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Functions: Guide the exile through the Atlas of Worlds
Quests:
Zana, Master Cartographer is a master. Being the final master, her missions and crafting options revolve around end-game maps. She also allows the player to open maps at a personal map device in a hideout.
Zana is an important NPC in the end-game and plays a major role in the exploration of the Atlas of Worlds and the war between the Shaper and the Elder.
Missions
Zana will appear in the Epilogue after Act 10. She gives you a quest to complete a map, as well as a Zana-modded map to start off with. After completing your first map, she will introduce to you the Atlas of Worlds.
Zana can only be encountered in the wild in maps.
When encountering Zana, she will give you a selection of randomly rolled maps to choose from, each with different missions. Each map will be magic, rare or unique, may have quality, and may be unidentified and/or corrupted. Once chosen, she will open six portals to a map where the mission takes place. Leaving a normal Zana mission map, whether via portal or resurrecting at checkpoint after dying, only exits the "inner" map. In the wild, you may reenter a Zana map even after completing or failing the mission so long as portals remain. If you are on daily mission, once the mission is complete or failed, you can't reenter the Crumbled Laboratory after leaving.
If a mission that requires finding an item (map, unique item, divination card, vaal fragment, etc.) is failed, the item will no longer drop.[1]
Objectives
Possible mission objectives include the following:
- Complete the map (i.e. by killing the boss(es), or opening the final chest on certain unique maps).
- Find the lodestones (10 needed). A few extra are provided.
- Kill all of the corrupted monsters. A counter is shown after the first one is killed.
- Complete another Master's quest.
- Complete the Labyrinth Trial. Completion will count towards your Eternal Labyrinth unlock requirements.
- Find the Map. The map drops from an enemy and is not marked on the map. The mission is completed when a map drops. There is a higher chance this map drop is magic or rare.
- Find the Unique item. Unique item drops from an enemy and is not marked on the map. The mission is completed when the a unique item drops. You may keep the item.
- Find the Divination Card. A Divination Card drops from an enemy and is not marked on the map. The mission is completed when a Divination Card drops. You may keep the item.
- Find the Vaal Fragment. A random Vaal Fragment drops from an enemy and is not marked on the map. Mission is completed when the fragment drops. You may keep the item.
- Kill all of the Rogue Exiles. The map will contain two to four additional Rogue Exiles. If the map contains mods that adds additional Rogue Exiles, they must also be killed. Rogue Exiles that spawned from a Strongbox will add to the counter, but will not increase the required number of Rogue Exiles killed.
- Slay the Invasion boss. The map will contain an Invasion boss.
- Slay the Beyond boss. The map will contain a pack of Voidspawn of Abaxoth mobs. They are marked on the minimap.
- Slay the Warband. The map will contain a Warbands mob.
- Open the Breaches. The map will contain two Breaches. The objective is fulfilled by beginning the Breach; you don't need to engage the resulting monsters.
- Complete the Abyss. The map will contain an Abyss. The mission completes when the Abyssal Trove or Abyssal Depths entrance spawns; you don't need to enter the Depths. The mission is failed if the Abyss becomes sealed.
- Slay the Harbinger. The map will contain two Harbingers.
- Open the unique Strongbox. The map will contain a random unique Strongbox. You must kill the guarding monsters before the objective is complete.
- Slay the monsters trapped in Essences. Two groups of monster with Essences will spawn. You must kill both the Rare monster holding the Essence and the Magic monsters guarding it.
Missions in rare or unique maps will include one condition:
- A single portal spawns for each party member. Leaving the map or dying fails the mission.
- Time limit (40 seconds), killing monsters extends the time limit by 1s each.
- Time limit (100 seconds), touching a Standing Stone extends the time limit by 25s each. Standing stones are marked on the minimap.
- Time limit (300 seconds), with no extensions.
Missions in unique maps will always require only that you complete the map, and will never have a condition.
Maps
The selection of maps offered by Zana for her missions will be the either the same tier or one higher than the map you encounter her in [citation needed]. There is a small chance for her to offer unique maps (ignoring base map tier), including Untainted Paradise, which is only available as part of a Zana mission.
