Better question is: what was it doing there? Those devices are in the Crystal Desert.
Yeah, I know the Crystal Desert is the last place Abbadon walked Tyria (was the Crystal Sea then), but still, seems really odd to have in the Durmand Priory.
Can’t say for sure, but i think they put it in there to give a bit of a hint what was going to happen. Most Gw1 players would’ve recognized it and knew something was going to happen that involves the Crystal Desert.
Spoiler for those who have to play the storyline!! **********
Glint’s Lair is in the Crystal Desert so that is my take on why they put in in there.
Technically Glint’s Lair is either in one tiny speck of sand, which could have been put into that hour glass, or it’s in EVERY speck of sand from the crystal desert, and could techinically be anywhere.
In GW1, those teleportation devices were used heavily before we fought our doppleganger and became “ascended”. Then we were sent to Glint’s Lair to hear about the flameseeker prophecies.
So it was some really heavy foreshadowing of going to Glint’s Lair, or it is possible that we will also have to become ascended like our ancestor’s from the past.
