Shayzien

Shayzien
Released		7 January 2016 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Great Kourend
League region		Kourend✓
Inhabitants		Humans
Teleports		Xeric's talisman (Xeric's Lookout), Kharedst's memoirs (History and hearsay)
Music		The Militia
Map
Advanced data
Type		settlement

Shayzien is one of the five cities in the Kingdom of Great Kourend. Led by Lord Shiro Shayzien of the Shayzien House, the city controls the Shayzien Army, the main military force providing law, order, and defence for the kingdom.

Most Shayzien citizens are part of the Army, and serve as the police force responsible for dealing with crime in Great Kourend, as well as defending the kingdom against the lizardmen, creatures created by Xeric, a powerful mage who reigned over Great Kourend in the past.

Shayzien is one of the more recent cities founded in the history of Great Kourend; it was founded by the legendary heroine Camorra Shayzien during the Dragonkin Conflicts 2,000 years ago.^[1]

• Xeric's talisman - Use the Xeric's Lookout teleport
• Fairy rings - Use the code DJR and then run south-east
• Skills necklace - Use the Woodcutting Guild teleport and walk west until you reach the War Tent and then walk north
• Kourend Castle Teleport and then run south-west
• Kharedst's memoirs or Book of the Dead - Use History and hearsay to teleport to the Graveyard of Heroes (requires completion of Tale of the Righteous)

The Shayzien Administration is a government building from which the city is run, though it also contains living quarters for soldiers. Commissioner Anwar, who is in charge of the Shayzien Constabulary, assists Lord Shiro Shayzien with the day-to-day operations of the city and the ongoing war with the lizardmen in the Shayzien Encampment.

The recruitment office is also located here. Captain Bruce, a recruitment officer, manages recruitment efforts.

The Giant Pit is a small enclosure found north-west of Shayzien. It is occupied by 13 Hill Giants, and commonly used by players to farm for the Giant Champion Scroll.

The Graveyard of Heroes, where fallen soldiers of the Shayzien Army are commemorated in the form of ceremonial pillars, comprise nearly half of the city's space. The local church can be found here with an altar.

The entrance to the Shayzien Crypts can be found here.

The Shayzien Crypts is the ancient burial site for Shayzien's heroes and Kourend royalty, found in the Graveyard of Heroes. The founder of the Shayzien House, Camorra Shayzien, is buried here. The crypts been overrun by powerful undead for the past several hundred years, with efforts to clear them out unsuccessful, so trips into the crypts are seldom carried out.

The Shayzien Prison is an underground prison for Kourend's criminals, found just outside of the city walls. It is visited during the quest A Kingdom Divided.

An old, abandoned tower found just south-east of the city, it is not often visited due to its association with Xeric. Xeric's talisman can teleport players here.

Players visit the homes of various NPCs as part of a quest:

• Phileas Rimor's house is found next to The Cloak and Stagger tavern.
• Shayda's house is found just south of the Shayzien Administration building.
• Amelia's house is found next to Shayda's.

• Briget's Weapons
• Blair's Armour
• The Cloak and Stagger
• Daryl's Ranging Surplus
• Jennifer's General Supplies
• Shayzien Styles

• Amelia
• Blair
• Briget
• Captain Bruce
• Commissioner Anwar
• Daryl
• Drunken soldier
• Elijah
• Father Eysseric
• Jennifer
• Mia
• New Recruit Tony
• Old man
• Osten
• Oswald
• Robyn
• Sergeant Ricardo
• Shayda
• Sheryl

Prior to an update on 10 January 2024, favour was a core mechanic of each city on Kourend. Historical information about how favour was gained and its benefits are documented here.

• Shayzien was named after Mod Reach's beloved cat, Shay, who was "a fucking warrior" for going through a difficult surgery, and associating it with Asian warriors such as samurai.^[2] A tribute to Shay - the Cat Shrine - can be found upstairs in a house within the city.

Throughout the Shayzien area, there are four out-of-place mysterious tiles found in less-travelled areas of Shayzien.

These are in fact four parts of a QR code that must be assembled together through image editing software, merging the dark parts together and colouring the tiles white. If assembled correctly, the resulting image can be scanned using a code scanner app on a phone or website.

