Guild Wars 2

Yes we know why a sylvari character can resist it and dies when exposed to direct contact. But what about the other races the boss can be? While he was never exposed to a direct attack of corruption from a elder dragon he went to a lot of corrupted places that could corrupt him and I mean a lot more so then any other. So how come he resisted if he was not sylvari?

Zhaitan’s corruption comes from holding onto/using a corrupted artifact, having corrupted essence directly infused/entering, or being brought back from the dead.

We really lucked out because we never got hit by any of those ;P.

Jormag lures you in and has you willingly join him for the most part, and branded are… weird.

Kalavier.1097:

Zhaitan’s corruption comes from holding onto/using a corrupted artifact, having corrupted essence directly infused/entering, or being brought back from the dead.

We really lucked out because we never got hit by any of those ;P.

Jormag lures you in and has you willingly join him for the most part, and branded are… weird.

When I made this post I was thinking the branded actually made by that elder dragon with a very long and hard name. Why could no one give archvillans easy names like Josh, or Alex. Elder Dragon Josh its easier to remember.

adormtil.1605:

Kalavier.1097:

Zhaitan’s corruption comes from holding onto/using a corrupted artifact, having corrupted essence directly infused/entering, or being brought back from the dead.

We really lucked out because we never got hit by any of those ;P.

Jormag lures you in and has you willingly join him for the most part, and branded are… weird.

When I made this post I was thinking the branded actually made by that elder dragon with a very long and hard name. Why could no one give archvillans easy names like Josh, or Alex. Elder Dragon Josh its easier to remember.

“I shall bathe the fields in your blood. I will burn your homes and desecrate your holy places, and history for forever remember my name… For I am Bobbi (with and ‘I’), and I shall make this world weep in despair!”

Anyway, I don’t like to spell out Kralkatorrik either. I usually just shorten it to “Kralk”.

adormtil.1605:

Kalavier.1097:

Zhaitan’s corruption comes from holding onto/using a corrupted artifact, having corrupted essence directly infused/entering, or being brought back from the dead.

We really lucked out because we never got hit by any of those ;P.

Jormag lures you in and has you willingly join him for the most part, and branded are… weird.

When I made this post I was thinking the branded actually made by that elder dragon with a very long and hard name. Why could no one give archvillans easy names like Josh, or Alex. Elder Dragon Josh its easier to remember.

Kralkatorrik… um Krally perhaps? Kralky?

adormtil.1605:

he went to a lot of corrupted places that could corrupt him and I mean a lot more so then any other.

This is actually not true. While yes, the First Commander goes to a lot of corrupted locations, corrupted locations in of themselves never corrupt other beings.

Corruption needs to radiate out, or infuse a being directly. Only champions can do this, and not all at that – and some only do so in specific situations befitting their Elder Dragons’ apparent preferences.

• Zhaitan prefers corrupting corpses. Luckily, the First Commander never died. Fun fact: during the fight with the Wraithlord in Arah, you are given a debuff called “Corrupted” and if said debuff hits 20 stacks, it spawns a Risen Wraith out of the PC (this is likely the mechanic’s version of ‘player got turned into a risen!’)
• Primordus prefers corrupting land and fire. Luckily, the First Commander is made of flesh.
• Mordremoth prefers corrupting corpses or plantlife. Luckily, the First Commander never died and is not a plant (unless sylvari, but sylvari have defenses even against Mordy).
• Kralkatorrik prefers corrupting anything physical, but does this via encasing in crystals when not directly done. This is semi-shown in the fight against the Shatterer – the purpose for breaking others out is by lore to prevent corruption; mechanically, it just results in explosions. This is mechanics only, though.
• Jormag prefers willing converts. He even lets the PC go after they prove their strength.

adormtil.1605:

When I made this post I was thinking the branded actually made by that elder dragon with a very long and hard name. Why could no one give archvillans easy names like Josh, or Alex. Elder Dragon Josh its easier to remember.

Kralkatorrik’s name is likely derived from the sound effect/onomatopoeia for thunderous sounds (krak-a-thoom).

It’s not a hard name when you get used to it.

Most folks just nickname him Kralk or Kralky though. Like how Mordremoth is “Mordy” to most.