First Age
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The First Age, also known as The Age of Creation, is the first era of the history of RuneScape.
Creation
As the First Age ended roughly 8,000 years ago, very little is known concerning its events. The only thing that can be safely assumed is this is the period when Guthix discovered a "blank plane" called Gielinor and shaped it how he pleased, bringing various races he deemed worthy to this world through the World Gate. Amongst them were humans, dwarves, gnomes, moss giants, ents, cats, sheep and more. The Goddess of Light, Seren, also came to Gielinor in this age and brought most of her elves with her from their homeworld Tarddiad, having been invited personally by Guthix.[1] Seren and her elves settled in the land that they named Tirannwn, where they have lived ever since and where they built Gielinor's first city, Prifddinas. [2] The end of this age supposedly came when Guthix removed himself from the world and descended deep underground, beginning his long sleep until the end of the God Wars.
The Elder Dragons
An alternate theory proposed in the Book of folklore links the creation and 'lifeforce' of Gielinor with the existence of an ancient race of creatures known as the Elder-dragons. As long as the elder-dragons remained the world would continue, though the extinction of the aforementioned dragons would result in the 'end of the world'. It is possible that the Elder-dragons could be the Dragonkin that Robert the Strong annihilated; however, the Dragonkin are believed to be extinct, though the survival of a very limited number would tie in with the Elder-dragons and the world's continued existence. However, the Elder-dragon theory is not widely known, nor popular with skeptics, believing it to have been created to throw doubt on the idea of Gielinor being barren before the gods arrived.