Elder Dragon on other continents
We do not know that there are any more than the 6 (with the 6th being speculation, however heavily implied). But you seem to think that all of them are on mainland Tyria, which is off. Jormag is far north of Tyria aiming south, he could absolutely be part of an expansion that makes the vast areas north of Tyria available. And with Kralkatorrik, he could be anywhere. We know he went down into the crystal desert, but from there he vanished, he could be east of the Blazeridge mountains, or perhaps have even moved into Elona (although I would think the Whispers would have some information about this). Bubbles (DSD) is located somewhere in the vast ocean between Tyria and Cantha. Primordus is digging around in the depths of the planet. He could honestly be anywhere in the world (remember the dredge were able to tunnel to Cantha, I wouldn’t put it past an ED). Lastly, Mordremoth is entirely speculation. He could be anywhere in the world, known or unknown. So I don’t personally believe it is necessary for more elder dragons to be around for the rest of the world to open up, I believe that perhaps they are the reason the rest of the world opens up, and we have to deal with other big world problems along the way.
ok so we know about these 5 or 6 what ever you believe on that but these if you look at the orders world map we have only been to id say the equivalent of Europe so still if you can think there might be more and really i had no idea that the dredge tunneled to cantha but ya whats to say there are not plus i was asking what you think they would look like for example there elements or what there minions would be like mainly
Firstly, there are not six Elder Dragons on continental Tyria.
There were three, before awakening. Possibly 4.
We don’t know where Mordremoth is, though it’s implied that he’s from the Maguuma Jungle.
The Deep Sea Dragon is somewhere in the Unending Ocean – the furthest from Tyria of the six.
Jormag is to the far north, having woken up near/in the arctic seas, which is north of continental Tyria.
Now, to answer the question " why would they only be there not all over" – the answer is simple: The Bloodstones. Basically, the history of the bloodstones is that when the Elder Dragons were last awake, the seers took all uncorrupted magic in the world and placed it within a big gigantic rock. The Elder Dragons seek and consume magic, it’s what keeps them active, so they would naturally begin scouring the world for the last bit of magic in the world – this giant stone. This would, in turn, lead them towards Tyria.
Then we have Glint whom, thanks to the Forgotten, was freed from Kralkatorrik’s control and hid the races that remained. The Elder Dragon’s secondary source of food other than pure raw magic is living beings, supposedly at least – and I would presume such upon the statement that Oola makes: “We are all a part of the Eternal Alchemy, and as such, our very beings embody magic.”
Obviously, they never found the Bloodstone, they likely went into hibernation from starvation while looking for it. This would naturally place them near Tyria if not within. And upon awakening, where is most of the magic on the world going to be? That’s right – Tyria. So while three/four started out there, one (Jormag) is heading there. However, we have 0 indication of where the DSD, Primordus, Kralkatorrik, and Mordremoth are at the moment.
Now, as to the postulation of other Elder Dragons – there’s only ever been an indication or implication of one other. An Elder Dragon in Cantha. This is only really given through Kuunavang, whom is only indicated upon one interview to possibly be the same as Glint – that is, an Elder Dragon’s champion. The exact wording:
Q: “From several people: Will we know the fate of Glint’s baby in GW2?”
J: "Wow The whole story of Glint was an interesting thing that came in because of course we are looking at-
R: “-we looked at Glint, we looked at Kuunavang, we looked at Rotscale.”
J: “We said ‘we got dragons in the world, what are these creatures?’ And that’s one reason why we-”
R: “And they’re not the same (J:they came from)… really.”
J: “No they are, again that gets back to what I was saying about different dragons function differently therefore their minions function differently.”
R: “Yeah.”
J: “So Glint in many ways is unique. We do tell the tale, this is spoiler, of how Glint got free. And that’s a game story. (ree starts talking but stops for Jeff to finish) And we haven’t seen what becomes of the babies yet.”
R: “We said that the Elder Dragons, like Zhaitan, create minions, and sometimes their minions go out and make minions. So the idea that Glint has babies or has procreated is meaningful and is part of the story we took account, but we haven’t told the story of whether her children will be free of the dragon she broke away from.”
J: “Or will they be influenced by it.”
@Narcemus: Actually, the DSD can be further than just between continental Tyria/Elona and Cantha. The Unending Ocean is – for all we know – far larger than just the Clashing Seas (the body of water between Tyria/Elona and Cantha, if not just simply another name for the Unending Ocean).
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
(edited by Konig Des Todes.2086)
Still, either way, the DSD is waaay out there.