Guild Wars 2

In the Ruin of Orr region I’ve seen that Malchor’s Leap map color look different to the other look like greenish blue or something like that, but Cursed Shore and Strait of Devastration(part that in Orr peninsula) is orange color.

Are there any lore on it?

No just an attempt to create a slightly different aesthetic. Would have been boring if all of Orr was exactly the same.

Random explanation? It was more underwater then the other two regions? :P

The gods images were carved here so maybe their magical power left his mark on the land.

That greenish tint extends all the way from the centre of Arah and fans out from there. It’s probably a more direct corruption of the land by Zhaitan, in a similar vein to the Brand. The Temple of Lyssa right near the middle of Malchor’s Leap was an important Risen-making facility, so that entire region was much more valuable to Zhaitan than either Cursed Shore or the Straits of Devastation.

Silavor.6257:

That greenish tint extends all the way from the centre of Arah and fans out from there. It’s probably a more direct corruption of the land by Zhaitan, in a similar vein to the Brand. The Temple of Lyssa right near the middle of Malchor’s Leap was an important Risen-making facility, so that entire region was much more valuable to Zhaitan than either Cursed Shore or the Straits of Devastation.

That was my thought, as that cone of blueish green covers all the important parts of Zhaitan’s corruption – including the Artesian Waters which are on the edge of it. And fun fact: some anti corruption stuff is outside of that blueish-green coloring: the Temple of Grenth, which is said to have the least amount of corruption in all of Orr.

The simple answer is geography. In Malachor’s Leap there’re perpetual clouds over head.

Clouds exist over all of Orr, actually, and has been consistently present since the Cataclysm – as well as a deathly chill in the air, etc. that’s talked about in both Sea of Sorrows and in Orr itself.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Clouds exist over all of Orr, actually, and has been consistently present since the Cataclysm – as well as a deathly chill in the air, etc. that’s talked about in both Sea of Sorrows and in Orr itself.

Clouds exist all over the planet. I’m referring to storm clouds, they’re dark and they give a gloomy appearance, which means there isn’t some kind of unique property but merely weather altering the look of the landscape.

Shine some light and I guarantee Malachor’s leap would have the same appearance.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/68/Ruins_of_Orr_map.jpg

So gloomy stormclouds caused that dispersing pattern? The one that fans out right from the spot where Zhaitan was sitting?

Silavor.6257:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/68/Ruins_of_Orr_map.jpg

So gloomy stormclouds caused that dispersing pattern? The one that fans out right from the spot where Zhaitan was sitting?

I don’t see a pattern at all. You’re looking at aesthetics based on the current lighting of the map. Wouldn’t take too much from it personally.

Ronin.7381:

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Clouds exist over all of Orr, actually, and has been consistently present since the Cataclysm – as well as a deathly chill in the air, etc. that’s talked about in both Sea of Sorrows and in Orr itself.

Clouds exist all over the planet. I’m referring to storm clouds, they’re dark and they give a gloomy appearance, which means there isn’t some kind of unique property but merely weather altering the look of the landscape.

Shine some light and I guarantee Malachor’s leap would have the same appearance.

That is what I meant too. Dark putrid (not your standard storm clouds) perpetual clouds are a part of the lore of post-Cataclysm Orr.

Go to Meddler’s Summit and you will find a Vigil talking about the atmosphere being different throughout Orr. Read Sea if Sorrows and it’ll talk about it before The Maw first shows up. This is common across all of Orr, likely due to Zhaitan.

Ronin.7381:

Silavor.6257:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/68/Ruins_of_Orr_map.jpg

So gloomy stormclouds caused that dispersing pattern? The one that fans out right from the spot where Zhaitan was sitting?

I don’t see a pattern at all. You’re looking at aesthetics based on the current lighting of the map. Wouldn’t take too much from it personally.

You don’t see that blue-green tint starting from the very center of Orr and heading out north to northwest in a cone shape, engulfing Malchor’s Leap and the edges of Straits of Devastation and Cursed Shores? If so, you must be colorblind – no offense in the statement but there is an obvious color change from the rest of Orr and I could only see a colorblind person not being able to tell.

Malchor’s Leap is darker in-game but there is also a change in the very land itself.

@Silavor: Zhaitan’s lair was actually east of Arah, as is where we killed him.

I would say it is stained by the past magic once inflicted on it ( we know the different magics have different coulours so perhaps there was just more of that type in that area when the destruction occured

Silavor.6257:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/6/68/Ruins_of_Orr_map.jpg

So gloomy stormclouds caused that dispersing pattern? The one that fans out right from the spot where Zhaitan was sitting?

I always figured that was the path his minions took across the land and into the water, up into Tyria. Have any of you guys seen the water at the northern most spot of Malchor’s Leap? It’s pitch black, and it literally gave me a chill and made me sick to my stomach the first time I saw it.

Or it could be linked with the fact the Temple of Lyssa is being used to create constant stormclouds and all…

When the Pact takes it, the sky clears.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

If so, you must be colorblind – no offense in the statement but there is an obvious color change from the rest of Orr and I could only see a colorblind person not being able to tell.

I see it, I just don’t feel there’s any specific significance post-rise. Maybe when Orr was first established, the ground in ML was always blue-ish and being submerged for so long slowly weathered it to a pale-green dull blue. So I don’t take much from aesthetics other than the artistic quality of it.