Life has always been finite. Some shorter than others, but ending nonetheless. And while many burn their dead, even more build them a new home.
Some graves are hidden away, only remembered by close friend if remembered at all.
While others are surrounded by the living, the dead hearts of thriving cities. The longer the living settle at one spot, the larger grow the cities of the dead.
And where the space above the earth is growing sparse the dead sit deeper in their graves, sharing catacombs with their former neighbors, fellow soldiers, family or friends.
Yet even the graveyards themselved do not need to be dead. Even though this place houses the remnants of my sister Killeen, it is decorated more vibrant than most live peoples houses.
Where famous leaders fall, the dead tend to gather around them, bathing in their fame for time to come.
And while the living may be displaced, their lands conquered and reconquered back and forth, no one cares to move the dead.
Sometimes the new inhabitants even add to the former owners gardens of ancestors.
And often travellers are buried far from home.
Sometimes there are friends to tell the stories of those who have left.
But the dead will always be there to tell theirs themselves.
Heroes get buried in grand halls, their feats fading with time, but the cold stone reminding passerbys of the inhabitants fromer glory.
And nameless workers join them all the same. In the end none of them will be remembered by who they were, and only by the appearance of their homes will they be judged by the living.
Who would’ve thought that there are so many graves found all thoughout Tyria!
(And I haven’t even included anything in Orr. And probably missed a ton in the rest of the world too)
Locations in order of appearance:
Unnamed Location, Blackroot Cut
“Mountainroot Lair”, Bonerattler Caverns
Divinites Reach Graveyard, Plaza of Grenth
“Barradin’s Vault”, Old Duke’s Estate
Killeen’s Grave, Secluded Glen
“Defender’s Field”, Stonghold of Ebonhawke
“Barradin’s Vault”, Old Duke’s Estate
Unnamed Location, Hidden Lake
Unnamed Location, Shelter Rock
“Höhenfriedhof”, Genlemens Gang [JACK] Guild Hall
“Granite Citadel”, Spearhead Bane
“Martyr’s Tomb”, Ruins of Holy Demetra
Shaemoor Graveyard, Village of Shaemoor
Created with the help of my sister Era, who has unlocked far more Waypoints than I have.
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