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Old May 19, 2006, 10:18 PM // 22:18   #1
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If you read in the Manuscripts it is said that Arah is the city of the gods. Melandru, Lyssa, Balthazar, and Dwayna, but Grenth never walked the roads of Arah. It never mentions Grenth living in Arah so where on Tyria did he stay before the gods left Tyria for good?

Also, the gods left Tyria so does that not mean they could be on another continent?

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Old May 19, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31   #2
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This is something in general I would like ANET to exapand upon. The details of everything and give us insight to things of this nature.

So far to our knowledge we have 8 named "living" Deities. The 'Greater' Five and three "Queens" that are demi-gods mentioend in the Factions handbook. We also have the former god of Death (whose name I forget).

Possible that the gods "live" on another conteient? Of course. I suspect that Chapter 5 with deal GREATLY in the Realms of the Gods (being the 5th year of Guildwars, they'd want to celebrate it with something big).

I can't wait untill we can further our selves in this nature and get more detail into questions like you have. Like are there any "Chosen" of sort that walk? Do any of the "First" followers still live today? Things of that nature.
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Old May 20, 2006, 09:43 PM // 21:43   #3
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Also,the gods left Tyria so does that not mean they could be on another continent?
Tyria is the name of the planet, in addition to being the name of the Prophecies continent. Everything I have seen says they they left the entire world, not just the single continent (they havent reappeared in cantha either). Why they took such an interest in tyria (the continent) in the first place is unknown, but maybe it will be covered later.
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Old May 20, 2006, 10:39 PM // 22:39   #4
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Neriandal, Chapter 5 will be out before guild wars is out 5 years...expansion every 6 months remember?
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Old May 20, 2006, 11:43 PM // 23:43   #5
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Neriandal, Chapter 5 will be out before guild wars is out 5 years...expansion every 6 months remember?
*Possibly* I have a sneaky feeling it'll be every 9 months to a year since they will want to make the best out of each Chapter with updates, bug fixes and so on.

None the less, Chapter 5 will be fun I'm sure. Because I know we will eventually deal with the Great Five (READ INTO THAT ) a great deal more.
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Old May 20, 2006, 11:57 PM // 23:57   #6
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though there is plenty of ROOM in cantha for some expansion like Sorrows Furnace was to Prophecies... I have a sneaky suspicion that this Particular Devo team, (Whos first time out of the gate is factions), Will not be providing much more in the way of content or bonus areas for those that purchased Factions. I have a feeling anything new that did not make it into Factions will not see the light of day till Chapter 3. Basically Auction House features, and more guild services, and More God Bonus areas... IE the 3 remaining Spirits From ToA and Zin Cu... I think the $50 we wasted on faction is now down the drain at this point... We can hope and request all we want, but nothing new will pop up now, except for Nerfing everything that made Faction more interesting, till chapter 3...
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Old May 21, 2006, 06:16 AM // 06:16   #7
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Tyria is the name of the planet, in addition to being the name of the Prophecies continent.
I had a conversation with someone in Lion's Arch about Tyria being the name of the planet of which we played. He/she said it's just the continent and there may not be a name for the planet we're playing on. So really now, there may not be a name for the planet we play on so...when are they going to name the planet we play on?

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Old May 21, 2006, 07:34 AM // 07:34   #8
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If you read in the Manuscripts it is said that Arah is the city of the gods. Melandru,Lyssa,Balthazar,and Dwayna,but Grenth never walked the roads of Arah. It never mentions Grenth living in Arah so where on Tyria did he stay before the gods left Tyria for good?

Also,the gods left Tyria so does that not mean they could be on another continent?
Was Grenth a god then? Considering the whole battle on the Planes with Dhumm in the UW etc, and that Grenth's first followers probably didn't exist till later.

