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Any theories on what happened that made the "boneyard" in the wilderness? Even the bones of large beasts are in the field? It could have been one of the farms on Forinthry. They might have had cattle larger than the modern cows we have today, or possibly even small mammoths (hence the big bones), and quite the intensity of farmhands that would later rise up as the skeletons walking around today. As for the "Dragonkin" skeleton lying there, I haven't really seen Dragonkin with horns or a humanoid skull. They seem to have more reptilian features and would have little reason to sit around a farm in the Zarosian Empire, so this might have been a young elder demon working for one of the Chthonian dukes. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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03-Apr-2016 17:41:29

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The Empty Path - Part 10

Azzanadra had seen this latest victory through the dark crystal he keeps on him, which connects to the crystal he gave to Krask for emergencies, ready to step in and help if he had been in trouble. He remarks, "They have grown considerably, especially Krask. And the World Guardian was right, Uggy is indeed a fascinating character and has proven herself as a worthy leader. I wish them luck on their journey through the Empty Path."

Wahisietel looks over at Krask and bursts into a peal of laughter. "Zemouregal will be feeling that in the morning, I assure you. Azzanadra has taught you well. All of you," he calls out to the rest of the Umbreshuun, "You have all proven yourselves worthy of walking the Empty Path. I hope that destiny treats you well on your journey." He makes to depart, but stops when Uggy walks over to him and asks, "Who is you? And how does you know about us?" He turns to her and says reassuringly, "Azzanadra is a very old friend of mine. We fought at each other's side since before we even met Zaros. He speaks highly of you. And now I have seen evidence of the reason behind it." Wahisietel raises his arms into the air and purple bricks surround him, but before he goes he says, "And now it is time for us to bid farewell. Best of luck on your journey, fellow fate-walkers!" The bricks contain him, and then disappear one at a time. Not a trace of him remains.

Uggy and her crew leave via the west entrance in the morning, cut down some dead trees and build rafts to take them down to Relekka for the next part of their journey. The shadow of a figure flashes across a rock as they arrive to the shore, but then disappears in the blink of an eye. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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03-Apr-2016 18:30:45

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The Empty Path - Part 11

Zaros himself appears in the Temple at Senntisten, discussing Uggy's progress with Azzanadra. "She has forged a new tribe for her race, my lord. They now call themselves the Umbreshuun, Fate-Chasers of the Empty Path." He ponders this.

"Goblins are quite an intriguing race. They are resourceful and quick-witted; if only Bandos had not squandered their potential. This is a vital skill they will need to survive when the Elder Gods awake. What do you make of their leader, Azzanad*a?"

Azzanadra looks at the crystal between them. "She is a very open-minded being, which is surprising considering her race's culture under Bandos. She cares deeply for her comrades as well; she considers them a family, and she has told me that she wants to lead them to a beautiful place at the end of their journey." Zaros turns to the crystal as well.

"I would very much like to meet them one day."

The Umbreshuun have explored the Kandarin region for a while after completing their training in Ghorrock, and they eventually stumble across the place of Uggy's childhood. The old tent is gone, with three different goblin residents sitting around an open fire. One of the goblins there, Creakyknees, is holding a glass lens that seems to be warm judging from how he is holding it; the fire has just been lit with the lens. He looks up and says, "You is Uggy, isn't you? Me knows you come back here some day. You wants food? We just cook up some fishies and birdies now." She recognises Creakyknees, from when she was very small. She walks up and gives him a hug. "Me miss you so much! Everyone, Creakyknees help my daddy out-" But before she can say another word, fire erupts from the trees and the Zamorakians from the graveyard attack. She readies her crossbows, crackling them into life; she has a score to settle with them. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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03-Apr-2016 21:39:20

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The Empty Path - Part 12

Uggy had already shot bolts into trees and rocks in a pattern; the trap is set, and they take the bait. She clicks the gizmos on her crossbows and the humans from the graveyard attacking all get caught in a net of electricity. All are knocked unconscious except one, who is still struggling against the net. She puts away her crossbows and takes out her dagger, then walks over to him. "Take us to your place."

He spits at her feet. "Wretched goblin. You think you could set a trap against us? You will feel the wrath of the god of chaos, Zamorak." She kneels down to level her face with his. "Your god betray ours. We not follow Big High War God anymore. We follow Zaros now." The Zamorakian looks up to her in shock. "Wha-" A stab to the spinal cord in the side, and a click on the gizmo on the hilt of the blade, and his head slumps halfway. She says again, "Take us to your place."

