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Lord Remus

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Some things concerning Wen have made wonder if it's possible that she may be planning to usurp Jas as the lead Elder God and it is my hope that you, my fellow Lore hunters, will provide evidence supporting or discrediting this theory. If someone has already mentioned this, then I apologise as I have not seen it.

But concerning the theory, you may be asking why I have come to think this may have credibility. Truth be told, it's more of a hunch than anything backed up by solid evidence but here are the main points of interest for this theory:

1. The possibility of separate Wen locations and the choice of the chronicle names. To clarify, the locations are White Wolf Mountain and Ice Mountain and the chronicle names refer to all the Elder Chronicles except Wen's sharing the same name in our journal.

2. Mah's Corruption.

Addressing the first point, it is widely believed that both location are halves or the whole of Wen. The first part of my theory is to challenge this and suggest that perhaps Ice Mountain(or somewhere in that region), the location of "A Chronicle" is not Wen herself but actually something she created to further her agenda. As to exactly what it would be, perhaps her own attempt at an Artifact, acreation akin to Mah's or something else.

The second, more notable point is what exactly caused Mah's Corruption? My answer is that when the Elder Gods started to wake, Wen woke prematurely and attempted to drain Mah in a bid to become stronger than Jas or gain an advantage over her and thus corrupted Mah instead of outright killing her. Examining Mah's Core gives me the overwhelming impression that Wen attacked her but why would an Elder God attack one of their own, especially when their numbers are decreasing?

I believe it's because Wen wishes to replace Jas.

Two reasons come to mind as to why:
1. She blames Jas for their decline or sees fault in her operating methods.
2. She wants to be the sole Elder God.
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21-Jan-2017 20:43:48

Lord Remus

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And now my food is going cold, so I will leave this here for now and see what you all think before adding anything further. Please, let me know what you think and what your belief is on this subject. I'm Godless although I consider myself Independent/Unaligned I "We create ourselves through life. Every victory, every failure and every lesson learned from them... Make us who we are. Once we have lived life to it's end, that is when we realise who we are... or more accurately, who we were."

21-Jan-2017 20:45:55

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Wen is the opposite of mah, when is like a old woman full of fear, while mah was a child, full of wonder, I think Wen feared her. EXP is not important, it's important to have fun and play with your friends. :) - Lopendebank3

21-Jan-2017 20:50:18

Hazeel

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I thought she corrupted Mah because Mah was surpressing mortal life, and perhaps Wen wanted to see more of it. If she wanted to usurp Jas and hatched prematurely, as you say, wouldn't it make sense to corrupt Jas instead? 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.

21-Jan-2017 20:54:34

Lord Remus

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Hazeel said :
I thought she corrupted Mah because Mah was surpressing mortal life, and perhaps Wen wanted to see more of it. If she wanted to usurp Jas and hatched prematurely, as you say, wouldn't it make sense to corrupt Jas instead?


That's an interesting idea, Jas has shown curiosity so it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine Wen has her own curiosity.

And ah, good spot. Another reason I should theorize when tired and hungry lol. But perhaps Jas or even the other Elders had some form of defence even while asleep? As to why Mah didn't, maybe she was too young or Wen did something to her at the end of the previous revision.
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21-Jan-2017 21:01:46

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Solanumtinkr said :
Maybe Mah was the easiest to strike at, the one that was the weakest. Huh, maybe Wen has been to blame for the failure of others to awaken as well. Sustaining her own life at the cost of others, maybe?


I had a similar thought myself but how likely is something like that going to go unnoticed by the others? The Elder God's aren't all knowing but I imagine they would be suspicious if the same thing kept occurring over and over. I'm curious to know if Jas, Ful and Bik noticed the corruption or just saw it as a tragidy and didn't investigate it too closely, being focused on waking fully instead.
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21-Jan-2017 21:24:24

Somniari
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Hazeel said :
I thought she corrupted Mah because Mah was surpressing mortal life, and perhaps Wen wanted to see more of it. If she wanted to usurp Jas and hatched prematurely, as you say, wouldn't it make sense to corrupt Jas instead?


Actually I think you have it flipped there. If I recall correctly in the Runefest lore corner they said something about in the last cycle Mah was experimenting with butterflies or and other forms of more complex life than plants and other things like that, and that's the point Wen would have decided to do something about it.

21-Jan-2017 23:25:11 - Last edited on 21-Jan-2017 23:27:02 by Somniari

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