Guild Wars 2

In Guild Wars 1 almost every unique weapon had lore from the Dagger of Ogre Slaying in the Tomb of the Primeval Kings even to a more common weapon such as a Droknar’s Sword we knew where these named weapons came from or why they existed in Tyria. The ascended gear is crafted after namesakes or is a trinket from deceased heros. But the Legendaries seem to defy this by being the most flamboyant weapons with “the best” stats and yet seem to just exist for the sake of it? While we are on the topic perhaps we should address why precursors suffer the same lack of lore.

Or maybe I’m just kittened and never noticed the lore…..

This question has been asked before. (Spoiler: you will be disappointed)

-Flameseeker profecies ties directly to gw1, and is the only legendary with real lore.
-The incinerator and the predator are marvels of Charr technology.
-Kraitkin is tied to the krait, but you could’ve guessed that.
-The Howler is made by the norn.
-And euh…

Legendaries hold no lore. What Bellyboomer put is just speculative. We can only guess at themes and relations. The best we can argue about is Flameseeker Prophecies, the book on the shield holding a New Krytan translation of Meerak the Shouter’s lines in post-Searing. The greatswords also have a strong hint of lore, as the Risen High Priest wields them. Scarlet had Quip when assaulting the Jubille and only then, and given the jester appearance may be tied to DR somehow.

Frostfang is likely tied to Jormag.
Incinerator and Predator are likely tied to charr.
Kraitkin is likely tied to krait.
The spear is likely tied to Risen.
Quip, Frenzy, Meterologic and the Minstrel are likely tied to humans.
Moot, Howler, and Bifrost are likely tied to norn.

But we have nothing solid other than appearance themes.

Once upon a time there was that place, The Blue Flush
People were flushing there when in need… For prestige or for glory

There were also those mysr..mystic items. All of them being the final act of masochism and farming.

Then, everyone realized that they don’t need to flush, just buy them off from Trading Post.

Here, lore

Sadly there is no lore for the weapons that every player strives to get and ends up wielding every day after he gets them.
That’s just absurd. The fact that there’s no epic, over arching story that links you to your newly acquired legendary weapon is honestly one of the biggest downsides to this game.

You literally equip the nicest, most shiny and awesome of weapons knowing nothing about its origin. You just throw some stuff into a slot machine and your weapon pops out. The current system is that lame.

The only things that are right about the current legendary system is them requiring that you do certain dungeons/ world completion/ WvW. Period. Everything else you can just buy.

I agree that it is super disappointing, I understand the presumed “origins” of the items as some seem to be tied to the races, lol except the Dreamer that one is just a shoutout to Guild Wars 2 playing Bronies.

I guess I really want the story of why the Risen High Priest has all 3 legendary greatswords. Was he bequeathed them by the 6? Or did Vizier Kilbrohn have a hand in producing some of the most powerful weaponry the Orrians wield?

For a game riddled with loads of extra lore and info, I guess I just feel the lack of legendary lore is… well pathetic. Also TP for legendaries is just LAME freaking Market Farmers can look sweet without having to “earn” the rewards.