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{{Holiday NPC}}
{{Infobox non-player character
|name = Shanty Claws
|image = [[File:Shanty claws.png|Shanty Claws]]
|release = [[18 December]] [[2006]]
|update = Christmas Update!
|removal = [[4 January]] [[2007]]
|removalupdate = Scientific Breakthrough Announced!
|race = [[Werewolf]]
|members = No
|quest = No
|location = [[Musa Point]] during [[2006 Christmas event|Christmas event 2006]]
|shop = No
|gender = Male
|features = A sailor werewolf.
|examine = A sea shanty-singing werewolf wearing a Santa Claus robe.
}}

[[File:Shantyclaws.gif|left|Shanty Claws.]]
'''Shanty Claws''' (''Canis aquos'') was a [[non-player character]] from the [[2006 Christmas event|2006 Christmas Event]].
Shanty was a [[werewolf]] sailor on the west dock of [[Musa Point]] who asked the players to rescue the children from the [[gublinch]]. He was a werewolf dressed as [[Santa Claus]]. He gave players a [[Reindeer hat]] and a [[Wintumber tree]] for their [[player-owned house|player owned house]].

Shanty Claws no longer appears in-game, but did make an appearance in [[Postbag from the Hedge]] 37, in which he explained what he has been doing since leaving [[Karamja]]. He claims that he has been sailing the unexplored seas south-west of mainland [[Gielinor]] in ''[[The Seahound]]'', and has discovered a number of new islands, including one which he described as being full of "funny, fiery folk." This seems to be a hint at future area releases.

This is supported by [[A Call to ARMS]], a lores and histories article released on the [[RuneScape]] website on [[15 July]] [[2009]]. In it, [[Lord Marshal Brogan]] of [[Mobilising Armies]] describes his ventures into the islands in the Year 112 of the [[Fifth Age]]. At least two were described; one volcanic island terrorized by a [[dragon (race)|dragon]] (this may be [[Crandor]]) and a tropical one in which thousands of [[Goblin (monster)|goblins]], once led by the chieftain [[Shuddergob]], lived.

[[File:Shanty Claws4 copy.png|frame|A picture of Shanty Claws from the 2006 Christmas event.]]

==Trivia==
*The name Shanty Claws is a play on the name [[wikipedia:Santa Claus|Santa Claus]].
*Shanty Claws was one of the few werewolf NPC's (If not the only one) that was available to F2P players until [[18 October]] [[2010]]. After that, [[Moira (werewolf)|Moira]], [[Helga (werewolf)|Helga]] and [[Greta]] came to the game.
*When spoken to with a [[Ring of charos]] equipped, he would say that he did not expect to see another werewolf there.
*In the film 'Nightmare Before Christmas', Jack mishears Santa's name as 'Sandy Claws'. Again, this could be another reference.
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