Curse

Francis Demeules · Apr 25, 2006, 02:44 PM // 14:44

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Originally Posted by Canadian Bacon

Think of it like a spider's web. The outer parts of the web are the continents, and the middle, where the threads are densely packed, is the central hub like HoH. Now imagine you throw a rock at the web, and score a bull's eye. Although the centre is gone, the outer pieces of the web remain standing.

This is what I thought. The spider can repair the center anyway. For the moment, we see that rock got a part of the web now (The Darknesses). When we destroy those fiends, it looks like we have repaired a part for awhile.

anubis_master · Apr 26, 2006, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Earlyer somone asked about the stones at grenditch courthouse. well there not stones at all. If you look closely at them there made of metal. now befor you say "stfu there stones, iv thought they were stones ever scince i was a little nooblet and thats the way they are.". Look at the top. inside there id fire buring in them whitch means they are holow. if it was stonr it woulnt be able to holowed out that perfetly by ancent craftsmen have a fire burn insde and have it still standing.

Warcheif_Jonval · Apr 27, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Ive got an idea on how the boats in Scoundrels rise, the tarnished state of the tarnished coast, and the current activity in the Ring of Fire....

Orr, as we know, was an equal in might to the other 2 kingdoms, and the cataclysim obliterated the entire kingdom. How could an explosion so large and powerful that it turned a peninsula into a sea have so little visual effect on everything else? simple, were looking on too small of a scale.

The explosion did a number on the turrain directly east of the crater, it has very visual ripples in it still, one year after the fact. The explosion could have been so violent that it not only scorched the southern edge of Magguma but tilted the entire Krytan plate so that kryta its self had more land revieled.

Now, onto the utter ruination of Ascalon by a few crytaline missles!

Look at the Impact Crater in Pockmark flats. stand in it. It looks like a nuke was dropped in that area, the landscape is smooth, the buildings in it leveled compleately, and the soil directly near it was liquified (as seen by the tar pit the missle still sits in. It cant rain there anymore, there is no water to drop on it.) The explosion from the impact of that probobly set most of Ascalon on fire. That combined with the Charr's worshop of fire, probobly gave the Searing its name.

Now, the rocky ridges, cliffs and overhangs orrigionaly not there were probobly casued by the missle in Impact Crater. The best example of these cliffs is where Barradin's old estate was. Its smoothed a bit since the searing, but the land still was quite a bit flatter back then. (the point im reffering too is south of where you do the first warrior quest in presear)

Canadian Bacon · Apr 27, 2006, 01:51 AM // 01:51

Warchief, I think those sound good. I had always imagined the Ascalon crystals to be bombs that make one explosion and thats it, but you could be right with the theory that they were rather more like nukes: huge inital blast radius, plus tremedous heat radiating from the blast site. That explains why all of Ascalon in burnt and not just the impact zones.

Gmr Leon · Apr 27, 2006, 02:06 AM // 02:06

Not able to rain there. That seems a bit incorrect because as long as there is water in an area it can evaporate,condense,and rain. We see that there is water still around Fort Ranik so it can go through the whole water cycle and rain.

Though the fact that most of the water became tar kind of puts that down because there has to be water for there to be rain. Then again we have to remember Stormcaller,what if in fact,it's like a double-edged sword. It can be used as a weapon against the Charr and to make the land fertile once more.

Also,I don't quite understand why they don't just take the crystal meteorites and forge them into powerful weapons. You know,mine them like they mine the metals that created the weapons and armor they use today. After 2 years you would think they might have thought of that. Use your enemies weapon against them in the form of stronger armor and weapons.

Francis Demeules · Apr 27, 2006, 02:16 AM // 02:16

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

Also,I don't quite understand why they don't just take the crystal meteorites and forge them into powerful weapons. You know,mine them like they mine the metals that created the weapons and armor they use today. After 2 years you would think they might have thought of that. Use your enemies weapon against them in the form of stronger armor and weapons.

Too much energies come out from these crystals. If you break a part of one crystal, imagine all the power it can release. It like you want to take an AA battery and try to cut in 2 when it stills hot. The acid will splash to that fissure you will create and even explode.

Gmr Leon · Apr 27, 2006, 02:21 AM // 02:21

How can you be so sure they hold energy though? We see only some of them have lightning coming out from them and the rest seem to be just letting out light that causes plants to start growing again.

Francis Demeules · Apr 27, 2006, 03:15 AM // 03:15

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

How can you be so sure they hold energy though? We see only some of them have lightning coming out from them and the rest seem to be just letting out light that causes plants to start growing again.

1st) Not so sure. Im never sure when I think for something in a topic like this. It always something I think.

2nd) You answered by yourself about lightning that show Crystals have an energy potential in it. those which they show lightning mean they're at a high energy intensity. Majority of them cant show it. But I still say these crystals emerge an energy, maybe not stronger than others, which it can be deadly.

And for plants. I dont like these plants growing in a wasteland anyway. Dark and small..... maybe good thing, maybe not. We can say easly:"plants grow at Ascalon and the ground is fertile". I can say, it likes high reach in Maguuma Jungle: Only hardy plants can survive. Same thing here. It will take a long time before the ground becomes fertile again.

Like I said before, I just a thought. We can say other things which its relative about this crystals and more but this is what I thought for now.

