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[Konig Des Todes]

Lore Thread Archive
GW1Guru

Spoiler

2005

• Charr Lore

2006

• Bloodstone/Profession Relation
  
• The Scarab Plague
  
• Abaddon and Mursaat (Additional Read)
  
• Lore for level 20 cap
  
• Charr and the Searing
  
• Mursaat Were Good?

2007

• The Future: Imagined Vistas of a Future Tyria The “Good” Leaders of Guild Wars The Empire of Orr
  
• Menzies Discovered?
  
• The Envoys (Why they didn’t fight Shiro directly)
  
• (Fan-Based) Ecology of the Charr
  
• Confessor Dorian
  
• The Republic of Kryta: GW2
  
• Who and What are the Djinn

2008

• Fahranur and Orr Connection
  
• On Water's Magical Conductivity and the Floating Structures.
  
• The Five Gods, Abaddon's taste for eyes, and the Temples of Grenth and Balthazar.
  
• Nature of the Mists, Gods, Bloodstones, and the Essence of Magic.
  
• The Tengu
  
• The Centaur
  
• The Dredge
  
• The Forgotten
  
• On Ascension, Margonites, and the Forgotten
  
• The Origin of the Mursaat
  
• The Mists
  
• GWII: Tyria, Cantha, Elona, and the Rift
  
• Spirits (Revision 1|Revision 2)
  
• Origin of Wardens
  
• Undead (Revision 1|Revision 2)
  
• Ancient Weapons
  
• Dragons Throughout Guild Wars (Revision)
  
• Mad King Thorn
  
• Wintersday
  
• Ascalonian Architecture (in relation to EN Dungeons)
  
• Ascalon
  
• Our Role in Lore.
  
• The Alchemy Circle
  
• Who Built the Eye (of the North [Building])?
  
• Who Built the Depths of Tyria?
  
• Image of Dhuum
  
• Gold Statues of the Gods
  
• The Charr Invasion of Orr
  
• Origin of Grenth?
  
• The Size of Tyria(world)
  
• Odran and Abaddon
  
• Idea of Menzies’s Identity
  
• The Great Dwarf’s Name Found?
  
• On the Rift
  
• "Arachnia" (Revision)

2009

• The Krait. Savage by Nature or Savage by Reason?
  
• The Riders. Abominations or, perhaps, something more.
  
• Extensive Look at the Depths of Tyria Structures
  
• The Searing and the Cauldron of Cataclysm
  
• Norn - Origin and Religion
  
• Mursaat Tokens: A Word from Nicholas
  
• Observations from the Tarnished  Coast
  
• Magic: Limited to the Laws of Physics or not?
  
• The Mists and Planetary Formation
  
• Shiro Tagachi - Why evil?
  
• Discussion on the Charr Structures
  
• Combining the Four Schools of Magic
  
• GW2 Starting Locations / Places of Interest
  
• The Old Gods: Who Are They?
  
• A study on the Oni
  
• Discussion on the Stormlord concept art and Charr Structures
  
• The Door of Komalie and the Soul Batteries
  
• Halloween 2009 Quests and Dhuum
  
• Discussion on the Grawl

2010

• Canthan food supply
  
• Discussion on Resurrection
  
• Sympathy for the lesser races

2011

• Mursaat's nature
  
• Dhuum's Release is Inevitable

For Reading Pleasure (Includes out of date, debunked, and miscellaneous threads)

• Elonian Alphabet (Stated by Matthew Medina to be non-translatable)
  
• Norn and Sylvari?
  
• Shiro Tagachi – His Story (Pre-Nightfall thread)
  
• Charr, Titan, Mursaat, Khilbron Connection.
  
• Chaos in the World
  
• What’s next, after defeating Abaddon?
  
• Who is Your God?
  
• What Race are You?
  
• Which Race Would Win?
  
