Canon

Canon is a term applied to most franchises with one or more possible storylines, and refers to which of them is the official one to follow. In RuneScape, Canon may be used to describe the correct or official way the world of Gielinor functions, or how things or people in the game run and act. For example, an issue which players often dispute the canonicity of is whether or not Guthix created Gielinor, or whether he just shaped it.

Another issue would be RuneScape Fanfiction or Novels. In Betrayal at Falador, for example, mentions a constellation called Saradomin. However, in the Observatory Quest, the player sees constellations such as Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, which are real-world constellations. Jagex try at every possible opportunity to keep to the established canon, but there is still dispute about certain subjects, especially on sketchy and highly-speculated subjects such as the history of gods like Zaros and the Desert Pantheon.