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Posted by: Kain Francois.4328

Kain Francois.4328

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-09-2013/

When I read “… Four Winds” in the new update, the GW1 fan inside of me literally squeed out-loud at the thought of seeing Tengu again.

Then I did ctrl+F and found no mention of Tengus whatsoever.

Plz ANET, don’t tease us like that! :’(

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Posted by: jweez.7214

jweez.7214

Why does “Four Winds” make you think Tengu? I am interested because I do not know much about them other than they are birds.

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Posted by: Vahkris.6847

Vahkris.6847

Why does “Four Winds” make you think Tengu? I am interested because I do not know much about them other than they are birds.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tengu

Modern tengu that live within the Dominion of Winds have long since put aside their differences and now live under four houses – North, South, East, and West. These four houses are named after the winds, and were created to unify the tengu while allowing them to preserve their clans’ unique cultures.

The Tengu basically set themselves up into four houses, named after the winds. i.e. “Four Winds”. Their home is known as the “Dominion of Winds”, so naturally a release with “wind” in the name will bring Tengu speculation.

That’s basically why.

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Posted by: Mr Mango.3504

Mr Mango.3504

Small art note, the ships look like Canthan style in their length and sails.

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Posted by: jweez.7214

jweez.7214

Why does “Four Winds” make you think Tengu? I am interested because I do not know much about them other than they are birds.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tengu

Modern tengu that live within the Dominion of Winds have long since put aside their differences and now live under four houses – North, South, East, and West. These four houses are named after the winds, and were created to unify the tengu while allowing them to preserve their clans’ unique cultures.

The Tengu basically set themselves up into four houses, named after the winds. i.e. “Four Winds”. Their home is known as the “Dominion of Winds”, so naturally a release with “wind” in the name will bring Tengu speculation.

That’s basically why.

Ah ok thanks!

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Posted by: Doggie.3184

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Gimmeh Cantha >;o

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Posted by: Donari.5237

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The screenshot of the fire/bamboo backpiece has a Canthan feel to it, I think (not that I played GW1, so I could be off base with that).

I also felt that this must be a reference to the Dominion of the Winds. That sw corner of LA might get some traffic soon!

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Posted by: Ryuujin.8236

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if you go a step further in the thinking…

The dominion of the winds has remarkably little solid ground, there’s a lot of archipelago and open water; how did arenanet plan to house an entire nation of flightless bird people there?

If we go back to the concept art there’s long been pictures of suspended aerial structures with huge sails – like the bazaar is based on. Put two and two together; and perhaps the intention is/was that the tengu make extensive use of those “kite” structures to build their villages and towns literally in the air.

That’d be so insanely awesomely I’d want to play one there and then xD

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

“Four Winds” isn’t exclusive to the tengu people.

“He’s not as powerful in this realm as he is in his own. We believe it’s because we scattered him to the four winds.”

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wynn_%28Ghost%29

Looking at the wallpaper concept art, I’m seeing lots of water, cliffs, and some mountains in the background. I place my bets on the Steamspur Bay area.

Logically thinking about the whole tengu thing:

Tengu are a HUGE part of GW lore. They’ve been around since day 1. If ArenaNet were to begin going into the tengu, I’d expect it to be done on a higher level of quality than what we’ve seen of the living story thus far. Given that there’s a new location that seems to be a persistent area rather than instanced (this “Labyrinthine Cliffs”), that means that the new location is most likely to be on par to Southsun Cove.

Also consider the fact that a lot of players are interested in the tengu, it would only serve to disappoint if it isn’t done properly. Now, also given the players’ view on tengu, it would be advertisingly foolhardy to not mention tengu if the tengu were a focus.

The best we’ll get of the tengu, I think, will be a new outpost outside of the Dominion of Winds – and this is only if the new zone is the area west of Lion’s Arch (despite common belief thanks to a wrong NPC, that area between Kessex, Gendarran, and LA is not part of the Dominion of Winds – if it were, then Garrenhoff would be isolated and it is an active trading port with ships coming and going, and we’d see a huge wall from Garrenhoff looking into the Sea of Sorrows; we don’t – plus, the novel map shows that the Dominion of Winds doesn’t reach that far west; it is likely an expansion attempt by the tengu). But there’s no mountains really nearby, unless we count the new jumping puzzle.

Don’t get me wrong, I love tengu and want them to be more influencing in the game and be playable even. But I just don’t think ArenaNet would be able to do them proper justice with a living story step.

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Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: Pavees.7281

Pavees.7281

I still find it insulting the tengu use a reskinned charr model when their gw1 model(the white mountain model) to be perfect and beautiful by comparison. I also find it insulting that instead of a honor bound race of warriors thrown from their home not being playable we get a bunch of worthless cats(which sadly i love cats but i don’t like orcs in cat skins which was the original purpose of the gw1 charr in proph) who only goal in life is to kill and make more cubs. I still hate that massive shift in focus with the charr. I get that some charr are honorable(i liked pyre but he was an anomaly amongst his peers).

