Guild Wars 2

The Wizard’s Tower Lore Speculation Revisited

I just have this notion that the developers (like us) still don’t know what to make of the lore surrounding the Wizard’s Tower. So I’ve come up with what I believe is the real story.
Back in the very beginning of Guild Wars there were no such thing as a second profession but then all of the sudden, the player character had the use of skill sets not natural to their primary profession with a secondary profession. How was this possible? Well, around that time, there were two people who situated themselves around the tower which may have the answer. A White Mantle officer named Galrath and a strange-looking necromancer named Verata.
Galrath, if you remember, wielded an axe but had a unique skill you could “cap” known as Galrath Slash which was a sword technique. Did Isgarren teach him this technique? Was Isgarren related to Galrath? And what of Verata whose physical appearance changed and showed new skills named after him? It would explain why they wanted entrance into the tower. Perhaps Isgarren only gave them a taste and now they wanted more. Perhaps they helped in an experiment and succeeded but Isgarren kicked them out.
I believe Isgarren is the original skill creator who is responsible for the duo professions of Guild Wars and probably the founder of elite specialization 250 years in the future. He’s probably a Chronomancer, a time-traveller plucking the likes of Durmand and Jurah the Master of Whispers out from time and imprisoning them within the tower. I would be cool to see the henchies like Cynn and Devona again as well.
So that’s my theory based on what little we could dig up but I hope the devs come up with something because the Wizard’s Tower has so much potential like jumping puzzles, gliding puzzles and fractal-like mini dungeons players could explore. Perhaps, if we ask very nicely, Isgarren would bless us with a unique elite specialization that all 9 professions could use……….

If we were really going to expand on it, I’d love to see the idea that while the castle itself is fairly large, on the inside it is just as big as Tyria if not bigger (because it is a magical castle :P ). That would give the devs a lot of leeway to incorporate so many different ideas and storylines into one single castle!

This is the very reason they should never expand on it, ever. The attraction is in its mystery – for nearly 10 years players have looked up and speculated and wondered and thought up their own stories. That is something fantasy world builders revel in and nothing they could do would likely live up to the expectations at this point.

I for one enjoy reading people speculate about it and create their own stories about it. I would hate to have that mystery and wonder taken away.

I believe it is a given at this point that the devs will never touch on the Wizard’s Tower. As far as I know, they’ve stated as much too(don’t quote me on that though). Their idea of it is what Randulf has said. The allure of the Tower is in its mystery.