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)

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)

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.