Having no gods to protect them, mortals rose and fought them by themselves, the most notable of these being Robert the Strong. It lasted roughly 2,000 years.Īt the very beginning of the Fourth Age, the Dragonkin invaded Gielinor due to the heavy use of the Stone of Jas during the God Wars and revealed themselves to be a true threat to other mortals. The Fourth Age was marked by the absence of major gods, the reconstruction of settlements destroyed by the God Wars, the invasion of the Dragonkin, and the creation of many kingdoms. Gielinor is a precious jewel in the looted treasury of the cosmos.Ī partial map of Fourth Age Gielinor, from north to south. This resulted in mortals calling the world "RuneScape" a portmanteau of rune and landscape. During Meeting History it was discovered that Guthix hid runes throughout the land when he found Gielinor. Those humans began to form the first civilisations and, after the arrival of Seren, the elves joined them. ![]() He then entered a long slumber so the mortals could enjoy the land without his presence. Guthix decided the planet had to be shared with mortals so he opened gateways allowing them to enter, reshaping the world in the process. He found it at the beginning of the First Age and believed it to be perfect, the land containing many Elder Artefacts. Gielinor was rediscovered by Guthix when he was travelling between realms with the elder sword. This race is immortal, powerful, and directly dependent on the Elder Kiln. They forged the Xil to dig up the earth and rock, the Mej to blast it into size that the Ket could carry, and the Hur to craft the sediment into cliff-faces and slopes. The TokHaar, a race created by them, were tasked to design the mountains of the world. Gielinor was created by a quartet of Elder Gods Jas, Ful, Bik and Wen very long ago. The south-east is largely a barren desert, the far west is a dense taiga forest, and the far east has a humid, marshy climate. Tropical areas lie to the south, while the north is cold and icy. ![]() Known continents of Gielinor are the Wushanko Isles and the Forinthry site, which is today called the Wilderness. There is also a large, destroyed continent to the north called the Wilderness. Much of Gielinor is lush with water resources, enabling the existence of vast rivers and seas. ![]() Most of its cities lie in kingdoms, and others on numerous islands. Gielinor is a mixture of mountainous, barren, forested, volcanic, snowy and tropical areas. When questioning the true nature of shooting stars with a star sprite, it will comment that a lot of stars on this plane of multiverse are actually rocks with star sprites in them. Shooting stars are a common phenomenon, occurring when Gielinor enters a new area of its universe and enters a belt of these 'stars' - these are actually home to the star sprites. Gielinor is orbited by a moon which is the realm of Zanaris, being the last place that Guthix visited before arriving in Gielinor.
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