We now know from the BMP that Gwen never went to Elona, she just escaped the Charr in Ascalon and met up with the ebon vanguard in far shiverpeaks pretty quickly.
So, why is there a preserved iris flower in a chest on the Barbarous shore?
Was it just a design team lore inconsistency, or is something greater at work here?
The Preserved Iris Flower
mazey vorstagg
Kotetsu Rain
Hey your right... WTF?
Operative 14
Perhaps Gwen became dissatisfied with her life in the Ebon Vanguard and joined the corsairs for a brief stint?
Arrgh, I be Captain Gwen, and so forth.
Arrgh, I be Captain Gwen, and so forth.
arcanemacabre
This may be a shock, but Gwen may not have been the only person in the world who liked the Red Iris Flowers. There could have easily been someone either from Ascalon (or Charr territories), or have visited those areas, that was a Corsair, joined the Corsair afterwards, or was plundered by Corsair en route somewhere. That flower could have made it's way, preserved, by a multitude of different ways - it doesn't have to have anything to do with Gwen.
杀TanK杀
I agree with the post above, nowhere did it say it was only gwen. Who knows who had them...
mazey vorstagg
Yeah but it's a bit odd, seeing as they were related completely to Gwen. Other Iris Flowers were picked and handled by Gwen. It's like someone finding Togo's Staff in Snake Dance and someone else saying, well it might have been someone else who took it there.
It real life it could have been true. But in a game I doubt the idea was "oh let's put an iris flower here. but Gwen hasn't been here? Someone else could have taken it though".
It real life it could have been true. But in a game I doubt the idea was "oh let's put an iris flower here. but Gwen hasn't been here? Someone else could have taken it though".
arsie
It is Mhenlo I tell you. He's been everywhere.
NO MHENLO! SHE WAS JUST A KID!!
NO MHENLO! SHE WAS JUST A KID!!
arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by mazey vorstagg
Yeah but it's a bit odd, seeing as they were related completely to Gwen. Other Iris Flowers were picked and handled by Gwen. It's like someone finding Togo's Staff in Snake Dance and someone else saying, well it might have been someone else who took it there.
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The only link is the location in which they could be picked, not any one person.
Operative 14
Perhaps they were left by that weirdo/stalkerish assassin guy in the Char territories in GW:EN? He looks like an Ascalonian to me, and I think he's supposed to be one. He's traveled all over the place as well, so it's not entirely unpluasible that he might have visited that corner of Elona.
Friday
No other character in Guild Wars is associated with a the iris flowers, only Gwen. Lore consistency FTW.
I thought originally (before GW:ENs release) that the only reason for this to be there was to provide Elonian characters with a means to attain one... except now they also spawn just outside the Eye of the North outpost, and in the Charr Homelands. So I can't figure it out.
I thought originally (before GW:ENs release) that the only reason for this to be there was to provide Elonian characters with a means to attain one... except now they also spawn just outside the Eye of the North outpost, and in the Charr Homelands. So I can't figure it out.
Onarik Amrak
Maybe it had something to do with Utopia, lore wise.
Biostem
I put it there!!!! Can we close the thread now? 
You can't see me
I have one of these in storage. I'm still debating to toss it or keep it. Was hoping I'd get an answer here. Guess not.
Red Herring From Anet?
Red Herring From Anet?
Tender Wolf
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It is Mhenlo I tell you. He's been everywhere.
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arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by Friday
No other character in Guild Wars is associated with a the iris flowers, only Gwen. Lore consistency FTW.
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pumpkin pie
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We now know from the BMP that Gwen never went to Elona, she just escaped the Charr in Ascalon and met up with the ebon vanguard in far shiverpeaks pretty quickly.
So, why is there a preserved iris flower in a chest on the Barbarous shore? Was it just a design team lore inconsistency, or is something greater at work here? |
she knew we going to find it because she knew we will open any un-open chest hoping for gold drop in them... and it does bring you to one of the most beautiful off hand the Rose Focus.
Sheena Inverse
I have insider information, it was put there just to see how long it took someone to notice and make a thread about it :P *sarcasm*
But seriously, it has nothing to do with gwen just because you gave them to her in pre. They are all over the place, and theres no need for a direct connection to gwen. However if it makes you fell better to think there is, then think it. Who knows maybe it was put there for a quest that was never completed, or will be added later.
My bet is its just there to screw with your head.
But seriously, it has nothing to do with gwen just because you gave them to her in pre. They are all over the place, and theres no need for a direct connection to gwen. However if it makes you fell better to think there is, then think it. Who knows maybe it was put there for a quest that was never completed, or will be added later.
My bet is its just there to screw with your head.
etain
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Barbarous Shore the chest floats across oceans and reach Elona, Its a far cry for help from Gwen
she knew we going to find it because she knew we will open any un-open chest hoping for gold drop in them... and it does bring you to one of the most beautiful off hand the Rose Focus. |
Vicks
I ran around pre-searing gathering a ton of Red Iris flowers, then went to Elona and dumped it in that chest when you weren't looking.
Rabid Fury
I agree with Mazey Red Iris flowers were a game symbol thing put in the game as something for Gwen. It wouldn't make 'Game' since if they it were just someone else who liked them. After all their only use in the game is for Gwen.
Steps_Descending
I hate to take that tone but...
Maybe just a eye catch from the devs to remind us that Gwen was still there somewhere?
Maybe just a eye catch from the devs to remind us that Gwen was still there somewhere?
mrmango
Rofl no Steps. It's obviously impossible for her to have been in Elona.
awiedman
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Perhaps they were left by that weirdo/stalkerish assassin guy in the Char territories in GW:EN? He looks like an Ascalonian to me, and I think he's supposed to be one. He's traveled all over the place as well, so it's not entirely unpluasible that he might have visited that corner of Elona.
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Originally Posted by Operative 14
Perhaps they were left by that weirdo/stalkerish assassin guy in the Char territories in GW:EN? He looks like an Ascalonian to me, and I think he's supposed to be one. He's traveled all over the place as well, so it's not entirely unpluasible that he might have visited that corner of Elona.
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