Warden Amala

Warden Amala

Race

Awakened, Human

Level

80

Rank

Legendary

Locations

• Mordant Crescent Great Hall
  (Domain of Istan)
  
• Twilight Oasis Fractal
  (Fractals of the Mists)

Organization

Mordant Crescent
Order of the Sunspears

Image(s)

Appearance as a human—High Priestess Amala Interactive map

“

We all serve Joko—in life or in death.

— Warden Amala

Warden Amala, previously known as High Priestess Amala and Executioner Amala, is a high-ranking officer in the Mordant Crescent. In the past, after the events of Nightfall, she was the high priestess of the Sunspears in an unknown Elonian city, but was defeated by traitors and subsequently killed and Awakened by Palawa Joko. She is a powerful dervish, allowing her to invoke the power of the gods.

Biography

Early years

High Priestess Amala was the high priestess of the Sunspears in an unknown Elonian city during Palawa Joko's conquest of Elona, which the lich king's Awakened and Mordant Crescent assaulted. Despite putting up a fight, rallying loyal Sunspears and invoking the gods as a dervish, she was ultimately defeated when Joko's army stormed the city.

Joko gave Amala a choice: either pledge allegiance to him and serve him alive, or die and be Awakened to serve him as an undead. The high priestess remained loyal to the Sunspears and refused to submit to the lich king. Disappointed but nevertheless expecting such a defiant response, Joko had Amala killed and Awakened, dubbing her Executioner Amala. Joko then ordered her to execute her Sunspear companions, and she carried out the lich king's orders without mercy despite the pleas of her former allies.

Amala was eventually made the warden of the Mordant Crescent Great Hall in the Domain of Istan. She would imprison enemies of state in the dungeon beneath the hall and have her Awakened minions keep watch. Centuries later Amala worked with local corsairs, offering them bounties on the heads of dissidents whom the corsairs tracked down and brought to her.

Living World Season 4

In 1330 AE, Amala received the latest quarry from the corsair Sayida the Sly: Spearmarshal Zaeim who had been leading the Sunspear revolt in Istan. Sayida later returned to the great hall, bringing with her the shackled Pact Commander who had interfered in the internal politics of Joko's kingdom during the campaign against the rogue god Balthazar and become an enemy of state. Amala was surprised by Sayida's success but was unable to learn how the corsair had bested the infamous Commander.

Before leaving with the gold, Sayida insisted on offering the warden and her minions a drink of the famous corsair grog in Joko's honor, arguing that refusing the offer would displease the lich king who wanted his name to be praised. Amala reluctantly agreed but quickly focused on the Commander when she heard a strange voice calling for the Commander. Angry and suspicious, the warden knocked the Commander unconscious and had them dragged to the dungeon. She recovered a remote communicator from the Commander's belongings for further study.

Later that day, the spiced grog began affecting the Awakened who became intoxicated and passed out, allowing the Commander and Zaeim to escape the dungeon. Amala confronted Sayida and her crew about the ruse, having expected such a trick from the Commander not but not from the corsairs. By the time the Commander and Zaeim arrived on the scene, Amala announced that Joko had ordered her to kill the Commander. The warden entered the fray, focusing on slaughtering everyone present and holding her ground while battling the Commander, Zaeim and the corsairs. However, she was ultimately defeated, and the Commander recovered the communicator from her body, hearing Taimi being assaulted by what sounded like Joko himself.

Following the Commander's escape, Amala Awakened and resumed her duties as the warden. She defended the Mordant Crescent Great Hall from raiders who consisted of Sunspears, adventurers and the dragon Aurene. After a fierce fight, Amala was struck down once again although she promised that she would see the mortals again. Keeping her promise, the warden would indeed rise once more as a dark ritual was cast over the great hall which not only resurrected her but also forced the raiders to flee to safety and try their luck again later.

Locations

Crystal Desert

• Domain of Istan
  • Mordant Crescent Great Hall
    • Warden's Quarters (as Warden Amala) (only during related events)

The Mists

• Fractals of the Mists
  • Twilight Oasis Fractal (as High Priestess Amala and Executioner Amala)

Story involvement

Living World Season 4

• Episode 1: Daybreak
  • The Hero of Istan (as Warden Amala)

Event involvement

[Group Event] Defeat Warden Amala (80)

Combat abilities

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Fractals of the Mists: Twilight Oasis

Primary article: Twilight Oasis Fractal#High Priestess Amala

Abilities

• Dervish
• Channels Gods

Effects

Stun — Overloads shield when broken.  Occurs when defiance is broken.

Skills

(Before players are Awakened)

• Dwayna's Lightning — Channels the power of Dwayna into a lightning bolt that dazes foes.
• Dwayna's Tempest — Channel a great storm from Dwayna to turn foes to dust.
• Scythe Slash — A damaging scythe attack that applies bleeding.
  • Scythe Swipe — A damaging scythe attack that applies bleeding.
    • Scythe Slam — A damaging scythe attack that applies bleeding.
• Scythe Spin — A spinning scythe attack that knocks back foes.
• Scythe Shock — Explosions of sand damage and blind enemies.

(After players are Awakened)

• Avatar of Lyssa skills:
  • Avatar of Lyssa — Summons normal ranked clones.
  • Winds of Chaos — Launch an orb that bounces between foes and applies conditions.
  • Polymorph Moa — Transforms an enemy into a moa.
  • Mystic Detonation — Overcharge and explode, doing heavy damage to enemies and healing yourself.

• Avatar of Melandru skills:
  • Summon elementals — Summons a Champion Earth Elemental
  • Mystic Wave — An expanding wave of power that can be jumped with a large leap.
  • Mystic Detonation — Overcharge and explode, doing heavy damage to enemies and healing yourself.
  • Shatter Earth — An explosion shooting rocky fragments in all directions. Applies bleeding.

