Guild Wars 2

To me the legendary imbued shaman in fractals looks a lot like the concept art of the fleshreaver lords, is there anything that could possibly support this claim (were the grawl perhaps worshiping this fleshreaver lord that resided within the volcano?). It seems that this would not be the case as you fight a champion grawl shaman who then jumps into the volcano, and then you see the legendary imbued shaman which would seem to imply that the legendary infused shaman was just the grawl who gained new powers by fusing with something in the volcano (receiving a blessing/curse)?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Legendary_Imbued_Shaman.jpg
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Fleshreaver_Lord_concept_art.jpg

They both are harpy-esque, and I can see the resemblance, but the Imbued Shaman is much more molten, which could possibly be related to Primordus corruption. The Fleshreaver looks…fleshy (I wish there was more importance for fleshreavers, they’re a cool species)

GuildMag (Thalador): Similarly in the Volcanic Fractal, it presents us an interesting setting: an abandoned mine, human captives, lava-infused with mystic powers, with bats and a crazed shaman turning into something a bit destroyer-like. Could it be a hint that Primordus can actually corrupt living beings since so far we’ve only been told that he can twist fire and stone.

ArenaNet (Jeff Grubb) : We’ve shown that from the early Eye of the North, and when we designed the Elder Dragons we were looking at them having specialties where they could corrupt more than just one type of substance. Some of them could affect life, some of them could affect inanimate objects, some of them could affect the elements, vegetation, water, you know they all had their some specialty but they also have some overlap and I believe Primordus, ‘cause we had the troll, the Destroyer Trolls who basically were very molten but also very humanoid as well. So I do believe that Primordus can affect the living.

ArenaNet (Ree Soesbee) : But probably not easily.

ArenaNet (Jeff Grubb) : But not with the same animating force you see from Zhaitan, reanimating the dead of Orr.

ArenaNet (Ree Soesbee) : I think that it’s, perspective wise, it’s more like the troll or the grawl has a layer of rock over them. They turn a little bit elemental in –

ArenaNet (Jeff Grubb and Scott McGough) : Sort of like Jormag and the Sons of Svanir

ArenaNet (Scott McGough) : The icier the Sons of Svanir, the more corrupted they are. I would say that Primordus can-

ArenaNet (Ree Soesbee) : The rockier they are…

ArenaNet (Scott McGough) : Yeah.

ArenaNet (Jeff Grubb) : There are rules for the Elder Dragons but they’re not the same rules for every Elder Dragon.

ArenaNet (Ree Soesbee) : It’s kind of like he’s converting those living creatures into stone.

http://www.guildmag.com/magazine/issue9/interview.htm

Given how ArenaNet responded to the question on the Fractal, it’s more likely to be Primordus related. Especially given that it was formed by the grawl jumping into a pit of lava, and the boss wields a Destroyer Bow.

Adding into what Konig said, it’s also shown in the PS mission involving the grawl that the shaman who worshiped jormags minion was able to turn into a corrupted creature as well, which I feel furthers the theory that the Grawl actually did something similar in the fractal but with Primordious instead of Jormag.

I don’t recall that. Was that during the story step where you choose to convince the shamans, rather than going to the minion’s cave? Though a grawl becoming corrupted by Jormag’s influence isn’t anything unique given that Jormag – unlike Primordus – usually corrupts living beings.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

I don’t recall that. Was that during the story step where you choose to convince the shamans, rather than going to the minion’s cave? Though a grawl becoming corrupted by Jormag’s influence isn’t anything unique given that Jormag – unlike Primordus – usually corrupts living beings.

Yeah when you convince the shamans one of them gets really angry at the end and to prove his god is real he calls out to it and then transforms into an ice creature.