Panaku

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Assassins are the great hunters of the world! It is our duty to kill those caught in the web of evil, just as the spider kills the fly. You will learn to revel in the kill, as I do... to watch carefully as the soul flees the body and the animal fear in your victim's eyes turns to blank emptiness. I remember the eyes of every person I have killed.

— Panaku in Panjiang Peninsula

Panaku was an assassin instructor at Shing Jea Monastery and the first specter.

Biography

In 1582 CC, Panaku was hired by Dao Weng to assassinate the Angchu tengu Swift Honorclaw, who was a peace delegate at the end of the Tengu Wars. His student was the one to complete the assassination and was later forced to atone to the victim's daughter Soar Honorclaw by killing Dao Weng.

After Master Togo discovered the Affliction in the west of Shing Jea Island, he sent Panaku and three other instructors of Shing Jea Monastery to the monastery of Sizhou Hall in Jaya Bluffs in the belief that the monks would have more knowledge in fighting the plague. The monks had been killed by the infected creatures before arrival. The creatures were dispatched quickly. Later he fought in Vizunah Square in order to find the source of the plague in Kaineng City. Afterwards he fought in Raisu Palace, where he disabled acid traps in order to aid the battle.

Witnessing the death of Master Togo changed him deeply and he vowed to embrace the darkness in order to protect his allies and friends. It took him a number of years to perfect his craft of stealing shadows from his enemies in order infuse his allies with power without making his allies cry out in pain.

See also

•  Panaku's Ambition

References

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Panaku.