| Savant | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 17 October 2005 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Human | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest | • Wanted! • The Slug Menace | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Unknown, spoken to via the Commorb | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Talk-to | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | Assigned to help tracking down Solus Dellagar. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NPC ID | 4931 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
Savant, real name Elyssa van Lendes,[1] is a Senior Mystical Researcher (S.M.R for short) and head librarian for the Temple Knights of Falador.[2] She plays a fairly major role in two quests, namely Wanted!, where she aids the player by helping slow the teleports of the evil murder mage Solus Dellagar, and The Slug Menace, in which she briefs the player and saves them from being taken over by the Sea Slug queen Mother Mallum.
Elyssa's location is hidden, and she cannot be found in person, though the player communicates with her through the Temple Knight Commorb, which is given to the player by Sir Tiffy Cashien, the lead recruiter of the Temple Knights. When players ask her about herself, she would talk a bit about the Temple Knights' magical research team and herself.
She has a grudge against the Wizards' Tower, where she was denied entry because they thought she was "just a girl" and that she would be "too scared" to research effectively.[3]
Dialogue
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Trivia
- Savant is not a nickname, but rather her role in the Temple Knights order, as revealed in Ivandis' writings. Savants are the equivalent of scientists and researchers for the Temple Knight order.[4]
References
- ^ Savant in Wanted!. Old School RuneScape. "My real name is Elyssa Van Lendes, but for operational purposes I am called Savant."
- ^ Savant in Wanted!. Old School RuneScape. "I am the S.M.R and Chief Librarian for the Temple Knights. [Player: S.M.R? What's that?] It stands for Senior Mystical Researcher. The Temple Knights have a world class research team investigating new types of magic constantly. As senior researcher, and field liaison, I can pass on information to the rest of the Temple Knights."
- ^ Savant in Wanted!. Old School RuneScape. "Oh yes... The Wizards' Tower... Let me tell you something, the mages who work there are idiots! They told me that magical research wasn't suitable for 'just a girl' and that I would be 'too scared' to research for them effectively! Luckily the Temple Knights are far more open minded about things, and I really feel like my work is making a difference to them!"
- ^ Ivandis Seergaze. "Ivandis' writings". Old School RuneScape. "Instead, our primary focus was more unsettling: to conduct research and gather materials related to the vampyre practice of haemalchemy. The savants believed haemalchemy to be the key to vampyrification, but more importantly, also the key to overcoming the vampyres. Through our efforts, the savants were able to design what could only be described as a blood ritual."