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The '''Leviathan''' is a [[wikipedia:sea monster|sea monster]] spoken of in [[Gielinor]]ian lore. There are many legends surrounding the Leviathan, although concrete there are few facts regarding it. The periscope of the [[penguin (race)|penguin]]-controlled [[Red Raktuber]] submarine from [[Hunt for Red Raktuber|The Hunt for Red Raktuber]] [[quest]] has been mistaken for the Leviathan in the past.

== Possible Sightings ==
[[File:Zanik SeaMonster.jpg|right|thumb|[[Zanik]] observes the monster.]]
Shortly after the end of the [[Eastern Sea Civil War]], the celebrated [[pirate]] resistance leader [[Gentleman Mallard]] was apparently attacked by a massive squid-like creature off the coast of [[Mos Le'Harmless]]. Although his crew managed to escape in lifeboats, Mallard fought the creature until his death. Several days later, one of the creature's tentacles washed up on the shore of Mos Le'Harmless, with Mallard's [[rapier]] embedded in it. The creature responsible for Mallard's death may have been the Leviathin or a similar species of [[wikipedia:Kraken|kraken]]-like animal.

In the ''RuneScape'' novel [[Betrayal at Falador]], the character [[Castimir]] mentions that at one point he stayed in [[Catherby]] on his trip from the [[Fremennik Province]] to [[Taverley]]. Apparently the fishermen and sailors of Catherby told him what they claimed were true stories, some of which included [[wikipedia:flying fish|flying fish]] and massive sea monsters that in some ways resembled the Leviathan.

At least one "[[Swamp creature|Swamp Creature]]" is known to inhabit a stagnant river in southern [[Morytania]], near the border of the [[Sanguinesti region|Sanguinesti Region]] and [[Mort Myre Swamp]]. The creature is known to attack boaters travelling on the river, although the area is land-locked and thus it may be totally unrelated to other Leviathan sightings. There also exists the possibility that, when the Eastern Sea's waters receded from parts of Morytania during [[Lord Drakan]]'s capture of the [[Hallowland]], it left saltwater species trapped in inland water sources. The swamp creature may be a mutated descendent of the Leviathin species, as it bears striking similarities to creatures in Leviathin myths and its habitat may have once been covered by the Eastern Sea, where many sightings are centred.

[[File:TempTrek SwampCreature.png|right|thumb|The "[[Swamp creature|Swamp Creature]]" of southern [[Morytania]].]]

In the Year 169 of the [[Fifth Age]], the [[Dorgeshuun]] explorer [[Zanik]] was aboard an [[Entrana]]n vessel travelling to the [[Asgarnia]]n coastal settlement [[Port Sarim]]. During a storm, the ship was damaged when it struck what appeared to be a partially submerged object. Following the ships' arrival in Port Sarim, Zanik overheard a [[pirate]] that had been aboard the ship speculating that the object they struck had in fact been "the Leviathan". However, he travelled to [[The Rusty Anchor]] before Zanik could inquire further.

Evidence suggests that the object the ship struck was not the Leviathan, but the Red Raktuber submarine being used by the intelligent [[penguin (race)|penguins]] of the "[[Motherland]]" to spy on the [[human]] nations. A subbmarine periscope can now be observed near Port Sarim and in other ports as part of a secret update released by [[Jagex]]. The update and story strongly hinted at a future update, which ultimately proved to be the [[Hunt for Red Raktuber]], the sequel ot the [[Cold War]] quest. The story can be found in the May [[2009]] issue of [[Postbag from the Hedge]].

== See also ==
*[[Dorgeshuun quest series]]
*[[Cold War]]
*[[KGP Agent]]
*[[Letters to the Chaos Elemental]]
*[[Temple Trekking]]
*[[Pirate quest series]]
[[Category:Legendary characters]]

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