User blog:Natalie Renderra/Little Overdue, but... What I learned from Joy of Zaros

Warning, Spoilers may follow

 * Zaros started his wars more open, actually leading men to the battlefield before moving behind the scenes, and then ending his conquest all together.
 * Zaros survived Zamorak stabbing him with the Staff of Armadyl, because Zaros himself has always been immortal, even before ascension.
 * Zaros did not use an Elder Artifact, to Jagex's current understandings.
 * Zaros' Symbol, unlike unlike Saradomin's Star and Armadyl's wings, is his own.  It is not derived from an Elder Artifact he used or uses.
 * Zarosian Vampyres were wiped out entirely.  Mod Osborune did wonder what a Zarosian Vampire would act like, but ultimately decided it didn't matter after the civil war.  Those that remain are loyal to Drakan alone.
 * Zaros had a strong interest in Guthix.
 * Zaros won't lead another Empire, he's learned from previous mistakes and intends to reach his ultimate goal, still left vague, in a different way.
 * Zaros may form an alliance with Saradomin, as both gods follow some form of Order.

And this is the massive detail. Humans during the time of Zaros' empire were not treated well. Demons, Mahjarrat, and Vampyres had full authority over them, leaving humans as peasants. Viggora was so disgusted by this, when he heard of Zamorak's rebellion he agreed to help to better the human race through removing this oppression.
 * Azzanadra, for all his power, was not one of Zaros' Generals until after Zaros had fallen.
 * Nex would more than likely be able to defeat Azzanadra, and presumedly any Mahjarrat bar Zamorak, Sliske, or Lucien (All coming in contact with Elder Artifacts) in combat, especially further away from the last ritual.
 * Char was not Zaros' concubine as speculated.  She earned his trust enough to see him in the last days of the Empire, which she and others thought made her closer than the other leaders.