Guild Wars 2

The wiki says that the server world names are locations in Tyria (except 3), but I’m from Devona’s Rest and I can’t find a wiki location with that name.

So, what’s the story? Where is it in Tyria and are there other world server name locations that have lore meaning behind them but it isn’t listed in the wiki?

This will tell you everything you need to know about who Devona was.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Devona

Yeah Devona was a quest giver early in the game, and she eventually became a henchman that followed the characters throughout the campaigns. So more than likely this is alluding to either the place of her death, or the place where she settled down.

Sorry, I guess I should specify, she was in the original GW.

There’s some back story to Sanctum of Rall as well found here:
http://wildboarinn.net/2012/07/18/my-gw2-home-sanctum-of-rall/

In addition to that, I was able to find some potential lore behind the name in-universe as well by talking to Historian Goshkia in the Imperator’s Core in the Black Citadel. It seems they named a legendary tribune after the guy. Due to the fact that he was a charr, I suspect if we ever see “Sanctum of Rall” in game, it will be somewhere in one of the charr territories. Same with Devona’s Rest. That will most likely be where she retired and/or died in combat. Given that she was always out to honor her father’s spirit in battle and making a legend for herself, I’d think that Devona’s Rest will probably refer to the location she was buried. Unlike Rall, her location is likely to be in any of several places, including Kryta, Ascalon, or the Shiverpeaks. There are probably other places but because she was an Ascalonian human I would lean towards either Kryta or Ascalon.

not all of them, but most others are on his channel aswell

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5DXOZMrYA&feature=plcp

most of them are on it, the others you can find on his channel

It seems Blackgate is one of the three servers not named after a location in gw1.

Almighty lore mod I ask of you, where does my server come from?

GekoHayate.2451:

It seems Blackgate is one of the three servers not named after a location in gw1.

Almighty lore mod I ask of you, where does my server come from?

While I’m not sure, I’ve been told that Blackgate has something to do with the entrance to the Underworld.

There’s no “Blackgate” in relation to the Underworld. You may be mistaking with Reaper’s Gate which is an old temple of Grenth which, in GW1, gave access to the Underworld when the world had the favor of the gods.

Blackgate is likely a remnant of one of the gates (either Diessa Gate or Ashford Gate, I guess) in the Black Citadel.