Here's some relevant excuse-making from the person responsible for our terrible story lines.
Jagex Jack from Reddit, who is the lead designer of RS3 in his spare time. He said this in relation to why Sliske disappeared from the game for no good reason. Everything below this line is his comments on Reddit:
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".....On the subject of Sliske, I have nothing against the character. He was the unambiguous main character of the game for quite a while, and it's fine to focus on a villain for a decent chunk of time. What I don't think is that it was a good idea - or especially desired by most people - that he go on being the main character (or at the least a very important character) for the foreseeable future. I don't have to dislike a character to think that they've had their time in the sun and it's time for others to have some room.
Obviously for people who liked Sliske and would have preferred that he go on having a very high degree of significance to the story, that's not ideal. I sympathise, just like I sympathise with the people who feel (rightly) that Armadyl never really got his turn. I would prefer to have infinite time in which to do everything. I don't. So given that I'm forced to choose, I'm going to choose what I believe is best for the game rather than what I'm personally most interested to write about."
12-Jun-2022 22:30:54