Thingummywut

Thingummywut is a term often used by Traiborn, a wizard currently studying in the Wizards' Tower in southern Misthalin.

No one is sure what a thingummywut actually is. Traiborn, when asked, usually answers in a strange way that makes little sense. He seems to believe that they reside within the Wizards' Tower, performing mischief of some kind. As none have been sighted, many consider them to be a myth, one of Traiborn's many inventions. His strange behaviour in recent years has discredited his claims.

Jagex occasionally makes references to thingummywuts in the Postbag from the Hedge. Often characters will mention them, and on one occasion Traiborn himself discussed their existence.

Saradomin in God letters also complimented the thingummywuts as "a combination of a lack of vocabulary in a half-senile old man, and a lifetime of misunderstood paranoia" and "is the fear that cannot be named, yet nestles deep in his (Traiborn's) heart and has done for many years".

On 12 May 2010, Mod Ash hinted about the Thingummywuts in his Developer's Blog about a new quest including the old man. The Thingummywut "appeared" in the quest Love Story, which, while unseen, used Earth Wave rapidly on the Wise Old Man and Zenevivia, after which the couple quickly escaped using teleports.

During the quest Love Story, Traiborn apparently summons an Thingummywut during the raid on the wizard tower. The Thingummywut is never seen, but causes the Wise Old Man and Zenevivia to retreat under the barrage of numerous earth spells.