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Mysterious Ghost: No, nobody except myself, and now you, knew that I cast such a spell… Had I known what a threat to my Lord Saradomin would later become, I wouldst have taken the message to Saradomin immediately! Alas, it is all too easy to see your mistakes after have made them…
Player: I’m confused. What exactly happened with the staff anyway? And why have all those various random people been cursed because of it?
Mysterious Ghost: I cannot answer your question with anything other then my own suppositions, but I do know of one who might be able to, and if any man deserved to be cursed for their actions that day, it was he!
Player: Who are you speaking of?
Mysterious Ghost: His name is Viggora. He was an evil man, brutal and vicious, and deadly with a blade. He was one of the few humans Zamorak allowed to rise to a position of power amongst his rebels, possibly because he imitated those same qualities of Zamorak. If anyone knows what Zamorak did with that god-weapon to have caused this curse to have befallen us, it would have been he, for he would have been fighting on Zamorak’s very right hand side in their rebellion. Please, if this curse can be lifted, find Viggora and find out what he wrought upon us! I have no wealth nor magic to aid you, but take my hood as reward; It has served me well these centuries past, and may bring you luck.

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 08:07:55 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:45:37 by Sliske

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Viggora
Player: So… You must be the infamous Viggora.
Mysterious Ghost: Hold thy tongue varlet! Speak fast, how come you find me here, and how doth you understand mine speech?
Player: You want me to hold my tongue and tell you how I found you?
Mysterious Ghost: Cease thy chatter and respond to my demand!
Player: Cease my chatter AND respond to your demand?
Mysterious Ghost: I warn thee knave, this curse upon me hath not improved my temper, these centuries past…
Player: Well, it’s actually about the curse that I have come to speak you.
Mysterious Ghost: Oh, be that so? Then forgive my swift anger, and speak to me how you plan to break this curse.
Player: Erm… I did*’t actually mention anything about breaking the curse…
Mysterious Ghost: Then what lets you dare speak to me?
Player: Well, I heard of your name from a mage called Dhalak, and I’m trying to find out what exactly caused the curse to befall him, and you as well apparently.
Mysterious Ghost: Ha! So the weak-willed mage was cursed along with me? Well now, that is an interesting turn of events… Then am I to assume that Valdez, Rennard, Kharrim and Lennissa were also cursed along with me?
Player: …How did you know that?
Mysterious Ghost: Ha ha ha! Oh, the curse cut deeper than I had previously thought! Stranger, this news has brought me a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dreary millennia! Please, ask any question you wish!
Player: Erm… Thanks, I think. So what happened on that day you were all cursed? I know that Valdez discovered the Staff of Armadyl, was robbed by Rennard, who then sent Kharrim to tell Zamorak of it. Meanwhile Lennissa heard of the sale, and informed Dhalak who placed an enchantment upon it so that its power would be hidden. I still don’t know what happened with the staff to cause this curse, or what you had to do with it though…

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 08:08:01 - Last edited on 02-Feb-2009 08:59:43 by Sliske

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Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: Well stranger, rest yourself awhile, and I will recount a tale of the events of that day, for I was one of the few actually there when it happened…
Player: When what happened?
Mysterious Ghost: When my Lord Zamorak got his first taste of godhood!
Player: Wow. Sounds like quite the dinner party anecdote.
Mysterious Ghost: You can take the snide venom out of your voice whelp, you came to me; ‘*was not the other way round.
Player: Okay, okay. Please continue.
Mysterious Ghost: Well now, let us see… As you may have heard tell, my affiliation lay with General Zamorak, a mighty warrior of the Mahjarrat tribe, and my skill on the battlefield had quickly brought me to his attention. So pleased was he with my bloodthirst that he promoted me on the battlefield once to serve in his honour guard, and let me tell you, this was a rare honour indeed, for I was the only human chosen to take such a position.
Player: Really?
Mysterious Ghost: Oh yes, the dragon riders, Mahjarrat, demons and vampire warriors made up the bulk of the force, but I wager I was equal in all ways of combat. Ha, when I think of someone like Lucien struggling to lift a blade, in some ways I was even their better!
Player: Please continue.
Mysterious Ghost: Well, anyway… Myself and the rest of Zamoraks honour guard were formulating stratagems in out battle-tent, when that sneaky messenger Kharrim came in offering to sell us the god-staff of Armadyl! Naturally, we suspected that this was some trick by our Lord to test our loyalty…
Player: Yes, who was your lord? Everyone has been evasive about that…
Mysterious Ghost: Quiet fool, all things in their course; You are disrupting my train of thought!
Player: Sorry…

