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{{Infobox Location
|name = Shayzien
|image = [[File:Shayzien.png|300px]]
|release = [[7 January]] [[2016]]
|update = Zeah: Great Kourend
|members = Yes
|location = [[Great Kourend]]
|race = [[Humans]]
|teleport = [[Xeric's talisman]] ([[Xeric's Lookout]]), [[Kharedst's memoirs]] ([[History and hearsay]])
|music = [[The Militia]]
|map = {{Map|name=Shayzien|x=1517|y=3592|height=300|width=300|zoom=1}}
|type = settlement
|leagueRegion = Kourend
}}
[[File:Shayzien symbol.png|left|120px]]
'''Shayzien''' is one of the five cities in the Kingdom of [[Great Kourend]]. Led by [[Lord Shiro Shayzien]] of the Shayzien House, the city controls the [[Shayzien Army]], the main military force providing law, order, and defence for the kingdom.

Most Shayzien citizens are part of the Army, and serve as the police force responsible for dealing with crime in Great Kourend, as well as defending the kingdom against the [[Lizardman|lizardmen]], creatures created by [[Xeric]], a powerful mage who reigned over Great Kourend in the past.

Shayzien is one of the more recent cities founded in the history of Great Kourend; it was founded by the legendary heroine [[Camorra Shayzien]] during the [[Dragonkin Conflicts]] 2,000 years ago.{{CiteText|text=Tomb (Dragon Slayer II)|quote=Here lies Camorra Shayzien // Founder of Shayzien House.}}

==Transportation==
*[[Xeric's talisman]] - Use the [[Xeric's Lookout]] teleport
*[[Fairy rings]] - Use the code {{Fairycode|DJR}} and then run south-east
*[[Skills necklace]] - Use the Woodcutting Guild teleport and walk west until you reach the War Tent and then walk north
*[[Kourend Castle Teleport]] and then run south-west
*[[Kharedst's memoirs]] or [[Book of the dead|Book of the Dead]] - Use [[History and hearsay]] to teleport to the Graveyard of Heroes (requires completion of [[Tale of the Righteous]])

==Features==
===Shayzien Administration===
[[File:Shayzien Administration.png|The Shayzien Administration building.|thumb|300px]]
The [[Shayzien Administration]] is a government building in which the city is run from, though it also contains living quarters for soldiers. [[Commissioner Anwar]], who is in charge of the Shayzien Constabulary, assists [[Lord Shiro Shayzien]] with the day to days of the city while he and focuses on the ongoing war with the [[lizardmen]] in the [[Shayzien Encampment]].

The recruitment office also is found here, where [[Captain Bruce]], a recruitment officer, manages recruitment efforts.

===Shayzien bank===
{{main|Shayzien bank}}

===Graveyard of Heroes===
{{main|Graveyard of Heroes}}
The Graveyard of Heroes, where fallen soldiers of the [[Shayzien Army]] are commemorated in the form of ceremonial pillars, comprise nearly half of the city's space. The local church can be found here with an altar.

The entrance to the [[Shayzien Crypts]] can be found here.

===Shayzien Crypts===
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The Shayzien Crypts is the ancient burial site for Shayzien's heroes and Kourend royalty, found in the [[Graveyard of Heroes]]. The founder of the Shayzien House, [[Camorra Shayzien]], is buried here. The crypts been overrun by powerful undead for the past several hundred years, with efforts to clear them out unsuccessful, so trips into the crypts are seldom carried out.

===Shayzien Prison===
{{main|Shayzien Prison}}
The Shayzien Prison is an underground prison for Kourend's criminals, found just outside of the city walls. It is visited during the quest [[A Kingdom Divided]].

===Xeric's Lookout===
{{main|Xeric's Lookout}}
An old, abandoned tower found just south-east of the city, it is not often visited due to its association with [[Xeric]]. [[Xeric's talisman]] can teleport players here.

===Notable homes===
[[File:Shayzien entrance.png|thumb|300px|The north-western entrance to Shayzien.]]
Players visit the homes of various NPCs as part of a quest:
* [[Phileas Rimor]]'s house is found next to [[The Cloak and Stagger]] tavern.
* [[Shayda]]'s house is found just south of the Shayzien Administration building.
* [[Amelia]]'s house is found next to Shayda's.

