Guild Wars 2

Could not help to notice that in centre of the centaur (who claim to follow ancient traditions predating Ventari) grows a tree carefully nutured by them and that the largest stone wood in the jungle grew in ventari’s refuge (obviously nurtured by him in accordance with ancient traditions). Centaurs seem to have been involved with growing “special” trees in the past, so much so it went down in their traditon as being so important that the tradition continues to this day.
I think they might have grown a “pale tree” last time the dragons were around maybe this is part of the eternal alchemy’s cicles.

“In brighter times, Elonian prides gathered around massive “ancestor trees,” where they believed the spirits of their forebears watched over them. According to arcane scholars, the fruit of these trees was seen as divine, possibly as a way to pass down spiritual wisdom from one generation to the next. " From the GW2 wiki on Centaurs.

Back in GW too, I recall Centaurs having a big tree at their home that they considered almost holy.

Baktwerel.9108:

“In brighter times, Elonian prides gathered around massive “ancestor trees,” where they believed the spirits of their forebears watched over them. According to arcane scholars, the fruit of these trees was seen as divine, possibly as a way to pass down spiritual wisdom from one generation to the next. " From the GW2 wiki on Centaurs.

Back in GW too, I recall Centaurs having a big tree at their home that they considered almost holy.

Yep, there was a chain of quests where you helped one of the Elonian centaur prides defend their tree from nightfall.

IIRC, in GW1’s version of Dry Top, there was a stump from what must have been a ridiculously large tree that all the centaurs were defending.

Baktwerel.9108:

“In brighter times, Elonian prides gathered around massive “ancestor trees,” where they believed the spirits of their forebears watched over them. According to arcane scholars, the fruit of these trees was seen as divine, possibly as a way to pass down spiritual wisdom from one generation to the next. " From the GW2 wiki on Centaurs.

Back in GW too, I recall Centaurs having a big tree at their home that they considered almost holy.

Wait… so… They’ve been eating prenatal Sylvari for centuries? To “Pass down wisdom?”

…

THE MONSTERS!

HyruleanHyroe.1473:

Baktwerel.9108:

“In brighter times, Elonian prides gathered around massive “ancestor trees,” where they believed the spirits of their forebears watched over them. According to arcane scholars, the fruit of these trees was seen as divine, possibly as a way to pass down spiritual wisdom from one generation to the next. " From the GW2 wiki on Centaurs.

Back in GW too, I recall Centaurs having a big tree at their home that they considered almost holy.

Wait… so… They’ve been eating prenatal Sylvari for centuries? To “Pass down wisdom?”

…

THE MONSTERS!

I’m sure you mean that as a joke, but what if you’re right? Maybe a bit backwards, but right?

What if the wisdom DOES pass down through the fruit? Memories and thoughts pulled from the mists, collected into the fruits, and gained by eating them. Add that idea to Ventari tending to the sapling Pale Tree, and it suddenly makes a LOT of sense. The Pale Tree and her sylvari being connected to the dream is due to her being grown as a holy tree to pass down wisdom (and Ventari’s teachings).

I don’t think the centaurs were around during the last dragon rise. Supposedly only five sapient races survived then (jotun, Seers, mursaat, Forgotten, dwarves).