

The crusades would last twenty years and see the destruction of the Mage Training Arena and the legendary hall of Camdozaal in addition to the accessible altars, and claim the lives of many wizards and ' barbarians', as the Fremennik were derogatorily called. A particularly offended tribe led by Chieftain Gunnar split off in the year 42 and initiated what is known today as the Runecrafting Crusades, roaming the human kingdoms and destroying the temples to the altars erected by V and his followers. The Fremennik claimed that magic belongs only to the gods, and were angered by the now widespread art of Runecrafting. Institutes devoted to its study and practice were erected, most notably the Wizards' Tower, the Mage Training Arena and the Wizards' Guild, a relic from the First Age. As King Botolph Remanis of Misthalin declared: it was the Age of Man. Thus the mainland regained access to runecrafting and magic after millennia, allowing humans to dominate the various other races and ushering RuneScape into its Fifth Age. In the year 2000, however, humans rediscovered magic when the Rune Essence mine was discovered in the frozen wastes to the north, where the Stone of Jas had once rested. By bringing Rune essence to the altars around RuneScape, runestones could be created. The art of magic faded with the supply of runes, until it became a very rare art. The Moon Clan, having constructed the runecrafting altars, which soon collapsed upon themselves due to the high amounts of runic energies, thus forming pocket dimensions, retreated to Lunar Isle where they practised their craft, while the other Fremennik remained on the mainland and its surrounding islands, abstaining from magic altogether.īy the time of the Fourth Age, the runestones that had been given by the gods had all but depleted due to the heavy use of Magic during the God Wars. The other Fremennik saw this as outright blasphemy, believing that runecrafting was a privilege of the gods, which led to a deep schism between the tribes. Thus the rune essence had been created, and, travelling around RuneScape building altars at locations with a high concentration of certain runic energies, V and his followers allowed the Moon Clan to craft the runes themselves. V finds and touches the Stone of Jas, being enlightened, and discovers the Rune essence.ĭuring the First or Second Age, a Lunar seer known as V- discovered the Stone of Jas embedded in a large rock inside a cavern, leaking magic into its surroundings. The exception to this was the Moon Clan, who had continued to practise magic, becoming so proficient that, over the centuries, they would even become able to use it without runestones. During one such fight, Dahmaroc was turned into stone himself, becoming what he once sought after so much. Many mages such as Dahmaroc had to fight each other for runestones. However, the runes that Guthix had provided began to dwindle and became a much sought after commodity. In the Second Age, the humans continued and expanded the practice of magic. The runestones were stored in deposits, some of which still exist today. Missionaries such as Misalionar spread these runes around Gielinor for people to use, earning the planet its nickname RuneScape, which fell into common use, while 'Gielinor' became obsolete. These runestones were created by Guthix using an ancient artefact called the Stone of Jas, which he found on Gielinor when he arrived. When the humans first came to the realm of Gielinor through the World Gate in the First Age, Guthix created Runestones, allowing the humans and other sentient races to practice the Magic arts. Guthix creates the first runestones, earning Gielinor its current name. 10 99 Runecrafting, 120 Runecrafting, and 200M xp.4.3.4 List of combination runes and experience rates.4.3.1 Function and usage of combination runes.
