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Jakir

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Lord Drakan said :
Yeah, I was just reading the Amascut discussion. It's hilarious how one person is spewing nonsense from his self-elevated pedestal.

Nonsense? Pedestal???

It all makes a lot of sense and should be addressed. And other people agreed with my points so it wasn't one person either. And what do you mean pedestal? How does getting excited about something and looking forward to it mean I am putting myself above others???

I know we have had issues in the past because I couldn't believe Jagex would get the wrong document and still take it to development and translation after being told multiple times it was the wrong document but when they confirmed they were in fact that clueless I apologized to you for accusing you. I don't think there is any reason for you to be hostile to me now and fling mud over a good idea just because you don't like me.

And even if there was no intended relation the fact is it does all add up so it could easily become something that gets added in because things just fell into place. Jagex admit to doing that and even enjoying seeing connections they missed pointed out so I would appreciate if you could take the idea on its own merits and not just cry about who it came from.

27-Nov-2015 01:58:39 - Last edited on 27-Nov-2015 01:58:59 by Jakir

Nolhiir
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Moving on...

What's interesting about Xau-tak is that it's incredibly powerful... and yet, we've never directly heard of it until now.
But what's more intriguing, is that V has apparently encountered their work before.
Not on Gielinor, though; else he wouldn't have described Xau-tak's tendrils as if they were recent, and would have instead mentioned them still being present.
Now for what reason would a god, potentially tier 3-2, go unnoticed by the others?
Well, for one, V doesn't mention ever actually meeting them (else a battle would have likely occured). He only mentions the aftermath of their work.

Consider this: The underwater city was described as "closer to" R'lyeh than Atlantis.
V also explains that Guthix had to personally banish the gods. (I'll connect these in a moment.)
So we can gather that there is a possibility that some eldritch horror lives in or under the underwater city.
What I am proposing is that Guthix never banished Xau-tak: they have always been here.
Trapped. This is why they never had a large impact on the god wars.
It seems possible that Xau-tak's work, their "corpse oceans", are done entirely through avatars like the skeletal horror. That's why they has no recorded conflict with other gods; their avatars (yes, multiple) are hardly a fraction of his power. As such, there could still be avatars that remain on other worlds from even before they ended up on Gielinor, and perhaps even after. Even if Xau-tak turns out to not be in the underwater city, they could still be using avatars to channel his full power without risk of being noticed by the others, as creating a corpse ocean is gradual and delicate work that god wars would easily interrupt.

...That probably made sense to a total of nobody . Just speculation, move along. Newest Disciple of Xau-Tak

28-Nov-2015 14:54:07

Svigris

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Honestly if we're sticking a tier on Xautak it probably would be somewhere around T5 she certainly has some power but she doesn't really seem like she's going to be able to contend with the other major players of Gilenor.

R'lyeh does further the connection with Xautak and C*hulhu but until I'm missing some description of the underwater city we really don't know anything about it other than that it exists.

The idea of Xautak being trapped somewhat makes sense. This wouldn't even need to be related to Guthix, I could see Saradomin imprisoning Xautak just to clear a home for Hollowvale. Theres a lot of ways to go about it and anything we say will be speculation at best. We do need to figure out how Xautak can have her tentacles here with the edicts still around.

The idea of the skeleton horror being an avatar not just the spirit of the high priest seems somewhat unlikely, mainly due to the fact that the skeletal horror was pretty weak in terms of influence, needing to slowly manipulate an already rather unstable man into doing his bidding. The horror couldn't even possess the man like Bandos did with Zanik. So it seems unlikely.

Also wolf, please stop, you were outright told your theory was incorrect by the J mod who's developing Xautak. Your theory is false. Please stop spamming about it and keep your dignity however little is left of it.

28-Nov-2015 16:34:11 - Last edited on 28-Nov-2015 16:55:34 by Svigris

Jakir

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Svigris said :
Also wolf, please stop, you were outright told your theory was incorrect by the J mod who's developing Xautak. Your theory is false. Please stop spamming about it and keep your dignity however little is left of it.

He said it wasn't intended, not that it wasn't interesting or wouldn't be picked up on in the future and I made a request that he consider it because I'm really excited where it could lead and at the very least would be bugged if it wasn't addressed as to why the coincidence exists.

I fail to see how getting excited about lore and talking about it in the lore forum degrades my dignity in any way shape or form as the obvious truth is... it doesn't.

If you don't like me... move along. But don't try to insult me because on top of being wrong you are also acting childish which makes this thread more likely to be abandoned by any jmod interest it currently has. Don't ruin things for other people because you can't be mature.

29-Nov-2015 04:06:41

Padomenes

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Mod Wilson said :
Hi there. Just a quick post to try and clear something up. Obviously I can't go into spoilers, but
all the Xau-Tak references I have been working into the game have been in content I have worked on as a major contributor
, as other posters have noticed. Or not noticed, as the case may be. ;) In any case,
I didn't work on the
slayer helmets,
core slayer skill
or desert quests. So the Amascut storyline is, as it stands, not connected to Xau-Tak.

Keep looking though, you've not found all the clues yet!

01-Dec-2015 13:56:01

Wahisietel
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Padomenes said :
Mod Wilson said :
Hi there. Just a quick post to try and clear something up. Obviously I can't go into spoilers, but
all the Xau-Tak references I have been working into the game have been in content I have worked on as a major contributor
, as other posters have noticed. Or not noticed, as the case may be. ;) In any case,
I didn't work on the
slayer helmets,
core slayer skill
or desert quests. So the Amascut storyline is, as it stands, not connected to Xau-Tak.

Keep looking though, you've not found all the clues yet!

Why are you quoting something originally posted in this thread?

Anyway, back on topic, I should really update the thread with the Karamthulhu stuff, and possibly the Bacon machine. Still need to take a more in depth look at Summoning and other stuff. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

01-Dec-2015 15:51:27 - Last edited on 01-Dec-2015 15:52:18 by Wahisietel

Owlnine
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Wahisietel said :
Why are you quoting something originally posted in this thread?

Anyway, back on topic, I should really update the thread with the Karamthulhu stuff, and possibly the Bacon machine. Still need to take a more in depth look at Summoning and other stuff.

He unlikely knew it was on this thread. That's a post I made from another thread, highlighting relevant parts in gold.

I haven't actually posted here yet. Was getting all caught up with everything. Really good, enjoyable thread Wahisietel. Lots of good leads here. It's made me pretty excited for more pirate content.

I'm not a big fan of how everything has been all gods, gods, gods lately, so I'm not sure how to feel about a god potentially become a plot point in one of my favorite quest series, but Mod Wilson has yet to disappoint, so I'll hang on to faith in the matter. On the contrary, I find I am actually looking forward to learning more about Xau-Tak (so long as it doesn't completely upstage Rabid Jack).

On that note, I don't really have any reservations on how Xau-Tak would work in a 'comedy series'. While the Pirate series has always been whimsical, I've personally always took it simultaneously seriously. I've always expected Rabid Jack to be a real villain's villain, and got the impression there was real evil lurking in this quest series. That same feeling holds true for Xau-Tak.
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01-Dec-2015 17:25:29 - Last edited on 01-Dec-2015 20:55:02 by Owlnine

Padomenes

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Anyone remember Olaf's quest? V wouldn't be too far to remember who sunk the fremenniks in the whatever mysterious disaster. Something reanimated Ulfric and the dead Fremenniks. Olaf's quest was worked on by Wilson.

02-Dec-2015 08:51:33

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