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A town in the Kingdom of Misthalin ruled by Duke Horacio. It's located East of the River Lum and North of the Lumbridge Swamp. It appears to be mostly dedicated to farming. It was originally the first town note that players went to after completing "Tutorial Island" and as such it still has many good quests for new players. It's also one of the available default respawn points in the game.
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Castle
The home of the Duke of Lumbridge. The castle has been around in one form or another for at least 1000 years, with the oldest mention being in the Fourth Age in the year of 1100 were it was a wooden fort. In the Fifth Age a tunnel; which was accidentally made by the Cave Goblins, in the cellar which became a meeting point between the Cave Goblin city of Dorgesh-Kaan and the surfacenote . It's courtyard serves as a respawn point and right outside of the castle is the Lumbridge lodestone.
The personal chef of Duke Horacio, he can predictably be found in the kitchen of the Lumbridge castle. He's involved in numerous quests, most notably the Cook's Assistant. He's a known member of "Cooks, Apprentices and Kitchen Experts Society". It's also revealed in the 2008 and 2009 Thanksgiving Events that he has a brother, a wife, four children, a goat and is a descendant of another famous cook of the castle, Franizzard Van Lumbcook.
- And Your Reward Is Edible: One of the rewards for completing the quest Cook's Assistant is 20 sardines and completing the hard Lumbridge Achievements gets the player a hamper filled with random food each day.
- Famous Ancestor: As revealed in the quest Recipe for Disaster he's descendant of Franizzard Van Lumbcook.
- Supreme Chef: Though he often needs help getting ingredients for his food, the end result is great.
A friend and vassal of King Roald, Duke horacio is the ruler of Lumbridge. He often misunderstands things; such as homonyms, but ultimately does try to help the people of Lumbridge. He also will not use force unless he's sure of a cause and as such often has adventures to investigate problems. He plays a role in numerous quests such as Dragon Slayer, the Cave Goblin Quest Series and many more.
- Blue Blood: He's a Duke and his family has been ruling Lumbridge since its beginning.
- Famous Ancestor: He's a descendant of Polonius the first Duke of Lumbridge.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Is reluctant to turn to violence without just cause.
- Villain-Beating Artifact: During the Dragon Slayer quest Duke Horacio gives the player an anti-dragon shield which is needednote to slay the dragon Elvarg.
A servant of Duke Horacio and the oldest characternote of RuneScape. Quite fittingly for the oldest character players can go to him for "Veteran Capes & Hoods", which are used to show how old a player's account is.
- Badass Cape: Not Hans himself, but he does sell "Veteran Capes & Hoods", which serve as a way of showing other players how long they've been playing.
- Flash Step: Something like this happened during the Grand Party event.Player: "I swear I saw you just over there by the castle."Hans: "Ah yes, I move rather quick."Player: "Scarily quick."Hans: "Don't think about it too much."Player: "Hm…"
- Lovable Coward: Is portrayed as such in the second issue of Postbag From The Hedge.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: See Flash Step above.
The second Slayer Master and at one time the Slayer Skill Tutor in Burthorpenote , though currently she is located in the Lumbridge castle courtyard.
- The Apprentice: Of her fellow Slayer Master Turael.
- He Knows About Timed Hits: Currently averted, but she was once the Slayer Skill Tutor and as such taught players how the Slayer Skill worked.
- Hunter of Monsters: As a Slayer Master she is onenote and she helps the Player Character become one themselves.
- Iconic Item: First thing you probably noticed about her is her battleaxe.
- Intrepid Merchant: Like the other Slayer Masters she Slayer Skill supplies and presumably still travels around kill dangerous beasts.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Her last name is "Manslaughter".
H.A.M. Hideout
The headquarters of H.A.M. and base of operations. It's entrance is through a old mine, which is located in north-east Lumbridge.
H.A.M.note is a Saradominist organisation supremacist cult that seeks to remove all of the monstrous races. They have a very different view of the history of Gielinor. Many members a refugees from areas attacked by monsters. The group also plays a major role in the Cave Goblin Quest Series.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Van Helsing Hate Crimes aside, they are not wrong about many of the more monstrous races being incredibly dangerous and a threat to the people.
