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Not for nothing, but I recall 'the veil' being used as a term in a quest once before.
Summer's End. It kept talking about how the Spirit Beast was 'breaking the veil' between worlds, and that even we were able to enter it where the Beast was breaking it. Of course, this breaking of the veil turned out to be it breaking the barrier between the Spirit Realm and the rest of Gielinor, leaving only the Void.
Looking back at RuneFest 2017, there was a map of the planar gallery...
My best guess for what was happening in Summer's End (and this is my guess for what 'the veil' is in this case as well) is that the solid white lines that border each plane, with the abyss between them, is what is referred to as 'the veil.'
But I believe this Veil may do more than just hold the planes together on a physical level. During Summer's End there is an earthquake caused by the Beast breaking through the Veil between the Spirit Realm and this realm. This leads me to believe that the Veil also actually keeps the different levels of a plane stable. If you look at the picture above, you see the Incorporeal Planes: Shadow Realm, Underworld, Afterlife... and Spirit Realm. Now isn't that interesting.
When the Spirit Beast was clawing through the Veil, it wasn't just pushing out of that realm, it was breaking the plane's stability (hence the Earthquake). This leads back to the Xau-Tak/Shadow Realm connection. IF Xau-Tak's goal is to pierce the Veil, and his connection to the Shadow Realm is as strong as I - and others - believe, then the point of piercing the Veil is probably: killing the stability of the Plane to allow the Shadow Realm to breach into the rest of Gielinor.
... Shadow Realm... Breach...
The Shadow Breach.
Maybe Guthix knew about Xau-Tak after all? A
Only then can they
Summer's End. It kept talking about how the Spirit Beast was 'breaking the veil' between worlds, and that even we were able to enter it where the Beast was breaking it. Of course, this breaking of the veil turned out to be it breaking the barrier between the Spirit Realm and the rest of Gielinor, leaving only the Void.
Looking back at RuneFest 2017, there was a map of the planar gallery...
My best guess for what was happening in Summer's End (and this is my guess for what 'the veil' is in this case as well) is that the solid white lines that border each plane, with the abyss between them, is what is referred to as 'the veil.'
But I believe this Veil may do more than just hold the planes together on a physical level. During Summer's End there is an earthquake caused by the Beast breaking through the Veil between the Spirit Realm and this realm. This leads me to believe that the Veil also actually keeps the different levels of a plane stable. If you look at the picture above, you see the Incorporeal Planes: Shadow Realm, Underworld, Afterlife... and Spirit Realm. Now isn't that interesting.
When the Spirit Beast was clawing through the Veil, it wasn't just pushing out of that realm, it was breaking the plane's stability (hence the Earthquake). This leads back to the Xau-Tak/Shadow Realm connection. IF Xau-Tak's goal is to pierce the Veil, and his connection to the Shadow Realm is as strong as I - and others - believe, then the point of piercing the Veil is probably: killing the stability of the Plane to allow the Shadow Realm to breach into the rest of Gielinor.
... Shadow Realm... Breach...
The Shadow Breach.
Maybe Guthix knew about Xau-Tak after all? A
World Guardian
must learn to find
Balance
in themselves.
Only then can they
Control
themselves and forge their own
Fate
.
24-May-2019 14:50:34 - Last edited on 24-May-2019 14:53:46 by Sepulchre
Sepulchre
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Not for nothing, but I recall 'the veil' being used as a term in a quest once before.
Summer's End. It kept talking about how the Spirit Beast was 'breaking the veil' between worlds, and that even we were able to enter it where the Beast was breaking it. Of course, this breaking of the veil turned out to be it breaking the barrier between the Spirit Realm and the rest of Gielinor, leaving only the Void.
Looking back at RuneFest 2017, there was a map of the planar gallery...
My best guess for what was happening in Summer's End (and this is my guess for what 'the veil' is in this case as well) is that the solid white lines that border each plane, with the abyss between them, is what is referred to as 'the veil.'
But I believe this Veil may do more than just hold the planes together on a physical level. During Summer's End there is an earthquake caused by the Beast breaking through the Veil between the Spirit Realm and this realm. This leads me to believe that the Veil also actually keeps the different levels of a plane stable. If you look at the picture above, you see the Incorporeal Planes: Shadow Realm, Underworld, Afterlife... and Spirit Realm. Now isn't that interesting.
When the Spirit Beast was clawing through the Veil, it wasn't just pushing out of that realm, it was breaking the plane's stability (hence the Earthquake). This leads back to the Xau-Tak/Shadow Realm connection. IF Xau-Tak's goal is to pierce the Veil, and his connection to the Shadow Realm is as strong as I - and others - believe, then the point of piercing the Veil is probably: killing the stability of the Plane to allow the Shadow Realm to breach into the rest of Gielinor.
... Shadow Realm... Breach...
The Shadow Breach.
Maybe Guthix knew about Xau-Tak after all?
This is very plausible. Zaros has some knowledge of kranon and xau and has spent a lot of time in the shadow realm. Maybe thats how he knew I have seen the dark universe yawning, where the black planets roll without aim;
Where they roll in their horror unheeded, without knowledge or lustre or name.
