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heist23 · Aug 16, 2006, 06:35 AM // 06:35

The Tarnished Coast is a region in Tyria. Nothing new. At all.

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

Check out Guildwiki if you ever have any questions.

brokenmonkey · Aug 16, 2006, 07:52 AM // 07:52

hmm it said this side tho so maby tyria is a island like all continents=D

Vala Tarsis · Aug 16, 2006, 08:18 PM // 20:18

I've been trying to find a site that gives me Canthan phrases that I can use in my fan fiction, but as of yet, I've had no luck. Does anyone have a list of phrases that are in the Canthan language that they could post?

Like, stuff Vizu says, and Yijo's mother's greeting to Togo. Thank you

Sentao Nugra · Aug 16, 2006, 11:27 PM // 23:27

Go to www.guildwiki.org and use their questlog to find text that is given by certain characters, you might also be able to do it through searching the characters and looking if they have a related quests tab.

Like so:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Missing_Daughter

Vala Tarsis · Aug 18, 2006, 05:27 PM // 17:27

Oh thank you, this should help a lot ^_^

Mrscoombes · Aug 20, 2006, 03:38 PM // 15:38

The charr's gods. Yep. If you've seen the burning effigy's but not completed the game, GTFO of this thread quick! Well I completed the tyria game...only to find i need to kill MORE titans. Well I got to the ascalon 1 and on first try got about 50% through it. Then I thought, "HAAAAANG ON A SECOND." Why on earth are the charr suddenly level 24? And why are the titans not ripping them apart? Ever noticed the shape of the burning effigy's of the charr's longlost gods? Those are the exact same shape as the Armaggedon Lords. The charr must've thrown themselves at the feet of the titans when they saw them, so the titans spared them. I dunno how the charr became lvl 24 though. Maybe the Lich or some other force uberized some of them? Discussioness.

johan the destroyer · Aug 20, 2006, 03:54 PM // 15:54

The Charr are level 24 in order for it to seem like the war in ascalon has escalated in your absence/to provide you with more of a challenge. Yes, the charr do worship the titans, that is what their effigys represent (see:Presearing).

Mrscoombes · Aug 20, 2006, 04:16 PM // 16:16

You know on the tahnakai temple mission you fight the heroes of cantha? Well, when you complete it you can go back and have a lovely chat with them. Well, also, when you complete the game, Togo dies. Once the game is completed go back to the explorable tahnakai area. Find the Kaolai ghost. Not there? No he isn't. Who's that standing in his place?

<sarcasm>

MASTER TOGO OMFG FIND OF THE CENTURY.

</sarcasm>

I then proceeded to type /jump in order to display my great joy. I then proceeded to write this thread to inform you all.

Mrscoombes · Aug 20, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

Also if you kneel to him you get granted a green 'Togos staff' It's an RT 1 though.

Mournblade · Aug 20, 2006, 05:12 PM // 17:12

You should turn your massive powers of investigatory prowess to something more challenging, like finding what happened to Gwen after the Searing in Tyria.

Mournblade · Aug 20, 2006, 05:17 PM // 17:17

Go back and read some of the Lore topics in this forum mrscoombes - it's been well documented that the charr worship the titans.

Mrscoombes · Aug 20, 2006, 05:31 PM // 17:31

I took her in my van and had my way with her.

beleg curudin · Aug 20, 2006, 11:00 PM // 23:00

The Charr have to Effigys they burn, one is the titan, burning as it does. And the second is thought to be either the lich or the mursaat. If it is the mursaat then it is on fire to symbolize the Titans destroying them.

Algeron Zolo · Aug 21, 2006, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Ok, after extensive research, i believe i have a good theory about who created the Temple of Balthazar in Maguuma jungle. i belive that the temple, was indeed, made by Druids.
But Algeron, the Druids worshipped Melandru, not Balthazar you say.
Well, i believe the temple's creators were not true druids, at least in not the whey bread eating, brown cloak wearing, long bearded old guy sense.
I think these druids are actually from neighboring Kryta.

