We don’t know the exact mechanics of ED awakening, but it looks like in most cases one of their champions wakes up before them and makes sure they get out of bed. They just can’t seem to set their arlarm themselves. Lazy bums!
You don’t win friends with salad! Sorry I just got caught up in the rhythm.
Not every Elder Dragon. Primordus and Kralkatorrik both ended up waking up without a champion, but Primordus’ awakening was delayed by 50 years due to his champion’s death (and presumably Kralkatorrik’s as well due to Glint’s betrayal, thus explaining why Kralk and Mordy awoke at roughly the same time rather than 50 years apart).
Presumably, though this is merely theory, the Risen Giganticus Lupicus (only known champion of Zhaitan to be around while it slept) woke Zhaitan in a similar manner that Drakkar woke Jormag, or the Great Destroyer attempted for Primordus.
(On an aside, one can argue that Scarlet wasn’t a dragon champion – very easily in fact – which would mean Mordremoth also woke without a champion; though he circumvented that by having a non-champion perform the same role).
As far as we know, Elder Dragons don’t need a huge burst of ley line energy stuffed into their mouth (what caused Mordy to wake up – not because he merely ‘felt’ the ley line energy), but Drakkar is said to have been siphoning magic from the earlier generations of Sons of Svanir to feed Jormag for waking up. So it’s likely that every Elder Dragon leaves a champion around in the world to wake up early and gather magic for them to speed up their waking process.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
So Dragons have champions which are taking power from the world.
Maybe Zhaitan felt the power of Bloodstone and he could use his necromancer’s skills when he brought Orr back. And after it he brought the Mouth and the Eye.
Mordremoth had a champion- Shadow of the Dragon and maybe Ley Line who came to him after Scarlet’s death was just a signal. And when we killed Shadow he made Mouth who had to take energy.
Given that both Zhaitan and Mordremoth completely ignored the bloodstones while awake (aside from the shards the Arah High Priests had before their death), I don’t think Zhaitan “felt the power of Bloodstone”. Especially since the Bloodstones at their strongest was in 1 BE/Year 0.
He also doesn’t have necromancer skills – dragon corruption is not alike any profession skills.
There’s also no indication that the Shadow of the Dragon existed in Tyria prior to LW Season 2, as it is first only encountered in the Dream – which is called a mindscape by Rytlock. Also, the Mouth of Mordremoth is stated by several NPCs to be Mordremoth himself – likely given that monicker only because of the fact that Mordremoth can put his mind in any of his corruption and regrow his body from said corruption.
And I think your second post there is for another thread. :P
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
We can discuss that the race of Sylvari is like big “champion”.
Shadow of the Dragon is a nightmare who came from Dream and became true.
Shadow of the Dragon seemed the most connected with Mordremoth because he was personalization of as I said nightmare.
Mordremoth wanted use every Sylvari but Nightmare Courtiers was the best way for Mordy to spread his corruption but he didn’t make it completely.
Faolain was the leader of the Nightmare Court but she failed and became Mordremoth’ champion.
Mordremoth was more intelligent than Zhaitan.
And that Maguuma presents himself is epic.
Mordy could speak and I am very curious he was first and last dragon who could speak or not.
Necromancers can bring something dead back.
And this thing reminded me that Zhaitan used dead creatures which had to serve him.
I respect your wisdom and I really like talk to you.
Sylvari aren’t dragon champions, but are unique kinds of dragon minions. The Pale Tree is comparable to a dragon champion, however.
Nightmare Courtiers were NOT following Mordremoth’s deeds. The Nightmare is NOT commanded by Mordremoth. They fight Mordremoth just as much as Dreamers do, and are protected just as well.
Mordremoth being more intelligent than any other Elder Dragon is questionable since we don’t really know how intelligent the other Elder Dragons are.
Zhaitan corrupted the living as well as the dead. Other dragons – Mordremoth and Jormag especially – used the dead as well.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
