Shadow Army = White Mantle???

ADGrady

ADGrady

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

Knights Of The Necropolis

W/Mo

im not sure if this has been disscused yet, but im going crazy about it. is it just me or does the Shodow Army bear a striking resembalence to the white mantle? at first i thought they just looked the same, but then i saw the white matle emblem on the shadow army spellcaster armor! whats the deal?

here is a pic of :

1: the emblem of the white mantle

2: a shadow army mesmer, note the emblem on his chest

3: a white mantle monk, look familiar?







whats the deal?

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Anet simply used the same skin for the Shadow Army spellcasters. As far as i know there are not yet any ties between Menzies's Shadow Army and the White Mantle.

Damasus

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Legendary Explorer's Haven

W/

Yep, Anet just darkened the skins to save time and create a whole new army of foes quickly.


Of course, the Mission Bonus Promtion promises to show how the Mantle "really" rose to power...

Mursaat and Menzies??? O.o

Mesmer in Need

Mesmer in Need

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

[ToA]

Theres also a storage agent boss in snake dance. Reused skins.

mazey vorstagg

mazey vorstagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Nodnol

Meeting of Lost Minds

E/Mo

Yeah but the Xunlai boss in Snake Dance is a Xunlai deserter, gone to find power for herself rather than aid the commercial expansion of the Xunlai Guild.

There's no reused skins in lore, all can be explained.

What if the shadow army are taken from the future (or time flows differently in FoW and RoT) and aid Menzies in fighting his brother. I wouldn't be surprised if the Mursatt were his allies as they don't seem to have a god.

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

There's no reused skins in lore, you're right. Unfortunately, there are reused skins in games. Ever noticed how abyssals look like trolls? Reused skins.

Damasus

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Legendary Explorer's Haven

W/

Easily explained. Abyssals are simply the souls of disgruntled Mountain Trolls, who were killed by farmers. After death, recruiters working for Menzies convinced them that by joining the Shadow Army, they could have revenge on the farmers who so callously sent the into the afterlife.

</sarcasm>

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

A while ago we got a rather depressing article on the state of things by GW2. It states that Ascalon is still in the toilet, and Kryta STILL has White Mantle causing mischief (for a whole century?!). The only kingdom that got better was Deldrimor.

Perhaps in the future, the White Mantle will get aided by Menzies. He will smite the Mursaat (sadly) and will "persuade" ("I CAN DO THE SAME TO YOU IF YOU DON'T WORSHIP MEH!") them to join him. He will give them SuperPowers.

Then you will realize that "Shadow Army" is only their mortal name. The actual name, used by them and Menzies, is "X'thka" or "BLACK MANTLE".

El Pai De Buddha

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/Me

Eldin, are you referring to the article in IGN giving lore to the background of the Tyrian nations during GWEN? It wasn't talking about GW2.

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldin
A while ago we got a rather depressing article on the state of things by GW2. It states that Ascalon is still in the toilet, and Kryta STILL has White Mantle causing mischief (for a whole century?!). The only kingdom that got better was Deldrimor.
That article was reffering to the state of things in EotN (i remember it saying the White Mantle were still in Kryta and that troops from Ascalon were in Charr Terrortory). There is yet to be an article that releases details on the state of the world in GW2.

eightyfour-onesevenfive

eightyfour-onesevenfive

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

7??13'35" E - 50??06'27" N

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Smite Crawlers -> Scarabs
Aatxe -> Minotaurs
Grasps of Insanity -> Ghouls
Kraken Spawns (Factions) -> Phantoms (Prophecies)

I bet there are quite a few more. There may be no reused skins in lore, but there is also no lore in reused skins. Not everything that looks, sounds or smells similar has to be connected.

Guildmaster Cain

Guildmaster Cain

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Guildmistress Eve [Me], Guildmistress Azura [N], Guildmistress Azumi [A], Guildmistress Jaina [D]

Guildmaster Aeron [Rt], Arthas Ironfist [W], Guild: The Tyrian Templars [TTT]

Flesh Golem (minion) = Charr Axe Fiend
Burning Titan = Druids

And yes, many many more.