Ariane

Ariane is one of the seven Signature Heroes first announced in the Development Diary "Who are the Signature Heroes?" Not much is yet known about Ariane, though it is known that she will appear in a future quest. She makes her first appearance, along with two other Signature Heroes, Sir Owen and Ozan (the master smith Linza is also mentioned), in the Fremennik Saga Three's Company. Ariane appears to be a powerful magic user. She also seems to be the Mage shown in the login screen.

Personality
Ariane is a free-spirit intellect, she does not follow the superstitions of most Wizards of not exploring outside their comfort zone of a spellbook. She believes that knowledge should be explored and used to make the world a better place. She is determined to discover all the magical secrets of Gielinor, and to use them to make Gielinor a better place.

She also seems to have a split personality, as during the Fremennik Sagas Three's Company, she literally spoke to herself, then responded. This may have beem simply humor, or an actual trait.

Capabilities
Ariane is capable of precognition, having been raised in Seers' Village. She has at least dabbled in nearly every type of magic on Gielinor.

In the Fremennik Saga Three's Company, she is shown to have at least level 35 Magic and level 19 Summoning. She is also shown to have a Constitution level of 30. In addition, she has at least level 50 Runecrafting.

She does not have high agility or strength levels, and has lower than level 50 Mining.

History
Ariane was born and raised in Seers' Village. She has studied at the Wizards Tower and Wizards' Guild, and she has been to almost every school of magic.

Locations
Ariane can be found in many places throughout RuneScape.

Roaming
Ariane will often teleport in and out of various locations. Places she has been seen roaming include:
 * At the east entrance to the Grand Exchange.
 * On Ice Mountain.
 * Near the bank on Lunar Isle.
 * Near some ruins south of Draynor Village.
 * Near the crossroads just north of Falador.
 * In the temple where the player switches between normal and Ancient spellbooks.
 * In Oldak's laboratory in Dorgesh-Kaan.
 * In the Runecrafting Guild.
 * Speaking to Gypsy Aris in her tent.
 * In the Wizards' Tower.

Fixed
Places that the player can find Ariane at any time include:
 * In the Champions' Guild with Xenia, Ozan, and Sir Owen.
 * On the balcony of the Heroes' Guild with Xenia, Ozan, Sir Owen, and Linza.
 * On the first floor of the Legends' Guild with all the rest of the Signature Heroes.

One-Time
Some places Ariane will appear only once, or until the player speaks to her for the first time. These places include:
 * Arguing with a wizard outside the Wizards' Tower.
 * Entering Daemonheim with Ozan and Sir Owen.

Quest and Miniquest Appearances
The first quest or miniquest to feature Ariane is in the Fremennik Saga Three's Company, where she is a Playable character. She also plays a role in the Burthorpe tutorial, where she explains what Gelatinous abominations are and helps you defeat the Troll shaman Magic Stick.

Dialogue

 * After Swept Away, she comments about the magic goulash that the player made.
 * After The Golem, she expresses her wish to have seen Uzer at its height and learn the ancient knowledge of golem creation.
 * After Desert Treasure, she commends the player for having discovered Ancient Magicks but laments the narrow-mindedness of the modern magical community and their refusal to accept them.
 * After The Temple at Senntisten, she mentions the player's discovery of Zaros and the apparent difficulty of finding any information regarding the god.
 * After The Blood Pact, she comments that she intends to venture into the Lumbridge Catacombs despite the Wizards' Tower forbidding its wizards from venturing into due to Dragith Nurn's ties with Necromancy.
 * After Heroes' Quest, she mentions that she rather that the player be tasked a heroic act rather than gathering arbitrary items.
 * After Legends' Quest, she comments about the map of Kharazi Jungle that the player created.
 * After While Guthix Sleeps, she laments about not being able to partake in the assault on the fortress due to other tasks assigned by the Crux Eqal. She further comments that she hoped for the Stone of Jas to be in human hands so that its powers could be used for the betterment of all.
 * After Tower of Life, she mentions that despite the moral controversies of such creation of life, the benefits would outweigh them.
 * After The Chosen Commander, she predicts the possibility of the player's action causing a new God Wars, with the Gods going against mortals. Due to the said actions, she foresees that the mortals might even stand a chance.
 * After The digsite quest she comments on the stone tablet and how she's not going to tremble in fear because some rock tells her to.

Trivia

 * The homepage background that features Ariane, Ozan and Sir Owen was released one and a half months before they were announced.
 * When clicking on an advertisement for RuneScape, there is also an image of Ariane.
 * In the loading screen there is a picture of her fighting a horde of Armoured Zombies.
 * Previously, during Three's Company, her magic level was supposedly not high enough to autocast fire bolt and it was blacked out on her magic tab, although it could still be manually cast.
 * Also during Three's Company, she would sometimes cast two magic attacks in quick succession. It is unknown whether this is a glitch.
 * When she teleports herself or others, she uses a different animation, which is a purple form of the standard spellbook teleports.
 * When spoken to she contemplates how both modern and ancient spell books may be combined without the need to visit the ancient altar. Perhaps a hint at a future quest or quest reward.