Snow imp

Snow imps are small, icy versions of imps that play parts in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Christmas events, and the 2011 Easter event. Unlike regular imps, these imps cannot be harmed by players and will not attack players.

Snow imps appear to love consuming snow as food, from their conversations with one another, even to the point of sharing recipes of snow-based foods, but show distaste for water.

A Snow imp with a random name has played a part in all Christmas events since 2008 (with the exception of 2010) and the 2011 Easter Event. Once a player obtains a Snow imp in one event, they will get the same Snow imp in subsequent events.

History
In the 2007 event, they gave away hats and weapons for snowmen, and teleported players to the Land of Snow or back to RuneScape. The 2008 Christmas event marks the first appearance of the players Snow Imp partner. After the release of Myths of the White Lands, players may summon their snow in the Land of Snow using the "operate" option. They are also featured in Myths of the White Lands. In the A Christmas Warble, players team up with their old snow imp partners assigned to them to rescue Santa Claus, who has been kidnapped by Ebenezer Scourge.

2007 Christmas event
In the 2007 Christmas event Snow imps gave the player different kinds of hats. The player could get a pirate hat, top hat, barbarian hat, dragon hat or a dwarf hat to put on their snowman, the snowman inherited characteristics from the type of hat the player placed on them, (as can be seen in their speech, if the player use a dwarf hat they become dwarflike etc.) These hats temporarily gave life to the players snowman, enabling the player to talk to them. After a while, they went away.

The player could also get snowman weapons. The player could get a Holly Bow (Range), Winter Staff (Mage) or Ice Sword (Melee). These would make the player's snowman jump to life and start fighting other snowmen. However, the player could not take these out of the Land of Snow. If a player wanted to help their player's snowman win a fight, the snowmen could be healed by using snowballs with them, or by throwing snowballs at them.

2008 Christmas event
In the 2008 Christmas Event, players were given Snow imp partner who helped the player find Jack Frost. In the event players were given an Ice amulet by the imp, which allowed them to be summoned by operating it. Snow imps can be re-summoned with your Ice amulet (provided you've completed the 2008 Christmas event) in the Land of snow during and after the quest, Myths of the White Lands, which was released at the same time as the event. Your snow imp from the holiday event can be summoned outside the cave entrance and talked to just like in the event. He will also explain that the portals used to enter and exit the Land of Snow are snow-imp-proof up until around Christmas, when the two planes are close together.

When you enter the cave, he will exclaim; "I gotta go! Bye!", followed by a message appearing in the text box, "Your snow imp returned to his duties."

2009 Christmas event
Your Snow imp partner re-appears in the 2009 Christmas Event (if you don't already have one, players were given a new one). He help you rescue Santa by coming up with the idea to dress up in bed sheets to look like a ghost and scare Scourge. Which, at first, doesn't work. After many failed attempts (and quite a long event) the player finally succeeds in scaring the old man.

After the 2009 Christmas event, the player's snow imp will have a red scarf around its neck as part of the gift from Santa, but cannot leave the Land of snow.

2011 Easter event
One snow imp is present at the ‎Land of Holly and Hawthorn. If the player has done the 2008 or 2009 Christmas event, he will be named the same as he was then; if not, he will be called Snow imp. He says he is part of the Queen of Snow's entourage.

2011 Christmas Event
Snow Imps can be found roaming the banquet table after the event. Also, you can summon your old imp partner using the ice amulet.

2012 Christmas Event
In the 2012 Christmas Event your players Snow Imp becomes Pet Santa, and has to spread Christmas to all the pets of RuneScape.

Names given to Snow imps
Your Snow imp partner has a random different name, which comes from a list with names such as Dennis, Murphy and many others.

For a list of names given to snow imps, see here.

Trivia

 * If a tinderbox is used on a snow imp it will scream "are you trying to melt me!" If you use a tinderbox on the snow imp in the 2011 Easter event, "Nothing interesting happens."
 * According to the Snow Imps, Gielinor and the Land of Snow are especially close together during the time of Christmas each year, causing "random people to stumble across portals an' turn up in the Land of Snow", as said by your Imp. Santa Claus and the Queen of Snow first met this way.
 * When you ask your imp to return to Gielinor with you, he says he cannot, claiming that "Them planes are not close enuff for me ta make it through.", that even the exit portal to RuneScape is snow imp-proof, and that he must also stay to look after Jack Frost. However, your imp promises that you can come back any time to see him.
 * The snow imps, like all other imps, speak with a West Country accent.

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