• If you could change one thing (what would you change)

“Story Behind the…” Threads

• The Mesmer
  
• The Tengu
  
• The Naga
  
• The Oni
  
• Rurik, Ascalon, and more
  
• Phoenix

Symeon’s Past Lore Projects

• First Lore Project: Factions Preview Event!
  
• Second Lore Project: Clearing out the mist in the storyline
  
• Third Lore Project - A final study of Tyria
  
• Fourth Lore Project – Elona

GW2Guru

Spoiler

2009

• Sylvari and the Sidhe (confirmed)
  
• The Gold/Flame Legion: Corruption? (semi-confirmed)
  
• Nature of the Mists
  
• Analysis of GW2's Premiere Trailer
  
• Natural Selection in the World of Tyria
  
• The Powerful Dragons of Tyria
  
• Crystal Desert Flooding Speculation
  
• The Mists and Planetary Formation
  
• The World's Cycle and Roles of the Gods, Glint, Forgotten, and the Ancient Dragons
  
• Nature of the Mists.
  
• Hypothesis on the Connection Between Glint, the Dwarves, and the Elder Dragons.
  
• Discussion on the world of Tyria
  
• Discussion on "Jormag"
  
• Flesh and Bone: The Rules of Resurrection
  
• GW2 Starting Locations and Landmarks
  
• The Dwarves: More in the storyline than we thought?
  
• The Gunpowder Age: Classes and Military Evolution
  
• The Origin of Magic: A Thought
  
• Of Dragons and Gods
  
• Natural selection in the World of Tyria
  
• Discussion on Concept Art

2010

• Discussion on the Seers
  
• Asuran Surnames (includes response from developers)
  
• On the Magical Storing Properties of Rock and Crystal
  
• Pale Tree and Ancestor Tree – connections?
  
• Are Sylvari Plants or Animals?
  
• Discussion on the Spirits of the Wild
  
• Brain Storm: Deep Sea Dragon Name
  
• Gunning for Palawa Joko
  
• Forgotten and Forsaken
  
• The Forgotten Conspiracy
  
• Theory of Magical Corruption
  
• Technology of the Asura and Charr
  
• Kodan History

2011

• Logan's choice to go to Ebonhawke: Right or Wrong?
  
• Lore Concerning Guardian's Magic
  
• Returning to Cantha and Elona: Return of Human Surpremacy?
  
• What Happened To The Dervish in Lore?
  
• Pale Tree Origins
  
• Sylvari becoming a threat in the long run?
  
• Relationships in Tyria
  
• An Ancient Searing
  
• Does the new Mesmer fit the old mesmer lore?
  
• how does magic work?
  
• The color of Charr blood (answered)

2012

• The Corsair Culture
  
• The Shiverpeaks, Cradle and/or Refuge of Tyrian Civilization?

For Reading Pleasure (Includes out of date, debunked, and miscellaneous threads)
Translation Projects

• New Krytan Language Translation
  
• Asuran Language Translation

Random Topic Discussion Threads

• Who is your dragon and why?

IncGamers GW Forum

Spoiler

2006

• Abaddon in the Ring of Fire: More than just Abaddon's Mouth
  
• Dhuum depiction?
  
• Who is Menzies?
  
• Lyssa/Lyss: A Discussion on the Nature of the Goddess
  
• Thoughts on Grenth
  
• A Treatise: The Crimes of Abaddon, Margonites, Menzies, the Mursaat and Dhuum
  
• Can we deduct the date of Dhuum's fall?
  
• Quintus's Research on the Mursaat.
  
• The  Mysterious Stones in the Wilds
  
• The Powers of the Bloodstones and Possible Locations
  
• Giganticus Lupicus Research.
  
• The Catacombs Research Thread.
  
• Compiling the Flameseeker Prophecies. Be more straightforward Glint!
  
• The Wizard's Tower of  Ascalon.
  
• Ullen River and the Mursaat city.
  
• Across Giant's Basin-An "Unseen" Civilization?
  
