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You can level together. Go to Lion’s Arch, and find the Asura gate that leads to your friend’s home town.
You’ll have to take turns helping each other with your personal stories, but in the grand scheme of things, those are a minor portion of the content compared to events, map completion (hearts, waypoints, POIs), doing WvW together, dungeons (in explorable mode), fractals, etc.
Interested as well.
IGN: Brianne Singh (mesmer toon)
Playstyle: mostly PVE, some WvW and PVP
Role: scholar, definitely. Main is a Guardian. Mesmer is level 49, but still feel like I understand about 10% of it at best.
Time: EST, but early
Server: Stormbluff Isle
I think you’re looking at it the wrong way.
Firstly, just because they have no centralized government doesn’t mean they don’t have views what makes a good leader – after all, they do have leaders, be it leaders of hunting parties or of homesteads.
Secondly, they’re judging Jennah for her individual actions and not judge her for the actions and well-being of Kryta as a whole – as others, like many humans, asura, and charr, would.
Humans, charr, asura would call Jennah a bad leader when the human settlement in Kessex Hills gets attacked by surprise. Norn would call Jennah a bad leader when she doesn’t retaliate against the attackers.
Humans, charr and asura would call Jennah a bad leader when a minister is defamed. Norn would call that minister a bad person when he gets defamed.
To me, that makes perfect sense.
Perhaps me saying “rule with an iron fist” led to confusion. What the norn look down on Jennah for is not removing her enemies (what many non-norn would call ruling with an iron first – when one forcibly removes all opposition to their own regime).
So, Norn is to Klingon as Jennah is to Federation? :-)
Also—do we know if there are colleges/universities, at least in, say, Divinity’s Reach? It certainly seems large enough to support them. I see, in game, a Durmand Priory library, but that’s not really the same thing….
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Jennah is regarded as weak by the norn because she doesn’t rule with an iron fist. She doesn’t start a civil war (what would no doubt happen) by ousting the Ministers who are trying to dethrone her (Caudecus and co.).
She, however, is not weak – neither as ruler nor as an individual. Rather than the open conflict that the individualistic norn would prefer, Jennah uses the same tools as her enemies: subterfuge.
There are Ascalonians who don’t like her influencing them but that’s largely a disgruntled few. And the Krytans vying against Kryta care too little about spreading the nation as they are actively working with the bandits, White Mantle, and centaurs while ignoring the threat of the Elder Dragons.
If Caudecus and co (whom are not as much of a majority as you make them out to be) are so willing to give up lands to centaurs and sell their citizens into slavery via proxy or bandits, I doubt they care so much for LA.
Thanks for the clarifications. I’m not trying to argue a particular position, for what it’s worth, just seeking answers. I’m still very new to the lore, and don’t really grasp a lot of it yet. Apologies if that was unclear.
Thanks for the quick replies!
As for scale, granted, but even within those considerations, I expected to see a bit more in the way of housing. shrug No worries. I get what you mean. No one wants to spend three hours trudging through the slums just to get to the gate.
On the last point, I’ve read on the wiki that Jennah is regarded as somewhat weak. So my question wasn’t specifically about her, but more everyone else—witness the separatists in Ebonhawke who are upset that Jennah’s sent the Seraph (in the form of the Fallen Angels). That is, there’s always political opposition, people who think that the kingdom/nation’s on the wrong course, that things were better in the good ol’ days, that the kingdom/country/etc. would be so much better if only ______ were in charge instead of the current ruler….
Jennah’s egalitarianism is causing friction with the nobles. What do those who support Cadaceus, or others opposed to Jennah, think about Lion’s Arch as a free city? What do the peasants and yeomen think? They seem to generally support Jennah; does that outweigh nationalism? Do they regard her appeasement of Lion’s Arch as betrayal? Does it make them wonder why /they/ need a royal family, if Lion’s Arch can be independent?
All of this grew out of wondering where I’d like my toons to live, btw. It’s cool that the Guild Wars world is detailed enough to motivate this much interest. It’s got a lot of background/depth/story for a video game. I like it.
Who’s the leader of Ebonhawke? Do they still consider themselves Ascalonians?
Do you all think it likely that the stronghold will be annexed by Queen Jennah?
Where are all the houses? Neither Divinty’s Reach, Ebonhawke, nor Lion’s Arch look like they have enough residential spaces for even the number of people you see wandering the streets, much less entire families related to those people.
Speaking of Lion’s Arch, won’t Kryta want it back at some point?