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Raleirosen

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Sepulchre said :
Still.. this is very worrying. Corpse oceans? Gaping maw of eternity? A darkness against which my soul shall be lathed? This... is bad.
The "Gaping maw of eternity" line causes me to suspect that Xau-Tak is somehow involved in the Elders' creation cycle.

Either that, or Xau-Tak is actually Chewie. Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

24-May-2016 06:46:27

Trib
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I agree, time travel is cheap. But that's what the evidence points to, not some conspiracy where we are being fed false information by Xau-Tak throughout multiple questlines. Why else would our name be on the ledger? We visited the asylum, and spoke with that man.

We have another glaring thing to address as well. Itchlarin said he had never transported any followers of Zaros to an afterlife. Where are they going? A bit convenient that Xau-Tak is so closely related to death....

24-May-2016 07:57:49 - Last edited on 24-May-2016 07:58:10 by Trib

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CakeRider said :
I'm wondering if this all has anything to do with the Balance Elemental. *throws theories at the wall*
Not as tangential a connection as it may seem at first glance... Xau-Tak has some measure of prophetic ability (addressing us countless decades prior to our birth), and we also have a Fremennik prophecy to our name. The balance elemental's dialogue has a similar prophetic tone.

Probably isn't a stretch to assume all of that "chosen one" stuff will eventually coalesce into a single plot point. Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

24-May-2016 08:48:34 - Last edited on 24-May-2016 08:49:47 by Raleirosen

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I think it might be safe to assume Xau-Tak is not Sliske's master. In the stream entitled "[RS3* Developer Q&A - RuneScape this Summer!" Xau-Tak was mentioned, with the jmods saying something to the effect of Xau-Tak not coming from the Eastern lands, and that if we wanted more about Xau-Tak we should vote for Pirate Quests next year. This stream was only 13 days ago, and I have to guess that they would not change plans so drastically. If it turns out Xau-Tak is Sliske's "master", then his finale will be very disappointing with Xau-tak not actually making an appearance or even playing a very large role.

Crazy, but what if the mysterious voice belongs to Armadyl? The voice was golden colored which, at a stretch, is one of the colors associated with Armadyl. Armadyl's citadel is where Sliske originally set up camp, and while that could be a coincidence... maybe not. Also, we know Armadyl likely knows of at least one use for the Siphon that most other people would not know of, evidenced by the fact that he mentions having modified it in the past with the use of another unmentioned elder artefact. So Sliske remarking "I didn't know the staff could do that" would fit. We know Armadyl seeks justice at any cause, perhaps he deems the gods need to be judged? And we know that Sliske likes to pretend to follow gods until the balance of power seems to have shifted, and has done so multiple times before.


P.S. I am still part of the "no conspiracy orchestrated by Xau-Tak and we just somehow visited the Asylum in the past as evidenced by our naming being written on the Ledger at the Asylum, and now our character's name being mentioned by a sailor who had apparently been in contact with Xau-Tak ages before". Honestly, it almost seems like the Xau-Tak thing was thrown in to get people hyped and voting for Pirate quests in the 2017 poll, clever that is Mod Wilson.

24-May-2016 09:10:11 - Last edited on 24-May-2016 09:13:49 by Trib

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I've been playing around with the name of the sailor mentioned. Gustaf, commonly spelled as Gustav, means "staff of the Geats or Goths or gods" in old Swedish, which just screams Staff of Armadyl... I am having a harder time finding something that would fit for Joannhes, because I can't seem to find any etymological origins on a name that is similar enough. The only thing I can find is that Joannes means "Yahweh is gracious/merciful" in hebrew, which doesn't really fit imo.

I know looking at the etymology of what appear to be made up words, but if you ever take a moment to look into the etymology of the words in game, even recently, man of them are based on real words and hold a lot more weight than you would think. Of course, this is being said with hindsight bias in most cases...

24-May-2016 09:32:46

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mghtymth said :
So, the more that I see about Xau-Tak the more it feels like Sithis from TES. And maybe instead of time travel it is a being outside of time. That is where I am at right now.

Good theory. I had the same feeling about it being similar to Sithis, but I didn't really want to relate that because I didn't know if I was being crazy or not (I usually am in terms of this stuff). Interestingly, the abyss is an area outside of time and we know it is used by some to move between realms and to teleport (including the dragonkin hiding here to avoid the revisions). The Divine Delusion mentions the Teragard artefact which brought humans power on Teragard, and it definitely screams "Abyss" being a rift with a red aura around it, and having the ability to transport people between realms (Robert the Strong supposedly was sucked into it and transported to Gielinor ETA: This is more evidence that the abyss is strongly tied to this formless elder god jagex had mentioned, as it would almost have to be fate for Robert the Strong to be transported to Gielinor only to go on to kill Dragonkin).


Also, I also was wondering if anyone happened to take any screenshots of the room with the Shadow Focus (Armadyl's weapon in the battle versus Bandos was a divine focus ;) ), so I can study it more closely. I sort of recall the shadow focus being a black orb with a reddish colored aura, and so it could be the Schism itself. Though a black orb is not exactly equivalent to a rift, so I am probably grasping at straws.

24-May-2016 09:36:46 - Last edited on 24-May-2016 09:53:36 by Trib

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So when do we get to go into the Asylum in the past? LOL
Anyway, I feel like, Trib.. Gustaf meaning Staff of the Gods isn't a coincidence at all. That would mean he is somehow related to the Siphon.. but how? Why? A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate .

24-May-2016 09:42:36

Raleirosen

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Trib said :
I am having a harder time finding something that would fit for Joannhes, because I can't seem to find any etymological origins on a name that is similar enough. The only thing I can find is that Joannes means "Yahweh is gracious/merciful" in hebrew, which doesn't really fit imo.
You've already found it... Johannes is a European variant of John, originating from the Hebrew meaning you listed. I'd say it's an ironic little subversion, given that the god in question is almost certainly not gracious.

In any case I doubt the name is a major clue. Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

24-May-2016 10:12:29

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