Scanning the code will result in the output "@OldpackAvailers", which is a Twitter handle with the name "Archibald Paldock", the name of the Odd Old Man. These tiles were originally added into the game files with Fossil Island in 2017, but were never visible outside of datamining software; the Odd Old Man plays a role in Bone Voyage, which is required to reach Fossil Island. In addition, "OldpackAvailers" is an anagram for "Paldock Silvarea" (Silvarea is a winding mountain pass north-east of Varrock.)

The only tweet from the account, dated 4 January 2019 (the 18th anniversary of RuneScape), is as follows:

The tweet in actuality is disguised as Morse code, which is known to be featured in a number of easter eggs implemented by Mod West. To convert it, the zeros are to be substituted with periods, and ones substituted with dashes, as seen below.

Converting the Morse code text will result in the output http://bit.ly/paldock, a shortened link from Bitly, a URL shortening service. When the link is accessed, it redirects players to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's hit song, Never Gonna Give You Up. Such an act is known as Rickrolling, a famous Internet prank.

• Lord Shiro Shayzien's house.
• The church in the Graveyard of Heroes.
• A monument in the Graveyard of Heroes.
• The Shayzien Prison outside the city.
• A Cat Shrine found in a certain house.
• Xeric's Lookout south-east of the city.

• Concept art of Shayzien architecture
• Pre-release Shayzien symbol in-game
• An official 3d render of the Shayzia Ruin, by Mod West.

v t e Shayzien
Inhabitants	Amelia Banker Drunken soldier Elijah Father Eysseric Guard Head Guard Kaston Mia New Recruit Tony Old man Phileas Rimor Shayda Soldier Shop owners Blair Briget Daryl Jennifer Oswald Osten Robyn Sheryl Shayzien Administration Captain Bruce Commissioner Anwar Sergeant Ricardo Shayzien Crypts Skeleton Zombie Surrounding areas Bandit Captain Rachelle Captain Sdiar Farolt Hatna Jessie Lynx Mogrim Necromancer
Shops	Briget's Weapons Blair's Armour The Cloak and Stagger Daryl's Ranging Surplus Jennifer's General Field Supplies Shayzien Styles
Scenery	Gravestone Handholds
Features	Graveyard of Heroes Shayzien Administration Shayzien Crypts Shayzien Prison Xeric's Lookout

v t e Houses of Kourend
	Arceuus Hosidius Lovakengj Piscarilius Shayzien

v t e Locations in Great Kourend
Arceuus	Arceuus Library Blood Altar Dark Altar Dense essence mine Filamina's Wares Library Historical Archive Regath's Wares Soul Altar Thyria's Wares Tower of Magic
Hosidius	Charcoal furnace Crabclaw Caves Crabclaw Isle Forthos Dungeon Forthos Ruin The Golden Field Hosidius Kitchen Logava Gricoller's Cooking Supplies Little Shop of Horace Mess River Hos Tithe Farm Vannah's Farming Stall Vinery Watson's house Woodcutting Guild
Lovakengj	Blast mine The Deeper Lode Little Munty's Little Shop Lovakite mine Sulphur mine Thirus Urkar's Fine Dynamite Store Toothy's Pickaxes
Shayzien	City Briget's Weapons Blair's Armour The Cloak and Stagger Daryl's Ranging Surplus Graveyard of Heroes Jennifer's General Supplies Shayzien Administration Shayzien Crypts Shayzien Prison Shayzien Styles Xeric's Lookout Encampment Agility Course Combat Ring Infirmary War Tent Surrounding areas Chasm of Fire Giant Pit Giants' Den Lizardman Canyon Ruins of Morra Secluded Chapel Shayzia Ruin Shayzien mine Shayziens' Wall
Port Piscarilius	Frankie's Fishing Emporium Kenelme's Wares Leenz's General Supplies The Legless Faun Piscarilius mine Tynan's Fishing Supplies The Warrens Warrens Fish Monger Warrens General Store
Northern Tundras	Fishing Hamlet Settlement Ruins Unmarked Grave Wintertodt Camp Wintertodt prison
Other areas	Catacombs of Kourend The Forsaken Tower Kingstown Kourend Castle Kourend Woodland Land's End Lovakengj Minecart Network