Paterdomus

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Paterdomus
Release		29 June 2004 (Update)
Members		No
Location		Misthalin/Morytania
Teleports		Fairy ring CKS Invitation box Skeletal horror Teleport
Music		Outside - Morytania Inside - Mausoleum
Features
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The Temple of Saradomin, or Paterdomus (Latin for "the home of the father"), is a large temple located on the River Salve, the border between the nations of Misthalin and Morytania. It has long been the first line of defence against the evils of Morytania. It is labelled Temple on the world map.

Until recently, Paterdomus was largely abandoned, save for religious pilgrims and Saradominist monks. In the past year, though, Paterdomus has become a hive of activity, seeing conflict, conspiracies, and Misthalanian mercenary occupation.

Getting there

• Dungeoneering cape teleport to the Morytania Slayer Tower dungeon. Run south and then west. Climb the broken statue to Paterdomus.
• Ring of slaying (or Ring of slaying (c)) teleport to the Slayer Tower. Run south and then west. Climb the broken statue.
• Fairy ring CKS to just west of Canifis. Run west and climb the broken statue.
• Invitation box to the Empyrean Citadel, then again to Silvarea. Run east. Requires partial completion of Missing, Presumed Death.
• Skeletal horror Teleport also takes user just west of the Paterdomus.
• Fort Forinthry lodestone. Run south and then east.

History of Paterdomus

The Fourth Age saw many conflicts between the peoples of Gielinor, many of which sought to claim land they had fought for during the God Wars. Amongst the largest of these conflicts was a century-long war fought primarily between the humans of Misthalin and Asgarnia and the inhabitants of Morytania.

Background

Lord Drakan, a powerful vampyre lord, had been given Morytania by Zamorak for his assistance in overthrowing Zaros. Quickly wiping out the native inhabitants of Hallowvale during the God Wars, he had since claimed nearly all of Morytania for himself. Parts of eastern Misthalin and the northern Kharidian Desert were also under his control. Not content with this, he launched a major offensive on Misthalin in approximately Year 1100 of the Fourth Age. His army of werewolves, vampyres, and other beasts proved nearly unstoppable.

Early conflicts

A hidden library beneath the temple

Using his control of Silvarea, a winding mountain pass, to their advantage, Drakan's forces began to push further into Misthalin. Detecting this threat, the emerging nation of Misthalin and the tribes of modern-day Asgarnia retaliated.

At the time, there were few large human settlements, and Varrock (then called Avarrocka) was by far the largest in the area. Apart from this, there were only small outlying villages such as Draynor Village that paid homage to Avarrocka. This made organisation of an army difficult.

An army consisting largely of mercenaries and militias met Drakan's hordes at Silvarea, and for years held him back. As his strength in the Kharidian Desert was lost, Drakan put all of his effort into gaining Misthalin. For decades a continuous war raged in Silvarea. Slowly Drakan gained ground, and humanity's very survival came into question.

The Seven Priestly Warriors

Beneath the Paterdomus six of the Seven Priestly Warriors have been buried.

Near the year 1200, Seven Priestly Warriors emerged as leaders in the war. Hailing from many small villages scattered throughout Asgarnia and Misthalin, they rallied support throughout the nations, travelling to small villages and telling the villagers of their cause. Soon thousands of soldiers gathered in Varrock, where the Priests blessed them in the name of Saradomin.

A series of massive battles took place in Silvarea, the Saradominist army led by the Seven Warriors. Under their leadership, most of Drakan-controlled Misthalin was quickly reclaimed, and the war first turned in favour of the Saradominists and Guthixians.

A final battle took place near the site of modern-day Paterdomus. The Seven Warriors fought side by side, finally forcing the Morytanians from Misthalin. To ensure that they could not return, the River Salve, which divided the nations, was blessed with holy power. Should the Morytanians try to cross it again, they would be burned by the water. This would mark the beginning of a period of little conflict between the nations for centuries.

The construction of Paterdomus

Although the Salve would theoretically prevent the Morytanians from crossing, it was decided that a fortress was a necessary precaution. Thus the Paterdomus Temple was built near the site of the war's final battle as both a watchtower and symbolic edifice.

Built on the River Salve itself, the Paterdomus was built over the only clear entrance into Misthalin from Morytania. In it many priests served as protectors of Saradomin. When each of the Seven Priestly Warriors died, they were buried in the catacombs beneath the Paterdomus. A rumour persisted, though, that Ivandis Seergaze, the most famous of Warriors, was buried in Morytania itself.

Fall from use

The destroyed interior of Paterdomus.

As time progressed, it became apparent that Drakan had, for the time, given up on claiming any more land outside Morytania. The fear of Morytania faded away with time, and as it did, the Paterdomus was seen as somewhat useless. Fewer priests took residence in its halls, and contact with Varrock lessened.

