Kela, Seneschal of Waves

Kela, Seneschal of Waves

Race

Crustacean

Level

80

Rank

Legendary

Location

Guardian's Glade
(Shipwreck Strand)

Image(s)

Kela's Scalding Wave.

Kela, Seneschal of Waves is an extremely powerful crustacean seneschal shackled by seer-made chains. She is a target of the Inquest's Principal Biomancer Sebb, who seeks to control her.

The seneschals—Kela and Gwyllian—were both assigned to forever guard Castora and its secrets when the seers left the island.

Biography

Early years

Prior to the seers' departure to face the mursaat in battle in Janthir, Sidony bound Kela and a few other noteworthy beasts with powerful magic to guard Castora's secrets from both trespassers and the seer Isgarren whom Sidony had banished from the island. These bound beasts became known as seneschals, and the magic would keep them alive for millennia and compel them to carry out the seers' last command as they would guard specific territories of Castora. Kela, Seneschal of Waves, would sink countless trespassing ships near Castora while remaining unseen, helping in part to prevent interlopers from entering and leaving the island alive. The castaways who survived her attacks would name Seneschal Sands, the area where Kela was seen patrolling, after her on Shipwreck Strand. Drunken castaways would boldly boast that they could fight Kela bare-handed to make themselves seem more impressive to their fellow castaways.

Despite the seneschal's vigilant patrols, however, Captain Weyandt managed to reach Castora intact somehow millennia later and hid three pieces of the aquabreather Agaleus across Shipwreck Strand. Some crew members, including Ryumond Lakes, mutinied and were cast off on the island as a result, while Weyandt seemingly returned home safely without being sunk by Kela unlike any other castaways who remained stuck on Castora.

Visions of Eternity

When the Inquest sailed to Castora in 1338 AE, they lost the majority of their ships to arcane and natural hazards in Castoran waters. Kela killed four Inquest scientists when they trespassed on her territory, and the Inquest learned her name from local castaways. As the Tyrian Alliance pursued the Inquest weeks later, their ships were also ambushed by Kela who successfully sank the Martingale while hiding out of sight beneath the waves although her roar was heard by the voyagers. However, the seneschal was unable to sink the other alliance ship, The Dark Leviathan, due to it being magically warded by the seer Isgarren who was onboard.

After making landfall, the alliance was constantly being harried by aggressive crustaceans which were working for Kela. The Pact Commander, Rytlock Brimstone, and Sayida the Sly tracked the Inquest's movements and eventually found Sebb and Overseer Kuda burying artifacts in the sand. Upon being found out, Sebb decided to test his theory and tossed one of the artifacts at the interrupting trio, rousing Kela who arrived to claim the objects. The Inquest pair escaped while the alliance trio had to face the enraged seneschal in combat. The trio quickly noticed the magical chains binding Kela and realized that her actions were compelled by magic rather than her free will, so they decided to calm her down by unearthing and tossing artifacts to her instead of trying to kill her. After Kela had acquired enough artifacts, she calmed down and no longer acted hostile towards the trio who watched her vanish into the sea. The Commander recognized one of the artifacts as a shadowstone piece and realized that the artifacts and the source of the strange magic were related to the seers.

Location

Castora

• Shipwreck Strand
  • Guardian's Glade
• Eternity's Garden
  • Temple of the Blessed Mantle (only during related events)

Story involvement

Visions of Eternity story

• Act 1
  • Unscheduled Departures (as Unknown, voice only)
  • Truths Unearthed
• The Only Way
  • So It Is Written

Combat abilities

Story mode: Truths Unearthed

Abilities

• Territorial
• Burrows
• Large Area Attacks

Behavior

• At 90%, 80%, and 70% of her health, Kela will burrow into the sand, becoming invulnerable. She can be forced to the surface by throwing a seer artifact obtained from a Sand Pile at her.

Effects

• ₃ Enraged

Skills

• Rending Swipes — Melee autoattack. Kela swipes at the target with her right set of claws and then her left. Strikes twice.
• Claw Slam — Slams her claws down, damaging and causing  Knockdown (3s) to targets in a cone-shaped AoE in front of her.
• Rend Asunder — Kela snatches the target in her claw and flings them into the air behind her. Damage is received when the target is picked up and when they are thrown. They will then take fall damage if they hit the ground.
• Stomp — Slams all her claws on one side down on the ground, damaging anything below her on that side.
• Tail Throw — Uses her tail to fling an orb of seer magic at the target. Used when at range.
• Scuttles to the side.

• Burrowing Charge — While burrowed into the sand, Kela charges forward, knocking back targets a short distance in her wake.

• Scalding Wave — Waves of scalding water that wash over the arena are periodically swept up from the nearby pond. Being hit by them applies ₁₀ Burning (10s) and knocks back.

Stolen skills

Raid encounter: Guardian's Glade

Effects

(unlocked when channeling Tantrum)
Subdue — Takes additional damage.  Occurs when defiance is broken.

• When within the Executor of Waves' sandy AoE:
  • ₂₅ Might (1s) — Increased outgoing damage; stacks intensity.
  •  Protection (1s) — Incoming damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
  •  Resolution (1s) — Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%; stacks duration.
•  Relentless Speed (gained every 2 seconds and from sandy AoE) — ...

Skills

• Ambush — Kela ambushes nearby foes, killing them. Consuming a crocodilian razortooth will cause her to lose Relentless Speed.
• Biting Swarm — Deals increased damage over time. Spreads to nearby players, reducing the damage dealt.
• Claw Slam — Attacks a frontal cone, knocking down enemies.
• Lightning Strike — Stun your foe.
• Rend Asunder — Kela grasps her target and any nearby foes and throws them, rending their defenses.
• Rending Claws — Claws at enemies twice in front.
• Scalding Wave — Waves of scalding water that wash over the arena are periodically swept up from the nearby pond. Being hit by them applies ₁₀ Burning (10s) and knocks back. Instantly kills foes during the challenge mode.
• Sidle Step — Moves around its target in an evasive maneuver and inflicts  Knockdown
• Stomp — Deals a large amount of damage to enemies on the left.
  • Stomp — Deals a large amount of damage to enemies on the right.
• Tantrum (when defiance bar is unlocked) — Kela releases massive waves of damage until subdued.
• Unnamed skill — Pulsing damage every 3 seconds.

Eternity's Garden

Abilities

• Territorial
• Burrows
• Large Area Attacks

Effects

Stun — Vulnerable while broken.  Occurs when defiance is broken.

•  Shielded — ...

Rewards

Primary article: Guardian's Glade#Rewards

Gallery

• 

  Truths Unearthed concept art with Kela.

• 

  Kela in combat.

Appearance after being freed from the All Seer.

Related achievements

• Visions of Eternity: Act 1: Sand Sweep — Avoid all of the seneschal's Burrowing Charge attacks. (1)
• Eternity's Garden: Unexpected Allies — Perform any emote at Gwyllian or Kela after the Shackles of the Ancients meta-event. (1)
• Guardian's Glade: Guardian's Glade — Complete the Guardian's Glade raid encounter. (3)
• Guardian's Glade: Legendary Guardian's Glade — Complete the Guardian's Glade encounter with challenge mode active. (5)
• Guardian's Glade: See You Later, Alligator — Defeat Kela while the challenge mote is active without any crocodilian razortooths using their tackle skill. (10)
• Guardian's Glade: Surefooted — Defeat Kela while the challenge mote is active without ever stepping in loose sand. (10)

See also

• Gwyllian, Seneschal of the Forest
• Seneschal Sands

Associated items

• Mini Kela
• Relic of the Nautical Beast

References

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Raids