The Fascinating Lore of Janthir - Guild Wars 2

[@ianknight5120]

OK for real, can you do more lore videos like this? This is absolutely fantastic and I've never got round to absorbing the lore of this game before!

[@WordsOfTheTeacher]

I’m a complete addict to lore videos I’d watch more, I’ve been scouring for Janthir especially lately

[@IAmDollop]

I second this. I’m a new player too GW2 so a lot of the lore from GW1 is unknown to me

[@HS-lt8eu]

I played in 2005 and was confused until now! It just felt like every time the scenery changed, new enemies emerged and badder than the previous one :). I am E/Me main too. Thanks Lara for breaking down this incredible lore!

[@MathiasN]

yes please

[@youreyestell4977]

Lara actually does have a couple of VERY old videos about GW2 lore! If you scroll down to the very beginning of this channel or look through the playlists you should be able to find them! ^^

[@AramilsMusic]

Just inject hours of that sweet lore straight into my veins.

[@Draconicrose]

"Sounded like a good idea at the time" 😭

[@kanwu8072]

everyone is talking about the mursaat and Janthir but no one is talking about the fact that Janthir is part of the Northern Ocean and is a place that is controlled by the Largos! I want more lore on them so bad they are one of the cools species that are hardly developed

[@DocOverlord]

Agreed! I really want to know more about the Largos too,

[@b3hold3r]

we couldn't go to janthir in gw1 cause that's where all the jumping puzzles are, makes sense to me

[@EsperSpirit]

The z-axis hadn't been invented 250 years ago

[@emewyn]

I'm guessing that Janthir is where the Mursaat first arrived in Tyria, just like how Orr is where the Six Gods first landed. I really hope we get more lore on the Mursaat and where they come from. Especially since we now have Isgarren around, who likely knows the answer!

[@jstrecu8054]

This is the piece of content that has made me most excited about the expac so far... Even more than spears. Also you have the sweetest voice.

[@Dragoreth]

Yay, the day of only slow information has come so we get to see Lara's awesome lore video!

[@Laranity]

lol I was planning to post this yesterday, but then there was SO MUCH NEWS

[@Wolfntee]

Babe wake up, Lara lore vid just dropped.

[@Darkstar2342]

2:03 A horse? pff. Everyone knows there are no horses in Tyria! ;-)

[@nicoper]

I remember finding your channel all those years ago ago when you did the Mursaat lore video. Hard to believe it's been eight years already, but here we are. Glad to see you're back with another lore video! I've missed them a lot.

[@wonderland7493]

what i love about this game you try and do a video and theirs always someone in the background flying or jumping pass the screen, cracks me up.

[@Vick30357]

This was the perfect context video after playing through the first Janthir story

[@KatoCoyoteCombatWorkshop]

Tyria has the most captivating setting to me. I remember the early days of GW2, opening up the map and seeing places that had yet to be visited like the big circle that turns out to be Dry Top. Just wondering, "what's over there?" Or scrolling down to the Crystal Desert and knowing of the history of that continent, but not being able to get any closer at the time. It captures my imagination like no other world ever has. And Tyria is so enormous. Even after we exhaust the continent, there are those peeks of other landmasses on the borders of the map. Nothing else comes close.

[@moujayay]

Thanks for your awesome lore videos! I really enjoy them. I actually got back to GW1 just to replay the Eye of Janthir story not too long ago. I really should go back more often. I am really hyped to finally go to Janthir after all the smaller and bigger hints we got through GW2 raids and now SotO and ofc GW1 :)

[@mistereiswolf70]

Love to hear Lara talk about lore because I love the gw lore and I love to hear people talk about stuff they know much more about than me.

[@KROOF]

Having yet to complete prophecies, I truly appreciate this history of Saul and the Mursaat. It’ll help out so much! 😭🙏🦐

[@TalysAlankil]

thank you for this recap, i've been a guild wars lore nerd since 2005 but man is it a lot to keep track of sometimes

[@Imaculata]

I am here for the lore! Thank you Loranity!

