Tetra Earthcall

Tetra Earthcall

Race

Warden

Level

80

Rank

Legendary

Location

Warden's Folly
(The Echovald Wilds)
Reaver's Ridge
(Dragon's End)

Organization

Speakers

Tetra Earthcall is a Warden and the leader of the Speakers who commits acts of terrorism to preserve the Echovald Forest. She is very direct and says what is on her mind. She opposes the dragonjade technology and sees it as a threat to the world, making her the enemy of both the Empire of Cantha and the Jade Brotherhood. Although Tetra allows humans into the Speakers, she hates them for what they have done to the Echovald Wilds.

Biography

Early years

Like all the wardens of the Echovald Forest, Tetra Earthcall's early life remains unknown and whether she originated among the first wardens or was possibly a later convert; she nevertheless claims to hold the power to turn mortals into immortal forest spirits and has promised to grant her most dedicated followers the honor of transforming them into wardens one day. Her name, as well as the names of the other wardens supporting her cause in the present day, differ from the typical naming of historical wardens, however. The wardens that roamed in the Echovald centuries ago did not take names as such, but took their monikers from their rank in the clan's natural hierarchy: the lower ranks were associated with the smallest forms and shapes of nature, the higher ranks took their names from particular trees or larger forms of sea life, while the protectors leading the clans were named after the seasons themselves. There has been scholarly speculation about the mysterious wardens' origins and if they had once been human druids or holy men who had merged with the spirit they served—Dreslav who oversaw growth, and Urgoz who oversaw decay in the forest—to become something altogether different in order to protect the forest and maintain natural balance within it.

Doireann has speculated that the origins of wardens and juggernauts—Kurzicks who were transformed into resilient plant creatures that would survive as long as the Forever Tree each respective juggernaut was bound to remained alive—could be similar with the method being slightly different as wardens would have supposedly been transformed by the forest spirit itself while Kurzicks had to sing magical Songs of Arboreum in the complex Awakening Ceremony to initiate the transformation. Female wardens were not seen assisting male Wardens in aggressively defending the Echovald Forest and attacking Kurzicks on their master Urgoz's orders during the time of Shiro Tagachi's return as a vengeful envoy in 1582 CC (1072 AE). When Tetra was asked about what female wardens had been doing in the past few centuries once she appeared in public, she refused to answer any inquiries even from her most trusted followers and threatened anyone asking her further questions with violence. High Speaker Jika has suggested that the female Wardens had been guarding a location of some great importance, hidden far away from mortal eyes.

After Tetra had emerged from the deepest parts of the Echovald, she took over the Speakers who had been acting as environmental defenders of the forest and opposing any kind of technological progress. She and the wardens working alongside her such as Igne Mossheart quickly turned the Speakers more fanatical and weaponized their good intentions, ordering their ritualists to enslave ghosts and bombing anyone they disagreed with. She convinced her followers that they would become "immortal forest spirits" like her if they carried out their duties to the forest without question. Despite Tetra's extreme methods of protecting the forest, she too had her limits on how far she would go. Unlike the even more fanatical Igne who eagerly wanted violence for its own sake to punish all trespassers in the forest, Tetra's philosophy was to only use violence when there was no other way to resolve disputes.

Locations

Cantha

• The Echovald Wilds
  • Warden's Folly
    • Speaker's Sanctum
  • Xunlai Jade Junkyard (During related events only)
• Dragon's End
  • Harvest Complex (During related events only)
  • Reaver's Ridge
    • Speakers Encampment
  • Seafarer's Enclave (During related events only)
  • Silent Surf (During related events only)

Story involvement

End of Dragons story

• Act III
  • To Catch a Spider
• Act V
  • The Cycle, Reborn

Heart involvement

Disrupt the Speakers' operations in their headquarters (80)

Event involvement

[Group Event] Defeat the Speaker and Jade Brotherhood lieutenants (80)

[Group Event] Defeat Prototype XJ-1 (80)

[Group Event] Defend the Speakers outpost (80)

[Group Event] Defeat the Void champion (80)

[Group Event] Escort Navan and her troops to the Speakers outpost (80)

[Group Event] Quell the Void corruption (80)

[Group Event] Defend the hatchery from the Void ambush (80)

[Group Event] Reclaim the Speakers outpost from the Void (80)

[Group Event] Use crystallized dragon magic to charge matching prismatic crystals (80)

[Group Event] Defeat Soo-Won (80)

Combat abilities

Abilities

• Leader of the Speakers

Effects

Skills

Dialogue

The Echovald Wilds

I did not invite you to speak to me.

...I'm...so sorry to bother you. I'll get back to work.

Dragon's End

After completing [Group Event] Defeat Soo-Won (80)

Save a thought for the spirits, Commander. They watched over us today and helped pave our way to victory.

Of course.

Related achievements

• The Echovald Wilds: For the Forest! — Successfully infiltrate the Speakers, keeping their confidence while sabotaging their efforts. (1)

Gallery

• 

  Image from Guild Chat - Episode 116.

Trivia

• Tetra is voiced by Debra Wilson.
• Tetra means "four" in Ancient Greek. It is derived from τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares) from τέσσαρες (téssares, "four").
• She wields a Ley Line Hammer.
• There was a warden named Arbor Earthcall in Guild Wars Factions, but it is unclear if they are related.

See also

•  Conspicuously Deferent