The dagger still in his side, he takes them to the ZMI quarters. More Zamorakian fighters are here, not just wizards but also warriors and rangers. All attack the Umbreshuun on sight. Uggy takes her crossbows out and shoots down the mages, Krask uses his magic to take down the warriors, and Studge dodges all projectiles and attacks to cut down the rangers. When they are all defeated, the goblins advance towards the Ourania Altar. Then Uggy notices a runecrafter on his way to make some runes there. They all hide in the other path, while she sneaks up to the crafter. The player had already told her of runecrafting and that people can make runes with energy that matches the altar there. This altar, however, allows the crafter to make runes of different types. Blood, water, cosmic...even soul runes, and the Soul Altar hadn't even been discovered yet! She shoots down the crafter, and takes the runes. Then Krask opens a portal directly to the rune essence rocks so the Umbreshuun can provide for their own spells. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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04-Apr-2016 06:28:21

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The Empty Path - Part 13

Creakyknees strolls up to the graveyard to see how she is doing. Did they kill her like they killed Gurts? He knows in his old age that he couldn't fight them off, and neither could his friends at the tents. Smellytoes is always drunk as a swamp lizard and Greasycheeks is too busy cooking. But he helped Gurts out when he was in trouble, and decides to check on young Uggy to make sure she's OK. He climbs down the trapdoor next to the altar to the God of Dark Fire...

He finds dozens of talluns in red armour and robes, strewn across the right hand path, which he runs across in spite of being aware that some might be alive and come to attack, and calls out, "Uggy! Is you OK? Is your friends OK?" On he runs, only stopping to hear a voice croaking from the floor. "They...They are..." Creakyknees, now losing stamina from his bad legs, walks over to the voice coming from one of the talluns, still alive but unable to move. "They are followers...followers of...the Empty..." The voice stops.

He keeps moving until he hears more voices, this time goblin voices and a few ogres and trolls. Did the Big High War God make a campaign here? But then he remembers that the tallun mentioned them following something that was "empty". Who or what could have done this? He keeps moving, fearing for Uggy's safety, until he runs into a big altar with all different symbols. The pillars and walls have a purple symbol painted over the one of the God of Dark Fire. This symbol is a diagonal cross inside a circle, with four juts around it. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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04-Apr-2016 17:51:34

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The Empty Path - Part 14

Smellytoes and Greasycheeks appear suddenly at Creakyknees' side before he steps towards the altar. Smellytoes seems a bit more sober than usual. Greasycheeks has abandoned his cooking for the first time in a long while, and he explains, "We had bad feeling when talluns came and Uggy went off. We thought they kill her, so we wants to check with you." Relieved that it was them and not the talluns faking their deaths and making an ambush, Creakyknees begins to investigate. The other two follow suit, checking the pillars surrounding the altar and the walls. Then, all of a sudden, the whole place is shrouded in darkness and an evil, maniacal laugh fills the cave. "She's very popular, isn't she? So many friends, such an illuminating personality. I wonder if she would be interested in a romantic meal." The shadows subside enough to reveal the appearance of Sliske, posing theatrically then leaning lazily against a pillar.

Creakyknees grinds his teeth at the sight of Sliske. Even though he had never met him before, his instincts told him that this man was not to be trusted. "What you want?" Sliske lays down elbow against the ground, head resting on his hand, and looks up at the three. "I was just wondering if I should arrange a date for her. I know just the man for her. His name is Gregorovic. He is a true gentleman, very handsome, and will take good care of her. He has quite the appetite on him too, I might add!" He cackles and then disappears, the shadows subsiding completely.

Uggy and her crew were mining for rune essence to make runes for their magic, when all of a sudden shadows enveloped them and they ended up somewhere else! A pale figure with rotating blades on his hands approaches them, saying in a voice with relish, "My, what an adorable thing you are! I could just eat you up." Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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04-Apr-2016 20:55:55

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The Empty Path - Part 15

Azzanadra was checking their progress as usual, but all of a sudden shadows made the crystal completely opaque. The Umbreshuun had just been taken to the Shadow Realm, and now he can't help. "My lord, they have a problem." Zaros turns to the crystal.

"They have been taken to the Heart of Gielinor. It seems that Sliske is attempting to empower his general there. I shall send my own reinforcements to her side."

Gregorovic twirls the blades on his right hand with a playful malice, eyeing up the Umbreshuun. "It seems you have grown quickly. You will make some nice appetisers before I finish my main courses here." He throws a spinning blade to his side, which hooks around and catches some of the goblins, killing them. The rest jump or duck cleanly, evading the glaive completely. After catching it, he licks the blade. "Ah, so you have taken the path of Zaros. That makes you my opponent while you are here. Well then, en garde."

Uggy, enraged at the deaths of her beloved comrades, takes out her crossbows and clicks the gizmos on them, crackling with electricity. Her arms feed a dark power into the weapons as she makes her praises to the Empty Lord, as was part of her training in Ghorrock. "You pay for that." She fires a bolt crackling with electricity and surrounded by purple rings, which he dodges. But before the bolt hits the wall on the other side, it bounces off the air and chases him until it hits him. Realising that he can't merely dodge her attacks, Gregorovic stands his ground and summons forty spirits to empower himself with.

