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Phantometrist Vexxi

Vexxi knew she was always destined to be a powerful Mesmer, so when she found herself unable to make illusions using traditional Mesmer magic, she wasn't about to let that stop her: to bridge the gap, she applied Asuran magitech to create them from holograms instead. Ever since her first working prototype, Vexxi has focused everything on honing her craft, eventually becoming one of the most accomplished hologram engineers in Rata Sum thanks to the power and life-likeness of her holograms. If she doesn't tell you as much herself (which she will), the awards and recognition from her peers are evidence enough. When she isn't at her lab or the College of Statics, she is almost definitely out testing her newest holograms in the field.

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Phantometrist Vexxi

Vexxi knew she was always destined to be a powerful Mesmer, so when she found herself unable to make illusions using traditional Mesmer magic, she wasn't about to let that stop her: to bridge the gap, she applied Asuran magitech to create them from holograms instead. Ever since her first working prototype, Vexxi has focused everything on honing her craft, eventually becoming one of the most accomplished hologram engineers in Rata Sum thanks to the power and life-likeness of her holograms. If she doesn't tell you as much herself (which she will), the awards and recognition from her peers are evidence enough. When she isn't at her lab or the College of Statics, she is almost definitely out testing her newest holograms in the field.

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Phantometrist Vexxi

Vexxi knew she was always destined to be a powerful Mesmer, so when she found herself unable to make illusions using traditional Mesmer magic, she wasn't about to let that stop her: to bridge the gap, she applied Asuran magitech to create them from holograms instead. Ever since her first working prototype, Vexxi has focused everything on honing her craft, eventually becoming one of the most accomplished hologram engineers in Rata Sum thanks to the power and life-likeness of her holograms. If she doesn't tell you as much herself (which she will), the awards and recognition from her peers are evidence enough. When she isn't at her lab or the College of Statics, she is almost definitely out testing her newest holograms in the field.

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The true failing of the current patch is that we, again, entered a giant creature and beat it in the heart until it died, and AGAIN, we did NOT BRING BRAHAM.

I'M SORRY SON, WE'RE A FILTHY LIAR

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My Guild Wars 2 backgrounds! Sponsored by Arenanet.

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ELDER DRAGON WEEK 2025 - Cycle

I've been traveling recently without much free time, but I finished this piece up today just in time to participate in @gw2communityevents's 2025 Elder Dragon Week.

I don't have writing to go with this piece, but the big inspiration was the parallels between Aurene and Caithe; the scions and the sylvari, and where they stand without the looming presence of the Dragon Cycle to inform/define their purpose, origins, and family.

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ANet is feeding us *good* with the titles this update. This morning I learned of a hidden achievement after you've done "Work Hard for now" aka, the achievement to get the tome tome.

I'll pop it under a cut just in case you don't want to know and want to find it out yourself, but man it's super sweet <3

T_T;

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Asura Name Guide

Impotant note: if you want a name that can be used in-game, remember that the character limit is 19, spaces included!

Here's the in-depth step by step guide for creating lore-friendly asuran names:

Keysmash!

Play around with the result!

Keep the single name to 1 or 2 syllables!

Double letters are encouraged!

Check Wiktionary!!! (to make sure it doesn't have any accidental meaning you don't like)

Make it unique by adding a title, krewe name, honorific or whatever you like!

Alt versions for step 1 1a. Use Guild Wars 2 Name Generator to get starting ideas! 1b. Pick a word or name you like! 1c. Pick a random word!

On a more serious note, here's the info we have, taken from the Asura page on the GW2 Wiki

An asura's name often consists of a short, sharp first name with one or two syllables. Feminine asura names typically end in -i or -a vowel sounds, but are not required to do so. Masculine names often end in a consonant sound. Both male and female asura often have two of the same letter in a row somewhere in their name, this being a cultural norm, but it is certainly not required. Asura do not have a last name, instead opting to use job titles, a krewe name, or honorifics to differentiate themselves. Those who choose to take a last name of a style similar to humans are rare and are considered eccentrics, and their surname is often ignored by other asura.

