Thread:Gorzill/@comment-4001163-20141214171944/@comment-4960835-20150722164739

Funny how this coincidenses with me getting into Runescape again. (My brother did so first to do the Dishonor Amongst Thieves Quest. The quest, focussing on the philosophy of Zamorak, RuneScape God of Chaos, hugely rubbed off on me, as I am a follower of Zamorak - or more precisely, his Chaos philosophy (what did you expect? XD) - in-game, so I started playing again to do the quest.) Long story short, after finishing he quest, I descided to go into the Zaros Quest series to see what he was about.

So I eventually arrived going over the Return of Zaros Quest, the quest in which Zaros explains his philosophy (it can be found here - but be warned, Zaros explains literally every aspect, so it takes a "while" to go through it all). I thought I would hate him because I was Zamorakian, and because our philosphies would oppose. How much I was mistaken.

Zaros, for the reference, is the god whom Zamorak upsurped. Zaros, the God of Potantial. Zaros, the god of Ambiton. Zaros, the Empty God. The same title as Xizothano Ada carries. (Zaros also turns out to be the divine aspect of Dark Energy, though.) It turns out his intentions are not what they seemed, and that got me thinking about Ada's true intentions. Not only both carry the same title, but both are strikingly familliar.

Padunas sought to master Void Energy to understand it, but he did not undrrstand it's power, and so he was claimed by the Void. Xizouyu sought to master Void Energy for it's power alone, but did not understand it. Therefore, he became a tyrant obsessed with order. Xizothano seeks to do both. He has truly mastered the Void. In Zaros' words, One must strive to increase in power, but also in how to wield that power. Xizothano epithomizes this.

Zaris sought to unify all under his banner, wuth force if necessary. Xizothano sought to unify the Milky Way with force after peace talks failed. Despite this, both are not warmongers. They are not hate-filled like the Dark One. Quite on the contrary, both are extremely polite and civil, seeming emotionless, never once losing their temper.

Both Xizothano and Zaros are worshipped or vieuwed as deities of fate; both are seen as evil. Both Mandrae and Zamorak are deities of forging one's fate by oneself. Both Xizothano and Zaros are seen as evil puppetmasters, but are they truly evil? They are worshipped as deities of fate for a reason: they bring their followers (and in Ada's case, creations) to the destinies they set out for them.

Both had empires, and both prospered under their rules. Both has rebellions against them that cause extreme levels of destruction. Simmilarly, both also have absolutely no quarrel in causing extreme levels destruction, if it is for the greater cause.

Zaros' goal is to become an elder god, so he can speak on behalf of mortals. But Xizothano has already archived his ultimate power, and he cannot attain more. This is where things truly get intresting, for here, the differences start.

What is the goal of the Dark One? Domination. The goal of Zaraturai? Protection from that domination. But what is truly Xizothano's goal? That is unknown.

He created the Volver. He manipulated them, sure, but he created them for a purpose quite noble: to oppose Ne'Yon. He wanted to conquer the Milky way, but only to unite it. He is an ancient being; to claim he is not wise would be folly.

Most importantly, he is true neutral, and pretyy incomprehansible to lesser minds. The Dark One and Zaraturai are driven by their ultimately emotions, by their needs of vengeance and guidance. Xizothano? He is only driven by logic, for the Void took away his emotions, and he mastered the Void. If he has truly mastered the Void, or even is the energy incarnate, then he cannot be taken by it.

I will now return to a point Glynn proposed in the past. What if Xizothano was willingly absorbed into the Dark One? He did not ally with the dark One; they allied with him. He accepted, yet he knew the Darklings were a threat to his creations, the Volver. Then he possibly let himself be absorbed. Why?

Now let me propose my own theory on the matter. Xizothano willingly let himself be absorbed by the Dark One so to learn his secrets, which he could use against him should the time come. Xizothano sees himself as the rightful ruler of all Volverkind. To call it "care" like Manadrea feels would be wrong; but he did guide the Volver from the Abyss towards the destiny he set out for them, suptely, or trough his pawns, with force if his hand was forced. Manadrae found this wrong and rebelled, not wanting to have the Volver used as mere pawns. A truy rational being as Xizothano would understand and hold no anger. Manadrae would most likely not ever accept this, because his name is Passion, and passion stands in opposition to being rational.

Over time, the Volver began to think of Xizothano as an obsessive god that only wanted to control them, but is this really true? Even now, does he guide the Volver towards their true destiny? And if he guides them, or even the whole UAE, towards their own destiny for the better, what is that destiny? His end goal is so obscure that less powerful beings like Manadrae would only judge him by his methods, which they understandably would brand evil, though his goal, in the end, would be better for the Volverkind than Manadrae would evenr archive for them. He does not care for the Volver in the traditional sense, but guides them towards the destiny he has set out for them, and will have nothing have endanger that destiny (rigid order - Void), not Manadrae, and not the Dark One. In the end, I believe Xizothano has the best destiny for the Volver in mind, and does whatever it takes to have them archieve that destiny, to drive them to greatness no matter what, and even continues to do so now.

Zaraturai exists in the white, the Dark One in the black, Xizothano Ada exists in the grey, and that is what makes him so intriguing. Personally, I for that reason, I find Xizothano the most intriguong of all our characters, and I hope we see more of him.