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Hguoh

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sir eos lee said :
Hguoh said :
sir eos lee said :
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According to the Battered book, the elemental ore was discovered early in the 5th age, and the workshop consequently erected. As the other altars appear to have been built in the 2nd and 3rd ages (being able to get to Hallowvale/Morytania to set up the blood altar and being able to set up the death altar before the Temple of Light was built and sealed), the Soul altar could have easily been built underground (the Ourania, blood, and death altars all were), and the workshop eventually built above it.

But yes, the number of quests before getting to the altar would be substantial.

Quite true Hgough.
The same argument would be made for the road to Menaphos.
You have maybe 2 grand master quests in teh desert storyline, and they would need to invest time in creating the city.
Then we'd get the RC altar.

Also true. I just favor EW because it thematically focusses on harnessing runic energies.

22-Mar-2016 15:12:13 - Last edited on 22-Mar-2016 15:13:01 by Hguoh

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sir eos lee said :
Other likely locations:

Wilderness.
The region was once full of life, then it all died in a flash.
Even to this day, the area is a constant battlefield.
In some location, the Soul Altar exists, but is hidden away.
Perhaps the Lunar Clan had hidden it at the old Wilderness volcano/crater.
If you look around, there is a really nasty side effect of where Guthix plunged his Sword of Edicts.
But why did Guthix choose to plant his sword THERE?
In fact, why did it seem to be a battle or gathering there?
Maybe multiple factions discovered where the Lunar Clan kept their Soul Altar and had a battle over it. The armies had the misfortune of being at that place, at that time, when Guthix was in a really foul mood. In an effort to end a major battle, and drive his point home, AND remove a point of unbalance in the world, Guthix used the Soul RC Altar lay down his law. The impact of the sword on a well of runic power was enough to flash the existing armies to dust, as well as start empowering his protective barrier/edicts.
Plus it would add 1 more piece of content to the Wilderness.

Based on the flashback in DAT, the crater appears to be the result of Zamorak attempting to take down Saradomin, Armadyl, and Bandos with him and the resulting nuking of the continent. This explains the apparent battle that was taking place.

Furthermore, we know that this use of the Stone is what woke up Guthix and that he began creating his Edicts afterwards. This would explain the presence of his sword, as this would be where he first confronted the warring gods and began setting up his edicts. It would also explain how he re-obtained the Stone before setting up the edicts (it was right there, afterall).

The soul altar could be there, but it's likely not the reason anybody was there when Guthix planted his sword.

22-Mar-2016 15:20:39 - Last edited on 22-Mar-2016 15:21:37 by Hguoh

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Hguoh said :
The Underworld doesn't make all that much sense: the Moon Clan and V's followers are all Fremmy's so even if they managed to find a way into the afterlife to construct the altar, they'd have ended up in their own afterlife and not our Underworld.

Both Menaphos and Elemental Workshop make sense, but given the workshop's focus on runic energy, I favor it being placed in there.

Ahhh but Afterlife =/= Underworld. The river noumenon is actually just deep below the planet's surface, not some metaphysical other realm, and, well, the gates to Gielinor's underworld are right there. The afterlife is an entirely seperate thing that exists beyond the underworld.

Not that I think it's in the underworld, Menaphos makes much more sense. -
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22-Mar-2016 15:29:50

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It was already established that the Runecrafting altars are all in pocket dimensions (except the Ourania and Astral), and the ruins we encounter are the remains of the destroyed temples for the Runecrafting Crusades.

It would be safe to assume the Soul Altar temple was destroyed at some point.

As for the Altar itself, it is quite possible that someone could have used powerful magics to move the Altar. Either consciously or subconsciously over the years.

It's also possible that the Soul Altar, without the Temple to anchor it, the altar decided to start going to a place that was a bit more natural for it. Soul energy .... underworld ...
It could have been gradual over years, moving at a rate like that of a glacier, only arriving in the last year or so.
It could have been quick, like when you cut a tight rope or rubberband. Once the Temple was destroyed, the Altar could have gone almost instantly to the Underworld.

22-Mar-2016 16:44:23

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Underneath Lumbridge, look at everything else that is lurking down there. Everything that has been attracted to that area. A link? Maybe not, but a case could be made for it. The purpose of adventure is to shine light into dark places,
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22-Mar-2016 20:49:20 - Last edited on 22-Mar-2016 22:29:41 by Solanumtinkr

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I want it to be at the very end of the Elemental workshop series.

That abhorrent chain needs a big pay off, and the alter would be perfect.

Of course there'd need to be some shortcut to it to make runs viable, but hey ho.
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23-Mar-2016 03:30:47

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Solanumtinkr said :
Underneath Lumbridge, look at everything else that is lurking down there. Everything that has been attracted to that area. A link? Maybe not, but a case could be made for it.
Maybe they were drawn by the tears of guthix. Maybe by that large anima pool that Zamorak blasted open. Maybe by the presence of the stone. Who knows NO
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23-Mar-2016 06:10:37

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