Everquest Request: What should I look into?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ย. 2020
- Hello my fellow Norrathians! To celebrate everyone that has stopped by my little corner of the internet, I'm officially taking requests for topics ya'll would be interested in.
Now I'm going to ask each person only submit one request, that questions don't go beyond the Legacy of Ykesha release, and that everyone understand that not every request is gonna get a video. Norrath is a big place and I'm just one necromancer! (Honestly though, I just need more time to research some topics, others only have lore in unverified forum posts and some just might not have any!)
If someone has already commented on a topic you would like to see, you can reply to their comment or make a new comment, either way works. This will help me know what ya'll are interested in and what I can start looking into as I go forward. This is just my little way of saying thank you for all the kind words, views, likes and whatnot. Also, enjoy my stupid cookie icon. I'm putting December 8th as the cut off date for the topic of the next video, but if you've come in after that you can still leave a comment so I can come back here later for ideas.
I hope all of you have a great holiday season, stay safe, eat your Bixie Crunchies, and I'll see you next time!
(Hey I managed to do my first editing effect woot!)
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Hello my fellow Norrathians! I know we still have a few days to go on topic submissions but I just wanted to thank everyone for their input and let ya'll know how much I'm loving these suggestions. I hadn't even heard of some of these topics before! For anyone wondering why I asked that questions not go beyond the Legacy of Ykesha release, its simply because the lore after the LOY release is much better preserved and easier to find while pre-LOY lore isn't. There's some lore that seems to only be preserved in out of print books or broken in-game quests, so I would like to focus on covering that era first, least it be forgotten. Now I've got a whole bunch of new things to research so I'll see ya'll around Norrath!
Ate you still making videos? I'd love to see more!
The Hole is definitely a favourite of mine, so that would be my vote. Doubly so if it ties into the Vah Shir in some way. :3
The Vah Shir wouldn't be who they are today without it! Literally, they would still be Kerran.
@@lorewhoregalore1393 True! It also opens up the door to other topics like Luclin, the Combine Empire, the Shissar, Greenmist, etc.. since all those things are tangentially related. I look forward to whatever topics you end up covering because this games lore really deserves a proper look.
Give us the background behind Firiona Vie and her band of heroes.
I actually have something on that! I'm still hunting down a few rumors though, old forum posts indicate there may be an in game book that can answer one of the glaring questions that has been around since Kunark released.
The Chelsith stone of course!
Nah, that's never gonna happen, I know xD How about Kurn's Tower?
The prophesized troll hero, the Grozmok.
Haven't heard that name in awhile, better dust off my copies of 'The Stone Frum Pazt'.
Just found this channel, WOW I'm freaking loving it. Brings back so many memories. SUBSCRIBED!!!
I think it's worth exploring the EQ1>EQ2 bridge that is the slaying of Quarm and the timeline split at the Druzzil Rewind. There's a lot of cool nuance there, and most people stopped playing around that time.
I would love to see a deep dive into the crystal caverns / Lost dwarves lore!
The hardy Coldain! I should go visit Queen Dracnia in CC and see what she knows.
These videos make me want install the game and go back to all the old world areas again just for the nostalgia. :)
I'm always up for Mayong Mistmoore Lore..That guy has expansions of stuff
The fanged skull stilleto rogue weapon that dropped at a GM event was supposedly really sweet waaaaay waaay back
Branching away from Classic, I've always been really interested in the lore behind Vex Thal and the Akheva!
Would be good now since the newest Xpac is about Akheva attacking SharVal
The Oracle of K’Arnon.
The most snooty of high elves, nice to see someone remembers him.
Vox and Nagafen would be wonderful - I always loved their story in the pnp rpg. Heck, everfrost in general is just rife with stories. Thanks for the vids!
Ah yes IcyHot, the rebels among rebels, I'm gonna have to get the holgresh elder beads so I can see them without being banished. Thanks for the watch!
Mayong Mistmoore and Tserrina
Pyzjin and her Glowing Black Stone!
Okay how did I not know about this? There might not be an active quest to this item but now I want to find out! If you cast identify on the stone you get the item lore of: Varsoon's Black Heart
Epic Quests! How have I only just now stumbled upon your channel. I love love love lore channels like yours and Larry's and Michael'sShenanigan's. So, hot tip, a significant portion of the community is going to be super in to Epic weapons 1.0 pretty soon with the P99 Green server epic quest patch coming in April. I'd love to see the lore of all the epic weapons. Maybe its one vid, or a vid for each weapon! Keep up the amazing videos!
