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Hello fellow Mesmers/Chronomancers,
Would anyone have any information on Mesmer/Chrono lore? This is my favorite class and I’ve mained one since 2012. I was jus curious to know if there are any lore surrounding the class. I’ve seen bits and pieces here and there but I’m sure there are more.
~Thanks
1. The bloodstone was created by the Seers to store magic that was not corrupted by the Elder dragons. It was later split into 5 pieces by the human gods because the wide spread magic was abused and caused many wars. Four of this pieces represent the four schools of magic: aggression, destruction, preservation, and denial. The fifth piece is the keystone required to piece together the bloodstone again. I am not sure if this is lore or just speculation. However, it is generally agreed that the magic used by the Mesmer is associated with the denial school of magic.
2. Lyssa is the patron goddess of mesmers. She is the goddess of beauty, water, and illusion. Men who have glanced at her statues have been known to be entranced by her beauty and die of thirst days later. She is actually the twins, Illya and Lyss, who are depicted intertwined. Anet made the purple colored Mesmer like pistols Ilya and Lyss after her. Lyssa is also related to chaos energy. This is why the runes of lyssa give random boons. The human racial skill Prayer to Lyssa also grants you a random boon. Like her, mesmers are also associated with beauty, illusions, and chaos. You can see the similarities in the chaos trait line. Lyssa also has the abilty to transform, for example in one story she transformed herself into an old lady. This is the reason I bought Lyssa’s outfit from the gem store right when it came out.
3. Chaos magic/energy is associated with transforming beings into different forms and teleporting individuals. Chaos magic may be very closely linked to dragon energy. In the Thaumanova Reactor disaster, the inquest mistakenly studied dragon energy, believing it to be chaos energy. This resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality, also associated with chaos magic, that created a chaos rift, teleporting creatures from all across Tyria.
4. Some of the most well known mesmers include
A. Countess Anise: The Master Exemplar of the shining blade, the queen’s royal guard, and her advisor. She is known to be quite beautiful. She is also known to be able to predict the actions of others. Based on a message from Canach during the Rayal Summit, it is theorized that she may also use her mesmer powers to hide her true age and form. I also remember reading in another forum post about a theory that she may have used chronomancer skills during the living story.
B. Kasmeer Meade: enough said. She may have partially inherited her “mesmer” powers from her mother. She has also been known the have exceptional abilities. For example, I remember in the living story her being able to create multiple portals without the typical cool down that you have. Now I predict that she may have secretly used a chronomancer continuum split/mimic to cast multiple portals.
C. Lord Odran: The first mortal to enter the mists by creating a portal to the rift. He then used the rift to travel to different worlds. He is known for his power of temporal distortions. Chronomancer?
D. Gwen: Commanding Officer of the Ebon Vanguard in gw1.
5. The Mesmer Collective is a semi-secretive organization of mesmers. Two known members are Countess Anise and Kasmeer. Certain extremely powerful mesmer spells are known only to the most elder members of the mesmer community, and are kept a secret from outsiders. The collective sends members to investigate unknown occurrences where mesmer magic may be involved, such as the Veil that was concealing the Tower of Nightmares.
6. Many of the skills and traits from gw2 are named after mesmer skills from gw1 and are similar (and sometimes not): Arcane Thievery, Chaos Storm, Confusing Images, Cry of Frustration, Distortion, Diversion, Ether Feast, Feedback, Imagined Burden, Ineptitude, Mantra of Concentration, Mantra of Resolve, Mind Wrack, Persistence of Memory, Power Block, Signet of Humility, Signet of Illusions, Signet of Midnight, etc.
7. Someone might need to help me out on this one. This is related to number 4. There was also an extremely powerful mesmer who I believe created an army of illusions (may have been to protect against the charr?). However, as a result, they went blind. There may have also been another mesmer who went blind from casting an extremely powerful spell. I can’t remember. I also can’t remember the name, can’t find it on the Internet, and would greatly appreciate it if someone would remind me. Anyway, due to this fact, I now where a blind fold over my Norn mesmer. She went blind when she went bad kitten crazy in a fight after a certain event, that I won’t mention due to spoilers, in the HoT story. But Man I was kittened.
8. It may not be that surprising we got the Chronomancer elite specialization beings that mesmers were already know to warp reality or space-time with spells like glamours. Such skills include blink, portal, and time-warp.
9. The Butterfly logo for the mesmer, and the butterflies depicted after shatters, may be tied to mesmers due to the butterfly effect (small causes in the past can have amplified, larger effects in the future. Example, If you go back in time and step on a fly then the human race may not form in the future). This effect is associated with both time and chaos. The butterfly is also associated with transformation and rebirth, going from a larvae to a butterfly. Kinda like Lyssa transforming from an old lady into a beautiful goddess.
10. Mesmers are also associated with acting troupes, the minstrel, and circuses.
That’s all I got for now, feel free to help me out with number 7 ?
(edited by Xstein.2187)
How could you miss out Queen Jennah being a Mesmer herself?
Yep, we rule!
Literally
Sorry, must of been a bit dazed when I wrote it, but thanks for the feedback
Nope, Nope, too far? . . . sorry
(edited by Xstein.2187)
But Xstein did name Jennah as a mesmer…
A. Countess Anise: The Master Exemplar of the shining blade, the queen’s royal guard, and her advisor. She is known to be quite beautiful. She is also known to be able to predict the actions of others. Based on a message from Canach during the Rayal Summit, it is theorized that she may also use her mesmer powers to hide her true age and form. I also remember reading in another forum post about a theory that she may have used chronomancer skills during the living story.
See?
looking at gw1 wiki is a good place since that’s where the class came from for gw2.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Mesmer
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lyssa
and this may or may not be Mesmer lore but I like to think it was a Mesmer who created/brought Wind Riders to tyria. Note how these first riders were all mesmers. And it is a Mesmer who is studying the wind riders and commenting on how the riders are mesmery.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/The_Ranger's_Path
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Unnatural_Creatures
And not lore but here is my gw1 Mesmer with a painting of lyssa, in all their glory:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/images/8/87/User_Justice_Justices_Spectre.jpg
Found this:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kitah
Cantha’s mesmer hero.
(edited by Justine.6351)
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