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Quael
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IF there is one already, forgive me. Those in red are those answered by Jmods Also please allow a few reserve thank you.


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Will we ever get any more lore on the werewolves? They're kind of just... out there.

That's all I can think of right now. :(

On the week commencing 21st May, we are planning to release the next Build-a-Backlog poll, including a '6th Age Morytania Quest'. This would focus largely on the werewolves and would expand their lore a fair bit.


This discovery of the Lost Grove happened in the 6th age. Will the quest that comes out be 6th age or 2nd age?

I am almost certain it is 6th Age.


Could the World gate be used to access more worlds?

Yes, it absolutely could. But let's go to the worlds that are listed on the gate first. There are some good'uns!


Can you feature Moia in another quest?

Absolutely. We are not done with her by any means.


We learned in the 2016 Halloween event that prayer is powered by the dead that we put to rest, is this 100% accurate? (sort of a debate with several people on it lol)

Er...


Can we get a confirmation on Lunar clan power source for runless magic?

Er...


According to runefest 2017 in lore section, the Godless have been doing things in the background, but it wasn't officially decided on what, can it be assumed (and maybe confirmed :D ?) that they have been dealing with things that the factions of the gods have been doing, like stopping them from doing things that could threaten innocents or others?

Ah, one I can answer with confidence (I will encourage specialists to answer your other questions). The Godless are recruiting and infighting as current. There is a schism in the group between activists and pacifists that is threatening to tear them apart. I hope to explore them soon.
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12-May-2018 20:19:47

Quael
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Will there ever be another lore corner Q&A where we can get most, if not all of our lore question answered?

I would like to do a lore AMA soon (let's get a quest or two under our belts this year), but a specific lore corner is unlikely. Hopefully, Q&As like this can be done more frequently in the future, too.


As known, the Godless have races all across Gielinor aligned to the faction, is there a certain race yet to join them besides the Mahjarrat?

As far as I am aware, know races include icyene, demon, troll and human. But there are more. I would like to save the identities for future quests.


From the narrative perspective, how common would invention be? Or is it something that is still slowly spreading through the world of Gielinor?

Rare. The player is a pioneer, and few will have expertise in it.


Can we have an official year? As of now, due to kindred spirit it is believed that we are (after Guthix's death) in year 6, ( counting 2013 as year one) Can this be confirmed?

I will be honest that I am unconvinced by the theory that real-time years map to in-game years. I can't give you a real year, sorry.


Are there more Elemental Guardians (Vorago, Telos, Solak) that we have yet to discovered?

Yes.


I really enjoyed Vorago being aligned with the Godless during an event that required him to, it proved he did not trust the other gods, would there be another moment like this that we can witness? has it ever happened behind the scene?

I have written a Vorago Quest that delves into this, and I would love to see it launch.


Do the Godless have a sort of base of operation that we have yet to see? If so how well fortified is it?

Yes, they do have a HQ, and it is hidden rather than fortified.
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12-May-2018 20:19:55 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:25:55 by Quael

Quael
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In the narrative perspective, have the Godless discovered anything useful with invention? Do they even use it in their own way?

I would suggest that the player will be the one to bring Invention truly to the Godless.


The queen of ash is an interesting character, is it safe to assume that the Godless, or any other gods and their faction are investigating, or keeping an eye out for her?

Yes! I would imagine so.


Xau-tak?

I would hope a lot of people are keeping an eye out for Xau-Tak


The Godless quest was part of the unfinished business back when it was talked about in 2017 (or was it 2016?), over all it seems like it was pushed to the side once again instead of having a small group work on it, is there anyway that the quest can be brought up and released?

Initially, they were earmarked to be launched with Invention, as a group that you outfitted, but that didn't happen for many reasons. We are currently eyeing up significant plotlines to add them to.


It was stated that the queen of ash would be making some sort of reveal in either the Godless quest, or a part two to the might falls, why not just have it as a Godless quest, give them something to do publicly in game for once?

Yep, that is absolutely a direction we could go in.


After the 2018 survey, I noticed the question of a world event, invasion event, and so on. If world events would return, would it be another god vs (death or not depends on you guy), or something major that effects the world it self?

We can do so much more with World Events than God A versus God B. Hopefully that is shown in the ideas that were presented
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12-May-2018 20:20:06 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:33:29 by Quael

Quael
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Should we be expecting world event style stuff for the Queen of Ashes and/or Xau-Tak?

Nope - don't expect it. I can see them both coming to RS, but not necessarily in the form of a world event.


What are the plans regarding releasing Teragard (and human coloniess), New Domina/Hallow, Infernus, and Vampyrium? Are they going to be small-scale pieces of territory like we got for Tarddiad and Kethsi, or is a more Menaphos-sized release to be expected? I think worlds of so much importance and story deserve a decent amount more than what Tarddiad got, right?

It depends on the content. I can imagine visiting a small proportion of those areas within quest content, but it would be doing them a disservice to keep them at that. These are prominent locations, and I would be eager to do more than a Kethsi with them.


Will we ever get more Moonclan, Elven, or Vampyre stories?

A vampyre and Fremennik storyline quest are on the Build-a-Backlog poll that is coming in a couple of week.


