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Wahisietel
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Since we know Xau-Tak's an ocean-dwelling sea monster with tentacles based on C*hulhu, I'm still of the opinion that Xau-Tak is probably an ascended Karamthulhu.

Anyway. Olaf's quest. Olaf says that he thinks his grandfather's treasure is cursed, since his ship was wrecked while he was looking for it. Ulfric's parchment also says that the treasure is cursed, and that the ships carrying it were either sunken or crashed. As we see in the quest, he and his crew were turned into undead to protect it.

So a mysterious cursed treasure connected to the ocean and the undead. I think we can safely say it's related to Xau-Tak at this point? You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

08-Jun-2016 19:11:38

Megical Man

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Wahisietel said :
Since we know Xau-Tak's an ocean-dwelling sea monster with tentacles based on C*hulhu, I'm still of the opinion that Xau-Tak is probably an ascended Karamthulhu.

Anyway. Olaf's quest. Olaf says that he thinks his grandfather's treasure is cursed, since his ship was wrecked while he was looking for it. Ulfric's parchment also says that the treasure is cursed, and that the ships carrying it were either sunken or crashed. As we see in the quest, he and his crew were turned into undead to protect it.

So a mysterious cursed treasure connected to the ocean and the undead. I think we can safely say it's related to Xau-Tak at this point?

If not, I'm sure it could be retconned. It is a pretty old quest.

08-Jun-2016 20:01:04

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Wahisietel said :
Anyway. Olaf's quest. Olaf says that he thinks his grandfather's treasure is cursed, since his ship was wrecked while he was looking for it. Ulfric's parchment also says that the treasure is cursed, and that the ships carrying it were either sunken or crashed. As we see in the quest, he and his crew were turned into undead to protect it.

So a mysterious cursed treasure connected to the ocean and the undead. I think we can safely say it's related to Xau-Tak at this point?

I really don't think the treasure's curse has anything to do with Olaf's own ship wreck:

Player: I am a friend of your husband. He sent me here with a gift for you. An expensive, exotic gift from the far-flung and tropical shores of the Island of Obscurity.

Ingrid Hradson: How wonderful! I assumed from the way the big oaf always referred to the rigging as 'big strings' that he couldn't navigate his way out of a soggy paper bag. So, can I see the gift he sent?

Player: Certainly! Here it is. He sends his best wishes along with it.

Ingrid Hradson: I see. It looks like a log with 'Olaf was here' carved in it .

For all appearances, Olaf is utterly incompetent, so, while the treasure is certainly cursed, it likely had no part in this particular incident.

As for potential Xau-tak involvement, maybe. The Fremennik area is pretty far from Xau's other known prowling ground (the Pirate quest areas) with an entire continent (Forinthry) in the between, but it could be related.

08-Jun-2016 22:05:37

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Hguoh said :
As for potential Xau-tak involvement, maybe. The Fremennik area is pretty far from Xau's other known prowling ground (the Pirate quest areas) with an entire continent (Forinthry) in the between, but it could be related. It's a coastal area, that should count for something. Which reminds me, that means Karamja, Tirannwn, the desert, south Misthalin and Asgarnia...anywhere near the sea or reachable by boat, is not safe. I'm scared to train Fishing now. Thanks Xau-Tak. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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08-Jun-2016 22:21:27 - Last edited on 08-Jun-2016 22:24:00 by Ancient Drew

Wahisietel
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Olaf claims the treasure being cursed was why his ship was wrecked, but his general incompetence was probably the real reason, yeah. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

08-Jun-2016 23:48:15

Sepulchre
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Wahisietel said :
Since we know Xau-Tak's an ocean-dwelling sea monster with tentacles based on C*hulhu, I'm still of the opinion that Xau-Tak is probably an ascended Karamthulhu.

Anyway. Olaf's quest. Olaf says that he thinks his grandfather's treasure is cursed, since his ship was wrecked while he was looking for it. Ulfric's parchment also says that the treasure is cursed, and that the ships carrying it were either sunken or crashed. As we see in the quest, he and his crew were turned into undead to protect it.

So a mysterious cursed treasure connected to the ocean and the undead. I think we can safely say it's related to Xau-Tak at this point? I say there's a strong possibility it's connected, definitely. I don't remember much about the quest off hand, but I know in Gielinor, people don't usually just rise up as undead for no reason. There's obviously more at work here, and since I'd think we can assume both the Skeletal (or Ske1337al, as Shauny would say xD) Horror and Ex-ex-parrot are undead, and related to Xau-Tak.. I'd guess undead would be something he's associated with.
Now to your 'ascended Karamathulu' point, it seems likely. Since the name 'Karamathulu' is a mix of 'Karambwan' and 'C'thulhu,' and Xau-Tak is basically supposed to be the RuneScape equivalent to C'thulhu. Again, it all depends on how far into the C'thulhu Mythos this delves. If Wilson wants him to be more like C'thulhu than anything else, it would make sense for him to be different in some way than a conventional "young god" in RuneScape.

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09-Jun-2016 06:10:02

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