Guthix

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Guthix is the god of tranquility, nature and balance. Guthix is also arguably the only true god featured in Runescape. Guthix desires only one thing: total equality. Because of this, Guthix is neither a "he" or "she". Most people call Guthix an "it". It is neither good nor evil, and uses both to reach equilibrium with all the gods.

After creating what is now Gielinor, Guthix went into a deep sleep. When it awoke, Saradomin and Zamorak were causing chaos in their God Wars. The battlefield was the Wilderness. To stop the wars, Guthix wrote up a treaty for all the gods, saying that they may not interfere in the world of RuneScape (as "Gielinor" was replaced by RuneScape as a name) except in the form of prayer, and that all wars must only be fought in the God Realm. Guthix shows it needs no followers to exist by absorbing energy from the earth.

Guthix appears mostly as a floating, hairy skull, as portrayed in the Postbag. However, Guthix is a shapeshifter, and is able to take the form of anything. It was as a butterfly when it came to Gielinor. Guthix's god symbol is a wedge with the large end facing left and a bolt of lighting going up from it, but its true symbol is an upright snake. Full Guthix armour is considered to be Guthix platelegs or Guthix plateskirt, Guthix platebody, Guthix full helmet, and, Guthix kiteshield.

Evidence from the God letters suggest that Guthix is the strongest of the gods, and Jagex is reported to have claimed it is the strongest god, with Zaros being the second strongest. It is somewhat notable that Guthix is the only character in RuneScape who is known to be a shapeshifter besides the Mahjarrat and Witch's Experiment (53) in the Witch's House, although are not linked to Guthix in any way.

Guthix is the only indigenous god of Gielinor, with others being from another dimension. It sleeps in the middle of the planets, and its motto is: "Balance is Power". A good example of how this motto plays into the game is in Castle Wars, when a player picks the Guthix Portal. When this happens, the player sides with the side with the least players, hence the saying, "Balance is Power".

Contents 1 Information 2 Religion 2.1 Modernists 2.2 Traditionalists 2.3 Reformists 3 Followers of Guthix 3.1 Groups and races 3.2 Notable individuals 4 Affiliated items 4.1 Guthix prayer items 4.2 Guthix magic items 4.3 Guthix melee items 4.4 Guthix Ranging Items 5 See also

[edit] Information

• Side: Nature/"Balance"
• Gender: Unknown, although Juna the snake refers to Guthix as 'He', however 'He' is the commonly used pronoun when gender is indefinite
• Symbol:§, an up right snake, however it also looks like a trickle of water, called the Tear of Guthix
• Pronounced:(GUH-thix)
• Colour(s): Green, White, and sometimes a teal, turquoise or cyan (as seen on the Guthix Cape)
• Animal: Sheep
• Motto: Balance is Power
• Bird : Guthix raptor

[edit] Religion

Guthix is the god of balance and nature, meaning that it does not favour one god's opinions more than another, although many player followers of Guthix tend to favour the path of chaos and evil (Zamorak)(i.e. Chaos Druids) or wisdom and justice (Saradomin). But to break the Guthixian population down even more, there are two general groups: Modernists and Traditionalist (A.K.A. Premodernists). There is also a third group known as Reformists whos ideas are split and shared by both Traditionalists and Modernists.

[edit] Modernists

Modernists are probably the largest group of Guthixians, because most player characters are modernists. They believe in balance more loosely, and will tend to side with one of the other two major gods. They acknowledge Saradomin and Zamorak as the new gods of justice and chaos. (Most player character Guthixians are modernists, and thus often worship either Zamorak or Saradomin as much as they worship Guthix)

[edit] Traditionalists

Traditionalists are in much fewer numbers than the Modernists. They are a bit more strict to the beliefs and teachings of Guthix's ideals on balance and nature. Many N.P.C.'s (such as Gypsy Aris, Druids and Void Knights) may be Traditionalists. The Edicts of Guthix are scripts written by Guthix probably followed by many traditionalists.

[edit] Reformists

Reformists numbers are unknown (though probably close to that of modernists) and are somewhat inbetween modernists and traditionalists in beliefs. They acknowledge Saradomin as the successor to Armadyl and Zamorak to Zaros. They say that Armadyl gave Saradomin the power of a god and Zamorak took it from Zaros. Armadyl hid away in his realm. Zaros was banished into his realm forever.

They acknowledge that Armadyl and Zaros are still gods but their successors have taken their place in justice and chaos. They want balance in all of Gielinor.

[edit] Followers of Guthix

[edit] Groups and races

• Druids - Followers of the god of balance, found in Taverley.
• Seers - A group of humans who are often considered prophets.
• Void Knights - Protectors of Gielinor, found at the Void Knight Outpost.
• Barbarians - Inhabitants of Fremennik province and surrounding areas.
• Gnomes- The small humanoid race that lives in the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
• Dwarves - Another small humanoid race of miners.
• Light Creatures - Remnants of Myriad race.

[edit] Notable individuals

• Filliman Tarlock - Druid in Morytania
• Gypsy Aris - Old gypsy that lives in Varrock.
• Homunclus - Creation from alchemy gone terribly wrong.
• Queen of Snow - A NPC from the 2007 Christmas event who was created by Guthix
• Juna - Juna is a serpent who guards the Tears of Guthix in the Lumbridge slayer caves
• Fiara - A Guardian of Guthix who overlooks the Fist of Guthix minigame.

Animals associated with Guthix

• Sheep
• Cats
• Guthix raptor

[edit] Affiliated items

[edit] Guthix prayer items

• Book of balance
• Guthix Vestments
• Guthix Crozier
• Guthix Mitre
• Guthix Stole
• Guthix Cloak
• Druid Robes

[edit] Guthix magic items

• Guthix staff
• Guthix cape
• Void Knight Robes (Pest Control)
• Void Knight mace (Pest Control)

[edit] Guthix melee items

• Guthix mjolnir
• Silver Sickle(b) (Nature Spirit)
• Guthix full helmet
• Guthix platebody
• Guthix plateskirt
• Guthix platelegs
• Guthix kiteshield
• Ivandis Flail - Half Saradomin, half Guthix item.
• Void Knight mace (Pest Control)

[edit] Guthix Ranging Items

• Blessed dragonhide coif
• Blessed dragonhide body
• Blessed dragonhide chaps
• Blessed dragonhide vambraces

[edit] See also

• History
• Zamorak
• Saradomin

Gods

Major Gods: Guthix | Saradomin | Zamorak Lesser known Gods: Armadyl | Bandos | Marimbo | Seren | Zaros Desert Gods: Amascut | Apmeken | Crondis | Elidnis | Het | Icthlarin | Scabaras | Tumeken