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'''Valerius''' is a Zamorakian mage part of the [[Dragonwilds:Black Knight's Fortress (Quest)|Black Knight's Fortress quest]]. He will tell | '''Valerius''' is a Zamorakian mage part of the [[Dragonwilds:Black Knight's Fortress (Quest)|Black Knight's Fortress quest]]. | ||
== Black Knight's Fortress == | |||
Alternatively, players can head north-east from [[Dragonwilds:The Menagerie]]'s nodestone along the path. | He will tell the player that there is a [[Dragonwilds:glass owl]] located south-east of [[Dragonwilds:The Grand Hall]]. To find this, the player turns around and heads back up the spiral stairs with fire, leaves west out of the building, and crosses the bridge towards the [[Dragonwilds:blue dragon]]. They defeat the dragon and continue west through the stone arch. They dig with a [[Dragonwilds:steel spade]] in front of the golden glowing imp statue. | ||
Alternatively, players can head north-east from [[Dragonwilds:The Menagerie]]'s nodestone along the path. They turn around at the stone arch and dig in front of the imp statue. | |||
== Lore == | |||
[[Dragonwilds:Abraxus The Eternal|Abraxus]] describes Valerius as a wizard of great power who kept his attention on his books rather than on the world.{{CiteText|text=Abraxus The Eternal|quote=Valerius here, he used to be a shining thunderstorm of genius.}} Valerius wrote to Abraxus during his years at the keep in Dowdun Reach, and Abraxus kept the letters among the books of his own library before they were stolen.<ref group="notes">The writer of the letters is a wizard living at the keep in Dowdun Reach who holds the wizards around him in contempt, and Abraxus' own unsent letter names Valerius as its recipient, suggesting that the other four were sent by Valerius himself.</ref>{{CiteText|text=The Importance of Chaos|quote=Dear Abraxus, I hope this letter finds you well. Dowdun Reach is proving both fascinating and infuriating in equal measure.}} He addresses Abraxus as his dearest and complains of the company he keeps at the keep.{{CiteText|text=The Pride of the Avernic|quote=My dearest Abraxus, this keep is full of madmen and morons. People to whom power means strength and might, rather than unraveling the secrets of the universe.}} Another letter is a poem in praise of Abraxus' eyes, wit, and smile.{{CiteText|text=Aetheric Fundamentals, a Primordial Primer|quote=It's your sparkling wit, your wicked smile. With your every word, you do beguile.}} A third sets his anger with Abraxus alongside a wish to hold him.{{CiteText|text=The Wrath of Baba Potterington|quote=You make me so angry Abraxus. A fire I cannot put out. I want to shout at you. I want to kick you down the stairs. I want to wrap my arms around you and scream into your chest.}} One of those books holds a letter Abraxus wrote to Valerius and never sent.{{CiteText|text=Leonard the Bound|quote=Dear Valerius, I am too cowardly to send this letter. Too afraid that you might burn it, or laugh at it, or worse still, ignore it.}} | |||
Valerius speaks of voices in his head stealing his memories, and to keep one memory safe he sealed it inside a glass owl.{{CiteText|text=Valerius|quote=She whispers, do you hear her? For an eternity she crawls round and round inside my mind fighting with the other voice, the two of them at each other's throats.}}{{CiteText|text=Valerius|quote=They steal memories too. How dare they! But I hid mine! Sealed it in glass.}} The owl was wrapped in red cloth and buried in the garden where the keep once housed its creatures.{{CiteText|text=Glass Owl|quote=You find a small glass owl, wrapped carefully in red cloth to protect it from the elements.}} A dragon has since claimed that garden and guards the ground the owl lies beneath, unaware of what it protects.{{CiteText|text=Valerius|quote=I left my memories in a tranquil place, buried in the dirt. A garden where all the keep's creatures used to live. A dragon guards it now, though they know not what it is they protect.}} | |||
By the time the player reaches Dowdun Reach, Valerius has lost his name.{{CiteText|text=Abraxus The Eternal|quote=But, now... now he barely remembers his name...}} Abraxus remains nearby in the hopes of being remembered.{{CiteText|text=Abraxus The Eternal|quote=Maybe, one day, he'll even remember me.}} | |||
Once the owl is returned to him, Valerius recognises the memory sealed within it as one of Abraxus.{{CiteText|text=Valerius|quote=A memory in glass. A smile in kaleidoscopic fragments. Abraxus always was an artist at heart.}} He pays the player with a [[Dragonwilds:shard of the Dreaming Stone]] and warns that it whispers in the dark.{{CiteText|text=Valerius|quote=Thank you, apprentice. Here, take this bauble as payment. But beware, it whispers in the dark!}} | |||
== Notes == | |||
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== References == | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 28 August 2026
Template:Infobox NPC Valerius is a Zamorakian mage part of the Black Knight's Fortress quest.
Black Knight's Fortress
He will tell the player that there is a Dragonwilds:glass owl located south-east of Dragonwilds:The Grand Hall. To find this, the player turns around and heads back up the spiral stairs with fire, leaves west out of the building, and crosses the bridge towards the Dragonwilds:blue dragon. They defeat the dragon and continue west through the stone arch. They dig with a Dragonwilds:steel spade in front of the golden glowing imp statue. Alternatively, players can head north-east from Dragonwilds:The Menagerie's nodestone along the path. They turn around at the stone arch and dig in front of the imp statue.
Lore
Abraxus describes Valerius as a wizard of great power who kept his attention on his books rather than on the world.Template:CiteText Valerius wrote to Abraxus during his years at the keep in Dowdun Reach, and Abraxus kept the letters among the books of his own library before they were stolen.<ref group="notes">The writer of the letters is a wizard living at the keep in Dowdun Reach who holds the wizards around him in contempt, and Abraxus' own unsent letter names Valerius as its recipient, suggesting that the other four were sent by Valerius himself.</ref>Template:CiteText He addresses Abraxus as his dearest and complains of the company he keeps at the keep.Template:CiteText Another letter is a poem in praise of Abraxus' eyes, wit, and smile.Template:CiteText A third sets his anger with Abraxus alongside a wish to hold him.Template:CiteText One of those books holds a letter Abraxus wrote to Valerius and never sent.Template:CiteText Valerius speaks of voices in his head stealing his memories, and to keep one memory safe he sealed it inside a glass owl.Template:CiteTextTemplate:CiteText The owl was wrapped in red cloth and buried in the garden where the keep once housed its creatures.Template:CiteText A dragon has since claimed that garden and guards the ground the owl lies beneath, unaware of what it protects.Template:CiteText By the time the player reaches Dowdun Reach, Valerius has lost his name.Template:CiteText Abraxus remains nearby in the hopes of being remembered.Template:CiteText Once the owl is returned to him, Valerius recognises the memory sealed within it as one of Abraxus.Template:CiteText He pays the player with a Dragonwilds:shard of the Dreaming Stone and warns that it whispers in the dark.Template:CiteText