Guild Wars 2

This is just a theory however, is anyone thinking that the thrashers are the eyes and mouth or mordremoth which is somewhat similiar to Zhaitan’s Sovereign eye, and Zhaitan’s mouth. If you look at the thrashers there are two types. One with unblinking eye that looks overall creepy, and the other is a mouth with teeth. What do you guys think?

I think the thrashers are simply just another one of Mordy’s free-standing mobile units. Although its not confirmed, in the most recent LS chapter, Taimi speculated that she believes the “Vines” are in fact Mordremoth himself, and that they are directly attached to him, while he has the set of free-standing units like the Wolves, Thrashers, etc, etc, who operate where Mordy can’t send his “Vines”/Appendages/Tentacles.

Im assuming we can’t use the logistics of each Elder Dragon to relate to another due to being so different, however, all of Zhaitan’s minions had linked vision with Zhaitan, as well as a hivemind, so Mordy could be the same, although we probably won’t know until we learn a bit more about him.

The Concordia instance talks about magic being drained but there was no Mordrem Thrasher.

The Mordrem Vile/Leecher Thrashers don’t really seem like specialized minions. Though they do share the same rigging as Eyes of Zhaitan, I believe that’s the only connection there is.

Each Elder Dragon acts differently – only Zhaitan will have Eyes and Mouths, most likely. After all, in Honor of the Waves the Icebrood there are consuming kodan artifacts, and in the personal storyline we see the overgrown Icebrood Norn models attempting to consume a Spirit of the Wild (Minotaur), as well being used to consume grawl sacrifices (also, there are two such Icebrood in Honor of the Waves, in the path of saving the artifacts). Despite this, these quad-pedal Icebrood Norn do not appear anything unique. Similarly, the Vile/Leecher thrashers are not unique – ALL Eyes of Zhaitan were unique, and rare, and ranked elite or stronger.

As said, the Eyes and Mouths were specialized and seems to be specific to Zhaitan. I wouldn’t expect such amongst the other dragons. Especially since all that the minions know, the respective Elder Dragons know – the point of Eyes of Zhaitan kind of seemed redundant.

Furthermore, it should be noted that the Eyes of Zhaitan were called such because they’re holding an eye – that eye isn’t part of their body, interestingly enough (or at least, isn’t obviously so), so it’s possible that the Eyes of Zhaitan were just former royals of Orr turned Risen and attached to anchors that were then holding an actual eye of the Elder Dragon so that Zhaitan can see directly and not simply via the thoughts of his minions.

Vile/Leecher Thrashers appear to be the support for the grunts of the army (with wolves being glass cannons and Husks being tanks), and the Mordrem Thrasher appear to be his low-class champions (akin to Dragonspawn, Morgus Lethe, Captain Whiting, etc.). Nothing specialized (like Eyes/Mouths of Zhaitan) or high ranking (like the dragon-shaped champions (Tequatl, Blightghast, Claw of Jormag, Glint, etc)).

I’m hoping that we’ll see a dragon-shaped Champion of Mordremoth (akin to Tequatl, the Shatterer etc.) at the end of the Dragon’s Reach chapter. I’m even willing to bet that it will look very similar to that dragon shade that Sylvari players fought during their introduction.

There were some Trashers in Concordia, but I agree that we cannot compare them directly while their function might be similar. The one leeches energy and heals himself with the damage done and the other won’t take damage if he sees you. They might be just not fully evolved version and the one in Fort Salma is a further developed one, just like the one we’ll meet at Omadd’s machine in the next update.