Sylvari
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“Evil threatens Tyria, but our dream will guide us through darkness... to dawn.
— Caithe
The sylvari are a young, inquisitive race of creatures spawned from the Pale Tree in Arbor Bay. The tree was planted by Ventari and Ronan, a Centaur and a human attempting to escape the violence that engulfed Tyria.
The sylvari awoke with the dawn of a new age in Tyria. They are beings of light, as they have yet to be corrupted by the knowledge of sorrow, suspicion, or hatred. The sylvari are a response to the threat of the dragons[1], and as such, they believe it is their destiny to hunt the dragons. They have an innate bond with plants, and each other, which they call the Dream of Dreams. However, concealed within the Dream of Dreams are nightmares, something which the sylvari do not yet understand. These nightmares have manifested themselves in the form of the Nightmare Court, a sylvari faction who have turned against their own kind.
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[edit] Physiology
The sylvari are a botanical race, exhibiting plantlike characteristics such as floral hair and leaf-like ears, and they do not appear to age. Sylvari armor and weapons are crafted from organic material, such as roots and leaves.[2]
[edit] Racial ability
The sylvari have been seen awakening ancient creatures of stone into life. Nothing more is known about their powers.
[edit] Playing as a sylvari
When choosing Sylvari as a race, one selects the time of day at which a sylvari is born, determining the season a sylvari is associated with. Their seasonal alignment affects their personal story, but does not grant them anything power-related.[3]
| Time of day | Season |
|---|---|
| Dawn | Spring |
| Day | Summer |
| Twilight | Autumn |
| Night | Winter |
[edit] Notes
- Sylvari is used in the plural, possessive and singular forms.
[edit] Trivia
- Sylvari has an etymological root in Latin, as silva is Latin for forest.
- The concept for the sylvari was likely developed from the sidhe, a race planned for the unimplemented Guild Wars Utopia. This race in turn had probably evolved from the Irish mythological aos sí, also known as aes sídhe.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Guild Wars 2: Preview Interview, MMORPG
- ^ PCGameplay Article on Guildwars 2, english translation of Dutch PCGameplay article
- ^ Guild Wars 2 - ArenaNet im Interview - Teil 1, Onlinewelten
| Playable races | |
|---|---|
| Asura | Dynamics • Synergetics • Statics |
| Charr | Ash • Iron • Blood |
| Human | Ascalonian • Canthan • Elonian • Krytan |
| Norn | Bear • Raven • Snow Leopard • Wolf |
| Sylvari | Spring • Summer • Autumn • Winter |