Velious is so rich in lore. How about telling us about the Temple of Veeshan?
I touched on it just a bit in the Dozekar the Cursed video but when it comes to dragons there's always more to tell!
i would love lore about the Kedge i know little too nothing about them
This race has been forgotten for way too long, and the lore in the Maps of Myrist simply don't cover it as well as the RPG books. Prexus's failed children need their story told.
Love to hear about the city/dungeon of Guk.
I'm pleasantly surprised to see so much interest in the Frogloks! And thank you for sharing the channel with the FB group I honestly had no idea there was one ^^;
@@lorewhoregalore1393 yes, I am a member of the project 1999 , 2002 and regular groups. I have shared it with all. People love the lore stuff and you do a great job with it. Actually got me interested in playing again.
I would actually love it if you could share any interesting Everquest anecdotes, be it player tragedies, triumphs, ridiculous or hilarious situations, anything you can think of; even better if they are somehow connected directly to the Everquest lore, of course!
The Beware the Eastern Wastes video was actually based completely on a joke that persisted in the zone for years. The best were stories of high level monks that would yell 'train to zone!' to scare lower levels on the bridge, then they would run up and feign dead with a tiny little bunny on their tail and whine about how the bunnies were 'OP'. People actually started to believe they were incredibly strong! I might have to think of something like this for next april fools :)
@@lorewhoregalore1393 Awesome! I think I skipped that video, I am going to watch it as soon as I can.
I’ve always wanted to know more about Runnyeye Citdadel!
The RPG books actually have some info on that! Once you get over the smell and plumbers crack the goblins are a rather interesting and tragic race.
Najena would be cool
Crypt of Dalnir! :)
Staff of the Four Wizard Epic Quest
Kaesora
Firiona--mother--lovin--Vie. Let's talk about the lady on the freagin cover of the damn game. And who is the iksar that's got her in chains? If not next time then PLLLLLZZZZ!!!!! at some point.
That was actually two things... Maybe firiona or the ruins of kunark lore. Lore of the city or the ancient iksar kingdom
@@SuperDiabeetus Trust me I've been lookin into that one for awhile and I'm still finding answers. I don't know if the exact Iksar on the cover has a name but Venril Sathir himself possesses him frequently, including when FV was captured.
@@lorewhoregalore1393 cool! Thx, for anything you can share! You're awesome!
The Story of Gates of discord is always a good one. Luclin lore , Pretty sure everyone knows the story of pop perhaps GOD-TSS block a lot of good stuff
Is there a specific place on Luclin your interested in? It's a big moon!
The illusion masks 4 rogues n bards
I know I’ve missed the deadline on this, but I’m desperate to learn everything inside and out about the Shissar, their former prominence on Luclin, their wars with the Iksar, the Greenmist… in short: SHISSAR.
Side note; I am fairly clued up already on it, but to see an in depth breakthrough of the lore behind it would be fascinating. All my in-game characters and personal lore are based around the Shissar, and have written a short novel including all these. Not publicly available or finished, but not too far off. It’s a topic I’m madly passionate about. Thanks in advance! -Xaurikhan, Cazic Thule
man, its a weird request but definitely more lore on Erudites. My fav race
Not weird at all! Al'Kabor and Miragul are incredibly interesting characters, and the Erudites are one of the more influential races of Norrath's past. Oh and thank you for offering a copy of Titanium, I might have found one that didn't cost an arm and a leg :D
I've now watched everything and crave more
High Keep
I’ve always wondered, who are all these people that bard songs are named after?!
Break down the reasons for each expansion!
Mayong Mistmoore
Just discovered your channel, neat! How about the plane of fear?
1) just found this channel and *LOVE* it
2) this may be too late - hope you come back and see it
3) Mischief is brilliant. Would love to dive into the Bristlebane lore and why does he have those puppets??
You should do series, played from the perspective of each race, showing their lore, and the lore to all of their relationships with their allies and enemies. Like, the dark elves and why they are cool with the ogres and trolls, and not with other elves. Or barbarians and gnolls
the unkempt druids
I can't believe I forgot about these guys, thanks for reminding me!
Grieg’s work with the combine, banishment, and madness would be a great piece of lore to be covered by you.
The history of Lower Guk
First, I'd like to thank you for shedding light on the EQ lore in such a well put and produced manner. I've only been playing EQ for roughly a year and it quickly ranked up to my all time favorite MMOs despite me playing the genre for around 15 years already.