Suddenly, a roar comes from nearby and fire rains down upon him. Uggy looks up to find someone in armour riding a dragon. The person slides off the dragon and speaks in a female voice, "I am Vindicta, and this is Gorvek. Forgive me my lateness, my fate-walking brethren. I have been preoccupied with business here." Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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05-Apr-2016 15:59:41

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The Empty Path - Part 16

Uggy can tell in her gut that Vindicta was an ally come to help her out, like Wahisietel did on Ghorrock. She turns to Krask. "Back her up. Me, Studge and goblins flank this guy. When time comes, hit him hard with magic and let her finish off with dragon." Gregorovic calls out to Vindicta, "You know I've been lonely waiting for Sliske to finish his plans. Why not keep me company?" Gorvek snarls, "Speak in that insolent tone to her again, wight scum, and I will burn you to ash." Vindicta replies in a cool tone, "I never liked the wacky, tacky, tasteless type anyway. Perhaps those two ladies might fit your lowly standards better?" She points to the Twin Furies, who had just arrived.

Avary** hisses, "Well, look what the cat dragged in. Our sister's murderer and the ilujanka all in one package! This is a fortunate time for us." Nymora sneers, "And what are these little creatures? They look even weaker than the average human! Is this really how mighty the Zarosians are, recruiting lowly beings like this?" They swoop down in between Gregorovic and Vindicta. "Well, Nymora? Who shall we destroy first?" Gregorovic says in a sly voice, "I must be very popular with the ladies tonight! First this fine specimen of a goblin, then the noble ilujan*a, and now you two lovely ladies! Who shall I share my love with first?"

Then some mushrooms suddenly grow in the corner of the room. The fungi glow a brilliant cyan, then the wall shatters revealing a huge blue beast. "You speak of love? Allow me to give you a lecture, wretch." Gregorovic turns to the beast and speaks in an even slyer voice with twisted pleasure, "Ah, Hel**r, my dear friend! I see you couldn't resist joining our lovely tea party with these fine ladies." Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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05-Apr-2016 17:50:31

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The Empty Path - Part 17

Hel**r and Gregorovic lock eyes for a moment, and Vindicta locks eyes with the Furies. Then, without warning, they all attack. Mushrooms appear at Gregorovic's feet and start to glow before he disappears in a cloud of shadows, reappearing to throw a spinning blade at the beast. Vindicta mounts her dragon, calls out, "I must avenge my parents, fate-walker. Now go, and chase the destiny you seek!" then Gorvek spews flames out at the Twin Furies. The Furies retaliate by grasping each other's hands and raising them in the air, forging a shield of fire around them. Sliske appears on the sidelines away from the fight, laughing and saying, "Well, this is fun."

Uggy calls out to her troops. "Krask, back up dragon riding lady with some of us. Rest, come with me and Studge. We has blade hand thing to take care of." Avary*s, one of the Furies, proceeds to attack Hel**r on her own, leaving Gregorovic to the Umbreshuun. "Well, my dear, this is the end for you. You will make a fine snack before I move on to my three-course meal here." He makes to throw his blades, but falters, stunned by purple electricity. Uggy grins, "You not like that, does you? Me use curse of God of Empty Shadows with lightning crossbows."

Gregorovic snarls, "Insolent wench! You will feel the power that my master, Sliske, has granted me! RISE, CHILDREN!" A hundred spirits of rage, delirium and mania all enter him, and then he throws a massive volley of knives in a random pattern. All the knives seem to have disappeared in some shadow rather than hitting the walls or other opponents. Then each blade he has thrown fly out of all angles, straight at Uggy and her crew. They all dodge cleanly, advancing towards Gregorovic as they go, taking the fight to him personally... Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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05-Apr-2016 21:21:38

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The Empty Path - Part 18

Nymora has now abandoned her fight with Vindicta to aid her sister against Hel**r, and now Vindicta turns her attentions back to the Umbreshuun fighting Gregorovic. Postponing her revenge on the Furies, she moves in front of them, deflecting the knives with her sword, while Gorvek flies up and belches flames at him. At the same time, Uggy finds an opening and shoots another bolt of lightning and purple energy straight at him. Both attacks make impact! He is sent flying straight into the back of Hel**r, who is still fighting the Furies, and suddenly both the Serenist and Zamorakian generals stop their fight and turn to Gregorovic. He summons more spirits to aid and empower him, but Krask destroys all of these spirits with a spell that entraps them in shadow. "Now you in trouble." he says, smirking. "Uggy! We go now! We walk toward fate we chase!"

Vindicta shouts out, "Yes, go and follow the path of the Empty Lord! May he show you the way, my brethren!" Then Nymora flies up and pursues the Umbreshuun. "No! We will destroy all who deny the true god, Zamorak!" Avary** follows suit, but Vindicta clashes with both. Uggy nods at Vindicta, then turns to her crew and shouts, "We leave now, friends! We has fate to meet!" And with that, they all use the runes they had made in the Ourania Altar to teleport out of the Heart to safety in the Temple at Senntisten.

Azzanadra turns to Uggy as they appear. "What has happened? You were taken away by Sliske." She replies with a grin, "Well, we has another great journey, me tells you that for nothing!" All the Umbreshuun start laughing, and then show jubilation that they made it this far. Fate still awaits them. Soon they will arrive at that beautiful place Gurts was telling Uggy about! Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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06-Apr-2016 08:07:34

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