Helring
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What races were Rief, Thera, Ria, Atrew, and Aeternam and what planes were they from? I just want to know which planes we'd need to visit to meet them now,
Rief sounded like he could have been a Demon/Auspah, Thera a Spirit Tree, Ria an Icyene, and not sure what Atrew or Aeternam was.
I had them in mind as human when I wrote it (if only because AoG didn't state they were anything other than human). I was riffing more on their elemental focus, and weaving a smattering of Elder God personality into those elements.
I'm not going to commit to an answer, as the notion that the elemental druids are other races Guthix brought together is rather cool, and would make them more visually interesting if the characters ever get used again in the future.
Helring
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In the "Time" memory. Is Guthix discussing a conversation we will have with him in the future, or is he talking about our brief meeting during The Light Within?
In response to the latter, he's going through the stages of grief.
Chaos Lupus
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9.) Once and for all, can you explicitly outright confirm that Vanstrom Klause was Ascertes?
Yes, we can.
Chaos Lupus
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11.) Hypothetically, how many imps would it take to kill K'ril Tsutsaroth in a straight up cage fight to the death?
Assuming the imps don't cheat, 78.3 imps.
Rondstat
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1. ...Was there originally a [River of Blood] third act planned that would have seen us face off against the conspirators, but that was cut for time/budget?
We were originally going to tie up the conspirator storyline completely in River of Blood, so they would have featured a little more in the final act, but not to the extent that you've theorised.
Player discussion in the lore forums at the time indicated a desire to see this story carry on into the 6th age, so we opted to push the story forward a step in River of Blood, and then leave it open for future expansion.
Rondstat
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3. Falador standing stones. Do you guys know what they're for? You don't have to tell us, just - is there a specific significance in the lore bible?
As indicated in a recent Guthix memory, it's the ritual site where Guthix created the Balance Elemental.
Rondstat
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4. Is there any chance at all of seeing a questing reset server? I know it's far too much work to make quests actually replayable in a polished, live server experience. But would it be possible to see a beta server with simple quest resets (like the Myreque reset or defence reset), unpolished, warts (bugs) and all?
Thanks to some TAPP work from Mod Daze, the Myreque series was made available for reset and replay on the beta server prior to River of Blood, so players could re-familiarise themselves with the storyline.
Sadly, the number of players who actually used this feature was literally in the single digits.
Avernic
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What killed the Cyclosis, Goshima, and Turtle moai?
This was going to be answered in the sequel to Head of the Family, but we opted to focus on crew stories in batch 2. (You get a little bit of advancement through the Tuai Leit moai during Tuai Leit's Own.) Maybe in the Skull.
If you can't wait, or this never happens, there's a few possible explanations. The jiangshi needed more energy to sustain them, and the ancestral spirits of the island are delicious. Or it could have been a backlash of energy from the imbalance created by the jiangshi, blowing the moai's rocky brains out from inside, a la Scanners.
Or it could've been all your fault for moving a moai and disrupting the delicate spiritual equilibrium of the archipelago.
Avernic
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Is there a reason behind the Memorial to Guthix's location?
Yes.
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We know that crystal bows are able to focus light for their ammo, is it possible for other weapons to do so, or is the physical act of pulling on the bowstring actually needed? Ex. Could a crystal dagger, staff and other types of crystal items work in the same fashion?
No. No bowsword. Bad.
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Can we get an example of next year's elder gods quest?
Like Heart of Stone, but with more heart and a roughly equitable amount of stone.
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How do wisps work on ships? In Player owned ports, we have the option to recruit them, how do they help out?
Cyclopes perform the heavy lifting.
Wisps do the light lifting.
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What's the difference between Anima and Divine Energy?
Anima energy = life energy.
Divine energy = god energy.
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How does fairy magic work? Fairy rings are able to teleport a player to Kethsi, but the only other way is through the World Gate.
I'll answer your question with some (paraphrased) quotes from in-game fairy lore:
"Zanaris is an extremely old place. It was here long before we fairyfolk came to live here. In fact it is rumoured to be the nexus of all planes."
"When we arrived here, we found many of the magical properties of this place to be dormant. One of these was the ability to jump between planes using a powerful portal that had been sealed for centuries."
"The Fairy Queen harnessed that magic and created the fairy rings. These are not as powerful as the original portal would have been, but are very effective nonetheless."
"Much as we humans would refer to our souls as our life essence, so too does a fairy have a life essence of pure magic. You could refer to fairies as magic embodied, and not be wrong."
