Snow imp

Snow imps were part of the 2007 Christmas event and 2008 Christmas Event. In 2007, they gave away hats and weapons for snowmen, and teleported players to the Land of Snow or back to RuneScape. Unlike regular imps, they could not harm players, nor could players attack them. In 2008, they can be seen trying to find Jack Frost. The snow imps give players an Ice amulet, which allows them to be called out as a familiar as sort by operating it; After the release of Myths of the White Lands, people can summon the Snow Imp in the land of snow using the operate option. They also feature in Myths of the White Lands.

Hats
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 players 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 players snowman win a fight, the snowmen could be healed by using snowballs with them, or by throwing snowballs at them.

Messages
Talk-to: (any of the following random messages)

Conversation 1

 * *sings* Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
 * *sings* I'm dreaming of a white RuneScape.
 * *sings* There's no business like snow business!
 * Did you know that we snow imps have over a hundred words for snow? Really? Nah. I made that up.
 * Snowflakes! Millions of snowflakes! No two are the same, you know.
 * Isn't snow brilliant?
 * Snow! Ha ha ha ha! Snow everywhere!

Conversation 2

 * Player: Who are you?
 * Snow imp: I's a snow imp! From der Land of snow!
 * Player: The Land of Snow?
 * Snow imp: The Land of Snow! Y'know, the magic land where snow comes from. Where did you think snow came from? Maybe that it appears spontaneously, like when water vapour in the air forms into ice crystals?
 * Player: Well, yes, actually.
 * Snow imp: Ha ha ha! Don't be silly! It comes from the Land of Snow.


 * Player: Why are you making it snow?
 * Snow imp: 'Cause it's Christmas, innit.


 * Player: What can I do with all this snow?
 * Snow imp: Whatever yer like! I don't care! There's plen'y more where this lot came from. --- You could make a snowman, if you like. When it's big enough, I'll give you a snowman 'at to finish it. These 'ats also include a veg'table fer a nose an' anything else yer need. --- Or you could just 'have a good ol'-fashioned snowball fight!Select_a_snowman_hat.PNG

Snow imps today
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. 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"

Trivia

 * The hats that were given out to put on the player's snowman may refer to the story of Frosty the Snowman, where when children put a hat on the snowman it came to life.
 * In 2007 Christmas event, snow imps called the land RuneScape, but in 2008 Christmas event, they called it Gielinor.
 * In the 2008 Christmas event, many of the snow imps had different names like Murray, Marvin, Charles, Mauris, Rasmus, Dennis, Barry, Morris, Boris, Norris, Freddie, Charlie, Marcus and many others. You always call the same imp.
 * When you die, your snow imp will not disappear.
 * During the 2008 Christmas Event, if you had a Snow Imp released and spoke to another Snow Imp, you could watch dialogue between the two imps, telling each other if that player has found Jack Frost yet.
 * It is unknown that they are from the demon race or not. Although normal imps are considered as weak demons, snow imps are from a different universe
 * The Land of Snow NOT from Gielinor.
 * Snow imps have been criticised for many reasons, most which have been because of 'Snow Spamming', which is using Snow Imps to clog up areas such as the Party Room.
 * After the event ended in 6 January 2009, a message "[NAME OF IMP] was called back to the Land of Snow." appears when a player logs in.
 * It is possible to resummon your imp. Go to the Land of Snow (at any time of the year) and stand by the cave. Operate your ice amulet and your imp will appear next to you! According to the Snow Imp, 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.
 * Snow imps have the old chat head graphics instead of the newer ones.