• Avatar of Dwayna skills:
  • Dwayna's Lightning — Channels the power of Dwayna into a lightning bolt that dazes foes.
  • Electric Bomb — An explosion that dazes enemies.
  • Smite Undead
  • Summon Tornadoes — Summons a Tornado.
  • Mystic Detonation — Overcharge and explode, doing heavy damage to enemies and healing yourself.
  • Righteous Lightning — A directional cone attack that dazes and weakens enemies.
  • Wings of Dwayna — Call upon the power of Dwayna to smite foes.

• Avatar of Grenth skills:
  • Executioner's Scythe — Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target. Deals more damage the lower health the target is. Leaves behind a field of ice.
    • Executioner's Scythe — Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target. Deals more damage the lower health the target is. Leaves behind a field of ice.
  • Putrid Bomb — A vile, poisonous explosion.
  • "Rise!"
  • Soul Spiral — Spin and damage nearby foes, applying a condition with each strike.
  • Spectral Wall
  • Summon Flesh Wurm
  • Mystic Detonation — Overcharge and explode, doing heavy damage to enemies and healing yourself.

• Avatar of Balthazar skills:
  • Call Meteor — Summon a meteor to strike a random enemy.
  • Mystic Detonation — Overcharge and explode, doing heavy damage to enemies and healing yourself.
  • Rage Bomb — An explosive attack that knocks back enemies.
  • Summon Fire Tornadoes — Summons a Fire Tornado.
  • Triumph of War — A directional explosive attack that knocks back enemies.
  • Wings of Rage — Call upon the fury of Balthazar to annihilate foes.

Stolen skills

•   Blinding Tuft
•   Tooth Stab

Open world: Defeat Warden Amala

Effects

Behavior

• Changes skills every avatar form
• Summons a Champion Earth Elemental with Melandru avatar.
• Creates a pentagon that  Fears those who cross with Grenth avatar.

Skills

• Call Meteor
• Fury of Joko
• Hands of Joko
• Lightning Ball
• Polymorph Moa — turns player into Moa gaining  Morphed and skills
• Portal Trap
• Putrid Bomb
• Rend Earth
• Righteous Lightning
• Scythe Lunge
• Scythe Slash
• Scythe Spin
• Scythe Swipe
• Sundering Smash
• Spectral Wall
• Triumph of War
• Winds of Chaos
• Summon clones — Summons Champion clones.
• Vault

Stolen skills

•   Blinding Tuft
•   Bone Crack
•   Throw Gunk
•   Tooth Stab

Story mode: The Hero of Istan

Effects

•  Exposed

Behavior

• Changes skills every avatar form

Skills

Every avatar skills:

• Scythe Slash — Basic melee attack; becomes augmented by avatar form.
• Scythe Lunge — Leap attack; becomes augmented by avatar form.
• Scythe Spin — PBAoE; becomes augmented by avatar form.

Avatar of Lyssa skills:

• Summon clones — Summons normal ranked clones.
•   Winds of Chaos — Bounce an orb of energy between foes and allies. The first hit applies torment, while subsequent hits to enemies apply confusion. Allies that the orb bounces to gain fury and might.
• Energy Discharge
• Scythe Shock

Avatar of Melandru skills:

• Rend Earth
• Shatter Earth

Avatar of Dwayna skills:

• Putrid Bomb — Deals some damage and causes  Burning
• Righteous Lightning
• Lightning Ball

Avatar of Grenth skills:

• Hands of Joko — Multiple AoEs of bloody grasping hands that  cripple.
•   Executioner's Scythe — Shroud. Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target, dealing increased damage the lower their health. Leaves behind an ice field.
• Putrid Bomb
• Soul Scourge

Avatar of Balthazar skills:

• Vault
• Sundering Smash
• Triumph of War
• Call Meteor
• Putrid Bomb
• Fury of Joko
• Scythe Slam

Stolen skills

Gallery

Twilight Oasis Fractal (as High Priestess Amala)

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  High Priestess Amala

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  Lyssa form

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  Melandru form

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  Dwayna form

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  Grenth form

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  Balthazar form

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  After being Awakened as the Executioner Amala

Warden's Quarters (as Warden Amala)

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  Warden Amala

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  Lyssa form

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  Melandru form

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  Dwayna form

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  Grenth form

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  Balthazar form

Related achievements

• Fractals of the Mists: Aerialist — Jump over Amala's Mystic Wave attack three times without being hit. (5)
• Daybreak: Portal Dodger — Defeat Warden Amala without stepping on one of her portals. (1)
• Visions of Istan: Vision of Enemies: Warden Amala — Defeat Warden Amala in the Mordant Crescent Great Hall while holding a Memory Essence Encapsulator in your inventory.
  • Requires defeating Amala during the open world event.

Trivia

• Amala means 'hope' in Arabic.
• "Amala", a combat track composed by Brendon Williams, is named after her.
• Amala uses the Sunscythe staff.
  • As High Priestess Amala, she uses the Scythe Staff instead.
• She wears Mordant Crescent headgear, Bounty Hunter's Mantle, Spearmarshal's Vestments, Funerary Gloves, Spearmarshal's Pants, and Funerary Shoes.
  • As High Priestess Amala, she instead wears the Glorious Hero's Crown.
• Four of Amala's avatars use the respective god's outfits based off of Dervish god avatars: Lyssa's Regalia, Dwayna's Regalia Outfit, Grenth's Regalia Outfit, and Balthazar's Regalia Outfit.
  • Her Avatar of Melandru form uses a sylvari instead.

Amala is able to channel Balthazar, despite the god's death at the hands of the Pact Commander, by channeling Palawa Joko's power in a way that resembles how she would channel Balthazar in life.