Anima Mundi

The Anima Mundi is a name given by the gnomes to the life force that exists within all things. It is sacred to them, for they beleive Guthix created it when he made Gielinor in the First Age.

The Anima Mundi is very important to the spirit trees, as they use not only as a means to survive, but to commune with one another both. If they are seperated from the Anima Mundi, they become weakened and corrupted, and slowly lose their life force until they die.

There have been few throughout the world's history that have attempted to experiment with this force, as doing so is not only dangerous and nearly impossible, but considered an unholy act that goes beyond mere evil. One gnome, Glouphrie, is known to be conducting experiments involving the Anima Mundi within his hidden city, Arposandra. This has allowed him to create large amounts of warped terrorbirds and warped tortoises, amongst other things.

Apparently, interfering with the Anima Mundi creates massive amounts of waste material, as is evident in the Poison Wastes in southen Isafdar. It is here that Arposandra dumps the sewage made by its experiments, which slowly destroy more of Isafdar each day. The substance itself is very sticky and full of explosive chemical compounts. It has also made the area's life energy very weak, and nearly caused the death of atleast one spirit tree.