[@coffeedart_gw2]

More lore videos please! As someone who never played gw1, I appreciate the gw1 backstory too. Thank you

[@Rhumolein]

Hey Lara, thank you so much for sharing all your immense "Lore" knowledge with us. It´s so interesting!

[@wyldenfyre784]

Brilliant story telling and excellent sleuthing! Love your work Laranity BLESS

[@tombocai]

I love this lore videos, make them as long as you need to tell the stories, we don't mind. it's great to hear all of this stories and how it all connects. I haven't played GW1 yet so I love hearing about this stuff, and even about GW2 stuff, cause I never played raids and some things I just forgot cause I played a long time ago.

[@ryltair]

Great stuff Lara, thanks! Also I had not noticed the Eye of Janthir during the final fight of SotO. This raises so many questions...

[@Destructivepurpose]

I kinda vaguely remembered some of this from playing gw1 back when I was 12 - although most of the story went pretty much over my head as a kid lol. Thanks for condensing it down like this and getting me hyped for the JW story!

[@Czasoniks]

Lore people, unite! The story is waiting to be unveiled and to be told! Bring your bravest, mightiness! Be relentless in your pursuit of knowledge! HAIL ABADDON!

[@katielee6024]

well I finally feel like I understand the whole mursaat / white mantle situation, after many failed attempts before LOL absolutely fantastic video!!!

[@WormCultist]

this video was excellent! Thank you for sharing the Janthir lore we know!

[@blacksunslair]

Fantastic! Can't wait to be constantly live once this expansion hits!

[@pkilljoy5797]

quality content! thanks for this, i feel even more prepared for the expac

[@joshuahng1]

Yay!!! The right content to make now. The homestead vid is amazing. Beyond expectation

[@tangentkatz]

This was great! I've tried looking for GW 1 lore in the past, but the only found gw2 stuff.

[@beathachfiadhaich]

Absolutely loved this storytelling.

[@Pink-pj6oz]

Thank you for sewing together so many pieces of the story. This makes the fuss about Saul clearer! And understanding more about the different gods and false gods also clears up questions I had 😊

[@Glouryian]

Thank you for this video. Reminds me how much better (imho) the writing in gw1 was. Like really dense, no black and white and full of twists, which made sense and felt coherent with the worldbuilding. That were some nice 15 minutes of nostalgia :)

[@The-Apothekari]

love your lore videos, you're like the nobbel87 of gw2~

[@Mollish]

This was so interesting to watch!! I've been playing GW2 for 10 years now and have always been invested in the lore, but as I haven't played GW1 or had the opportunity to get into raids, most of the information you covered in this video was completely new to me. I'm very hyped for the new expansion!

[@raikiridosetsu214]

New Lore vid lets gooo!!!

[@DanielSan161]

Amazing story

[@Spagoody]

Really good video! I love the way you make the story flow so naturally, very clear explanation! JW can't come soon enough ^-^

[@noahdull6950]

This is sooo cool, thanks Laranity!

[@Navorcen]

Ayo new Lara video, Great Wednesday already.

[@iwrathg1122]

"I took to thievery to pay my debts" all i can hear is W4 Saul during the Deimos fight lol

[@aholtondesign]

Thank you for this Laranity! I knew this lore really well years ago but I love having a visual and auditory recap to prep us for Janthir. So excited!!

[@casey7814]

Laranity Ty for this! BTW you class guide breakdowns are great and helped me alot, i hope you continue to make them :)

[@sombritafea]

Great video Lara! loved it.

[@MartinHatfield]

Smashed the hell out of this, Lara. A much better (easier to follow, more narratively told, better presented, concise yet full, right amount of speculation/opinion) lore video than other GW lore specialists.

[@jmwinn3]

Love the vid lara! Excited for the JW(inn) release soon, LOL! :)

[@BeyondTheWall_Gaming]

Great Job! That was super interesting!

[@Northernsolstice]

Lore video! We back baby

[@cobyah6590]

Oooh I love lore vids! Thats so interesting! Thank you c:

[@Insig385]

this is so good, I never played gw1 but even I'm hyped for janthir cuz of the raid w4 story (easily one of my favorite raid cuz of that story!)

