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and if so – does that mean we might see a story event with vampires for Halloween?

and no, I don’t mean the sparkly OMFG EDWARD CULLEN kind… the bloody, cunning, and evil kind.

The 30 days of night kind?

I dear hope not. Vampires may exist in the GW universe, but they look like this.

Besides, I think Edrick <s>Cullen</s> Thorn is a ghost like his old man. He was supposedly killed with him.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

I dear hope not. Vampires may exist in the GW universe, but they look like this.

Besides, I think Edrick <s>Cullen</s> Thorn is a ghost like his old man. He was supposedly killed with him.

The “hopping vampire” of eastern myth isn’t really the same as the western vamp or the twilight vamp though, to be fair.

I’m very well aware of that, Panzer. My point is that the western vampire doesn’t exist in the GW-verse, and no implications of such exist.

…yet.

My complete guess is: No, he’s not a vampire.

Right now we know that Mad King Throne got the “Rasputin treatment” , being killed by his subjects after they got sick of his cruel ways (he had subjects skinned alive based on their complaints about the famine as he held lavish feasts in his own honor).

There’s nothing of the lore of his son [as of yet], but it can very well be assumed that he raised his son in his own image. Madness casts a shadow of insanity, I always say. The Bloody Prince can simply be known as that because maybe he carried out many of the executions that his father sentenced to the people of the lands.

Either way, NOT a vampire.

Special Note: The GW2 wiki states “his wife and Son Edrick were killed too”, but is that backed up by source? Since he had 8 wives to count, is it not possible that his ‘favorite’ of them all -5th wife, Princess Zola- was the mother of Edrick? Can’t wait until Tuesday to find out which of the 8 is his mother….

Siphaed.9235:

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The Bloody Prince can simply be known as that because maybe he carried out many of the executions that his father sentenced to the people of the lands.
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That makes sense. Or maybe he is just known as “bloody” because he was killed in a terrible, cruel and very messy way.
Anyway, I hope that we will get an explanation for his title other than “it sounds scary”.

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

Azure Prower.8701:

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

You know vampires existed before twilight, right? They’re far more interesting too.

team Edrick ftw

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

Azure Prower.8701:

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

You know vampires existed before twilight, right? They’re far more interesting too.

“The Lost Boys” was a much better movie about teen vampires.

I would hope if they would bring back a vampire like thing they would use the old Incubus model

darkdomino.9578:

and if so – does that mean we might see a story event with vampires for Halloween?

and no, I don’t mean the sparkly OMFG EDWARD CULLEN kind… the bloody, cunning, and evil kind.

could just be a human that drinks blood I don’t see vampires being part of lore of tyra

Siphaed.9235:

The GW2 wiki states “his wife and Son Edrick were killed too”, but is that backed up by source? Since he had 8 wives to count, is it not possible that his ‘favorite’ of them all -5th wife, Princess Zola- was the mother of Edrick? Can’t wait until Tuesday to find out which of the 8 is his mother….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wynn_

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Siphaed.9235:

The GW2 wiki states “his wife and Son Edrick were killed too”, but is that backed up by source? Since he had 8 wives to count, is it not possible that his ‘favorite’ of them all -5th wife, Princess Zola- was the mother of Edrick? Can’t wait until Tuesday to find out which of the 8 is his mother….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wynn_

Thanks, but that really doesn’t clarify things. He never said “his son and the boy’s mother”, instead his quote was “Our strength is in our numbers. When he’s dead, we’ll go after the queen and the prince. End the Thorn line once and for all. "

That only means that wife #8 and son died at the same time by the villagers after they’d killed Thorne. But, by no means does that guarantee that he [the son] was with his mother during his death. Variables to take into account is that Thorn had 8 wives and his son was of late teens/early 20’s age when killed (given the screens we have of him, the age can be gauged as post-puberty).

Thorn killed a few of his wives, but did Jr. kill any as well? What’s not to assume that wife #5 was indeed his mother and he killed step-moms #6 and #7, while being killed side-by-side with #8? How long was each marriage that Thorn held with each woman?

Many of the unanswered questions require a rather intricate backstory to be woven for believability of having a son at all.

The only vampires worth noting are the bloody, cunning, and evil kind. The rest are garbage.

Siphaed.9235:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Siphaed.9235:

The GW2 wiki states “his wife and Son Edrick were killed too”, but is that backed up by source? Since he had 8 wives to count, is it not possible that his ‘favorite’ of them all -5th wife, Princess Zola- was the mother of Edrick? Can’t wait until Tuesday to find out which of the 8 is his mother….

