[Konig Des Todes]

New topic!



Trees with faces at a waterfall - decoration? Ent? Sylvari-made? The new version of the waterfalls at Riven Earth?

Any thoughts? I just found the concept art very interesting myself, no good thoughts.

[Jonii]

My gut's telling me Riven Earth or possibly some new area. I think either way it'll be Tarnished Coast, though.

Edited by Jonii, 23 August 2009 - 10:10 PM.

[Whisper]

Konig Des Todes said:

New topic!



Trees with faces at a waterfall - decoration? Ent? Sylvari-made? The new version of the waterfalls at Riven Earth?

Any thoughts? I just found the concept art very interesting myself, no good thoughts.

Looks very sidhe like...Also the armor on the warrior.. (sidhe the pre state of the sylvari) So i guess its sylvari made :)..

[Free Runner]

They instantly reminded me of Riven Earth and the many faces that appear in the Tarnished Coast. Though for some reason it looks like they are alive and in pain. Those three figures dont look like they are up to any good aswell...

[Shew]

Konig Des Todes said:

New topic!



Trees with faces at a waterfall - decoration? Ent? Sylvari-made? The new version of the waterfalls at Riven Earth?

Any thoughts? I just found the concept art very interesting myself, no good thoughts.

It looks like Riven Earth has been twisted.

[Free Runner]

What do you guys make of that? some kind of corrupted Sylvari?

[Konig Des Todes]

I make of it being epic. Source?

I suppose it could be corrupted Sylvari. Could also be new plant monsters, or a new and improved Warden.

But I need a source to be sure... *checks conceptart.org*

[Jonii]

Holy--

Nice! Looks like a corrupted Sylvari to me.

[Free Runner]

Check the GW2 Site they just put a load up from the artbook. That one (and one of a Charr with a Bazooka) stood out most to me. I instantly thought of Sylvari for obvious reasons....and because the thing behind it looks like a more dangerous version of one of these things:

Edited by Free Runner, 27 August 2009 - 10:17 PM.

[Konig Des Todes]

Just saw, looking through them all.


Hmmm, Kodan Iceberg?


Deep Sea Dragon/Deep Sea Dragon's minion?




Something tells me these three creatures are minions of "Grothmar." At the least, the scenery seems the same.



This just in: Sylvary get bows, Charr get RPGs.




The first two look very similar to me, while the third looks like an "evil" version of them. I do think the third is a corrupted/splinter group Sylvari. The first two, the arms and head are very similar to each other. The back of the head looks the same, so does the twig-like parts coming off of the back. In fact, the more I look at the two, the more they look the same.

[Jonii]

Konig Des Todes said:

Just saw, looking through them all.

That looks large and elaborate enough that it's likely a general or the dragon itself..

[Konig Des Todes]

Jonii said:

That looks large and elaborate enough that it's likely a general or the dragon itself..

It isn't "Grothmar" the back doesn't match. But general is possible.

[Jonii]

Konig Des Todes said:

It isn't "Grothmar" the back doesn't match. But general is possible.

I was thinking Deep Sea Dragon, but the body does seem like it could be a desert wurm that was heavily corrupted and changed by Grothmar.

[Konig Des Todes]

Jonii said:

I was thinking Deep Sea Dragon, but the body does seem like it could be a desert wurm that was heavily corrupted and changed by Grothmar.

The scenery suggests desert-like or Blazeridge Mountains. The Deep Sea Dragons and its minions are probably water-based creatures.

[Free Runner]

The iceberg one is deffently Kodan Iceberg. It has the same huge cave thing in the middle. The other two - i'm not sure on the second one but the third ones body looks lot like Zhaitans minions bodies. The gray stretched over skin look.

[Jonii]

Konig Des Todes said:

The scenery suggests desert-like or Blazeridge Mountains. The Deep Sea Dragons and its minions are probably water-based creatures.

I figured they'd be water based, and it appears that the creature in the picture is coming out of water. Or at least, it did seem that way until I realized what I thought was a fog of water was actually a dust cloud, and you can see a long spiked tail behind the creature.

Considering how the Great Destroyer, being the "greatest general" of Primordius leads me to think that this creature may be a dragon just because it appears to be a hundred times bigger than the GD.

Then again, that's really just speculation, because we know things in GW2 will be on a much larger scale than in GW.

So I'm on the line on whether or not it's a dragon or a general at this point.

EDIT: After reading Free Runner's post, I think it definitely could be a general of Zhaitan. The scenery looks like it could very much be Orrian.

[Konig Des Todes]

Jonii said:

Considering how the Great Destroyer, being the "greatest general" of Primordius leads me to think that this creature may be a dragon just because it appears to be a hundred times bigger than the GD.

The art you quoted doesn't have anything to scale it to, so I dunno how you'd compare it to the Great Destroyer. For all we know, it's the size of an ant.

Jonii said:

So I'm on the line on whether or not it's a dragon or a general at this point.

It doesn't match any known dragons. The only dragon we have nothing to compare it to now is the Deep Sea Dragon.

[Jonii]

Konig Des Todes said:

The art you quoted doesn't have anything to scale it to, so I dunno how you'd compare it to the Great Destroyer. For all we know, it's the size of an ant.

It doesn't match any known dragons. The only dragon we have nothing to compare it to now is the Deep Sea Dragon.

