Guild Wars 2

I’m sure this is glaringly obvious by now, but I’ve yet to hear anyone say anything about this, and those who I speak to about this seem to have no opinions on the matter (clearly don’t have an interest in the world they play in for countless hours a week), so I thought I’d voice this here, maybe get someone to point out flaws, discrepancies, or maybe expand on it beyond what I have here.
It’s large, so I’m going to have to split it into 2 posts.

Part 1: Foundation of the theory
According to the lore, the sylvari race first came into existence a mere 27 (counting the 2 years since the game started) years ago. They have all the knowledge they need to know before they are born, in the Dream. They can even communicate directly to those outside of this pre-life Dream while in it. The exception to this is the tree Malyck said he believed lied to the west of Brisban Wildlands, in the direction of Dry Top. Malcyk does not have access to the Dream, like those of the Pale Tree do. The Pale Tree has stated that she is the one who shields the Sylvari from being corrupted by Mordremoth. When Scarlet Briar was growing up, she said she had nightmares consistently, that there was a “sea of darkness” and an evil entity calling to her from it. If you played Dragons Reach Pt 2 as a Sylvari, the Pale Tree mentions that Mordremoth was that darkness, and is worried about your mind ending up like Scarlet’s because you entered the same machine.

The Pale Tree was also once a seed that was discovered in a cave by a human named Ronan, guarded by what can only be described as Mordrem.

The thaumanova reactor incident unintentionally revealed some of the first bits of information about the ley lines. It was set up to study chaotic energies, but happened to be built directly upon an intersection of larger ley lines.
Let’s look at this a bit more: If ley lines connect all of the waypoints around the world, one can only assume that places with more waypoints would have a larger amount of ley lines below them – a hub, if you will. This would place each city as being on top of a hub. Looking at the official map of Tyria, you can draw a line from Rata Sum to Divinities reach, and it goes directly through the Thaumanova Reactor’s location. If you take the Grove and connect it upwards towards Mordremoth near the Dry Top region, you have another ley line that intersects the DR/RS line directly at the reactor’s location.

Wait, why connect to Mordremoth? This brings us to another key point to all of this theory. The Elder Dragons are not some evil that plague the land of Tyria simply to be a villian. They have a clearly defined purpose – to consume the magic within the ley lines to keep the world in balance. So, it makes sense that each of the dragons would make base in a place that they had access to the ley lines.

Part 2: Observances in the Game World
Okay, so there are a few things that I have personally noticed as a bit odd in the game world in recent updates:
Okay, so all sylvari have a glow – you can customize this when you make your character. Have you noticed that giant vine directly under the cliff where the entrance to Dry Top is? It glows in the same manner.
When you make your Sylvari character you start off in The Dream. Where Humans have to fight the Earth Elemental, and the Asura have to fight the giant robot, the Sylvari also have a boss fight right off the bat… With the exact same boss that attacks the Pale Tree at the end of Dragon’s Reach 2. They said it was poisoning the dream, but I just saw it sleeping until you disturbed it enough by slaughtering sylvari dogs around it – oddly enough it does not use any poison spewing moves in The Dream like it did during the LS fight. I just found that a little odd.
Why do the sylvari in the Pale Tree have access to the Dream but Malcyk does not – being from another tree from around Magus Falls? This is never explained and adds to the mystery.
Sylvari are the only exception to the corruption of the other dragons – however they seem to be 100% exclusive to Mordremoth’s corruption… why?
The sylvari believe that they have been awakened right as soon as the Elder Dragons started to awaken due to their destiny being to stop them… is this true?

Part 3: The Cracked-pot Theory
Okay, so I’m getting tired of typing at this point so I’m going to summarize this as quickly as I can.
The Pale Tree’s seed was taken from Mordremoth – since it was guarded by the Mordrem in the cave it was in, and was planted over a ley line hub. The resulting prolonged exposure to the direct magic coursing through these ley lines infused the Pale Tree with enough magic to give it sentience. This sentience decided that it’s children needed to be protected from Mordremoth’s corruption. The infusion of the magic is what give Sylvari their glow, much like the vine below the dry top entrance glows after engorging itself on magic to the point it practically overflows out of the vine. This infusion of magic manifests itself as The Dream, a type of subconsciousness of the pale tree. Those who cut themselves off from the dream (soundless) are no longer protected by the pale tree by essentially cutting ties to her subconscious, in turn being able to be reached by Mordremoth – like Scarlet Briar and Aerin. The question that remains is why are soundless sylvari still not corruptable by other dragons besides Mordremoth? Prepare your tin-foil hats… We are the children of mordremoth, meant to be an intelligent extension of him in the world – our purpose is to further help devour the magic in the land that Mordremoth himself cannot reach when he awakens, helping to keep things in check by destroying his enemies while he sleeps (such as the other races). But when the seed was taken from Mordremoth and planted where it was, it unexpectedly gave birth to a sentient tree that decided to rebel and shield its offspring from such a destiny, giving them each their own instead. It’s normal for a Sylvari to be in a soundless state – so when Mordremoth awakens, his corruption is unhindered and he can use the Sylvari to further extend his reach. This is why other dragons cannot corrupt even the soundless – because they are minions of another dragon already.

Instead of typing all that you could have read half a dozen threads that pretty much say the same thing.

Wanderer.3248:

Instead of typing all that you could have read half a dozen threads that pretty much say the same thing.

shrug I think the OP made the theory more accessible at least, this is the first I’ve heard about it.

Also, seems pretty solid to me. Jungle dragon? Plant minions? Yep.

Athrenn.9468:

Wanderer.3248:

Instead of typing all that you could have read half a dozen threads that pretty much say the same thing.

shrug I think the OP made the theory more accessible at least, this is the first I’ve heard about it.

Also, seems pretty solid to me. Jungle dragon? Plant minions? Yep.

Mostly the idea. Gather everything in one spot rather than scattered about the forums. Also to allow it to be more easily reviewed and updated as the story progresses.

Yeah its definitely a possibility.

There’s a few things that I don’t think are as strong evidence as you’re asserting though. First that Sylvari are vulnerable to corruption by Mordremoth. Humans are vulnerable to corruption by Kralkatorrik and Zhaitan, and probably Jormag too, but it doesn’t mean they’re minions of any of them. It could just be plain because they’re made of plants, and mordremoth is the plant dragon.

You definitely cannot say that the seed Ronan got from the cave was guarded by Mordrem. In GW1’s time there were a LOT of hostile plant based lifeforms and there is absolutely nothing to suggest that these were minions of Mordremoth. For all we know they could have been Sylvari, you’re going off a subjective description. (And the fact that this occured in GW1’s timeline would suggest they probably weren’t Mordrem).

Nor do I think you can equate the Sylvari glow to the vine glow. The Sylvari have bioluminescence, it’s not some evil magicky glow.