Vaults of El'Arad

[Creppie]

I just finished up a run through the Vaults of El'Arad.  There are some very interesting things going on that maybe someone can confirm or shed more light on.The first floor is inhabited by what upon first glance appear to be Erudites.   As you progress further along you encounter a teleporter of sorts which changes your appearance into one of the playable races of Norath.  You can go through this portal as many times as you like until you find one you like best.As you progress upwards you find both Droag and Erudites.  Now these may only be Droag wearing an illusion of an Erudite.I found a painting on the floor of Halas along with other current paintings of zones we come to know in our Norath.  This all leads me to believe that the Droag are planning an invasion and are working to infiltrate our society using this "playable race" illusion.  Could Halas be their invasion point?  Or could they already be here among us?There are other strange workings/experiments being conducted as well.  The use of Droag eggs seems to be a primary component.  One egg even looked as if it had turned to stone.Any thoughts?<div></div>

[Pins]

The Erudites are Erudites. The Droags are not intelligent enough to control the teleportion devices in the Vault. As for an invasion, that's the plan of the Awakened, to destroy Norrath, and they've enlisted the help of the Erudites in the Vault of El'Arad to get them the ability to get anywhere in Norrath instantly. The Vaul of El'Arad holds the key to teleportation, well how to get anywhere in Norrath fast? By teleporting of course.

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>What I wanna know is why the heck the Quellithulians are significantly more powerful than the strongest giant on Norrath! Dang!</DIV>

[SageGaspar]

<div>It's not just Halas, look at the paintings on the wall and you'll find old pictures of lots of locations from EQ1.The Quellithulians are the Erudites still living on Odus if I remember correctly after they consolidated Paineel and Erudin and did their transformation number. The player character Erudites are those that happened to be away from Odus during the rending. They have mastered teleportation technology to the amount that they're able to transport directly back to Odus from the Overrealm (there's a quest in Barren Sky where this happens). They're definitely really Erudites. They seem to have formed some weird alliance with Vyemm's Doomwing Legion to do experiments, on what I'm not entirely sure.</div>

[Moorgard]

<P>The Erudites are indeed Erudites. The vault was established as a place for the servants of the powerful mage El'Arad to conduct experiments and store artifacts of arcane power. Of course, the Awakened had a reason for striking this bargain with El'Arad, and they never make such agreements without a price.</P> <P>The droag watch over the Erudites to ensure that certain... conditions are met.</P>

[The-Fourm-Pirate]

<P>If Odus becomes an expansion after Echoes of Faydwer, I expect some talking panda bears. If the Quellithulians can create those ugly, yet strangely cool as heck abominations, surely they can make a few talking pandas.<BR></P><p>Message Edited by The-Fourm-Pirate on <span class=date_text>05-01-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:39 PM</span>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>The-Fourm-Pirate wrote:<p>If Odus becomes an expansion after Echoes of Faydwer, I expect some talking panda bears. If the Quellithulians can create those ugly, yet strangely cool as heck abominations, surely they can make a few talking pandas.</p><p>Message Edited by The-Fourm-Pirate on <span class="date_text">05-01-2006</span> <span class="time_text">07:39 PM</span></p><hr></blockquote>Talking panda bears. Kerra Isle. The Hole. Paineel. Erudin. The Warrens. Stonebrunt. And some giant fortress in the middle of Toxxulia. Odus could be killer <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Icarii_Raven`Lyon]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Creppie wrote:<BR><BR>The first floor is inhabited by what upon first glance appear to be Erudites.   <FONT color=#ffff99>As you progress further along you encounter a teleporter of sorts which changes your appearance into one of the playable races of Norath</FONT>.  You can go through this portal as many times as you like until you find one you like best.<BR><BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Im not sure what youre talking about here...Ill admit Ive only gone through vaults about 4 or 5 times, but I dont recall getting any kind of illusion any time I went through.