Not for nothing, but I recall 'the veil' being used as a term in a quest once before.
Summer's End. It kept talking about how the Spirit Beast was 'breaking the veil' between worlds, and that even we were able to enter it where the Beast was breaking it. Of course, this breaking of the veil turned out to be it breaking the barrier between the Spirit Realm and the rest of Gielinor, leaving only the Void.
Looking back at RuneFest 2017, there was a map of the planar gallery...
My best guess for what was happening in Summer's End (and this is my guess for what 'the veil' is in this case as well) is that the solid white lines that border each plane, with the abyss between them, is what is referred to as 'the veil.'
But I believe this Veil may do more than just hold the planes together on a physical level. During Summer's End there is an earthquake caused by the Beast breaking through the Veil between the Spirit Realm and this realm. This leads me to believe that the Veil also actually keeps the different levels of a plane stable. If you look at the picture above, you see the Incorporeal Planes: Shadow Realm, Underworld, Afterlife... and Spirit Realm. Now isn't that interesting.
When the Spirit Beast was clawing through the Veil, it wasn't just pushing out of that realm, it was breaking the plane's stability (hence the Earthquake). This leads back to the Xau-Tak/Shadow Realm connection. IF Xau-Tak's goal is to pierce the Veil, and his connection to the Shadow Realm is as strong as I - and others - believe, then the point of piercing the Veil is probably: killing the stability of the Plane to allow the Shadow Realm to breach into the rest of Gielinor.
... Shadow Realm... Breach...
The Shadow Breach.
Maybe Guthix knew about Xau-Tak after all?
This is very plausible. Zaros has some knowledge of kranon and xau and has spent a lot of time in the shadow realm. Maybe thats how he knew I have seen the dark universe yawning, where the black planets roll without aim;
Where they roll in their horror unheeded, without knowledge or lustre or name.
28-May-2019 06:53:16
Moving more on topic. I just like to toot my horn about my theory of XT, sorry
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So, the veil, first I think there ought be a distinction between the boundary referred to in the Summer quests. To me that seems more like it's just following the traditional trope of the boundary between living and dead. I think we ought leave that out for now because im not convinced they're the same thing.
I think the Veil could be, as proposed, something the Elders perhaps put around gielinor in particular because they decided to rest here. Adding my own take, I would also propose it forms the boundary between the underbelly where XT lurks and things that exist. But when anima is damaged on some world, this boundary gets weaker, and the Shadow Realm starts leaking in. At which point, it could just sit as a flaw in existence. But if unchecked, and allowed to grow, the expanding corruption will eventually bring more and more powerful manifestations of Anti-Anima, culiminating in the arrival of XT to finish the job.
The Veil I think is just a natural barrier between Anima and Anti-Anima, which if removed would just annihilate things in the degenerated area, leaving shadowy soup. It is tied to the strength of the anima. It is also quite possible that the Elders can strengthen the veil around the planet where they rest, meaning it would require more direct efforts to penetrate than simple messing around with anima. The sinking of Kreath was a direct attempt to pierce the veil, the Kranon probably didn't realize the gravity of what he did at the time. He created a very weak area in the veil when he did that. Thus corruption started leaking into the Eastern sea.
I think also, Guthix being so tied to the anima means him dying could have also greatly weakened the veil of gielinor, to where now XT has noticed a glorious beacon of anima to devour. Which is why in Curse of the Blackstone, the time is finally right to attempt the ritual again.
Those are my cursory thoughts.
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So, the veil, first I think there ought be a distinction between the boundary referred to in the Summer quests. To me that seems more like it's just following the traditional trope of the boundary between living and dead. I think we ought leave that out for now because im not convinced they're the same thing.
I think the Veil could be, as proposed, something the Elders perhaps put around gielinor in particular because they decided to rest here. Adding my own take, I would also propose it forms the boundary between the underbelly where XT lurks and things that exist. But when anima is damaged on some world, this boundary gets weaker, and the Shadow Realm starts leaking in. At which point, it could just sit as a flaw in existence. But if unchecked, and allowed to grow, the expanding corruption will eventually bring more and more powerful manifestations of Anti-Anima, culiminating in the arrival of XT to finish the job.
The Veil I think is just a natural barrier between Anima and Anti-Anima, which if removed would just annihilate things in the degenerated area, leaving shadowy soup. It is tied to the strength of the anima. It is also quite possible that the Elders can strengthen the veil around the planet where they rest, meaning it would require more direct efforts to penetrate than simple messing around with anima. The sinking of Kreath was a direct attempt to pierce the veil, the Kranon probably didn't realize the gravity of what he did at the time. He created a very weak area in the veil when he did that. Thus corruption started leaking into the Eastern sea.
I think also, Guthix being so tied to the anima means him dying could have also greatly weakened the veil of gielinor, to where now XT has noticed a glorious beacon of anima to devour. Which is why in Curse of the Blackstone, the time is finally right to attempt the ritual again.
Those are my cursory thoughts.
29-Jun-2019 18:41:53
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