Peitha
Peitha
- Race
- Demon
- Level
- 80
- Rank
- Legendary
- Location
- Memory's Hollow
(Inner Nayos) - Organization
- Kryptis
“We may be born of different rules, but strength recognizes strength.
— Peitha
Lady Peitha of House Nephus is a Kryptis Lord from Nayos, the Realm of Dreams. She is the sister of Cerus and Deimos, the cousin of Heitor, and the niece of Midnight King Eparch and Queen Labris. Peitha feels empathy for her people under the tyrannical reign of her uncle, and has set her sights on the Pact Commander whose actions may help her advance her own goals and ulterior motives. She is curious about mortals and their emotions and has a playful if a bit unsettling side.
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
Peitha came to being as a Kryptis demon alongside her brothers Cerus and Deimos in Nayos, the Realm of Dreams, at some point. She was assigned a noble rank in House Nephus by her uncle Eparch, the Midnight King. She, like the other Kryptis, served Eparch who aimed to find a way through the Veil into Tyria from which he had been exiled by the Seer wizard Isgarren. Before present times, Peitha only recalled hearing Isgarren's voice once when she was very little.[1] Peitha, along with her siblings and other higher Kryptis, tried to breach into Tyria multiple times as per Eparch's orders; each of them possessed several Tyrians in the past, and their first possessions in particular took them time to process the many emotions of their victims.[2]
However, when Eparch did not lift a finger after Deimos was trapped in the Bastion of the Penitent and slain by raiders and the Pact Commander in 1330 AE,[3] Peitha grew more disillusioned with the Midnight King's reign but chose not to oppose him openly like her mentor Febe had as Eparch was bound to punish anyone openly rebelling against him. She also began viewing Cerus as nothing but a tool for Eparch because the greedy Cerus, who yearned for the Midnight King's approval, lacked what little honor Deimos had possessed. Peitha considered Eparch and Cerus as despoilers of Nayos and the Kryptis, especially because the Midnight King had taken to not only intimidating his subjects into servitude but even devouring them.[4]
Peitha first became aware of the Pact Commander after the latter had successfully escaped the Domain of the Lost and resurrected later that year. The Commander's return to Tyria created a subtle ripple through the Mists, which she felt from Nayos.[5]
Secrets of the Obscure[edit]
Act I[edit]
Peitha sensed the Pact Commander's presence again in 1336 AE when the Commander and an Astral Ward hunting squad led by Arina had been sucked into a rift. The hapless Tyrians were separated across Nayos in the ensuing chaos, and the Commander found themself alone in the hostile landscape of the corrupted Temple of Febe. As Cerus came to investigate the trespasser and began toying with his latest prey, Peitha invaded the Commander's mind and began communing with them telepathically from that moment on. She urged the Commander to utter Cerus's name to anger the Kryptis Lord, and then subtly helped the Commander escape Cerus into a nearby portal to Skywatch Archipelago which Mabon of the Wizard's Court had opened upon sensing the Commander's distress.[5]
Act II[edit]
Act III[edit]
After Cerus snared Isgarren and the Pact Commander, Peitha intervened before her brother could deal the final blow. Revealing her disdain for the status quo in Nayos, Peitha betrayed Cerus and aided the Commander in killing him. She returned with them to the Wizard's Tower, wherein she stated her plan to stop Eparch from using the Kryptis as fuel for his planned rampage through the Mists.[6]
Act IV: Through the Veil[edit]
Act V: The Realm of Dreams[edit]
Location[edit]
- Inner Nayos
- Memory's Hollow
- Heitor's Dominion (During related events only)
Story involvement[edit]
Secrets of the Obscure story[edit]
- Act I
- Hell Breaks Loose (as "Strange Voice", voice only)
- Mother of Stars (as "Strange Voice", voice only)
- Act II
- Voices beyond the Veil (as "Strange Voice", voice only)
- The Missing Facet (voice only)
- Tower of Secrets (voice only)
- Mabon's Fate (voice and vision only)
- Act III
- Into the Obscure (voice only)
- The World Spire (voice only)
- Treachery
- Act IV: Through the Veil
- Act V: The Realm of Dreams
Event involvement[edit]
Defeat the anomalous tentacle and close the rift (80) (voice only)- Defeat the mysterious entity (80) (voice only)
Fight off the Kryptis ambush (80) (voice only)
- The Road to Heitor
[Group Event] Collect emotional residue to supercharge the southern beacon (80)
[Group Event] Carry the Beacon's Flame to light the Northern Beacon (80)- [Group Event] Collect emotional residue to supercharge the northern beacon (80)
[Group Event] Secure the area while Ramses and Arina bring down the barrier (80)
[Group Event] Defeat Ignaxious (80)
Combat abilities[edit]
- Abilities
- Kryptis Lord
- Effects
- Skills
- Slash - Slash your foe.
