Void plot finished?

[Vanisher123]

<p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">SPOILER ALERT FOR TSO!!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">just in case...</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Well from what I read when tso came out, the ethernuants "faded to nothing", Sul has been released to Norrath, thus removing the void army's leader?</span></p><p>So, is the void plot finished?</p><p>Or might in continue in the next pack?</p><p>Or like eq1 and those invaders, might they return later to kill us all?</p><p>Personally the only thing about the void plot that I have not heard confirmed is what Nightbloods and lamia are (tell me if it has, Ive been wanting to know)</p><p>So is there hope that the next story will be new and unrelated to theer, the everlings, Varsoon, and the void?</p>

[Xalmat]

<p>There's still the issue of Munzok and Theer, which I haven't heard any lore regarding (other than Munzok seems to have a grasp over Ykesha as well as Najena).</p><p>And there's still the issue of Anashti Sul, who wants to reconquer the Plane of Health, and is willing to use her minions from the Void to do it. Remember that her defeat in the Palace of the Ancient One freed her from the Void, and allowed her to return to Norrath.</p>

[Vanisher123]

<p>So are the nightblood still a mystery? I heard rumors of the lamia being highly corrupt dryads, but nothing on the nightbloods yet.</p>

[Mirander_1]

<p>Is the Void over yet?  Nah, not yet.  We still need for Theer to pop up somewhere.  So at minimum, we have to look forward to at least one last Void-themed dungeon before it's done.</p><p>As for Nightbloods and Lamias, they're both simply the inhabitants of worlds that have been sucked into the Void, no real mystery to them, as far as I know.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Whatever the future takes us, this expansion was the very last of Vhalen's writing for the storylines. Everything from here on is at the discretion of the current developers. The void storyline probably is over... Now we have to deal with Theer himself. Just remember, dealing with him directly does NOT mean we *HAVE* to deal with the void in the process. They could introduce him and take him out of the void element and get it out of the way.... They could...</p>

[Lodrelhai]

<p>The lvl 30something Tunare deity quest has you healing dryads who have been corrupted into lamia.  Whether all lamia are Norrath dryads I don't know, but it seems the corruption of them continues past the stage of the 'corrupted dryad' mobs we see in EL and Oakmyst.</p><p>It's been commonly theorized that the Nightbloods are the transformed residents of Prime, based on the <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=199" target="_blank">Remembrances - Prime</a> book found in the Obelisk of Lost Souls.  However, the new variants of Shadow Men we're seeing the TSO void zones and the lvl 80 Lavastorm area are also theorized to be residents of Prime, based on their similarity to Rodcet Nife and the idea that Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood.  These, however, are speculation, neither confirmed nor denied by any official source.</p><p>Certainly it seems like we'll be dealing with Theer at some point in the near future.  As Cusa mentioned, it's possible that Theer, like Anashti, will exit the Void and we'll have to deal with him in our realm - with or without accompanying army brought from the Void with him.  I'm guessing with, as Anashti's diety line shows that she's planning on bringing her forces with her - and screenshots of her manifestation from beta included Grathok guards.</p><p>My guess, offhand, is that Theer will continue to act from the Void, but the Void in and of itself will be less of a factor from here on out - we know our enemy now, so the logical course will be to deal with the source of the problem.  At most, we might see some factions within the Void - certain things in the Sul diety quest line make me think that the Obelisk of Lost Souls is not part of either Anashti's or Theer's army, but a different group with their own goals.  However, I also think that would be an unnecessary complication, as the OoLS group seems to follow the Creator, a being who adventurers in the OoLS summon and kill in order to reach the lower levels.  So if they are a separate and unique faction, they are a non-issue in relation to the larger Void invasion we're facing.</p>

[Meirril]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's been commonly theorized that the Nightbloods are the transformed residents of Prime, based on the <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=199" target="_blank">Remembrances - Prime</a> book found in the Obelisk of Lost Souls.  However, the new variants of Shadow Men we're seeing the TSO void zones and the lvl 80 Lavastorm area are also theorized to be residents of Prime, based on their similarity to Rodcet Nife and the idea that Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood.  These, however, are speculation, neither confirmed nor denied by any official source.</p></blockquote><p>The floating 4 armed men with the levitating rocks exist on Norrath in EQ:OA. EQ:OA is considered cannon for EQ2 and we have some small refrences here and there to that game. The timeline for that is much earlier than EQ1. The thought being that these beings were somehow banished to the void between EQ:OA and EQ1 and became Shadowmen. Though the shadowmen from EQ1 do not have 4 arms, but are completely invisable except for weapons from our world that they wield.</p><p>They are a Norrath originated race.</p>

