Commander Zilyana

Commander Zilyana, Keeper of the Faith, is the leader of Saradomin's army in the God Wars Dungeon. She is an Icyene, an ancient race of winged beings, chosen by Saradomin to guard his hilt. Commander Zilyana uses a melee attack and a magic attack. She uses them randomly and both attacks are quite accurate. She attacks with her multi-target magic attack when her sword glows with a bright blue aura and she raises it in the air. If the attack hits a player, a small wall of lightning will appear around the player. If her magic attack fails, nothing happens (no 0 life points splat, no splash). She attacks with melee when she simply slashes at the player with her sword. Her melee attack is not multi-target. Both her magic and melee attacks only work at close range.

In addition, both her magic and melee attacks have a max of 1900 life points and they are both very rapid (same speed as dual-wielded dagger-speed weapons), so players should be careful fighting her. She will also target the player that has currently done the most damage to her.

Commander Zilyana is located in the back room of Saradomin's Encampment. Players must have 70 Agility and 40 Saradominist kills to reach her. In addition, she has 3 guards: Growler (magic), Bree (ranged) and Starlight (melee).

Note: You can not reach her if you do not have 70 agility (neither summer pies nor agility potions will help).

Commander Zilyana is dangerous and should not be underestimated. She is tied for having the fourth highest combat of level of monsters that can be fought with conventional means in RuneScape with fellow God Wars Dungeon bosses General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth and Kree'arra. Only Nex, the Queen Black Dragon and the Kalphite King are stronger.



Bodyguards

 * Starlight
 * Growler
 * Bree

Quotes
When in battle, the Commander shouts several battle cries while fighting the players that dare to venture into her domain:
 * "Death to the enemies of the light!"
 * "Slay the evil ones!"
 * "Saradomin lend me strength!"
 * "By the power of Saradomin!"
 * "May Saradomin be my sword."
 * "Good will always triumph!"
 * "Forward! Our allies are with us!"
 * "Saradomin is with us!"
 * "In the name of Saradomin!"
 * "Attack! Find the Godsword!"
 * "All praise Saradomin!"

Weapons

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Runes and Ammunition

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Armour

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Herbs, Potions and Seeds

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 * Saradomin brew (3) and Super restore (4) are always dropped together.
 * Magic potion (3) and Super defence (4) are always dropped together.

Gems and Ores

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Other

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Trivia

 * The safe spot for Commander Zilyana was removed on 14 February 2008.
 * Although her weapon, the Saradomin sword, is a two-handed weapon when equipped by a player, Zilyana wields it in one hand. This is because it is designed to be used by an Icyene warrior, who is a great deal larger than a human, and to that individual the sword is proportionally more suited as a one handed weapon.
 * Due to the update on August 18 2009, involving combat familiars now being more aggressive, familiars such as Titans, Terrorbirds, and War tortoises are now causing Zilyana to target and attack players at a random rate. This happens because if a player's familiar attacks Zilyana, she will automatically target the owner of that familiar, regardless of whether or not she has just chased them.
 * Commander Zilyana is the only boss in the God Wars Dungeon to make a direct reference to the Godsword.
 * The art for Commander Zilyana on the RuneScape Cards shows her hair to actually be composed of feathers.
 * The Saradomin sword which Zilyana wields in the RuneScape wallpaper is much shorter than the one she wields in the game.
 * Like Graardor and K'ril, Zilyana does not farcast her magical attack, and only uses it if in melee range.
 * In the Saradomin Strikes Campaign on Armies of Gielinor, it is revealed that at some point during the God Wars, Zilyana was captured by Zamorak, but then escaped.
 * In Zilyana's chamber, players could see an inaccessible watery area. It has been confirmed that it will not be released. It was originally intended to be an entrance to Zamorak's Fortress, but was replaced by the river due to time constraints.
 * With the release of The Ancient Prison and Nex in the God Wars Dungeon, Zilyana became voiced, together with the other 3 Generals.
 * Commander Zilyana is voiced by Mod Ana.
 * Commander Zilyana features in a flashback during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest. She is seen facing K'ril Tsutsaroth in battle. As they battle, K'ril gets the upper hand and blasts Zilyana away, killing her. He takes a final look at her body and departs. Saradomin himself comes to rescue her and takes her to the Fist of Guthix arena, where the Stone of Jas lies, and heals her. She also received a graphical update with the release of this quest.
 * Zilyana appears in the quest "The World Wakes". She is hell-bent on killing Guthix so that Saradomin may return to Gielinor.