• Dwarven Religion and the Tyrian Pantheon.
  
• Glint, Friend or Villain in Dragon's Clothing?
  
• Motivations and possible forces behind Shiro Tagachi?
  
• Shiro the Betrayer, was he really that bad?
  
• The Naga: A Comprehensive Study.
  
• The Envoys, possible villains on our side.
  
• A New Threat Arises (Spoilers and speculation.) Dhuum starts now!
  
• Lyssa and Grenth: Absent in Tyria, Present in Cantha.
  
• A Summary of the Abaddon-gate Conspiracy (Data gathered from Master Quests in Realm of Torment)
  
• Razah
  
• The Primeval Kings and the Great Pilgrimage
  
• End of Nightfall, really an end?
  
• Abaddon-Charr Connection?

2007

• GW2 Ascalon (250 years in the future, Ascalon will look like..?)
  
• Memoirs of a Heretic
  
• Why were the dragons hibernating/asleep/slumbering in the first place?
  
• The Dragons of Guild Wars and perhaps their relation to Guild Wars 2.
  
• The Sylvari Nightmares
  
• Was the Great Northern Wall a huge mistake in planning?
  
• Female Races.
  
• Those with or without the Bonus Mission Pack, discuss the new lore here.
  
• Undead Factions.
  
• The Fate of the Stone Summit and the Dredge
  
• *SPOILERS* PCG Article on the wiki.
  
• [PCG] GW2's State. (Discussion of PCG info.)
  
• Four Horsemen Theory relating to GW.
  
• Withdrawal of the Gods (Basically this discusses why they did so.)
  
• Where do spirits go when destroyed?
  
• Fahranur, Orr, and Bahltek.
  
• Hall of Heroes.
  
• The Age of Man
  
• Kurzicks, Ascalonians, and Altrumm Ruins
  
• "Mursaat architecture" and the Eye of Janthir.
  
• The Old Gods and the Older Gods *spoilers*
  
• Name of the Charr's Kingdom/City?
  
• A Revisit to the Charr "Humanoid" Effigies: Are they Mursaat?
  
• How can Glint reproduce?
  
• An Heir of Ascalon?
  
• The Druids-A Mysterious People.
  
• Why did Shiro want to become human?
  
• Was the Jade Wind selective?
  
• The Oni
  
• Foreigner Expulsion?
  
• A Study of the Afflicted Curse.
  
• Abaddon is alive
  
• Mysterious NPC | Bahltek
  
• The Process of Kormiring: A Little More Complicated Than One Would Think
  
• The Settlement of Tyria and Elona
  
• Timeline of the Gods: Timing of the Fall of Dhuum
  
• Mursaat in the Realm of Torment
  
• Heirs of Abaddon: A theory on the dark god's master plan by Troal Vacal
  
• Charr Emigration to the Desolation
  
• Abaddon and Eyes. Why?
  
• Abaddon.
  
• Abaddon-Melkor Similarities.
  
• A theory on the Margonites' settlement locations and Orrian origins.
  
• And before the current Gods?
  
• Theory on Joko's Future Plans.
  
• The Creature in Drakkar  Lake
  
• What we learn from the end of GW:EotN *SPOILERS*
  
• *Spoiler*Cryptic Message (For those who like to decipher)
  
• Golems and the Iron Forgeman
  
• The Fate of the Mursaat *SPOILERS*
  
• Tarnished Coast and the Eye of the North
  
• Attempting to sort all available GW:EotN information
  
• Vael *SPOILERS*
  
• Shiverpeaks, remains of an ice age? *SPOILERS, perhaps*
  
• The Charr Homelands. The Charr's name for their homelands is..?
  
• Bloodstone Caves-Mursaat Survival Theory
  
• The Dwarves *SPOILERS*
  
• Sylvari

2008

• Fahranur, the Rift, and Humanity's First "Appearances."
  
• Titans, Destroyers, and Dragon's Gullet (In other words, how do they relate to each other?)
  
