Azzanadra

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Azzanadra
Released								18 April 2005 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Mahjarrat
Quest								Desert Treasure I, Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire
Location								Ancient Pyramid
League region								Desert✓
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to
Examine								A mysterious ghostly figure.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID								730
Link								MOID

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Azzanadra is a powerful Zarosian Mahjarrat, general and chief high priest of Zaros. He was trapped in the Ancient Pyramid during the God Wars. He is freed by the player during Desert Treasure I; in return he teaches the player how to use Ancient Magicks as a reward. He aids the player in Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire in disguise as Dr Banikan, himself being in search of the Frostenhorn artefact.

History

Early History

Azzanadra is a Mahjarrat who served the Zarosian Empire under the rank of Pontifex Maximus. After Zaros was betrayed and banished by Zamorak, Azzanadra was part of the faction that remained loyal to Zaros.

The God Wars

During the God Wars, Saradominist and Zamorakian forces worked together in order to trap the nearly invincible Azzanadra in the Jaldraocht Pyramid, also known as the Ancient Pyramid.

Azzanadra would remain imprisoned in the pyramid for thousands of years, no longer able to hear Zaros' voice and unaware of the situation outside.

Release

Azzanadra is released from his prison.

A group of Zarosian bandits made a camp north-west from Azzanadra's prison. They were not able to free him, however, as they were diminished in strength and knew that the outside world was hostile to them, as the gods' forces made sure to erase Zaros from history. During the Fifth Age, an adventurer, enticed by Asgarnia Smith to make contact with the Zarosian bandits, learned of the Four Diamonds of Azzanadra from the local bartender, then asked Eblis about them. Eblis, believing that they had actually come to free Azzanadra, agreed to help them seek out the diamonds. Once all four diamonds were acquired, the adventurer made their way to Jaldraocht, bypassing the numerous traps built in the pyramid and reached its centre, causing Azzanadra to appear and greet them.

Azzanadra immediately asked the adventurer about the status of the war he believed was raging outside, only to be shocked when he realised that they had no information at all, could no longer hear his lord's voice and that nothing remained of the Zarosian territories. Seeking to reorient himself, Azzanadra quickly left to check for both allies and the current status of the world, rewarding them with access to the Ancient Magicks. After leaving, he discovered the adventurer's words were true, with the empire destroyed and forgotten. Azzanadra was still glad to discover there were several Zarosian Mahjarrat he could rely on, such as Akthanakos and Sliske.

The Ancient Vault

The adventurer runs into Azzanadra again during Desert Treasure II initially in the guise of the archaeologist and Zarosian history expert Dr Banikan. With their help Azzanadra gets access to an ancient Zarosian military installation containing a golem functioning as a database of various subjects. Azzanadra used it to search for information on the Frostenhorn, an ancient artefact, that he would need to locate and contact Zaros. Whilst the adventurer sought out four high-ranking Zarosians, Azzanadra began his search, but came up empty-handed as the Frostenhorn had already been found and likely destroyed by his supposed-ally Zarosian Mahjarrat, Sliske.

Azzanadra appeared again once the adventurer had gained access to the Ancient Vault and its treasure; the Elder Horn. This was not what Azzanadra was looking for, but he was nonetheless interested in the horn as well as how the Forgotten Four managed to hide it. Azzanadra apologised for his mistrust in them earlier by not revealing his true identity, but then the Zamorakians Hazeel and Enakhra showed up intending to claim the Horn in Zamorak's name. After his ally Akthanakos had revealed himself, Azzanadra noted that there were five Mahjarrat present in the chamber, though he could only see three, the last Mahjarrat was revealed to be Sliske in the disguise of Asgarnia Smith. When the other Mahjarrat heard of Sliske's plan to claim the Elder Horn, Azzanadra appealed to him, that Sliske should have let him know about the Horn's presence. Sliske summoned the Barrows Brothers to attack Azzanadra and Hazeel, so he could teleport the Horn away, with Azzanadra handling Karil the Tainted, Torag the Corrupted and Verac the Defiled, but unable to reach Sliske.

Azzanadra fighting Sliske's wights in the Ancient Vault.

After Sliske teleported away with the Elder Horn, Hazeel scolded Azzanadra for protecting Sliske and informed him that he had destroyed the Frostenhorn, shocking Azzanadra as his plans to contact his lord was sabotaged. Azzanadra told him that they needed to work together to stop him, as he realised that Sliske was a threat to all Mahjarrat. Hazeel seemingly declined the offer, but Azzanadra reminded him that he had just admitted Sliske threatened them all. As Hazeel left, Azzanadra apologised to the adventurer, as he had been unsure of their allegiance and learned from them that the other artefacts he was looking for had also been destroyed by Sliske, causing him to remark that it was the darkest day since Zaros' fall. Azzanadra warned them to prepare for the upcoming Ritual of the Mahjarrat, as they were now part of it. As a reward for their efforts, he enhanced their ring of visibility into a ring of shadows and left. He would also have a bandit at the vault to monitor it.

Dialogue

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Gallery

• 
  Concept art of Azzanadra's graphical update, by Mod Grub.

Changes

Date	Changes
26 July 2023 (Update)	Azzanadra was graphically updated. Azzanadra's examine text was changed, previously it was "A Mahjarrat warrior."

Gallery (historical)

18 April 2005– 26 July 2023	26 July 2023 – present

Trivia

• Azzanadra was first mentioned by a Guardian of Armadyl in the Temple of Ikov quest, released in 2002, more than three years before Desert Treasure I was released.
• Azzanadra's old chathead (image) is considerably larger than it appeared in the chatbox.
• Prior to the release of Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire, Azzanadra's model did not share a similar appearance to other Mahjarrat, instead resembling a man with the head of a jackal, similar to the ancient Egyptian god Anubis. The reason for his unusual model was, according to Mod James, the result of several assets being salvaged from an unrelated project a Jagex intern was working on before being dismissed from the company.