Guild Wars

Guild Wars - The Game
The game Guild Wars is what this Wiki is all about, so if you're reading this, chances are you already have got a rough idea about the game:

Guild Wars is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) developed by ArenaNet, a software company fully owned by Korean gaming company NCSoft.

What makes Guild Wars different from most other MMORPG's is the aspect of no grinding, this is why Guild Wars is sometimes classified as CORPG. You just go through quests and missions to find the items, runes, and skills you need.

What makes this game competitive is the Player vs Player, Guild vs Guild, and a international war called War of Worlds. WoW is where three territories (America, Europe, Korea) fight each other to win Favor of the Gods. These pvp battles are very reliant on your skills and your tactics. So choosing the right skill and right tactics beforehand can dramatically help you win.

Guild Wars - The Historical Period
The name Guild Wars is also marks a period in the History of Kryta: The wars among the three human kingdoms in Tyria - Orr, Ascalon and Kryta.

The Guild Wars lasted for more than 50 years, from 1013 AE until 1070 AE.

The wars ended only because the invasion of the Charr from the north meant an even bigger threat to the three kingdoms than the Guild Wars:
 * Because it was busy with the Guild Wars Ascalon wasn't cautious and the Charr destroyed it in the Searing.
 * Next on the Charrs' list was Orr, south of Ascalon. After Ascalon had been overrun it was clear that Orr wouldn't be able to put up much more resistance. But the personal advisor of the King of Orr, Vizier Khilbron, used powerful magic to defeat the invading Charr forces, magic that also caused the peninsula to sink into the ocean. This event is referred to as The Cataclysm.
 * The third kingdom of Humans, Kryta was lucky, because weakened by Vizier Khilbron's magic the Charr never made it across the Shiverpeak Mountains.