Guild Wars 2

So, we all know that there is a tengu mini named Tsuru Whitewing, and that there is absolutely no such NPC in the game. Now let’s speculate to relieve the boredom.

ArenaNet told us that we will be getting a Blade Shard merchant soon. However, who would be interested in such thing and for what purpose? My guess is that the mysterious Tsuru Whitewing will be a Tengu merchant interested in buying the shards for whatever purpose – remember, when the Breachmaker blew, it’s parts were scattered all over Lion’s Arch, some of them most certainly flew over the Shuttered Gate. If my theory is true this could mean that Tengu are slowly opening their eyes to the threats of Tyria – we mioght see the Dominon of Winds opening but not as a starting location for the playable Tengu (at least yet), but as some kind of a new hub…

And since “Tsuru” is Japanese for “crane”, we will also see Cantha, yeah.

Lishtenbird.2814:

And since “Tsuru” is Japanese for “crane”, we will also see Cantha, yeah.

A lot of the Tengu migrated from Cantha so it’s unlikely that we’ll see Cantha, it’s still wishful thinking at this point.

WHY does everyone think that tengu = Cantha?!?!!?
There were already 2 tengu tribes on Tyria before GW:Factions was released.
And one more tribe came with EotN, that has NOTHING to do with Cantha.
Even if tengu is from the eastern mythology …. they are not from Cantha!!!

Lishtenbird.2814:

And since “Tsuru” is Japanese for “crane”, we will also see Cantha, yeah.

Or Japanese for “to hang”, so maybe it’s a subliminal message to say what our hopes regarding Cantha can do :-P (I must be wrong haha) And it also means “bowstring”, so it might mean they have more than one string to their bow :-D

VergilDeZaniah.3295:

Or Japanese for “to hang”, so maybe it’s a subliminal message to say what our hopes regarding Cantha can do :-P (I must be wrong haha) And it also means “bowstring”, so it might mean they have more than one string to their bow :-D

Yup, but it sounds fishy and the original message was mostly sarcasm anyway

Lishtenbird.2814:

VergilDeZaniah.3295:

Or Japanese for “to hang”, so maybe it’s a subliminal message to say what our hopes regarding Cantha can do :-P (I must be wrong haha) And it also means “bowstring”, so it might mean they have more than one string to their bow :-D

Yup, but it sounds fishy and the original message was mostly sarcasm anyway

My bad then

It could just be that someone at Anet likes that word and wanted to use it. Or am I the only one who names characters that way?

Danikat.8537:

It could just be that someone at Anet likes that word and wanted to use it. Or am I the only one who names characters that way?

They are professionals!

btw i found a possibly TENGU ARMOR on a charr…
Opinions? =P

sMihaly.1492:

WHY does everyone think that tengu = Cantha?!?!!?
There were already 2 tengu tribes on Tyria before GW:Factions was released.
And one more tribe came with EotN, that has NOTHING to do with Cantha.
Even if tengu is from the eastern mythology …. they are not from Cantha!!!

Because Cantha is where we first saw the friendly tengu? Both the Caromi and the Avicara were 100% hostile, as well as the Quetzal. Whereas we had the Angchu who were friendly (also the Sensali, but they were jerks) and were driven out of Cantha by the Ministry of Purity. It would only lead me to assume that they would want to go back home at some point, just like the Charr wanted Ascalon back.