Iban

For the music track, see Iban (music track).

Iban
Released								3 March 2003 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Quest								Underground Pass
Location								Iban's Temple
League region								Tirannwn✓
Gender								Male
Examine								The great and dreadful Iban.
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NPC ID								8998

Iban is a former Kinshra knight and self-proclaimed son of Zamorak. He rules over the Underground Pass and is the primary adversary in the quest of the same name.

History

Service to the Kinshra

Not much is known about Iban's early life, apart from being a well-educated noble and enjoying the finer things in life. At some point, he joined the Kinshra, a Zamorakian knight order operating in Asgarnia, and trained under Lord Daquarius, the Lord of the Kinshra at the time. As a very skilled swordsman, he was one of their most valuable knights, and was said to have personally slain hundreds of White Knights.

Iban was very ambitious and was described as follows:

This hunger for more went far past the realm of mere mortals, into the shadowy places of darkness and evil. Iban's ambition was almost godlike in its insatiability, but therein lay the essence of his darkness: as its most base Iban's fundamental desire was to control the hearts and minds of his fellow men, to take them beyond the pale of mere allegiance, and corrupt them into a force of evil. A whole legion of these Soul-less beings, their minds demented from the sheer power of darkness that channeled through them... Zombies, void of emotions, without feelings or cares, servants to their wicked master even unto death...

— The Tale of Iban, Transcript:History of iban#Iban

His ambition, however, did not come to serve him in his last battle. At some point, the White Knights realised the threat he posed and launched an attack known as Dawn Ascent, that killed him.

Ruler of the Underground Pass

“

I am the great Iban, I cannot die.

”

Iban's elaborate tombstone - on fire.

Soon afterwards, Kardia, an evil witch, found his corpse and decided to resurrect him with a ritual, so that he could fulfil his wish of leading an army of undead. First, she took some of Iban's flesh from his body and smeared it out on a doll bearing his likeness. She needed Iban's blood next, but it had long seeped away from his body, so Kardia travelled to the Underground Pass - a huge and dangerous system of caverns going underneath the Galarpos Mountains and connecting the forest of Isafdar to West Ardougne. There, she found a colony of gigantic yellow spiders led by Kalrag that were known to devour humans. She killed one and used its blood for Iban's doll.

For the essence of life itself, Kardia performed the ancient dark ritual of Incantia, which nearly killed her. She recovered, however, and found three demons, Holthion, Doomion and Othainian, focusing their energy on the doll and she realised she had bound them to him forever as the guardians of Iban's shadow. For the final part, she needed to provide Iban with a conscience to prevent him from becoming a mindless zombie. In her own words: Locked inside an old wooden cage sat a beautiful white dove. A symbol of peace, freedom, and hope, but also the oblivious to the darkness of the world, like a newborn child. Taking the dove with me, I cradled the thing in my arms, stroking its soft downy feathers. I looked into the eyes of the bird, and gently placing a kiss upon its fragile head, I then strangled the bird, taking its life between my callous fingers. Truly this bird would be the conscience of Iban: innocence corrupted by evil... Thus, Iban was resurrected in the Year 168 of the Fifth Age and he took up residence in his own temple in the Underground Pass, with the ritual being the only thing that could banish him.

The temple Iban erected for himself, adorned with statues of dark beasts.

Iban proclaimed himself to be the son of Zamorak and turned the pass into a realm of terror. He soon gained fame as a "crazy lunatic", according to King Lathas, who had made the pass impossible to cross. Further, the Well of Voyage, which would normally teleport one to Isafdar, had been corrupted by him to become the Well of the Damned, a direct gateway to the realm where Zamorak had been banished to after the God Wars. Iban was known to the elves, who dared not enter the Underground Pass.

At some point, he gained some followers who worshipped Iban as his disciples in a cult-like manner. At this time, there was a belief that Iban slowly took over the minds of anyone who entered the pass, whispering to them with eerie voices. These voices would come to corrupt all who came; a notable example being the famous adventurer Randas. However, in actuality, the Dark Lord, a part of Seren who was trapped in the nearby Temple of Light, was the entity corrupting these people. Iban would then lock these people into cages until their minds would completely succumb to his rule. Then, they would join his army of soulless, with no trace of any humanity. Additionally, there are many 'blessed' spiders, such as the one Kardia had killed, in the pass that are described as Iban's pets.

Iban's Demise

“

An imposter dares desecrate this sacred place! ... Home to the only true child of Zamorak. Join the damned, mortal!

”

Iban attacks his slayer.

A year after Iban's reign of horror began, the king of East Ardougne, Lathas Ardignas, who was collaborating with the malevolent Iorwerth Clan of elves and their Prifddinas Death Guard to return the Dark Lord to the world in return for Lord Iorwerth's aid in the downfall of Lathas' arch nemesis King Arthur of Camelot, recruited an adventurer to travel through the Underground Pass. This adventurer, oblivious to King Lathas' dark plans, was to accompany the guide Koftik, cleanse the pass by defeating Iban and thus pave the way to Tirannwn, where Lathas' brother King Tyras had been ever since the corruption of the pass prevented his return from a previous campaign.

The adventurer and Koftik entered the pass and Koftik was overwhelmed by the Dark Lord's influence. Nevertheless, they progressed further and, after hours of travelling, reached the Temple of Iban, which was separated from the cave walls by narrow ledges over a deep chasm. While Koftik had stayed behind, the adventurer entered the hut of Kardia and stole her diary, wherein they found out how to defeat Iban, as well as the doll. As such, they defeated Kalrag the giant spider for Iban's blood, searched the cages of Iban's prisoners for the dove's corpse, cremated the body inside Iban's coffin and retrieved the ashes and, finally, obtained Iban's shadow from the demon guardians.

They enchanted the doll with it and confronted Iban himself, who, having seemingly given up the way of the warrior, fired various magical spells at them. Nevertheless, they managed to cast the doll of Iban into the Well of the Damned, causing his soul to be destroyed utterly, thus ending his life permanently and causing the temple to collapse.

Later, King Lathas had his mages restore the well back to what it was.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:25 July 2019| |0}} {{#explode:25 July 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 July 2019| |2}}]] (update)	NPC's name was changed from "Lord Iban" to "Iban".

Gallery (historical)

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