Guild Wars 2

The official wiki on the Sylvari briefly talk about the Pale Tree being over a grave of humans which is why the Sylvari take on the forms and characteristics of humans (like the act of human reproductive organs etc). Though my question is a bit more than that though they’re some spoilers.

Simply put, the grave thing was and is just a theory. A very popular theory that is.
Seeing it is only a theory, there could infact be other reasons for the humanesque look of the sylvari, which could possibly explain other pale trees doing the same.

So I think the real answer to why sylvari has humanish characteristics is…. we don’t know.

So….Sylvari=fancy undead? Is that why they cannot be turned into risen?

Tbh there is a LOT of uncertainty regarding the sylvari. They are a extremely young race and what is known about them reflects that. The only thing that we can 100% say for certain is how our Pale Tree came to be how it is, and MAYBE that the Nightmare Court are not in fact the natural Sylvari.