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Current Events is an achievement category for achievements occurring in the present time of Tyria. The achievement table below is sorted in the order of completion.

Current Events (Side Stories)	Total achievements: 6	105
Seasons of the Dragons	100
Complete all 24 Return meta-achievements. Return meta-achievements will become available over time[sic], and they are permanently available once introduced. Title: Returning Champion Rewards: Tier 1:  Ascended Weapon Chest Tier 2:  Fragment of Prismatic Light Tier 3:  32-Slot Hero's Trusty Backpack Tier 4:  Prismatic Champion's Regalia Objectives: 24 objectives in total Return to Dry Top 1 Return to Dry Top 2 Return to Silverwastes 1 Return to Silverwastes 2 Return to Bloodstone Fen Return to Ember Bay Return to Bitterfrost Frontier Return to Lake Doric Return to Draconis Mons Return to Siren's Landing Return to the Domain of Istan Return to Sandswept Isles Return to the Domain of Kourna Return to Jahai Bluffs Return to Thunderhead Peaks Return to Dragonfall Return to Grothmar Valley Return to Bjora Marches 1 Return to Bjora Marches 2 Return to Eye of the North Return to Drizzlewood Coast 1 Return to Drizzlewood Coast 2 Return to the Dragonstorm ... End Conjecture Additional notes on this achievement available below.[1]	4 Achievements Completed	25
	10 Achievements Completed	25
	16 Achievements Completed	25
	24 Achievements Completed	25
Return to Research	1
After completing Icebrood Saga Episode 5, visit Taimi and Gorrik at the Eye of the North to see how their dragon research is progressing.	Checked on Taimi and Gorrik in Eye of the North	1
Studying Scarlet	1
After completing the meta-achievement Return To Silverwastes 2, visit Taimi and Gorrik at the Eye of the North. Prerequisite: Return to Research	Checked on Taimi and Gorrik in Eye of the North	1
Peer Review	1
After completing the meta-achievement Return to Siren's Landing, visit Taimi and Gorrik at the Eye of the North. Prerequisite: Studying Scarlet	Checked on Taimi and Gorrik in Eye of the North	1
Parallel Analysis	1
After completing the meta-achievement Return to Dragonfall, visit Taimi and Gorrik at the Eye of the North. Prerequisite: Peer Review	Checked on Taimi and Gorrik in Eye of the North	1
End Conjecture	1
After completing the meta-achievement Return to the Dragonstorm, visit Taimi and Gorrik at the Eye of the North. Prerequisite: Parallel Analysis	Checked on Taimi and Gorrik in Eye of the North	1

Dialogue[edit]

Return to Research

Taimi: Oh, hey. Don't mind us, Commander. Just setting up a lab for important Elder Dragon research. Fate of the whole world depends on it. No big deal.

Sure thing.

Gorrik: Is this really the best location?

(shrug)

Taimi: If we're investigating the dragon cycle, we should be near a DRAGON, right? There aren't too many Elder Dragons left in the world, so Aurene's our only bet.

Agreed.

Gorrik: (sigh) I guess you're right. But we could have a more robust laboratory at Rata Sum.

Anything I can do to help?

Gorrik: We can always use more data to isolate commonalities among the Elder Dragons. Find a pattern. You've fought them for years, Commander. Inside your memories could be clues to the dragon cycle.

My memories?

Taimi: Ooh, do we get to poke around in the commander's head?

Leave my head alone.

Gorrik: I was thinking we use the scrying pool to help the commander relive the memories of these past years.

Hmm...

Taimi: That's ingenious, Gorrik.

She's not wrong.

Gorrik: Oh. Well. Thank you.

Time to relive some old memories, I guess.

I have to go.

Studying Scarlet

Taimi: Oh, Commander. Thanks for all your help with the whole...recollecting your memories thing. It's been illuminating. We've got lots more data than we'd have otherwise.

Dare I ask...

Gorrik: I'm learning a lot about you before we met. Scarlet affected so many lives across Tyria.

