Xenia

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Xenia



Release								15 March 2010 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Human
Quest								The Blood Pact
Location								Lumbridge cemetery
Gender								Female
Options								Talk to, Examine
Examine								An old adventurer.

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Advanced data

NPC ID								11476, 9634
Links								MRND

Xenia is one of the seven Signature Heroes, and a veteran adventurer. She was released along with the quest The Blood Pact, the first Free-to-play quest to be released since 2003, and the Lumbridge Catacombs.

If the player speaks to Xenia in Lumbridge with 300 or more quest points, they can obtain the helmet of trials, a decorative helmet worn by players to show off their progress in questing. After Heart of Stone she is replaced by Ilona at the Lumbridge Cemetery.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Xenia has adventured for a long time, and is mostly now concerned with ensuring there are enough other heroes to overcome future challenges. She is very deceitful, as shown in quests The Blood Pact and Carnillean Rising, and is willing to take dire risks, often with others' lives.

Capabilities[edit | edit source]

Xenia has worked with many famous heroes, and has picked up knowledge about many subjects. Her personal capabilities, however, are relatively unknown.

Locations[edit | edit source]

As with all the Signature Heroes, Xenia can be found in many locations throughout RuneScape. After Heart of Stone she can no longer be found in game until Nomad's Elegy. After that she is found in Limbo.

Yanille
Miscellania
Xenia's location in Falador Castle
Rellekka
On the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of Ardougne Castle
On the 2^nd floor^[UK]3^rd floor^[US] of the White Knights' Castle, near Sir Amik Varze
Al Kharid palace
In Varrock Palace
Ice Mountain
After While Guthix Sleeps, weeping at the heroes' statues in Falador
In Lumbridge's cemetery
In the Champions' Guild with Ozan, Sir Owen, and Ariane
On the 2^nd floor^[UK]3^rd floor^[US] of the Heroes' Guild with Linza as well as the previously mentioned heroes
On the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of the Legends' Guild with all the other Signature Heroes

Quest appearances[edit | edit source]

Xenia is featured in the following quests:

The Blood Pact, which is started by talking to her and in which she plays a major role. After the quest, the player may bring her demon statuettes for coin rewards.
Carnillean Rising, when she is recruited by Ceril Carnillean but refuses the job momentarily.
Heart of Stone, when she goes rogue and the player must stop her, ultimately resulting in her death.
Nomad's Elegy, where she is in Limbo, then later aids the player, Death, and Icthlarin against Nomad.

Stock[edit | edit source]

Each statuette can only be sold to Xenia once.

	Price sold at	Price bought at
Jade demon statuette	Not sold	100
Topaz demon statuette	Not sold	200
Sapphire demon statuette	Not sold	300
Emerald demon statuette	Not sold	400
Ruby demon statuette	Not sold	500
Diamond demon statuette	Not sold	1,000

History[edit | edit source]

Adventuring Career[edit | edit source]

Xenia is of a previous generation of adventurers. She has worked with many famous heroes, including Radimus Erkle, Harrallak, Shanomi, and the Wise Old Man. Together with Radimus, she founded the Champions', Heroes', and Legends' Guilds. She has been to the Eastern Lands, and was part of the expedition to map the Kharazi Jungle.

Years ago, Xenia had a son. At some point after 143 V,^{[Notes 1]} her son became involved with the Black Arm Gang in Varrock. Xenia did not approve, but reasoned that his choices were his own. After being sent to extort some merchants, he suffered a fatal stab wound in a confrontation with the merchants' guards. He died in Xenia's arms shortly afterwards. Xenia blamed herself for his death, which became a major source of guilt and shame in her life.^[2]

Seeing Potential[edit | edit source]

The following takes place during The Blood Pact.

In year 169 of the Fifth Age, she flags down a passing adventurer to help her save Ilona, a wizard who was abducted by a Zamorakian cult to open the catacombs of Dragith Nurn. After the adventurer defeats them, she reveals to them that it was a test since she is getting older, and that she wanted to see that the world would be protected by the young generation of heroes. After the catacombs are opened, the adventurer can enter Dragith's catacombs to obtain several statuettes inside, which can be traded to her for some rewards.

The following takes place during Carnillean Rising.

She was later hired by Ceril Carnillean to help turn her son, Philipe Carnillean, from a snobby brat to an aspiring adventurer. Xenia accepted and poked in the underground system before leaving, much to Ceril's frustration. Xenia later met with the same adventurer from before and informed them about Ceril's problem. If the adventurer sided with Hazeel's cult, she also made sure to put them in good standing.

