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Ancient Drew

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There is another thing I thought of. When Marmaros and Thok made it to the bottom of Daemonheim, they found a dead body crawling with maggots.

"It was at that point that words started speaking in Thok's head, saying horrible things and filling head with hate. Same must have happen in Marm's head. Marm began to cry, tried to slit own throat with sword, but Thok broke Marm's arms and draped him over shoulder."

What kind of monstrosity could have done that to them, if not Xau-Tak? Zamorak wouldn't really have a reason to do that, when the purpose of his philosophy is to allow mortals to grow in power and learn through chaos. Then there is this...

"Thok sat some more, try to think of what to do in the darkness. Then a man comes. Man looks Fremennik but smells clean. Man has white beard and say words that hurts Thok: 'You not chosen for this.' 'You die if you see what really is down there.'

"Bright man is more powerful than Thok - Thok can smell that much. Man heal Thok's leg and unbreak Marm's arms, but he say that Marm cannot continue, that Marm is close to going mad."

Going mad, crying in terror, attempting suicide...does that remind anyone of Gustaf, the sailor Sliske had met in the insane asylum talking about Xau-Tak? Or maybe Lygrass, the werewolf who went on the same voyage as Gustaf on the Glory of Zaros, and expressed the same terror at Xau-Tak? And who is this man that returned Marmaros and Thok to the surface? I doubt it would be Bilrach, as he doesn't fit the 'clean Fremennik with a white beard' description, and he wouldn't have got them back to the surface. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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19-Jun-2016 17:39:06

Wahisietel
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The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

19-Jun-2016 21:21:32

Sepulchre
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Wahisietel said :
The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. I feel like DaT is going to be.. ignored, for the most part. I've been hearing a lot of people say that Nomad's Elegy ignored a lot of the lore it came with.
Have you ever considered that maybe Xau-Tak isn't so much a living being as it is an.. idea? A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate .

20-Jun-2016 05:04:50

Zulkir

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Sepulchre said :
Wahisietel said :
The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. I feel like DaT is going to be.. ignored, for the most part. I've been hearing a lot of people say that Nomad's Elegy ignored a lot of the lore it came with.
Have you ever considered that maybe Xau-Tak isn't so much a living being as it is an.. idea?

Do you know how absurdly boring that would be?
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21-Jun-2016 13:53:17

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21-Jun-2016 21:38:00

Sepulchre
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Sepulchre

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Zulkir said :
Sepulchre said :
Wahisietel said :
The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. I feel like DaT is going to be.. ignored, for the most part. I've been hearing a lot of people say that Nomad's Elegy ignored a lot of the lore it came with.
Have you ever considered that maybe Xau-Tak isn't so much a living being as it is an.. idea?

Do you know how absurdly boring that would be? Well technically Xau-Tak IS an idea... Mod Wilson's idea. ;) A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate .

22-Jun-2016 06:27:37

Sepulchre
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Sepulchre

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[#0MGFV81HT] said :
Sepulchre said :
Wahisietel said :
The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. I feel like DaT is going to be.. ignored, for the most part. I've been hearing a lot of people say that Nomad's Elegy ignored a lot of the lore it came with.
Have you ever considered that maybe Xau-Tak isn't so much a living being as it is an.. idea? How did Nomads elegy ignore the lore (I'm at the boss fight currently)? Is it because it didnt mention the previous quest?

Also I don't think Xau-Tak is necessarily a god, but an "idea" would just feel off. I personally feel that Xau-Tak is some sort of primordial being/eldritch abomination, like the prehistoric abyssal. That derives from the C'thulhu base, no doubt. I think you're right. He's not a "god" in the sense we're used to. He's not the child of some brain-dead Elder, he's not a being who happened upon an Elder Artifact... He's something.... more. A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate .

22-Jun-2016 06:29:18

Zulkir

Zulkir

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Sepulchre said :
Zulkir said :
Sepulchre said :
Wahisietel said :
The bearded man is pretty much confirmed to be the Smuggler at this point. And I seriously doubt Xau-Tak has any connection to Daemonheim. I like the idea of something besides Zamorak being at the bottom of Daemonheim, explaining why Bilrach went mad... but Dishonour among Thieves pretty much killed any chance of that happening. I feel like DaT is going to be.. ignored, for the most part. I've been hearing a lot of people say that Nomad's Elegy ignored a lot of the lore it came with.
Have you ever considered that maybe Xau-Tak isn't so much a living being as it is an.. idea?

Do you know how absurdly boring that would be? Well technically Xau-Tak IS an idea... Mod Wilson's idea. ;)

I really am surprised he's not a Raven idea you know.

Who knew Wilson could be so cool.
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23-Jun-2016 21:02:07

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