[Northern Tyrian Lore] Chapter 4 Civilization

[Lord Neff]

Since Chapter 2 took us to the home of the merchants we meet in Prophecies and Chapter 3 is taking us to meet the Elonians. I think chapter 4 will lead us to the Margonites or as always the people of Orr if any survived.

[captain lucky]

I highly doubt the Orr one the explosion destroyed everyone except the lich guy because he protected himself using the magic and seeing how most people from Orr went to the holy city to defend I dont think there would be that many suviviors

[Arkhan The Black]

I suspect we might be going to the homeland of the Charr.

[Rae Fenrir]

I'm hoping for a bit of the ol' vengence on the Charr.

Maybe we get to do the invading this time? ;)

[Art]

Char fo' sho'

or hunting down Gwen (eh, why not?)

-Art

[Quintus Antonius]

I believe the likely civilizations we will see are either, as some have suggested, the Charr, or the ancient homeland of the Kurzicks. It may also be possible we will explore the Mursaat a bit more.

At any rate, without knowing what Chapter 3 will introduce to us, I can only speculate.

[critical vengeance]

the only dude from orr that survided was that vizier

[False Visage]

Hmm, the Charr lands might tie in too closely to the campaign of Prophecies for ANet's tastes but personally, I too agree they'd make a wonderful setting. Although let's hope they have variance and don't all look like Post-Searing Ascalon!

[Santax]

Well, most of Orr is underwater, and the Margonites are possibly early Luxons, but we haven't seen the ancestral lands of the Kurzicks yet, or the Charr homelands.

[jciardha]

For some reason, I keep thinking maybe it'll be mythical Russia. That envoy's name, Herald Demrikov, keeps nagging at me.

If not, I'd love to see a civilization based on Celtic lore and mythology.

[Laibeus Lord]

Probably the Mursaat homeland in the West of the Maguuma Jungle. At least in the GWP manuscript, it is the only place where a city was explained in detail. And the Mursaat arc has an influence in the SL of GWP.

From experiences, Cantha had influence in Tyria and so does Elona (for Elona, still disputable, though I can't help but think that the Shining Blade leader is from Elona.)

[Ezekial Bain]

I vote Charr homelands too.

[LongFo]

Yes give us some more Charr ! ... alot of people really want some other race for character making so please give us the opportunity to play as Charr :D
(plz ignore my bad spelling. I´m both tired and bad with english ;)

[Laibeus Lord]

Let's wipe-out the Charr continent once-and-for-all?? And then the new vacant continent will become the place where we "the players" can build our "player houses". (wishful thinking) :p But that will require a campaign that takes into consideration the "in-game SL time".

[Drec Sutal]

I don't think we'll be seeing the homeland of the charr for the simple reason that *they want to wipe out all of humanity!!!* how do we get NPC there? I do however think we may see more charr in chapter 4. But these will be a different tribe of char (as the tengu in Cantha) and won't want to kill us. They will probably only be secondary to humans though (in importance in the chapter) as tengu in Cantha. I suspect it will be far to the NorthWest, in the land many Orrians fled to when they floated away after the Cataclysm, or had allready gone to set up a trading post when it happened, or something. Oh, and the Vizer didn't survive the Cataclysm... he's kinda undead, not alive.

[Melly]

For some reason, I keep thinking maybe it'll be mythical Russia. That envoy's name, Herald Demrikov, keeps nagging at me.

If not, I'd love to see a civilization based on Celtic lore and mythology.


I love both of those ideas! I'd also like to see a game set in the tundra, though I suppose there wouldn't be much variety of landscape. A chapter focused on the dwarves would be awesome. :grin:

[Delusion]

charr homeland would be nice....

but only because i have a nice collection of perfect weapons with +20% dmg vs char which i might actually have a chance of selling because of it :)

[Riftbreaker Raven]

Char homelands would be interesting, but i would like to see something that hasnt already been touched on in game, give us something truly new.

[GormWolfblade]

For some reason, I keep thinking maybe it'll be mythical Russia. That envoy's name, Herald Demrikov, keeps nagging at me.