The adventurer created a quest for Philipe, which was boring as Ceril wanted it to be as safe as possible. Near the end of the quest, they were attacked by a cave wolf matriarch, which the adventurer recognised as Xenia's work. The adventurer confronted Xenia over this, who told them that she found the wolf and her pups living in there, and that there had be an unknown danger to arouse Philipe's excitement; if he had failed, the adventurer could step in to stop it. The wolf attack has made Philipe stronger and created a desire for him to go adventuring around the world, much to his father's delight.

Death[edit | edit source]

The following takes place during Heart of Stone.

Xenia somehow made contact with a creature from the Abyss, which informed her of The Great Revision. Believing that the Elder Gods had to be stopped at all cost, she took matters to her own hands by attempting to dump Gielinor's Anima Mundi into the Abyss, killing an innocent man Corvusa and stole Ariane's research. She had a brief scuffle with Ariane as the adventurer arrives and tries to break up the fight.

She teleported away afterwards, and Ariane proceeded to give the adventurer Kipple, a rune golem designed to track down people based on the magic residue from teleportation. While Kipple and the adventurer track down Xenia, she goes to the chambers of BikKra, JasKra, FulKra and WenKra, taking out a "piece" from them. Kipple and the adventurer tracked her down at the Lumbridge Catacombs at a fifth, unexplained elder chamber where she has created a portal. Ariane appears and proclaims that she will kill Xenia if she continues to do this, but she is unfazed by it. Ariane then launches a magic projectile at Xenia, throwing her into the portal and killing her. Azzanadra can be informed of the events, where he shows disgust at her misguided actions as she had brought the world closer to ruin rather than saving it.

The following takes place during Nomad's Elegy.

Upon arriving at Limbo, Xenia decided to discard her shame and guilt, leaving out most of her memories. After the World Guardian, who was tasked by Death and Icthlarin to get allies to assist in overthrowing Nomad, finds her, but she is a hollow shell of what she used to be. To get her memories going, the player finds her shame and guilt memories, combines them, and uses it on her. Regaining her memories, she apologises to them for her reckless actions.

She later assists the group by fending off the waves of Ascended who attempt to attack the ram. After encountering Gielinor, she offers to take out the Ascended on the lower floor before they realise what is going on and attack Death, Icthlarin and the adventurer. After Nomad is defeated and Gielinor is killed, she tells Death that even though Sliske took Nomad away, they should still cherish the victory they had. After the battle, she decides to stay in the Underworld to atone for her sins.

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

This article on an NPC has an associated dialogue page.
Click here for a transcript of possible conversations and other messaging related to this NPC.

Xenia speaks in:

Works[edit | edit source]

Transcripts Xenia is the author or co-author of:

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

NPC[edit | edit source]

Xenia after 15 March 2010 (update)
Xenia after 9 August 2011 (update)

Chathead[edit | edit source]

Xenia after Unknown date (edit)
Xenia after Unknown date (edit)
Xenia after Unknown date (edit)

Update history[edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

patch 31 October 2022 (Update):
- Ariane, Linza, Owen, Ozan, Raptor and Xenia will now acknowledge the accomplishments of anyone who has completed the quests they are associated with.

patch 9 August 2021 (Update):
- The Work For Idol Hands achievement now has entries for taking each statuette, as well as for delivering them to Xenia.

patch 7 December 2020 (Update):
- The fade out transition that plays while viewing Xenia's memory during Nomad's Elegy no longer loops infinitely after pressing 'Continue'.

patch 16 September 2019 (Update):
- Corrected an issue where Xenia was blocking the doorway through Blood Pact if you left the catacombs earlier than intended.

patch 18 March 2019 (Update):
- Lumbridge Catacomb statuettes will no longer reference Xenia after her demise.

patch 3 October 2016 (Update):
- Corrected some minor text formatting issues with Korasi and Xenia after Nomad's Elegy.

patch 22 August 2016 (Update):
- Removed a duplicate Ariane and Xenia from near Wizards' Tower bridge.

patch 23 November 2015 (Update):
- Selling statues in the Lumbridge graveyard will no longer mention selling to Xenia when she is no longer present.

patch 4 August 2014 (Update):
- Xenia's initial idle animation has been updated.

patch 13 November 2012 (Update):
- The Ariane, Ozan, The Raptor, Owen and Xenia no longer appear multiple times in certain locations.

patch 4 April 2011 (Update):
- Players can no longer attempt to escort the wounded man to Xenia if Xenia is in the Lumbridge Catacombs.

patch 6 October 2010 (Update):
- Xenia is now better at checking your inventory for space.

update 15 March 2010 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Xenia recruiting the player