You see, i think that the Temple builders where actually a group (cult maybe?) of mages, alchemists, elementalists, etc. that were forced out of Kryta by thier magic fearing brothers. I say that this group weileded magic because they built the walls of thier temples with shiny, reflective materials. These materials are found no where else in the world, except in these two temples. I also believe that it is actually regular stone that has absorbed some of the magic that its builders possesed. This is why the Krytan stone only reflects normally, like a mirror would. While the Balthazar temple stone actually has bands of light moving across it. Because the magic of the Druids was more potent when they built thier jungle temple, than when they built thier Krytan one. Also, if they left near to when the Musaat came to power, that would explain why there is an eye of janthrir in the temple. Not because it was a Mursaat temple, but because these Druids HATED the mursaat. That is why there are 3 clawed pincers surrounding the eye. To show that they oppossed the Musaat. Also, the eye appears to be on a kind of stage. So that whenever a memeber of these druids stood on the stage, they would stand on the eye. They dislike the mursaat because the Mursaat would have definetly have removed any threats to their rule early on. Threats including magic wielding druids.

Another point, I believe that the builders were originally Krytans becuase i have actually found an old Kryatn temple near Giant's Basin! While the architecture of this temple and the Balthazar temple are quite different, they both are made of the same reflective material. (as mentioned above) I have also found certain sections of lion's Arch that are made with this material. The architecture of the two temple is different because, although these Druids were Krytan, they adopted bits and peices of the Melandru (the true druids) druid's culture. One piece being the love of nature that they had. (being disciples of Melandru) As you can see, the jungle Balthazar temple is very curvy, almost rising out of the ground more than standing on it. While the Krytan temple, built before they went to the maguuma, is very hard, and made mostly out of geometric shapes. It dominates its landscape, instead of emulating it.
But, while these Krytan-druids did emulate druid architecture, they did not adopt the druid's god. This is why it has a Balthazar staute in it.

So that is my 2 cents. If you have any questions, please post them. As it is very, very possible i have left something out of my opening post. Hopefully this new evidence will put to rest the mystery surrounding The Temple of Balthazar.

Ashantara · Aug 23, 2006, 03:23 AM // 03:23

Hey,

not sure if this has been posted before (if so: my apologies).

Over a year ago, I discovered this cool NPC (a collector) in Majesty's Rest (Kryta):

She is named after the character of Isabeaux (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) and her lover, the knight Navarre (played by Rutger Hauer) from my all-time favorite fantasy movie "Ladyhawke" (1985).

I just had to post this after all for the coolness of it (kudos to the game designers for apparently loving this movie as much as I do).

anubis_master · Aug 23, 2006, 03:26 AM // 03:26

ok... your just making up random jiber-stuff

the druids never hated the mursaat the druids packed their bags and left long before the mursaat were ever there. that first pic of the temple was made by the white mantle not a cult. and as for the reflective stone i have no clue wtf that is about

Mournblade · Aug 23, 2006, 01:59 PM // 13:59

Yeah, its in the Easter Egg thread.

Age · Sep 05, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

What do you know about this?I was doing some reading on the Wiki lastnight and read this and it sounds interesting.This has a connection to the Hall of Heros as well.Who would like to see it implemented in the series.

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

What is it you know about it?

Tyggen · Sep 05, 2006, 10:46 PM // 22:46

I smell a(nother) loose end, hope Anet gets around to tying them up instead of making new with future chapters

-edit-

I doubt the topk is the same tomb mentioned there since the people in the desert weren't ascalonians. Although it is an interesting possiblity that the portal in Drascir would take them to the desert where they made the tombs.
Anyway, I think the topk is the best designed area in the game, I'd love to see other areas like it in the future.

Addone_Abaddon · Sep 17, 2006, 07:22 PM // 19:22

Lintao, a collector, I went to him looking for armor that I didn't need to pay for, and noticed that he called himself Yohei, I went to Guildwiki to see if they had info on this and got..
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Lintao

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guildwiki

Though he says that his name is "Yohei", his name is clearly displayed as Lintao. This is most likely a typo or oversight from ArenaNet, or perhaps it could have some deeper meaning....

I then decided to search Yohei and it came up with another collector, who looked unusually like the fortune teller.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Yohei
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Fortune_Teller

Is there another mystery to solve

ps. I've searched and got no results, if there is anything to do with this post a link.