Lore Question

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Hey all, I played EQ1 for over 3 years. I have played EQ2 a little and im going to get back into it. I remember looking into the sky and seeing the moon cracked in 1/2. Is this lore explained somewhere in the game? Do you think the moon will be an exp at some point?

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From Wikipedia:

Story

It is the Age of Destiny, five hundred years after the Gods withdrew their presence from Norrath in retaliation for mortal incursions into their Planes.

Much has changed in that time. First, at the end of the Age of Turmoil, there was the War of the Fay, which brought Dwarf, Gnome, Fae, and Elf together against the invading Dark Elves and the Orcs of Clan Crushbone. While the Dark Elves were attacking Faydwer, their great stronghold Neriak was sealed by a contingent of Halfling raiders, at the cost of their own lives. Although the invading army was eventually driven from the Faydark, the treetop city of Kelethin was burned, and the High Elf hold Felwithe was ruined, and a long rebuilding process began.

Then the great Nexus upon the moon of Luclin was invaded by forces from the Planes of Tactics and Flame, cutting off all transport or communication between Norrath and its inhabited moon. Neither the Combine Empire remnants living on Luclin, nor the noble Vah'Shir civilization, were ever heard from again. So began the Age of War.

With the withdrawal of the Gods, the great curse laid upon the creations of Rallos Zek-the Ogres, Goblins, Orcs, and Giants-was lifted, and they soon united under the Avatar of War, Rallos Zek's chosen emissary, to form the most terrible Army Norrath had ever seen. Gukta fell, then Halas, and soon the army covered Antonica. Only Qeynos in the West and Freeport in the East remained, and they too would soon fall.

The Gods' Avatars, those they had chosen to represent their interests, intervened in this final battle, the Battle of Defiance, and so the Rallosian Army was finally defeated. The cost was great, however, as Lucan D'Lere took advantage of the confusion to finally drive the Knights and Priests of Marr out of Freeport, removing the last defenders of honor and declaring himself Overlord.

Despite the victory, however, Norrath had not seen its final tribulation. The Age of Cataclysms began with The Rending, wherein the great continent of Antonica was ripped apart, splintered into multiple smaller islands. Whole villages were lost to the depths, and those cities that remained-Rivervale, Freeport, Qeynos, Neriak, Kelethin, and Maj'Dul-became isolated from each other. The oceans became impassable, cutting off contact with Faydwer, Kunark, Velious, and Odus. Even travel among the Shattered Lands, as they were now known, was treacherous.

One night, just as the waters had started to calm slightly, the Veil that hid Luclin from Norrathian eyes dropped, and its ringed form was visible for the first time in centuries. Just as quickly as it appeared, though, a great explosion ripped outward from its core, splintering the entire globe and ejecting enormous mountains of rock. This was The Shattering, and pieces of Luclin rained down on Norrath for months, killing thousands and deforming the already broken landscape further.

Now it is the Age of Destiny. The Rending was 100 years ago, and The Shattering just 15 years in the past. While the remnants of Luclin still hang in the sky, the oceans have calmed, and ships fan out to gather survivors to the remaining great cities. Queen Antonia Bayle of Qeynos is a benevolent sorceress who welcomes all Goodly races to her city to help rebuild Norrath. The Overlord of Freeport, Lucan D'Lere, a centuries-old fallen paladin, rules his city with an iron fist, and manipulates the Evil races to further his goal of conquest.

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Thanks Pipes. Cool story.