepped up their efforts. Let me show you.

First Hunter Rian: Rifts are an immediate threat here around the archipelago, but as you've witnessed firsthand, they're also appearing all across Tyria. I can show you where our scouts have been tracking rift activity.

Show me where the rifts are. I'll help wherever I'm able. (This opens the Weekly Rift Hunting achievement category.)

I'll check back in with you later.

Approaching the first rift

<Character name>: Do you expect me to trust you right away, Peitha?

Peitha: Would that be so bad?

<Character name>: If I'm about to rip off my own flesh and turn into a Kryptis, then yes.

Peitha: The wizards are reactive creatures. They scare easily. Tell them, and it could end badly for both of us.

Peitha: I'd keep me under your hat, for now. Get to know me a little before doing anything severe.

Peitha: Just watch out for nosebleeds. That might be a bad sign.

At 25% progress

R'tchikk: Commander? Can you hear me? Oh, skritt hopes this works...

<Character name>: R'tchikk? Is that you?

R'tchikk: Ah, yes! Good, very good. R'tchikk isn't very familiar with modern technology.

R'tchikk: Thank the magnificent shiny that Ms. Uenno was able to connect your device to our astral frequency...

R'tchikk: Gladium and I are still tracking Lyhr, but we will contact you as soon as we've located him.

At 50% progress

R'tchikk: The Facet of Emotion, who R'tchikk likes to call "Good Lyhr," doesn't have a good sense of where his other half is.

R'tchikk: Once we've accounted for both, the commander can assist R'tchikk and Gladium in sealing him back together!

At 75% progress

Strange Voice: You can run. Hide.

Strange Voice: But your fear. It smells exactly as I remember. Isgarren.

<Character name>: (groans)

Peitha: Steady. Breathe. Breathe.

<Character name>: Who was...who was that?

Peitha: The Midnight King.

<Character name>: Eparch?

Peitha: Brave of you to say that so loudly. He hunts. Though, not for you. Yet.

After the progress bar is filled from participating in rift events

R'tchikk: Good news, Commander. Gladium caught Lyhr's trail.

R'tchikk: Well, BAD Lyhr's trail. Meet skritt at the Beacon of Ages, and we'll build a plan.

On return to the command center

R'tchikk: Commander! Just in time for R'tchikk's battle plan.

R'tchikk: Mabon and Good Lyhr are working to unlock the Wizard's Tower. Mabon has requested the commander's assistance.

R'tchikk: Once Mabon and Good Lyhr have forged a key, we can access the Wizard's Tower.

Gladium: (gestures)

R'tchikk: Right, Glade. That's where we think Bad Lyhr is hiding. How he got in, skritt does not know.

Frode: Uenno and I will hold the line here in the interim, but we'll join you when it's time to recapture the tower.

R'tchikk: How does that sound to you, Commander?

<Character name>: I still have a lot to learn about...well, all of this. But I'll join you in that fight.

R'tchikk: Oh, R'tchikk is honored.

Frode: I'll ready the Astral Ward.

Zojja: I'll let Mabon know that we're moving.

Frode: Anything come from that distress call, Dagda?

Dagda: Did you hear about Alm?

Frode: No, what happened?

Dagda: Taken over by one of the beasts. Stuck a knife into his thigh during supper. Got there before he could cut anyone's throat.

Zojja: Almost did, though. They had him cornered for an hour before we got there...

Dagda: I took him to the Beacon of Ages. He'll stay behind a locked door until we know if he's going to be a problem.

Frode: Probably for the best, so long as he can't hurt himself...

Peitha: And that's why we need to be careful.

My story

“ While Dagda—who still bristles whenever I get near—focused on recovery, I helped Rian take down more Kryptis throughout the archipelago. With Dagda cleansed and almost battle ready, our next major goal is helping Lyhr track down his other half. Apparently—and I'm writing this out simply to make sure I understand the very concept—he can split his consciousness into two. A wild tactic that allows him to better protect himself from Kryptis possession. Even if one half is compromised and currently missing, at least the other is ready and able to help. Not only are they nearly immortal, but the wizards possess unique, magical abilities unlike anything I've encountered (and maybe I'm glad I haven't). While I lingered at camp, Frode introduced me to two more members of the Astral Ward who would be aiding us in the days to come: R'tchikk, a shockingly eloquent skritt, and Gladium, a former member of the charr legions. R'tchikk possessed a deep admiration for my past accomplishments, giving me at least one proper ally in this mystical, unknown facet of the world. She and Glade were a welcome distraction, and maybe the warmest introductions I've had since arriving. I headed back into the wizards' "fractals" to track down rifts and search for evidence of "Bad Lyhr" (aptly titled by R'tchikk to denote the dwarf's crankier half) while the rest of the team made plans for us to push toward the Wizard's Tower—that march being our next objective. While I was navigating the islands, however, a voice, which didn't belong to Peitha, rang in my head and froze me in place. It belonged to a Kryptis named Eparch, the "Midnight King," and he's on the hunt for Isgarren. The voice was so menacing that even Peitha stirred. Her words quickly overcame his and pushed him aside. She warned me of speaking his name too loudly for fear of attracting Eparch's gaze. Once again, and maybe against my better judgment, I think I'll listen to her. *** R'tchikk beckoned me back to camp, where the entire group was steeling themselves for our march on the Wizard's Tower. "Bad Lyhr" had been located, but we had a hell of a fight ahead of us to retrieve him. "Good Lyhr" (his kinder half) and Mabon would need to forge a key to disable the tower's defense mechanisms. Just as the group was preparing to depart, Frode turned to Dagda to inquire about a distress call that she and Zojja responded to in my absence. Another Astral Ward member had been possessed, and the result was dire—Dagda had to confine him to a prison cell to isolate the threat, but not before he'd managed to stab himself in the thigh. Peitha took the opportunity to remind me of my place in this world: a stranger in an unfamiliar place, with few friends. Should I reveal my...connection to Peitha, Dagda, with whom I'm already on dicey terms, may cut me down before I have a chance to explain. There is no rationalizing my predicament with a task force solely dedicated to fighting a demonic enemy. At this point, I don't know what Peitha wants. But I'm fairly certain she doesn't want me dead, otherwise I wouldn't be alive to record my thoughts here. — My story

Notes

Anomaly:

While the objectives state "Help the Astral Ward deal with threats across Tyria", ONLY closing rifts in the Skywatch Archipelago will progress the story.

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Secrets of the Obscure storyline

Act 1	Prologue: Uncertain Times → Commander without a Cause → Hell Breaks Loose → Mother of Stars
Act 2	Voices beyond the Veil → The Missing Facet → Tower of Secrets → Mabon's Fate
Act 3	Into the Obscure → The World Spire → Treachery
Through the Veil	Duress → The Survivors → Heitor's Gate
The Realm of Dreams	The War Council → Forced Hand → Eventide's March
The Midnight King	Desperate Measures → The Eleventh Hour → Sovereign of Nayos
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