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[[File:Wizards' Tower.png|right|thumb|250px|The modern [[Wizards' Tower]], rebuilt following the battle.]]

'''Operation: Phoenix''' was an organised attack by [[Zamorak]]ian [[wizard]]s against the first [[Wizards' Tower]]. The battle took place in the Year 70 of the [[Fifth Age]], and ultimately resulted in the complete destruction of the tower and the loss of many [[magic]]al secrets, including that of [[runecrafting]]. The event, though referenced frequently throughout [[RuneScape]]'s [[history]] and dialogue, has been referred to by name only once, in a [[Temple Knight]] [[commorb]] dossier obtained during the [[Wanted!]] [[quest]].{{CiteNPC |npc=Commorb |loc=Wanted! |quote=Observation suggests that the Z.M.I. is the same faction of Zamorakians that burnt down the Wizards Tower in Operation: Phoenix, but firm conclusions as to the reason for this remain at best sketchy and unsupported by evidence. |date=23:18, February 1, 2011 (UTC) |name=Commorb}}

Details regarding the battle itself are few. Prior to the attack, Zamorakians had largely been tolerated, if not fully accepted, by most within nations such as [[Misthalin]] and [[Asgarnia]]. Many had worked in the Wizards' Tower itself. For reasons that are not completely clear, these Zamorakian mages betrayed the Wizards' Tower and, in the process, burned in to the ground. Many of the secrets of magic and runecrafting were lost as a result.

Following Operation: Phoenix, anti-Zamorakian sentiment was strong throughout the [[human]] kingdoms. Many Zamorakians, such as the [[Dagon'hai]] in [[Varrock]], were persecuted and forced into hiding. Although this sentiment still exists today, it has diminished to a degree. The Wizards' Tower was later rebuilt, albeit on a smaller scale. The modern [[Zamorak Magical Institute]] is believed by the Temple Knights to be descended from the Zamorakian mages originally responsible for the plot.{{NamedRef|Commorb}}

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[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Wars and Battles]]

Operation: Phoenix - Revision history

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