Guild Wars 2

After we saw mordrem at Concordia our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. After we saw mordrem at Salma our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. So why are the mordrem in the Iron Marches and why has our character stopped asking the question?

Stooperdale.3560:

After we saw mordrem at Concordia our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. After we saw mordrem at Salma our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. So why are the mordrem in the Iron Marches and why has our character stopped asking the question?

The Mordrem are following the Leylines and seeking out sources of magic. The Brand is probably a major source of magic for Mordremoth. Seems fairly straightforward.

Vexander.9850:

Stooperdale.3560:

After we saw mordrem at Concordia our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. After we saw mordrem at Salma our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. So why are the mordrem in the Iron Marches and why has our character stopped asking the question?

The Mordrem are following the Leylines and seeking out sources of magic. The Brand is probably a major source of magic for Mordremoth. Seems fairly straightforward.

Also, there was a caravan carrying magical artifacts (again).

Chaos Crystal Cavern?

Its going south for what looks like the infinity coil

IIRC Chaos Crystal Cavern was at the endpoint of one of the set of vine expansions…

And yes, at least some of the vines directly went after the Priory pack dolyak.

He avoided the Crystal Cavern, for some reason. He’s nowhere near it. So that doesn’t seem to be the reason. He’s likely just after that artifact (probably Ascalonian) that the Priory had. I’m guessing their runner won’t go far with it before he gets killed.

Vexander.9850:

Stooperdale.3560:

After we saw mordrem at Concordia our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. After we saw mordrem at Salma our character asked why the mordrem were there, and there was a plausible reason. So why are the mordrem in the Iron Marches and why has our character stopped asking the question?

The Mordrem are following the Leylines and seeking out sources of magic. The Brand is probably a major source of magic for Mordremoth. Seems fairly straightforward.

Corruption is not a source of magic, but correct me if it’s wrong.

Eluveitie.1290:

Corruption is not a source of magic, but correct me if it’s wrong.

I think you are correct. The elder dragons cannot feed off of the corruption they leave behind, even if it is left by another dragon.

also. brand = corrupted, corrupted =/= magic (at least not “good” magic that the dragons thirst for)

Just to clear things up.

If you were in Frostgorge then you would have seen a vine there too. While I thought that it is going towards certain points, I get now the feeling that it’s just spreading starting with the path of least resistance. Rytlock mentioned that they aren’t afraid because of the mountains left of the citadel, but after we tell him that it’s on the way around the mountains he spents attention.

I haven’t been traveling around much since patch, but those knots in Iron Marches and the intensive attack tell me that there might be more. The devourer training camp at Monger’s Sink has a big ruin with some area around which is not accessible. Does anyone know what ruins there are? Is it just a part of human Ascalon? And we should not forget that the vines started to catch people in Iron Marches.

A caravan carrying magical artifacts? That really is weak and shouldn’t explain the supersized mordrem all over the zone.

Well a possible explanation for the direction he is heading in could be ‘Kralkatorrik & Shatterer’ … why? … It was said in the interview that the dragons don’t necessarily fight with each other, and only do so if they are directly trespassing in each others territory. They are so to say ‘territorial creatures’…

Now if we look at the ‘guessing ley lines’ map: http://s40.photobucket.com/user/arghore/media/Ley_Line_Progres_125_zps07ace979.jpg.html

We can see that the Terranova Reactor, fuelled by Kralkatorrik Chaos Magic infused crystal, is right on Mordi’s doorstep. Then about right after Mordi fully awakens, the remains of a former Kralkatorrik Champion scatter all over his part of Tyria.

Now, even though Kralki isn’t himself responsible for these things, would you think that Mordi sees it the same way? Possibly not! And what he the does is follow the ‘rivers of magic’ most strongly associated with Kralki’s Chaos magic… This would be the Chaos Cavern/Terranova ‘river’ (unfortunately not yet integrated with ‘sightings’ on the map – and might well have been a chaos river for a long time, ‘if’ it connects to the location where Kralki has been releasing his magic when laying dormant). And he follows the ‘river’ that could well be flowing from ‘The Dragon’s Lair’ towards LA, a possible already existing line, possibly influenced by Glint for all those years.

A lots of ‘possibles’ and ‘maybes’ but my guess is as good as anyone’s I would say

‘And those attacks on Artefacts? well if you go on a long journey, don’t you stop for a snack along the way? It’s what feeds the dragons so an opportunity on route would be enough to trigger a ‘pit-stop’.

Those are interesting points, Arghore. It’s almost as though it may be possible Mordremoth may go after Kralkattorik because of the crash and Glint’s crystals and so forth. It’d be seen as Kralk invading Mord’s territory…

@Vexander, yup, there is one ‘but’ to the whole thing though, that is the origin of the Thaumanova reactant. It is linked to the Crystal Caverns Jumping Puzzle. Which, as I inspected the map that has the actual waypoints effected by Mordi in it, is not really connected to ‘the brand’, it’s a whole map width away from it actually…

This means that the Crystals that are in said cave, are not of ’Kralki’s current awakening’ … now they may still be Kralki’s though! But then those he put down over 10.000y ago, as he flew from where ever to his resting place in Charr Territory… I will inspect this cave in the days to come though, as I want to inspect it more intensely myself

Vexander.9850:

The Mordrem are following the Leylines and seeking out sources of magic. The Brand is probably a major source of magic for Mordremoth. Seems fairly straightforward.

Dragon on dragon violence is always so ugly. Can’t the Elder Dragons just get along?!