Guild Wars 2

You know how there are sometimes recurring characters in the personal story, if you choose certain events to take place? I’ve just been curious about the ‘mini lore’ that surrounds some of the characters.

Example, if you choose Early Parole in the Order of Whispers, and save Benn Tenstrikes, then the choose Whisper’s plan in Victory or death, play through Conscript the Dead Ships you get to meet Benn’s parents and they talk about their son.

What other mini lores are hidden in the personal story?

Carys and Tegwen. First appear in sylvari “Act with Wisdom” storyline, they show up again for Priory’s “Shards of Orr” option during C6 (Claw Island storyline), and show up if you decide to lure the Eye of Zhaitan in a trap (that mirror is also part of the Act with Wisdom storyline) and also return for the Vigil’s plan after Further into Orr (where Tegwen meets her unfortunate demise Q_Q).

The Gear Warband is part of norn Blacked Out storyline and return for the same Vigil’s plan after Further into Orr.

Galinda and Snarl are part of the charr Iron Legion storyline, return for the Vigil’s retaking Claw Island path if you agree with Almorra over Trahearne (forgot story step name), and return again to fight the Mouth of Zhaitan, regardless of how you do it.

Tonn’s apprentice from the Greatest Fear arc shows up in fighting the Mouth of Zhaitan if you decide to stop the supply to it. He also shows up in Victory or Death’s afterparty, talking to the Priory scholars working on sonic weaponry…

Said two Priory scholars (forgot their names), which you first meet during the Priory’s alternate-to-Shards of Orr retaking Claw Island choice, is working on sonic technology retrieved from the dredge, which also happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to the icebrood-cry based sonic weapon seen in norn C3 (whatever order you join). They also show up for the Priory’s plan for Further into Orr, and perform the mini-Searing ritual.

Also on Benn Tenstrikes: In Victory or Death, you see him chatting up a Vigil gal. This gal is in fact former Ebon Vanguard turned Vigil, Eilye Jeyne, whom you help escort during the Vigil chapter 3 storyline dealing with the charr-human ceasefire/peacetreaty talks. You also meet her during the Stealing Lights storyline, and she works with Benn’s parents.

If you take the Dead Sister storyline and join the Vigil’s plan after Further into Orr, you may recognize Deborah, who’s appearance is set if you don’t take the storyline, but changes off of four choices if you do – she is your supposedly dead sister, and her appearance alters based on the heritage you tell Logan (Krytan, Ascalonian, Elonian, or Canthan); the set appearance is Krytan. She joins the Vigil later on, and then the Pact. With her is another former Seraph turned Vigil: he and his pet dog are from the human tutorial and directs people to the inn.

During the human C3 storyline you may meet Priestess Rhie, who mentions her greatest hope is to oneday visit the temple of Grenth in Orr and see it restored. If you chose to call upon the Avatar of Grenth after Against the Corruption, you will meet her again, and help her fulfill the first part of her greatest dream. During this step, you will also meet an asura krewe and a raptor named Shrieksy. These three are from the Asura College of Statistics storyline, as is the device they use.

A few folks know of Apatia from the Greatest Fear storyline, but did you know that you can see her as a Lionguard during Retribution (retaking Claw Island)? This is when you impress her enough to join the Vigil, and in turn, the Pact.

In the Whisper’s plan after Further into Orr, when you can meet Benn’s parents, you also meet two asura. One of them, Zrii, you helped defend during Claw Island. The other, Elli, you can meet as an asura who had made the VAL-A Golem – where she acts as announcer for the Snaffu Prize (an unsponsored version of the Snaff Prize, which you partake in as asura regardless of college – and always win); later she shows up in the sylvari C3 storyline, where you can make her the stand-in announcer while you kill the boy who left Riannoc to die by Mazdak and stole Caladbolg. Each chronologically later appearance, she has further developed her announcement skills – including the giant hologram of herself, and her voice enhancing abilities through it.

If you did Priory, you may remember Kekt when you meet him again during Forging the Pact. If you chose the Priory’s path after Further into Orr, you meet him once more… where he meets his untimely demise.

