Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’d like to preface this by saying I have not read the novels so excuse me if this has been answered already.

I’ve had this question about the Elder Dragons and I can’t find an answer on my own. Do they have a limit on the amount of magic they can consume? With the recent events regarding the Bloodstone this is bothering me even more.

I find it really curious that, from the information I have (wiki, in-game, friends), only Six Elder Dragons exist and they all are located around Tyria. From my understanding; they awake, consume and sleep over and over again. When do they stop? Why do they stop? I know the obvious answer is when there is no more magic available (or the balance has been reached). But, I do not think it’s a leap to assume there is magic around the whole world. Do they start on Tyria, travel until none remains and come back to sleep in Tyria?

Also, as we can see from the events of the game, killing one releases the magic it consumed back in the system (all of it?). Are the Elder Dragons only reservoir of Magic or they also transforms it/neutralizes it? But I digress.

Why haven’t they killed each other already? Why can one awake before an another one without it being big deal to the others? So again, my main question (I know it is more than one, but mostly they are leading to this): Is there a limit on the amount of magic they can consume/absorb before going back to sleep?

Is it why the task of keeping the world in balance was, until now, divided between six of them and not just one or many more? Again, I would assume with their need to feasts, their massive ego (Goa’uld like remarks in the story) and their aggression, once one has more magic than the other, then more power, they would start fighting each other until one dies and releases the magic back for whomever is left to consume it. Unless they simply cannot? Is there a limitation on them that prevents this scenario or is it something else? Is it some sort of altruism? Do they keep to a certain territory on purpose so they don’t affect the other Elder Dragons even to their potential own reduced food supply? Or is it biological limitation? I would think the later, because Mordremoth did not seem one bit interested with Zaithan’s death, no mention anywhere I could find.

And finally, once they are full, would they go back to sleep, even though magic remains? If we kill enough of them and/or more Bloodstones are destroyed, would any of them simply go back to sleep without even being fought?

I know this was a bit long, I wanted to put some of my reasoning behind and hopefully it is not based in fallacies. Also I hope my English was good enough to convey my idea clearly, it is not my main language.

Thank you very much.