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 16:20:43 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:46:40 by Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: Well, anyway, we thought it was too good to be true, yet when we visited this scummy tavern we were amazed to discover there was no trick, no test of loyalty, no hidden trap: somehow this fool had actually managed to obtain the god-staff of Armadyl! Its power was incredible, you could almost feel the energies crackling around it in the air!
Player: So what happened then?
Mysterious Ghost: Well, with such a weapon, the plans we had been developing for a rebellion against out lord could finally be put into action, but we knew that we would have to act swiftly, before he heard that we had a weapon capable of defeating him, and we would have to act decisively, for even amongst our group there were still those loyal to the lord - such as that pathetic fool Azzanadra.
Player: So JUST WHO WAS this lord you speak of?
Mysterious Ghost: And I tell thee again, I will say when it is appropriate, now do not disrupt my tale!
Player: Okay, carry on then…
Mysterious Ghost: So anyway, Lord Zamorak and his trusted compatriots, namely myself, Hazeel, Drakan, Thammaron and Zemouregal made plans to overthrow our lord using the god-weapon, and by pledging allegiance to Zamorak as our master, were each to be given a large piece of land as our own in return. We decided to move immediately, before anyone got cold feet, or any other parties could interfere in our works, and made haste towards the castle where our Lord lived. If Lucien had not been otherwise occupied, he would have probably accompanied us with his magicks, but it turned out the foolish Dhalak had made his involvement unnecessary with some spells of his own allowing us to get close to the castle with the staff without the Empty Lord being able to sense its presence.
Player: So your lord was the one who cursed you?

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 16:20:50 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:47:05 by Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: I am coming to that... So anyway, we made our way to the castle, under the pretense that we had war plans against Saradomin and the other deities to discuss. As usual, our lord was guarded well, but this was why Zamorak had brought his most trusted fighters with him. While we distracted the Empty Lord with our feints and attacks, and kept his bodyguards busy, Lord Zamorak outflanked him, unsheathed the staff and plunged it into his back! Ah, it was a glorious sight… At that moment I was reminded for whom I fought, and why General Zamorak had earned his nickname ‘the scourge’ upon the battlefield…
Player: And the next thing you know you were cursed?
Mysterious Ghost: No, it was not quite that simple… The Empty Lord turned away from our battle, eyes burning with hatred, and towards Zamorak instead. Seeing this, we all fought with extra vigour, so that General Zamorak would not face our lord alone, but we were outnumbered by many hundreds of warriors and demons, and could not reach him to assist him.
Player: So what then?
Mysterious Ghost: Why, the Empty Lord versus Zamorak, in single combat! And the sight of the battle will be with me forever more… The Empty Lord was a powerful god, stronger than any of the others awake at the time, possibly even as strong as Guthix is, and Zamorak was but a mortal: a Mahjarrat warrior all the same, with all of the strength and power that that entails, but mortal nonetheless, but to see him fight, you would not think of him as a ‘mere’ anything… He was war itself! Flurry after flurry of blows he rained upon the Empty Lord, and the very castle walls shook and quivered with their power, but the Empty Lord would not fall! Even with the weapon of a god embedded in his back, he fought on, and with each blow our victory seemed less and less certain…
Player: So what then?

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 16:21:02 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:47:40 by Sliske

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Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: Well, then a miracle happened. Or luck. Or natural justice. You can call it what you want, but the Empty Lords hand wrapped tightly around Zamoraks throat, Lord Zamorak, kicking and screaming defiantly and radiant in his anger until the very last, plunged towards the Empty Lord, who seemed to lose his footing slightly, and fell in such a way so that the staff plunged deeper into his body, but also impaled Lord Zamorak with it at the same time… And then…
Player: And then what?
Mysterious Ghost: And then nothing. There was a sudden flash of bright light, and then a sudden blink of cold darkness, and it was over. Zamorak stood over the Empty Lord who was slowly… Fading from existence… And as he faded, it seemed though… It almost seemed as though Zamorak became more real, more solid than he had been before… And as the Empty Lord faded from this world completely, I heard a voice, almost a whisper upon the wind, cursing all who had helped Zamorak in his victory, wich as you now tell me seems to have been all who were responsible for the staff ending up in Zamorak’s hands at the castle. As I heard it, I saw that I too was fading, just as the Empty Lord had, and I called my brethren for their assistance, but they could no longer hear my words, nor see my form. It was then that the other gods appeared and banished Zamorak from the world completely for daring to kill one of their kind, although as it turned out it did*’t quite work out that way for them, when he returned stronger than ever, a god himself. But the God Wars were another story entirely…
Player: But… I don’t understand… If it was Zamorak who used the weapon, then why was it only you who were cursed? And the other people who were cursed, why them? Why not the other Mahjarrat for example? And just who was this ‘Empty Lord’ you keep speaking of?

