Nomad


 * This article is about the NPC, for the music track, see Nomad (music track), for the Quest Boss, see Nomad (monster).



Nomad is a non-player character who wanders around the Soul Wars activity area. When players first arrive on the island, they will encounter Nomad and his imp familiar, Zimberfizz. Nomad will offer players a free tour of the battlefield along with a short explanation, or a book that explains fighting in the Soul Wars activity. He plays a major role in the quest Nomad's Requiem, in which he was the primary antagonist.

Nomad built the Soul Obelisk and used it to gain immense power from souls. He is currently the highest level quest boss, fought by conventional methods, in the game. He also appears to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, one minute being collected and calm, the next being maniacal and chaos craving. Either that, or he's very good at concealing his emotions.

When Soul Wars was first introduced he looked extremely similar to an Elite dark mage, but over time has transformed into his current figure. This is most likely from absorbing so much soul energy.

Rewards
Nomad may reward players by exchanging Zeal points for:
 * Experience in Slayer or any Combat skill except Summoning. This amount varies upon your level in that skill. Saving 100 zeal points and spending them all at once will give a bonus to the experience received.
 * Gambling for random items
 * Charms
 * Bringing Slayer monsters back from the dead as pets

Trivia

 * The Soul wars tutorial was changed after the release of Nomad's Requiem.
 * Nomad before the graphical update looked exactly like an Elite dark mage, this was probably a placeholder graphic.
 * Currently, a Jagex Moderator, Mod Rathe, uses Nomad's chat head avatar on the forums.
 * He is the only character that is in RuneScape's top ten most powerful monsters who doesn't appear on a RuneScape Catch Card, because he was added after the cards.
 * You can see his nose in person but not on his chat head.
 * His head and neckwear looks extremely similar to the cover art from the album The Sickness by Disturbed.
 * Nomad has a spitting image of Garland from Final Fantasy IX.