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Xalha
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Since Erebus is now shown to be what lies beyond a tear sealed by the mysterious monolith I think it highly likely it's not fully intended to be the Zarosian afterlife - Zaros certainly didn't imply he'd been there before and he needs shadow anima to keep himself safe there. It's likely this will result in his death.

01-Jun-2021 12:19:04 - Last edited on 01-Jun-2021 12:21:19 by Xalha

Gods Ire
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Xalha said :
Since Erebus is now shown to be what lies beyond a tear sealed by the mysterious monolith I think it highly likely it's not fully intended to be the Zarosian afterlife - Zaros certainly didn't imply he'd been there before and he needs shadow anima to keep himself safe there. It's likely this will result in his death.


I've just done the second part, what a twist, I suppose we have our answer then as to what Erebus is after all. The next question is what lies inside Erebus and who rules over it - Could Elder God Wars turn out to be the Elder Gods vs beings from Erebus?

01-Jun-2021 14:57:28

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Erebus is probably a prison, a void with Light barriers so the shadow criminals can't escape to other planes. Who rules over it? Probably no ruler, or if somebody has to think of one, maybe some Jailer then but he probably is just a prison guard type of watchman.

01-Jun-2021 16:45:37

Dilbert2001
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I have a feeling Erebus may be not only a void but also somewhere in the crossroad to the Multiverse.

"The spiral of time leads only to the gaping maw of eternity."


Erebus may be somewhere in that gapping Maw of eternity. Translation: Time converges to the single point - the gaping Maw. And through which, we can travel to not just all planes in the Runescape universe, but also all the 9,000 unknown planes in the Multiverse which no one has ever gone before.

That said, Zaros abandoned the tiny Gielinor where he may only have limited lifespan for the much bigger undiscovered country where he may become the eternal tyrant of the Multiverse.

"Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows. Only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.”
- Hermann Minkowski, Math professor of Albert Einstein on Space-Time Continuum. ;)

01-Jun-2021 21:37:16 - Last edited on 02-Jun-2021 03:39:35 by Dilbert2001

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Gods Ire said :
Xalha said :
Since Erebus is now shown to be what lies beyond a tear sealed by the mysterious monolith I think it highly likely it's not fully intended to be the Zarosian afterlife - Zaros certainly didn't imply he'd been there before and he needs shadow anima to keep himself safe there. It's likely this will result in his death.


I've just done the second part, what a twist, I suppose we have our answer then as to what Erebus is after all. The next question is what lies inside Erebus and who rules over it - Could Elder God Wars turn out to be the Elder Gods vs beings from Erebus?


Yes, thank god they explained us what Erebus is; my assumption was correct, tho we are yet to receive a confirmation if Erebus is fully an ''anti plane'' of the current RS universe. As I stated earlier, since anima and shadow anima are much like matter and anti matter I believe Erebus to be some sort of parallel universe containing enough shadow anima to nullify our universes anima. Whether its a void full of shadow anima or small dimension that simply holds shadow anime condensed we are yet to see. I think that Zaros seeks to siphon the shadow anima so he can become an Elder God there at first, since there isnt much for him in the actual universe.

02-Jun-2021 12:14:49

Dalabengba

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Dilbert2001 said :
I have a feeling Erebus may be not only a void but also somewhere in the crossroad to the Multiverse.

"The spiral of time leads only to the gaping maw of eternity."


Erebus may be somewhere in that gapping Maw of eternity. Translation: Time converges to the single point - the gaping Maw. And through which, we can travel to not just all planes in the Runescape universe, but also all the 9,000 unknown planes in the Multiverse which no one has ever gone before.

That said, Zaros abandoned the tiny Gielinor where he may only have limited lifespan for the much bigger undiscovered country where he may become the eternal tyrant of the Multiverse.

"Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows. Only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.”
- Hermann Minkowski, Math professor of Albert Einstein on Space-Time Continuum. ;)


Zaros seems to know already the undiscovered country has a lot more for him than the losers on Gielinor including Seren and his followers who are not even considered his family to him.

Now the question is since nobody has returned from Erebus to tell us the story, will Zaros ever come back and let us know? I think the World Guardian will have to be the one who goes to Erebus and be the first one to return to tell us his adventure.

02-Jun-2021 18:28:48

Gods Ire
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Dalabengba said :
Dilbert2001 said :
I have a feeling Erebus may be not only a void but also somewhere in the crossroad to the Multiverse.

"The spiral of time leads only to the gaping maw of eternity."


Erebus may be somewhere in that gapping Maw of eternity. Translation: Time converges to the single point - the gaping Maw. And through which, we can travel to not just all planes in the Runescape universe, but also all the 9,000 unknown planes in the Multiverse which no one has ever gone before.

That said, Zaros abandoned the tiny Gielinor where he may only have limited lifespan for the much bigger undiscovered country where he may become the eternal tyrant of the Multiverse.

"Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows. Only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.”
- Hermann Minkowski, Math professor of Albert Einstein on Space-Time Continuum. ;)


Zaros seems to know already the undiscovered country has a lot more for him than the losers on Gielinor including Seren and his followers who are not even considered his family to him.

Now the question is since nobody has returned from Erebus to tell us the story, will Zaros ever come back and let us know? I think the World Guardian will have to be the one who goes to Erebus and be the first one to return to tell us his adventure.


I think Zaros knows more than he lets on and I also think Azzanadra has done some research for him as well. At some point after Childen of Mah Azzanadra was in the shadow realm looking for "Ancient Evils" to face. I wouldn't be surprised if Azzanadra tries to find him.

There's a transcript on wikia about the last few weeks of the Monolith Battle where something happens to Azzanadra


But Yes It would be fun to go and explore a completely new realm/universe. Maybe Senntisten has some answers.

02-Jun-2021 20:36:56

Dilbert2001
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We need protection from shadow anima to go there. The World Guardian has it thanks to Guthix. Zaros has Mah's Core. We don't know what happened to Professor Tony though.

Being able to go to Eureba is one thing, however, being able to return as the same being/thing is another. I don't think we have too much information on afterlife as afterlife seemingly can take many forms. Some returned as undeads. The World Guardian seemingly came back from afterlife unaltered. Robert the Strong came back as a cat.

02-Jun-2021 21:57:38

Dilbert2001
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Azzanadra said nobody has returned from Erebus, and his lord wouldn't have lied to him.

I am sure Xau-Tak has absolute protection from shadow anima, but has he returned from Erebus?

04-Jun-2021 17:32:40 - Last edited on 04-Jun-2021 17:33:09 by Dilbert2001

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