Twilight Emissaries

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The Twilight Emissaries are a religious cult obsessed with the end of the world. Though their beliefs are not part of the official religion of Losanium, they are driven by an unapproved interpretation of the concept of Ximoua, which they call "Tsak Tauli" or "the Final Dawn".[1] Their belief is not simply that the world will end, but that they must actively work to bring about this end themselves.[2]

They are involved with Twilight's Promise. Metzli gives the player information about their beliefs. Then, several cultists launch an attack on the Teomat, wounding Servius. Additionally, during this quest it is heavily implied that they were responsible for the attempt on Servius's life during Children of the Sun, and that their current plans centre around his death.[3]

During The Heart of Darkness, the player and Prince Itzla join the Emissaries while undercover in order to find hard evidence implicating them for the assassination attempt on Servius. During their initiation ceremony, it is revealed that Metzli is the current Augur, or leader,[4] of the Emissaries. Additionally, Metzli claims that Ennius and Furia Tullus are the human reincarnations of Ralos and Ranul, respectively.[5] When the player and Itzla descend into the Ruins of Tapoyauik, where Metzli went to seek information about enacting Tsak Tauli,[6] they find the frost nagua Amoxliatl. Metzli, Ennius, and Furia soon follow them, with the former teleporting Itzla to an unknown location.

The cult is currently looking to bring Ennius and Furia Tullus to Mokhaiotl,[7] which is somewhere in the Tlati Rainforest.[8]

Members

Trivia

  • The four Forebearers have names connected to Roman gods.
    • Forebearer Fides is a reference to Fides, the god of trust, faithfulness, and good faith.
    • Forebearer Honos is a reference to Honos, the god of honour, chivalry, and military virtue.
    • Forebearer Janus is a reference to Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings.
    • Forebearer Vulcan is a reference to Vulcan, the god of fire.

References

  1. ^ Metzli, Teokan of Ranul. Old School RuneScape. "Indeed, and that is why this is just one interpretation. There are those out there with another: Tsak Tauli, the Final Dawn."
  2. ^ Metzli, Teokan of Ranul. Old School RuneScape. "They do not just believe that the world will end. They believe it is their duty to make it happen. They see it as their singular purpose, and will stop at nothing to make it so."
  3. ^ "Incriminating letter". Old School RuneScape. "The Teokan will soon travel to the east and you will be selected to accompany him. You must ensure he never returns. Only with his demise can Twilight's Promise begin. Only with his demise will we see the Final Dawn."
  4. ^ Player in The Heart of Darkness. Old School RuneScape. "Apparently, the Emissaries gained a new leader recently. They refer to her as the Augur."
  5. ^ Augur Metzli in The Heart of Darkness. Old School RuneScape. "You may recognise these faces as Ennius and Furia Tullus, but now I give you the truth. Before you stand our gods! Ralos and Ranul!"
  6. ^ Forebearer Fides in The Heart of Darkness. Old School RuneScape. "Forebearer Fides: This temple was built atop Tapoyauik, a ruined fortress of the Old Ones. They walked the world during the last cycle, and when the time came for their cycle to end, they embraced their destiny willingly. [...] They basked in the glory of Ralos and Ranul and united with them as one, but before they did, they left behind the secrets needed to ensure that we too could fulfil our purpose.
    Prince Itzla Arkan: And the Augur? She found those secrets below?
    Forebearer Fides: She did, but there is more to be uncovered."
  7. ^ Augur Metzli in The Heart of Darkness. Old School RuneScape. "Now, they seek Mokhaiotl. There, they will unite us all as one, and a new world will be born. My purpose, which I now share with you, is to lead them there."
  8. ^ Amoxliatl in The Heart of Darkness. Old School RuneScape. "Amoxliatl: Mokhaiotl? The Tlati archive? That place is not for your kind. You misused the gifts you were granted. You are unworthy.
    Prince Itzla Arkan: Tlati? As in the rainforest? What do you mean? And what gifts?"
  9. ^ Player in Twilight's Promise. Old School RuneScape. "But do you not find it suspicious? I find a letter perfectly implicating [Velam], but he's then quickly killed before he can be questioned. Seems like a pretty good way of covering things up, don't you think?"
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