Signature Heroes

Signature Heroes are characters who will accompany you within the game (particularly upon future quests ). They were first announced in the Development Diary "Who are the Signature Heroes?" There are a total of six Signature Heroes (seven including the player). An update caused all the heroes to wander around the world, and gather at the Champions Guild, Heroes Guild or Legends Guild except the Raptor.



Ariane
Ariane is a powerful magic user. Raised in Seers' Village, she retains the power of precognition. She has studied in almost all schools of magic and excells in all of them. She is curious about the ancient magic of Gielinor and is determined to find out all about it, despite her wizard teachers telling her not to.

Ozan
Ozan is a bold and brave thief who tells exaggerated stories of "his" adventures, who no one usually believes. Born in Al Kharid and raised in the streets of Varrock, he is a skilled ranger and an agile person. Many say he is more obsessed with fame than doing what is right.

Sir Owen
Sir Owen (originally "Sir Ewain") is a strong melee warrior and is an elite member of the White Knights and Temple Knights. A devout Saradominist, he focuses on doing whats right, and scorns stealing and criminal activity. He believes Saradomin grants approval of his actions, and will do anything to achieve them for Saradomin.

Xenia
Xenia is a retired adventurer who was a previous generation of heroes, who had adventured with many other famous adventurers, such as Radimus Erkle, Harrallak, Shanomi, and the Wise Old Man and acts as a mentor to the other heroes. She founded the Heroes', Champions', and the Legends' Guild along with Radimus. She has traveled to the Eastern Lands but is sworn to secrecy about it.

Linza
Linza is mainly interested in things related to Smithing or other handicrafts. She is always interested to learn of new techniques or materials for Smithing. She does not like machines with moving parts, preferring the simplicity of a balanced sword.

The Raptor
The Raptor is a mysterious warrior who appears to be very adept at combat, but is not very talkative.

The player
The player is a skilled warrior of all sorts.

Future releases
There were quests scheduled to come out mid-late 2010 featuring the Signature Heroes as ally characters. However, they were delayed, and now only two (The Blood Pact and Deadliest Catch) have been released.

The loading screen before you login has a picture of Ozan and Ariane. Ozan is jumping a long jump in the Temple of Light, and Ariane is fighting an army of undead with magic.

Araine, Ozan and Owen made their first appearance with the release of the Fremennik Sagas on 1 June 2011.

Trivia

 * Ozan, Ariane and Sir Owen feature in the background of the Runescape homepage that was released with the Dungeoneering Skill (in which they are shown Dungeoneering) one and a half months before the development diary was released.
 * Xenia was the first Signature Hero to appear in game (not counting the player) and the first Signature Hero that players could interact with.
 * Korasi and Zanik were briefly considered as candidates for Signature Heroes, but were rejected as both were too tied into their own storylines.
 * A trailer on the Runescape Youtube channel shows the signatures heroes, Ozan, Ariane and Sir Owen fighting a horde of undead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdRUcFqL2lQ