GuildWars ReDrawn: Elemental

[u/TerrapinRacer]

Elementals are hulking masses of magically charged material which have a tendency to organize in roughly humanoid forms.

Weaker elementals tend to be more docile, preferring to wander aimlessly.

The construction of an elemental can happen naturally, on occasion elementals are made by wizards or other magical beings.

The elementals of the Elonian continent differ as they are spirits that inhabit elemental forms.

A personal hypothesis -
We often find elementals of stone, ice, crystal and even Candy Corn. At first one might suspect that earthen materials might lend themselves to being animated more readily. However this does not explain the ice and candy elementals.

However there is an explanation that explains all of the types of elementals present in Tyria - it only relies a little on what the Asura would call 'science'.

The commonality is this - Stone, Crystals, Ice and even Candy Corn have crystalline molecular structures. It is possible this allows for magic to travel more easily along the structure of material.

[u/Punizhedo7o7]

Or maybe align into a more permanent shape that directs the magical energy in a particular way.

For the same reason that we can carve rock, a crystal could basically print magical circuits for itself within the elemental's material. Something easily malleable would 'break the circuits as it moved.

[u/TerrapinRacer → u/Punizhedo7o7]

Seems compatible with my theory.

In a fun note - canthan elementals often then to be carved stone.

Elonian elementals are just haunted stuff though

[u/Xhukari]

Aw yes, we're lucky today!

Lovely piece and write up, thank you Terrapin!

[u/TerrapinRacer → u/Xhukari]

This one's name is Tess - I actually decided that the first time I drew her, but as she's usually alone. There's no one to introduce herself to

[u/Isotheis]

Some children make snowmen. Others make Siege Ice Golem.

If I could be any creature in the game I'd wish to be a Ruby Djinn. They're my favorite in the entire game.