Guild Wars 2

I think I have a bit of understanding about the Plant-People, but I would like to ask:

If I understand it right, the Sylvari are born at the tree, get a life task decided by their dream and stay in connection for their lifetime.

• Most decide to follow their task and stay in good connection to the tree.
• Some decide to ignore the tree like Scarlet or the Soundless. Still, the connection is not really cut, they could come back anytime.
• Some are corrupted by the nightmare (by other members or out of free will) and use the remaining connection to corrupt the Dream.

Q1: What about Pirates and other organisations committing evil deeds? They seem not to be part of the nightmare court, So are they sylvaries, that cut connections to the tree? Or shall they be part of the other tree, where Malyck comes from? Also how does Canach fit in?
Q2: What about Percilak the Knights armor? Theoretical an Armor making yourself invulnerable shouldn’t be a one-time-thing in the beginners Story.
Q3: Why are the Nightmare Court so hilariously dumb? They are an evil kind of organisation with the power to corrupt other creatures (anyone else here see a slight resemblence to the borg ;P ), they could be so more evil, if they would use their brain a bit more. I mean, Scarlet and Canach are Sylvari and commit evil deeds, but a Nightmare Court member, that releases himself from the nightmare court, but keeps his evil nature could be such a great story

Scarlets Problem is the missing way between the Dream and the Nightmare. I really cant wait for the living world content, although i fear it will disappoint us, after all the pale tree can never be a fightplace, it stays safe out of lore as starting place for the race. Furthermore there is the possiblity of another tree (other seeds inside the cave, malyck) and https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/races/sylvari/Sylvari-the-Lost-Desciples-of-Mordremoth/first#post2721302.

Q4: Why is it so hard to add the thought into the game, that “we” as Sylvarie could be an evil tribe changed by Ventari. Of course, the nightmare court has an earnest problem and their believing would kind of fit to the theorie of them being minions, but it does not make any sense to me, that the good sylvarie rather join the Nightmare Court out of free will only cause their possible real nature instead okittennowledging the possibility only. I mean, it is discussed forever, if humans are rather good or evil creatures (greed, hate, egoism, blablabla), but you wouldnt decide to do evil deeds, only because you acknowledge the possibility to be evil.
Q5: Although the pale tree has for sure great might, it is not something allmighty. The eternal alchemie is a concept of how the world works, so it is not bound only to the pale tree. Is there any hint so far, that the rank of scarlet is more than bound to the pale tree?

Now some questions about the sylvarie style: I really like the look of Sylvarie in plant clothes, but most sylvaries wear normal armor. Most normal armor does not fit to the races culture, after all players like a big nunmber of outfits over a limitted fitting to the race.

Q6: What do you think about the style of NPC-sylvaries like Pirates? Would you also prefer to see them more in plantclothes?
Q7: What about sylvan hounds? Isn’t it boring and unlikely, that there are other creatures born from the tree, but only dogs? Wouldn’t it be nice, also lorewise to have a bunch of plant creatures, not only the dogs?

Not every sylvari is born to undertake a Wyld Hunt and some of those who are may not yet realize they have a calling.

Not every person who commits deeds that are seen by some as evil is actually evil. It’s all a matter of perspective and who can know what truly motivates others. Many people find themselves in interesting situations thanks to others or just plain unwise decisions. I think some of the most tragic villains are the ones that were just trying to do the best they could and just had things go wahooni-shaped so badly that they were stuck in the suck.

There’s a connection to the Pale Tree, but it’s not absolute. It’s like parents. The Mother loves us all, but she can’t stop us from making our own decisions. She can try to guide us, and even be disappointed by us, but we’re who we are.

I don’t think the relationship between the Dream and the Tree and the Nightmare Court can be easily stated. We can get the general picture, but you can miss the forest for the trees if you’re not careful. Maybe you can say they want to get the Pale Tree to forsake Ventari’s teachings. That would be the greatest proof that they were right all along. Showing up your parent, if you will.

Every race and culture has their own values and beliefs. It’s like 50 Shades of Grey, without the kinky, but only not like that at all. More evil? That opens a lot of room to argue. Is there evil, not so evil, evil light, diet evil?

As far as armor goes, I’m a thief and my armor grew by itself and seems to work best for me. I suppose I could always shed the leaves and use leather, and maybe one day I will, if I find treated pieces of dead cow or whatnot that works better.

Run, cow, run!

Sylvan hounds. Let’s just say it’s wondrous that one plant can bear more than one kind of fruit. That seems to be an exception to most natural things. Perhaps if you don’t think of them as dogs and think of them as sylvan hounds. They are not dogs. Or cats. Or anything else. They are what they are, not what you’re trying to relate to them.

I would prefer not to see pirates, bandits or mean people in general at all, in any forms of dress. I mean I don’t mean naked. I mean, they can be dressed however, I just wish they’d stay away from everyone else while they’re getting their no good on.