As the above poster has pointed out. EVERY SINGLE DWARF HAS TURNED TO STONE. Ogden was the last to hold out, but the dwarves HAD to undergo the rite.
They’re now focused solely on destroying Promordius and his minions. Yes it is probably that we will encounter them later on, but they will never be playable and the rite is irreversible.
what about deserters, a group of dwarfs who spit on tradition and left the siverpeak to build their own society.
so with that, not all dwarfs are turned to stone because there could be some who did not undergo the rite.
see, it works in lore, just think of a common situation and adjust it to fit a different world order.
it’s not the best way, not in the slightest, but it is a way that works.
No it doesn’t. They PHYSICALLY could not resist the rite. Every single Dwarf felt compelled to undergo it, even the Stone Summit who were the enemies of the Deldrimor Dwarves in GW1. It was not something they could resist. Ogden held out as long as possible to give information to the players of GW2, but that’s it. They HAD to undergo the rite, it wasn’t something they had a choice about. This is an entire race sacrifcing themselves in order to try and save the world from a threat they had faced before and knew how catastrophic it would be if they didn’t try and do something. If Anet were to go back on that it would be ridiculous and would require a massive retcon.
let me walk you trough this, this is what is said about the dwarfs:
" It is said all dwarves who participated in invoking the Great Dwarf’s power to battle the Great Destroyer were turned to stone. Are there dwarves then who are not stone out in the world somewhere still (assuming then there were some dwarves who did not participate)? If so, how are interactions between them and their stone brethren?
Ree: All of the dwarves eventually participated in the ritual. There are no non-stone dwarves in Tyria. "
in tyria, who ever said there are no dwarfs in the rest of the world.
and no, he never ever said tyria as the world so it’s easy to see this as tyria as in the content.
another point:
" The Rite of the Great Dwarf, sometimes referred to as “the Rite,” is the ritual performed by King Jalis Ironhammer, utilizing the Hammer of the Great Dwarf and the magic hidden within. It is the key component in the event that would become known as the Dwarven Transformation, where the Deldrimor Dwarves were turned into living stone in order to fight off the Great Destroyer and its spawn. "
deldrimor dwarfs, again who ever said there are no other dwarfs in the world, a different kind of dwarf could’ve bin somewhere in the world not deldrimor.
and to show the full picture:
" The exact origins of the dwarven race is unknown, but their legends claim that the Dwarves were forged by their god, the Great Dwarf, on Anvil Rock in the Northern Shiverpeaks. Over time the dwarves laid claim to the Shiverpeak Mountains, forming the Deldrimor nation. Though they traded with the human nations and were on generally good terms, the dwarves largely kept to themselves. "
a line that shows that even Anet has absolutely no idea where the dwarfs came from nor are they sure if a different kind of dwarf exists.
hehehe.