Guild Wars 2

…and since I don’t see them being asked here, I’ll do the honors.

Why Kessex Hills?

And

Why is it so hot?

And I’ll stop right there. I’m going to wait a bit and see what others think before offering my own ideas.

Have fun with it!

Hot? What do you mean?

Nevermore.7963:

Hot? What do you mean?

If you go to Majory’s camp north of Overlord’s Greatcamp and hang out a bit, you’ll hear some exchanges between the NPC’s. Most of it concerns the veil and the increased activity of the krait, but Marjory and Lady Kasmeer both remark that it’s very hot there.

Ooh.. Didn’t even occur to me that they’d added all of that already. Will check it out! =D

I’ve been wondering about the centaurs, myself.

I haven’t seen or read anything to indicate that they might be involved, but they and the bandits are the largest two enemy “factions” found in that zone. I don’t see why Anet would go to the trouble of bringing in the Nightmare Court (which has no discernible presence in the region) when it can make use of the existing NPC’s and perhaps add a little depth to the area’s lore. And I’ve never seen bandits use magic of any kind, so that leaves the centaurs.

Are the centaur sages capable of creating this “monument to fear”? Perhaps, with the aid of the krait witches and their slaves. What would it be for? Harvesting strawberries, what else?

Just kidding.

Of course it would be for eliminating the hated humans, something the krait and centaurs can agree on. But this is just me speculating.

Tanith.5264:

I don’t see why Anet would go to the trouble of bringing in the Nightmare Court (which has no discernible presence in the region)

We don’t know they’re involved.

I’m actually inclined to believe they’re not, and that ‘nightmare’ simply refers to general awfulness.

A) Because nobody would look there until it’s too late. And the Krait Witch has been setting up Quaggan sacrifices for a long while now.

B) It’s hot because with all the increased amount of Krait in the area, they’re creating more methane (Krait farts, ewww!). That combined with them cutting down all the trees in the area that would have been helping produce oxygen, makes a greenhouse effect. Global Warming!.

Siphaed.9235:

A) Because nobody would look there until it’s too late.

Look for what, exactly?

Oh, and I can’t imagine a more terrifying biological weapon than krait farts.

Tanith.5264:

I’ve been wondering about the centaurs, myself.

I haven’t seen or read anything to indicate that they might be involved, but they and the bandits are the largest two enemy “factions” found in that zone. I don’t see why Anet would go to the trouble of bringing in the Nightmare Court (which has no discernible presence in the region) when it can make use of the existing NPC’s and perhaps add a little depth to the area’s lore. And I’ve never seen bandits use magic of any kind, so that leaves the centaurs.

Are the centaur sages capable of creating this “monument to fear”? Perhaps, with the aid of the krait witches and their slaves. What would it be for? Harvesting strawberries, what else?

Just kidding.

Of course it would be for eliminating the hated humans, something the krait and centaurs can agree on. But this is just me speculating.

The krait have had a good presence on that map as well. One of the dynamic event chains there has you helping the fishing villagers of the town that’s there on the lake.

Delvoire.8930:

The krait have had a good presence on that map as well. One of the dynamic event chains there has you helping the fishing villagers of the town that’s there on the lake.

Oh, to be sure…but then, we already know they’re involved.

I just wondered about the centaurs because a large camp of theirs is literally within throwing distance of Marjory’s camp (wander too far to the north while visiting Marjory’s camp and the centaur trebs will target you). Apparently they’re so busy rehearsing their battle cries they don’t notice the swirling column of darkness spiraling out of the lake.

Are you fishing for the name “Destroyers”?

That may explain the “hot” comments. The Destroyers erupted from the earth in Kessex Hills at the Dominion Killing Zone. And the Golem at Marjory’s camp refers to a “Mistress Kari”. Kari is also the name of the little girl lost inside the Destroyer hive. Same person? It sounds as if the people at the camp are speaking of an adult (and the “southwest of camp” direction in which she was last seen is way off).

Hamfast.8719:

Are you fishing for the name “Destroyers”?

That may explain the “hot” comments. The Destroyers erupted from the earth in Kessex Hills at the Dominion Killing Zone. And the Golem at Marjory’s camp refers to a “Mistress Kari”. Kari is also the name of the little girl lost inside the Destroyer hive. Same person? It sounds as if the people at the camp are speaking of an adult (and the “southwest of camp” direction in which she was last seen is way off).

I wasn’t “fishing” for anything (not consciously, at any rate) but good call. In fact, I see someone’s started a separate thread about this very idea.

If “Mistress Kari” is a mesmer, she may very well be capable of appearing as a little lost girl, even to the experienced eyes of my own Asuran mesmer. The golem states that she was headed southwest from the camp, which as I’ve said before would take her right into that huge centaur camp. I suppose she could have changed direction (I hope she did) to explore the lakeshore.

So, if that’s the case, I wonder what she was doing so close to that rift. We’ll find out tomorrow!