Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I’m working on a little fan-fic side project of mine, and I’m fleshing out the background so that it works within context of established lore. However, and I’m afraid you might point out it’s an already established gap/mystery, but who exactly is Salma’s heir?

There must be a son or daughter who ruled between her and King Baede? If you look at their timelines of rule, you not only can fit one person but you have to fit at least one person because of expected life duration of Tyrian humans and if nothing else – the duration of a reign.

If Queen Salma is known to have become queen in 1079 AE (roughly the time of Battle of Lion’s Arch and defeat of White Mantle), and King Baede at the latest 1219 AE (with Rising of Orr). That leaves a 140 year gap, and given Salma is not a baby in 1079 and neither is Baede so in 1219, you kind of have to have a link between these two.

It’s also stated by the Divinity Guide that the ‘royal family has continued in an unbroken line from Queen Salma to our current ruler, Queen Jennah’. How can the history books be obscuring the heir of Salma and the parents of King Baede?

Appreciate any help on naming of these two, sadly I’ve painted myself into a corner with my fan-fic where exactly this unknown ruler reigns at the time of one of my protagonists.

I doubt the history books are obscuring the matter- it’s kind of hard to cover up an entire reign. It’s far more likely that it’s common knowledge for those who care to know such things and that we, the players (not necessarily our characters) are out in the cold simply because the devs have decided it’s unnecessary detail. Since it’s not filled out, that leaves a blank space your fic can fill however you like- just be aware the official canon might one day decide to go back to it and plow over your work in the process.

I’ve gone through lots of articles to try piece together who the mystery heir could be, and what irks me most is this article

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tyrian_royalty_family_tree

It draws a direct line between Salma and Baede, although it cannot be so, and at the same time adds ‘unknown heir’ in as Jennah’s father, who again has no line to either of the 4 royal figures who predate him, of which the unnamed eldest son of Baede is likely King Roderick… but then again, with Baede’s death in 1256, it is Edair that takes the crown being named successor. How come then King Roderick is named King Roderick in the history books, does he follow after a short reign by Edair?