[Lodrelhai]

<p><cite>Meirril wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's been commonly theorized that the Nightbloods are the transformed residents of Prime, based on the <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=199" target="_blank">Remembrances - Prime</a> book found in the Obelisk of Lost Souls.  However, the new variants of Shadow Men we're seeing the TSO void zones and the lvl 80 Lavastorm area are also theorized to be residents of Prime, based on their similarity to Rodcet Nife and the idea that Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood.  These, however, are speculation, neither confirmed nor denied by any official source.</p></blockquote><p>The floating 4 armed men with the levitating rocks exist on Norrath in EQ:OA. EQ:OA is considered cannon for EQ2 and we have some small refrences here and there to that game. The timeline for that is much earlier than EQ1. The thought being that these beings were somehow banished to the void between EQ:OA and EQ1 and became Shadowmen. Though the shadowmen from EQ1 do not have 4 arms, but are completely invisable except for weapons from our world that they wield.</p><p>They are a Norrath originated race.</p></blockquote><p>Not doubting they're from EQ:OA - now that you mention it, I think a dev posted some screenshots here around TSO launch.  But... 4-armed?</p><p>Admittedly, I haven't gotten far at all in any of the Void Zones, but I've only noticed 2 arms on the ones I've seen:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33283192@N00/3091057204/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/3091057204_fe8dbf7a39_o.jpg" width="285" height="438" /></a></p><p>Are there other variants of the race that have 4 arms, or am I just not seeing them in that image?</p><p>The invisible shadowmen also show up in Obelisk of Blight, if I remember right - as do, of course, the torsos emerging from a swirling vortex.  Seems like we have at least 3 races included in that title.  Either that or they're at different levels of mutation.</p>

[Coniaric]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Meirril wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's been commonly theorized that the Nightbloods are the transformed residents of Prime, based on the <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=199" target="_blank">Remembrances - Prime</a> book found in the Obelisk of Lost Souls.  However, the new variants of Shadow Men we're seeing the TSO void zones and the lvl 80 Lavastorm area are also theorized to be residents of Prime, based on their similarity to Rodcet Nife and the idea that Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood.  These, however, are speculation, neither confirmed nor denied by any official source.</p></blockquote><p>The floating 4 armed men with the levitating rocks exist on Norrath in EQ:OA. EQ:OA is considered cannon for EQ2 and we have some small refrences here and there to that game. The timeline for that is much earlier than EQ1. The thought being that these beings were somehow banished to the void between EQ:OA and EQ1 and became Shadowmen. Though the shadowmen from EQ1 do not have 4 arms, but are completely invisable except for weapons from our world that they wield.</p><p>They are a Norrath originated race.</p></blockquote><p>Not doubting they're from EQ:OA - now that you mention it, I think a dev posted some screenshots here around TSO launch.  But... 4-armed?</p><p>Admittedly, I haven't gotten far at all in any of the Void Zones, but I've only noticed 2 arms on the ones I've seen:</p><p>Are there other variants of the race that have 4 arms, or am I just not seeing them in that image?</p><p>The invisible shadowmen also show up in Obelisk of Blight, if I remember right - as do, of course, the torsos emerging from a swirling vortex.  Seems like we have at least 3 races included in that title.  Either that or they're at different levels of mutation.</p></blockquote><p>The Shadowed Men were described to have 4 arms in their Lore & Legend book, but as discovered, there are not a lot of basis to that story. The invisible ones are those that don't have enough power to manifest onto this plane of reality and the ones with the vortex gained enough power to be more visible. Most likely, they all are one and the same.</p><p>I don't recall myself of any theory about the latest bunch of Shadowed Men being the former residents of "Prime". Popular theory was they were the Jal'Raeth - commonly seen in EQoA - and not on "Prime". Obviously it's not been confirmed one way or other ... therefore, the status of Rodcet Nife is unknown at time of the "Prime" story and what races are that were absorbed into the Shadowed Men collective.</p><p>Guesswork and theories are what they are ... guesswork and theories. Without any straightforward answers, we may will never know the truth, or at least come close to one.</p>

