As a medievalist I read a lot of books which form the basis of fantasy worlds like Tyria: Arthurian romances, tales of chivalry and myths of exquisite beasts which have been told and retold for centuries and have become embedded in our culture. In the present day, people draw upon these legends for inspiration, be [...]
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Real Life Lore: Tyrian Settlement Through 12th Century Eyes
October 24th, 2012 
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Posted in Charr, Food for Thought, Human, Lore, Tyria 
Tags: charr, guild wars 2, gw2, Human, Lore 
8 Comments »Elementalist 101 – History and Systems
September 12th, 2012 Belzan Good ol’ Master Bronk taught me the benefits of superior firepower. He liked to say, “When it comes to besting the enemy, there’s no such thing as overkill.” – Asura Biography Elementalist Profession Series Part 1 So…you are considering making an elementalist in GW2? You wanna control the weather, eh? Make things go *BOOM* *ZAP* [...]
Posted in Asura, Charr, Elementalist, Human, Lore, Norn, Profession Talk, PvE, Sylvari Tags: elementalist, guild wars 2, gw2, professions, races 14 Comments »
Sylvari – The Elves of Guild Wars 2!
May 10th, 2012 paeroka The sylvari, together with the asura, are the races we haven’t yet gotten to play either in the closed beta or during the first beta weekend event. They both were playable during some gaming conventions (like GamesCom 2011), so we know they exist in a playable state, at least! But of course, not having been [...]
Posted in Guild Wars 2, Lore, Races, RP Thinktank, Sylvari, Tyria Tags: gw2, Lore, races, sylvari 12 Comments »
Asura: Cute and cuddly or heartless and selfish?
March 12th, 2012 paeroka Asura are the smallest of the playable races in Guild Wars 2. They’re the cute* race. Fuzzy, cuddly… wait – are those pointy teeth? And what’s with this maniac grin? Is… is that a golem running towards me? In other words: They are everything but cuddly and cute, that is for sure. I wonder what [...]
Ghost of Holidays Future
November 2nd, 2011 Belzan With the eighth Guild Wars Halloween coming to a close (we had two Halloweens in 2008, if you recall) it is time to work on our Sweet Tooth titles, time to dye our new costumes, time to sport our new Tricornes and Reaper’s Hoods, and time to look forward to the future. But let us [...]
Posted in Guild Wars 1, Guild Wars 2, Lore, PvE, Tyria Tags: ArenaNet, events, guild wars 1, guild wars 2 2 Comments »Snaff, the Greatest Asura
September 30th, 2011 BigCat72 SPOILER ALERT! Please be forewarned that reading from this point forward is going into material covered in the book Edge of Destiny and from an impromptu Q&A with Lore Master Jeff Grubb! “Snaff might be the greatest Asura in history and it’s not because he is the smartest but because he is personable and treats [...]
Posted in Asura, Guild Wars 2, Lore, PvE, Races, Tyria Tags: Asura, Desty's Edge, edge of destiny, Eir, Jeff Grubb, Snaff, Spoiler, Zojja 3 Comments »Of Ronan, Ventari, and the Pale Tree: The Sylvari
August 12th, 2011 Belzan Written in the voice of Belzan Furu I once knew the great centaur Ventari. We oft debated the human-centaur war over a campfire in Maguuma or the Tarnished Coast. He was wise and I learned a great deal from his teachings, even though our time together was short. He saw the conflicts between our races [...]
Posted in Guild Wars 1, Guild Wars 2, Lore, PvE, Races, Sylvari, Tyria Tags: ArenaNet, characters, guild wars 1, guild wars 2, gw2, humans, kryta, Lore, races, sylvari 3 Comments »Do Sylvari Dream of Dragons?
August 5th, 2011 Distilled Earlier today I was thinking about what we know about Guild Wars 2′s new race, the sylvari, compared to the existing ones. Each race so far has had its own strengths, but also its own inner turmoils. For the humans it is the tension between the Ministry Guard, the Shining Blade and the Seraph. For [...]
Posted in Food for Thought, Guild Wars 2, Lore, Sylvari Tags: caithe, dragons, Lore, races, sylvari 12 Comments »Legate Minister Caudecus: Can he be trusted?
August 3rd, 2011 Belzan Author’s note: As an author, I enjoy a bit of artistic license and have a great deal of fun writing articles and stories from the point of view of my characters/avatars. While this article is written by Belzan the Talk Tyria (TT) author, it is written in Belzan Furu, the GW character’s voice and from his perspective. I hope [...]
Posted in Guild Wars 1, Guild Wars 2, Human, Lore, RP Thinktank, Tyria Tags: caudecus, characters, Divinity's Reach, edge of destiny, EoD, humans, Jennah, kryta, Lore, politics 12 Comments »Caithe of the Firstborn
July 27th, 2011 Izari It’s tough to talk about the sylvari because there’s still so much we don’t know about them. The newest of the playable races, they’re the only ones we haven’t encountered in Guild Wars and so we lack any hindsight for their existence or basis to really compare to. The state of their design also adds [...]
