OSRS Index
Menu

Siege of Prifddinas

Article

This copy was last processed on . The copied wiki revision is dated .

Open on the wiki
Siege of Prifddinas
Date Year 1930, Fourth Age
Conflict Elven Civil War
Place Prifddinas and Tirannwn
Outcome Iorwerth clan sack Prifddinas and seize the Tower of Voices
Combatants
Iorwerth clan The seven other elven clans
Commanders
Lord Iorwerth Unknown
Strength
Unknown number of Iorwerth's army Unknown number of elven forces
Casualties
Unknown Unknown

The Siege of Prifddinas was a result of the elven kingdom expanding into the east. The expansion further spread the elves' forces, allowing Lord Iorwerth, who had pledged himself to the Dark Lord during the eastern kingdom's time of prosperity, to betray the other elven clans and claim Prifddinas as his own.[1]

When Iorwerth broke one of the nine seals of Seren within the Grand Library, he mistakenly believed that a part of Seren herself was trapped within the Temple of Light.[2] He presented his findings to his mother, but because she refused to listen and he was unwilling to abandon Seren, he killed her and took her place as clan leader.[3] Continuing his determination to free the goddess, he and his clan sacked Prifddinas and seized the Tower of Voices.[4][5]

Part of the siege involved a large naval battle in Porth Gwenith, north of Gwenith and Prifddinas. Hundreds of elven vessels constructed out of crystal were destroyed in the battle, resulted in most of the waters on the western coast of Tirannwn and Piscatoris becoming crystal-flecked.[6] Resonance crystals, which are old ship defence systems, can still be found active in the waters today, crystallising the helm of boats that are hit with one.

These events led to the Baxtorian campaign.

References

  1. ^ Arianwyn in Mourning's End Part I. Old School RuneScape. "Under Baxtorian, our kingdom expanded into the east. We prospered for a time, but little did we know that an enemy walked among us. During that time, Lord Iorwerth turned away from Seren and pledged himself to Zamorak, the Dark Lord. A larger kingdom meant our forces were further spread. Lord Iorwerth took advantage of that. He claimed Prifddinas as his own." Arianwyn did not know at the time that the 'Dark Lord' was actually the fragment of Seren.
  2. ^ Lord Iorwerth in Song of the Elves. Old School RuneScape. "You're right to say that the temple is key to summoning a god, but that god is not Zamorak, it's Seren. [Arianwyn: That's impossible! Seren is dead!] I thought the same once. That was until I managed to break one of the seals within the Grand Library. [...] That's how I discovered the truth. A part of Seren lives on, trapped within the Temple of Light."
  3. ^ Lord Iorwerth in Song of the Elves. Old School RuneScape. "When I first discovered the truth, our clan was still ruled by my mother. I went to her, told her what I'd found, told her what we needed to do. [...] I loved my mother, but she was blindly loyal to this fool here, she wouldn't have any of it. I couldn't just abandon my goddess though, she needed us. So I did what had to be done. [Baxtorian: You killed her?] And I would do it again without hesitation. For Seren, there is no price too great."
  4. ^ Gollwyn. "Gollwyn's final statement". Old School RuneScape. "[Adwr] sobbed as he recounted the betrayal, the killings, the sacking of the city, the takeover of the Tower of Voices... All of which was on Lord Iorwerth's command."
  5. ^ Lord Iorwerth in Song of the Elves. Old School RuneScape. "Everything [my clan and I] have done, every sacrifice we have made, all of it has been to free our goddess."
  6. ^ Gwyna. Old School RuneScape. "What surrounds you are the remains of hundreds of elven vessels which were destroyed during the Siege of Prifddinas. Their remains are scattered across the waters here, creating what sailors refer to as the crystal-flecked waters."
Wars and battles
Wars
Civil wars
Battles in Misthalin
Battles in Asgarnia
Battles in Kandarin and the Fremennik Province
Battles in Morytania
Battles in Forinthry and the Wilderness
Battles in the Kharidian Desert
Battles in Tirannwn
Battles in Kourend
Battles in Varlamore
  • War of Betrayal

Source

Content from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (operated by Weird Gloop), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Source siteOld School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical sourceSiege of Prifddinas
Content licenseCC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License statusdeclared

Notices

  • Content has been reformatted for web display. Consult the canonical source URL for the authoritative version.
  • Created using intellectual property belonging to Jagex Limited under the terms of Jagex's Fan Content Policy. This content is not endorsed by or affiliated with Jagex.
  • This is an unofficial, non-commercial reference website. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with Jagex Limited or the Old School RuneScape Wiki / Weird Gloop.
  • Non-text media on the source wiki should not be assumed to be available under the same license as the text. Media licensing is recorded per file where known and is otherwise marked unknown.