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Thank you everyone for your contributions to this thread. I have enjoyed reading both sides of the argument. After reading a lot of the information you posted Foxx, I took the liberty of doing a little research of my own. All of the information I found was GW1 lore and I am not sure if it is still applicable some 200 years later..
The website where I found this information is.
http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Turai_Ossa
Interesting Notes & Quotes-
Turai Ossa, referred to as the Ghostly Hero in most Crystal Desert locations, is a former champion of Elona. He was the last king to rule over all of Elona, but stepped down from the throne to seek Ascension some 200 years ago. With some of his followers, he came to the Crystal Desert, mistakenly believing they were the ones foretold in the Flameseeker Prophecies.
Like the players, he was one of the Chosen, but he died before completing his Ascension. Now a ghost, he has waited in the desert for centuries for the true Chosen of the prophecies. In the Amnoon Oasis, he says he will be the one to guide them through Ascension and into the Hall of Heroes. By guiding the Chosen, he believes that when the way is opened to them, he too will gain access to the Hall of Heroes.
Turai was a great warrior who boasts that, at the Battle of Jahai, he single-handedly defeated Palawa Joko, the scourge of Vabbi. The commanders of Elona, General Mendoza, Lord Valodor and presumably (though not confirmed) Commander Joziah, fought with him in this great battle that opened the way for the Elonians to enter the desert.
After Turai led the Elonians to the desert, he led part of the group to the Dunes of Despair to build the Temple of Ascension, leaving another group to assemble the Vision Crystal. Unfortunately, as his people labored to build the temple, they were beset by the Forgotten. When he finally fell, Lord Valodor carried his body from the field of battle.
The Hall of Heroes?
“Deep within the Mists is a place known as the Hall of Heroes. This is the spot where the universe was created, the very center of all things. It is the dream of all heroes that when they die, their spirit goes to the Hall, to float among other legendary figures of old.”
What do you know of the Flameseeker Prophecies?
“I know that those who are proven worthy will help me open the way into the Rift. I know that those who Ascend are destined for greatness. And I know that it will be I who leads them through the treacherous afterlife to the top of the Hall of Heroes. But if you wish to know more, then you should ask the one who had the premonitions, the Prophet.”
The Prophet still lives?
“Indeed. Her name is Glint, and she is quite old, even for a dragon.”
Tomb Of The Primeval Kings:
“Chaos reigns at the Tomb of the Primeval Kings! I never thought I would see the day. For centuries I have joined forces with those bold ones who sought to reach the Hall of Heroes from these sacred grounds… and I was doing just that when the world went mad. One moment I was moving to claim the center of the Hall; the next, darkness filled my vision and twisted nightmarish creatures erupted from everywhere at once. My allies were besieged, and I could not reach them… all I could do was fight my way through the darkness to get to the world outside. Their dying screams still ring in my spectral ears.
These abominations must be stopped. They cannot be allowed to reach and corrupt any more gateways into the Hall of Heroes.”
It is unclear whether the Ghostly Hero in the Tomb of the Primeval Kings is Turai Ossa.
The Hall of Heroes is believed to be located deep within the Mists and to be the place where the universe of Guild Wars was first created. As Turai Ossa describes it: It is the center of all things. There are only three known portals to the Hall Of Heroes, two of which are currently inaccessible.
Heroes’ Ascent – currently the only accessible portal.
Tomb of the Primeval Kings – corrupted by the Darkness.
Tombs of Drascir – deep inside Charr territory.
Profession swapping is allowed, with no penalties. This isn’t a policy change, we just don’t feel we can enforce it at a quality level we are comfortable right now. No ETA on its return.
For the professions swapping does the 1 min timer count for the time allotted before the match? Some of us are still running old O.S. =D and it takes a lil longer then a min to swap but typically I can be in at match start or slightly before.
Wrong ghostly hero.
The one’s in PvP were just unnamed ghosts that happened to be heroes.
The one we meet in GW2 is the ghost of Turai Ossa, who we encounter in the Crystal Desert in GW1, not in any PvP maps.
Sorry :P
Well in GW1 when the game first started in order to enter into pvp area on a pve character you would enter behind crystal desert into an area known as tomb of the primeval king..? Coincidence maybe? Hope so?
I saw the Ghostly Hero in the most recent living story update. Does this coincide with the recent PvP test season. Are we going to see some old school GW1 PvP again?
I agree 100% with this post Happy New Year to all!
I would really love to see gvg from gw1 please make this happen i miss hanging out in guild halls
hopefully gw2 staff implemented a way to keep a backup of records
yes it is not updating was supposed to update 9 est and its 11:26 est now
Ya I keep getting this bug as well… I reported the bug via in game method