Vendor
Zana's stock resets every time you complete an Atlas Objective for her.
Zana will sell higher level maps as you progress through the Epilogue quests.
Map tier | Cost | |||||
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Normal | Magic, unidentified | Signature | Rare, unidentified | Rare, identified | Unique | |
1 | 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 10x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
2 | 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
3 | 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
4 | 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
5 | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 5× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 5× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
6 | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
5× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 6× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 6× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
7 | 1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
2× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
8 | 2× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 2× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
2× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
2× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
3× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
9 | 3× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 3× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
3× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
3× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
4× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
10 | 4× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 4× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
4× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
4× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
5× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
11 | 5× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | 5× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
5× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
5× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
6× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
12 | 4× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 4× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
4× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
4× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
4× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. | |
13 | 5× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 5× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Scroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
5× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
5× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 2× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
5× Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. 1× Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
Zana also sell 20 Cartographer's ChiselCartographer's ChiselStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a mapRight click this item then left click a map to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity maps. The maximum quality is 20%.s for 12 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.s and will occasionally sell Lost WorldsLost Worlds8Map
Map Tier: 15"There are worlds that lie beyond the edge of my page, the edge of my understanding. Worlds of wonder. Worlds of terror."
Aramil - Cartographer to Emperor Chitus for 1× Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. and sextants.
Signature Mod
Zana can provide maps with the Zana's signature prefix mod, This Map's Modifiers to Quantity of Items found also apply to Rarity, applies not only to quantity from affixes on the map item and quantity from quality, but also to quantity gained from modifiers to the map itself such as prophecies that spawn tempests, Zana's Map Device quantity bonus, and some sextant mods.
Crafting
Zana will provide a personal map device, which works similarly to the one in the Templar Laboratory. However, it offers the ability to add an extra effect to the map at time of activation (that is, it does not craft a mod onto the item, but is rather used at the time the map is run).[2]
Crafting certain effects also gives the player a chance of finding applicable league-specific unique items in the map. For instance, adding the Onslaught mod to a map adds the exclusive uniques from the Onslaught league to the drop pool of that map. While in the map, those uniques can also be chanced from an appropriate base item. The base item itself does not need to originate from the map in question.[3] There is a total of seven challenge leagues available from Zana. The composition, order and price of these challenge leagues changes whenever a new challenge league starts.[4]. This also means that some league-specific items cannot be obtained during a league.
There are also non-league specific effects that change the map base, including a recipe that changes the map to a different base of the same tier or to Shaped or Elder versions of the map.
Crafting on corrupted Maps costs an additional Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again. per unit of currency in the regular cost (e.g. Beyond costs 4 additional Vaal Orbs, Onslaught costs 2 additional Vaal Orbs).
Effect | Cost | IIQ | IIR | Description |
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Item Quantity | Free | (1 to 8)% | 0% | +1-8% Quantity |
Anarchy | 2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area is inhabited by 3 additional Rogue Exiles. |
Torment | 2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area is haunted by 4 additional Tormented Spirits. |
Fortune Favours the Brave | 3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Selects a Zana mod at random from those available from the device, including any mods you have not yet unlocked. |
Alternate of the Same Tier | 1x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Requires a Rare map. Opens a random Rare map of the same tier, excluding the map you placed in the device. |
Domination | 3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area contains 3 extra Shrines. |
Perandus | 3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area has a 33% chance to contain Cadiro Perandus, Area contains 3 additional Perandus Chests. |
Shaped Tier 1-5 | 2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Opens a version of your map at 5 tiers higher, randomly rolled as a Rare, with a chance to be Corrupted. Requires a Rare map. |
Breach | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area can contain Breaches, Area contains 2 additional Breaches. |
Harbinger | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area can contain Mysterious Harbingers, Area contains 2 extra Harbingers. |
Shaped Tier 6-10 | 6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Opens a version of your map at 5 tiers higher, randomly rolled as a Rare, with a chance to be Corrupted. Requires a Rare map. Map quality is preserved, which can be verified with calculations of List of map mods |
Abyss | 5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Area can contain Abysses, Area contains 2 additional Abysses. |
Elder Tier 1-15 | 15x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 0% | 0% | Opens a version of your map at Tier 16, randomly rolled as a Rare, with a chance to be Corrupted. Requires a Rare map. |
Decorations
List of divination cards sold
Lvl | Card | Cost |
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4 | Lost WorldsLost Worlds8Map Map Tier: 15"There are worlds that lie beyond the edge of my page, the edge of my understanding. Worlds of wonder. Worlds of terror." Aramil - Cartographer to Emperor Chitus |
1x Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
Dialogue
Zana is currently voiced by New Zealand actress, Katherine Kennard (who also voices Tani, in the Etchings). Formerly, Zana was voiced by Mia Blake.
