RuneScape Discussion
- There have been many revisions of the universe.
- The elder gods work in a cycle of creation and destruction.
- We must prove our worthiness to them as established in Elder God related quests.
- The Universe
- A series of planes containing one or more worlds and constellations, created by the elder gods.
- Surrounded by the periphery and outside of that is the void, infinite emptiness.
- In between each of the planes is the abyss. The abyss that we know and that we teleport through even into the same plane.
- Freneskae - Gielinor of the previous revision (balance)
- Infernus (Smoke)
- Vampyrium (Blood)
- Long (Ice)
- Shadow appears from one reality to the next, traces everywhere.
- Elder gods were initially "elemental titans"
- There was a power struggle between earth, water, fire, and air.
- Jas was the strongest given by its representation in the Freneskae elder halls as a six sided shape. Bik was the weakest being represented by a triangle.
- Air - Jas - progression
- Fire - Ful - constancy
- Water - Wen - inversion
- Earth - Bik - alteration
- By combining and collaborating they came up with the combinations (i.e. mist, steam, dust). Allowed the creation of components that would create life. Similar to our periodic table combining elements.
- Catalytic Planes
- Body - Ocularis (Bik + ?)
- Law - Teragard (Wen + ?)
- Chaos (Ful + ?)
- Mind - Kethsi (Jas + ?)
- Nature - Naragun (Bik + ?)
- Death (Wen + ?)
- Blood (Ful + ?)
- Astral - Hallow (Jas + Wen + ?)
- Cosmic (Jas + Ful + ?)
- Soul (Jas + Bik + ?)
- As you progress up the planes you essentially achieve a higher state of being. Similar to the Runes of RuneScape. Jas worked with Wen and Bik creating the Transcendent planes.
- The Balance Plane
- Gielinor - the Perfect World
- Harmonious balance of elements
- Essence of Runic Magic
- Cradle of Life
- Purest Anima
- “Delicious”
- Rune altars (we bring certain areas of those planes in tune with the rune and bind their power)
- Runespan
- Spirit plane
- BEFORE: Naragi homeworld/Guthix ascension -> Elder artifacts
- Horn, Stone, Staff, Sword
- Begins with Guthix entering Gielinor after travelling between planes
- World Gate
- Elves (with Seren) and others (humans from Teragard)
- Guthix imbues Runestones to create magical access to Gielenorians
- Inhabitants worship Guthix -> goes to sleep
- Prominent figures: Guthix and Seren
- Quests that touch on this age: Meeting History, TWW (kind of?)
- Other gods arrive (in addition to Seren&Guthix) -> bring followers
- Saradomin (Hallowland/Entrana)
- Bandos
- Armadyl (parts of Kandarin)
- Menaphite Pantheon (Kharidian Desert)
- Zaros (Forinthry/North Morytania/Misthalin/Asgarnia)
- Mahjarrat brought by Ichthlarin&Amascut
- Fight in Kharidian-Zarosian War, but turn
- Become key figures in the Zarosian Empire
- Zamorakian revolt (stagnation?)
