Apmeken

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Apmeken
Released								24 August 2022 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Baboon
Quest								Into the Tombs
Location								Jaltevas Pyramid
League region								Desert✓
Gender								Female
Options								Talk-to
Examine								Tumeken's avatar of companionship.
Advanced data
NPC ID								11655,11656

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SMW Subobject for FreedNPC location: Jaltevas PyramidIs members only: trueIs variant of: ApmekenLeague Region: DesertNPC ID: 11655, 11656Release date: 24 August 2022Image: File:Apmeken.pngUses infobox: NPCExamine: Tumeken's avatar of companionship.

SMW Subobject for ImprisonedNPC location: Jaltevas PyramidIs members only: trueIs variant of: ApmekenLeague Region: DesertNPC ID: 11654Release date: 24 August 2022Image: File:Apmeken (imprisoned).pngUses infobox: NPCExamine: Tumeken's avatar of companionship.

Apmeken (Jagex pronunciation: AP-muh-ken) is the lesser goddess of companionship and one of the four minor gods of the Menaphite Pantheon, a collection of deities that rule over the Kharidian Desert. According to legend from the Book of Light and Day, she was created from the first of four dreams that the main god Tumeken once had over four days.

Apmeken is the most playful, unpredictable, and mischievous of all of the minor deities of the desert according to Jex, and is this priest's personal favourite deity. Apmeken can change her appearance at will, although she always has the head of a monkey, ape, or baboon, depending on the exact nature that she is displaying. The monkey represents skilfulness, the ape is wise, and the baboon, in nearly all situations, is comical. Only the first form has a tail.

Her following comprises a variety of people, from liars to scholars. According to the sphinx, Apmeken is 'good for a chat but prone to exaggeration,' suggesting that the two have met, although the sphinx is unwilling to either confirm or deny this.

A manifestation of her can be encountered during Icthlarin's Little Helper. If the player picks up the ape-headed canopic jar containing the intestines, the player can fight the manifestation. However, fighting her is not necessary to finish the quest.

During Beneath Cursed Sands it is revealed that she, alongside Crondis, Het, and Scabaras, were captured by Amascut. Apmeken was overwhelmed by a now-undead baboon troupe led by Ba-Ba. They have all been taken to the Jaltevas Pyramid, the tomb of Osmumten, where Amascut plans to use two ancient weapons against them to steal their divine energy and ascend from a demi-goddess to a true goddess. However, an adventurer would free them, where they would resolve to stop Amascut if she continued her destructive path.

Dialogue

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Gallery

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  The apparition of Apmeken appearing during Icthlarin's Little Helper.
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  A statue of Apmeken found in the Tombs of Amascut.
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  A baboon emblem dedicated to Apmeken.
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  A canopic jar containing intestines bearing the visage of Apmeken.
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  Concept art of the Avatars of Tumeken, by Mod Jerv.
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  The symbol representing Apmeken as seen in the Tombs of Amascut

Trivia

• Apmeken's gender was changed to female with the release of the Lores and Histories text Tumeken's Dream in 2008. This was also changed in Old School RuneScape with the release of Beneath Cursed Sands, although the manifestation of Apmeken that appears during Icthlarin's Little Helper had, up until that update, always been referred to as having a 'body of a woman'.