Little is known of the history of the norn before they were first encountered in Guild Wars: Eye of the North.
The origin of the norn race isn't known, but there are theories. The kodan believe the norn may be descended from a group of kodan hunters separated from the tribes during the great storm, becoming lesser creatures for giving up being bears. This contradicts the norn belief their ability to transform was granted to them by the Bear Spirit. It isn't clear which, if either, of these is true. Thruln the Lost, a jotun storyteller, claims that the jotun and norn once ruled the Shiverpeak Mountains during an "Age of Giants," but both races fell from their supremacy; the norn at this point turned to the Spirits of the Wild who helped the norn stabilize their culture while the jotun fell into a primitive nature.
The norn have always been a nomadic people focused on hunting and individual goals and pursuits. For a brief while the norn were united as a race in the years after they assisted with the downfall of the the Great Destroyer in Guild Wars, but it did not take them long to revert to a nomadic, individualistic lifestyle. This did not stop them from convincingly holding their lands in the far north Shiverpeaks against invading charr warbands. Their defense earned the respect of the charr and something of a cooperative peace emerged from their mutual respect for each other which has lasted for 200 years.
As early as 1078 AE the still dormant Elder Dragon Jormag's influence was already being felt among the norn. Svanir was the first to hear Jormag's call, becoming permanently transformed into an ice bear form until his death. But over the years many followed Jormag's call and Svanir's footsteps forming the Sons of Svanir. They worship Jormag as the ultimate totem spirit.
In 1165 AE, Jormag awoke in the Shiverpeaks, raising and transforming creatures of ice and snow to serve him. Tackling Jormag as individuals did not allow the norn to hold their homes and they were forced to travel south into the mountains abandoned by the dwarves. Here they established new homes, found new hunting grounds and made new enemies. Here among the dwarven ruins, they met the dredge who they fight to this day for dominance over parts of the Shiverpeaks.
Little is known of the history of the norn before they were first encountered in Guild Wars: Eye of the North.
The origin of the norn race isn't known, but there are theories. The kodan believe the norn may be descended from a group of kodan hunters separated from the tribes during the great storm, becoming lesser creatures for giving up being bears. This contradicts the norn belief their ability to transform was granted to them by the Bear Spirit. It isn't clear which, if either, of these is true. Thruln the Lost, a jotun storyteller, claims that the jotun and norn once ruled the Shiverpeak Mountains during an "Age of Giants," but both races fell from their supremacy; the norn at this point turned to the Spirits of the Wild who helped the norn stabilize their culture while the jotun fell into a primitive nature.
The norn have always been a nomadic people focused on hunting and individual goals and pursuits. For a brief while the norn were united as a race in the years after they assisted with the downfall of the the Great Destroyer in Guild Wars, but it did not take them long to revert to a nomadic, individualistic lifestyle. This did not stop them from convincingly holding their lands in the far north Shiverpeaks against invading charr warbands. Their defense earned the respect of the charr and something of a cooperative peace emerged from their mutual respect for each other which has lasted for 200 years.
As early as 1078 AE the still dormant Elder Dragon Jormag's influence was already being felt among the norn. Svanir was the first to hear Jormag's call, becoming permanently transformed into an ice bear form until his death. But over the years many followed Jormag's call and Svanir's footsteps forming the Sons of Svanir. They worship Jormag as the ultimate totem spirit.
In 1165 AE, Jormag awoke in the Shiverpeaks, raising and transforming creatures of ice and snow to serve him. Tackling Jormag as individuals did not allow the norn to hold their homes and they were forced to travel south into the mountains abandoned by the dwarves. Here they established new homes, found new hunting grounds and made new enemies. Here among the dwarven ruins, they met the dredge who they fight to this day for dominance over parts of the Shiverpeaks.
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