• The Dredge
  
• The Great Dwarf's Name Found?
  
• Hypothesis on the Rift
  
• The Centaurs
  
• Nature of the Mists, Gods, Bloodstones, and the Essence of Magic.
  
• Odran and Abaddon
  
• Fahranur, the Rift, and Humanity's First "Appearances"
  
• Titans and Torment Rifts.
  
• Biogeological Survey of the Titan Continents.
  
• A Theory on Water's Magical Conductivity and the Floating Structures.
  
• The Orbit of the Moon
  
• The Tengu
  
• The Mysterious Stranger.
  
• Were the Flameseeker Prophecies a Weapon of Mass Destruction?
  
• The Kingdom of Orr. Revised.
  
• Why did the Charr take this long to conquer Ascalon?
  
• The Ascalon Royalty and its Fate.
  
• What are the Kurzicks stylistically and spiritually?
  
• Cantha in GW2.
  
• A Different Perspective on Nightfall and the Exodus.
  
• The Eternal Alchemy
  
• The Eye of the North: An In-depth Look
  
• Mystery Disc Time!

2011

• Lore from Ghosts of Ascalon [Potential Spoilers]
  
• Lore from Edge of Destiny (MAJOR SPOILERS)

For Reading Pleasure (Includes out of date, debunked, and miscellaneous threads)

• Hypothesis on Gods & Dragons.
  
• Gwen
  
• The Lore Forum gets a bit of credit.
  
• An interesting viewpoint on the continents.
  
• Call for Mursaat Rally information!
  
• Menzies Discovered?
  
• Abaddon and the Great Destroyer
  
• Timeline confusion for me.
  
• GW:EotN - Lore connection speculation
  
• Asura: Evil in Hinduism
  
• Tyria-Elona Triangulation Error
  
• Who are the parents of Balthazar?
  
• How to become a God
  
• Why is the Desolation full of sulfur but Crystal  Desert not?
  
• Striking at the Core: The Outcast God's Plan Against the Pantheon
  
• A new God is born! (About the Mad Spirits comments related to it.)
  
• Of Things Religious.
  
• The Scroll of Dhuum: Connections between the Lich, Shiro, and the Chaos Army
  
• White Mantle in the Fissure of Woe?
  
• "Tyria" solely refers to the continent itself?
  
• Gods of Tyria
  
• Underworld Lore by Garumn Darkslayer
  
• Boats in the Fissure of Woe, and other Fissure related questions.
  
• A Lunar Revelation.
  
• Factions-Prophecies Connections.
  
• The Ascalon-Desert Connection.
  
• The Original Rune Translations!
  
• A Very Large Compilation of Eratimus's Original Works.
  
• The Original Titan Research by Mularc Templare!
  
• Tablets of Janthir. Interpretations.
  
• Tablets of Janthir. Second Edition. Interpretations.
  
• A Compilation of Known Information on Orr. Outdated.
  
• Updated Information of Orr. Post-NF Release.
  
• The Odran Code.
  
• History and Reality of the Titans.
  
• Mursaat Constructs and Creations. Discussion Thread.
  
• The Giant's Basins.
  
• Charr Invasion
  
• Why did the Charr invade?
  
• The Origin of the Humans; King Doric?
  
• The Mage Lords.
  
• Kryta-Ascalon Teleportation.
  
• Cryptomorphology of Select Extant Tyrian Fauna.
  
• Theory-Mursaat and Seers.
  
• Searing Crystals and the Power Within.
  
• The Grawl: A Primitive Culture Yet to be Researched Deeply.
  
• Margonite vs Elonian: Crystal  Desert Civilizations. (Distinguishing structures/ruins.)
  
• Tyria. Planet or continent?
  
• The Dwarves of Deldrimor.
  
• The Jade Sea's Real Name?
  
• When we struck down mortal Shiro...
  
• The name of the 6th/new god mentioned on the Prerelease CD by accident
  
• The Crystal Desert and Elona connected?
  
