Sliske

Sliske is a Mahjarrat loyal to Zaros who disappeared into hiding. As Azzanadra describes him, "Sliske the serpent-tongued, who delves the shadows"." Zemouregal calls him: "One of the more powerful of our number. Sliske has particularly strong shapeshifting capabilities and powers over shadows. I would love to catch this guy, but he's a slippery fellow."

Abilities
Not much is known of Sliske's powers. He is known for "delving the shadows," possibly due to his "powers over shadows," as Zemouregal mentioned in his notes. Sliske's "power over shadows" may also mean that he has great proficiency with the Ancient Magicks shadow spells, but also that he can access the Shadow Realm. Azzanadra has said of Sliske, "An ally he may be, but I did not become master of my Lord's legions without being sure of the powers wielded by those close to me. Sliske is one whose actions can be seen each and every day in the smallest of this world's details." He is the stranger in The Fall of Six who granted the Barrows brothers their abilities and is thought to have reanimated their spirits;the stranger in the tale is described as "delving into the shadows at its (the camp's) edge". His actions contributing towards The Fall of Six were revealed in The Ritual of The Mahjarrat. Clues before the quest explained his goals. One of them was the "Before the Fall" wallpaper description, under the official wallpapers of Runescape. It stated: "The time has come, my warriors, to being your servitude to me... to my god. But first, you must die..." Not only does this give proof that Sliske influenced the fall of the Barrows Brothers but also it could have been related toward his god, Zaros, due to the saying, mentioned above, "...to my god."

Suggested by the fellow Mahjarrat's comments, it is possible that Sliske is intelligent and very cunning, as he was known to Azzanadra as "Sliske the snake-tongued" and a "slippery fellow" to Zemouregal. His "Snake-tongue" seems to be similar to the ring of charos "too many would assume this to be just his manner of speaking – he is far from being a snake. Rather, his words carry weight in the mind, and have a way of bending the weak to his will." as stated by Azzanadra in postbag 44. Also in postbag 44 Azzanadra Stated that:

"Sliske himself did not kill his Barrows toys, but it was the power he granted them that sealed their fate."

This confirms that Sliske is connected to the Barrows brothers.

As shown in The Ritual of the Mahjarrat, Sliske is the most independant of the remaining Mahjarrat, as shown by the fact that he dislikes Khazard's idea of sacrificing fellow Zarosian Wahisietel but nonetheless agrees with Lucien's idea of sacrificing Jhallan, another Zarosian, simply because he is the weakest Mahjarrat of them all. It is shown that very much like Jhallan, Sliske has no interest in becoming more powerful or returning his favored God to Gielinor, but rather his primary interest is simply adding formidable warriors to his collection of enslaved spirits.

Involvement with Nex
According to Ashuelot Reis, Sliske (during the God wars) manipulated some Saradominists to do his bidding (under the pretense of converting them as well as revealing how to wake Guthix from his slumber) in order to unleash Nex, a Zarosian general, upon the world again. He was successful in doing so and Nex was free once more. Following this, Sliske disappeared.

The 18th Mahjarrat Ritual of Rejuvenation
Sliske first shows himself in The Ritual of the Mahjarrat. He reveals himself to be the individual who has been

keeping The Barrows Brothers trapped as vengeful spirits. He appears at Ghorrok for the Ritual of Rejuvenation just as the player, Wahisietel, Sir Tiffy Cashien and a battalion of Temple Knights are fighting Lucien and his forces. Sliske joins the fight against Lucien, aiding in defeating the Ice Demons that the other Mahjarrat summons.

When the ritual commences, Sliske goes against Khazard's suggestion that Wahisietel be sacrificed and then goes along with Lucien's suggestion that fellow Zarosian Jhallan be sacrificed because he is the weakest of all the remaining Mahjarrat. When Wahisietel demands that Lucien be sacrificed because of the danger he poses to Gielinor, a fight breaks out amongst the Zarosians and the Zamorakians during which Sliske summons the Barrows Brothers to fight off Zemouregal's zombie minions as well as Arrav while he fights Zemouregal's second in command, Sharathteerk.

After the Ritual is completed and Lucien is killed by the Dragonkin for attempting to use the power of the Stone of Jas, Sliske is one of the few Mahjarrat who does not teleport away out of fear. Instead he remains to attempt to claim the player as a new addition to the Barrows Brothers, but fails because Akrisae saves the player by jumping in front of the spell that Sliske had cast. Akrisae is then turned into a Barrows Brother called Akrisae the Doomed and Sliske teleports away with his new minion, fleeing back to his hiding place in Morytania to escape from Sir Tiffy's vengeful attacks.