SMW Subobject for SuccessionOptions: ExamineNPC location: FaladorRelease date: 5 December 2022NPC ID: 29770Is members only: trueIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Troll Warzone (non-interactive)Options: ExamineRelease date: 31 January 2012NPC ID: 15994Is members only: falseIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Kindred SpiritsOptions: Talk to, ExamineNPC location: Sliske's lairRelease date: 23 May 2016NPC ID: 22743, 22749Is members only: trueIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Troll WarzoneOptions: Talk to, ExamineRelease date: 31 January 2012NPC ID: 15993Is members only: falseIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Council of BurthorpeNPC ID: 26304Options: Talk to, ExamineExamine: Expert combatant and tactician. Here on behalf of Burthorpe.Release date: 13 May 2019NPC location: Burthorpe CastleIs members only: trueIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for BurthorpeNPC ID: 22662Options: Talk to, Play arrival cutscene, ExamineExamine:
Expert combatant and tactician.
Expert combatant and tactician, but none of it helps her here.
Release date: 20 November 2012NPC location: BurthorpeIs members only: falseIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Kindred Spirits (non-interactive)Options: ExamineNPC location: Sliske's lairNPC ID: 22746Is members only: trueIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
SMW Subobject for Azzanadra's QuestOptions: Talk to, ExamineNPC location: Burthorpe CastleRelease date: 22 February 2021NPC ID: 27682Is members only: trueIs variant of: Major Mary Rancour
Major Mary Rancour is a high ranking member of the BurthorpeImperial Guard. She has fought for many years in the Burthorpe–Troll Country War, having suffered grievous injuries and lost her husband and two sons.[1] She is heavily scarred from all the fighting. She can be found in Burthorpe, just south of Commander Denulth. She played a vital role in the Troll Warzone tutorial, aiding aspiring adventurers and conducting them into the Order of the Talon for their aid.
She oversees the combatants and guards of Burthorpe, watching the troll path from the wall at the northeast area. She can give aspiring adventurers combat training advice and suggestions, and she can also give or replace lost dwarven army axes.
In one of Meg's cases, the Major was abducted in broad daylight during a combat drill.[2]Major Nigel Corothers took her place. He revealed that the whole area went dark despite the time, thus meaning none of the soldiers saw anything. He directed the adventurer to search for clues.
This case was a teaser for the quest Kindred Spirits, setting up her involvement in the story.
Major Rancour was one of four hostages taken by Sliske, alongside Meg, Linza and Brother Samwell, in order to force the World Guardian into playing his games involving the Barrows brothers. He executed Brother Samwell then used the other three to motivate the World Guardian, torturing them for the World's Guardian's failures. During a brief period where Sliske's attention was turned elsewhere, she expressed bitter resentment of the World Guardian, as their presence made her work all that much harder and less appreciated, and even caused the soldiers under her command to neglect their duty.[3]
After Sliske revealed Linza's treachery and turned her into a Barrows wight, she fled through a collapsing tunnel, escaping with Meg and the World Guardian.
The loot beam can now be customised to appear for any loot with a minimum value between 50k and 1m. Players can adjust this value by speaking to Major Mary Rancour.
^Major Mary Rancour, "Kindred Spirits", RuneScape. "I lost my husband and two sons to the trolls. I have broken every bone in my body fighting those monsters. I've grown old and grey before my time and for what?"
^Major Mary Rancour, "Kindred Spirits", RuneScape. "Sliske captures a magic stone, the gods return and now nobody cares about monsters killing villagers in Burthorpe. And even if they do, they turn to the 'World Guardian'. Not Major Rancour, who bled and struggled to keep them safe. I caught two guards the other day; both of them were slacking off in their duty. I reprimanded them, and do you know what they said? 'It's fine, Player will take care of any trolls that get through."
