Asura

Asura is the name of a miniature officially announced by ArenaNet as a promotional offer available through various gaming magazines.

The "full size" creature corresponding to the miniature cannot be found anywhere in the game yet. There will be Asura in Guild Wars Eye of the North, and the Asura will be a playable race in Guild Wars 2.

Asuras dwell in the Depths of Tyria, and along the Tarnished Coast.

The Asura are subterranean race which originally dwelled in the Depths of Tyria, but were forced into the Tarnished Coast by the forces of the Great Destroyer.

They are a diminutive, intelligent, ambitious and arrogant. They have a large subterranean empire, and are magically and technically adept

The Asura were described as similar to goblins in the Kotaku article on Eye of the North.

Trivia

 * Asura are demi-divine creatures in Hinduism and Buddhism. See the Wikipedia articles about Asuras in Hinduism and Asuras in Buddhism. The Guild Wars Asura may or may not be inspired by these. In Buddhism, one of the six realms is the realm of the Asura's, who are constantly fighting. Curiously enough, Asura literally translates roughly to titan, demigod or giant in the Buddhist context. In Hinduism, it translates to demon.