Strength of the Unseen (achievement)

Strength of the Unseen (achievement) is an achievement in Amnytas that involves learning about Mabon's history.

Achievement

Strength of the Unseen	Amnytas	3
Learn more about Mabon's past and his impact on the Astral Ward. Prerequisite: Mabon's Fate Rewards: Tier 2:   Relic of Mabon Tier 2:   Strength of the Unseen Collection	Completed 1 Step	1
	Completed 8 Steps	2

Walkthrough

	Collectible	Type	Subtype	Map	Notes
1	Callon's Mourning	Item	Service		Hint: Learn More about Mabon from Callon at the Bastion of Strength Talk to Callon, who can be found near  Bastion of Strength Waypoint — , northeast of the nearby tower.
2	Ithil's Mourning	Item	Service		Hint: Learn More about Mabon from Ithil at the Bastion of Strength Talk to Ithil, who can be found near  Astral Ward Training Grounds — , northeast of the point of interest.
3	Maer's Mourning	Item	Service		Hint: Learn More about Mabon from Maer at the Bastion of Strength Talk to Maer, who can be found near  Spellcrafting Workshop — , grieveing in the alcove to the south.
4	Mabon's Journal	Item	Service		Hint: Read Mabon's Journal in His Study Mabon's Journal (Item) is found on the upper floor, above  Isgarren's Quarters — . Once you have interacted with Mabon's Journal it will add a journal item to your inventory which you need to double click on to read which then gives you credit for the achievement step.
5	A Visit to the North	Item	Service		Hint: Travel across Tyria, Tracking Mabon's Movements and Actions as an Astral Ward Member This journal piece can be found near  Watchful Waypoint — , slightly southeast on an icy ledge.
6	A New Threat Emerges	Item	Service		Hint: Travel across Tyria, Tracking Mabon's Movements and Actions as an Astral Ward Member This journal piece can be found near  Ascalon Settlement Waypoint — , northwest of the nearby vista.
7	Essence of Strength	Item	Service		Hint: It can be bought from the Faction Provisioner near  Bastion of Strength Waypoint — .
8	In Memorium	Item	Service		Hint: Travel Back to the Windy Bluff Mastery Insight and Memorialize Mabon with the Essence of Strength The Mastery Insight is found on top of  Mabon's Tower — .

Dialogue

With Callon

Wayfinder? How... How are you? What can I do for you?

Actually, Callon, I was hoping you could tell me a bit about Mabon.

Mabon... What do you want to know?

Anything. I'm trying to better understand who he was.

Callon: Mabon could hold a conversation with anyone. Saw the best in the worst of us...

Callon: He...listened to me. When I first joined the Astral Ward, I was not kind. Or empathetic.

Callon: I was strong—that's why Isgarren took a liking. I just wanted to hide from the world.

Callon: Mabon and Vanak took care of my training, and Mabon... He... saw right through me.

Callon: He helped me forgive myself. He helped me forgive my mother for letting the Wh-

Callon: I...I wasn't always a good person. Neither was he; he was always honest about that.

Callon: But the Mabon I knew near the end was good. Earnestly good.

I wasn't planning to share...so much. I hope that was all right.

I think Mabon would have been honored. Thank you, Callon.

With Ithil

Finishing a great book can be heart-wrenching, because you don't want it to end. But would it be better not to have read it at all? I... I don't think so.

Speaking of stories, I was hoping you might have some about Mabon.

Ah, I certainly do, Wayfinder. I would be glad to share something about him with you.

And I would be glad to hear it. Thank you.

Ithil: We will never do better than Mabon. He recruited me himself, you know.

Ithil: I woke up screaming. The teachings of Ventari didn't tell us anything. I joined the Nightmare Court to find answers.

Ithil: But that was just before you put Mordremoth to rest. Faolain was...

Ithil: I never went to Maguuma. I left the court before things got bad. But, I did hear his voice.

Ithil: The pain was... Have you ever fallen into the geysers at Southsun Cove?

Ithil: Mabon found me, writhing beneath a tree in Brisban Wildlands. He and Narcisse nursed me back to health.

Ithil: I told him my story, and he invited me here. A new story. It... won't be the same without him.

Thank you for listening.

The pleasure was mine. Be well, Ithil.

With Maer

(Maer is mourning in silence.)

Maer? Do you think you could tell me a bit about Mabon?

I... I'll try.

Just say whatever you're feeling. Thank you.

Maer: I... I'm sorry, I...

Maer: He... saved me. When I was in the Dominion, he...

Maer: I'm sorry, I'm not ready to... He can't be...

In Frostgorge Sound

Mabon: He fixates when he's bored. But boredom means that we're not running from other mursaat or moving out of a dragon's path.

Mabon: We're currently settled above the Northern Isles so Isgarren can watch the kodan again—they migrated south already.

Mabon: One has taken refuge with Vass, the Forgotten that Isgarren is courting... She seems curious about us. They both do.

Mabon: It does make me wonder what his goal is... We organize. We build. But we are only two—for now.

Mabon: I was reading about Sidony in the archive—leader of the Seers during the rise against the dragons.

Mabon: When he decided to pull back from the assault on Zhaitan... I wonder if he knew the consequences that would evoke?

Mabon: Even if that choice was likely the wiser one... We still feel the ripples of that decision.

Mabon: Most likely, we'd be dead. Maybe the mursaat wouldn't have fled, though. The Seers wouldn't have declared war.

Mabon: Isgarren is fearful of intervening with the dragons. When Sidony stopped him that night...

Mabon: Mm. I remember that morning, I think. Flickers of sunrise... The carnage, revealed. Zhaitan's call.

Mabon: Thankful that I don't remember the loss. I feel it, but I don't remember their faces... Should I?

Mabon: Isgarren possesses an...urgency that I can't place yet. We are too weak to fight a dragon, he says, yet we fortify...

Mabon: It's as if he's both wounded and killing time... Maybe I'm projecting.

In Gendarran Fields

Isgarren: You didn't see it. What he did to them.

Mabon: Tell me then.

Isgarren: He... (clears throat) Eparch is hideous.

Mabon: The creature from Nayos? I thought you were friends. I still have the things he left behind in my chamber—

Isgarren: No. I was curious about him in the same way that I was you, but... Things which come from that place are not good.

Isgarren: You are a fine ally. You didn't...tear an entire village to innards and scraps of meat.

Mabon: You think he was a demon?

Isgarren: I know he was. I should've been more careful. I sent him back, but...

Isgarren: Nothing that sees this place stays away. And I've tried to keep them out for a long time.

Mabon: So that's the plan.

Isgarren: Mm. The dragons are a headache, but the demon realm is an infection. All of those pockets are.

Isgarren: The dragons could very well be the bacteria fighting off that infection, too. I don't know, but I need them alive.

Isgarren: I've no clue what Eparch wanted. But he wasn't happy when I booted him back to his bog.

Mabon: Well, it's likely my own bias, but if we were exiled to Tyria as punishment...

Mabon: Then perhaps the demon realm possesses something better than this? Would he want to come back.[sic]

Isgarren: You didn't see the look on his face.

Interacting with theAmnytas Insight: Windy Bluff

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Channel the Essence of Strength into the Mastery Insight.

Related achievements

• Amnytas: Honorary Astral Ward — Prove your dedication to the Astral Ward. (1)