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Contents 1 Isafdar 2 Chaos Tunnels 3 Misthalin 4 Stronghold of Security 5 Party Room 6 Stronghold of Player Safety 7 Fremennik Province 8 Miscellania 9 Etceteria 10 Neitiznot and Jatizso

[edit] Isafdar

• The area of Isafdar has a Celtic theme. Lletya is Welsh for 'lodge', while Prifddinas is Welsh for 'chief hall' or 'chief fortress'. Tirannwn is an amalgamation of the Irish Gaelic and the Welsh afterworlds, Tir nA Og and Annwn respectively. Many of the personal names, like Eluned and Iowerth are also Welsh, as is the name of the elven Goddess, Seren, which translates as 'star'.

[edit] Chaos Tunnels

• The Chaos Tunnels were mentioned long before their release in the What Lies Below quest, during which one of the Dagon'hai mentions that they have many more followers in other tunnels hidden beneath the Wilderness. This would suggest that the Zamorakian humans found in the tunnels are all members of the Dagon'hai organisation. There are even some Dagon'hai Monk in the Tunnels.

• Cannons are not allowed into the Chaos Tunnels

[edit] Misthalin

• The name of the kingdom was suggested by a player.^{[source needed]}
• Not everyone can agree if Al-Kharid is part of Misthalin or not. However the RuneScape Knowledge Base shows Al Kharid to be part of The Kharidian Desert and not Misthalin.

[edit] Stronghold of Security

• Prior to the unbalanced trade removal, many poor players in need of cash would often create new accounts to do this minigame in order to make extra money. The newly-created accounts would then either drop trade the money or trade it to main account by logging onto both at once. However, this is against rule 8, so players caught risked getting banned.
• Since this addition was for free players as well as members, the Ankou replaced the Lesser Demon as the second strongest monster in non-member worlds.
• The four levels of the Stronghold of Security were based on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They were known as War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death, which are the names of the levels.

[edit] Party Room

• The party room was built in response to the large popularity of "drop parties". Many players were complaining about how people would cheat by just telegrabbing the item and making it impossible for other players to get anything. When built, it was just an empty building in which the telekinetic grab was disabled. When the game was updated to RS2, the building became quite a bit more structured, adding the chest, lever, and bar. The telegrab still will not work inside the party room, however.
• The party room was originally located in Seers' Village; it was moved to Falador to make it available to non-members, as one of the few improvements of the free version of RuneScape in recent years, and because of the addition of the Court room in King's Ransom.

[edit] Stronghold of Player Safety

• The second cell on the left is a direct reference to the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. The chess set chiseled from rocks and the pin-up poster of Rita Hayworth are both integral to the film's storyline. In the movie, "Andy Dufraine/Dufresne" used the tunnel he created behind his poster to access the prisons sewer outlet to escape, whereas the poster in this case is of a female gublinch.

• In another cell, a gublinch throws a ball repeatedly against the wall. This is a reference to another film about incarceration, 'The Great Escape', where Steve McQueen's character does the same.

[edit] Fremennik Province

• It is unknown by many if the 'Fremennik Province' is actually a kingdom. On the world map the writing appears white (not gold) meaning it isn't a kingdom. Though Jagex has said it is not part of Kandarin.

[edit] Miscellania

• Miscellania is a reference to the English word Miscellaneous meaning a set of objects from various categories.

[edit] Etceteria

• Etceteria is another word based on the Latin word Etcetera (Or Et cetera) meaning "and other things" or "and so forth". It is believed that both names (Miscellania and Etceteria) as cities for RuneScape are derived purely from the lack of inspirational ideas for new content.

[edit] Neitiznot and Jatizso

• The two islands' names are derived from the words "No, tis not" and "Yes, tis so". These names appear to symbolise the cold war between the isles, as the two islands are ruled by brothers who constantly fight.