History Characters / RuneScapeDragonkin

* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: At the end of "The Ritual of the Mahjarrat", when they [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch kill Lucien]]]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He ends Lucien's life with a staff of Armadyl to the chest. [[TheFriendNobodyLikes None of Lucien's Mahjarrat comrades (including his cousin Zemouregal) mourned his death.]]

-> '''Kerapac:''' [[spoiler: [[SlaveLiberation WE WILL NO LONGER BE SLAVES!]]]]

An elder Dactyl. He was locked in the Lithkren Vault for most of the Fourth Age, which he spent working on his creation, Galvek, a massive dragon-like creature capable of harnessing the four elements and controlling lesser dragons. When the player accidentally unleashes him, he raises an army of dragons and sets out to destroy humanity.

* KillAllHumans: His goal.

* CloningBlues: Using the Effigy Incubator for several months reveals that [[spoiler:Vicendithas isn't Kerapac's son, Kerapac tried to clone himself to escape the curse. After many, many failures, the result was Vicendithas. He's genuinely shocked by this, but eventually decides that he is more than the circumstances of his creation.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Varanus captured the Raksha at the price of his own life. [[spoiler: Or so he let everyone believe.]]

* SentIntoHiding: When Kerapac learned of the [[TrulySingleParent crystal dragon]] and her progeny, he demanded that Vicendithas turn them over [[ForScience so that he could dissect them and learn how to make more.]] [[NoJustNoReaction Vicendithas became outraged and refused]], hiding the gemstone dragons in a cave in Karamja and the crystal dragon in a secret location that only he knows of.

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: While Varanus will concede that Kerapac's methods can be [[{{Understatement}} extreme]], he determined that binding himself to the Raksha was [[NecessaryEvil necessary]] in order to keep it imprisoned.]]

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The [[DraconicHumanoid dragonkin]] are one of the oldest and most powerful races in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', even predating Guthix's arrival to Gielinor. They are most famous for [[TheMaker creating the dragons]] and are equally infamous for their [[UnstoppableRage fiery, destructive temper]].

* TheWorfEffect: They [[spoiler:manage to slay Lucien with ease and Lucien was the most powerful mahjarrat at the time]].

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* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Vicendithas does not appreciate Hannibus attempting to help him mend his relationship with Kerapac, and constantly brushes him of when Hannibus brings it up. Moia later also attempts to follow Hannibus's example, although for less altruistic reasons.

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:[[DefiedTrope Defied]]; Varanus is quite content with his current situation since it means he can keep the Raksha imprisoned [[TheNeedsOfTheMany and stop it from killing anyone else.]] He is, however, aware that other Dragonkin might disagree with him on this, which is why [[FakingTheDead he kept his identity a secret]] after becoming the Raksha's keeper in case anyone tried to free him.]]

An elder Dactyl.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He certainly seems to think so.

!!Tarshak

!!Varanus

* [[spoiler: CombatCommentator: Serves as this while fighting the Raksha.]]

* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: After being poisoned by the Raksha, Kerapac managed to save his life. Realizing the Raksha would need someone to keep it contained within its prison, Varanus agreed to become its keeper, having firsthand experience of how cruel and vicious it could be. Afraid that other Dragonkin would attempt to free him of his role, or perhaps even [[MercyKill euthanize]] him, he declined to reveal his true name when he was visited and allowed the rest of the Dragonkin to believe that he had died.]]
* [[spoiler: FateWorseThanDeath: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; Varanus is quite content with his current situation since it means he can keep the Raksha imprisoned [[TheNeedsOfTheMany and stop it from killing anyone else.]] He is, however, aware that other Dragonkin might disagree with him on this, which is why [[FakingTheDead he kept his identity a secret]] after becoming the Raksha's keeper in case anyone tried to free him.]]

* [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Following whatever procedure Kerapac performed to preserve his life, Varanus no longer has legs, his lower torso replaced by machinery.]]

