The Broken Home of Ormod Gulvas - Runescape Lore

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Published on January 29, 2022 5:00:37 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzYoUo-A2VM

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"North of the digsite, a wealthy merchant lives in an old mansion on top of the hill. The house had always had a reputation for being haunted, but now something even stranger has happened. All the doors and windows are sealed with magical energy and terrible noises can be heard from within."

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EXPLANATION:
In-game, the sealed door comes before the excavation into the Senntisten Asylum ruins, but Ormod's Last Will and Testament describes the layout differently. He digs deep under his house, discovers ruined stonework, and then he finds a sealed door which he's unable to open.

So either the sealed door the adventurer opens is a different sealed door, and the one Ormod talks about just doesn't exist, or the lorebooks are correct and the house was just implemented into the game incorrectly. It's also possible the lorebook is wrong, but then it doesn't explain why Ormod never saw Senecianus when he opened the door, but Ingram did.

If the sealed door was placed at the bottom of the hole, there would be no inconsistency. I'm going to assume that's where it was supposed to be.

Ormod's Last Will and Testament was added to the game after the quest was released, so I guess it's possible the author of that lorebook misunderstood the layout of the manor.

Or perhaps I'm missing something obvious. If you have any idea, let me know.


All footage was sourced from the Runescape game world, the Runescape Wiki, or secondary media produced by Jagex, some of which have been modified with a healthy dose of mediocre VFX.

All sound effects were sourced from the Adobe Stock Sound library, from Runescape itself, my own attempt at terrible foley, or from the listed sources below.

Sources:
1. Ormod’s Last Will and Testament
https://runescape.wiki/w/Ormod_Gulvas%27s_Last_Will_and_Testament
2. Ingram’s Research Notes
https://runescape.wiki/w/Transcript:Ingram%27s_research_notes
3. Note From Ingram
https://runescape.wiki/w/Transcript:Note_from_Ingram
4. Ingram’s Rantings
https://runescape.wiki/w/Transcript:Ingram%27s_rantings

Hostilius Concept Art
https://runescape.wiki/w/Hostilius#/media/File:Hostilius_concept_art.png
https://runescape.wiki/w/Hostilius#/media/File:Hostilius_inside_concept_art.png

Sound FX
https://freesound.org/people/OwlStorm/sounds/151215/
https://freesound.org/people/Kuroseishin/sounds/95567/
https://freesound.org/people/Fission9/sounds/521590/
https://freesound.org/people/supersplat1/sounds/388013/

Music tracks:
Dirge of Drakan - Mod Bond

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0:00 Intro
0:19 Chapter One - Senecanius and Rowena
1:37 Chapter Two - Ormod's Manor
4:03 Chapter Three - Ingram Gulvas
5:43 Chapter Four - An Adventurer Arrives

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