Denath
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| File:Denath.png | |
| Release date | 14 November 2005 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Human |
| Members NPC? | No |
| Quest NPC? | Shadow of the Storm |
| Location | Thamarron's Lair |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Male |
| Examine | A practicer of dark arts. |
Denath is a dark wizard whose goal is to summon demons from the Pandemonium Realm.
Demon Slayer
He is first seen during Demon Slayer, leading a group of evil wizards in the summoning of the demon Delrith. They succeed, but when he sees an adventurer wielding Silverlight, he escapes, fearing for the lives of both Delrith and him.
| “ | Arise, O mighty Delrith! Bring destruction to this soft, weak city!...Ha ha ha! At last you are free, my demonic brother! Rest now, and then have revenge on this pitiful city!...Noo! Not Silverlight! Delrith is not ready yet! I've got to get out of here... | ” |
In the following years he is not seen, but two monks, Father Badden and Father Reen, keep an eye on him. When the same adventurer aids a clay golem at the ruins of Uzer in opening a portal to Thammaron's demon realm, Denath and his gathering set up camp there, for it is easier to summon demons in a demon realm.
Shadow of the Storm
During Shadow of the Storm, it is revealed he has fled to the ruins of Uzer, where he has been building up a following of supposedly evil, but actually quite friendly, people. They aid him in the summoning of the weather demon Agrith-Naar, but during this ritual, he steps in the middle and is transported to the Infernal Dimensions, meaning that he is the evil Agrith-Naar himself! This also explains his relation to Delrith and the similar marks on his chest. After most of the members of his group get killed either by monsters or the storms he caused, the same adventurer who killed Delrith summons him with a new group of people and defeats him. At the summoning, however, Agrith-Naar kills Matthew, a former member of the group who had aided the player during the quest, after already having killed Josef in between the events of quests. As Agrith-Naar dies, he and thus Denath are gone for good.
After the graphical update of the stone circle south of Varrock, he's the first unfriendly non-player character to be killed after getting away in the previous quest.
It is revealed when asking Evil Dave about his attempts to 'give up' evil, that though he finds the prospect of trying to be 'good' distasteful, he also fears for the consequences of evil, stating that he does not want anyone to get hurt, like Denath, implying that Dave and Denath had known each other and were part of the same cult of Dark Wizards trying to summon Delrith. When he says this speech it gives away that he is a demon because he says that Delrith is his brother. Although it is entirely possible that "demonic brother" is metaphorical in the same manner priests are called "brother" and the fact he is a demon is entirely coincidental and therefore he may not be his brother.