Hello villagers!

As you may recall from a few months ago, as a part of Jagex's increased support for fansites, we (and several other fansites) were offered the chance to interview Jagex staff members. Our interview was with Mod Mark, you can read all about that in the RuneVillage Interview with Jagex - Mod Mark topic.

Now Jagex is offering another opportunity for fansites to interview Jagex staff members on recent significant RuneScape updates, and today it's RuneVillage's turn for an exclusive interview with Mod Chris L! This time they have requested that we ask questions about their new 'Within The Light' quest.

We have approximately 48 hours to compile a list of questions, so I suggest you all post your questions as soon as you can.


Thanks!
- The RuneVillage Staff

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1) What are the rewards?
2) Who is the biggest?

Was there any particular reasoning behind naming the quest "Within The Light"?

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How far along in the series are we, or is the end not yet planned?

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We finally had a use for the coloured wheel, can I conclude that this new puzzle was alreasy thought off in MEP 2?
Will the next part in this series, as this was a kind of 'story-telling' quest, be anywhere reasonably close to us?
With all these new developments, will we ever see the long-anticipated city of Prifddinas?

This quest kept the interest in the Eleven series alive (as if it ever faded). But it also raised more questions than it answered

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Here's my question:

The elf series of quests has always been the widespread favorite of many, especially high-leveled players (as the requirements are getting higher and higher for each new quest in the series). That said, will the opportunity be taken to release new high-leveled armor/weapons within future installments in this quest storyline?

Is it just about the recent quest or can it be about anything?

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Antic Hero wrote:

My new years resolution is 1680x1050.

Rocky Martin wrote:

TheAnimal is one cool dude.

Hideyoshi wrote:

There's a demo. Play the demo. Form your own opinion.

Do you think that Runescape has became too complicated?

*remembers when the rune 2h was the best weapon in the game*

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what is the final pillar?

Ohh, awesome. I'm glad that they asked for a Q&A specifically for the new quest.

1.) Is there a chance that the teleport crystal used to teleport to the Temple of Light during the quest can become obtainable after the quest is completed? As of now, the need for Mourner gear to kill Dark Beasts is a huge hindrance. With the ability to teleport into the tunnel during the quest, many high-level Slayers may choose not to finish the quest simply to make use of the teleport.

2.) Will the next quest in the Elf series be in development any time soon? I think it's safe to say that the Plague questline is one of the most popular, if not *the* most popular, questline in RuneScape, and many players are eager to see where it leads.

3.) Was the possible release of the Crystal Halberd considered during the development of this quest? Players have been waiting years for the release of this weapon ever since Ilfeen stated she'd been trying to "get the melody right," and it's become a largely anticipated Elven quest reward.

4.) When you enter the room with the light puzzle, you find a Dead Slave's corpse. When you search the corpse, you find a knife, hatchet, color wheel, and set of notes implying that he died from starvation. The corpse itself, however, lays in a pile of blood. This implies that the slave didn't die from starvation, but was wounded somehow. Was this simply an oversight by the developers, or did he slit his own throat to escape the slow death of starvation?

5.) During the quest, the player makes a promise to speak to the Head Mourner about granting the gnome his freedom. However, actually speaking to the Head Mourner is not required to progress further into the quest, and upon completion of the quest it is no longer possible to speak with him about freeing the gnome. In either case, the Gnome remains unfreed, which upset many players for failing to keep their word. Is there still a chance that he will be set free later in the storyline?

6.) In relation to the gnome, two Janitors are added to the Gnome's cell room after the completion of Within the Light. These janitors are supposedly human, meaning they're not part of the Dark Elf conspiracy. Have these janitors paid any mind to the gnome being in relatively good health despite the vicious plague supposedly contaminating the air?

7.) When journeying through the Temple of Light with Arianwyn, he 1-hits any Shadows he sees with his Crystal Bow. What's his Ranged level, and where does he find the time to train so many skills? I can only assume he's equally proficient in Elven Magic, and is a master Chanter as well.

8.) Elven Magic is mentioned by Arianwyn during the quest. Is there a possibility of an Elven Spellbook being release at some point in the questline? Regardless of your answer, what types of spells does Elven Magic consist of? Lunar Magics are more support-type spells while Ancient Magics are destructive types, so does Elven magic focus on a specific element of use as well?

