Curse

Numa Pompilius · Aug 10, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

So like the opposite of what happened to osiris?

Not quite the opposite, more like a shift of roles, but yeah.

Lordhelmos · Aug 10, 2006, 08:45 AM // 08:45

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Originally Posted by Avarre

Well that explains everything.

Well to /deaths, I died 2,788 times and came back everytime. If I can do it, anyone can. Grenth must be really slacking down there in UW, either that or theirs no vacancy because of all the 55/SS-SV's.

Avarre · Aug 10, 2006, 08:54 AM // 08:54

Only main characters get to come back

If he is a main character in Nightfall, that will allow him to be alive to be the main character. Damn Anet and their cyclical ressurection logic!

gene terrodon · Aug 10, 2006, 01:09 PM // 13:09

Well, it is only presumed Dhumm was killed as the story is the account from one "witness."
Who know's how reliable that is.

Also, that fact that there are Dhuum riders trying to take back UW, hints at his survival. They aren't trying to do this on their own.

"Before the time of Grenth, when death was ruled by a cruel and unjust god, there stood a tower and a throne on this very plain. But Grenth rose up and destroyed the one called Dhuum and shattered down his tower, leaving only these storms of chaos as a reminder of the power that once held dominion here. My vigil over these lands was broken for a time, and I can feel a resurgence of the old taint. Four horsemen approach, riders of Dhuum. Destroy them before they can reclaim this place and throw the underworld into chaos!"

source: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Dhuum

Shyft the Pyro · Aug 10, 2006, 03:08 PM // 15:08

The GW gods never claim to be all-powerful. If we're talking about a battle between two gods, it is highly unlikely that one would be able to completely annihilate another. The Chaos Rifts (in Factions and Tombs) would imply that it is indeed Dhuum that's trying to regain a foothold/following in the world since (apparently) player actions in UW stop his plans there.

I don't honestly think there is a better way to describe Dhuum than the "outcast god" in the Nightfall storyline. "Casting out" another god is precisely what I see resulting from direct conflict between two gods, especially gods fighting over a specific domain. The winner could then "expel" or "cast out" the loser, and the loser would get less powerful because of not having the same power base as before, but it doesn't mean the loser would be destroyed. Gods have this habit of preparing for things like that, you know