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**V** (true name unknown, but has gone by a variety of names) was a Fremennik seer who discovered the Stone of Jas and the art of Runecrafting in the First or Second Age, and thereafter founded the Moon Clan. Some time after this, he ascended to godhood via unknown means.

He is mentioned in *The Basics of Magics*, appears in a flashback during While Guthix Sleeps, is briefly mentioned by Sliske after Fate of the Gods, and plays a prominent role in the Hero's Welcome quest, in which he is killed by the Dragonkin.

## History

### Discovering the Stone of Jas

V stumbled on the Stone of Jas in the Lunar Isle mine at some point during the First or Second Age, and touching it caused his "mind to unlock the potential of magic", also causing him to grow from a short and stubby human into one of average size. The stone was then "instantly removed by those who walk a higher astral path", leaving behind what would later be dubbed rune essence.

V soon discovered that the rocks where the stone was found had become the rune essence, and that he could change them into "the elements of the universe itself" by focusing his mind on them. He and some other Fremennik then went and created a large number of altars around the world, starting with the Astral Altar. These altars could be used to create runes, which were previously only available in the limited quantities that Guthix gave out. At one point, they were even able to create an altar capable of making any rune at will.

This discovery of Runecrafting created a schism among the Fremennik, with some believing that since runes were a gift from the gods, crafting them was blasphemy, while others believed that they should craft runes and use magic to better themselves. This eventually caused a split between the two factions, with V and his followers going to Lunar Isle and founding the Moon Clan after the other Fremennik turned violent. The Fremennik then went and destroyed the entrances to the rune altars, rendering the Moon Clan unable to runecraft, but their isolation on Lunar Isle and continued practice of magic eventually led to V and his followers surpassing the need to use runes to practice magic.

### Ascending to godhood

V thereafter spent the rest of his mortal life attempting to relocate the Stone of Jas, but he was ultimately unsuccessful in his search. What exactly happened to him after this is unknown, but at some point he ended up ascending to godhood via unknown means which the Fremennik speculate to be killing another god, and left Gielinor by his own free will soon after Guthix had set the edicts.

### Return to Gielinor

*The following takes place during Hero's Welcome.*
He returned to Gielinor in the Sixth Age as part of the Hero's Welcome quest. In this quest he is welcomed in Rellekka by the Fremenniks and their brethren from the Moon Clan after some help from the player. While he arrives he wants to give oxen meat to the people but something goes wrong and strange, live meat appears instead. After this he quickly leaves out of embarassment, but before he does he asks Alfrick the Planner if he can bring the player to his island after the feast. The player complies and talks with him in a cave on the island and helps him regain some strength. Despite this, his strength continues to leak and then the Dragonkin attack him. During this attack Sakirth uses the Elder Mirror on him, and V pushes the player out of the way to save them, and his remaining energy is transferred to Tarshak, killing him. His corpse is left and when the player returns to the cave later on during the quest, there will be an altar dedicated to him in the room where his belongings were found earlier. After the quest his emissary, Hannu, Emissary of V, will also be there.

## Names

V's true name is unknown, as V is merely a childhood nickname and what he preferred to be called. According to V, he went by a variety of names during his life. When he appears in While Guthix Sleeps, his name differs from player to player, from a set list. He is referred to as V------ in the Moonclan manual,

Below is a list of the names he may appear with in While Guthix Sleeps.

* Vasador
* Valator
* Vaasdor
* Varosad
* Verisad
* Vudisor
* Vlatoad
* Vedolas
* Vundiar
* Versita
* Vislota
* Vanjuta
* Ventura
* Velothi

## Trivia

* When asked to tell the player stories of his travels during Hero's Welcome, V makes references to Stellar Dawn, Doctor Who, Dragon Ball Z, Sherlock Holmes, Super Mario Bros., Ninja Sex Party, Led Zeppelin, The Muppets, CSI: Miami, Godzilla, Lord of the Rings, The Avengers and Bioshock.
* In Ballad of the Basilisk it references V using a shield and a halberd at the same time. Since halberds are normally two-handed weapons this makes V along with Vannaka capable of wielding two-handed weapons in a single hand.

## References

1. ↑ Quest journal, While Guthix Sleeps, *RuneScape*. "One of the first of the Fremennik tribe touched the Stone and it changed them drastically...this is how they became the Lunar mages."
2. ↑ Baba Yaga, Lunar Diplomacy, *RuneScape*. "Our ancient leader, who first discovered the rune essence mine here on Lunar Isle, travelled far and wide searching for more places of power."
3. ↑ Unknown, Moonclan Manual, *RuneScape*. "The stone was clearly not of this world, and the mere touch of it unlocked something within the mind of V-------. As we know, the stone was instantly removed by those powers who walk a higher Astral Path than ourselves, but its very existence showed V------- possibilities that had never occurred to our kind before."
4. ↑ Baba Yaga, Barbarians v. Wizards, *RuneScape*. "They had perfected the process and even advanced it, creating altars that could create any type of rune regardless of the crafter's ability."
5. ↑ Baba Yaga, Lunar Diplomacy, *RuneScape*. "Before that moment, runes were believed to be gifts from the gods and precious commodities. Then, the founder of our clan happened upon the essence mine and discovered that we didn't need gods to make runes. It was an empowering but devastating moment. The clan leaders of the Fremennik felt it was an affront to the gods, and runecrafting was deemed blasphemous. Infighting began, and to save us all from self-destruction, the Lunar Clan left for the Lunar Isle."
6. ↑ Baba Yaga, Lunar Diplomacy, *RuneScape*. "They destroyed only the entrances to the altars, for the altars themselves were on a different plane, but they were successful in wiping out our ability to create runes. That ability has only recently been rediscovered on the mainland, so I hear. Our people were left isolated on Lunar Isle but we used it to our advantage. Our control over Magic advanced beyond the need for runes and all knowledge of the altar locations passed from memory."

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