In any case, I doubt the god of death would be welcome to walk the streets xD
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Old May 21, 2006, 09:57 AM // 09:57   #9
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Mhmm.. maybe they could expand on this in Chapter 3? I suspect that the Arab-ish landscape they've pictured for Chapter 3 is the Ancient Elonians (I dunno how they can link characters there... time machine? ooh..). If it is so, having a setting preluding Prophecies might mean that it might be far back enough for the exit of the gods to be less far back than it is now, and part of the storyline? It could even be the Margonites, predating the Elonians in the desert.

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Old May 21, 2006, 02:01 PM // 14:01   #10
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At the temple of the ages Grenth was the first god to have his statue built there long before any others. So its possible that the Krytan swamps are where he once had a temple of some sort.
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Old May 21, 2006, 03:37 PM // 15:37   #11
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Grenth was the first to have his statue built there? I don't remember reading that anywhere...
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agreed, in mythology, not many ppl casually mention the god of death, so it seems no suprise that he didn't, or wudn't, walk the streets of arah. i agree that he may have had the first statue at toa, seems logical that the god of death wud have a temple in a swamp. finally, i think ingram is right wit the whole update thing. this dev team seemed to be lacking imo, and needed to either read forums mo, or play the game mo. sum o teh new spells r cool, but one thing that made me anrgy wuz smite monk. o well, we can jus hope 3 will be better.........
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Old May 22, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14   #13
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Chapter 2 is mechanically different, everyone must take that into account. They're trying to keep us on our heels, to keep the excitement instead of getting into a groove and eventualling boring us true players.

Back to the gods tho, Grenth is probally the only God that isn't spoken aloud. As in "real world" terms, the gods who maintain the portfoilo(s) of (the) dead, aren't spoke about really, as many people (by stigma, and previous incidents/gods) make that portfolio a 'bad' thing, when, as I so believe, death is a balance in life. Necromancers are the balancers of life.

They are three things 'White', 'Grey', and 'Black'. 'White' being the Healing, the caretaker, the (stigma) "Good" type. 'Grey' are the truest balancers, they cast to hurt and to heal. They take and they give. They're the most "Neutral" of the group. Then of course we have the most "Evil" (again, by stigma) of the group, the 'Black' necromancers that deal with Death rather then the 'White' who deal with Life. They're the ones that are the caretakers of the graves, the dealer of the dead and raise an army of corpses to help they're cause.

Grenth is all three. He is truely better then his predecesor, which everyone feared. Grenth has taken it upon him to make death to be all three, the cycle of life basically. He will always be misunderstood untill the end of the life for the worrier. So yeah, he was likely talked about and known in Arah (if he was a god by then mind you.) but not as openly as he is today because of the stigma and 'evil' 'black' necromancers that ran around with the previous god.

Long explantion? I think not
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Old May 22, 2006, 05:31 PM // 17:31   #14
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it never mentions Grenth living in Arah so where on Tyria did he stay before the gods left Tyria for good?
grenth lived with gwen for a little bit then he sent her to the underworld when she made him mad and he fled in fear of being caught for his actions.

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Old May 22, 2006, 06:09 PM // 18:09   #15
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more like the lore team had nothing to do with the game.. the stuff is so inconsistant
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Old May 22, 2006, 07:20 PM // 19:20   #16
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where do you guys find this mythology out? is it in the gw game booklet, or do you have to talk to npcs/do quests to uncover this information?
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Old May 22, 2006, 07:27 PM // 19:27   #17
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What are you speaking of exactly Saneo?
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divisions of the gods, ancient civilizations(besides the elonians), ancient battles, things like that. the, what seems to me, more obscure facts
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Old May 22, 2006, 07:39 PM // 19:39   #19
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Werll, with some of these things are spoken about by NPC (like the Elonians). Others, like the "types" of Necromancers that exist are by my...personal experinces and enjoyment of Fantasy games.

The more detail things have, the more interestested people are.
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Old May 22, 2006, 07:52 PM // 19:52   #20
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i guess i should have read what they said...XD
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