Blighting Tree
Blighting Trees are corrupted versions of the Pale Tree which function as large, powerful Mordrem-making factories for Mordremoth, the Elder Dragon of Plant and Mind. Five fully grown Blighting Trees can be found throughout Heart of Maguuma, each with a powerful Mordrem Guard to watch over it; in addition, three saplings and one tree in the process of being corrupted can be found.
Living bodies are placed inside a Mordrem Pod to create Mordrem versions of entities placed inside, while dead bodies are placed within Blighting Pods for the same purpose.[1] Blighting Trees are capable of creating physically perfect clones of the individuals placed in pods, though made of plant instead. Living individuals placed in pods with strong personalities are known to leave remnants of such in their Mordrem clones.
History[edit]
Following Mordremoth's awakening in 1327 AE, Mordrem began appearing and spreading throughout the Heart of Maguuma in preparation for the invasion of Central Tyria. Blighting Trees became a key component in creating more Mordrem, and these trees appeared in various areas in the jungle where they were protected by Mordrem and, after the crash of the Pact fleet in 1328 AE, by the Mordrem Guard. To ensure the production of minions, the Mordrem Guard actively targeted and killed local wildlife and then took the corpses as templates for the Blighting Trees to create Mordrem clones.[1]
According to Taimi's theory that she postulated in 1329 AE, the other Elder Dragons consumed the death spectrum after Zhaitan's death, which allowed them to use corpses in the manufacturing of minions. Taimi suggested that the reason that Mordremoth was able to use corpses in the blighting pods was because of its consumption of the death spectrum.[2][3]
Known blighting trees[edit]
- The Corpse Grove, in Verdant Brink, guarded by Legendary Blademaster Diarmid
- Morwood Wilds, in Auric Basin, three saplings, guarded by Champion Blademaster Cellona
- The Great Tree, in Tangled Depths, a tree being corrupted into a Blighting Tree
- Central Blighting Tower, in Dragon's Stand, guarded by Legendary Blademaster Diarmid
- Northern Blighting Tower, in Dragon's Stand, guarded by Legendary Stavemaster Adryn
- Southern Blighting Tower, in Dragon's Stand, guarded by Legendary Axemaster Hareth
- Heart of Thorns, in Dragon's Stand, guarded by Faolain
Notes[edit]
- Malyck's tree is not one of the Blighting Trees seen in the Heart of Maguuma.[4][5][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Axel Trueshot
- ^ Taimi's Game
- Taimi: They changed! It's... That's why Mordremoth was able to... The Mordrem, Commander!
- <Character name>: What about them?
- Taimi: The ones who came from the blighting pods! Mordremoth had its minions, the sylvari, right? But it was able to create more, new ones from the dead! That power came from Zhaitan!
- Taimi: Killing Zhaitan caused the other dragons to absorb the death spectrum, but we only saw it in Mordremoth because it was active.
- ^ Comment by Andrew Gray in "Elder Dragons Zhaitan and Mordremoth", Guild Wars 2 Forums
- ^ Comment by Bobby Stein, Reddit.com
- ^ Quotation from Bobby Stein's forum comment, Reddit.com
- ^ Comment by Bobby Stein, Reddit.com
