Fuck yeah, charr!

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The more I study the Charr culture as it appears in the time of Guild Wars 2, the more similarities to Republican Rome become evident. The Charr nation is essentially governed by a Triumvirate (the Imperators - and we will note here that the word is apparently used in the old, Republican sense of…

This is a really interesting read, and I’m reblogging it for others to have a look at, too. I really recommend clicking the link there and having a goosey at it. It’s quite enlightening. It also shows, I think, that someone at ArenaNet is a real ancient Rome buff. (I suspect that the person responsible might be Ree Soesbee.)

I wonder what the Charr equivalent of “Civis Romanus sum” or “Senatus Populusque Roma” would be…

I guess ‘Civis Romanus sum’ would be covered by graduation from the fahrar, without being named explicitly. And then partially revoked if a charr becomes an honourless gladium. Though ‘Senatus Populusque Roma’ explicitly is much harder to pin down. I’ll have to give that some thought!