# Overview

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A number of powerful [obelisks](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/obelisks) have emerged in the Cambria [game world](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/world), offering players bold enough to venture out into the deep wilderness and claim these obelisks a continuous stream of [Essence.](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/essence)  Team up with other players as a [Guild](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/guilds) to hold these claims for as long as possible before you are [killed](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/combat) by rivals looking to claim the [Obelisks](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/obelisks) of Power for themselves. &#x20;

In Guild Wars, the choices you make are dependent on the [real-time choices of others](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/diplomacy), as you seek to maximize the amount of Essence you can make by either joining a large Guild with an established claim, or striking it out with loose alliances of smaller Guilds to topple the entrenched top Guilds.

> He who controls the Essence controls the universe.

For the patient, the world of Cambria holds a variety of [resources](https://cambria-1.gitbook.io/guild-wars/key-mechanics/resources) that can be gathered and stockpiled to sustain and empower your Guild as you fight for control - food that restores health, runes to cast forbidden spells, and potions to temporarily boost combat power. &#x20;