[@_Rhyst_]

this was a very nice vid, when i browsed the AH for minis i found that you could get an eye of janthir so after this i just had to get it, vey good 62 silver spent! :D

[@Syae225]

Pleaseeee do more Lore Videos they are awesome :)

[@nor2003]

This reminded me the good ol lore videos from wooden potatoes

[@bobiboulon]

Loved that video. I watched a lot of gw2 lore videos throughout the years, but I really needed this summary of all that happened related to Janthir!

[@apoptosine1598]

In the dialogue of season 3 Rox mentions that Canach told her Caudecus was seen making his way to Janthir. (Dialogue can be seen on the wiki and of course heard when they are conversing in 'Frozen Out'--you know that gnarly achievement story part that skips the chatter on the retries?).

[@alessiogirgenti597]

Love your gw2 lore videos! More, more!!😊❤

[@jeroenrotty]

Love it Lara!

[@Flacy13andFlacy135]

im right now downloading first time this game i hope it is good. You made me download it

[@Flacy13andFlacy135]

i dont know anything about the game tho but i dont wanna know, i wanna experience it all myself for first time hopefully the game is good as my expectations.

[@Jerry-]

great video

[@PaintBin]

I love the lore video! Ive had a strong craving for these since the lore drop! Very fun, exciting, and informative! The charr aggressively and brutally took ascalon from the grawl, and then within one generation the humans came and settled in ascalon. It was colonizers pushing out colonizers, and the charr still have this false narrative through much of gw2 that ascalon was originally charr territory. Which really is just rhetoric that was used to fuel the war against humans even though humans helped with the earliest days of the charr rebelling against the shamans Ascalon was originally grawl lands, it's just that the charr shamans went way overboard with their aggressive conquering.

[@battlebots1]

Wake up babe, there's a new Laranity lore video

[@sachayoumbi]

We need more lore videos!!!

[@jackiedaytona9780]

keep doing what you do!

[@ThomatoForce]

One small thing you didn't mention, is that in SotO, when Dagda, Mabon and Zoija recite that enchantment in the Tower, Mabon mentions a Golden Lake of Janthir. What will that be? Maybe it's a large sulfurous lake, from what we've seen of the maps so far

[@SquallSwift]

Mmm delicious lore 🍰

[@kybaliel]

Idk about you but with Rev spear being Condi, I'm getting my Mesmer up to date

[@Violetawa]

lore video hype!!! also nice try youtube with your ab testing but i was gonna click it anyway. get fed false info ha! :P

[@limonadesenpai]

Please make more lore Videos, this is really cool

[@pokeylope6108]

Pumped for Janthir and spears. All my main proffs (Engi/Ranger/Mesmer/Thief) have at least A tier spears. And it's only beta, so not even at its best design, and it still felt really good.

[@carrottheories]

The north/south thing reminds me of how upper Egypt is actually southern Egypt. Different cultures had different ways they viewed the world! With regards to the Nile, upper Egypt is upstream and lower Egypt is downstream.

[@Youtuberde18]

Wow I didnt notice the Eye of Janthir on Erpach s death scene...

[@maironannatar7335]

I can only be interested in SOTO for the weapon mastery (did not get SOTO yet) but this, seems like more grounded and much more attached in core tyria. I loved exploring or just roaming around the core map maybe this will scratch that itch.

[@Chiaros]

Dagnabbit, I spoiled myself on the next few quests of GW1.

[@muitocalmo]

Fantastic video, arenanet should pay you for that

[@StoganNZ]

Everytime I ask why the titans had been wanting to kill the mursaat, as the mursaat trying to prevent them doing so eventually led to their demise, without knowing it they would have never had any reason to be their enemies. Redditor's have always told me "Because abbadon" I am looking forward to finally getting some answers on this. It would seem this was more a plot that was designed by Glint to fight back against the 3 exiled ex-gods, I think it would be an awesome way to link the current story back to the Dragons story to give new players a reason to play it, without forcing them too. Also would be awesome for this to be the way the old races got their revenge on the mursaat.

