Vacation in Old Ascalon

Shakma visits Old Ascalon and witnesses the downfall of it at the same time, as the Charr come up from behind.
From here scroll down through all the photos created during his trip to follow the timeline on his holiday..

The Old Ascalon Kingdom. A place you really want to be...

The town of Ascalon

Amazing...

All colourful and atmospheric

The hallway to the Academy

Real Grass :)

Old Ascalon from another view

Denga dancing for and before me

Look at her go ! :)

Even her underwear is sexy...

Mine's OK but hey, I'm a Necromancer..

Sitting quietly and comfortably in the high grass, enjoying the warm sunlight..

Denga is coming to join me... We both need a tan !

What a view !

The Ascalon Kingdom Wall

Shame you can't enter the buildings..

A small market in the town of Ascalon.. Here you'll find the Outfitter and a Crafter

Can't get enough of this view ;)

Ah, there's even a nice lake to cool down from the heating sun..

Out of town, you'll find nothing but amazing beauty...

... nature can be exquisite...

Ooh, waterfalls in the back

Imagine how this would look during summertime...

Getting closer to the waterfalls which are next to the town of Ashford

Ashford itself

The big farm of Ashford

The church of Ashford

A little creek running through Ashford. Too bad we can't take out our fishing rods as in FF XI :)

Even a nice sunflower here and there... Everything is complete !

In the midst of Ashford

Denga posing infront of the Ashford Monument

Another Ashford Farm...

The Ashford Church upclose

next to the Great Oak

The monument on the Ashford Graveyard...

Two Elementalists showing off their dancing skills

Aaah, nice waterfalls.. The cool breeze, with the sun in your back...

Waterfarm making good use of the streams from the waterfalls

Watermill from another side

Enter the forest

We might be getting rain ?

Might jump in that lake down there, later...

The sun enlighting the beautiful surroundings

Another statue, but this time with healing powers !

Here is where I found my pet... My Stalker being healed by the Monument

A role-model Necromancer

Ah, dark dungeons.. Ofcourse !

A quick run through inside the dark dungeons led us here..

Another Monument, quite monumental indeed !

Another role-model Necromancer. Learned a lot from her...

Back in the Dark Dungeons

We'll get to the Blue Skies in a minute... I hope...

Even nice waterfalls within dark dungeons like these..

Ah, another fiend in need of a good bashing..

Underground Dark Necromancer Church of some kind ?

Certainly looks like a church..

Me putting an arrow inside of parts of a Ghastly Gargoyle where arrows shouldn't be...

Me not really daring to enter.. :)

What's this ?

Luckily Denga is here with his new char to help me out...

The Three Dark Gods of Ascalon ?

Hmmm, macabre...

Dark eerie bridge across strange happenings below..

These heads accompany us aside the bridge...

Cousins of the other heads

Is that.. ? Is it .. ? I mean.. ? Really ? Sunlight ?

Both running for our lives towards the light...

Aaah, air, sunlight, birds, grass, lovely farms everywhere...

Statue of Grenth

Me posing infront of another monument with my Stalker pet...

A large vineyard... Wanna run through it with me ?

Dark clouds are forming.. What will it bring ?

While it looks windy, the windmill doesn't do anything...

The farm aside the vineyard..

Another vineyard.. Hey ! That looks like the farm we saw before !

The Church in this little village

Prolly the Mayor's house

Ascalon

Me going out on another mission from Ascalon

Now this was supposed to be the cutscene to show the Charr destroying Ascalon

But it wasn't finished yet.. Nice views though :)

Look at this superbabe !

Another church

Summer and Winter in one shot. That cottage over there was for sale BTW

You feel cold already, don't ya ?

Some cold and windy magical Tower, I suppose...

This thing is HUGE !!!

Right, well, on the left we have the living room, on the right is the kitchen..

Can I take off the leash from my dog ?

Pff, u guyz go ahead. I'll stay here for a while...

The vineyard and the windmill from another side

Me posing ;)

Me posing again :)

Shiny Crystals.. Hang on, isn't this Final Fantasy ?

I... Need... Water... !

Let's throw some sticks in that molten lava, guys !

Me talking to Prince Rurik

The destroyed walls of Ascalon

More destroyed walls

Me in action ! ;)

This portal will lead us somewhere, as Prince Rurik tells us...

Me sitting pretty on some sort of altar

Me running with my low 17+ dmg longbow

Some Charr makin' a fuss

Somehow the atmosphere is pretty eerie here. Should we go there or head back already ? ;)

Nice place to start some Gothic party maybe ?

Madonna has landed in Ascalon ?

Winter is coming...

Cold, but cheerful

Interrupting the Charr's siege

Look at the size of this beast !

the Dwarven village up in the mountains

Look cozy, huh ?

They prolly have nice cozy nights sitting around the fireplace with a good drink..

Though it does seem a little ... empty... ?

Some wooden something...