EverQuest is the founding father of videogame lore.
The things we love about MMORPGs, the cozy campfire tales shared between friends—of grim catacombs, savage beasts, breathtaking vistas, and rampant in-game stupidity—all began with the blocky, Windows 98 adventures in Norrath. The map was blank, the world was huge, and it was dangerous to go alone.
"You very likely had a big reason to make the dangerous journey. My reason involved a scheme I cooked up after grouping in Everfrost and learning of the polar bear cloak quest. At this time, knowledge of quests and especially any gear with stats on it was valuable information," says Robert Turner, who plays a ranger on the Xegony server."I tracked polar bears for days and loaded up on the cloaks from the quest.
It was believed that Kerafyrm was intentionally impossible, a cruel joke played by the developers to reveal the folly of man. That is, until three guilds of the Rallos Zek server took up arms and refused to take no for an answer."These mortals were not the typical mortals. In his arrogance, Kerafyrm underrated them. For over four hours a battle waged between Kerafyrm and these mortals of Ascending Dawn, Wudan, and Magus Imperialis Magicus.
In the end it didn't matter for Bundy, though. Almost two decades later, he rerolled on Everquest's Corinav progression server to serve himself some soothing nostalgia, and the universe boomeranged back around.