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wynn_

Thanks, but that really doesn’t clarify things. He never said “his son and the boy’s mother”, instead his quote was “Our strength is in our numbers. When he’s dead, we’ll go after the queen and the prince. End the Thorn line once and for all. "

That only means that wife #8 and son died at the same time by the villagers after they’d killed Thorne. But, by no means does that guarantee that he [the son] was with his mother during his death. Variables to take into account is that Thorn had 8 wives and his son was of late teens/early 20’s age when killed (given the screens we have of him, the age can be gauged as post-puberty).

Thorn killed a few of his wives, but did Jr. kill any as well? What’s not to assume that wife #5 was indeed his mother and he killed step-moms #6 and #7, while being killed side-by-side with #8? How long was each marriage that Thorn held with each woman?

Many of the unanswered questions require a rather intricate backstory to be woven for believability of having a son at all.

Erm… the wiki doesn’t say – as far as I know or you quoted – that Edrick is of the final wife. Only that they were killed with Thorn (though technically we don’t know if Wynn and the villagers succeeded in killing those two then and there).

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Erm… the wiki doesn’t say – as far as I know or you quoted – that Edrick is of the final wife. Only that they were killed with Thorn (though technically we don’t know if Wynn and the villagers succeeded in killing those two then and there).

The wiki does say……

• His tyranny came to an end in approximately 825 AE when an angry mob ambushed him, ending his earthly rule. His wife and son, Prince Edrick, were also killed, ending the Thorn dynasty, and the throne went to his cousin. Worried that he would try to return using his magic, his killers hid his body parts in boxes and buried them in locations scattered across Tyria, obscuring their locations with magical seals.

Of course, it’s a wonder whether or not the wiki is in-fact accurate to the degree that we read it as. But, the original quote I provided you -as well as this one- makes me wonder if Wife #8 was pregnant? That would be the only true justification under the “end the Thorn line”. Most of his wives were prisoners to his insanity and risked constant threat of execution (many of which succumbed to it), so a queen that rises to the throne out of his death can be assumed to be nearly polar opposite of his style of rule.

Maybe I’m just reading too much into it….

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

Azure Prower.8701:

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

You know vampires existed before twilight, right? They’re far more interesting too.

Too bad they’re all associated with being sparkly now and are laughed at.

Good thing too. Vampires are overrated. About as bad and done to death as zombies.

Siphaed.9235:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Erm… the wiki doesn’t say – as far as I know or you quoted – that Edrick is of the final wife. Only that they were killed with Thorn (though technically we don’t know if Wynn and the villagers succeeded in killing those two then and there).

The wiki does say……

• His tyranny came to an end in approximately 825 AE when an angry mob ambushed him, ending his earthly rule. His wife and son, Prince Edrick, were also killed, ending the Thorn dynasty, and the throne went to his cousin. Worried that he would try to return using his magic, his killers hid his body parts in boxes and buried them in locations scattered across Tyria, obscuring their locations with magical seals.

Of course, it’s a wonder whether or not the wiki is in-fact accurate to the degree that we read it as. But, the original quote I provided you -as well as this one- makes me wonder if Wife #8 was pregnant? That would be the only true justification under the “end the Thorn line”. Most of his wives were prisoners to his insanity and risked constant threat of execution (many of which succumbed to it), so a queen that rises to the throne out of his death can be assumed to be nearly polar opposite of his style of rule.

Maybe I’m just reading too much into it….

I’d go with reading too into it. Typically a married in spouse is considered part of the line in ancient royalty – and if the Tyruan royalty mirrors our own then there was some intermarriage between royalties and distant relatives in order to keep bloodlines pure.

In this case, I would argue that either the 8th wife was also bad or she was considered part of the Thorn bloodline by marriage.

What’s in the boooox?

Vampires exist in GW but not the western kind.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hopping_Vampire

Or maybe he’s a blood necromancer?

Henge.3907:

Or maybe he’s a blood necromancer?

This was my thoughts also, I looks more like he’s a Necromancer type with his face painting and cloths. They just changed the color of his skills to red most likely to give us the feeling of blood skills or just so we know what’s his and what’s ours.

What if he was only partially bloody? Say, 50%? That’d make him a…

…I’m not sure where I was going with that joke.

This is GW’s version of a vampire:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hopping_Vampire

So… I really don’t thin so.

Azure Prower.8701:

Maybe he’ll wield twilight and sparkle.

Amusing on three levels.