[Meirril]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Meirril wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's been commonly theorized that the Nightbloods are the transformed residents of Prime, based on the <a href="http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=199" target="_blank">Remembrances - Prime</a> book found in the Obelisk of Lost Souls.  However, the new variants of Shadow Men we're seeing the TSO void zones and the lvl 80 Lavastorm area are also theorized to be residents of Prime, based on their similarity to Rodcet Nife and the idea that Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood.  These, however, are speculation, neither confirmed nor denied by any official source.</p></blockquote><p>The floating 4 armed men with the levitating rocks exist on Norrath in EQ:OA. EQ:OA is considered cannon for EQ2 and we have some small refrences here and there to that game. The timeline for that is much earlier than EQ1. The thought being that these beings were somehow banished to the void between EQ:OA and EQ1 and became Shadowmen. Though the shadowmen from EQ1 do not have 4 arms, but are completely invisable except for weapons from our world that they wield.</p><p>They are a Norrath originated race.</p></blockquote><p>Not doubting they're from EQ:OA - now that you mention it, I think a dev posted some screenshots here around TSO launch.  But... 4-armed?</p><p>Admittedly, I haven't gotten far at all in any of the Void Zones, but I've only noticed 2 arms on the ones I've seen:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33283192@N00/3091057204/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/3091057204_fe8dbf7a39_o.jpg" width="285" height="438" /></a></p><p>Are there other variants of the race that have 4 arms, or am I just not seeing them in that image?</p><p>The invisible shadowmen also show up in Obelisk of Blight, if I remember right - as do, of course, the torsos emerging from a swirling vortex.  Seems like we have at least 3 races included in that title.  Either that or they're at different levels of mutation.</p></blockquote><p>Somehow I've got 4 arms stuck in my head. Probably to match the shadowmen we see in older EQ2 zones. Hmm...</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Maybe you were thinking of the Akhevans by mistake? If anyone were to hold a figurative title of "Shadow(ed) Man", they would be the next most likely candidate.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p>Well clearly the void plot isn't finished, as a Void anchor will soon emerge in Kurn's Tower.</p>

[Vanisher123]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Certainly it seems like we'll be dealing with Theer at some point in the near future.  As Cusa mentioned, it's possible that Theer, like Anashti, will exit the Void and we'll have to deal with him in our realm - with or without accompanying army brought from the Void with him.  I'm guessing with, as Anashti's diety line shows that she's planning on bringing her forces with her - and screenshots of her manifestation from beta included Grathok guards.</p><p>My guess, offhand, is that Theer will continue to act from the Void, but the Void in and of itself will be less of a factor from here on out - we know our enemy now, so the logical course will be to deal with the source of the problem.  At most, we might see some factions within the Void - certain things in the Sul diety quest line make me think that the Obelisk of Lost Souls is not part of either Anashti's or Theer's army, but a different group with their own goals.  However, I also think that would be an unnecessary complication, as the OoLS group seems to follow the Creator, a being who adventurers in the OoLS summon and kill in order to reach the lower levels.  So if they are a separate and unique faction, they are a non-issue in relation to the larger Void invasion we're facing.</p></blockquote><p>Can some one fill me in on theer? last i heard about him was related to Kunark and what was found there.</p>

[Mirander_1]

<p><cite>Vanisher123 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Can some one fill me in on theer? last i heard about him was related to Kunark and what was found there.</p></blockquote><p>Until recently, we knew basically nothing about him, except that his name would show up somewhere in basically every expansion.  We actually learned who he was with the Lavastorm lore that was posted on EQ2Players.</p><p>In short, he's Roehn Theer the Godslayer, avatar/champion of the Nameless, sent to keep the gods' plots and power plays from causing too much damage to the world (basically, keep the gods from getting too big for their britches).  Some of the gods didn't like that, so they conspired  to subdue him and cast him into the Void.</p><p>And now he's back, at the head of the Void legions, and royally [Removed for Content] off. </p>

[teddyboy4]

