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I would say that the undead attack after the destruction of Orr, the long civil war in Kryta and the Charr invasion before wiped out a large part of the original population. Later the Ascalonian refugees simply repopulated the devastated country.
That’s a fair point but Ascalon suffered the Searing. Not only would a lot of people have died from the crystals, but the land was scorched and the rivers were turned into tar, which would probably have caused massive starvation. And then the charr invaded of course.
It’s not really clear if any Ascalonians immigrated to Kryta after Rurik left but if they did then they would have to face the same difficult journey. So with all these factors in mind I still think the native Krytans should be more populous than Ascalonian immigrants.
Just to throw some Game of Thrones style historical realism in here, I don’t think LA should return to its former glory. The infrastructure is wrecked, the wealth is looted (or it should be, aetherblades are pirates after all), and it’s clearly no longer a safe city. Who would want to live there? Who would want to trade there? For historical reference, Constantinople had about 400,00 people before it got sacked in the fourth crusade. Afterwards it had 30-50,000 and didn’t recover for at least 200 years.
The surviving refugees will want to find somewhere to live. Gendaran Fields is the best choice; its closeby and prime for agriculture. Some, particularly norn and charr, could go to Southsun. Then the Consortium will have to deal with “squatters”, but I imagine they’re probably close to going out of business anyway. I think it would be cool to see some actual towns built there. The refugees could also risk settling the coast or Orr, if that’s all going well. Finally, it might be cool if they settle around the Lionguard havens, which might go independent if they don’t get paid. These could become the centers of new towns or small feudal demesnes.
What happens to LA? The captains council will go back; they want to regain their power by rebuilding the city. But all the infrastructure needs to be fixed and the harbor needs to be dredged to make the city usable again and captains might not be able to cover the cost. Some Lionguard will stay but others will leave, especially if they don’t get paid. Evon might try to sneak onto the council during this time as well.
The Vigil probably doesn’t want to remain a refugee camp for long. They probably don’t want civilians hanging out there so the city gates should be moved. I think the dungeon vendors could stay; it would be cool if Vigil Keep became a staging ground for adventurers.
LA should get the things that can’t really be moved (or at least I don’t think make sense to have been moved): The pvp gates, fractals gate, southsun gate, and mystic forge. The bank and TP should be there to facilitate use of the forge. Lionguard cultural vendors would move back as well.
What about the city gates? Perhaps they could become a chain: Rata Sum → Grove → DR→ Hoelbrak →Black Citadel. After all, who wants to link their city to such an insecure one as LA? Also, it prevents having a central hub for people to hang out at so they can spread out into cities instead.
Maybe your character isn’t referenced because saying that the lich lord was defeated by “a great hero whose name and gender were not recorded” sounds kind of dumb. And considering all the great feats your character did, you would expect that their identity was recorded. So instead of constantly referring to a “nameless hero”, the references are simply left out.
Note that this is simply the world as presented to the player. Your GW1 character is probably pretty famous in the lore, as well as Devona and company. But they can be brought up in in-game conversation because they have names and identities, while your character does not.
This is what Krytans looked like in Guild Wars 1:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Krytan
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Evennia
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Durmand
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Salma
While they may not be African, they clearly are not white.