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Cybernet377
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William Witt said :
Cybernet377 said :
most of the royal families are fairly well defined

Not necessarily. Kandarin's royal family, for instance, may be sufficiently 'out of the story-spotlight'. She could be Lathas's daughter.

And while Asgarnia is iffier due to certain factors, we do have Miazrqa, who is King Vallance's great-niece (and a princess). This suggests Asgarnia's royal family may consist of more than just Vallance and Anlaf.

Misthalin may be iffy too, but potentially functional.

Then there's the 'distant lands' ruled by the Queen from the Diamond Jubilee event...

Admittedly, the plotthread of Alice knowing Orlando popped up before her backstory was even posted to the official wiki, so I had to contrive her into Varrock. Misthalin's royals are very unlikely to be Alice's family, seeing as Ellamaria wasn't living in Varrock in the year 160, as evidenced by the census, and they didn't marry until at least 164, so any offspring we haven't heard about from Roald would be younger than 6 years old.

Kandarin doesn't have a queen, and Alice's backstory mentioned both parents being morified about her behavior, so I'd say that Lathas is unlikely, and Tyris' child would quickly have an unfortunate accident to consolidate Lathas' power.

Asgarnia is the only kingdom that's really possible if Alice is a member of the Royal family, seeing as it has an extended family, and Alice's backstory mentions crashing parties she wasn't invited to, which would probably be most of them after Amik seizes control of Falador.

Of course, I still needed a plotthread to allow her to be in Varrock and know Orlando well. Her being an important noble distantly related to Roald also allowed me to make a terrible reference.

07-Feb-2014 19:40:46

William Witt
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I wasn't suggesting she was Roald's daughter . As for the matter of 'extended family', remember Tarquin Marjoribanks? He describes himself as 'a member of the royal family of Misthalin', and is King Roald's 4th cousin, once removed on King Roald's mother's side.

Also, we don't know that Kandarin doesn't have a queen—Just because we haven't seen or heard of her doesn't necessarily mean she isn't there. :P Indeed, she could even be dead—While Alice's parents are referred to in the official Wiki page, it doesn't say they're currently alive.
The Asgarnian ale must flow.

07-Feb-2014 19:53:14 - Last edited on 07-Feb-2014 20:20:26 by William Witt

Kailithnir
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What if the Freneskæ Creator God, in some hissy-fit of divine wrath, once punched the world in ire, causing its extreme volcanism by fracturing the planet's crust into innumerable pieces? On Earth, we have most of our plates the size of multiple nations. Imagine how many volcanoes would form if there were not dozens of tectonic plates in the world, but thousands?


What if Moonlight Mead were actually like mouthwash to the werewolves? It could explain the feeling of "something dying" in your mouth when you drink it: the bittercap mushrooms used in its brewing make it a great sanitising agent.


There's not likely ever to be a real explanation for it, but how is it that most races throughout the multiverse all speak the Common Tongue? I can see it being widespread throughout Gielinor, as human influence grows and all that, and with it our language. But I do think it'd be cool to have a sort of Tower-of-Babel-in-Reverse type of story somewhere which explains such a convenient plot device.


I kind of have this image in my head of there being an Aztecy/Mayanish civilisation on Karamja in the First or Second Age, prior to the coming of the Karamjan God, which worshipped the Dragonkin. It could explain the statues of Brimhaven Dungeon (more interestingly than just "Sakirth waz here"), and also the Agility Arena. Plus, human sacrifice, and ziggurats.

09-Feb-2014 02:14:38

Lego Miester
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Kailithnir said :

What if Moonlight Mead were actually like mouthwash to the werewolves? It could explain the feeling of "something dying" in your mouth when you drink it: the bittercap mushrooms used in its brewing make it a great sanitising agent.


There's not likely ever to be a real explanation for it, but how is it that most races throughout the multiverse all speak the Common Tongue? I can see it being widespread throughout Gielinor, as human influence grows and all that, and with it our language. But I do think it'd be cool to have a sort of Tower-of-Babel-in-Reverse type of story somewhere which explains such a convenient plot device.



I've always written that off as a joke, that the carnivorous werewolves would adore the taste of something dying in their mouth. They sell the freshest meat around!


The babelfish invasion of the cosmos was swift and completely undetected. Just ignore that mild tingling sensation inside your ear.
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09-Feb-2014 02:27:40 - Last edited on 09-Feb-2014 02:35:31 by Lego Miester

Cybernet377
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William Witt said :
I wasn't suggesting she was Roald's daughter . As for the matter of 'extended family', remember Tarquin Marjoribanks? He describes himself as 'a member of the royal family of Misthalin', and is King Roald's 4th cousin, once removed on King Roald's mother's side.

Also, we don't know that Kandarin doesn't have a queen—Just because we haven't seen or heard of her doesn't necessarily mean she isn't there. :P Indeed, she could even be dead—While Alice's parents are referred to in the official Wiki page, it doesn't say they're currently alive.

I wasn't aware of Tarquin actually. Being a fourth cousin would mean that there's probably at the very least a fair sized royal family in Misthalin, even though the Varrock census doesn't include any of them.

12-Feb-2014 20:38:32

William Witt
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A question, by the way - Have you read the novels (all three)? You make reference to them in your forum posts, so just checking.

(This is directed at you, Cyber.)
The Asgarnian ale must flow.

12-Feb-2014 20:43:32 - Last edited on 12-Feb-2014 20:54:37 by William Witt

Cybernet377
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William Witt said :
A question, by the way - Have you read the novels (all three)? You make reference to them in your forum posts, so just checking.

(This is directed at you, Cyber.)

I've only read the first one, and even then I only got roughly halfway through because the library I borrowed it from only allows for short checkout times.

I was going to borrow it again to finish it, but some kid lost it and the library never replaced the book.

I was thinking of getting them for myself, but I'm a bit tight on funds.

My references in posts are mostly cobbled together from the unofficial wiki, as well as some reviews of the books online.

12-Feb-2014 21:08:53 - Last edited on 12-Feb-2014 21:10:57 by Cybernet377

Toa Takanuva
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Oh, there once was a god named Bandos the Brown
Who came through a portal to Gielinor from his ole home-toowwnn!

(pause)

And the braggart did stumble and brandish his mace

As he told of bold battles and duels he had laid!

(longer pause)

But then he went quiet, did Bandos the Brown
When he met the plane of Yu'biusk full of Goblins;

(shorter pause)

"Oh, you farm and you trade and you easy picking for predators,
Now I think it's high time that you man up and improvise on this!"

(pause)

And so came the age of reborn goblins,
As Bandos the Brown was the Goblin's new god;

(pause)

When came time the wars were over,
In the Sixth his buddy Armadyl came oveerrr,

(pause)

And the god named Bandos was god no mooreee-
When his ugly stone head rolled around on the floor!

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Kudos to whoever can guess where I ripped that from.

13-Feb-2014 12:47:50 - Last edited on 13-Feb-2014 12:48:20 by Toa Takanuva

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