Sylvari

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The Sylvari are a young, inquisitive race of creatures spawned from a magical 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 still carry Ventari's beliefs and morals, despite his death long before the Firstborn Sylvari even appeared because of the Ventari Tablet.

The Sylvari have an innate bond with plants, and each other. They call this the Dream of Dreams. However, concealed within the Dream of Dreams are nightmares, something which the Sylvari do not yet understand. The Sylvari are a young race of nature spirits who had awakened 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.

[edit] Characteristics

• Naive
• Gifted
• Curious
• Shy
• Mystic

[edit] Notes

• "Sylvari" is used in the plural, possessive and singular forms.
• In The Movement of the World article, it states, "Thus, when a Sylvari emerges, she knows a great deal more about the world than one might expect." This could mean that all Sylvari are born female.

[edit] Trivia

• Silva is Latin for forest.
• The word Sylvari is slightly changed from the latin word silvarum, "of the forest". If silvarum is used as a singular, second declension noun, then silvari would be the plural, "people of the forest".
• The concept for the Sylvari probably evolved from the "Sidhe", which is the name of a race that was intended to be in Utopia. Concept art for the Sidhe can be found here, here and here.

[edit] See also

• The Movement of the World