a first sketch:
4 years after the end of the Godwars, before Guthix had departed for his second slumber, the 9 greatest mages of the age assembled in Saranthium to discuss the survival of humanity.
Their host was Alan Gumph, eccentric wizard-scholar of Saranthium, renowned among the tiny academic community that survived the end of the Wars for his speculations on the Primordial Realm, his studies on the nail beasts of Mort Myre, and his search for the mythic Elder Hammer, which he believed awoke the Sacred Clay and created the nail beasts.
Most honored among them was Aeternam of Asgarnia, first among the Druids, and soon to become first of the Guardians of Guthix.
Next was Mell of Yan, greatest sorceress in the ages of Gielinor, now very old, who had contended against the Bandosians in Feldip Hills and who banished many spirits, among them the Ogre-spirit Must and the Basilisk-spirit Anathema.
Next came Muhbar of Menaphos, magus supreme in the line of Muh, founder of magic in the East which was distinct from the tradition of Jack and Misalionar in the West.
Also from the desert: Hermes Bimegistus of Ullek, whose esoteric works remain with us today. At this time, the denizens of Sophanem still identified with their lost home of Ullek destroyed only a few generations before. Legendary were his gratitude and awe before Aeternam who froze Balfrug Kreeyath.
Then there was Erik of Rellekka, Chief Seer of the mainland Fremennik. In years past, Erik had forbidden young seers to join the militant Void Knights, but after the return of Guthix and end of the Wars he spoke little and waited and watched for what the new age would bring.
01-May-2021 16:33:27
