Dagda

Dagda

Race

Jotun

Level

80

Rank

Legendary

Location

Lonely Tower Fractal
(Fractals of the Mists)
Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory
(Skywatch Archipelago)

Organization

Wizard's Court

Dagda is a jotun member of the Wizard's Court and the leader of the Bastion of the Celestial.

Biography

Early years

Dagda grew up after the fall of jotun society and the era of magic sometime before 716 AE. Her mother was Nuada, one of the few female chieftains in jotun history, who had immense magic powers like Dagda herself. Fearing Nuada's magical powers, other jotun killed her and most of Dagda's family; Dagda herself would have been killed as well, but was kept alive due to her age and likely to preserve her family's genetics for future generations, leaving her to be used as a tool by her tribe. She was rescued by Waiting Sorrow and Mabon, who were tracking migrations south caused by a new dragon champion of Jormag.

Dagda became apprentice to Waiting Sorrow, and eventually became a Wizard under her tutelage. During this time, she and Waiting Sorrow became very close, to the point Waiting Sorrow considered her a sister and closest thing to a soulmate she needed. Despite the Bastions of the Natural and the Obscure having no leading Wizard, Dagda refrained from taking such positions for years, but eventually took over the Bastion of the Celestial some time after Waiting Sorrow left the Wizard's Court.

Locations

The Mists

• Fractals of the Mists
  • Lonely Tower Fractal

Horn of Maguuma

• Skywatch Archipelago
  • Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory

• Amnytas
  • The World Spire (During related events only)
• The Wizard's Tower
  • Dagda's Quarters

Story involvement

Secrets of the Obscure story

• Act I
  • Mother of Stars

• Act II
  • Voices beyond the Veil
  • The Missing Facet
  • Tower of Secrets
  • Mabon's Fate

• Act III
  • The World Spire
  • Treachery

• Through the Veil
  • Duress

Janthir Wilds story

• Act II
  • Sorrow in These Halls

Events involvement

[Group Event] Defeat the Tentacle of Nourys and close the rift (80)

[Group Event] Defeat Nourys, the Eyes of the Abyss (80)

[Group Event] Help Dagda get the celestial pylons operational (80)

[Group Event] Defend Dagda while she recalibrates the deposits (80)

[Group Event] Help Dagda restore functionality to the control room (80)

[Group Event] Defeat Eparch, the Consumed King (80)

Combat abilities

Mother of Stars

Effects

(unlocked when casting Planet Crash)

•  Kryptis-Possessed - This being is possessed by a Kryptis.

Skills

• Planet Crash - Channel a celestial body to crush your enemies. Interrupting the channel will weaken this attack.
• Rain of Comets - Cover half of the platform with a rain of comets.
• Spinning Nebula - Stay in-place or teleport, then channel a whirlwind melee attack that fires out cosmic projectiles.
• Strike - Strike your foe.
  • Vengeful Strike - Follow-up with another strike.
    • Starburst - Conclude with a sword wave projectile.

Stolen skills

•   Blessing Seed
•   Detonate Plasma
•   Drink Ambrosia
•   Soul Stone Venom
•   Throw Cursed Artifact
•   Throw Magnetic Bomb
•   Throw Unstable Reagent
•   Time in a Bottle

Strike Mission: Cosmic Observatory

Abilities

• Wizard of the Stars

Effects

(unlocked when casting Planet Crash)

Skills

• Charging Constellation (challenge mode only) - Dagda fires a constellation at targets in sequential order. This constellation explodes on impact, dealing significant damage and applying extreme vulnerability to targets in an area. Targets with extreme vulnerability take significant damage from this attack.
• Demonic Blast - Fires a wave of diffractive energy, damaging foes in its path.
• Demonic Fever - Weaves dangerous elemental energies to heavily damage nearby foes.
• Meteor Crash (challenge mode only) - Deadly attack focused on a single player. Multiple allies can take damage from this attack in order to prevent instant death.
• Planet Crash - Channel a celestial body to crush your enemies. Interrupting the channel will weaken this attack.
• Planet Crash (challenge mode only) - Channel a celestial body to crush your enemies and instantly defeat them. Interrupting the channel will weaken this attack.
• Rain of Comets - Cover half of the platform with a rain of comets.
• Spinning Nebula - Stay in-place or teleport, then channel a whirlwind melee attack that fires out cosmic projectiles.
• Strike - Strike your foe.
  • Vengeful Strike - Follow-up with another strike.
    • Starburst - Conclude with a sword wave projectile.

