I have an official Everquest guide that is original only, made by "989 Studios" with a ton of lore. It actually is an impressive guide, aside from giving a detailed map of every city, listing all important locations (guildmasters, professions, banks, etc.). In addition to that it details how the game was designed and meant to be played. For instance, if an NPC you hail has something in brackets (i.e. [Captain Billybob], [Tiger Claw]) but does not respond to any phrase with it then it says they are referring you to another NPC or hinting at an item that they need/want or to deliver it to so-and-so(when applicable). It also points out that this is only one of the three types of quests in the game. On top of that it list hints about quests (most of which I think people manage to figure out, I didn't read them all) and information regarding individuals, not in the sense of lore but quest related. I probably should have read it in more detail but I was too young to want to do anything else but play. I was probably like 15 or 16 and it is 200+ pages.
If the prima guides are anything like this, they are really useful. I don't think I'd actually want to write any lore because it sounds like a lot of work but if you have any original eq lore then I can double check it with mine if you'd like.
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