Uncovering Runescape's Greatest Threat - The Anti-God of Shadow Realm Xau Tak EXPOSED - RS3 LORE

Published 2024-02-14
Please enjoy this video as it took over 100 hours of research and editing to get it out to you!
Some resources i cite are as follows

The Promised Gift
runescape.wiki/w/The_Promised_Gift

The Shadow Realm
runescape.wiki/w/The_Shadow_Realm

Umbral Diplomacy
runescape.wiki/w/Umbral_Diplomacy

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All Comments (21)
  • @bulletproofboy10
    Gg bro u earned a subscriber today top notch content your channel needs to blow up imho
  • @z_Blitzy_z
    We did it Pride! We successfully solved Runescape's biggest mystery!
  • @byever1
    Jack is single handly keeping run scape alive
  • @Lyriok
    Keep up the work brother, binging your lore vids is getting my hyped for future bosses and making my IFB grind easier.
  • @letsdiscussrs
    Awesome video man I’m glad its spreading around, congratulations and amazing content. Always looking forward to the next one
  • @WillBillya
    I was hoping you were gonna make a video about this😁 Amazing work as always
  • @Ruggedhobo
    Great storytelling and lots of contextual information - very nicely done 😄
  • @RsStroke
    Great thorough vid man, I know you put a ton of research and effort into it. Looking forward to your next one!
  • @Cahoooters
    You never miss.. always Delivering Banger after banger! <3
  • This video provided a ton of context that peftectly supports an item design I didn't know I needed: Necromancy=Shadow=Erebus Banite=fossilized shadow leviathan blood And dragonkin experimenting with shadow anima. The item: a t90 super d-fire shield involving the Rot6 shields and a baneite based mounting bracket for the draconic visage.
  • @IronAraxxor
    finally got around to watching this one good work compiling this stuff! wish it was more digestible in-game
  • @YewNutsB
    I had no clue about banite ore! So many things going on in the background
  • @oup6009
    In osrs's Desert Treasure 2 quest, the shadow realm pops up before you fight the Whisperer. There are 2 items that "Help to protect you from the influence of the Shadow Realm", the Shadow Blocker (some kind of lamp thing) and the Revitalizing Idol which is a flower in a jar. The Revitalizing Idol is weird as it's just nature in a jar but that's basically like an Idol to Guthix! Maybe Guthix/Nature can repel shadow?
  • @moze3302
    Its....Its beautiful❤ Great work man!!!
  • @ironcoachh
    Dude. Dope vid. The research you've put in here is amazing. AND YEAH COSMOLOGY VID PL0X! <3
  • @anialator1000000
    So the shadow is from somewhere else, and it slowly fills up the universe up to even Gelinor. What if the point of the Elder God cycle is to actually either clear out the shadow, or "move" to a new place in the universe not yet corrupted by shadow. This would likely be tied into the reason the elder gods must die and be reborn, such as maybe they are trying to either cleanse themselves of the shadow that slowly corrupts them as they live in an area it has infested, or evolve into beings that can handle/resist/control it. Maybe this also is tied into the reason why they keep wiping out life and rebuilding it, hoping to create life that can do it instead of them, so that they either control that life or assimilate it to obtain that ability. That would actually lead to a big plot point in the future, that Guthix actually was their great success, though if they know it or not is unclear. Guthix infused the World guardian with Shadow, which is why we were immune to the Divine Anima of the Gods letting us fight against them. Our Soul is part shadow and as it is the antithesis of Gods magic, their spells would be repelled by it rendering us nearly completely immune. In this Theory, Guthix was the great success of their plan, a being who could control shadow. But he failed in that he was too kind and died. But he left a successor, a being who is now part anima and part shadow, the World guardian. "do you really think you can save them", well, we may be the only being in the universe who even could stand a chance. The gods may be forced to ally again, and maybe even the elder gods too, to pour power into the World guardian, who can convert it into shadow power to fight against the Shadow leviathans.