Armadyl

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Armadyl is a minor god in RuneScape. He pursues a more passive approach to maintaining order and virtue than Saradomin. However Armadyl and Saradomin, his successor, are friends unlike Zaros and Zamorak. Worship of Armadyl is largely limited to the Guardians of the Staff of Armadyl. A race once-thought dead (some were frozen in the God Wars Dungeon, now awakened to continue fighting), known as the Aviantese, also worshipped Armadyl and guarded his Staff, along with other relics. Their supposed extinction, and Zaros' banishment, are the major factors of his departure from Gielinor. Armadyl (or at least the Guardians) seem to hold the Mahjarrat in low esteem.

History
Currently little is known of Armadyl, however most sources point to him arriving on Gielinor in the First Age, roughly around the time Zaros arrived. The Aviantese, a race of bird-creatures, worshipped Armadyl and protected his relics, namely the Staff of Armadyl, from falling into the wrong hands. However during the Second Age his Staff was stolen, leading to Zaros's banishment from Gielinor and Zamorak's ascension to godhood. Armadyl was still active through the God Wars (Late God wars as the God wars Dungeon battle was 1 of the if not last god war battle), however the supposed extinction of the Aviantese, and the banishment of Zaros, lead him into inactivity. But before he left Armadyl charged a group of humans, and their descendants, to guard the Staff, and protect it from evil, this group becoming the Guardians. Most information about him is discovered during the Temple of Ikov quest.

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The Aviantese
The Aviantese are an almost dead race of humanoid avian creatures that worshipped Armadyl during the Second Age up to the God Wars. They guarded his artefacts, such as the Staff of Armadyl, from evil hands and shared a deep bond with Armadyl. However even they could not stop its theft, the banishment of Zaros and the rise of Zamorak. The Aviantese were believed to have become extinct during the God Wars, possibly due to the Mahjarrat. (However some are still alive in the God Wars Dungeon.)Their destruction was one of the factors contributing to Armadyl's inactivity in Gielinor.

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