What does 'Sorrow' actually means in GW2?
This is something that made me wondering, what is the real mean of the word ‘Sorrow’ in guild wars 2? the word is literally overused, there are Sea of Sorrows, Ship of Sorrow, Sorrow furnace, Sorrow embrace, Sorrowful sound, Sorrow’s Eclipse, Sorrow’s bay, Final Sorrow, Sigil of Sorrow. it must be means something in gw2 lore.
It means exactly what it is; Sorrow. Sorrow’s Furnace and Embrace gets its name from the Dredge that were enslaved and forced to work in the mines originally. Sea of Sorrows most likely gets its name from the amount of people lost to it when it was being discovered/traversed. Sorrow’s Eclipse name comes from the Kodans loss via the Dragon and their need to move from their homelands. Sorrow’s Bay, for anyone who’s played the story, knows that there was a great many lives lost holding claw island. Sigil of Sorrows, like any other sigil associated with a dungeon, just takes its name from an aspect of the dungeon. Final sorrow is an item for a quest in which you visit the graves of lost loved ones. Ship of Sorrows and Sorrowful sounds were aptly named due to connections to the Sea of Sorrows, most likely.
TL:DR – All of these that you have listed us sorrow for its actual meaning: a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others.
Even though Guild Wars doesn’t always feel that way, there has been a lot of loss, war, and death. It isn’t hard to believe that the names of these places are named to reflect the sorrow that comes with that.