Guild Wars 2

How about this for a living story idea that takes us back to the Aetherblade events: Ellen Kiel is really an Aetherblade and stole the election so that she could use that post to get closer to the throne. She had us as her operatives to chase down a faction within the Aetherblades who oppose her and could expose her ambitions. These Aetherblades are the ones we have been fighting all along and the captain of them is Evon Gnashblade. Evon vies Ellen as too powerful to take on with the minuscule resources that he has access to (which is why he’s complaining- a lot). His ambitions are more simple – he wants his pirate crew in full operation and wants Ellen dead as she has almost put him in irons by making him a quartermaster for her effort to stomp out his remaining loyal crew. Maybe the back story is that Gnashblade is still reeling from having following that silver tongued Scarlet in the first place. Ellen could have been originally his first mate. Ellen’s real ambitions could be the throne itself, but her dilemma is that she does not know who the real queen is or which one is really Anise, since they are both mesmers. Ellen could start a research program in learning how to short-circuit the mesmer disguise but we, the players, figure out her plot and stop her before that happens with a new dungeon or raid instance.

I’d love take a break from the salads and company to re-visit the Aetherblade events. There were some loose-ends and speculation over Ellen being a de-facto Aetherblade high commander, alongside with Mai Trin, even though Ellen hunted her down. The idea of Queen Jennah’s throne being the stage and the usurping of it by a maniacal Aetherblade sounds awesome!

I’d love to pick up the Aether threads. However, I’m not sure how being on the LA Council gets Kiel any closer to the Krytan throne, LA being an independent political entity with economic influence over Kryta but no direct jurisdiction therein. And vice versa — Jennah has no say in what LA does, either, other than any diplomatic pressure.

It’s like saying someone maneuvered into the US Cabinet so as to have a better shot at usurping the throne of England.

I can understand your logic, how ever story lines are usually not a straight shot. LA was rebuilt by Kryta and the Queen frequently has used the Lyon guard along with the seraph, especially during events. Also candidates aren’t always who they say they are, which is where I am going with this. As for how this goes in with the throne, all Ellen Kiel would have to do is “expose” a so called breach in the contract that Prince Edair made in 1256 AE. It would be easy thing for Queen Jenna with Kiel supplying the Intel could be seen as trust worthy to meet with her in private council. Or a simpler scenario could be that Kiel becomes commodore and dissolves the council in a move to solidify power in a open war against Kryta. To me I see scores of scenarios and twists with this relationship between LA and Kryta.