Curse

X Chilli · Aug 29, 2007, 05:15 PM // 17:15

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Originally Posted by mazey vorstagg

I'm fairly sure it's a big dervish mandragor/earth ele mandragor/necromancer mantid

Looking forward to some 8000 dmg Shockwave.

Stolen Souls · Aug 29, 2007, 05:19 PM // 17:19

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Originally Posted by X Chilli

Looking forward to some 8000 dmg Shockwave.

Wonder if he'll drop a green. *plans to farm him* >.>

Mordakai · Aug 29, 2007, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Found some info on the name "Drakkar."

It apparently is a corruption of the old Norse word for Dragon (dreki).

It is used to describe Viking Longships:

"There were two distinct classes of Viking ships: the longship (sometimes erroneously called "drakkar", a corruption of "dragon" in Norse) and the knarr. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking

R!ghteous Ind!gnation · Aug 29, 2007, 05:55 PM // 17:55

OK here goes.... throughout GW there are historians that have various tidbits of information about Giant creatures like this. This one in particular is probably (most certainly) called a drakkar. You can actually see the next one that we will see in char territory by looking at the map and finding the big ridges that run through the area. For more information see these:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/The_Great_Giants

Also.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Great_Giants

R!ghteous Ind!gnation · Aug 29, 2007, 05:59 PM // 17:59

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Originally Posted by Dragasa

It's Cthulhu. In GW2 we fight the Great Old Ones.

Ummmm anything to back this up?

Mordakai · Aug 29, 2007, 06:01 PM // 18:01

^^^ Pretty sure it was a joke.

Thomas.knbk · Aug 29, 2007, 06:21 PM // 18:21

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Originally Posted by crazybanshee

It's a Drakkar, duh

It's quite definitely not a drakkar. Drakkars were boats the vikings used to sail the world. This is not a boat. It's a monster. A Freakin Huge Monster.

EDIT: Didn't realise the viking boats were named after their word for Dragon. I thought 'drakkar' was only used to describe the boat. It's indeed quite possibly a drakkar.

R!ghteous Ind!gnation · Aug 29, 2007, 06:23 PM // 18:23

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Originally Posted by Thomas.knbk

It's quite definitely not a drakkar. Drakkars were boats the vikings used to sail the world. This is not a boat. It's a monster. A Freakin Huge Monster.

Drakkars where what they named the boats because they named the boats after Norse mythological sea dragons... but good effort.

Dragasa · Aug 29, 2007, 08:58 PM // 20:58

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Originally Posted by R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Ummmm anything to back this up?

It's a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Old_One

MSecorsky · Aug 29, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

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Originally Posted by R!ghteous Ind!gnation

Drakkars where what they named the boats because they named the boats after Norse mythological sea dragons... but good effort.

Drakkars are the longships with dragon or drake heads mounted on the prow. Not all longships are drakkars. Usually the drakkar represents the chieftain or whomever is in charge.

Interpret drakkar to dragon/drake and this is simply Dragon Lake.

Aptly named.

No one seems to have mentioned the connection to Jora and her brother venturing onto the lake and her brother somehow connecting with something in the ice. He went evil, Jora lost her bear, etc.

I believe we found the cause of the affliction.

White knight lord · Aug 29, 2007, 10:11 PM // 22:11

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Originally Posted by Lord Palidore

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Originally Posted by Omniclasm
Zomg it's Bigfoot

Wrong mythological creature :P More likely the Loch Ness monster- that's what I thought anyway.

Kinda Funny someone said this... the Loch Ness is a mythological creature too.

Here are links to see a Drakkar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakkar
*Note* (This is the 1s choice uder the Drakkar references)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longship

Shakra · Aug 29, 2007, 10:18 PM // 22:18

Holly Crap!!!!!!

IT IS A BIG DESTROYER!

I want one for christmas.

S.

White knight lord · Aug 29, 2007, 10:20 PM // 22:20

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Originally Posted by Turbobusa

possible spoiler

in a cutscreen you see jora and her brother talking about something under water.
they wake it up, trransforming jora's brother into a bear.

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Originally Posted by MSecorsky

No one seems to have mentioned the connection to Jora and her brother venturing onto the lake and her brother somehow connecting with something in the ice. He went evil, Jora lost her bear, etc.

Might wanna Pay attention a little more :P

Aerv · Aug 29, 2007, 10:26 PM // 22:26

I don't care what it is, as long as I get to fight it and I get a mini-pet of it.

Senrath · Aug 29, 2007, 11:11 PM // 23:11

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Originally Posted by Aerv

I don't care what it is, as long as I get to fight it and I get a mini-pet of it.

QFT

Too bad we'll have to wait for GW2 to actually do things with it...

Mr.Deflok · Aug 29, 2007, 11:51 PM // 23:51

It's sad, then, that we probably won't be able to fight it.

And if we do, it'll probably be tentacles flying out of the ice and a head in the middle... kinda like a Zelda boss

revelation · Aug 29, 2007, 11:54 PM // 23:54

I think it's Gwen's father..

nimloth32 · Aug 30, 2007, 02:12 AM // 02:12

i bet that would be one of the variation of great destroyer's henchies or the great destroyer itself..:P..it would be senseless if anet comes out with another antagonist other than great destroyer in GW:EN that will only cause confusion story-wise..:P

or perhaps it would be mallyx or abaddon's reincarnation..

Nafergo · Aug 30, 2007, 03:27 AM // 03:27

something that looks like a dragon (glint sis) in a place called drakkar lake... Maybe they call the place Drakkar lake because there is a drakkar (aka dragon) there... but thats pure speculation. Probably is an old norn fisherman (was an outcast...) who went farming (fishing...) solo, felt in the lake and frozed while using a elite skill called "drakk queen"

anyway, whats the odds of arena revealing the great destroyer in the preview weekend?

arcanemacabre · Aug 30, 2007, 03:39 AM // 03:39

OK, let me clear something up - just because the lake is called "Drakkar Lake" and it has a large creature that resembles a dragon, doesn't necessarily mean it is a dragon. Ever think that maybe the lake was called that because the people who named it thought it was a dragon?

Think about it, European settlers called the natives they found in America "Indians" because they originally thought they had landed on India. That designation didn't make them "Indians."