Nardah

Nardah
Released		5 December 2005 (Update)
Also called		Drought Town
Members		Yes
Location		Kharidian Desert
League region		Desert✓
Inhabitants		Humans
Teleports		Nardah teleport, Desert amulet 2
Music		Over to Nardah
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Type		settlement

Nardah is a town in the far south of the Kharidian Desert. In the quest Spirits of the Elid, players work to save the town from drought. After the quest, the town is popular for Ironmen training Herblore, and players recharging their stats at its statue.

Several transport options bring players into or close to Nardah, listed here with their arrival destination. From closest to farthest:

• Nardah teleport — town centre.
• Desert amulets — Temple of Elidinis. Amulets 2 and 3 offer one teleport daily; amulet 4 offers unlimited teleports.
• Fairy ring DLQ — north of Nardah, near the desert lizards.
• Pharaoh's sceptre — Jaleustrophos (Simon Templeton's camp).
• Construction cape — Pollnivneach house portal.

The magic carpet system can be also used to travel to Nardah from south Pollnivneach.

The following lore is sourced from ballad, dialogue with Ghaslor the Elder, and Spirits of the Elid.

The town of Nardah was founded by Nardarine, a refugee whose hometown was destroyed in the God Wars. Originally hailing from a town loyal to Saradomin, she prayed to her god while dying of thirst, but her calls went unanswered. Instead, the desert goddess Elidinis appeared, and offered her food and water in exchange for her fealty. She also gave them a holy statuette.

The town flourished, drawing water from the nearby River Elid. Some time later, however, a Saradominist priest visited the town, and pushed the people to swear loyalty to Saradomin instead. He was very convincing, and instructed the townspeople to throw the statuette away.

Before long, the river dried up, and Elidinis did not respond to the prayers of the townspeople. One citizen, Jareesh, travelled to a dungeon at the mouth of the river, in hopes of finding Elidinis directly. However, he was unable to pass the dungeon's challenges, and his story was memorialised in a ballad.

In the year 169, an adventurer came to the town, and used the information from the ballad to traverse the dungeon and uncover the cause of the curse, learning of the affront caused by throwing away the statuette. The adventurer successfully retrieved the statuette from a malevolent genie nearby, returning it to the town and breaking the curse.

There are two clay ovens in the town, one on the north side and one near the bank. There is also an anvil in the armour store.

• Rok's Chocs Box — a stall in the town centre which 25 chocolate bars for 10 each and 30 choc-ice for 30 each.
• Waterskins can be refilled by or bought from Ali the Carter in the town centre for 1,000 each. After the quest, the fountain next to him functions as a water source.
• Ali's Flying Carpet — a flying carpet that offers transport to Pollnivneach.
• Genie's crevice, a pit featuring snakes and the genie.
• Dock — a currently unused dock, likely featuring in future Sailing updates.

• Ali the Carter, a conman who takes advantage of the town's drought for a profit.
• Artimeus, an expert hunter who runs the town Hunter shop.
• Awusah the Mayor, a clueless mayor who somehow still has public support.
• Burntof, a dwarf who likes explosives (after Below Ice Mountain).
• Checkal, a strongman who helps with Willow's schemes (after Below Ice Mountain).
• Garai, a citizen of the town who shares his thoughts on the drought.
• Genie, the evil brother of the genie who gives players lamps.
• Ghaslor the Elder, the town Elder.
• Habibah, a citizen of the town.
• Kazemde, the general store owner.
• Marley, a robber down on his luck (after Below Ice Mountain).
• Meskhenet, a citizen of the town.
• Monkey, a cute animal who accompanies the rug merchant.
• 4 Nardah bankers, who help players access the bank of Gielinor.
• Nkuku, a citizen of the town.
• Rokuh, a merchant who sells several chocolate items.
• Rug merchant, who can transport player to Pollnivneach.
• Seddu, the town armour merchant.
• Shiratti the Custodian, the curator of the Temple of Elidinis.
• Usi, a citizen of the town.
• Wesley, a man with a penchant for crushing stuff.
• Willow, a grave-robber pretending to be an archaeologist (after Below Ice Mountain).
• Zahra, a citizen of the town.
• Zahur, a herbalist who can clean herbs and decant potions.

• Billy goat (x2)
• Goat (x5)
• Jackal (x4)
• Poltenip
• Radat
• Snake (x14)
• Tarik

• Prior to the release of Beneath Cursed Sands, Nardah was located on the edge of the world map and the town bordered an empty black void.

v t e Nardah
Inhabitants	Ali the Carter Artimeus Awusah the Mayor Garai Ghaslor the Elder Habibah Kazemde Meskhenet Monkey Nardah Banker Nkuku Rokuh Rug Merchant Seddu Shiratti the Custodian Usi Wesley Zahra Zahur Guards Tarik Poltenip Radat Willow's Gang Willow Burntof Checkal Marley
Shops	Nardah General Store. Nardah Hunter Shop. Rok's Chocs Box Seddu's Adventurer's Store.
Features	Nardah bank
Related	Spirits of the Elid Billy Goat Elidinis Statuette Goat Jareesh Nardah teleport Nardarine Over to Nardah