Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Canifis

Released		29 June 2004 (Update)
Also called		Kharyrll
Members		Yes
Location		Morytania
Inhabitants		Werewolves
Teleports		• Kharyrll Teleport • Fairy ring (CKS) • Portal Chamber of POH • Salve Graveyard Teleport
Music		Village
Map
Advanced data
Type		settlement

Location on World Map
Slayer Tower
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Paterdomus	←	Canifis	→	Haunted Woods
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Mort Myre Swamp

Canifis, formerly known as Kharyrll, is a small town in Morytania inhabited by werewolves in human form. The town is only accessible to players who have completed the Priest in Peril quest. Canifis is the starting point for the Myreque storyline.

Transportation

Several teleports bring players into or close to Canifis, listed here with their arrival destination. From closest to farthest:

Kharyrll Teleport — Hair of the Dog pub next to Canifis Bank.
Slayer ring — Slayer Tower entrance north of the town.
Fairy code CKS — just west of Canifis.
Fenkenstrain teleport — Fenkenstrain's Castle, north-east of the town.
Salve Graveyard teleport — slightly west of the town.
Ectophial — Ectofuntus, far east of the town.

History

Before the God Wars, Canifis was a Zarosian fortress known as Kharyrll. The fortress was destroyed during the God Wars by Zamorakian forces as part of the destruction of the Zarosian Empire.^[1]

In the year 23 of the Fifth Age, a group of werewolves built the village now named Canifis at the place where Kharyrll once stood.^[2] Like all subjects in Morytania, they are forced to pay blood tithes to the vampyres, whether it be through captured humans, or offering one of their own if necessary.^[3]

Locations

Buildings

Building	Description
Barkers' Haberdashery	A clothes shop selling coloured clothing. All items cost 650 coins each except for capes.
Canifis bank	One of the only banks in Morytania available at a low level.
Canifis general store	A general store which only buys at the lowest price, and where items cost twice the standard.
Hair of the Dog	A large inn, in which there are several quest-related NPCs. Behind the inn is a trapdoor to Mort'ton.
Mausoleum	A graveyard with the graves of the previous lords of Fenkenstrain's Castle.
Old crone's home	The home of the old crone, who lives in solitude north of the town.
Rufus' Meat Emporium	A shop selling all kinds of raw meat.
Tannery	Sbott the tanner will tan cowhides or dragonhides for you here.
Taxidermy	The Taxidermist will stuff any monster heads or big fish you catch for a price

Training areas

Several intermediate training spots exist in Canifis:

A bittercap mushroom patch, the only mushroom patch in the game, is located just west of town.
The Canifis Rooftop Agility Course, the shortest Agility course in the game, is available to players at level 40 Agility.
The experiment cave contains great monsters for low-intensity melee training.
The northern ghoul grounds features 12 ghouls, great for Slayer tasks. The Salve graveyard is just north of the swamp, with another 10 ghouls walking it.
The Slayer Tower, a multi-level castle with various Slayer monsters, is found north of the town.

Spawns

Item	Spawns	Location	Map
Pickled brain	1	Hair of the Dog tavern	Show map

Inhabitants

Werewolf citizens

If you attack any of the human citizens of Canifis, they turn into level 88 werewolves. If you wield the Wolfbane dagger, you can fight the men and women without them turning into werewolves. The werewolf citizens are Alexis, Boris, Eduard, Galina, Georgy, Imre, Irina, Joseph, Ksenia, Lev, Liliya, Milla, Nikita, Nikolai, Sofiya, Svetlana, Vera, Yadviga, Yuri, and Zoja.

Other personalities

Achtryn, a stand-in for Mazchna during While Guthix Sleeps.
Agility boss, a yellow-suited werewolf who throws a stick for the player to fetch.
Five Agility trainers, who stand around the Agility course.
Twobankers, who help players access the Bank of Gielinor.
Barker, a werewolf clothier who sells colourful robes.
Fidelio, a general-store owner who sells items at much higher prices than most.
Le-sabrè, the taskmaster for the Morytania diaries.
Malak, an arrogant vampyre noble.
Mazchna, the second lowest-level Slayer Master.
Roavar, a bartender, werewolf, and town gossip.
Rufus, a human-form werewolf who runs the raw meat shop.
Sbott, a human-form werewolf who runs the tannery.
Skullball boss, a werewolf in charge of the skullball course.
Six skullball trainers, who stand around the skullball course.
Stranger, a stranger who replaces Vanstrom Klause after his leave.
Taxidermist, an unpleasant-smelling lady who stuffs animal trophies.
Vanstrom Klause, an evil vampyre who wants to destroy the local human resistance.
Werewolf, a wolf who guards the entrance to the local agility course.

Quests

Music

Name	Unlock location	Music track
Morytania	Northern Morytania
Stillness	The Myreque Hideout, south of Canifis
Village	Canifis

Trivia

"Canifis" is probably named after canis, the genus of wolves, as the town is inhabited by werewolves.

References

^ Golem (Desert Treasure II). Old School RuneScape. "Kharyrll was completely destroyed by Zamorakian forces."
^ "Display case (Varrock Museum, number 32)". Old School RuneScape. "5th Age - yr 23
An evil vampyre lord started to take control over northern Morytania and his minions visited the various human groups in the area demanding blood tithes, causing widespread panic. Werewolves founded a settlement near to the temple. From the few survivors, we learned that most of the human inhabitants eventually succumbed and paid the blood tithe imposed by the vampyres. Only the inhabitants of Castle Fenkenstrain stood up to this evil influence."
^ Roavar. Old School RuneScape. "In return for our allegiance, and the tithe of course, he keeps our land safe from any invaders and the Saradominists who want to kill us all. [Tithe? What do you mean?] Ah, well, in return for his protection, we have to give Lord Drakan a share of blood every week. If we don't have any to spare from our hunts, then we need to pick a member of the village to give their life in return for the blood so that the tithe is fulfilled."