Guild Wars 2

The fractal update had me thinking, is there any info on the cliffside fractal? Who is the colossus? wheres it take place,the environment reminds me of the kurzick area of cantha

Scott McGough: “(some stuff about concept and design development) I think this is a toss back to the older kind of society that the world of Tyria had before, and the concept, we won’t get too deep into the details of the background, but, yeah, the idea was that that particular fractal took place, reflected something that took place in the distant past, something from Tyria’s very beginnings, where there were, there was this kind of colossus around, and then- we’ve specifically left it vague and I’m gonna keep it vague here because we love the questions it raises. Who is that man? Why has he been chained to that rock? Why are the cultists keeping him there? It’s fascinating, and once… the fractal itself was not the right place to delve into all that lore… and also I think it’s more appealing to leave some questions unanswered until we have time to develop them fully.”

That’s from a TowerTalk interview on May 5th.

TL;DR: It happened way way back, at the beginning of human society on Tyria… and everything else is still up in the air, a hanging open question unless they decide to pick it back up at a later date, in something that’s not Fractal content.

It was Scarlet, she ordered the cultist, The Veteran Novice Alliance to chain the Colossuss to the cliff, and it’s release was what she planned all along!

Right? But on a serious note, what Aaron said. The impression I got from that interview was that there are no more details behind it, and probably never will be, like with the Wizards Tower in Kessex and many other examples. Though I hope I’m wrong, I don’t really believe it to be otherwise anymore.

No zwiers, she didn’t care if the colossus escaped, before we got there she had already gotten what she wanted from it.