
A Useful and lore-friendly way to create a unique name (for almost any race) is to mix and mash tidbits of other names to create your own. An example would be Hafaba (a mix of Hafuba and Ifaba). Here is a list of nearly all monkey names mentioned in lore, see if you can create something unique out of them!
- Aberab, Awowogei, Bonzara, Daga, Dealga, Denadu, Dugopul, Duke, Emilee, Hafuba, Hamab, Ifaba, Iwazaru, Kikazaru, Kruk, Loris, Lofu, Mizaru, Muruwoi, Oipuis, Oudai, Ouhai, Padulah, Solihib, Trefaji, Tutab, Unuki, Uodai, Uruio, Uwogo, Uyoro.
Debated LoreMonkeys were once believed to be the origin or humans and gnomes, but recent evidence involving racial creation has dispelled this theory, as races are born from the anima imbalance in their imperfect home worlds, which are abandoned by the elder gods. Regardless, monkeys are revealed to still be related to humans, more so than gnomes, as humans are perhaps the only race that can transmogrify into monkeys using a monkey greegree.
A dragon scimitar.
- Because of the monkeys of Ape Atoll having access to dragon equipment, albeit what seems to be only scimitars; some theorize that monkeys are able to work dragon metal somehow, but this has never been proven, and there is a lack of evidence for it.
- It is likely that they discovered a large cache of dragon scimitars below ground on their island, this is supported by the fact that Implings state they find dragon weapon caches buried and hidden deep below ground sometimes.
Common Mistakes
- Contrary to what many new players believe, monkeys are intelligent and capable of forming society, language, and religion.
- Although, this is not to be confused with what other races may think of them, as those who do not know monkeys would still likely assume they are just as unintelligent as any other animal. This assumption is made harder to break by the fact that their language is difficult to understand for other races, and a monkey speak amulet is often required to translate what they say.
- While apes are technically not monkeys, they are still classified under the monkey race with their smaller and tailed cousins. So apes such as gorillas and orangutans could either be called monkeys or apes, depending on the preference, in RuneScape.
- Due to the actions of the Ape Atoll monkeys, many players think that monkeys in general are aggressive towards humans and other humanoids. This is not the case, though many monkeys do hold prejudices towards humans, due to the fact that humans have captured many monkeys to put on display in zoos, and for the pet trade.
Other Information
- Monkeys do not just eat bananas; they have a wide range of foods they enjoy eating, and as they are more intelligent than other races give them credit for, they have created several unique recipes, with some requiring cooking.
- They enjoy monkey nuts, banana stew, monkey bars (which looks like chocolate, but is described as "nutritious"), chimp ices, and a delicacy known as stuffed snake.
- Stuffed snakes are made from stuffing a large snake with Tchiki nut paste and slices of a red banana. Tchiki monkey nuts and red bananas are described as delicacies on their own, with amazing flavor; making the combined ingredients into a stuffed snake makes this meal a very sought after delicacy of its own class among monkeys, and is a favored meal of monkey royalty.
- While apes are technically not monkeys, they are still classified under the monkey race with their smaller and tailed cousins. So apes such as gorillas and orangutans could either be called monkeys or apes, depending on the preference, in RuneScape.
- Humans are one of the few, races that can transmogrify into monkeys and apes with the use of magic, such as the gnome greegrees. Mahjarrat should be capable of doing, as they are already natural shape-shifters.
- To create a greegree, gnomish magic is used on a monkey talisman, which can be found on Ape Atoll, and on the bones of a monkey (whether it be a gorilla, or any other kind of ape/monkey). This creates a magic talisman that transforms a human who holds it into a the very monkey they collected the bones from.
- The jungle and cave horrors of Mos Le'Harmless are relatives of the monkeys, but they are feared and hated by them.
Trivia
- With Ape Atoll being considered now as a place of constant partying; amusingly the gorillas, with their stoic dispositions and large frames, could be considered as the island's bouncers for the party. So too could the ninja monkeys.
- The old graphical setup of the in-game monkey models followed a color code; from a monkey's color you could tell where it came from. Black monkeys from Ape Atoll, brown from Karamja, and the blonde monkeys from Mos Le'Harmless. With the newer, updated monkey models, it is unknown how much this this color coding still applies.
- Compared to other races, there is a large lack of monkey characters on World-42, possibly due to the lack of monkey-based items and cosmetics. One solution for a monkey outfit, for those who have level 95 summoning, is using a monkey pet with a ghostly outfit to hide the player, while the pet is still visible, which can act as the character. The gorilla mask from The Pit D&d could also be used with other equipable items, if a player does not have access to the monkey pets. Alternatively, if only role-playing on Ape Atoll, the greegrees are a definite option.We didn’t eat in the Tai O fishing village, but instead returned to Kowloon and had a late lunch at the Sweetheart Cafe on Ashley road. This was my first experience with the culinary delight known as “Hong Kong French Toast” which is not for the faint of heart or stomach. It’s two slices of bread with peanut butter, battered and fried with butter and syrup. This was oh-so-good, but also so very heavy, all for 44 HK$ with iced milk coffee. Mom had udon soup with pork cutlet. Tip: Look for restaurants offering “Tea” time specials from 2-5pm.
Sweetheart Cafe with Hong Kong French Toast.
Before dinner we went to a nearby night market, but did’t really find anything to buy.
Still full from “tea”, we had a light dinner at Ah Say Fast Food on Lock Street. We shared an order of stir fried udon noodles with pork garnished with sliced chilies, garlic shoots, and lots of black pepper, and some Chinese cabbage with lots of garlic. With a glass of milk tea it was 88 HK$ total. It was surprisingly good for “fast food”.
Tip: Order at the counter, pay, and they give you poker chips with numbers on them for the food. Go pick up food when number (in Chinese) is called. They called our numbers in English for us.
To end our last night in Hong Kong we walked over to the fancy hotel and retail center called 1881 Heritage House. There we found a cafe outside in the “mall” area of the hotel that served cocktails. There I had a delicious drink call the Jasmine Dream made with gin, Advocat jasmine liqueur, lemon juice and bitters. Expensive at 100 HK$, but a nice end to the evening.
In the morning we went shopping for food for train; chips, wine, pastries. We also returned our Octopus cards for a 50 HK$ refund minus 9 HK$ fee. At lunch time we walked across the street from the YMCA toward a walkway along the harbor to meet my friend Ray for lunch at the lovely Dim Sum restaurant called Serenade. The view can’t be beat and the food was delicious. We had pork belly, glutenous rice, shui mai, dumplings, egg tarts, rice sheet rolls with shrimp.
Ray lives in Hong Kong and was kind enough to go to the train station and buy our overnight sleeper train tickets to Shanghai for us months before we arrived. This saved us a huge amount of hassle because I just could not figure out how to do it online in advance and we didn’t want to risk having them sold out when we got to Hong Kong. He also went with us back to Guangdong BBQ on Ashley Road to help us order some BBQ pork and duck with rice to take on the train with us (88HK$ for both). Thanks again for all your help Ray!
Dim Sum at the Serenade- that pork belly (lower right) was the bomb!
In the mid afternoon we checked out of the YMCA and took a taxi to the Hung Hom train station for our overnight train to Shanghai.
Next up, overnight on the train!
Bianca is a good inventor. First repeating crossbow outside of ancient Sha-Brytol stuff, a seeder that needed beast of burden locomotion, but knew how deep down and how much water, Thedas' equivalent of a water wheel, and something else about coal/steel too.