The threat of Morytania diminished to the point that in the year 1777 of the Fourth age settlers foolishly travelled through the Paterdomus to begin colonising the northern part of the nation. Ultimately, this proved a mistake, and the settlers were almost entirely wiped out, or enslaved and forced to pay blood tithes.

The Zamorakian invasion

In the year 169 of the Fifth Age, when contact between Varrock and the Paterdomus was almost non-existent, the Zamorakian Order of Paterdomus invaded Paterdomus. As there was no longer any military presence in the Temple, the local monks were quickly dispatched and the temple captured. The temple's records were destroyed and its statues covered.

King Roald of Varrock was unaware as to why he had stopped receiving letters from Drezel, one of the Temple's monks. He enlisted the help of an adventurer, whom he sent to Paterdomus to see what had happened.

Drezel, the last priest in Paterdomus.

Once there, the adventurer was denied access to the temple by a man inside. Claiming to be Drezel, he asked that the adventurer first killed the Temple Guardian that resided in the mausoleum beneath the Paterdomus. Unaware that the man inside was actually a Zamorakian monk, the adventurer killed the Guardian and returned to Roald to report what had happened.

King Roald ordered the adventurer's execution, as the Guardian had actually been put in place to guard the tunnel beneath Misthalin and Morytania. The adventurer, wanting to put things right, was instead sent to the temple to locate Drezel and fix the situation.

Eventually, Drezel was freed from the Zamorakians and took up residence in the mausoleum. The Salve had been tainted, weakening its power, but by placing rune essence in the well beneath the Temple, the unholy energy was removed. While the upper Temple remained in Zamorakian control, Drezel began to operate from the mausoleum, researching the area and planning to reclaim the Paterdomus.

A conspiracy unfolds

The guard dog guarding the temple.

Some time after falling into Zamorakian hands, a lone Saradominist monk was spotted wandering near the temple, somehow avoiding capture by the Zamorakian monks inside.

Eventually, the monk revealed his purpose; claiming to be from Entrana, he requested the help of an adventurer, asking them to create a "bow-sword". The monk then asked them to deliver an orb to the Church of Entrana, where he claimed the local priests were planning a festival which he wished to secretly deliver a gift for.

By travelling through the Abyss, the adventurer was able to circumvent the closely-monitored ferries normally used to reach Entrana and arrive on the holy island without being detected. However, when the adventurer delivered the orb, it was revealed to be a teleportation beacon, allowing an assassin wielding a bow-sword to infiltrate the church. Slaying several monks and stealing an important artefact, the assassin escaped. A body was soon discovered near Paterdomus, although whether or not it was the assassin that initiated the attack remains unknown. The Temple Knights, apparently monitoring Paterdomus already, are currently investigating.

The involvement of the Myreque

The adventurer responsible for aiding Drezel, while on their travels, had become involved with The Myreque, a group of guerrilla rebel soldiers intent on overthrowing Lord Drakan. Operating from their new base in the Morytanian town of Burgh De Rott, they required the adventurer's assistance.

When Burgh De Rott was discovered by Drakan, the Myreque decided that the people of the town needed to be taken to Misthalin before the vampyres began enforcing blood tithes. To get them out of Morytania, they would need to be brought to Paterdomus, from which they could safely travel to Varrock.

With the assistance of Drezel, the Myreque were able to save one of their soldiers; Ivan Strom, a young priest. Ivan remained at the Paterdomus as Drezel's aide.

Help from Misthalin

Within the heart of Morytania, in the vampyre-controlled Sanguinesti region, exists Meiyerditch. This ghetto, operated by the vampyres, is filled with starved citizens, who are farmed for blood like cattle. The Myreque, looking to liberate the ghetto's citizens, called upon the adventurer to assist in their operations.

The adventurer discovered that Paterdomus was being targeted by werewolves, who were using it as a site to gain prey to appease the blood tithe. As travellers were traversing Silvarea, the werewolves were assaulting and kidnapping them, somehow bypassing the River Salve and entering Misthalin.

Looking for military support from Misthalin, the adventurer spoke to King Roald. However, as his advisor Aeonisig Raispher pointed out, this was not possible. The Edicts of Guthix, which state that no large-scale wars can occur between the different religious factions, outlawed this. As a means of compromise, Roald authorised a Mercenary protocol.

Even as citizens were brought out of Morytania, mercenary soldiers were coming in. Paterdomus became a hive of activity, with hundreds passing through it daily. The mercenaries even today wait to be escorted to Burgh De Rott outside the Paterdomus.

A plot discovered and the finding of the Columbarium

A conspiracy unfolds during the Legacy of Seergaze quest.

