King Reza

King Reza

Race

Ghost

Rank

Champion
Normal

Location

Melandru's Reliquary
(Siren's Landing)

Services

Renown Heart

Part of

Reclaim Melandru's reliquary

Image(s)

Portrait. Interactive map

“

Cleanse this land. Restore what has been stolen. Confront Zhaitan's power, and give Orr a new beginning.

— King Reza

King Reza was the last human king of Orr before the nation sunk in the Cataclysm.

Biography

Early years

Reza was the son of King Zoran and succeeded him as the King of Orr. He encouraged a greater focus on spiritualism, magic and the arts, and possessed the Scepter of Orr for a time. Reza had a personal servant named Kanu who served him in whatever capacity he desired: shining his boots, washing his "unmentionable", and cleaning his room among other duties. At some point Reza married Mahtab who became his queen consort.

Known to be a faithful follower of the human gods and a man of peace, Reza reluctantly sent Orr's armies to put an end to the fighting during the Guild Wars. Reza's actions left Orr to be poorly defended when the charr army led by Imperator Ventus invaded the nation in 1071 AE. This turn of events led the king's friend and advisor, Vizier Khilbron, to seek out the Forbidden Scrolls and cause the Cataclysm which sunk Orr.

Personal story

After the Rising of Orr in 1219 AE, the Elder Dragon Zhaitan plundered the royal tombs in Azabe Qabar and used the bodies of Reza's family to create the Eyes of Zhaitan, with Reza as their Sovereign. As the most powerful Eye of Zhaitan, Reza was tasked with guarding the Artesian Waters, the source of Orr's magic. His spirit was freed from the Risen Sovereign body by Trahearne and the Pact Commander in 1325 AE, and he bestowed upon the Commander the title "Champion of Orr".

Living World Season 3

Following the cleansing of the Artesian Waters and the fall of Zhaitan, Reza and his fellow liberated Orrian ghosts remained in Orr, fighting against the Elder Dragon's lingering corruption and the remaining Risen. They eventually moved to Siren's Landing where they hoped to activate the gods' reliquaries to achieve this end and joined forces with the sylvari Firstborn Dagonet and other Tyrian volunteers who had traveled to Orr to continue the work Trahearne had begun.

In 1330 AE, Reza was reunited with the Pact Commander who was pursuing the former god Balthazar and the Eye of Janthir. He asked for the Commander's help in removing Zhaitan's corruption and reactivating the reliquaries. In exchange the king informed the Commander about how to access Abaddon's Reliquary where Balthazar and the Eye of Janthir had been seen heading towards.

Location

Ruins of Orr

• Siren's Landing
  • Melandru's Reliquary

Story involvement

Personal story

• Chapter 6: The Battle of Claw Island
  • A Light in the Darkness (as The Last King of Orr)
• Chapter 8: Victory or Death
  • The Source of Orr

Living World Season 3

• Episode 6: One Path Ends
  • On Orrian Shores

Heart involvement

Reclaim Melandru's reliquary (80)

Combat abilities

Effects

Items offered

Item	Type	Rarity	Level	Cost
Bundle of Orrian Pearls	Service	FExotic	—	2,688
Mini Ley-Line Scavenger	Miniature	ERare	—	105,000  + 25
Relic of Melandru	Back item	GAscended	80	315,000  + 200
Recipe: Oysters with Cocktail Sauce	Recipe sheet	DMasterwork	—	17,500  + 25
Crude Salvage Kit	Salvage kit	BBasic	—	28
Basic Salvage Kit	Salvage kit	BBasic	—	77
Fine Salvage Kit	Salvage kit	CFine	—	252
Journeyman's Salvage Kit	Salvage kit	DMasterwork	—	2,800
Master's Salvage Kit	Salvage kit	ERare	—	5,600
Favor of Melandru	Trophy	FExotic	—	7,000

• Favor of Melandru requires that the player has started the Aurora: Awakening collection, and is only available for purchase once.

Dialogue

These poor Risen must be finite in number. If we return them all to the land, then perhaps we can bring Orr back to health. It is a worthy goal, don't you think?

I'll see what I can do.

Your knowledge of ley-line energy and these little creatures is nothing short of miraculous. We are fortunate you arrived when you did. May I replenish your supplies?

Yes, thank you.

I must be off. Good-bye.

Related achievements

• Siren's Landing Master: Favor of Melandru — Free the magic flow in Melandru's reliquary in Siren's Landing.
• Relic Collector: Relic of Melandru

Trivia

• Reza is voiced by Chris Fries.
• Reza is a Persian name meaning "contentment" or "satisfaction". Most notably, it was the second name of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by the Iranian Revolution.
• Reza's Passage in the Ruined City of Arah is named after him.
• Reza wears a unique headpiece, a Winged Mantle, a Conjurer Chest, Country Gloves, Conjurer Pants and Conjurer Shoes

See also

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on King Reza.

• Sovereign Eye of Zhaitan
• Tyrian royalty family tree