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Hguoh

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If Imcandoria was near Auspah tribes, that would place it near the Fremennik in Rellekka. Given the surrounding areas, this would place Imcandoria right around where the entrance to Keldagrim is today (makes sense, some dwarves fled far and wide, while others fled downward and established Keldagrim). Knowing what we do, it's likely that the blanketing of snow in the area around Imcandoria was a result of the Frostenhorn magnifying the cold environment around Ghorrock after Zarosians fleeing the God Wars brought the item to the fortress.

11-Feb-2018 22:23:32

Wahisietel
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Hguoh said :
If Imcandoria was near Auspah tribes, that would place it near the Fremennik in Rellekka. Given the surrounding areas, this would place Imcandoria right around where the entrance to Keldagrim is today (makes sense, some dwarves fled far and wide, while others fled downward and established Keldagrim). Knowing what we do, it's likely that the blanketing of snow in the area around Imcandoria was a result of the Frostenhorn magnifying the cold environment around Ghorrock after Zarosians fleeing the God Wars brought the item to the fortress.

We know that Auspah were also in the desert, though. And the area around Keldagrim has always been blanketed by snow. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

11-Feb-2018 22:43:26

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Wahisietel said :
Hguoh said :
If Imcandoria was near Auspah tribes, that would place it near the Fremennik in Rellekka. Given the surrounding areas, this would place Imcandoria right around where the entrance to Keldagrim is today (makes sense, some dwarves fled far and wide, while others fled downward and established Keldagrim). Knowing what we do, it's likely that the blanketing of snow in the area around Imcandoria was a result of the Frostenhorn magnifying the cold environment around Ghorrock after Zarosians fleeing the God Wars brought the item to the fortress.

We know that Auspah were also in the desert, though. And the area around Keldagrim has always been blanketed by snow. Unless there were some Auspah who had escaped and hid in the mountains? Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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11-Feb-2018 23:44:25

Hguoh

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Wahisietel said :
Hguoh said :
If Imcandoria was near Auspah tribes, that would place it near the Fremennik in Rellekka. Given the surrounding areas, this would place Imcandoria right around where the entrance to Keldagrim is today (makes sense, some dwarves fled far and wide, while others fled downward and established Keldagrim). Knowing what we do, it's likely that the blanketing of snow in the area around Imcandoria was a result of the Frostenhorn magnifying the cold environment around Ghorrock after Zarosians fleeing the God Wars brought the item to the fortress.

We know that Auspah were also in the desert, though. And the area around Keldagrim has always been blanketed by snow.

We know the climate there has always been cold, but that's not a reason to state that the area was always covered in snow or that the snow has always been as thick as it is now. We know, in fact, that this is not the case, as the Frostenhorn was noted to have amplified the cold climate.

And while there were also Auspah tribes in the desert, there happens to be no snow covered area nearby to have once been Imcandoria (and definitely not such an area that is close enough to the sea that storms localized to it would make travel by water dangerous).

Edit: As for the giants... Well, Hreidmar had to get the giants to turn into chaos giants from somewhere, so there could very well be giants in that area deep below where we frequent.

11-Feb-2018 23:47:23 - Last edited on 12-Feb-2018 00:03:00 by Hguoh

Wahisietel
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The problem is, Xau-Tak has no connection to the cold. There IS a deity with a connection to both the cold and the Imcando dwarves, but she was asleep at the time. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

12-Feb-2018 19:23:09

Hguoh

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Wahisietel said :
The problem is, Xau-Tak has no connection to the cold. There IS a deity with a connection to both the cold and the Imcando dwarves, but she was asleep at the time.

And I'm not saying that Xau caused the cold and storms, merely that it acted when the Frostenhorn first enhanced the region's cold climate. Given Xau's apparently prophetic abilities (stating our name during a 2nd age conversation that we would later come to read in the 6th age), I'd say it would be able to organize such a 'coincidence.'

12-Feb-2018 20:14:17

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To be honest im fairly sure the body altar looks that way because it's meant to be a Heart, (You know, entry portal, if mapped to a human heart, is where deoxygenated blood, which rune essence represents, goes in and the exit portal is where the runes (oxygenated blood) come out)

Now i'm not all for coincidence but the Body Altar was a thing before Xau-Tak... so if it has any possible link i would be incredibly surprised!

15-Feb-2018 15:19:52 - Last edited on 17-Feb-2018 12:49:20 by Solmestix

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Altars were built by guthixians on places with a strong affinity to a certain power...but dunno who/what and why made them before. Xau can be spread over whole planet but on some places his presence can be far stronger than anywhere else, strong enough to be felt or even manifest somehow.

Xau is usually expected to be at sea (pirate islands, far east or so, vampire lands second guess) so northern dry cold mountains would look innocent. Well, judging from megatons of rocks turned alive (=trolls), Sea Troll Queen and Dagannoths, perhaps not so.

17-Feb-2018 04:27:38

Solmestix
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I'm quite sure Xau-Tak has nothing to do with the runecrafting altars, from the evidence we have. Just because something has 'tendrils' or looks lovecraftian does not mean it is Xau-Tak related.
Also trolls are not rocks, they are a living race. They were not stones enchanted to come alive, besides if trolls were linked to Xau-Tak then why do they follow Bandos/Bandosian teachings?

Sure, you COULD have Sea Trolls follow Xau-Tak, but that means you might have to have Dagonnoths and Crassians follow him too as the only way i can see that happening is because they're "Sea Related" that's like having all winged creatures follow Armadyl because they're "Air Related", and the only race we even have a inkling of truth to their following of Xau-Tak are the Horrors.

17-Feb-2018 12:54:19

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