Reaper´s enemies!!
My guess is these new mordrems are made from dead sylvari.
I think sylvari from another tree look same as normal sylvari, for example Malyck.
But maybe there is more kinds of pale trees with differend kinds of “fruit”.
P.S.: I like bunny ears mordrems from Reaper video.
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Yeah, I assume they are the “fallen” (not dead) Pact Sylvari or maybe home grown Jungle Sylvari.
I’m loving the spec vids not only because we’re getting lots of juicy info, but also because we get to see a glimpse of the new monsters. I can not wait to fight a brickleback from the chrono reveal.
And the pocket raptors are already making my friend scared.
those monsters look creepy
The only thing I hope is that not all those cool looking creatures will be enemies. I would love to try to find some way to cleanse them from Mordremoth influence (mainly because it could help provide a way to preserve our Sylvari friends from its influence, and because I would like to see how the children of the Pale Tree would deal with former Mordremoth minions being freed. How much those Jungle Sylvari would differ from the ones from Caledon ?).
But on average, the enemies seen so far in all the HoT trailers looks amazing, instead of simply recoloured versions of known enemies.
I would love to try to find some way to cleanse them from Mordremoth influence
Cleanse them with FIRE! (They deserve their weak willed fate.)
Those enemies are called the Mordrem Guard (even though Colin Johanson called them with their earlier alpha name, the Mordrem Court, in interviews, which may or may not hold some significance). They were shown to be quite intelligent in the HoT demo (capable of speech, trying to lower your squad’s morale with taunts, calling for reinforcements, and, interestingly enough, recognizing the player as the Pact Commander and thus a primary threat to the dragon they serve, which means Mordy took notice of our trip to Omadd’s machine, especially after what happened to the Shadow of the Dragon).
My bet is that they’re sylvari who embraced their “true nature”, grown from other Pale Tree(s) in the jungle near Mordremoth’s location. They were shown to take captured sylvari Pact members (who hadn’t turned) somewhere to be “converted”, and this happened relatively shortly after the Pact had been attacked, so that implies these Mordrem Guard are native jungle sylvari rather than turned Pact members.
It’s interesting that in that video the surviving guard chose to flee from the Reaper, but I suppose that shows that the Mordrem Guard, unlike most other dragon minions, actually value their survival when the odds turn against them (as seen with them calling for reinforcements in the demo) so they can continue serving their master in the future rather than dying “pointlessly” against a superior foe. I do hope we get to have conversations with them during battle and learn just how much dangerous they can be compared to your usual dragon minion mooks.
I find it unlikely that any of the Modrem Guard would be friendly (just like you’d be hard pressed to find friendly Branded, Risen etc.), though, unless we find a way to purify them from the dragon’s corruption as happened with Glint and the Risen chicken in one of the Arah explorable paths, but even then we’d need to find some specific magical location where to perform such a ritual, and hope that once “purified”, the minions choose the side of good out of their own free will instead of still acting all evil.
I would expect to see some friendly sylvari from other Pale Tree(s) once we venture into the jungle, however, at least if Malyck (from one of the sylvari starting stories) and some of his people haven’t been converted to the dragon’s cause by now. But with the Mordrem Guard being determined to capture and convert all sylvari they get their hands on, it won’t bode well for Malyck unless he’s crazy good at surviving…
Were did you got all those informations about them ? Has the closed beta already begun ?
Edit : concerning Malyck, I’ve no doubt that we will help him in HoT. I mean, he is a fan’s favourite, after all (and even if the sole Sylvari I have haven’t met him, I want to encounter him too with my main). In any case, I hope we’ll be able to save Trahearne. I like the guy, he saved me from most of the responsibilities when I was the sole Pact Commander and let me go and kill Zhaitan’s minions everywhere. Time to help him now !
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There was a previous Heart of Thorns demo event where a select few people got to experience a small section of Verdant Brink (the first map we’ll enter in the Heart of Maguuma), fight a wyvern as well as play through a little story snippet which shows us the aftermath of the Pact fleet crash, the aforementioned Mordrem Guard’s involvement and hints at Mordremoth’s plans. You can see the story portion in this video if you’re curious.
Thanks you very much !
Thank you all for the interesting and entertaining comments! I really have to play the Malyck story branch one day… :-)
I love how they all have hair that distantly feels like Scarlet.
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