Ley line

This article is about the lore of ley-lines in Tyria. For the gliding object, see Ley line (object). For the effect, see Ley-Line Magic.

A ley-line hub located within the Deep.

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The transcendent magic channels that span the globe. Old-fashioned synergetics texts call them ley lines. Normally you can't see them or touch them, but they're real. Magic finds its own path, like rivers running to the sea.

— Taimi

The ley-lines that criss-cross the world are the channels via which magic, the lifeblood of Tyria, flows through everything (also known as ley-line magic or in-short ley magic). The function of the Elder Dragons is to keep this magic balanced by periodically awakening and drawing the magic into themselves, thereby reducing the level of magic flowing through the ley lines.

History

Interim years

The Thaumanova Reactor was built atop an intersection of ley lines, and the research there, conducted by the Inquest (with the aid of Scarlet Briar), was able to identify them. However, conducting the research at such an intersection caused a massive disaster. Of note is the fact that Scarlet called the energy flowing into the reactor "dragon" energy.

Living World Season 1

Scarlet Briar's massive airship drill Breachmaker bores into the major ley line in Sanctum Harbor.

In late 1326 AE, mysterious probes, built by the Molten Alliance, began appearing across the northern continent, apparently searching for a magical location. The probe in Sanctum Harbor, in Lion's Arch, soon began acting strangely, and before long a massive invasion force acting at the behest of Scarlet had arrived, razing the city and securing the ruins. Meanwhile, her gargantuan drill, the Breachmaker, descended on the harbor, drilling into the ground beneath Old Lion's Arch. Probes also appeared in the Mists, indicating that Scarlet Briar was looking for something in the Mists in the same manner she searched for ley lines.

Lionguard forces that boarded the Breachmaker after Scarlet's defeat saw on the display that there was indeed a convergence of ley lines in the harbor, some of them narrow, but one of them quite wide. Not long after, the Breachmaker apparently found its target, and disrupted the flow of magic in a major ley line that led west into the Heart of Maguuma, gaining the attention of the slumbering Elder Dragon Mordremoth.

End of Dragons

Jade infused with ley energy.

In 1845 CC (1335 AE), a ley line hub was found within the Deep, being drained by a powerful oni. The jade in the surrounding area had taken on a blueish tinge, and rivers of ley energy had formed within the cavern.

Notable ley line hubs

• Anvil Rock — Dragonstorm
• Castora — The whole region
• Cavern of Unseen Lights — Bloodstone Fen
• Destruction's Maw — Ember Bay
• Dispersed Energy — Domain of Vabbi
• Dragon's Domain — Dragon's Stand
• Harvest Temple — Dragon's End
• Ley-Line Confluence — Tangled Depths
• Ley Line Hub — Dry Top
• Ley-Line Nexus — Gyala Delve
• Old Lion's Arch — Lion's Arch
• Thaumanova Reactor — Metrica Province

Gallery

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  Ley Line map used by the Exalted.

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  A river of ley energy found within the Deep in Gyala Delve.

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  A ley line hub found within the Dry Top.

Trivia

• Some in-game ley lines can be used by players with the Ley Line Gliding mastery to refill their endurance and travel more swiftly along the direction of the ley line.
  • They can also be used by players with the Ley-Line Acclimation mastery to refill their skyscale's endurance and energy (after completing the Secrets of the Obscure: Rising Spirits mastery) and to go to places easier.
• Traditionally, ley lines are the supposed alignment of historical and geographical markings in the world. In fictional works, they are often used as streams of energy or magic.

External links

• Guild Wars 2 - Battle for Lion's Arch Finale Cinematic
• Pinpointed the new thumper locations in the north.