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Marine Doge

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AesirWarrior said :
There are a few sparse references in-game to Gnomes and Humans having a common ancestor, or to Humans being related to monkeys, so Evolution has been hinted at if nothing else.

On this note, I did ask Stu in the above twitter link about a common ancestor for humans, elves, gnomes, etc - he didn't explicitly deny it. It makes sense that if the humanoids on Teragard stepped through the Schism and colonized other planets, they'd become entire other species as humans arose on Teragard. Hence, bipedals with human-like skin and features being common: gnomes, humans, elves, dwarves, icyene (besides wings), werewolves (minus shapeshifting). Mods pls notice me

22-Feb-2018 16:03:17 - Last edited on 22-Feb-2018 16:03:39 by Marine Doge

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Marine Doge said :
AesirWarrior said :
There are a few sparse references in-game to Gnomes and Humans having a common ancestor, or to Humans being related to monkeys, so Evolution has been hinted at if nothing else.

On this note, I did ask Stu in the above twitter link about a common ancestor for humans, elves, gnomes, etc - he didn't explicitly deny it. It makes sense that if the humanoids on Teragard stepped through the Schism and colonized other planets, they'd become entire other species as humans arose on Teragard. Hence, bipedals with human-like skin and features being common: gnomes, humans, elves, dwarves, icyene (besides wings), werewolves (minus shapeshifting).

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s implied that Elves were actually human before Seren changed their entire race. I think that was said during an old livestream. Humans are the rats of the universe, after all. I could believe that they evolved into the various humanoids.

22-Feb-2018 17:36:26

AesirWarrior
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Summerleaf said :
Marine Doge said :
AesirWarrior said :
There are a few sparse references in-game to Gnomes and Humans having a common ancestor, or to Humans being related to monkeys, so Evolution has been hinted at if nothing else.

On this note, I did ask Stu in the above twitter link about a common ancestor for humans, elves, gnomes, etc - he didn't explicitly deny it. It makes sense that if the humanoids on Teragard stepped through the Schism and colonized other planets, they'd become entire other species as humans arose on Teragard. Hence, bipedals with human-like skin and features being common: gnomes, humans, elves, dwarves, icyene (besides wings), werewolves (minus shapeshifting).

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s implied that Elves were actually human before Seren changed their entire race. I think that was said during an old livestream. Humans are the rats of the universe, after all. I could believe that they evolved into the various humanoids.

It's in-game in The Voice of the Elders, in the Meilyr section, although it's just speculation. http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Transcript%3AThe_Voice_of_the_Elders#Meilyr:_Notes_on_the_Great_Elixir -
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22-Feb-2018 17:42:24

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Marine Doge said :
The oldest of icyene are stated to be hundreds of thousands of years old (revealed in the most recent RuneFest if I recall), so at the very least, this universe is... hundreds of thousands of years old. More likely in the millions, given that Hallow is a higher plane, so it's "newer" and yet still hundreds of thousands of years old. And then there's the time it would have taken for icyene to arise at all.

Zaros claims to be aeons of years old and to have been born in this cycle's 'infancy.' Assuming he's not overly exaggerating, that would place him and this cycle at billions of years old (1 aeon is 1 billion years).

23-Feb-2018 01:49:48

Marine Doge

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Hguoh said :
Marine Doge said :
The oldest of icyene are stated to be hundreds of thousands of years old (revealed in the most recent RuneFest if I recall), so at the very least, this universe is... hundreds of thousands of years old. More likely in the millions, given that Hallow is a higher plane, so it's "newer" and yet still hundreds of thousands of years old. And then there's the time it would have taken for icyene to arise at all.
Zaros claims to be aeons of years old and to have been born in this cycle's 'infancy.' Assuming he's not overly exaggerating, that would place him and this cycle at billions of years old (1 aeon is 1 billion years).
I think it depends on if he's using it based on the astronomy definition or just general language. An eon is a billion years in astronomy (and I think some of the other sciences, not sure), but one of its primary definitions outside of science is an indeterminate (but super long) period of time. Mods pls notice me

23-Feb-2018 04:00:35

Penny Drakis

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Hguoh said :
At some point, either while the elder gods were creating this cycle or after, Mah awoke and created Zaros for company. When he tried to leave, she created Seren, and bound the two so that they'd be unable to leave her.

What bit of lore revealed that Zaros was created first, and that Seren was an afterthought? Not that I am Serenist or anything, but I thought they were created as a pair. Humility is self-destruction, pride is the destruction of all else. And He said, "
Let there be light.
"
And then there were none .

24-Feb-2018 02:46:10

Quael
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AesirWarrior said :
Summerleaf said :
Marine Doge said :
AesirWarrior said :
There are a few sparse references in-game to Gnomes and Humans having a common ancestor, or to Humans being related to monkeys, so Evolution has been hinted at if nothing else.

On this note, I did ask Stu in the above twitter link about a common ancestor for humans, elves, gnomes, etc - he didn't explicitly deny it. It makes sense that if the humanoids on Teragard stepped through the Schism and colonized other planets, they'd become entire other species as humans arose on Teragard. Hence, bipedals with human-like skin and features being common: gnomes, humans, elves, dwarves, icyene (besides wings), werewolves (minus shapeshifting).

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s implied that Elves were actually human before Seren changed their entire race. I think that was said during an old livestream. Humans are the rats of the universe, after all. I could believe that they evolved into the various humanoids.

It's in-game in The Voice of the Elders, in the Meilyr section, although it's just speculation. http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Transcript%3AThe_Voice_of_the_Elders#Meilyr:_Notes_on_the_Great_Elixir

It's an assumption, not a known fact though. It would be stupid, as it would sort of remove the unique features of said race. Plus Meilyr also doubted Bax's reign
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24-Feb-2018 03:12:20 - Last edited on 24-Feb-2018 03:13:11 by Quael

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Jaekob Caed said :
I certainly hope there's no evolution in Gielinor. It's bad enough our real world believes in that fairy tale. religious lunatic uses the phrase "fairy tale" as a pejorative, peak irony is achieved Patrolling Lore FC almost makes you wish for a Great Revision.

25-Feb-2018 05:21:22

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