I was there on the E-Marr server for the event. I was charged with rallying support for high pass in the event. Yumadien Elliscer was my name. The GM changed it to Yumadien Captain of Tunare.
The original source was the Harpy's Head Tavern, which was a site where Verant would post lore snippets, RP stories, etc. The folks at the Firiona Vie Project have the original text saved on their website. For some reason when I link it here my comment gets auto-deleted, but you can google it pretty easily. This was followed by the Bloody Kithicor in-game GM event. I'm not sure if every server got the event, but on Xegony, I was there on a little halfling druid named Torbad. The key characters were controlled by GM's, and tons of players showed up to defend Kithicor and Rivervale after GM's started RP'ing in server-wide messages. A few people got GM rewards; I remember someone got a unique mace that was pretty great for the time. For a while afterwards (maybe forever?) the undead mobs in Kithicor at night would drop slightly worse versions of those items. The stone mentioned in the story is the Fuligan Soulstone of Innoruuk (i.e. the wizzy POH portal stone), which became available for purchase in Neriak after the server restarted at the end of the event.
Thanks so much for that information! Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about the Harpy's head Tavern years ago. I love hearing about the old RP events that the GMs put on.
Wow that really takes me back! I was there. Early in the morning there was hustle and bustle in Greater Faydark in and around Felwithe. Firiona was there, Jyleel, King Thex. Tynkale, Galeth .. They were gathering support to go to kith and fight that battle. We ended up taking about 40 or so adventurers and heading over about mid afternoon. It was tense when we first got there, and insane once it started going. The teir dal elite and FV and all were level 50. I was a 16 magician so all I could really do was damage shield them, none of my spells landed. The battle in Highpass Hold at the front gates was hard fought for a while, felt like days but was more like an hour. Then something happened to me and I sort of exploded.. and next thing you know everyone is running to Kith. The battle in the forest was intense. There were legendary heros made that night, names that go down in history. I witnessed a few going toe to toe with Laarthik himself. I also heard there were newly introduced scrolls to teleport to the Plane of Hate found to be lost on the ground, spilling from the tier dal as they hurriedly departed. I could send you some screenshots if you want to add them to your video. Great storytelling!
Great video! I didn't start playing EQ until a few months after this event but I remember reading an article about it at the time. It makes me sad that GMs in modern MMORPGs are little more than tech support. You never hear about dev driven, player participating, world changing scripted events happening in modern games and it was things like this that really got me hooked on the genre. As for Kithicor, I have many, many memories of crossing the zone at low level and what happened if I didn't carefully check the /time or just rolled the dice :)
I'm playing through EQ2 after years of being away and trying to go through the quests to learn it's backstory. Hearing this history helps piece things together. I played EQ1 back in the day but just blew through quests and just grinded the levels. I appreciate the time you've put into the histories.
Very good video and narration! Just wish to add that in the Seeds of Destruction expansion that has adventurers travel back in time to the crucial points of Norrath's history it is possible to visit the Kithicor and Commonlands at the moment of this war conflict. So it's possible to participate somewhat in the events described here.
Was great story telling! Funny no mention of Kithicor himself. I use to know the story but cant recall. They have the zone called Bloody Kithicor which somewhere offers the lore for that.
I love this and I'm excited that you made this video!! I've been mentioning the lore of Kithicor in my streams and now I have a good reference video to share! Great job 🎉
I'm glad i was low level when that halloween event took place, cause i did the Qeynos hills event, i heard from people trying to zone into Kithicor was a death trap, that the corpses piled up as people kept trying to reenter to collect their corpses and maybe get a rez
To this day, even though the denizens of Kithicor Forest pose no threat... I still navigate this zone by it's zone wall. I could barely tell you what the interior of this zone holds.
Nice work Josh! I love how you are tying the story back to the zones themselves and touring us around while you tell the tail - unique for EQ lore content. Keep it up.
Bravo, bravo! Well done sir! Excellent, if I may say. Being an OG offunnt enough, Lanys T'Vyl server, I loved hearing this story. Made me think, it would have been, would be, awesome if devs were able to do an event in game like the Highpass battle. Players and NPCs alike fighting for their side. Well done. A+++ EQ content.
I've always assumed that Kithicor forest was based off of Teutoburg forest. If you ever watch a documentary on it you will understand why. Most of the locals have claimed for centuries now that the forest is haunted at night time due to the soldiers who were sacrificially massacred there.
@@Joshthegamer8600 Im a completely new player to the everquest game - but as a DM I used the rpg books as source material all the time. I never thought I would enjoy playing everquest, yet here I am (level 15 rogue atm teek server). Your videos are awesome please keep them coming!
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I was there on the E-Marr server for the event. I was charged with rallying support for high pass in the event. Yumadien Elliscer was my name. The GM changed it to Yumadien Captain of Tunare.
That is so cool
The original source was the Harpy's Head Tavern, which was a site where Verant would post lore snippets, RP stories, etc. The folks at the Firiona Vie Project have the original text saved on their website. For some reason when I link it here my comment gets auto-deleted, but you can google it pretty easily.
This was followed by the Bloody Kithicor in-game GM event. I'm not sure if every server got the event, but on Xegony, I was there on a little halfling druid named Torbad. The key characters were controlled by GM's, and tons of players showed up to defend Kithicor and Rivervale after GM's started RP'ing in server-wide messages. A few people got GM rewards; I remember someone got a unique mace that was pretty great for the time. For a while afterwards (maybe forever?) the undead mobs in Kithicor at night would drop slightly worse versions of those items.
The stone mentioned in the story is the Fuligan Soulstone of Innoruuk (i.e. the wizzy POH portal stone), which became available for purchase in Neriak after the server restarted at the end of the event.
