Wreckage of the Breachmaker

This article is about the point of interest and an overview of lore. For the area, see The Breachmaker.

Wreckage of the Breachmaker

Type

Point of Interest

Area

Sanctum Harbor
(Lion's Arch)

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The Wreckage of the Breachmaker is the debris leftover from the explosion of The Breachmaker, Scarlet Briar's magically-powered airship drill.

Although the debris was originally concentrated near where it had been drilling, in the middle of the Sanctum Harbor, some pieces were flung as far away as Farshore Ward. Most of it was cleaned during the reconstruction of Lion's Arch, and nowadays only part of the drill remains.

History

Schematics for it could be found in Scarlet's Secret Lair in early 1327 AE. Before it finished construction, it was used to control the Twisted Marionette. After one of Scarlet's Energy Probes identified an intersection of magical ley lines beneath the ruins of Old Lion's Arch, the drill descended into the city, where it began burrowing deep into the earth under the protection of Scarlet's Alliance.

Engineers who found their way into the airship noted from its design that its purpose was never to tap into the power of the ley lines, but to disrupt them. Shortly after Scarlet's demise, the Breachmaker fulfilled its purpose, striking the mass ley line intersection underneath Lion's Arch and sending a surge of power along the ley-line that runs past the Thaumanova Reactor. This appears to have captured the attention of the sleeping Elder Dragon Mordremoth, as it roared when the ley lines were struck.

The drill continued running for a few days until the airship mysteriously exploded. It is said that the surge of power along with Scarlet herself causing the core of airship to become unstable were the reasons behind the explosion.

Pieces of the Breachmaker were scattered widely throughout the city after the explosion, destroying even more of Lion's Arch. During the reconstruction of the city in early 1328 AE, many parts of the drill were removed and molded into new metal used to build several new structures in the city.

Nowadays, part of the drill can be found deep in Sanctum Harbor.

Related achievements

• Bolt III: Zap: Ley-Line Overcharged Quartz — Use the wreckage of the Breachmaker in Lion's Arch to add ley-line energy to a piece of charged quartz.
• Twilight I: The Experimental Nightsword: Scarlet's Demise — Examine the wreckage of the Breachmaker in Lion's Arch.
• The Dreamer III: The Lover: Scarlet's Dream — Imbue a Superior Sigil of Dreams at the wreckage of the Breachmaker in Lion's Arch.
• The Flameseeker Prophecies I: The Experimental Shield: The Breachmaker — Bring an Anthology of Villains to examine the remains of Scarlet's ultimate machine in Lion's Arch.

Gallery

Post-destruction

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  Parts of the Breachmaker in Sanctum Harbor before it was cleaned up in 1328 AE.

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Pre-destruction

Screenshots

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  Full view of the drill.

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  Scarlet Briar with the drill.

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  The drill after striking the ley lines.

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  The interior of the drill.

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  The platform on top of The Breachmaker where the Defeat Scarlet's Prime Hologram before the defenses activate event occurred during the Battle for Lion's Arch release.

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  A map of Energy Probes found in the Breachmaker, showing probes not seen before.

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  Another map of Energy Probes found in the Breachmaker, showing probes not seen before.

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  The location of the Energy Probes marked in the Breachmaker maps is shifted approximately 8,000 units upwards from their actual locations.

Concept art

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  Concept art of the exterior.

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  Concept art of the exterior.

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  Concept art of the interior.

Size comparisons

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  Comparison between Kasmeer Meade, the Twisted Marionette and The Breachmaker.

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Lion's Arch