Today is going to be a lazy day of exploration. Starting out at 7:33 AM to just stroll across Gielinor. (At least I hope it's a lazy day. The last random stroll I took brought me into Wildy to see where rune ore lived and eventually my lack of attention and caution got me killed.)
I have two goals in mind - first, to change my look, and second, to find religion.
Being an established character created by a legacy character generator, my clothes need updating. Talking to Thessalia, I currently have a retro plain top and retro turn-ups. I don't plan on being out of costume or armour much, but I think it would be nice to spice up my default appearance.
Lots of interesting choices, but many of them too busy with collars or straps or ruffles or whatever. I like the waxed tunic in pale cream dwogre. The cross stitching there matches with the retro turn-ups, although I change the color of my pants to sooted brown. I accept the changes, and Thessalia tells me I look great. Go me!
Now about finding religion, I ran into a priest of Zamorak the other day in Edgeville. Used to be Zamorak, at least in f2p, was a source of expensive wine but nothing else. Now he(?) can be followed, although after the mess he left behind Lumbridge castle, I don't know who would, But if he's around, I'm sure Saradomin and Guthix must have disciples out there too, so I'm going to track them down. Provided, of course, they're somewhere within the freeplay area - would Jagex make members-only deities?
Anyhow, the best place to start is the beginning, so I port back to Lumbridge to start looking for new NPCs. (I know, there are a LOT of new NPCs, like civic-pride-local-cape lady, but I shall persevere.)
Despite running a church for Saradomin, Father Aleck is no help at all, but the Sage of Lumbridge mentioned that a single devotee of Saradomin hangs around the ruined battlefield, so westward ho!
Well, the Saradomin disciple has cool armour and even cooler cutscenes, but nothing more concrete about following his god, so my search continues over to Draynor.
And in front of the dyeing witch is an Emisasary of Sliske. That is really the title that shows up when you hover over the character: Relomia, Emissary of Sliske. And she is the person trying to get worshipers for her patron, in this case the god of darkness and shadows. Sounds interesting, but probably not a match with Tidwin. He's a bit of a stuck-up boy scout, all light and happiness, so the search continues.
Over in Port Sarim, I met Holstein, Emissary of the Godless. citizens of Gielinor that want no interference from the gods. Seeing the crater in Lumbridge, I understand the appeal of not having omnipowerful beings clashing on this world. Not quite ready to declare allegiance, but this is interesting.
Continuing south through Sarim, there's the prison. I know some of the inmates are important for quests, so I wander in for nostalgia's sake. I'm really glad I did, because Prison Pete is there. I can't tell you how many times Prison Pete and I burst balloon animals to collect the keys that would free us from Evil Bob, the cat. I'm guessing if Prison Pete is safely in prison in Port Sarim, Evil Bob's reign of random terror is at an end.
Good thing I stopped by, because Endwyr, the Emissary of Seren, is out among the willows. Seren is the Crystal Lady, the first elf to visit Gielinor and the guide that brought the other elves here. She wants to avoid conflicts like the God Wars, shielding her people and letting them enjoy lives of peace and fulfillment. I'm really becoming a fan of "no gods mucking up the place" campaigns, so I guess Seren goes into the 'maybe' column as well.
Just because I'm closeby, I run down the the solitary peninsula. The blurite caves are still there, and the ice knights are still aggresive and dangerous. Elsewhere on the beach, things are pretty much like I remember them, still and calm.
Back up the coast, kill some hobgoblins, visit Taverly and Buthorpe, but still no emissaries. Moving over to Edgeville, I revisit Goldark, the Emissary of Zamorak. With bald head and pale skin, he looks sufficiently creepy in a stalky eunuch kind of way. Heading south, I bet the barbarians have a god - maybe the Gunnarr or whoever they're always yelling about.
No barbarian emissary, coming into Varrock to bank stuff, there's an emissary symbol on the map south of the bank, guy with a purple glowy staff. Saron, Emissary of Zaros. Zaros is the Empty God, the god of fate and control. Apparently he was betrayed and killed or something, but still watches over us. His plans are unknowable, but definitely do NOT include endless wars or petty revenge. That's like having to declare that you're not a dingo - the fact that you felt you had to say it just makes people suspicious. I'll put Zaros on the "Don't-call-us-we'll-call-you" list.
Nobody else shows up emissarywise in Varrock, so I'm off to Falador, the other major city, to search for emissiraies. Rather than teleport, I'm walking to see if the dwarves have a god of gold or commerce or something. I'll explore the campgrounds, but not going underground. (Metagaming here: no other emissary has shown up underground yet.)
No dwarf god, so I get into Falador without incident. A guy in the park north of the bank turns out to be Julienne, Emissary of Saradomin. He's got the usual spiel: power, good, order, light, blah, blah. I'm probably going with Saradomin because I'm a kind-hearted soul. I won't steal kills or ore rocks, even if I know I'd probably come out on top, because doping either of those robs the player of both items and XP, wasting their time and making the gaming experience less enjoyable. Additionally, I hate scammers and reported frequently in the early days. Now that there are extra safeguards on trading, Jagex isn't as worried about scamming ruining the game as it once could. (I'm stopping a long aside about scamming here, but I'll devote more time later, probably.)
While I'm here, I'll wrap up with some mining. In the bank, grab a mining urn and go visit the dwarves. I'm up to level 74 mining, but I need to restock on urns soon. Sounds like a good excuse to go south to the crafters guild.
Wrapping up at 12:08 PM, it's been a full morning of wandering, exploring, adventuring and trading. Current XP is at 985,216 and I've collected 117,387 gold pieces so far today.
And for those readers of my generation where the song is now stuck in your head, I apologise.
Good hunting!
~ Tidwin ~
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