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Wahisietel
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Any-sao said :
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Shortly before I made this thread, it was pretty heavily implied at RuneFest that Xau-Tak was the "pirate god" that Wilson had been planning for quite some time. I had a thread on this subject previously, but it was just the pieces of the puzzle without Xau-Tak tying them all together. I had privately theorised that maybe Xau-Tak was connected to these puzzle pieces a few days prior to RuneFest, but didn't create the new thread until after Osborne's reveal. References to a pirate god were previously made by Osborne as early as 2014. So ***-Tak's connection to the pirates was planned as far back as then.

Anyway, the stuff in the pirate quests has ALWAYS been pointing towards a greater power behind things, it's just that many people didn't pick up on it. Granted, most of the references were small and relatively easy to miss, such as the references to Rabid Jack using a temple to resurrect the dead. But just how many references were made to the Cave horrors and Black masks should have been pretty difficult to miss, especially after the Skeletal horror made its debut.

So no, it's not exactly out of left-field for Xau-Tak to be relevant to the pirate quests, especially considering some of us had been speculating about there being a greater mystery for years before Xau-Tak was even named. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

17-Feb-2016 19:16:23 - Last edited on 17-Feb-2016 19:19:00 by Wahisietel

PyraTheAegis
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Xau Tak might not be evil. When Heroes Welcome came out Mod Raven said something along the lines of "Evil is subjective" when people were talking about Xau Tak and the Queen Of Ashes.
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17-Feb-2016 19:52:40

Cybernet377
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PyraTheAegis said :
Xau Tak might not be evil. When Heroes Welcome came out Mod Raven said something along the lines of "Evil is subjective" when people were talking about Xau Tak and the Queen Of Ashes.

I don't think Jagex's writers are good enough to make a relatable and non-evil god out of a being that resurrects things from the dead, brainwashes people into doing its bidding, is responsible for a rock (and temple) that explicitly causes horrible things to happen when anyone so much as pokes it, and rules over "corpse oceans".

I'd be more inclined to believe Pad*menes' insistence that the Queen of Ashes is a kind, motherly, large chested woman who believes in helping people who can't help themselves and giving suspiciously long hugs to anyone she thinks is cute.

17-Feb-2016 21:38:08 - Last edited on 17-Feb-2016 21:39:13 by Cybernet377

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Cybernet377 said :
PyraTheAegis said :
Xau Tak might not be evil. When Heroes Welcome came out Mod Raven said something along the lines of "Evil is subjective" when people were talking about Xau Tak and the Queen Of Ashes.

I don't think Jagex's writers are good enough to make a relatable and non-evil god out of a being that resurrects things from the dead, brainwashes people into doing its bidding, is responsible for a rock (and temple) that explicitly causes horrible things to happen when anyone so much as pokes it, and rules over "corpse oceans".

I'd be more inclined to believe Pad*menes' insistence that the Queen of Ashes is a kind, motherly, large chested woman who believes in helping people who can't help themselves and giving suspiciously long hugs to anyone she thinks is cute. As the one mod raven originally replied to, he was providing subtle hints about the queen being a joinable faction that may not necessarily be as bad as V described her. This partially solidifies that V is a bit biased and thus we shouldn't take his facts as truth

19-Feb-2016 07:15:37

oClock
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KrazydragonL said :
As the one mod raven originally replied to, he was providing subtle hints about the queen being a joinable faction that may not necessarily be as bad as V described her. This partially solidifies that V is a bit biased and thus we shouldn't take his facts as truth
V followed the guthixian ideal that all gods are bad period (except he himself, unlike Guthix who was very unhappy being a god). I do agree Jagex hasn't made the best nuanced characters, but fire often represents life - the Queen might be a god of life. I can't see the character that resurrected Jack and his army being a good gal, though.

I for one welcome our new fire overlady. Feonix ironman clan (1k total, IM and HCIM only)

19-Feb-2016 11:39:18

Wahisietel
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oClock said :
KrazydragonL said :
As the one mod raven originally replied to, he was providing subtle hints about the queen being a joinable faction that may not necessarily be as bad as V described her. This partially solidifies that V is a bit biased and thus we shouldn't take his facts as truth
V followed the guthixian ideal that all gods are bad period (except he himself, unlike Guthix who was very unhappy being a god). I do agree Jagex hasn't made the best nuanced characters, but fire often represents life - the Queen might be a god of life. I can't see the character that resurrected Jack and his army being a good gal, though.

I for one welcome our new fire overlady.

Nah, V liked Marimbo too, implied she may have attended his return party. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

19-Feb-2016 12:18:07

Wahisietel
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Check out the RuneScape Idle Adventure's twitter, there's a picture of the main character fighting with a giant, green, Karamthulhu. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

22-Feb-2016 22:15:11 - Last edited on 22-Feb-2016 22:15:48 by Wahisietel

Wahisietel
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Pupppy said :
I think the Sea Monsters from fake-aagi's storyline actually have the excuse to be that big without needing to be the god Xau-Tak :P

What does Kami have to do with anything? You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

22-Feb-2016 22:47:59

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