Guild Wars 2

I have been thinking lately about something that I have never been able to work out, and that is where exactly king Doric fits in the history. He is described as the first king of the humans of Tyria, and I take this to mean the continent of Tyria, not the world. So he was the king of the peoples that later became Krytans, Orrians, and Ascalonians.

I have learned that the Canthans and Elonians both settled their areas well before humans reached the Tyrian continent. This to me suggests that Doric was not their king, they would have had their own kingdoms set up by this point.

So my moment of confusion comes when Doric approaches the Gods to seal the magic with the bloodstones. The narrative seems to imply that as the king of humanity, it is his blood that is used to bind for all humans. But he wasn’t the king of Canthans and Elonians, correct? The pact Doric makes with the Gods affects them regardless.

The pact sealing the bloodstones affected EVERYTHING. Not just humans. It sealed magic the world over. He was not chosen because he had sovereignty over humans. He was chosen most likely because it was him that demanded the gods’ attention.
Him being the ruler of several nations and the fact that he was sacrificed probably had little to do with each other.

Thanks, that makes sense. I guess the double meaning of Tyria as the world and the continent was throwing the context off for me.

Totally understandable. It gets pretty annoying trying to figure out what people are talking about when they say “Tyria”. Especially in GW1 related stuff because Tyria could reference literally anywhere.