<p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well clearly the void plot isn't finished, as a Void anchor will soon emerge in Kurn's Tower.</p></blockquote><p>Where did you hear this? I'm really interested b/c the last I had heard about Kurn's was that they weren't able to get it finished before RoK launched, and that they were trying to finish it and get it into a LU, but that never happened and was never mentioned again.</p><p>If it's true I'd be very happy, Kurn's was one of my favorite zones in Kunark....although I hated it at the time, lol. I've been very anxious to get into that tower since I found it to be still standing out there in the Field of Bone, so I kind of hope there is some truth to your statement, but then again, I hope it's not true b/c I would've rather seen  Kurn's retaken by the Sathirian Empire, instead of becoming a bastion of the Void invaders. Either way I guess I'd be happy to see it reopened.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive_content.vm?id=3087&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a></p>

[Gormak]

<p>slightly unrelated, who is the primary lore writer these days for eq2?</p>

[teddyboy4]

<p><cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive_content.vm?id=3087&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a></p></blockquote><p>Wow. I totally missed that.</p><p>Neat.</p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>As I understand it, the lore is a communal effort on the part of the development team as a whole.  There is no longer a separate team devoted specifically to lore any longer.</p><p>EQ Live did away with their lore specific developers about two years ago, and now EQ2 has followed suit.  I do not think it is coincidental that we saw Jindrack, Vhalen, and Doomcookie depart in fairly rapid succession.</p><p>I think management must have ordered a restructure that phased out lore as a separate departmental section.  Just a guess though really.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>I wonder why I didn't think of that sooner?</p><p>The void invasion won't really be over until the next expansion, at the very least. We're still in TSO, so having void invasions during this year is still part of this expansion's story line.</p>

[Kander]

<p><cite>Mary the Prophetess wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As I understand it, the lore is a communal effort on the part of the development team as a whole.  There is no longer a separate team devoted specifically to lore any longer.</p><p>EQ Live did away with their lore specific developers about two years ago, and now EQ2 has followed suit.  I do not think it is coincidental that we saw <strong>Jindrack, Vhalen, and Doomcookie</strong> depart in fairly rapid succession.</p><p>I think management must have ordered a restructure that phased out lore as a separate departmental section.  Just a guess though really.</p></blockquote><p>There was no restructure about it. They each left separately, each to do new things and follow something new and different. All three of them left on excellent terms and their own terms.</p><p>As to the lore question, yes, we are doing it as a team now, however, expect to see a couple of us pick up the mantles soon though. We have such sightes to show you... </p>

[Aneova]

<p><cite>Kander wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Mary the Prophetess wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As I understand it, the lore is a communal effort on the part of the development team as a whole.  There is no longer a separate team devoted specifically to lore any longer.</p><p>EQ Live did away with their lore specific developers about two years ago, and now EQ2 has followed suit.  I do not think it is coincidental that we saw <strong>Jindrack, Vhalen, and Doomcookie</strong> depart in fairly rapid succession.</p><p>I think management must have ordered a restructure that phased out lore as a separate departmental section.  Just a guess though really.</p></blockquote><p>There was no restructure about it. They each left separately, each to do new things and follow something new and different. All three of them left on excellent terms and their own terms.</p><p>As to the lore question, yes, we are doing it as a team now, however, expect to see a couple of us pick up the mantles soon though. <span style="color: #ff0000;">We have such sightes to show you... </span></p></blockquote><p>mmm hellraiser...*wanders off to watch them all now*</p>

[shadowscale]

<p><cite>Kander wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As to the lore question, yes, we are doing it as a team now, however, expect to see a couple of us pick up the mantles soon though. We have such sightes to show you... </p></blockquote><p>that would be my dream job to take, then norraths fate would be MINE ALL MINE MWAHAHA..*ahem*. and bleh now i eather need a blind fold and some bleach incase of a buch of flashers or the ability to pull off the elysium configuration.</p>

[TheGeneral]

<blockquote><p><cite>Kander wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">We have such sightes to show you... </span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p>Oh man... flashbacks.  Now we need the cenobytes to show up out of the void.  Pinhead will be the boss of the new x4.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Xalmat]

