High Speaker Jika

High Speaker Jika

Race

Human

Level

80

Rank

Elite

Location

Warden's Folly
(The Echovald Wilds)

Organization

Speakers

High Speaker Jika is one of Tetra Earthcall's close councillors. She seems to get less respect from her than High Speaker Noomi does.

Location

Cantha

• The Echovald Wilds
  • Warden's Folly
    • Speaker's Sanctum

Dialogue

I just wish Tetra would remember my name. Is that too much to ask?

No, you shouldn't follow a leader who doesn't respect your basic humanity.

You're right... Ugh, but we've just accomplished so much more since she came on...

I'm new, and I was hoping someone could answer a few questions. Could you?

I suppose I have time for that! What are your questions?

Where did the Wardens come from?

No one knows for sure, and they're not eager to explain themselves to humans, even friends of the forest. But stories say they were human druids who underwent a ritual to become eternal protectors.

Oh?

The men have been roaming this forest for centuries, but the women only arrived recently, led by Tetra.

Where were they?

Apparently they guarded a location of some great importance, hidden far away from mortal eyes. They felt called to come protect us from the scourge of jade tech.

What was it the female Wardens were guarding?

I presumed to ask Tetra that once, and she...laughed at me, then told me that if I ever asked again, she'd turn my head to pulp. It's not for us to know.

Can I talk to Tetra?

She is an enlightened being far beyond us who tolerates our presence only because we are helping her cause. We obey her orders and don't waste her time with chitchat.

I have another question.

Fair enough...

Whoa...

I see.

Interesting...

Huh...

How did the Spea—we get started?

When jade tech first started to become popular, a few concerned citizens got together to begin protesting its use. When the junkyard went into Echovald, it was a flash point that galvanized more...

Oh?

Why should our forest suffer so city people can sit around and watch flickering images of fake people's lives and have machines do all the work?

When did it become more than a protest?

We tried and we tried to get through to people, but our voices weren't being heard, no matter what we did. Then Tetra came. She promised us people would listen if we followed her lead.

By bombing people.

Yes, no one listened until we made sure they couldn't ignore us.

I have another question.

They certainly can't.

By binding spirits.

It's a means to an end. We needed a source of power, and so we found one.

I have another question.

Indeed.

I see.

Why, indeed.

Hmm...

Anyway, I need to run.

We have.

That's tough.