===Shops===
* [[Briget's Weapons]]
* [[Blair's Armour]]
* [[The Cloak and Stagger]]
* [[Daryl's Ranging Surplus]]
* [[Jennifer's General Field Supplies]]
* [[Shayzien Styles]]

==Personalities==
* [[Amelia]]
* [[Blair]]
* [[Briget]]
* [[Captain Bruce]]
* [[Commissioner Anwar]]
* [[Daryl]]
* [[Drunken soldier]]
* [[Elijah]]
* [[Father Eysseric]]
* [[Jennifer (Shayzien)|Jennifer]]
* [[Mia]]
* [[New Recruit Tony]]
* [[Old man (Shayzien)|Old man]]
* [[Osten]]
* [[Oswald]]
* [[Robyn]]
* [[Sergeant Ricardo]]
* [[Shayda]]
* [[Sheryl]]

==Favour (historical)==
Prior to [[Update:Children of the Sun|an update]] on [[10 January]] [[2024]], [[favour]] was a core mechanic of each city on [[Kourend]]. Historical information about how favour was gained and its benefits are documented below.

===Gaining favour===
Players can gain favour with Shayzien by assisting them in various activities in the [[Shayzien Encampment]]. Earning Shayzien favour will allow players to fight [[lizardmen]], [[tackle organised crime]] in the kingdom to help keep order, and earn tiers 1-5 [[Shayzien armour]] through the [[Combat Ring (Shayzien)|Combat Ring]] as the player earns more favour.

To progress in the [[Architectural Alliance]] [[miniquest]], players must gain 100% Shayzien favour and speak to [[Shayda]], who is found south of the [[Shayzien Administration]] building in the centre of Shayzien.

====Healing wounded soldiers====
[[File:Infirmary.png|thumb|200px|A player healing wounded soldiers in the infirmary.]]
[[Wounded soldier]]s can be found in the [[Infirmary]] within the [[Shayzien Encampment]]. In order to heal the soldiers, players must use [[Shayzien medpack]]s on them, which are found in medpack boxes by each tent in the Infirmary. To speed up the process, a player can right-click a medpack box to "Take-many" which instantly fills the player's empty inventory spaces with Shayzien medpacks. Players can rotate clockwise healing soldiers, as by the time players heals the last soldier, the first soldier healed will need healing once more.

Players are given 0.2% favour for every healed soldier; thus 500 soldiers must be healed if choosing this way to gain 100% favour. It is the only method to gain Shayzien favour without engaging in any combat. It will take less than 2 hours to get 100% favour, which is a pretty fast method.

====Killing lizardmen====
[[File:Lizardman Canyon.png|thumb|left|200px|Soldiers fighting within Lizardman Canyon.]]
Once players have 5% favour, they are able to kill [[Lizardman|lizardmen]] and their [[Lizardman brute|brute]] counterparts in the eastern [[Lizardman Canyon]] to gain 0.1% Shayzien favour per kill. Lizardmen in the western swamp area do not count; you must kill them in the area marked on map with a brown star. Lizardmen are [[poison|poisonous]], so a way to cure poison is advised when killing them. The western half of the eastern section is a [[multicombat area]], meaning a [[dwarven multicannon]] or [[burst spell]]s can be used to earn favour quickly.

The western canyon, containing 3 [[lizardman shaman]]s and only a few lizardmen, is '''only''' accessible to players with 100% Shayzien favour.

Lizardmen have a 1/250 chance of dropping a [[Xeric's talisman]] (this is increased to a 1/125 chance with completion of the [[easy Kourend & Kebos Diary]]). This talisman can be charged with [[Lizardman fang|fangs]] they drop to teleport around [[Great Kourend]]. Players can check lizardmen kill count by talking to soldiers in the canyon.

Lizardmen commonly drop [[Xerician fabric]], which will fill the player's inventory quickly, especially if using a cannon. Players with at least level 14 [[Crafting]] who wish to do some Crafting training alongside gaining favour are recommended to take a needle & thread to craft fabrics into [[Xerician robe]]s.

====Tale of the Righteous====
One of the requirements for the [[Tale of the Righteous]] quest is having 20% Shayzien favour. Besides favour, this quest requires completion of [[Client of Kourend]], level 16 [[Strength]], and 10 [[Mining]].

Completion of the quest will grant a [[Shayzien favour certificate]] worth 10% favour.

