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Cthris
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Captain Lime said :
Malchyom said :
Captain Lime said :
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Here's a major question that came to me just now:

How long has Xau-Tak been influencing us? And more importantly.. has he been influencing us before or after our assertion as the World Guardian? Because if Xau-Tak can influence us and make us see and hear these things even with the protection of Guthix's Blessing, this speaks volumes at how powerful this god may be. The implications are very unsettling.


...and the World Guardian thing just tore my theory apart. Either Xau-tak is just some mortal thing in our brains, or this thing could have been in us since Rum Deal.


I'm thinking the mudskipper mini-quest because of that small reference by our crab pet.

23-May-2016 22:39:41

Malchyom
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Captain Lime said :
How to get lorehounds to obsess over something? Mention a god that kills people by getting them to obsess over him.


It's the perfect ruse! Make lorehounds spill their marbles by speculating at how bad this new god may be! Xul-Tak doesn't even need to do anything! Or maybe he has?! Maybe he's doing it RIGHT NOW?!

*Frothing at mouth intensifies*

23-May-2016 22:42:12

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I'm hedging my bets right now that Xau-Tak is massively more significant to the game's overarching story than previously thought. Either it's explicitly a 6th Elder, or possibly some new primordial abomination -- maybe something similar to the dichotomy between the Old Gods and the Titans in Warcraft's lore. At the very least I don't think the doubled 3-letter naming convention (Jas/Wen/Bik/etc. to Xau/Tak) is a coincidence. Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

23-May-2016 22:53:42 - Last edited on 23-May-2016 22:58:50 by Raleirosen

Malchyom
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Raleirosen said :
I'm hedging my bets right now that Xau-Tak is massively more significant to the game's overarching story than previously thought. Either it's explicitly a 6th Elder, or possibly some new primordial abomination -- maybe something similar to the dichotomy between the Old Gods and the Titans in Warcraft's lore. At the very least I don't think the doubled 3-letter naming convention (Jas/Wen/Bik/etc. to Xau/Tak) is a coincidence.


That's what I believe as well. You can't introduce a C*hulhu-inspired character to a game without having them be very powerful in some form or fashion.

23-May-2016 23:23:17

Wahisietel
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Xau-Tak being anl elder god really doesn't fit, since they've gone around multiple worlds drstroying stuff, and V survived an encounter with them apparently.

Xau-Tak being Bandos-tier would make the most sense IMO. Which is still pretty damn powerful. Also. Xau-Tak is probably a squid, which is why it's so weird and alien.
You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

23-May-2016 23:32:41 - Last edited on 23-May-2016 23:33:19 by Wahisietel

Malchyom
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Wahisietel said :
Xau-Tak being anl elder god really doesn't fit, since they've gone around multiple worlds drstroying stuff, and V survived an encounter with them apparently.

Xau-Tak being Bandos-tier would make the most sense IMO. Which is still pretty damn powerful. Also. Xau-Tak is probably a squid, which is why it's so weird and alien.


Perhaps not DIRECTLY an Elder God, but the similarities between the naming of Xau-Tak and the Elder Gods is not just a coincidence. There's some intention there that we're not seeing yet. We know that Mah dreamt beings into life.. perhaps she had a nightmare that formed into Xau-Tak?

Also, could you imagine how god-awful (HEH I made a pun) this god must be if the whole 'corpse-oceans' thing is literal? Not an ocean of corpses, but an ocean filled with corpses. That's absolutely gruesome and gives me chills just thinking about it.

Though of course V could be literal as well.. an ocean of corpses.. that's disturbing.

23-May-2016 23:37:43

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(sorry page 1 is down this, due to command mistakes)

(continuation)

The creator of the Elder Gods (henceforth known as the Creator for ease of explanation), referenced by the Elder Chronicles (and possibly by Zaros) is likely a different being... the one that opposes Xau-Tak. Both Xau-Tak and the Creator must stand on a theoretical level (tier 0).

These 2 beings must have clashed a long time ago. Xau-Tak was defeated and sealed in the depths of the Abyss. But the Creator was left in a extremely weak state and so, to assure the continuation of life, he created the Elder Gods and gave them this "Great Task&quot. Afterwards, the Creator disappeared. But Xau-Tak was still capable of using it's powerful influence and corrupted the Elder Gods' minds to perform a wasteful looping of processes, methods, thoughts and world creation and destruction (warped the meaning of their "Great Task&quot ;) , until they would eventually all die out (which is beginning to take effect, as seen with Mah).