That said, I'd really like it if you (or someone else) explained the metaphysics of Planes. How do they come into shape, what do they and their points of interest symbolize (hourglass in Plane of Fear?). Mostly, I'd really like to know how does adventurers' killing the gods in their very own planes tie into the lore as they don't seem to die for good. It's like they either "reassemble" themsevles back or we just kill their aspect, physical manifestation but not the gods themselves.
Anyways, thank you very much for your work! With a game like EQ that doesn't hold your hand it's really fun and interesting to discover the lore and stories by yourself (a better part of oldshcool MMOS which is shamefully absent from many modern ones with how they just shoehorn you into the story as being the "chosen one" and shove tons of exposition and story right in your face). But it's also very easy to miss on some crucial points.
This is a topic I never really considered, and I'll have to do a lot more research to answer most of these questions. For symbolism, I'm not sure if there is any rhyme or reason behind them aside from interpretation. For example, one could look at the hourglass as a countdown to the inevitability of death.
Concerning gods and death, I have a bit more info there. When gods have business on the material plane that can't be trusted to mortals they can send forth their 'avatar'. Even way back when EQ was released Cazic-Thule's “Avatar of Fear' was stomping around Norrath. This is because gods are more vulnerable when they are not in their own plane, which is the reason Rallos Zek's army dragged members of The Rathe out of the Plane of Earth to kill them in the Mountains of Rathe. When gods are killed within their own plane they can come back, though I'm sure its inconvenient.
More recently, I can't remember which expansion, someone did manage to 'kill' Cazic-Thule and used what remained of him to become something like a god themselves. In one of the raid quests Innoruuk was even worried that once his killer was defeated, Cazic might be too weak to reform (Cazic is one of Innoruuk's few allies). Gods have died in EQ II but since that's a different timeline the rules may be different as well.
Hopefully that answers some of your questions until I can look into this more. Glad your enjoying the videos and an old game that drops you into the world with no direction aside from your own. I always really enjoyed that, and the constant fear of getting lost, dying, and losing my corpse!
@@lorewhoregalore1393 thank you for such a well put answer, all that does seem reasonable. Cheers!
Hey what you’ve done is awesome! Im working on a project for eqemu that involves a lot of the old lore and i was wondering, where are you finding this information? It’d be awesome to have more concrete answers to my lore questions. For a request, I will say my understanding is naggy was kerafryms father and vox was his mother so my request is a kerafrym video. Hopefully you get to see this comment:)
Maybe Akanon? Akanon has a ton of lore, But Seeing it in a comprehensible video format would be beautiful :)
I suppose I can't dodge gnome lore forever. Their history is interesting but they know what they did!
I'd like a by the expansion story summary of the main story from beginning to current. Each expansion could be its own video.
I'm a bit late here but the long lineage of Antonious Bayle from Qeynos would be cool
The history of Qeynos.
whatever it is I am very much looking forward to it :)
Glad to hear!
I'd love a numerical series starting from the earliest points in the game lore proceeding forward through the expansions. There's a serious lack of EQ lore videos on TH-cam and I just can't figure out why?? This game is so rich in lore and history it's like a goldmine of content.
The game is old and this is lore that takes a lot of time to dig out being scattered as it is among in-game texts, dialogue from NPCs, item drops, environmental cues in various zones, etc. It takes persistence. I don't fault anyone who doesn't have the time or patience for it.
I feel like Odus is overlooked other than the hole. Maybe some lore on the Stonebrunt Mountains or Warrens Kobolds?
The Kobolds have a surprising amount of history around them, some call them the lost race. I learned alot about them doing “The Lorekeeper's Scrolls” quest from Weltria Ostriss in Erudin. These mutts will need a video at some point. Also they can be infected with vampirism, who knew?
I would love to see some videos about the frogloks and guktans
I was going to say Felwithe but now that you mention it a video on Guk is something i want too.
That's another two votes for frogloks!
Varsoon the undying!
If you are still taking requests could you do the lore of Saryn. Always seems like some fucked up Hellraiser stuff to me.
Edit: Ignore the bottom post. Wasn't aware it was done by Michael's Shenanigans already. I'm changing my pitch to an expose on Mayong Mistmoore.