If not, I'd love to see a civilization based on Celtic lore and mythology.
You know, I was thinking the same thing. Seeing as the new chapters have been giving us almost no snow to play on :sad: (I'm assuming chapter 3 will have no snowy areas)

[Riftbreaker Raven]

mostly desert, so no probably no snow

[Yota Warrior]

According to the Scribe #9, the province of Vabbi is located in the Northernmost portion of Elona, and is also mostly mountainous, so it's very possible we'll see snow.

[ObaBear]

I want a snowy place! With beavers. Hehehe.

Truly I want a Northern climate so Anet can maybe give us a dual wielding Beserker class and maybe a bardic Skald class. It would fit in well with a Northern Nordic themed area. :D

[Seyfert]

a snowy place would be nice

[Quintus Antonius]

I think what we need to take into account is that the three chapters released now (Prophecies, Factions, and soon Nightfall) are part of a trilogy. So, when considering new probable locations, you have to take that into account. Without knowing how they plan on implementing things beyond the trilogy, I can't even begin to guess what the next chapters will be like.

[Laibeus Lord]

I agree, it is very vague at this moment to think how they will plan for the 2nd trilogy - C4 to C6 - or even if it will be a trilogy. For all we know, it could be a bi-campaign SL next - C4+C5 then C6+C7...

I think, for the enjoyment of everyone, C4 will start a new SL arc. By the 3rd trilogy (if ever it will be a trilogy arc'ing) it will link all 3 trilogies together.

But all these will be surely affected by what Blizzard is doing for WoW. If anyone have noticed, GW and WoW competition is getting hotter, features are copied, plans of the other implemented first in the other, and so on ^^

[vivalabail]

Well, I know we all hate the Orr idea, but i was always thinking... Prophecies=ancient european setting, factions=ancient(ish) asian setting, Nightfall=ancient(ish)middle-easter/african setting, so why not stick with ancient and go with an atlantian setting and make it have to do with Orr, extend the trilogy to a quadology, and make a comfrontation with other gods, as it is the "City of the Gods"

[Avoc]

PLOT TWIST!! Chapter 4 makes you play char and kill random new players in ascalon! :D
Some kind of underwater/island chain would be cool.

[BobTheTank]

Underwater?

[Sam the Angry]

How about a band of refugee Ascalonians, sick of living under the White Mantle's rule, took to the ocean to discover and settle an entire new continent that is a huge, uncharted wilderness?

[somethingorother]

I think they'll invent some sort of greek place or discover uranus or something like that (lol uranus).

[Ehecatzin FlyingCrab]

Well Anet has said they will design the n chapter cultures after real cultures, so I dont understand why people keeps wanting to stay on Orr or the charr lands when there is still so much cultures and mithology to explore. Chapter 4 could be a fresh start to explore a new setting.

I would personally like to see a Mesoamerican inspired culture into GW, but we'll get hints about the next chapter in Elona, its just a matter of waiting to find out.

[Seyfert]

I found a guy in post searing Ascalon (from one of the elementalist quests) which sort of looks like he comes from a type of North American Aboriginal tribe, maybe it's just the way I'm looking at him but it could be a possibility

[Karuro]

PLOT TWIST!! Chapter 4 makes you play char and kill random new players in ascalon! :D
Some kind of underwater/island chain would be cool.

the hidden city of Atlantis!?!? =D

[Quintus Antonius]

Personally, I hope for an ancient Greek/Roman themed area.

[Drec Sutal]

Personally, I hope for an ancient Greek/Roman themed area.

I'm thinking that or norse... maybe south america by 5 or 6?

Or we could go to orr in some way or another... but I'd guess them as being the greek/italian if we go back.

[Renegade Returns]

Either Charr lands, Kurzick or Luxon homeland but lets wait what chapter 3 has for us. Or maybe we can get to know just a little more about the dwarves. But like i said best we wait.

[Renegade Returns]

From the cultures i would really like to see a norse or any other barbaric/nomadic theme.


the hidden city of Atlantis!?!? =D

I really wanna see a underwater theme to but that wouldnt be possible since humans cant breath underwater ^^

[LuffyTubby]

Greek/Roman/Persian


and Norse mythology, seems like the most likely ones to me.


Perhaps Azetec/Indian/south american mythology.

