Anti-Santa

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Anti-Santa
Released								17 December 2013 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Undead
Location								Outside Falador Party Room
League region								N/A
Gender								Male
Examine								2013: You better watch out... 2014: 'Bah, humbug' doesn't even begin to express his feelings. 2015: You don't want to end up on this guy's naughty list. 2023: Quite the opposite of Santa.
Advanced data
NPC ID								hist6528,hist12610,hist12613,hist12514
Link								MOID

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Anti-Santa is an undead lord of the Claws clan who seeks to eradicate the spirit of self-deception that is embodied by who he views as his opposite, Santa Claus. He views Christmas (and other holidays) as a false reality that mortals use to conceal and block out the fear and pain of everyday life, and believes that by letting mortals perceiving life as it is, they will be able to find the willpower to change the world.

Since his introduction in the 2013 Christmas event, he has made an appearance in several holiday events, usually as the antagonist.

Events

2013 Christmas event

During the 2013 Christmas event, he appeared whenever Jagex announced his appearance in the Wilderness via their Twitch channel and Twitter. He had to be damaged by pelting him with snowballs, and due to having kidnapped Santa Claus and stolen his Christmas crackers and Santa hats, he had a chance to drop them upon being defeated. He was not an NPC, but rather Mod Mat K played as him, with his player character transformed into the original Anti-Santa model.

2014 Birthday event

He could be found and talked to in Prifddinas during the 2014 Birthday event. When talked to, he would express his disdain for the event due its lack of chaos and misery.

2014 Christmas event

During the 2014 Christmas event, he appears outside the Falador Party Room and requests aid from players in order to spread despair in the form of a coal dust, which he states cannot be used for smelting, and exists solely to waste a player's bank space. Players who give him a full coal box each day will receive the following pieces of the Antisanta outfit in order: jacket, gloves, pantaloons, boots, and mask. Once players have obtained the full outfit, he would give players two noted christmas crackers for each full box given to him.

2015 Easter event

He is mentioned during the 2015 Easter event, where it is revealed that he summoned the chocolate demon in an attempt to sabotage Easter. After the demon's defeat, he decides to visit his friend, Death (also known as the Grim Reaper), who takes him into his mansion to stay, pitying him.

2015 Halloween event

Despite their centuries-old friendship, Death decides that after Anti-Santa staying in his mansion for months, dealing with him sitting on his sofa in his underwear, leaving his laundry on the floor, and constantly rambling about conspiracy theories, that he needs to be evicted and asks the player for help to do so during the 2015 Halloween event, as his Halloween party is approaching and influential figures are attending. He is lured outside the mansion after heating up the house and stewing some trapped souls in the cauldron outside.

2015 Christmas event

Anti-Santa is still on the loose, and Santa is hiding under the protection of the White Knights in the Falador Castle. The player is sent to gain his trust and discover his plans, and in doing so delivers anti-presents to various children to collect their tears to power his machine, which creates an army of frosty spiders and frosty snakelings. With this army, he marches on Falador Castle, but the player delivers real presents to make the children happy again just in time, causing his army to turn on him and defeat him. Death shows up, but refuses to collect Anti-Santa's soul and leaves. Evil Bob then shows up, and takes Anti-Santa to the prison in ScapeRune.

In Evil Bob's random event with Prison Pete, Anti-Santa was visible from the corner of ScapeRune outside the Party Room up until he was freed in the 2019 Christmas event.

2019 Christmas event

Santa gives his son, Jack Frost, the responsibilities of Christmas that year. However, Jack messed it all up and threw a tantrum. To teach him a lesson and help him learn from his mistakes, Santa tells the player to free Anti-Santa from his prison in ScapeRune. After he is freed from prison, Anti-Santa and Jack battle, and Jack flees, with Anti-Santa taking chase, promising he'll be back to deal with the player soon enough.

2023 Christmas event

Anti-Santa making an appearance

Anti-Santa appears in the 2023 Christmas event after the player and Jack Frost test the frozen field in Lumbridge, when he heard "mirth coming from this place". The player and Jack trick Anti-Santa into thinking the field is meant to "make people feel and accept the pain of life" so he can go away.

Dialogue

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Gallery

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  Anti-Santa devouring souls in the Grim Reaper's garden.
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  Official artwork of Anti-Santa
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  Anti-santa's original model, which has since been replaced.
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  Anti-santa's original chathead, which has since been replaced.
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  Anti-Santa imprisoned in the dimension of ScapeRune as to keep him from ruining yet another holiday.

Work-in-progress

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  Early model of Anti-Santa
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  Textured models of Anti-Santa
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  Pre-release Anti-Santa chat heads
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  Final version before release
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  Work-in-progress attack animations for Santa and Anti-Santa

Trivia

• During the 2023 Christmas event, when pelted, his dialogue "Ow! The cold never bothered me anyway." is a reference to the song Let It Go.
• The concept art and body type B model of the Antisanta outfit suggests the existence of a "Miss Anti-Santa", though she has yet to make an appearance in any holiday event.
• During the 2019 Christmas event when he is fighting with Jack Frost, Anti-Santa uses an attack he says he learned from "old friend" of his. The attack is the same as the rapid fireball attacks that Vorkath uses during the acid pool phase, which suggests that Anti-Santa is friends with Vorkath.