Thanks so much for that information! Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about the Harpy's head Tavern years ago.
I love hearing about the old RP events that the GMs put on.
For just one brief second, I felt like I was back... back at the outskirts of Rivervale in the year 2000 :) Thank you for this vid!
My pops introduced me to EQ when I was like 7. Best believe we will be tuning in for these lore videos.
Fulcrum come in.
Wow that really takes me back! I was there.
Early in the morning there was hustle and bustle in Greater Faydark in and around Felwithe. Firiona was there, Jyleel, King Thex. Tynkale, Galeth .. They were gathering support to go to kith and fight that battle. We ended up taking about 40 or so adventurers and heading over about mid afternoon. It was tense when we first got there, and insane once it started going. The teir dal elite and FV and all were level 50. I was a 16 magician so all I could really do was damage shield them, none of my spells landed.
The battle in Highpass Hold at the front gates was hard fought for a while, felt like days but was more like an hour. Then something happened to me and I sort of exploded.. and next thing you know everyone is running to Kith. The battle in the forest was intense. There were legendary heros made that night, names that go down in history. I witnessed a few going toe to toe with Laarthik himself. I also heard there were newly introduced scrolls to teleport to the Plane of Hate found to be lost on the ground, spilling from the tier dal as they hurriedly departed.
I could send you some screenshots if you want to add them to your video.
Great storytelling!
Anyone remember the Halloween events they would do in Kithicor? Good times.
Great video! I didn't start playing EQ until a few months after this event but I remember reading an article about it at the time. It makes me sad that GMs in modern MMORPGs are little more than tech support. You never hear about dev driven, player participating, world changing scripted events happening in modern games and it was things like this that really got me hooked on the genre. As for Kithicor, I have many, many memories of crossing the zone at low level and what happened if I didn't carefully check the /time or just rolled the dice :)
I have hopes that some of the new indie MMOs will have more interaction from GMs like the old days of EQ had.
I'm playing through EQ2 after years of being away and trying to go through the quests to learn it's backstory. Hearing this history helps piece things together. I played EQ1 back in the day but just blew through quests and just grinded the levels. I appreciate the time you've put into the histories.
Love EQ lore, because there's so much depth to it but you actually have to really dig to find it.
Very good video and narration!
Just wish to add that in the Seeds of Destruction expansion that has adventurers travel back in time to the crucial points of Norrath's history it is possible to visit the Kithicor and Commonlands at the moment of this war conflict. So it's possible to participate somewhat in the events described here.
@@Noxmare Thats awesome, I need to check that out
Was great story telling! Funny no mention of Kithicor himself. I use to know the story but cant recall. They have the zone called Bloody Kithicor which somewhere offers the lore for that.
Beautiful work! Looking forward to watching the other zones & lore! Thank you so much!
I love this and I'm excited that you made this video!! I've been mentioning the lore of Kithicor in my streams and now I have a good reference video to share! Great job 🎉
Thanks!
Fun fact. During development, this zone was originally called Kithicok Woods
I'm glad i was low level when that halloween event took place, cause i did the Qeynos hills event, i heard from people trying to zone into Kithicor was a death trap, that the corpses piled up as people kept trying to reenter to collect their corpses and maybe get a rez
To this day, even though the denizens of Kithicor Forest pose no threat... I still navigate this zone by it's zone wall. I could barely tell you what the interior of this zone holds.
@@DeekerJones Ya, I definitely still follow the outer wall just purely out of habit most of the time
Nice work Josh! I love how you are tying the story back to the zones themselves and touring us around while you tell the tail - unique for EQ lore content. Keep it up.
Thanks!
That thumbail is FIRE.
There is a bunch or lore in the RPG books, as well as soft cover stuff that came out pre POP and during the POP era.
I have some of the RPG books and have been on the lookout for more
Thanks I hope you find the time to make more!
Bravo, bravo! Well done sir! Excellent, if I may say. Being an OG offunnt enough, Lanys T'Vyl server, I loved hearing this story. Made me think, it would have been, would be, awesome if devs were able to do an event in game like the Highpass battle. Players and NPCs alike fighting for their side. Well done. A+++ EQ content.
Awesome lore video. I am sure this takes a good deal of your time to make, but please make more of them. 😊
Love these lore videos!
@@sweetyd Thanks!
I assume the "blue stone" is what the wizards use to port there?
That was my assumption as well.
I've always assumed that Kithicor forest was based off of Teutoburg forest. If you ever watch a documentary on it you will understand why. Most of the locals have claimed for centuries now that the forest is haunted at night time due to the soldiers who were sacrificially massacred there.
@BoomerElite4u Thats cool, Ill have to check it out
This is amazing!
enjoyable content. Thanks.
More please
More please!
I actually really loved researching and making this bideo. There will definitely be more!
Hey JTG you should get your hands on the everquest RPG books - they are a great source of hidden lore.
@@RafaelFelleto I actually went and got my hands on them after my first couple lore videos
@@Joshthegamer8600 Im a completely new player to the everquest game - but as a DM I used the rpg books as source material all the time. I never thought I would enjoy playing everquest, yet here I am (level 15 rogue atm teek server). Your videos are awesome please keep them coming!
@RafaelFelleto Awesome, welcome to the server!
These are fun.
the story of Blood Kith in SoD expansion.
I'd LOVE a GoTs style show based on EQ lore. lmao
Oh that would be so cool!
Awesome - You say this happened about 9 months into the game.. was there an actual event of this battle happening in-game on servers?
@GeoffsCornerOffice Yes the GMs at the time had an actual in game event. Sadly I missed it but I have read about it.
nice