Guild Wars 2 Story summary -- Living World seasons 1-3 and Heart of Thorns!

A summary of all the major narrative content that has been in Guild Wars 2 between the base game and Path of Fire. This video will ideally give some background information to new or returning players who are making leaps between story points.
Timestamps:
1:55 - Season 1
7:12 - Season 2
11:39 - Heart of Thorns
16:26 - Season 3
Living World season 1 movie by Dreamy Abaddon (very thorough, if you want to know about what season 1 was like specifically): • Video
Sorry about the audio weirdness in this video, i have never done anything like this so be nice please
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[@coolcrabsavethegoats2496]

for HoT, i was a sylvari and i chose Caith and Canach as my partners to fight Mordremoth and Brahm said "Is it just me, or is it a problem that only sylvari are doing this?" Or something like that. It made me hysterical.

[@mirek1878]

I did the HoT story yesterday again to experiene it once because back then I skipped through it and I also chose Caith and Canach! I am norn though, but Rytlock still said "Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that 2 out of 3 goin in there are Sylvari?" XD Loved it!

[@PotatoPhreak]

This is so underrated

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Potato Phreak thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it :D

[@davidblankfield922]

Fr fr

[@monicatran9042]

@@pariasapenumbra5117 I just started playing this year! Thank you for making this!

[@MrPF]

4:35 "know as the toxic alliance" bassicly the internet lol

[@lordmawkish1286]

the GW2 subreddit haha

[@oussemamenthole2586]

The pvp lobby 😂

[@emmakaliza]

I know you made this three years ago, but it is still one of the best recaps out there for jumping into the storyline! I love that you were specific in introducing characters and not just talking about events. This helps with continuity so much! Plus your characters are brilliantly cute. Thanks a million!

[@dwaynat2068]

This is the best living world story summary I've seen so far. Amazing job! Love the art.

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Dwayna T thank you so much!!! :D

[@drako3402]

Those drawings are spot-on, and very well done :) Also, I'm newer To GW2, so the story explanation was very helpful.

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

thank you so much!! Glad that you enjoyed the video, and that it was helpful to you C:

[@Prophint]

2:20 is LW season 1 7:11 is LW season 2 11:35 is Heart of Thorns 16:25 is LW season 3 awesome animation btw! love it.

[@toritarantino187]

I'm living for the toon drawings of everyone, they're adorable lol. Especially Taimi!

[@DespicableMe007]

haha love her, just finished HoT but not touched any LWs yet but will start soon

[@MythicalBlue]

Thanks. It was annoying not knowing any of the characters when playing through HoT.

[@MrSoulcreek]

thank you for the recap, having to pay an additional 20 bucks for EVERY living world season as a new player is just insane

[@nimiar]

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for making this summary. As someone coming back to GW2 all I had played was the core storyline, and this made jumping in much more enjoyable! You rock!

[@BM03]

Thank you SO much. I came (back since release) into the game, got both expansion, did all of HoT, started PoF and felt SO lost. The ending to HoT was especially abrupt. I thought those seasons would be extra or complimentary. Not at all, it's really silly to have them separate from the expansions, the expansions just don't work by themselves, story-wise. I'm enjoying my time here so far, if I find a good community (guilds and such) that keeps me engaged with group content, I'll be in for the long run and get these seasons. For now, thank you very much for clearing SO much up.

[@shrek7428]

Seriously awesome recap and amazing artwork, was trying to follow the other season 1 movie but literally got lost every second and fell asleep through most of it, this was very interesting and to the point

[@Regrettable-Username]

8:43 oh my god, Trahearne is so adorable and spot on!

[@OperativeKANE]

I havent seen the whole video due to my not having completed Heart of Thorns, but I must say youve done a very good job conveying all the information that one would need to know before jumping into the DLCs. Thank you

[@cynhanrahan4012]

This was awesome! I played free 2 years, until early Dec 2019, when I began scrambling to just catch up on skills. I adore lore. I'm going to now discuss a lore master with my Guild, so we are not just running around killing things and making achievement and mastery points. Great job!

