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Ancient Drew

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Tlamovec said :
Oh, than no marriage in name of xautak :D I wonder what his marriage blessing would be when he gets his god book :D Do you really think you can save them, Tlamovec? You can't. There is a ravaging shadow that will bind this couple to a tear-stained eternity. And this is Xau-Tak. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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18-Oct-2016 17:42:53

Eridyn
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Small tidbit about Xau-Tak from the VIP Q&A.

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Can Xau-Tak live up to his hype?

Mod Wilson: What makes you think Xau-Tak needs to live up to anything, let alone mortal expectations? When a crab crawls across the silt-strewn flagstones of Atyl-Atys, do you think the antediluvian Horrors of that city care what it thinks about the architecture? As Horrors ignore the whims and foibles of crabs, so to does Xau-Tak sprawl unmoved by your petty concerns. It barely even registers your pitiable delusion that you can save them. Do you really think you can save them? You can't. There is a scream so loud you think of it as silence. And this is Xau-Tak.
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20-Oct-2016 04:27:38

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Eridyn said :
Small tidbit about Xau-Tak from the VIP Q&A.

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Can Xau-Tak live up to his hype?

Mod Wilson: What makes you think Xau-Tak needs to live up to anything, let alone mortal expectations? When a crab crawls across the silt-strewn flagstones of Atyl-Atys, do you think the antediluvian Horrors of that city care what it thinks about the architecture? As Horrors ignore the whims and foibles of crabs, so to does Xau-Tak sprawl unmoved by your petty concerns. It barely even registers your pitiable delusion that you can save them. Do you really think you can save them? You can't. There is a scream so loud you think of it as silence. And this is Xau-Tak.
One question... Does it even live? NO
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20-Oct-2016 07:19:33

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Wahisietel said :
Well, when Jagex teased a Zombie pirate ship as the villain of Batch 2, Xau-Tak speculation was inevitable. And in the absence of any in-game stuff, Xau-Tak is an easy way to explain how Captain Cora has necromantic ability rivalling Zemouregal and Enakhra :P .
Have we ever seen Enakhra using necromancy? The mahjarrats we definetely know are necromancers are Zemouregal, Lucien and Sliske(Maybe). Maybe Bilrach too. Daemonheim does have a lot of undead. NO
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20-Oct-2016 07:26:24

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When a crab crawls across the silt-strewn flagstones of Atyl-Atys, do you think the antediluvian Horrors of that city care what it thinks about the architecture?
Is that... is that the name of the Underwater City? Do we finally have a better name for it than "Underwater City"? Quick, let's study the etymology of this new name.

The hyphen in the name is obviously due to the one in Xau-Tak's own name.

It looks vaguely like Atlantis, but doesn't seem to sound like it (at least, from the limited attempts I have made at pronouncing it). It could maybe be derived from a name in the Cthulhu mythos, even if it's not the obvious one (R'lyeh).

ZAmorakZaros said :

Have we ever seen Enakhra using necromancy? The mahjarrats we definetely know are necromancers are Zemouregal, Lucien and Sliske(Maybe). Maybe Bilrach too. Daemonheim does have a lot of undead.

We see Enakhra summon skeletons in Enakhra's Lament, in addition to turning Akthanakos into one. Khazard is a necromancer too, as we can see from Bouncer, the Shadow Realm scouts, and the Khazard warlord. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

20-Oct-2016 17:28:41 - Last edited on 20-Oct-2016 17:30:33 by Wahisietel

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Wahisietel said :

Is that... is that the name of the Underwater City? Do we finally have a better name for it than "Underwater City"? Quick, let's study the etymology of this new name.

The hyphen in the name is obviously due to the one in Xau-Tak's own name.

It looks vaguely like Atlantis, but doesn't seem to sound like it (at least, from the limited attempts I have made at pronouncing it). It could maybe be derived from a name in the Cthulhu mythos, even if it's not the obvious one (R'lyeh)..

I was thinking it sounded like a garbling pronunciation of Atlantis. Perhaps an attempt to combine the idea of Atlantis and R'lyeh together. At the very least we do seem to have a name for the underwater city at last, and I'll be calling it such until it's denied.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Xau-Tak Atyl-Atys wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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20-Oct-2016 18:36:40 - Last edited on 20-Oct-2016 18:38:09 by Eridyn

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As much as I hate conclusion jumping I'm willing to accept Atyl-Atys as the Underwater cities name.

Let's hope it's a good sign for the expansions.
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21-Oct-2016 15:33:54

Wahisietel
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Well, it's either the Underwater City, or the lost city of Cave horrors mentioned in Death at Sea. Of course, it's very possible that these are one and the same anyway. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

21-Oct-2016 16:46:41 - Last edited on 21-Oct-2016 16:48:29 by Wahisietel

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