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"I discovered my first evidence of the race I would come to know as fairies in my exploration of the myriad nature worlds...On one dark world, teeming with all manner of fungi in its humid jungles and moist swamps, I met with a race of surprisingly intellectual mushrooms. They lacked mobility, but travelled and reproduced by dispersing spores that fused with the nervous system of local animals, allowing them to control the host. Bonding with me in this way, I was able to communicate with the myceloids. Friendly though they were, it took much persuasion to convince the symbiotic parasites to detach from my brain upon taking root."
"Another world teemed with insects. A culture of winged invertebrates that bore some resemblance to the fairies of Zanaris, but the swarms were mindless and tirelessly industrious. The migration of these insects - which was achieved through an innate ability to teleport over short distances - also seemed to have a direct impact on the local climate, for reasons I could not discern."
"This brings us to the moon of Zanaris, its dark magical forests, giant fungi and, as I discovered on a return visit, a network of fairy rings they had made from the World Gate I'd placed there."
"The fairies of Zanaris, caretakers of the world below, obviously shared a common ancestry with the creatures I had encountered on the nature worlds. However, they were changed, transcendent, inextricably bound to the abundant magical energy of Gielinor, in order to fulfil a specific purpose."
"The fairies are an embodiment of magic - their life-force infused with anima. It is why they work so tirelessly to maintain Gielinor's weather and seasons, for the planet's equilibrium is intrinsic to their own wellbeing. They have no choice. It is now necessary for their very survival, but they perform their duty without complaint."
Astraea L
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5. How much freedom does Saradomin give his followers to choose how they should live their lives?
Plenty. While there are plenty in the church that might wish to micromanage the daily lives of individual followers, Saradomin has to focus on the bigger picture, for the good of all.
Astraea L
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6. Saradomin claims after Sliske's Endgame that he will create a utopia for all races. Would he strive to create a society where races such as demons or Mahjarrat could live in peace with humans?
Yes. Why would he discriminate over race?
Astraea L
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7. What exactly was the sentient race other than the icyene that was native to New Domina?
It was very very bad. The darkness to the icyene's light, the devils to their angels. They could not be reasoned with; to pursue peace and diplomacy would be the icyene's undoing. The only option was to purge the corruption to prevent it from spreading.
Astraea L
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8. Did the Temple Knights in the Fourth and Fifth Ages really communicate directly with Saradomin?
So they claim.
Astraea L
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9. What metal is the Saradomin sword wielded by Zilyana made of?
Cold steel.
Astraea L
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10. Are there any gods other than the ones we know about who fought in the God Wars? If so, how many?
Yes. No.
Astraea L
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11. Would it be accurate to say that Saradomin has a personal hatred of the Dragonkin beyond merely being a target of theirs? He seems quite adamant that they're nothing more than beasts who deserve to die.
He sees them as a threat, which they most certainly are. They wield a terrible destructive power.
Astraea L
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12. How old is the current cycle of the universe?
Very very very very very very very very very (gasp) very very very very old.
Astraea L
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15. Is divination energy infinite?
No energy is infinite. Except for those that are.
Marine Doge
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1. Guthix called Atrew an 'aquamancer' in his memory (Aqua being a Latin/Infernal root word compared to Necro or Geo being Greek/Teragardian), while Wizard Myrtle is referred to as a 'hydromancer'. Is this just a mistake in consistency, or did magic have different names in ancient times due to the Empire's influence on language?
This was intended as an acknowledgement to the player Aquamancer, who provided a lot of research on Armies of Gielinor which proved instrumental in working some of its lore into the memories of Guthix. You can consider aquamancer to be synonymous with hydromancer.
Marine Doge
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2. Can a human (or other race requiring runes for magic) train themselves beyond the need for runes?
If they can find another source of magic than the 'borrowed power' that are runestones, yes. It has to come from somewhere.
Marine Doge
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5. What's the difference between anima and divine energy? Is divine energy just a form of concentrated anima?
Divine energy is the life energy of a divine being (ie a deity). Anima, life and magical power are intrinsically connected.
Marine Doge
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6. Is the act of souls going to the Underworld and Afterlife just a way of returning their anima to the planet? And-- Souls ARE a form of anima, right?
Possibly.
Yes.
Marine Doge
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9. Are onyxes from the TzHaar the same as onyxes in real life? Because onyxes in real life are just a form of common quartz, so TzHaar onyxes are likely something different - just with the same name, right?
Gielinor is subtly different from Earth in a variety of ways. Gielinorian lava is more like boiling kool-aid, for example; I wouldn't advise standing that close to flowing lava on Earth.
Best to stay indoors; there's less lava.
Captain Lime
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31. How old is Saradomin?
