Fenkenstrain's Castle

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Fenkenstrain's Castle
Release						31 January 2005 (Update)
Members						Yes
Location						Morytania
Teleports						Canifis lodestone
Music						Fenkenstrain's Refrain
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Fenkenstrain's Castle is a castle in northern Morytania, north-east of Canifis, and north of the Haunted Woods. It is where the events of the Creature of Fenkenstrain quest take place.

Getting there

• Slayer cape teleport to Mazchna, run east.
• Ectophial teleport to the Ectofuntus, run west.
• Canifis lodestone, run north-east through the town, past Mazchna, then east.

History

An artist's impression of Castle Fenkenstrain, as seen in the 30th Postbag from the Hedge.

Settlers from Misthalin travelled east in the late 4th Age to establish settlements in Morytania. The castle was soon founded by the settlers who later made it their seat of power in the region, creating the Lordship of the North Coast.

It once served as the refuge of the man named Charos, the human advisor of Lord Drakan, while the Lordship of the North Coast was ruled by Lady Rolobrae. Charos, after having offended Lord Drakan during the Great Hunt, was sheltered for a time by Lady Rolobrae, hiding in an iron maiden and using his enchantments to appear as a desiccated corpse. In exchange for her hospitality, Charos gifted her his ring, which would be passed down through Rolobrae's family for generations after.

A few generations later, a man named Dr Fenkenstrain stole the ring from the Lordship to protect him from the werewolves of the village of Canifis close to the castle, by using it to trick the werewolves that he was one himself. When he was caught by the current lord of the castle Rologarth, Fenkenstrain was forced to kill him as well as the other family members. After killing the whole family, he took control over the castle, making it his own. Since then, Dr Fenkenstrain lives alone in his castle without being harmed by the werewolves.

Experiment Cave

Just to the south-east of the castle, there are four gravestones; by pushing on the eastern-most one, the player gains access to the Experiment Cave. This is a very common place to train combat skills due to the experiments' low Attack, Strength, and Defence levels, yet very high Constitution.

Current events

In the Creature of Fenkenstrain quest, the player helps Dr Fenkenstrain bring a corpse, made up of various people's limbs and body parts, back to life.

Later, the brain used for the body is discovered to be that of Lord Rologarth. Rologarth later asks the player to steal the Ring of Charos from Fenkenstrain, making him vulnerable to werewolves again. Fenkenstrain then locks himself up for his own safety and Lord Rologarth reclaims the castle in the name of the Lordship.

Dr Fenkenstrain later plays a role in The Great Brain Robbery, where he repents his deeds, there he stays on Harmony Island.

Deceased residents

• Lady Rolobrae
• Lord Rologarth
• Lord Rolomere
• Lord Rolovanne
• Lord Rologray
• Anton Hayes
• Callum Elding
• Domin O'Raleigh
• Elena Frey
• Eryn Treforest
• Isla Skye
• Jayna Harrow
• Jayne Corbo
• Kandik Kludge
• Korvic Frey
• Marabella Kludge
• Marcus Harrow
• Petrik Corbo
• Serra Alcanthric
• Toran Alcanthric

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 20 March 2023 (Update):
  • The lighting inside Fenkenstrain's Castle has been improved.

• patch 1 September 2020 (Update):
  • Added 'forceapproach' to ladders in Yanille's Dragon Inn, Sithik Ints' house, Fenkenstrain's Castle and Melzar's Maze.

• patch 16 November 2015 (Update):
  • Some blocked tiles around the back of Fenkenstrain's Castle that prevent players from accessing the area have been fixed.

• patch 4 January 2011 (Update):
  • Fixed some clipping issues with gravestones near this castle.

• update 31 January 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.