What Is the Mad King Actually Up To? The Lore Behind Halloween in Guild Wars

Every Halloween for the last twenty+ years, a dead king shows up in Lion's Arch and gets a whole crowd of us to dance for candy. But tucked into the event is a bit of lore that changes what the whole holiday is about: Mad King Thorn is locked behind a set of magical seals, and we keep breaking them. So who was Thorn, how did a joke event turn into canon, and what does he have to do with Dhuum? 0:00 Cold Open 1:25 Who Was Mad King Thorn? 3:24 The Holiday That Kept Growing 6:17 Dhuum and the Mad King 8:38 Outro What's your favorite Guild Wars Halloween memory? And do you buy the squatter theory, or is Thorn just being a good neighbor? Tell me in the comments. Watch next: What Happened to Guild Wars Utopia?    • What Happened to Guild Wars Utopia? (And C...   Guild Wars and all game art © ArenaNet / NCSOFT. Images sourced via the Guild Wars Wiki and Guild Wars 2 Wiki; some are fan-uploaded game screenshots. #GuildWars #GuildWarsReforged #MadKingThorn