Kanrik

Kanrik's close attack in the Battledome

Kanrik is a Blue Gelert and is currently leader of the Thieves Guild, after he defeated its previous leader Galem. He tricked Hannah into helping the Thieves Guild steal the Heart of the Mountain, before later joining her to save it and the Bori. He led the Thieves Guild to war over the control of a mysterious obelisk in Tyrannia.

Plot summary

Hannah and the Ice Caves

Main article: Hannah and the Ice Caves (Plot)

Kanrik and his fellow thieves were tasked with finding a mysterious treasure by their leader Galem. When he found an adventurous Usul telling her tales of daring do, he made up a story that "his sister and his village" suffering a strange illness and needing a way to save them. They travelled to the Lost Desert together, where they entered an unknown tomb laden with traps. Hannah was then hit with a strange curse and was left for dead, while Kanrik and a couple of his comrades carried anything they could find; in this case, a coffin. Galem thought to use the creature inside the coffin to steal a treasure from deep under the ice of Terror Mountain. After reaching the Mountain, however, Masila coaxed the Kanrik into opening the coffin and using it to overthrow Galem. At first reluctant in betraying his leader, he went against his better judgement and released a creature from the coffin, the Bringer of Night. After a clash between the creature's army and his guild, Kanrik was banished from the guild. He was then knocked out with a poisonous liquid by Masila, and abandoned on Terror Mountain.

He soon ran into Hannah and a mysterious Neopet and, after a brief clash of their own, offered to make up for his past transgressions and join them in stopping his old guild and the monster's army. They ran into Armin's species, the Bori, who helped them push back the guild. After the Bringer of Night was finally killed, Kanrik and Armin carried Hannah to the top of the mountain where Taelia was able to lift the curse and save Hannah's life.

Kanrik was last seen taking over Galem's place as the new leader of the Thieves Guild.

Curse of Maraqua

Main article: Curse of Maraqua

Garin and Jacques robbed the wedding of a Blue Gelert and a brown-haired Usul that might have been a cameo from Kanrik and Hannah. Dialogue between Hanso and Jazan in Editorial #587 implies they may be together.

The Faeries' Ruin

Main article: The Faeries' Ruin

Hanso is caught stealing from Kanrik in a flashback. Hanso also referred to Kanrik by name during enemy waves in the Battledome.

War for the Obelisk

Main article: War for the Obelisk

Kanrik lead the Theives Guild to the mysterious obelisk, believing they could find great treasure there.

Battledome

Kanrik is the only character to appear in the Battledome in two different forms. During the Hannah and the Ice Caves plot, he was one of the plot's boss characters and was simply called Kanrik. This boss version of Kanrik had an extremely high number of hit points and very powerful weapons. During the War for the Obelisk, Kanrik appeared as a high-level normal opponent under the name Kanrik, Master Thief. This version of Kanrik has a much lower number of hit points and a completely different set of weapons. This second version of Kanrik can still be fought at the Battleground of the Obelisk, where he fights on behalf of the Thieves Guild.

Hannah and the Ice Caves

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Weapons Used
Earth Faerie Leaves	Attack: 2 - 5×Earth   1 - 5×Physical
Jade Scorchstone	Defence: All (Once per battle)
Moehog Skull	Attack: 10×Air   5×Darkness   Defence: 100% 5×Earth Defence  5×Darkness Defence  (Once per battle)
Pirate Captains Cutlass	Attack: 5×Light   5×Physical   7 - 14×Air
Thyoras Tear	Defence: All×Air Defence  ×Darkness Defence  ×Earth Defence  ×Fire Defence  ×Light Defence  ×Physical Defence  ×Water Defence  (Once per battle)

War for the Obelisk

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Weapons Used
Rainbow Sticky Hand	80% chance to steal
Shadowy Cloak of Darkness	Defence: 3×Light Defence  3×Physical Defence
Thief Dagger	Attack: 3×Earth   1 - 3×Physical   Defence: 3×Light Defence  3×Physical Defence
Altador Cup Throwing Star	Attack: 3×Fire   5×Air   5×Physical
Bow of the Fire Faerie	Attack: 3×Air   3×Fire   3×Light   2×Earth
Moehog Skull	Attack: 10×Air   5×Darkness   Defence: 100% 5×Earth Defence  5×Darkness Defence  (Once per battle)
Pirate Captains Cutlass	Attack: 5×Light   5×Physical   7 - 14×Air
Thyoras Tear	Defence: All×Air Defence ×Darkness Defence ×Earth Defence  ×Fire Defence ×Light Defence ×Physical Defence ×Water Defence  (Once per battle)

Abilities Used
Halitosis	Attack: 2×Earth   on use, 2×Earth   the following round
An Icicle	Attack: 6×Water
Shade	Defence: Blocks a small number of three random icon types
Cranky	Attack: Increases damage dealt by 5% this round
Lens Flare	Defence: Prevents opponent from using weapons for one round
Shroud	Defence: 21%×Darkness Defence  21%×Fire Defence  21%×Earth Defence
Tempest	Defence: Prevents opponent from using weapons for one round

Behind the scenes

Although Kanrik's weapon of choice appears to be Kanriks Blade, as he carries is all of the time throughout the Hannah and the Ice Caves plot, he has not used it in the Battledome on either of his appearances there.

Kanrik's How To Draw tutorial was released on March 6, 2008, and he is also featured on the 68 months user lookup shield. He appeared in the Advent Calendar on 25 December 2014.

He was nominated for the Best Cameo Appearance in a Plot category for the 2010 Neopies.

External links

• Neopedia: Kanrik
• How to Draw: Kanrik
• Neopets TCG: Kanrik, Kanriks Blade
• Caption Competition: #632