I was thinking about reason during the Searing (Kinder stupid but anyway), but I will tell it later, in the morning perhaps or afternoon.

anubis_master · Apr 27, 2006, 08:10 PM // 20:10

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Originally Posted by GmrLeon

How can you be so sure they hold energy though? We see only some of them have lightning coming out from them and the rest seem to be just letting out light that causes plants to start growing again.

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2nd) You answered by yourself about lightning that show Crystals have an energy potential in it. those which they show lightning mean they're at a high energy intensity. Majority of them cant show it. But I still say these crystals emerge an energy, maybe not stronger than others, which it can be deadly.

Havent you ppl studyed weather in school!!! lighting stricks the talest object. "look up wait whats that no trees just a giant crystal"...the lightning would strick the crystel with or without energy.

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Also,I don't quite understand why they don't just take the crystal meteorites and forge them into powerful weapons. You know,mine them like they mine the metals that created the weapons and armor they use today. After 2 years you would think they might have thought of that. Use your enemies weapon against them in the form of stronger armor and weapons.

There is alot of stuff going on in ascolon like war... im pretty sure making crystels into weapons that may or may not be good is top iteam on their list.

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Look at the Impact Crater in Pockmark flats. stand in it. It looks like a nuke was dropped in that area, the landscape is smooth, the buildings in it leveled compleately, and the soil directly near it was liquified (as seen by the tar pit the missle still sits in. It cant rain there anymore, there is no water to drop on it.) The explosion from the impact of that probobly set most of Ascalon on fire. That combined with the Charr's worshop of fire, probobly gave the Searing its name.

If it wasnt able to rain it means no water no water means nothing to drink and all ascolons die unless they have secret gatoraid storage facilities.

Son of Urza · Apr 27, 2006, 09:38 PM // 21:38

His point was that the lightning was coming FROM the crystals, not simply striking them. The energy needed to create a static arc is large indeed.

Gmr Leon · Apr 27, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

Yes,I do know that lightning strikes the tallest object in an area. Though,you don't see any lightning strike them like Urza pointed out. In my opinion the Ascalonians should study those crystals more intently than just what brought their kingdom down. I would still like to see them use Stormcaller to make the land fertile once more,but like Francis pointed out,maybe only the hardy plants would survive.

Ok,thanks to wikipedia I now know a bit more about tar. Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Now what's interesting is,the Ascalonians could use the tar that replaces they're rivers and lakes to fix up some of their buildings. Tar was a vital component of the first sealed, or "tarmac", roads. It was also used as seal for roofing shingles and to seal the hulls of ships and boats.

Though why they haven't tried to rebuild still confounds me.

Francis Demeules · Apr 28, 2006, 03:14 PM // 15:14

Someone pointed the Crystals looks the same in Crystal Desert. If so, is it the Charr who created this falling crystals in the sky? Everybody can thinking about the Charr did this. Rather stupid on this one but, I think..... The Cataclysm happened at the same time with Pre-searing. I mean, it wont take a day to go to Orr from Ascalon. Maybe they got a war in Crystal desert and for the final decision, Khilbron destroyed Orr and Crystals fell apart in the world of Tyria at the impact of the explosion and shockwave: Pre-Searing at Ascalon, the magical water of Maguuma Jungle, etc.

anubis_master · Apr 28, 2006, 08:23 PM // 20:23

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Originally Posted by Francis Demeules

Someone pointed the Crystals looks the same in Crystal Desert. If so, is it the Charr who created this falling crystals in the sky? Everybody can thinking about the Charr did this. Rather stupid on this one but, I think..... The Cataclysm happened at the same time with Pre-searing. I mean, it wont take a day to go to Orr from Ascalon. Maybe they got a war in Crystal desert and for the final decision, Khilbron destroyed Orr and Crystals fell apart in the world of Tyria at the impact of the explosion and shockwave: Pre-Searing at Ascalon, the magical water of Maguuma Jungle, etc.

Watch the video that is played after you kill the charr while you are training for the accadomy. the narrarater says "it was that day that the charr found a way around the wall." you see a bunch of charr surounding a large culdren. the flame tapper says a spell then the culdren starts sptiiting out the crystels that then crash allover ascolon.

In this thread might explane it. read about how posibly the lich may have givin the charr the magic to creat the searing. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3003327.

Moon-Gel · May 14, 2006, 08:48 PM // 20:48

i was walking round the world when i ran into these 2 peculiar "thingies"

-i found the tree house while walking around in silver wood
-the pic of bal ( i suppose) i found while exploring the pockmark Flats.

these struck me as odd, and just wanted to see if anyone had some insight.

Gmr Leon · May 14, 2006, 10:46 PM // 22:46

1st,those treehouses are all over the place in the Maguuma Jungle. 2nd,that was once a temple to those who praise Balthazar.

Moon-Gel · May 14, 2006, 11:01 PM // 23:01

i know that, my point is, why are the tree houses there?
and what temple was that? (town, city...)

Gmr Leon · May 14, 2006, 11:05 PM // 23:05

They seem to be the druids homes either that or the Shining Blades' homes. Not really sure what town that may have been,but remember it doesn't tell us every town that existed in Pre-Searing.

anubis_master · May 20, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46

the druids are long gone, just some of there spirits are left romming tyria so if they were druid homes they would be covered in growth by now.