Guild Wars 2

All I could think about during this episode was: “Am I reading too much into this?”

Let’s think about some facts.

During episode 1 and 2 , it was hinted that Mordremoth would possibly be making an attempt on the life of a very important person, perhaps a leader, as to hinder any opposition that may arise against him.

By entering Ommad’s machine and peering into the Eternal Alchemy, Ceara went mad and became Scarlet, a somewhat self-aware minion of Mordremoth.

Now, we, the PCs, have gone into the same gizmo and experienced a conscience-opening event. And right after that, we insist that every major leader of every major race needs to be informed of “the threat”

I propose that we have been inadvertently turned into one of Mordremoth’s minions (Possibly a Champion) and now are executing his will. I strongly believe he/it does not want to take out one of Tyria’s leader. He/It wants to take ALL of them out, and he just accomplished the feat of setting a place, a date and a time where they will all be together, and unsuspecting.

Sure, this all seemed to be the Pale Tree’s idea, but she was right in the middle of the vision; who’s to say she’s not on the “joke” as well? She certainly seems to be keeping several secrets from you, even when proposing the meeting.

Granted, someone else probably already made a theory or statement like this somewhere else in the forums. Possibly. The forums are big, whatever.

If so, sorry and you can delete.

I personally suspect what we think is the avatar of the Pale Tree might not be who she says she is…..

I have had the same thought about the summit. I think the Pale Tree is something like Mordy’s avatar. According to the lore, the Sylvari are protected from being Zhaitans risen minions by The Dream. If I were writing the story, this would play out as Mordy’s protection extended to his creations. I would have the first few generations more under the control of Mordy while the later generations, closest to our characters, able to somewhat resist his influence. I would have the Pale Tree’s Avatar, along with Trahearne, slay the entire summit.

Honestly, it just doesn’t add up to think The Pale Tree is acting for Mord’s benefit. I’m not seeing it. May something happen at the Summit? Well to be fair, it wouldn’t be the first time….

If you play the “Rallying Call”-Quest as a Sylvari, you get more and different dialogue. In case the Pale Tree isn’t lying about everything, then it falls out of equation. I also wouldn’t see how it would work when looking at the personal story.

Mordremoth overwhelms the Pale Tree’s will, corrupting it into a giant man-eating plant that swallows everyone at the summit. The remaining Pact and nation forces rally with the Lion Guard under Captain Ellen Kiel’s command to quell the corrupted Grove and sylvari there-in. With the threat dealt with, the members of the Captain’s Council divide up to rule the capital cities. Captain Ellen Kiel becomes Supreme Commander of all Tyria.

The End.

It’s an interesting theory. It also means that the PC doesn’t have to be completely corrupted by the dragon, just subtly influenced.

Of course, the actual notion of what we’re trying to do is ridiculous. Here is a more plausible scenario:
1) Send mail to Trahearne. “Yo, so you heard there’s a new dragon active? I’m getting my commander on again. We’ll need to get each nation involved, because running the world’s largest and most powerful paramilitary operation is hard without a tax base. How exactly -are- you paying for things?”
2) The Pact requests a meeting with emissaries from each group.
3) Without any sort of errand-running BS, a meeting with emissaries from each race happens in a neutral location (say, Lion’s Arch, if you want to remind them of the threat the dragon poses, or Ft. Trinity if you want to remind them that the Pact managed to kill an Elder Dragon).
4) Diplomacy happens, bills get paid, Pact soldiers end their strike, the Pact purchases back the airships that the Aetherblades repossessed, and Trahearne is released from debtor’s prison so he can resume leading the Pact against Mordremoth.

What exactly are the world leaders going to contribute anyway (aside from the aforementioned tax base)? The knowledge, skills, strengths, and technologies of the various races are already put to use in the Pact.

Too much sense in a single post.