Another thing to be mentioned, the prehistorical abyssal is possibly one of the few direct servants of Xau-Tak. He possibly manipulated Xenia into siphoning away all anima of Gielinor into darkness... to render the Elder Gods completely helpless and to be reborn anew in a new "perfect dark world".

Xau-Tak... the grinding, decaying, gradual force of destruction, death and darkness... the true embodiment of entropy.

Of course, this is simply speculation and best not taken completely seriously (maybe I should have mentioned this in the beginning...). This is my observation and assumption of all observed clues and observations read in forums. I'd be glad to hear more of your observations.

24-May-2016 01:37:42 - Last edited on 24-May-2016 01:41:44 by Kimbalion

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(sorry this was suposed to be the first page but my skills with forums' commands are dire. I'm more of an observer, not a writter...)

...What is Xau-Tak anyways? At first it seemed like an unknown, tendril rooting, corrupting deity, but now recent information seems to say otherwise:

Its' direct influence is capable of stretching through distant spaces, dimensions and even time, something that Guthix, Zaros or Seren were not even capable of.

Its' affiliations appear, at first to be death and the oceans, but I believe that's the dark individual influence of the beings he controls. It's quite possible that it can even influence gods to do his bidding, such as the one V found; Xau-Tak was simply the words he heard and not the actual name of the god V found. As for the pirate quests, well, they simply revolve around Xau-Tak's dark power and not the being itself. We might face the beings under its' influence but we won't see it for itself.

Regarding to Sliske's talk to his true "master"... It couldn't be Zaros. Zaros could only talk through the communication portal at the Digsite Temple and he would not certainly trust Sliske with them. As for Jas, she's is asleep and dependent on the voicepieces for communication. Her dreams doubtfully connect to "inferior" beings, Sliske included. Furthermore, his "master" had incredible knowledge of the elder artifacts, possibly beyond what Guthix, Zaros or Seren know. If this is coupled with the ability to contact beings through time and space, it is very likely Xau-Tak itself is Sliske's "master".

In truth, Xau-Tak's true affiliation possibly revolves around death, darkness, silence, void... a dark power completely different from Zaros. Zaros power derives from anima. If the affiliation I mentioned is true, Xau-Tak's power derives from the opposite of anima.

(continues)

24-May-2016 01:40:23

Malchyom
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Kimbalion said :
(sorry page 1 is down this, due to command mistakes)

(continuation)

The creator of the Elder Gods (henceforth known as the Creator for ease of explanation), referenced by the Elder Chronicles (and possibly by Zaros) is likely a different being... the one that opposes Xau-Tak. Both Xau-Tak and the Creator must stand on a theoretical level (tier 0).

These 2 beings must have clashed a long time ago. Xau-Tak was defeated and sealed in the depths of the Abyss. But the Creator was left in a extremely weak state and so, to assure the continuation of life, he created the Elder Gods and gave them this "Great Task&quot. Afterwards, the Creator disappeared. But Xau-Tak was still capable of using it's powerful influence and corrupted the Elder Gods' minds to perform a wasteful looping of processes, methods, thoughts and world creation and destruction (warped the meaning of their "Great Task&quot ;) , until they would eventually all die out (which is beginning to take effect, as seen with Mah).

Another thing to be mentioned, the prehistorical abyssal is possibly one of the few direct servants of Xau-Tak. He possibly manipulated Xenia into siphoning away all anima of Gielinor into darkness... to render the Elder Gods completely helpless and to be reborn anew in a new "perfect dark world".

Xau-Tak... the grinding, decaying, gradual force of destruction, death and darkness... the true embodiment of entropy.

Of course, this is simply speculation and best not taken completely seriously (maybe I should have mentioned this in the beginning...). This is my observation and assumption of all observed clues and observations read in forums. I'd be glad to hear more of your observations.


That's a bold claim. I wouldn't go so far as to say Xau-Tak is the embodiment of entropy. So far, its influence has been very gradual and without any sudden acts of power or violence. It's playing some sort of long game, I think...

24-May-2016 01:56:17

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