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Xau-Tak: God of the Horrors
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But what entity would be powerful enough to manage such a feat? What entity has a huge number of aquatic minions, and another group of followers near the Cursed Archipelago known for their naval ability?
Bandos.
Bandos has Sea Trolls. He has Mogres. He has Cyclopes in the Arc, which is relatively close to the Cursed Archipelago. To say that Bandos never encountered Xau-Tak would be incredibly unlikely - we know he's been in the area, and he bred underwater Trolls and Ogres for some reason or another. Bandos is the only known god with an actual Navy - and why would the War God have one if not for war?
And he's certainly got power. Back in the Second Age, he would have been one of the most powerful gods active on Gielinor, behind only Seren and Zaros. The only thing we're really missing is motive, which can be explained easily enough. Even the God of War has his limits - he is not interested in total annihilation of a planet, he just wants endless war. Even with Yu'biusk, it took thousands of years before he managed to accidentally destroy it. Bandos would have been freshly arrived on Gielinor at the time he would have encountered Xau-Tak too, and would probably not take too kindly to someone else ruining his potential fun. So he fought Xau-Tak until it was trapped in the Underwater City. This could be the result of either Bandos himself trapping it, knowing that he was outclassed and unable to actually kill Xau-Tak without greater collateral damage than a series of islands. Or maybe Xau-Tak trapped itself there as a means of self-preservation.
The only real problem with this theory is that V claims to have visited worlds Xau-Tak destroyed back in the Fourth or Fifth Age. But he does never actually claim to have encountered Xau-Tak himself, so it's probable that they were destroyed long before he arrived there.
tl;dr: Bandos fought Xau-Tak, it got trapped in the Underwater City, and Xau-Tak is still there. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?
Bandos.
Bandos has Sea Trolls. He has Mogres. He has Cyclopes in the Arc, which is relatively close to the Cursed Archipelago. To say that Bandos never encountered Xau-Tak would be incredibly unlikely - we know he's been in the area, and he bred underwater Trolls and Ogres for some reason or another. Bandos is the only known god with an actual Navy - and why would the War God have one if not for war?
And he's certainly got power. Back in the Second Age, he would have been one of the most powerful gods active on Gielinor, behind only Seren and Zaros. The only thing we're really missing is motive, which can be explained easily enough. Even the God of War has his limits - he is not interested in total annihilation of a planet, he just wants endless war. Even with Yu'biusk, it took thousands of years before he managed to accidentally destroy it. Bandos would have been freshly arrived on Gielinor at the time he would have encountered Xau-Tak too, and would probably not take too kindly to someone else ruining his potential fun. So he fought Xau-Tak until it was trapped in the Underwater City. This could be the result of either Bandos himself trapping it, knowing that he was outclassed and unable to actually kill Xau-Tak without greater collateral damage than a series of islands. Or maybe Xau-Tak trapped itself there as a means of self-preservation.
The only real problem with this theory is that V claims to have visited worlds Xau-Tak destroyed back in the Fourth or Fifth Age. But he does never actually claim to have encountered Xau-Tak himself, so it's probable that they were destroyed long before he arrived there.
tl;dr: Bandos fought Xau-Tak, it got trapped in the Underwater City, and Xau-Tak is still there. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?
30-Oct-2015 20:52:46 - Last edited on 16-Sep-2016 14:28:09 by Wahisietel
I have been following this lore so bookmarking this!
Great job and thank you!
Great job and thank you!
You will learn that even the gods walk in darkness, and only Sliske knows the way.
31-Oct-2015 00:13:08
Very nice thread, gotta read it more carefully soon!
31-Oct-2015 01:11:28
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