Everquest is a registered trademark of Daybreak Game Company LLC.
Project 1999 is not associated or affiliated in any way with Daybreak Game Company LLC.
That being said, Daybreak and Project1999 have a contract which allows P99 to function into the foreseeable future.
However you can't recover characters from the live server on project 1999. I strongly encourage you to roll a new character on Project 1999 and relive the classic experience.
Be sure to check out the
https://wiki.project1999.com for lots of information about P99.
Welcome, Be safe and good luck!