The Gaunt Herald was a Zamorakian messenger used by Morytania to give messages to people from Misthalin. The Herald was originally a messenger who upset a king of Varrock. As punishment, he was handed over to Morytania as a sacrifice to keep them sated. Years later, he was given powers and used to ferry messages from Morytanians to Misthalians. This usually consisted of an offer to turn to Zamorak in exchange for a favour. Legend had it that to refuse the Herald would be to pay a terrible price.