Are there plans for more spellbooks? A Menaphite sun-based spellbook could be neat, as well as a gnomish or druidic one.

There isn't a huge amount of space, particularly in combat, for an entire spellbook. We would have to be very careful and find a space that has a lot of potential and value, mechanically.


What's the status of the Idle Adventures? Is any of it canon, such as what the Needle does? Do you think it'll be reference? I heard there were some legal issues with using things from it in-game, so..?

It's not a legal issue, it's one of whether they fit into the RS game and universe, and whether we want to reference other games.
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12-May-2018 20:20:07 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:39:23 by Quael

Quael
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When are we picking up the elder god story line again?

We're taking a breath with the Elder Gods. They will feature as characters in content, but a full-blown Elder God storyline will not be coming in the immediate future. We've been godly for a while: let's look at other corners of the story.


Can we expect any 6th age quests that were planned for last year or priorly mentioned coming up this year? (e.g.: Bik's Awakening, Rite of Passage, dragonkin quests, what happened with sliske quest)

Elder Gods have paused so that we can take a breather from gods. Rite of Passage is still very much on the books. Dragonkin quests weren't promised, I don't believe, but is something we are eager to do (see upcoming Build-a-Backlog poll) and the Sliske quest is news to me!


If there are no 6th age quests this year, can we expect finishing up more 5th age quests after the pirate finale? (e.g.: gnome)

Gnome might be too big to tackle for us this year, but you can expect 5th and 6th Age questing throughout the year.


Any chance Char could get some love this year? The poor dear is criminally underused and at least deserves a graphical update.

We had a good go at souping up the Char minigame, but yeah - you probably want more than that. She's a cracking character, and you have given me a real urge to do more with her
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Will we see any Mahjarrat solo-quest stories this year?

No, I don't think so - sorry!


Why do Akthanakos and Enakhra hold more animosity towards each other than any other of their race?

Outside of the Zaros/Zamorak divide, I get the feeling that Enakhra resents that Akthanakos has survived this long.
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12-May-2018 20:20:39 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:45:13 by Quael

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Was Elidnis apart of the Spider race she visited in "Aragnya's Tale" before she ascended? She seemed very familiar with their world and myths.

I like this theory.


Now that the Stone of Jas is no longer the big trophy all the lesser gods can set as a single desire, Where do you see each of them going now? Will they still strive for power? Will they settle down?

There will be new events that will unite and divide them, don't worry!


Is the Queen of Ashes any closer to deciding if our world is worthy enough to receive her enlightenment?

Haha, I think she would like you! Xau-Tak seems to be arriving before her, if Pieces of Hate is to be believed.


Mod Raven

So with the recent horrors' update, Tezcasathla, Uvhastur, Yogsathla, and Nyar*ahydra were introduced. According to the book, beneath the waves, they were once Horrors, is this true? And is Tezcasathla Xau-Tak if they werent horror? I ask because the writer of the book stated that they somehow knew the name wasn't correct, despite the horrors chanting it.

I think you've mixed a few things up here and made a couple of assumptions. Firstly, it's never stated anywhere that the above named entities are actual deities, rather than they are part of the horror-mwanu mythos.

They were not mwanu first.

The priests (who have different names) were once horror-mwanu. These are different entities.

As for the true name of the Gielinorian Tezcasathla (note that the mwanu creation myth version and the reference in the later books are very different) I couldn't possibly say.
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12-May-2018 20:20:39 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:47:42 by Quael

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Now that the Stone of Jas has been dealt with, and the gods are taking a step back, will we be able to focus on the Dragonkin as a threat for a time, that Ritual of the Mahjarrat was foreshadowing for? It could be a transition into the Elder Gods as well, considering they're waking up, and the Dragonkin have the most experience with them.

In the upcoming content backlog poll there will be an option for a dragonkin quest, if that's what you really want to see I would encourage you to vote for it.

We certainly have plans for more dragonkin content going forward. Their story is far from over.


Can we see a sequel to Death of Chivalry for 2019? With Mod Stu as either lead developer, or an adviser if he is placed on a different project.

I can't promise you a release year. It's something we'd like to do and it's something Mod Stu would like to do, but we need to prioritise the updates that are the most important for the game and the players.


Are mwanu a race name for Horrors? If not what were day?

The mwanu are what the horrors were before they devolved into what they are today.


Was/ is the stone plug all that is keeping the hand (possibly Xau-tak) out of our world, or was there some type of ritual that went with it?"

There are additional dragonkin enchantments affecting the plug. Rest assured it's not something that can be easily pushed out from the inside.


Are there any underwater cities that are inhabited, or have they all fallen because of Xau?"

Possibly...
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Is Xau-Tak associated with the depths because that's where they are trying to come in form, or do they really have some aspect of the watery depths?

Yes.
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12-May-2018 20:20:40 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:50:59 by Quael

Quael
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Are there other places we haven't discovered, or rediscovered like The Grove?

There's quite a lot of places you haven't discovered yet. Some might argue an infinite number of them.


That's all the lore question for now, I don't know if they are done yet, it is an open thread for Mods in the VIP forum.
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12-May-2018 20:20:40 - Last edited on 12-May-2018 20:53:04 by Quael

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