<p><cite>Kander wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We have such sightes to show you... </p></blockquote><p>I knew it! You're all a bunch of Dark Elves <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Rheem]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood. </p></blockquote><p>Hmm, Doctor backwards is Rotcod. Now, If you swap the t and d you get Rodcot, which is pretty close to Rodcet. Effin backwards, is Niffe, which is very close the Nife. Coincidence?</p>

[Coniaric]

<p><cite>Rheem@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood. </p></blockquote><p>Hmm, Doctor backwards is Rotcod. Now, If you swap the t and d you get Rodcot, which is pretty close to Rodcet. Effin backwards, is Niffe, which is very close the Nife. Coincidence?</p></blockquote><p>That has been discussed up, down, and in every direction for so long, but without any confirmation from the devs, we just don't know what this meant.</p><p>Was Rodcet a native of that world? Or already a god himself and walked among the mortals on that world? Or it is completely coincidental that the letters spelled out the deity name and a mortal name. So in the end, it falls to us to choose whichever we like to think to be true in our eyes.</p><p>_________________________________</p><p>The Void plot line is far from being over. Almost, maybe. But it's not done. First major turn was releasing Anashti back to Norrathian universe. Next going to be Theer - either he will make a return or he makes a bid for freedom and get stopped. It will involve the Void inhabitants and the connections/anchors they make to this universe.</p><p>How it will unfolds ... I'm not sure ... but with the recent reveal of Kurn's Tower hiding a Void anchor inside, it's another sign it's not over yet.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Rheem@Blackburrow wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Rodcet may have been the Doctor Effin mentioned in the book, elevated to godhood. </p></blockquote><p>Hmm, Doctor backwards is Rotcod. Now, If you swap the t and d you get Rodcot, which is pretty close to Rodcet. Effin backwards, is Niffe, which is very close the Nife. Coincidence?</p></blockquote><p>Rodcet Nife is an intentionally slightly offset anagram of "Doctor Fine", just as how many of the rest of the gods of influence are anagrams of thier elements. Tunare = Nature. Fennin Ro = Inferno (offset), E'Ci = Ice. Tarew = Water. Povar = Vapor. Xegony = Oxygen, etc.</p><p>Rodcet's diety line and the live events over last summer ALMOST confirms that he is this Effin guy. It doesn't directly, but there's nothing to say he isn't either.</p>

[Uncaged]

<p>Oh dear God please let the Void die..........And please at a later date return Kurn's tower to some incarnation to previous times.*Void Free*</p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Rodcet Nife is an intentionally slightly offset anagram of "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Doctor Fine</span>"</strong></span></p><p>Rodcet Nife is one of the Stooges?! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">["Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard!"]</span></p>

[Meirril]

<p><cite>Mary the Prophetess wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Rodcet Nife is an intentionally slightly offset anagram of "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Doctor Fine</span>"</strong></span></p><p>Rodcet Nife is one of the Stooges?! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">["Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard!"]</span></p></blockquote><p>Wait until Curly and Moe rise into the pathenon. "And Lo unto the naysayers they did proclaim 'Nuk Nuk Nuk' and with their mighty finger smote them blind"</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Meirril wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Mary the Prophetess wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Rodcet Nife is an intentionally slightly offset anagram of "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Doctor Fine</span>"</strong></span></p><p>Rodcet Nife is one of the Stooges?! <span style="font-size: xx-small;">["Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard!"]</span></p></blockquote><p>Wait until Curly and Moe rise into the pathenon. "And Lo unto the naysayers they did proclaim 'Nuk Nuk Nuk' and with their mighty finger smote them blind"</p></blockquote><p>LOL</p>

[Dimhammer]

<p>Please no more Void stuff.  I'm so sick of seeing all the Void related stuff everywhere.  It doesn't even really feel like EQ2 anymore.  Feels like some kind of alternate reality.</p>

[Coniaric]

<p><cite>Dimhammer wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Please no more Void stuff.  I'm so sick of seeing all the Void related stuff everywhere.  It doesn't even really feel like EQ2 anymore.  Feels like some kind of alternate reality.</p></blockquote><p>Hmm ... didn't you notice? EverQuest II <em>is </em>an alternate reality. Practically an entire different timeline. Completely a separate universe from the original.</p><p>Beside, once Theer plotline moved forward one way or other, the Void presence should be lessened from that point on - depending on what next few updates will be and the next expansion.</p>

