Sylvari

The sylvari are one of the five playable races of Guild Wars 2 and the only one exclusive to it, alongside the humans, the charr, the asura and the norn. They are a new race that appeared in Tyria within the last 25 years, living near the forests where the asura make their home, unaffected by the difficulties that plague the other races but with an as yet unexplained connection to the Elder Dragons. In Living World Season 1 the player's new group battles the enigmatic and insane sylvari Scarlet Briar, and in the Heart of Thorns story the player learns that the sylvari are in fact minions of the jungle dragon Mordremoth, which sends its Mordrem forth to bring the race under its control as the Pact fleet is destroyed over the jungle.