The ENTIRE History of Old School RuneScape... So far. | OSRS Lore

In light of Old School Runescape’s 11th anniversary, I wanted to make a special video that went over and celebrated the deep and rich history of the world of Gielinor. One that has a fractured timeline, in the form of Runescape 3, but Old School Runescape’s story, while varying a bit in the more modern-day, gives us amazing world-building. It all adds up to a lot of scattered information, so let’s organise it a bit, shall we?
Mentioned videos:
Xeric the Betrayer: • The Lore of Xeric the ...
History of the Dragonkin: • The Story of the Drago...
The Rise and Fall of the Zarosian Empire (bad audio :( ): • The Rise and Fall of t...
Special thank you to my KZbin Member(s):
Cam - Lore Expert
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Disclaimer
01:39 First Age
04:27 Second Age
16:06 Third Age
22:52 Fourth Age
37:13 Fifth Age
46:33 11th Anniversary
47:07 Outro
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Thanks to the hardworking members of the OSRS Wiki for compiling information and make it tenfold easier to make these videos.
You can find the wiki here: oldschool.runescape.wiki/
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[@SoupRS]

informative, fun watch!

[@Gravitybind]

Damn, nice to see you here! Thank you :)

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@GravitybindGonna become a challenger next season?? 👀👀👀

[@Gravitybind]

If only! Would be honoured if the chance ever came

[@Mud-Brain]

i'm glad you realize the goblins were victims of bandos and not just angry 'lil green guys. 10/10 video could use more explosions

[@Gravitybind]

Honestly Bandos doesn't sound like the nicest god out there, goblins are just chillin'. and thank you, definitely could use more explosions - i'll figure out how to add em

[@genemarcuskalil1192]

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[@ExtileYT]

I love lore but I despise reading the books in game to figure it all out. You've done a great service to the illiterates ❤

[@Chris-cf6ul]

Through your comment I found out you uploaded a Cox guide cuz ytb didn't notify me lol Awesome seeing you here!

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you! Very nice to hear that, glad you enjoyed the vid :)

[@thym1ng]

It's a shame that so many people spacebar through the quest dialogues. These lore videos are awesome and thank you for making them!

[@Gravitybind]

Honestly Runescape has some of the best quest dialogue out there. Thank you! And thank you for watching, it wouldn't be possible without an interested audience

[@spidey4ever100]

@@GravitybindRS3 has some of the best mmorpg quest ever!

[@EVScape]

This is gonna do a million views

[@Gravitybind]

Fingers crossed! Nice of you to stop by dude, love the content

[@RitzStarr]

It would be kind of an absurdly large idea but imagine if they did a League set in a specific age, and you would pick a god to follow and that would determine what regions you would have available and open up all sorts of crap like special quests, gear, pvp, etc. Would be a wild time.

[@BillyBattsandtheShineboxes]

It's crazy I'm only just now finding an OSRS lore channel. Never would have guessed Paddy Pimblett would be the one to do it either.

[@Gravitybind]

Well I hope you enjoyed the video! Yeah I guess it's what he does on his downtime...

[@TheRealAnsem]

second monitor? Hell naw man, this is MAIN monitor content.

[@BobBilly-gq8xy]

Yes just yes

[@akittenloaf]

thank you for this masterpiece and all the hard work it took 💜

[@Gravitybind]

Oh damn, thank you so much for the super thanks!!! Very unexpected :) Really appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@talon2g]

This is a great video. Always been curious about RS lore, but it's quite overwhelming to try to keep up with all of the details of each quest, book, miniquest, etc. Hope to see more like this from you in the future :)

[@fallingnao3919]

Not gonna lie I've not watched the video fully (yet), but so far it looks mega good, to the point that I am saving it for later as a main screen content!

[@Gravitybind]

Being upgraded to main screen content is an honour!

[@jonasmoosbrugger7493]

Amazing Video man! With While Guthix Sleeps and Vaalamor coming up there will be indeed alot of interesting lore to come this year :) Gl on maxing!

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you! Yeah I'm really excited about it tbh, and thanks dude :) Slowly chipping away at fishing doing infernals so we're getting there!

[@ericrouthier4799]

Awesome video my dude - great info and a great watch!

[@kierandw22]

Absolutely underrated channel, love the lore content. Keep up the great work!

[@Gabuds1991]

Bro, what a great video! i love it! i didn't know a lot of things... Amazing production!!

