Vicendithas
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| Vicendithas | |
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| Release date | 19 December 2016 (Update) |
| Race | Dragonkin |
| Members | Yes |
| Quest NPC | |
| Location(s) | Sliske's Labyrinth, Mount Firewake, Kethsi, Dragonkin Laboratory |
| Shop | No |
| Gender | Male |
| Actions | Examine |
| Examine | You won't like them when they're angry. |
| Advanced data | |
| NPC ID | 8980, 23860, 26370 |
| Links | MRND |
| Infobox • Talk page | |
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Vicendithas (/vɪsɛndiːθæs/ Vih-sen-dee-thass)[1] is a Dactyl dragonkin, the eldest living son of Kerapac, and the elder brother of Diddykin. He is the indirect creator of the gemstone dragons.
History[edit | edit source]
Birth[edit | edit source]
Vicendithas is a clone of his father, Kerapac, who considered him to be his "son". He is one of the last surviving subjects from his father's cloning project, Project Phoenix. Project Phoenix was an attempt by Kerapac to duplicate himself, using knowledge he had attained from the creation of dragons. The goal of the project is believed to have been to circumvent Jas' curse and overcome the dragonkin's infertility,[2][3] although the project may have begun even before the dragonkin were cursed.[3] Vicendithas was preceded by a long list of clones all sharing his name. Many of them were stillborn or malformed and disposed of by being lowered into magma. Others died later.[2] Ultimately, Kerapac considered the project a failure.[3]
Creating gemstone dragons[edit | edit source]
His scribblings show some of his past and the unstable relationship he has with his father. When he asked for room in his father's fortress for experimentation, he was given the basement, much to his annoyance. He stole a vial of his father's blood and a white dragon egg to conduct his first experiment, with Kerapac pinning the blame on Forcae when he found they were missing.[4]
With the vial of blood and the egg, he infused it with elven crystal and created a crystalline dragon, calling it his own "daughter". The dragon offspring impressed him as he noted her quick maturity and intelligence growth. He put her in an observation area that is now the present-day edimmu resource dungeon. One day, he was shocked when he found the dragon had matured into an adolescent with six eggs that she inseminated herself. He had hoped for the eggs to hatch into crystalline dragons but was surprised when the eggs hatched into a new species of dragon. The offspring were embedded with onyx, hydrix, and an unknown gem that had never been found before. He decided to call the unknown substance "dragonstone" in honour of his daughter.[5]
Eventually, Kerapac came down and saw the dragon and her offspring. He was impressed by her ability to change sexes at will and demanded to have it along with a few eggs. Vicendithas viewed this equal to dissecting and refused. Fearing for both his creation and her offspring, whom he had come to see as family, he opted to hide them from Kerapac. He hid her offspring in an ancient cavern with precious stones and personally hid his daughter in a location that only he knows of, adamantly refusing to let Kerapac have her.[6]
The Dragonkin Laboratory[edit | edit source]
Despite being disappointed in his son's actions, Kerapac invited Vicendithas to work for him along with Phalaks in order to create a dragon strong enough to seal or destroy Kranon. Vicendithas looked forward to this as an opportunity to mend his relationship with his father but found to his disappointment that Kerapac had not changed since the last time they had met.[7][8]
Unlike the other dragonkin who treated their creations as mere tools for research, Vicendithas is more partial to the dragons, being the only one to show sentiment, much to the disapproval of his peers. He believes that if they had been treated with respect, their results would not have been disappointing.[9] He named the first celestial dragon, giving it the name Astellarn.[10] He had intended to euthanise her when she returned to the laboratory to end her suffering [11] but was unable to do so as Kerapac had sealed it after one of his experiments went out of control.
Sliske's Endgame[edit | edit source]
Vicendithas participated in Sliske's Endgame as part of his father's entourage alongside Esskon, Skalekith, Torkuss, and Kalethax. They attempted to sabotage the game with little success, doing minor structural damage to some walls within the maze.
Curse of the Black Stone[edit | edit source]
Vicendithas was present for his father's speech on Mount Firewake on Kethsi after the dragonkin had been freed from their curse.
