The Shiverpeaks · Far Shiverpeaks
The Great Destroyer rises beneath the north
Earthquakes herald the Great Destroyer as the Elder Fire Dragon stirs underground; the asura surface, the Charr fall into civil war, and the dwarves undergo their Transformation.
The "present day" of Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Deep beneath the Far Shiverpeaks the Elder Fire Dragon Primordus stirs — though it does not fully wake — sending the monstrous Great Destroyer up toward the surface and triggering earthquakes across the north. The upheaval drives the secretive asura up out of their subterranean realm onto the surface for the first time, fractures the Charr into civil war, and culminates in the Transformation of the Dwarves, who give themselves over wholesale to the fight against the Destroyers. These are the first tremors of the Elder Dragon age that will define Guild Wars 2.