#bloodstone fen

[belghast]

Ember Bay Whirlwind

Ember Bay Whirlwind - Last night I completed Bloodstone Fen and Ember Bay on my Ranger in Guild Wars 2 and am moving on to Bitterfrost Frontier.

Good Morning Friends! Last night I largely spent my evening doing some chill gameplay in Guild Wars 2. When I finished up the previous night I had landed on the Airship parked atop Bloodstone Fen, and that is where I picked up when I logged in. I remembered hating this zone because it is just a murder box. The white mantle and bloodstone elementals always seemed to be hyper-aggressive and stacked…

[bluebudgie]

this isn't a new realization by any means but my god i love bloodstone fen so much

[huntunderironskies]

I love GW2 so much but the one bummer is the few story segments where you have to grind out masteries to advance the plot. It slows down the pacing even if it's just one of the early levels. :c

[ratasum]

I really need to do the Bitterfrost and Bloodstone Fen farms more tonight but I'm getting a really bad headache so I think I'm going to take some excedrin and maybe take some asks.

[littlefoxgw2]

Bloodstone Palettes (created with ColorKit)

[soulbeastdragon]

Pretty much all my Sylvari excluding my "alternate timeline" ones.

Brief descriptions for each under the cut.

Roaj/Dreamvoid Roaj - any gender and/or pronoun others perceive them as The Pact Commander. Both screenshots are the same person; Roaj's appearance changed after getting juiced up during Heart of Thorns. They almost got blighted into a Mordrem but got rescued by Aurenthir and Malyck. They died during Path of Fire and the Commander mantle went to both to Rensai (a Human dude) and Lyikera.

Lyikera - genderless | she/her Mordremoth's dormant Scion who awakened when Mordremoth was defeated and all that dragon magic went into her pod (and in Glint's egg) inside Tarir. She became soul-bound to Aurene when they both hatched/awakened together in the egg chamber. Lyikera and Aurene consider each other sisters.

Daybloom Ceara - female | she/her My Scarlet Briar toon. In my story, she is the older podtwin to Aurnethir. In the main timeline, she follows canon story and dies. In my "blighted" timeline, Aurenthir kinda "resurrects" her through Watchwork parts and Asuran (later Canthan) technology.

Aurenthir - male | he/him My Dreamless Sylvari. He and his podtwin were severed from the Dream when they awakened. The reason for this was never explained to him and he went through his early Sapling days lamenting the fact he couldn't connect with his own kin. Aurenthir's timeline splits depending if he was caught and experimented on by Vorpp's krewe. In the main timeline, Aurenthir was caught and that leads to the present day Aurenthir where he's helping the Pact and ex-Mordrem and became a dad figure to Aurene and Lyikera. In the alternate timeline, he wasn't caught and became Mordremoth's Herald.

Dreamless Malyck - male | he/him My Malyck clone who gets to adventure with Aurenthir in my story. He's a wanderer after helping with taking down Modremoth.

Warden Iredyne - male | he/him A Warden Captain of the Grove who was in charge of protecting the Hamlet of Annwen. He used to negotiate for the release of Dreamers from the Nightmare Court, or just cut down the Courtiers on his patrols. One negotiation went afoul and he was captured by Ardjin's krewe and experimented on. Iredyne was spliced with his fern hound and became something that can take on the forms of a Sylvari (with fern hound features such as ears and a tail), a huge fern hound (think of that Alpha Nightmare Hound in Caledon), and a bipedal werebeast known as a lykos.

Warden Kehydin - male | he/him The podtwin to Iredyne. Kehydin admired his brother and supported him. Iredyne was considered killed in action and that event caused Kehydin to turn to the Nightmare Court. He originally went into the Court to seek revenge, but eventually the Nightmare warped his mind and he became known as the Knight of Mutilations.

Mender Vyranaveld - male | he/him Vy was a meek and kind Mender of the Grove. He only wanted to help others, healing their wounds and soothing pains. He was apprenticed under Lanisera (he viewed her as a mother) and had a very promising future. Unfortunately, 1 too many bad events would happen and he'd fall to Nightmare and later became known as the Count of Pains.

Pale Reaver Gaelan - male | he/him Gaelan was a Warden Captain who helped Caithe mentor and train sapling Roaj. His dearheart was Aevynna. He became a Pale Reaver when Trahearne recommended he join the fight against Zhaitan. Gaelan would die when Mordremoth brought down the Pact Fleet.

Warden Aevynna - female | she/her Aevynna was Gaelan's Dearheart and a fellow Warden. She helped Caithe mentor and train sapling Roaj. Aevynna would also join the Pale Reavers with Gaelan. During Heart of Thorns, she watched Gaelan die and this broke her. She would be seen throughout the jungle and in Bloodstone Fen, crazed with Bloodstone magic and consuming Bloodstone Rubies.

