Every RuneScaper who is even remotely interested in Quests would agree with me if I say that the Elves storyline is one of the most interesting (if not THE most interesting) storyline out there. Beginning small with Plague City and Biohazard, the story quickly progresses into an exciting tale involving dangerous cave systems riddled with traps, re-establishing contact with the mysterious Elves, and a massive conspiracy which includes royalty on both Elven and Human side. Ive had much fun playing through these Quests, and now I have a theory for one of the biggest mysteries encountered in them.

 

 

 

[hide=the History of the Elves]History

 

The History of the Elves on Gielenor begins as far back as the First Age, which lasted from about 12000 to 8000 years ago. Sometime during the First Age the Elves were led into this world from another dimension by the Goddess Seren. They got here using the World Gate, a transdimensional portal likely created by Guthix. Seren led the eight Elven clans to a clearing in the forests of Tirannwn, where she'd already constructed the Tower of Voices. This tower was made of the very same crystal that she herself was comprised. It was decided that the city should be set out in an octagon with eight walls and eight towers. Each of the eight clans would have its own segment of the city. Each segment would be edged on one side by a city wall with its opposing corner at the city center, where 'The Tower of Voices' is located. This would give each of the clans equal access to hear the words of Seren and equal responsibility for the citys protection in the case of a siege. Seren then provided one special seed for every clan, telling them that each seed should be taken to the center of each clans segment of the city. Once there, it should be planted where it will develop to form a tower. The eight clans did this and soon there were 9 great towers in the clearing, each tower was different and had formed to meet the needs of the clan that planted it.

 

 

 

Legend speaks of a vast space underneath the crystal city, known as The Undercity. In this undercity the Great Library is located, a huge and ancient collection of knowledge and arcane secrets. Seren used to protect the entrance to the Library herself, barring it from the malevolent and unworthy. This worked well until the end of the Third Age, otherwise known as the God Wars. The Elves had protected themselves from harm by shutting themselves in at the beginning of the Third Age. When Guthix awoke from his long slumber because of the wars being waged above him, he immediately stopped the fighting parties and ordered the Gods to leave this plane forever. From then on, the only influence they would get on RuneScape would be through their followers. This meant that Seren too would have to leave Gielenor, and therefore she locked the Grand Library with nine seals. To this day, the Library remains locked.

 

 

 

In the year 1930 of the Fourth Age, the unthinkable happened. One of the eight Elven clans, which had lived peacefully next to each other for thousands of years, rebelled and took the capital city of Prifddinas. This clan, the Iorwerth Clan, seized power of the city while the military dominant Cadarn Clan was busy defending the Elven settlements across the mountains in Kandarin. Probably every Elf not part of their clan was banished to the forest of Isafdar, where they built the settlement of Lletya.

 

 

 

According to the research of an Elven scholar, one of the nine Library Seals was recently broken. Some think this seal may have been Iban of the Underground Pass, although that is very farfetched. The evil sorcerer only arrived in the Pass relatively recently, and it is doubtful that a benign deity like Seren would create such an evil being.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=My Theory]My Theory

 

Numbers play a large role in the history of the Elves. The Elven race is divided in eight clans, their city is octagonal (eight sided) and nine towers stand in Prifddinas. Nine? Yes nine. One tower for every clan, and one communal building, the Tower of Voices. Thinking of this, I suddenly discovered something. There are nine seals on the door of the Grand Library. Seren wouldnt just have created nine because she couldnt think of a tenth one, she mustve had a reason. And why not eight seals, like so many other things? While researching this conundrum, I read the following line:

 

 

 

Only together as the eight clans can we hope to survive in this hostile new world

 

 

 

It was a quote from the Cerddi, the holy writing of Seren. And then it hit me. All the Elves needed to agree on opening the Library before it could be opened, so each Elven clan mustve been 'given' their own seal. This also explains why only one of the nine was recently broken, after the Iorwerth clan took over Prifddinas. They broke 'their' seal. But what about the ninth? And this is where the player comes in. Seren mustve known about the corruptive influence of the world on her lovely race. So she did not make eight seals, no, she made nine, and that ninth seal could only be broken by her. Or a person bearing her blessing. This way she still had the last say in the matter.

