To all those who love saying he is a Mary Sue, you are completely off base with this statement just as much as those who thought Scarlet was. 1st off Anet has not gone into super detail on exactly how each Sylvari is affected by their Wyld Hunt, given the fact that they were originally minions designed to conquer the land it is 100% possible that EACH Sylvari actually has a specialized focus since their "birth" like say Scarlet maybe having a natural affinity for learning (which would explain how she was able to grasp and do well with all the various teachings she experience), Trahearne could have had an affinity for strategy and military formations (considering the original purpose of Mordrem this is highly possible). 2nd he didn't appear out of "no where" to those saying this Im very certain you either never played a Slyvari or you rushed through all the dialog options, cause let's face it the core story/game was setting things up for the 1st expansion very very obviously. IF you played a Slyvari and even just did the very first part of your PS you are told of the Firstborn and his deeds, he is introduced in a very normal fashion, a problem does arise if you play any other race in that you feel he is suddenly forced into the story. But this makes sense from all aspects, if you go to another land or maybe just a different company or branch of military, do you all the sudden know of the entire past of your superiors? Would you call your RL boss/superior a Mary Sue just because they have skills and a history you don't know about?If you played as a human and actually paid attention you'd realize Humans in Tyria aren't always honest and don't always care about the other races, hell we were that way in GW, we never learned WHY the Charr hated us until you actually played a bit, we didn't know much about Asura until you went and met them nor the Dwarves. Norn are the same, it took meeting a Jotun to learn about their past, Asura as a whole seem to view other beneath them and clearly (few exceptions) don't bother to even acknowledge others achievements.And as Rognik said unless you wanted to play Paperwork Wars, there is zero reason for you to be the Leader of the Pact, you would never do half the missions we did or be placed directly on the front lines getting to actually fight, the EXACT reason Brimstone hated being in a position of leadership and why as a Charr you never see any of the Imperator's out and about on missions until it was highly important and they absolutely needed to be there, Smodur literally spends all his time doing paperwork and meetings. I for one would have absolutely hated the game if I had to play THAT role. Finally the idea that Trahearne stole your story is completely insane, the entire story you play is all about you rising to power, you aiding the Orders, you joining them and rising through the ranks, you befriending DE and you leading the assaults on various important fights and marks in the history of the world, Trahearne does the boring things that DO NOT make an adventure RPG.
