Guild Wars 2

Do you think that all playable races (except Sylvari of course) carry their offspring the same way as humans?
Do you think they have the same 9 months of pregnancy and then, if they do, do they get more singlets or more multiples? How long are the mothers “out” until they’re ready to hunt/research/do their duty again?
I’d love to know more about the normal life of the non-human playable races.

I always had the idea of the norn being like “humanoid bears” because of this one kodan saying they’re related in some way, but the Norn gave up their bear-form (I don’t know were, but I saw it somewhere in-game). bears give birth to 2 or 3 cubs more often than humans. so could it be that this is similiar to Norn? they originally lived in an area that was not the most easiest and the hunting lifestyle probably is pretty dangerous and leads in kids dying of hunger (i.e. no kill no food) or because one of the first own kills going wrong, so having more kids from the beginning could be an advantage for the race.
Charr are kind of big cats and these also give birth to multiples more often than humans.

Norn and Charr are in their core hunters and predators, so it is very probable that their youngs are out of their “vulnerable baby” state very fast and to keep pace with their parents or, in case of the charr, enter the Fahrar.

How’s that with Asura? they’re pretty difficult, because I can’t even think of how a Asura would nuture a child. they seem much too egocentric and focused on their research to go play with their offspring. It feels really weird to think of them singing lullabies and having sleepless nights because baby has colics.
Do you think they have facilities for newborns like for the older offspring so that they don’t annoy their parents in their studies?

(Im only going to talk about Charr, because they’re the only race I play in-game, so as a result, I only really pay attention to their lore.)

While the pregnancy time is unknown, Charr can walk and talk in a matter of months after birth, by which time they are separated from their parent(s) and put into a Fahrar. The mother, and sometimes the father will take this period off-duty to raise/wean the cub, but resume duty when it has been put into the Fahrar.

Besides this, Charr function nearly identically to humans on the reproductive/birth side of things. Just because they look like cats, doesn’t mean they need to function like them. There are no known Charr siblings who are born in the same “litter” which suggests they only have one cub at a time when giving birth. In-fact, the only Charr siblings im aware of are Rox and Rytlock, who are of different ages.

Charr also don’t have heat periods. They can do it as and when they want, and get pregnant at any time of year, as evidenced by the fact all the females don’t go on heat-leave or get pregnant at specific points in the year.

So in essence, Charr function exactly like humans, they just reach a walking/talking/eating stage in a matter of months, as opposed to humans taking years to do it.

As far as Norn go, I don’t believe they operate much differently from humans. While Norn siblings are common I’m not sure if it’s ever stated if they are “twins” or from the same “litter” as it were, or like human siblings simply occurred from different pregnancies.

While Charr cubs are stated to become functional (walking & talking) much faster than humans, I don’t believe it’s ever stated how fast Norn children reach this stage. As far as later development Norn do seem to match or be slightly faster than humans. Braham was 17 when he was introduced into the story.

On a related note Norn do seem to have longer overall lifespans than humans (assuming they die of natural causes which is rare). Forgal was over 96 when he died and was still very fit and healthy by all rights.

Argon.1563:

the only Charr siblings im aware of are Rox and Rytlock, who are of different ages.

Where’d you hear they were siblings? I sorta remember someone saying they were originally gonna be related somehow (like father and daughter) but that idea was scrapped in the final version.

Headcase.4618:

Argon.1563:

the only Charr siblings im aware of are Rox and Rytlock, who are of different ages.

Where’d you hear they were siblings? I sorta remember someone saying they were originally gonna be related somehow (like father and daughter) but that idea was scrapped in the final version.

It was a datamined dialogue for the S1 finale, iirc. The version that was mined turned out to be incorrect, but that doesn’t mean the idea was scrapped. There’s still some sort of unexplained history between Rytlock and Rox, and since it’s the only explanation we know of ArenaNet playing with, them being half-siblings seems a little likelier than the other options.

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Headcase.4618:

Argon.1563:

the only Charr siblings im aware of are Rox and Rytlock, who are of different ages.

Where’d you hear they were siblings? I sorta remember someone saying they were originally gonna be related somehow (like father and daughter) but that idea was scrapped in the final version.

It was a datamined dialogue for the S1 finale, iirc. The version that was mined turned out to be incorrect, but that doesn’t mean the idea was scrapped. There’s still some sort of unexplained history between Rytlock and Rox, and since it’s the only explanation we know of ArenaNet playing with, them being half-siblings seems a little likelier than the other options.

So at present it basically somewhere between theory and confirmed, but not really either.

CureForLiving.5360:

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Headcase.4618:

Argon.1563:

the only Charr siblings im aware of are Rox and Rytlock, who are of different ages.

Where’d you hear they were siblings? I sorta remember someone saying they were originally gonna be related somehow (like father and daughter) but that idea was scrapped in the final version.

It was a datamined dialogue for the S1 finale, iirc. The version that was mined turned out to be incorrect, but that doesn’t mean the idea was scrapped. There’s still some sort of unexplained history between Rytlock and Rox, and since it’s the only explanation we know of ArenaNet playing with, them being half-siblings seems a little likelier than the other options.

So at present it basically somewhere between theory and confirmed, but not really either.

Much closer to the theory side, but that’s essentially it.

It’s like Arachnia. It was planned lore, but never made canon. That leaves Anet up for rewriting it in its entirety.