Lorebook(s)?

[Grol]

<p>Is there anyplace (Real life) I can buy a book or set of books containing the lore of Norrath? History and lore, and would love to have both EQ1 and EQ2 stuff involved. </p><p>I simply want to read about it and whatnot without having to go through forum threads and such, and would love to be able to find an actual <b>book</b>. I love reading, but on a computer it's not the same for me.</p>

[Caipira]

/agreed would love to have some official IRL tome that had the lore in them.  Come on SOE, we know you guys like to make money, make it happen!

[Grol]

<p>They've had at least one (Haven't gone shopping for books in a couple years..wow...) book that takes place in Norrath, and I loved that.. would be awesome to see some lorebooks, as well as some indirect lore books that are told through the eyes of characters throughout norrath. I know plenty of writers that Sony knows about, so hey.. c'mon!</p><p>=P</p>

[Gukkor2]

<cite>Kanesh_The_Mad wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>They've had at least one (Haven't gone shopping for books in a couple years..wow...) book that takes place in Norrath, and I loved that.. would be awesome to see some lorebooks, as well as some indirect lore books that are told through the eyes of characters throughout norrath. I know plenty of writers that Sony knows about, so hey.. c'mon!</p><p>=P</p></blockquote>Two, actually.  The first one is a decent book in its own right, but seems to be pretty far from canon.  Haven't read the second, but from what I've heard, it's better than the first book and closer to the way things "really" are in its depiction of Norrath.

[Grol]

Aye, the first isn't following what you'd expect per se, but it was definitely a good start imho. I'll have to find the second, thanks!

[Cusashorn]

We'd have to raid Vhalen's office for his lore books, but security is tight. He has Chuck Norris guarding the 2-feet solid door to a vault with 8 different forms of security and ID checking systems.

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kanesh_The_Mad wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>They've had at least one (Haven't gone shopping for books in a couple years..wow...) book that takes place in Norrath, and I loved that.. would be awesome to see some lorebooks, as well as some indirect lore books that are told through the eyes of characters throughout norrath. I know plenty of writers that Sony knows about, so hey.. c'mon!</p><p>=P</p></blockquote>Two, actually.  The first one is a decent book in its own right, but seems to be pretty far from canon.  Haven't read the second, but from what I've heard, it's better than the first book and closer to the way things "really" are in its depiction of Norrath.</blockquote><p>4, actually.</p><p>A Rogue's Hour (Avoid this one at all costs. It's just plain boring)</p><p>The Blood Red Harp (references a couple of famous characters.)</p><p>Ocean of Tears (References the most lore, and involves Aataltaal as the main character. He's the high elven wizard mentioned in the Tarton's Wheel quest, but the book itself isn't canon.)</p><p>Truth and Steel (not sure yet on this one.)</p>

[Gukkor2]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kanesh_The_Mad wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>They've had at least one (Haven't gone shopping for books in a couple years..wow...) book that takes place in Norrath, and I loved that.. would be awesome to see some lorebooks, as well as some indirect lore books that are told through the eyes of characters throughout norrath. I know plenty of writers that Sony knows about, so hey.. c'mon!</p><p>=P</p></blockquote>Two, actually.  The first one is a decent book in its own right, but seems to be pretty far from canon.  Haven't read the second, but from what I've heard, it's better than the first book and closer to the way things "really" are in its depiction of Norrath.</blockquote><p>4, actually.</p><p>A Rogue's Hour (Avoid this one at all costs. It's just plain boring)</p><p>The Blood Red Harp (references a couple of famous characters.)</p><p>Ocean of Tears (References the most lore, and involves Aataltaal as the main character. He's the high elven wizard mentioned in the Tarton's Wheel quest, but the book itself isn't canon.)</p><p>Truth and Steel (not sure yet on this one.)</p></blockquote>Huh, I knew of The Rogue's Hour and Ocean of Tears, but I've never heard of The Blood Red Harp or Truth and Steel.  Those newer?

[Grol]

Hey I like rogue's hour lol

[zerfall]

For what it's worth, I bought my son the EverQuest II Atlas and have found it quite interesting.  It contains some very nice tidbits of lore on numerous zones, plus fantastic maps by Brasse.  Obviously some maps won't be as useful as others due to zone revamps, etc, but they are still fantastic to look at.  I found the lore to be very interesting to read, it includes some backstory on Maj'Dul, and that instance that drifted down from Plane of Sky that came out with DoF as well.  No lore on the KoS stuff however, just maps.Truth & Steel was a pretty good book, and contained some interesting stuff on the Ogres and I believe the Dismal Rage (or whatever it was before it became the Dismal Rage).  Also the Steel Warriors.

