Mysterious ghost (Rennard)

Not to be confused with Lord Daquarius Rennard.

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Mysterious ghost
Release								26 July 2005 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Undead
Quest								The Curse of Zaros (miniquest)
Location								See article
Gender								Male
Options								Talk to, Examine
Examine								Seems to flitter in and out of existence...
Map
See Locations
Advanced data
NPC ID								2397
Links								MRND2397

Rennard was a master thief in the late Second Age. He now wanders the surface of Gielinor as an invisible ghost, and can only be seen using a ring of visibility and, like with nearly all ghosts, can only be heard when wearing an amulet of ghostspeak. He is involved heavily in the miniquest The Curse of Zaros, and must be spoken to after beginning the quest with Valdez the explorer. Rennard gives the player ghostly gloves during the miniquest.

When spoken to, Rennard will first threaten the player, and then divulge into the cause of his curse. Rennard had just conducted a jewellery heist on some Dwarves, and saw Valdez, hurrying to Entrana through what is now known as Kandarin. He saw that Valdez carried the Staff of Armadyl, a valuable god-weapon, and knocked the explorer unconscious. Then, retreating to an unnamed pub that was friendly to thieves, he attempted to sell the weapon to Zaros, a god who had much power at the time. However, Rennard's messenger, Kharrim, delivered the message to Zamorak, who, at the time, was a Mahjarrat general of Zaros. Rennard does not expand any more on his story, though when he died, he found he had been cursed to wander for all eternity, invisible and unheard. He tells the player that if they wish to know more, they should speak to Kharrim.

Locations

Rennard can be found in only one of the following locations that varies between players.

West of Pirates' Hideout

Bandit Camp (Wilderness)

Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert)

Dialogue

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Mysterious ghost (Rennard) speaks in:

• The Curse of Zaros (miniquest)

Update history

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• patch 9 November 2015 (Update):
  • A spelling error in Rennard's chat in the Bandit Camp has been fixed.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • A typo in Rennard's dialogue in The Curse of Zaros has been fixed.

• update 26 July 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• "Rennard" is similar to "Renard" which is the French word for "fox", which would apply to Rennard's prowess as a thief. Related to this is the character Renyard the Fox, a trickster figure in a popular series of medieval fables.
• When Rennard threatens to gut the player like a fish the player responds "I ain't afraid of no ghost", which is a reference to the movie Ghostbusters.
• Rennard is wearing full rogue outfit.
• Its seems that in his chathead, his eyes are fully visible and not transparent.
• In his chathead, Rennard looks bald.
• Most players have a hard time getting to Rennard if he is in the Wilderness Bandit Camp. There are usually 2-3 Bandit Brawlers hanging around the area. To avoid this, players can run around the area, attracting their attention. Then, by running inside the house that contains Fat Tony, the bandits will follow. Once they are all inside, the player can quickly run out and lock the door, leaving them free to talk to Rennard. Alternately, wearing a demonic skull or opt-in PVP will skull the player, making all of the bandits non hostile at the risk of being attacked by other players.
• This NPC is one of the few NPCs that still uses old RuneScape 2 animations and model size.