Resiloro - male | he/him My Arizona Tea Can Priory Scribe. He was sorta a journalist, following the Pact and writing down the events in order to preserve history. He was good friends with Sieran and an apprentice to Magister Luura. He might be the lead for SotO storyline, I'm still working on that.

Duke Caderyn - male | he/him My Cadeyrn clone. He had a very small part in my story and then follows through canon story. I feel so bad for this dude, honestly. He just gets killed by the Player with no fanfare, and most of the time Players don't even know he started up the Nightmare Court. He was overshadowed by Faolain -.- Anyway in my story, he was Aurenthir's first lover that didn't last long lol

Lanisera - female | she/her Lani was a Secondborn Sylvari who idolized Faolain. Lani would follow Faolain, becoming one of Faolain's first Duchesses within the Court. Lani would disguise herself as a mentor of the Grove, scouting for potential or unsure Dreamers to persuade into the Court. She was a big believer in coaxing Dreamers rather than kidnapping and torturing them to join the Nightmare (my headcanon is the more unhinged Courtiers were ones forced into the Court while Courtiers who seem more leveled joined willingly). After HoT, Lani would restructure the Court with Duchess Chrysanthea.

Deturavil - male | he/him Deturavil was known as the Duke of Hounds as he was a Kennelmaster in the Court. He and Lani had a thing for a bit, but due to throwing her "son" Vyranaveld into the dog pits, that strained their relationship and eventually they "took a break" and never got back together again. Deturavil was the Duke overseeing the Courts in Brisban and he was also responsible for allying with the Inquest and the Bandits there.

Pale Reaver Solaria - female | she/her Solaria had a dearheart named Lunaria. Lunaria was captured by Ardjin's krewe and experimented on. Lunaria was turned into a Mist creature that escaped and returned to Solaria. Solaria left the Pale Reavers to join Lunaria in the Mists since Lunaria couldn't last long out of it.

Relmsi - female | she/her Relmsi is a Sylvari who awakened after Mordremoth's defeat. She's got less connection to the Dream and doesn't uphold the tenants of Ventari. She's a free spirit who loves adventures and sex. She's a treasure hunter and is often hired by the Priory or rich nobles to seek out and retrieve rare relics.

Albestrom Velis - male | he/him He was supposed to be a Mordrem before Zhaitan's magic gave Mordremoth Death magic, so Albestrom doesn't have the "undead" design mixed with plant. He's just all plant infused with ley-line energy. I typically call him the "pure" Mordrem haha

Remic Keeneye - female | she/her Remic is my Tengu based on a Secretary Bird. She's an avid krait-killer. She was befriended by Aurenthir and Ceara, and she still keeps in touch with Aurenthir years later.

Asterlisia - genderless | she/her or they/them My Mist Dragon that was ripped outta the Mists and plopped into Tyria when Kralkatorrik ripped through the Mists. She didn't really have a physical form when she was place in Tyria and her magic took up Kralkatorrik's magic and Brand to build a body for herself.

Saladbowld - male | he/him my joke toon who was a Caladbolg gijinka that I got too attached to. Now he's known as The Drowned Reaper and has a whole backstory connecting to the Mad Realm. He's also my main Fractal toon.

Daydreamer Ilyona - genderless | she/her or they/them An Aspect of the Pale Tree, Ilyona protects and guides new Dreamers before they awaken into Tyria. She's guarded the Dream from Mordremoth's influence, up until the Shadow of the Dragon attacked. She did her best to keep the Dream safe, but the attack left her (along with the rest of the Pale Tree) very weak and the only thing she could do was close the path to awakening.

Belavalla - genderless | she/her or they/them Belavalla is another Aspect of the Pale Tree. She guides dead Sylvari back to the Dream.

Granddad Mordremoth - genderless | he/him My Mordremoth toon. I just use him for Dragonstand and he takes selfies of himself u.u

[i-mybrunettelady]

gw2 screenshot ask game

Do we have gpose/photo capture mode? No, unfortunately, but it doesn't stop us from taking beautiful screenshots and gifs and making beautiful kiddos and dressing them up! In honor of that, I'm borrowing an ask game I once saw on the ff14 side of things - send someone a character you'd like to see and one of these prompts below! Screenshots and gifs are all welcome! I'll try to cover most of the game, too! Let's show how gorgeous Tyria and gw2 can be <3

Screenshot associated with base game (Central Tyria maps)

Screenshot associated with LWS1 (Southsun Cove)

Screenshot associated with LWS2 (Dry Top and Silverwastes)

Screenshot associated with Heart of Thorns (Verdant Brink, Auric Basin, Tangled Depths, Dragon's Stand)

Screenshot associated with LWS3 (Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay, Bitterfrost Frontier, Lake Doric, Draconis Mons, Siren's Landing)

Screenshot associated with Path of Fire (Crystal Oasis, Elon Riverlands, Desolation, Domain of Vabbi, Desert Highlands)

