Guild Wars 2

Have you ever wondered what happens to the minions of Elder Dragons when they are disconnected from their master’s hive mind? Have you ever wondered where some of the races come from? I have a proposition for you…

Some of the races, in addition to sylvari, come from the Elder Dragons.

There is a peculiar property of dragon minions: evolution. When Zaithan died, Tequatl began to evolve into something more. The Inquest managed to make both destroyers and husks evolve. How the latter did this is not fully understood, although we do know that the Inquest has had considerable experience with what they call “chaos magic”. Chaos magic may be behind both the asuran gate and waypoint networks. Essentially, it displaces creatures and also changes them. A human may become a rabbit; a skritt, a chaos beast. If it does this to these creatures, I wonder what effect it has on dragon minions?

There is evidence that Mawdrey’s predecessor, the “Cultivated Vine”, was affected by chaos magic. The ingredients required to grow the vine include a “chaos orb”. How did this magic change the vine? Did it evolve?

If Elder Dragon minions do evolve naturally, especially when their masters return to sleep and no longer wield the same degree of control over them, how could this possibly be? Well, one thing about Thaumanova is that it sits atop a leyline intersection. Now, this intersection may be the convergence of the magics of different dragons. Mixing these magics leads to what we call “chaos magic” – raw, unbridled magic. In other words, what the asura did at Thaumanova happens naturally over a much longer period of time: Creatures, including dragon minions, are exposed to the leaking magic of various Elder Dragons. This exposure is the driving force behind their evolution into higher beings. I believe that they become more intelligent, only because Tequatl is said to have become smarter, which suggests that increased intellect is one of many affects chaos magic has on creatures.

If former Elder Dragon minions walk among us, who could they be? Well, there are two races that I would like to suggest, aside from the sylvari of course. First, the dwarves. Second, the skritt. Why? Both exhibit residual mental faculties facilitating the creation of hive minds or hive-mind-like mental connections. Furthermore, the dwarves turned themselves into stone, suggesting that they may have originally been created out of it. The dwarves believe that they were created by the Great Dwarf, how then can they come from an Elder Dragon? Well, much like the Pale Tree, the Great Dwarf may have been a former Elder Dragon champion with the ability to create minions.

But he might have gone rogue.

A very interesting idea. What about the possibility of “not evil” dragons. For example, the idea of keeping Glint’s egg away from the EDs with the intent of creating such a creature, may lend to the idea that perhaps at some point in the distant past, there were more than just the EDs we know, maybe they were snuffed out, maybe they evolved, or perhaps they gave rise to some of the races we see now…

Agreed, very interesting idea. And it ties in to my own pet theory that the Sylvari (or more accurately, the Pale Tree’s race) were actually an ancient species on Tyria from the days of Giganticus Lupicus that were conquered by Mordremoth and assimilated into his armies. This makes them “dragon minions” in the sense that their continued survival is due to Mordremoth breeding them in the same way that cows, pigs or other domesticated lifestock are bred to feed and serve humanity, but they are still their own distinct species in their own right, and if freed from Mordremoth’s control, they can choose their own path and their own destiny.

Edusd.7893:

A very interesting idea. What about the possibility of “not evil” dragons. For example, the idea of keeping Glint’s egg away from the EDs with the intent of creating such a creature, may lend to the idea that perhaps at some point in the distant past, there were more than just the EDs we know, maybe they were snuffed out, maybe they evolved, or perhaps they gave rise to some of the races we see now…

Well I remember back towards the development phase, when news of GW2 hit the magazines and everyone at GWGuru were ecstatic over the new reveals, that it was said the Dragons motives are not black and white. I believe the quote was along the lines of, the EDs not being allied but all having a common goal (to feed). You could draw the comparison between America and Germany too if you wanted to get… colorful (can you tell I’m on a huge Captain America binge right now?).

This is my hope of course that Primordus will get his emerging victory in the climax of Mordremoth’s defeat or he’ll be responsible for defeating Mord and grow all the more powerful – making him the next target.

We do know from the novel Edge of Destiny that Snaff did talk to Kralkatorric but at the same time he’s a dunce so him being “good” is… not a thing. So the dragons are capable of communication therefore – understanding and comprehension.

Mostly, I was just getting to the thought that maybe other races are descended from dragons in some way, either through formerly being minions or some other means. For example, Dwarves. What if, the Great Dwarf, was a dragon…and the dwarven race as a result were originally minions/creations of that dragon. Perhaps that would explain how they could revert back to a hive mind mentality. From there lots of speculation could form, but it is all baseless. Like I said, just an interesting thought.

How did you pass on the obvious title for this thread?

On the Origin of (Tyria’s) Species

SirMoogie.9263:

How did you pass on the obvious title for this thread?

On the Origin of (Tyria’s) Species

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