Whilst waiting for an escort, one of the mercenaries reported seeing a number of Saradomin and Zamorakian soldiers entering the Paterdomus. The adventurer investigated and uncovered a plot against the Guthixian Edicts.

Having entered the Paterdomus, the splinter group was discussing their plans within, apparently using it as a key point in their operation. However, before more information could be gathered, they teleported from the temple.

Meanwhile, Drezel had discovered an ancient columbarium in the depths of the Paterdomus. Here he found that many priests and settlers had been laid to rest, bound by an ancient religious ceremony.

The coming storm

Too long the wait, following the deaths of Ranis Drakan and Vanstrom Klause, Lord Drakan himself returned as the Myreque attempted an assassination he knew of to prevent. The attempt was not executed properly, yet in the end, Lord Drakan was killed, though not without the loss of many. With what seemed to be a success for peace, Vanescula bit Safalaan, told her plan of an invasion, and the remaining of the Myreque was disbanded.

The adventurer had then brought Ivan back to Paterdomus, informing Drezel of the news, outcome, and what's yet to come. The adventurer left to inform the king of Vanescula's plot, while the two priests tried to plan out a way to strengthen the Salve.

The eye of the storm

King Roald sent Aeonisig Raispher and several guards to retake the temple, who were forced to fight against several vyrewatch who crossed the Salve. The adventurer aided them in defeating the vyres. They armed the guards, used the library beneath the temple to prepare a Super Guthix balance potion to strengthen the Salve, and slew the monks of Zamorak occupying the church and taking out the Zamorakian conspirators.

Having fully retaken and fortified themselves in the temple, the army of Misthalin met Vanescula's army on the bridge. The vyres she sent across turned feral and were swiftly defeated, but the Wyrd she summoned proved tougher, fatally wounding Drezel. Efaritay, the former queen of Hallowvale, appeared and scared the wyrd off, requesting the adventurer's aid in making her preparations as Vanescula retreated. Misthalin sent reinforcements to Paterdomus. The adventurer returned with a stronger potion to reinforce the Salve with. Vanescula returned and launched her attack, but the strengthened Salve was powerful enough to undo the vampyrism and restore the vyres she sent back to their human forms. Safalaan the wyrd arrived and was ordered to attack, but he too was restored by the Salve. Vanescula's army, seeing that she could not breach the Salve, rebelled, forcing her to surrender and usher in a peace settlement between Morytania and Misthalin.

Reclamation attempt

In Year 1 of the Sixth Age, a group of four Saradominist monks travelled to Paterdomus to rebuild the temple. Sliske killed them, leaving only a single monk, Brother Samwell, alive, in order to lure in the World Guardian and send them an invitation to his gathering at the Empyrean Citadel.

Features

The temple

The Paterdomus is three stories tall. The first two floors are populated by many attackable level 23 Monks of Zamorak, until River of Blood where they're wiped out by the player on orders of Aeonisig Raispher.

Despite the temple being occupied and partly damaged by Zamorakians, with many of the images of Saradomin hidden or removed, the prayer altar on the ground floor^[UK]1^st floor^[US] can still be used. The ground floor also has an intact church organ, and six stained glass windows featuring Iriandul Caistlyn, Sarl Dunegun, Derygull Templeton, Erysail the Pious, Friar Twiblick, and Essiandar Gar, six of the Seven Priestly Warriors. A window featuring Ivandis Seergaze, the final Warrior, could be found on 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US].

Another staircase connects the first floor to the 2^nd floor^[UK]3^rd floor^[US]. This floor has a prison cell, a Morytania coffin, and a blackboard. The floor features in some quests. In Priest in Peril, Drezel must be freed from the cell. The vampyre is present only in the quest. The floor is also visited during the Legacy of Seergaze quest.

Paterdomus-Morytania shortcut.

Outside the temple is a small graveyard and, north of the Paterdomus temple, the trapdoor leading to the mausoleum. This is one of only two ways to enter Morytania by foot. By traversing the entire mausoleum and passing through the holy barrier on the other side, the player arrives on the bridge that crosses the River Salve into Morytania.

The other foot route is immediately south-east of the Paterdomus temple and is quicker than the mausoleum route. This is a two-way shortcut requiring level 65 Agility. Here you can jump on the broken Saradomin statue in order to bypass the mausoleum route entirely.

Mausoleum

The temple's graveyard, and mausoleum entrance.

