Guild Wars 2

From GW1, I saw the Charr as angry and violent. In GW2, I see the Charr as angry and violent. Yet, there was an unexpected surprise. We get to see each major races children. I noticed that Charr “cubs” behave like normal children. In fact many seem nice and racially tolerant. It’s the adults that come off as angry, mean and racist.

This makes me wonder if Charr are like this, but Charr society molds them into what is expect of adult Charr or is this a newer more liberated Charr generation?

The same way that ‘professionalism’ in the real world turns people into socially minded people.

Or during the time when people cared what their neighbours thought of them.

As I understand it, the peace has only existed for a few years. Today’s cubs are the first generation raised in a time of (relative) peace between human and charr. Children are always a bit more accepting, to start, until societal pressures (nurture) affect them.

Lion’s Arch charr cubs are also outside the mainstream society, so that can also affect their behaviour versus the ones in the Black Citadel.

Still, I would assume charr still have a bit of hunter instinct, and a natural tendency toward aggression.

Seriously… Nature or Nurture?
Pretty sure the most conclusive answer is always: A bit of both.

Charr are these big vicious looking beasts. Charr culture is structured like a military.

Ergo: You get kids that have predatory instincts, and adults who are all disciplined soldiers.

The Charr culture looks balanced to me. It’s impossible for a society like the Charr to thrive if they are all so warlike that they can’t even get along with each other and have fun. I see the Charr as “Take no crap” kind of beings. they say whats on their mind and fix a situation directly without all the nice run around junk that everyone else does.

So I think its perfectly normal for a Charr child to be loved, playful, and happy like any other kid.

I think the Asura have the most messed up culture of backstabbing, stealing, and never getting along.

Actually the charr aren’t mostly angry, mean and racist. There’s many Charr NPC’s that don’t hate humans. There’s one in particular I remember is a Charr who joined the Vigil after the truce was signed. Basically he said he fought because it was his duty in the war. Now that the war was over, he can concentrate on what mattered which was fighting the dragons and saving his people.

There are also plenty of plebians that live in the Black Citadel including every race who basically have the right to live and work on Charr lands and given protection by the Adamant Guard which do their job. A gladium was picking on a human before an Adamant Guard told him off. The gladium asked why he was defending the human and the Adamant Guard basically said it city rules and applies to everyone, including non-charr.

Charr are militaristic. Very professional. Remember, two of the three Imperators also favor the peace treaty, especially with the dragons about. If there was a racist ratio, humans probably have more racists against Charr then Charr against humans. Countless times I hear humans complaining about Charr for killing their ancestors and such or having them around the city in Divinity’s Reach while Charr focus on the here and now with the dragons.

For the cubs, I would think it would be nature. The cubs ARE raised in fahars with other cubs who are now their family so their opinions of the world would be how they would take it individually.

There’s a charr cub behind the LA bank that seems fairly friendly, it hangs around with some human kid. Then there’s the hippie cub near that BBQ thief event in Ashford, and in Diessa the one who tends the hidden strawberry patch.

They do seem more predatory by nature than humans (duh?) but as for ‘angry and violent’ I’d say that probably comes from experience. Maybe not even their culture as such (okay, if they’re blood legion then yeah) but the fact that they’re constantly fighting off ghosts, separatists, flame legion, etcetera etcetera. That’s bound to bring out the bitterness in anyone. At least centaurs and bandits stay dead when you kill them, you know?