To recap: • Short and sharp names made of 1 or 2 syllables (there are very rare exceptions with 3, like Batanga, Belanna, Edella, Jordekka, Ikkita, Nicarus, Maroola, Viraddi, Rowloona, etc) • The indicated norms for gendered names are usually respected (most female asura's names end with -a/-i vowel sounds, and most male ones end with consonant sounds), but absolutely not mandatory (Kudu, Zee, Gyra are male asura, while Trixx, Blinx, Mordd are female asura). • Having 2 of the same letters in a row (Snaff, Zojja, Arkk, Gorrik) is culturally encouraged, but not required (Taimi, Blish, Phlunt, Ludo). • Job titles, krewe names, honorifics and whatever else are the way to go to make the name unique (and let's be real, good luck finding an available short name in-game). • Human-like last names are seen as weird (I can't find any in-game, but word of god mentions them).

Last-minute Addition

There is one case (that I found) of an asura with two names, Davo Zes, a Collector of Unusual Coins in Bava Nisos's starting area. However, given he appeared so recently and is likely a member of the Astral Ward, his name is probably a quirky exception and does not signify much for asuran naming schemes as a whole.

The only other double-named asura is in Gw1, Gni Neproc. For all we know, one of the two words could be a title in asuran, but objectively it was just a reference to one of the devs.

Resources

Asura NPC list (contains ALL asura NPCs in the game, so it's very long GW1 Asura NPC list

[Dividers by @soulbeastdragon]

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Sketch Cutie Aurene.

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Monday, June 23rd, 7:00 PM EST (NA Servers)

Welcome, one and all, to the Monthly Multi-Krewe Mixer, sponsored by the three esteemed colleges of Rata Sum!

Taking place in a lovely space in Soren Draa, this mixer - sponsored by the deans of the three colleges of Rata Sum - invites asura of all krewes (and megakrewes) to a social mixer to make friends, network, and more. With a strict "no recruiting" policy, the hope is for asura of all ages collegiate and up to make connections that will benefit them moving forward in life.

This event is being held by the [RATA] Guild! Location details and rules below the cut!

Rules

As this is an "all krewes" event, there is to be no recruiting. This is for interpersonal networking as opposed to recruiting for krewes.

No asura supremacy, asura master race, etc jokes. We know the origin of those.

This is an all-ages players event, but alcohol may come up. Keep it clean with everything else.

No phobes in general- [RATA] is an LGBTQIA+ friendly guild and that behavior won't be tolerated.

Please leave OOC conflict at the door. If you have an issue with someone present, please don't bring it public as long as they are not actively harassing you.

Above all, have fun! This even will last 2-3 hours depending on attendance, and host will bring feasts and drinks.

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Non-spoiler Content Warning for Chapter 18 Of Janthier Wilds

If you're queasy to particular heartbeat sounds or have Vasovagal syncope Please turn DOWN Environmental Sound

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Welp, I was enjoying r/GuildWars2 again for a little bit, but after this latest patch drop I gotta unsubscribe again because they are WAYYYY too negative, pessimistic, and doomer over there holy shit. At least here on Tumblr when someone doesn't like a new patch they are usually nuanced and try to be more constructive about it, I don't expect everyone to love every patch and new content in the game but being as doomer and negative as they are on the subreddit is so toxic and unnecessary.

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Commission for someone's GW2 Commander~

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Blixxie went from Good Apple to Snaff Savant. She kind of sucked at college, a lot of stuff just didn't click with her. But her entry for the Snaff Prize blew the judges away, and it made up pretty much all of her qualifying grade.

Kaidalis went from Barnstormer to Pact Commander. While she is not The Pact Commander (tm) she was a commander in the Pact. She brought a lot of combat animals into the fight. Training Sylvan Hounds and also training combat animals for the Vigil.

Khorren went from Knight of the Thorn to Valiant of the Wyld Hunt. She's been a liaison to the Pact, and to the Commander

Oxia went from Gladiator to Warband Legionnaire Oxia and her warband are actually not within the legions anymore. Having left Blood during Icebrood Saga, but it's a title she still carries. She will live and die for her warband.

And of course, Aoife. She's not getting a title change, but she will of course always be the Slayer of Issormir Aoife 1 is the Pupil of Owl, and Aoife 2 is Twice-Told Legend. Because there's 2 of her. Har har har.

And a special note for Amarilis now being the Knight of the Thorn. While she gave the broken remains of Caladbolg to Khorren, she went on the journey to get it restored with her, and Khorren felt it was best given to Amaralis as a reminder of Trahearne.

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Evidence of Dot on Dot violence in the form of a fluffy friend @dotmander

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Kralkatorrik

crystals will be the end of me q_q i redid the foreground too many times and I need to move on to start working on mordremoth. here’s the uncropped version for the glint fans

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Consider: a sylvari commander ensuring Aurene gets a childhood bc they never really got one.