So I had a shower thought earlier and it dawned on me that Zaros, Zamorak and their followers(player included... Sorta¿), strike a resemblance to William Blake's mythology.
Zaros strikes similarity with Urizen, a god that seems cold and uncaring on the surface, but in truth, is simply trying to establish law and order throughout the universe. He is also parralelled in a lesser extent in that, similar to Urizen, Zaros is also associated with smoke, shadows. Urizen also mirrors Zaros in that they both tried to crack down on rebellions, ironically, sparking the revolution of their own downfalls.
Zamorak on the other hand is very similar to Orc, Blake's Orc, not the Saxon/Fantasy orcs. A character of revolution, often depicted as, or with, fire and freedom against law, albeit freedom in war and bloodshed. He sparks insurrection and revolution where he treads to disrupt order, but, ironically, becomes increasingly tyrannical himself as he too establishes his own sets of laws and orders to combat Urizen, in the end, ironically becoming indistinguishable, proving that chaos and order are cyclical no matter what you do.
With the current... Direction, of the plot, with Gielinor likely soon facing a potential apocalyptic event, it only makes sense that after a few coming battles, the factions, even those who exist to juxtapose the other, are forced to band together to stop the end times.
In this sense, they could spin both the Zaros and Zamorak arcs into a very interesting quest line of betrayal, battles, hypocrisy, revelation and eventual re-unification... To an extent, I don't want complete dilution.
Killing of Zaros is a move supported by me, I think religion only counts for anything, if you take a non-theistic and more spiritual approach, so fire away if you really must. It would be interesting to see the ensuing scramble in the power vacuum left by him and rise in potential of strong characters who step up to the hotplate.
Stopping annihilation is nice too.
06-Mar-2021 14:55:12
