Isgarren and Wizard’s Tower

[Zola.6197]

I completely forgot this existed until yesterday when I did the daily JP.

Do you think Isgarren and the tower will ever come into play? Maybe as a raid or something we’ll explore in the Living World story?

Is there any lore about him beyond the wiki, or any lore about “wizards” in Tyria?

It’s just so mysterious and a little foreboding. Maybe it’s just meant to be a cool mystery we never learn about but I’m so curious.

[Randulf.7614]

I would hope it doesn't ever get revealed. Its mystery is its charm and after 12 years through 2 games, I doubt any reveal could live up to the imagination of the players. I for one look at it as something out of a Jack Vance story.

[Zola.6197]

There’s definitely a certain appeal in leaving the mystery to lie undisturbed forever. I don’t even really know what I’d expect it to be but it’d have to be pretty cool either way.

[Rognik.2579]

Most lore we've gotten usually ends up somewhere on the wiki. Really, though, beyond what we hear in Wizard's Fief, we haven't really learned anything about the tower or its residents. Anything else is pure speculation.

[Aaron Ansari.1604]

@"Svennis.3852" said:any lore about “wizards” in Tyria?

Wizard, like mage, is just a more general title applied to spellcasters, particularly elementalists. It's not a specific, separate vocation or anything like that.

[ugrakarma.9416]

I dont care about "mystery". A flutuating castle will be cool. Unfortunately current proportions on the map seems out of place, it would be very small to fit the scale.

[Athrenn.9468]

From the Wiki:"Grand Wizard Garren was a mage who was working for King Roderick around 1265AE. He is the one who built the gardens in The Upper City." —source

So there's one other wizard we know by name, conspicuously related to Isgarren in some way judging by his name.

[Zola.6197]

We’ve actually misprounced his name all this time and he is in fact OooOosgarren, all powerful Quaggan wizard.

[Ardid.7203]

When a mystery extends for too long without any change around, it stops being a mystery and becomes just a gimmicky background detail: boring.Mysteries needs to be updated too, hinted in new ways or replaced by a greater or deeper one.

As Brandon Sanderson says, when talking about his masterful mystery plots: "There's always another secret".

[Randulf.7614]

@"Ardid.7203" said:When a mystery extends for too long without any change around, it stops being a mystery and becomes just a gimmicky background detail: boring.Mysteries needs to be updated too, hinted in new ways or replaced by a greater or deeper one.

As Brandon Sanderson says, when talking about his masterful mystery plots: "There's always another secret".

Sometimes they do - for example the identity of E, which ran its course of mystery (and relevance) a long time ago. Some mysteries enhance with age and the Castle is a good example of that

[Ardid.7203]

@Randulf.7614 said:

@"Ardid.7203" said:When a mystery extends for too long without any change around, it stops being a mystery and becomes just a gimmicky background detail: boring.Mysteries needs to be updated too, hinted in new ways or replaced by a greater or deeper one.

As Brandon Sanderson says, when talking about his masterful mystery plots: "There's always another secret".

Sometimes they do - for example the identity of E, which ran its course of mystery (and relevance) a long time ago. Some mysteries enhance with age and the Castle is a good example of that

You have the right to your opinion. I think both of them equally time-faded. In fact, at least E produces some speculation in the lore forums from time to time. The wizard castle only produces this exact argument every single time... the wiki quote from Athrenn.9468 is the most interesting piece of wondering I have ever seen around this "mystery".

[Fenom.9457]

Would like a sea of sorrows map nearby to include it within its borders - maybe accessible, maybe not, but at least let us get closer. Underneath it, fly close by, whatever. A few more hints. Are there hostile forces in the water beneath or the air around? Is anything at all going on?