Guild Wars 2 Lore: The Characters

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  • @WarCraFtFanBoii
    @WarCraFtFanBoii 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I like how they made Adam a weapon in gw2 :D

  • @natk29
    @natk29 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Omg so that's were my Adam skull focus is from!!! Thats amazing! Love these Lore videos, thanks so much for doing them, after HoT and LWS3 came out i realised that I really didnt know anything about Guild Wars, good thing i subbed some time ago, and now found out about this playlist! Awesome job :)

  • @TheBangooman
    @TheBangooman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Ahhh Mhenlo....the worst monk in Tyria's history, so many hm areas lost to his incompetence....good times.

    • @WoodenPotatoes
      @WoodenPotatoes  10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TheBangooman Love to hate him ^^

  • @Ashi8No8Yubi
    @Ashi8No8Yubi 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OH MY SWEET DWAYNA THAT WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you continue to tell about them and their stories through the rest of the lore!! They were always my favorite characters when I played through the series but you just managed to make them feel SO MUCH more real!! THANK YOU WOODENPOTATOES!!! So disappointed you took the first one down RIGHT before I posted this last LOL!!

  • @Xaielao2
    @Xaielao2 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These videos are so well done they make me want to replay Prophecies. I haven't gone through that storyline in ages it seems and I miss many of those characters (particularly Cynn). :)
    Lovely art style this time around as well. A sort of rough watercolor style, simply wonderful.

  • @bsbk14
    @bsbk14 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The well written text and the amazing graphical display is well worth a like and fav!

  • @wafflingmean4477
    @wafflingmean4477 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    this is an awesome series and you should keep it up!

  • @BeardGrizzly
    @BeardGrizzly 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    WP, Just wanted to comment for my second time... This was beautiful. You picked wonderful music for the characters that fit well, and it really hit home to structure out how important these guys were. Thanks again. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.

  • @P4NIC0RE
    @P4NIC0RE 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is absolutley BRILLIANT stuff! I love all your work Wooden and I absolutley love comming home from work, getting myself a drink and just sit back and go through your daily work! Once again, absolutley brilliant stuff your putting out! You deserv alot of cred!

  • @Lavos10
    @Lavos10 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video. I've played GW1 for many years and did not know half the information you just covered in this video. Also, the artwork done by RaizinMonk was fantastic!

  • @Wrexthor
    @Wrexthor 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such high quality! You make the story in GW so much more alive than GW itself ever could, awesome work, as always!
    Also great artwork, by whoever did it, love the style!

  • @MrTuraiOssa
    @MrTuraiOssa 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must say this series will be very informative to those who never experienced the story of Guild Wars.
    Well done.

  • @veeshan222
    @veeshan222 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the some more Lore i never played guildwars 1 because i couldnt quite stand the camera angle of all things. This is realy helping me into undertsanding the lore for Guildwars 2 and i hope you keep it up cant wait for the next instalment : ) hopefully you get them all out by the time of release : )

  • @QuiznosBear
    @QuiznosBear 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is by far my favorite video you've done so far. I really like the "story book" feeling it has.

  • @MrCompassionate01
    @MrCompassionate01 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seconded, these video's are teaching me, a GW1 player, over twice as much as I knew about it before. And whats better, its being told in a fascinating well delivered fashion with surprisingly good pictures to illustrate what he means.

  • @MrMartinBunny
    @MrMartinBunny 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes thank you so much for making these, saving me alot of time not having to replay the whole series again.

  • @FreaperFTW
    @FreaperFTW 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesn't matter man, your drawings were really amazing and cute.

  • @Drewxor
    @Drewxor 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aww this was awesome, I loved the art! Great job RaizinMonk (and of course Woody)

  • @TheOldSchoolCrisis
    @TheOldSchoolCrisis 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a ton for the videos WoodenPotatoes, I am so hyped for this game and the videos are going to make it that much better of a game for me. (I wish these could come out more consistently though. Biweekly maybe?)

  • @ExplosiveFilms2007
    @ExplosiveFilms2007 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, this makes me want to play Guild Wars 1 again. So many memories going out with these guys!

  • @KiraHellhammer
    @KiraHellhammer 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    either INCREDIBLE NECROMANTIC POWERS or slight insanity :D you nailed that one ,,, more please ... a great job so far

  • @cornguy8
    @cornguy8 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That artwork along with the story was so awesome!

  • @Cata018
    @Cata018 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    So many good memories, such a beautiful story! I have played the Prophecies campaign time and time again.Thank you so much for the video!

  • @Altaranalt
    @Altaranalt 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing episode. The pacing and artstyle are fantastic. it's neither too long or to short. Sublime episode.

