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| - Player: Hello! Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): H-hello! Player: So what's up? Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): I cannot believe it! You can see me? You understand my words? Player: Sure can. So why are you hanging out here? Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): My tale is one of woe... No doubt you will have little interest in hearing it... Though it has been so many moons since last I had company in this endless non-life... Player: Well, actually I would like to know what happened to you to turn you into an invisible ghost. If only so I can make sure it doesn't happen to me... Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): My name is Valdez. I served my Lord Saradomin faithfully for many years, as an explorer of this strange land we had been brought to. I remember the day this curse fell upon me clearly... I had just discovered a huge temple, hidden below the ground, of one of Saradomins patriots. I am unsure who built it, or why they had left it seemingly abandoned, but inside I located a great treasure... It was the godstaff of Armadyl. Oh, how I rue my choice that day! Player: Choice? Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): Aye, stranger. I chose that day to take it so that my Lord Saradomin's power and prestige could be increased by its possession. A god-weapon! Do you have any comprehension of the difficulty and rarity in obtaining such a thing? To find such an artefact of power just lying around, it is almost incomprehensible... So it was there in that deserted temple that I made my choice. I took the staff, and left that temple for Entrana immediately. This was the cause of my cursed state. Player: What, you mean you gave it to Saradomin and in return he cursed you??? Seems kind of ungrateful if you ask me... Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): No stranger, you misunderstand completely... Firstly my gracious Lord would never treat anyone in such a manner; If he felt it was beyond my bounds as a mere mortal to hold such an artefact, he would simply have commanded me to return it to whence I had claimed it, and I being eternally loyal would have obeyed without question... Player: And secondly? Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): And secondly; I never managed to pass the artefact on to my Lord... The vile thief Rennard accosted me as I made my way to Entrana, and after defeating me with a sneak attack, plundered the staff from my person, and left me for dead... I do not know what became of the staff, but I can feel in my very bones whatever its final fate was, it is somehow related to this curse upon me... Player: Wow. Tough break! Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): I am sorry to bore you with my tale stranger, please allow me to compound my rudeness by asking you for one small favour, small to perform? Player: Eh, I won't make any promises, but if it's nothing too annoying I guess I can help you out. Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): Many thanks stranger, this existence tortures me... I need to find Rennard and if he has the staff yet reclaim it, or find out what hideous deed he performed to curse me so! I have nothing I may offer you save my piece of clothing, please take it as payment... Player: Where can I find Rennard then? Mysterious Ghost (Valdez): Ah, the infamous Rennard... [Valdez hints at one of three locations; the abandoned pirate ship in level 56 Wilderness, the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness, or the Bandit Camp in the Kharidian Desert.] Player: Okay, well I'll try and find him for you then.
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