Trahearne can’t be fixed. Please kill him off!
I see a lot of people asking for Trahearne’s death and blood, and I think that would be a huge, HUGE succes! Why? In short: It would be the end of the ‘Trahaerne’ cycle.
When Trahearne came into the story, players were pre-conditioned not to like him, because of Trahaerne’s character itself.
1. Throughout the entire personal story, from level 1 to finish, we are introduced to characters who befriend us for about 10 levels, then simply get replaced. By level 50, when Trahearne is introduced, we already get that feeling about him as a “Boring character".
2. Our mentor’s death. As players, we thought our mentor would actually stick with us, as they remained for more than 10 levels. Our mentors had spicy, fun personalities, and then they are suddenly replaced. That felt really bad and thats why Trahearne must die.
3. Trahearne came off TOO much as our nemesis. There wasn’t much time to build trust, even during the Sylvari storyline. It felt like he was being shoved in our face during the Claw Island arc, and that instantly made him unlikeable to many, thus, kill him plz.
4. Praise without any exposition. We met Trahearne, and he seemed like an incredibly humble scholar, and he seemed okay. But then other NPCs continuously praise him, and we learn he’s some sort of HERO BADDASS WHO TRAVELED INSIDE AND OUT OF ORR LIKE IT’S NOTHING! Yet to Trahearne, he likes to be kitteny about it. Okay, that’s all fair, and if he’s a kitteny baddass, that’s not pretty cool. But here’s the problem with that: TRAHEARNE MUST DIE
So why do people hate him, Trahaerne himself? he sucks!
However, this concern about Trahearne cant be addressed anymore, and there were a few instances where I felt genuinely disinterested in his character. During the Sylvari Personal Story, we got to see him interacting with Caithe, while during the Claw Island arc, he was humerously remarking upon his misadventures with Sieran, and he actually made me want to punch a kitten in the mouth! It was the few scenes like those, where we actually got to see his personality and interactions with others, which actually gave players a profound hate for Trahearne!
Sure, Trahearne is a stoic Necromancer who has confidence issues, who is still a little shy even at the party after you defeat Zhaitan (Lol what a nub). But at the same time, if done right, you kill Trahearne off.
What defines a character’s personality are tension, conflict, and their approach to problems. In Trahearne’s case, he is not too good socially, and he is quite shy. Interacting with Taimi and getting a little embarassed around her, is a good way to define who he is. Or perhaps even more interesting, his interactions with a muscle-head like Braham, since Trahearne is a scholar Necromancer who uses tactical reason over Braham’s brute force.
My point is that Trahearne cant be good, even if done right, and killing him off would be a good decision since nobody truely likes Trahearne. ANET should instead return Tybalt, Forgal and Sieran.
So for pete sake, PLEASE kill Trahearne! (Love, the whole of the GW2 Playerbase)
“Moving on…”