[@missfallt67]

Poor Saul, he went through too much

[@TheOneTrueOfficialLordGod]

Magic money eye, let's gooooo

[@markolivergabutero7527]

I really liked this lore series before the new expansion, like I watched last year before SOTO. xD

[@lucindachan]

LOOORREEE VIDEOOOO POG

[@cyriell]

Man i hope gw1 goes into sale again would love to pick it up

[@traveling.down.the.road56]

I had no problem buying it a few years ago. I’m pretty sure it’s still for sale on the Arenanet website.

[@sandgrunge]

Become the new wooden potatoes, he's 🍳 potatoes now.

[@youreyestell4977]

"It sounded like a good idea back then" No it doesn't?? 😭😭 Guess Commander has always been a fan of.... interesting plans 😵‍💫😂

[@TheSafetySmith]

Hope we are allowed in the back door gate with the piggy using the side shuffle like in GW.

[@pizzatonno3361]

When buying a new expansion I hate going through the story and I read about nothing. I want to be able to get to the new map as I payed for without all the hastle. I must do them, also for achievements so I will but I hardly pay attention to the actual story. Now, this is what I love about your vid... I actually like to learn about it this way! I would view them all too :)

[@traveling.down.the.road56]

Guild Wars and GW2 have enough great lore to make a movie, or even a miniseries. Maybe the community could crowd source enough money to convince other movie producers to fund the rest and make it happen. If Arenanet could get such a movie made and like many other things that they have done, if it was the best game based movie ever made, it could elevate GW2 player count up to compete with WoW and FFXIV.

[@MrVeps1]

This is great and all, but now I feel even more obliged to play through GW1 before continuing the GW2 story

[@rikkatakanashi727]

yooo less than 1 min after posting squad

[@Ramontique]

Abaddon created the Titans in the Domain of Anguish, specifically at the Forge of Failed creations. Why did he have beef with the Mursaat?

[@lorkano]

There must be second portal in Janthir. Maybe it was sealed by Mabon, but his warding enchantement stopped working after he died / after tower was moved?

[@gealgain2420]

i never noticed the eye of Janthir at the end of SOTO, well played Anet. Also, I'm curious what story hook will have us going to Janthir. Will it be our connection to the shining blade established in LW season 3? Will it be the astral ward dispatching us as the wayfinder? or will we get a distress call from Aurene?

[@traveling.down.the.road56]

It will be the Astral Ward asking us to go to Janthir Wilds to resolve or investigate something.

[@Youtuberde18]

It would be nice if they add a map in the fire ring again too :)

[@LaHuguu]

11:30 my tinfoil hat conspiracy theory is that Anet told their streamers partners to look for the Eye of Janthir in the instance prior to the release of The Midnight King

[@gotenksjr]

This one would just like to draw attention to the fact that Saul was put on a Horse? :P Yes I'm just having fun with the wording you used xD

[@StationOfbarny]

Why did Lara skip the SotO lore? Because she wanted to go to Janthir homestead.

[@Laranity]

ba dum tssss

[@mua4ever632]

what gloves do your toon has in the video? great video

[@renandutra7564]

I'm glad they turned back to real Guild Wars 2 storyline and kwoned charactes like in this new expansion. With all respect, but Secrets of Obscure wasn't interesting like Janthir seems to be. I hope never see more a map so bland and simple like Nayos again... this game deserves more. Amazing video, thanks for the content, you are so cool \o/

[@L00pTroop]

You're truely a GW fan 🙂🤗 That was epic, never learned so much about GW lore, thank you. My "real" start with the Mursaat was over all the soto expansion I think and thus me and the guys did not have the best start tbh 😂 (Besides IBS for me, Soto is the worst GW expansion 😢). But I may replay it and maybe I could set it into the right context now 🙂

[@Capitaineaa]

The reaaaal question is: Will the other human gods come back to Tyria since the Dragon Menace and the reawakening of magic is gone now ? Pleaaaase I want to see Grenth!