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So, not only is this going to be the second major OSRS baddie (the undead dragon, Vorkath) to cross over to the new school version of the game - but Jagex has even respected the habitat in which it exists. Ungael is the same isle in the Lunar Sea that Vorkath is located on in OSRS, and that means that the next quest that follows this Fort Forinthry saga (be it another quest in the series or separate), will likely incorporate some aspects of OSRS' Dragon Slayer II quest. While Zemouregal seems to be leading the charge this time, it's possible we see more of Zorgoth, a Dactyl Dragonkin that only makes a cameo in a dream in RS3.

I know that the retcon Raptor is ...controversial... but I really like the idea that Queen Ellamaria, who shows a high aptitude for Slayer in Murder on the Border, is secretly going on very dangerous hunts in disguise in a small compromise with Roald in order to keep adventuring. Between that and her loving Roald in a genuine manner despite not wanting the crown, I really cherish this relationship that they have established here.

Speaking of Roald, I know Dilbert probably thinks his part in Ellamaria's nightmare foretells a hastening demise, but I think he, her friend Bianca, and her persona, are the only things Ellamaria truly loved past her dead parents, and in Nightmare-land, the only thing of real consequence is the relationship between those apparitions and her majesty herself.

I love that Charos winks at the player as Reldo, and that Ellamaria apologizes for being mean during Garden of Tranquility.

I could see this quest being penultimate in the Fort Forinthry line - truly because I think Bill gets his beer garden, and we definitely are getting pressed for space.

Dilbert, the quest, literally ended in a cliffhanger in which Zemouregal beat us to the crypt and just straight up -is- going to be the one responsible for resurrecting Vorkath when he arrives on Ungael. This story isn't even remotely "over" - it's a rising threat, and one probably much larger than Fort Forinthry in terms of importance.

When Zemouregal replied that his operations around Fort Forinthry were a distraction, he was trying to pin prying eyes away from the Dragonkin Crypt, and was genuinely surprised when the regent of Fort Forinthry and the Raptor showed up in the crypt anyway. He was hoping the denizens of Fort Forinthry would only assume defensive operations and not fully investigate the surrounding area.

Now that we know he's really going to somewhere else in Gielinor to resurrect a big dragon, that comment has come full circle. His involvement around the Fort was a distraction.

He has what he wants now, and the destruction he could cause with it is potentially way more of a problem than some of the Fort's outer walls.

He's still a very big part of future content, and is anything but obscure.

Ellamaria was experiencing a personal nightmare.

In that nightmare, she experiences the tragic death of her parents and loss of her home on loop, she gets chastised by her friend Bianca, whom she had executed in a previous quest, her alter-ego mocks her for being a weakling in spite of herself, and her beloved husband talks about the inevitability of death - the concept. There is nothing to suggest that Roald is already on his deathbed. Roald is a human, humans die. That's for certain, and that is all.

In a nightmare, the only things that exist are things that frighten the dreamer. Ellamaria loves Roald, and losing him is among one of her greatest fears, that's why we see the apparition talk in the way that they do. Roald is trying to scare her.

It's important that after player and Ellamaria solve the sliding puzzle and are ready to depart the crypt, Ellamaria insists on keeping her claim to the Raptor's identity secret in respect of her agreement with her husband - an effort to make things go back to the way they were before the quest began, not a step forward. The strongest challenge we get the Raptor's identity is that Ellamaria grants the player a "Maybe" when they suggest she renegotiates the deals terms so that she wouldn't have to disguise herself.

For now, everything stays the same, and Fort Forinthry begins "offensive operations" against a new threat brought on by the old one, by Zemouregal. At the very least, the player, Ellamaria, and Siv (because she knows the location of the island as a Fremmenik) will be involved.

Vorkath.