Friday, March 30, 2012

Lore Lounge (General Discussion and Q&A Thread)

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  • Do you have a question on something but don't know if the topic exists or where to post?

  • Do you wish to discuss a specific lore related article, interview, or discussion that doesn't deal with actual in-game lore?

  • Do you want to meet and greet other Lore Forum members and discuss lore related, but perhaps offtopic, lore topics?

  • Do you have a question on Lore Forum operation, posting proceedure, or how to do something?



If any of the above, or anything else you can think of along those lines, applies, please post the cooresponding topic here!|||Just curious,why is it we see nothing about the plantlife in Tyria? Like say,how plants may have mutated or adapted after the Searing.|||Actually, there are a few threads on that topic.|||Really? Never noticed. Thanks for telling me.|||While there are plenty of topics on the lost Kingdoms of Orr, Elonia, and the Margonites I do not see many of the surviving kingdoms of Ascalon and Kyrta. What happens after we leave, what is the history of Ascalonian cities, Kyrtan cities, what is the fate of the Ascalonian settlement? These things interest me a great deal and I was wondering if there are any plans to investigate them.|||There are many topics on Kryta, and many on Ascalon in relation to it's Catacombs, the Searing, and the Charr.

The history of the Ascalonian cities can be easily obtained in game from the quest, "The Cities of Ascalon". (I believe that's the title.)|||That dosn't cover all the cities however. There are many citys in Eastern Ascalon with no names, including Drascir.|||Well, the best way to find out information is often to create a thread on the topic. Since one apparently does not exist that covers your topic, feel free to create it and see what the community may or may not know.|||i have a question regarding the runes on the Kurzic weapon in the end on the fort aspenwood challenge mission. are they the same as any others, and do they have any real meaning? i did not see them when i glanced at the compendium, and so ill post this here.

heres a pic:



thx|||As this relates to Eratimus's rune research, please feel free to post your question in the thread that contains the Compendium. I think that is the best place for it.

New Lore Forum Community Member Welcome Thread

[:1]New to the Lore Forum?

First, let me welcome you! Here in the Lore Forum, you will find all manner of lore from the realms of Guild Wars. Tyria, Cantha, and beyond, all creatures, places, and events discussed, right here in the Lore Forum.

Please feel free to post your own insights into Guild Wars' lore, and discuss other topics in new and existing thread with other members!

Before posting, please familiarize yourself with the rules of the forum.

If this is your first time on the Lore Forum, why not post a short introduction in this thread to let us all know you have arrived? Introduce yourself to the GWO Lore Community, and let your prescence be known! |||I know I've already made a couple posts in this wondrous lore forum, but I felt the need to properly introduce myself. I am Blazing Liger, and I'm new to this forum and Guild Wars in general. I got Factions the day it came out but have yet to purchase the original. (Actually, I intend on doing that today.) Though I am still a newbie, I hope to be able to contribute to this forum in the near future. My GW characters are Riunne Anunvasa (A/R), and Ryuka Anzaiku (E/N). And that's about it.

EDIT: Just to clear up any future confusion before it happens, I'm female. Most people automatically assume the opposite until I say otherwise.|||Welcome, BL, and I hope you will start a trend of new users introducing themselves to the community in this thread.|||Hi i've been playing this game for quite a while, but i only seriously discovered the wonderful lore forum about a week ago :) I have both factions and prophecies. My main character is my monk Kiaan Valeroot but i like playing all my characters from time to time.|||hi i'm Elvin, and this be my first post in these forums:)

i have been readign this forum for a while, but as yet seem to have nothing to add... but i hope that to change soon:)|||Hi, My name is Root. I've only just discovered the lore forum through my friend, Kiaan (aka Lyrius) My main IGNs are Alison Crestmere (E/?) and Regan Wyngarde (Me/N).|||Hey, I've been posting and everything on the Lore Forums for a while, but I'm gonna take this oppurtunity to introduce myself. I have 6 characters, with my main character having the name Zayren Seou (Rt/?), hence my user-name. I was introduced to GWO by a friend in [boat] and then to the Lore Forum by Gmr Leon in-game. So, hi to everybody! (And if you see a Zenyaato Seou, he's a friend in real-life, kinda long story.)|||hi my names gnome gnome, and i found this forum slightly by acident when a post on fighting the mursaat reference to a post on this forum, and i have to say i am loving it. conspiacy therois and gnomes ftw|||Greetings all

I am noctern, I have been lurking in these forums for quite a while and finally decided to take part in the lore section.

I must say it is a welcome change reading the lore forums in seeing members of the comunity work together to come to a form of answer rather then just scream and complain at each other.|||Greatings,

I am Qwonland. I have both Faction and Prophecies version of GuildWars. Ever since iI have Complete all the mission (but not all quests) of both versions of GuildWars. I wish to move on to another level of Enlightment. After reading some of the posts in this Lore Forum. I feel attracted to it. So I wish from this forum I will learn more about GuildWars and its uncover (in-game) history.

I hope you can forgive me with my poor grammer and spelling mistake, yet at the same time taking me with you to travel past time and study the historical background of Tyria and Cantha.

In-game name: Celesta Qwonland (Ritualist)

Guild Wars World Map 6.0!

[:1]Hi guys!

v6.0:

This version of the world map has been improved with a new Tyria-Elona coastline based on information from Guild Wars 2. This will hopefully be the last major iteration of this map, but i'll probably keep adding places as they are names in Guild Wars Beyond.

The right side of Cantha is the biggest conjecture; the position of the Battle Isles is deduced from in-game text and slightly closer to Cantha since they control it. Elona and Tyria are aligned as per this image:



Here's the standard size versions:

With Background:



Big

Medium

Small

12MB Extra Large version

Without Background:



Big

Medium

Small

18MB Extra Large version w/Textured Background

Extras:

Illustrator file with the icons I created for the map (as brushes)

Large with Symbols, no text

Large with No Text and No Symbols

Standard disclaimers apply: This is a fanwork and any geographic mistakes are mine, this map represents the best guess as to the geography and areas as presented in game.

Thanks to everyone who's suggestions have added and improved this map over the years!

Previous map versions' thread discussions are here: v5.0, v4.0, v3.0, v2.0

aus|||Sweet, nice to see this continuing :)|||Beautiful!|||Wonderful map that makes it much easier to unify my image of the Guild Wars world.|||Wow, great work! Can't imagine how much time you must have put into it!|||Even though I didn't have anything to do with the following video, I'm a little proud that the winning entry for the GW2 Ambassador Contest used this map as a background image. Congrats guys.

Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtAREKLnyzI

aus