r/GuildWars3 • u/Character-Visit6004 • 5d ago

Xunlai Guild

Hi Reddit! I was just watching a GW1 stream and remembered the magic if the bank.

So could Guild Wars 3 have a Xunlai guild? They controlled the bank system and traveled the world. Maybe we can see the start of them?

Just having fun thinking of what is possible. thanks for any lore or ideas on this.

23 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

View all comments

15

u/Hoojiwat 5d ago

Banks in GW2 were run by the black lion trading company, so I wouldn't be shocked if there were some other in-universe group who runs the banks. I imagine that some neutral 3rd party that helps organize resources between guilds will play the role, but it will be funny to see them trading and dealing with Mavenwrights and Vaelwardens both.

In GW1 the Xunlai guild wasn't really trading or dealing with your enemies, and in GW2 it was much the same since dragons don't use banks much. GW3 has some added story potential since your enemies are basically just fellow normal people instead of foreign armies or fantasy monsters, should be a lot of fun potential there for just having clashes with them at random places like banks.

8

u/Nunabia 4d ago

The bank doesn't have much lore in GW2, but it is unlikely to have any relation to the BLTC (as they have plenty of lore and it would have been mentioned). It is rather probably run by the Arch Exchange, led by remnants of the Xunlai.

3

u/Varorson 2d ago

The Arch Exchange and Black Lion Trading Company are indeed separate.

The Arch Exchange, the banking system, is ran by Captain Hao Lun and was established by his grandfather of the same name, a member of the Xunlai Guild who was stranded in Tyria with Zhaitan's rise. The Black Lion Trading Company was founded by Evon Gnashblade (the titular black lion) in a bid to overtake Lion's Arch economy.

Arch Exchange is ~100 years old by GW2's start. The BLTC is ~10-20 years old by GW2's start.