- Zammy gets Stone and Staff
- Conduit formed after fight with Zaros
- Zaros banished (curses rebels), flees incorporeal
- Other gods banish Zamorak for his rebellion, leaves as new god
- Returns soon after with new army to incite God Wars in 3rd Age
- Zaros, Zamorak, other Mahjarrat, Saradomin, Icthlarin/Amascut
- Quests that touch on this age: Children of Mah, Return of Zaros series (Firemaker’s Curse, Desert Treasure, Dig Site, Temple at Senntisten, Fate of the Gods), Ritual of the Mahjarrat (somewhat)
- Miniquest: Mahjarrat Memories
- Zamorak returns with army to reclaim the Stone from PapaSmurf
- Zarosian extermination
- Senntisten destroyed, becomes Saranthium
- Azzy imprisoned in Jaldraocht Pyramid
- Battle for the Ritual Site -> Nex imprisoned below Temple
- Kharidian Desert Campaign (Zammy and Saradomin)
- Fall of Hallowvale (Drakan/Meiyerditch)
- Morytania Campaign (Barrows Bros. w/Sliske)
- Battle of the Godsword (Z vs. S/B/A)
- SBA forges sword, Zammy intercepts transport
- A-followers flee to Temple of the Lost Ancients
- Eventually fight each other
- Sliske frees Nex, reimprisoned
- Magus Aeternam freezes GWD
- Zammy, cornered in Forinthry, uses Stone to make the Wildy
- Guthixian druids and the devastation caused to Gielinor
- Enacts the Edicts of Guthix, banishing other gods
- Guardians of Guthix implemented
- Zamorak, Saradomin, Armadyl, Bandos, Barrows Bros., Lord Drakan, Nex, Sliske, Guthix
- Quests that touch on this age: Myreque Quests, Dishonour Among Thieves
- Gnomes re-emerge after God Wars and plant the Grand Tree
- The Dragonkin come onto the scene
- Robert the Strong (Bob the Cat) defeats them
- Humans begin to re-establish settlements
- Avarrocka founded, grow in power, form Kingdom of Misthalin
- Lumbridge, Al Kharid, Falador (rebuilt)
- Elves reach out to control large areas of Kandarin
- Siege of Prifddinas - Baxtorian defeated by Iorwerth (Dark Lord)
- Elders, saved, sing city back to crystal form
- Dwarves construct Keldagrim
- Bilrach delves into Daemonheim
- Vampyres and others take over Morytania almost completely
- Begin to attack Misthalin
- Seven priestly warriors bless the Salve
- Inhabitants of Phasmatys freed from vampyres by Necrovarus
- However, become ghost-slaves
- Humans rediscover magic via rune essence, aid in dominance
- Robert the Strong, King Baxtorian, Arrav, Camorra
- Quests that touch on this age: A Tail of Two Cats, Ghosts Ahoy!, Elf Series, Myreque Series
- Humans, with the help of runes, subdue other races and grow
- Saradominists purge area of Kandarin, found Ardougne
- Delrith summoned, attacks Varrock, defeated with Silverlight
- Camdozaal destroyed, Imcandos nearly extinct
- Schism results in the burning of the first Wizards Tower
- Rebuilt, Zamorakians banished from study
- King Arthur arrives
- King Ulthas of Ardougne dies, Tyras and Lathas split
- Crandorians awake Elvarg who summarily attacks the island
- Lucien steals the Staff of Armadyl
- Finds Stone of Jas with Movario’s help
- At 18th Ritual, killed by Dragonkin
- Sliske soon after takes the Staff for himself
- White Knights, Temple Knights, and Kinshra vie for influence
- Drakan killed by an adventurer
- Sliske uses the help of an unsuspecting adventurer to kill Guthix
- Quests that touch on this age: Like, all of them.
- Guthix’s death breaks power of the Edicts
- Saradomin and Zamorak return, Battle of Lumbridge
- World Guardian helps bring back Zaros
- Prifddinas sung back into existence after Dark Lord defeated
- V returns and unceremoniously is slaughtered - Dragonkin Quest!
- Black Knights attempt and fail to take Falador
- Old Tutorial Island rediscovered
- Sliske pits gods against one another
- Ultimately, Stone destroyed and Sliske killed
- Sliske, Saradomin, Zamorak, Zaros, Seren, the World Guardian
- Quests that touch on this age: Sliske’s Endgame series, Plague’s End, Fate of the Gods, Children of Mah, Gower Quest
Other Things
Show Data
- Episode Title: The Lore of RuneScape
- Teaser: Join us for this special episode of Update where we take a cruise through the lore of RuneScape. Starting with the beginning and RuneScape cosmology and then venturing through the ages to present day sixth age.
- Recorded Date: December 18, 2017
- Release Date: December 22, 2017
- Hosts: Shane and Colton
- Duration: 1:43:42
- Editing Notes: Murloc and a visit from Jeff