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 16:21:07 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:47:56 by Sliske

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Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: Well, in my life I was nothing but a warrior. I had no hidden knowledge, I did*’t especially care about the gods or their magics, and I certainly did*’t respect them. Now in my… I suppose this is my death. I am but a shade on the wind, unnoticed by all who pass me, until today anyway, and the only answer I can give you is that the others who were with me, the Mahjarrats and the Vampire, they were beings of magic. It runs through their very veins, and ebbs through their bones. Who knows why the curse fell as it did? Perhaps a mere human I was more susceptible to it, when they were not. Perhaps they too are cursed, but their life spans are so long that it will be millennia before they feel it upon them. Perhaps because it did not affect them, it extended backwards through time, to the moment the staff was taken from its rightful place, and all who had known of its theft were cursed too. Perhaps there are others also cursed, who played no part in this tale, and were merely unlucky enough to be at the wrong place at the wrong time… I don’t know. Things do not always happen for a reason, just as tales do not always end with all of the loose ends neatly tied up and all answers supplied. I have simply told you the events I was witness to, for I can do no more. You have cheered me no end to let me know that this curse that has afflicted me has not left me alone here, in this void between worlds. Perhaps I will hunt down these others who have also been cursed as I was, but I feel I must reward you for your efforts; Here, take my cloak, it is drenched in the blood of a thousand foes, and may bring you luck in battle.
Player: So how can I break this curse?

Everyone dies.

Master of the Shadow Realm

28-Apr-2008 16:21:13 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:48:20 by Sliske

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Sliske

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Mysterious Ghost: Who knows? If it was the death curse of the Empty Lord, there may be no way to break it. If it was not his death curse, and he is still alive but not on this world, then the only way to break it may be to bring him back here; But I would rather stay here cursed than suffer under his rule again…
Player: But WHO was this ‘Empty Lord’? WHAT was his NAME?
Mysterious Ghost: You do not know? You have not guessed yet? He was Zaros.

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28-Apr-2008 16:21:19 - Last edited on 14-Nov-2008 14:48:50 by Sliske

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-------------------------------------------\+/Ideas on the Stone of Jas\+/--------------------------------------------

The Scales reference is probably about the balance and control of Glienor. Let's imagine this is thge scenario: Jas has created his stone, but for some reason or another needs to leave this plane he has created, and for some reason needs to leave the stone behind. He creates the Dragonkin to protect the stone for him, and then leaves. The dragonkin are thus left to control this realm, and create some of what we know of today, or atleast some. They are soon however tricked or overpowered by a being called Guthix, who ends up inprisoning them, or weakening them, and gaining untold power from the stone. Guthix then uses the stone to bring life to this plane, and calls this place his own. He then knows he must keep this stone away from any other beings, to make sure he is always the top player, and so that the Dragonkin can't find it and return to power. Once he believes the Stone is well hidden, he goes and 'rests' so that he may slowly become even stronger.
However, the Stone is later discovered by the *ahjarret Zamorak, who intrusts Lucien with the knowledge of it's existance. Zamorak plans to overthrow Zaros with this power, though he needs some way to focus it's powers in order to take down such a powerful being. He then finds the awnser in the Staff of Armadyl. He then intrusts Lucien, being a poweful mage, to focus the powers of the Stone into the staff during the attack on Zaros. Thus, Lucien does not come along with Zamorak to kill Zaros. Zamorak is sucessful, but is soon sent away by the other gods. Saradomin, however, comes across the Stone, and keeps it for himself.
When Zamorak returns to Glienor, the God Wars start. This gives Saradomin a use for the Stone, and it becomes known as the 'Eye of Saradomin'. However, he could not use the Stones full potential.

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28-Apr-2008 16:21:25 - Last edited on 07-Apr-2009 22:36:07 by Sliske

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Sliske

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Saradomin and Zamorak slowly fight towards each other, so that something may happen, either them both taking over Guthix, or simply for a fight to the death. However, before this can happen, Guthix steps in. He takes the Stone from Saradomin's weak grip, and smashes it to the ground in fury. This creates a massive violent blast of magical power which destroys everything nearby. Guthix then hides it again, weeps a bit, then returns to sleep.
Later, the Stone is discovered by a mere Human Fremmnik, who becomes intouch with magic. Before he can become too powerful however, some greater beings, probably followers of Guthix, take the Stone and hide it in a giant crevice, which they hope no one will ever enter. While this has been happening, a strong warrior takes on the weakish Dragonkin, and force them to leave Glienor, in order to wait till the Stone is found again, where they will then go and reclaim it.
In the Fifth Age, year 169, the Stone is rediscovered by an adventurer who is trying to stop Lucien from finding the powerful Stone first(Lucien of course knows it exists, unlike his other Mahjarret brothers, as of his involvent in the fall of Zaros). However, Lucien finds the Stone, takes it from the adventurer, and leaves. The removal of the Stone from this place, which most likely has been enchanted to stop the powers of the Stone being sensed, allows the Dragonkin to feal it's presence, and thus they prepare to reclaim it. Hope that all makes sense

Everyone dies.

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28-Apr-2008 16:21:31 - Last edited on 07-Apr-2009 22:37:41 by Sliske

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