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Old Sep 18, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40   #1
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Default Ascalon, where from?
Looking at wikipedia, I decided to type in ascalon, I got this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascalon
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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
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Old Nov 08, 2006, 02:29 AM // 02:29   #2
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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
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Old Nov 08, 2006, 11:00 AM // 11:00   #3
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It could be true cuz south of Ascalon there's the Crystal Desert
and according to Israel geography so does Ashkelon.

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Old Nov 08, 2006, 08:35 PM // 20:35   #4
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umm i dont think the makers of gw would go this deap into lore
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Old Nov 09, 2006, 04:52 AM // 04:52   #5
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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.
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Old Nov 11, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31   #6
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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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Old Nov 12, 2006, 07:02 AM // 07:02   #7
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i found a city/state named Ascalon in the bible.
west of Jerusalem.
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