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Sorry it took so long for me to respond to this, but it took a while to think of a good answer.
I don't know if Tumeken would be hiding in the Afterlife - it seems like a sort of thing that Icthlarin would know about if it were the case. That's the short version of my answer, so now let's get into the long version.
The decision to destroy himself in the desert seems like it was a long-term one, but for several reasons: the most foremost that I can tell you is that it not only shows Zaros that the Menaphites are willing to do whatever it takes to resist his rule, but it effectively protects Menaphos and Sophanem from invasions... forever. Secondly, it gives him some room to operate in the desert - he can still influence the place even if he appears to be dead, much like how mummies are according to Senliten. I don't know how premeditated his decision was to destroy himself, but dialogue from Icthlarin and the fact that we have an ib lying around suggests that it was a very calculated endeavor.
As a side note: I would assume that if Tumeken were a T2 god, he would have a much easier time with this gambit. However, this could be more evidence that he was a T2 god. The tier system is really flawed. Back to the answer!
Tumeken has a great association, or maybe reverence is the better word, with the Afterlife and Death - I would assume he gave his children custodianship of the afterlife to guarantee that what lies beyond his protected for his people. He comes off as very fatherly to me, but that's just my opinion. I don't know if that indicates he's hiding out way back there. For that, we turn to Icthlarin.
Icthlarin has effectively been sending people to and from the afterlife since Tumeken "died." the biggest issue I have with this theory (and the secondary Zarosian "death"
is that Icthlarin would have seen them at some point in the last 6,000 years*
I don't know if Tumeken would be hiding in the Afterlife - it seems like a sort of thing that Icthlarin would know about if it were the case. That's the short version of my answer, so now let's get into the long version.
The decision to destroy himself in the desert seems like it was a long-term one, but for several reasons: the most foremost that I can tell you is that it not only shows Zaros that the Menaphites are willing to do whatever it takes to resist his rule, but it effectively protects Menaphos and Sophanem from invasions... forever. Secondly, it gives him some room to operate in the desert - he can still influence the place even if he appears to be dead, much like how mummies are according to Senliten. I don't know how premeditated his decision was to destroy himself, but dialogue from Icthlarin and the fact that we have an ib lying around suggests that it was a very calculated endeavor.
As a side note: I would assume that if Tumeken were a T2 god, he would have a much easier time with this gambit. However, this could be more evidence that he was a T2 god. The tier system is really flawed. Back to the answer!
Tumeken has a great association, or maybe reverence is the better word, with the Afterlife and Death - I would assume he gave his children custodianship of the afterlife to guarantee that what lies beyond his protected for his people. He comes off as very fatherly to me, but that's just my opinion. I don't know if that indicates he's hiding out way back there. For that, we turn to Icthlarin.
Icthlarin has effectively been sending people to and from the afterlife since Tumeken "died." the biggest issue I have with this theory (and the secondary Zarosian "death"
is that Icthlarin would have seen them at some point in the last 6,000 years*
**;DR: A long way to say 'I dunno, but I think it's unlikely." My specialty.
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15-May-2016 06:21:59
Actually, how I envisioned it is that Tumeken is still in the realm of Gielinor and that in the end, we would have to bring the his soul to the Afterlife to revive it. This is referencing from the Diamond In The Rough quest which I think has some form of foreshadowing.
In that quest, the player holds the Kharib-Ib and follows the message "follow the path of the sun into the lion's mouth" where we followed a bunch of sundials to ruins of the Temple of Amascut. This could mean visiting the various aspects of the Desert and obtaining various parts of his soul and 'into the lion's mouth' could mean to bring his soul past the Avatar Of Amascut in the Underworld.
Well a theory is a theory and I'm sure that Jagex would reveal it soon if 2017 becomes the year of the desert
Anyway, how I see the entire Desert storyline is actually two storylines intertwined with each other with the first being the desert gods and the second being the rightful ruler of the desert. I would like to expound on how these two might be tightly intertwined.
Regarding Queen Senliten in Missing My Mummy, the player had to obtain the Mummy's name Papyrus which associates Senliten with Tumeken and two sentences struck me were 'Daughter of the divinity through the royal blood of the deity' and 'Reborn through Itchlarin into this realm as has been and will be'.
In Egypt, Kings would associate themselves with the god Osiris and just as I explained in an earlier post, Osiris was associated with rebirth where he was stitched together and revived by his wife Isis. By associating themselves with Osiris, the Kings hoped that just as Osiris gained life, they too would receive eternal life. Additionally, a sick person would associate themselves with Horus who is the son of Isis and Osiris and since being a son of a god, the goddess Isis would not hesitate to heal her son Horus which would enable the sick person to be healed.
In that quest, the player holds the Kharib-Ib and follows the message "follow the path of the sun into the lion's mouth" where we followed a bunch of sundials to ruins of the Temple of Amascut. This could mean visiting the various aspects of the Desert and obtaining various parts of his soul and 'into the lion's mouth' could mean to bring his soul past the Avatar Of Amascut in the Underworld.
Well a theory is a theory and I'm sure that Jagex would reveal it soon if 2017 becomes the year of the desert
Anyway, how I see the entire Desert storyline is actually two storylines intertwined with each other with the first being the desert gods and the second being the rightful ruler of the desert. I would like to expound on how these two might be tightly intertwined.
Regarding Queen Senliten in Missing My Mummy, the player had to obtain the Mummy's name Papyrus which associates Senliten with Tumeken and two sentences struck me were 'Daughter of the divinity through the royal blood of the deity' and 'Reborn through Itchlarin into this realm as has been and will be'.
In Egypt, Kings would associate themselves with the god Osiris and just as I explained in an earlier post, Osiris was associated with rebirth where he was stitched together and revived by his wife Isis. By associating themselves with Osiris, the Kings hoped that just as Osiris gained life, they too would receive eternal life. Additionally, a sick person would associate themselves with Horus who is the son of Isis and Osiris and since being a son of a god, the goddess Isis would not hesitate to heal her son Horus which would enable the sick person to be healed.
18-May-2016 09:52:01
Read this a while ago, just wanted to say nice job! I especially liked all the theories
Would you mind telling us your convoluted timeline that leads to the Strange Machine being built by Zamorakians?
Would you mind telling us your convoluted timeline that leads to the Strange Machine being built by Zamorakians?
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02-Jun-2016 00:06:20
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