Talk:Jormag

Could this be the creature that corrupts Jora and Svannir? The cinematic showed them on Drakkar lake.

That's Exactly why i posted it on the Notes Area MarioDX 14:27, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'm 100% certain this is the creature that Svannir breifly made communication with and it backfired on himself and Jora, only they dealt with the power differently. If you would like more information on this you can look through my Guru thread posted in the article. It offers some good views, yet I think we managed to find out it's true history and nature with lots of help. Malchior 12:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I bet THIS is the dragon that awakens in the Far Shiverpeaks that kicks the Norn back into former Delmedor terretory. Luke Danger 20:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I feel pretty confident that Drakkar can be moved to the "Known" dragon section, along with the water dragon, despite that we don't know his name as of yet. Keitaro

Drakkar's name
Drak - Kar :

Drakon means dragon in hebrew and Kar means Cold in hebrew. since he is frozen, i dont think it is a coinsidence. I will add it to a Trivia section on the article.

OK, someone read a certain GW guru thread with very good pics of the beast in the lake. But the conclusion to call this dragon "Drakkar" is flawed and only good as a placeholder. The word Drakkar can be derived from the viking name for their longships, "Drakkar", and it means "serpent" and "dragon". Fits much better and more directly than deriving this name from Hebrew. But the point is that the area means "Dragon Lake", and does not imply that the creature in Drakkar Lake is called Drakkar at all. --84.147.62.51 08:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

None knows yet, and mostly everything here is probably just guesses.

Possible alternative source of the name
Another possibility, given the theme of the area, is that ArenaNet got the name from Norse. Drakkar means 'dragons' or 'serpents' (plural) in Norse, singular is Draki. The vikings probably borrowed it from the Romans (draco), who in turn no doubt got it from Hebrew. An older norse name for dragon/serpent is 'orm' (same base as in the English 'worm').

Perhaps significant is that Norse dragons were typically seen as associated with waters and the sea (although they could fly), and snake-like and venomous rather than four-legged and fire-breathing.
 * Well thinking from Swedish Drakkar does sound like Dragons~, making Drakkar Lake - Lake of Dragons. Biz 09:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Drakkar upside down?
Is it possible that Drakkar is frozen upside down? Once I looked at the picture kind upside down, it seemed like he was definitely frozen in the wrong position. Plus it would explain the lack of eyes. Kunpapa 03:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My thoughts exactly. Maybe he fell out of the air, and lying KO in the water, it began to freeze, locking him up there? :) --[[Image:Progr.jpg]] -- talkpage 15:43, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm it can be a good reason for no eyes. i think he got frozen in a middle of a fight. maybe he fought and then fell on the ground and got frozen?

oh boy, Drakkar is the coolest land mark/secret in the game :D
 * Sign your comments RT | Talk 20:36, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * He has eyes, lol. I was the one who made that Guru thread with the screen shots. I've been up close to the Drakkar from times than I have screen shots. His eyes are closed; if you really look you'll be able to see them. In the magazine that gave away the mini destroyer, there was a double page picture of Drakkar, explaining that he had be sleeping there and the world changed around him. He's hibernating. Trust me, he isn't upside down. =P --Malchior 08:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * He's badass... I mean super badass, Mclovin style.. I so want a mini of him, gg Kuun -- [[Image:Elisa Angelstine sig.png|25px]]Elisa Angelstine (talk) 21:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Mang
I found this text enscrypted in a Stone Pedestal in front of Teinai's statue (Tahnnakai Temple EXPLORABLE):

''... One winter day, Tehnai, then a bold young student, approached her headmaster with a plan. The next day, Teinai herself lured Mang to the shore of a great lake, the surface of wich was frozen solid. She walked out onto the ice, and Mang followed, eventually reaching the center while Teinai continued to the other shore. As he did, Teinai raised her hand, and fire rained down upon Mang, melting the ice beneath him. He plunged into the icy lake, and Teinai shrieked a command; the lake froze solid around Mang's thrashing form, and he was trapped. Now lightning ...''

This pedestral claims that a demon called Mang came to Cantha after a young Necromancer named Juedo attempted a forbidden ritual.

This would rule out that Mang would be a (pre-human)ancient dragon like "Drakkar" but their cause of... ehm, lets call it inactivity.. has much resemblence with each other.

--81.206.253.73 22:15, 25 December 2007 (UTC)