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[[Strength of the Unseen (achievement)]] is an [[achievement]] in [[Amnytas]] that involves learning about [[Mabon]]'s history.

== Achievement ==
{{achievement box|Strength of the Unseen|id=7232}}

== Walkthrough ==

{{collection table header|collectible width=20em|map=true}}
{{collection table row|Callon's Mourning
| map = Callon's Mourning map.jpg
| hint = Learn More about [[Mabon]] from [[Callon]] at the [[Bastion of Strength]]
| notes = Talk to [[Callon]], who can be found near {{waypoint|Bastion of Strength Waypoint}}, northeast of the nearby tower.
}}
{{collection table row|Ithil's Mourning
| map = Ithil's Mourning map.jpg
| hint = Learn More about [[Mabon]] from [[Ithil]] at the [[Bastion of Strength]]
| notes = Talk to [[Ithil]], who can be found near {{point of interest|Astral Ward Training Grounds}}, northeast of the [[point of interest]].
}}
{{collection table row|Maer's Mourning
| map = Maer's Mourning map.jpg
| hint = Learn More about [[Mabon]] from [[Maer]] at the [[Bastion of Strength]]
| notes = Talk to [[Maer]], who can be found near {{point of interest|Spellcrafting Workshop}}, grieveing in the alcove to the south.
}}
{{collection table row|Mabon's Journal
| map = Mabon's Journal map.jpg
| hint = Read Mabon's Journal in His Study
| notes = [[Mabon's Journal (Item)]] is found on the upper floor, above {{point of interest|Isgarren's Quarters}}. Once you have interacted with Mabon's Journal it will add a journal item to your inventory which you need to double click on to read which then gives you credit for the achievement step.
}}
{{collection table row|A Visit to the North
| map = A Visit to the North map.jpg
| hint = Travel across [[Tyria]], Tracking [[Mabon]]'s Movements and Actions as an [[Astral Ward]] Member
| notes = This journal piece can be found near {{waypoint|Watchful Waypoint}}, slightly southeast on an icy ledge.
}}
{{collection table row|A New Threat Emerges
| map = A_New_Threat_Emerges_map.jpg
| hint = Travel across [[Tyria]], Tracking [[Mabon]]'s Movements and Actions as an [[Astral Ward]] Member
| notes = This journal piece can be found near {{waypoint|Ascalon Settlement Waypoint}}, northwest of the nearby [[vista]].
}}
{{collection table row|Essence of Strength
| map = Essence_of_Strength_map.png
| hint = It can be bought from the [[Astral Ward Skirmisher (Bastion of Strength)|Faction Provisioner]] near {{waypoint|Bastion of Strength Waypoint}}.
}}
{{collection table row|In Memorium
| map = In_Memorium_MAP.png
| hint = Travel Back to the [[Amnytas Insight: Windy Bluff|Windy Bluff Mastery Insight]] and Memorialize Mabon with the [[Essence of Strength]]
| notes = The {{map icon|masterysoto}} Mastery Insight is found on top of {{point of interest|Mabon's Tower}}.
}}
|}

== Dialogue ==
;With [[Callon]]
:[[Pact Commander|Wayfinder]]? How... How are you? What can I do for you?
:{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Actually, Callon, I was hoping you could tell me a bit about [[Mabon]].''
::Mabon... What do you want to know?
::{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Anything. I'm trying to better understand who he was.''
::'''Callon:''' ''Mabon could hold a conversation with anyone. Saw the best in the worst of us...''
::'''Callon:''' ''He...listened to me. When I first joined the [[Astral Ward]], I was not kind. Or empathetic.''
::'''Callon:''' ''I was strong—that's why [[Isgarren]] took a liking. I just wanted to hide from the world.''
::'''Callon:''' ''Mabon and [[Vanak Faithwalker|Vanak]] took care of my training, and Mabon... He... saw right through me.''
::'''Callon:''' ''He helped me forgive myself. He helped me forgive my mother for letting [[White Mantle|the Wh-]]''
::'''Callon:''' ''I...I wasn't always a good person. Neither was he; he was always honest about that.''
::'''Callon:''' ''But the Mabon I knew near the end was good. Earnestly good.''
:I wasn't planning to share...so much. I hope that was all right.
:{{dialogue icon|end}} ''I think Mabon would have been honored. Thank you, Callon.''

