Ascalon, where from?

Addone_Abaddon

Addone_Abaddon

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18 Sep 2006 at 21:40 - 1
Looking at wikipedia, I decided to type in ascalon, I got this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascalon
Quote:
Originally Posted by wikipedia
The name Ascalon can refer to a number of possible topics:

* a middle-eastern city, more usually called Ashkelon
I remember readin on google a while ago that there was a real place called ascalon, so why not wiki it, then typed in Ashkelon and got:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon

check it out.


Did Anet get there idea from Ashkelon?

NOTE: Ascalon was originally called Khylo in the beta testing of the game, I am gonna wikipedia that in a minute

AnkurP992

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08 Nov 2006 at 02:29 - 2
i see no resmemblence of ashkelon and askalon it would make more sence in Ellona tho. And there is no such thing as Khylo on wiki

sheepush

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Join Date: Mar 2006

08 Nov 2006 at 11:00 - 3
It could be true cuz south of Ascalon there's the Crystal Desert
and according to Israel geography so does Ashkelon.

:P

AnkurP992

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08 Nov 2006 at 20:35 - 4
umm i dont think the makers of gw would go this deap into lore

Trakata

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09 Nov 2006 at 04:52 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by AnkurP992
umm i dont think the makers of gw would go this deap into lore
Why not? Definitely could have, it's not "that deep" it's just the name of a city.

FireFox

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11 Nov 2006 at 22:31 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Addone_Abaddon
NOTE: Ascalon was originally called Khylo in the beta testing of the game, I am gonna wikipedia that in a minute
I think Khylo was an Ascalon city prior to the charr attack, not another name for the kingdom

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12 Nov 2006 at 07:02 - 7
i found a city/state named Ascalon in the bible.
west of Jerusalem.