Guild Wars 2

Palador.2170:

Ashen.2907:

By getting Kormired you mean someone else getting stuck with the obnoxious relegation to godhood, right?

If so, then I hope so. It would be awful for us to get stuck with that lemon.

I think it’s more that nobody liked Kormir

I liked her….

I was fairly neutral towards her, but I don’t think all the hate is really warranted.

armaduras.8972:

Alas, I prefer the theory that Kormir was chosen due to her proximity to Abbadon and her exposure to his Divine Magic from the start of the Nightfall story. She inadvertently prepped herself to be a vessel via her contact.

And possibly more important, stayed sane through all of it.

Another part of it is that even some of her mistakes showed her suitability to be a potential replacement. It was her curiosity and thirst for knowledge that lead her to excavate the vaults of Fahrunar, which helped to trigger Nightfall… however, these are traits that would be desirable, possibly actually required, to take the mantle of the God of Knowledge.

It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s part of the reason for the gods coverup of Abaddon being so incomplete in the first place. They wanted Abaddon to eventually be discovered and fought, but only if a suitable candidate was present to replace him. So they buried knowledge of Abaddon sufficiently that it wouldn’t be stumbled on by just anybody, but not so deep as to be unattainable by someone with the drive to seek knowledge despite the dangers, tests, and warnings.