[@TheGodKefka]

Great video, I love the amount of detail you go into!

[@LarryNorman-1]

Awesome video! Glad I found my next channel to binge❤

[@thomasloading3]

Dude great video. Glad to hear more is to come. Would love to see a lore of the current year and all the impact we as the player make

[@Ayunnuya]

Very quality video. Thanks for all the hard work

[@Gravitybind]

Much appreciated!

[@michaelhill4587]

Absolutely phenomenal!!! Love the lore!

[@YellowTissueBox]

Great video, good content. Love some good lore content, keep it up bro.

[@Gravitybind]

Glad you like them! Really appreciate it

[@itKiba]

Great video man, thanks for the hard work

[@Gravitybind]

Thanks for watching! Wouldn't be possible without the support of everyone

[@Desmuu]

The community needs more RS lore content. Hell yeah!

[@Sammy.a1287]

Dude, thank you so much for making this video. I really appreciate it! ❤️🙏🏻 Also I’m watching this on my phone - just one monitor:)

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you! appreciate the support dude, and glad I'm reaching all devices haha :)

[@bezx2]

Loved this! I've been looking for a good entry point to understand the lore, the more i understand it the more I begin to like questing :)

[@Gravitybind]

Very happy to hear that! The questing in OSRS is definitely more in depth and clever than some mmorpg's :)

[@gollem148]

This was super interesting. Although i got lost at the start, i picked it back up towards the 3rd age. Nice work

[@Knuffeldraak]

Actually, somewhere with the release of Theatre of Blood in OSRS, and Archaeology in RS3, the two games' lore are conjoined and cannon right now. OSRS's lore as player takes place as though you're living in the 5th age, whilst RS3's lore as player takes place as though you're in the 6th age. Quests made before 2013 (and some released after) are specially stamped with "5th age // historical", that have taken place in the past and exist for story narrative/reference purposes.

[@GRIMHOOD99]

It's more of an alternative timelines with slightly different events than a cojoined lore. Rs3 for example barely touches on other vampire families and whole storyline is basically about Drakan family with Vanescula basically becoming ruler of Morytania, Arianwyn is lord of Cadarn clan and alive, Fossil island was unreachable till certain event in 6th age, Sliske is same troll in every timeline and nobody heard about kourend in RS3 but we have eastern lands which are islands south east of Menaphos. Also currently RS3 is already post 6th age as we are now in "age of chaos" because Zamorak took another L and all the gods were banished again.

[@Amascut]

This isn’t quite true. While RS3 has different ages and story content, OSRS and RS3 have their own separate canon, but it’s clear the devs enjoy taking inspiration from each other. If this was the case, things like Zuk and Vorkath wouldn’t be new to the player in the 6th Age, for instance.

[@Lost_Pikachu]

Amazing video. Hope your channel grows fast. Here’s to another decade of osrs🍻

[@Gravitybind]

I hope so too! Thank you so much

[@TERlNG]

For some reason runescape is one of those games where i dont even think about the lore but this was verry nice to see. Job well done😌

[@shmee9999]

Just came back to osrs after a 3 year break so dived back in to some KZbin channels. great to come across newer creators outting out great content

[@Gravitybind]

Much appreciated! Hope your comeback goes well

[@adrianvaldez8533]

FIRE video, the lore we never knew we needed

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you!

[@Sammy.a1287]

I actually searched for this a few months ago! Was hoping to find a video just like this🔥🔥

[@commandershepard4471]

Great video! I always found myself lacking of lore videos for OSRS. Now if we could just see a VaatiVidya lore video of RS.

[@meep383]

The most underrated osrs creator. I really hope you have at least 10x the subs by the end of the year. The content deserves it!

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you, that means a lot! The sub count is growing steadily over time, so fingers crossed!

[@Brentttilda]

Nice vid man! I listened to it as I cleaned my house! I learned a lot!

[@Gravitybind]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)

[@dandelion44444]

i read dt2 all dialogues and omg it was so good. now i regret not reading others so here i am

[@joshranged2]

Thanks man, you deserve way more views! Are you going to make a lore video of all the quests?

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you! Most of the lore videos I've got cover the respective quests of the races spoken about, but that is an idea - covering the fifth age, since it's what we're living. Will add it to the drawing board!

