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Eren Lapucet

Eren Lapucet

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It's a bit off topic from the thread, but respawning is mentioned several times actually.

1) Firstly, it is technically "mentioned" in lore in that you re spawn at deaths office. The first time you die, he explicitly mentions its not your time yet.
2) We die twice in Blood Runs Deep.
3) In The Fremmenik Trials, one way to win Thorvald's approval is by literally dying.
4) In Love Story, WOM mentions a "usual respawn point".
5) And the end of Rocking Out, there is a disclaimer that many guards respawned in Lumbridge.
6) Lola Wut in the Vengeance Saga asks to be killed so he can respawn.

Not saying it's serious lore or anything, but... *sips mint tea* I'm too Unaligned to have a forum signature.

29-Oct-2015 16:08:35

Robo Hobo

Robo Hobo

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Oh, I'm well aware of all of the references to respawning, like Sir Tiffy's explanation of the Gaze of Saradomin or something to add to that list. I just choose not to consider them a part of the canon story, no matter how many Jmods say it's canon, or how many in-game instances try to explain the respawning feature. It's not out of spite or anything, it just ruins too many moments in quests for me. Path of Glouphrie being paramount in that respect, but not the only one, by far.

I do consider the Blood Runs Deep ones canon though. You can only fully appreciate a story when you experience it through the eyes of one of its characters.

29-Oct-2015 16:55:51

Penny Drakis

Penny Drakis

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I pray Amascut will forgive me for this necromancy.

Well, it is only two months old and was only buried eight pages deep.

Anyhow, any speculation on where Beneath Cursed Tides belongs? The only thing that places it on any sort of timeline is that the island sank while Vanna*a was training slayer with Duradel or perhaps a little after he became a slayer master. In any case, before the adventurer first meets Vanna*a (unless the player's account is old enough)

Since the Wizard's Tower is involved in the underwater breathing spell, perhaps somewhere around the same time as Imp Catcher ? Humility is self-destruction, pride is the destruction of all else. And He said, "
Let there be light.
"
And then there were none .

30-Dec-2015 02:27:45

Heidly Ees
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Heidly Ees

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Eren Lapucet said :
Well, you've necromanced it, so you triggered my comeback >;o

Examine: "This calendar seems out of date"
Read: "The calendar seems to still be on year 169 of the fifth age"

Yeah that seems to place it in the Sixth Age.. and "still" implies it's been quite some time since 169.. is it canon that all 5th Age quests happen in 169? I appreciate we're coming up to three years IRL since Guthix's death, but the island sank (or at least was taken of the world map) sometime before the Ariane quests in 2012. Tutorial Island however hasn't been used since like 2009, so it's about 6 years since the calender would have been changed? Assuming time has progressed linearly and parallel to real life time, since the island sank. I'm just a man; I'm not a hero.
Just a boy who had to sing this song.

30-Dec-2015 19:25:34

Penny Drakis

Penny Drakis

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Eren Lapucet said :
Well, you've necromanced it, so you triggered my comeback >;o

Examine: "This calendar seems out of date"
Read: "The calendar seems to still be on year 169 of the fifth age"

Oh, duh, how did I forget that? Humility is self-destruction, pride is the destruction of all else. And He said, "
Let there be light.
"
And then there were none .

31-Dec-2015 02:52:28

Robo Hobo

Robo Hobo

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Hmm, I guess that conclusively brings it into the 6th age. I always figured the island that's mentioned to be seen sinking under the ocean from one of the ports updates was meant to reference Tutorial Island being removed from the map.

@Heidly

Yeah, all in 169, it was a busy year. You can only fully appreciate a story when you experience it through the eyes of one of its characters.

31-Dec-2015 16:10:52

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