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Nolhiir
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Sepulchre said :
With recent thoughts, I think maybe Xau-Tak has actually been dormant on Gielinor up until the point that Rabid Ja- uhhh, that Pirate quest villain found him.. in the Underwater City.
If the Underwater City really is meant to be R'lyeh, then Xau-Tak would have been in slumber for a long time, and perhaps the Edicts didn't effect him because he was technically in a state where he wasn't very "powerful."
I thought that was a given.
But... I'm not sure the edicts worked the way you think they worked. V (our most recent and thus most reliable source) implied that Guthix had to personally banish all of the gods, and that the edicts only served to keep them out. Thus, he may not have known about Xau-Tak at all if they were already slumbering in R'lyeh.
Furthermore. Seren shattered herself rather than leave, and Zaros had no desire to return.
We thus have no evidence that the edicts were able to keep out tier 2 gods, if we are to assume that Xau-tak is indeed such a tier (though nothing is confirmed yet).

Bonzara said :
Maybe it's a bootstrap paradox? Remember, we (the player) were born on Ashdale, a location that has a history of Crassian activity, and therefore might have links to Xau-Tak in some way.

I was under the impression that the Crassians were made by that insignificant tutorial island guy. We've seen no evidence that they were a problem in the past. Newest Disciple of Xau-Tak

30-May-2016 01:22:12

Sepulchre
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Actually, it's implied that Seren shattered herself because she knew Guthix would force her to leave.. which means Seren believed that Guthix DID have the power to banish other Transcendent young gods.

Anyway, to the C'thulhu Mythos... Everything points to Xau-Tak being an Elder God, or at the very least, an alien. More likely to be of alien origin. I myself just reread The Call of C'thulhu earlier today, and have noticed a few things. The first one being above, that Xau-Tak would be a very powerful deity. Secondly, the way C'thulhu was described seems to almost portray exactly the Skeletal Horror. I begin to wonder if the Horror isn't actually an avatar or reformed body of Xau-Tak himself. Thirdly, the legend spoke of C'thulhu coming to people in their dreams.. much like what happened to us in Light Within. Finally, and perhaps most importantly... the Legend says that R'lyeh came to the surface when the stars aligned. Apply this to the game, and it is possible that the Underwater city will actually rise to the surface, and Xau-Tak with it...
I wonder if we'll end up ramming him with a ship? A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate .

30-May-2016 03:16:18

CakeRider
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Sepulchre said :
Actually, it's implied that Seren shattered herself because she knew Guthix would force her to leave.. which means Seren believed that Guthix DID have the power to banish other Transcendent young gods.

Anyway, to the C'thulhu Mythos... Everything points to Xau-Tak being an Elder God, or at the very least, an alien. More likely to be of alien origin. I myself just reread The Call of C'thulhu earlier today, and have noticed a few things. The first one being above, that Xau-Tak would be a very powerful deity. Secondly, the way C'thulhu was described seems to almost portray exactly the Skeletal Horror. I begin to wonder if the Horror isn't actually an avatar or reformed body of Xau-Tak himself. Thirdly, the legend spoke of C'thulhu coming to people in their dreams.. much like what happened to us in Light Within. Finally, and perhaps most importantly... the Legend says that R'lyeh came to the surface when the stars aligned. Apply this to the game, and it is possible that the Underwater city will actually rise to the surface, and Xau-Tak with it...
I wonder if we'll end up ramming him with a ship?

And then the World Guardian will get their voice back, and be free to marry the wonderful Prince Eric?

30-May-2016 06:46:58 - Last edited on 30-May-2016 06:48:26 by CakeRider

Wahisietel
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Xau-Tak being imprisoned within the Underwater City (by Guthix?) instead of banished with the other gods seems like it might be possible, considering how much they're inspired by C*hulhu. But we do know that Xau-Tak was seemingly elsewhere in at least the Fourth Age, since V encountered worlds that Xau-Tak had travelled to. But I guess Xau-Tak could have destroyed those worlds before arriving to Gielinor for the first time, and V was just really late.

Or maybe Xau-Tak's in a similar situation to how Zamorak was with Daemonheim. Was able to "return" to Gielinor via a rift in the Underwater City, but was unable to leave it directly, and so ended up influencing the world indirectly (via Jack, Skeletal Horror, ect).

But anyway, while we're on the subject of stuff that inspired Xau-Tak... I'm pretty sure the black stone monolith on Mos Le'Harmless is a reference to "The Black Stone" by Robert E. Howard. It's considered part of the C*hulhu mythos, and centers around a black stone monolith outside a village. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

30-May-2016 12:17:51 - Last edited on 30-May-2016 12:28:56 by Wahisietel

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Sepulchre said :
Actually, it's implied that Seren shattered herself because she knew Guthix would force her to leave.. which means Seren believed that Guthix DID have the power to banish other Transcendent young gods.

It doesn't mean that at all, she knew very well he couldn't send her off world like the lessers, so she compromised with herself to make him believe she was gone while also not doing more harm to the elves by actually leaving.

She didn't want to argue with him, she agreed with him. But she couldn't leave, he very well couldn't make her either.
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30-May-2016 15:36:46

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Has anyone tried coaxing any new dialogue out of the Ex-Ex-Parrot, possibly by taking it to different locations or using items on it? Given that the parrot seems to have been reanimated using Xau-Tak's power, it seems likely he'd be aware of the god's existence somehow. Mod Wilson mentioned that there are references he left in the game that are waiting to be discovered; I'm wondering if any of these references involve the ex-ex-parrot. Are you ready to enter the Mind of Rutha?

01-Jun-2016 00:19:39

Raleirosen

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Bonzara said :
Has anyone tried coaxing any new dialogue out of the Ex-Ex-Parrot, possibly by taking it to different locations or using items on it? Given that the parrot seems to have been reanimated using Xau-Tak's power, it seems likely he'd be aware of the god's existence somehow. Mod Wilson mentioned that there are references he left in the game that are waiting to be discovered; I'm wondering if any of these references involve the ex-ex-parrot.
Aha~, that's next on my to-do list. Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

01-Jun-2016 00:26:17

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