[Meirril]

<p><cite>Dimhammer wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Please no more Void stuff.  I'm so sick of seeing all the Void related stuff everywhere.  It doesn't even really feel like EQ2 anymore.  Feels like some kind of alternate reality.</p></blockquote><p>At least this one makes more sense than the Discord story line in EQ1. That one was just...ugh.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Yeah seriously. That one was thrown at us out of nowhere. At least this one has been building up for a while.</p>

[Rainmare]

<p>the 'Void stuff' has been in EQ2 since day one. with Nek castle/ruins of Varsoon/Obelisk of Lost Souls.</p><p>that where we start to learn about Varsoon and Everling studying together about the Rune of Sunder I think it is. Varsoon looking for immortality, and Everling looking to restore his family by snatching thier souls from Ethernere to put in new bodies.</p><p>DoF we went back to Nek Castle, learned more about Everling and his interactions with the Shadowedmen, and his curse of being divided int several fragmented versions of himself, one of them being a merchant in Maj'dul. this is where we got the idol of everling, that marks him as a servant of Theer. I think the text was something like merchant of Vul, servant of Theer</p><p>KoS, we learn about the Qeynos Claymore, and it's true name, Exonus....the 'left hand of Theer'. and we know Theer is connection to, or was/is a power in, the Void.</p><p>in EoF, we found the Obelisk of Blight, and learned about the list of folks that the Shadowedmen have a particular interest in, including the Target Prime, apparently Woushi. thier plan of taking woushi to get the Bloom. to help with this, they were going to 'allow' Nagafen apparently to find a device that can transfer/snatch dragonic essences. their hop eis he would attempt to use it to restore Vox, thus proving if the thing worked. if it did, they'd take it back. we also learn through the epic line for soulfire about it's relation to theer, as it is 'the right hand of theer'...marking both iconic weapons as attached to/belonging originally to Theer.</p><p>in RoK, the major arc of the Chelsith Stone is given to us by the EXTREMELY long lived Fiddy Bobick, who we learn later through Mayong, and the line itself, was under the possession of the Shadowedmen, thier objective here to claim the Greenmist and/or the Chelsith stone for themselves. here we learn that the Chelsith stone is part of a calander for predicting Ages End, and MAyong says he has started looking for the 'Monoliths of Theer'</p><p>now, in TSO, The void has stopped it's subterfuge under the command of Anashti Sul, the original Prime Healer looking to return/conquer Norrath and use it as a beach head to assault the Plane of Health to 'reclaim' it from Nife. We partically foil her plans, destorying her physical form in the Void, disrupting her anchors. while we seemed to have stopped her part of the invasion, her destruction in the Void severed her ties to it, thus she returned to Norrath in Undead glory and is looking to go after Nife anyway.</p><p>the recent Revamp in LS confirms that Theer is a major player of the Void. in fact, probably the biggest player there. Avatar to the Nameless itself. Theers plans for Norrath are somewhat clouded. we know he is seemingly looking to come to Norrath proper, but he is much more subtle about it. hiding/cloaking his anchor(s) until Najena put a foil in his plans. and even in the convo of the x2...the Void possessed Moosh(sp) seems overly polite to Najena. like they'd rather not destroy her, they just want the items she made that can counter Theer's powers.</p><p>Now we see in GU 52 that Kurns Tower also seems to be Theer's beachhead on Kunark.</p><p>I imagine the Theer storyline is reaching climax. We know who Theer is now, but not what he's up to or how powerful he really is. either in an update, or the next expansion, we'll probably see just how powerful Theer is, and what he wants. if he's something to fight against, the hammer stroke will fall hard somewhere. If he's something we might want to aid, we'll find out and probably try to assist...perhaps by attempting to reclaim his right and left hands for him.</p>

[Coniaric]

<p>Very good summary. Also Theer gave an impression that Anashti moved too soon and now he has to make his moves quicker before Norrath realized there is another player in the game - so to say.</p><p>Though, I'm not sure whether or not I'll want to help Theer or to detain him from his plans. Mayong on one side. Theer on other. And the Norrathian pantheon ... who had yet to "speak up" about ... well, anything.</p>