The entrance is located in the graveyard just north of the temple and can be entered before the Priest in Peril quest. It is commonly used as a passage between Misthalin and Morytania for characters lacking 65 Agility. It has the following features:

• Entrance chamber with a level 33 Cerberus or ghoul. The player must slay the ghoul or the Cerbrus during the Priest in Peril quest to enter Morytania. After the quest, the beast is replaced by Lycurgus, who is not aggressive and cannot be fought.
• The main chamber of the mausoleum, containing the graves of the Seven Priestly Warriors in addition to a well that supplies holy water from the River Salve. It cannot be used as a water source but instead is necessary for blessing the Rod of Ivandis.
• Drezel's chamber. Once Drezel is released from the cell in the Paterdomus, he inhabits this chamber to guard against an incursion from Morytania.
• The Columbarium, which is accessible during and after the Legacy of Seergaze quest through a staircase to the north of the main chamber.
• A secret library, which is accessible during and after the In Aid of the Myreque quest through a trapdoor in Drezel's chamber. Inside are several books that outline the history of Morytania.

The Columbarium

Main article: Columbarium

The Columbarium is shaped like a Saradomin symbol.

Beneath the mausoleum is the Columbarium, a unique place where dead bodies were burnt and placed in containers. Those containers were sealed into the walls of the Columbarium. The chamber is now used to free the tortured souls from Vyre corpses. It can be reached by descending the staircase at the north end of the main room in the mausoleum, where the circle of monuments is (the room to the west of Drezel).

During and after the Legacy of Seergaze quest, the player discovers a way to kill the members of the dreaded Vyrewatch. The player can collect the resulting Vyre corpses and free their souls by cremating the corpses in the funeral pyres at the Columbarium. A Columbarium key appears for each soul that is freed. The keys unlock various coffins in the walls, which contain item rewards. This functions in much the same way as the Shades of Mort'ton minigame.

The southern end of the Columbarium contains a lectern which keeps track of how many Vyre corpses the player has burned, up to a maximum of 500. For every 50 Vyre corpses that have been cremated, the power of the player's Ivandis flail and blisterwood weapons increases.

Players can be rewarded with the Blood talisman at the Columbarium by burning Vyre corpses. They also receive a blood talisman at the end of the Legacy of Seergaze quest.

Temple Trekking/Burgh de Rott Ramble

The Paterdomus temple also plays a role as an important point in the Temple Trekking / Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame. It is the ending point for villagers and a starting point for Mercenaries. In this way it is possible to travel between Burgh De Rott and the Paterdomus.

This minigame can be started just east of the Paterdomus, near a massive statue dedicated to Saradomin.

Surrounding area

Main article: Silvarea

Odd Old Man's house

The Odd Old Man really has something for bones. He asks the player to collect bones and furs for him in the Rag and Bone Man and Fur 'n Seek quests. He also has a task after each quest for players who wish to receive an additional reward. His house can be found on the path to Paterdomus from Varrock.

Limestone quarry

Just outside the Odd Old Man's House is a limestone quarry. Using the Crafting skill these can be transformed into limestone bricks which are used in many quests, minigames and Construction.

Monsters

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  Monk of Zamorak, level 23

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  Ghoul, level 33 (only before Priest in Peril and not being slain)

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  Cerberus, level 33 (only during Priest in Peril)

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  Lycurgus, level 33 (only after Priest in Peril)

Personalities

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  Drezel

Quests

• Priest in Peril
• Legacy of Seergaze
• Devious Minds
• All Fired Up
• River of Blood

Music

Music unlocked:

• Mausoleum
• The Columbarium
• Morytania

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Graphical updates

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  Paterdomus after Unknown date (edit)

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  Paterdomus after 22 April 2008 (update)

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  Paterdomus after 11 April 2016 (update)

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  Paterdomus after 5 September 2022 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• update 5 September 2022 (Update):
  • Ground textures, ground decorations, skybox and lighting were updated in the area.

• patch 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • The Monks of Zamorak in the Paterdomus Church can now be damaged by AoE abilities.

• patch 12 December 2016 (Update):
  • Missing architecture has been re-added to this temple's beacon.

• patch 3 May 2016 (Update):
  • The cliff south west of this temple now appears to be less traversable.

• patch 11 April 2016 (Update):
  • Paterdomus temple and Canifis have been graphically updated.

• patch 22 November 2011 (Update):
  • A bed in this temple no longer flickers.

• patch 12 April 2011 (Update):
  • Players can no longer walk half-stand inside a wall next to this temple.

• update 29 June 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The makeshift tables used by the conspirators on the top floor of Paterdomus appear to be made of boards from Meiyerditch, although why they were brought to the Paterdomus is unknown.
• The temple guardian beneath Paterdomus, prior to the area's graphics update, resembled the former appearance of Dark Beasts, but was coloured grey.
• If a player logged out halfway across the Paterdomus to Morytania agility shortcut on the day Paterdomus was graphically updated (11 April 2016), when they next logged in, they would be standing on the River Salve. However, they were unable to move.