RuneScape Forum Archive | For Bandos to be brought back?

Nov

2023

Lego Miester

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Characters can be dead and still "brought back" in a sense. I would really like to see the hinted at successor to Bandos's philosophy along with some flashbacks that flesh out more of his character. They had some really fascinating lines in the Nomad sequel but almost nobody saw them because you have to kill Zanik (you monster).

Wahisietel said :
It's possible that Bandos could kind of return in the same way that Guthix kind of did - his divine energy & memories could form into an entity like The Memory in ports.

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20-Aug-2017 20:19:50 - Last edited on 20-Aug-2017 20:25:32 by Lego Miester

Ancient Drew

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Padomenes said :
Queen of Ashes can be a grey area since its hinted she seeks 'enlightenment' and liberation of certain groups but we have no idea, Xau-Tak seems more like it than her. Xau-Tak seeking enlightenment and liberation of groups? I'm not too sure about that, sorry. It's more grinding darkness that lathes souls and a maw of eternity. Besides, I have my doubts that necromancy and enlightenment can really co-exist. The Fallen Nihil on the other hand does seem to be enlightened somehow since the Queen of Ashes found him after Zaros discarded him, though it is interesting that he didn't kill the Nihil off after deeming them a failure, instead letting them run around in his laboratory.

That being said, we do need more information on these things. And I find it odd and interesting how Saradomin had said Bandos had his merits as well as flaws. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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20-Aug-2017 20:45:13

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Ancient Drew said :
Padomenes said :
Queen of Ashes can be a grey area since its hinted she seeks 'enlightenment' and liberation of certain groups but we have no idea, Xau-Tak seems more like it than her. Xau-Tak seeking enlightenment and liberation of groups? I'm not too sure about that, sorry. It's more grinding darkness that lathes souls and a maw of eternity. Besides, I have my doubts that necromancy and enlightenment can really co-exist. No I was talking that Xau-Tak is more likely to be a villain than QoA.

21-Aug-2017 01:55:15

Hguoh

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Wahisietel said :
It's possible that Bandos could kind of return in the same way that Guthix kind of did - his divine energy & memories could form into an entity like The Memory in ports.

I'd assume that would require Bandos to have a particularly strong/fond memory of somebody and that, much like the Memory, it would manifest itself as his perception of that individual.

Knowing what we do of Bandos, I'd advocate the nomad that took his eye (his godly form kept the lost eye, he didn't challenge us when we appeared in his throne room, and manifests a full suit of armor (the only other god to do this was Zaros (who is equally, if not more so, protective of himself), even Saradomin left his face exposed) or Zanik (due to her importance in his machinations).

The memory of the nomad could manifest with a personality more akin to righteous/protective defiance (bonus points for giving us an in-game model of Bandos's species), while the memory of Zanik could manifest more along the lines of what Bandos wanted his Chosen Commander to be like.

Lego Miester said :
Characters can be dead and still "brought back" in a sense. I would really like to see the hinted at successor to Bandos's philosophy along with some flashbacks that flesh out more of his character. They had some really fascinating lines in the Nomad sequel but almost nobody saw them because you have to kill Zanik (you monster).

I felt like the successor to his proclaimed philosophy would be Graardor (he either inherits the Bandosians or takes those who still heed the Bandosian philosophy with him). He just can't be a big player since he lacks the power to actually do something without getting crushed by divine power after and can't claim the god sword due to gameplay reasons.

21-Aug-2017 03:28:42 - Last edited on 21-Aug-2017 03:58:26 by Hguoh

Zulkir

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Bandos is dead. He will NEVER return in the main timeline. Not now, not ever. Come to terms with the fact that God death is PERMANENT.

There are ways to tip toe around to "See" him again, but he won't ever have a significant role to play in the story personally, again, come to terms with that.

He may be succeeded, he may even have his own Kami wandering around, but Bandos as we knew him died at the end of world event 2 and nothing will ever rectify that outcome.

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21-Aug-2017 12:34:13

Hazeel

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We already did bring Bandos back...and then we killed him. Again. Along with Saradomin, Zamorak, and Armadyl. Runescape doesn't need a hero...it needs a villain. An all encompassing force of evil that will remain ever-threatening and use chaos to make the peoples of Gielinor tolerate each other, grow strong together, and fight side by side against this evil. I am that villain.

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2010

Lord Drakan

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Bandos won't be brought back, however we may feel about it.

- He's already had his own storyline; he should not have returned for the Sixth Age in the first place, that felt extremely forced.
- His background has also been fully fleshed out, so there is little narrative profit to be gained should he return somehow.
- Mod John A no longer works at Jagex so there is little point in returning him anyway even if it'd have good prospects. Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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23-Aug-2017 08:57:50

Oct

2015

Orcrist9

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I don't think we have any conventional means of reviving a dead god considering how Jagex nixed gods having an afterlife for whatever reason (what happens to their souls, exactly?). Now, given that it's still in the realm of the unknown, it might be possible for whatever created and/or came before the Elder Gods to revive dead gods (like a metaphysical entity, just not one that's a meta fourth-wall break like Jagex did back in the day with Postbag). It's very unlikely though.

I did have an idea a few years back when the Order of Ascension came out. They were trying to build their own version of Guthix. I theorized it'd be interesting if they were to gather tons of anima and Chronicle Fragments and basically feed it Guthix's memories and then power it up with anima -- it'd essentially be an artificial Guthix (probably far less powerful though). But, alas, I don't think the same can be done for Bandos because as far as I'm aware, he doesn't have any Chronicle Fragments or divine energy/anima released on his death like Guthix did.

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25-Aug-2017 06:28:21

Aug

2022

Kemtros

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I'd much rather see how the Bandosians thrive after Bandos' death. We already have The Mighty Fall showing that the choice is between Bandos and Zanik, and Nomad's Elegy somewhat expands on this, but not by much. On the one hand, I would prefer if we had a story that could bridge the choices made in The Mighty Fall and Nomad's Elegy without necessarily cheapening either quest.

Or just have some upgraded form of Graardor, similar to Nex: Angel of Death.

25-Aug-2017 15:18:14

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