[@jorgeeduardopereztasso6134]

Amazing video!! I was searching for this for si long... Thanks a lot! It made me realise that osrs lore is a bit boring, but in a good way: You don't need to focus in the stories behind anything, just need to enjoy the content. :)

[@abasketofcrutches2955]

this is an exceptionally deep dive into the lore!

[@Gravitybind]

We love lore!

[@prestonlives482]

Keep the osrs content coming!

[@N1Moses]

2 days and this is already a certified roonscaype classic

[@retzky]

great vid! maybe since sailing is coming soon(tm), you can do a vid on islands/lands mentioned in the lore (like the isle of garmr, acheron, or the eastern lands)?

[@Gravitybind]

Definitely on the cards! Going into the eastern lands would be really interesting, and thank you!

[@ML-vv8cg]

wonderful video thank you

[@browncow5210]

Shame so many people spacebar through quests. The lore in this world is kind of incredible. Looking forward to the new spin on WGS. The whole thing with the Wizard Tower being burned down due to accident/misunderstanding feels like a modern retcon. One of the barbarian notes seems to be written by the guys responsible, noting they were kicked out and were mounting a rebellion.

[@Gravitybind]

Same here! It'll be interesting to see how Defender of Varrock sets up WGS, and how differen't they'll make WGS. Honestly there's so much written in books or notes, or even hidden in dialogue sequences that easily slips by you. The lore is fantastic

[@user-ey4hd3cp9q]

Great video

[@CptKorn]

Bro, I'll never forgive RS3 for turning Guthix into an NFT

[@GRIMHOOD99]

wdym?

[@CptKorn]

@@GRIMHOOD99 bro looks like a bored ape

[@twoshirts1842]

I hope you get the views to reflect the obvious hard work you put in.

[@202cardline]

The lore is such a huge draw for me. I always mix things up though, which is fitting because if the world was real legends would twist and change as people talked, traveled, gossiped and chose sides. And then there’s some people who do not care at all and just want to make some gp and kill monsters. All players are roleplaying whether they know it or not 😂

[@user-xx1cs3kf4i]

Jagex should make a OSRS movie as a cartoon, then have actors do it after that

[@MeanBeanComedy]

PLEASE make an RS3 one, PLEASE. I'll pay.

[@WafflesYo]

Dam youve out done yourself now bro :D

[@Gravitybind]

Haha yeah it was definitely a heavier undertaking than the others :) Praying it gets some traction

[@unprofessionaltrader6743]

I can’t believe its been 11 years since OSRS was released

[@kanifis]

may the algorithm bless you

[@hippieboy16]

awesome

[@FullCitrisExtra]

This reminds me alot of VaatiVidya's videos, I hope to see more lore stuff :)

[@Gravitybind]

You don't know how much of a compliment that is, thank you. Absolutely love VaatiVidya! Lots of lore to cover!

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[@Sthasn]

I just watched prideslayer rs video about the ambassador and I never knew any of that lore

[@Brandon-grant]

Lord Spoonimus Maximus was allegedly the first Ironman who also received everything well under drop rate.

[@darksign5621]

Clicked the video because you're named after a yugioh card. Looking forward to the lore.

[@Gravitybind]

That's right! Very fond of the card when I was younger hence the name, thank you!

[@jakemckenna2166]

Very nice video, i especially like his Portuguese/kenya accent

[@HL21777]

His accent is actually north west england, I would bet Liverpool or some place very close to it! None the less, good video =)

[@Gravitybind]

I'm Lithuanian but have lived in Liverpool since the age of 6 so, the accent does come out haha :) Thank you both

[@jakemckenna2166]

I know you silly sausage in from Liverpool myself 😂

[@HL21777]

Why lie and say Kenya/Portugal then you weapon?​@@jakemckenna2166

[@ConBroCal]

The flyover view of the OSRS world at the beginning was beautiful! Where is this from?

[@Gravitybind]

Very handy website called osrs.world! Can view a lot of areas :)

[@ethanrussell7743]

subscribed

[@AsikoTFC]

Neat.

[@vzdragon]

ive been waiting for this exact lore breakdown for years. Thank you so much for this you earned a sub

[@azeria1]

I like how the whole continent is just a battle royal for gods and they worshipers

[@Waajon]

@4:57 I disagree. Gnome Child, Bob and Evil Chicken are TRUE gods

[@Santafe4115]

dudes will see this title and be like hell yeah

[@Gravitybind]

we love second monitor content

[@sookysav7006]

Babe wake up, the new GravityBind video has dropped!