====Tackling organised crime====
{{Main|Tackle organised crime}}
[[File:Gang boss event.png|thumb|220px|A gang meeting in progress south of the Hosidius market.]]
Players can help [[Captain Ginea]] east of the [[War Tent]] in [[tackle organised crime|tackling organised crime]], where they gain information on where gang meetings are taking place, and taking out the gangsters.

Every 30 minutes, a notice appears on the wall in Captain Ginea's tent. The notice gives the location of an organised crime meeting. After reading the notice, players are prompted to take [[Gang meeting info|a note]] to remind players of the location (this is not needed in order to gain favour). The meeting lasts for five minutes.

====Combat Ring====
{{Main|Shayzien Combat Ring}}Once the player obtains 60% Shayzien favour, the player can challenge soldiers wandering around the [[Combat Ring (Shayzien)|Combat Ring]] in battle. The only rules when fighting them are that [[Magic]] and [[Ranged]] combat cannot be used during the battle.

The player must start from the [[Soldier (tier 1)|tier-1 soldier]] and can rise up to challenge [[Soldier (tier 5)|tier-5 soldiers]] in battle. Upon defeat, the soldiers will drop one part of their [[Shayzien armour|armour]] as a reward for the player. To challenge the higher ranked soldiers, players ''must'' have a full set of armour that is of their tier, or at minimum one rank lower than theirs. The items do not have to be in a player's inventory. Without it, the talked-to soldier will redirect them to the lower ranked soldiers.

The player will gain favour at a 0.4% for tier 1, 0.6% for tier 2, 0.8% for tier 3, and 1% for tier 4 soldiers. Tier 5 soldiers give no favour as they require 100% favour to defeat.

===General tips and additional information===
*A [[Dwarf multicannon]] against [[lizardmen]] and [[gangster]]s can speed up kills.
*Earning 100% favour will take players roughly between one and two hours if healing soldiers, killing lizardmen with a cannon until reaching 86%, and winning [[Shayzien armour]] for the remaining 14%.
*While waiting for gang meetings, it is strongly suggested to do some favours like healing, [[Combat Ring (Shayzien)|Combat Ring]], or lizardmen. Also, using a timer helps. It is possible to world-hop to speed up this process, making the climb from 40% to 100% favour incredibly fast.
*If killing [[Lizardman|lizardmen]] for favour, it may be worth completing the [[Easy Kourend & Kebos Diary]] first because it doubles the drop chance for a [[Xeric's talisman|Xeric's Talisman]].
*If you are at a gang location during tackling organised crime, you can hop worlds to kill another series of gang members.

===Favour benefits===
*At 20% favour, players can access [[Briget's Weapons]] and [[Blair's Armour]].
*At 60% favour, players can earn [[Shayzien armour (tier 1)|tier 1 Shayzien armour]] by defeating [[Soldier (tier 1)|tier 1 soldiers]] located in the [[Combat Ring (Shayzien)|Combat Ring]].
*At 70% favour, players can earn [[Shayzien armour (tier 2)|tier 2 Shayzien armour]] by defeating [[Soldier (tier 2)|tier 2 soldiers]] located in the Combat Ring.
*At 80% favour, players can earn [[Shayzien armour (tier 3)|tier 3 Shayzien armour]] by defeating [[Soldier (tier 3)|tier 3 soldiers]] located in the Combat Ring.
*At 90% favour, players can earn [[Shayzien armour (tier 4)|tier 4 Shayzien armour]] by defeating [[Soldier (tier 4)|tier 4 soldiers]] located in the Combat Ring.
*At 100% favour, players can earn [[Shayzien armour (tier 5)|tier 5 Shayzien armour]] by defeating [[Soldier (tier 5)|tier 5 soldiers]] located in the Combat Ring.
*At 100% favour, players can kill [[lizardman shamans]], who can drop [[dragon warhammer]]s (barring the ones in [[Chambers of Xeric]]).
*Players who have completed the hard [[Kourend & Kebos Diary]] can talk to [[Captain Cleive]] to be able to wear their [[Slayer helmet]] or [[Slayer helmet (i)]] as a [[Shayzien helm (5)]].

