Mort'ton

Mort'ton
Released		18 October 2004 (Update)
Also called		Shade Town
Members		Yes
Location		Morytania
League region		Morytania✓
Inhabitants		Afflicted humans, Shades
Teleports		Mort'ton teleport scroll
Music		Shadowland
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Advanced data
Type		settlement

Mort'ton (Jagex: , ^[a]) is a small, dilapidated town in the Mort Myre Swamp, inhabited by afflicted humans and ghostly shades. The town is known for the Shades of Mort'ton quest and the minigame of the same name. The Barrows burial mounds are found just to the east.

Several teleports bring players into or close to Mort'ton, listed here with their arrival destination. From closest to farthest:

• Mort'ton teleport — centre of the town.
• Minigame teleport — Flamtaer. Usable once every 20 minutes.
• Barrows teleport — Barrows entrance.
• Morytania legs 3 — Burgh de Rott, south of the town.
• Fairy ring BIP — the island west of the Nature Grotto. Requires 50 Agility.
• Fairy ring BKR — near the swamp boaty, a small boat that Cyreg will let players ride to the Hollows for 10.

The following lore is sourced from the Diary of Herbi Flax and dialogue with Gadderanks.

Mort'ton was once a quiet market town that specialised in death, founded late in the Fourth Age. By using the natural caves underneath the town as tombs, Mort'ton became known for specializing in cremations with pyre logs. The town, much like others in Morytania, were later subjugated by the vampyres and likely paid blood tithes. Unfortunately, a strange mist sent from the Sanguinesti region plagued the villagers of Mort'ton, turning them into afflicted. Despite the attempts of Herbi Flax and his assistant Liornish Stemplehair, they were unable to find a permanent cure and succumbed to its infection.

The same mist also caused the remains underneath the catacombs to reanimate, though only Loar Shades - the weakest of the six types, were found roaming the village grounds. The other five - Phrin, Riyl, Asyn, Fiyr and Urium Shades, remain in the catacombs where they were interred. The shades have not been seen in the surrounding area, indicating that they were limited to the town's nearby vicinity.

The vampyres, unaware of the plague, revisited the village to obtain blood tithes. The vampyre noble Malak consumed some of the blood collected from the town, but became ill as a result. The vampyres then stopped taking tithes from the village.

During year 169 of the Fifth Age, an adventurer stumbled upon the ruins of Mort'ton and discovered Herbi's diary. By using a serum 207 on two prominent inhabitants, Ulsquire Shauncy and Razmire Keelgan, they were able to discover how to cremate the shade remains and learned where the shades' burial place was. The adventurer later perfected a serum 208 by sanctifying the serum 207 at the Flamtaer temple, thus allowing Ulsquire and Razmire to be permanently cured of the plague.

There are five buildings in Mort'ton:

North of the town is the Flamtaer temple, which players rebuild in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame. On the south and west sides of the town are funeral pyres for burning shade remains, and players can enter the dungeon just east of the Flamtaer temple to access the accompanying shade catacombs.

• Afflicted, locals of the town who speak only jibberish.
• Cyreg Paddlehorn, a Myreque associate who can ferry players north.
• Dampe, a gravedigger who can reward players with coffins.
• Mort'ton local, locals who have been (temporarily) cured by a serum.
• Razmire Keelgan, a businessman who runs two convenient shops.
• Strange Old Man, an odd man with a digging obsession.
• Ulsquire Shauncy, the priest of Mort'ton.

There are 25 aggressive loar shades around the town. To the east, players can also take on the fearsome Barrows brothers.

• "Mort" in multiple European languages means dead or death, while "-ton" is a common suffix for place names.

v t e Shades of Mort'ton
NPCs	Razmire Keelgan Ulsquire Shauncy Afflicted Mort'ton local Herbi Flax Liornish Stemplehair Enemies Loar Shade
Items	Diary Serum 207 Serum 208 Olive oil Sacred oil Loar remains Unfinished potion
Locations	Mort'ton Flamtaer (Fire altar, Temple wall) Shade Catacombs
Music	Lair
Related	Shades of Mort'ton (minigame) Quick guide Transcript

v t e Shades of Mort'ton (minigame)
Shades	Loar Phrin Riyl Asyn Fiyr Urium Spirit
Remains	Loar Phrin Riyl Asyn Fiyr Urium Bleached bones
Pyre logs	Wood Oak Willow Teak Arctic Maple Mahogany Yew Camphor Magic Ironwood Redwood Rosewood
Items	Olive oil Sacred oil Serum 207 Serum 208 Timber beam Limestone brick Flamtaer hammer
Rewards	Fine cloth Flamtaer bag Amulet of the damned Tree wizards' journal Runescroll of swampbark Bloody notes Runescroll of bloodbark Locks Bronze Steel Black Silver Gold Coffins Bronze Steel Black Silver Gold Broken Zealot's robes Helm Robe top Robe bottom Boots
Shade key	Bronze Red (chest) Brown (chest) Crimson (chest) Black (chest) Purple (chest) Steel Red (chest) Brown (chest) Crimson (chest) Black (chest) Purple (chest) Black Red (chest) Brown (chest) Crimson (chest) Black (chest) Purple (chest) Silver Red (chest) Brown (chest) Crimson (chest) Black (chest) Purple (chest) Gold Red (chest) Brown (chest) Crimson (chest) Black (chest) Purple (chest)
Doors	Solid bronze door Solid steel door Solid black door Solid silver door Solid gold door
Other	Altar of the Damned Fire altar Temple wall Dampe Undead Zealot Mort'ton Shade Catacombs

v t e Mort'ton
Inhabitants	Razmire Keelgan Ulsquire Shauncy Afflicted Mort'ton local Former Herbi Flax Liornish Stemplehair Shades Loar Phrin Riyl Asyn Fiyr Urium Spirit
Shops	Razmire General Store. Razmire Builders Merchants.
Features	Flamtaer Shade Catacombs Shades of Mort'ton