Malignius Mortifer (2024)

Malignius Mortifer
Released								26 September 2005 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Human
Quest								Fairytale I - Growing Pains, Swan Song
Location								South of Falador
Shop								Magic secateurs
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to
Examine								A master of necromancy!
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Advanced data
NPC ID								1783

Malignius Mortifer is a necromancer just north-west of Port Sarim. He cannot be attacked, and has 4 apprentice wizards, one for each of the traditional elements: an air wizard, a water wizard, an earth wizard, and a fire wizard. All of these wizards are level 13. Mortifer will often try to raise the dead, but sometimes fails and creates fungus. Occasionally, he will summon a skeleton, skeleton mage, zombie or a ghost. They will follow Mortifer if the necromancy is successful. If a player annoys him by asking about his outfit, he will cast a spell, unblockable by the best Magical protection or even by the Protect from Magic prayer, to temporarily transform the player into a mushroom.He is involved in the quests Swan Song and Fairytale I - Growing Pains. Mortifer calls himself a 'great practitioner' and a 'master' of the magic arts, he once triumphed over Tanglefoot, and is known to the Dark Wizard Zandar Horfyre. Mortifier also possesses knowledge of the Nature Spirit.

After the Swan Song quest, he will spare a player a brown apron and he will give bone seeds if the player has a pot with a pot lid.

If you speak to him after you have completed the Enter the Abyss miniquest, he will let on that he is a follower of Zamorak and he will tell you about the burning of the Wizards' Tower. Given that he knows about what you did for the ZMI, he is probably a member of that organisation himself.

Malignius is one of the few NPCs that can summon creatures, though if you speak to him about it, he will tell you that necromancy has nothing to do with summoning. He also mentions that Wizard Grayzag (summons Imps), Invrigar the Necromancer (at the Necromancer Tower), Sithik Ints (from the quest Zogre Flesh Eaters) and Melzar the Mad (in Melzar's Maze; necromancy drove him mad) are, or were, necromancers.

Apparently, "a slight accident involving a bottle of Malignius-Mortifer's-Super-Ultra-Flora-Growth-Potion" resulted in the creation of the Giant mole.^[1]

In the 2018 Easter event, players are required to give him burnt meat, Draynor Manor cabbage, and garlic in exchange for a growth potion.

Stock[edit | edit source]

He also sells magic secateurs for 40,000 coins after defeating Tanglefoot in Fairytale I - Growing Pains.

Item		Price sold at
	Magic secateurs	40,000

Products[edit | edit source]

Product		Members	Facility	Skills	XP	Materials
	1 × Growth potion		Malignius Mortifer	None	None	1 × Burnt meat 1 × Garlic 1 × Cabbage (Draynor Manor)

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

• Malignius Mortifer is Latin for Deadly Wickedness.
• When trying to summon his creatures, Mortifer speaks in Latin, saying the words: "Veni cohortes malefici", which means "Come, evil cohorts" or the words "Da mihi potentiam!" which means "Give me power".
  • "Veni cohortes malefici" contains a grammatical mistake. Since "cohortes malefici" is plural, the verb should take the plural form venite.
• When you talk to him with an item aligned to Saradomin, Guthix or Zamorak and ask him if necromancy is similar to summoning, he will answer back with different responses:
  • Saradomin: "Saradominist Fool! You will get no secrets from me!"
  • Zamorak: "Although I note your respects for our Lord Zamorak, I am afraid the subtle secrets of necromancy must remain beyond your grasp."
  • Guthix: "Deluded lover of Guthix, you will get no secrets from me!"
    • Note: This works even with void knight armour, as the Void Knights are followers of Guthix.
  • If you don't wear anything aligned to them, he says: "The obscure magical art of necromancy has nothing to do with Summoning." and he explains why.
• He will refuse to give you bone seeds or a brown apron if you have an item of Saradomin worn or in the inventory.
• When trying to give Mortifer an item, he replies "Oi - Stop waving your items at me!"

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