Auris Weirdbringer

[Tamias.7059]

He's back. From his new dialogue, it's clear that the player's encounters with him are happening in non-chronological order. When he meets the player in Grothmar Valley is the first time (from his point of view) that he meets the player, and it's where the player gets the nickname "cub". It's also the player that sends him down a rabbit hole with "ninety-seven".

Do these new developments shed any light on this mystery? The last time we had an NPC this enigmatic was Bahltek, who it now seems was intended to set up foreshadowing for Guild Wars Utopia, which is why all his hints never paid off. But these these time travel shenanigans, I wonder if we'll see plot elements from Utopia make a return...