(nod)

Taimi: She did. (sigh) Don't meet your heroes. Caithe's also grown a lot since then, huh? But I guess we wouldn't have Aurene if she hadn't taken the egg.

True.

Gorrik: I noticed Phlunt didn't change at all.

You say that like it's a surprise.

Taimi: I KNOW, right? He's the worst. Anyway, Commander, keep at it.

Will do.

Peer Review

Gorrik: You've been busy, Commander. Loads more data; tons for Taimi and me to sift through.

Taimi: Speaking of busy, I heard someone other than us has been looking into dragon research.

Taimi: Rata Novus, the Crucible of Eternity, the Durmand Priory...

Taimi: Someone's snooping!

Gorrik: Science is the universal exploration of knowledge—and open to everyone, Taimi.

Taimi: Yeah, well, I don't like it. It feels...sneaky!

Gorrik: We're holed up in a makeshift lab in the Eye of the North, miles from civilization.

Taimi: This isn't makeshift! It's a very respectable, HUMBLE lab—thank you very much.

Taimi: If this place is good enough for Aurene, it's good enough for us.

Gorrik: We're in the company of Snargle Goldclaw...

Taimi: I'm not mad about it.

Gorrik: I'm getting back to work, Commander.

Parallel Analysis

Taimi: Commander! Can you believe the nerve of some people?

Taimi: Someone broke into my lab at Rata Sum! Made a huge mess. Huh, you think it was Phlunt again? I bet it was Phlunt again.

Gorrik: Wait, you didn't tell me this.

Taimi: Because I didn't want you to worry. See? Eye of the North was the right choice for the lab.

Taimi: If I'd been working out of MY lab, I could've been kidnapped. Or worse.

Gorrik: Don't say that. That's horrible.

Taimi: I'm fine, Gorrik. I know you'd protect me if anyone came after us here.

Taimi: Well, you and Aurene. Anyway, Commander, thanks for the new data.

Gorrik: Who do you think Kralkatorrik was referring to as "Mother"?

Taimi: Probably his mother.

Gorrik: Do Elder Dragons have mothers?

Taimi: Aurene does.

End Conjecture

Taimi: You did it, Commander. All your adventures from these past years! Quite a trip down memory lane.

Gorrik: The deaths of Primordus and Jormag released an unprecedented amount of dragon magic into the ecosystem.

Gorrik: And if there is another Elder Dragon-

Taimi: Which we don't know for sure-

Gorrik: Right. But if there is... Wherever he is...it must be pretty bad.

Taimi: The most popular theory is the water dragon's somewhere in the depths of the Unending Ocean.

Gorrik: Not exactly a narrow search range.

Taimi: It's a hypothesis with no empirical basis.

Taimi: It's clear to me that we need to-

Taimi: Ah!

Gorrik: Taimi?

Taimi: I-I'm fine. It'll pass.

Gorrik: You need time off. We both need some.

Taimi: There's too much to do! We don't fully understand the ramifications of the dragon cycle yet.

Taimi: The other shoe can drop at any moment. We have to be ready.

Gorrik: I know. Just dont...push yourself too hard.

Notes[edit]

• Gorrik and Taimi will only show in the Eye of the North for characters that have completed Champions.
• If they still are not appearing, make sure your current story chapter is set to personal story or something prior to End of Dragons (e.g. Prologue: Bound by Blood, worked on 17. September 2023). You may need to switch maps and return to Eye of the North to get them to appear correctly.
• Recordings of their past conversations are available from the Recorder.

Trivia[edit]

• This achievement category was added in the May 3rd, 2016 update.
• It was removed and split into the different categories of the new Side Stories group in the August 8, 2017 update.
• After the split, the Current Events category was not present until the January 9, 2018 update.
• Achievements present in this category were moved to the Portal Panic achievement category, except for "Survey on Subjects of Importance 2" which was moved to the Roller Beetle Racing and new achievements were added in their stead in the May 25, 2021 update.

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