[
  {
    "id": 706,
    "name": "14. The War Council",
    "level": 80,
    "story": 139,
    "goals": [
      {
        "active": "",
        "complete": ""
      },
      {
        "active": "Check in at the war camp.",
        "complete": "The wall of toxic fog blocking the path beyond Heitor's Gate dissipated. The plan can now move forward.\n\nPeitha called on me to attend a war council and meet with \"one of Isgarren's pets\" at the Astral Ward's camp in Inner Nayos. The mysterious animal turned out to be Galrath, and as Peitha's war council began, he barked—Isgarren had refused to offer the full support of the Astral Ward in their war against Eparch. Ramses protested, but Galrath reiterated that the ward was still recovering from the Kryptis attack on Amnytas and that Peitha's battle was not the ward's battle. However, the wizard would allow for volunteers to join Peitha at their discretion. With further proof of Peitha's ability to keep the Kryptis out of Tyria, Isgarren could be persuaded to offer the Astral Ward's full support.\n\nPeitha put a stop to the squabbling and divulged her plans for overthrowing Eparch. To do so, she needed to locate and persuade a powerful tactician, a hero of the Kryptis, to join her side: General Nephus.\n\nFormerly Eparch's second-in-command, Nephus protested the manner in which Eparch and his queen, Labris, ruled over their people. As a former general and leader of his people, Nephus commanded too much respect and loyalty to warrant execution. Instead, he had been held in exile, living among the commoners of Inner Nayos. As Peitha saw it, convincing Nephus to join her cause could inspire the masses to follow in rebellion against the Midnight King. But we had to strike before Eparch or Labris could react.\n\nWith the plan in place, I accompanied Arina to meet with some of the new Astral Ward volunteers. As we approached, I recognized Major Emund, who gathered the troops to attention. Unexpectedly, it was Frode who led them. He had reunited with his daughter, Arina. They'd been apart since I'd first spied on her camp outside Lion's Arch, before my initial encounter with Cerus. It all seemed like a distant memory, back when I'd first learned about the Wizard's Tower and the Astral Ward.\n\nThey kept their reunion professional in front of the troops. Sensing their emotion, I ended our conversation to give them a moment to catch up in private, however brief. It would soon be time to put Peitha's plan into action and journey deeper into Inner Nayos.\n\n***"
      },
      {
        "active": "Explore Nayos and aid the efforts to thwart Eparch.",
        "complete": "I struck out into the wilds of Nyedra Surrounds, carving a path through Eparch's loyalists and creating diversions while Ramses's scouts tracked down General Nephus. During my mission, Galrath unexpectedly contacted me, requesting to speak at the forward bivouac.\n\nHe told me about the existence of ancient artifacts that describe forgotten fighting techniques. Galrath believed these could be useful in fighting the Kryptis as part of the ward's arsenal, so he proposed that I track them down.\n\nI scoured the Nyedra Surrounds, eventually gathering all the ancient artifacts. Returning them to Galrath, I was given his blessing to experiment with the new fighting techniques they described. Whether I'd earned additional goodwill toward convincing him and Isgarren to commit the Astral Ward into fighting the war remains to be seen.\n\nWith these ancient fighting techniques added to my arsenal, I continued to battle loyalist forces in the area.\n\nEventually, Ramses contacted me; his scouts had located the elusive General Nephus somewhere in Nyedra itself. We need to get to him before loyalists overrun Inner Nayos."
      }
    ]
  }
]