That was clearly an incomplete pass , c ' mon . <| sep |> Probably in a shoebox <| sep |> Stupid is the word that comes to mind . <| sep |> No worries , the writers confirmed that Malyck and his Tree plot was considered initially for HoT but dropped early in development due to them opting for a tighter narrative focus . This means that none of the Blighting Trees found in Heart of Maguuma were Malyck ' s Tree . There were also blog posts which explained that the Mordrem Guard came solely from Central Tyria sylvari . There ' s some speculation that Malyck ' s Tree might ' ve been located on that patch of unreachable land east of Tangled Depths . Whether it is or not , we see the Mordrem march from SCAR Bivouac beyond the Vine Wall before we stop the migration in the meta event there , but plenty of Mordrem and Mordrem Guard still managed to cross yet never showed up in Central Tyria later on . What this means is that something must ' ve happened to the Mordrem in that so far uncharted zone beyond TD I think it would ' ve been interesting if that zone had Malyck ' s Tree and his people had been fighting against the Mordrem invasion there , preventing them from crossing over to Central Tyria while the Pact was busy elsewhere in the jungle .