Tale of the August Queen

Retell how Queen Jennah protected her city in their time of need, granting allies distortion and chaos aura. — In-game description

Tale of the August Queen

Profession

Mesmer (skill list)

Specialization

Troubadour

Slot

Elite

Type

Tale

Training cost

25 Hero points

Game link

API

76971

Gallery
Overhead skill activation.

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Tale of the August Queen

Retell how Queen Jennah protected her city in their time of need, granting allies distortion and chaos aura.

 Distortion (2s): Immune to conditions and damage.

 Distortion (10.5½s): Immune to conditions and damage.

 Chaos Aura (6s): Give yourself random boons and your foe random conditions whenever you are struck.

Performance. Command every instrument to begin playing in the background. Duration is determined by the number of instruments you currently have playing.

 Base Duration: 3 seconds

 Duration per Instrument: 3 seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Chaos

• Illusionary Membrane — Gain chaos aura when you use your Shatter skill 2. Chaos aura grants you increased condition damage for a period of time.
• Auspicious Anguish — Convert damaging conditions to boons whenever you gain Distortion or become disabled. This trait can only trigger when disabled once per interval. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Chaotic Transference — Gaining chaos aura grants boons to nearby allies.

Inspiration

• Inspiring Distortion — Grant aegis to other nearby allies whenever you give yourself distortion or use Shatter skill 4.

Troubadour

• Raconteur — Tales heal and grant protection to nearby allies.

Notes

• Due to the nature of Distortion, two seconds of  Chaos Aura is lost.

Trivia

• This Tale recounts the story of Queen Jennah of Kryta, who effortlessly defended the city of Divinity's Reach from a devastating attack with her powerful mesmer magic.
• Upon casting this skill, the troubadour will recite the following lines in order:
  • Council held, times most dire.
  • Blooms the spiderwort, tempting ire.
  • Barrier raised against Mantle plot.
  • For Kryta's throne, may Caudecus rot.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the distortion duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds in WvW only.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Tale of the August Queen has been added to the game.
August 19, 2025	Tale of the August Queen was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.