Guild Wars 2

Hi guys

During the season 2 living story, point of no return, you have the possibility to activate the old mirror and fight you evil twin :

“This mirror is coated with grime from centuries of disuse. It’s impossible to see your reflection without proper lighting, but you sense something moving within the glass.
-> Hold the divine fire up to the mirror.
-> A darkness coalesces inside the mirror and rushes toward you! "

Being a GW1 player, i remember the fight with my evil twin and the fight in GW2 is a nice souvenir but what is the lore behind that and why in a mirror !?
There was no such artefact in the GW1 trial, so that is the lore of this mirror ? Is this a simply old one or a powerful artefact ? Who made it and why ? it doesn’t seems to be a godly artefact of trial…

Beyond that, were is my twin coming from ? from a demonic world ?

Thanks guys !

By the way, thanks ANET for the new haircut reward, i really needed it !
Please make mor stuffs like that : lore, personnal history, and outstanding fights.

In GW1, the doppleganger was a trial of fighting your own capabilities – an archetypal “final test” of many combat stories, where you have to surpass yourself.

There’s no lore on the mirror, but as for where the doppleganger comes from in GW2, I’d say from the shadows of the mirror – that the divine fire is literally bringing your shadow to life. Pure theory though.

Shiren.9532:

I think this is more of an easter egg. If it ever does get proper lore (and I might be wrong, maybe it’s a mirror from the ascension room) I doubt it will be more than “similar magic” and won’t be expanded upon and used again. Just a neat way to throw in a shout-out to GW1 players.

Especially considering the action parts of the rest of that mission are homages to Dunes of Despair, Thirsty River, and Elona Reach; the pre-quests to the Doppleganger.

I still want to know what happens, if the ritual is performed in a small room and not a giant library.

On the mirror. Wasn`t that the one, similiar to the one we had in the PS?

I really liked that nod and the many others to GW1 that were present both all the way through S2 and what looks to be present in HoT. Love seeing you guys go back to the roots. Can’t wait to see more, loved the Priory library and wish I could replace my home instance with it.

MatthewMedina.5419:

Yeah this is a case where my desire to give players a cool nod back to GW1 took precedence over giving that mirror a deep lore explanation. But thankfully, the location and the magics involved do a lot of the job of explaining itself – what we know is that the mirror is enchanted (but not by who or what – gotta keep our mysteries), and while the Divine Fire is magic that it still not fully understood (if only the Forgotten were around to explain it in more detail), it is clearly useful for unlocking arcana.

One can only imagine how many other such artifacts there might be just like this mirror in the secret collection rooms.

Maybe someday I’ll clone out the ritual encounters into a 6′×6′ room just to see what would happen. :-P

It was a nice small touch and I’m sure those of us who played GW1 appreciated it.

I definitely appreciated it ‘Ascension’ in my account name is partly based on the quest in gw1, that leads you to your doppelganger, and then ‘Ascends’ you (at least if that is a fact, cause the lich pretenting to be that wizard guy is who talks about ‘ascension’)

I’m glad Season two made so many bridges with gw1 lore, it’s good for the nice gw1 memories, but it’s also a great pool of lore to use generally.

MatthewMedina.5419:

Yeah this is a case where my desire to give players a cool nod back to GW1 took precedence over giving that mirror a deep lore explanation. But thankfully, the location and the magics involved do a lot of the job of explaining itself – what we know is that the mirror is enchanted (but not by who or what – gotta keep our mysteries), and while the Divine Fire is magic that it still not fully understood (if only the Forgotten were around to explain it in more detail), it is clearly useful for unlocking arcana.

One can only imagine how many other such artifacts there might be just like this mirror in the secret collection rooms.

Maybe someday I’ll clone out the ritual encounters into a 6′×6′ room just to see what would happen. :-P

That`s what I wanted to hear. Could get a bit crowded… Or maybe it scales and we can play Godzilla with the whole , now tiny, ritual.
Asura Smash tiny little ghost beings MUHAHAHA

MatthewMedina.5419:

(if only the Forgotten were around to explain it in more detail)

Sounds like a hint about something…

Edusd.7893:

MatthewMedina.5419:

(if only the Forgotten were around to explain it in more detail)

Sounds like a hint about something…

Going to Crystal Desert confirmed?

Also loved that"mission". I’m doing the whole thing again on a toon in GW1. I remember dreading doing the missions. Not so bad now I know what I’m doing lol.