- Van Helsing Hate Crimes: The organization seeks to remove what they consider the more monstrous races from Gielinor, typically with large-scale slaughter. Among these monsters are the peaceful Dorgeshuun goblin tribenote .
A speaker for the H.A.M. cult who spreads propaganda against monsters, which his audience always agrees with. He appears to also be a senior member of the cult.
- Beard of Evil: Has a beard and is technically evil in an oblivious kind of way.
- Manipulative Bastard: Through the propaganda he spreads with his speeches he gets people to agree with him.
- Obliviously Evil: Sees his actions within H.A.M. against monster kind as a good thing note , even the neutral or benevolent ones.
The leader of the H.A.M. cult. He is a major reoccurring character in the Cave Goblin Quest Series. During The Elder God Warsnote he briefly had the cult worship the Elder Gods
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Up until the end of the quest One Small Favor, he's keeping Jimmy The Chisel imprisoned until he agrees to join H.A.M.. Thankfully the player manages to save Jimmy by making a deal with Johanhus.
- Beard of Evil: Has a beard and is technically evil in an oblivious kind of way.
- Genre Blindness: He has it in his head that worshipping the Elder Gods and restoring the First Age armour he found will somehow incur their favor and convince them to cleanse the world of monsters while sparing their loyal followers. Not only do the Elder Gods not care for worship, they are at war against the mortal races at the time. Even a trip to Senntisten doesn't do much to change his mind.
- Obliviously Evil: Sees his actions within H.A.M. against monster kind as a good thing note , even the neutral or benevolent ones.
Thieves' Guild
A guild established by Darren Lightfinger. It is a place where various thieves can meet and take enjoy in their profession. As to be expected it's naturally a great place to train the Thieving Skill. It's located underneath the Zamorakian herbalists' house.
- Honor Among Thieves: According to Chief Thief Robin they're thieves not muggers, as in they don't preform acts of violence.
- Karma Houdini: As a whole they don't seem to suffer a lot of problems or get in trouble.
- Thieves' Guild: Of course.
Once a poor man in Lumbridge he is now the second in command at the Thieves Guild. He naturally plays a role in all if not most of the quests deeply involved with the Thieves Guild.
- Just Like Robin Hood: Parodied, claims to rob the rich and give to the poor, but freely admits that he was the poor in question.Chief Thief Robin: "Yes, I've never heard that one before. Still, it's not so bad... If I hadn't been mocked for my name as a lad, I might never have decided in a fit of ironic pique to learn how to rob from the rich and give to the poor."Player: "Are you the poor in question?"Chief Thief Robin: "Well, I was. Having given myself the goods stolen from several rich people, I'm now of limited but comfortable means. Now, what can I do for you?"
- Perma-Stubble: Appears to have the beginnings of a beard growing.
- Shout-Out: His very name is believed to be one to Robin Hood, who ironically is also a character in the game.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Has no sleeves and appears to be rather muscular.
The founder and leader of the Thieves Guild. He is known for being very charismatic and dramatic and enjoys giving speeches to inspire members of the guild. Despite being a master thief he rarely gets involved in "capers", which he justifies with the fact that he's well known. Instead he spends most of his time sending out recruits for income to expand and otherwise improve the guild.
- The Caper: Occasionally sets these up, in fact a series of miniquests from him are referred to as "capers". Naturally he fulfills the role of "The Mastermind" in the caper.
- Dastardly Whiplash: Though hardly sinister, Darren is still a thief, makes schemes; often in the form of a caper and has a impressive handlebar mustache.
- Gentleman Thief: Darren is a polite and friendly individual who happens to at least partly steal for the fun of it. As the he slowly begins to become even more of this trope with his clothes getting more fashionable.
- King of Thieves: He's both the guildmaster and founder of the Thieves' Guild.
- Lovable Rogue: He's a polite and friendly individual who just so happens to be a thief.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Initially he's not this and he appears to be wearing pretty average looking clothes, but as the Thieves' Guild is improved upon his outfit change into something more and more fashionable.
