Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know what are those Orrian arch structures and their significance?

http://www.guildmag.com/magazine/issue9/img/interview_orr.jpg

“…the Six Human Gods arrived from the Mists, and made Orr a green and flowering expanse. They followed a source of magic coming from The Artesian Waters and built over the subterranean waterway their city, which they called Arah.”

The only in-game reference to them, I know of, is derived from a communion skill challenge found in Cursed Shores: “It’s unknown what purpose these giant rings once served, but they fell with such a force that they’re now half buried in the Orrian soil.”

I think it can be safe to conclude that this is just architecture of godly proportions, giving a glimpse of Orr’s former grandeur without affecting the dilapidated vibe brought out by Zhaitan’s corruption.

It’s a giant arch that leads into the center of Arah, to the center of the nation of Orr even. There are six of them in total, two can be found in Cursed Shore while one ends behind the Temple of Balthazar. They come together at the place where the Giganticus Lupicus is fought in Arah explorable.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

It’s a giant arch that leads into the center of Arah, to the center of the nation of Orr even. There are six of them in total, two can be found in Cursed Shore while one ends behind the Temple of Balthazar. They come together at the place where the Giganticus Lupicus is fought in Arah explorable.

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Corvus.5836:

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