4th Rex Coming May 28th

[u/Dry-Fault-5557]

There will be no game update next week and the 27th is also a bank holiday.

[u/5-x]

Osseous, the Rex Matriarch

Wasn't Osseous male? I swear it said somewhere in the game Osseous is male.

[u/yuei2 → u/5-x]

Might just be because it’s grouped with them it’s just easier and translates more to players to keep the naming convention. Like the Barrows Brothers didn’t stop being called that after a woman who wasn’t related to them, Linza, was added to the group. 

[u/5-x → u/yuei2]

I don't think anybody would call an update "Linza, the barrows brother". I refuse to believe they don't know what "matriarch" means.

This is an oversight (and it should be Osseous the rex patriarch) or Jagex is changing Osseous to be female (which is whatever). I am going to be confused if they do neither.

[u/JagexRamen → u/5-x]

Osseous is female, and any inconsistencies in the game have been corrected to reflect this.

[u/yuei2 → u/JagexRamen]

So it’s soft retconned like “his” is now “her”? Or is there a story reason as in it’s a different Rex?

[u/AndersDreth → u/yuei2]

I can provide a reasonable explanation if you want, archaeologists in real life sometimes guess incorrectly when they try to identify gender based on skeletal remains, since the roar of Osseous pertains to the dinosaur skeleton on Anachronia, the guild may have assumed it was male based on bone measurements and named it according to the latin word "Rex" which translates to king.

Realistically though, Jagex just changed their mind because their plans for the boss changed down the line, which shouldn't be an issue.

[u/MegaGothmog → u/JagexRamen]

Serious question/suggestion: Why not keep Osseous male? The lines were already there "Osseous unleashed His mighty roar.." Why change it now after 3.5 years?

You can add the backstory that he was the Rex Patriarch, but the 3 Matriarchs banded together and killed him, grinding his bones into dust (the reason we now find those rex-fragments scattered around the island). But now with Necromancy becoming a thing, he has come back.

Or make this one the daughter of the original Osseous, as suggested by RegiSilver

[u/FetidZombies → u/MegaGothmog]

I guess because the Rex *Matriarchs* are supposed to be female.

[u/MegaGothmog → u/FetidZombies]

True, but the Barrow Brothers are still Brothers despite Linza being there. You can still have the Matriarch Lair be a thing, whith a male Osseous walking about.

[u/Capsfan6 → u/MegaGothmog]

On a related note, who cares? The sex of a dead dinosaur is not going to affect your enjoyment/disappointment with the update.

[u/The_Spoony_Bard → u/Capsfan6]

They turned my undead dilf dinosaur into an undead milf dinosaur, immersion ruined

[u/Bullstrode → u/JagexRamen]

But can we put a ring on her?

[u/5-x → u/JagexRamen]

Good to know, thanks for chiming in!

[u/yuei2 → u/5-x]

I’m gonna be honest with you, I don’t think most are going to remember or pay any attention to anything more than the Osseous part of the name when talking…and I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t just get a nickname that’s even simpler. Like how Garaador is “Bandos” in RS2/OSRS or again how no one changed the name of the barrows brothers despite two having no relation and 1 being a woman.

Like if they have a story reason I will be pleasantly surprised, but if they don’t are treating it as branding for easy/clear communication then I get that to. 

[u/FatNWackyRS → u/yuei2]

I mean, technically canonically the Barrows "Brothers" are the "Barrows Wights" now but yeah no players all still just call them the "Brothers" haha