* [[spoiler: TheJailer: After faking his death, Varanus was made the Raksha's jailer, being the only dragonkin with the necessary experience for the job. He would identify himself as The Keeper to any Dragonkin who came to visit, so that they would continue to believe that he was dead.]]
* [[spoiler: ManInTheMachine: Kerapac managed to keep Varanus alive after he was poisoned, eventually placing him in charge of the Raksha's prison. Currently he's encased within a large [[PeopleJars glass tube]] and connected via machinery to the prison systems.]]
* [[spoiler: MrExposition: Explains the Raksha's backstory at great length so that the player understands how vital it is that the Raksha ''does not escape imprisonment''.]]
* [[spoiler: OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; he identifies himself as "The Keeper" to all who visit the Raksha's prison in a deliberate effort to maintain the illusion of his death, [[JustifiedTrope as he felt that if word got out that he was still alive his fellow Dragonkin would attempt to free him of his role, potentially releasing the Raksha.]] The player is only able to deduce his identity after recovering his journals from his crypt.]]

* OddFriendship: With Gregorovic. [[spoiler: It becomes less odd (or perhaps even odder) when it is revealed that Gregorovic is a Chthonian demon named Erasinus.]]

--->'''Phalaks:''' I have noticed your kind does tend to blindly stumble forward towards danger simply because it exists. What is your word for that?\\

'''Phalaks:''' Interesting. [[FearlessFool We call it utter stupidity.]]

[[folder:Kerapac]]
!!Kerapac
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A Dactyl dragonkin. Brilliant, determined, and absolutely amoral, Kerapac created many of the dragons seen in game, such as the Queen Black Dragon, frost dragons, and celestial dragons.

[[folder:Forcae]]
!!Forcae
A Dactyl dragonkin and one of Kerapac's peers. Forcae is responsible for the creation of the metal dragons.

* TheGhost: Doesn't appear directly in-game and is only known through his journal, in which all ten of its pages are obtained as drops from adamant and rune dragons.
* AGodAmI: After spending who knows how many centuries creating different kinds of dragons, he develops a bit of a god complex.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets ripped apart by his own creations.
* IHaveNoSon: Has a daughter, Lasthes, who he disowned after she joined the Necrosyrtes.
* PosthumousCharacter: By the time the player finds the ruins of his lab, he is long since dead.
* TooDumbToLive: After creating the NighInvulnerable runite dragons, severely weakening himself in the process, he tried to discipline them and force them to respect him.

[[folder:Tarshak]]
!!Tarshak
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A Dactyl dragonkin. At the behest of Kerapac, he pursued the Fremmenik hero-god V. He was eventually captured by the Necrosyrtes and infused with V's divine energy as a test. It all went downhill from there.

* AlmightyIdiot: Devolves into this by the time the World Guardian finds him in his sanctum.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Inverted. While the Dragonkin are usually widely feared, he ultimately meets his demise at the hands of the World Guardian (which is also the first instance of the player character killing a Dragonkin) after he mutates into a nameless monstrosity.
* BodyHorror: He eventually devolves into a hideous, mindless atrocity. Phalaks speculates that it could be a fail-safe in the curse to stop them becoming too powerful, or simply a side effect of Tarshak abusing his connection with the Stone of Jas.
* DumbMuscle: Both the Dactyl and the Necrosyrtes comment that Tarshak was never very smart.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Is torn in half as a result of a giant banite rock being dropped on him, but this still doesn't kill him.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: His deformations made him strong enough to go toe-to-toe with Strisath, Sakirth, and Kalibath, and he most likely would have won if Kalibath hadn't stolen one of his protective charms. When he mutates into the Abomination, he's more than a match for the player even after getting torn in half.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: He begins mutating into an abomination after being infused with V's power.
* RasputinianDeath: He takes a ''lot'' of punishment to bring down. He gets beaten on by the Necrosyrtes, gets shot with a poisoned dragonbane dart (which Phalaks notes should have killed him almost immediately), fights the player, gets crushed beneath a massive lode of bane ore, ''tears himself in half'' trying to get out from under the rocks, and is finally put down by the player kiting him through his own fire and the collapsing ceiling of his lair.
* SanitySlippage: He goes completely insane very quickly.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: His first and last appearance was in "Hero's Welcome", where the World Guardian ends his life after he transforms into an abomination.

[[folder:Strisath]]
!!Strisath
A Necrosyrtes dragonkin usually seen with Sakirth and Sithaph.