==Trivia==
*Shayzien was named after Mod Reach's beloved cat, Shay, who was "a fucking warrior" for going through a difficult surgery, and associating it with Asian warriors such as samurai.{{CiteGeneral|url=https://clips.twitch.tv/KnottyIncredulousChowderPanicVis|title=Origin of the name Shayzien|author=Dan|date=29 January 2020}} A tribute to Shay - the [[Cat Shrine]] - can be found upstairs in a house within the city.

===QR code easter egg===
Throughout the Shayzien area, there are four out-of-place mysterious tiles found in less-travelled areas of Shayzien.

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=4|Locations
|-
|{{Map|caption=Shayzia Ruin|x=1592|y=3588|mtype=pin|width=250|height=250}}
|{{Map|caption=West of the Chasm of Fire|x=1413|y=3658|mtype=pin|width=250|height=250}}
|{{Map|caption=Southern end of Shayziens' Wall|x=1407|y=3490|mtype=pin|width=250|height=250}}
|{{Map|caption=South of Xeric's Lookout|x=1588|y=3511|mtype=pin|width=250|height=250}}
|-
! colspan=4|Tile
|-
|[[File:Shayzien QR code tile 1.png|250px]]
|[[File:Shayzien QR code tile 2.png|250px]]
|[[File:Shayzien QR code tile 3.png|250px]]
|[[File:Shayzien QR code tile 4.png|250px]]
|}
These are in fact four parts of a QR code that must be assembled together through image editing software, merging the dark parts together and colouring the tiles white. If assembled correctly, the resulting image can be scanned using a code scanner app on a phone or website.
[[File:Shayzien QR code tiles assembled.png|thumb|300px|The correctly assembled QR code.]]

Scanning the code will result in the output "@OldpackAvailers", which is a Twitter handle with the name "Archibald Paldock", the name of the [[Odd Old Man]]. These tiles were originally added into the game files with [[Fossil Island]] in 2017, but were never visible outside of datamining software; the Odd Old Man plays a role in [[Bone Voyage]], which is required to reach Fossil Island. In addition, "OldpackAvailers" is an anagram for "Paldock Silvarea" ([[Silvarea]] is a winding mountain pass north-east of [[Varrock]].)

The only tweet from the account, dated 4 January 2019 (the 18th anniversary of ''RuneScape''), is as follows:
{{Cquote2|0000 1 1 0110 111000 10010 10010 1000 00 1 010101 0100 1011 10010 0110 01 0100 100 111 1010 101|@OldpackAvailers}}

The tweet in actuality is disguised as Morse code, which is known to be featured in a number of easter eggs implemented by [[Mod West]]. To convert it, the zeros are to be substituted with periods, and ones substituted with dashes, as seen below.
{{Cquote2|.... - - .--. ---... -..-. -..-. -... .. - .-.-.- .-.. -.-- -..-. .--. .- .-.. -.. --- -.-. -.-}}

Converting the Morse code text will result in the output <nowiki>http://bit.ly/paldock</nowiki>, a shortened link from {{WP|Bitly}}, a URL shortening service. When the link is accessed, it redirects players to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's hit song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Never Gonna Give You Up]. Such an act is known as {{WP|Rickrolling}}, a famous Internet prank.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" widths="200">
Lord Shayzien's house.png|[[Lord Shiro Shayzien]]'s house.
Shayzien church.png|The church in the Graveyard of Heroes.
Graveyard of Heroes monument.png|A monument in the Graveyard of Heroes.
Shayzien Prison.png|The Shayzien Prison outside the city.
Shrine to Shay.png|A [[Cat Shrine]] found in a certain house.
Xeric's Lookout.png|[[Xeric's Lookout]] south-east of the city.
</gallery>

===Concept art===
<gallery captionalign="center" widths="200">
Shayzien House concept.png|Concept art of Shayzien architecture
Shayzien House work-in-progress.png|Pre-release Shayzien symbol in-game
Shayzien House work-in-progress 2.png
Shayzien House work-in-progress 3.png
Shayzien House work-in-progress 4.png
Shayzien House work-in-progress 5.png
Shayzien Rework Ruined Castle Concept Art.jpg|An official 3d render of the [[Shayzia Ruin]], by [[Mod West]].
</gallery>

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 16 June 2021
|update = A Kingdom Divided
|change = Shayzien received a graphical rework and had a number of content additions including the [[Shayzien Agility Course]], the [[Ruins of Morra]], the [[Giant's Den]] and more. 
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Shayzien}}
{{Kourend Houses}}
{{Great Kourend}}