Guild Wars 2

I’m not really sure that we would even have the ability to see Mursaat, we don’t know if they’re still invisible in the mists. Anyway, the one Mursaat we presume to be alive could be hiding in the mists, but my money’s on Lazarus controlling the remaining white mantle.

Yes, I understand what you’re saying, but I don’t really think there was any established lore about the Orrian people in GW1, so Arenanet got to fill in the gaps. Admittedly, they did make Orr seem like a city of superhumans , but from a lore standpoint, I’d say the person who wrote the scrolls was probably exaggerating the magic use. Also, I think the developers meant to point out that there was a lot of magic because of Zhaitan.

Well, based on what you said, yeah, the Orrians should have crushed the Charr. But they didn’t, and that was established in GW1, so I don’t see how that damages GW1’s lore. I’m going to venture a guess that Abaddon (who wanted Orr’s downfall and was in control of the titans), may have had something to do with it.
Khilbron was also able to teleport in GW1, an ability which he may have had before becoming a lich, so transportation of the scrolls wouldn’t be a problem.

That’s a very broad question. There are a lot of different methods used by each dragon, but I’ll list some ways.

Zhaitan doesn’t really corrupt living things, only corpses and apparently water and earth. There are instances of living beings showing signs of Zhaitan’s corruption, but that was from a specific artifact.

When Kralkatorrik created the Dragonbrand, it was described that his breath and presence crystallized living creatures below and turned them in to branded. I can’t recall any instances of a creature becoming branded within the game, but the Sentinels say that some of them have been turned into branded, and I would guess that happens when a dragon champion forcibly corrupts them.

Jormag corrupts many Sons of Svanir by offering them power—if they accept, they become Icebrood. Also, Svanir shamans can preform a ritual that forcibly transforms people into Icebrood, and certain artifacts and powers can instantaneously cause corruption. Other Icebrood are created by being frozen in corrupted ice, and are slowly transformed.

Primordus doesn’t corrupt living things, and we’ve never encountered a minion of the DSD.

I seriously doubt Ebonhawke will be assimilated by the charr. The humans are the only race with the money and experience to supply luxuries, which puts them at a huge economic advantage over the charr. Ebonhawke will more likely become a place where the humans sell goods to the charr, and the surrounding plains will probably grow into smaller townships as more humans move in to take advantage of the new economic vantage.

Kain Francois.4328:

Why does Zhaitan rely on a weak, detached mouth in the first place? Honestly, I felt that was just a silly plot-bandaid to defeat a dragon they made too powerful.

He is a zombie dragon capable of raising continents by his command for pete sake! Couldn’t he have had more reliable means of eating than only two mouths? (One in dungeon, one in personal story.)

Zhaitan seems to move the least of any of the dragons, and he needs a reliable way of consuming magic without having to fly around all the time. Anyway, Zhaitan doesn’t just feed on magical items, he consumes any and all magic—the mouths are just for the solid stuff.

Kain Francois.4328:

You’d think after killing Zhaitan, we would have more insight into the true nature of dragons?

I wish. But with four or five dragons left, they can’t just give out all the secrets at the beginning.

There’s a solid chance in my mind Lazarus is leading (secretly or not) the current white mantle. If the remnants of the mantle fled into the Maguuma Jungle, and Lazarus was wounded from the damaged aspect, he would probably try and take refuge with them. From that position he could direct the remnant Mantle, and keep them relevant for over two hundred years. It seems like the bandits have a very large presence in Maguuma, and since they either are or are working with the Mantle, I would guess Lazarus is operating somewhere in that general area (if he didn’t run off into the Mists as soon as the dragons woke up).

If Lazarus is playing a part in the Mantle/bandit situation, I think it’s also possible Lazarus could be in contact with the Inquest and Nightmare Court, seeing as bandits have an alliance with them in the Brisban Wildlands.

Actually, risen spiders lay eggs, witch do hatch. Glint also had at eggs and at least one of them hatched. Of course I’m not sure if they “breed”, but they do lay eggs that do hatch young.

Dragon worshipers tend to be very vocal about who they support. I’d imagine that it would also be harder to use a dragon’s power while it was awake without its knowledge (seeing as the flame legion uses it on such a large scale.) Also, from what we’ve seen of Primordus, he doesn’t really give power, rather, he simply destroys. It seems like Primordus would sooner destroy the flame legion than give them strength.

Actually, it does resemble Ashford Abbey, but I doubt those are related. I want to say it was Jotun made, but it really doesn’t look like any Jotun structures we know of. I don’t think the Forgotten lived that far north, and we know the modern races or dwarves didn’t make it. My guess would be the Mursaat or the Seers, the Mursaat homeland was described as having tall towers, and that’s what EotN is, and the Seers are probably named Seers for a reason (suggesting a relation between them and the Scrying Pool).

