GuildWiki:Suggestions/Named Skills History

Introduction
Many skills are named after a person, place or thing. This is a list chronicling them.

Deity Skills
Many skills in Guild Wars are named after the five primary gods.

Balthazar
Balthazar: God of War and Fire.

Dwayna
Dwayna: Goddess of Life and Air.

Grenth
Grenth: God of Death and Ice.

Lyssa
Lyssa: Twin Goddess of Beauty and Illusion

Melandru
Melandru: Goddess of Earth and Nature.

Deldrimor
Although not one of the five gods, Deldrimor still has a skill named after him.

Historical figure named skills
These skills are still named after a person, but are not related to one of the gods.

Rodgort's Skills
These skills are named after Rodgort, see their article for more details.

Teinai
These skills are named after Teinai, a canthan elementalist.

Verata the Necromancer
These skills are named after Verata, a wayward necromancer.

Ritualist Heros
All of the item spells Ritualists use are named after a hero from the past. Following are skills which have information about the hero.
 * Lady Glaive was a corsair pirate captain.
 * Kaolai was a canthan hero.
 * Sogolon founded the sunspears.
 * Kaolai was a canthan hero.
 * Sogolon founded the sunspears.
 * Sogolon founded the sunspears.

Zojun
Zojun was a canthan hero.

Other Named Skills

 * Named for High Priest Alkar, who gives you this skill.
 * Named for Bonetti.
 * Named for Jamei, a canthan monk.
 * Named for Karei, a canthan hero.
 * Named after Kitah, a canthan hero.
 * Named after Galrath, a krytan renegade.
 * Named after Talon Silverwing, a Tengu henchman.
 * Named for Karei, a canthan hero.
 * Named after Kitah, a canthan hero.
 * Named after Galrath, a krytan renegade.
 * Named after Talon Silverwing, a Tengu henchman.
 * Named after Galrath, a krytan renegade.
 * Named after Talon Silverwing, a Tengu henchman.
 * Named after Talon Silverwing, a Tengu henchman.