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A Mighty

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Excellent read, as always! I think this would be very compatible with the notion that each year IRL since the game released corresponds to a year ingame, so not everything happened in 5169 (e.g. the death of Guthix would be in 5181). I also agree that the previous ages are too long with too many gaps lasting hundreds of years.
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27-Nov-2019 06:53:52

AttilaSquare

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A Mighty said :
Excellent read, as always! I think this would be very compatible with the notion that each year IRL since the game released corresponds to a year ingame, so not everything happened in 5169 (e.g. the death of Guthix would be in 5181). I also agree that the previous ages are too long with too many gaps lasting hundreds of years.
Thanks, Mighty!

Agreed - although like we discussed on a past thread, I’ve dated events back from 5169 and you’ve dated forward.

03-Dec-2019 02:52:08

AttilaSquare

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I’m recording some thoughts here on my invented lore - maybe to be used later:

When the seven lords of Hevel swore allegiance to Zaros in the year 2176, they said, “We mell be as invisible as our god,” and then they vanished into shadow.

What is “mell”? It’s an ancient word obsolete by the 3rd age meaning “will” or “shall” but suggesting that one has been brought to decision. As if under duress, but one owns up to it. “Mell” corresponds with “must,” like “will” corresponds with “would” and “shall” corresponds with “should.” The negative contraction “mon’t” resembles “won’t” in sound and meaning.

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A very interesting read, and thanks for posting the timeline. I think Jagex should do a video series on the history of Gielinor—there's a lot that they could clarify and their youtube channel would probably make a lot of money on it lol Click here for ideas on exploring other worlds, specifically the human homeworld Teragard. This one's me baby

10-May-2020 05:12:10

AttilaSquare

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Thanks! Maybe they’ll consider something like that if they do a lorehound PAG, but I haven’t seen much evidence (via the news or forums) of any holistic consideration of RuneScape’s lore.

Also, regarding this thread, I’d very much like to see some structure given to the timeline of the Godwars, but after revisiting the first dialogue of Azzanadra in Desert Treasure I’ve realized that the arc I proposed on the first page contradicts too much current lore (Desert Treasure, Book of Zaros, Zenouregal’s Notes, etc.)... I’m still thinking through how to reimagine the Godwars in an elegant way.

10-May-2020 14:06:04

A Mighty

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A Mighty said :
Excellent read, as always! I think this would be very compatible with the notion that each year IRL since the game released corresponds to a year ingame, so not everything happened in 5169 (e.g. the death of Guthix would be in 5181). I also agree that the previous ages are too long with too many gaps lasting hundreds of years.


The part about a year IRL corresponding to a year ingame pre-6th age is canon now. Charos' book mentions it.
To those cursed by war and pest, Come into the light of Armadyl and rest. This is the law of Armadyl.

11-May-2021 04:51:56

AttilaSquare

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A Mighty said :
A Mighty said :
Excellent read, as always! I think this would be very compatible with the notion that each year IRL since the game released corresponds to a year ingame, so not everything happened in 5169 (e.g. the death of Guthix would be in 5181). I also agree that the previous ages are too long with too many gaps lasting hundreds of years.


The part about a year IRL corresponding to a year ingame pre-6th age is canon now. Charos' book mentions it.
Interesting! do we know if the years go forward or backward from 169? Do you have the quote?

11-May-2021 14:02:49

A Mighty

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The Fifth Age (Royal Period)

Calendar: Asgarnian
Length: 189 years (ongoing)
Epoch date in V: 0

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In two or more thousand years hence, when some handsome fellow is compiling history with the benefit of hindsight, I am confident that the death of Guthix, which brought about the return of the gods to Gielinor, will loom larger than the comparatively minor events which mark the current Fifth Age. For now, however, I cannot in good conscience formally label it an 'age' when the preceding period would have been a mere 182 years in length.


This is from "Reldo's ages seventeenth edition". I've emphasized the important parts. It seems in this calendar, 169 refers to the year before the game was released, as Guthix died in 2016, and Reldo mentions the fifth age lasting 182 years. So 170 is 2001, and each year IRL is a year ingame.
To those cursed by war and pest, Come into the light of Armadyl and rest. This is the law of Armadyl.

15-May-2021 03:25:43

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Wow! I missed this book. It finally gives us a fixed timeline, even if excessively long and sparse. It also undermines any reason for the rituals of the Mahjarrat on Gielinor to have occurred in the past more frequently than every 500 years.

Lorehounds actually guessed this frequency between the release of Curse of Arrav on July 21, 2009 and its confirmation in PFTH 41 on August 5, 2009. Assuming the 18th ritual upon Gielinor occurred in 180 V, we now have a pretty good estimation for the date of the first ritual: 420 II.

I can’t tell if there’s any obscure hint hidden in the two calendar discrepancies both by 17 years.

EDIT: Also, if Reldo’s dates are correct and rituals occurred every 500 years, then the ritual closest to Arrav’s birth occurred in 632 IV. I always assumed that Zemouregal’s invasion came fresh off a ritual, but the new calendar forces us to reconsider either the time from a ritual that Zemouregal spent preparing the invasion or the dates surrounding the foundation of Avarrocka.

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