Guild Wars 2 "Story Thus Far" Video Offers Recap Before End Of Dragons Expansion

Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons expansion is only five days away from its February 28 launch date, and it appears to be the culmination of a nearly decade-long story revolving around Tyria's six elder dragons.

That's a lot of years and a lot of epic battles, and if you missed some of it ... well, you can play through all the story (minus some early bits from Season 1 that aren't available in-game), which will take you weeks or months to complete. Or you can just watch a three-minute recap video to get caught up. That seems like a good deal, right?

Today's "The Story Thus Far" video, narrated by Taimi, couldn't and doesn't cover every detail, but at least it's pretty, and should at least do a decent job of explaining the overarching story if you've been living under a golem for the past several years.

My one gripe? Its "not everyone made it segment" omits the deaths I actually felt a little emotional about (spoilers, obviously). It also leaves out everyone's favorite undead quaggan beggar, but he's been gone so long, it's hard to remember the brief time -- two weeks in July 2014 -- when you could actually see him alive.