Sir Vant



Sir Vant is a White Knight who can be found in the basement of Roddeck's house in Lumbridge, directly east of the general store. He and his squire are featured in the Unstable Foundations tutorial. Sir Vant has the player aid him in defeating a vicious Dragon after his squire is killed by a blast of the dragon's fire. The player must do many tasks and small things to help out Sir Vant after the death of his squire in order to complete the tutorial

Sir Vant is currently still defending Lumbridge against the dragon from "Learning the Ropes": see below.

Involvement


Sir Vant is a White Knight of Falador, and wears full White armour to show his status, though interestingly also wields a White Two-handed Sword with one hand, holding an Anti-dragon shield with the other. He was called upon by Roddeck, a well-off resident of the Misthalanian township Lumbridge. Roddeck had kept a baby dragon as a pet, but it grew up quickly and soon overpowered him and took over the basement of his house. Roddeck hid in a cupboard and sent an S.O.S to Falador, requesting help.

Sir Vant and his Squire turned up soon, but found it difficult to overcome the Dragon. When an adventurer eventually arrived and intervened, Vant's Squire was killed by a blast of dragonfire which also incinerated the ladder leading down into the cellar. After this, the adventurer, a player, was asked to help with Sir Vant's slaying of the dragon by placing drugged meat in one of its food bowl and ultimately kill it collapsing the ceiling of the cellar.

Previous encounters


Sir Vant's first appearance was in the Learning the Ropes tutorial, which was released along with the release of RuneScape HD, but taken from the game shortly after being made. In this tutorial, Sir Vant's appearance was slightly altered; his hair was blonde and he had an absence of a beard.

Roddeck had not been released into the game yet, but Sir Vant still fought a Dragon, though this one was green instead of red, and three-headed. The player was required to do many tasks for Sir Vant, such as getting him food to heal his health and killing the Chaos Druid that spurred on the Dragon.

Trivia

 * Like all White Knights, his name is a play on words. The name of this particular knight is derived from the word "Servant". This is apt given his position as both a Tutor and as a White Knight - serving the players who meet him and Sir Amik Varze (head of the White Knights).
 * Players that had created their accounts before the new tutorial was added experience a glitch or mistake made by Jagex, when the player enters the trap door near Roddeck, the "Sir Vant" there has the old "Sir Vant" face model.
 * Sir Vant is one of four NPC's that wield both a two-handed sword and an off-hand item. The other three are Kamfreena, Damis and Vannaka.
 * Sir Vant was one of the first NPCs to have been given a voice.
 * If spoken to when an older player has completed the original tutorial island they recieve two antique lamps for use in Attack, Strength, Defence, Constitution, Ranged, Magic, Mining,
 * When entering back into the cellar, it appears that Sir Vant's sword is the old, un-updated version of a Steel 2h.
 * Sir Vant's knight armour appears to look more detailed and buffer on him than the armour that can be worn on players.
 * Sir Vant's gloves seem to resemble bleached Skeletal gloves.
 * When talking to him in the cellar, it appears that the three-headed dragon is still alive. Sir Vant also mentions that he needs help from Falador. This may be of a future dragon slaying quest.
 * The old version of Sir Vant is still down in the cellar of Roddeck's house