;With [[Ithil]]
:Finishing a great book can be heart-wrenching, because you don't want it to end. But would it be better not to have read it at all? I... I don't think so.
:{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Speaking of stories, I was hoping you might have some about Mabon.''
::Ah, I certainly do, Wayfinder. I would be glad to share something about him with you.
::{{dialogue icon|more}} ''And I would be glad to hear it. Thank you.''
::'''Ithil:''' ''We will never do better than Mabon. He recruited me himself, you know.''
::'''Ithil:''' ''I woke up screaming. The teachings of [[Ventari]] didn't tell us anything. I joined the [[Nightmare Court]] to find answers.''
::'''Ithil:''' ''But that was just before you put [[Mordremoth]] to [[Hearts and Minds|rest]]. [[Faolain]] was...''
::'''Ithil:''' ''I never went to [[Heart of Maguuma|Maguuma]]. I left the court before things got bad. But, I did hear his voice.''
::'''Ithil:''' ''The pain was... Have you ever fallen into the geysers at [[Southsun Cove]]?''
::'''Ithil:''' ''Mabon found me, writhing beneath a tree in [[Brisban Wildlands]]. He and [[Narcisse]] nursed me back to health.''
::'''Ithil:''' ''I told him my story, and he invited me here. A new story. It... won't be the same without him.''
:Thank you for listening.
:{{dialogue icon|end}} ''The pleasure was mine. Be well, Ithil.''

;With [[Maer]]
:(Maer is mourning in silence.)
:{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Maer? Do you think you could tell me a bit about Mabon?''
::I... I'll try.
::{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Just say whatever you're feeling. Thank you.''
::'''Maer:''' ''I... I'm sorry, I...''
::'''Maer:''' ''He... saved me. When I was in the [[Dominion of Winds|Dominion]], he...''
::'''Maer:''' ''I'm sorry, I'm not ready to... He can't be...''

;In [[Frostgorge Sound]]
:'''Mabon:''' ''He fixates when he's bored. But boredom means that we're not running from other [[mursaat]] or moving out of a [[Elder Dragon|dragon]]'s path.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''We're currently settled above the Northern Isles so [[Isgarren]] can watch the [[kodan]] again—they migrated south already.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''[[Waiting Sorrow|One]] has taken refuge with [[Vass]], the [[Forgotten]] that Isgarren is courting... She seems curious about us. They both do.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''It does make me wonder what his goal is... We organize. We build. But we are only two—for now.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''I was reading about [[Legendary Sidony the Shadowkeeper|Sidony]] in the archive—leader of the [[Seer]]s during the rise against the dragons.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''When he decided to pull back from the assault on [[Zhaitan]]... I wonder if he knew the consequences that would evoke?''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Even if that choice was likely the wiser one... We still feel the ripples of that decision.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Most likely, we'd be dead. Maybe the mursaat wouldn't have fled, though. The Seers wouldn't have declared [[Seer-mursaat war|war]].''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Isgarren is fearful of intervening with the dragons. When Sidony stopped him that night...''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Mm. I remember that morning, I think. Flickers of sunrise... The carnage, revealed. Zhaitan's call.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Thankful that I don't remember the loss. I feel it, but I don't remember their faces... Should I?''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Isgarren possesses an...urgency that I can't place yet. We are too weak to fight a dragon, he says, yet we fortify...''
:'''Mabon:''' ''It's as if he's both wounded and killing time... Maybe I'm projecting.''

;In [[Gendarran Fields]]
:'''Isgarren:''' ''You didn't see it. What he did to them.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Tell me then.''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''He... (clears throat) [[Eparch]] is hideous.'' 
:'''Mabon:''' ''The creature from [[Nayos]]? I thought you were friends. I still have the things he left behind in my chamber—''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''No. I was curious about him in the same way that I was you, but... Things which come from that place are not good.''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''You are a fine ally. You didn't...tear an entire village to innards and scraps of meat.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''You think he was a [[demon]]?''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''I know he was. I should've been more careful. I sent him back, but...''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''Nothing that sees this place stays away. And I've tried to keep them out for a long time.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''So that's the plan.''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''Mm. The dragons are a headache, but the demon realm is an infection. All of those pockets are.''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''The dragons could very well be the bacteria fighting off that infection, too. I don't know, but I need them alive.'' 
:'''Isgarren:''' ''I've no clue what Eparch wanted. But he wasn't happy when I booted him back to his bog.''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Well, it's likely my own bias, but if we were exiled to [[Tyria]] as punishment...''
:'''Mabon:''' ''Then perhaps the demon realm possesses something better than this? Would he want to come back.{{sic|should end with ? since the intonation indicates a question}}''
:'''Isgarren:''' ''You didn't see the look on his face.''

;Interacting with the{{map icon|masterysoto}}[[Amnytas Insight: Windy Bluff]]
:Do you wish to remember Mabon at this Insight of Mastery, exemplifying the [[Essence of Strength]]?
:{{dialogue icon|more}} ''Channel the Essence of Strength into the [[Mastery Insight]].''

== Related achievements ==
* {{achievement|Honorary Astral Ward}}

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== Notes ==
{{Bug|You can buy the Essence of Strength before you reached the necessary prerequisite step in Strength of the Unseen from the Faction Provisoner. The materials will be lost and you will not get credited. Despite the tooltip saying "You can only buy one per account", you can buy the item again once you reach the step but you will have to pay the Pinches of Stardust and Research Notes a second time.}}