Eye of the North

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The Eye of the North is a huge tower of unknown architecture in a remote area of the Far Shiverpeaks. It has a large base in which there is a large amount of space, topped with a breathtaking hollow spire, the uppermost bit of which appears to be broken off. One of its rooms is the Hall of Monuments, which is filled with commemorations of the deeds of a long-dead hero.

Although most races of Tyria instinctively avoid it (save for the Centaurs, who are strangely drawn to it), the Ebon Vanguard once made the Eye as their base of operations when striking out at the Charr Homelands. Since then, the minions of the dragon of ice (known to fans as "Drakkar") have driven out most of the creatures in that region of the Shiverpeaks, the Vanguard with them. The Eye of the North stands alone: isolated, abandoned, forgotten. But most of all, it stands ready.