Personal Stories
Your story begins when you create a character. The choices you make at the beginning of the game: race, profession, and biographical details... set your character on a "customized" story track. As you adventure and move through the world, the decisions you make spin off into new storylines and directions. Your character's story reflects your interest and your choices. So no two players will have the same experience.
"Guild Wars 2 offers storytelling that is both epic in scope and personally meaningful." -ANet
Once you have created your character's race, class, and gender, you may choose your physical appearance - and there are a ton of options! From there, you are offered a chance to answer several detailed questions about your character's personality, history, and background. Some of these questions are defined by earlier choices - a character's race, class, or heritage.
-Example: An asura will be asked what college they attended.
(Synergetics, Dynamics or Statics)
-Example: A human will be asked to define their social background.
(Gentry, Commoner, or Streets)
-Example: If you describe your character as intimidating and unfriendly, the reactions of NPCs will be different than if you choose to portray yourself as charming and kind.
If you take a moment and answer, your character's story will be tailored to meet your interests, and match your vision of the person you have created within the world of Tyria. A player's biography choices immediately tailor physical parts of the game to their character. Each character is given a home instance, personalized to their biography choices, located in their racial capital. Within this home area, things are more personalized to your character. Your home instance never stops updating; as your character becomes more involved in their story, it will alter accordingly. Two norn will quickly differentiate their personal area through choices in the storyline. They will encounter different adventures, make different decisions, and their home will change to match their story.
Guild Wars 2 tells the tale of the rise of the Elder Dragons of Tyria, the last chance for all nations to come together to save their world - but most importantly, it is the story of YOU, the player within that world, and the heroic adventures and tales you experience in this amazingly expansive world. ArenaNet's philosophy is that the player is the most important part of the game. They are bringing to life a massive world of events, storylines, and characters - all they need is us!!!