• Chapter III connections to Tyria and Cantha?
  
• The History of Elona
  
• The God of Secrets.
  
• Stunning! Murals at Gandara (full pre-collapse high res shots).
  
• Palawa Joko. A Discussion.
  
• Size of Elona.
  
• What do you think happened to Evennia?
  
• Preview event lore pics thread *SPOILERS*
  
• Ebon Vanguard and the Charr?
  
• Reappearance of the Tome of the Rubicon
  
• (Old) New Asura Lore
  
• Translations of Chinese GW:EN Lore Info
  
• New Lore at Wartower.de
  
• Chapter 4- revealed? Possible connections to Chapter 4
  
• Sylvari Origin?
  
• Old Article on Asuran History and Culture.

Ranger Nietzsche's quest logs

• Even more Realm of Torment quest logs from Nietzsche
  
• Shiro quest log
  
• Scepter of Orr.
  
• Charr in Nightfall: Quest Log
  
• Details about Orr, Quest Log

Edited by Konig Des Todes, 23 May 2012 - 06:30 PM.

[Konig Des Todes]

Placeholder for interviews part 2.

Edited by Konig Des Todes, 23 May 2012 - 07:00 PM.
Up to date as of this date.

[Eliz Genevieve]

The Asura glove is called the 'Power Glove'. Don't know in which interview I got that from.

[Craywulf]

Is this a transcript of the videos? If so thank you very much as I'm hearing-impaired. The videos don't have close-captions, despite Youtube having the ability to add them.

[Whisper]

I realy hope the sylvari weren't born to serve such purpose as the dwarfs.... Would realy kill it for me.

Edited by Whisper, 21 December 2010 - 08:55 PM.

[Konig Des Todes]

Eliz Genevieve said:

The Asura glove is called the 'Power Glove'. Don't know in which interview I got that from.

Probably this one:

Jeff Grubb said:

The Asura also come from Eye of the North, and you saw them there as the short, long-eared characters with the power glove.

Craywulf said:

Is this a transcript of the videos? If so thank you very much as I'm hearing-impaired. The videos don't have close-captions, despite Youtube having the ability to add them.

Not of the whole video, just the portions where Jeff talks of the lore. The rest was just minor thing about game play/mechanics (but not the mechnics themselves, just what they want for GW2, like "make PvE a bigger portion of the game")

[Free Runner]

Mod Edit:Has been added to the appropriate post above
Interview from Gametrailers with Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb said:

Guild Wars 2 takes place 250 years later and at a time between the events of the first game and the events of the second game, the dragons have awoken. They are elder, powerful, elemental forces which are destroying the world and in order to defeat them the races come together.

The races have all advanced in the past 250 years, the Charr which is a race well known from our original Guild Wars, have overthrown their old religious leaders for example and have became a supreme military, technology civilisation. The Asura which came up from below, the short little guys, have really developed their civilisation on the surface, with beautiful, magical technology with golems, gates and everything.

The Sylvari have awoken, which is a plant-like race, which is new to this world, they feel it is their destiny to fight the dragons. The Norn have been driven from their northen homelands by the dragons and now are settling up with their own lands. The Humans finally have been pushed back on all sides, their an enbattled race. In the original Guild Wars, the Humans ruled and they were fighting these other races, in the 250 years since then they've been losing more and more ground, till finally they have just a few cities left.

The tree of the story is through the dragons, is the threat of the dragons to the world. As we discover more about the races, as we discover more about the places, other stories come forward...the humans against the centaurs, the Charr against their former religious shamen caste that used to run things back in the days of Guild Wars: Prophecies.

As we develop the art, as we develop the story behind it they become other stories and they give us a very rich world. Not every task goes back to dragons, but the important tasks will come back to dragons.

Some things from that:

• The dragons are a "powerful elemental force"

• Each race does have its own problems. The Humans are fighting against the Centaurs and the Charr are fighting against what remains of the Shamen.

