Concerning Iksar and Freeport

[soewhat]

<DIV>Hi all.   I've been playing EQ2 for about a month now and am loving it.  I am playing on Lucan d Lere and want to work up a bio on my character for RP purposes.  I'm a bit confused about the recent history of the Iksar.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Iksar in Freeport are supposed to be from the ship of Iksar that landed in Antonica while Cabalis was destroyed to my understanding, but here are my questions:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1.  Was Cabalis destroyed by the earlier earthquakes, etc, or later when the moon split apart, which I believe is called the Sundering.</DIV> <DIV>2.  How long after the Sundering is the current game timeline.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As you can probably deduce..i'm trying to figure out exactly how long the Iksar have been in Freeport.  I've perused these forums and some Iksar information, but am having a tough time piecing this together.  Any help is appreciated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Nacar,</DIV> <DIV>Shadowknight.</DIV>

[KniteShayd]

your guess is as good as mine, i'm not sure how the iksar's home was destroyed or what forced them to flee in the first place.

[Cyanbane]

<a href="http://eq2daily.com/wiki/index.php?title=Eq2_timeline" target=_blank>This Time Line</a> Doesn't show when they arrived in FP unfortunantly, The<a href="http://eq2daily.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_Kunark" target=_blank> History of Kunark</a> Might have some good info.  Good Luck in your quest.  Please let us know if you find anything.  I would like to know becuase you piqued my interest. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>The iksar have been part of Freeport long before the Shattering occured 15 years ago, so it's safe to assume that the Rending destroyed Cabilis.</DIV>

[Dreyco]

Indeed, Cabilis was destroyed by the rending, cited directly from two sources, one I will reveal here. <blockquote><hr><strong>Story 3</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Now, beyond Kunark the world was deep in its Age of War. We had our plans but we keep them close to our scales for we know that there is no one that we can trust. Our scouts brought word over and again of the Rallosian Army and its victories. We readied for battle. They came from the FrontierMountains, where the sarnak lived. We sharpened our claws and our teeth. The new army of Rallos Zek was large, but we are iksar, and the strength of the ages flows through us. Though the battles raged on, we defended no one else, nor fought for any other. When we were under siege, no one came to our aid; we would go to no one else’s. Some say this is selfish of us. Is it selfish to treat others as they have treated you? Soon enough, the skies opened and what many had thought was a tale of old scales happened again: the Green Mist. The Rallosians were defeated as were the shissar so long ago. The others knew then that the iksar had told the truth about the death from above. <b> Kunark was broken apart by many tremors from deep within the world. The Lake of Ill Omen became a violent churning pool that eventually undermined and swallowed Cabilis. All in the city were lost and those of us elsewhere were left leaderless.</b> Now you know also that the shape of the world changed, the violence of its agony tearing the landsa apart. By a coincidence that need was not related here, a ship carrying many iksar was close enough to what had once been Antonica for some of our kind to reach shore. We should only trust again through the power of our might through our strength and our skill. Though we had trusted in the maker, in Cazic-Thule, he abandoned us. We trusted him, but we will trust no other. We stand tall and believe only in ourselves.<hr></blockquote>A book offered by the broodmother states much the same. The rending took place about one-hundred and fifty years ago... if my dates are accurate, so quite some time has passed since then. <div></div>

[soewhat]

Thanks all.  This really helps to clarify in my mind where the Iksar fit into the recent timeline of Norrath.