Head Mourner
| Head Mourner | |
| Release date | 19 July 2005 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Elf |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | Yes - Plague City series |
| Location | West Ardougne |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | Male |
| Examine | A Mourner showing his true identity. |
| Notable features | Head of the Mourners |
The Head mourner is the commander of the Prifddinas Death Guard and the leader of the Mourners. He is one of Lord Iorwerth's generals who seeks to find an entrance to the Temple of Light in order to harvest its power to bring back the Dark Lord. To this end, Iorwerth convinced King Lathas to fake a plague in West Ardougne so the Mourners could quarantine the area and then have free access to the tunnels which led to the Temple. The Head Mourner was handed the duty of capturing people who fell ill to the "plague" and then using them as slaves to dig through the tunnels to find the Temple.
After he learned Elena was investigating West Ardougne for details of the plague supposedly brought on by the return of King Tyras he ordered her imprisonment for fear she would learn that the plague was a lie. Eventually, the player infiltrates the Mourners as a new recruit in Mourning's Ends Part I and later in Mourning's Ends Part II he finds the Temple of Light and re-activates the magical safeguards, locking the temple for one thousand years, foiling the Mourners' plot. The Head Mourner's mission in West Ardougne after the Temple of Light was sealed off still remains unknown.
Location
He can be found in his office in the basement of the Mourner HQ in north-eastern West Ardougne. Mourner gear must be worn in order to enter the building. If lost, two keys can be found on his desk: Tarnished key to the jail room next door and New key to open the western basement door to the tunnel to the Temple of Light.
Trivia
- For an elf, his ears are fairly small. This could be a glitch, or there may be some reasoning behind it as yet not revealed, though it is worthy of note that before RuneScape High Detail, his ears were of regular elven standard.