- Sneak Attack - Position behind your enemy for a sneak attack, inflicting
2 Vulnerability. - Warcry - Apply
Alacrity, 
Regeneration, 
10 Might to yourself and allies. - Whirl Slash - Slash foes around you, inflicting 5 Vulnerability.
Dialogue[edit]
Skywatch Archipelago[edit]
- Telepathic dialogue at Vass's Compassion
- Peitha: Mm. These "fractals," as you call them...Curious things.
- Peitha: I've seen them form before in the Mists. Ones that form on their own. They don't only tell stories of your world.
- Peitha: I feel the fear—the beings brought into your world. I feel...sympathy for them.
The Wizard's Tower[edit]
- Telepathic dialogue at the Wizard's Tower
- Peitha: To imagine him in this place, as bright as it is.
- <Character name>: Did Eparch...live here?
- Peitha: Long enough to be hungry for more. You should ask your wizards. Isgarren and Eparch have a long history.
Amnytas[edit]
- Telepathic dialogue at Grand Library of Amnytas
- Peitha: The people of this world have such a fascination with...things. Baubles and books. Though, I do quite like the word "bauble."
- Peitha: The Kryptis are not too dissimilar in that way, admittedly... Though, I could blame Eparch's lust for what is not his.
Gallery[edit]
- Screenshots
Peitha's combat stance.
Peitha showing her disapproval of her brother's methods.
Peitha reveals her intentions.
- Miscellaneous
Shadow of Nayos statue depicting Peitha.
Concept art by Jiamin Lin.
Through the Veil concept art.
The Realm of Dreams concept art with Ramses, Peitha, and Arina.
Related achievements[edit]
Secrets of the Obscure: Act 3: A Chapter Closed — Speak with all your allies in the Wizard's Tower. (3
)
Trivia[edit]
- Peitha is voiced by Patty Mattson.[7]
- Peitha may be a reference to Peitho, Goddess of Political and Sexual Persuasion and Eloquence in Greek mythology. The name derives from Ancient Greek Πειθώ (Peithō, 'persuasion').
See also[edit]
- Associated items
References[edit]
- ^ Into the Obscure
- Peitha: I've only heard Isgarren's voice once before, when I was very little...
- ^ File:Lore-Interview with ArenaNet for the German Roleplay Community (2023) 05.png
- ^ Deimos (plaque)
- ^ Treachery
- Peitha: Your honor died with Deimos. Eparch is foolish, and so are you. [...]
- Cerus: Have you always been a traitor?
- Peitha: Only to Eparch, not to this world.
- Cerus: That is hysterical. [...]
- Peitha: And what are you doing, Brother?
- Peitha: Eparch will never look at you as he did Deimos.
- Cerus: Bleed.
- Peitha: Deimos died in a musky hole and Eparch watched.
- Cerus: What's your plan here, Peitha?
- Cerus: Do you think you'd make a better king? Do you want to bridge worlds together?
- Peitha: I just want to stop you and your "king" from destroying ours. [...]
- Peitha: Eparch is alive and well. Thriving, even, on the backs of my kind.
- Isgarren: Societies limp under poor leaders and recover like clockwork.
- Peitha: Eparch is not comparable to Tyrian leaders. He does not simply drain them of wealth. Or land.
- Peitha: He has taken to...eating them.
- <Character name>: He's...he's feeding on other Kryptis?
- Peitha: Our blood is his blood, and eventually we will all be dissolved.
- ^ a b Treachery
- <Character name>: So, you weren't a ravenous demon waiting to kill me yourself?
- Peitha: Of course not. The emotions of your people may smell of wine, but your flesh is... not for me.
- Peitha: I first tasted your aura quite some time ago. I didn't know it was you then, but you died...and then came back?
- Peitha: I felt that ripple, even if it was brief. There are many realms that linger near yours; I assume they felt it too.
- Peitha: When you fell into Cerus's trap and first came to Nayos, I felt that ripple again.
- Peitha: Your life...has been precarious. Besides, I needed you alive.
- ^ Treachery
- Peitha: Eparch is alive and well. Thriving, even, on the backs of my kind.
- Isgarren: Societies limp under poor leaders and recover like clockwork.
- Peitha: Eparch is not comaprable to Tyrian leaders. He does not simply drain them of wealth. Or land.
- Peitha: He has taken to... eating them.
- <Character name>: He's... he's feeding on other Kryptis?
- Isgarren: And that is tragic.
- Peitha: Killing Eparch is a mutual goal, Isgarren.
- Isgarren: I don't meddle in foreign politics, Lady Peitha.
- Isgarren: Letting him devour your entire people, while upsetting, could ultimately help Tyria.
- Isgarren: Can't start another invasion without bodies, can he?
- Peitha: But he can come here himself and do the same to this world. And he is quite fond of it.
- ^ Twitter comment by Indigo Linde, Twitter.com
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