[MadCatvanHelsing]

Charr homelands, makes me think of the watchtower coast, description says Beetletun was build to protect from a northern threat ( i've said it before :P)

Thought a South and North american setting could be nice, especialy the south one, have seen so many pics with so many colors :P With maybe concept class Priest :P a really mean meele guy/gall

[halfthought]

Since Chapter 2 took us to the home of the merchants we meet in Prophecies and Chapter 3 is taking us to meet the Elonians. I think chapter 4 will lead us to the Margonites or as always the people of Orr if any survived.


the maragonites, as explained in the lore forum AND various articles littered around the net are actaully going to be part of nightfall

[TimOfDoom]

Probably south America theme... but I'd love celtic even further north than the Charr!!!:smiley: and they have wars etc....
I vote Norse/Celtic....! Berserker and Druids forever!!!
:grin:
~Doom

[ikra]

i reckon its going to be about something aerial

[Quintus Antonius]

I'm worried about this thread. It has ceased to function as a legitamate lore thread, and is now just a wish thread. We all have some hope for what we want to see in Chapter 4, but this thread is originally created to discuss clues as to what the next chapter will contain. For instance, we could guess at Chapter 2's location based on the Xunlai Agents and various nods to Cantha; we were able to guess Elona based upon dialouge with NPCs who speak of "far off Elona". Once Chapter 3 is released, if these treads continue, we should see some sort of indication as to where Chapter 4 may take place.

[Ivan Drago]

Maybe we get a norse viking theme based around the Jomsviking berserkers:

No female chars allowed
extra large characters
cheap and strong beer

Instead of portals we will use dragon ships to sail to our farming grounds, to pillage and plunder.


Ooops, should have read Quintus before posting.

So far we have no single clue about Chapter 4. Okay, one envoy (Demrikov) had a russian name and a hole in the head. For now the next objective is to say "hello" to an outcast god. :)

[AcidDog]

One always comes back to Orr... the lore set out in Prophecies is quite lush when it comes to describing Orr and what happened there... Besides, Atlantis is from Greek mythology, as are hundreds of brilliant mythological stories.

It makes sense for ANet to use Greek mythology as the basis for one of their "chapters". It wouldn't be too much of a leap to go under the sea, GW is set in a magical era, where cities beneath the ocean are not impossible.

But remembering that Nightfall is "the end of days" it might well be that the world would not be the same after we're done with whatever is coming to get beaten down by us...

[Sir Jack]

During the Preview weekend, Emissary Dajmir 9at the Astralarium said something along the lines of "I miss my homeland Gandara"...dunno, might be an Elonian place too...

[wtfisthis]

wat about druids and we find their homeland or egyptians with their gypsies and what not.

[Rinoa Hawkeye]

Probably the Mursaat homeland in the West of the Maguuma Jungle. At least in the GWP manuscript, it is the only place where a city was explained in detail. And the Mursaat arc has an influence in the SL of GWP.

From experiences, Cantha had influence in Tyria and so does Elona (for Elona, still disputable, though I can't help but think that the Shining Blade leader is from Elona.)

I like this idea! I want to know the Mursaat backstory and see their homeland...!! :cloud9:

[Xerox]

Well when I first heard of Factions being released I thought of this idea. Call me crazy or stupid but it was the first thing that popped up.

We all know Guild Wars is focused on PvP and how each country is divided into their own region crossing over what we call the Internation Districts. When I first heard Factions being an "Asian" theme I suddenly thought that each proceeding chapter will resemble some other region of the world. Proph has Europe, Factions has Asia, and Nightfall now has Africa/Middle East. I still want to see the North and South caps to be used somehow. Maybe a industrial North America or a Exotic South America? I dont know why but my instints tell me we will be going to South America next @_@.

[Quintus Antonius]

Okay, well, this thread is going to be closed until Nightfall is released. There's just no way to tell what the next civilization will be, and this has turned into an "I wish" thread.

[Quintus Antonius]

This topic is now re-opened. Legitamate clues have begun to appear, the first I've seen in the timeline in this thread:
http://forums.gwonline.net/showpost.php?p=4453676&postcount=6

Please try to keep this about facts, and not about "I wish...." posts.

[halfthought]

I suspect we might be going to the homeland of the Charr.

hmmm, I would love this, but it seems unlikely, lets see what loose ends we have

Maguuma (muurssat stronghold is "west" of there
Orr
Charr homeland
the mists

[Heelz]

421 - Cantha begins trading with Tyria, Elona and the northern areas.

