Strange power



The strange power was an event that occurred at about 19:48 UTC on 23 January 2010. All across Gielinor, a strange power was felt by nearly all the players online at the time. The effects lasted for about seven seconds, featuring a red mist-like effect encircling and levitating users. When the players stopped floating, they all faced a specific direction, which was north-east for anyone who was on the main plane of Gielinor at the time. (other directions were only reported if players were in a cave or minigame area) All the players who experienced it received a message saying, "You feel a strange power unleash itself upon you". There is plenty of speculation of what the strange power was, or its true purpose. However, Jagex is not giving any information on what happened at the moment, but is expected to soon. RuneScape will not be updated again until the week of 1 February 2010.

Facts
After the initial event, all sorts of speculation and rumours had spread. Among hundreds, only a few were confirmed to be true, which are the following:


 * Mod Calm confirmed on the RuneScape Forums that the phenomenon "wasn't a glitch or a bug."
 * After the strange power, all players were placed facing the same direction from different locations.
 * NPC chat dialogue that was added after the strange power:
 * Peer the Seer: "Uuuh... What was that dark presence I felt? ! Ahem, sorry about that."
 * Seers in Seers' Village: "Uh, what was that dark force? I've never sensed anything like it... Anyway, sorry about that."
 * Sin Seer: "My inner eye is clouded from a wave of darkness; give me a moment. What do you want?"



Trivia

 * The event was accompanied by a sound very much like the audio of the Quest Cape emote.
 * Some psychics (though neither the Oracle nor Gypsy Aris) appear to have been affected by the strange power. Those reacting to the phenomena are all seers: the Seers of Seers' Village, the Sin Seer, and Peer the Seer.
 * This event corresponds with the release of Enakhra's Lament 4 years ago.
 * Both non-members and members experienced this event.
 * If a player was moving or performing an action while this event occurred, they would cancel the emote, but the red mist would still appear.
 * On the same day of this occurrence, Mod MMH posted an anagram on the official forums for players to solve. The anagram was Acolyte Until. He also said that the answer was four words long and began with an I. Players quickly discovered that the anagram unscrambled to I can't tell you. (A few players believe that this hints at a new White Knight rank, as Acolytes are ranked after Proselytes.)
 * Some players belive that the message: "You feel a strange power unleash itself upon you." could be an anagram for: "Use 'n unite four powers to help you fly as an eagle.", although these are only speculations.

Video Footage
So far, there are only 3 videos on YouTube of which the power was captured. The videos cannot be remade so they are marked as historical.

Strange power unleashes itself on Runescape - ViIIandra - Smithing Video

Runescape 1/23/10 [Strange Power Jagex's Hint on a Hidden Update? MUST SEE ] - aquaman157 - Kalphite Queen Video

"you feel a strange power unleash itself upon you"+all runescape skillcapes at one moment - rsvideonl - Mega Skillcape Video