Wise Old Man

The Wise Old Man was once a great hero of RuneScape, and there are few creatures that he has not slain. In his old age, though, he finds less satisfaction in his fame, and has taken a keen interest in wealth and extremely rare items. The Wise Old Man can be found in his house opposite the recently burgled Draynor bank.

The Wise Old Man (real name Dionysius) lives in Draynor Village. He has robbed the local bank, killing several people in the process, one of whom dropped a blue party hat. A player can watch the robbery's recording by speaking to the guard outside the bank. It can be watched once for free; after this, a fee of 50 gp must be paid in order to view it again. He is also the only NPC said to have killed a player that doesn't exist, as the players in the video don't exist. His telescope, which pointed to the bank prior to the robbery, is currently pointing towards the Wizards' Tower. The Wise Old Man can search your bank for unneeded non-members quest items. If you look around his book shelf, he has strange books, some of which you can read. One, the Book on chickens, is about the legend of the Evil chicken, while the strange book has personal notes which mention that he's running out of runes (perhaps he intends to steal some from the Wizard's Tower?). Also, if you examine some of the shelves, he has numerous tinderboxes. His house also includes a model aeroplane, and gold-trimmed Saradomin armour.

The Wise Old Man was born in Varrock many years ago. During his time there, he performed many deeds that were considered heroic by the youth of the time. One of his more memorable actions was painting "Saradomin Pwns" on the Zamorakian Temple in the southern side of town. When he turned 15, the age at which children of the time advanced to adulthood, he turned down a prestigious offer to study amongst the priests of Entrana and decided to travel the world before settling down.

Dionysius spent many years travelling RuneScape, visiting many lands and performing countless memorable actions. One of the first areas he visited was the mines outside of Keldagrim, where some of the oldest dwarves still remember his aid in their war against a rogue tribe of trolls that threatened to destroy the city.

Shortly after leaving the dwarves, he travelled into the eastern mountains, where the a now-disbanded mountain tribe told of an invincible warrior who wielded a powerful staff.

Some time after leaving the mountain tribes he travelled to Karamja, where he taught the natives of certain herbs that would aid them in combat. He also ventured into Brimhaven Dungeon, which few people at the time dared to enter. Afterwards, he advised them to charge any adventurer who wished to enter the dungeon, which they immediately acted upon and is still effective today.

He later travelled into the Kharidian Desert, where he lived amongst the Bedabin for some time. He travelled to many of the desert cities, including Menaphos and Sophanem. He also studied the mysterious pyramid to the south of the Bandit Camp. He would never speak about what he discovered in the pyramid, and it still appears to trouble him to this day.

After countless adventures, Dionysius travelled back to Entrana to complete his studies. Even on Entrana he found adventure, travelling into the demon-infested dungeon beneath it. Only after many years did he finally retire and settle down in Draynor Village.

The Quest Points Cape of Achievement is available from the Wise Old Man for a fee to players who have completed all the quests. The Wise Old Man is also an integral part of the Swan Song quest. The Wise Old Man also has a Saradomin staff and Saradomin armour. (He had it trimmed with some of his stolen money, according to the strange book. This has confused some newer players to think that armour can be trimmed, thus made the armour trimming scam more successful.)

In members' worlds you can do jobs for the Wise Old Man, like getting him swords or bars. If you complete these tasks he will reward you. Most of the time the reward is a blessing, which increases your Prayer level, or a very small amount of runes, herbs or money may be given. One of these tasks requires you to fight a monster under his bed. It is actually very possible that there will be a quest involving the bank robbery in the future.

Bellow is a display of images documenting the bank robbery in order from first to last in the scene.