There's the civilization for Campaign 4, albeit vague. While I like how ANet tries to connect everything together, I can't help but feel that they make up most of it as they go along. They constantly retcon information, making the original Prophecies, and even the Factions, manuscripts pretty inaccurate.

[Quintus Antonius]

Well, it's important to remember that there are two different teams working on the projects. Also, chapter 4 will be the start of a whole new story arc, so we may find out in the summer or whenever it is released, that it has nothing to do with any of this.

[Sounds Risky]

It's not much, but while out roaming around in Barbarous Shore Mhenlo said the following:


I thought Ascalon was the world, but then I found Kryta. I walked through the moutains and found Elona waiting for me. I wonder what lies across the waves?

It is strange that he makes no mention of Cantha but I doubt it would be a reference to that since he's been there before, twice.

[Tuor Son Of Huor]

We should already know this:

The Charr attacked Ascalon from the "Northlands". The Charr need ale like the rest of us, dont they? Plus the Charr-Mursaat-Titan Connection needs to be fleshed out, or at least resolved in a minor way.

[Barinthus]

Yep I have a hunch that somehow we will be taken to Northlands in one of upcoming chapters. Snowball anybody?

[Chriseth]

I'm guessing we'll be with the Seer's people if anything.
Or go a bit deeper with the Forgotten

[aptaleonII]

I think it'll take place in the charr homeland, because it's the only place that's mentioned other than tyria (continent) and cantha, in nightfall! they say at one point "we have trade relations with tyria, cantha and the northlands" or something to that effect. also, nightfall reminded us of the charr again, didn't it? probably reminding us who they were for chapter 4

[MadCatvanHelsing]

We got trade relations with the northlands, we have charr from the north..
And am i the only one that actualy believes that the watchtowers at watchtowers coast are a evidence? they are after all built coz of a northern threat.


My guess would be to go North. And after the golden sun i want some snow... (white armored assasins and rangers in teh snow :P gonna be fun)

[Ranger Nietzsche]

There are a couple threads deep in the tyrian forums about those watchtowers

[Quintus Antonius]

Yeah and we never really determined what those were for. Although the Charr were one proposed theory. We also know that the Charr are intelligent and can speak Basic (I call the universal language of Guild Wars "Basic" as if you are French, it is French, if you are American or English, it is English, and so on and so forth) and are realizing now that they were betrayed by the Titans. We may see a Charr uprising in the Northlands against Abaddon and the Titans.

[Zaishen Adherent]

Every chapter thus far has had at least one clue to the next, prophecies had many. So finding the answer to this is simply a question of finding references to non-elonian cultures that have not been already explored fully. The manuals make refernece to the northlands and to me therefore it seems there can only be 2 places for chapter4.
1. NW of the maguuma- the only thing we know that comes from around there is the mursaat- centuars are fairly generic.
2. NE of ascalon. as a sidenote seeing as inter-chapter travel is by ship this would almost certainly turn elona into a peninsula.
I believe it is very likely we are going to an off-shoot of ascalon, to fully explore its history etc.
Throughout elona I have seen a great variety of ascalonian/ kurzick objects, from tiling(sp?) to pillars and ruins. http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ascalonelonafr5.png
How are the kurzicks connected with the ascalonians- well, for a land so far away it seems a huge coincedence that they use exactly the same door design. Also the figures engraven into so many kurzick buildings look far more Norman, with broaches and hoods than the Kurzicks themselves.

And of course add that thus far I have seen no mention of the Mursaat anywhere in Elona.

[Quintus Antonius]

The Desert architecture (with the exception of the things in Eratimus's Ascalon-Desert thread) are most likely built by the Forgotten. I say this because the Forgotten Citadel at the Lair of the Forgotten features this architecture heavily, and was built by the Forgotten. They also mention the Forgotten had a vast empire. It may be possible that they are the contractors of the Catacombs in Ascalon, and this is why we see a connection.

[Kinlin]

Yeah and we never really determined what those were for. Although the Charr were one proposed theory. We also know that the Charr are intelligent and can speak Basic (I call the universal language of Guild Wars "Basic" as if you are French, it is French, if you are American or English, it is English, and so on and so forth) and are realizing now that they were betrayed by the Titans. We may see a Charr uprising in the Northlands against Abaddon and the Titans.

Most games just refer to it as "the common speach/tongue" basic does not have that fantasy ring about it.