Screenshot associated with LWS4 (Domain of Istan, Sandswept Isles, Domain of Kourna, Jahai Bluffs, Thunderhead Peak, Dragonfall)

Screenshot associated with Icebrood Saga (Grothmar Valley, Bjora Marches, Drizzlewood Coast)

Screenshot associated with End of Dragons (Seitung Province, New Kaineng City, Echovald Wilds, Dragon's End, Gyala Delve)

Screenshot associated with Secrets of the Obscure (Skywatch Archipelago, Wizard's Tower, Amnytas, Inner Nayos)

Screenshot associated with racial cities (Hoelbrak, Divinity's Reach, Rata Sum, Black Citadel, Grove + Lion's Arch)

[milkratz]

Just finished the first acts of Janthir Wilds and here's my thoughts because i need to ramble about this or i'll cry.

I am so so unbelievably happy that this story is as good as it is, especially with the... unfortunate mess that was SOTO. Did I enjoy soto? yes. But it was definitely bottom of the barrel for me.

JW was gorgeous. It had the stunning visuals of Drizzlewood and Grothmar Valley, and the danger of LWS3 and Bloodstone Fen.

The Kodan were truly incredible. Until now the most we got to see of the Kodan was in LWs3 or during your exploration in the Shiverpeaks! I love the Kodan. I love their culture and their beliefs and how perfectly it ties in the central balance that the Elder Dragons both brought and destroyed. The Lowland Kodan had that perfect mix of culture and openness and simultaneous wariness and distrust.

and oh my god the TITANS. The VISUALS. THE BATTLES. I genuinely so badly want a statue of Greer and Decima. When I first saw Greer i actually went oh my god because OH MY GOD. and their fights were so !!! WOOO! they were stressful but clever and the use of warclaws to chain them up and stuff was so clever, i love the utilization of mounts in boss battles.

im going to skip the warclaw rn cuz i think i might start crying if i discussed the warclaws rn. (positive)

and normally i have huge issues with newer map and story progression being event based because theres always the issue where they're meta based or group events and theres just not enough people on or it's unkind to solo players. in Janthir, there were a lot of group events but there were also plenty of events that you could complete solo, especially in Lowland Shore and they were fun! the dancing with the kodans ?? jesus christ that fucking beat was crazy i love it

the parallels between Poised Arrow and Braham is something ill deep dive into later because my Older Sibling Instinct was sparking like a lightning rod.

isgarren, as always, is a little baldheaded bitch but hopefully Waiting Sorrow puts him in his place

[gwtoomanyalts]

My favorite little bloodstone obsessed necromancer, Sirin Blackrose. I went a little artistic with these shots, because come on what better place to take pictures of a character obsessed with bloodstone than at Bloodstone Fen?

I'll admit, I haven't really changed her look any, but I did sit down and update her build finally. This is why she has like, all the blades, a greatsword, a sword, and a dagger ^_^

I'm not sure if I ever talked about her backstory, but long story short, Priory Reaper taking an interest in the use of souls in bloodstone, and bloodstone as a necromantic material in general. Canonically she's one of my only characters that agreed with Seimur Oxbone that bloodstone dust must have a culinary application.

[commander-gloryforge]

genuinely now that i think about it. what was my obsession with bloodstone back in the day. the first item i ever put work into was the bloodstone visage (?) that made your eyes glow red. i was so insane about how your character would just start screaming sometimes after the release of bloostone fen.

i genuinely dont remember much of my life when i was 14-15 for whatever reason but i do remember my absolute obsession with season 3 and bloostone specifically. its not like i did anything about it. probably looked at the same three pictures on the wiki. then thought about it a bunch more. idk

[bigsnaff]

does anyone have that one post with everyone clowning on almorra for commenting about the bloodstone fen blast reaching all the way to lion's arch. i want to read the comments again

[belghast]

Ranger vs Mordremoth

Ranger vs Mordremoth - Back on my Guild Wars 2 nonsense I got my Ranger through Living World Season 2 and Heart of Thorns this past weekend.

Good Morning Friends! This weekend I fell out of my ARPG grind and back into some Guild Wars 2. Diablo IV was largely a disappointment and while I got lots of hours out of the game, I can’t say that most of them were really enjoyable. I am still very much engaged with Honkai Star Rail, but there is only about an hour’s worth of play that I can get out of that game on a day-to-day basis without…

[bluebudgie]

all that said if i was in charge at anet i would live out my most toxic gamer dream and hit the entirety of draconis mons with the mount ban hammer. you oakheart essence through this or you get out of there.

[hawkepockets]

best gw2 map

[ratasum]

me: Oh yay I only need to make a vision crystal to finish crafting this ascended staff for Vezz!

game: You only have like 190 bloodstone dust.

me: ...............you know what I feel like writing.

[littlefoxgw2]

if you heard distant panicked screaming descending from the diving goggles in Bloodstone Fen... no you didn't :)