Guild Wars 2

Weren’t they the sole reason why Charrs were able to reclaim Ascalon?

Teletric.1980:

Weren’t they the sole reason why Charrs were able to reclaim Ascalon?

Yes, but… it’s a bit more complicated.

As simple as I can put it, the power the charr used to bring down Ascalon was granted to them by the titans, who the previously godless charr discovered and started worshiping. All four legions were converted to this new faith, and a new shaman caste rose to rule them. They weren’t kind-hearted rulers, however; they had no objection to making blood sacrifice of any charr who opposed them, and they reduced females to just a step above slaves because a rebellion was once led by one. Then, shortly after the Searing, the magical ritual that broke Ascalon’s defenses, human heroes killed the titans in front of assembled charr forces. Outrage started to spread that the charr had sacrificed so much for false gods, and the shamans simply cracked down harder and tried to come up with a new set of fake deities. Decades later, things finally boiled over when the rebels agreed to let their females take up weapons again, and three of the legions overthrew religious authority. The Flame Legion was the only one to keep the shaman caste, and they still aim to bring the other charr under religious rule. Now aggressively atheistic, the other legions hate them for it.

So, short answer: the Flame Legion is the last of the group that oppressed the charr and made them worship fake gods. For “stealing control of the charr’s destiny” and being pathetic enough to kneel before a lie, they were outcast.

^ adding. When the Flame Legion leader died in the foefire, the other legions rose up and started actively fighting them. Then females joined the fighting and tipped the scales against the shamans.

Dont forget another great episode:

When the shamans also worshipped the Destroyers as false gods and not only they were defeated but they also attacked the chaars.

That was the best thing. I don’t think I’ve played that mission through without letting them get Burntsoul.

The flame legion are a bunch of buttheads.

And of course have you seen Flame Legion lands? I have no idea how they manage to survive, I don’t see crops growing on scorched lands or cattle surviving the constant rain of fire. Their way of life, a focus on magic and ritual, is everything the other Legions are against, instead of magic they focus on technology.