Konig Des Todes.2086:

@Excelliate: “the other dragons have massive dragon champions that look like they were part of the same species before corruption”

The Shatterer was, by far, never a living being. It is hollow – completely so. It’s just animated stone, lightning, and ether. The Claw of Jormag by looks is just a skeleton encased in ice (very similar to the Dragonspawn, in fact).

Thus the only fleshy dragon champion that actually looks like a dragon other than Zhaitan’s champions would be Glint. And given how an ogre can be changed by Kralkatorrik to look like this I wouldn’t put it past him to be able to change, say, a drake into looking like Glint.

The only evidence of a draconic race in ancient continental Tyria lies in Bone Dragons, which lack of back body.

I’ve looked at the Shatterer, and I can’t rule out it not being an organic being at some point because its legs still look solid, and if Kralkatorrik can change things in crazy ways, than it could change a dragon that far too(same goes for Jormag). It is true though, that there is little supporting evidence for a large species of dragon to exist in ancient Tyria. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is the huge bones in the Ascalon Catacombs in GW1 that don’t look like Lupicus bones. I guess I want there to be a dragon race to explain where the elder dragons came from, and their minds—they could have been originally intelligent.

While Zhaitan’s champions could just be conglomerated pieces, or at least formed recently, it seems unlikely to me for a few reasons, the first being that, to me at least, the champions look like they are from one being, and Zhaitan seems to have all of its minions in the same stage of decomposition, no matter how fresh their corpses were. Another reason would be that the other dragons have massive dragon champions that look like they were part of the same species before corruption.

We know of at least two other dragons preserved since earlier awakenings — Glint, and Drakkar(Less similar to the others, but still dragon-esque). Now, the dragons could be created by the Elders, but if there was a dragon race, it seems more likely to me that the champions are holdovers, and preserved from awakening to awakening.

Because the Karkas just surfaced, and, depending on how Anet wants the timeline, Zhatain may already have been killed when they came up. Not every island has to be swarming with undead either.

True, but why didn’t Zhaitan just send out all his champions at once? With no prior warning, it seems like he could’ve taken over all of Tyria in one move (and created plenty of minions in doing so). It seems like the champions must’ve been sleeping under Orr like he was, as there aren’t very many dragon corpses to raise in modern Tyria.

Of course, if Zhaitan was merely preparing or not fully awakened, it would make sense to keep his main force close for defense. Maybe the dragons hold back because they are being cautious of the other dragons, not because they’re worried about us.

I would like to think they are very unintelligent, because of how horrible their strategies and reactions are. It seems if they were intelligent, everybody would be dead by now. Of course, they do in fact show intelligence at certain times, so either their bad decision making is due to a need for the good guys to win, or the dragon’s minds are too chaotic to make rational decisions all the time (or something similar).

The humans are still the only ones with money.

If you have reflection at all, the young karkas will take out more than half of their own health with their first attack.

Well, the reason the classes can only use certain types of magic is due to the Bloodstones.

Ember Doomforge is at Summit Peak, taking part in the charr-human peace talks, in the Fields of Ruin outside Ebonhawke.

And then you all accidentally kill yourselves in a lab explosion.

In the 1st path of Citadel of Flames, there is a human-charr friendship. Apperently, they were enemies, the human working in Ebonhawke to disrupt the charr’s efforts to put up equipment or something. If I remember right, after the treaty was made, they became friends after the human came out with some wine.

I don’t think the gods will turn out to be these awful people who stole power, kept it away from others, and then ran when it got others might get it. It would invalidate the entire culture of humans. Who wants to call on power from a bunch of cowardly, self-centered, immortal beings?

Elementalist – Hard PvP, awesome PvE (in my opinion),
Mesmer – Easy PvP, less useful in PvE

Palawa Joko will grab it. He wanted it when Zhaitan was there, and now that the only opposing force is gone, it’ll be easy to just walk in and take it.

Not like something Abbadon would make (his stuff tends to be more purple), but something Grenth or Dhuum might make (being an underworld creature and all). It’s just an idea, but maybe Grenth’s lack of contact with Tyria is resulting in much larger and more powerful creatures escaping from the underworld. Perhaps they are even motivated by Dhuum – after all, it’s been over 200 years since we forced him back down in GW1.

Maybe humans wanted Balthazar’s face, but they don’t get that. Unique characters should probably remain unique.

Probably because all armors are shared, and only sylvari grow their own armor. This means that technically, only a sylvari can have sylvari armor (except Twilight Arbor, apparently), and the armor must be cultural. I will say the weapon drops should be more common, perhaps a tier lower than verdant should be added.

