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| - You said there were once four magical orders?
* Ariane: the old tower was made up of wizards from all over the world, with wildly different philosophies of magic. the arranged themselves into four orders, dedicated to different gods: Blue, Green, Red and Grey.
* Tell me about the Blue Order.
* Ariane: The Blue Wizards worshipped Saradomin, god of goodness and order. He's the most widely worshipped god in human lands. The Blue Wizards believed magic should be used to help people, and focused on non-combat spells in the standard spellbook we use today. After the first tower was destroyed, it was the surviving Blue Wizards who rebuilt it. The new tower is still a Saradominist institution, although these days a lot of wizards only pay lip service to the religion.
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| - You said there were once four magical orders?
* Ariane: the old tower was made up of wizards from all over the world, with wildly different philosophies of magic. the arranged themselves into four orders, dedicated to different gods: Blue, Green, Red and Grey.
* Tell me about the Blue Order.
* Ariane: The Blue Wizards worshipped Saradomin, god of goodness and order. He's the most widely worshipped god in human lands. The Blue Wizards believed magic should be used to help people, and focused on non-combat spells in the standard spellbook we use today. After the first tower was destroyed, it was the surviving Blue Wizards who rebuilt it. The new tower is still a Saradominist institution, although these days a lot of wizards only pay lip service to the religion.
* Tell me about the Green Order.
* Ariane: The Green Wizards worshipped Guthix, god of nature and balance. According to the druids, Guthix created the world then entered a deep sleep. before the rise of our current civilisation, the other gods went to war for control of the world. After millennia of fighting, Guthix awoke and banished them, so they could no longer intervene directly. It was a follower of Guthix who discovered rune essence, and the Green Wizards were the old tower's experts on runecrafting. their statue depicts their founder transmuting a lump of rune essence into a stack of runes.
* Tell me about the Red Order.
* Ariane: The Red Wizards worshipped Zamorak. Most people today see Zamorak as a god of evil, but for the Red wizards he was a god of chaos, personal strength and creativity. Legend has it Zamorak was once mortal, but he stole the staff of a god called Armadyl and used it to ascend to godhood. Their statue holds a staff in memory of that. The Red Wizards focused on destructive spells, especially ones involving fire. They invented most of the battle spells that made their way into today's standard spellbook.
* Tell me about the Grey Order.
* Ariane: There are other gods besides Saradomin, Guthix and Zamorak. The Grey Wizards were those who worshipped lesser-known gods, such as Armadyl or the Menaphite pantheon, or were non-religious. The Grey Wizards didn't invent many spells, but they made some of the greatest contributions to pure magical theory. Their statue's sword symbolises a sharp mind cutting into the heart of a matter.
* Okay, what should we do now?
* Ariane: We need to get deeper into the ruins, to the source of the power beam. It looks like the rune guardian is blocking the door. —— Talk to Rune guardian ——
* Rune guardian: Wizard, you have proved yourself worthy. All that remains is to determine the order to which you will belong. Are you ready to be tested?
* Ariane: It thinks we're new wizards joining the tower! Originally you wouldn't be able to get to this room without passing the entry tests.
* Ariane, what is this creature?
* Ariane: It's a rune guardian. The secret of making them was lost when the old tower was destroyed. It must have been standing at that door for a hundred years.
* What does the test involves?
* Rune guardian: I will ask you a series of questions. Your answers will reveal the order to which you are best suited. If you disagree with your allocation, you may take the test again.
* I'm ready to be tested. —— Test commences ——
* I'm not ready yet. —— Dialogue ends —— —— Open door —— —— The way further into the ruins has collapsed —— —— Talk to Ariane ——
* Ariane: I guess we'll need to find a way across here.
* I could jump that.
* Ariane: Maybe you could, but I'm not risking it. We need to find a safe way for us both to get across.
* Can't you teleport us?
* Ariane: It's not as simple as that. Each teleport spell goes to one specific location. Creating a new one can take years of research. It took the wizards of the old tower decades to crack the teleportation problem. It wasn't solved until shortly before the old tower's destruction.
* Can we use the power beam somehow?
* Ariane: the thing that attacked Wizard Borann came up the power beam from the ruins. I don't want to risk touching it until we've investigated.
* Let me look around. I'll think of something. —— Dialogue ends —— —— Climb-behind statue ——
* Ariane: Hey! What are you doing?
* I'm making us a bridge.
* Ariane: You're what? That's the statue of Eritona the Green, who negotiated the treaties with local rulers that let the wizards transport runes from the essence mine. You can't just push her statue down.
* Do you have a better idea?
* Ariane: Well no, but...be careful, okay? Try not to damage the statue.
* I think there might be something valuable behind here.
* Ariane: That's ridiculous. Who would leave valuables lying around behind a statue? Besides, the tower's true riches were in the form of knowledge. Nothing a treasure hunter would be interested in. Well, can you see anything?
* Dialogue missing.
* Nothing, I'll come back down. —— Dialogue ends —— —— Ariane guides the statue into place using magic —— —— Cross statue —— —— Climb-down staircase —— —— Talk to Ariane ——
* Ariane: This is it! The heart of the old tower - the central spellcasting chamber where the old wizards performed their most powerful rituals. It's amazing - I never imagined I'd see it in person.
* I wish I could have seen it.
* Ariane: So do I. Most of the spells we use today were invented in this room. wizards of all four order cooperated for the sake of magical research. These vortices look like the one that attacked Wizard Borann. I want to find out what they are. I'll need you to attract a vortex into this circle and keep it there while I examine it.
* Try not to get overexcited.
* Dialogue missing. —— Lure a vortex into the magic circle —— —— Talk to Ariane ——
* Ariane: They're NOT ghosts. At first I thought they might be ghosts but they're...they're soul fragments. I've heard about putting part of yourself into your work, but he old wizards literally put part of their souls into the power beam.
* Why would they do that?
* Ariane: They must have wanted to create a very powerful magical effect. I don't know what they were trying to do, but whatever it was, it went wrong. do you know what this is? I think this is what destroyed the first tower! I think there was an enchantment keeping the vortices here, but someone has removed it. Now they're able to go up the beam to the new tower, and you saw the trouble they can cause.
* Who might have removed the enchantment?
* Ariane: I can't tell, but it happened recently - within the last few days. It looks like we weren't the first people to come down here after all. I can replace the enchantment that was keeping the vortices here, but it'll take some time. While I do it you need to go back to the new tower and delay Sedridor's casting of his Icyenic Purge.
* Why do I need to delay Sedridor?
* Ariane: The Icyenic Purge flood the tower with energy, but these vortices are attracted to magic. all it'll do is draw them up into the tower and make it impossible to get rid of them. I can restore the enchantment that kept the vortices in the ruins, but I need to do it while they're still here.
* How can I delay Sedridor
* Ariane: I don't know, but I'm sure you can think of something. If he's casting an Icyenic Purge he'll probably be in the library on the ground floor.
* Okay I'll do that now. —— Dialogue ends ——
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