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kanesh_The_Mad wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>They've had at least one (Haven't gone shopping for books in a couple years..wow...) book that takes place in Norrath, and I loved that.. would be awesome to see some lorebooks, as well as some indirect lore books that are told through the eyes of characters throughout norrath. I know plenty of writers that Sony knows about, so hey.. c'mon!</p><p>=P</p></blockquote>Two, actually.  The first one is a decent book in its own right, but seems to be pretty far from canon.  Haven't read the second, but from what I've heard, it's better than the first book and closer to the way things "really" are in its depiction of Norrath.</blockquote><p>4, actually.</p><p>A Rogue's Hour (Avoid this one at all costs. It's just plain boring)</p><p>The Blood Red Harp (references a couple of famous characters.)</p><p>Ocean of Tears (References the most lore, and involves Aataltaal as the main character. He's the high elven wizard mentioned in the Tarton's Wheel quest, but the book itself isn't canon.)</p><p>Truth and Steel (not sure yet on this one.)</p></blockquote>Huh, I knew of The Rogue's Hour and Ocean of Tears, but I've never heard of The Blood Red Harp or Truth and Steel.  Those newer?</blockquote>Rogue's Hour was the very first, Ocean of Tears the 2nd, followed by Blood Red Harp and Truth and Steel..... or was it Truth and Steel then Blood Red Harp?

[AllaK_Bludwyng]

I have read Blood Red Harp and thoroughly enjoyed it.If you are looking for a site will ALL the in-game lore books, try <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lorelibrary.com</a> aka The Athenaeum. It is my fave site and I link to it rather extensively in my wiki's.

[RaphaNissi]

Thank you for the compliment of The Athenaeum!  My goal is to have every single ingame book right there in one place as well as lots of the other information found on these forums.  Anyone is free to send me info on books that I am missing.  Personally, I would also LOVE to have Vhalen put together something for us to hold in our hands and read.... with pictures! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Apocroph]

It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.

[Gukkor2]

<cite>kuraan wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.</blockquote>Indeed.  However, as has been pointed out countless times before on this forum, MoM should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has several confirmed inconsistencies with canon.

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>kuraan wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.</blockquote>Indeed.  However, as has been pointed out countless times before on this forum, MoM should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has several confirmed inconsistencies with canon.</blockquote>Such as what for example? I've never heard of there being any inconsistencies, and most of the lore in that book is the only lore we know about a certain thing, like how Maiden's Scar came to be called Maiden's Scar.

[KniteShayd]

<cite>RaphaNissi wrote:</cite><blockquote>Thank you for the compliment of The Athenaeum!  My goal is to have every single ingame book right there in one place as well as lots of the other information found on these forums.  Anyone is free to send me info on books that I am missing.  Personally, I would also LOVE to have Vhalen put together something for us to hold in our hands and read.... with pictures! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote><p>/agree</p><p>I get all wiggly just thinking about a RL lore book!</p>

[Gukkor2]

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>kuraan wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.</blockquote>Indeed.  However, as has been pointed out countless times before on this forum, MoM should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has several confirmed inconsistencies with canon.</blockquote>Such as what for example? I've never heard of there being any inconsistencies, and most of the lore in that book is the only lore we know about a certain thing, like how Maiden's Scar came to be called Maiden's Scar.</blockquote>How about the story of how Nagafen ended up trapped in his lair?  I hardly think that qualifies as canon.

[AllaK_Bludwyng]

<cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>kuraan wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.</blockquote>Indeed.  However, as has been pointed out countless times before on this forum, MoM should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has several confirmed inconsistencies with canon.</blockquote>Such as what for example? I've never heard of there being any inconsistencies, and most of the lore in that book is the only lore we know about a certain thing, like how Maiden's Scar came to be called Maiden's Scar.</blockquote>How about the story of how Nagafen ended up trapped in his lair?  I hardly think that qualifies as canon.</blockquote>Considering we now have a fair piece of the story from in-game lore. The Ring of Scale sent their enforcer (with the Harness) after Nagafen and Vox, and he sealed them in their lairs.

[Apocroph]

<cite>AllaK_Bludwyng wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>How about the story of how Nagafen ended up trapped in his lair?  I hardly think that qualifies as canon.</blockquote>Considering we now have a fair piece of the story from in-game lore. The Ring of Scale sent their enforcer (with the Harness) after Nagafen and Vox, and he sealed them in their lairs.</blockquote>A good point, but I'd like to remind you guys how many explanations exist for the creation of man.This is not to say that the MoM story shouldn't be taken with a grain of salt...  Just that it has a place in the mythos as well.

[Cusashorn]

<cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Gukkor2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>kuraan wrote:</cite><blockquote>It's obviously more specific to EQlive, but the Maps of Myrist book is still available and contains a lot of really great bits of story.</blockquote>Indeed.  However, as has been pointed out countless times before on this forum, MoM should be taken with a grain of salt, as it has several confirmed inconsistencies with canon.</blockquote>Such as what for example? I've never heard of there being any inconsistencies, and most of the lore in that book is the only lore we know about a certain thing, like how Maiden's Scar came to be called Maiden's Scar.</blockquote>How about the story of how Nagafen ended up trapped in his lair?  I hardly think that qualifies as canon.</blockquote><p>"Trapped" is a word that is easily danced around. I seriously doubt that he is physically sealed in his lair. It's entirely possible that he was magically confined to the Lavastorm area, because he's had more than enough power to influence everything around lavastorm.</p><p>Oh yeah. Don't forget the Maps of Myrist were told from the point of view of Myrist himself. He may have simply wrote down Trapped due to lack of a better description.</p>