Guild Wars 2

I was poking around the ruins of Serenity Temple today and I saw Rashenna’s grave there (for those who don’t know, she was an NPC there in GW1 who had a quest for monks and sent a henchman to help you later in the game.) When I checked it out on the wiki, I found the Deserter Flats page has Rashenna herself listed as a friendly ghost, but no page for her. My own exploration only found an NPC in the nearby Priory camp who claims she appears rarely. Can anyone confirm if she does appear, and if so, what conditions have to be fulfilled, and why she is non-hostile? (To my knowledge, she’d be the only friendly Ascalonian ghost…)

The only thing I found was a set of stones that cause a veteran ghost to spawn if you use them in the right order.

There was one DE there that I failed. Perhaps thats what causes her to spawn.

I have seen her, though I can’t recall why she spawns. I suspect off the top of my head it may do with the completion of the escort quest, where Redstaff becomes hostile.

Speaking of NPCs that talk about ghosts appearing: There’s some similar dialogue at Ruins of Rin, at the Black Citadel.

After seeing how some graves spawn ghost after /kneel (Harathi Hinterlands southern cave and Ruins of Holy Demetra) and how some others appear at night (Queensdale farm near the moa farm) I don’t know if there’s ghost supposed to appear at those locations or not.

I haven’t seen one in the Ruins of Rin, no matter how often or when I looked.

I was a sad charr when I saw naught.

I walked up to her grave on my asura and she appeared. But then she didn’t on my charr.

I might assume that it’s a race thing as well.

I saw her on my charr, but not my human. I don’t think it’s race-based.

Thanks, Lonami. I’d forgotten about Pramas. He’s not actually in the Ruins of Rin, at least not when I saw him- I suppose it’s possible he appears in different places, but I found him on the eastern side of Ligacus Notos (that ‘lake’ north of Rin) right up against the side of the Citadel. It’s been a while, but he came across as one of those ghosts who are unaware of the world around them, or even of the fact they were dead (like the one Shining Blade Recruit or the Villager in Aurora’s Remains.) He provided what I think is a verbatim recitation of what he said during the Nolani Academy bonus objective (I was ordered to remove the Tome of the Fallen, I didn’t know it was haunted, please put it back, etc.) I got the sense that he died before he found out that the Tome had been replaced, probably during or shortly after the NA mission, and so is likely unrelated to the Foefire ghosts.
EDIT: I just went out and scoured the area, so I can confirm he doesn’t spawn every night. My personal experience is that when he does show, he disappears with the morning
EDIT #2: Got him on my second night out. He’s in the indent between the Bane and Gladium Canton, under the platform the charr have Stormcaller set up on. He appears as soon as the sun goes all the way down (but again, not every night) and disappears as soon as it starts to rise. He does recite his lines from NA aloud every few minutes, but he is semi-responsive when talked to. In his own words, when asked how he got here: “I don’t know. Everything is so strange. I sense you and I hear you, but I can’t see you. Oh Six, take this burden from me.” (interesting that he mentions the Six.) He has no knowledge of the Foefire, or even that the Tome of the Fallen had been returned. and when you tell him he’s dead, he decides you’re the ghost, one of the ones from the graveyard come to trick and torment him.

As for Rashenna, I did the Serenity Temple mini-chain twice-over, checking back at her grave with each step, before I started this thread. Completion of those events are at the very least not the sole condition for her appearance.

Interesting about Pramas. North of where I always looked. I’ll have to go visit him sometime.

Have you tried doing the stone puzzle? Iirc, she spawned after I killed the Veteran mesmer on my charr.

That didn’t do it. Either she’s a very rare random spawn, or it’s dependent on a combination of causes… Do you remember if it was night when you saw her?

I don’t think it’s very possible to tell if its day or night in the Dragonbrand.

My main’s a sylvari, so I don’t have that particular issue… But you’re right, I didn’t think that question through.