Our story begins with the Elder Gods, beings of immense power. For millennia, they formed worlds… and Gielinor was their perfect creation.

It was also their last.

For eons, Gielinor lay silent and concealed.

But all treasures must be found.

A young god named Guthix came upon the world, and he was overwhelmed by its beauty. So much so that he desired to share it with others. Gateways were opened, and he brought in peaceful beings. They tended the land, and lived in balance with the world, just as Guthix had intended.

Gielinor was in the hands of mortals.

Content with what he had created, Guthix knew it was time for him to leave.

He journeyed under the earth... and slept.

But Guthix was not the only god.

One by one, others found Gielinor, and instead of a world of balance, they saw a world of opportunity.

New races swarmed through portals with no desire for peace or harmony.

They were schemers.

Warriors.

Killers.

Violence was swift to follow.

God fought god, mortal fought mortal, and a powerful few dared to fight their masters.

Out of chaos, the God Wars erupted, raging for centuries.

It was only after four thousand years of war that the destruction came to a sudden end.

In the north, a god named Zamorak managed to reclaim one of the physical remnants of the Elder Gods, the Stone of Jas, that had been battled over throughout the wars.

After being cornered by his opponents, in a desperate effort to save himself, Zamorak used its immense power to tear the continent asunder.

Gielinor, once perfect, was forever scarred.

The world cried out with pain.

And Guthix woke.

Enraged by what had become of the once beautiful world, Guthix drove the Sword of Edicts into the heart of the northern continent, creating a barrier around Gielinor.

With this power, he cast the gods out.

No god could set foot on Gielinor again.

It was a gift to mortals, freeing them from direct interference from the gods.

Thus, the God Wars were brought to and end.

With their masters banished, soldiers lay down their arms, and cities were built on battlefields.

Before returning to sleep once more, Guthix looked upon the world, savaged and war-torn... and wept.

Peace had returned to Gielinor.

The gods despised that peace.

They clawed at the boundaries of the world, hunting for a weakness.

Even in their absence, the gods' presence was felt.

They had left their mark, dividing the populace into factions, creating opposing ideologies and philosophies that contrasted and contended with each other.

There was friction among the residents of Gielinor.

Nevertheless, mortals went about their lives.

But they could not have anticipated what would happen next; an upheaval that would change Gielinor forever...


As Of Gods and Men is a reimagining, retelling and reworking of the Sixth Age, a LOT of dialogue/characters/plotlines/etc. are pulled right from the game itself, and this belongs to Jagex.