  • @Chezpissa
    @Chezpissa 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these videos! Easy to follow and you keep a nice pace, not too fast or slow. Thanks!

  • @sQiker
    @sQiker 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your work man. Really enjoy the style of your vids.
    Hope to see the next one when its ready :)

  • @johnosaurf
    @johnosaurf 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVE THIS!!!
    Thank you so much Woodenpotatoes for bringing back memories from my childhood.

  • @KarlKael
    @KarlKael 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this clip, and what you did with the names was so funny.

  • @flamedragoon345
    @flamedragoon345 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    totally worth waiting on the artists, keep 'em coming!

  • @asatsuki9250
    @asatsuki9250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's crazy that as a little kid i didn't understand any of this and yet still enjoyed gw1 immensely

  • @vitalijgrabovan2061
    @vitalijgrabovan2061 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hearing all these series, makes me want to play GW1 again :D
    Great job m8 !!!

  • @Warperz
    @Warperz 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    But it was so short....Can't wait till next weekend. Excellent work.

  • @bwizz22
    @bwizz22 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're incredible at making vids the segways in this one are amazing

  • @Bluntoze
    @Bluntoze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi , impressive work with this series , but I have the feeling I missed parts. Like Foe Fire was not mentioned anywhere , or maybe the series is incomplete.
    I really don't understand why Arenanet is not making a compilation of "The story so far"

  • @BigMikeyK
    @BigMikeyK 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. You really need to make more of these. They are fantastic. Great job. :)

  • @CarpeDiemEnigma
    @CarpeDiemEnigma 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have A LOT of videos, and I am sure that I will not be able to watch all your GW1 videos, but watching the Story Summary is a huge help since I didn't play GW1.
    Hopefully I will be able to play it in between GW2 :]

  • @movingtarget12321
    @movingtarget12321 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:15 "She had a son whom she named Micheal Tyson and taut him all she knew of the art of ear eating."

  • @rpglover101
    @rpglover101 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved the GW1 manual. It was so thick and amazing, full of awesome content and artwork.

  • @mistaspensa
    @mistaspensa 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    'always looking forward to these XD kudos on all the hard work WP it's very much appreciated!

  • @FoxworthQT
    @FoxworthQT 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been waiting a while for the next episodes. :) Keep them coming. :D

  • @Kaminkaese
    @Kaminkaese 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    GW will always be my favorite game.
    Started a new Charakter last night in GW2 and was welcomed by two other veterans from the old days. Was such a great a moment :D

  • @MaebbieGW
    @MaebbieGW 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always a pleasure to watch. Maybe you could link the current video with an annotation, too. So you can re-watch the video directly while in fullscreen. Pasting this Videolink should do it.

  • @ifm2181
    @ifm2181 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked this coverage of the GW lore, it really helps give me a refresher, since I haven't been in the early areas of the game really intensively for years.
    Sadly, a lot of this is going to be simply lost when GW2 comes out.

  • @backcast27
    @backcast27 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extremely well done WP, I thoroughly enjoyed this!

  • @wolfmirebacta8710
    @wolfmirebacta8710 ปีที่แล้ว

    man, This series and watching old cutscenes is making me realize how much I didn't know or understand. Like that Koss was an actual character from the original days. Or that the Adam Skull had a history and wasn't just some random focus

  • @Pistakunt
    @Pistakunt 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done! Respect for such thorough lore vids, u got my sub :)

  • @Grimsby12341
    @Grimsby12341 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    as explaining the lore WP this way to avoid confusion and give a general plot is....FUCKING GENIUS!

  • @Justin9740
    @Justin9740 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. So much. These five have absolutely been my favorite characters since the very beginning in Prophecies, and I have always felt that their story has gone so unappreciated. I mean, you can even tell this from majority of the comments.
    I just really hope that their story comes forth in Guild Wars 2, hearing of their achievements and hopefully their ancestors' as well. I'd love to see some in-game references.

  • @Theblacktailhunter
    @Theblacktailhunter 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its is so awesome that you're teaching players who havent played GW but will play GW2...
    All of GW players (probably) thank you for that :DD

  • @WOranos
    @WOranos 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    After playing GW1 for years, WP always surprises me with how little I know.

  • @Altaranalt
    @Altaranalt 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    He usually releases these lore episodes once every 2 weeks, however he also has a daily show where he talks about Guild Wars 2 and awnsers questions.

  • @Zeppelinschaffner22
    @Zeppelinschaffner22 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you cleverly reorganized the sillables in your "character names" ;)

  • @Adam.C
    @Adam.C 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these sooo much! Awesome work again!

  • @superpinger
    @superpinger 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are all incredibly well done.