I have always been particularly curious about the strange glowing circles you see in some areas of the game, particularly the necro guilds. I know of one in Neriak Third Gate in the town area, the one surrounded by the Bloodsaber necro guildmasters in their temple in the Qeynos sewers, and one hidden in a wing at the gnomish magic library in Ak'anon. There are probably a few others scattered around as well, you probably know which one I'm referring to. Really interested to hear about those.
Oh, that's the Chelsith stone. It's a doomsday calendar. But according to Kraddok, only Mayong Mistmoore knows what any of it means. And he's not in the habit of sharing it. As for why it's spread all over the place? Well.. My best guess is cause it looks interesting?
@@milat9287 Ah, thank you for the info! Hmm... In that case, maybe an expose on Mayong Mistmoore would be the way to go for a video. :)
Castle Mistmoore
Miragul!
the rare spawns, pizjin, bildge, etc? 9 rings quest?
The story about the shissar and the greenmist
Sssuperb choice
It is probably too late at this point but I always wondered what we were doing in Vex Thal and who were the Akhevans. Ssra I understand a bit as they enslaved the Iksars? But no clue on the 4 armed aliens.
The Crusade of Tears please
What's the deal with spell research loot? Who are Nilitim, Tasarin, Veilshoul, etc, and why are random pages from their Grimoires and Tomes etc scattered all over the world carried by random NPC's? Is there a complete copy of any of the original books somewhere or what happened to them and who made all the copies?
Meldrath!
I found some in game books about him, that's some great lore!
VS and VP dragons
⊂◉‿◉つ The story of howling stones
Venril Sathir's birthplace and his son's eventual tomb, nice choice! The massive canyon it sits in was created when the Shissar teleported one of their cities to Luclin to escape the greenmist.
Planes of Power. I'd love to volunteer my knowledge for your videos. Player since 00, huge lore nut, love to her videos if it.
Gelatenous Cube
runnyeye history, it is like a city, was it always goblin? did it once have more to do with other goblin tribes, or the halflings?
Always goblin yes! But the runnyeye clan was defeated by the pickclaw clan, who now resides there. This is another case where the RPG books and the Maps of Myrist disagree on the history again, but I'll always side with the older source.
Anything about Halas
the 1000 reasons why Project 1999 is the only EverQuest anyone should ever play.
Reason 1: I hear they have cookies.
lore of unrest manor?
I'm kind of curious about who the heck the unkempt druids were.
Oh crap, you're right. They're even in EQ2. That would be quite interesting actually
seconding this
@@milat9287 I've always kind of wondered who these "evil" druids and rangers were and why they were there.
@@NahThanksImGood Yeah that hermit in SK really doesn't want to talk about their history, but I do!
@@lorewhoregalore1393 Looking forward to it! Whenever I get into a discussion about evil druids in DnD or pathfinder I always go, "well what about the unkempt ones!?"
honestly, anything, I'll watch. Why do clerics keep burning summoned bread? haha
Because its the YEAST they could do! Sorry, that joke was crumby ;)
@@lorewhoregalore1393 HAHA you're the best! Keep doing what you do :D
King Akanon
swamp of no hope.....why no hope
According to the Maps of Myrist, the swamp earned its name from a group of humans tried to establish a colony here but kept failing. However, this source isn't always 100% accurate, I've always thought it had more to do with the frogloks who have escaped slavery only to worship an undead dragon rather then their rightful god.
Khati Sha
The barking of Tashan - Is Tashan represented in the lore in any way? Is there a creature upon which Tashan/Tashania is based? The creature seems to bark a lot, but does it even exist?
The sword Gnoll Slayer, and what's the deal with the Gnoll who's eye you have to take to power it up.
I'll have to ask Baby Joseph Sayer what the deal is.
Do you have any public social media we could follow? These videos are great btw
Thank you! And not currently, I might try instagram?
Anything is fine, but I'd suggest Twitter, since you can write posts there without the need to add an image
I was never able to stomach the character limit of Twitter, so I'd probably suggest either Facebook or VK instead for the freedom to write whatever you feel like, without cutting it into multiple posts
The secret hidden catrooms.
I didn't know about them until I randomly rammed my head through a wall in Skyshrine and spotted one!
Brell srellis!
I spent the last two weeks watching WoW lore and playing old fantasy games, and im just not emotionally invested in any of their lore. I always compare them to everquest. The feeling is that for them, 'a bunch of things happened, action & reaction'. And for everquest, the feeling is that it is a grand story unveiling, where everything is linked together, makes sense, evokes emotion, and has a purpose. Even when i dont remember specific names, i remember the events and how they impacted the world.
