Archaeologist
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| File:Archaeologist.png | |
| Release date | 18 April 2005 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Human |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | Desert Treasure |
| Location | Bedabin camp |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Male |
| Examine | Hardened by the cutthroat world of archaeology. |
| Notable features | Archaeologist |
Asgarnia Smith is an archeologist that plays a role in the Desert Treasure quest. Players begin the quest by talking to him. He is searching for treasure and is one of many NPCs based on the fictional character Indiana Jones (such as Anna Jones and Orlando Smith), as he seems to have a whip attached to his belt. After completing Desert Treasure a player can talk to him to hear of his adventures, which are very similar to the plot of several Indiana Jones movies. According to Smith, he once managed to recover a Karamjan artefact known as the Golden Monkey of Tee-Tah-Toh. He also tells the player that he has heard of more treasure in Karamja, and he will be going there shortly.
Trivia
- Asgarnia Smith looks extremely similar to Maverick . His hat appears to be tipped at a slightly different angle, and he seems to be a bit darker.
- Asgarnia Smith is a reference to Indiana Jones, a character in a real-world series of films, who was originally going to be called Indiana Smith. His name is akin to Jones' as well, with the name of an area as his first name (Asgarnia is a kingdom in RuneScape and Indiana is an American State), and a very common surname (Jones and Smith are both common in Western cultures). This is further proven with the examine text, as Indiana Jones was also an archaeologist.
- He could be related to Orlando Smith, as they share a last name.
- When talking to him after completing Desert Treasure, the player refers to Azzanadra as a demon rather than a mahjarrat. However, this is an easy mistake to make for someone who have never seen a mahjarrat before, they are shapeshifters anyway, and Azzanadra isn't in the mahjarrat default form when he is released.
- He claims to be the one who discovered Temple of Ikov and Brimhaven Arena.
- He intoduces himself as "Archaeologist extraordinaire"