Desperate Times[edit | edit source]
In one of Kerapac's memories during Desperate Times, Vicendithas is seen arguing with him, inquiring about the veracity of Orthen's existence. Upon learning that his father intends to sacrifice Gielinor's anima to permanently put the Elder Gods to sleep at the cost of all life on the planet, Vicendithas voiced his opposition to the plan.[12]
Effigy Incubator[edit | edit source]
Shortly after Kerapac's plan failed, the archaeologists in Anachronia reported seeing Kerapac near the ruins of his laboratory, which led to Mr. Mordaut asking the World Guardian to investigate these claims. Finding an unexplored room inside the volcano, the World Guardian met Vicendithas instead, who was attempting to continue his father's work to cure the Ilujanka's infertility. He explained that although his father had made great headway, ultimately he was distracted by his obsession with the curse and killing the Elder Gods, something which he implied occurred very often.[13]
Despite the World Guardian binding his father to serve the Elder Gods once again, Vicendithas was pleased that they stopped him, as he had taken a liking to Gielinor.[14] Vicendithas explained that he needed assistance in operating the Effigy Incubator, but could not find any as none of his fellow Dactyl were on speaking terms with him after it was revealed that Kerapac had caused the curse, and even before this revelation, had been shunned by his fellow researchers due to his father.[15] The World Guardian offered their assistance to Vicendithas, who was initially amused but eventually agreed, seeing that it could make a powerful statement to the other Dactyl.[16]
The World Guardian helped Vicendithas create a number of effigies, which held only small fragments of the information he needed. As they continued working, Vicendithas examined the effigies and drew knowledge that his father had kept hidden. Through this, he hypothesied that the Ilujanka were suffering due to their inefficiency in absorbing anima[17], and also learned of his own creation by Kerapac as a clone. Initially shocked at this revelation, he eventually came to the conclusion that he was superior to his creator, seeing how Kerapac had failed in all of his endeavours, while he himself had been successful with his own work.[18]
Vicendithas soon spoke with the Ilujanka on Gielinor and Iaia. He was impressed with how they both accepted their fate and were surprisingly hopeful for a better future.[19] Three young Ilujanka volunteered to be his test subjects. Before starting, he would investigate to see if the template Kerapac used to create him would be suitable on them, and had warned them beforehand that the success and their safety were not guaranteed. Despite the warning, they still insisted, prompting Vicendithas to remark that they were quite brave and he admired them for that.[20]
One of the subjects, a weaver named Etuya, eventually died due to complications from the serum he administered to them. Etuya braved on despite knowing she would die to not scare the other two who were taking part. He noted her courage and compared it to the stoic Dragonkin of old, and that her sacrifice had inspired others to take her place and cause.[21] Her sacrifice also allowed him to quickly remove the dangerous variables from his serum, and that he would be able to find a cure faster as the younger Ilujanka left their home world.[22]
Eventually, Kerapac paid a visit to his son, and was unhappy to learn how, unlike himself, Vicendithas had not been shackled by the Elder Gods. Vicendithas laughed at this, though he was not proud of it, still seeing Kerapac as the closest thing he had to a father and admitting that no one deserved Kerapac's fate.[23] Vicendithas also revealed to his father that he had learned all about Project Phoenix; Kerapac did not attempt to deny it and simply shrugged, much to the disappointent of Vicendithas, who compared his apathy and disregard for sapient life to that of the Elder Gods themselves.[24]
At some point, Vicendithas reached a dead end with his research. Deciding that his serum alone would not be enough of a solution, he returned to Iaia in order to study its environment once more. Once there, he realised that its anima was not pure like he had assumed before: it was sterile. It could only pick up resonances from non-sapient flora and fauna, while everything else had been filtered out. While he was amazed by the fact, he acknowledged that, while it went a long way towards explaining the Ilujanka's infertility, such a thing did not simply happen.[25]
Vicendithas' research and tests eventually culminated in the two remaining subjects laying a cluster of eggs. While it remained unknown if the eggs would hatch, the subjects insisted that if they did, they would name one in honour of him. He humbly denied the request, as he did not want to pass his father's name down, and suggested they name one of them after Etuya for her sacrifice. He thanked the World Guardian for their assistance, believing that they had potentially changed the fate of the Ilujanka. He continued to help them with the Effigy Incubator, while looking to reclaim his own destiny and step out of his father's shadow, believing that eventually Kerapac would be under his.
Elder God Wars[edit | edit source]
After Seren fled with the Elder God eggs in tow, Hannibus suggested to the World Guardian they ask Vicendithas for help as he was developing an ambient anima measurer. Vicendithas was surprised to meet the World Guardian again and was updated on the war efforts. He also confirmed that he was making a device, but needed the Elder Crown, believing that Saradomin was still holding it. He was instead surprised to learn that it had been taken from him by Zaros and thus accepted the Measure as a substitute before joining the group to help search for Seren. During the search, Hannibus attempted to help Vicendithas mend his relationship with his father, but Vicendithas bluntly replied that he had no interest and that it was none of his concern. On the way, they were intercepted by Kerapac but escaped each time until the World Guardian convinced him to defy Jas during their encounter on Kethsi.
Vicendithas would later witness the World Guardian unleash a shadow leviathan to drag both Jas and his father into Erebus. When an echo emerged from the broken Needle, neither father nor son apologised to each other, although Vicendithas stated that he would be better than him. When Seren took the eggs to Iaia in order to hatch them there, Vicendithas explained the situation to the Ilujanka elder and helped evacuate as many Ilujanka as possible. After the world's destruction, due to the World Guardian taking some shards of the Needle with them, Vicendithas later used the measurements acquired from the shard, alongside the Measure and Nodon dream hibernation technology to create a dream realm of Iaia. He showed it to Hannibus, who was delighted and offered him a place in their family, which he humbly accepted.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
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Graphical updates[edit | edit source]
Original Vicendithas model was released in December 2016 with the release of Sliske's Endgame. It was identical to the model used by Sakirth. An updated model using the new dragonkin style was released in September 2020 with the release of Effigy Incubator and at some point all his appearances in quests have been updated as well.
Vicendithas after 19 December 2016 (update)
Vicendithas after 14 September 2020 (update)
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Vicendithas' chathead after 14 September 2020 (update)
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