[Quintus Antonius]

Haha, okay fine. I'll steal a term from The Longest Journey, we'll call it "All-Tounge"

[Zaishen Adherent]

The Desert architecture (with the exception of the things in Eratimus's Ascalon-Desert thread) are most likely built by the Forgotten. I say this because the Forgotten Citadel at the Lair of the Forgotten features this architecture heavily, and was built by the Forgotten. They also mention the Forgotten had a vast empire. It may be possible that they are the contractors of the Catacombs in Ascalon, and this is why we see a connection.
I'm not just talking about the pillars. I have also witnessed tiling as per Surmia, Rin etc and an entire unmistakably Ascalonian settlement outside the Astralarium. Don't forget the Kurzick stuff either. The palace in the Resplendent Macuum also has several Tyrian design features including a structure that looks like its been lifted out of pre-searing piken sq.
Its not so much the individual clarity of each piece of evidence but the sheer amount and distribution that there is.

[Quintus Antonius]

I don't know if your up to it or not, but a great way to illustrate what your saying would be to give us side to side comparison pictures like many of us do for our various papers. If you want to prove your point, that's an awesome and hard to dispute way of doing it, especially considering not everyone may have access to all of the areas in question.

[Zaishen Adherent]

Considering the length it may turn out to be would it be okay if I made a seperate thread?

[Two Ducks Later]

I can venture to guess, from what i've seen from the earlier chapters, that the answer to our question to whats the new chapter is probably hinted at already in the game itself. I myself had noticed in Prophecies that they has made references to the civilizations of Cantha and Elona. I suppose if we look closely enough we'd probably detect a hint, or at least the name, of the next civilization/continent that we'd be exploring in the next chapter(s).

[Quintus Antonius]

Considering the length it may turn out to be would it be okay if I made a seperate thread?

I'd say that's best. Good luck with your research if you decide to pursue it.

[LyssaLover]

I hope for Charr's homeland !

[Bizzareo]

why don't we ask mhenlo he seems too be active in every campaign so far. :P I am thinking Charr is a possibilaty except *SPOLIER* Ruricks dead :D. We may go were the seers (infusion guys) come from.

[Durza the Shadeking]

Excuse me, not to be rude, but this isn't an "I wish to go to ............" thread. It was made by "Lord Neff"-member here- to discuss posibillities of areas we might go BASED ON EVIDENCE.

Sorry If this seems to be a rant.
Orick Vox
Officer of [BaR]

[Eratimus]

I believe the likely candidate would be an area along the NW shore of Tyria or perhaps a continent to the north west of it.

[Tenuei]

Does anyone know who Havelgaar, Terror of the Tides, is or was?

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1210/havelgaarib2.gif

If he's from the history of Chapter 4, his name might hint at a Norse theme.

[ezin]

has anyone seen the trailer for frank millers 300? if not i suggest checking it out :) greeks persians romans SPARTA SPARTA! sry :/ i just loved greek mythology when i was a kid. i would love to see greece\persian lands and cultures as well

[Quintus Antonius]

Does anyone know who Havelgaar, Terror of the Tides, is or was?

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1210/havelgaarib2.gif

If he's from the history of Chapter 4, his name might hint at a Norse theme.

Corsair. Elona has had two corsair wars, it's completely likely he's one of them, or a fictional character based from them. "Terror of the Tides" gives it away.

[Arkhan The Black]

I would not be surprised if Havelgaar was a Viking based characters since they where reknown to sail the sea to plunder other lands. It would be nice to visit another country that is not a semester paradise.

[Xarath]

As a Norwegian I would have to say that Havelgaar hardly sounds very Norse to me.. But I agree that such a theme could be interesting.. Female outfits would have to be disappointingly proper tho, what with the cold and everything :rolleyes:

[Arkhan The Black]

If they went with a Norse theme then we could expect skimpy Valkyrie outfits so all partial nudity is not lost yet.

