Dragonwilds:Valerius

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 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