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{{Infobox City
|name=Ardougne
|image=[[File:Ardougne Marketplace.png|300px]][[File:West Poverty.png|300px]]
|release = [[30 April]] [[2002]]
|update = Latest RuneScape News (30 April 2002)
|kingdom = [[Kandarin]]
|members = Yes
|bank = 2
|altar = 2
|obelisks = 0
|music = [[Baroque]]
|leader = [[King Lathas]]
|tele = {{*}} [[Skills Necklace]] to [[Fishing Guild]]{{*}}  [[Ardougne Teleport]]<br>{{*}} [[Portal Chamber]] of [[Player-owned house|POH]]<br>{{*}} [[Fairy ring]] (DJP)<br>{{*}} [[Lodestone Network]] (after activating) 
{{*}} [[Ardougne cloak]]|guild = The Servant Guild
|race = [[Human]]s
|map = [[File:Ardougne.png|300px]]Click to enlarge
}}
[[File:Ardougne_lodestone_icon.png|left|Symbol of Ardougne]]
{{Relative location
|location = Ardougne
|north = [[Tree Gnome Stronghold]] and [[Hemenster]]
|west = [[Arandar]]
|south = [[Fight Arena]]
|east = [[Fishing Platform]]
}}

[[File:Ardougnebridge.png|thumb|right|A graphical bug can cause Ardougne's bridge to disappear.]]

'''Ardougne''' ([[Pronunciation|pronounced]] ''"Arr-doyn"'') was a city in the realm of [[Kandarin]] under the rule of King Ulthas Ardignas until he died in the Year 136 in the [[Fifth Age]] (according to display case 47, north-east top floor, [[Varrock Museum]]). His sons, Tyras and Lathas, divided it into the two cities of [[East Ardougne]] and [[West Ardougne]] due to the rivalry between them. King Tyras eventually left on a crusade in to the Elven lands in the west, abandoning West Ardougne to a terrible plague. The city of Ardougne is named after the [[River Dougne]], upon which it is located. This is similar to [[Lumbridge]], which is named after the [[River Lum]]. This may in turn be inspired by the real-life city of [[Wikipedia:Cambridge|Cambridge]], the home-town of Jagex, which is located upon the river Cam.

Ardougne was made the capital of [[Kandarin]] in Year 164 of the [[Fourth Age]]. [[East Ardougne]] and [[West Ardougne]] is the modern capital of Kandarin. [[East Ardougne]] is currently ruled by [[King Lathas]]. [[West Ardougne]] is governed by [[King Tyras]] and is accessible only by members who have started the [[Plague City]] quest. Both cities are [[members|members-only]]. On 9 November 2009 a bit of mapping near Ardougne where the ground was overly spiky was reworked.
Ardougne was chosen for the 6th [[tasks]] list.

==Pronunciation==
There have been a lot of questions as to how "Ardougne" is pronounced. Many players believe it to be pronounced "Ahh-doug-nee" or "Ahh-doon".. However, the official [[pronunciation guide]] on the ''RuneScape'' website gives the pronunciation as "arr-DOYN".{{CiteGeneral | url = http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Pronunciation_Guide | title = Pronunciation Guide | accessdate = 2012-06-29 | work = Game Guide | publisher = Jagex Ltd | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/65jDJojnd | archivedate = 2012-02-25 | quote = Phrase Ardougne ... Pronunciation arr-DOYN}}

According to the [[Meeting History]] quest (released on [[5 August]] [[2008]]{{CiteNews|author=Jagex|url=http://www.webcitation.org/6AZdH7VcW|title=Meeting History|newsdate=5 August 2008|date=12:40, September 10, 2012 (UTC)|name=postbag}}), it is pronounced "Ar-doy-in."  When speaking with [[Laura]] from [[Meeting History]], she asks what Ardougne is, but her speech is transcribed as "Ardoin". This gives insight into how to correctly pronounce Ardougne.  This is most likely just a simple term that Jagex has used to make the storyline more enjoyable, and it is still pronounced the same way.

According to [[Update:Postbag from the Hedge 35|issue 35]] of [[Postbag from the Hedge]], it is pronounced "Arr-doyn".{{CitePostbag | url=http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Postbag_35 | issue=35 | letter=Letter 4 | title=But how do you pruh-nounce Rell-doh? | date=14:21, June 29, 2012 (UTC)}} Dialogue when speaking to a [[lava titan]] suggests that the last syllable of Ardougne rhymes with coin.

The final confirmation is given during [[Carnillean Rising]], wherein a number of voiced NPCs pronounce Ardougne as Ahhdoyn.

==Trivia==
* Ardougne is split in two by a great wall, similar to the real-world [[Wikipedia:Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall]] during the Cold War, although in this case the sides are reversed - east is the industrious, wealthy city, and west is the corrupt, poor and plague-ridden one. Or it maybe a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_lines peace lines] in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
* The name may have been adopted from [[Wikipedia:Ardoyne|Ardoyne]] (a district in Belfast, Northern Ireland) or [[Wikipedia:Ardoyne, Aberdeenshire|Ardoyne]] (a rural area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland) which are pronounced in the same way.

==See also==
*[[East Ardougne]]
*[[West Ardougne]]

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