Guild Wars 2

They’ve always been here, especially at Godslost Swamp But as the title and the name says, they lead to the underworld. So as we all know, the six gods mysteriously vanished. And as we all also know, Grenth is the keeper of the underworld. So what happens if one where to enter a portal to this place? Why does portals keep opening up?

Please answer to this or atleast discuss.

IIRC, they mention something happened at the Temple of Ages, and that is why the portals exist and it’s such a nasty place in the swamp ATM.

However, I’m fairly sure Grenth is within the underworld, if not somewhere nearby. It is HIS realm you know, just like the Fissure of Woe. However, I do believe those portals may be a one-way thing, and currently adventurers or priests cannot travel into them.

If not one way, perhaps the reapers of grenth/avatars of balthazar simply block anybody living from coming into the realms.

Kalavier.1097:

IIRC, they mention something happened at the Temple of Ages, and that is why the portals exist and it’s such a nasty place in the swamp ATM.

However, I’m fairly sure Grenth is within the underworld, if not somewhere nearby. It is HIS realm you know, just like the Fissure of Woe. However, I do believe those portals may be a one-way thing, and currently adventurers or priests cannot travel into them.

If not one way, perhaps the reapers of grenth/avatars of balthazar simply block anybody living from coming into the realms.

If that were true then we wouldn’t be able to enter the mad king’s realm come mad king’s day as it is a part of the underworld and while the mad king is powerful by himself, he’s not powerful enough to overpower Grenth like that.

The Mad King’s realm is part of underworld, but isn’t really connected to the rest of it in any fashion as far as I know. Similar to the realm of torment being ‘part of the underworld’, but we couldn’t access it from the underworld in GW1, or go there with aid of a reaper of grenth.

Also, there was the whole “Bursting into the world” thing. Trying to explain Mad King Thorn… is impossible :P.

Grenth and the other gods are said to not be within the Mists. The Underworld is within the Mists. So Grenth isn’t in the Underworld.

The portals cannot be entered for unknown reasons – they’re one-way. One of the Priory members near the Heart NPC explain this via reading a journal of the necromancer who opened the portals – the journal stating that she cannot enter them for some reason, but cannot close them either as it got closer to night, where the journal cuts off (implying something came through and killed the necromancer).

And Kalavier, the Fissure of Woe is Balthazar’s realm.

Yes. mean to poke at the Underworld being a gods realm, like fissure of Woe for balth.

Though we don’t really know where the gods are period, since at best we have a mortal’s viewpoint on it, who… isn’t on that level :P. Or, more specifically, I’m curious at how Rhie knows “They aren’t in the mists for certain”

I feel like Grenth is still around in Underworld, maybe a very, very isolated part of the realm, but there, like other gods for theirs. BUT, mainly because nobody can chart the mists or figure out it’s boundaries/area… so nobody can truly say “They aren’t in the mists!” IMO.

Maybe they are all taking a vacation on the opposite side of the world on a beach :P.

Are the artesian waters the mists of Lyssa?

The Artesian Waters is a spring, that also happens to be huge magical hotspot. It’s not in the Mists.

But what if Grenth is in his realm? We cannot enter it, but perhaps that’s because Grenth doesn’t WANT us to enter it. Then it’s just logical to assume that the gods are still in their own realms, just avoiding contact with us. If we then managed to enter his realm, we might manage to actually find the lost god.

We enter the Underworld every Halloween.

The Mad Realm (aka Mad King’s Realm) is part of the Underworld.

CookieNoodle.6503:

But what if Grenth is in his realm? We cannot enter it, but perhaps that’s because Grenth doesn’t WANT us to enter it. Then it’s just logical to assume that the gods are still in their own realms, just avoiding contact with us. If we then managed to enter his realm, we might manage to actually find the lost god.

This is what I kinda think as well. Because we don’t know how Rhie knows “They aren’t in the mists for certain”

Konig Des Todes.2086:

We enter the Underworld every Halloween.

The Mad Realm (aka Mad King’s Realm) is part of the Underworld.

Realm of Torment is in the underworld as well but we had to access it in a completely different manner :P.

We didn’t “have” to, actually.

When we enter the Underworld via statue of Grenth, there’s no reason to go into the Realm of Torment. However, though we, the players, do not enter the Realm of Torment, it is easily accessible for souls and demons. When we enter the Realm of Torment, it is because we want to go there directly, not via the Underworld – and because Abaddon/Kormir opened a direct route into the Realm of Torment.

Also: Realm of Torment is only said to be connected, not within, the Underworld. The Fissure of Woe is similarly implied to be connected (and not within) the Underworld.