[@Gravitybind]

Too kind!

[@DarthChosen]

Zaros is my hero

[@lavitikis100]

Pretty sure you left out the elder gods creating all other plains and gilenore was the last. And how guthix became a god and how he even created the world gate in the first place. But that must be a after world Wakes thing. Also no lore on nex and his human generals torva, pernix, and virtus. Must be a rs3 thing still but man there lore is the absolute best. Regardless awesome video ❤

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you, appreciate the support! Yeah I didn't want to mention the elder gods (too much) and the backstory of Guthix as it's not 100% confirmed within OSRS, though it'd be easy to assume that it's most likely the same lore within that period. Same thing with Nex - the lore isn't as developed, though I could have mentioned a bit more about her rather than the sparse mentions I did. I'll most likely look into Nex more in detail when I do a video about the God Wars in general... who knows! But I appreciate the comment, and will keep these things in mind :)

[@lavitikis100]

@@Gravitybind you the man keep it up ❤️

[@Larryandbob]

top scouser lad

[@vanommen4647]

the whaalt 3:52

[@Gravitybind]

The wehld

[@unknownplayercap]

bro, legit was telling a friend oh osrs only came out abit ago.. Taken me a min as my friend was telling me.. Uh the game came out in 2013 and there I had to rethink about it and was like oml your right that was 11 years ago.. Didn't feel that long ago at all too be real but again starting in 2002 (rs3) didn't really feel that long ago also, Coming to the understand I've learn this game is very old now.

[@Gravitybind]

Yeah time slips away from you! It's mad to think that RS started so many years ago

[@unknownplayercap]

@@Gravitybind Oh for sure, You'll be playing any game you enjoy thinking it's only been a few hours but really hours go by so fast. It is truly crazy to think how long it's been for RS and that it's still going strong to this day.

[@chizzle789]

heres a comment for ye

[@Gravitybind]

Thank you!

[@NaxunBauAllu]

Funny how old skool is already so old. I have played old skool more than rs2 lol.

[@glacialWind]

Would runescape 3 be too hard?

[@user-ey4hd3cp9q]

Would be significantly longer that's for sure, could probably make a 45 min video on each major storyline

[@TheLamb93]

FIRST

[@pabloc4204]

MY SECOND MONITOR ISNT WORKING :(

[@adventurebrozz]

I love hearing Paddy Pimblett do this video

[@darkbreaker9767]

Why is everyone who does RS lore videos British lmao

[@twoshirts1842]

Fat views on this one

[@SinDragon]

The 117hd plugin and weather are so bad lmao. Why is it raining at GW's dungeon when it should be snowing s😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@SinDragon]

Yeah the fact that 117 is all over the plce, i can't even watch this hah

[@flake8382]

"Guys today we're covering all the lore for old school runescape so settle in and get ready for the video on the lore that is old school runescape. Old school runescape is a big game full of lots of stories so grab a drink and we'll cover all that in just a moment. Now, I don't mean to waffle on so I'll just get to the point of the video which is to explain the history and lore of old school runescape so just sit right there, tune right in and we'll get started with the video." I appreciate the effort but these 40 minute videos by all sorts of creators lately are really just 3 ten minute videos in a trench coat - mostly padded by "omfg I got the 1/50 drop no waaaaaay" and "I'll tell you about the thing after I'm done telling you I'm going to doing the thing." When did bloviating and fake reactions become the meta?

[@raymondcasso7966]

Why do players say old school has better lore when rs has twice as many quests and alot was skiped from this video for exaple enakra, kazard, the myreque, the tok haar, the elder gods. I guess rs has had so much more development as compared to old school...

[@FunnyAshShorts]

Buddy good content but you GOT to work on ur voice…. You sound to bland

[@Gravitybind]

Noted! Been trying to work on it, appreciate it

[@OzzyTravels]

Is that a Scouse accent? It really annoys me, but I love your content

[@Sammy.a1287]

Stfu lmao😂 enjoy the brilliant video and don’t complain

[@OzzyTravels]

@@Sammy.a1287 naw. Couldn’t understand it all

[@LemonLucozade]

Quality video lad, proper Wirral accent tho

[@Gravitybind]

Nice one lmao, I'm from Lithuania originally so probably not the most scouse accent out there, appreciate the support tho fella

[@LemonLucozade]

@@Gravitybind ay for being originally from that far away ya not doing too bad haha!

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