Originally being monsters but now they are forced to be perceived in a semi-honor semi-military state(their old system was alot more tribal why i found their sudden shift to technology to come out of nowhere and i know they did use siege devourers and forts but eh) horribly off topic to some degree but i miss me some tengu and hate charr models jacked them guild caps in favor of backpacks(shudder).

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Posted by: Deneb.2697

Deneb.2697

:D Tengu reminds me of this

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Posted by: hamsteak.1368

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the gate to the dominion of the four winds is in lion’s arch as well

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

the gate to the dominion of the four winds is in lion’s arch as well

Dominion of Winds*

And not really. The Shuttered Gate is dislocated from the wall. It may be a blunder on Anet’s part, but if you look at the Kessex Hills map you can see the wall heading south before reaching Garrenhoff, which matches the novel map perfectly. Besides, if the Shuttered Gate was directly connected to the Dominion of Winds, then Garrenhoff is a huge kitten lore flaw. Why? 1) Karka invaded there, wouldn’t be possible if the wall extended to the Shuttered Gate, and 2) Garrenhoff is an active trading port where ships come and go, which wouldn’t be possible if the wall extended to the Shuttered gate, and 3) we don’t see a wall in the distance.

So despite common belief, no, Lion’s Arch does not lead straight to the Dominion of Winds.

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Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: DaMunky.6302

DaMunky.6302

It’s been said before, but I think the shuttered gate in LA either goes to private Tengu-only trading docks, or an Asura portal (or equivalent) leading to the Dominion of Winds.

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Posted by: Gnat.9405

Gnat.9405

An entire JP tengu city

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Posted by: RileyTheRad.8542

RileyTheRad.8542

I still find it insulting the tengu use a reskinned charr model when their gw1 model(the white mountain model) to be perfect and beautiful by comparison. I also find it insulting that instead of a honor bound race of warriors thrown from their home not being playable we get a bunch of worthless cats(which sadly i love cats but i don’t like orcs in cat skins which was the original purpose of the gw1 charr in proph) who only goal in life is to kill and make more cubs. I still hate that massive shift in focus with the charr. I get that some charr are honorable(i liked pyre but he was an anomaly amongst his peers).

Originally being monsters but now they are forced to be perceived in a semi-honor semi-military state(their old system was alot more tribal why i found their sudden shift to technology to come out of nowhere and i know they did use siege devourers and forts but eh) horribly off topic to some degree but i miss me some tengu and hate charr models jacked them guild caps in favor of backpacks(shudder).

The GW1 Charr were mostly shamanistic because they were being led by the Flame Legion, which was ruled by the shaman caste. With what we saw of the siege devourers, I really don’t at all see why it’s any kind of leap for Charr to latch onto big, explosion’y technology the second the world starts to develop it. And once the charr as a race were able to break away from the Flame Legion, forming themselves into a strong, structured militaristic culture seems to me like a very believable course of action.

Hoopa doopa.

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Posted by: Apolus.3157

Apolus.3157

It’s not about Tengu, it’s about compasses.
Experience movement in a new way, buy a compass in the bazaar.

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Posted by: Buttercup.5871

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There is an entrance to the dominion of the winds in Lion’s arch. Where the road stops in the east is a gate, closed, guarded by Tengu.
Edit: look at the map, it leads straight to the dominion. Haha, this is the last thing I needed for confirmation, together with that last spoiler picture in the other thread.

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Posted by: dusanyu.4057

dusanyu.4057

Four winds makes me think of taco day at the office. No wait that is the four broken winds. Never mind, carry on.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

There is an entrance to the dominion of the winds in Lion’s arch. Where the road stops in the east is a gate, closed, guarded by Tengu.
Edit: look at the map, it leads straight to the dominion. Haha, this is the last thing I needed for confirmation, together with that last spoiler picture in the other thread.

Please read my post

It doesn’t lead straight into the Dominion. The Dominion of the Winds ends on the western side of Garrenhoff, which is between the Dominion of the Wind sand Lion’s Arch.

What exactly the deal with the Shuttered Gate is, is quite unknown. The merchants near there complain that the tengu won’t let them through, but the Dominion of Winds has been around for roughly 100 years. I doubt that said merchants would be so ignorant as to believe that they’d be able to get into an area isolated for decades. Rather, it implies that the Shuttered Gate is a new addition.

But again, the Shuttered Gate does NOT lead directly into the Dominion of Winds. Despite what the tengu says, as we can very easily observe such for ourselves.

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: yoshoken.9432

yoshoken.9432

At work so unable to look this up, but which zone was it with the 4 part quest chain where you fought the 4 Sun Champions? Theres that one giant gate there at the end of the broken bridge where you fight the Tengu Archer for the skill point. Has that spot been mentioned yet?

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

That’s Caledon Forest. If by your question on if the content will be there, unlikely. Connected to there? I doubt it, but that’s my opinion of the content not being tengu related.

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