- Sticky Fingers: He's implied to have been this, but is now to busy running the guild to do it himself, but he encourages this in members of the guild.
Misc. Characters
One of the farmers of Lumbridge. When spoken to she can help the player find new quests to do.
- Brainy Brunette: Invoked and downplayed, in a conversation with her.Player: "How are you today?"Donie: "Aye, not too bad thank you. Lovely weather in Gielinor this fine day."Player: "Weather?"Donie: "Yes weather, you know. The state or condition of the atmosphere at a time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure."Player: "..."Donie: "Not just a pretty face eh? Ha ha ha."
- Magic Staff: Subverted, she originally tries to convince the player that her staff is one of these before she gives up and admits that it's not, but that she intends to get one from Zaff in Varrock after she save up enough money.
An explorer and one of the taskmasters of Lumbridge, he's also the only taskmaster for beginners. He's also the start of the Myths of the White Lands quest and was featured in the old tutorial Unstable Foundations.
- Adventurer Outfit: Fittingly he wears a classic safari outfit.
- Obliviously Evil: In the Myths of the White Lands quest the snow imps declare him nosy, greedy and annoying, which is fair since he was intending to some of the riches note from the Land Of Snow. There's also his conversation between the player and Zanik in the Death To The Dorgeshuun quest.Player: "Hello there."Explorer Jack: "Hold perfectly still! Now, don't panic but... ...you're being stalked by some foul creature."Zanik: "Oh! I can't see any creature. Is it disguised?"Explorer Jack: "Remarkable! It can speak rather well in human tongue. I must say, it's not often you hear a goblin speak so well. In fact, it'd make a rather splendid addition to my exploration collection."Zanik: "I'm not going to be part of any collection!"Explorer Jack: "Of course, we'll need to visit the taxidermist to have you stuffed. And there'll be the whole unpleasant business of... er... ending you. But then you'd be my most exquisite article!"Zanik: "This is ridiculous! Can't you enjoy anything without destroying it? Let's go, [Player]."
- Solid Gold Poop: Downplayed, if you choose to reveal that the stones the player was sent to retrieve in the quest Myths of the White Lands are actually yeti dung he will claims that he'll check to see if it's valuable.
A priest of Saradomin in charge the Lumbridge church. He is the starting point for one of RuneScape's earliest quests The Restless Ghost and sometimes plays a role in the quest The Lost Tribe and has a special dialogue in the Death To The Dorgeshuun quest when spoken to with Zanik. He's also been shown to have a poor understanding of the history of Gielinor. After completing The Restless Ghost quest the player can purchase gravestones
from him.
- Bald Mystic: He's bald and a priest.
- Belief Makes You Stupid: Seems to have a poor understanding of Gielinor's history, with his beliefs having warped many of the godly events from Gielinor's history to portraying Saradomin as more moral and powerful then he actually was.
- Instant Gravestone: Though Father Aereck never dies in the game and as such never leaves a gravestone behind, he does sell gravestones to players after completing The Restless Ghost quest. The gravestone selected holds the items of the deceased player for a limited time, with better gravestones lasting for longer periods.
The brother of Victoria. He used to live on the East side of the Lum river until goblins invaded and took over. He currently lives with his sister and often asks for money from people.
- Lazy Bum: In his own words, he doesn't want to make money, he just wants to have money.
- Pun: His name is meant to sound like "latch off her" and in the game he makes use of his sister's belongings instead of his own.
- Satire: It's widely believed that he exists as this for players that beg for money and other resources in the game.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: He will not leave his sister Victoria's house.
The miller who runs the Mill Lane Mill. She teaches players how to make flour and plays a role in the Cook's Assistant quest.
- Family Business: Millie mentions that her family's been working in mills for generations.
- Girlish Pigtails: Subverted, since despite having pigtails she doesn't particularly act childish.
- Love Interest: She serves as one to Zanik as revealed in the Tales Of Pride event.
More commonly known as the Lumbridge Sage note , Phileas provides players with information on Lumbridge. He's also a member of the "Secret Council" seen in the Recipe For Disaster quest and is one of the members the player needs to save. Special dialogue with him and Zanik can be had in the Death To The Dorgeshuun quest as well.
