This Storyline article is a recount of the story of the first chapter of Guild Wars released in April 2005. Becoming familiar with key dates in the history of Tyria will help make certain events in this story clearer. The story in Chapter One closely follows the players. In one way it is the story of the players, yet in another way, it uses the players to unlock monumental events in the overall history of the game. In this summary, events will link to their own articles and will only be "re-explained" here as much as needed to enhance readability.