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>Icarii_Raven`Lyon wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Creppie wrote:The first floor is inhabited by what upon first glance appear to be Erudites.   <font color="#ffff99">As you progress further along you encounter a teleporter of sorts which changes your appearance into one of the playable races of Norath</font>.  You can go through this portal as many times as you like until you find one you like best. <div></div> <hr> </blockquote>Im not sure what youre talking about here...Ill admit Ive only gone through vaults about 4 or 5 times, but I dont recall getting any kind of illusion any time I went through.<hr></blockquote>Most players have illusions turned off, but it's not one of the teleporters you need to use, so you might've just missed it. In the part on the first floor where you kill all the people and the teleporter unlocks, in the alcoves on the side there's a pair of teleporters you can use to go back and forth with no apparent function. Well, the function is that it changes your appearance <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Creppie]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<div></div> <p>The Erudites are indeed Erudites. The vault was established as a place for the servants of the powerful mage El'Arad to conduct experiments and store artifacts of arcane power. Of course, the Awakened had a reason for striking this bargain with El'Arad, and they never make such agreements without a price.</p> <p>The droag watch over the Erudites to ensure that certain... conditions are met.</p><hr></blockquote>Could it be that the bargin to which Moorgard illudes to is for the Erudites to bring back Kerfyrm from whatever plane/place he may be stuck in, using their knowlege of portal magic?  The Droag in return gather up items of power from all over the realm to give to the Erudites.I seem to recall, (forgive me if this isn't right) the ratonga like creatures that appeared were searching for items of power for the dragons.  If these creatures came originally from Odus where the realm of Brell was easily accessed, it only fits that the dragons presence is there making sure their plans are being carried out.</div><p>Message Edited by Creppie on <span class=date_text>05-02-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:17 AM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>I still demand to know how the weakest race on norrath is the physically strongest in the universe up in Kingdom of Sky...</DIV>

[Jaale]

<P>Spell enchanced Strenght....... you'll never get a urine test from them though.</P> <P>The commitee from the last Norrathian Games found this out the hard way and the judge that asked for it is still being un tied from himself as we speak.</P> <P>And it was the female team that was asked. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P>

[Morticus]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>I still demand to know how the weakest race on norrath is the physically strongest in the universe up in Kingdom of Sky...</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Norrath is a magical place.

[MoD1133]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Creppie wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Moorgard wrote:<BR> <P>The Erudites are indeed Erudites. The vault was established as a place for the servants of the powerful mage El'Arad to conduct experiments and store artifacts of arcane power. Of course, the Awakened had a reason for striking this bargain with El'Arad, and they never make such agreements without a price.</P> <P>The droag watch over the Erudites to ensure that certain... conditions are met.</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Could it be that the bargin to which Moorgard illudes to is for the Erudites to bring back Kerfyrm from whatever plane/place he may be stuck in, using their knowlege of portal magic?  The Droag in return gather up items of power from all over the realm to give to the Erudites.<BR><BR>I seem to recall, (forgive me if this isn't right) the ratonga like creatures that appeared were searching for items of power for the dragons.  If these creatures came originally from Odus where the realm of Brell was easily accessed, it only fits that the dragons presence is there making sure their plans are being carried out.<BR></DIV> <P>Message Edited by Creppie on <SPAN class=date_text>05-02-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>06:17 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> Melalafen had already obtained a prismatic scale of Kerafyrm and he believed that with that scale he can locate Kerafyrm in the far ether. Melalafen said that with the prismatic scale he could create a focus which would locate Kerafyrms location in the far ether, he believed Kerafyrm was off to fight Veeshan, Melalafen and Jaled Dar would lend all aid to Kerafyrm to defeat her, im also assuming that these two were the first dragons to create the awakened cult by betraying Veeshan and going to Kerafyrms side.<p>Message Edited by MoD1133 on <span class=date_text>05-02-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:24 PM</span>