[@Nitallica]

I am new to GW2 so this was super helpful! :) (of course I stopped watching at LS3 as that's where I am currently) Very nicely done! :D

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Nicki Faulk thank you for watching, I'm so glad you found it helpful!! :D

[@jawesome548]

Thank you for this! My friend is going to play path of fire but hasn't played the previous chapters for the story. This is the perfect video to send!

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Anonymous thank you, I am so glad that this video was helpful to you and your friend!!

[@fawkes2504]

I started playing this game just less than a month ago and this explained SO much I owe you my life dude

[@stephg4711]

Thanks for this! Had a really hard time of finding a recap of LW1+2 before starting HoT. This was perfect :)

[@SvRazor33]

This is just beautiful. I'm amazed. Fun, precise, interesting, great art. You earned a new subscriber! Keep this up!

[@rezzybeans]

What an awesome recap! I have only done my story every so often and its all jumbled together, watched this right after speaking to Jormag the 1st time!

[@NickLetsom]

This video and format is so good. I hope you make more some day!

[@aulieance8003]

Thanks for this much needed catch up! Just getting back and doing the expansions. There are so many new characters my character apperently knows, that I've never seen before from the main story.

[@Soladat]

thanks for making this! Your summaries were great and easy to follow along with, but also not. super long. like other explanations i've seen of just one season. Art style is also cute and helped remember characters!

[@runkelrube2434]

Well explained and really nice drawn. Really deserves more views.

[@RykersBTK]

Very useful summary to get back to the game a while and play Path of fire, the story of guild wars 2 is somtimes difficult to follow, and this video helps a lot. Big thanks !

[@toadman4]

This was really great for catching up after not playing for a long time! Thanks!

[@Rkcuddles]

Been looking for this for a month... thank you so much. Wish the algorithm would surface your amazing work quicker. I hope you come back and update this with all the new story.

[@Dustin_Studios]

Thank you so much for making this video, I originally played Guild Wars 2 for the first year and then stopped. Last week I decided to jump back in to it but I've missed so much story so this was great to watch and now I feel more caught up. :)

[@saloheimoi]

I too have been playing on/off since launch but I still very much enjoyed your summary! Great job!

[@kostas_ermeidis]

That's why the guild wars game is the best of its kind (even for many rpgs.) cause it has the best unique community. Creative idea for a recap congrats to you!

[@K4sperx]

just about to start path of fire and this was a wonderfull recap! Thank you so much!

[@Smileface2144]

This is really really good you deserve so many more subscribers!!!! awesome summary!

[@eve3916]

This was fantastic! Just the catch up i was looking for before i jump into pof. Love the cartoons.

[@OneofInfinity.]

Spot on 5 years later recommended again, re-watching now that EoD came out a month ago. [Honorary Delaqua]

[@tombocai]

I really like your video and your drawings! I havent watched it until the end, so I don't see some spoilers, but as I progress through the story I like to come back to your video to see the summary and the cute illustrations. I'm off too heart of thorns now.

[@Mossybrain]

this is really fanstastic, i hope you do one for the rest of the seasons!!

[@CapitanWiseman]

Love this video so much abd was really sad that there werent any new content on this channel for years :(

[@maxlee9512]

Can we get a humongous F for my favourite characters in the series, Trahearne and Tybalt

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

yes!! trahearne is one of my faves too! and who couldn't love fan favorite tybalt? F

[@maxlee9512]

Glad Trahearne got a statue in The Grove :)

[@fyenoyume]

Yeeeah I love Trahearne so much I cried all the tears of my body when he died XD F !

[@EVAUnit4A]

Apples Up for Tybalt!

[@dorderre]

F I'm caring waaay too little about that annoying blabbermouth Trahearne (tho his death is pretty tragic), but Tybalt? Best NPC Ever! I literally cried when I saw him again during the final fight against Mordy T.T

[@ArchIsleGuardian]

Thanks a bunch! Back after 4 years!

[@SirRocketdog]

This was fantastic, would love to see more on lore!

