Frozen Rose

By AbinSur on July 24th, 2016
Race: Sylvari
Gender: Female
Armor: Light
Color: Black
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The Dream is a curious thing... Just like visions it shares with you.
The night is close... I wonder...

I never understood the "cold" other races talk about. All the stories about chilling darkness, overwhelming despair and loneliness never matched my experiences here in shiverpeaks. The air is so... refreshing.
Few weeks ago i've met an asura. A member of the Vigil order if i recognized the sigil on his shield correctly. Poor little thing passed me with fear in its eyes, the pact set a camp nearby, he probably was heading there, searching for bonfire to escape from this "cold". I tried to sit with them but whenever i came close, the fire was dying out.
Most races can't stand this environment, not unlike those so called "Sons of Svanir"...
Just like me, they seem to be getting stronger by the presence of the ice. I tried to comunicate with them, but they were hostile to everything around.
I wonder if that "Jormag" could be the beast from my dream...

Mother Tree was more than worried when i revealed my visions. The "dangerous path" she called it. In those visions i see overwhelming darkness, ended by a roar coming from a peak of a mountain. I see an icy beast so big and powerful, it wings cover the land with chill and despair. And from that wasteland, a single blue rose blooms, untouched by the beast's icy breath. Mother spoke to me, that it was my destiny to slay that beast, yet it didnt bring me any harm. Why should I ?

After the encounter with the svanir i followed the pact caravan for some time. I never came close to them, remembering the fire from that vigil camp. They feared me like everyone unfortunately and yet, one of them aproached me. An old charr, gave me a device, a blowtorch of some sort. Said that even though the cold doesnt seem to bother me, the device may help me during lonely nights.

Today i've met the asura from before, this time nearly dead and obvioulsy even more scared than before. He didnt have strength to scream and i bet he would want to when he saw me aproach. Then he saw the torch... In one instant the fear in his eyes turned into tears of joy. A little further was a destroyed vigil camp, probably the work of sons of svanir. I used the torch to lit a fire, to comfort the little asura in his dying moments. He passed away a few hours later just when the fire burned out.

The night is coming... I hear a roar from behind a mountain. I stand alone in the middle of the former camp, surrounded by the field of chill and despair, untouched like a blue rose from my dream.
The vision came true, and i wonder...


Comments


Eremite
Fashionista
I've not read such a well written story in a while, since the once posted by frederick in the link below. This is also pure gold! full marks!

https://gw2style.com/look.php?id=10950
2016-07-24 7:14

donfrancisco
Trendspotter
The armor pieces and color scheme looks so well IMO!
2016-07-24 8:13

wipalmi032
Fashion Guru
Dude with an story like that this can't be less than gold.
2016-07-24 11:02

Elessar Taralom
Fashionista
Really cool upload! It´s always quite a challenge to make something work with Zodiac parts and I feel like you definitely achieved that
Also a very creative use of the Scarlet shoulders and gloves, I often see them slapped onto those technomancer looks where they dont really do anything for me
Personally I am not a fan of the scarf, but that´s jsut a minor complaint
The description is epic and so a gold you shall have ^^
2016-07-24 18:29

Himmelstaenzer
Trendspotter
I really enjoyed your story. :) Love the zodiac skins, never get them to work, so I'm totally into this style... ^-^ Gold of course!
2016-07-25 5:32

NanaItalia
Fashionista
Awesome Story!
The outfit and the story fit very well together. She looks so dark and icy. Just the fractal backpiece and the incinerator do not fit perfect imo.
Still gold :)
2016-07-25 9:58