The one who kills Kekt is Ferghen, a master tracker… whom norn meet during the Protect the Spirits storyline – he is the one who tells you that the Minotaur Spirit, a then forgotten spirit, is enraged.

During Against the Corruption, you are introduced to two people, one is the norn Havroun Grechen. If you did Defend the Mists norn storyline, then you had a chance to recruit her in aiding you in saving the Wolf Havroun and his apprentice.

The other, Laranthir of the Wild, you can meet first as a norn during Chapter 3, if you chose to join the Vigil; you can meet him again as a simple Vigil member after killing Ajax Anvilburn, he also returns for the Priory plan after Further into Orr. He returned again at the end of Season 1, investigating Scarlet’s actions in waking Mordremoth; and once more, he returned during The World Summit with Trahearne. Now he survives the Pact’s failed assault on the jungle, and is featured in the first open world map in Heart of Thrones.

Lastly, there is Professor Gorr. All asura meet him during chapter 3, but if you go Whispers you find out what happened after that incident – protected by the Whispers, he furthered his research, and you can recruit him to assist in taking back Claw Island. He returns again to study the Eye of Zhaitan on the airship, and appears once more in Fort Trinity during Victory or Death (and, I believe, also shows up for The Source of Orr). He makes a cameo appearance in Camp Resolve during Season 2 Episode 6, the first story instance at Camp Resolve.

I’m sure there’s others. Sadly, it’s so hard to line up meet-ups. And it’s absolutely wonderful if you can meet up with a character at every chance (like getting to meet Tegwen and Carys in 4 different chances! Or Snarl and Galinda in 3! That is, not counting The Source of Orr where three of them can show up)

Long post short, if you meet a named NPC in the storyline during Orr, they showed up earlier before more than likely.

Wow, Konig! That puts any list I may have made to shame. Really puts in perspective how much a person can miss in the story.

My humble contribution- Hekja, originally a Lionguard who takes part in the assault of Covington’s base, and helps to clean up the risen who move in afterwards. She later ends up in the Priory as an explorer, and is part of Kekt’s team when you rescue him, assists in the tragic attempt to rescue Apatia, and finally gets in over her head when she attempts to scout the Mouth of Zhaitan’s lair on her own. I think she’s particularly interesting, because she’s the only recurring PS character I can think of who exists in the non-instanced world.

Speaking of Kekt’s team, there’s also Octavian Inkblood and his pet drake Amphebe, who assist extensively with the plan to hijack the Orrian fleet, help to cover your back in the assault on the Sovereign Eye, and move into your home instance.

And then there’s Zrii (Konig used the name but meant Zott- an understandable mistake), a skilled Whispers infiltrator, and Afanen, a Vigil Crusader who joins the Pale Reavers. They’re both, like Octavian, late additions starting from Forging the Pact, but they show up extensively thereafter- Zrii helps take down the Mouth and scouts the lighthouse, Afanen with the Reavers escorting tanks, and both in the attempt to rescue Apatia, the attack on the Source of Orr, and, most impressively, the after party celebrating Zhaitan’s demise.

Afanen is also the Warden who negotiates with sylvari PCs during C3. There’s also the captive from the Apatia plot, Warden Hywel, who returns as a Pale Reaver.

Occam from The Green Huntsman plot – you have the option to save him, or leave him to the Nightmare Courtier’s torture. Your choice alter his dialogue to you during Forging the Pact, where it is mentioned that Caithe rescued him after the whole issue with mister Green Huntsman was put to rest.

The norn smith, Biegarth, you can meet during Defeat Your Ancient Foes norn storyline, and he can craft you a deldrimor steel axe.

There’s also the fake Syska’s squad in the Pact, who return later for Victory or Death as famed heroes. The “unexpectedly superior group” (or some such).

Then if you’re Vigil you can recruit a norn fighter, Fibharr, and his family and friends who also show up for Victory or Death’s afterparty, and is the one who dubs the PC “The Dragonslayer”.

Fibharr also puts in a brief appearance in the charr gladium sire storyline, as a friend of your father, and puts the lie to my previous statement by hanging around Ashford forum (albeit never doing anything).

Wow, that was very, very informative. Thank you! I love reading up on these little lores.