I loved the quest been looking forward to this for ages
My Question for mod Chris L would be:

On the day of the release you said the following on the RSOF:
"As some of you have gathered, it isn't meant to be super-difficult (although there is something about the puzzle that no-one has mentioned yet...)"
Has anyone mentioned it by now? I've been searching on the forums and heard many people speculating about it.
Could you please give an other hint? what do we have to look for? has it something to do with the ring of visibility?
Please clarify! I can't stand the curiousity anymore!!

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Oh another question just popped up:

"Is the 'aura' around our character after the death altar charge a teaser of the runetek 5 engine capabilities? (bloom/particle effect)
Or was this effect already possible with the previous runetek version?"

1) Is the "Iestin" who signed the Prifddinas Report the same NPC as mentioned in a book called Edern's Journal? In that book an Iestin identified as a scholar researching the Prifddinas under-city and the Grand Library (and brother of Edern).

2) Prifddinas has been empty ever since it was created and nobody was ever sure if it would be filled with buildings. Were you told to explain why this was during the quest, or did it just come about naturally as you developed the storyline?

3) When did you pick up this storyline and how long did it take to develop Within The Light.

4) Now that you have re-started this awesome storyline, are you going to work to a set amount of quests until it is complete or is that yet unknown?

Thankyou

Will Prifddinas be updated this year?
"Within the Light" is obviously related to Prifddinas and Prifddinas has been dead content waiting to be updated
for the players.
The elven camp has been there for years and it should be time to have a purpose.
"Release of Prifddinas and Christmas event would be nice. Little elves with Santa hats. (Santa's workers)"
And last question..
Crystal body armour Pl0x?

1) Will the developer of Within the Light be developing the next installment in the elf series? Is there any rough outline for how many more quests will be in this particular series?

2) Will we *ever* be able to access the elven city? It's been so long.

3) Are there any plans to make an upcoming installment of the elf series Grandmaster?

4) Why was this quest so short? Will the upcoming ones be a bit more challenging?

5) In Within the Light, a relationship is established between the dwarves and elves to access the under-city. Did the developer do this to possibly hint at a future alliance between dwarves and elves, due to the contributions of the dwarf race in accessing this city?

6) Also, could we expect to see some more of Lord Iowerth/King Lathas in installments of the elf series after Within the Light? Is a huge finale being considered for what is arguably the longest-running series in the game?

I was just wondering if we will see into the extremely large crystal Priffindas?
Will there be a Priffindas teleport? or is it to far into a quest guide for a teleport?
And what made Within the Light a Grandmaster quest, is it because the 3 previous quests are Master?or perhaps because of the requirements?
And is it possible there is a new altar to be found within the city Priffindas, a altar so powerful its corrupting the city?

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Thanks Lou for the help with the avatar.

Why did you update the elf quest chain and leave the White Knights quest chain so unattended?
Was it just to open Priffindas to your quest loving members?
Or is it because you havn't made an elf quest in a long time?

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There are 10 types of people in the world, the ones that understand binary, and the ones that don't.

Thanks Lou for the help with the avatar.

Q: What is the "something about the puzzle" that you mentioned in a post on the RSOF? Is there another hidden reward, because in the rewards on the KB the "other" column is there but blank.

Q: How long do you think till the next quest in series will be released?

Q: Will the next quest reveal Priffidanas (the crystal elf city that was reverted) to us?

1. What's the name of the Dark Lord (is he a Mahjarrat)?

2. Is Dylan C going to return to the elven development team?

3. The biggest revelation about Seren (the connection to the Anima Mundi, the soul of the world) comes from the Arposandran Gnome series and lots of elven items are used in these quests. Glouphrie has used the Anima for evil purposes. Are the Arposandran gnomes allied with the Death Guard?

4. Is there going to be connection with the Dragonkin in the series? A quote from the Postbag from the Hedge 33:



If you look at the map, you can clearly see that there is a threat at almost every compass points: Death Guard in the West, Vampyres in the East, KGP and Mahjarrat in the North, Ape Atoll in the South, former location of the Stone of Jas (Lunar Isle) in the Northwest and a ruined castle with Dragonkin&Stone of Jas symbols (Spirit Realm) in the Northeast.

The symbols on the floor in "Tail of Two Cats" and "While Guthix Sleeps" cutscenes look clearly like compasses.



5. Are the sound beams in the temple significant? Every colour has different sound frequency. It sounds like crystal chanting. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LMmVeYFY4o)

6. What's the relationship with the shadows in the temple and Sliske the Mahjarrat who delves the shadows?

7. Are the light creatures in the Tears of Guthix dungeon related with Seren (which is Welsh for star)?

8. Is Iban the son of Zamorak genetically or figuratively? If genetically, is he a full or partial Mahjarrat?