Guild Wars 2

There’s a lot of things in Tyria with the word “Lion” in the title, and there is even a statue of a lion still left in Lion’s arch. However, I have yet to see a lion roaming around anywhere. Do they exist in Tyria? If so, where are they native to? Or are they considered some kind of mythical creature?

Edit: Even the GW2 wiki didn’t have anything to say on the subject.

They’re extinct but very much revered many-generations removed ancestors of the Charr. You see, once upon a time a lion and a human happened to find themselves at the loose end of a sunday night with nothing much to do and… the rest is history.

Red Zero.1850:

There’s a lot of things in Tyria with the word “Lion” in the title, and there is even a statue of a lion still left in Lion’s arch. However, I have yet to see a lion roaming around anywhere. Do they exist in Tyria? If so, where are they native to? Or are they considered some kind of mythical creature?

Edit: Even the GW2 wiki didn’t have anything to say on the subject.

They’re native to Elona.

Check the GW Wiki.

Good luck.

There were lions in GW, I had some in my menagerie. I think they were in Elona though and gw2 doesn’t take us there.

Okay, thanks. So after a dive down the GW1 wiki, their native to Elona, which would be at the very Southwest bottom of our current GW2 world map. It just seemed like a strange omission that there were no lions about, so I wondered if there was a story behind that.

Red Zero.1850:

Okay, thanks. So after a dive down the GW1 wiki, their native to Elona, which would be at the very Southwest bottom of our current GW2 world map. It just seemed like a strange omission that there were no lions about, so I wondered if there was a story behind that.

They’re just not native to this part of the world is all. They do exist.

Fun fact! Kryta was originally established as a colony of Elona. Maybe that’s where they got the idea of lions existing and named a town after it.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Timeline

They very much do exist, but just like the Roman fascination with lions, knowledge of them comes from outside sources and historical records from Elona. I’m guessing the Black Lion Trading Company was just a slick marketing move by Gnashblade to make his enterprise more attractive to other races by equating himself with lions, and thus the city of Lion’s Arch

Lion’s Arch was established by Elonians, and for a lot of people the Lion, as it was in Rome, is something of a mythical beast and symbol. They’ve only heard tales and seen artistic representations of it, so it acquires a sort of larger than life reputation.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lion

Lions are charmable animals found in several places on mainland Elona.
Locations

Core
The Battle Isles
Zaishen Menagerie Grounds (levels 5, 12, 15, and 20, depending on unlock progress)
Nightfall
Kourna
Barbarous Shore (in the southeast corner)
Jahai Bluffs (level 12 aggressive; northwest from Command Post, prior to completing the Great Zehtuka)
Vabbi
Forum Highlands
Holdings of Chokhin
Resplendent Makuun
Vehjin Mines (just outside Basalt Grotto)
Wilderness of Bahdza
Yatendi Canyons
Vehjin Mines (Right outside Jennur’s Horde)

If you want to see the other pets:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Charmable_animal