The Charr were originally under the rule of the Flame Legion who, under the influence of the Titans, led them against humanity bringing the Searing upon Ascalon and leading assaults on both Kryta and Orr.
Obviously there are still tensions between the Charr and the humans, but there is a lot more possibility for a positive relationship and a return to war between the two races is highly unlikely, even just because it wouldn’t make any sense within the context of the game.
The flame legion only came to power over the charr about 500~ before GW2.(and about 300 years before the events of GW1) So they were not originally under their influence. They accepted it because it made them stronger, and allow them to combat the magics that humans could use.(plus they kinda melted anyone who said otherwise)
So that’s about 800+ years where the Charr were not led by the flame legion.
To add the whole reason for the “fields of ruin” map in GW2 is to emphasize the unease and tension between the humans and the Charr.
In addition to the fact that Charr are reared for battle and they are deemed ready at 8 years old and they are expected to kill. So what happens when all these kiddies are trained to kill and guess what? The wars over nothing to fight… A culture based on being the strongest military might no longer needs a military.
But I like your attitude on the positives but I just can’t see it frankly… Because wars are easy, peace is the hard part kinda thing especially when you’re trained to break necks for a living(I guess).And before they were under the flame legions influence they were fighting against humanity who took their homelands from them >.>, which I think is pretty justified.
But that is a very long time ago and recent events should be enough to cement at least some sort of bond between the Charr and Humanity. There are still more dragons to kill (and we know that there is at least 1 year per dragon + 5 dragons left = 5 more years of the Charr and Humanity fighting together). Then there are the ghosts of ascalon to deal with etc. So I don’t think we have anything to worry about, a point where there is no threat holding the Charr’s attention is a long ways off.
The Charr were too busy fighting between themselves after the death of the khan-ur during the founding of Ascalon. Even then they were barely able to assault the outer settlements let alone the great northern wall. To add it took the flame legion 800 years to take power, after the Charr lost Ascalon . So that’s about 800 years of Charr pretty much killing each other and maybe the odd human.
So in your oppinion this great apocalypse of dragons coming and eating all the magics will simply be beaten in 5 years… The same cycle that has apparently repeated every ten thousand years. When relations between Charr and humans have been shaky for 1400 years?
Plus I really don't think Zhaitan the *undead* dragon is gone. And if you didn’t know present day GW2 is about 2 years after the games personal story ends. So I’m really liking that 5 year plan.
For your ghost problem could I please ask you to point your eyes up the thread to a discussion I had with Argon.1563.
But in all honesty I like your spark. You’re clearly passionate about the Charr/human relation and feel its through mutual hate that they can overcome differences.. Alas I am a little more cynical about it.
.(like Sparta) Or have the Charr progressed enough to fully civilise themselves and move forward…