Xenia is also the name of the Greek concept of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown to those who are far from home (see: ξένια, transliterated xenia (etymology), Xenia (Hellenic concept)). This is ironic, considering how she actually treats others. This irony is potentially an oxymoronic play on the nickname Ξένια, (transliterated, Xenia) (historically in association with Πολυξένη (transliterated, Polyxena), both the names of Polyxena, a saint and Polyxena, a princess in Hellenic mythology), which brings to mind conflicting elements of ξένια ("hospitality") and ξένος (transliterated, xenos) ("stranger").
Depending on which quests the player has completed, Xenia will respond to "How did you know my name?" in several different ways:
- If the player is a non-member and has not completed Dragon Slayer, Xenia will claim that she "heard you helped Sir Vant kill a dragon in Roddeck's cellar" (she will say it even if you've completed Tutorial Island or Learning the Ropes).
- If you have completed Vampyre Slayer, she will say that Dr Harlow has told her all about you.
- If the player has completed Dragon Slayer, she will say that she heard through the Champions' Guild that the player slew Elvarg.
- If the player has completed the Legends' Quest, she will claim she heard of the player through her contacts in the Legends' Guild.
- If the player has in excess of 290 quest points, she will say "You're a legend even in the Legends' Guild! It's a pleasure to meet you."
Before her graphical update, Xenia stayed in one place, and looked older and less battle-worn.
Xenia plays a small role in one of the Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks that has no difficulty, where the player must escort a wounded man to her.
In one possible conversation with Xenia, she reveals that there have been vampyres, other than Count Draynor, sighted west of the River Salve in her lifetime, and that she has helped to kill them.
As revealed in the third Above the Lore podcast, Xenia is over 58 years old.
As revealed in the podcast of 27 November 2014 (#26), Mod Raven wanted to kill off Xenia for a long time.
Xenia is the second Signature Hero to die, after Sir Owen during The Death of Chivalry.
Her severed head can be found in New Varrock in Zemouregal's bedroom. The examine text "Not quite the warrior princess she thought she was." references the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Notes[edit | edit source]

^ The Black Arm Gang were formed in 143,^[1] so any involvement with them would necessarily have to take place after that date.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Transcript:Display case (number 18), "Varrock Museum displays", RuneScape. "5th Age - yr 143 [...]some gang members decided they didn't want to be part of the Phoenix gang anymore, so split off to form the Black Arm Gang"
^ Xenia memory, written by Xenia, "Nomad's Elegy", RuneScape.

[2] The Black Arm Gang were formed in 143,^[1] so any involvement with them would necessarily have to take place after that date.

[1] Transcript:Display case (number 18), "Varrock Museum displays", RuneScape. "5th Age - yr 143 [...]some gang members decided they didn't want to be part of the Phoenix gang anymore, so split off to form the Black Arm Gang"

[3] Xenia memory, written by Xenia, "Nomad's Elegy", RuneScape.

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v • d • e RS3 Signature Heroes
Sir Owen	1. Three's Company (saga) 2. The Death of Chivalry 3. Azzanadra's Quest 4. Battle of the Monolith
Ozan	1. Stolen Hearts 2. Diamond in the Rough 3. Three's Company (saga) 4. The Jack of Spades 5. 'Phite Club
Ariane	1. Rune Mysteries 2. Rune Memories 3. Three's Company (saga) 4. Heart of Stone 5. Azzanadra's Quest 5. City of Senntisten 6. Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Fortunes
Xenia	1. Death to the Dorgeshuun 2. The Blood Pact 3. Carnillean Rising 4. Heart of Stone 5. Nomad's Elegy
Linza	1. Deadliest Catch 2. Kindred Spirits 3. Sliske's Endgame
The Raptor	1. Song from the Depths 2. Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Finale 3. Extinction 4. Unwelcome Guests 5. Dead and Buried 6. Ancient Awakening 7. Battle of Forinthry
Lores and Histories	The Rising Sun The Burning Tower Worth Comes in Battle
Related	Troll Warzone

v • d • e RS3 Lumbridge Catacombs
Monsters	Warped cockroach Corpse Spider Warped fly Crawling corpse torso Warped rat Skeleton Warped bat Corpse archer Skoblin Corpse mage Dragith Nurn
Demon statuettes	Jade ^{(Achievement)} Topaz ^{(Achievement)} Sapphire ^{(Achievement)} Emerald ^{(Achievement)} Ruby ^{(Achievement)} Diamond ^{(Achievement)} Festival of the Dead Work For Idol Hands (achievement)
Mask of Dragith Nurn	Mask part 1 ^{(Achievement)} Mask part 2 ^{(Achievement)} Mask part 3 ^{(Achievement)} Mask part 4 ^{(Achievement)} Mask part 5 ^{(Achievement)} Mask of Dragith Nurn ^{(Achievement)}
NPCs	Xenia Ilona
Miscellaneous	The Blood Pact

v • d • e RS3 The Burning Tower - Ariane's Tale
Characters	Archmage Ariane Caitlin Wizard Ellaron Lesser demon Archmage Sedridor Reldo Xenia
Locations	Wizards' Tower Champions' Guild
Miscellaneous	Rune Mysteries