  • @marianpuchaly
    @marianpuchaly 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    thats brilliant, i love the way you tell all the things and that you know everything! im watching every your vid, srsly

  • @Mitchell5Montgomery
    @Mitchell5Montgomery 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cynn has always been my favorite :D good job of portraying all of them

  • @Wing0Alchemist
    @Wing0Alchemist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Holier than thou" does not justify the enslavement and gladiator fighting of human children. Which is what the Charr did. And what they brag about. Which is what this is about. This isn't about humans being not very likable, this is about the Charr being fucking monsters in the past and the Charr in GW2 being PROUD of it. You keep avoiding the point by attacking the humanss. I'm not going to argue with you about humans being jerks. That's apparently a requirement for a MMO.

  • @vymlon
    @vymlon 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for all your great videos WoodenPotatoes!

  • @raizin4908
    @raizin4908 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooh, you found a lot of the references I put in there! FYI some others are:
    Bryan O'Mitchel - Michael O'Brien ArenaNet CEO
    Docu Daniels - Daniel Dociu GW2 art director
    Khrysten Pyrre - Kristen Perry GW2 character artist
    Qao Lin - GW1 NPC named after Colin
    Zelur Tenanera - ArenaNet rulez spelled backwards, named after the Tenanera's Pit POI in Lion's Arch.
    Sheik Bridger & Frey Lancer - Hosts of the Tales of Tyria podcast
    Bert Singlestone - Albert Einstein
    Edward Ison - Edison
    Just to name a few.

  • @AMFWerewolf
    @AMFWerewolf 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worth waiting for. Best damn lore explanation I've ever seen.

  • @bonemailtanks
    @bonemailtanks 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love everything you do but please PLEASE make this your top priority before launch. I want to learn all this lore before I am set to explore in it. Thank you!

  • @legojelly
    @legojelly 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    these videos are just what I needed thank you so much!!!

  • @Torvar
    @Torvar 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the devs posted on the forums that Odgen Stonehealer is still alive and we run into him in Guild Wars 2. I assume we will hear complaints about having to use Ray of Judgment and being passed over for the Vabbian Princess or the Sunspear Strategist.

  • @BlazeXIssashixXx
    @BlazeXIssashixXx 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my favourite episode of guild wars lore. :D
    It really got me excited for guild wars 2 and made me wish i had played guild wars 1.

  • @RebornAleph
    @RebornAleph 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    How creative! The guy who wrote that line is a genius!

  • @sillylewis1
    @sillylewis1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    all the names there are of people who worked on gw2..ree soesbee(lore), colin johanson, felicia day (voice of zoija), mike'o bryan, and khysten( the artist who recreated the sylvari) :D

  • @raizin4908
    @raizin4908 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, I am that RaizinMonk guy that's mentioned in the video description. WP wrote the script and narrated, I did all the visuals.
    And thanks a lot, glad you liked it! :D

  • @AngelWJedi
    @AngelWJedi 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this video! i wish i knew where you got all this info on the characters xD i love to read gw lore but never could find alot only bits and pieces in different places

  • @LegendaryMythril
    @LegendaryMythril 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for the info :D i just hope the video is long enough to cover it properly, i wouldn't want them to feel rushed, especially considering that, more likely than not, we'll eventually visit cantha and elona in GW2.

  • @SpireSlayer
    @SpireSlayer 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow really reailly nice video, i like the art alot :D someone must have put alot of work into that. THanks for explaining the characters to us :) it was fun to listen to :)

  • @SmalllFarAway
    @SmalllFarAway 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait, is that what the Kyhlo PvP map is about?!

  • @someidiotguy99
    @someidiotguy99 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Celifa Night - Felica Day - Voice of Zojja
    Soe Reesbee - Ree Soesbee GW2 Writer
    Bryan O'Michel - Michel O'Bryan GW2 lvl designer
    Johan Colinson - Colin Johanson gamescom trailer guy...
    Kitako Ikake - Kekai kotkai Concept artist
    Peter Redhill
    Tom Blueewood
    Matt Greenspring All WP characters

  • @Devyyy
    @Devyyy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for more of this, please add more!

  • @someidiotguy99
    @someidiotguy99 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    wp narrated, but you put in references.
    i'm assuming from your that you were (one of?) the artist(s) that helped bring this awesome story to life?
    because you that is freaking amazing.

  • @ethanjohnson18
    @ethanjohnson18 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Adam and Eve?

  • @jmrwacko
    @jmrwacko 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is even better than replaying GW1, thanks!

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aidan is half Aragorn and half Batman. Cynn is Lina Inverse, Eve is the Bowler from Mystery Men.