[@Wizeroy]

How did I miss it till now? This is great! :o

[@BabyJesus440]

Great info. Had to stop the video after season 1, now time to play

[@crescellegillebaard6020]

What a nice recap! You must have put a lot of work into those drawings -- I specifically love the lighting and shading in your backgrounds!!! Good luck!

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Emma G Thank you so much!!

[@AntimatterAnimations]

A super helpful summary, thanks so much for making this!

[@MoaDixn]

Started HoT storyline not long ago, jumping directly from the personal story and during my whole run so far I was like, "excuse me, who is this?" This helped a lot to introduce the characters, thanks It's sad that LWS1 isn't available anymore but hopefully with LWS3 I'll have more context for Path of Fire Edit: I was so upset with the whole thing around Eir's death I main a norn warrior so, she was there with my character since the beginning, and then boom Such a sudden death, and the commander's reaction being so bland regarding the lost of someone so close...

[@khaosterminator]

Thank you very much for this video. Loved the art!

[@tosifftom9220]

This was perfect! Why hasnt this gotten more attention!?

[@tharindusamarakoon8831]

Thanks for this. Love your style of commentary. Please make similar ones for the recent expansions as well please!!

[@goldendragonrider5237]

I’m glad this video was recommended to me, despite knowing all of this. Hopefully it means that hopefully more and more people will see this quality content.

[@ratslayer279]

Great recap + great drawings as a person who only owns path of fire this is amazing.

[@marijntenbrinke2440]

I needed this, thanks i can start heart of thorns now and will finish the video when im done ^^

[@aandegart2207]

This is soooo helpful! Thank you for making this!!

[@therooba1986]

Omg, this is so good! Some background ambient music would be awesome, though, but telling the whole story using crayon drawings is just too eye-catching and awesome. Keep these up!

[@therooba1986]

I just realised that I just had to turn my volume up a bit to hear the music, so nevermind :D

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

the Rooba yeah it's pretty quiet haha. Thanks for watching though! So glad you enjoyed!! :D

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Nice, and the amount of work into those drawings is easy to see, hopefully your able to come back to the channel in time as interesting you tuber's who have a passion for Gw2 or any game really are a blessing :). Thank you for the quality and time this video took and the passion it shows for Gw2 :). All the best!!!

[@ginoh007]

Thanks for the story recap, it been helpful for me.

[@magistertome2930]

Thank you so much. Great storytelling and I love the art, too.

[@aedegroot94]

Thanks for this! I don't enjoy the story quests very much but I do like the lore, so I was dreading spending loads of time (and money) on the living story and not even enjoy it. Gonna watch your season 1 and 2 recaps, play HoT and then come back for the s3 recap later!

[@Karlettto89]

Thank yous so much for this video! I really needed to catch up on this game!!!

[@zaayd]

Great summary, I couldn't afford any of the living worlds so I had to just read the wiki for hours instead of playing through them originally lol It's been 3 years you should make another recap for the current content since 2017!

[@Redfield253]

THE ANIMATION AND STORY TELLING

[@chrisli663]

The Scarlett's invasion event was my favorite LW event. Forgot how cool it was and the consequences that came about afterwards. Wish we could see more events like this!

[@joshuagraham4685]

Thank you! This was perfect!

[@frokeswinter]

Great summary and something that the game sorely lacks!

[@toodply]

Thanks! :) I love you artstyle! 💗

[@quantumhelix1848]

Thank you👍☕ For explaining season 1 😁

[@Sagimoto]

I would love to see something like this for the back story of the main characters such as Kameer

[@Bigb671]

Thanks so much for this. I was recently getting back into the game and I forgot what happened in heart of thorns.

[@ODSTpro]

Thank you for this video. I'm just about to get back into this from quitting just before heart of thorns dropped. Can't wait to start PoF. :D Thank you!

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

You're very welcome, have fun in PoF :D

[@daveyjane8922]

As someone returning many years after playing some vanilla content but never making it to max level ... I decided to use the max boost I got from purchasing the expansions and begin with HoT since this is the point at which max level is required to access content. I realized quickly in HoT that there's a lot of background I was missing, and your video was an incredible way to get caught up! Definitely beats reading the Wiki, though the amount of detail in the Wiki story summary is nice for those wanting a little more. Anyway, I appreciate your delivery! Thank you! Edit: I should add, anyone who max boosts and skips to some expansion: Highly recommend that you do the first chapter of Path of Fire to unlock mount! Then you can go back and do any story that your heart desires on any character with access to a mount.