* AttackAttackAttack: Attempting this on [[ManipulativeBastard Sliske]] got him trapped in the Shadow Realm.
* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: Kerapac's experiment allows Strisath's rage to subside for a time, long enough that the two can talk in a somewhat civilized manner.
* EnemyWithin: When Kerapac sends the World Guardian into a construct representing the curse, they encounter an Echo of Jas who violently objects to their presence. Defeating it temporarily weakens the curse's hold on Strisath, but is not enough to permanently remove it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Kerapac's experiment on Strisath, amongst several other factors, allows Kerapac to find a way to theoretically put an end to the curse of the Dragonkin. [[spoiler: This culminates in [[WhamShot the destruction of the Stone of Jas]] during [[Recap/RuneScapeSliskesEndgame Sliske's Endgame]].]]
* UnstoppableRage: Like all Dragonkin, Strisath feels incredible pain and rage towards False Users of the Stone of Jas that can only be alleviated by killing them or by causing massive destruction to vent their rage. When Sliske lets him loose in the Empyrean Citadel, he goes on a destructive rampage that sends all the gods [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sliske lured Strisath into the Shadow Realm while he was guarding the [[MacGuffin Staff of Armadyl]], allowing Sliske to steal it. This allowed Sliske to locate the [[ArtifactOfDoom Stone of Jas]] after the player and their allies went to great lengths to hide it where no one could possibly find it. ''[[FromBadToWorse This]]'', in turn, allowed Sliske to kickstart [[DivineConflict a second war between the gods]].
* UnwittingTestSubject: Kerapac captures Strisath after his rampage in the Empyrean Citadel and, with the World Guardian's assistance, experiments on him in an attempt to better understand the curse of Jas.
* WickedCultured: Before the curse of Jas set in, Strisath was one of the Dragonkin's most celebrated philosophers. These days he mostly spits curses (and fireballs) at False Users.
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[[folder:Skeka]]
!!Skeka
An Aughra mystic and one of the main characters of the Orthen Archaeology mysteries.
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[[folder:Varanus]]
!!Varanus
A Nodon hunter responsible for the capture of the Raksha and one of the main characters of the Orthen Archaeology mysteries.

* TheBeastmaster: With the aid of Skeka, Varanus was able to refine his approach to hunting dinosaurs until he was able to tame an entire pack of varanusaurs (which Skeka named after him) to assist him in his hunting trips. Varanus was even able to eventually subdue the rexes inhabiting Anachronia. The only notable exception was Raksha, [[ItCanThink who was too intelligent to be tamed.]]
* ChallengeSeeker: Varanus was constantly looking for bigger and deadlier prey to hunt, until he finally met his match in the form of the Raksha.
* [[spoiler: CombatCommentator: Serves as this while fighting the Raksha.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When Varanus captured the Raksha, it showed him a vision of the violence it intended to inflict upon him. While Varanus was reeling from the vision, the Raksha sticked him with one of his poison spikes, [[SoreLoser content that Varanus would not survive to enjoy his victory]]. [[spoiler: Except Varanus ''did'' survive, [[TheJailer and would go on to become the custodian]] [[{{Irony}} of the Raksha's prison]].]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: While Varanus will concede that Kerapac's methods can be [[{{Understatement}} extreme]], he determined that binding himself to the Raksha was [[NecessaryEvil necessary]] in order to keep it imprisoned.]]
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: After being poisoned by the Raksha, Kerapac managed to save his life. Realizing the Raksha would need someone to keep it contained within its prison, Varanus agreed to become its keeper, having firsthand experience of how cruel and vicious it could be. Afraid that other Dragonkin would attempt to free him of his role, or perhaps even [[MercyKill euthanize]] him, he declined to reveal his true name when he was visited and allowed the rest of the Dragonkin to believe that he had died.]]
* [[spoiler: FateWorseThanDeath: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; Varanus is quite content with his current situation since it means he can keep the Raksha imprisoned [[TheNeedsOfTheMany and stop it from killing anyone else.]] He is, however, aware that other Dragonkin might disagree with him on this, which is why [[FakingTheDead he kept his identity a secret]] after becoming the Raksha's keeper in case anyone tried to free him.]]
* GreatWhiteHunter: Varanus was such a skilled hunter that he was able to capture the [[OutsideContextProblem Raksha]] when everyone else failed. After his death he was buried in his own crypt, an honor reserved for the most revered among the Dragonkin.
* [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Following whatever procedure Kerapac performed to preserve his life, Varanus no longer has legs, his lower torso replaced by machinery.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Varanus captured the Raksha at the price of his own life. [[spoiler: Or so he let everyone believe.]]
* HumbleHero: While Varanus was rightfully proud of his achievements, he never let his pride blind him to the bigger picture. Notably, after the Raksha poisoned him, his biggest concern was ensuring that it would never hurt anyone else.
* [[spoiler: TheJailer: After faking his death, Varanus was made the Raksha's jailer, being the only dragonkin with the necessary experience for the job. He would identify himself as The Keeper to any Dragonkin who came to visit, so that they would continue to believe that he was dead.]]
* [[spoiler: ManInTheMachine: Kerapac managed to keep Varanus alive after he was poisoned, eventually placing him in charge of the Raksha's prison. Currently he's encased within a large [[PeopleJars glass tube]] and connected via machinery to the prison systems.]]
* [[spoiler: MrExposition: Explains the Raksha's backstory at great length so that the player understands how vital it is that the Raksha ''does not escape imprisonment''.]]
* [[spoiler: OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; he identifies himself as "The Keeper" to all who visit the Raksha's prison in a deliberate effort to maintain the illusion of his death, [[JustifiedTrope as he felt that if word got out that he was still alive his fellow Dragonkin would attempt to free him of his role, potentially releasing the Raksha.]] The player is only able to deduce his identity after recovering his journals from his crypt.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Skeka. Varanus provided her with new fauna to dissect and study, and Skeka provided him with data to refine his approaches. After his death, Varanus bequeathed his pet hypnotic dinosaur to her.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Varanus did not believe that the Raksha could communicate, thinking it to be a creature of instinct and the rumors greatly exaggerated. This proved to be his undoing.
* WorthyOpponent: After having hunted virtually every other dinosaur in Anachronia, Varanus saw the Raksha as a quarry worthy of his skill.