  • @geminierica4077
    @geminierica4077 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really love how they did the stories with those heroes that were kind of alongside the players own character even though they couldn't mention the player character in the stories, it seemed like whoever played prophecies weren't alone in there quest and had a group of friends wherever they went..(never played myself but watched woodenpotatoes LP!) makes me a bit sad there isn't something like this in gw2 but maybe the personal stories will be enough to fill the gaps of NPC friendships?

  • @daki1983
    @daki1983 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    First of all .i must admit you alone have me really really hooked on GW. i was never a fan of gw1 for coz it seem to lack a LOT of lore at the start of the first game .gw2 comming up I have seen all of your dailys and i would like to thank you for explaning soo much and in a way that it doesnt seem confusing coz apperently i have discoverd from your videos that the lore in GW and the expansions is really interesting. and OMG theres soo much of it..This alone is really good for the upcoming game

  • @Tsm821
    @Tsm821 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish my mom was as good of a story teller when i was a kid as you are!

  • @mrkaelphoenix
    @mrkaelphoenix 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just noticed in the guild wars 2 map that there is an area with the name Ancient Dwarflands. It cant be explored now but it got me wondering on the chances of an expantion with the dwarves as a playable race. Specially because they pretty much disapeared in these years after gw1. But then again i havent read the books and it might have been explained there so..

  • @chronoflect
    @chronoflect 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome art. Can't wait for the next one, even though I've played through GW1.

  • @Exit_the_RatRace
    @Exit_the_RatRace 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well worth the wait. And now I must wait for more :( But I do so excitedly!!
    Thanks Wooden.

  • @Strontius89
    @Strontius89 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing, ty for the upload WP!

  • @ZexionII
    @ZexionII 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing I always found curious about the "stand-in PCs" was that Mesmers never were represented in Ascalon's Chosen

  • @senilord
    @senilord 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey mate, I love your work. You are simply amazing and bring back so many memories while prepairing me and my friends for the adventures to come ^^.
    One some question thought, I'm very femeliar with the soundtrack of prophecies and factions though I have never heard the track playing at 4:44. Would you care to enlighten me where I can find those beautifull tunes ? :)

  • @wasssssuppppppp
    @wasssssuppppppp 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:17 Under the girls foot is Frey Lancer = FreeLancer from Team Legacy/Tales of Tyria
    (Not to mention all the dev names)

  • @SymonDymond
    @SymonDymond 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    They moved quickly to open up new capacity shortly after. Personally, I missed out a lot of the early start though. Not good but better than many releases. If anything I am impressed with how fast they moved to resolve the problem. There has been a bit of progress with some of the SLI / Performance issues since. Have to use the new NVidia beta drivers and also not great but better than it was. Some serious issues with SLI / general release drivers.

  • @Leonick91
    @Leonick91 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is in the Guild Wars 2 Story Summary playlist twice for some reason

  • @MrSlug1992
    @MrSlug1992 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr WoodenPotatoes, do you think that there will be some kind of way to distinguish characters between the different worlds/servers. For instance a title or an emblem or something that your character gets so that characters from other worlds will be able to recognize you with when guesting or playing WvWvW???
    Great videos, keep up the fantastic work.

  • @AthenaAGT
    @AthenaAGT 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seremey Joule? I see what you did there :3

  • @almwaysa
    @almwaysa 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the story and the art!

  • @Snoefied
    @Snoefied 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always!

  • @albuquerqueThomas
    @albuquerqueThomas 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think Arena should do a mini-series explaining all this content. I think these histories really matter, and most of the players that are going to play GW2 didn't played GW1.
    If i'm not mistaken (correct me if I'm wrong) GW1 just had 1 million players.. The number for GW2 has passed that by far, and the game isn't out yet.

  • @LegendaryMythril
    @LegendaryMythril 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    looking at this video without ever playing prophecies, it's funny seeing the big role all the henchies had. as far as i knew, menhlo was the only one with relevance to the story :P
    that said, i just noticed that you have no plans to cover factions and nightfall in this lore series. can we expect those to be made eventually after launch?

  • @susanshelit
    @susanshelit 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite Devona quotes: Idiot meet hammer, hammer meet idiot.
    Still cracks me up :D

  • @Wing0Alchemist
    @Wing0Alchemist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Charr is GW1 were evil. They committed unspeakable atrocities that can never be forgiven. In GW2 the Charr are hypocritical egotistical assholes and destructive brutes who are only not a scourge because of the dragons. They take credit for what their hated Flame legion enemies did, claim they defeated all humanity, and are more full of themselves than the Asura. People that think Charr are badass either haven't looked closely at them or are the immature preteens who think they're "edgy".

  • @MazicEntertainment
    @MazicEntertainment 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, they way you tell this... i love it

  • @miskava
    @miskava 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was also tearing up a bit and I have absolutely no idea why.

  • @ipris
    @ipris 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic work!