Random eq lore from rpg books

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I recently got a few of the old EQ RPG books, for the lore, and for all you who are interested in EQ lore i decided ill post some of it. If anyone wants more ill post more:

Don't mind the weird spelling mistakes, im copy and pasting from a pdf file and doing so a lot of text gets messed up, ill fix as much as i feel like

From the everquest rpg book "Monsters of Norrath"

Amygdalan Knight: Amygdalan knights hail from the Plane of
Fear. They rarely appear on Norrath itself, but when they do, death and destruction
ultimately follow. The mere threat of their appearance
isoften enough to sow fear, whichpleases the knights' master
Cazic-Thule greatly, while actual visitations from Amygdalan
knights are reserved for those who have profoundly angered the God of Fear.
Molded by Cazic- Thule to be instruments of fear, Amygdalan
knights are horrific in appearance. They are massive humanoids
with sickly translucent flesh covering powerful musculatures.
Their heads are shaped like a cephalopod, with a bulbous, cartilaginous
cranium, two bulging eyes, and four short tentacles
surrounding a beaked mouth.


Seafury Cyclops:

When the giant races were decimated by the gods following
Rallos Zek's doomed campaign into the Planes of Power, perhaps
none were so affected by the ensuing divine wrath and punishment
as the seafury giants, cursed by Prexus the Oceanlord for
preying upon his beloved Kedge with theft: devastating long-range
attacks during their military campaignS. To symbolize the giants'
lack of foresight (in preying upon the Oceanlord's beloved),
Prexus plucked out one eye from all of the giants, depriving them
of the ability to judge distances accurately. He also enfeebled their
minds, thereby removing their arcane abilities, and deposited
them in the middle of the Ocean ofT ears so that he might always
keep watch over them.
Seafury cyclopes typically stand 20 feet tall and weigh more
than 14,000 pounds. Their hides vary from yellow to green and are
rubbery from a thick layer offatthat covers their entire body. They
live on the islands that dot Norrath's oceans. Lacking a society of their own and solitary by nature, most seafury cyclopes
have become raiders and pirates, stealing loot from
passing ships or demanding tribute from small islands.
Seafury cyclopes generally speak Ogre and Common.
Some also know Orcish.


Shadowed Men:
Shadowed men are a race of invisible men who wander the
world seeking some secret magic they claim is destined to make
them all-powerful. They are naturally invisible and seem to have
no need for sleep, food, or rest. Those who have used magic to see
through their invisibility describe the shadowed men as being
black-clad humanoids, charcoal grey in color and with emotionless,
vaguely elven features.
Shadowed men are strong, swift, and ruthless. They have been
known to work together or alone, but are always engaged in either
striking down their enemies or searching for their lost magic, or
both. They require little provocation to attack and are suspicious
and guarded toward all non-shadowed men, even those creatures
who actively work to promote the shadowed men's cause.
Shadowed men speak their own language, which they teach to
no one, and the Common tongue.


Sonic Bat:
Sonic bats are indistinguishable from normal bats, except for
their enormous size: a typical sonic bat has a wingspan approaching
18 feet. Also unlike normal bats, these powerful predators
have developed their echolocation ability into something more
than just a high-frequency means of "sight" - able to issue a
thunderous sonic scream in the audible range that can stun or
even kill potential food.
Found only in places with thriving ecosystems, these bats need
tremendous amounts of food to stay alive. They mainly feed on
other giant creatures - insects, rats, and spiders - but can also
subsist on humans and humanoids. They are fearless hunters and
do not shy from attacking large groups, as they expect their sonic
attack to incapacitate the group while they snatch a single prey. Their main habitat is subterranean caverns, ~tt~pe bats can
be found in nearly any place that supports nor~bats, Above
ground,they inhabit abandoned buildings, large trees, and lakeside
grottoes, feeding on whatever protein they can stuff in their
mouths, Colonies of sonic bats need extensive hunting ranges to
feed every member of the colony, Sonic bats have been found
nearly 100 miles from their lairs in search of food,


Lady Vox:
In the early ages of Norrath, all the dragons
lived as one society. As the children ofYeeshan, they enjoyed
her favor and ruled the world she had claimed with her mighty
claws. These dragons were broken up into different broods: the
fire, the cold, the poisonous, the water-going - but they all lived
relatively content together. There came a time when two dragons
of differing broods would breed. The offspring of these two
dragons was the prismatic dragon Kerafyrm, mightiest of all the
dragons, some say even as powerful as Yeeshan herself. War broke
out, whether because of Kerafyrm's mere existence or because
Kerafyrm drove them to it or because some wanted to see him die
while others did not. War broke out, and the toll was devastating.
Hundreds of dragons died, but Kerafyrm was too powerful to kill,
so he was made to sleep and put in a great tomb guarded by eternal
warders. After this war, Veeshan handed
down two laws to her children:
one, dragons of different colors must,
never mate; two, dragons are forbidden
from killing one another. Shortly
thereafter, in the dragon way of time,
a powerful dragon called Jaled Dar
took a number of dragons and left the
society ofVeeshan's dragons to form
his own. He traveled to the lands of
Kunark with his followers and settled
in the Skyfire Mountains. These dragons
became known as the Ring of
Scale, and Trakanon, PharaDar, Vox,
and Nagafen were among them.
Time passed, and something very disturbing
developed. As much as any two such creatures
can, Vox and Nagafen fell in love and wished to
breed. This is, of course, forbidden by the first of the
two Great Laws passed after the War of Kerafyrm.
Vox and Nagafen decided to go through with
their plans, and they sought to create another
prismatic dragon who might overthrow the Ring of
Scale. They were discovered, yet due to the Second
Law they could not be killed. The Ring of Scale
captured them, but the dragon lovers escaped to the
destination they had agreed upon in such an eventual-!
ity: the continent now known as Antonica. Nagafen
settled in the caverns underneath the Lavastorm Mountains
and Vox deep in the caves under the Everftost
Peaks. Alas, before they could be reunited, the dragons'
individual hiding places were discovered, and the Ring
of Scale used powerful magics to imprison each of the
dragons within the darkness where they hid.
The ice giants and goblins ofEverftost quickly learned to
fear Vox, and she became their ruler. They called her Lady
Vox and rebuilt the ancient ice giant fortress ofPermaforst
in the ice caverns of Everftost at her behest. She may not be
a member of the Ring of Scale anymore, but Vox rules
Permaftostnow, andherreach through her minions can
be felt out into Everftost and beyond.
Lady Vox uses the ice giants and goblins of
the land as her servants. She knows that not all
these beings are willing servants, but who would
dare to be the first to revolt against her -
and who would dare face the wrath of her
champion, the giant named Iceheart?
Plus, they do not know the magic that'
imprisons her within Permafrost and
surely fear that she would burst from her
frozen lair and destroy any traitors herself.
The goblin king himself is the only
goblin that actually sees Lady Vox, wearing
her symbol and directing all goblins in her
name. The ice giants do not think much of
the ice goblins, even the king, though
they fear Lady Vox more than they do
any band of adventurers, so they will fight to
the best of their ability to defend her, making a formidable force that
any such band must get through before even reaching Lady Vox and
her champion.



I'll post some more later