Is this one worth adding aswell? its the one where he mentions the Asura took the south.


Jeff Grubb talks to IGN

Jeff Grubb said:

We are setting the game in the world of Tyria, the setting for Guild Wars Prophecies, but 250 years later. And alot has happened in the 250 years, during this time the dragons have awoken and these are powerful elemental beasts which have been sleeping for a millenia beneath the surfaces as all civilisation and life thrives. Now they are waking up and they're a little bit peckish

In the new game one thing we're looking at is player mobility, not only getting from place to place, we had the old Map travel in GW1, but also as far as the ability to jump, run, swim and dive underwater. Now in addition to our traditional ways of getting around we've also the Asura, a magical race have taken over a large chunk of the south and they use magical gates to get from place to place, these Asura gates are a vital linkage within Tyria nowadays

Not much but:

• Again he mentions the dragons are "elemental" beasts

• The Asura have taken over a chunk of the South

• Asura Gates are important in present day Tyria

[Konig Des Todes]

Added Free Runner's interview transcript to OP.

[Konig Des Todes]

I think there was more in that interview, I was going to write that out just now. Jeff and Daniel are both "taking turns" in talking, and the later bit is the most lore-like for that interview. Thought it would be more than two paragraphs. I'll add it, then go through it now and add later if there is something to add on.

[Free Runner]

I didnt record Daniels part due to his parts mostly being about the art. Jeff talked about the general story and the explorable area things (Underwater areas making up a large part of the game ect) so i only recorded the story parts.

[SmithyBen]

Power glove = obvious reference to band that make cool songs with video game themes? :)

[Konig Des Todes]

Updated OP with the newest interview.

[ShadowedSin]

Inde the admin found another one that has a bit more Lore from Ree.

http://www.guildwars...esbee-t981.html

[Konig Des Todes]

Added to OP with the (very minor) lore points it brings up.

[Eliz Genevieve]

[url]http://guildwars.incgamers.com/showthread.php?t=491152[/url]

Konig, get some of those bits up in the main post.

[QUOTE]1. Those big armored polar bears seem to be called the "kodan," and look like a new race in the Norn areas as far as I can tell. There's a few killer concepts of them in the book. Nevermind the Norn, I wanna play one of these guys![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]3. There's a note that the Sylvari are divided into groups, one for each season based on the hour of their birth. Theres a few artworks that show presumably a Spring and a Fall Sylvari.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]6. Glint. There's definitely some story to what happens to her, although I'm not sure if it will be in the book. Its in the game for sure, though.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]11. Ascalon is under the rule of the Iron Legion of the Charr. Grubb mentioned that there are still pockets of human resistance (sounded like multiple, besides Ebonhawke, though that is the main one). Ascalon is still at war, though mostly controlled by the Charr.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]15. The second dragon to awaken seems to be Drakkar in the Northern Shiverpeaks. They mention that (like the Nornbear), the creatures and some of the Norn have been corrupted by this dragon. The rest of the Norn were driven south. Looks like we'll be fighting more Nornbears...[/QUOTE] -> We already expected this.

[QUOTE]17. There is a Sylvari necromancer named "Trahearne." Explaining the Sylvari take on necromancy, death is just part of the life cycle, so its not considered dark or evil, just a special part of life.

18. Ironic given the above line, there is apparently an evil Sylvari faction known as the Nightmare Court. Their artwork is much more harsh, and kind of evokes the wardens to me, though it is not stated anywhere[/QUOTE].

[QUOTE]The artbook DOES talk about the Tengu, and they are active in the Maguuma jungle.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Centaurs in Kryta are fighting back against human occupation from Divinity's Reach. Since I'm here, there is also mention of the Hylek's evolution. They've advanced a bit as well, though are still primitive compared to the other races.[/QUOTE] -> Centaur motivation, RAWR.