Experience
Something I've noticed since I've started journeying through these maps, is that the more I know about the interconnected nature of these places, the more I seem to get out of each visit. Knowledge is the key that unlocks understanding, and experience unlocks knowledge.
Shaping
My father once told me that there is no greater evil than ignorance. The fact that we're stuck here, thanks to fanatics that deliberately burn and suppress knowledge, tells me he is probably right.
But we are both guilty of this crime. Ignorance of what is happening beyond Wraeclast. Ignorance of the foul hand that shapes the lands that lie through my map device, populating them with twisted monstrosities and maddening visions.
It's a mystery that begs unraveling. I fear that to pull back the veil is to slip into the same madness as its source. But the alternative - that we let the shaping continue, that it grows and swells and spills out into this world - is far scarier.
Exile
My mother died not long after I was born, and my father, too, was gone only a handful of years later. Orphaned, my family's assets were seized and I was handed off to a series of well-off foster homes as an indentured servant.
But children are curious creatures, and even by those standards I was extremely curious indeed. I grew up reading everything I could get my hands on, and questioning everything they tried to teach me. I was too smart for my own good, I suppose, because eventually, I started drawing the attention of the Templar.
Luckily for me, Dominus was much less subtle than the previous High Templars, so I managed to leave Oriath on my own terms, mostly, before my impending exile.
Maps
These maps are not simple drawings or representations. They're more like... coordinates. Coordinates that could point to any location, or any moment in time, or any memory or dream or idea. And the map device takes you to it. Makes it real.
Creating a map is like channelling a voice who speaks in a language you don't understand, who tells you to go to a place you've never been. It's where art, superstition and science collide at high speed through thaumaturgy.
Corruption
My father's writings frequently references the work of other researchers. In particular, the heretical belief that the environment can influence a creature's form. In Wraeclast, we see the effect that corruption has on beasts, humans, even the dead.
Through my device we see the same thing, but there is no clear source of the vile changes that have turned the pristine landscapes that my father wrote of into the abominations that lay before us. Is Wraeclast's corruption seeping through? Or is something else shaping the development of life out there? And what effect, if any, is it having on us?
Research
My father was a very well educated man. He worked as a researcher in Oriath, back when they were allowed to research more than just holy texts. Sadly, he's gone now.
But his research remained, hidden in our attic. I took what I could and read it in secret as I was moved between foster homes. I read of the mortal founders whose bones were hidden deep in the Ossuary. I read of the false saints who continue to be revered in the Temple of Innocence. I read his writings over and over again. Memorized them. They were the last connection I had to him.
His research became something of an escape, I suppose. I wanted to build on it, especially the maps he described in such great detail. Of course, I'm glad I'm far away from the hollow minds and deaf ears of Theopolis.
Version history
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References
- ↑ Rhys (February 1, 2016). "Find Unique Item Zana Mission - No Unique In The Map". Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Chris (August 18, 2014). "IGN.com: Zana, Master Cartographer Reveal and Developer Walkthrough". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ↑ Lucky_Kvack (October 20, 2014). "You can chance legacy uniques from bases dropped in zana mod maps.". Reddit. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ↑ Chris (February 23, 2016). "Changes to Past Leagues at Zana". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ Chris (February 7, 2016). "Ascendancy Changes to Zana's Maps". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 30, 2016.