Eight gods, not six?

Ok, that kinda owned this whole thread. But still, Abaddon defeated 2 of the 5 gods? What happened to them?

They licked their wounds and came back with the others. Defeated doesn't mean killed. Abaddon was defeated by the Five, but he wasn't actually killed/absorbed until we came along.

Exactly. By defeated it probably means they could not stop him rather than him using some uber powerful spell to destroy them. I'm going to guess the two gods were Melandru and Lyssa - though its just guess. Grenth and Balthazar dont sound like the types to lose a battle easily and Dwayna probably united them for the final battle.

Link to the information if you will. There was no Prima Guide released alongside Nightfall, so where this information is coming from is most intriguing.

First thing I must mention. Abaddon did not kill two gods, he had the strength of two gods. This could mean that he killed 2, one when he was a mortal, and one as a god, but that is never confirmed. The only in-game lore source of Abaddon killing another god was by The Apostate, which never mentions if Abaddon was a god or mortal at the time Abaddon killed his 'predecesor' so it is possible he killed one god and gained the powers of a second god.

Now, I will name all dieties, that are not proven to be false *Mursaat and Titans*.

1. Dwayna
2. Grenth/Dhuum
3. Melandru
4. Balthazar
5. Lysaa
6. Abaddon/Kormir
7. The Great Dwarf

If the god(s) Abaddon killed were ever mentioned, it would have to be the Great Dwarf.

O, no no no. The Dragons oppose the gods. They are supposedly older then the gods and stronger then them. If anything, the Gods served the Dragons, and after the Dragons went into hybernation, the gods changed how they did things. And now that the dragons are awakening, the gods are fleeing *according to the little info we know of GW2, the Gods completely leave tyria, aka no blessings/transport to the realm of the gods ever again*.

No, I hope to god your joking.
No, Droknar was the first Dwarven king, not the Great Dwarf. The Great Dwarf was a 'giant' supposedly, as he used Anvil Rock as an Anvil, thats one big 'dwarf' .

Let me fix it for you, and make it easier to understand who is what.
Dwayna - Goddess of Air and Life
Grenth - God of Cold and Death
Melandru - Goddess of Earth and Nature
Balthazar - God of Fire and War
Lyssa - Twin Goddess of Beauty and Illusion
Abaddon - God of Water and Secrets
Kormir - Goddess of Knowledge
Great Dwarf - Unknown *can't be stone as that is same as Earth, which is Melandru, and Balthazar basically takes Strength*

There is a God(dess) of air, Dwayna.
And there is a God of Water, Abaddon.

As for your element arguments, it is thought out. Ice, Earth, Air, Fire are all covered right away, and Water *a form of Ice* is brought in in NF.
Sun God would mean the leading god, which wouldn't happen as Dwayna is the head goddess. Time god is a good idea. One god that I believe is absolutely necessary in any belief would be a God of Balance. Can't have totality on one side or the other, always must be a balance of forces or else it would create Chaos.

In the scriptures of the gods, they use their elements quite well. Abaddon sinks a ton of ships, Grenth freezes the land over, Balthazar is symbolized by fire*I think, not sure on that one*, etc etc. To me, the god lore in GW was taken from ancient mythologies, multiple gods each governing different things, fire and war is usually put together, as is air and life, death is cold in a way so that makes sense, as does earth and nature. I personally think you don't look into lore enough, because I have only seen loopholes in lore that is "ancient" in the game, which is actually VERY natural if ANet is trying to make the game more realistic, older things are, the less we know.

Abaddon isn't called a god of lies, he just took that out of the idea of secrets, when you keep a secret, usually you lie, same thing with calling Kormir the goddess of Knowledge and Truth, although called that in game, the same principle exists.
The day has finally come, when I disagree with Free Runner. He did not actually defeat two of the five gods, in actuality, there were 7 gods, he killed on to gain the power of two gods. It says that Abaddon was able to overpower two of the five gods. That is, unless I misread it, which I don't think I did, and what I read was not wiki, but directly ANet supplied info. I'll search around for it and post it up later when I do find it. I think it was a NPC in NF.

Ok, from the above post, I assume Abaddon pretty much left two of the gods lying on the floor, bloodied and beaten using the power he gained from the two of the seven gods he did kill, and was about to kill/absorb their energy when the other 3 turned up and beat him back.

As for the argument for the Great Dwarf being a god, I think so. he could be the god of forge, since dwarfs do say that they'll go to the Great Forge when they die and be with the Great Dwarf. About Anvil Rock, he probably used that as an anvil when the gods of Tyria lived among mortals and we know from meeting Abaddon that gods are giant humanoids, so that does seem likely.

Actually he won over those 2 two gods. He did not go on a massive killing spree to absorb power from different deities (unless your talking about him becoming a god). Two of the five gods tried to stop him and failed. That is called defeat.

The Great Dwarf is considered different from the 6 gods therefore he is not included in the group. We still dont exactly know the power behind the great dwarf - as in is he an actual god in the Mists or is he just power.

Also Mist if he had killed 2 and defeated 2 more that would mean there were 8 gods not 7....

i agree with the notion that the way this is written can lead to confusion.

scenario 1. Abbadon overpowers 2 gods.

scenario 2. Abbadon has the power to defeat 2 gods (but doesn't since he is faced by five).

In scenario 1 we read the text as is, in scenario 2 we interpret Abbadons "power level" as a description.

example : Tom Strong had the strength of ten men.

