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<p>Why you remove the majority of the information about how wyrms came to be?</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{otheruses|ancestors of dragons}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Desert wyrm.png|right|thumb|200px|A desert Wyrm, a small Wyrm from the [[Spirit Plane]].]]The &#039;&#039;&#039;Wyrms&#039;&#039;&#039; are thought to be the ancient ancestors of [[Dragons (race)|dragons]] that went extinct several thousand years ago due to evolution and heavy involvement in the [[God Wars]].<br /> <br /> Wyrms were far stronger than dragons, and were often used as riding animals in the God Wars. A single wyrm was capable of destroying massive cities and wiping out entire armies, making them invaluable assets to those that were able to tame them.<br /> <br /> When telling the story of the [[Tears of Guthix]], the [[Guardian of Guthix]] [[Juna]] mentions these creatures: &#039;&#039;The colossal Wyrms, of whom today&#039;s dragons are a pale reflection, turned all the sky to fire, while on the ground armies of foot soldiers, [[goblins]] and [[trolls]] and [[humans]], filled the valleys and plains with blood&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> By the end of the God Wars, the wyrms&#039; heavy involvement in combat had left their race decimated. With little prey remaining, climate shifts occurring in many locations, and perhaps other unknown changes, the few remaining wyrms presumably evolved into the dragons that inhabit Gielinor today. It is believed that the Dragonkin [[Kerapac]] modified the egg of a Wyrm to create the [[Queen Black Dragon]], and another dragonkin modified an egg to create a [[King Black Dragon]], which together created dragons as we know them today.<br /> ==Trivia ==<br /> *It is highly possible that the wyrms are based on Frank Herbert&#039;s Dune book&#039;s sandworms. This is backed up by the fact that they were hard to control, could decimate entire cities, and required highly skilled people (Fremen) to ride them.<br /> *Wyrm is an archaic English word meaning &quot;dragon.&quot;<br /> *[[Desert Wyrm]] [[Summoning familiars|familiars]] are a type of small wyrm from the [[Spirit Plane]].<br /> *The [[Strykewyrm]]s, of which there are [[Jungle strykewyrm|Jungle]], [[Desert strykewyrm|Desert]] and [[Ice strykewyrm|Ice]] varieties, may be related to the ancient wyrms. [[WildyWyrms]] also seem to be relatives. However, all of these species appear flightless.<br /> {{wpalso}}<br /> [[Category:Dragon]]<br /> [[Category:Races]]<br /> [[Category:Participants in the God Wars]]<br /> [[Category:Possibly extinct]]</div>

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