The developers of MMORPG Guild Wars 3 have published a new letter detailing the first game. It’s about people – curious, purposeful, resourceful people.
Unlike previous games in the series, which showed humanity’s decline and struggle for survival, Guild Wars 3’s humanity is rising. They followed the six gods as they traveled through the mists from another world to Tyria, where they have lived for more than 700 years by the time the game begins. During this time, they founded several large centers of civilization: ancient Kantha, prosperous Ilona, warlike Ascalon, and the realm of the Magonites who worshiped Abaddon.
Aur holds a special place in human history – an unformed region filled with magic and protected by the gods. It is home to the Vaals – unusual magical elves whose existence is tied to the powerful flow of Orr’s magic. To people, Vaal is simultaneously a source of fertility and life for the earth, an object of religious worship, and a force capable of changing the world.
It is around the attitude towards the Vaal that one of the major conflicts in human society has formed. Some people believe that magical resources are the basis for the development of civilization, while others worry that human beings’ desire to conquer the world around them will lead to disaster. As a first example, the developers cited the Mavenwrights, a guild dedicated to harnessing Orr’s magic to create a more ambitious future.
The player begins the story with the team of the Vaal Guardians – the oldest guild in Orr, founded to protect the Vaal and the land they live in. The guild works to maintain relationships between the magical elves and intelligent people of the region, and to protect those who cannot fend for themselves.
Therefore, playing as a human in Guild Wars 3 will not only revolve around the legacy and ambitions of a rapidly evolving civilization, but also the responsibilities of the world that humanity once called its new home. Players will be caught between two paths to Orr’s future – the desire to conquer its resources and the need to protect its unique nature.
The developers noted that this period of human history should show what humanity was like before the great fall and provide new perspectives on a familiar race—not as heirs to a fallen empire, but as explorers and pioneers simply trying to understand their place in Tyria.