- Animal Motifs: Seems to have one with owls. He once had a job that involved keeping owls, has a Saradomin Owl at his stall and his robes even have the same color as the Saradomin Owl. Phileas is also quite knowledgeable much like the stereotype for owls.
- Magic Staff: Is seen carrying one.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Cake as revealed in the Recipe For Disaster quest or more specifically a Cake Of Guidance which is made with the help of the Wizard Trailborn.
- Wizard Beard: Has a beard and appears to be some sort of wizard due to having a Magic Staff and having ties with numerous wizards.
A elderly resident of Lumbridge. He played a role in the since removed quest Unstable Foundationsnote which served as a tutorial for new players and replaced "Tutorial Island". During the quest the player assists Sir Vant in slaying a red dragonnote , which revealed to have been raised as a pet by Roddeck. Oddly enough the events of the quest may still be in general canon. Occasionally he plays a role in various limited time events, such as the Cryptic Clue Fest and Meg's Cases events.
- Classy Cane: Has a cane, likely to help with his gentleman look.
- Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: Portrayed as a gentleman and smokes a pipe.
- Dragon Tamer: Tries to hatch a dragon and then raise it, but he couldn't quite pull it off with the dragon; now named Sottlepot, being too unruly, destructive and life threatening.
- Forced Tutorial: Was a major character in the since removed quest Unstable Foundations, which new players were required to do after creating their avatar.
- Offing the Offspring: Downplayed, Roddeck Placehold is clearly not Sottlepot's father, but does raise Sottlepot and does compare the raising of Sottlepot to parenthood. He also doesn't kill Sottlepot, but he does consider getting the White Knights to help take care of him. If Unstable Foundations is still canon Sir Vant and the player kill Sottlepot, though if the Meg's Cases event are canon Sottlepot survived.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: Appears to be based off the British gentleman stereotype and is good natured.
- Unsuccessful Pet Adoption: Tried to adopt a pet dragon, it didn't workout.
A dragon raised by Roddeck Placehold. Sottlepot played a role in the since removed quest Unstable Foundationsnote which served as a tutorial for new players and replaced "Tutorial Island". During the quest the player assists Sir Vant in slaying Sottlepot, which was later revealed to have been raised as a pet by Roddeck. Oddly enough the events of the quest may still be in general canon. Occasionally Sottlepot plays a role in various limited time events, such as the Meg's Cases events.
- Ambiguous Gender: Sottlepot's gender is typically seen as male having been referred to as such in Roddeck's Diary and the now since removed quest Unstable Foundations, but is also at times referred to as female in the Meg's Cases event, which can bring Sottlepot's gender to question.
- Forced Tutorial: Was a major character in the since removed quest Unstable Foundations, which new players were required to do after creating their avatar.
- Patricide: Downplayed, Sottlepot's clearly a pet, but Roddeck Placehold does raise Sottlepot and does compare the raising of Sottlepot to parenthood. Sottlepot also doesn't kill him, but passages in Roddeck's Diary implies that he intends to eat him. Sottlepot's Alternate Self in the Dimension Of Disaster quest succeeds in eating him.
- Pet Monstrosity: Was kept as a pet by Roddeck Placehold.
- Trademark Favorite Food: According to Roddeck Placehold in the Meg's Cases event lamb is a favorite treat.
- Unsuccessful Pet Adoption: Roddeck Placehold tried to keep Sottlepot as a pet, but proved to be too unruly.
The sister of Lachtopher. She tried to help her brother after he lost his home to goblins, but unfortunately for her Lachtopher's laziness keeps him from leaving and is getting on her nerves.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Has blond hair and tries to help people like her parents taught her.Player: "So, why not just throw him out on to the streets?"Victoria: "Oh, no! I couldn't do that to my brother. Besides, my parents taught me to support and care for those in need. I'm sure that, if I try hard enough, I can change my brother's ways. That doesn't mean he's having any more money out of me, however. He can have a roof over his head, but that's all."
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: Her brother Lachtopher will not leave her house.