[ddpddpddp]

As a Norwegian I would have to say that Havelgaar hardly sounds very Norse to me.. But I agree that such a theme could be interesting.. Female outfits would have to be disappointingly proper tho, what with the cold and everything


i agree that the name does definatly sound norse, but ive seen too many weird/interesting names in all 3 games to think it means anything, i also think it probably has to do with the corsairs, as they are featured heavily in nf.

i find the mentioning of the northlands interesting, it could help tie up alot of loose ends, to the north we have the charr homelands, an "unknown enemy"
that warranted towers being built to defend from it, and to the NW, a murrsat city, theres 3 new areas right there that could easily tie in with a "northlands" theme. however, anet has said that nf is the end of a trilogy..everything we have faced in the last 2 games has built towards the events that happen in nightfall, but i dont see why they cant have a new story in chapter4, and include a little "mop up" backstory too. all depends on what u take as a "hint"
;)

on a side note, whereever we go next, i bet gwens there, that preserved iris flower in nf is proof enough for me ;)

[lynx raven raide]

this has turned into more of an 'I wish' thread. To quote good ol' J.R. from the latest Smackdown! vs Raw game, 'If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean.' I know, off topic, but yeah. there are a few things pointing this way or another, so who knows. so far I have heard an Aztec/american theme, and coming here a norse theme. I could see the norse thing coming in somewhere, maybe a tie with the Corsairs (although that sounds more spanish than norse) and the Kurzick, and people have tied the Charr with the aztec. personally, i would love to see something australasian/pacific, but only time will tell what it will end up being

[The Thing]

So far the only obvious link to future chapters I've seen is in the description of Beetletun, which stated that the town had been built to watch for a threat from the other side of Giant's Basin.

If we do go north though, keep in mind it might not be all a 'norse' theme. There are probably still warm jungles and swamps up there.

[Mekel Galasarn]

I haven't specifically read all of this thread so I don't know whether this idea was mentioned or not, but I think it could be possible that the next civilization would be Native American. I'm not referring to Iriquois and Sioux, but to the dead civilizations: The Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. I think these three could spawn a beautiful land.

[Quintus Antonius]

That's literally mentioned two posts above yours. But yeah, the general concensus seems to be that it is very likely that the culture will be inspired by Central American native cultures.

[Mekel Galasarn]

Oops, sorry... heh...

Now we see the glorious rewards of actually reading. I await my punishment.

[Hadin Gar Kain]

what ever it is it looks like we are all agreed, on pirates.

[Mekel Galasarn]

We have pirates. They're just called Corsairs.

[Quintus Antonius]

Yup, exactly. There are several groups of pirates already in the game. Corsairs, Crimson Skull, Outcast Luxon, and a few other minor groups.

[Gagabraino]

On the subject of Pirates, & considering that the next campaign may be Norse, it does seem that becoming a Pirate or "Viking" doesn't seem that farfetched.

This would mean you are pretty much an outlaw, but that does sound like it would make a good campaign.

[D E A T H L I F E]

I heard that the next chapter is all about Aztecs/Mayans...if that is teh case..then i pretty much see Eve getting involved in a lot of the story line...remember that we still do not know where she came from and what she was doing in a graveyard in Tyria when the charr attacked her (as per the storyline in the prophecies manuscript)...why do i think that?

Mayans/Aztecs = Sacrafice = Necros = Eve = we don't know where she came from!!

Yes..its a long shot!

[Sarah Frost]

I heard that the next chapter is all about Aztecs/Mayans...

You heard?? From who? All I've seen so far is speculation from people in Forums...

[zorbi]

That was told in a video from factions release. It's maybe in youtube or video google.

[Arkhan The Black]

Considering all the Charr sightings in NF my two cents go the the Northlands. A land where humans don't have any kingdoms but live in a rather tribal way (kinda like the Luxon) and the Charr's rule supreme.

I don't recall hearing much mentioning of other human lands/kingdoms so perhaps it is time we go to a land ruled by another race?

[Sarah Frost]

That was told in a video from factions release. It's maybe in youtube or video google.

If it's one of these videos it's bunk...


This topic I guess: http://guildwars.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=432666
It's in Dutch, and he only mentions "Maya" in the vid, not meso-American, American, Aztecs or Incas. Just Maya :P

http://www.gamevillage.nl/showthread.php?t=160556

Since the vid is in Dutch I'll say what it's about.
Location: Gameplay expo.
In this interview the Anet guy states that there will be only one(1) chapter this year instead of 2 like previously. Chapter 4 will go about Maya's and Aztecs. (sp?)
Ch4 will be released in August '07.

Again, I'm not saying this is the real thing, just repoting what has been posted on other fora.

