| Necrovarus | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 15 February 2005 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Ghost | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest | Ghosts Ahoy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | The Ectofuntus temple north of Port Phasmatys | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Talk-to | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | An evil priest. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NPC ID | 2986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
Necrovarus is a ghostly priest and mage. He arrived in Port Phasmatys from the Eastern Lands after having a vision of an underground source of power - the pool of ectoplasm located beneath Port Phasmatys. He is the main antagonist in the Ghosts Ahoy quest.
History
Necrovarus came from the Eastern Lands, but little else is known about his early history.[1]
Port Phasmatys was once a thriving port until Lord Drakan took notice of the settlement and demanded blood tithes from people living there. The inhabitants had no choice but to give in to his demands, and over time, the number of people living there dwindled and there was talk of abandoning the town, until Necrovarus arrived. He claimed there was a source of power underground that could help repel the vampyres, and he helped them build the Ectofuntus, which would create a magical barrier around the town that would repel Drakan and his vampyres. During the construction of the Ectofuntus, one of Necrovarus's disciples had turned against him before the project was finished, and fled.[2]
Once the Ectofuntus was completed, it worked perfectly to repel the vampyres, but there was a side effect. All the people in the town died, became ghosts, and could not go on to the next world.[3] This was the true intention of Necrovarus, who intended to use power of the ghosts and the Ectofuntus for his own evil purposes.[4] At the end of Ghosts Ahoy, Necrovarus is thwarted and is forced to give up control over the town's ghostly inhabitants. They can now move on to the next world if they wish, although most have chosen to remain in this world at Port Phasmatys for the time being.
Dialogue
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Trivia
- The Staff of the Dead is based on Necrovarus' staff.
- In the Ghosts Ahoy quest, when using an enchanted ghost speak amulet you can command Necrovarus to do an impression of a chicken without discharging the amulet. In his impression he says "Cluck cluck squuuaaaakkkk cluck cluck" then "I think I've laid an egg...".
- Also using this amulet you can convince him to tell you a joke without discharging the amulet. The joke he replies is "Knock Knock, Who's there, Egbert, Egbert who?, Egbert no bacon".
- Necrovarus' name comes from the Greek prefix necro, meaning death, and indeed may be a play on necrovirus.
References
- ^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "He came from the eastern lands, but of more than that, little is known. Some say he was once a mage, some say a priest. Either way, he was in possession of knowledge totally unknown to even the most learned among us."
- ^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "During the building of the Ectofuntus one of Necrovarus's disciples spoke out against him. It is such a long time ago I cannot remember her name, although I knew her as a friend. She fled before the Ectofuntus took control over us, but being a disciple of Necrovarus she would have been privy to many of his darkest secrets."
- ^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "Necrovarus told us that he had been brought by a vision he'd had of an underground source of power. He inspired us to delve beneath the town, promising us the power to repel the vampyres. (…) Indeed, this Ectopower did repel the vampyres; they would not enter Phasmatys once the Ectofuntus began working. But little did we know that we had exchanged one evil for yet another – Ectopower. Little by little, we began to lose any desire for food or water, and our desire for the Ectopower grew until it dominated our thoughts entirely. Our bodies shrivelled and, one by one, we died."
- ^ Velorina in Ghosts Ahoy. Old School RuneScape. "The Ectofuntus and the power it emanates keeps us here as ghosts - some, like myself, content to remain in this world; some becoming tortured souls who we do not allow to pass our gates. We would be able to pass over into the next world but Necrovarus has used his power to create a psychic barrier, preventing us."