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Originally Posted by Makaelthos Solcry
You mean norse .
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No. He means Greco Roman.
In Norse mythology the Gods were opposed by the Giants, not the Titans.
And there's a flaw with your theory, Lordhelmos. In fact... several.
First of all... there are five gods. Dwayna, Balthazar, Melandru, Grenth,
and Lyssa.
Secondly... the gods created the serpents to look after Tyria, which they eventually realized the uselessness of with the destructive presence of humans. They fled to the Crystal Desert, and later left, and humans continued to screw themselves up until at last King Doric pleaded for the gods for aid.
The gods, in their final act before leaving Tyria forever, gather up all the magic in a giant stone, smash it, and seal the five pieces with Doric's blood. The stones are dropped in Abaddon's Mouth, and it's believed done.
Then, a few hundred years later, the volcano erupts and the Bloodstones are scattered all over Tyria.
Tyria, not the world.
The Titans, according to guildwiki, are a powerful and destructive race that once roamed Tyria's furthest corners (including Ascalon, where the Charr recieved them as gods and still erect flammable effigies in their image). How they were sealed inside the Door of Komalie probably involves the Scepter of Orr, whos wielder the Titans submit to. After the Scepter was used to seal the Titans away, it was likely hidden in a bygone place in Kryta. This is because Kryta had no real military - only the Lionguard who kept safe the Holy City of King Doric's line. As such, even if anybody were to find the Scepter they would not know what it was.
Unfortunately, not all record of it was lost.
Centuries later, a student of the Flameseeker Prophecies begins searching for a mysterious artifact alluded to in the dragonscript. His efforts are kept silent, and the more he researches the artifacts power and history, the more he realizes how he might use it. The chain of events has begun, and Vizier Khilbron comes to realize he will need to be more than mortal to achieve his goal.
So when the Charr approach, he performs an ancient ritual of devastating consequences - transforming himself into a lich and destroying the entire peninsula that was Orr.
By now we need to think about the Mursaat. It is likely that they lived in the Maguuma as long as time can recall, and didn't branch out from there for fear of the Titans. Thus, they would have eagerly played a hand in sealing the Titans away.
When the volcano erupted, spewing out the Bloodstones, it is possible that the integrity of the magical door of Komalie was weakened. Fearing the return of their hated enemy, the Mursaat endeavoured to find a way to keep shut the gate to hell. The most effective means they contrive is a battery, powered by souls.
Fearing that their plan may be discovered, they decide to kill two birds with one stone. Literally. They sacrafice the Chosen - who can see them - on the bloodstone, which charges the battery and renews the strength of the door of Komalie.
Their plan works perfectly until Khilbron takes the next step of his design, and takes some of the Chosen before the Mantle can get to them, and then shows the group their friends being slaughtered on the Bloodstone. Horrified, they found the Shining Blade, which the band of heroes is eventually drawn into.
See, Khilbron alone was one man, but he knows that with the door of Komalie weakening, the Mursaat would use their influence over the White Mantle to send search parties through Kryta in search of the lost artifact. But when Khilbron has his own influence in a great organization such as the Shining Blade, he can use them to retrieve the artifact and deliver it to him.
All works according to his designs, and the rest is needs no interpretation.
The Mursaat are neither good nor evil (unless you count an apparent lack of conscience as evil). They are simply looking out for their better interests, no matter the cost. Something understandable in any race.
<EDIT:> Rereading my post, it seems as if the entire thing is stating that Lordhelmos' theory is a wrong... actually only the top is correcting the flaws, the rest is my own theory.