This is NOT a competing fan-site, so please don't remove it.

(And yes, the first part is about nightfall, the nice bit is at the end.)


This is Gaile's response to these videos


I must say that I do not recognize the person who is being interviewed. It is positively not an ArenaNet employee! I'm fairly sure that I know all the PR and Business Team people, too, from NCsoft in the US and Europe. Did someone catch the identity of the speaker?

We have not announced any of the following:
Release date
Style, Theme, Location, Setting
Number of characters
Title
Cost
Prerelease Plans
Event Plans
Etc.In short, we haven't announced anything whatsoever about Campaign 4 except that there will be a Campaign 4. :smiley: So I've no idea where all that came from and I don't believe that it is accurate. If someone who speaks Dutch can tell me who this is, and why he's saying this stuff, I'd be grateful! :shocked:

I'd like some information about the next chapter too... but ANet just hasn't seen fit to release anything yet. And remember... as Gaile is so fond of saying... if it doesn't come from an ANet release... it's likely not right...

[Zion Farbow]

no..this time well be another race..like da charr xD

[LunaLuna]

I don't think new races will be added as choices to be for a longer while yet...
If I remember correctly it was said that new races wouldn't be added till they ran out of ideas for professions and there are still many professions that can be used...

Though, being a charr would be quite nice...

[Gagabraino]

I don't think it would exactly be hard to add new races: Dwarves for Prophecies, Tengu for Factions &, err... Centaurs for Nightfall

[Arkhan The Black]

I would find it hard to belive that a traveling Charr with a heart of gold would be welcome anywhere in Tyria though.

[Age]

Well, most of Orr is underwater, and the Margonites are possibly early Luxons, but we haven't seen the ancestral lands of the Kurzicks yet, or the Charr homelands.
Why do the Margonites look like the Mursaat or the Seer as they float?Yes it would be nice to go back Home not that Nuclear Wasteland that looks like Post Searing Ascalon to the main capital city of Dracir in the way Northern part of Tyria to fight the Charr.

[lavenbb]

Well, as the wintersday events unfold, it's looking more and more likely that chapter 4 will be in "northlands," a snow covered area with dwarves. Probably an extention of the shiverpeaks.

[Santax]

Well, as the wintersday events unfold, it's looking more and more likely that chapter 4 will be in "northlands," a snow covered area with dwarves. Probably an extention of the shiverpeaks.
Yeah, look at the detail that the dev team put into reindeers polar bears.

[Lunari]

You know what I would like? Pree Searing Ascalon back. And while we're at it, make Echovald Forest and the Jade Sea normal again. And make Kaineng City rebuild. Or just rebuild everything that has been destroyed in the 3 chapters.

Whould be very cool but impossible.

[Gagabraino]

While that would be pretty awesome you have to face up to a few things:
- Kaineng city is badly made because the developers were lazy.
- It would destroy the balance of the games completely, in terms of storyline.
- Why?

However, I think the main 3 candidates for a next chapter are:

- Northlands (North East of Tyria), with Celtic & Russian themes, including Dwarves and the Stone Summit making an appearance. Might possibly include Charr.

- Meso-America (Definitely near the Maguuma Jungle, possibly South West), with Aztec & Mayan themes. This would involve the Charr & Mursaat.

- Unseared Ascalon (East of Tyria), I am in no way suggesting we go back in time or the like. What I mean is to have lands seperated from the Tyrian continent by a mountain range. Here, the Charr are currently invading, & the war continues. This would have a Medieval Europe theme. I think we have pretty much missed out on what all the other RPG's brush on.

I also think that the idea of having friendly Charr like what they did with the Tengu in Cantha will happen. It seems like they may introduce the possiblity of being Charr. As I have said many times, they could have easily introduced being Tengu into Factions, so I don't see why they can't make us Charr.

[Quintus Antonius]

Well, in considering possibilities of the next chapter, it is best to look at what is still left unfinished in Nightfall. The Dwarves are still recovering from the war with the Stone Summit, the Charr are still at large, beaten, but not gone, and we learn in Nightfall that they now doubt their worship of the Titans. Also, the Mursaat are still out there, as are the Seers. Still further, Dhuum and Menzies are still at large, the true forces behind Abaddon. So, my personal guess is some kind of Charr/Mursaat theme focused north of explorable Tyria.