This link comes from the Wiki:-
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Abaddon

But, as has been mentioned previously in this thread, the information there is not necessarily 100% accurate due to Wiki's subjective nature. I've never heard mention of these Seers of Twilight, so wondered if anyone else can corroborate with an Anet/in-game reference.

That actually makes a lot of sense, the Great Dwarf could be the "God of Creation" or something of that nature, not as much of a "god" as the other 6 but more of a powerful diety with rather straightforward powers, maybe even "contracted" by the other gods to create Tyria in the first place. It makes sense, he's worshipped by the Dwarves, some of the most inventive and creative races in GW (save the asura), and most things attributed to the Great Dwarf are things having to do with creation, Anvil Rock and all the aforementioned forge refrences.

To me makes more sense that the god of lies is Lyssa and not Abaddon. Lyssa is the goddess of Illusion and Chaos.

Ilussion=Lies

And in any case Abaddon and Lyssa are not the only ones who lie. if not what is the whole "His name has been eradicated from all history,
burnished from all monuments, condemned as blasphemy".

Abaddon fit more with the Lovecraftian horror theme of Knowledge=Madness because when you have knowledge you can see the true horrors of reality. Maybe Abaddon was aware of the imminent awakening of the dragons and everything that he did was a preparation for that.

“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents...”

We do not know what these dragons are and Judging by their descriptions are far more ancient and powerful than the gods.
Perhaps the ancient dragons were the first or among the first creatures in existence before the gods appear or perhaps they were servers of other beings.

Personally I would ask to Arenanet a little more originality on this point. Instead of the typical story "Gods created the world" I would suggest something in the style of Greek mythology or Nordic: In the beginning there was only chaos and from there emerged the first beings or primordial forces.

Lyssa is not the goddess of Chaos. Where do people get this? It clearly states "Goddess of Beauty and Illusion" no where does it say Chaos.

I do like your imput of "Knowledge=Madness" because in many cases it does act like that, and in many games too, one that comes to my mind right away is Prince of Persia:Warrior Within, the Empress of Time knows her fate, and is grief stricken with it till she meets the prince, according to her at least .

I still hold to the theory of the gods being servents of the Dragons, who then rebelled and sent the Dragons into hibernation. And, seeing how the gods are no longer around in GW2, they leave in fear. Makes good sense to me at least. And if not that then it should be that the Dragons and the Gods are the same beings, but different sides of their personalities. That also works with the Gods leaving and having no contact at all.

Is it a possibility that ArenaNet made the GuildWars gods almost identical towards the Gods of Mythology.

If so, then shouldn't there be 'half' gods (which are half human/god; offbreed of a human and a god).

Also if the heroes of GuildWars was able to defeat Abbadon and create the Goddess of Truths in the process, then we should have a little bid divine power like the gods.

If my theory is correct, then whose our father/mother. Maybe in GuildWars2 we will be able to find this out throughout the storyline.

Blizzard, there is a half god, his name is Menzies.

Just as in mythology, there are normal humans who get lucky and can kill strong monsters. For us, Abaddon was chained so he was weakened, allowing us to kill him.

1. Dwayna
2. Balthazar
3. Grenth
4. Melandru
5. Lyssa
(+6. Abaddon/Kormir)

The original Pantheon.

6. Abaddon (fallen God)
7. Menzies
- Balthazar's evil half-brother. God or aspiring to become one. Half-brother means same mother or father, but who is the other mother/father then? Who is the father/mother of Balthazar???
8. Dhuum (fallen God, Grenth conquered his realm)
9. Kormir (replacement-God for Abaddon)
10. The Great Dwarf (Dwarven homie)
11. The Great Destroyer (god or demon, no idea)
12. Primordus + other ancient dragons (more Dragon than god, but powerful for sure)
13. Akivasha (my Necro, Grind-God Walking Amongst Mere GW-Players)


Who knows how many gods are out there, if we refer to the Gods in GW, we usually mean the original 5/6 that are worshipped by the humans.

Just the impression it gives combined with the way mesmers are.

1. Corresponding damage type.

2. If Mesmers had a DnD style alignment they would be Chaotic (imo).

from dndwiki.

"Chaos implies freedom, adaptability, and flexibility. On the downside, chaos can include recklessness, resentment toward legitimate authority, arbitrary actions, and irresponsibility. Those who promote chaotic behavior say that only unfettered personal freedom allows people to express themselves fully and lets society benefit from the potential that its individuals have within them."

sounds like mesmer to me.

Menzies is a half-god because his brother, Balthazar, has more power.

I ment half-god as in half-human, half-god/divine figure

Seeing how Balthazar is struggling in the war with Menzies, I don't think that Balthazar truly has more power, I think that Menzies is in fact a demi-god *may not be half-human, but is half-non-divine*.

Perhaps, that the Great Dwarf, is not a god at all, remember, in 10,000 BE (before exodus) was the last sign of the Giants on Tyria, maybe the Great Dwarf was a giant, that could explain his massive height and using Anvil Rock as his forge.

Considering that Menzies has an entire army of shadows at his disposal, and Balthazar only has a select few chosen who has died and gone to the Mists, It would make sense that Menzies has somewhat of an upperhand, like most good army vs bad army scenerios.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Seer

Rembemer that Mursaat Vs Seer topic? All is relationated.