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Hi everyone
and welcome to yet another fantastic Campfire session. This time with our quests and lore focused developers!

Here are the heroes of today's Q&A and their answers to your burning questions...


Mod Osborne	Mod Raven	Mod John A

And the Community Team members helping out will be:

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Mod Jane

27-Jun-2013 14:46:00

Mod Jane

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Hi all,

The guys are just settling in eating a few snacks and rolling up their sleeves.

We hope you get the answers you're searching for!

Enjoy! ^_^

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
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27-Jun-2013 18:43:20

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Set To Wumbo

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To Mod Jane/Crow:

How do you cope with so many Campfires going on!?

Surely you guys must be burnt out already!!!

Hi Set To Wumbo ,

Actually, we love holding Campfires here in the CM area. The more the better!

Maybe you should let us know who you'd like to hear from next! ^_^

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
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27-Jun-2013 18:44:16

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Aeroxmaster

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How did Mod Sabre magically turn into Mod Jane for this Q&A? O_o

Maybe there will be a quest to investigate that today...

Hi Aeroxmaster ,

*blinks*

Mod Sabre isn't here this evening sorry to disappoint.

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
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27-Jun-2013 18:45:49

Mod Osborne

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Starting question for Mod Osborne!

Deacon Blues said :
Mod Sabre said :
[Mod Osborne]: So, to a follower of Zaros, who represents fate, to see someone who is fated to achieve everything in game is going to be quite intriguing.

Wait, what? Was that a slip? Is this canon? Because there's a huge difference between representing the concepts of control and fate . In fact, in an earlier livestream you claimed Zaros was "manipulative" - but fate is preordained and cannot be manipulated.

It's not the first time we've connected Zaros with fate - the god emissary content did something similar. Zaros wants the world to fall to mortals, but he acknowledges that they are not safe without some rules or control; otherwise, everything will fall to chaos. So, he suggests that he watches silently, making checks and balances to ensure a 'balance' is maintained. He wants to become fate itself.

27-Jun-2013 18:57:25

Mod John A

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Is player death/respawning canon? Doesn't it break the dramatic feeling of certain near-death quests where the player gets their life saved by a friend, if it is canon? Also, I know it is canon in at least one particular quest, but I mean in general

It's been referred to in a few places but I'd say in general player respawning is a game thing rather than a narrative thing. If player respawning were really a part of the story, NPCs would have to react to the fact that you can die and come back to life, and that would derail storylines into being about the player respawning rather than about the story we want to tell. If the player dies in a quest situation, my preferred method is to have the story ignore their death and let them start the section again.

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How do you explain that there's been 18 mahjarrat rituals on Gielinor (yes, on Gielinor as Zemouregal stated in his notes) if they happen every 500 years, which would equal 9000 years, but they've only been here since the second age? Which would be just a bit over 8000

The fact that it's exactly every 500 years is an agreement between the Mahjarrat, rather than a biological necessity for them. It's possible that that agreement has changed over time, so in the earlier ages of the world some of the rituals happened closer together.

27-Jun-2013 18:59:07

Mod John A

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3. Are Icyene blue-skinned or white-skinned? The one in the One Piercing Note lore has blue skin, but Zilyana has white. Or are they like humans, with differing coloration?

Icyene have a wide range of skin colours, like humans. When I wrote the OPN lore I wanted to convey that Icyene are inhuman, so I picked a non-human skin colour for the one that appeared.

27-Jun-2013 19:02:26

Mod Raven

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The most important questions have been highlighted with red.
Sorry for not posting only one question at a time. Ive snipped the most important questions into one post questions a few pages after this.

1. How does the mysterious force present in Tolna’s Rift (experienced in the quest A Soul's Bane) tie in to the Zaros storyline? Is it one of Zaros’ followers? Might they be protecting the former body of Zaros?

You've flagged this in red, but this really falls into the "it would spoil things to say" category. However I can say that we are aiming for a rework of that quest at some point in the future, so you may learn more.

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Why are there Iron and Steel Dragons around Ghorrock? Does Ghorrock have some kind of connection to the Dragonkin?

Dragons are pretty much everywhere to be fair, their mere existence isn't necessarily proof that the area is linked to the dragonkin in some way. Dragons were cast out by the dragonkin anyway, so they're spread far and wide.

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Where was Sliske during Zaros’ defeat at the hands of Zamorak?

Sliske is fundamentally a tricky character and one steeped in deceit. Remember the only thing you can trust about Sliske is that you cannot trust Sliske. When Zamorak struck, Sliske was elsewhere, Zamorak is smart enough to have timed his plan for when Sliske, and the other Zarosian Mahjarrat, would have been in a poor position to stop him.

Did Sliske know about the plan, could he have stopped it if he wanted to? Only Sliske can tell you and he plays the long game.

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8. Any plans for the next Motion Comic? The history of the Mahjarrat would be an interesting thing to see animated. A glimpse of Freneskae, Zamorak fighting Zaros, Sliske killing Guthix, it would be eye candy of the highest order. Just saying…. lots of potential.

I'm a big fan of the motion comics and I personally would love to see us using them again. Personally I would consider saving them for some of the big storylines we've got coming up. Personally I think the Elder god storyline we're working on would make for a brilliant place for another motion comic.

= Raven =

27-Jun-2013 19:02:44

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6. In the most recent BtS video, Mod Mark calls the Elder Gods ' the creatures that created the world.' In other words, the Elder Gods were themselves created. Who created them?

The Elder Gods were created. We know how this happened, which will form a strand of the Elder God storyline. It's likely that a number of Elder Gods lived before those that created Gielinor, if that helps.

27-Jun-2013 19:03:55

Mod John A

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8) According to Zanik (who was possessed by Bandos and could "read his mind&quot

, Bandos is definitely not returning. According to Murknose, he is. Who is right?

At the time Zanik could read Bandos's mind, in the fifth age, that was correct. Bandos's plan to foil the Edicts of Guthix had failed, and he was not going to try again. The events of The World Wakes changed things, though - Gielinor was suddenly much easier for the gods to get to, so Bandos saw a chance to return.

27-Jun-2013 19:05:27

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