Guild Wars 2

I’ve been thinking about making a Sylvari necromancer that would eventually join the Order of Whispers, but since all Sylvari share some kind of bond through the dream where they share their experiences, wouldn’t the dream pose a security threat to a secretive organization like the Order of Whispers? Is this addressed in the story of the game? It’s probably not that big of a deal, but as a lore nerd I really want to know. In fact, the entire concept of the dream really bothers me from a privacy standpoint in general, so If someone could explain how it works I would be thankful.

My impression is that they could see major events or those tied to really strong emotion, but not necessarily specific details. Even then it’s not a given that any particular even would ever be seen in the dream. A sylvari in the dream might see the Order of Whispers doing something but nothing specific enough that, when awake, they could expose their secrets. The dream “hints at [their] future” so I imagine any glimpses of the Orders would be a premonition type deal.

That’s just my understanding of it, but I didn’t get the impression that the dream would be a risk like that.

In essence, the Dream of Dreams is a vast collected subconscious. The Pale Tree holds the race’s collected knowledge and emotion, like a lake into which is poured the sum of sylvari experience. When a new sylvari is born, it’s as if they draw a bucket of water from that lake, a small portion of the whole. Only a few memories reach the Pale Tree: the most important or those that have the greatest emotional impact or meaning. They can include entire scenes from a sylvari’s life, such as their first battle or their first time cooking an apple pie. They can also be a single poignant moment such as pain, fear, or the face of an enemy.

A sylvari has no control over what experiences are gathered. They cannot communicate with the tree in this manner; the Mother Tree is drawing in hundreds of thousands of fragments from her children. Nor can an unborn sylvari choose which memories they will experience while within the Dream. When a sylvari awakens, the direct connection to the Dream becomes weakened. No longer surrounded by the Dream, their connection to other sylvari becomes more of an empathic bond, capable of receiving and sending strong emotions, but no longer detailed or communicative. It is nothing more than a subtle buzz.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dream_and_Nightmare

Each sylvari’s Dream is different; they do not see every memory that the Tree holds. Rather, they experience only a small portion of the whole. Each sylvari’s Dream contains both the Tree’s lessons, and a portion of memories and feelings drawn from the mélange of images and emotions of the combined sylvari experience.
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/7826-sylvari-background/page__st__150#entry529646

It’s a very random sort of thing whether the tree gets a memory. If it’s a powerful memory then she will more likely pick it up and when a Sylvari is born, he is born with basic understanding the world. He knows what a sword is, he knows how to swing it, but he has never ACTUALLY swung it. It’s like seeing magazine pictures of chicken but never having eaten it

A Sylvari who is new-born may occasionally recognize a Sylvari from their dream, because something had happened in that other Sylvari’s past that was communicated to the tree, that was communicated to the dream and then the new-born saw that image in their own dream. http://www.wartower.de/artikel/artikel.php?id=651

So, it is very fragmented. even if a new sylvari recongnizes you or hads an image of you killing someone, they won’t know all the details behind it