[@TheWindyweather]

This is so good. Love your artstyle. I have played through all of this several times on alts. One correction - I have heard in voice acting the pronunciation is taREAR. Super job. Loved to relive it all through your eyes and lovely art and voice.

[@erichill7603]

thanks for the update. just started last week was lost af

[@donmeswimee]

This is so good. Thanks!

[@DespicableMe007]

wow, such an excellent story-boarding :)

[@raharu000]

Thank you so much for this, it was great and really helpful.

[@xalberrious]

How did I just find this. More please!

[@PiotrDrzymkowski]

This is such a great video! I wonder why you're not making more :)

[@LeiosLabs]

This is great! I would love to see this for stuff to end of dragons!

[@M3gaCowlick]

this was great. so detailed and i especially love the artwork. wish there was more. just an idea but maybe you could do more artwork about your own characters events, say if she rp's or whatever.

[@tiredboidraws]

would love you to come back and do this again for PoF, EoD, LW S4, Icebrood Saga, and SOTO. I don't care for the story while I'm playing it, and just want synopses like these. You did a great job :)

[@nufftajbl]

Thank you. This was most helpful!

[@TheMieperLP]

One thing i really loved about HoT: If you play a sylvari, even being the pact commander, many people mistrust you and even before the end fight, there are special dialogues for either 1, 2 or all sylvari going into the dream. Storytelling done in a different way... i could feel how the view if every sylvary had changed. And of course as a sylvari, thfough out the story you could hear mordremoth and sometimes get stunned just from the headache his voice gives you.... and only sylvari.

[@MegaThefuture]

This is amazing

[@whiskeykitty]

I love this so much!

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Whiskey Kitty thank you for watching!! C:

[@chipdog3]

0:16 Yup, I yeeted myself into HoT as soon as I hit lv 80. And let me say: Verdant Brink without a mount, with its three levels was such a clusterf*ck! Thank you for pointing out some plot lines. :3

[@DaedricJohnson]

exactly what I have searched for thanks!

[@ksenijas1783]

Thank you, I couldn't really grasp some things even when watching the gameplay

[@esseubot]

Really well made!!

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

esseubot thank you!! :D

[@shark4537]

great vid keep up the great work!!

[@cezzar1985]

Thanks for the vid. I would like to see a new one with LS4 and LS5

[@maximsun931]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWESOME VIDEO!!!! Please make another one for PoF and LW S4 etc. ^^

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

you're very welcome! Thank you for watching :)

[@insertgoodnamehere1237]

Plot twist: Scarelt Briar was actually working for Mordremoth

[@DE4DF1SH]

I don't remember if I commented on your video already, but I'm watching it again a year later. It's so good! Are you going to make another one for season 4, Path of Fire, and season 5?

[@yalcinunal19]

ultimate fail of this video is that you picturing marjory with smile 3:17 joking aside you made great job in here :D

[@bestLetsplayer]

Lovely video, i really like your illustrations! The story starts here: 1:58

[@PPN006]

非常感謝可愛的圖片和說故事 讓我可以恢復零星的記憶 Thank you very much for providing lovely pictures and storytelling So that i can restore sporadic memories

[@LesserpandaDE]

As someone who left with Heart of Thorns and only came back occasionally this really helped me! I even mixed Belinda and Majori (dont ask me how) ^^"

[@roscuro9838]

Glad to see this. Just finished Heart of Thorns and had little idea of what was going on through most of it. Living World is a neat idea but it's pretty poorly done.

[@pariasapenumbra5117]

Ros curo Glad my video could help :) and yeah, I'm inclined to agree. Really disappointing that season 1 isn't replayable at all considering all the context for the living world characters was there

[@thezeroanime7194]

will do one these for the rest of the story up to end of dragons