Very very very very very very very very very (gasp) very very (you get the idea).
Captain Lime
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32. How old is Saradomin’s daughter?
How rude!
Captain Lime
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41. Where exactly do Gorajo come from?
Well, you see, when a male gorajo and a female gorajo love each other very much...
Captain Lime
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43. What would it be like if we opened a stronger channel of anima into other animals and stuff, like Guthix did for Argento?
It would be bad. Don't cross the streams.
Captain Lime
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44. What is the effect of the Amserdrewys timey wimey key thingy on Jas?
In the cosmic game of Stone-Amserdrewystimeywimeykeything-Jas, Jas beats Amserdrewystimeywimeykeything. Every time.
Captain Lime
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47. How does Aeternam exist outside of time? What does it mean to be a frozen witness sharded across time?
It's...complicated. It has a lot to do with the cyclic nature of the universe, and how the World Guardian has a long history of breaking things they shouldn't touch.
Captain Lime
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48. What is the Great Wheel? I assume it means “the Galaxy.” What does it mean for the Great Wheel to spin?
Guthix was waxing metaphorical quite a lot here, but it's a reference to the wheel of fate, or Rota Fortunae, as well as what he understood of the cycles of time, the Great Revision.
Captain Lime
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49. Are the facts that Gielinor is the center of the universe, Zanaris is Gielinor’s moon, and Zanaris being like the center of webs of the universe have any significant connection?
Yup. It means Arraxor finally has some lore.
Captain Lime
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50. If Gielinor needs fairies to maintain the weather balance, then what about other planets?
Normally these ecological systems can cycle autonomously, albeit with a margin of error (earthquakes, volcanoes, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, that sort of thing).
The Elder Gods seemed to think it was important to carefully monitor and manage the meteorological and seasonal cycles of their perfect world, for...some reason.
There's a weather system planned for 2017. And an Elder God quest. Interesting! I wonder if those might connect in some way.
Captain Lime
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51. The fairies are said to do their jobs without complaint, but what about the Fairy Godfather? Why did he try to overthrow the Fairy Queen?
The TokHaar were also meant to do their job without complaint, but the TzHaar happened.
Self-aware living things have an irritating tendency to not stick to the plan.
Captain Lime
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52. Why are gnomes so widespread? It seems like everywhere we go there is some gnomic ambassador or another?
They get on well with other races. And when you're half their size, it's usually a good idea to become learned in diplomacy.
Captain Lime
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57. Now that the Elder Gods are awakening, how will that impact the TzHaar? Their masters are returning!
The TzHaar wouldn't acknowledge the Elder Gods as their masters. They'd forgotten they even came from the Elder Kiln, before you delved deeper into their history. They have abandoned their true purpose, and the TokHaar see them as a wayward abomination.
Eridyn
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7. So there was a previous World Guardian, we're not so unique after all. Possible to meet them?
They're a frozen witness, sharded across time, and you're not, so meeting them is...tricky. Don't come crying to me if you get turned inside out.
Eridyn
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8. Why is the Player Character so dumb
Years of practice.
Eridyn
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12. Will you approve the release of DOC2 yet, Osborne? And put Stu as head developer?
Yes.
Eridyn
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13. Penguins.
Yes.
CD_Paladin_C
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1)So did DoD Guthix kill the other gods instead of banishing them?
So it would seem.
Hazeel
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5) Likewise, is the World Guardian destined to fail and die? Or can this death be prevented?
You're destined to fail and die. Embrace it. Enjoy it. It's all part of being human.
Swolllliosis
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5. Was Ful the only other Elder God other than Jas to create an elder artefact?
Ful didn't necessarily create the Elder Kiln.
I believe the only in-game reference to this is a poorly-translated record from TokHaar-Hok (who himself was created from the Kiln, so how would he prove its origins?).
Swolllliosis
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7. What does the Elder Horn actually do? Is it some kind of special mouthpiece like the mouthpieces Jas used to communicate with us in Sliske's Endgame? Is it used to communicate with divine energy-based races like seacreatures and tokhaar?
That would appear to be the case; though Ful created a caste (the TokHaar-Hok) specifically to pass instructions down to the other castes, and Heart of Stone indicates that the mouthpieces of the Elder Gods are also a thing.
It would appear there's some evolution and refinement of their communication methods to be seen here. Remember, the tools of the Elder Gods were often discarded when they outlived their usefulness, or were replaced by superior tools.
Swolllliosis
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11. Are vampyres considered undead?
No. They're alien invaders from another world, who just happen to utilise blood as an efficient source of nutrition.
Our Vamp(y)res Are Different.
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