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The First Age, also known as The Age of Creation, is the first era of the history of Gielinor. It is estimated to have been around 4,000 years long.

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 the world of 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, 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.^[3]

Although elder-dragons are generally believed to be a myth, the myth is partially based on reality. The idea of an ancient race of dragons that dwelt on Gielinor before any other is based on the Dragonkin, who in RuneScape 3 are revealed to have been the first to discover and inhabit Gielinor, long before the First Age.

The elder-dragon theory is not widely known, nor popular with sceptics, believing it to have been created to throw doubt on the idea of Gielinor being devoid of life before the gods first arrived.^[4]

References

^ Memory of Seren in Song of the Elves. Old School RuneScape. "...Another being came to our world. Divine like myself, but not by design. He spoke of a perfect world, one filled with power. I knew it was a risk, but I decided to travel there. The power he spoke of might have been the only thing capable of saving the elves. The curse made it impossible for me to go without them, so they had to come with me, and leave their home behind"
^ Memory of Seren in Song of the Elves. Old School RuneScape. "...We made our home in the new world, in a great city of crystal spires. It was as beautiful as the world from which we came. But beneath that beauty, the curse remained. The power that filled the world was even greater than I had anticipated. A higher power, one I had not encountered for a long time. I was sure this world held the key to breaking the curse, I just needed to find it..."
^ "Book of folklore". Old School RuneScape. "Although the Elder-dragons are generally considered to be a myth, stories tell of an ancient race that dwelt on Gielinor before any other. In some arcane way their lifeforce was linked to the life of the world itself; it is written that, as long as the Elder-dragons continue to live, the world shall not end."
^ "Book of folklore". Old School RuneScape. "[...] sceptics claim that the myth of the Elder-dragons was invented to cast doubt on claims that this realm was lifeless until the gods first arrived."

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