When does GW2 take place ?

When does GW2 take place ?

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Posted by: Harak.8397

Harak.8397

Q:

My sincere apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. The search function yielded no clear results.

I am mostly asking because I was led to believe earlier that the game’s setting would be shortly after the events depicted in Ghosts of Ascalon. Which is to say some time after 1324 AE.

Meanwhile, several sources in game, one of them being the plaque at the base of the statue of Ferro the Butcher in Black Citadel, seem to indicate that the brand has been around for quite some time. ( It was formed in 1320 AE) It is implied there that Ferro joined the sentinels defending the brand ( where he earned his nickname) and then after his son was born ( Currently a Tribune of the Iron Legion Bhuer Goreblade) he offered to pay for his grandsire’s crime so his son could take the Gore name without shame, dying in 1318 AE. That seems to indicate that the brand was around for at least a decade

Regardless, that doesn’t even work with the fact that Kralkatorrik awakened two years later to create the brand itself.

I’m confused (and it seems the devs are too ?)

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Posted by: Lutinz.6915

Lutinz.6915

Your right. That doesnt make much sense. According to that he died two years prior to the brand even forming.

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

1325 AE is when GW2 takes place.

There are a handful of date discrepencies I’ve noticed. One being the golem foundry digsite in Metrica Province, being an excavation of the Eye of the North golem foundry (where G.O.L.E.M. mission begins), but dates the place’s create in the 13th century (1219 I think?). In Brisban Wildlands, specifically Hidden Lake, there’s a gravestone for one of the GW1 collectors, but date her lifespan to being born in the 12th century (1100s).

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: Chessrook.8643

Chessrook.8643

1325 AE is when GW2 takes place.

There are a handful of date discrepencies I’ve noticed. One being the golem foundry digsite in Metrica Province, being an excavation of the Eye of the North golem foundry (where G.O.L.E.M. mission begins), but dates the place’s create in the 13th century (1219 I think?). In Brisban Wildlands, specifically Hidden Lake, there’s a gravestone for one of the GW1 collectors, but date her lifespan to being born in the 12th century (1100s).

Maybe it’s a way of saying “Even Historians Make Mistakes and Typos”?

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Posted by: Konig Des Todes.2086

Konig Des Todes.2086

Certainly possible. As the Durmand Priory says: History never lie. Historians however…

But getting nearly 100 years off for a person’s life dates is just kitten weird.

Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.

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Posted by: Chessrook.8643

Chessrook.8643

Certainly possible. As the Durmand Priory says: History never lie. Historians however…

But getting nearly 100 years off for a person’s life dates is just kitten weird.

The more amount of time there is between periods, the greater chance there is for error, especially if records weren’t as well-kept.

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Posted by: Duke Darkwood.4237

Duke Darkwood.4237

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Timeline

Includes current year, year of both books, year of each Dragon Awakening (except DSD), the years of each GW1 game, and a few other important events.