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So during the Phite Club Quest Osman becomes Pharaoh, reuniting the line of Senliten (also called the ) of with the throne of Menaphos - effectively achieving ones of the key aims of the entire Desert Quest series. Yet when talking with afterwards there is no post-Quest dialogue. Which is odd because she has such dialogue for Dealing With Scabaras , Do No Evil , Crocodile Tears , and lastly Our Man in the North in which she says "Osman knows he must come to see me before he can progress his plans any further. We shall get through to him."

Then during Phite Club Osman says "The proof of my lineage, along with information Senliten has provided me since my, ahem, exile, has been enough to secure a number of new allies on this side of the wall." Basically he is saying that he had that long-awaited conversation with Leela and Senliten and got the information, yet, again, there is no post-Quest dialogue in which this is acknowledged. Speak to Senliten and all that is available is the post-Quest dialogue from the previous Quests. This is a rather startling oversight and should be corrected (unless it is part of some surprise for the next Desert Quest in the series, of course.)

On that note, it is high time that the Desert Quest series be continued, as it is the last unfinished Fifth Age plotline and has several mysteries left to tie up. To start, did Leela and Senliten "get through" to Osman? Seeing how the former Spymaster dealt with the old Pharaoh, literally stabbing him in the back with a dagger after he peacefully yielded, I have some doubts.

Furthermore the Phite Club ended with the revelation that Tumeken is in fact alive and that the Kharid-ib is "a remnant of Tumeken's essence." Indeed, the jewel glows and Tumeken briefly possesses Jabari and the two thralls to speak to Amascut - urging his daughter not to give in to her own anger and to stop her plans. Naturally the Devourer pays no heed, disavowing being Tumeken's daughter and swearing to continue her plans

The jewel's words infuriate her who denounces being Tumeken's daughter and refuses to listen to his warnings and swearing to continue her plans. Plans which seem to involve the Soul Altar, the Kharid-ib (which we still have get back), and Scabaras - the one member of the Children of Tumeken (Menaphite Pantheon) we have yet to meet and cleanse. In short and despite Osman's ascension, we are far from finished in the Desert.

Also, there remain two rather large mysteries that need answering. Why is the seemingly exempt from the ? Recall that this is a Fifth Age storyline, yet we deal no less directly with the Desert Deities than we did Saradomin and Zamorak before reestablishing the Edicts. Why? A question which ties into the next mystery: What is the history of Tumeken and beyond that they arrived on Gielinor early in the Second Age and, according to legend, the met on the bank of the River Elid and married shortly thereafter? They are the only married deities we know of and their children - Icthlarin, Amascut, Scabaras, Apmeken, Crondis, and Het – are the only divinely born gods aside from Zaros and Seren. Is this why the Edicts did not affect them? Because they were born on Gielinor or because they are demigods