From the Mists - Issue 6 | GuildMag

A new year, a new logo, a redesigned website and GuildMag's still there! Ok, enough of the cheesy rhyme, this issue will focus on the shrouded secrets of Tyria, namely everything that either didn't make it into the game or is still somewhat unknown or forgotten knowledge to the Guild Wars audience.



In short, this issue talks about the Mists themselves but also takes a look at what the unreleased Guild Wars expansion: Utopia, could have been for Guild Wars. Konig also takes a look at a possible story-plot for the next trilogy if it was not canceled in favor of Guild Wars 2. Next to this we also take at other interesting topics like the Celestials, Humans of Cantha and the Goddess Lyssa. Of course you'll also find our returning articles like an interesting interview with Ravious from Kill Ten Rats, Title Hunters, Call of the Wolf, and the adventures of Soy Oil. Also, we introduce a brand new the GuildMag Showdown, where we match up two iconic Guild Wars characters to fight for their honor!

• Welcome to the Mists
The beginning. Literally.
• GuildMag Showdown: Prince Rurik Vs Master Togo
Who will come out on top?
• Title Hunters | Legendary Vanquisher
These legendary heroes show no mercy.
• Tyria: A World That Could Have Been
Aztechronotopian markets featuring guildbank mounts!
• The Adventures of Soy Oil: Part 2
So easy, even a Norn could do it.
• GuildMag Featured Artist
Prolific Nolani Academy artist, Tommy’s.
• The Celestials
Learn more about these highly revered celestial deities.
• Dutch’s Talk with Ravious (Kill Ten Rats)
Get personal with our favorite blogging superstar.
• The Team’s opinion on... Edge of Destiny
GuildMag staff review the much anticipated prequel.
• Arachnia and the Insectoid Gods
Skin crawling research on mysterious insect beings
• FanFic: Necklace of Power
Relic lost to the passage of time.
• Lyssa: The Twin Goddesses
Mesmerizing account on the matron of illusion and beauty.
• Humans of Cantha, The First to Walk Tyria
The history and culture of the earliest humans.
• Call of the Wolf
Tender Wolf’s closing chapters.
• End of the Line
Scrumptious morsels.


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Think you forgot the links. Or at least, I can't see them.

Fixed now, thanks for mentioning...

"In short, this issue talks about the Mists themselves but also takes a look at what the unreleased Guild Wars expansion: Utopia, could have been for Guild Wars. Konig also takes a look at a possible story-plot for the next trilogy if it was not canceled in favor of Guild Wars 2."

So speculation and lore based on things that aren't going to happen anymore?

Looking forward to the Ravious interview though. Always an interesting read, that guy. Thanks for the link.

Our magazine is not our speculation outlet, we got Visions for that, the magazine may contain opinions from the writers but they're always clearly stated as such. We've had a wide range of topics so far and we thought that, with WiK done and WiC upcoming somewhere in the future, a look back at what could've been would be nice. Aside of two less fact-like articles we got a lot more lore for you to read as you can also see above.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the content that you did read - of course I'll take back the feedback that you gave us, as that's always appreciated!

"There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired."

Message I get after downloading the PDF. Anyone else having this issue?

Perhaps you closed the download to early?

I checked it and the pdf is still working normally for me, as is the HTML file included in the zip... perhaps you can give me a better specification of the problem, but I think a new download should do the trick.

Awesome. I will be downloading it when i get home, and i can't wait to read it. I appreciate the time & effort people have put into this issue.

Downloading the .rar appears to be working just fine. The first link if I view in Chrome it just sits on the front page no matter how much I scroll, and if I "save as" and open it on my desktop it gives that error.

Why don't you guys do the "mag" as a blog? Each story is just a separate blog post. You can still have pictures, fonts and all that but it becomes a lot easier for the rest of the community to read. Personally I don't like downloading PDFs because they are more difficult to browse than web pages and I have to download it all instead of just look through what I like.

I can also link blog posts to other players on forums instead of linking the whole magazine. You also have the advantage of instant updates when articles are submitted, finished editing and ready for the public as opposed to waiting each month for a big pdf.

From an ease of access and consumption point of view, I personally think a news blog would be better than the pdf thing you guys have been doing.

Ignore me. I looked at the website for the first time in a long time and it looks like you are doing something like this already. I was just assuming you still did the old "pdf only" thing.

Thank you very much, was really interesting to read about the mists

Dancing Gnome, you do have a point, and we know the instant update things is more comfortable for readers. As I stated, we're currently looking into something that will please us both, so that we still have a magazine while we get rid of the pdf - in the end.

But I appreciate your feedback and we'll certainly look into other, better suited, options.

Great to hear that you've checked out the rest of our site as well, hope you liked that stuff!

Nice! Interesting to read!