[QUOTE]There is one reference that says the Shining Blade "is now the queen of Kryta's right hand," but doesn't elaborate beyond that.[/QUOTE] ->whomever said that the Shining Blade were the 'Royal Guard' , kudos.

[QUOTE]Jeff mentioned that there are still some (like Ogden) who didn't change, but they are very few and far between, it seems.
EDIT: Doh! Was just proofreading and saw the "non-deldrimor" part. Jeff talked about the Stone Summit like they are still there, although given Drakkar's rise, I'm wondering if they have become corrupted as well (or rather, MORE corrupted).[/QUOTE] ->Konig, draxynnic, Thalador, Leon (dunno who else am I forgetting from the original Guru) guess we were wrong..

[QUOTE]The book suggests they both live in Maguuma, though they may be rolling the two areas under one umbrella. They don't really talk about the Tarnished Coast, aside from a casual mention of "the coast" in reference to Ventari's Tree as the place of the origin of the Sylvari (only 25 years prior to the beginning of GW2, apparently).[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Just re-read it and yes, they seem to be their own culture. I'm guessing they are allies of the Norn, as there is that one picture of the Norn ranger with a big Kodan guy backing her up. Unless he's a rebel like Pyre was. As for the sailing iceberg, the book says that the artists came up with the idea, even though there wasn't a place for it in the game. They all loved it so much that they MADE a space for it.[/QUOTE] -> No Polar Bears for us.

Hum, I think I got the lore-related ones. You might take a look at it and see it for yourself, though.

[Thalador]

Am I the only one who's not satisfied with the amount of lore information? Of course, I'm very happy to know more, but I expected more. And you?

Also, I can't wait to lay my hands on one of the art books. I really hope it's between  20-30 dollars (I know, that it was said that it's 30, but I still hope it will be a little bit less).

[Shew]

Eric Flannum, Colin Johansen, and Linsey Murdock were interviewed by the press at PAX the other day (not including UFragtv's live interview that didn't offer much new information). I'm sure articles will be popping up today or in the next few days.

[Free Runner]

We've gained quite abit of lore info in the 2 weeks since the GW2 trailer. We have four or so months for them to provide more before they start moving into the gameplay side of things early next year. The reason it doesnt seem like much is because we've yet to gather it all up, we've just been talking about it in many different threads.

So far we've learned:

• A few of the locations names and residents of those locations aswell as old locations returning(Kodan Iceberg, possibly a Sylvari capital/home known as The Grove and the old classic Sorrows Furnace)
  
• Some more of the Sylvari (Seasons and the Nightmare Court, living in the Magumma, views on the gods)
  
• 3 of the dragons names, Zhiatan, Jormag and Kralkatorrik. We already knew Primordus.
  
• Races that are still around and new ones that have moved into Tyria (Centaurs, Hylek, Tengu, the new Kodan and possibly the old Fleashreavers)
  
• Some vague background and hints towards the mystery of the gods and the humans homeland aswell as the possiblity of Glints return.
  
• That the Mursaat and possibly the Seers will appear at some point in the GW2 future.
  
• Some Dwarves possibly still being around as well as those Stone Summit who refuse to just die.

I'd say its a good haul for just two weeks. I'm sure much more is to come.

Anyway on the topic of the Fall of Ascalon book - how do you reckon its going to work being set 1 year before Guild Wars 2 present day? flashbacks to Ascalon? i had hoped the book would of been set at the time of Ascalons fall rather than it being someone retelling the story.

[Thalador]

You're right Free. My thirst for informations makes me impatient.

I think the book will be good. I imagine that the Charr (for example) starts speaking about the story, then it turns into the past. For awhile, the storyteller still talks about the events, but after some time, you'll have the feeling that the book is being written at the same time.

[Lord Bazaah]

Great thread Konig! I like when all known (important) information is in one post. :cool:

[Free Runner]

We now have the Q&A from Gamescom which talks about the dragons and the races.

