Guild Wars 2

Has any lore about the legendary weapons come to light yet? What makes them so special or “legendary”. The only thing that I could think of is that they originated from Orr. To me there has to be more of a story to them, than they came from a place the human gods came from. I guess what I am looking for is a reason to believe why they should be called legendary.

Based on datamined information there will be more actual story behind the Legendaries sometime in the (near) future.

I hope so. Even in GW1 I was dying to know more about Rodgort.

I heard about that datamining bit from Thalador. Is interesting to hear about and it is an “about time” kind of thing. People have been asking about the lore for ages. Since release, I believe. And we know next to nothing on most, but some have had hints to their lore in-game:

• Frostfang is forged from a copy of a Corrupted Skeggox, requires Corrupted Lodestones, and uses the tokens of a dungeon tied to the Sons of Svanir. That plus the draconic shape of the axe head suggests a tie to Jormag – probably an axe variant of the Sanguinary Blade, but likely to be more recent.
• Sunrise/Twilight/Eternity are used by the Risen High Wizard in Orr, implying Orrian origins – or at least usage – for the greatswords.
• The Flameseeker Prophecies has a transcription of Meerak the Shouter’s version of the prophecies of the same name, implying Ascalonian making in the past 250 years, possibly honoring the heroes of GW1’s Prophecies campaign.
• Scarlet uses Quip, got nothing else on that.
• The Moot and the Bifrost are likely legendary norn weapons, given the names.
• Kraitkin is likely an ancient krait artifact and I have always been suspecting is tied to the deep sea dragon (alongside the Blue Orb from the personal story) – but that tie is pure speculation.
• Incinerator and Predator appear to be of charr origins. And Kudzu of sylvari origins.

Beyond that, your guess is as good as any other.

The Dreamer was obviously made by the ingame version of a My Little Pony fan (My Little Charr? :P)

Kudzu seems to either be of Canthan origin due to the name and the whole plant thing (Kurzicks)

It might also me an artefact of Melandru as the figure holding the “arrow/spear” on it resembles a woman made of plants and you all know the link there…

The Juggernaut has ties to FoTM. The Colossus is it’s precursor and the guy in the middle looks like the Colossus from the Cliffside fractal. The Hammer also looks like something you’d find in Fractals.

Kudzu is more likely to be of Sylvari origins.

Meteorlogicus is probably Asuran, given the name and the looks.

Bolt appears to be Orrian or something.

Those are my best guesses.

I think I’m most interested in hearing the lore behind The Dreamer. The loading screen for Bell Choir shares some resemblance with the weapon, so I’m wondering if it has something to do with Wintersday/Tixx.