Guild Wars 2

A speculation/lore-related question, but since it relates to asura, I’ll post it in this subforum.

I notice that the school that your player character went to as a progeny (equivalent of asuran elementary school, it seems) is Splorge Metamystics. Similarly, Gorr’s lab is called Advanced Metamystics.

So, what exactly do you think metamystics is? Is it its own branch of study? Is it some sort of ‘over-arching’ discipline that runs as a common/uniting thread between the three main colleges? I’m interested to hear what people speculate.

I’d think it is indeed a common underlieing principle that unites the three main colleges. Asura specialize in magi-tech. Meta often signifies an “aboutness”. So metamystics could be the principles of how magic works.

Dustfinger.9510:

I’d think it is indeed a common underlieing principle that unites the three main colleges. Asura specialize in magi-tech. Meta often signifies an “aboutness”. So metamystics could be the principles of how magic works.

Haha, pretty much /thread right there. That makes a lot of sense, especially if you consider what asuran children would be taught first, and what Gorr’s area of specialization seems to be.

Dinny.5310:

A speculation/lore-related question, but since it relates to asura, I’ll post it in this subforum.

I notice that the school that your player character went to as a progeny (equivalent of asuran elementary school, it seems) is Splorge Metamystics. Similarly, Gorr’s lab is called Advanced Metamystics.

So, what exactly do you think metamystics is? Is it its own branch of study? Is it some sort of ‘over-arching’ discipline that runs as a common/uniting thread between the three main colleges? I’m interested to hear what people speculate.

I’m assuming it’s their equivalent of our word “metaphysics.”