^ Precisely my point(s).
There's an obvious ecosystem operating in Forinthry that makes habitation possible - suitable would be a more debatable term.
There could certainly be a complex society - we have plenty of real world examples of complex societies rising from the least inviting of places around the globe. I do agree that some European knockoff like Asgarnia, Misthalin, and Kandarin would not operate nearly so well in modern Forinthry though. Definitely a more tribal-based organisation that's highly mobile to cope with the delicate resource balance.
As to the anima question...
There's no evidence to suggest the anima died in Forinthry. Yes, it "cried out in agony" to Guthix. That, if anything, is evidence against what you're positing. The anima was very much alive. It was wounded. It was seared by the Stone of Jas, a relic that emanates the power of the very beings who gifted Gielinor with anima.
Guthix stopped the Godwars cold turkey shortly thereafter, but the damage was done. The anima mundi was almost certainly damaged, but not destroyed. Life still clings. It demands. An ecosystem very apparently thrives, albeit a harsh and unforgiving one. The crater in Lumbridge, if anything, is a much lighter example because the damage wrought there was through regular gods and mortals. There was no elder artifact laying waste to the crater zone. The anima, if damaged, would surely recover much more quickly there (and that's ignoring that the crater has had numerous interventions by mortals to bring life back to it).
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