Oracle

The Oracle is a strange woman who lives atop Ice Mountain. She is an important figure in the Dragon Slayer quest, as she provides a clue as to how to access one of the map pieces. She is also involved in Perils of Ice Mountain, where she foretells of a day when the Kharidian desert will reach Varrock and Falador if the player does not repair the environmental damage caused by the Dwarven Power Station. During that quest, the tent in which she lives is damaged in an avalanche, though it is repaired by the player. Occasionally, she will be visited by Postie Pete and, after completion of The Chosen Commander, Zanik as well. One of the Wise Old Man's tasks involves taking a message to her.

According to a Postbag from the Hedge, "Other possible Mahjarrat is the Oracle. She looks like Hazeel, and she’s definitely been in this world for a long time, but I can’t seem to figure out where her allegiance is and how she’s connected to the others."



Dialogue
When spoken to, she says a wide variety of one-liners. These range from bizarre advice to warnings and hints. She spoke of the Stone of Jas long before While Guthix Sleeps or even Making History, where the stone is first seen.

For a complete transcript of dialogue with the Oracle, see this page.

Original Purpose
According to a posting by Andrew in June 1999 (one of the first reference to his RPG)

"I'm (very slowly) writing my own java rpg, and eventually I want to have this oracle type thing up a mountain where you can go, and it will give you a hint on your current quest. Obviously you should make it fairly hard to get to. (i.e put it out of the way, and protect it with some monsters) but it does stop people getting completely and utterly stuck!"

Trivia

 * Originally, the Oracle was a man, however in June of 2007, he was given a tent, a graphical makeover, and turned into a female. Therefore, the Oracle was the first NPC to switch gender (excluding the Makeover mage, who switches gender periodically)
 * One of the Oracles one-liners, "Who guards the guardsmen?", is a reference to Quis custodiet ipsos custodes," a Latin phrase meaning "Who will guard the guards?".
 * She is most likely the next NPC in the Cryptic clue fest, because then the NPCS for a square in the world map.