Jeff Grubb said:

Dragons are the heart of Guild Wars 2. Dragons in Tyria, these are the elder dragons, these are the dragons of power. The dragons that you know, you've met, Kuunavang, Glint they are the mere shadows, the echos of these great elder dragons. One of which has basicly brought up the city of Orr and now resides in the holy city of Arah, city of the gods.

*Carried over to part 2 in a question on if total peace has been attained between the races*

The Humans and Charr for example have been at war for 250 years. They are trying for a tenious truce right now against the dragons that could fall apart at any time. There are those who dont want peace between the Humans and the Charr. The Norn, our half giant race, have been driven south from their homelands and they are trying, the Sylvari are newcomers to the area and the Asura, well the Asura are up to their normal tricks

*Question regarding the Charr with the gun*

We have firearms in Guild Wars 2, and the Charr are the most technoloicly advanced as far as martial weaponry but all the races have firearms, all the races have weapons built based upon the nature of their race. The Sylvari grow their weapons, the Norn forge out of ice and steel, each one takes a different approch to equipment but all will have firearms.

• Charr and Humans are trying for a truce but some dont want to see it happen
  
• Each race has its own way to build weaponry

[Whisper]

Free Runner said:

We now have the Q&A from Gamescom which talks about the dragons and the races.

• Charr and Humans are trying for a truce but some dont want to see it happen
  
• Each race has its own way to build weaponry

Supports the racial armor diffrences :). The sylvari grows weapons and armor. Awsome

[ShadowedSin]

There is a new translated german interview that gives a lot of info:

http://www.onlinewel...rview-teil-1/4/

-Char are affiliated in game via Legion
-Asura are organized into colleges (Evolution of the Krewe?)
-The Kodan have one singular form, scholars theorize they have have a common lineage with the Norn. But that is only theory.
-Nightmare Sylvari believe they are right in their goals and believe they must convert everyone else.
-The Nightmare court is a philosophy base, not a political one
-Kodan live on mobile sanctuary cities, that have been pushed out of the ice seas because of Jormag
-Norn do not take full raven form, Flannum mentions a sort of hybrid raven form.
-Humans and Charr still argue over old grievances, the Sylvari mistrust and are not sure about everything. The Asura feel they need to prove their intellectual superiority
-Lion's Arch apparently is a sort of racial neutral ground, Flannum mentions that it acts as a sort of area of peace or unity.
-Sylvari season (game mechanic apparently) does not effect Class it seems that their affiliation ideas effect the story outcome. Sounds a bit like Biowares Origins idea.

[Konig Des Todes]

Once I have time to read the new interview fully, I'll update the OP.

[Gmr Leon]

I've already updated it with the information from page 4 onward.

[Konig Des Todes]

I have reformatted this thread to not be so scroll-worthy (official lore now linked), and have opened it. Why? If anyone finds a thread which they believe to be put up here for various reasons (please no jokes on this ~_~), then state so and I shall add them.

[Gmr Leon]

I was just thinking this morning we should change this somehow so that people could suggest additions to it. :D

[Ambitious]

I would suggest my discussion on Jormag, but it seems that it died.

EDIT: Very well; I've made the pictures bigger so they should be easier to view. I suspect we will have more opportunities to discuss this particular dragon in the future.

Edited by Ambitious, 23 December 2009 - 02:32 AM.

[Gmr Leon]

Whether or not the thread is dead is irrelevant, as this isn't a "popular topics" thread so much as it is an archive of research and discussion. If the discussion was fruitful or substantial, it deserves a place here.

[Legion]

I ask for the inclusion of the "Classes and Military Evolution from the Lore Perspective: The Gunpowder Age". I think it was a fairly successful discussion and it covered main objectives for most part given the actual amount of data. Even when for a true discussion on the subject will demand a more solid evidence of the actual featured classes and more precise data of the organization of the dominant civilized races.

I also grant my permission to the local moderators to rename that thread into a more shorter and fitting name if they wish.