Guild Wars 2

Everytime I look at Gorr’s theory, I have reason to believe he is wrong, because according to the wiki article on the Elder Dragons, they do not destroy magic after they consume it, as is stated in Gorr’s theory, but rather they draw it into themselves, reducing the world’s magic levels, then fall into slumber, during which the magic bleeds back out.
This means that Gorr’s theory is either wrong or that it is not known by the people of Tyria that the dragons act like giant magic storage tanks, in which case Gorr’s theory is understandable.

I would much appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on this issue, as it has bugs me every time I come across the topic. Im not sure anyone needs it, but here are the links to the wiki articles Im citing.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Elder_Dragon
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Draconic_enchanto-consumption_theory

Don’t know if magic can be fully “destroyed” or not. Maybe “destroyed” simply means the magic leaving the living creatures of Tyria and into the earth itself. Anyways:

The Apostate

Should the energies become imbalanced, the world will tilt and all beings will fall off it into the void.

Ogden Stonehealer

There are varied theories on what it means, but I believe it refers to the natural balance of magic. Too much magic, and the world spins out of control. Too little, and it crumbles into darkness. The last time the Elder Dragons awoke, they wiped out almost every intelligent race on the planet. It is from this low-magic environment that the gods built the world as they wanted it. They are the ones who brought humans to Tyria. The gods shared the magic stored in the Bloodstone. That is a complex tale for another time.

The thing that makes theories theories is that they are still untested enough to be proven true in every situation. The law of gravity took years before it was accepted as a universal truth. Gorr’s theory was that the dragons were eating magic, drawing it out of the world, and reducing the latent magic in the world around them. This was actually proven to be true, especially after Season 2, Chapter 2, where a Priory caravan was attacked for having a high concentration of magical artifacts. He was merely wrong about what happened to the magic after the dragons absorbed it. (minor edit for language clarification)