Stolen skills

•   Blessing Seed
•   Detonate Plasma
•   Drink Ambrosia
•   Soul Stone Venom
•   Throw Cursed Artifact
•   Throw Magnetic Bomb
•   Throw Unstable Reagent
•   Time in a Bottle

Open world

Effects

•  Stealth — Currently invisible. Ends if you deal damage. (In Amnytas, while south of the Astronomic Nexus Ring)

Dialogue

Speaking to her for the first time after Mother of Stars

The harbinger has come around for a chat. I...my tone. Apologies. I'm sorry, Wayfinder, but I'm currently focusing on fixing things.

I did have some questions...

And I don't have answers for you. You have free reign in the tower. Search, learn. You'll find a path.

Good luck with your work.

I'll leave you to your work.

Speaking to her after ???

Wayfinder. What can I help with?

Just some questions, if you don't mind.

There is still much to do, Wayfinder, but I will answer what I can.

Are you still feeling like helping Peitha was the right choice? (after completing Sovereign of Nayos)

Yes. Though it's early days for the new Midnight King. And given the conditions I saw in Nayos, it will likely take years for them to recover.

And how are you doing?

First Nourys, then Eparch... It'll likely take me years to recover, too.

I need to ask something else.

(chuckles) Fair enough.

Talk to you later, Dagda.

Can you tell me more about the jotun?

As you know, much of my personal history is obscured by mist and fog, but... I can tell you of my people. The jotun were...powerful.

I understand. Please go on.

We were once mighty, wielding mastery over primal magics... Tyria once likened us to the gods themselves in power alone. But despite these gifts, we butchered each other. Stifled our own...

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have time for another question?

How is Zojja holding up? (after Into the Obscure)^{[verification requested]}

She is tougher than she realizes, and she is exactly what the court needs right now. I ask that you not attempt to influence her decision. It must be hers and hers alone.

I won't, I promise. I do have more questions, though.

What are the court's next steps? (after ???)^{[verification requested]}

For now, we focus our efforts on the Kryptis. We're not yet safe, even within the tower's embrace. When this war is over, though, Isgarren has many questions to answer... If he survives.

I'll keep an eye out. Now, back to my other questions.

Thank you for your answers, Dagda. I'll let you get back to work.

Actually, I need to see to something.

In The Wizard's Tower after completing Sorrow's Lost

Dagda: Wayfinder. Still looking for the cards, I see.

<Character name>: I've found them all. What's next?

Dagda: I am... not unimpressed with you, Wayfinder.

Dagda: I was never as adept as she with these magics, but if you'd allow it... I could give you a reading?

<Character name>: I'd be honored.

Dagda: Four— five cards are whispering. The Satchel of Fate. The Stag and the Fiend. The Mirror.

Dagda: And... The Convoy.

Dagda: The Convoy enters while the Mirror reaches into the Satchel of Fate...

Dagda: The Stag faces a severe choice.

<Character name>: The Convoy card is blank...? Who is it?

Dagda: I think it might be...? No, take a look again.

Gallery

• 

  The Midnight King key art with Frode, Dagda, Pact Commander, and Peitha.

Trivia

• Dagda is voiced by Sharon Muthu.
• Dagda wears the Astral Scholar Outfit.
• Dagda's greatsword is Stellar Avenger.

Related achievements

• The Wizard's Tower: Sorrow's Lost — Locate each of the Oracle cards. (15)

See also

Associated items

• Mini Dagda
• Endless Wizard of the Celestial Combat Tonic
• Relic of Dagda