Game Mechanics: Cracktusk, kos or not?

[Aarone]

I'm curious about the behavior of the named elephant Cracktusk, found in South Karana.

I've a recollection on being abused by this fellow way back in the way back when, but I have a fair amount of recollections of abuse way back when, so I can't be sure that my memories are accurate. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Of recent in the P99 realm, I've been spending a fair amount of time in South Karana, terrorizing Aviaks and Gnolls and what all, and being sure to poach good old Cracktusk for his Tusks (ahh, the irony of a Karana worshiping Druid killing elephants for ivory...). In this period of time, I've always found Cracktusk to be a perfectly, well, indifferent sort of fellow, as opposed to the scowling, threatening pain in the ass I had recalled him to be.

Does anyone else have this recollection of Cracktusk?

Wanting to be thorough (or, at least, make a pathetic attempt at it), I was sure to jump into the Way Back Machine, and took a quick cruise through Illia's Bestiary, the Everlore Bestiary, and the EQAtlas (God bless Muse, wherever he may be). I was not able to find anything useful via Illia's Bestiary (there were certainly entries for Cracktusk, but nothing that spoke to his behavior, one way or the other), however, Everlore and the Atlas proved a bit more helpful.

The 8/15/2000 archive for Everlore contained a Bestiary entry for Cracktusk which lists him as "kos to travellers" - Here is the Link

The 3/1/2000 archive for the EQAtlas contains the following entry in the South Karanas zone, listed under the heading of Dangers (2nd paragraph): "The only other real danger in this zone, aside from the above, is the roaming elephant named Cracktusk. This elephant has been driven into a homicidal rage by the crack in his tusk..." which would at least seem to imply that Cracktusk is a damn cranky elephant. Here is the Link

Hope that this is of help! Of course, I'll likely have different thoughts all together when Cracktusk is kicking my ass again... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]