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Santax
31-07-2006, 09:19
While reading through character bios, I noticed that in the bio of Danika (http://eu.guildwars.com/gameplay/cantha/countess_danika_zu_heltzer/) that she was born in Deadwood Fall. Having mapped every area in the Echovald Forest, this struck me as odd, as I have never been there.

The only other mention of Deadwood Fall is from Kaolai after the completion of the Tahnakai Temple mission, who, although he only speaks ancient Canthan, he can have strange premonitions and talk about them in English; this is what he said:

I know not who I am, but somehow I know this: you must now travel to Deadwood Fall and retreive the Urn of Saint Viktor from Kurzick House zu Heltzer.
I thought of areas that had been renamed, but the only one I can think of is Cypress Hollow to Lutgardis Conservatory.

Is there something I'm missing here?

Laibeus Lord
31-07-2006, 09:26
Probably just a renaming of areas. If you compare the bios of the Hero-Henchies from the Prophecies Manuscript vs the Factions Manuscript, they changed one bio. I don't have the manuscript but the change was one of the henchi-hero's birthplace was changed from one non-existent city to an existent city. It's a prophecy hero-henchie. I think it's Eve.

Karuro
31-07-2006, 12:31
Adian's birthplace was changed.
About the echovald forest..
"you must now travel to Deadwood Fall and retreive the Urn of Saint Viktor from Kurzick House zu Heltzer."

If you think it would be: Deadwood = Arborstone. As the Urn's hidden there.
But, it could also be an area between/surrounding Tanglewood Corpse and Arborstone.

Quintus Antonius
31-07-2006, 15:18
The Ascalon Foothills were renamed the Kree Foothills.

Also, the name a person knows a place by, and the official name, need not be a same. I grew up in a place named "Hermitage", but people still call it "Hickory", when it hasn't been called that for half a century. Cultural identifiers are hard to get rid of.

Zaxares
01-08-2006, 03:10
Remember that Arborstone was not always named such. It was renamed by census to Arborstone after it was decided the area needed a new name, since the cathedral and its environs had grown to the size of a small town. (See the description of the Arborstone mission zone for details)

I would presume that Deadwood Fall was the name of the original area, perhaps the name of the zone of forest before Arborstone grew to encompass it.