The Warclaw

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Disambig icon.png This article is about the book. For the mount, see Warclaw.

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The Warclaw

Item type
Gizmo
Rarity
Basic
Binding
Account Bound
Game link
API
90075

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 Elvie the Warclaw Tender  
 
 
 
 
Eternal Battlegrounds
Blue Alpine Borderlands
Green Alpine Borderlands
Red Desert Borderlands
Armistice Bastion
Requires the achievement Savage Scholar. Limit 1 per account.

Achievements[edit]

This achievement rewards items. Savage Scholar World vs World Warclaw 4Achievement points
Collect pages of "The Warclaw" book.
Reward: Operative's Creed.pngThe Warclaw

Collection
Collected 1 Book Page 1Achievement points
Collected 4 Book Pages 1Achievement points
Collected 8 Book Pages 2Achievement points

Text[edit]

"The Warclaw, or: On the Nature of Magical Mists-Born Constructs" by Farris Goodwyn.
Talk more option tango.png 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.
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So while it seems there is nothing but randomness and chaos within the Mists, everything therein must obey a base set of rules.
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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.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png 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.
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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.
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(We are aware of the irony, although they may not be.)
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One of the chief characteristics of a fractal is its impermanence. Events eventually reset to a default origin state regardless of actions taken therein.
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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.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png 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.
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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.
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Quite simply, there was no singular match—and our instruments indicated there was a greater mystery to the armor than its origin.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png Reunited
When tested, the armor gave off a strange magical signature that even our most accomplished analysts were unable to identify.
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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.
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They were correct, of course.
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When reunited, the pieces bound themselves together and the energy therein appeared to coalesce into its physical form: an enormous armored cat.
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We were quite terrified. It's not every day that a gigantic apex predator materializes in front of you.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png Warclaw
The beast could have easily ripped out our throats, but it instead deferred to the scholar who had assembled the armor.
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It imprinted on him, so it seemed only fitting that he be the one to name his discovery.
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Warclaw, he called it.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png 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.
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The warclaw's armor appears to operate in a similar fashion, with the animal's spirit permanently bound to it.
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Assembling the armor allows the creature to manifest, and disassembling it will disperse the spirit back into its inert form.
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Whoever assembles the armor becomes bonded with that warclaw, although this process doesn't appear to be magical in nature.
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Warclaws display genuine affection for those who liberate them from their inert state, even though these creatures were clearly created for one purpose: combat.
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And they live for it.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk more option tango.png 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.
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Should the opportunity arise, the Priory highly recommends traversing the Mists to acquire a full set of this magical armor.
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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.
Talk back option tango.png Back.
Talk end option tango.png Close the book.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tweet by Alex Kain, Twitter.com