Those aren’t hairstyles, those are helmets from the sylvari cultural armor.

Etcelia, my elementalist, with T3 cultural armor.

In Orr, there are a great number of risen that seem to be the citizens killed off by the cataclysm. After sitting at the bottom of an ocean for 250 years, most bodies will have decayed to nothing. So, either the devs aren’t using logic, or Zhaitan can somehow take bones (and probably less in most cases) and add undead flesh to them.

There should be markers on the map, and underneath the is a little opening in the bone structures with a sort of bone walkway you can go up, which should lead to the cauldrons.

They’re not in game because Anet doesn’t want people whining about mounts.

The Asura acknowledge the gods’ place, and also the Norn animal spirits’ presence.
To quote from (most likely) the Asura Kerrsh, who spent a large amount of time studying the gods in GW1, “A greater understanding of the Eternal Alchemy is within my reach. Human gods, charr gods, norn animal totems-they are part of the all-encompassing Eternal Alchemy. I am humbled as never before by the grandeur of it, and by my own ability to conceive such vasness.”

Actually, if we’re going to look at what is seen in game rather than actual canon, Tyria is flat, and has nothing more than a few big rocks.

For level 80, you probably won’t find anything better for awhile, but they’re not exotic, so you will be able to buy things that are better.

Yes, they are. Back when they were slaves of the Stone Summit, there was a revolutionary leader named “Molenin”, and it kept going from there. They work for the collective and have a city named Molengrad, always go on about their military power and how they rose up in a glorious revolution, and hold public rallies about how awesome their communist society is.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a Dredge’s Republic of Cantha.

There were a few unforgettable moments for me. First time I ran up to Frostgorge Sound, I started exploring and when I got up north, I ran straight into a Claw of Jormag fight, with only me and four other people. Lasted several hours, but was incredibly fun.
Also, being a huge fan of lore, a few places in the game really stood out to me the first time I visited them, like the graveyard at Ebonhawke and the Vizier’s Tower. Also, the first time I noticed the glow on my sylvari.

I doubt the sylvari are dragon minions. The other dragons corrupt humanoid things to make humanoid followers. Sure, the dragons can create followers from non-living and formless things (in fact, that is all Primordus does), but it seems that they only have a few truly aware followers at a time, and even then they are bound to the dragon’s will and imbued with immense power. If the sylvari are dragon-created, then the sixth dragon is either dead, or not malevolent.

If a plant race was going to be humanoid, it would look like whatever it was designed to look like. A plant’s biology is so far away from an animal’s that if a plant were to emulate an animal, it would basically be an animal. I think Anet wanted to branch away from the traditional fantasy races (this would be why they offed the dwarves).

Anyways, Bard, you may be right about the form coming from Ronan. It just seems to me that there is equal evidence on both sides. Now that I think of it, it is possible that there are other trees, and they chose the human form simply because they were copying the Pale Tree, which grew first.

The cave that Ronan discovered was apparently full of seeds, so it seems likely that there is more than one tree. Personally, I think that being over Ronan’s grave site contributed to the Dream and to the morality of the sylvari, but the forms were pre-created. Perhaps whatever the pale tree originates from designed the forms.

It doesn’t have a name, but it’s referenced in one of the sylvari personal story quests if you pick “Where life goes, so to should you”

We can take a guess that the sylvari do not emulate humans because of Ronan. This is because there is another pale tree which produces sylvari identical in form to the ones we see, and it most likely does not have humans buried underneath it.

It was said that the Maguuma jungle dried up for unknown reasons — that is why it is called the Maguuma wastes now. A volcano wouldn’t melt half a mountain range, so why shouldn’t less rain equal no jungle?

Because canonically, the areas are much bigger than what we see, so it could be showing us different parts. Also, it started raining again.

They breath because there is no way photosynthesis could produce enough energy to allow sylvari to move, let alone think and talk. Plants can use photosynthesis because they are stationary, but once they start walking around, they’re going to need a whole lot more energy.

Every time I’m crippled. “WaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAooooooOOOOOAAaaaaaaGggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!”

No, Glint is around like 5 missions after you ‘kill’ her in GW1.

Well, even if you kill her, she’s still around in GW1. I think killing her is just an extra challenge, and not a thing that actually happened, or else she just got back up after the fight.

I have never seen a temple cleared. People are too busy being bots on my server. At any given time, there’s only maybe 10 people who would help.

When I first did the Claw of Jormag event (first time I did a dragon event), we had maybe 3 or 4 people. Took about 4 hours, and was frustrating as hell. I’d say 15 or so makes it fun. Of course, on my server, there is rarely more than 20 there. In fact, at The Shatterer event, I don’t think I’ve ever seen more than 7 or so.