Zhaitan's minons
Then again, Sylvari are living creatures with their own will that were enslaved by M. The risen are reanimated dead. Who knows how much of their own mind (or brain) they still have. They seem to have their own batteries at least, as they don’t all drop dead (pun intended) without Z. But they might just be automatons, running through a preset script. We’ll never know because dead men tell no tales.
Exactly, the sylvari were born under the premise of free will, the average risen is most likely a mindless ghoul that stumbles about.
That said, some risen showed clear signs of intelligence, but were still raised under the premise of servitude and conquering.
I suppose some wraiths may have tried to establish new communities, but Indoubt there’s anything of a real undead society (in Orr)
They already built a city. At least they built it when they were still alive. It’s called Arah :P
As shown by Arah explorable, dragon minions (especially risen) remain bound by the dragon’s will (ergo lacking free will – even dragon champions) post-Elder Dragon’s death.
The only risen that will show free will are those which have been put under the Forgotten ritual that freed Glint. It should be noted, however, that giving a dragon minion free will does not guarantee that it will change how it acts – Glint still served Kralkatorrik for a time after being freed until she began to sympathize with those who’s thoughts she was hearing.
Given that her telepathy with non-dragon minions is unique to her (per Hidden Arcana) it would be very unlikely for non-mindless risen (or other dragon minions) to immediately change their way just because they have free will again. And those that are mindless, like our risen chicken experiment in Arah explorable, would be more akin to pets then to individual beings.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.