Envar or anything related to the jal'raeth if possible please. They always kinda creeped me out
Luclin pls
P99 / classic eq vr!!!
Runnyeye.. no one goes there...its massive.. it has banks, vendors, a castle... crystals... amazing zone, no one xp's there
Something about the Frogloks
More interest in the fribbies! Their origin as a race is actually pretty darn interesting.
@@lorewhoregalore1393 I'm not familiar with those, though my Everquest knowledge isn't very expansive so I'd be interested to hear about them. I say Frogloks mostly because I adore fantasy frog races, due in large part to my time goofing around as a Froglok as a kid, so I'd love to know...anything about them really
ELVES!!!
Tier'dal, Feir'dal, Wood, Half, Elddar, so many flavors!
@@lorewhoregalore1393 yes thank you for choosing my topic it will be good video. we livin' that elf life fo' sho'
Tell us about Greenmist. Please
The Iksar shadow knight epic, quested out of the Iksar Shadowknight guild... It has bane damage versus the shissar, but there are no shissar until Luclin comes out. So what use is Greenmist to a handsome young SK on p99? Are there shissar on Kunark that we need bane damage to destroy?
wiki.project1999.com/Crusader%27s_Tests
From a game mechanics perspective, the Bane effect was added to the Greenmist weapon shortly before Shadows of Luclin was released. From what I've been able to find, it seems like it was released to hint that the Iksar would get a chance to reap sweet revenge on their old enemies in the upcoming expansion. To my knowledge, Norrath was completely devoid of Shissar until The Buried Sea expansion, so there wouldn't be any around on P99 that you could use it against.
From a lore perspective, the events of the Greenmist was a profound turning point in the Iksar's history, so much so that they record their time in B.G (before Green) and A.G. (after Green). Given that it was the Greenmist that freed them from the Shissar's yoke of slavery while leaving them unharmed, its hardly surprising that they hold it in such high regard. The in game book 'Before Green' outlines the event wonderfully, though it doesn't say which god brought it down upon them I suspect it may have been a member of The Rathe, punishing the Shissar for helping Rallos Zek's army access the god's planes. For an Iksar in the pre-Luclin time, I'd say be proud that you have mastered the trials of the Crusades, and carry the Greenmist with the knowledge that if the snakes ever did dare return to Kunark, you'd be ready and waiting with a weapon made just for them.
Ok what about the Wraith of a Shissar in the Fear Plane? Is she a Shissar? Is she affected by bane damage if an Iksar shadow knight is using Greenmist? If she is not a shissar, then why is she called that?
Many thanks.
@@everquestfootpad6975 Oh good eye! I actually forgot about her, mostly because the Plane of Fear is a terrifying and I hate going there. So this one is also going to have a weird answer, since POF came out in 1999 and SOL didn't come out until 2001, I'm going to guess they simply didn't have the character models yet, so they used the harpy model they already had. Or, to speculate, since this is not a Shissar but the wraith of one, perhaps its wraith became twisted within the POF to what you see now, as the Plane of Fear does so enjoy twisting up mortals. Here is a quote from the quest giver for the Serpent Staff used to describe her:
You say, 'What is the head of a serpent?'
Polzin Mrid says, 'Serpent is probably not an accurate term form what you must return to me. It is actually the reminants of a spirit. The spirit is one which was eradicated long long ago by the Iksar. I believe they were called the Shissar. You may need to travel to the Iksar city to learn more about these creatures.'
As for the Greenmist bane damage, while I don't have the weapon myself and can't test it out to say for certain, I'm comfortable in betting that the bane damage wouldn't harm her. The weapon was designed for a living creature of scale and bone, given that she is now a wraith on a plane I'm not sure she falls into that category anymore. I'm also darn near positive that the folks at SonyEQ wouldn't have remembered to go back and code this one unique mob to be eligible for the damage three years later.
If you ever go smack her with Greenmist let me know!
Monks
A gods series would be cool
The Shissar of Luclin!!!
Lady Vox and Lord Nagafen and their frisky love
Icy and spicy are a favorite of mine!
You softskins need to learn the history of Norrath’s TRUE masters - Delve into the history of the Iksar! The Crusader’s of Greenmist demand it!
I believe your forked tongue meant to say 'Tier'Dal'! I've got it on the list to go over each Emperor of the Sebilisian Empire, the rampant patricide reminds me of Neriak.