For anyone who is interested, you can talk to a hylek in Dry Top and she will tell you a story about a tribe that was depending on a water stream that went dry, because of a large monster that sat on top and drank all the water.
I knew it sounded familiar because I read about it before.This is actually a very nice native american mythology story about a man named Glooskap who also slayed a water monster who dried up all the water from the stream.
Pretty neat that they’re using a mythical story as an inspiration
When ley lines are explained, the analogy that is normally used is the one of them being the river or stream through which magic (the “water”) flows. I guess, then, that would make Mordremoth the greedy monster at the end of our river, drinking all the water for himself. But what does Nochtli’s story tell us about what will happen when we kill Mordremoth?
When I heard Nochtli telling the story all I could think of was that episode in Season 1 of Pokemon where Snorlax sits at the top of a river and it all dries up and they have to try and lure it away with food or something. I think your version probably makes more sense :P
When ley lines are explained, the analogy that is normally used is the one of them being the river or stream through which magic (the “water”) flows. I guess, then, that would make Mordremoth the greedy monster at the end of our river, drinking all the water for himself. But what does Nochtli’s story tell us about what will happen when we kill Mordremoth?
Oh gods…if we will kill him, we will destroy Tyria
I think there’s a similar story in Aboriginal mythology somewhere, although I don’t recall the details. It’s a pretty common one in drier areas that rely on a small number of water sources.
To those who think Scarlet hate means she’s succeeded as a villain:
People don’t hate Scarlet like Game of Thrones fans hate Joffrey.
They hate her the way Star Wars fans hate Jar Jar Binks.
The idea of a monster that’s drunk all the water in a normally fertile region is actually a pretty common trope in many myths. But the bit about cutting open the monster and having the water flood everything away was new to me.
When ley lines are explained, the analogy that is normally used is the one of them being the river or stream through which magic (the “water”) flows. I guess, then, that would make Mordremoth the greedy monster at the end of our river, drinking all the water for himself. But what does Nochtli’s story tell us about what will happen when we kill Mordremoth?
Perfhaps the maguuma jungle is magical, and since mordremoth is sucking up all the magic, the jungle is drying up.
When he dies, perhaps the jungle will start to grow back?
The moral of the story may not be about killing just Mordremoth, but all the dragons.
This is a good point. perhaps the “rash” decision is that killing the dragons that are a natural part of tyria could have dire consequences. We may need to look for a new bloodstone solution rather than a drastically alter the ecosystem solution.
If the norn and jotun survived the last rise, there may be other options available.
We already killed a dragon which consumed 200 years magic.
Did we really ?
There’s already been quite a few discussions on this, especially regarding the fact that we never saw a body. And until I see a body, I won’t be surprised if Anet plays the “you merely defeated it, not killed” card.
I am pretty sure we killed him, but we’ve missed another important information. Tequatl’s empowering isn’t tied to Scarlet, but got a whole LS episode in season 1.
At the moment we can assume the dragon is full dead and there could be an automatic replacement function, but we don’t know enough about them at all to say things for sure.
