A collection of tinfoil hat theories about how things work:
1.) Metaphysics
According to Snaff, “the building blocks of reality are held together by magic” and magic flows through all things.
Magic is corruptable, as seen by the shattering of Magdaer and the transformation of ascalon into ghostlands due to Adelbern’s rage against the charr invasion being channeled through the magic released by the sword.
The six dragons are a natural control mechanism for magic. In all ecosystems, the building blocks of life (e.g. magic, energy) must be broken down, cleaned, then returned to the world in a basic state. The six dragons exist for this purpose. As lesser races use magic for ill means, it becomes corrupted. Too much corruption of magic starts to tear apart the world. To prevent this, the dragons awaken when magic’s corruption has reached a dangerous threshold.
Once awakened, the dragons consume all magic in the world. They draw the corruption within themselves and then sleep, releasing purified magic into the world and giving rise to a new age.
“Dragon Energy” is corrupted magic taken in and stored by the dragons. The dragons transform this energy into purified magic over time.
The dragons are not good or evil, their corruptive aspects and “personalities” are simply shaped by the stained magic they devour and purify. LThey are in essence, a reflection of the world’s sins.
The relationship of the dragons, magic, and corruption is what the Asura understand as “The Eternal Alchemy.” This is depicted in the game through the diagram showing the various spheres that represent the dragons and magic within the center.
2.) Human Gods
The human gods are outsiders that came from a place outside of Tyria. They were travelers that walked through pthe mist between worlds. We know that this type of travel is possible. Mortals such as Lord Odran were able to manipulate magic to reveal temportal portals through the mists that led to places like the Hall of Heroes, the Rift, etc. The gods likely reached Tyria via similar means.
I personally believe that the human gods were not divine at first. They might have been kings and rulers of the original human travelers that came to Tyria. They discovered a place in Tyria where the leylines that control the flow of magic all intersected to create a huge magical wellspring. This wellspring was the Artesian Waters.
I think the human gods were mortals that “ascended” to godhood through the Tyrian Artesian waters. Because of this, their divinity is directly linked to the Eternal Alchemy.
There are six dragons and six gods. I believe this is relevant due to the human gods drawing power from the six major spokes of the Tyrian magic system.
3.) Ancient Races
Before the gods, the ancient races (Seers, Jotun, Mursaat, Forgotten) existed on Tyria. We can assume these races had some understanding of the Eternal Alchemy. The seers tried to “cheat” the system by creating the bloodstones and using these stones to store magical energy instead of having it return to the dragons. I believe the Seers intended to use the bloodstones to weaken the dragons and empower themselves so that they could stand a chance against on the next awakening.
I also believe the conversion of the Dragon Champion Glint by the forgotten and allowing her to feel empathy for mortal races was also part of the ancient race’s efforts to fight the coming dragons.
However, despite their attempts to cheat and store power to combat the dragons, the efforts of the old races were not enough (the Mursaat abandoning the other races didnt help either). Their civilizations were ultimately destroyed in just another cycle.
4.) More about the Human Gods
The introduction of the human gods and their bestowing of magic (thanks Abaddon) to humans created an imbalance in the eternal alchemy. The misuse of magic from humans during the Guild Wars accelerated the magical corruption of Tyria, which is what caused the dragons to stir and awaken early.
I think the human gods saw this and per Doric’s request, removed powerful magic from humans and sealed it in the bloodstones the Seers left behind. The human gods then left Tyria to prevent another escalation like the Guild Wars from occurring again.
I also believe the human gods did this to preserve their own divinity, because the awakening of the dragons would draw the power they obtained from the Artesian Waters away from them. The widespread misuse of magic would only accelerate the dragon awakening -which Is something the gods want to prevent.
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(edited by lordhelmos.7623)