Check and mate, good game, sir. :cool:
Seriously, though, you're right I think.

[Konig Des Todes]

Some concept art from the site has been added here now, so we get file names.

http://www.guildwars...ildwars2-26.jpg
Filename: Sylvari winter

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415475
One of the jungle scenery - titled Denravi1

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415492
Another of the jungle scenery - titled Denravi3

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415508
One with the druid thing - titled Denravi4

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415535
The possible corrupted Sylvari - titled Summoned

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415576
The Draconic snake creature of discussion earlier - titled CorpseDragon

http://www.conceptar...=1&d=1251415593
Titled "Left Hand of the Dragon"

Two dragon referenced concept arts... o_O

Maybe that "CorpseDragon" was an early concept for Zhaitan?

[Shew]

Konig Des Todes said:

Yep...I'm betting that these are the nightmares/ corrupted Sylvari.

The large creature's head is the same shape as the uncorrupted version in "The Druid." This further points to the possibility that those large creatures are the companions.

[draxynnic]

This big set of instruments...



...got me thinking: Some random monument... or have Kurzick refugees moved the magitech behind God's Vengeance to Kryta?

[Free Runner]

I'm assuming its some kind of contraption used for events in Divinity Reach. Perhaps to lift peoples spirits.

[draxynnic]

Possibly. I wouldn't want to try to blow it unhindered, though, and humanity does seem to have a tendency to use giant magical wind instruments as weapons - Stormcaller being another example. Idly...


Is it just me, or does that look like it could be a Melandru shrine?

[Free Runner]

Some more art has been named.



"OrrRing"

Another look at Orr. Fantastic as always.



"CharrSphere" (typo in original name with "Sphere" being "Shpere")

The Charr apparantly created their own death star.



"Norn Intro Shared -Dragon Flying Over -Final"

I had been using the trailer version of this in my dragons thread. Could that dragon be "Grothmar"? however if those are indeed Norn then it wouldnt make sense since the dragon they fought would be Jormag. Also the intro part makes me believe each race is going to get its own intro cinematic. Its not the first piece to be named like this, there was a Charr one with them watching a burning landscape named "CharrLandCinematic". Could be interesting.



"Snow - Dragon Scorched - Orange"

Jormags work? or perhaps Primordus has been effecting the area from down below?

Edited by Free Runner, 29 August 2009 - 03:11 PM.

[Whisper]

Free Runner said:

"CharrSphere" (typo in original name with "Sphere" being "Shpere")

The Charr apparantly created their own death star.

*Plays imperial march* ^^ Awsome looks like a fortress (doubt theyll get that one flying..) the Charr have realy evolved over those 250 years :). If it gets flying though.... I won't want to be on their black list...

draxynnic said:

That's what I was thinking... Quetzalcoatl!

RAWR I'm Quetzalcoatl HEAR ME ROAR.. Serpent gods ftw :).

[Thalador]

Great finds Free. I hope the Charr "Death Star" will be implemented, but it should need an Emperor (Khan-Ur) and the Supreme Commander of the Charr Legions (Lord Vader has that title, not the same, but similar).

Whisper said:

RAWR I'm Quetzalcoatl HEAR ME ROAR.. Serpent gods ftw

We have Ancient Dragons, now you want serpent gods? :)

[Gmr Leon]

Question, Free, where are you getting the name Jormag? I haven't seen that anywhere else, as of yet.

And wouldn't that dragon the Norn are facing make more sense as being Drakkar? I know the appearance of the creature in the artwork is completely different from Drakkar, but otherwise, this means Grothmar landed in the Northern Shiverpeaks, or there are a few lesser Elder Dragons waking up to the party.

Which isn't that far-fetched, considering the concept art we've seen depicting several dragons. The archer in the desert with a dragon peeking at him, the many serpent-like/tendril pieces assaulting humans, and etc.

[Eliz Genevieve]

Thalador posted it somewhere in the Tyria Assembly.
Jeff Grubb: 'The Ice Dragon Jormag.'

EDIT: Leon, here www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOLawCG07A&NR=1|a

Edited by Eliz Genevieve, 29 August 2009 - 07:57 PM.

[Thalador]

You can find it here:

Thalador Doomspeaker said:

It is confirmed that GW2 will have day/night changes. What's more as we've all suggested, the encounters in a night area will be different from the encounters in a daily area.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOLawCG07A&NR=1|a

Sorry, but I can't remember at which part it is mentioned. I think watch the whole video, it's really interesting.

Note: the confirmed name of the dragon in Drakkar Lake is Jormag or Jörmag.
It's also in the video.

But it was aspectacle, who found it first.

aspectacle said:

Someone's just posted a linky on the gw2w giving a name to the Drakkar dragon.



At 1:15 Jeff Grubb talks of the ice dragon, Jormag, forcing the Norn to the south. Not sure of the spelling!

[Free Runner]

Yeah Jeff Grubb (not to be confused with Mike O'Brien) said its name was Jormag. I'm not sure if he intended to say that or if they really dont care about the dragons names being revealed now. Maybe we could get the remaining two from Regina so we can finally stop with the "Grothmar/Deep Sea Dragon" names

Edited by Free Runner, 29 August 2009 - 05:57 PM.