[[folder:Vicendithas]]
!!Vicendithas
Kerapac's son, a Dactyl scientist and the indirect creator of the gemstone dragons.

* AbusiveParents: His father treated him badly, constantly belittling and mocking him. For his part, Vicendithas never seemed to like Kerapac much.
* CloningBlues: Using the Effigy Incubator for several months reveals that [[spoiler:Vicendithas isn't Kerapac's son, Kerapac tried to clone himself to escape the curse. After many, many failures, the result was Vicendithas. He's genuinely shocked by this, but eventually decides that he is more than the circumstances of his creation.]]
* LikeASonToMe: He considered the dragons he created to be his children. This got him a lot of mockery and abuse from the other Dactyl.
* SinsOfOurFathers: He's shunned by the other Dragonkin in part because of what Kerapac did. Fittingly, the sidequest where the player decides to work with him is named after this trope.
* TakeUpMySword: A variant: Kerapac promised to fix the Ilujanka's infertility, but while he tried to do so, he wound up not fulfilling his promise. Vicendithas independently decided to finish what his father started, and has been making some headway.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Vicendithas, being [[{{UsefulNotes/Asexual}} asexual]], admits he does not understand the appeal of romance and finds the concept exhausting. He even ponders if [[spoiler: Kerapac [[JerkassHasAPoint might've had a point]] when he chose to reproduce via cloning.]]
* WhiteSheep: While he can be blunt and brusque on occasion, he is ''considerably'' kinder and more moral than his father. [[spoiler:Which is actually pretty surprising, given that he's a clone.]]

[[folder:Naressa]]
!!Naressa
A Nodon dragonkin who broke free of Kerapac's mind control in Senntisten.

* FightingFromTheInside: Naressa was able to realize she was not in Orthen and fought against the dream Kerapac used to control her.
* HeroicWillpower: Though Kerapac forced the Nodon to attack Senntisten, only Naressa was able to overcome his control.
* OddFriendship: With Gregorovic. [[spoiler: It becomes less odd (or perhaps even odder) when it is revealed that Gregorovic is a Chthonian demon named Erasinus.]]
** After [[Recap/RunescapeTwilightOfTheGods Twilight of the Gods]], Naressa moves back to Orthen, where she stays in Vicendithas's lab and becomes friends with him. She considers his work impressive.

[[folder:Zorgoth]]
!!Zorgoth
An elder Dactyl.

The dragonkin are one of the oldest and most powerful races in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', even predating Guthix's arrival to Gielinor. They are most famous for [[TheMaker creating the dragons]] and are equally infamous for their [[UnstoppableRage fiery, destructive temper]].