 

 

 

I think the player will earn Serens blessing in a future Elven Quest, so he/she can open the Library together with a representative of every Elven Clan. A representative of the Iorwerth clan would not be necessary as their seal is already broken.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Extra]Extra

 

During my research, I discovered a few of the eight clan names. Most of them are unknown at this point, and the ones available are hard to find. These ones are known:

 

* Cadarn Clan

 

known members:

 

Baxtorian Cadarn

 

Islwyn Cadarn

 

* Iorwerth Clan

 

known members:

 

Lord Iorwerth

 

Probably all the Mourners and Elves in Prifddinas

 

* Ithell family

 

(only mentioned in Crystal Singing for Beginners)

 

* Edern

 

known members:

 

Nissyen Edern

 

Iestin Edern

 

 

 

It is unknown whether the Ithell and Edern families are real clans or not. It is possible that families exist within the clans, although nothing is known about that. Furthermore it puzzles me that Nissyen Edern is a Mourner (secret force of the Iorwerth Clan), but at the same time a member of the Edern family.[/hide]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Phew, what a mouthful. What do you think of my theory? Is it spot-on? Or am I blind and ignoring something which turns my thinking into complete nonsense? Discuss please!

Interesting read.

 

 

 

Your theory seems pretty spot-on, but there's something about it that's on the tip of my tongue I don't understand..

Nice read, I practically didn't know any of this

 

 

 

And tbh I thought this was a thread about the actaully elven storyline (what we have done so far like MEP1 and 2)

Thanks for the compliments.

 

 

 

Ace, think about it and come back about it later.

 

 

 

The Leonardo: Should I put 'future' in the title?

 

 

 

Anyway, I'm off to bed. I just wanted to put this up before sleeping :.

You should add a summary of the whole quest storyline as well

 

Starting from Plague City/Biohazard and ending with MEPII (or which is ever is the latest).

Good read.

 

 

 

Although I like the Mahjarrat/Dragonkin related quest series more. :roll:

 

Probably because we've been in the blue for a couple a years now.

Perfect time to make this, just finished Mourning's Ends Part II yesterday. :

 

That's a plausible theory, but only time will tell.

 

 

 

I don't suppose you've got any information on the 'Dark Lord'?

Seems to make good sense to me.

 

 

 

I remember all the quests but you had some stuff in there I'd never seen before, so kudos to you for discovering it.

Perfect time to make this, just finished Mourning's Ends Part II yesterday. :

 

That's a plausible theory, but only time will tell.

 

 

 

I don't suppose you've got any information on the 'Dark Lord'?

 

 

 

When you're about to finish Regicide and Arianwyn shows you Iorwerth's message, he proceeds to mention Zamorak, not certain on the extra wording. Anyways, I think its pretty safe to say it is Zamorak

 

 

 

Anyways, good theory :thumbup:

I really hope your theory is correct, it's very interesting.

Loved it.

 

 

 

Definitely an tenable theory. I'm liking the player's place in the matter.

theres a lot of heavy thinking in this and it all fits.

 

i wonder if it will be quest 200?

 

also it just seems something that jagex would do.

I like your theory. It makes sense.

Very interesting read.

 

 

 

Makes me want the next part really bad. :P

Thanks for all the good reactions guys :). I'm working on a synopsis of the whole storyline, that way the thread contains all information on the Elves. So far I've already done Plague City. Don't hesitate to post your own thoughts ;).

There should be a "to" between "pertaining" and "the" in the title. ;)

 

 

 

Very interesting read, as always.

There should be a "to" between "pertaining" and "the" in the title. ;)

 

 

 

Very interesting read, as always.

 

Fixed and thanks :

I know the future of the quests!

 

 

 

There isn't any!

 

 

 

Now

 

Because they aren't writing another elf quest! Woooooh

Good read :) I think I remember reading a passage in one of the elf books in my POH about the elves going East (lands inhabited by humans). Maybe we'll get to something like what happened in Defender of Varrock where the zombies invaded Varrock, only this time it'd be Elves.

 

My elf history's off so sorry if the idea's a little insane :oops:

Just saying, your knowledge of runescape history equals that of all J mods+andrew+paul+Jagex archives.

Just saying, your knowledge of runescape history equals that of all J mods+andrew+paul+Jagex archives.

 

They all don't know it. Only the people who WRITE the storylines do..

Just saying, your knowledge of runescape history equals that of all J mods+andrew+paul+Jagex archives.

 

They all don't know it. Only the people who WRITE the storylines do..

 

I'm sure Paul & Andrew know a lot of their own game. Maybe not everything, but surely a lot.

 

 

 

Anyway, thanks Felix :D

That is one if the issues I would ever have about owning a company like jagex.

 

 

 

No, not the crappy CS system, the fact that I would want to write all the quests :P

I demand access to Prfddinas (sp?) now!

 

 

 

Very nice read mate, always interested in the history of Gielinor :)

Good theory, I disagree with the elf line being one of the most interesting however. I would rank the mahjarrat, slug, and dwarven above the elven. Possibly even a couple others which evade my mind at the moment. The elven line was just a bit boring to me.